CLASSIC GAMES REVISITED - Fallout 3 (PS3) Review

[imhackerlovely]

Shit,i've played on hard and i've completed this game for 22hrs 18mins... I didnt need 60 hours.

[SENATORPAIN1]

wow i no this review is old and all but 60 hours? pfft i finished it in 20 maybe a little more and i did a few things and fucked around. 60 fuck no good game? hell yes!.

[vrz07]

hi how does the target vats system work? Is it ready avaliable from the start? How do u use it effectively? Thanks.

[dommiesan]

@vrz07 It's been a while since I've played it, but I'm pretty sure it's available from the beginning. If not, then very early on. To use it effectively is up to you. It depends on your style of combat and gameplay.

[TheCommentGuy8]

@vrz07 (I know you asked this 11 months ago, and I think you probably already figured this out already, but I'll help you just in case) Yes, the VATS system is available from the very beginning, but only when you(your character) is 19 years old. If you are playing it on your PC then press the V-button, RB-button on Xbox360, R2(or L2)-button on PS3

[gfan99]

are they ever going to make a patch for the ps3 that fixes freezing and occasional lag

[theholm63]

great

[AshAshhhh]

when you get to that first city, don't shoot the man's cow. everyone kills you afterwards. yes, i meant to push it over and pressed the wrong button. my bad, mr. cow farmer dude. :3

[VX1986]

Nice review. I've been wanting to buy this game for a while now but was kinda worried about it. After seeing your review I really wanna get it. 5 stars and subscribed :)

[ChiTownRuler023]

can you listen to music while playing fallout3 on the PS3?

[ikey0985]

No, but you can listen to the radio on the pipboy.

[HardWarUK]

So I suppose Fallout 1 and 2 had third person shooter qualities, and the Ultima series had 2D Sworder qualities and indeed every single RPG, by your reckoning, will have some other genre quality. And yet all RPG's have combat of some type, and yet until 'multiformat' they were called RPG's! What both Oblivion and Fallout 3 have are the same as Wizardry RPG's have REALTIME combat, versus PAUSABLE combat, and what Fallout 3 has is BOTH. This is nothing like FPS gameplay! Stats are involved!

[dommiesan]

I disagree. Often in the game you'll find yourself stealthily sniping enemies and stuff like that with the same exact dynamics as an FPS. It's an RPG no doubt, but it's totally a hybrid in my opinion.

There are legit first person RPGs, but I think of games like Bard's Tale as the prime example - not Fallout or Oblivion.

And I really don't consider 3PS's a genre, they're usually action games in my book.

[oabjon]

@HardWarUK i think your confusing yourself by creating your own video game genre's known as "sworders" , i dont know what this is, but you can say something has qualities of a fps because in the game you have access to guns and can freely shoot in the first person perspective...the reviewer said it had qualities of a first person shooter...which it does. theres no such genre as a "first person sworder" so why would anyone say that ever?

[HardWarUK]

Isn't it interesting that when laser guns are involved the game has 'first person shooter qualities', but did any reviewer say Oblivion had 'first person sworder qualities'? Exactly! This is just a Sci-Fi RPG, plain and simple. Just like Oblivion is a Fantasy RPG, plain and simple! Does nobody understand what a plain ol' RPG is any more?

[dommiesan]

I'd say Oblivion is a hybrid RPG/FPS. Fallout 3 is the same kind of thing, except it is much more an FPS in the gameplay aspects.

[PhillipineNDSLite]

LOL. If you mix together FPS with RPG its called a RPS.

Role Playing Shooter!

[tf2godlikespy]

and we therefore have found a new awesome genre

[PhillipineNDSLite]

Yuperie. Borderlands is one of the best RPS'.

[Danyel992]

i'm thinking of getting the GOTY for the ps3, the only thing i don't liek about this game is the jaggies, cuz the rest is awesome!

[yellowflash345]

i just switch from pc to ps3 and there are jaggys

but i tough it out

and ignore it

[PlayStation360Gamer]

Like some other comments r saying..

VATs may be used to shot multiple times at once as long as u select a body part(s) more than once.

[drnoobtube88]

u can shoot more than 1 time with vats

[anhpac]

im on this like a crack head!

im evil.

so much todo and venture too.

gota download all the add ons when i get paid.

honest i thought i would not have liked this but its fucking awsome.

[Zonchord]

Fallout 3 & Oblivion are the best console RPG games ever.

[Roman500bc]

There are 5 fallout games not just 3

[jedidave132]

I wanna get the ps3 but it looks scary

[thedeadsiggy]

Can you see your feet in FPS mode?

[moffe247]

nope

[HungAzn]

yes, usually.

[Trippuri]

I like Oblivion and I LOVE this game.

[poolehart]

Never played an RPG. The impression I have is that they're slow, involve too much reading, and the gameplay doesn't really seem immersive. Am I missing the point?

[splashy44]

yeh u have to be into RPG.

it is very immersive..buy it , u will not regret it!!

[amartinez97]

well it all depnds on what typ RPG game u arr buying Finalfantst is teh best of them all

[chasmeister40]

I ussually don't like RPG's and I hated Oblivion but this game is really fun

[sargentnoob]

now a days you you don't have to read shit.

[Maxcloudy]

I spent like over 100 hours on oblivion and Im still on the side quests, I bought this game and I'm soooo hooked up too it!! Now it'll take me FOREVER to finish them both!! Im also planning to get the PC version of this game when the price drop...I want to mod it soooo bad :P

[kitsunesia]

loved oblivion,love fallout 3 :)

[0rbin]

Why were you only firing single shots with VATS? Anyways, count me in as another person who loves Fallout 3 but disliked Oblivion.

[KyosukeUrameshi]

Yeah< i'm hooked on this game too, and I hate FPSs and RPGs so it's even stranger. It's just the whole world in this game is so interesting it pulls you in.

[splashy44]

play in 3rd person, after all it was ment for that!

I can't play 1st person..makes me fuckin ill.

[Demiath]

Nice and thorough video review (even though I disagree with it), but I'm surprised that you liked this game and didn't like Oblivion, since they're basically the same game with some minor (really) gameplay/design differences. Both games are fairly simplistic action-oriented sandbox RPGs with a decent (but, in the case of F3, rapidly aging) graphics engine. I'm not one of those Fallout 1-2 fanatics; Oblivion and Fallout 3 just bored me in exactly the same way (I did finish them, though).

[NextGenReviewers]

Fallout 1 and 2 where made in the 90's and are above view RTS games. Anyway this game is really good and is taking up alot of time and I am not even half way through, I spend alot of time just talking to the people and looking for things, anyway nice review and video.

[Demiath]

It's a minor thing, but the earlier Fallout games are RPGs, not RTSs (there's nothing "Real Time" about them at all, actually). Without getting into the whole "Fallout 3 rules/sucks" discussion, I think it's fair to say that F1 and F2 places a heavier emphasis on traditional RPG elements such slow-paced combat, complex character development/statistics and extensive NPC interaction.

[NextGenReviewers]

Oh okay sorry about that mistake.

[dommiesan]

I was going by what I read for the completion time, having not completed the game yet myself. And it seemed plausible to me judging by my progress, but then again I don't like to rush through games typically. But I'm glad you still liked my review. I'd like to pick up the other 2 Fallouts sometime. If they're anything like this one then I know I'll like them.

[bocca882]

You really should play fallout 1 and 2. Theres some references and characters in fallout 3 from fo 1 and 2. But its bullshit what you said about the gaming time. I completed my first run in 10h. now on my second run i have allmost done all the side quests and game clock says 22h. I'd bet the full gaming time will be 30h. so yeah. good review tough.