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Ok, is this game worth buying? I am tempted since its on sale, but what are your thoughts?
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Fallout 3 is awesome! I had some serious reservations about it since I hated Oblivion but I was way wrong. Its an incredible game and if its like 20-30 bucks, snap it up with a quickness.
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might be worth waiting for the GOTY edition with all the DLCs. |
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Nightfall
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| said by The Flash  :might be worth waiting for the GOTY edition with all the DLCs. Do you have to pay for all the DLC?
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| said by Nightfall :said by The Flash :might be worth waiting for the GOTY edition with all the DLCs. Do you have to pay for all the DLC? yep |
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Anyone with win 7 played it yet?
Vista has a nasty tendency to graphic lock the game.
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Nightfall
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| said by mazhurg :Anyone with win 7 played it yet? Vista has a nasty tendency to graphic lock the game. I don't know how accurate that is. I have two friends who play this game on Vista have have zero problems. One with an Nvidia card running in SLI, the other with a single ATI.
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Nightfall
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said by The Flash :said by Nightfall :said by The Flash :might be worth waiting for the GOTY edition with all the DLCs. Do you have to pay for all the DLC? yep When is the GOTY edition coming out?
If that is coming out for $40 or $50, and you can get it for $25 on steam plus buy all the DLC now to make it the same price, it makes sense to do that instead.
I don't know, so far I haven't heard any reviews which is what I asked for. I don't trust a lot of gaming review sites. Would like to hear what members here think about the game.
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The Flash
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Toronto, ON | I think October...the problem is Steam doesn't offer any DLC options for Fallout 3 right now...there's a few out already. |
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Nightfall
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| said by The Flash :I think October...the problem is Steam doesn't offer any DLC options for Fallout 3 right now...there's a few out already. Can you buy the DLC options through Games for Windows on the Steam version? I am looking at the DLC and it looks interesting. Some of the DLC content is $10 each or so.
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said by Nightfall :Ok, is this game worth buying? I am tempted since its on sale, but what are your thoughts? Much like any modern remake of a favorite old movie the game will appeal more to those not so familiar with the originals. Fallout 3 is pretty good overall, does reasonably well imitating the style of the defunct Black Isle Studio classics, but ultimately feels flat and too combat oriented. To me it was like comparing Planet of the Apes (Charlton Heston, 1968) with Tim Burton's version (Mark Wahlberg, 2001): quicker, flashier, far superior special effects or "graphics" if you will, yet it left me thinking he (they) completely missed the point by turning it into an action piece. I'd watch the Charlton Heston flick a dozen times but once is enough for the remake made by people with zero connection to the original... same goes for Fallout.
I felt Fallout 3 is reduced to console design, meant to played with a gamepad, and to not offend parents who might take a look at the screen from time to time while their kids play. That's not necessarily bad but disappointing for sure when it happens to a genre defining sophisticated and mature PC game franchise like Fallout; games such as Fallout set apart PC gaming from consoles, now that separation is erased. The ludicrous and horridly thin main storyline in F3 leads to an absurd ending involving a totally unnecessary and contrived sacrifice (especially with Fawkes standing present). F3 is however a nice RPG action shooter, only do not expect great things from the story and while there are some finer character interactions they go few and far between.
Don't get me wrong though, I do think F3 is worth buying. I do not however consider it an all-time great game. So many things done right, so many more done wrong or missing entirely imo. |
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said by Nightfall :said by The Flash :I think October...the problem is Steam doesn't offer any DLC options for Fallout 3 right now...there's a few out already. Can you buy the DLC options through Games for Windows on the Steam version? I am looking at the DLC and it looks interesting. Some of the DLC content is $10 each or so. not sure, I guess you can. |
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TK421,
Thanks for the review. I have never played any of the other Fallout games, but I am looking for a game that will take up some time until September when Champions Online and Aion come out. I am currently playing Prototype and its fun, but I am nearing the end of the game I think and I am doing every side mission and challenge along the way. Fallout 3 sounds like a good game, and the reviews make it sound pretty good. I just don't know if I want to plunk down $25 to buy it. Still, its a good deal since its going for $40-$50 right now.
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said by The Flash :said by Nightfall :said by The Flash :I think October...the problem is Steam doesn't offer any DLC options for Fallout 3 right now...there's a few out already. Can you buy the DLC options through Games for Windows on the Steam version? I am looking at the DLC and it looks interesting. Some of the DLC content is $10 each or so. not sure, I guess you can. Its still a tough call. Wait till October, buy the GOTY edition for $40. By then a couple other games will be out that I will be playing and I probably won't pick this up. Either that or buy it now, play it out, buy the DLC if its interesting and spend about the same amount if not more for the DLC plus the Steam version.
I will read a few more reviews on this.
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| Well, $25 should give you 30+ hours of gameplay... possibly much more if you really enjoy it.
Personally, I think Beth can shove the $$$DLC extra content up their asses... not a fan of gouging customers with paid addons that should be free (and requiring GfWL to access dlc, even with Steam). To me at least, call me a purist maybe, PC games are not and should not be treated the same as consoles. Just an example, The Witcher gives registered owners free extra content or addons as they become available... if I were asked to recommend a current CRPG I gladly suggest The Witcher over F3 anytime. |
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| said by TK421 :if I were asked to recommend a current CRPG I gladly suggest The Witcher over F3 anytime. A really nice game that never once crashed, but was still pretty easy for an old man like me.
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i thought it was a great game. I have a good pc to play it. But here is my topic talking about the problems ive had with it.
»Fallout 3
I might get it for xbox or something but for the PC it was unplayable. Atleast for me. If you do searching on the internet there is plenty of topics of people not being able to play it....then comes the people who blame it on them and not the game itself. Witch is a load of BS.
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The Witcher was amazing and the enhanced edition makes it worth it to play it again. |
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said by Nightfall :Ok, is this game worth buying? I am tempted since its on sale, but what are your thoughts? The DLC, especially the one that allows you to continue the game past the main story, is crucial in my opinion, and I have only played the PS3 version with no DLC available. If there is a way to get that particular add-on included with the Steam version, than I would get it. There are lots of great games out there, and this one isn't going anywhere. I'm certain that there will be a GOTY version with every DLC included. Just wait it out. Having the ability to play beyond the main story and increase your character's level will be worth the wait.
If the single player experience is what you are after, I strongly suggest that you wait. It's not the type of game that will erode in fun over time. The story will still remain pertinent 5 years from now, and you might have more powerful hardware to run it. |
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