Fallout 3 (2008) (VG)

Writer:

Erik J. Caponi (writer)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Prepare for the future.

Plot:

In a post apocalyptic world, a man leaves the protection of the vault he was raised in to search for his missing father.

Plot Keywords:

Wasteland | Alcohol | Fallout Shelter | Survival | Murder

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Liam Neeson	...	James - Father (voice)
Malcolm McDowell	...	President John Henry Eden (voice)
Ron Perlman	...	Narrator (voice)
Odette Yustman	...	Amata Almodovar (voice)
Jeff Baker	...	Stanley Armstrong / Hannibal Hamlin / Sergeant RL-3 / Desmond Lockheart (Point Lookout) (voice)
William Bassett	...	Elder Owyn Lyons / Paladin Kodiak (voice)
Karen Carbone	...	Catherine (Mother) / Moira Brown / Red / Suzie Mack (voice)
Johnny Contino	...	Grouse (voice)
Erik Dellums	...	Three Dog (voice)
Paul Eiding	...	Nathan Vargas / Abraham Washington / Tree Father Birch / Evan King (voice)
Shari Elliker	...	Beatrice / Reilly / Star Paladin Cross (voice)
Peter Gil	...	Colonel Autumn / Confessor Cromwell (voice)
Gregory Gorton	...	Jonas Palmer / Dave / Pinkerton (voice)
Duncan Hood	...	Overseer Almodovar / Dukov / Scribe Rothchild (voice)
Jake Howard	...	One Year Baby (voice)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:Refused Classification (2008) | UK:18 | Singapore:M18 | USA:M | Australia:MA (revised version) | New Zealand:R18

Company:

Bethesda Softworks Inc.

Trivia:

In the Little Lamplight caverns, the Mayor's name is RJ McCready, an obvious reference to the main protagonist from the movie The Thing (1982).

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Father: I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the End, I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life, freely.

Movie Connections:

References The Thing (1982)

Soundtrack:

Way Back Home

Fallout 3 a test of survival in the capital wasteland.

This type of role playing game is usually not my thing. I prefer the Final Fantasy type role playing games to the ones that are comparable to this such as Elderscrolls. However, once I left the vault I was completely hooked on this very fun game. You start out in said vault where you learn basic skills that will help you later when traversing the desolate wasteland. You also have the opportunity to build up your stats to your liking and what your character looks like. It took a bit to grasp how to level in this game, but it was rather easy once I figured it out and quite easy to make a warrior of the wasteland suited to your tastes. Your father escapes this vault and you are soon to follow and entering the wasteland for the first time is quite something. I was very impressed with the detail and layout of this land. So I headed for a town called Megaton and used this for my base of operations for the entire game. In the game you complete quests and such to gain experience and earn bottle caps which in this world is the source of money. You can also loot many abandoned places and nearly everything you find can be sold for some more bottle caps. The main quest is somewhat interesting as you follow the footsteps of your father and try to find out what he is trying to do, but quite frankly the other quests not relating to the main one are more fun for the most part. Though I did like the black and white world in the main quest the last quest in the main quest was a bit too easy. Some examples of the optional quests include helping a local write a book on how to survive the wasteland, helping this group who worship a tree, ridding a town of their ant problem and so on and so forth. So for the most part this game is great the fighting is not the best when you do not use this mod called v.a.t.s cause it is rather hard to aim out of it, but it is still rather fun with a very huge arsenal of weapons that you can find and armor too. I just say they needed to do more in the main quest portion of the game, work out some of the bugs as this game froze up a couple of times and a character would not move to where he was supposed to so I had to physically push him, and make the ending a bit more grand in keeping with the rest of the game. Still, for the most part this game was great with a variety of things to do and I was good on this play through next time I am planning on being ultra evil...so long Megaton.