LRavenwolf
03-07-2009, 02:08 PM
Fallout 3 – The latest entry into one of the most lauded RPG franchises for their brutal re-tellings of humanity’s attempt to survive the apocalypse. Bethesda Softworks, creators of the Elder Scroll’s chapters Morrowind and Oblivion have stepped up to take a swing at a series that many thought to be long-dead, this writer included. Having completed both Fallouts 1&2, I could easily draw many parallels between Fallout 3’s predecessors, however this is no sequel. It is as complete a re-telling as Fallout 2 was from Fallout.
Beginning with one of the more unique intro cut-scenes that I’ve seen, I was immediately faced with a pretty standard character creation system. You select your name (which means no one ever calls you anything but some generic pronoun), sex, and creat your look. I did have quite a bit of trouble trying to make my character look like me and eventually gave up. Not really a failing of the system, but just another game that relies on a person’s memory of their own face to try and re-create it. I really wish that some game would find a way to extrapolate a starting place from photos taken at different angles or something similar. Then you enter a pseudo-tutorial. It really only covers basic movement, shooting, and the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System (aka: V.A.T.S.). You are expected early on to spec your character with some pretty vague descriptions of your primary stats. Don’t worry about this too much, though – you have a chance to change them before the end of the “tutorial,” and when you do, the descriptions are better.
Please Read the rest of my review at my website! (continue reading…) (http://kennedynewmedia.com/2009/03/06/fallout3review/#more-159)
Beginning with one of the more unique intro cut-scenes that I’ve seen, I was immediately faced with a pretty standard character creation system. You select your name (which means no one ever calls you anything but some generic pronoun), sex, and creat your look. I did have quite a bit of trouble trying to make my character look like me and eventually gave up. Not really a failing of the system, but just another game that relies on a person’s memory of their own face to try and re-create it. I really wish that some game would find a way to extrapolate a starting place from photos taken at different angles or something similar. Then you enter a pseudo-tutorial. It really only covers basic movement, shooting, and the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System (aka: V.A.T.S.). You are expected early on to spec your character with some pretty vague descriptions of your primary stats. Don’t worry about this too much, though – you have a chance to change them before the end of the “tutorial,” and when you do, the descriptions are better.
Please Read the rest of my review at my website! (continue reading…) (http://kennedynewmedia.com/2009/03/06/fallout3review/#more-159)