Fallout 3: Amazon.com Exclusive Survival Edition

Product/Game Information

Platform: Xbox 360

ESRB Rating: Mature

Media: Video Game

Product Details

Manufacturer: Bethesda

Release Date: 2008-10-28

Sales Rank: 413

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Customer Reviews

Awesome game, junk clock,
by Lost Dragon, 2009-01-06

You DO want the game - it's great post-apocalyptic stuff! You do NOT want this bundle - the clock is shoddily made and will break as soon as you get it out of the box (mine died in a week).

They should be paying me to own this stupid clock,
by Nathan Beauchamp, 2009-01-06

The Pipboy clock that comes with this set eats batteries so quickly they should be paying me to use it. It takes 3 triple-A batteries but can't seem to stay operational for more than about a week before needing replacements. Also, the clock is a piece of cheap plastic with seams that don't even line up correctly.

What a joke. I feel lick a sucker having paid so much for so little. Don't make the same mistake as I did. Get yourself a generic copy of the game.

Game: 5 stars
Extras: 1 star
A collection of cheap trash that is embarrassing to say that I own.

LIST PRICE???,
by Aaron K. Shepherd, 2009-01-05

So by purchasing this 'amazon exclusive' item, you are somehow saving money from the list price of who may i ask? It's a little misleading to say that your saving 15% when there is only one seller.

Exclusive???? Rip off!,
by Howsit, 2008-12-27

Come on Amazon! No problems with any of your products, then BAM!
DO NOT BUY the "EXCLUSIVE" Fallout 3! The game is amazing but the Amazon.com "Exclusive" is not worth the extra cash!
I ordered the "Exclusive" Gears of War Lancer and saw that the Fallout 3 had an exclusive offer also! Order that one quickly! So the Lancer for Gears of War comes in the mail and I love the way it looks, but what happens when I pull the trigger? Nothing!(thank you for working with NECA to get that fixed and for the $10 credit) Exclusive Fallout 3 comes in the mail. Awesome PIPboy 3000 love the way it looks! Put in the batteries and its dead in a day. Maybe its the batteries that came with it, put in a fresh set... dead within a day! Whats up with the quality control? Amazon.com can't you work something out with the company that made these too? $50 dollars for a piece of plastic that doesnt even work is pretty sad...
DON'T buy the "Exclusive" just get the regular version!
And please Amazon.com, try out your products before sending them out to your customers, especially if they are suppose to be "exclusives". It just makes you guys look bad.

Expect modding for true Fallout. Pipboy clock is a waste.,
by J. Pollmann, 2008-12-22

First of all, there's not much reason to bother with the Survival Edition. The clock is sort of neat, but chances are it won't work or be painted in the first place. Mine is, and works, but it eats (3) AA batteries every few days. Even a $5 Wal-Mart clearance clock has an alarm, if not a radio, etc. This in person, however, is absolute rock-bottom quality.

As for the game, it seems quite good at first, but fans of previous "true" Fallout games will see that it too falls far short of the mark, and others will as well. Replayability, perfect atmosphere, engaging storyline, quality voice acting and memorable characters... everything truly vital to "Fallout" is gone. There's even a "vampire" den now. I learned to like Oblivion, but this is just Oblivion done poorly, with a borrowed face.

Oh, and not to mention that it uses the same engine as Oblivion, which STILL has the "micro-stuttering" regardless of how well your computer can handle it. I'm a programmer. I know these things. ;) Bethesda still refuses to address the issue since Oblivion. They began by using a BROKEN game engine!

The skills and perks are nerfed and altered, and traits are non-existant. The wasteland seems pleasingly barren at first, but eventually you realize it's just... empty. The proper atmosphere just isn't there, and I find myself wanting to play the old games that capped at 640x480 resolution! The wonderful "random encounters" from previous games are now mild at best and occur only at preset locations. So much for random. Voice acting quality isn't horrible, but the fact that they use only a few voice actors for the entire game IS. Every ghoul has the same voice, as does every "old man", etc. etc. etc.

You can also heal or repair everything by pausing the "real world", and heal instantly by loading up on food or even just water. Last time I checked, food and drink don't heal you. They just keep you from dying. Or just take a 1 hour nap to heal and restore all of your horribly maimed limbs!

The weapons and equipment set is very small and lost nearly all flavor of previous games. There's no flavor of random events to change it up either. No lost ammo, weapon failures. Only a "jam" that makes you cock a gun twice when you reload. The combat balancing and calculations are fatally flawed as well, Ex: different calculations via VATS; even human enemies can take 50 to 100+ minigun bullets to the face at point-blank range without dying; and get this.. bullet damage depends on skill???? Because everyone knows that the way you pull a trigger directly effects muzzle energy and muzzle velocity!

No... bullets should be hit or miss, and the game is a definite "miss" for Fallout series. The only way to even moderately salvage things is with 3rd party complete overhaul mods - Which don't really even exist yet. Hopefully there will still be enough old fans who aren't disgusted, and will want to re-create the game the way it's SUPPOSED to be. We'll see.

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