Dr Gadget - Fallout 3 Collector's Edition

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Amazon Maximum Age: 20 Amazon Minimum Age: 204 Batteries Included: 0 Binding: Video Game Brand: Bethesda EAN: 0093155128507 ESRB Age Rating: Mature Feature: Enjoy your very own Vault Boy collectors item direct from Vault-Tec Is Autographed: 0 Is Memorabilia: 0 Label: Bethesda Manufacturer: Bethesda Model: 12850 Platform: Xbox 360 Publisher: Bethesda Release Date: 2008-10-28 Studio: Bethesda
Features Enjoy your very own Vault Boy collectors item direct from Vault-Tec Includes The Art of Fallout 3 hardcover book of exclusive concept art and commentary Special DVD The Making of Fallout 3 included for a behind the scenes look at the creative team Includes fully customized metal Vault-Tec lunch box Receive these collector edition items with the game Fallout 3
Accessories Fallout 3 Collector's Edition: Prima Official Game Guide
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Give Me Your Sick, Your Poor, Mutated, and Bobble Heads!! (With Moderate Glitches) Comment: I'll admit that I did not play the first two Fallout games and that prior to playing Fallout 3 ("F3") the only impression I had was the cute "Vault Boy" and the nicely done television commercial advertising the game. A friend of mine convinced me that the game was worth trying, but I later decided to opt for this amazing special edition set when I realized one irrifutable fact; you get a super cool bobble head inside. It's like a Chuck Norris mountain of awesomeness toy inside a tin box of cereal only no reference to "proof of purchase," which disappointed any child growing up in the 1990s (Darn you General Mills!!). So, after super-glueing the bobble head to the dash of my 1992 Dodge P.O.S. and getting a hilarious reaction from the drive thru guys at McDonalds I figured I might as well play the game. After playing through the game twice I've come to the conclusion that the game is just as awesome as the bobble head that came with it. Here's why. So let's start with the basics. The story is about a survivor or a nuclear long after the fallout (hence the name), who is trying to revive a scientific project that is designed to save the world. Along the way you battle mutants, rogue jerks, security, and a psychotic scientist in a 1950a simulated environment that makes your character look like Dennis the Menance. Pretty straight forward with some kewl plot twists, some sad moments, and a few uplifting ones. That's about it for the story. It doesn't pull a Xenogears and require the player to have a bachelors in psychology and a basic knowledge of Dante's Inferno or Thus Spake Zorastura. It's easy enough to get involved with emotionally but not simple enough to feel as though you're playing something written by George Lucas. Now, on to gameplay. It is done by the same guys who made Oblivion, that seriously open-ended RPG that you just wander around in forever. In all honesty, I sometimes thought the only difference between F3 and Oblivion was the post-apacolyptic setting. You get to explore numerous structures, forage supplies and weapons, and survive in a very inhospitable environment. The new editions, however, separate Oblivion from the rest. For starters, you get a kewl initial-strike feature that allows the player to assign strike zones and have them initiated in slow-motion. Once I figured this out, everything else fell into place and the game became considerably easier. I also liked the attributes/leveling system, although I wish levels were not so few and far in between. Perhaps I am spoiled with the traditional 99 levels from all other RPGs (255 if you've played Star Ocean); however, I believe making levels more readily available and decreasing the amount of increasing stats would make the game more fun to play since leveling up takes WAAAY too long and pretty much requires you to advance in the game. The level-up statistics are pretty slick as you can increase your scientific knowledge over brute force, which I prefer anyway. The graphics are just beautiful. The baron wasteland is of particular mentioning since the landscape is detailed very well along with the views. It made the experience just that much more real. However, the third-person view destroys it as the walking animation is incredibly poor and looks flat-out wrong. For some reason, it doesn't look that bad on other characters. I also love the appearances of the other characters, although I think a little more details could have been possible. One off-the-wall perk is the voice acting of Liam Neisen (you all will pardon me if I spelled that incorrectly) as the protagonist's father. He was awesome in Narnia, Batman Begins, and now he graces us with his recognizeable voice in Fallout 3. I did not recognize any other voice actors, but they all did a fine job as well. Now are my complaints. The game has some moderate movement glitches, jumping in particular. The character can leap across or over large obstacles but sometimes cannot simply step over a stone. This is REALLY annoying when you're exploring the wasteland and cannot overcome certain obstacles that you normally can. It can also get you stuck in certain areas and if there are enemies nearby you cannot use the quick-walk feature to escape. At one point the protagonist fell into a small hole in a rock and got stuck. Fortunately I saved recently so I just reloaded but had I not, I would have curse, screamed, cried, and smashed with hammer. These movement glitches were serious enough to cause some loss of time, but not as bad as the lift-glitch on Halo 3 to make me curse outloud and walk away from the console. These should have been fixed. My last complaint pertains to weapon degrading. Granted you cannot truly display realistic weapon decay in the span of a game since that takes years depending on the firearm... but daaaang. My weapons degraded waaay too quickly. Even my personal Russian rifles lasted longer than a mint-condition shotgun lasts in the game. The jamming feature makes you think twice before going in guns-a-blazing but I think they should hold up better than depicted. Maybe I missed a feature, but I hate having to have my weapons repaired every hour on the hour. However, these complaints are only marginal to the sheer awesomeness of the game itself. Not to mention the cool bobble head that proudly agrees with me everytime I decided to speed up a little. A solid 92%. 1: -6% for glitches 2: -1% for weapons decay 3: -1% for bad third-person walking graphics Customer Rating: Summary: Oblivion Reskinned or Game of the Year Comment: The short answer: Game of the Year. There you go, no need to read further. You're wasting valuable playing time. For those with a bit more of an attention span: Game of the Year --- because --- While it seems at first glance that Fallout 3 might just be Oblivion reskinned, spending a little time with this game will dispell that notion completely. Yes, it's made by Bethesda and if you've played their earlier RPGs Morrowind and Oblivion you will see a lot of similarities and will definitely feel right at home with this game. But the similarities quickly fade into mere recognizable structural convention as the player begins to see that there is a rather stout and unexpected FPS mixed with their RPG. Okay RPG players it's not going to be all mindless or super difficult finger twitching gun battles --- you are thinkers --- well the VATS system is only one button away and you can take a half an hour to pick a limb, body, or head shot if that's how you wish to play. All the strategy of leveling up, what powers to get, weapons to get, and what armor etc. are still there --- there's even a very lite version of co-op play if you find the right characters. And to the skeptical FPS players --- I've played 'em all --- all the Halo games, Far Cry, Bioshock etc. etc. etc. --- whatever --- and this is as smooth and solid as any of those games as a shooter. I repeat, smooth and solid. But when you want a little extra sauce on your kills, once again, the VATS system is the answer for you as well. Very satisfying slow motion ultra-gory head explosions and full utilization of the Havoc psychics engine are just a button push away. Really that's nothing but pure fun. This is an extremely detailed and fascinating world that is brought to life with great care, ambition, and talent. Also, as simple and predictible as the story might be, I found myself actually following it and often being amused by it instead of completely ignoring it on my way to the next action sequence. I swear, I have no idea what's going on in Halo for example --- nor do I care. And lastly, for the Fallout 1 and 2 players --- you probably won't think anything will be as good as those games. But really this game has captured a lot of the flavor those games --- while attaining a very next generation playability --- besides we need to move into this century now. Here's a tissue. Bethesda, Nice effort on this outstanding game and also on the excellent collectors edition --- cool bobble, art book, video, and lunch box. My favorite CE so far. Customer Rating: Summary: highly anticipated game comes through Comment: PROS - Fun game - VATS is something new for gaming. - Open world with a lot to do (more than almost any other non-Bethesda game). - Bethesda is a top developer. Todd Howard seems to be a great guy. - A lot more voice acting than in prior Bethesda releases. - Controls. Bethesda has the greatest view/camera system in the industry in my opinion. Simply click a button and you're in 1st person, click again you're in 3rd person -- all games should do this in my opinion -- it should be standard. NEUTRAL - Bobblehead. meh. - Far less glitching and bugs than Oblivion. Oblivion had far fewer than Morrowind. Thus Bethesda is getting better and better at debugging. CONS - Pip-Boy is a poorly designed battery killer. - Graphics and animation have unfortunately not been improved since the time of Oblivion. This was a key disappointment to me. I know everything is supposed to look run-down and devastated, but that doesn't mean it has to look graphically mediocre. IS THIS AN IMPROVEMENT OVER OBLIVION? - Not for me no. IS THIS JUST OBLIVION WITH GUNS? - Some will so no, some say yes. I say YES. It's little more than a re-skinned Oblivion with guns + VATS...and to that I say "fine by me". WHAT VERSION OF WHAT PLATFORM TO GET? - PC/360 get DLC so stick with those. PC if you prefer mouse. I prefer joystick, so 360 for me. Definitely do NOT buy the Amazon Exclusive Edition. Sold out by now, but if you see it via Amazon Marketplace sellers or on Ebay, know that the Pip-Boy is going to be a paperweight. The CE is a good choice with plenty of goodies minus the Pip-Boy paperweight... Customer Rating: Summary: Fallout! not just for the end of the world anymore! Comment: I'm very impressed with this game having never played (more than just a few minutes online) a fallout game before I wasnt sure what to expect. Although seeing the game was from the same people that gave us oblivion I knew it would be something of very good quality. That being said I have to warn all the parents out there THIS GAME IS NOT FOR THE YOUNG OR THOSE EASILY OFFENDED BY GORE. This game is grusome in its gameplay just watch a preview video of it. Although for those not offended by the gore I highly recommend it for its freedom of choice gameplay as well as the action in the game. Customer Rating: Summary: Like Oblivion with Guns and no Magic Comment: If you like Oblivion and Bioshock this is a game combining a little of each with an eerie feel. Limited Edition is pretty cool with a bobble head and a nice art book. Dont expect it to control like oblivion though. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: For 200 years, Vault 101, a fallout shelter, has served the surviving residents of Washington DC and its environs, now known as the Capital Wasteland. Though the global atomic war of 2077 left the US all but destroyed, the residents of Vault 101 enjoy a life free from Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants. Yet one morning, you awake to find that your father has left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101 for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you've ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search for your father. Fallout 3 is a singleplayer action role-playing game (RPG) that combines the horrific insanity of the Cold War era theory of mutually assured destruction gone terribly wrong with the kitschy naivety of American 1950s nuclear propaganda. Mind-Blowing Artificial Intelligence - Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results Modern super-deluxe HD graphicsIncludes Vault Boy Bobblehead - Enjoy your very own Vault Boy with this collector's item direct from Vault-Tec The Art of Fallout 3 - This hardcover book features nearly 100 pages of never-before seen concept art and commentary from Bethesda Game Studios artists The Making of Fallout 3 - Get an exclusive, inside look at Bethesda Game Studios and the team behind the game with this special DVD Vault-Tec Lunch Box - The entire package comes in a fully customized metal lunch box