| Fallout 3 | 
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| From: Bethesda Softworks
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  206 reviews
Sales Rank: 126
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
ESRB: Mature
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 12690
Model: 12690
UPC: 093155126909
EAN: 0093155126909
ASIN: B000UU5T7E
Release Date: October 28, 2008
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| • | Fight for survival against terrors of the outside world, radiation, and mutants after nuclear fallout | | • | Latest in human ability simulation affords unlimited customization of characters | | • | Expansive world in modern super-deluxe HD graphics | | • | Features ability to pause time in combat, target specific body parts, and queue up attacks | | • | 1st- or 3rd-person perspective |
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Product Description
For 200 years, Vault 101, a fallout shelter, has served the surviving residents of Washington DC and its environs, now known as the Capital Wasteland. Though the global atomic war of 2077 left the US all but destroyed, the residents of Vault 101 enjoy a life free from Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants. Yet one morning, you awake to find that your father has left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101 for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you've ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search for your father. Fallout 3 is a singleplayer action role-playing game (RPG) that combines the horrific insanity of the Cold War era theory of mutually assured destruction gone terribly wrong with the kitschy naivety of American 1950s nuclear propaganda.
Mind-Blowing Artificial Intelligence - Radiant AI, America's First Choice in Human Interaction Simulation. Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results Eye-Popping Prettiness - Witness the harsh realities of nuclear fallout rendered like never before in modern super-deluxe HD graphics
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The third game in the Fallout series, Fallout 3 is a singleplayer action role-playing game (RPG) set in a post-apocalyptic Washington DC. Combining the horrific insanity of the Cold War era theory of mutually assured destruction gone terribly wrong, with the kitschy naivety of American 1950s nuclear propaganda, Fallout 3 will satisfy both players familiar with the popular first two games in its series as well as those coming to the franchise for the first time.
Welcome to the nation's capital.
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The Brotherhood of Steel is a powerful ally.
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Customize characters with your Pip-Boy.
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The Story: Vault 101 - Jewel of the Wastes
For 200 years, Vault 101 , a fallout shelter, has faithfully served the surviving residents of Washington DC and its environs, now known as the Capital Wasteland. Though the global atomic war of 2077 left the US all but destroyed, the residents of Vault 101 enjoy a life free from the constant stress of the outside world. Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants are all no match for superior Vault-Tec engineering. Yet one fateful morning, you awake to find that your father has defied the Overseer and left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101 for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you've ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search for your father, and the truth.Key Features: - Limitless Freedom! - Take in the sights and sounds of the vast Capital Wasteland! See the great monuments of the United States lying in post-apocalyptic ruin! You make the choices that define you and change the world. Just keep an eye on your Rad Meter!
- Experience S.P.E.C.I.A.L.! - Vault-Tec engineers bring you the latest in human ability simulation - the SPECIAL Character System! Utilizing new breakthroughs in points-based ability representation, SPECIAL affords unlimited customization of your character. Also included are dozens of unique skills and perks to choose from, each with a dazzling variety of effects!
- Fantastic New Views! - The wizards at Vault-Tec have done it again! No longer constrained to just one view, experience the world from 1st or 3rd person perspective. Customize your view with the touch of a button!
- The Power of Choice! - Feeling like a dastardly villain today, or a Good Samaritan? Pick a side or walk the line, as every situation can be dealt with in many different ways. Talk out your problems in a civilized fashion, or just flash your Plasma Rifle.
- Blast 'Em Away With V.A.T.S.! -Even the odds in combat with the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System for your Pip-Boy Model 3000! V.A.T.S. allows you to pause time in combat, target specific body parts on your target, queue up attacks, and let Vault-Tec take out your aggression for you. Rain death and destruction in an all-new cinematic presentation featuring gory dismemberments and spectacular explosions.
- Mind-Blowing Artificial Intelligence! - At Vault-Tec, we realize that the key to reviving civilization after a global nuclear war is people. Our best minds pooled their efforts to produce an advanced version of Radiant AI, America's First Choice in Human Interaction Simulation. Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results by the latest in Vault-Tec technology.
- Eye-Popping Prettiness! - Witness the harsh realities of nuclear fallout rendered like never before in modern super-deluxe HD graphics. From the barren Wasteland, to the danger-filled offices and metro tunnels of DC, to the hideous rotten flesh of a mutant's face.
System Requirements: | Minimum Specifications: | Recommended Specifications: | | OS: | Windows XP/Vista | | Processor: | 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor | Intel Core 2 Duo processor | | RAM: | XP: 1GB System RAM
Vista: 2GB System RAM | 2 GB System RAM | | Video Card: | Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better) | NvidiaDirect X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series) | | Supported Video Card Chipsets: | NVIDIA GeForce Series 200, 9800, 9600, 8800, 8600, 8500, 8400, 7900, 7800, 7600, 7300, 6800; ATI HD Series 4800, 4600, 3800, 3600, 3400, 2900, 2600, 2400; ATI Series X1900, X1800, X1600, X1300, and X850 |
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 Not an Oblivion Mod December 3, 2008
Fallout 3 features a huge world to explore...and that is where the game really shines. If you want to play a game where the object is to "win," then don't bother. The main quest line of the game is short with a disappointing ending. My recommendation is that you ignore it, or follow it only part way to open up some of the character options like power armor training. There are dozens and dozens of locations to explore, secrets to uncover, and things to do.
Oblivion suffered from monotony -- a serious gamer took only a short period of time to level up to a point where you only ever stumbled across the biggest threats. Fallout 3 has a level cap, and you can pretty much run into anything at any time. Wandering into a mirelurk lair before you've built up some experience is a way to commit suicide. Even at high levels, you cannot just stand there and take multiple rocket and minigun hits for long. Oblivion also made you either focus on optimizing your character through boring repetition of skill use or risk becoming outpaced by the world around you. Fallout 3 offers interesting choices each level through the Perk system.
I find it interesting that people critique the plausibility of finding food and ammo after 200 years when the very setting itself, a world with numerous survivors of a global thermonuclear war, is ridiculous. How can you complain about ammo that can be used in either a pistol or a rifle when the wrecks of NUCLEAR-POWERED AUTOMOBILES are lying around? The setting is based on an alternate history, where the world diverged from ours after WWII, and all of the superscience predictions of 50s sci-fi (including giant insects) came true. You will either enjoy the absurdities of the setting, or you won't, in which case the game probably isn't for you.
As for humor compared to previous games -- it is there, but it is more subtle and situational. As an example, one of the possible quests in the game is tracking down shipments of Nuka-Cola for an obsessed woman living by herself in a shack. Along the way, you can pick up jabs at corporate America and management style and the cluelessness of obsessed collectors.
Some of the options have been toned down from previous versions. There are no explicit "romantic options," hetero- or otherwise, and children have a strange immunity to bloody death. Nevertheless, it is hard to see how being able to sell your companions into slavery or nuke an innocent town won't satisfy anybody with a thirst to be evil.
The V.A.T.S. combat system actually works well when you learn to optimize using it in combination with real-time combat. It gives you an edge with tough foes and allows some tactical considerations other than run-and-gun. Mines and grenades are also much more useful than in previous instances, and allow for some tactical thinking.
The game lends itself to multiple plays. You will never find everything the first time around, and many, many options in quests and conversations are dependent upon things like karma, character stats, skill-levels, or what has happened previously (making quest order sometimes important). Much of this isn't obvious until you try multiple characters, though, rather than just playing through once.
If you like deep, rich role-playing games, and especially if you like quirky settings and options, then Fallout 3 is fantastic. You'll find yourself staying up late to collect that next bobble-head, get the schematic to build a gun that shoots teddy-bears and tin cans, or just find out the backstory to the local catastrophe upon which you have stumbled.
lets hope for expansion and a fallout 4 December 3, 2008
great game lets hope it's a stepping stone for much more from bethesda maybe some expansion's and or another fallout
 Underpolish Oblivion mod. December 3, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was hyped to hear Fallout 3 was going to release. And had high hopes because while I know Bethesda is no Black Isle/Troika, they DO produce good games.
The problem is.. they rushed Fallout 3. Having only gotten rights to it a little over a year before it released shows that they didn't put their usual effort in to the game. Look at the Elder Scrolls games? Years between releases. Usually even around a year just to release expansions.
In their rush, they put more focus on the world than anything else. The game is well, beautiful, it's an incredible rendition of the post-apocalyptic environ that Black Isle showed us so many years ago, but changed to meet the more north-eastern US.
But, they forgot about the things that made Fallout .. Fallout. The humor wasn't there. When compared to Fallout 2 especially, 3 is practically sterile and family friendly.
Over all, it feels like an under-polished Oblivion mod. Which is why I jokingly call it "Elder Scrolls V: Fallout."
I still hold out hope for user created content and official patches/expansions.
For those of you with a short attention span:
Fun. But not Fallout, Oblivion is better.
 Can't play it because of Securom issues December 3, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I should have done my research. After having been greatly abused by securom with Bioshock, I swore I would never buy another game running it again.
I didn't think to check on Fallout 3 beforehand. I am now out $50 for a game that won't install on my system.
Next time, I'll just bloody pirate the thing.
Most Boring Game Ever December 1, 2008
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
If you look around your going to see a very hyped rating of this game. Put it this way, your going to spend the game talking to an endless amount of boring NPCs....you rarely shoot anything and the world you "live" in is full of random quests that are even more boring than the game.
If your like me and see all kinds of flaws like "If its been 200 years, how are able to eat anything you find and how is it not dust?" don't bother going any further.
The defenders of this game will say its a "Action RPG!"
Leave out the "Action" and replace with "Boring" and your 100% correct.
Fallout 3 isn't worth the hype or the price because it is a shallow game with a weak story.
I can honestly say that this is the most boring game I have ever played, ever.
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