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Fallout 3
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GameSpot
A lot of games make a big deal out of player choice, but few in recent memory offer so many intricate, meaningful ways of approaching any given situation.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at GameSpot
1UP
Fallout 3 begins with your character's literal birth and ends with...well, that's up to you. It might never end, should you opt to hit the (metaphorical) pause button on the role-playing game's main quest.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at 1UP
GameSpy
When Fallout 3 was announced in 2004, not everyone was happy to hear that Bethesda would be the development studio to bring the Wasteland to life.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at GameSpy
Game Revolution
Some call me an urban legend, the last damn hope for humanity, that kid from Vault 101. Others call me a fuckin' commie. And I'm fine with that, as long as I don't hear them say it with their jaw attached.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at Game Revolution
G4
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to nuke the absolute shit out of ourselves, at least we can be secure in the knowledge that the survivors will get to live one of the great American dreams: kicking ass in a post-nuclear nightmare.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at G4
Thunderbolt
When I heard that Bethesda, the company behind the Elder Scrolls series, was going to be responsible for Fallout 3, I was more than a little skeptical. Now, I have nothing against Bethesda.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at Thunderbolt
The Onion (A.V. Club)
In 1997, Interplay published Fallout, a post-apocalyptic role-playing game noted for funny, challenging open-ended gameplay. A year earlier, Bethesda Softworks released The Elder Scrolls II, a fantasy RPG also praised for allowing players great freedom.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at The Onion (A.V. Club)
MEGamers
While there are some games that are keen on sending you straight into battle regardless of the bronze pin on your shirt, Fallout 3 takes a more detailed approach, treating you like a
baby and showing your way through.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at MEGamers
IGN
Fallout 3 is a special videogame. It's an open-world role-playing game that delivers an experience unlike anything on the market right now.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at IGN
Gamer 2.0
November 3,2008 - Fallout 3 has impressed many from the start. After winning numerous pre-release awards, Bethesda seems poised to continue its massive success from the Elder Scrolls series.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at Gamer 2.0
Worth Playing
Imagine if 1950s Cold War paranoia and its sci-fi super future mentality had actually succeeded in building its pie-in-the-sky ideals, with white picket fences on every corner and nuclear-powered cars in every driveway.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at Worth Playing
AtomicGamer
Somewhere around the time I got to the National Mall, that area in Washington, D.C. between the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building and found it to be a war zone, I realized that Fallout 3 is the best game Bethesda Softworks has ever made.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at AtomicGamer
Gameplanet
They are little imaginary windows to an existence where modern civilisation fails, and the earth reverts to the Lord of the Flies on a global scale.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at Gameplanet
Meristation
Ha llegado el momento, la tercera entrega de una de las sagas de rol más laureadas por público y crítica está a las puertas de su lanzamiento.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at Meristation
GamingExcellence
October 28, 2008 - It’s been a decade since the last Fallout release, and a lot has happened since then. In 2004, Interplay shut down, leaving many fans thinking the Fallout franchise could be gone forever.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at GamingExcellence
GameZone
I would be lying to you if I told you I wasn't amped up about this game.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at GameZone
TotalVideoGames
Some things, however, have changed.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at TotalVideoGames
VideoGamer
The past 10 days have been very busy for me. I've broken into countless military bases, taken vast quantities of drugs, and have shot several hundred people in the head. I've stolen the Declaration of Independence. I've moonlighted as a contract killer.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at VideoGamer
YouGamers
Fallout and Fallout 2 are considered timeless classics, so when Bethesda announced that they were working on Fallout 3, the fanboys were understandably estatic and worried at the same time.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at YouGamers
Hardcore Gamer Magazine
Rating: Mature
While gamers were spending hours upon hours exploring Oblivion, Bethesda was hard at work creating a game just as massive.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at Hardcore Gamer Magazine
GameDaily
While the threat of atomic annihilation disappeared during the Reagan Era, Fallout 3 rekindles that fear by inserting gamers into a post-nuclear war version of Washington, DC.
...read the complete Fallout 3 review at GameDaily
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