I recently had a Birthday on November 26th, which also happened to be black Friday. Since my birthday is so close to the Holiday season usually I don't get any gifts, I just get cards and money, which I'm completely okay with. This year the only gift I received for my birthday was a new video game made by Bethesda Softworks, and is a Massive Role Playing Game (RPG).
Fallout takes place Post Apocalyptic war near what was once Las Vegas. The story line basically sums up that the main character is a delivery man, who gets intercepted by some not so nice people, and takes a bullet to the head. You gain control over your character in a near by down after being dug up by a robot. The beginning of your adventure is your searching for the people that tried killing you, and along the way you meet several people that need aid, or errands, if you so choose to help them. One of the great things I love about this game is the freedom to choose what to do. Lets say you come across a woman who needs help getting rid of some Guys causing trouble in town, you can choose to help her and get a reward, OR you can kill all the guys, take the reward, then kill everyone else. There is also the option of just avoiding it all together as well, but that is no fun. Another aspect I love of this game, is that you can never play it the same way twice, there is too many little decisions you can make that will alter the game later on.
Something new that they brought to this game, is a new game mode call Hardcore, where Water becomes a health issue, Sleep deprivation can kill you, and bullets are extremely scarce. This makes the game more realistic, puts you into the main characters shoes, but also makes it ten times harder. However at the beginning of the game when you choose your difficulty, it says that if you can make it through the whole game playing hardcore mode, there is some sort of special gift you'll receive, which pushes me to play it on hardcore just to uncover what you may get. If anyone knows what this may be comment on it, or let me know what you think of the game!
I really need to get back into New Vegas. School is really cutting into my gaming time. Hopefully with the end of the semester coming up I should have plenty of time to finish it.
ReplyDeleteHardcore mode sounds tough. My younger brother started a game and didn't realize it was on hardcore mode and he was having a ton of trouble with it. I might try Hardcore after I beat the game normally.
So far, I like the story of Fallout 3 more than New Vegas. Though, the towns of New Vegas seem more alive than the towns of Fallout 3, which I like. It was a much more desolate and lonely feeling playing Fallout 3.