Fallout 3 Review (Xbox 360) ****MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS**** By MGc iNsTiNcTzBefore i start i would like to say i have never played a Fallout game until it was released on the Xbox 360!
The game is also a Single Player game only but you can purchase DLC (Downloadable Content) from the Marketplace!
The Plot
The storyline is about a young child who's mother dies while giving birth to him who decides to go searching for his father after he leaves Vault 101 for unknown reasons. The story starts off you being born then being introduced to different members of your home, Vault 101. Then, on your 10th birthday you get given a present by "The Overseer" [Leader of Vault 101] that present is a "Pip-Boy". Its a basic tool where if you click B on your controller you can view your stats, items, quests and locations on the map. When you get a bit older you have to take a G.O.A.T test, but then you get told your father has disappeared and the Vault door has been opened, the Vault is overrun by Radroaches (mutated cockroaches). A girl called Ameta helps you to escape but you have a choice to talk it over with her father, the Overseer, or to kill him. The story then goes on with you getting help from The Brotherhood of Steel to join the fight against the Enclave. (I would say if you find or father or not but you will find out yourself in due time!)
Controls
Well, the controls are pretty simple! Y to jump, X to reload, B to open Pip Boy, RB to open V.A.T.S (More about this further down), LT to aim, RT to fire, Right anologue stick to move and left anologue stick to change your view! Your can use the D-Pad to Hotkey items like weapons or stimpacks (to heal you).
Key Features
The key feature on Fallout 3 is obviously the V.A.T.S (Vault Automatic Targeting System)! With the V.A.T.S you can target your enemys at close or long distances and choose what part of the body you would like to shoot them at each part has a percentage of hitting them.
Overal OpinionWell Fallout 3 offers at least 15 hours of gameplay + side quests and DLC's including Broken Steel which continues the story after the last mission and also increases the Level Cap from 20 to 30! I think Fallout 3 is an amazing game and is well worth the price tag considering you can get it for around 20-30 pound in most stores! Possibily the greatest game on the xbox. Forget RPG of the year, this game is RPG of the century!
Graphics: 7/10 (Good but not up to Gears of War 2 standards IMO)
Sound: 7/10 (Decent, is quite realistic at some times)
Gameplay: 8/10 (This game handles amazingly)
Lasting Appeal: 10/10 (This game makes you just want to keep playing!)
OVERALL RATING: 9/10
Great game, great fun but the game has some dull moments which will make you feel bored, that is just when you have not very good weapons and not very good clothing but after getting up to the GNR quest (not very far in) you will start finding decent weapons etc!
Buy this game.. now!