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Enjoy the thrills of Fallout 3 along with five game add-on packs with this Game of the Year Edition. In the 200 years since the global atomic war of 2077, the surviving residents of the Capital Wasteland (formerly known as Washington, D.C.) have holed up in Vault 101, enjoying a life free from the dangers beyond. In the Vault, you are protected from the Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers and Super Mutants that prowl the Capital Wasteland. But now your father has defied the Overseer and left the Vault for reasons you don't know. You must find him and discover the truth before it is too late.Fallout 3 immerses you in an environment where the great monuments of the United States lie in ruin and danger lurks around every corner, and this special Game of the Year Edition brings the post-nuclear world even more vividly to life with the addition of all five game add-on packs. Super-deluxe HD graphics render the Wasteland in eye-popping detail, from the danger-filled offices and Metro tunnels of D.C. to the rotten flesh of a mutant's face. Choose from dozens of unique skills and perks to customize your character. Experience the post-apocalyptic world from either a 1st-person or 3rd-person perspective with the touch of a button. Inflict death and destruction through the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System, which allows you to pause time in combat, aim for specific body parts on your target and queue up attacks. In Fallout 3, you make the decisions that define you and that change the world. Continue the adventure in the five included add-on packs, including Operation: Anchorage, The Pitt, Broken Steel, Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta.
 
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Incredible game but avoid until they get a patch
on November 16, 2009
Posted by: reconman43
from Washington D.C.
This is one of the greatest games of all time! It is the perfect combination of RPG and first person shooter that will keep you engaged with a great story line and character development while delivering most of the action you'd expect from a FPS.
The problem is the DLC and GOTY releases for PS3 are seriously flawed. I could not finish the game because it got so annoying. Every few minutes frame rates would slow to crawl, the game would stutter and stop for seconds on end and several times an hour you have to reboot the PS3 because it would freeze completely. This is NOT good to do to your PS3!!! It can burnout in short order if you ahve to keep switching it off and on like this.
The worst of it, unfortunately, is Bethesda Softworks has not acknowledged the problem publically over a month after release, despite the fact that all the forums, including their own forum are rife with irate customers who bought this but now find it either unplayable or at least painful to play.
The probems seem to get worse as your player advances.
I have to give 1 star because no matter how good a game is, it needs to be playable and enjoyable. Further, the manufacturer has yet to own up to this problem.
Recommend waiting to see if and when a patch will be made available. Buyer beware, this is broken software!
What's great about it: The apocolyptic wastes of D.C., the action, the story line, the carnage, it is all good!
What's not so great: The constant frame rate slow downs and freeze ups utterly ruin the game
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
+5points
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