by Jessica Wiley

Created on: January 09, 2010

Fallout 3 was developed by Bethesda Softworks as a sequel to Interplay's Fallout and Fallout 2. The game takes place in 2277 in a post apocalyptic world, meaning there is lots of places to explore and quests to complete. There was a Great War back in 2077 between the US and China which only lasted a couple of hours, but has caused an immense amount of damage. Of course it's not hard to figure out nuclear weapons were involved, and one of your first quests in the big wide world known as the Capital Wasteland features a nuke... but we'll come to that later.

Your character starts out young, and you can choose whether to be male or female, and you are living in Vault 101, which is a fallout shelter near Washington D.C. This vault has been sealed for over 200 years... until your father decides to venture outside through the only door. The overseer of the Vault thinks you had something to do with this, and so you have no choice but to go out of the vault to find your father and an explanation for why he left. At the start of the game you have a few quests to complete in the Vault and it's mostly you quickly growing up and taking the G.O.A.T. (Generalized Occupational Aptitude Test) which everyone has to take at the age of 16. This test determines which job you are most suited for along with 3 skills which will be your 'Tag skills (speciality skills which last throughout the game).

During your childhood in the vault you will also receive the important Pip-Boy 3000 which becomes an essential item you will use a lot throughout the game. Load up your Pip-Boy to see your quests, local maps and world map, what weapons you have, food, apparel, statistics, health... basically everything you need will be held on your Pip-Boy.

After leaving the vault you will find yourself in the extremely desolate Capital Wasteland where there is no greenery, just worn paths and strange creatures such as savage dogs or even people, such as Raiders, who are only out to harm you. I love the care that's gone into creating this wasteland, you can be wandering for ages over rocks and battered cars and come across... well, anything! You can discover new locations, random camps of people, abandoned homes and eventually you will wander bang into the heart of Washington D.C. itself however don't expect to see the Whitehouse, which was obviously destroyed during the war, but some places such as the Jefferson and the Washington Monument remain. These are more than often infested with super mutants...

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