| Fallout 3 | 
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| From: Bethesda Softworks
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  200 reviews
Sales Rank: 134
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
ESRB: Mature
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 12690
Model: 12690
UPC: 093155126909
EAN: 0093155126909
ASIN: B000UU5T7E
Release Date: October 28, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Fight for survival against terrors of the outside world, radiation, and mutants after nuclear fallout | | • | Latest in human ability simulation affords unlimited customization of characters | | • | Expansive world in modern super-deluxe HD graphics | | • | Features ability to pause time in combat, target specific body parts, and queue up attacks | | • | 1st- or 3rd-person perspective |
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Product Description
For 200 years, Vault 101, a fallout shelter, has served the surviving residents of Washington DC and its environs, now known as the Capital Wasteland. Though the global atomic war of 2077 left the US all but destroyed, the residents of Vault 101 enjoy a life free from Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants. Yet one morning, you awake to find that your father has left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101 for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you've ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search for your father. Fallout 3 is a singleplayer action role-playing game (RPG) that combines the horrific insanity of the Cold War era theory of mutually assured destruction gone terribly wrong with the kitschy naivety of American 1950s nuclear propaganda.
Mind-Blowing Artificial Intelligence - Radiant AI, America's First Choice in Human Interaction Simulation. Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results Eye-Popping Prettiness - Witness the harsh realities of nuclear fallout rendered like never before in modern super-deluxe HD graphics
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The third game in the Fallout series, Fallout 3 is a singleplayer action role-playing game (RPG) set in a post-apocalyptic Washington DC. Combining the horrific insanity of the Cold War era theory of mutually assured destruction gone terribly wrong, with the kitschy naivety of American 1950s nuclear propaganda, Fallout 3 will satisfy both players familiar with the popular first two games in its series as well as those coming to the franchise for the first time.
Welcome to the nation's capital.
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The Brotherhood of Steel is a powerful ally.
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Customize characters with your Pip-Boy.
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The Story: Vault 101 - Jewel of the Wastes
For 200 years, Vault 101 , a fallout shelter, has faithfully served the surviving residents of Washington DC and its environs, now known as the Capital Wasteland. Though the global atomic war of 2077 left the US all but destroyed, the residents of Vault 101 enjoy a life free from the constant stress of the outside world. Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants are all no match for superior Vault-Tec engineering. Yet one fateful morning, you awake to find that your father has defied the Overseer and left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101 for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you've ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search for your father, and the truth.Key Features: - Limitless Freedom! - Take in the sights and sounds of the vast Capital Wasteland! See the great monuments of the United States lying in post-apocalyptic ruin! You make the choices that define you and change the world. Just keep an eye on your Rad Meter!
- Experience S.P.E.C.I.A.L.! - Vault-Tec engineers bring you the latest in human ability simulation - the SPECIAL Character System! Utilizing new breakthroughs in points-based ability representation, SPECIAL affords unlimited customization of your character. Also included are dozens of unique skills and perks to choose from, each with a dazzling variety of effects!
- Fantastic New Views! - The wizards at Vault-Tec have done it again! No longer constrained to just one view, experience the world from 1st or 3rd person perspective. Customize your view with the touch of a button!
- The Power of Choice! - Feeling like a dastardly villain today, or a Good Samaritan? Pick a side or walk the line, as every situation can be dealt with in many different ways. Talk out your problems in a civilized fashion, or just flash your Plasma Rifle.
- Blast 'Em Away With V.A.T.S.! -Even the odds in combat with the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System for your Pip-Boy Model 3000! V.A.T.S. allows you to pause time in combat, target specific body parts on your target, queue up attacks, and let Vault-Tec take out your aggression for you. Rain death and destruction in an all-new cinematic presentation featuring gory dismemberments and spectacular explosions.
- Mind-Blowing Artificial Intelligence! - At Vault-Tec, we realize that the key to reviving civilization after a global nuclear war is people. Our best minds pooled their efforts to produce an advanced version of Radiant AI, America's First Choice in Human Interaction Simulation. Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results by the latest in Vault-Tec technology.
- Eye-Popping Prettiness! - Witness the harsh realities of nuclear fallout rendered like never before in modern super-deluxe HD graphics. From the barren Wasteland, to the danger-filled offices and metro tunnels of DC, to the hideous rotten flesh of a mutant's face.
System Requirements: | Minimum Specifications: | Recommended Specifications: | | OS: | Windows XP/Vista | | Processor: | 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor | Intel Core 2 Duo processor | | RAM: | XP: 1GB System RAM
Vista: 2GB System RAM | 2 GB System RAM | | Video Card: | Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better) | NvidiaDirect X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series) | | Supported Video Card Chipsets: | NVIDIA GeForce Series 200, 9800, 9600, 8800, 8600, 8500, 8400, 7900, 7800, 7600, 7300, 6800; ATI HD Series 4800, 4600, 3800, 3600, 3400, 2900, 2600, 2400; ATI Series X1900, X1800, X1600, X1300, and X850 |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 195 more reviews...
Best and most buggy game ever. December 1, 2008
Beyond buggy. Constant crashing, freezing, story bugs, more flaws than you can shake a stick at and if I was a developer of this game, I'd hang my head in shame. I do not know anyone that did not have issues with this game and I'm an A+ certified tech and so are all my friends who bought it. The saddest thing is that it's been a full month and there is still no patch to deal with these issues.
Beyond that, this is probably the best game I have EVER played to date. I've been a fan of the fallout serries since I found out about them and I can not hype this game enough. If it 3was not for the infestation bugs, this would easily be one of the best games of all time IMO. To see this # of bugs and and little to no mention of when the patch will come out is pathetic.
Did I mention it was buggy? Anyway, I have to cut this short because I'm addicted to it and have to go play. Just save every 5 minutes and you'll love it.
Game play is much like oblivion but with guns, lovely lovely guns. The plot is great, the game scales which is very cool, there's more side quests than main plot and that's the allure. I've played 4 hours a day for a month and I have yet to see everything. The landscapes are beautiful though I wish they had programmed more colors than than brown, brown, grey, brown and muzzleflash and 'splosion. Character creation is fun, the NPC's are fun, the AI is great, I can't hype it enough, IF you save every 5 minutes and don't get mad at the constant crashing and freezing.
 Massively fun December 1, 2008
The Wasteland is huge so you probably won't visit every area on the map on your first play-through. There's a great variety in the skills you can give your character: you can have a "soldier" character who excels in bringing down foes with every gun in the game or a "ninja" character who excels in stealth, melee and unarmed combat. The Fallout 3 web site has some "recipes" for character builds that's good to read before building a character.
In Fallout 3, your character can "hack" computer terminals by selecting words from a memory dump on the computer terminal. Normally you can make up to 4 attempts. What I did not know is that you can make THREE attempts then press the Red button on the terminal to cancel that "session". This way you can access the terminal again. You can keep doing this as long as you never go beyond the maximum 4 attempts. You will WANT to be able to unlock every terminal because it may result in deactivating some turrets or activating a Protectron guard that will help you with enemies.
Also, as you explore buildings and underground terrain, you will encounter many locked doors that will require a high "lockpick" skill to open them. You will want to keep track of these. These don't always contain good loot but sometimes they do (e.g., the power fist). If your "lockpick" skill is high enough (e.g., 80 or more) and you run out of bobby pins, you can simply the force the lock and usually it will open.
If you like gratuitous blood and gore, there's a "perk" that your character can earn to significantly increase the amount of blood and gore that is displayed when your character kills an enemy. I found that to be extremely fun initially but after doing it a dozen times, it kind of felt too over the top. Your enemy literally explodes into many small bits of flesh. Sometimes, the bits are too small to find so it takes a while to find one to loot your enemy.
The quests in Fallout 3 contain one or more Optional objectives. These optional objectives are more difficult but are definitely worth attaining. For example, Moira Brown's quests don't look very interesting at first but for example one of the quests allows your character to gain a useful ability that will enhance survival.
The difficulty of the enemies you encounter in the Wasteland increases as your character levels up. I don't recommend that you level up too quickly. Try to explore the Wasteland while you are still at a low level because at higher levels, the really big enemies start appearing and they will make exploring outdoors dangerous.
Eventually, your character will have a home. I bought the "Vault" house theme and the jukebox for around 1500 or 2000 caps but sadly they were NOT worth the money. Save the money for guns and ammo (e.g., Fat Man and Mini Nukes) or stimpaks.
Save all the Nuka Cola bottles, Nuka Cola Quantum bottles, Holo-tags and Pre-war books you find. Resist the urge to drink or sell them.
Try not to press the "E" key all the time because if an item is in the crosshairs and the item's label is red, your character will instantly grab the item and this will anger any NPCs next to your character. Moira Brown's shop is littered with items. I made the mistake of hitting "E" and my character grabbed something off the counter. Afterwards, Moira's guard started shooting at my character. It's kind of ridiculous but I guess there's no way for the game to distinguish between casually picking something up to look at it and stealing something.
For me, the biggest pluses of this game are the appearance of the outdoor environments, NPCs and buildings. Everything looks beat up and run down and it all fits with the game's setting. The music from your Pip Boy is ironic but really catchy. It's great when the song "Butcher" plays while you're mowing down super mutants with a minigun. The irradiated monsters and NPCs in the game are truly grotesque and many of them just lunge at you. I did not became comfortable seeing a centaur even after seeing so many of them. The creature design lends a lot to the feeling of danger when your character is out in the Wasteland. These elements all effectively build up the feeling of immersion in the in-game world.
This game is a 5 out of 5.
 Fallout 3 is no good for PC November 29, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Whatever you do, do not purchase this game for PC until a patch is out. This game has more glitches, more bugs, more crashes than any game I have ever played. Check out the Bethesda Fallout 3 PC issues forum. You can get to it through the bethsda or bethsoft site.
Maybe 1 out of 10 pc users can actually play this game with out problems. When the game actually plays correctly, it is a phenomenal game. Maybe one of the best ever made. But it is far to buggy to play and have an actual enjoyable experience.
If you don't believe me about the faulty issues, at least check out the forum and read about the problems this game has on PC. If you still want to waste your money go ahead, I just thought I would warn people of how faulty this game is before they waste $50.
Great game but released too early November 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I played Fallout 1 and 2 years ago and when I heard that Fallout 3 was to be released soon I had to purchase it, my first new game in a couple years at least.
I just build a new PC this year and went all out with a new quad processor and enough specs to play pretty much anything at full resolution. This was the hopes with this new Fallout 3 and it met my expectations with some severe reservations.
I will keep this short and to the point. Fallout 3 is a great game. I didn't know what to expect with the new first person perspective but it is perfectly executed. The world at first seemed a bit sparse but as you continue and progress the world opens up and you get sucked into it, not wanting to put it down. I played it straight through to completion with almost all the quests done in around a week and the length seemed good, if a bit brief for the main storyline.
The reason for the 3 stars just has to do with the SEVERE bugs that make parts of the game unplayable. There is a bug that surfaced with quad processors that makes the game freeze in small spaces indoors to the point where you have to reset your computer manually. I also have a few other bugs that are triggered by locations on the map resulting in instant crashes and some quests I couldn't finish because I couldn't visit those areas. So far they have not been addressed in a patch. The reason these affect the game so much is that I spent more time wondering if the game would crash and saving every 5 steps so I wouldn't have to constantly reload after a crash.
I find it hard to believe they didn't find these bugs which have affected thousands of people in quality control. If not it is a sign of poor QC practices and they should take note on further releases.
RPG of the year title November 29, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This game accomplishes what few titles can; it immerses you in a living breathing world. This is a do not miss, single player RPG to be experienced. It is definetly a mature game, if you are under 16, it is not for you.
What are you waiting for? Buy this great title and live in Fallout 3's bleak post-apocalyptic world!
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