Fallout 3

I have been a fan of the Fallout games since the first time I laid eyes on Fallout (The First One). I've always enjoyed turn-based strategy games and C-RPGs, and fallout combined both of those into one very beautiful (if you can call a post-apocalyptic wasteland beautiful) game. I enjoyed the game play, the setting, and the stories the game told.

When I had first heard they were making Fallout 3 I became overjoyed, but then when I learned Bethesda was creating it I had become worried that Fallout 3 would be more like Morrowind and Oblivion than Fallout 1 or 2. Then when I learned that Fallout 3 was part turn-based and part-real time, I really became distressed and expected Fallout 3 to have terrible game play.

However, I think Bethesda pulled it off! I can actually say I really enjoyed Fallout 3 and am now looking forward to Fallout 4 (I'm told it will be called "New Vegas").

Alright, so here's my break down:
PROS:
* Well written story.
* Beautiful Graphics & Well Designed Scenery
* A very decent A.I. (with NPC that actually run for their lives when you blow one of their friends in half before their eyes).
* "Neat" sub-games (Hacking System and Locking Picking).
+ I especially like Fallout 3s Lock Picking system.
* Plenty of "Side-Quests" (I haven't even 'done' them all yet).
* A Turn-Based combat system that actually works (In my opinion. - I have seen others who've said they didn't like it.)

CONS
* Few weapons
* The main story can be played through very quickly, and players can be finished with the main plot before they even realize it.

Personal Complaints:
* I couldn't put together an old vehicle (like in the other fallout games) to help me carry more junk/loot back to my base of operations.
* Weapons and Loot is so plentiful that there's really no point of Pack-Ratting and I learned that too late. (That may seem like an odd complaint when following the first.)
* I didn't get to spend as much time as I would have liked running around in power armor.
* Some NPCs were too easy to kill (like Brotherhood and/or Outcasts).
* Supplies were so plentiful that I didn't really feel like I was in a wasteland.
* The music is great at first but becomes annoying after a while.
* The DJ (Three Dog) keep repeating himself over-and-over and it gets annoying. - It's very neat at first when he talks about you, but it becomes really annoying when you hear the same news story for the third time in an hour.


All and all I like Fallout 3 and recommend it to anyone who like C-RPGs.

If you prefer first-person shooters you might want to stay away from this one. Fallout 3 is more about character skill than player skill (although I did snipe a few bad guys with my scope and no "VATS" [Vault-Tech Assisted Targeting System]).

I'm looking forward to playing the expansions.