Well, I did Oblivion, not doing this one out would probably be blasphemy. Fallout 3, IMO, was okay, though I didn't like it as much as Oblivion. I know, Bethesda intended for the game to be grey and desolate, but I just prefer a little bit more vibrance. I haven't explored much, but I did enough to know that the game is essentially comprised of a giant desert of grey. It takes place in the post-apocalpytic goodness that is the ruins of D.C. in the year 2277. This journal will probably make more sense if you've played the game, but if you haven't, I hope you enjoy it too.

Okay, so this is probably the first game I've played where you begin by being born. In interesting aspect, especially since most games have a random character with an unknown past. This way, you know you've only been in one place for 19 years... right? Well, upon starting the game for the first time, my first thought was... eww... my second was, OMFG it's this guy!:

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Anyway, the first characters you meet are James *coughs last name* - your racially ambiguous father, Amata Almodovar (try saying that five times fast) - your moderately sexy friend, Butch DeLoria - asshat and Elvis Presley wannabe, Butch's mother Ellen DeLoria - the reason there is no more whiskey in Vault 101, Officer Gomez - pretty much the only guy who doesn't want to kill you, Jonas - fellow egghead of your father's, Stanley - the bald douchebag who blinds you by turning the lights on too fast at your birthday party, and the Overseer - Amata's father (in case you don't figure it out within the first five minutes of the game, he doesn't like you very much). What I love is how almost everybody is nice to you at ages 10-18, and once you hit 19, they're all so eager to kill you xD

One thing I like about the game is the dialogue options. In Oblivion, your options were very bland and unpersonalized. If someone in Oblivion offered you a quest, your options were: Yes, I'll help, or No, I won't help. In Fallout, when given a quest, your options are usually: Sure, I'll help, I'll need more details before I decide, Fork over the caps I don't work for free, or Sorry I have better things to do. You've got the polite response, the cautious response, the entrepreneurial (albeit douchebag) response, and the I don't gave a rat's ass response. You're given these choices even as a child, which determine if you are neutral, good, or evil. Depending on which you are can give you different rewards, perks, or consequences.

Well, the game got an M rating... I wonder why. Can a 10mm semi-automatic decapitate a man? Now it can xD. The dismemberment in the game is a little on the rediculous side. Some like such sadism, some don't. I most certainly do, but within some level of realism. Sometimes, people's heads and limbs will literally explode. Mmm, gibbage...

Once again, we find a game by Bethesda with like six voice actors. Ever since Morrowind, we've come to expect that of them. At least in Fallout, the voice actors have more generic sounding voices, so it's not like in Oblivion where you're like 'Holy crap, you're that drunk in Cheydinhal who sings, the guy who s**t-talked me in the intro, and the adoring fan!' This time, the voices sound much more nondescript, so it's much more acceptable to hear the same voice more than once, and sometimes you can hardly tell.

The movements are more natural too. In Oblivion, the people walked a little... oddly. In Fallout, they move much more realistically. People will do many things they didn't in Oblivion too, like lean on walls, sit normally, and eat with the UTENSILS that are placed directly in front of them.

So, that's all I can think of right now. It's a pretty good game. There are some aspects of it I like more than Oblivion, and some I don't like. It's just different, really.

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