Continuing to move through the more current backlog from this past holiday season finds the Xbox 360 version of Fallout 3 on deck. Fallout and the sequel Fallout 2 were originally PC role playing games from Black Isle Studios centered around life in a nuclear wasteland. Needless to say they developed a very strong cult following. A cult following that was very vocally opposed to the very idea of another Fallout not made by Black Isle Studios but somehow wanting nothing more in life than another Fallout title. Fallout 3 is from Bethesda Softworks, the makers of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I never played the original Fallout titles and I enjoyed the hell out of Oblivion. So I don't have any set in stone concept of what a beloved Fallout game should be. I don't have any reason to bitch about the Fallout aesthetic being laid down on a foundation of the Oblivion engine. The game will stand on its own. If it's good, it's good. If it's bad, then it's bad. I will say that I've played through what amounts to the opening sequence and have escaped Vault 101. I haven't had much time to come to terms with the game. I can say the voice acting is pretty good initially and that I like the shades of humor on display. I'm also expecting a rather long haul. This one is going to take a while...
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