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| Review Date: March 11, 2010 |
| Reviewer: D. George, ID, USA |
| I had my eye on this game for a while, waiting for a good deal. I picked it up for ~$30 on sale, but if I had known how much I would put into this game, I would've definitely spent twice that on this package. For completion-ists like myself, this game is HUGE. There are many, many side quests, enemies, weapons, and treasures throughout the Wasteland that I have spent hours working thorugh, enjoying every second of it. |
Almost limitless exploration while you can keep it from crashing
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| Review Date: March 10, 2010 |
| Reviewer: William Hiles, Middleburg, VA |
Understandably this was written for XP and probably runs fine on XP. But with the expansion packs that are being sold in 2009 and 2010, you would expect a few patches to the base game to make it work on Windows 7.
The good news:
* The game play is very good, the gameworld is extensively detailed, the maps are realistic down to the carvings on the walls of the metro stations (I live in the DC area and found the graffiti accurate), and the characters adapt to your playing skills.
* Can be played without having to be online
The bad news:
* You have to have the DVD in the drive at all times of play
* Automatically tries to get you to use Windows Live, but you can play without it.
* Crashes about every 5 minutes on a Windows 7 box with 8 cores
Crashing: I wanted to play this one badly enough that I got another hard drive for my system and put an old copy of XP 32 bit on it. Surprisingly, the game still crashed constantly. Then after reading online for quite a bit, I found that you have to make a bunch of modifications to your .ini file for the game so that it will only use a maximum of 2 cores and so that it threads differently for Windows 7. Once I got the .ini file worked out, it played flawlessly but of course didn't really take advantage of a computer built for gaming.
I loved the game play, and the endless wandering that I could do. At first I was put off by the constant chatting that hast to be done with the computer characters to find your quests and have a goal to the game, but once you realize that you can talk to someone, ask them any question, they give you the quest, and then you say farewell, the killing can be pretty quick.
I liked the base Fallout 3 game enough to plunk down the $40 to buy the two add-on packs for it. I haven't done that since Half-Life.
Scott
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| Review Date: March 7, 2010 |
| Reviewer: W. tyrance, boston, ma United States |
| Bethesda is a company that really knows how to make an open ended singleplayer game world. And the Fallout games were made for this. I wanted to play this game ever since it came out but my pc at the time couldn't handle it. Finally got my pc upgraded and the first game i bought was this. It was worth the wait. Playing this on a console is a joke. You have to play this on pc. The look of the game world is just amazing. Washinton D.C. even though its in ruins is incredible to explore and fight in. The game of the year edition makes the world even bigger. And they are releasing a new espansion this fall. This is an adult game for a reason. The subject matter can be shocking at times. I really would like to see more singleplayer games like this. Playing online these days is a joke. As an old school adult gamer,I like a game where i can save and come back anytime i want to. This is a great game and worth the price. |
Best single player game
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| Review Date: March 7, 2010 |
| Reviewer: D. Miller, Kansas |
| Rich story line. Plenty of action. I would have liked to have seen a wider variety of animals and monsters. Plenty of weapons. Great latitude in choice to be good, evil, or somewhere in between. One of the best single player games I have ever played. |
Very Good with Disapointment
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| Review Date: March 3, 2010 |
| Reviewer: R. Scott, Tallahassee, Fl |
| This game was to include the main game with the (5) extra games. Well, when you die in the main game, I could not go to the five extra games. No instructions in the manuel and no indication during the game. I have a high end gaming computer and the graphics are excellent. No problems loading the game and no crashes during the game. If I could have gone to the other games, I would have rated it five stars. This game allows you to go in any directions taking on other assignments, so you can play this game a long time. Maybe, I over looked something on how to go into the 5 add on games? |
Addictive, educational, a game that can be replayed for years.
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| Review Date: February 26, 2010 |
| Reviewer: D. Anderson, |
| This game is very fun and addictive. Set in post apocalyptic DC, Maryland, and Virginia many of the conditions put forward in Fallout 3 except for the giant mutated critters would exist in the 5 to 25 years following a nuclear war. So we may be seeing a glimpse of our future. At times in fleeting moments the game cannot help but to produce the feelings of a little sadness seeing into a world where humanity is possibly in irreversible decline. Many of the factions in Fallout 3 like the raiders, the slavers, and others would exist in a world post apocalypse. Fallout 3 is worth owning and playing over and over again. Fallout 3 is quite fun and educational, and possibly unconsciously Fallout 3 will help prepare our minds for what we may have to try to survive in the bleak future that is to come. |
Just a quick note on this title
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| Review Date: February 21, 2010 |
| Reviewer: T. Stephen, S.W. Ohio |
First of all, I love this game. It's probably my favorite, but there are a couple things of note:
1.) Without the expansion packs activated, when you finish the main story line, there is an end sequence. Game over. With the expansion packs enabled and you finish the main story line, the end sequence plays and you are supposed to be able to continue. I was able to accomplish this once. Maybe just a bug, but it wouldn't hurt to do all your exploring and engaging in the immense enjoyment of the expansions before completing the main. (My personal favorite is "Operation: Anchorage")
2.) As of Feb. 2010, this game is NOT compatible with Windows 7. Like that's a big surprise. I spoke with Bethesda software and this was their response:
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"Our products were developed and released before Windows 7. We cannot guarantee the operation or functionality of the product in a new operating system. We have no information on if updates are planned for the product to include Windows 7 support. Windows 7 does have compatibility modes available for older programs, but there is no guarantee that will work for all products.
Please refer Windows 7 Help on how to run a program in compatibility mode."
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This is NOT a negative reflection on the publisher and in fact, I feel sorry for companies who develop games for windows. You make a game, then *BAM*, Microsoft changes the rules. By the way, compatibility mode for this game doesn't work, either.
Ok, so this wasn't quite as short as I had intended, but there it is. If you've got an XP or Vista box, play away. (Lucky) If you're thinking about upgrading to Win7 and want to still play this game, think again.
Of, course there is one other option. You can still get XP from Tiger Direct and build your own system from scratch... just a thought.
Happy hunting, 101!
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Immerse your self in to a post apocaliptic world
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| Review Date: February 7, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Irineu Illa-bochaca, |
| It take me just a few minutes to be totally immersed in this title. Is not only freedom while you play(you can do what ever you want) the most impressive is that you make your own story. The recreation of the environment is fantastic, you really feel like you are in a wasteland. For the price, this 'GOTY' includes 5 expansions that make the game even better and complet. Even, if you like RPG, Shoters or just looking for an great story you can't avoid playing this game. |
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| Review Date: February 4, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Peter H. Jemme, Concord, Ca United States |
Excellent game, many hours of gameplay.
Landscape and size of the map is excellent also....varying degrees of threat levels, making this game challenging. It's worth buying!
Pete J. |
Recommended
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| Review Date: January 28, 2010 |
| Reviewer: M. Mann, RALEIGH, NC United States |
| I'm sort of a game snob because I don't have a lot of time for video games. This game is worth the money and time. I place it amongst the best games I have ever played and would recommend it to everyone except the very casual gamer. This is also a game to buy -- not rent or steal -- so game developers will continue to make well made games. |
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