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| Fallout 3 | 
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| From: Bethesda Softworks
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $43.49
You Save: $6.50 (13%)
Buy New/Used from $39.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  (169 reviews)
Sales Rank: 116
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
ESRB: Mature
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 12690
Model: 12690
UPC: 492411402427
EAN: 0093155126909
ASIN: B000UU5T7E
Release Date: October 28, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Fight for survival against terrors of the outside world, radiation, and mutants after nuclear fallout | | • | Latest in human ability simulation affords unlimited customization of characters | | • | Expansive world in modern super-deluxe HD graphics | | • | Features ability to pause time in combat, target specific body parts, and queue up attacks | | • | 1st- or 3rd-person perspective |
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Product Description
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 - Radiant AI, America's First Choice in Human Interaction Simulation. Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results Eye-Popping Prettiness - Witness the harsh realities of nuclear fallout rendered like never before in modern super-deluxe HD graphics
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The third game in the Fallout series, Fallout 3 is a singleplayer action role-playing game (RPG) set in a post-apocalyptic Washington DC. Combining 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, Fallout 3 will satisfy both players familiar with the popular first two games in its series as well as those coming to the franchise for the first time.
Welcome to the nation's capital.
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The Brotherhood of Steel is a powerful ally.
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Customize characters with your Pip-Boy.
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The Story: Vault 101 ? Jewel of the Wastes
For 200 years, Vault 101 , a fallout shelter, has faithfully 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 the constant stress of the outside world. Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants are all no match for superior Vault-Tec engineering. Yet one fateful morning, you awake to find that your father has defied the Overseer and 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, and the truth.Key Features: - Limitless Freedom! ? Take in the sights and sounds of the vast Capital Wasteland! See the great monuments of the United States lying in post-apocalyptic ruin! You make the choices that define you and change the world. Just keep an eye on your Rad Meter!
- Experience S.P.E.C.I.A.L.! ? Vault-Tec engineers bring you the latest in human ability simulation ? the SPECIAL Character System! Utilizing new breakthroughs in points-based ability representation, SPECIAL affords unlimited customization of your character. Also included are dozens of unique skills and perks to choose from, each with a dazzling variety of effects!
- Fantastic New Views! ? The wizards at Vault-Tec have done it again! No longer constrained to just one view, experience the world from 1st or 3rd person perspective. Customize your view with the touch of a button!
- The Power of Choice! ? Feeling like a dastardly villain today, or a Good Samaritan? Pick a side or walk the line, as every situation can be dealt with in many different ways. Talk out your problems in a civilized fashion, or just flash your Plasma Rifle.
- Blast 'Em Away With V.A.T.S.! ?Even the odds in combat with the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System for your Pip-Boy Model 3000! V.A.T.S. allows you to pause time in combat, target specific body parts on your target, queue up attacks, and let Vault-Tec take out your aggression for you. Rain death and destruction in an all-new cinematic presentation featuring gory dismemberments and spectacular explosions.
- Mind-Blowing Artificial Intelligence! ? At Vault-Tec, we realize that the key to reviving civilization after a global nuclear war is people. Our best minds pooled their efforts to produce an advanced version of Radiant AI, America's First Choice in Human Interaction Simulation. Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results by the latest in Vault-Tec technology.
- Eye-Popping Prettiness! ? Witness the harsh realities of nuclear fallout rendered like never before in modern super-deluxe HD graphics. From the barren Wasteland, to the danger-filled offices and metro tunnels of DC, to the hideous rotten flesh of a mutant's face.
System Requirements: | Minimum Specifications: | Recommended Specifications: | | OS: | Windows XP/Vista | | Processor: | 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor | Intel Core 2 Duo processor | | RAM: | XP: 1GB System RAM
Vista: 2GB System RAM | 2 GB System RAM | | Video Card: | Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better) | NvidiaDirect X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series) | | Supported Video Card Chipsets: | NVIDIA GeForce Series 200, 9800, 9600, 8800, 8600, 8500, 8400, 7900, 7800, 7600, 7300, 6800; ATI HD Series 4800, 4600, 3800, 3600, 3400, 2900, 2600, 2400; ATI Series X1900, X1800, X1600, X1300, and X850 |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 164 more reviews...
 Crash Time November 20, 2008
This game has alot of potential. It is astounding that a company uses SecuRom at all. It messes with your computer, crashes good programs that had nothing wrong with them before, screws the good guys that pay for it when the pirates are still hacking it anyway, and limits the amount of installations. I was unaware of SecuRom being on this game at all before I bought it. I think Bethesda should refund the money of those that were tricked to buy this game with a potentially dangerous rootkit embeded in it or create a patch and quick to remove this horrible program. Like I said, the game is excellent if I could play for more than 45 mins. at a time without a crash.
 Great game November 20, 2008
I did not play any of the previous Fallout games, but as a fan of the latest editions to the Elder Scrolls line eagerly awaited Fallout 3. I was not disappointed. Fallout 3 is simply a great game, one of the best to come out in a long time. The pitch is completely accurate; it features open-ended game play, intriguing side quests, and beautiful graphics. Although there is quite a bit of combat, this is genre appropriate and the VATS system alleviates the twitch-reflex element of first person shooters. I'm playing on a system that was high end two years ago and have had absolutely no crashes or glitches.
Great addition to the Fallout series November 19, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Fallout 3 is a great addition to the Fallout series and I hope the next one is made by Bethesda Softworks also. I've played all 3 previous Fallout games extensively and I think this title fits in nicely. Fallout Tactics was one of my all time favs and this game totally eclipsed it. Everything about it is fantastic. I've already beaten it twice and I expect I will again. As of 2008, I consider it the best game of all time - no joke... and I'm a veteran gamer.
So good it almost got me divorced... November 18, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I spent a lot of time playing this game. Think Morrowind in a post-apocalyptic Washington DC, and that's what this game is about. If you aren't a fan of long dialogues and storylines this may not be the game for you. If you like a nice mix of action, adventure, and role-playing this game should be on your short list. It's one of my top games of all time.
A Mister Freezie... a beta release Ah-gan. Sigh. November 17, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
It's a freeze and bug monster. You've got to be lucky with your rig to get it to run properly. The PC version is a very painfully obvious console port. No mini-map, quest or inventory windows... it's all done within the same system-stopping visual devise called a Pipboy (which I'm guessing is brought up with the A or "square" button on a controller). Attacking consists of only one (I repeat), one action. If the Pipboy is not enough to freeze your game, wait until you try to bring up the "innovative" combat targeting called V.A.T.S. (clearly another wincing console concept) when more than one enemy attacks. You can almost hear the game groaning and sputtering to a halt as your cursor does the molasses dance across the screen with a "glug... glug... gluuuugh."
Don't get me wrong. The game is fantastically beautiful. Truly. The environs are state-of-the-art and makes you really wish it would work properly. Running around the landscape makes it hard to go back to any other game. It's seriously like you're controlling a real-time movie. Stunning. Perhaps the technology is at the point where designers can build eye-popping worlds, but engine writers can't quite tame the beast yet (at least on the PC platform).
Mostly, I think it was a matter of The Suits saying they must release, so they released the latest beta and crossed their fingers (I wonder if the 360 & the PS3 versions are running fine?). The first patch on Bethesda's website was laughable. In fact, I think it caused more harm than good. No new word from the makers as yet (11/18/08). Silence. I hope they don't just take the money and run.
A couple other things...
The music is Hollywood good, very Batman Begins good. I mean, I'll load the game and just listen to the overture for a while before (attempting) to play. Hats off and the Oscar goes to: Inon Zur (of Crysis and Prince of Persia fame)!!!
AND Liam Neeson, Malcom McDowell & Ron Perlman voice actors? You gotta be kidding, right? Wrong! They're in it and not just hokey or superfluous either. It's top notch writing and storyline to boot. Again, it's playing a movie. Literally. Gawd, I wish this game would work. It would be my favorite game hands down.
I'd say hold off until they release some decent patches and the forums calm down. If I'm able to play the game without a crash during the course of a lazy afternoon, I'll change my rating.
PS-This game is screaming for mods!
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