Fallout 3 began life under the loving care of Interplay's Black Isle Studios, creators of the first two Fallout titles. But before the game could be completed Interplay was struck by a financial apocalypse, selling the license to create the game to Bethesda Softworks of The Elder Scrolls fame. Bethesda then scrapped what had come before and started fresh, promising fans of the series that they would do the property justice. With rabid fans breathing down their necks, the company polished up the Gamebryo engine used in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and went to town.
Now Fallout 3 has been released, soon to be on store shelves across the world, and we've taken our first, tentative steps into the bleak world of post-apocalyptic Washington DC. Is the journey worth taking, or were we much better off staying locked up inside the Vault?
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