Fallout 3 | 
| From: Bethesda Softworks
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
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Rating:  167 reviews
Sales Rank: 124
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Genre: role_playing_games
ESRB: Mature
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 12690
Model: 12690
UPC: 492411402427
EAN: 0093155126909
ASIN: B000UU5T7E
Release Date: October 28, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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 162 more reviews...
 After careful consideration, once more onto the breach my friends, to the world of Fallout November 3, 2008
Athas (NY)
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
I always remembered when playing (and replaying) Fallout 1 & 2 of the inordinate amount of time spent on the character creation screen, especially when deviating from my favorite character type (slick talking sniper with a penchant for picking locks). I'd end up spending 15 minutes to as much as an hour fiddling around with the numbers before finally clicking done.
Bethesda captures the essence of that internal debate in their version of S.P.E.C.I.A.L and G.O.A.L. As I walked out the vault door and I was asked to "click done", that's when I knew. This is indeed Fallout 3.
Debates on DRM/Securom. Installation and technical problem posts on forums. Risk of a new company restarting a discontinued, but beloved franchise. Like others, I was waiting for the jury verdict as all these issues and more were being laid out before me.
On the whole DRM/Securom issue, ever since EA became the poster child of the greedy corporate capitalism at its worst, DRM/Securom became an ugly word no company wanted to be associated with in any form and shape. It didn't excuse Bethesda's evasive and a bit misleading reply of a "simple disc check" but at the same time, and rightfully so, they were trying to differentiate themselves from the direction that EA choose to go. And it was indeed a step in the right direction where they tried to respect the consumers as much their investment.
Unfortunately it seemed like this distinction would get lost amidst the witch hunt of DRM/Securom it has lately become. Judging by the forum, it got blamed for everything including installation crashes, bugs, freezes, the kitchen sink, 8 years of Bush/Cheney and the Wall Street meltdown. And I admit this was a big sticking point for me too, if I had run into some of the frustrations these people had getting the game installed, I'd be holding the proverbial pitchfork joining the angry mob. Instead for me, it was a flawless installation. Gameplay to date has been free of crashes and freezes, knock on wood. And my computer is approaching its 3 year cycle, and I was one of those holding the pitchfork when Gothic 3 came out bemoaning all its bugs and freezes on the same said computer.
My biggest concern - is this really Fallout 3? A work of love or simply an attempt by one company to profit from another company's sweat? After becoming immersed for hours far beyond the intended initial testing phase, I knew I was not going to be disappointed. Sleep deprived on Monday morning perhaps.
I had previously begun replaying Fallout & Fallout2 weeks before the imminent release of Fallout 3 to remind myself just exactly why I had fallen in love with this series and to curb my impatience as I waited for the above dusts to settle. (Learned my lesson after Gothic 3.) In the end, I believe Bethesda paid a sincere homage in the form of a worthy sequel that captured the spirit of the Fallout franchise. It also set a counter precedent against EA and to broadbrush Bethesda with companies like EA in the same stroke is unfair and gives those companies who are trying to treat their customer right no credit.
Too many axes to grind here... this is a great game worth playing November 3, 2008
scotts980 (United States)
11 out of 15 found this review helpful
Wow, the negativity here is really unexplainable. This is a great playing, great looking game. The story is excellent and there is a lot of tension. This game most resembles the Half Life series. The wasteland you explore is very large and the game has a lot of side missions that will have you traveling around. Certain locations in the game are very creepy and immersive. The role playing aspect is fun, as you build stats and karma that influences the decisions you make.
Now to counter some of the critics:
- You can purchase this game through the Steam network and avoid any DRM, aside from steamID.
- This game has not crashed on my computer once, and my longest continuous session so far has been 5 hours.
- You can switch to 3rd person view by clicking your middle mouse button.
- If you are moving too slow, it's because you are carrying too much stuff. Drop stuff and you move faster...
- This game requires a decent system and video card to play it on, but it still runs well on my 7900GS (made in 2006).
- Good NPCs will not attack you if you have good karma and are wearing the correct clothing for the interaction
There are other comments that really show some ignorance of how the game is supposed to be played. Please just try the game before believing some of these reviews.
Believe the hype November 4, 2008
Cartan Naylor (Houston, Texas United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I played fallout and fallout 2 and thought fallout 1 was the best game I had ever played. Too bad the original franchise operators went kaput.
Usually when a game is that good to begin with the follow ups are disappointing but not this time...I was expecting crap and I ended up suprised.
I dont usually gush about a game but this game is a worthy addition. I have read the other reviews a bit and disagree with the bad ones, I am not even sure we were playing the same game... Im kinda chuckling at these other reviewers because if this game isnt good to them they will never be happy.
Its worth getting. Its very good.
Dont even think twice about getting this game I have played games for over 10 years and this ones definetely in my top ten list. Bethesda must have some geniuses working for them -- they made a sweet game and I was gonna be hard as hell to please because I LOVED Fallout. I think I installed that game and started playing it and didnt stop playing till I passed out at the keyboard...not kidding.
This thing is shockingly good at some points. Details are incredible. What the hell are you waiting for? Hit the "add to shopping cart" button and get ready for one of the best RPG experiences you EVER had.
IT'S A BRAND NEW POSTAPOCALYPTIC DAWN October 28, 2008
NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit)
65 out of 96 found this review helpful
I am old enough to have played the original game when it first came out in 1997. I was a great fan of the series that followed and, thus, was very eager to get my hands on this latest installment. In a short sentence: FALLOUT-3 is A DREAM COME TRUE!
It is a cRPG game in which the player can alternate between the First and Third person perspective roaming a world comparable in size with OBLIVION. The action has moved from Vault 13 and Southern California to Vault 101 and Washington, D.C. and the story brakes away from the previous bloodlines. However, the atmosphere of the original has been maintained and its scents sharpened: veterans will find it fitting like and old glove - whereas the new gamers are in store for a bag of pleasant surprises.
The graphics are wonderful, the guns detailed and the environments highly interactive. Short of a screenshot, imagine what would HalfLife-2 would look if released today. And similar to HL2, FALLOUT-3 does not require an...ubercomputer to run smoothly. Once you see a NPC move though, you understand where the corners were cut.
Character customization is carried out in great style using the new and improved PIP-BOY at the beginning. You exit the vault and the harsh reality of a world that barely survived annihilation slaps you on the face. Adapt or perish.
The main storyline is there to be followed but FALLOUT-3 offers the greatest number of alternative choices I have ever encountered in a game! There is always a great number of paths to follow in order to achieve any goal - but every choice comes with a consequences tag. This is common feature of most classic cRPGs but in FALLOUT-3 I saw it implemented like never before. If nothing else, this sends replayability through the roof.
Side-quests offer little besides distraction and experience points (XP) to be spend on character improvement. XP are gained solely by completing quests, emerging victorious from fights, finding locations, picking locks and hacking terminals - and they are not limited by the action they were earned. Leveling up is based on 7 basic attributes [Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility & Luck - acronym?;)] that, in turn, affect your (13) specific skills. Since leveling up is capped at Level-20, the game designers wanted to encourage replaying the game. On the other hand, it also means that your character will never realize its full potential (in case you are wondering why I withheld a star from FUN, that's the second half of it).
The game is violent and gory but well within tasteful limits. Not so with the language - but it is tradeoff with realism. In a radioactive world, Sunday-school niceties are bound to go out the window.
What deserves a special mention is V.A.T.S. (:Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System) which opens new vistas in cRPG design. It is an ingenious system which lets you pause the game and target specific body parts of your opponents. The success of your attack still depends on your skills but the end effect is cinematic and amazing (remember SWORDFISH?).
After the nuclear summer of 2008 (with all the LimitedInstallation-defective EA releases), this seems like a postapocalyptic dawn indeed! BETHESDA decided to listen to the gaming community and did NOT cripple this beautiful game with any idiotic DRM scheme. Inputting a serial number and a DVD-check is more than reasonable.
The publishers of FALLOUT-3 understand that there is a fine balance between "protecting the product" and..."insulting your own customers". And they obviously view respect as the two way street that it is - and for this they deserve our support: buy this game, today.
Voting with our wallets is the only argument the gaming industry cannot afford to ignore. And it is about time to cast some well deserved positive votes.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Crazy Good November 4, 2008
Jonathan Rheuben (Los Angeles, CA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Yes there are bugs. This happens. They'll patch it. The gameplay is amazing.
Some people don't like 1st person shooters. The game is largely a shooter, but the VATS system does an admirable job of replicating the feel of turn based combat and a first (or 3rd) person perspective provides a depth to the atmosphere of the game that you just can't get with an isometric view (go raid Vault 106 for good times). I've put in about 20 hours, and I don't think I've experienced a quarter of what the game has to offer.
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