CompleteMartialArts.com - Fallout 3: Amazon.com Exclusive Survival Edition
|
List Price: $119.99
Our Price: $119.99
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Bethesda
|
Average Customer Rating:  
|
|
Amazon Maximum Age: 20
Amazon Minimum Age: 204
Binding: DVD-ROM
Brand: Bethesda
EAN: 0093155129306
ESRB Age Rating: Mature
Format: DVD-ROM
Label: Bethesda
Manufacturer: Bethesda
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: Bethesda
Release Date: 2008-10-28
Studio: Bethesda
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Editorial Reviews:
|
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.
View larger. | 
The Brotherhood of Steel is a powerful ally.
View larger. | 
Customize characters with your Pip-Boy.
View larger. |
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 |
|
|
|
Spotlight customer reviews:
|
Customer Rating:
Summary: Buy the collector's edition instead.
Comment:
The one item that separates the survival edition from the collector's edition is the pipboy clock and unfortunately, this clock is a miserable piece of junk.
It is built of a substandard molded green plastic, it looks cheap and it feels cheap. Dollar store type cheap. It is very prone to breaking under even the most modest levels of use.
It has no features, not even an alarm function. The are only two things that can be done with it. Set the time and display the time.
It does also come with problems. For many users at least one of the buttons used for setting the time does not work. In addition, they draw a lot of power, enough to kill 3 fresh AA battery in a single week, which is ridiculous considering all it does is display the time on an LCD screen.
If you want the game, save yourself some money and buy the collectors edition.
Customer Rating:
Summary: GREAT game, HORRIBLE edition... fellow fanboys, you've been HAD
Comment: The game is everything I hoped it would be, a 5 out of 5 from a guy that loved Fallout 1 and 2(Wasteland for that matter) and wasn't so big on Oblivion. It's a bit moody in terms of crashes, but the game saves so often for you, even if you forget to save and crash, you won't have lost much progress. After the patch a few days ago, I haven't had one crash.
The Bobblehead is perfectly good. Paint isn't great, but overall decent workmanship.
The lunchbox workmanship is a little short of the old 70's lunchboxes you got as kids. Don't imagine most people will use it as such. If you don't, it will pretty much last as long as you'd want it to.
The PipBoy clock(the only difference between this and the collectors edition), as so many others has stated, is TOTAL JUNK. One of the pegs for the mounting base broke just trying to put it together. The batteries died in it 4 days after assembling. Rechargeables don't provide enough voltage to even barely run the clock. So I suspect the new energizers I just put in it to last maybe a week. In an age where 2 AA batteries will power a wireless mouse for 4 months, this is unacceptable and pointless; should have made it a plug-in clock.
For the additional 50 dollars that this Pipboy raised the price, I expected it to be made of at least epoxy resin(tough stuff, but cheap; many toys are made of it) and have painted some detail into it! If you've ever bought a collectors edition item from McFarlane toys(Spawn, The Crow, Janis Joplin, etc) you'd know what I mean. They can create strong, well made and detailed collectible figures for under $10 retail. This Pipboy is a Happy Meal Toy. Without the happiness.
Face it, fellow fanboys! Amazon paid $3 for these units, charged us $50 dollars for them, and cleaned up.
It's not likely I'll be buying directly from Amazon, again.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The game is great, the clock is junk.
Comment: The game is great. It is in DESPERATE need of patching though so save often! Mine crashes out at least one to three times every 4-6 hours of play. Another issue you may have is certain important NPC's will randomly die. I've seen this twice so far. Other than that the game is GREAT.
In this edition, the bobblehead, book and lunchbox are all nice but the "clock" is a piece of junk. Don't expect this thing to work at all. Expect this thing to just sit somewhere in your house looking nifty. It would be nice if Bethesda would do something about the problems people are having but I've seen no effort of the sort. I'll probably shy away from OMGSUPERDELUXE9000!!1! editions from them in the future.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The game is awesome, the clock is crap.
Comment: If you want this game, do yourself a favor and either just get the regular edition, or the collector edition if you want the bobblehead (which is really cool, btw) If you DO break down and get the Survival Edition, be prepared to own a clock that will DIE less than 2 weeks after you get it. It's NOT WORTH THE EXTRA MONEY!!! This is my first and LAST "Amazon Exclusive" collector thing. Thanks Amazon!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Pipboy clock already broken - don't waste your money
Comment: Much like everyone else, my complaint is about the clock. Yes, the injection molded plasic is cheap, and the design is kind of lousy, but I was more or less OK with it. Within a week, the clock display died. Tried switching batteries, and its still dead. It's not exactly dead, but its lost about 98% of its glow. Presumably its still working, but you can only make out a faint light in a dark room, making it useless.
Went to my friend's place, and his had died already as well. Not only are the models themselves cheap and poorly made, even just the clock mechanism is junk. Sad waste of $50. I could have another new game for that kind of money. I hope Bethesda gets on this and does something to make gamers whole regarding this matter, because I am officially pissed until they do.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
