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Published by: 2k Games |
By Emanuel Avram and Ionascu Alex
Published: November 12, 2008
Print Let`s move on to other things, like character development. The character creation process is one of the most interesting I`ve seen recently, taking you from birth to 19 years old, the age you leave the vault at. The main plot starts when your father decides to leave the vault and leave you behind. The overseer of the vault goes nuts when he discovers this, and starts quite the killing spree trying to keep others from escaping as well. Of course you manage to escape, and only then does the real game start. As far as I`m concerned, the main quest is nowhere near as good as the previous Fallout games and I`d even go as far as to call it weak.
Your character can reach the maximum level of 20, which you`ll attain far before reaching the end of the game, especially if you`ve taken a few of the "Swift Learner" perks. Unlike previous parts, you`ll be offered a perk at each level and there`s plenty of them to choose from. The skill points received at each level up should be distributed at one or maybe two weapon skills and all other should be divided between the other non-combat, but equally important, skills.
The cities available in the game offer the same "intelligent" AI behavior that Oblivion touted, which in fact is nothing more than characters walking around aimlessly and when night comes, they simply go inside and go to bed. Wow! Secondary quests are equally non impressive, but offer a welcome variety and the option of lying to complete them.
Graphically speaking, I`ve often had problems deciphering if the person I was talking to was actually male or female. At least the voices fit their gender! On the other hand, the landscapes are truly impressive especially when played at max details on a high end system.
Another thing I`ve noticed is that even without the "Bloody Mess" perk everything seems to die in the most gruesome way, when killed in the VATS, and while fun for a while, it can get tiring to see the same "fatality" over and over again, in slow motion.
As a conclusion, I can only say that Fallout 3 won`t go by unnoticed. Most probably hated by Fallout veterans and adored by newcomers, Fallout 3 is indeed Bethesda`s best work, but definitely not suited to the Fallout universe. For me, I`m sorry to say, Fallout 3 just doesn`t cut it.
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Zuluf - November 13, 2008
LOLWUT. Google browsing, easy to learn:
“Are the enemies scaled to your level?
A variation of level scaling is used to control the difficulty of the main quest, but enemies in areas that are not essential to the main quest will not be scaled to your level. Some places will be adjusted to your level when you first enter them, but they will not level up when you return - unlike Oblivion, you won't find raiders in Power Armor. “
“Not only did Fallout 1 and its successful sequel Fallout 2 manage to create one of the most believable post-apocalyptic, nuclear futures”
What are you talking about, believable? It’s got some of the most outlandish and quirky takes on a PA environment ever to hit a monitor’s screen. Did you even play Fallout 2? Pop culture references by the hundreds, Monty Python cameos and that’s if you manage to utterly and completely ignore the STORYLINE, which includes but is not restricted to: cold fusion discovered, ‘40s and early 50s “duck and cover” design bits in a futuristic universe, a completely different aftermath to the 2nd World War, etc. You don’t want me posting spoilers around here so I’ll just stop there, but despite it’s immersiveness and complexity, the Fallout universe is everything BUT believable.
“or even Steampack to heal your wounds...”
Gee golly, for “die-hard” Fallout fans you sure can’t spell Stimpack :O
“Using... Steampack to heal your wounds on a regular basis will result in severe addiction.”
o.0 ye, “Steampack” addiction. Worst affliction out yet...
http://planetfallout.gamespy.com/aids/3/Stimpack
...but you’re doing it wrong.
“The skill points received at each level up should be distributed at one or maybe two weapon skills and all other should be divided between the other non-combat, but equally important, skills.”
Since when “should” anyone pump a preset configuration into an RPG? Least of all Fallout, which you claim to be “a die-hard Fallout fan ever since [you were] a little gamer”. You should have known that one of the most solid aspects in Fallout (1 and 2) was that you could play a large variety of character styles, and there’s really nothing you “should” do when making up or specializing your character except think. -_-
“one of the best games this years.”
“The overseer of the vault goes nuts when he discovers and goes”
“I had my share of doubts”
“one of the most difficult games to review, of this year.”
“he few radio stations that are still live.”
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Emanuel Avram - November 13, 2008
Me, my colleague Alex and I'm sure everyone here at Games32 will always welcome constructive criticism. That said, making fun of some auto-correct spelling mistakes or just spelling a seldom word wrong happens even to the greatest writers, and it happened to us as well despite our efforts to avoid them.
If we talk about Fallout facts, it's not a question of "who has the biggest" article, who played the most Fallout in this world, and who is an almighty god. We know about your Fallout review published roughly the same time as ours, and think that instead of pointing us to an English lessons site, you maybe wanted to point us in the direction of your computergames.ro article.
You have your share of wrong facts there, even if you read the entire Wikipedia about Fallout, trust me. I will not go into a game of "point out the other's mistakes" because that is just childish.
Instead, I'm gonna say thank you for pointing out to our spelling mistakes, and will not go into the level scaling, because "a variation" that works on specific monsters and is not the same thing - it's a debatable problem at least.
It's easy to write 2-3 articles as a freelancer a year and publish them on a website, without any pressure and with plenty of time. When you have a review per week with a lot more work on the side, you will see it's not so hard to make some tiny mistakes from time to time.
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