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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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ASIN | B000UU3SVI |
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Release date | October 28, 2008 |
Customer Reviews |
4.4 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #33,359 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #628 in Xbox 360 Games #2,786 in PlayStation Legacy Systems |
Product Dimensions | 7.53 x 5.43 x 0.56 inches; 4.8 ounces |
Type of item | Video Game |
Rated | Mature |
Item model number | 12680 |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Item Weight | 4.8 ounces |
Manufacturer | Bethesda |
Date First Available | August 6, 2007 |
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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 - Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results 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.
The Story: Vault 101 ? Jewel of the WastesFor 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.
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Customers like the quality, storyline, and worldbuilding of the video game. They mention that it's an addictive game, with a rich storyline filled with never-ending action and twists and turns. They appreciate the huge world to explore, and the good condition of the game. Customers are also satisfied with the graphics, and characters. However, some customers have different opinions on speed, and ease of use.
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Customers like the quality of the video game. They say it's great, fun, addictive, and exciting. They also say it has a fantastic story, characters, and controls. Customers also mention that the graphics, music, characters and gameplay are unforgettable. They consider it one of the best Xbox 360 games of all time.
"...Vegas are HUGE open world games that both have excellent plots, addictive game play and are STILL some of the best titles going on consoles these..." Read more
"...The game has an awesome story. My wife sometimes watches me play these games and is totally bored...." Read more
"...are flaws, but the overall experience of the game makes it the most exciting game I've played since the first Halo...." Read more
"Easily one of the greatest games I have ever played. The game has a fantastic story, characters, and controls...." Read more
Customers find the storyline engaging, rich with variety, and filled with never-ending action. They also say the game has many twists and turns, making it suspenseful. Customers also appreciate the realism and the level of immersion in the Fallout world. Overall, they describe the game as an amazing adventure with lots of different endings.
"...not only that but it also provides some really amazing, constantly gory cinematics...." Read more
"...The level of immersion in the Fallout world, the characters, atmosphere etc. is comparable to what GTA USED to be (without the driving of course)...." Read more
"...a game that is imaginitive, super interesting, and is filled with never-ending action. Ok, maybe I left too many comments after all!" Read more
"Fallout 3 is an amazing adventure! The graphics, music, characters, gameplay and action are unforgettable...." Read more
Customers find the worldbuilding in the video game to be positive, huge, and expansive. They also mention that the game has tons of places to explore, outstanding scenery, and endless things to do and see.
"...But the real treat is the exploration. There's a positively huge world to explore, and even more underground...." Read more
"...handy to us on the wasteland, not only that but it also provides some really amazing, constantly gory cinematics...." Read more
"...(in other words, the world is huge, the story is great, the game play feels endless and it's crazy..." Read more
"...you like role-playing game elements, 1st person shooters, wide-open worlds for exploration, and a game with tons of side-quests, this game is for..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the condition of the video game software. They mention that it came in good shape, works well, and has no scratches or damage. Some say that the game is as described and has not run into any issues playing it so far.
"...My disc was in pretty high quality for the low price...." Read more
"Case was garbage, disc was in good condition" Read more
"good sellergood quality disc for a good priceeverything includedthank you frankwhoever you aregood job" Read more
"...also came in great condition as the buyer said it would. It's nice man." Read more
Customers find the graphics of the video game to be great, amazingly designed, and pretty. They also describe the game as imaginative, fun, and absolutely shines. Customers also mention that the mission design, storytelling, and user interface are also well designed.
"...The graphics are... terrific. Sure everyhing's grainy and brown and dark and bleak. But somehow it manages to be pretty anyway...." Read more
"...Kudos for Bethesda gameworks for making a game that is imaginitive, super interesting, and is filled with never-ending action...." Read more
"...Despite being a minor annoyance, the game absolutely shines and should not be dismissed because of this...." Read more
"Fallout 3 is an amazing adventure! The graphics, music, characters, gameplay and action are unforgettable...." Read more
Customers find the characters in the video game to be different, appealing, and customizable. They also appreciate the multiple paths for the type of character they want to be. However, some customers feel the itemization is poor and the leveling up of characters is not natural.
"...The game has a fantastic story, characters, and controls. The gameplay length is ridiculously immense. The replay value is very high...." Read more
"Fallout 3 is an amazing adventure! The graphics, music, characters, gameplay and action are unforgettable...." Read more
"...Multiple paths for the type of character you want to be.Cons:Poor itemization...." Read more
"...game you are given quest after quest, NON-STOP so you level up your character naturally...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the speed of the video game. Some mention that it's relatively slow paced, with bullet time slow motion sequences. However, others say that it takes a long time to get into and takes up a lot of hours.
"...It's a relatively slow paced game that rewards you for preparation and tactical thinking.Pros:Long...." Read more
"...However, it took me a long time to get into. For the first hour of playing it, I was pretty impressed. I was looking forward to exploring and all...." Read more
"...play is awesome with the first person shooter style and bullet time slow motion sequences. Its call of duty meets fable super sized!" Read more
"...I thought it was a little boring and slow paced in the beginning, but once you're out of the Vault, it's hell all loose...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the physical video game software. Some mention that the introduction is very easy to grasp, while others say that it's too slow paced and nit pickingly complicated. They also say that the tutorial at the beginning was not informative and that the game requires too much time and effort.
"...Easy short tutorial to get you up to speed. 100 out of 100. A+Really this game is great!" Read more
"...First thing is that the tutorial at the beginning was not informative and I had a hard time figuring out how to get an overall feel for how to play...." Read more
"...explore and hours of entertainment, mission design, storytelling, user interface and much more." Read more
"...I just found it all to be too slow paced and so nit pickingly complicated that I didn't even want to try and finish playing it...." Read more
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Well it turns out that I was just looking for the right massive, open game. Because here you're free to be your own man. Sure, you can tackle the main quest and it's decent. But the real treat is the exploration. There's a positively huge world to explore, and even more underground.
Lets say you have some kind of vendetta against the raiders. They roam the Wastes, pillaging like metal-head versions of pirates, and you don't like them. Maybe out of strong sense of justice, or maybe one of them just looked at you funny. Well feel free to wander around, picking them off from on-high with a rifle, sneaking in to set up mines before tossing in a grenade to stir up some carnage, or put on your power armor and run in, guns blazing.
There's a big town, the first one you're likely to come across, with an undetonated atomic bomb sitting in the middle. You can take it on as a mission from the town sheriff to disarm it, or have the mysterious Mister Burke rope you in to rigging it up to blow. And you're fully capable of doing so, climbing to the top of Tenpenny Tower, and watching the mushroom cloud in the distance as you vaporize the city, and all its residences. It's all up to you. Scurge of the wastes, savior, or anywhere in between. Get into the slave trade business, or shoot your way through the traders' encampment and free the slaves.
The only legitimate complaints I know of for the game are the controls with the VATS targeting system, but you don't even really have to use it. In fact it's often better and more fun not to. Sometimes the game doesn't even feel like an RPG. Sometimes it's an action game, sometimes it's a shooter, but it's always an adventure.
The graphics are... terrific. Sure everyhing's grainy and brown and dark and bleak. But somehow it manages to be pretty anyway. Everything might be ugly, but it's ugly in a really good looking way. I'm trying to think of a celebrity to use as an example, but feel that would be in bad tastes.
The facial animations can tend to be a little robotic, but the voice acting is top-notch and lively, from everyone. And in a game with so much dialog, that's very welcome.
Speaking of sound, I was surprised to end up really loving the soundtrack. And I don't mean the ominous background tracks made for atmosphere, but the 1940s hits played from the game's "Galaxy News Radio". I, being a youngster, never even heard any of this music. But after having it as a constant companion in my fares across the Wastes I grew to love it.
My first time through Fallout 3 I played for over 60 hours, and didn't even do everything (keep in mind I did add four of the add-on packs). And just a few days ago I started a new file.
Speaking of add-on packs, there are five. Broken Steel, Mothership Zeta, Point Lookout, The Pitt, and Operation: Anchorage. Personally, I found Operation Anchorage to be boring and linear. The Pitt was similar, but with a better story and an uglier world to explore. Point Lookout is a valuable addition. And Broken Steel continues the main story and raises the level cap. I haven't played Mothership Zeta, so I can't comment. But I only recommend Broken Steel and Point Lookout (which are offered together on a buyable disc if you don't have access to XBOX Live). The standalone Fallout 3 is the most powerful and by comparison the add-ons fall short in general.
But in all, I found Fallout 3 to be a fantastic game, in my top-ten list of all time. And in a game-playing career of somewhere around fourteen years, that's saying something. If you're on the fence about whether or not to buy, I'd say buy.
So after inserting the game in my xbox I chose to create New Game... obviously.... a little intro of the kind of place ill be adventuring in shows, than i hear a baby crying who was just borned just to find out thats the character ill be using throughout the game. Than my "dad", whose voice seemed very familiar (Liam Neeson from Taken), tells me about this monitor that shows the way i'll look once im a grown up. These is where we get to choose our facial aspects, hair, race, and of course, our name. Dad talks to us for a while than an unfortunate event happens. Right after that, a year or so passes by. We are made to believe we will always be living inside a vault where people will be protected from the outside world. I find myself still a baby in a room, dad talks to me and than leaves the room, right here we get to choose our S.P.E.C.I.A.L. skills (Strenght, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck) , which determine what aspects we want to be stronger on. After we're done with this, dad walks in and than tells us about a passage from the bible (revelation 21:6), which is of major importance to the game. After a few years, I get a birthday party, interact with some people, blah blah blah, than Im introduced to a watch-like artifact called the Pip-boy 3000 which is received to everyone at the age of 10 to people living in the vault, this specific object plays a major role in the game. A few years pass and now, I am obligated to go and take an exam which will determine another set of skills which work differently than the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. skills, these ones determine how effective we can be with guns, melee weapons, medicine, speeches, lockpicking, repairing, sneaking, and others. Some are also affected by your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. skills. Once again, a few years pass and now, I seem to be in some sort of trouble, to put it simple, a series of events happen that will causes my character to have to leave the vault and see the outside world for the first time. From there on, Im on my own...
After leaving the vault I felt greatly awed by the amazing environment, kinda like if i was living the game from my television set. Right from there I felt such freedom. For example, we see a whole bunch of places from far away and we get the feeling of need to go and explore it, we get there and scavenge around for exciting thing to find. While walking around, we will also find some enemies which will give us some trouble during our first levels of the game, but after earning some exp and leveling up, these morons should reconsider firing us at site.
The games pase goes as we will, we could either choose to help someone in need, get on with the story, or explore around the capital wasteland scavenging for weapons, medicine, clothing, miscellaneous, books, and a whole lot of other stuff that will aid us in the adventure. When facing enemies, i can compare the shooting to bioshock, and the close and personal to oblivion. Of course, we also have VATS (Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System), which automatically pauses the game and allows us to aim for different parts of the enemies body, it depends on how close we may be to the enemy and/or our level of our guns/melee skills that determine our chances of hitting. VATS will come continiously handy to us on the wasteland, not only that but it also provides some really amazing, constantly gory cinematics.
To wrap it up, I just want to say that there has never been a single player video game which I have enjoyed more in my entire life. I truly consider Fallout 3 one of the best games ever made, game I had no plan on acquiring until I accidently realized how great it was (thanks to my friend). haha. I love this game and would recommend it to any shooter, rpg, and/or adventure loving gamer. Btw... I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR NEW VEGAS!!!
This is a game for adults who like to be part of a great adventure. You have to have some sort of attention span to enjoy it. Don't worry though, it's not like some of the ridiculous (and completely overdone) Sci-Fi, Fantasy stuff -- it has a very grounded, real world vibe to it that is unique to Fallout. I don't do "D&D", "Space Fantasy" or "Anime WTF ever" stuff at all. This has a touch of Sci-Fi but it didn't get lost in it. It made me feel right at home.
Completing a Fallout game is almost like completing a good novel. It leaves you remembering all of the places you've been and people you've met and it makes you think about all you've experienced.
If you're like me and you've become kind of disgusted and disenfranchised with the direction the "micropay", "freemium", "expansion pack" and mandatory multiplayer games have been going -- GET THIS. If you like SINGLE PLAYER, OPEN WORLD games and if you somehow missed out on Fallout -- these are must own titles.
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Reviewed in Mexico on May 15, 2020
I can't believe I waited as long as I did.
Every part of this game is a masterpiece, from the storyline, to the control layout, to the customization options, music, you name it. The story just sucks you in, allowing you to navigate a finely crafted world where every decision you make could have a bearing on future events. You can be clever or overpowering; fight the good fight or only look out for yourself, there's no limit to how to play this game.