This game is busted, it's broken on every platform, but especially PC where it will crash every 10 minutes on the dot, an embarrassing display. People who get mad at Fallout: New Vegas for crashing should be applauding them for salavaging anything from this shitshow of game stability.
The shooting might be the worst in a AAA video game, with the stiffest animation ever seen, and some terribly unimpactful sound design, Enemies that feel like they take thousands of bullets to kill in I guess some attempt to make ammo feel scarce, instead of just, y'know, making ammo scarce?
What this game does salvage is what Bethesda is really good at which is making amazing open worlds, and memorable characters. The open world, while not as good as what was displayed in Oblivion, or later in Skyrim, and Fallout 4, is still serviceable. The atmosphere created is great, it feels like what a classic Fallout would be in 3D, however in practice, it feels very limited in exploration, invisible walls are often, especially in the cityscape.
The characters, are what save this game entirely though. I love Fallout 1, and 2, but I think the only place where this game outshines is it's predecessors is in making memorable characters. I can't remember any character names from Fallout, I can remember the talking heads, their voices, their quests, but never their names, but almost every character presented in this game is someone you won't forget. The stories told with them aren't done justice, they often lack any sort of meaningful or tough choice but occasionally you'll find the diamond in the rough.
Fallout 3 is a game from one of my favorite studios, making a sequel to one of my favorite games, so naturally it felt like a recipe for greatness in my eyes, but sadly the combination of instability, and awful gunplay really take away from the atmospheric open world, and charming characters. I would recommend people skip this for Fallout: New Vegas, or Fallout 4, which both outshine this game in every way, or try out the original two Fallout games.
The shooting might be the worst in a AAA video game, with the stiffest animation ever seen, and some terribly unimpactful sound design, Enemies that feel like they take thousands of bullets to kill in I guess some attempt to make ammo feel scarce, instead of just, y'know, making ammo scarce?
What this game does salvage is what Bethesda is really good at which is making amazing open worlds, and memorable characters. The open world, while not as good as what was displayed in Oblivion, or later in Skyrim, and Fallout 4, is still serviceable. The atmosphere created is great, it feels like what a classic Fallout would be in 3D, however in practice, it feels very limited in exploration, invisible walls are often, especially in the cityscape.
The characters, are what save this game entirely though. I love Fallout 1, and 2, but I think the only place where this game outshines is it's predecessors is in making memorable characters. I can't remember any character names from Fallout, I can remember the talking heads, their voices, their quests, but never their names, but almost every character presented in this game is someone you won't forget. The stories told with them aren't done justice, they often lack any sort of meaningful or tough choice but occasionally you'll find the diamond in the rough.
Fallout 3 is a game from one of my favorite studios, making a sequel to one of my favorite games, so naturally it felt like a recipe for greatness in my eyes, but sadly the combination of instability, and awful gunplay really take away from the atmospheric open world, and charming characters. I would recommend people skip this for Fallout: New Vegas, or Fallout 4, which both outshine this game in every way, or try out the original two Fallout games.