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.
At long last Fallout 3 has arrived, and the post-nuclear wasteland has never looked better. So to speak. The first two games were by the late, great Black Isle Studios, and built on the setting pioneered by Electronic Arts’ Wasteland in 1985. After publisher Interplay sold the rights to Fallout to Bethesda, makers of The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, much controversy arose in the Fallout fanbase. Would Fallout 3 be a worthy sequel? Would it be dumbed down for console players? Would it simply be Oblivion with guns? Thankfully, these fears have proven baseless for the most part.
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Fallout 3 ReviewSince it’s made by the Elder Scrolls guys, obviously there are some similarities. But to call Fallout 3 an Oblivion clone is like saying Jurassic Park is just Jaws with dinosaurs instead of a shark. Movement and map navigation is very similar, although no moreso than you’d expect from any free-roam game. Third person view still pretty much sucks. Most noticeable is the way Fallout 3’s characters animate just as stiffly and unnaturally as Oblivion’s. It’s a minor point, but still a bit immersion-breaking. Hopefully the next Elder Scrolls installment will remedy this issue, or at least give men and women different walk cycles.
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