Fallout 3 Amazon com Exclusive Survival Edition
An Amazon.com Exclusive, the Fallout 3: Survival Edition, is the ultimate Fallout 3 package that includes a life-size replica of the Pip-Boy 3000, the wrist-mounted device worn by characters in-game. The Pip-Boy 3000 has been painstakingly recreated and modified for real world display as a digital clock. In addition to the Pip-Boy 3000, the Survival Edition will include all of the items from the Fallout 3 Collector’s Edition including the Fallout 3 game, a customized, metal Vault-Tec lunch box, 5″ Vault Boy Bobblehead, The Art of Fallout 3 hardcover book, and The Making of Fallout 3 DVD.
According to Vlatko Andonov, president of Bethesda Softworks, “
The Survival Edition offers gamers the unique opportunity to own a piece of video game history along with a collection of limited edition items – it’s the definitive
Fallout 3 package.”
From the creators of award-winning
Oblivion,
Fallout 3 features one of the most realized game worlds ever made. Create any kind of character you want and explore the open wastes of post-apocalyptic Washington, D.C. Every minute is a fight for survival as you encounter Super Mutants, Ghouls, Raiders, and other dangers of the Wasteland. Prepare for the future. The third game in the
Fallout series,
Fallout 3 is a singleplayer action role-playing game (RPG) set in a post-apocalyptic Washington DC. Combining the horrific insanity of the Cold War era theory of mutually assured destruction gone terribly wrong, with the kitschy naivety of American 1950s nuclear propaganda,
Fallout 3 will satisfy both players familiar with the popular first two games in its series as well as those coming to the franchise for the first time.
The Story: Vault 101 – Jewel of the Wastes
For 200 years, Vault 101 , a fallout shelter, has faithfully served the surviving residents of Washington DC and its environs, now known as the Capital Wasteland. Though the global atomic war of 2077 left the US all but destroyed, the residents of Vault 101 enjoy a life free from the constant stress of the outside world. Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants are all no match for superior Vault-Tec engineering. Yet one fateful morning, you awake to find that your father has defied the Overseer and left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101 for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you’ve ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search for your father, and the truth.
Key Features:
- Limitless Freedom – Take in the sights and sounds of the vast Capital Wasteland. See the great monuments of the United States lying in post-apocalyptic ruin. You make the choices that define you and change the world. Just keep an eye on your Rad Meter.
- Experience S.P.E.C.I.A.L. – Vault-Tec engineers bring you the latest in human ability simulation – the SPECIAL Character System. Utilizing new breakthroughs in points-based ability representation, SPECIAL affords unlimited customization of your character. Also included are dozens of unique skills and perks to choose from, each with a dazzling variety of effects
- Fantastic New Views – The wizards at Vault-Tec have done it again. No longer constrained to just one view, experience the world from 1st or 3rd person perspective. Customize your view with the touch of a button.
- The Power of Choice. – Feeling like a dastardly villain today, or a Good Samaritan? Pick a side or walk the line, as every situation can be dealt with in many different ways. Talk out your problems in a civilized fashion, or just flash your Plasma Rifle.
- Blast ‘Em Away With V.A.T.S. -Even the odds in combat with the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System for your Pip-Boy Model 3000. V.A.T.S. allows you to pause time in combat, target specific body parts on your target, queue up attacks, and let Vault-Tec take out your aggression for you. Rain death and destruction in an all-new cinematic presentation featuring gory dismemberments and spectacular explosions.
- Mind-Blowing Artificial Intelligence – At Vault-Tec, we realize that the key to reviving civilization after a global nuclear war is people. Our best minds pooled their efforts to produce an advanced version of Radiant AI, America’s First Choice in Human Interaction Simulation. Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results by the latest in Vault-Tec technology.
- Eye-Popping Prettiness – Witness the harsh realities of nuclear fallout rendered like never before in modern super-deluxe HD graphics. From the barren Wasteland, to the danger-filled offices and metro tunnels of DC, to the hideous rotten flesh of a mutant’s face.
The Fallout 3 Survival Edition includes:
- The Fallout 3 video game
- An Amazon.com exclusive life-size replica of the Pip-Boy 3000, the wrist-mounted device worn by characters in the game.
- Vault Boy Bobblehead: Your very own Vault Boy collector’s item is direct from Vault-Tec
- The Art of Fallout 3: Features nearly 100 pages of never-before seen concept art and commentary from Bethesda Game Studios artists.
- The Making of Fallout 3 DVD: An exclusive, inside look at Bethesda Game Studios and the team behind the game.
- Vault-Tec Lunch Box: A fully customized metal lunch box in which the entire package will arrive.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Stop reading and click that order button now!
For such a fantastic game, amazon has provided a fantastic edition. The PIP-Boy is just cool for us long-time fans of the series. Add to that the collectors edition with the SWEET Vault-Tec bobblehead and you have a winner. Then, once you get through all of that fan-boy goodness, you get to the game. This is what all next-gen games should be like. A HUGE open world, amazing graphics, and an excellent integration of the VATS aiming system into a FPS game. You could play nothing but this game for months and still find new areas and details everyday. If, however, you want to get the most out of the game and your playing time, I would recommend getting the strategy guide. While you can get through the main story easily enough, it really adds to the experience being able to find all of the sub-quests if you get stuck.
In addition, the 360 version now has two add-ons available via X-Box Marketplace (IMO Pittsburgh looks about the same in the game as it does now *TIC*).
Now, to be fair there are some negatives. There is the occasional glitch, but not as many as Oblivion had upon release and most are minor. Also, I miss the fun random encounters that were available in Fallout 2. I can see why this was abandoned, but they could have one group of wandering holy knights, or a bridge that needed crossing. The biggest complaint has to do with the companions. It is better just to wander around on your own than with anyone you may be able to pick up, to include Dog. They tend to just get themselves killed and end other possible storylines. Stick to the loaner path and you’ll be fine (or do what I did, recruit dog then leave him at your home, nice to have a pet to come home to, lol).
Buy it, play it, love it. Happy trails vault dweller!
My 2?
5 Stars Pip Boy Concerns
I loved this package, It was awsome. Art book, making of dvd, Bobblehead, and the game. And i really loved the pip boy that icame with it. But, the batterys die really quick, not a seller problem, but a manufacturing one. But, all in all, i love it.
4 Stars A Fistfull of Caps
First of all, this is the best game ever. I’m a big fan of the whole Fallout series and this one is the best so far. I just wish I could play it with a friend. Hopefully they’ll add that in some future download. If you liked Bio Shock, then you’ll probably like Fallout 3 (unless you love first person shooters and hate role playing games).
Second, this package is expensive. The Pip-Boy 3000 “clock” is pretty cheap, as in dollar store cheap. If it were a squirt gun, it wouldn’t be your average Super-Soaker, it’d be a cheap, no-name, drug-store, made-for-toddlers, leaks-like-a-sieve, bargain-bin, piece-of-crap. It drained the batteries in a few days (I’m not sure how old the batteries were, but I had expected them to last longer). It doesn’t even have an alarm, let alone a radio, and honestly, for the price, it should have those things just like all the other $20 clocks do. At least some sound effects, for Atom’s sake! I’m much more satisfied with my Halo 3 Legendary Edition helmet (which I can’t wear and it doesn’t light up, but at least it’s got a unique number). Still, I kinda like it… the Pip-Boy… call it childish inspiration, like a Lego kit.
Also, the bobble-head isn’t nearly as good as the one I have of Kane from Command & Conquer: Kane’s Revenge. It’s almost as cheap as the clock, but more like a trade-show-freebie or a gift-store-goodie. BUT, the lunch box, art book, and DVD mini-documentary are pretty good. Sure, I “remember” my lunch box being pretty big and heavy in grade school, and this one seems small and fragile by comparison, but I’m a lot bigger now, and besides, there’s enough room in it for a sandwich and some jet (just not enough for a Nuka-Cola).
Only hard-core fans of the series and collectors should find this worth their hard earned dollars… Some may find the extras just take up space.
1 Star Awesome game, junk clock
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).
1 Star They should be paying me to own this stupid clock
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.
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