The story of one character’s trip across the wastes…
Imagine for a moment – a book that writes itself. All you would need to be is that character, be placed in that world, have it be an interesting setting that you can interact with on many levels, and the ‘story’ would flow from that point. Fallout 3 is that ‘book’. Sure, you can follow the quests (whether main or side), but you don’t have to - there is tons to see and do aside from that. You might still stumble into the occasional quest that starts suddenly, but you can always back off – no one is forcing you do it, or even complete them.
I have played quite a bit of Fallout 3, and I suppose now is a good time for a review, although – maybe a bit late. I have also played Fallout 3 as a “good guy”, “bad gal” and a “neutral guy.” Bear in mind, I have had no experience with previous Fallout games, so I will not be making any sour whining noises about that, and how ‘it does not meet my sex fantasy expectations of what a dream game needs to be’ – blah, blah, blah.
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For the sake of curiosity I spent a little time wandering the local stores after the Xbox 360 price cut. I live in a fairly major metropolitan area (Orange County, CA) so it’s fair to say that there is a pretty high population density here. While anyone could have easily predicted an upsurge in 360 sales, what I found was pretty shocking: Not a single 360 of any flavor in stock anywhere. My visits included a couple of Targets, Wal Marts, Best Buy, Circuit City, and even a Gamestop. Not one place had a single 360.
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I’ve been playing the hell out of the Orange Box lately and a friend asked me if it was worth a purchase. I told him that The Orange Box is the only game that is actually worth 60 dollars.
If you are not familiar with The Orange Box let me fill you in: It’s a game from Valve Software that has been out for a couple weeks now, but it’s not just one game, it’s five games all sold as a package. It includes Half Life 2, plus it’s two sequel episodes, as well as Portal and Team Fortress 2. Any one of these games stands on it’s own just fine, but to package them all together for $60 is one of the best deals in video game history. |
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W00t! Probably the second most anticipated game of the year, Mass Effect, has gone gold! Boy, I tell you, it’s a good thing I haven’t bought a PS3 yet, between stroking the Wii, 360 and DS this fall there’d be a console cat fight for sure!
Press release after the jump!
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The story of one character’s trip across the wastes…
