Fallout 3

It's rare that a game can hit the mark in so many different and often conflicting areas. Fallout 3 offers freedom without sacrificing a focused story. It delivers fantastic combat without forgoing a deep role-playing system. The characters you meet are engaging and oftentimes hilarious without feeling out of place in this harsh world. The game has a few flaws -- most of them technical -- but it's a case where the whole is greater than the sum. It's a fantastic game with incredible atmosphere that offers fun in so many different ways that you're almost sure to get hooked. This is one...

Fallout 3 is packed with interesting places, with choices to make, with that nebulous sense of adventure you only find in the best RPGs. And after a long wait, it's finally here.

Fallout 3 is a stand-out RPG that offers a heaping amount of replay value and entertainment. The NPCs that fill the world are natural jerks and it makes the experience all the more entertaining as they are humorous and nihilistic. The voice-acting helps take the game to new lengths and the VATS defines how players will think about Fallout 3 long after they complete the title. Fallout 3 is an outrageous game that’s a joyful ride until the closing minutes of the game.

The Fallout franchise tells the tale of a parallel-universe, where history proceeded very differently in the aftermath of World War II. US culture remained stuck in the '50s, while technological evolution expanded much faster than in the world we know. Unfortunately, it all ends in tears in 2077, with China and the United States virtually nuking each other off the face of the earth. Bethesda runs with this premise in their first entry in the Fallout series, previously handled by Interplay. Fo...

RPGamers, welcome to the Capital Wasteland of Fallout 3. It is not a friendly or hospitable place. That is all the more reason that you should venture into it.