fade
Staff member
Whoa, I saw this one drop from 39 to 9.99 at gamestop. Not sure why, but I knew I was grabbing it. I haven't played Fallout since like 1997, but I loved it. This game does not disappoint. The story is excellent, and unlike some RPGs , your leveling decisions actually seem to have quite an effect on gameplay. I chose to play a sneaky rifle expert scientist. I love getting up in a Super Mutant's face and chunkifying its head before it even knows I'm 10 feet away.
The good: The storylines. I love a good story, and the quests here are really engrossing. You actually care about the people you meet. The VATS system is fun. I don't always shoot for the head. Sometimes it's more fun to blow the gun out of the badguy's hand and run. People have personalities and even moods. The 1950s-esque pre-war culture you uncover is fun
The bad: Not much. The graphics are boring. I know it's a nuclear wasteland, but it'd be nice if things weren't so monotone. Some of the art is poor for a big budget game with a successful pedigree, too. I love Three Dog, but I wish they'd made the Galaxy News loop a little longer. At least throw some additional songs on the radio. Character movement is blocky and floaty. Mole rats, for example, move like solid blocks with no spines. I wish there was a PS3 quicksave mechanism. The game has a lot o bugs, too, and it has even crashed a few times for me. All of these issues are all fairly minor, though.
All in all, I give it an 8.5/10, deducting for technical issues.
The good: The storylines. I love a good story, and the quests here are really engrossing. You actually care about the people you meet. The VATS system is fun. I don't always shoot for the head. Sometimes it's more fun to blow the gun out of the badguy's hand and run. People have personalities and even moods. The 1950s-esque pre-war culture you uncover is fun
The bad: Not much. The graphics are boring. I know it's a nuclear wasteland, but it'd be nice if things weren't so monotone. Some of the art is poor for a big budget game with a successful pedigree, too. I love Three Dog, but I wish they'd made the Galaxy News loop a little longer. At least throw some additional songs on the radio. Character movement is blocky and floaty. Mole rats, for example, move like solid blocks with no spines. I wish there was a PS3 quicksave mechanism. The game has a lot o bugs, too, and it has even crashed a few times for me. All of these issues are all fairly minor, though.
All in all, I give it an 8.5/10, deducting for technical issues.
