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Fallout 3 Game Add-On Pack: Broken Steel and Point Lookout
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Fallout 3 Game Add-On Pack: Broken Steel and Point Lookout
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by Bethesda
Sales Rank: 1205
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List Price: $19.99
$19.82
At Amazon
on 3-6-2010.
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Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
In my review for the game itself, I stated how I felt the maximum level of 20 was absolutely ridiculous as you can easily achieve this level VERY early in the game. My other criticism pertained to the "good" ending where, unlike in other roaming RPGs such as Fable II, ends the game prematurely preventing you from going back to explore the rest of the wasteland. Not anymore! Broken Steel continues the story with a three primary quests and then allows the player to free roam afterwards. The level cap has also been raised from the low level of 20 to a not-so-low level of 30. This does present a problem for gamers that have beaten all the dungeons before installing Broken Steel as the expansion does not have enough quests to reach the level cap. However, that is where Point Lookout comes in, but more on that later. Similar to previous expansion packs, such as Operation Anchorage and The Pitt, Broken Steel includes new and powerful weapons such as the Tesla cannon *evil grin*. A lot of these features, most notably raising the level cap and the divergent "good ending," should have been in the original Fallout 3 game to begin with as it will cost the player however much money to purchase this expansion. However, Bethesda makes up for the cost with a few more entertaining side quests and another much needed expansion. Enter Point Lookout. Within the first hour of exploring Point Lookout, I scavenged more weapons, heal items, ammo, grenades, and various knick knacks (including a Swiffer(tm)) than I did in the first ten hours in the regular game. Weapons and ammo were extraordinarily plentiful (especially in the Calvert Mansion) as were the relatively tougher enemies, which very closely resembled the protagonists from Redneck Rampage. Point Lookout is definitely a tribute to redneck survival in Fallout 3 as the game is bursting with hillbilly references including the introduction of a double-barrel shotgun, a level-action rifle, banjo music (sadly, there are no Deliverance references I could find), voodoo wackos, and a LOT of whiskey. The South will definitely rise again - whether to protest this game or embrace it I really do not know but it certainly takes a jab at them. However, what really helps with Point Lookout as how the seemingly endless supply of enemies help fuel the player's experience to level 30 since many veteran Fallout 3 gamers explored most of the wasteland prior to the end of the game. The "tribal" warriors weren't exactly difficult to dispatch, the problem was there were soo darned many of them and they came at you in rushes. The other great thing about Point Lookout is the introduction of a large new map to explore, namely the swamp wasteland. While not as large as the capitol wasteland, the swamp wasteland is big enough and will take a fair amount of time to explore and the rewards for doing so are very nice. All in all, this expansion is a must have for any gamer with Fallout 3, although I do recommend you install it before you go on an exploration rampage since that'll make achieving level 30 that much harder. I only wish the primary features would've been added in the original Fallout 3, but, oh well. That's life. Now, us gamers will anxiously await the next Fallout 3 expansion!!
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Fallout 3 Game Add-On Pack: Broken Steel and Point Lookout
Available from Amazon
Price: $19.82
Updated on 3-6-2010.
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