| Fallout 3 (Xbox 360) |  | From: Bethesda
Category: Video Games
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 44
Platform: Xbox 360
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 093155125483
EAN: 0093155125483
ASIN: B0017Y380C
Release Date: October 31, 2008
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Manufacturer's Description
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.
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Fallout 3
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| Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...
 oblivion in a brown landscape November 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've played about 6-8 hours of this game and I'm not sure how much more I'll play of it yet. I don't want to be too negative, but I'm really not impressed with what Bethesda have put out with this effort. In fact, at this point, I feel positively mugged. There is so much deja-vu from Oblivion that i feel like I'm back in time to about 2 and a half years ago. And the problems that existed with that have not been addressed.
There are some good set-pieces, and the initial 'Vault 101' chapter is tense and gets you in. But this soon fades away when you enter the brown and desolate landscape, with the same music in the background as Oblivion- which is actually very inappropriate. The 'enemies' are the same, the graphics engine is the same and the battles are rigid, with too much emphasis on the VATS system, which soon becomes tedious. The character also progresses too slowly to feel any real gaining of advantage.
The non-player characters are wooden and poorly acted and I've felt no emotional hook to want to help them or hurt them. Why do these game developers assume gamers want to hear Hollywood actors in their games? And why do they rest on their laurels and mash bits of other games together and tout it as something new? Why?
Do I sound angry? Yes, because this game promised so much good fun and has really been a wast of time and money. I will persist a bit more and may update this review, hopefully I'll prove myself wrong. But I doubt it because the things that annoy me about it won't change.
I'm not saying that they need to do Gears of War mashed up with Mass Effect (two FAR superior games) or mash any games together for that matter. But after two-plus years, buckets of money and Xbox 360 technology, and the legacy of Fallout, they should be able to do substantially better than this.
 One of the best games this year. November 29, 2008
This year has seen the release of many highly anticipated titles such as Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Battlefield: Bad Company, GTA 4, Dead Space and of course; Fallout 3.
Fallout 3 takes place in the year 2077, but not as you'd expect. Fallout 3 is set in a parallel universe where things are the same up until about the 1950's, which is where it all changed. In the Fallout universe, nuclear war broke out between the east and west and left the earth devastated.
In this post-apocalyptic universe you find yourself in an underground vault shielded from the radiation and key events in your childhood play out before you until your character becomes 16, when your father mysteriously leaves the vault (Vault 101) and you follow after him. This part of the game only lasts about half an hour and serves as a nice tutorial.
Upon exiting Vault 101 Fallout 3 certainly has the "WOW" factor. The plains of a post-nuclear Washington DC are set before you. You will find yourself looking around the local landscape a bit (which is very detailed and fun to explore) and then proceeding the the main quest (to find/save your father) or one of the many deep side quests.
The world in Fallout 3 is an "open-world", this means you can go anywhere and aren't restricted to pathways etc. (except for when in the capital of Washington -which is about 1/10 of the game world- where you are restricted a bit as many streets are blocked by rubble). As far as gameplay is concerned Fallout 3 is amazing, with the option of first or third person viewpoints and the ability to either play it like any other first person shooter or as a combination of first person shooting and use of the VATS system.
The VATS system is hard to explain, but lets say it involves limb-targeting and gory close-ups. Gore in general is not something that Fallout 3 is a stranger to.
To sum up:
Graphics: 9/10 Overall incredible, some minor glitches.
Gameplay: 8/10 Very good in general, lets you use a variety of tactics.
Presentation: 10/10 Whilst bleak, the Fallout Universe is lightened with plenty of dark humour
Lasting Appeal: 9/10 Whilst there is no online play, the single player could last you forever.
Loving this game November 26, 2008
I was a bit unsure about this game but what sold it for me was the fact it could be played in 1st or 3rd person.
I was very happily surprised when I started to play - 1) your character can be male or female (as a female Xbox fan this makes a nice change) 2) It's really involved and though I have only played a couple of times (for a number of hours each time)it doesn't look like I'll be finishing it very quickly (not like Halo 3 which I completed within a week - but still really love). 3) and the graphics are amazing!
I'm sure it has its flaws, though I haven't come across them yet. Overall a really good game and worth the money.
Stuie's review November 26, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an incredible game where you can do almost anything, from killing everything and everyone you see, to helping everything and everyone you see. Which one you do, you decide
Really good fun for the majority, tedius at times. November 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I first started this game, I was amazed by the graphics and the combat style. VAT's is just great fun, especially when you get a few levels higher and have skills to blow people in to shreds. Okay, a bit gruesome, but still it's part of the game.
The main quest line is slightly short, but you can easily crank out 30-40 hours playing this game, which for me is a decent amount. The problem with these 30-40 hours is that quite a lot of it you will be wondering around a huge map, trying to work out how to get past rubble. Once you get all the way points on your map, its a lot more fun because there is less walking involved.
Some of the quests can be slightly confusing, with not much explaining of what your supposed to do, so exploring is in order and a bit of patience is needed sometimes. Other than that the game is awesome.
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