Shooting heads off people is fun!
So I get Fallout 3 a few weeks ago. Here is the short review:
One of the best games I’ve ever played. Even better than Oblivion. Puts Fable 2 to shame and generally kicks major ass. Got an Xbox 360? Buy it. Do I need to go into further details? Why aren’t you playing it yet?
Okay. Now that the review is done. Some thoughts on Fallout 3.
The Scoped 44 Magnum. Using this item with VATS, seems to produce floating blood explosion bugs way to often, especially when you kill something. The explosions of blood keep recurring where-ever it was the bad guy was standing. Weird.
Radscorpions seem to have a problem with terrain. They end up looking like landsharks too often - just their stinger sticks up from the ground and they can’t be killed or attacked. Which is fine. I hate radscorpions. Not as much as Death Claws, though.
Nuka Cola Challenge. As a reward, you get plans for a Nuka Grenade. Eh? She still wants you to sell her Nuka Cola Quantums, but gives you plans to make grenades from them? Conflict of Interest, much?
Tranquility Lane (the quest where you find your Dad). Just thought it was weird that both Fable 2 and Fallout 3 have a part in the game where you revert to “child hood” so as to not make your gun and/or skills the determining event. Didn’t care for this quest - particularly because I couldn’t solve the musical puzzle (if it is a puzzle) in the abandoned house). Radio, Pitcher, Gnome, Pitcher … then every item buzzes at me. Odd.
Finding the Declaration of Independence. So far, the end of this quest is the best. The robot who thinks he’s one of the signers? Classic. Loved it. Think I wasted all the other ones on the way to finding him though.
Deathclaws. These dudes seem to love to wander around campsites a lot. Odd.
Making Weapons. Other than the Shiskebob, they seem worthless. The railway rifle does half decent damage. But I’d much rather have a combat shotgun.
Best Weapon Combo. Distance: Minuteman’s Rifle (or something like that. I’ll fix the name) - you get it from a guy in the top west of the map. 3 shot clip. Better damage than a sniper rifle, though. Combat Shotgun for close combat. Shiskebob for melee combat (easy to kill animals) and the Chinese Assault Rifle. I also keep a minigun, scoped 44 and 10mm sub machine gun in inventory as well. Never use the sub machine gun, though.
Mutant Behemoths. I found 2 so far. Both times, I could fight them when I chose. They take forever to kill with a minigun. Next time, I’ll actually use a mini-nuke. Wanna see how that looks!
Picking Locks. Awesome. It’s done 100 times better than Oblivion. The hard locks require some actually skill.
Hacking Computers. I suck at it. I’m too lazy to think about it but when I do, I can usually get it. Love how it’s handled though.
Bethesda Works. Damn you for making games that make me play for 4 hours in a row. I hate you. I love you. Damn you, either way.
VATS. While I like the system (who can’t? Blowing heads off people never gets old), it sucks that you are forced to use it, practically. Your weapons do so much more damage in VATS. And for a game where conserving ammo is (somewhat) important; it’s a necessity. There are good and bad sides to the thing. Watching videos of it prior to release, I thought “this is dumb” but the game totally works with it.
Scrounging. This is a game for people who love to look at the ground and scrounge for a random bullet. If you enjoy that. You’ll love this game. So much to see, find and do.
The Dog. Look; even though I knew I got a dog at some point, it was never apparent “where” to get it. I found it, when I was at level 19. The thing lived for like an hour. Should’ve been made more obvious to obtain. In Megaton or something.
Vampires. I like the way this was handled. Unique take on them and I thought it was interesting.
Some reviews say that the game makes it difficult to get to level 20. Horse pooey. I’m at 20 and I have barely touched the main quest - or maybe I have. Who knows. I’m just shooting things in the head.
I’d suggest to people just starting to get the perk where “you get 2 points for every book read, instead of 1″ as soon as possible. It makes a huge difference. There are tons of books to find, especially if you explore a lot. Bobble heads seem to be a lot harder to find. I’ve found 6 and I’ve done well over 100 locations so far. Maybe I’m not looking hard enough.
If you think you want to take the perk that instantly takes you from level 10 to 11; don’t bother. I did it and I regret it. That perk is better used for something that benefits you all the time; rather than one that disappears like that.
That’s it for now. Great game. Love it. Best ever. Yes; it’s Oblivion with Guns. And Nukes. Do I care? Hell no! My only problem with Oblivion: It got boring at higher levels cuz nothing could hurt you. It’s not a problem in this game. The balance seems there, either they overload you with Raiders or they put Mutant Brutes everywhere to beat you up. Do wish there was more monster variety though.
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Darth Executor on March 6th, 2009
Making weapons is not worthless, they’re some of the best in the game.
nuka-grenades and bottlecap mines are the best of their kind (bottlecap mines are probably the best anti-deathclaw weapon other than alien blaster/plasma rifles).
deathclaw gauntlet - ignores armor. All armor. Makes mincemeat of radscorpions and mirelurks. Way better than the shishkebab.
dartgun - cripples legs instantly. another excellent anti-deathclaw weapon (and anti-any melee, really). I can clear the deathclaw sanctuary with this, a hunting rifle or combat shotgun and 40 small guns skill.
can’t say I’ve played much with the railway rifle or rock-it launcher, though the latter does a lot of damage (but it’s really annoying how it handles ammo).