Fallout 3 Reviews
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Ultimately, Fallout 3 is more Bethesda mediocrity in the vein of Morrowind or Oblivion. If those games tickled your fancy, you're bound to love this game, it's everything they do, but better. Or maybe you can look past the flaws and have a blast with it. I can't say I didn't enjoy parts of it, but I also can't say I wasn't almost always disappointed by Bethesda's general half-assedness. It's a mildly amusing timesink; but that's not saying much. Ultimately, it just doesn't work for me. It flies in the face of most everything I felt Fallout 1 did so well. Closing things off, Fallout 3 is a lot like a wasteland; you're searching through it looking for a little something good, something to keep you going, but to do that you have to go through a whole lot of bad and it just might not be worth it and you might not want to go on.
But then we have MSXbox-World with a score of 9/10:
This ISN'T a world ripe with life, rich in colour, and brimming with delight. It's a baron, ruined landscape, where you fight for your very survival, where the sins of mankind have taken their toll and decimated what was once a glorious civilisation, and where the hope of a better, brighter future is what drives humanity to keep going. Fallout 3 is a bold, dynamic, vast epic adventure, representing the perfect blend between action and role-playing, set within one of the biggest, most atmospheric, and well-realized gaming worlds ever created. Absolutely justified in any self-respecting gamers collection, it's a truly essential title, for an essential console. Buy this game now, and lose yourself in it. Just be sure to keep your radiation exposure down to a bare minimum after completing it though, or you might find a third arm growing from your stomach. Not bad if you're going for those expert achievements on Guitar Hero, but otherwise, stay safe.
TestFreaks with a 9/10:
Fallout 3 is a game that I can easily tell you to go out and get, it is well worth it as it will keep you playing for many, many hours. It's got quite a bit of replayability as depending on your choices things will move along differently for the player in the game.
The graphics, gameplay and storyline are all top notch, Bethesda did an excellent job with Fallout 3, and I personally can't wait for a Fallout 4. I can easily see Fallout 3 winning game of the year and many awards, it's just an all around excellent game.
RPGFan with a score of 94%:
Ultimately, Bethesda triumphed over all odds with Fallout 3. Defeating hype and the need to live up to the past, the Fallout 3 team created an intensely profound world and worthy successor to the franchise. Nothing can more easily shake the chauvinist in each of us than the sight of the decaying Washington Monument ever present on the horizon. Strongly thematic in areas such as patriotism, survival, sacrifice, and morality in a land of overwhelming hardship, Fallout 3 is unforgettable. As if an atomic bomb had dropped on our world, Fallout 3's shadow will forever stick to the walls of the video game vault.
SciFi Australia with no score:
The aim of the game is up to you - if you want to wander about, you can, with no set paths. You can wander around ex-Washington DC, just scrounging in the remains, exploring and scavenging. If you want to accept missions and follow a general storyline, you can do that too. But if you just want to revel in the 'so this is what the end of the Earth looks like' atmosphere and watch the sun go down, live it baby, live it. Highly recommended.
And Tom's Games with a score of 9.0/10:
Fallout 3 is an amazing game and one of the best RPGs in recent memory. Its problem areas do not reach the level of annoyance to make me think, "Oh my god, this totally sucks," but rather, "I wish this was handled differently." Bethesda has taken the setting of the Fallout universe and successfully transplanted us from the bird's eye view of the old games straight onto the ground, enhancing the immersion. The Capital City Wasteland provides a playground of fantastic role-playing opportunity, and while the game's main story has a somewhat truncated ending, seeing everything Fallout 3 has to offer in a single pass may be impossible. This isn't Fallout as we've played it in the past but it's the Fallout I want to play in the future.
