Fallout 3 Point Lookout DLC Reviews
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The first is at Edge Online with a score of 6/10:
So, then: the best expansion so far and the game at its worst. Such a contradiction could only be made by Bethesda. Here's another one: while they're all fundamentally the same, no two bits of Fallout DLC have been alike. Fans are comfortable with these enigmas, and with just six weeks passing since Broken Steel, it's hard to begrudge such a regular supply.
The second is at About.com with no score:
So is Point Lookout worth the 800 space bucks? Yes and no. The story is good. There are some great moments. I love how it ties into the Capital Wasteland. The map is big and interesting to explore. But the rewards are pretty awful. There are some new weapons and stuff, but nothing that you'll really want to use back in the Capital Wasteland. Without the great rewards that The Pitt and Operation Anchorage offered that made them worth playing through each time you started a new character, Point Overlook is more of a one and done affair. There are moments you might want to see again, but you could just as easily keep a save file before them so you can see them without playing through the other 4-5 hours worth of stuff. Or better yet, just watch that scene on YouTube and save yourself $10. Point Lookout is higher quality overall than the other two side-mission Fallout 3 DLCs, but unlike the others you'll only really need/want to do it once and that makes the $10/800MS point asking price tougher to swallow. It is good, but the value isn't really here. You'll have to make up a buy/no buy decision on your own based on that.
The third is at Wonderwallweb with a score of 8.0/10:
Overall there is no doubt that Fallout 3: Point Lookout is another great piece of DLC from Bethesda and is definitely worth downloading and booting up the old Fallout 3 disc for once again. PS3 owners will be looking forward to getting their hands on this and all the previous content before it, that's for sure.
And the fourth is at 1UP with no score:
Despite a pretty weak ending and a complete lack of any moral quandaries, this is by far my favorite Fallout 3 expansion so far. If you had to choose only one expansion to buy, Broken Steel might be the better choice due to its addition of 10 extra levels to climb, but Lookout provides the most entertaining experience from beginning to end of the first four expansions. Whether or not you agree, it's difficult to argue that Bethesda is doing a tremendous job of consistently extending the life of a game from a genre that rarely sees significant expansion after the initial release date.
