I bought the limited edition Fallout 3 that came with the lunchbox, the bobblehead, and the behind the scenes DVD exclusive. I bought Fallout 3 because I was excited for a post apocalyptic RPG shooter blend, not because I was familiar with Fallout 1 and 2. And then I played the game and it was amazing, the vault was spectacular and when I left the vaults safety I felt awestruck by the wastelands chaotic majesty. And then, what felt like seconds later, I beat the game and was totally dumbstruck. I thought I was only half way through the game! The story had just started rolling and I’d only spent about 6 hours on the main quest. I wish I would’ve known to make a hard save before telling one of the NPC’s that I was “ready to go” whereby kicking off the final mission. At the end of this last mission I died, not in the “crap I just died” kinda way, I died because the game killed me. I reloaded, I died again, I reloaded and tried to get out of that horrible chamber of endgameness, but just like the Hotel California, you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave. You must end the game, and your character must die. It occurred to me at this point that no matter how much I wanted it, there would be no coming back to the world of Fallout 3 after beating the main quest for this hero, even if the hero had only 40% of the side quests done. And the real kicker is the final end chamber battle and climax is so underwhelming you hardly believe it’s the same game. Truth be told, the blundering main storyline isn’t Fallout 3’s only flaw, the graphics kinda suck, the lack of different skins for special weapons is lame, and you can’t create and custom name anything a la Oblivion. Really, the neatest thing about Fallout 3 are the side quests, these are phenomenal triumphs of apocalyptic awesomeness, and worth playing.
All in all I feel so horrible about the way this game ended I’m tempted to sell Fallout 3 on Ebay while I can still get a solid $40 for it. I think I’ll keep the lunchbox and bobblehead though:)
Hmm, well thats what I’ve read that the story is kinda lackluster and the side quests are where it really is. Kind of like Oblivion don’t you think? The reason I wouldn’t buy Fallout 3 for the Xbox is because mods could fix some of the problems.
How long did you spend on the game overall?
I’ll played 47 hours total thus far. That’s pretty good, but like I said, less than 10 was spent on the main quest. That is inexcusable, the pc version should have some good modes though. Wait for it to get cheaper and buy it for pc…
Yeah thats what I plan. That Far Cry 2 and maybe a couple other games…
But I need to finish school first, then comes play.