28 October 2008
Fallout 3
Fallout 3 has been by some margin the most enjoyable game I’ve played since BioShock – a game with which it shares a similar artistic vision and ambience. Despite so many worries, Fallout 3 almost effortlessly succeeds in its central aim of reviving a much-loved brand to appeal to the vast majority of players. It’s a thrilling, all-consuming experience that will absorb you for weeks, whether you’re attracted by the action, the adventure, or the role-playing, as you fall in love with the relentless excitement, incredible atmosphere, sense of place and sheer choice. Bethesda has once again delivered a game of life-affirming brilliance that will be heralded as a classic, and talked about for years to come.
(Eurogamer, 10/10)
It’s a truly fabulous RPG in so many ways, but we desperately wish Bethesda had saved the money they burned on unnecessarily hiring Liam Neeson and Malcom McDowell to voice a couple of key characters, and spent it instead on more actors, rehearsals, better script-writers and animators, another proof-reader… Clearly, it’s one of the must-buy games of the year, and it’ll prove impossible not to lose yourself to it for dozens of hours. If only Bethesda could escape their own bad habits and sloppiness though — then it would have been one of the must-buy games of the decade.
(IGN, 8.8)
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