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Fallout of the real world
Bethesda Softworks owes me at least two months of my life back. Five years ago I found what could possibly be my favourite RPG (role playing game) of all time in Morrowind. One year ago I lost countless hours playing the sequel, Oblivion. And now, after thinking it couldn’t get much better than this, I’ve found Fallout 3. Yes, I know it has already been out for ages. Seriously it’s been on my to do list for a while. Better late than never, as they say.
Now, how to describe Fallout 3…well I started playing on a Friday night, then I looked at the time and it was Monday morning. Wait what? Yes, there you have it, subjective time loss; the quality of a truly epic game. Basically Fallout 3 plays like the other Bethesda RPGs previously mentioned however instead of being set in a medieval fantasy land it’s set in a bleak post nuclear war future, and instead of being able to cast magic spells you have big guns to impose havoc.
The story begins from the moment you are born. Growing up you have it pretty easy living inside a bomb proof vault. The air is clean. The water is pure. Then one fateful day your father decides to leave the vault (which is strictly against the rules) and you are forced to escape and venture out in search of him. What a contrast it is on the outside – the world looks like it has fallen apart!
So it begins. Complete freedom to venture in whatever direction you wish, talk to whomever you want and kill (or try to kill) anything you think deserves killing. Decisions, decisions, decision. Whether you are doing the main quest or not, it’s a good idea to head towards Megaton to pick up a few side quests and scope out the situation when first starting out.
Sneaking improves your accuracy and if undetected will reward a critical hit on targets.
Levelling up in Fallout 3 is pretty straight forward. When you advance you get a number of points to put towards improving your technique with skills and a choice of perk. Regardless of what type of player you are building I suggest you take the Educated perk and Comprehension perk as early as possible so when you level up in the future you get more skill points to assign, and for every book you read you’ll get 2 points instead of 1.
The two mini game challenges in the game are lock picking and computer hacking. Your ability to perform a lock pick or hack a terminal depends on you skill in Lockpick or Science respectively so it’s a good idea to invest points into these two skills as well. Speech is another important skill to have. Sometimes you can talk your way out of fights or persuade people to give you better items or unlock other unique dialog options by having a high speech skill.
Having a follower will help you in fights
I think the game is best played in first person point of view but with the click of a button you can change to third person. The graphics are really amazing, especially if you’ve got a high definition set up. Sure the environment may be kinda depressing but the detail in the characters and textures is very impressive.
Overall Fallout 3 is simply awesome and it would definitely go into my top ten games of all time. I found the Game of the Year copy which also includes 5 expansions for the bargain price of $50 AUD at a local EB games store. If you’re an open world RPG fan I highly recommend playing this game. Now the wait for Fallout 4 begins…
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