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Bought this Monday night. It's technically a shooter like Half-Life,[1] but while the HL series politely but firmly railroads you along the plot, Fallout is completely open-ended, set in a post-apocalyptic Washington DC and suburbs on a huge map. I'm in the middle of doing the Megaton missions, and it's slightly freaky to be doing a quest that sends me to the Seneca Metro Station. [2] Bethesda Softworks is a Maryland based company and they appear to be putting their local knowledge to good use.
[1] The original isomorphic overhead view has been abandoned, though for the best use of your weapons you should use the V.A.T.S. combat system, which replicates the hit location attack system from the original game.
[2] Which fortunately for my nerves resembles nothing like actual DC Metro stations, being set in an alternate universe where the 1950's never died.
[1] The original isomorphic overhead view has been abandoned, though for the best use of your weapons you should use the V.A.T.S. combat system, which replicates the hit location attack system from the original game.
[2] Which fortunately for my nerves resembles nothing like actual DC Metro stations, being set in an alternate universe where the 1950's never died.
