Fall Out

Fallout 3
$39.99
I was really looking forward to this game, man what a bummer. Now I know I'm in the minority here but it's my take on this game and here it goes.

Well, so far I've put in at least 6 hours...6 hours of agonizing bordom! I just don't get what all the "hype" is about. It's almost as if you have to like this game or you're not "cool" by the way people talk about it. Guess I'm not cool, I freakin hate this game.


I actually restarted the game to go ith my lowered my expectations and see if I could bare through it. No go.

The pace is so slloowwwww. My god people, how the hell can you deal with this? I would much rather read a good book than play this, it's far more exciting and stimulating.

The graphics are just so-so, nothing great here. The animations pretty much blow, pretty clunky to say the least. AI isn't the greatest either. And it's so wordy, like I said, if I'm gonna spend hours reading I would rather read a book.

Maybe I'm just spoiled when it comes to RPGs having an uber gaming computer and having played some pretty amazing RPGs.

The break down of this game is as follows.

49% Talking
49% Traveling
2% Action/picking up trash

I'm so glad I got it used, I would really be ticked if I wasted $60 on this.

You've been warned.

Fallout Collection (Fallout, Fallout Tactics, Fallout A Post Nuclear RPG)
$19.99
Can't beat it, works great, and you can install fallout one and it won't even require the disc just like the original.
The series is phenomenal and gave me a great way to mess around with the classic rpg that rocked my gaming world for so many years.

Only issue is if you want to get character editors for it they won't recognize the save files as they are slightly different, but that's the only difference I have found.

will be playing tactics tonight :)

Fallout 3
$39.99
I love this game, but after adding the DLC it has become unplayable and thus I am out $40 for a game I cannot use. It seems clear at this point that when your save file reaches a certain size the game begins to freeze more and more, and so I am now at a point where I cannot walk through a door without freezing, I cannot enter VATS without freezing, and I cannot even walk around for more than 10min. w/o freezing. Each time I must hard restart the PS3. It is quite sad to see a game whose ideas and framework are so amazing, fail so miserably now. Bethesda has no plans to continue any kind of support for the game and so it will Fail forever. Enjoy the first 18 levels or so, you wont want to play it much beyond that.

Fall Out: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to The Prisoner
$24.95
The late, great Patrick McGoohan would probably have liked this book very much. I am not privy as to whether he ever actually read it or not. However, I did - and being a "Prisoner" fan from when it was first shown in this country and being probably one of the first American fans to actually visit the Welsh location of "The Village" way back in 1972 - I can say unhesitatingly that this book is a thoroughly delightful read. It is not a history of the making of the show (though it touches upon this also) so much as an exploration of each episode that brings many new insights into the many conundrums of the various shows that comprised the series. It also made me want to return to the Village via the complete series on DVD. Mr. McGoohan now knows who the real Number One is. God Bless him - and kudos for his giving us this classic television series. And kudos to the fine authors of this fine - but not final - book. The show's controversy will continue, unless we all turn into rotten cabbages! Be Seeing You!