Fallout 3 (PS3)

If you're into your Western RPG games, the developers, Bethesda will be well known to you-creators of the spectacular games Morrowind and Oblivion. Fallout was originally developed by another developer, though is not in Bethesda's hands. The story is set in an alternate post-World War 2 timeline where there has been nuclear war. 200 years later, and you have Fallout 3, a game where you play as a character, released into the radiated wasteland of Washington DC in order to try to find his father, and find out what he is actually up to be exploring the cities and battling many forms of mutated creatures. The story actually holds up quite well, and ...  Read the complete review

[Insert noise of LP being ripped from the turntable] Sorry, I can't do it. I've spent a lot of time trying to concoct ways of being nice to Fallout, this despite RPG's appearing somewhere between swede and Songs of Praise on my list of things to avoid at all costs. I tried so damned hard to like it and intended to review it on its own merits, and part of my withered brain still wants to prevent my fingers from articulating how I really feel about it before they completely undermine my consumer reviewer integrity. In keeping with the preposterously disjointed tone of this review, here's the bottom line several hundred words early: - **RPG's have ...  Read the complete review

Fallout 3 is one of must-have games for the PS3. A combination of RPG and First- (or Third-, if you prefer to play that way) shooter, Fallout 3 throws you into a post-Nuclear war America. The desolation surrounding you isn't just to look impressive though, it's a very real danger, as nearly all of the water in the game is radioactive to some degree or other, and will kill your character if you stay in it long enough. Assuming the mutants don't get you first... Without going into the plot too much, the first hour or so of the game will cover your character growing up in an underground facility known as Vault 101, which is basically a tutorial bit showing you ...  Read the complete review

Fallout has courted a lot of controversy even before the games release. The controversy was leveled at the fact that some were accusing various newspapers of deliberately stoking up fear by using graphics from this game to depict a horrendous terrorist attack. The plot for this game however has nothing to do with a terrorist attack but you do enter the heartlands or should I see the wastelands of what was formerly America prior to a nuclear war between China and America. However there have been a few survivors in the horrific aftermath due to the fact that the extremely wealthy were protected by underground vaults. However several generations on from what is ...  Read the complete review

After playing this game from beginning to end and completing almost all the side quests, it is definitely one of the best games I have played in a long while. The graphics aren't the best but provide a suitably themed beautifully crafted environment which is easy to get immersed into. The facial graphics of the characters etc. are a little ghost like but it's a small price to pay for a game of this size, and this much content. I won't spoil the story here, it's not the best but it does the job of providing a well rounded exciting experience and some of the side quests are quite interesting. The controls of the game, I found took some ...  Read the complete review