Fallout 3

Fallout 3 is the newest game of a series brought back from "back in the day" by Bethesda Softworks with developers of the Elder Scrolls games. It takes place in a post-nuclear chaotic setting with more specifically on the desecrated west coast of America in and around Washington D.C. As it is developed by Bethesda, you can expect a huge open playground and go anywhere you want, do what you want, "whatever you feel like" type of adventure game that sucks you in quickly. Fallout 3 delivers.



The game begins with you being removed from your mother by your father and some doctors. You select a name and play through select phases of childhood, choosing stats and areas of expertise as you go. Your childhood consists of an underground complex called a Vault, it is a sad and depressing place so terribly you will be joyous when life falls apart after you turn nineteen. Your father leaves for random reasons and all hell breaks lose and you choose to go out and follow him. You step go outside the vault and the game stops holding you back, you finish your character and delete any childhood decisions that you weren't happy with and you are free to do whatever you want, search for your father or explore the trashed landscape and forgo side-quests at the nearby encampment of Megaton.



The fact that Fallout 3 is developed by Bethesda is undoubtedly going to be a bone of contention among hardcore fans of the original two Fallout games. They have a strong cult following and the fact that Bethesda have stamped their mark firmly on the series is going to anger many Fallout purists. I never played the originals so I could play Fallout 3 without prejudice, but it is so clearly a Bethesda game and possesses so many traits of the Elder Scrolls games that I can easily see that the formula will have changed, and some are not going to like it.

This seems very skeptical and strange when you first start playing the game, and you will desire standard FPS combat, though you will soon become embraced to it. In an attempt to eviscerate some strategy to battles, the makers have created the V.A.T.S targeting system. This slows down time and gives you the chance to aim at specific points of your enemy's body, at the expense of action points. You can throw out far more damage in V.A.T.S mode and you can strategically tear apart your enemies. For example if you come across a Super Mutant holding a mini-gun that is ripping you apart, you can aim for the gun and put it out of usability. There are cons to this system however, as it alienates you vulnerable to attack and movement becomes delayed before you can leave V.A.T.S. mode. The most awesome thing about it is the close up action shots of your enemy as they are shot. You get to witness heads and limbs explode and go in all directions in a cloud of blood and body parts. When you can see the impact of the bullet as it slams through the skull. To skip these sequences would be awesome sometimes because they start to get more annoying than anything else in the world after the millionth head go flying through the air in a plethora of blood.

Well thats about it for Fallout 3 tomorrow come back for another new game review!

Rollin' the Rogue on Haomarush...

So me and a good friend decided to re-roll horde on an old server that honestly went to waste after a while and became so bad that you knew everyone who stepped into a town and if anyone transferred over it was the talk around the world. So coming from an awesome server as in Black DragonFlight to Hao...its a start at least. So I have never been a fan of going horde because they seemed to usually always be on the winning side of things, and being me, I rebelled. I first rolled a warlock, with the name Sulrom. I am not the person to have too much time on his hands, so leveling became difficult alone, and I picked up a friend. So re-rolling a character I usually get killed by, a rogue, playing horde, and trying hard to enjoy it.



So playing a horde character is not that bad, the only real reason I chose to come back to Hao is because of some deep-rooted friends who never got off of the server and I decided to pay them back for my time gone with a re-roll. The rogue is a very mighty character and has some very neat abilities that have caught my interest. I am starting to get into the level area of twenty. It's pretty fun stealthing around a back stabbing and what not. Sneaky but strong, the exact thing I hated facing when on my Warlock. Ok, this is a warning for those who are going to roll a horde character, the Barrens general and trade channels can both be found abundantly filled with some of the worst and most repetitive God awful Chuck Norris jokes of all time. Along with the "!Your Mom!" jokes, you basically want to rip your monitor off of your desk and throw it a great distance. The Alliance quests and Horde quests seem to be kind of the same format, kill this many creatures, obtain this many whatevers, no real differences. The game goes a lot quicker when you have the refer-a-friend experience boost...double experience for mobs and quests too! Go out and get yourself a free trial if you have not yet purchased the game and have someone refer you to level much quicker!



I have slowly grown attached to my new character purchasing his new skills and upgrading his combat points, trying to see how I can create the best combos and what works well against what. Working on getting him some better daggers through my Rogue class quest, still have my double experience so I really need to MAKE time now instead of FIND it. I hear that from the levels 30 up to 50 the quests become more complex and have a much higher difficulty so at least it will keep me entertained being a competition addict of my friends. So on an overall look at my first quests, skills, leveling, game play, cities and population, Horde doesn't seem to be too bad of a side to be on, most people are willing to help you out and the questing is usually very easy making your time more valuable to your experience per hour value. Well this seems to be as much as I can say for now but from 5/19 to 5/24 I promise to have a game review each and everyday of some of the hottest new games so come back tomorrow afternoon to read on the latest in new game reviews!