Now if I'm being honest, this game is really more an 8 or a 7, but because of nostalgia, and for me at least, the good outweighs the ugly, I give this a 10/10. It's not exact for everyone, some people say it's "Not a true RPG." And I can see where they're coming from, but if you're able to get past the lack of choices in the game, it's fun. But, I digress. So when I first got this game, I was just blown away by it. Just like when I first played Skyrim when I was just around 7 years old, and my dad was already a big Morrowind and Oblivion fan, Skyrim was awesome. And now with Fallout 3, I felt the same once I stepped out of the Vault the first time. Now I'm taking a while to get to the point cause I guess, it's hard for me to figure out what I should say about this game, and how to say it. But I'll get into the good things. First off, the Fallout franchise as a whole (until Fallout 76) is just awesome. The world pre war being that of a retro futuristic 50's America is awesome, and the call out to humanity's behavior and tendency to go to war, and our other mistakes such as overusing the Earths resources bringing humanity to the brink of extinction, and how greed is a major factor into that. Some of that is made more of a theme in Fallout New Vegas, which is even better than this game, I already made a review on that. The story while some people don't like it, I never thought that some 19 year old leaving the vault to find his/her dad is a bad story, not to mention what the story turns into. Eventually, it becomes a bigger picture besides just finding our dad, and into bringing clean water to the wasteland, something which we take for granted now, is almost impossible to find in the wasteland ruins of Washington DC, like the water crisis in third world countries. This game is also fun if you don't want to be left sandwiched into making a decision as to how a game ends and make it straightforward. I remember when I was really young, I didn't like Fallout New Vegas cause i thought it was boring, and confusing as to how to get a good ending, and side with certain factions. But in Fallout 3, if you like open world exploration and rpg elements, but want a linear storyline that's simple, that's good for you. There's also just a lot to explore, collect, and just do besides explore and loot, such as buying decorations for your house. Also random quests like making a survival guide for Wastelanders. Anyway onto the bad. Like I said with the story being linear, if you DON'T like linear stories and want to make decisions, then that's a negative for you. Gunplay is also pretty bad, I've gotten used to it so personally it's not a big issue for me, but it definitely could use some changes and be far better than it already is. Unique weapons look no different from each other, some people have shocking said before that the graphics are bad as well, which I don't think it's bad, maybe a little mediocre for a 2008 game sure, but I've seen way worse, and it's still playable. But i guess if some of you are sensitive about how your graphics look, that's a negative, but I rarely hear anyone complain about it and this really shouldn't be a negative, but I supposed I'd include it. Overall though this game is just plain great in my opinion and many others. It's one of those games I could go one for hours simping for, but I won't do that. Just know that if you are a fan of Open World RPGs, and like storylines then you'll enjoy this so long as you can get past lack of decision making, gunplay, and quote on quote "bad graphics."
Review of Fallout 3
