Before I get down to the "nitty gritty" and offer my views on Fallout 3's strengths and weaknesses, I want to make one thing clear. When I write a review, especially an RPG, know that unlike many mainstream publications I actually spend the time to beat it first. That means my reviews are based on long play sessions which sometimes even include reloading game saves to explore alternate choice paths. I find it hard to use reviews for reference these days, especially for games longer than 20 hours or more. I couldn't count how many games that started off slowly, got bad reviews for it and ended up being fantastic games if one has the patience to ignore the reviews and find out for themselves. So as you read this, you know that this review covers the entire game with 100% completion. Maxed characters, all quests etc etc.
Before I get down to the "nitty gritty" and offer my views on Fallout 3's strengths and weaknesses, I want to make one thing clear. When I write a review, especially an RPG, know that unlike many mainstream publications I actually spend the time to beat it first. That means my reviews are based on long play sessions which sometimes even include reloading game saves to explore alternate choice paths. I find it hard to use reviews for reference these days, especially for games longer than 20 hours or more. I couldn't count how many games that started off slowly, got bad reviews for it and ended up being fantastic games if one has the patience to ignore the reviews and find out for themselves. So as you read this, you know that this review covers the entire game with 100% completion. Maxed characters, all quests etc etc.
