Top 5 games worth your money this fall (part 3)

Game #3 in the list of top five worth your hard earned cash this fall is a game called Fallout 3. Fallout is set for release the 28th of October 2008 and is made by Bethesda, the same company that brought us the amazing game Oblivion(check the link for detailed maps and walk-throughs for Oblivion). However this time around for Bethesda the era is far from a medieval time frame. Fallout 3 is an action RPG game that takes place in the year 2277 in a post-apocalyptic United States. The world is barren and desolate and the character you play as begins his journey in a place called Vault 101, a fallout shelter in Washington, DC. One day you awaken to realize that your father has journeyed out into the wasteland for some unknown reason and you soon follow in search of him. You encounter many opposing organizations along the way as well as hideously mutated creatures.

Although the world is dangerous you will be well equipped with plenty of devastating weapons ranging from simple bolt-action rifles, machine guns, and flamethrowers to the ridiculously awesome looking "fatman" which is essentially a miniature nuke launcher...When playing the game allows you to go into a new type of free-aim mode where time stops while you target what part of your enemies body you want. Want a headshot? Easy....want that decomposing monster coming at you to have one less leg? No problem, possibilities are endless.


If the weapons weren't enough you also have a pet dog to assist you through the course of Fallout 3, your dog named funnily enough "Dogmeat" who can rummage through places in the world to find you ammo and other valuables, however if you're not careful and send Dogmeat into danger....he can die and then you're just dog-less. So treat Dogmeat well, keep him safe and he will be an invaluable asset to you throughout the game.

Fallout promises over 100 hours of gameplay,(not uncommon at all for Bethesda) with plenty of side-story quests to keep you busy. So in just a few weeks prepare for another incredible game that will keep you busy for many weeks. For a little more on Fallout 3 and a cool scene involving pickpocketing an NPC and planting a live grenade inside their inventory....check out a video here.

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