Fallout 3 (PC) Review
Firstly let me say that this game is not a normal FPS game. It is like a FPS with RPG rolled into one with more RPG than FPS in my opinion. There was a lot of hype about this game so I decided to take a peek at it. Largely I was disappointed, I had never played any of the other ‘Fallout’ games so I didn’t know what to expect at all.
You start out as a baby, were you make your first steps and have a little background with regards to the story of the game. You’re then quickly flashed forward to your 10th birthday and then again flashed forward to when your 16 if I remember rightly, where you find your father has left the ‘vault’ without you knowing why or where he has gone. Obviously you decide to follow him! and this is when the game starts properly. You stumble across a town called Megaton where you ask people about your dad. The bar owner knows the info! And tries to get cash out of you. I just knifed him and got the info that way! Much more fun.
As you play the game you pickup weapons and equipment and get to fight against ghouls and rebels. Now when it comes to FPS it’s all about aim and skill but in fallout 3 there is a system called V.A.T.S which is basically a slow motion system which allows you to pick the place on a target and it gives you a percentage of the chance you’re going to hit that target. Now as you play the game you get XP and you can attribute XP to certain skills so your chances of hitting the targets will therefore go up or you can make it so you’re better at hacking computer or talking your way out of a tight situation.
I tried playing the game without the V.A.T.S system and it is extremely difficult, so you become reliant on this slow motion chance, roll the dice crap. In my view this isn’t fun and I know people who are into RPGs this is..
The V.A.T.S system isn’t my only gripe with the game either, there’s also the changing of weapons, in which you have to sort of stop the game go to a menu and select your weapon, which is a major pain in the ass.
However these points aside I believe Fallout 3 to be good, well designed and well made game, but it is not for the FPS gamer who most likes FPS ! You really need to like RPG also to get the fun from this game.
You can see gameplay via this video: