Fallout 3 Reviews
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No matter what platform you own, you should play Fallout 3, which overcomes its issues by offering a deep and involving journey through a world that's hard to forget. It has more in common with Bethesda's Elder Scrolls series than with previous Fallout games, but that is by no means a bad thing. In fact, Fallout 3 is leaner and meaner than Bethesda's previous efforts, less expansive but more intense, while still offering immense replay value and quite a few thrills along the way. Whether you're a newcomer to the universe or a Fallout devotee, untold hours of mutated secrets are lurking in the darkest corners of Washington.
Gametrailers gives the game a 9.4/10:
Any preconceived notions of this post-Apocalypto should be shelved. Fallout 3 is not another Gears of War or Halo. Overcome and embrace, for there's a constant flow of surprises and excellence packed into this RPG. Everything is set at such a high caliber that the negligible flaws and inconsistencies come across as much larger blemishes than in most games, but they can't tarnish the overall experience. Don't wait for the wasteland, just hit the road.
Game Revolution gives the game an "A":
By now, you're probably wondering about me, about the fairy tale of a boy who left the shelter of the Vault in search of his father. I'll let you grab a couch to mull over my abandonment issues, anti-isolationist ideals, and my animus figure. But whatever you've heard hardly sums up my life. No sixty-second mythic summary - no heavy introduction in a survival guide - can compare to what I've seen, what I've heard, what I've decided to live.
That's the beauty of survival, and this world of fallout: It feeds on adventure and breathes in freedom, yet it dreams of order and the safety of the Vault. I can describe it, explain it, tell it in finely chosen words, but I can never make you fully understand for as long as you sit and listen. But even if I die, I do not worry. There will come a time when you will seize that lever and open that metal door, and it is then I will return. And the Wasteland will greet you, the birth of a legend. For with you goes that kid from Vault 101 once more.
AtomicGamer gives the game a 96%:
Sure, the game has some pretty obvious flaws and issues. The character animations aren't quite up to par for today's standards, the game focuses more on combat than previous games in the series, and both enemy and friendly AI is a little strange (but few games even bother to try to do AI "right"). Considering the number of little issues with Oblivion and how well-received that game was, though - and just how many of those Oblivion issues were avoided or fixed here in Fallout 3 - I can't help but come to the same conclusion. Sure, this game isn't perfect, but its strengths far overpower its weaknesses. From its sweeping, epic score to its ridiculously gory and amusing death scenes and on to the many thought-provoking moments of what life could be like after a nuclear detonation on US soil, this game holds sacred all that is great about RPGs while delivering that action-based punch that keeps you coming back. I just can't find a good reason not to recommend Fallout 3 to any serious gamer out there.
And Gamers With Jobs goes with no score:
The highest praise I can offer any game is that the world I'm in tells me a story about the people who inhabit it, even after they're long dead and gone. While we can wax poetic about narrative and writing and structure and acting, the real power that games have over other forms of expression is that they give the player the opportunity to linger on details. Fallout 3 is rich with these details, and through them I have had an opportunity to see what life is like after Dr. Strangelove.
You may not like what it says about humanity, but you'll come away with memories that stand years after you're done playing.
