Playing Fallout 3
Last of the 3 games I bought and ultimately the best.
Fallout 3. I think even non gamers can recognize the name Fallout. Basic thing about it is the post nuclear apocalyptic future setting in which we, as a survivor in an underground vault, finally ventures out into the wastelands of the surface.
Fallout 3 is a heaven sent for character customization in my opinion. True there are many other games that may offer even more minute level of character customization, but Fallout does it best. You start out as a baby, using technics of supposed future techs as well as personally controlling your avatar, you begin to set up specific traits of the character. Best of all is that at one point in the early game, after you had some adventuring or roaming about, you are given one last time to re-customize your character, just incase you're not happy with him/her yet. And even more is that later in the game you can find NPCs that can still help you alter your physical appearence, should you want a change of look.
The world of Fallout is huge, spanning the area of what was the American capital, now called the Capital Wastelands. The world is dotted with points of interests from derelict landmarks to makeshift enemy camps, to subway systems and shabby towns. I won't go specifics on how the world is, but suffice to say, I enjoy doing sidequests in this game not for the rewards or XP, but for the opportunity to explore the world. In one instance, I went some place quite far very early in the game, armed with a stubby little baton and a gun with barely a dozen bullets in it, and luck had it, found a super mutant, struggled to kill it, and looted the bastard's minigun. A damn minigun so early in the game....
Story plays out interestingly enough, with your main objective is to find your dad who supposedly wandered off from your Vault, in order to pursue his last project or something, which he abandoned when your character was born. Along the way, you get the heads up on the going arounds of the world, meet interesting people and make allies or foes. What's best is that many little things you do affect how your character will be viewed in the future, and be it good or bad, specific factions might target to..."off" you. This sort of thing does make you think on what actions you would want to take, and who you would want to be on the good side of, and who you'd prefer pissing off.
Combat is a mix of FPS and RPG, in that you can use normal FPS style shooting (though still has RPG factor like weapon condition and affecting skills) or you can use VATS, which is basically like putting you in RPG mode, tell what you want to aim for, and the character auto executes it in slowmo, all factors calculated in, just like a traditional RPG in a way. After killing, you loot, of course, and I like the more or less WYSIWYG thing about the game. Basically speaking, if the enemy has a minigun, shoots you with a minigun, then killing him and looting, a minigun is what you get. That. and a few other trinkets of course.
There are other things too in the game that add depth, like lock picking and computer hacking. Computer hacking requires the use of skills to access a terminal, but the actual hacking requires you using your own logic. It's nifty, smart...but sometimes... I didn't exactly pay for the game to play an IQ test. I suppose this might be an appeal to some, but I find it mildly annoying. Maybe coz I sometimes just don't get it.
It's the same with lock picking. Skills are a contributory factor, not a guarantee. Lockpicking try to simulate the real thing with you picking the lock using pins and screwdriver to turn. The trick is to turn the lock without breaking the pin. Let's just say my logic factor sometimes goes off here too, and I broke a fair amount of pins. Not really my thing too I suppose.
There's a lot more to say about Fallout 3 and a lot more for me to find out too. But then, I'm not doing a real review, just stating opinion on the game. Buy the game to experience the wonders personally.
A good 9 outta 10 I'd give this one.
Fallout 3. I think even non gamers can recognize the name Fallout. Basic thing about it is the post nuclear apocalyptic future setting in which we, as a survivor in an underground vault, finally ventures out into the wastelands of the surface.
Fallout 3 is a heaven sent for character customization in my opinion. True there are many other games that may offer even more minute level of character customization, but Fallout does it best. You start out as a baby, using technics of supposed future techs as well as personally controlling your avatar, you begin to set up specific traits of the character. Best of all is that at one point in the early game, after you had some adventuring or roaming about, you are given one last time to re-customize your character, just incase you're not happy with him/her yet. And even more is that later in the game you can find NPCs that can still help you alter your physical appearence, should you want a change of look.
The world of Fallout is huge, spanning the area of what was the American capital, now called the Capital Wastelands. The world is dotted with points of interests from derelict landmarks to makeshift enemy camps, to subway systems and shabby towns. I won't go specifics on how the world is, but suffice to say, I enjoy doing sidequests in this game not for the rewards or XP, but for the opportunity to explore the world. In one instance, I went some place quite far very early in the game, armed with a stubby little baton and a gun with barely a dozen bullets in it, and luck had it, found a super mutant, struggled to kill it, and looted the bastard's minigun. A damn minigun so early in the game....
Story plays out interestingly enough, with your main objective is to find your dad who supposedly wandered off from your Vault, in order to pursue his last project or something, which he abandoned when your character was born. Along the way, you get the heads up on the going arounds of the world, meet interesting people and make allies or foes. What's best is that many little things you do affect how your character will be viewed in the future, and be it good or bad, specific factions might target to..."off" you. This sort of thing does make you think on what actions you would want to take, and who you would want to be on the good side of, and who you'd prefer pissing off.
Combat is a mix of FPS and RPG, in that you can use normal FPS style shooting (though still has RPG factor like weapon condition and affecting skills) or you can use VATS, which is basically like putting you in RPG mode, tell what you want to aim for, and the character auto executes it in slowmo, all factors calculated in, just like a traditional RPG in a way. After killing, you loot, of course, and I like the more or less WYSIWYG thing about the game. Basically speaking, if the enemy has a minigun, shoots you with a minigun, then killing him and looting, a minigun is what you get. That. and a few other trinkets of course.
There are other things too in the game that add depth, like lock picking and computer hacking. Computer hacking requires the use of skills to access a terminal, but the actual hacking requires you using your own logic. It's nifty, smart...but sometimes... I didn't exactly pay for the game to play an IQ test. I suppose this might be an appeal to some, but I find it mildly annoying. Maybe coz I sometimes just don't get it.
It's the same with lock picking. Skills are a contributory factor, not a guarantee. Lockpicking try to simulate the real thing with you picking the lock using pins and screwdriver to turn. The trick is to turn the lock without breaking the pin. Let's just say my logic factor sometimes goes off here too, and I broke a fair amount of pins. Not really my thing too I suppose.
There's a lot more to say about Fallout 3 and a lot more for me to find out too. But then, I'm not doing a real review, just stating opinion on the game. Buy the game to experience the wonders personally.
A good 9 outta 10 I'd give this one.
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