FALLOUT 3

[Fathom Zero]

Having beat everything in four days, I traded it in. The mistake I made was expecting it to be more than Oblivion with guns. It was never revealed to me who to give the ears or fingers to. Also, the best part of the game was seeing Fawkes the second time, (providing you saved him.) The endgame was shit, the buggiest thing I've ever played. Fuckin' robot had the shakes.

I got back $40. I think I'll go get Dead Space and a brand new PS3 to play it on.

[VaporTrailx1]

my major complaint is lack of large towns like in the first 2. I like exploring the map but I'd like some large populated areas. They put in enough rubble and broken houses they could have made one or two heavily inhabited cities.

I liked the original Van Buren concept of NCR and the BoS at war with each other.

[Schimid]

Well, I beat it.

Spoilers!

The same thing happened to me that happened in Bioshock: I was ejected. Both games were great fun, atmospheric marvels that were begging to be to be explored and conquered. Goals were established clearly, early. Goals changed, plot twists, etc. The storytelling devices in both games are so strong that you put your complete and utter faith into the developers to deliver a fulfilling climax. The "would you kindly" scene and your father's sacrifice are good examples from both games: they change the fundamentals of the story and what you're trying to accomplish in a way that's effective and moving. So you get to the end and...that's it. I come face to face with Autumn, take in his threats, then expediently one-shot him with my Chinese rifle while my mutant bodyguard takes out his ONE BODYGUARD. And that's it, I won't fight anyone else in the entire game. Unless Bethesda was making a profound statement on the fragility of human life, I don't understand why the final boss would be a man with no armor and his ONE (seriously, what the fuck) cohort. The ending pissed me off, too. I had good karma the entire game, finished with a VERY GOOD rating, was given the title of "The Last, Best Hope for Humanity," sacrificed myself in the chamber, didn't poison the filter, and still the narrator insists that I didn't "adopt my father's selfless ideals." Fuck you, narrator. I totally didn't pick up on John Henry 'Eden' though. I thought it was Eaton for some reason. I totally knew he was a robot though, or at least not a human. Did anyone else catch his spiel on the radio about growing up in rural Kentucky with his dog? Didn't the bomb go off 200 years ago?