Fallout 3 Operation Anchorage released
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CrystalBay
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It got 5/10 on Eurogamer. I think what you could compare it to is the last "level" or quest of the main quest in Fallout 3. I haven't played it, but the review made it sound like that part where:
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you start up the rock'em sock'em bot, except there's no robot and you do the shooting this time.
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you start up the rock'em sock'em bot, except there's no robot and you do the shooting this time.
coloumb
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http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com...-dlc-changes-gameplay/
There aren?t just new missions in ?Operation Anchorage,? Bethesda Softworks? first downloadable expansion for ?Fallout 3;? after just one hour in Alaska, I saw a concentrated effort to push ?Fallout 3? players to rethink how they play.
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You?re not done with ?Fallout 3,? gamers.
Bethseda Softworks unleashed ?Operation Anchorage? last night, the first of three pieces of downloadable content for the studio?s post-apocalyptic RPG, and after spending an hour exploring chilly Alaska, I?ve impressed with how much thought was put into ?Operation Anchorage.?
?Operation Anchorage? is a new setting for ?Fallout 3,? depicting part of the world before nuclear bombs wrecked havoc on the landscape. It?s the polar opposite ? only a slight pun intended ? of ?Fallout 3? and a refreshing change of pace from the dreary, depressing world you?re normally traversing through.
But it?s not the visuals that stood out in the short time I spent with ?Operation Anchorage,? but how much the gameplay has been tinkered with. While the fundamentals remain the same, Bethesda?s made some serious changes to player interaction with the world. When an enemy?s killed, their body vanishes in a ?Matrix?-style flash, preventing you from searching them for items.
Searching downed enemies is a common survival technique in ?Fallout 3,? which is why ?Operation Anchorage? has auto-recharge stations for health and ammo. Combined with an ample weapon selection discovered in the first few minutes and a NPC?s subtle suggestion to try experimenting with both guns blazing and stealth, maybe it?s time to rethink how you once played ?Fallout 3.?
It?s no longer frustrating to fail at laying down some frag mines to an approaching group of enemies ? take the enemies out with a gun, hit the recharge station, move on. There?s less of an impulse to load up the menu screen and revert back to a save from a few seconds prior.
?Operation Anchorage,? at least in its first hour, is more action-focused than ?Fallout 3.? You try being stealthy, sure, but that?s probably not on your mind when the game hands over an ultra-power Gauss Rifle.
I knew Bethesda?s downloadable content would be a different experience, but I hardly expected them to toy with gamers expectations for how they should play ?Fallout 3.? If that?s the approach they?re taking with each of these downloadable expansions, I need to buy some more Microsoft Points.
There aren?t just new missions in ?Operation Anchorage,? Bethesda Softworks? first downloadable expansion for ?Fallout 3;? after just one hour in Alaska, I saw a concentrated effort to push ?Fallout 3? players to rethink how they play.
***
You?re not done with ?Fallout 3,? gamers.
Bethseda Softworks unleashed ?Operation Anchorage? last night, the first of three pieces of downloadable content for the studio?s post-apocalyptic RPG, and after spending an hour exploring chilly Alaska, I?ve impressed with how much thought was put into ?Operation Anchorage.?
?Operation Anchorage? is a new setting for ?Fallout 3,? depicting part of the world before nuclear bombs wrecked havoc on the landscape. It?s the polar opposite ? only a slight pun intended ? of ?Fallout 3? and a refreshing change of pace from the dreary, depressing world you?re normally traversing through.
But it?s not the visuals that stood out in the short time I spent with ?Operation Anchorage,? but how much the gameplay has been tinkered with. While the fundamentals remain the same, Bethesda?s made some serious changes to player interaction with the world. When an enemy?s killed, their body vanishes in a ?Matrix?-style flash, preventing you from searching them for items.
Searching downed enemies is a common survival technique in ?Fallout 3,? which is why ?Operation Anchorage? has auto-recharge stations for health and ammo. Combined with an ample weapon selection discovered in the first few minutes and a NPC?s subtle suggestion to try experimenting with both guns blazing and stealth, maybe it?s time to rethink how you once played ?Fallout 3.?
It?s no longer frustrating to fail at laying down some frag mines to an approaching group of enemies ? take the enemies out with a gun, hit the recharge station, move on. There?s less of an impulse to load up the menu screen and revert back to a save from a few seconds prior.
?Operation Anchorage,? at least in its first hour, is more action-focused than ?Fallout 3.? You try being stealthy, sure, but that?s probably not on your mind when the game hands over an ultra-power Gauss Rifle.
I knew Bethesda?s downloadable content would be a different experience, but I hardly expected them to toy with gamers expectations for how they should play ?Fallout 3.? If that?s the approach they?re taking with each of these downloadable expansions, I need to buy some more Microsoft Points.
CrackRabbit
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And that "review" is basically what was stated within the Q&A between IGN and Bethesda. I personally prefer a challenge. Especially for something that is likely going to be beaten once then forgotten.
First let me say that I agree with you, but I gotta warn you some dick is gonna come by soon and yell at you and try to get you banned. I'd edit your post before said dick arrives.
Maximilian
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How much is it? I will try it out if it is free, and maybe if it is $5 or so as well. Can't find the cost on any site that isn't blocked from work.
Maybe I'm still on a 'high' after working out, but I couldn't get what the 'review' was pushing. So are the restrictions and forced play-style good or bad?
I figured the Microsoft Points were for the XBox. Why would Bethesda use Microsoft points on their PC game? Why would they make it difficult to buy the expansion for their game, by making them purchase some arbitrary points from a different company? This just doesn't make sense to me, you would think they want to make it as easy as possible for customers to pay them, not make it more difficult.
So you're both recommending stealing the content instead of paying for it?
Theft is cool, paying developers for their work makes you a dick? Nice to get that cleared up.
Yes its a shame people like me need to be "dicks" and attempt to reverse the failings of your parents by informing degenerate trash like you that stealing is fundamentally wrong.
As for the rest of the idiots advocating and condoning piracy, good job telling the guy he should edit his post, then quoting him a dozen times......that'll make it real easy for him to edit his post....:roll:
I payed for the game so all added content should be free!!! Does valve make you pay for the added updates to Team fortress 2 or any other games they make???? NO!! Because you payed for the games and they believe that content should be free.
So you stole Episode 1 and 2 because Valve "owed" you them? Do you steal all expansion packs for games because you "bought the original"?
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