I've got it on PC. It's more fun than a barrel of strippers, but it has it's drawbacks:
1. The bugs! constant crashes, for some it's when you start a game, for others it's during the "growing up" stage of the game and then thereare those (like myself) who have 5-10 minute "windows" out in the wasteland to play before it locks up. This just becomes unbearable over time.
2. I hate that there is no option to turn of the "event camera" so that when I take a shot or punch using VATS I can stay in first person. Yeah,m it's cool to see the max paynish/matrixy style gore but after a while you get bored with it and you wanna stay immersed in first person.
3. The "rubble barriers" that force you to take the subways to reach different sections of downtown DC rather than being able to simply walk over or around them.
Other than the crashing issue the other complaints are minor quibbles that could possibly be fixed with mods (if they decide to release a Construction Set) and a patch should fix the bugs.
That said, it's a hevy contender for GOTY. I'm a big Fallout fan, too (pre-ordered the first two games back in the day) and to me it's got the feel down perfectly even though it's got a different game engine and perspective.
Also, I think the character creation/being born/growing up phase of the game was pure genius and Liam Neeson's voice acting was terrific. It made you want to carry on through the game. He was that compelling and that's usually a hard thing for actors to do in video games for some reason.
Get it, get it get it!
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