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Who remembers the classic R.P.G of FALLOUT: A post – apocalyp c role - playing game released by interplay in 1997? Well I certainly do, who could forget? Well if you don’t know what I’m talking about, that’s ok because it is a pre-y old game, but a brilliant one at that because it is the original Fallout and the one that kicked the whole series off to an amazing start. Let’s talk about the history behind the series,

The global phenomenon took the world by an iron grip that entranced gamers everywhere because it was something nobody had seen before, whether that be the turn based gameplay or that postapocalyp c feel, that took the world by the iron grip I personally would say both is what got me so entranced in the game. When the second fallout game in the series hit the shelves of almost every game store around the world it made millions, because the first one was obliviously no disappointment for gamers around the world,


so you can imagine what happened when this one hit the shelves in 1999. There wasn’t much difference between the two brilliant games except that the second brought in a new colourful fac on for you to play with known as the Enclave.

stalment in the series Fallout 3 made by Bethesda and released in 2007.

The enclave are the main enemy in the second game armed to the teeth with high tech weaponry and power armour to enforce the government’s will, those are only few of the things they have loaded up in their arsenal, whether it be from experimental creatures such as deathclaws (le5)

Fallout 3 took on a different angle of gameplay and story but also removing almost everything from the first 2 games except for the treacherous enclave which really annoyed almost every real fallout fan such as myself because nothing else was relevant from the first 2 games.

Or their airborne transport armed with full-auto shoot Gatling lasers cannons mounted underneath the cockpit (le5) Now moving unto the third in-

The reason Bethesda made this one was because interplay sold the fallout stock holds to Bethesda in an unknown year for whatever reason.


Bethesda changed the gameplay from turn based to first person or third person choice which didn’t really feel like a real fallout game to me not just because of that but also nothing such as N.C.R, the master’s army or the brotherhood of steel (B.O.S) weren’t how they were supposed to act they are obsessed with technology they don’t care much about keeping people safe or helping them they just like technology that’s it, where is in fallout 3 it’s a bit different they like technology but they want to help people in the capital wasteland (Washington D.C.) but then there are the outcasts who act like what the B.O.S is supposed to act like but they treat you like dirt which is the right B.O.S way, believe it or not. Now moving unto the final instalment so far in this wonderful

series, Fallout New Vegas. Fallout new Vegas, released by Obsidian in 2010 really rocked the skyline like a mushroom cloud. Fallout new Vegas is all it was made out to be bringing back all the colourful fac ons and characters for you to interact with or shoot in the head, either way the story s ll ends the story s ll ends but almost every ac on has a consequence on how the game turns out, so for example if you destroy a whole fac on such as the N.C.R they will come a5er you for say killing their ambassador and they hate you un l you improve your reputa on with them or you could help them and they help you and you have a great reputa on with them but certain fac ons hate you if be friends with them such as Caesars legion and the B.O.S.


The storyline also is very compelling and entertaining the whole game is about the control of Hoover Dam and who gets control of it. There are four main fac ons that you have choice of Mr.House, Caesars legion, N.C.R and an independent Vegas which you control.

game according to what I really think of them: Fallout 9.5/10 Fallout 2 9/10 Fallout 3 3.5/10 Fallout new Vegas 9.7/10

Well now you know which games to get in this series and which not to and you know the All things are great but they history of the series. made one fatal mistake that Bethesda made with Fallout 3, you can’t keep playing a5er you beat the game which I can understand why but if you le5 some things un-finished you can’t finish those things which can be pre-y annoying but once you start you have to reload your last save which is frustra ng but s ll worth it as a game.

As a final result I will rate each


sensi"ve and it would the con10: Star Wars: The force unleashed – Lucas arts entertain- trols would not respond some"mes so it would leave ment trapped in a whole bunch of Stars wars: the force un- enemies. Despite these minor leashed really changed the hiccups it was a good game all around, I give this game a 7.5/10 9: Spore – Maxis studios star wars story because the whole game is about Darth Vader’s appren"ce Starkiller is betrayed by his master and he tracks down the last of the Jedi to help him kill Vader but Vader manipulates him and says he had to do it for Star Killer’s safety. I put this game in my top ten games because I enjoyed the storyline and all the twists and the gameplay was fast paced and enjoyable… but there was a down side the controls were a bit

Spore was a breakthrough for a game based completely around evolu"on, with its wonderful graphics and it’s easy to grasp controls and the gameplay was very well organised because you go through the stages of evolu"on star"ng at the cell stage and working your way up the food chain eventually evolving into an intergalac"c civilisa"on and being the ruler of the galaxy. This may sound really intriguing but there are a few downfalls to this, it gets very


8. Call of duty 4: Modern war- 7. Mass effect – Bioware studifare – ac"vision and os infinity award Mass effect The call of duty series has been going on since punched a hole through the 2004 and personally my fa- role playing genre with its vourite ones are the original wonderful graphics and amaztwo games probably because I ing gameplay while these are played them the most but…. amazing there was a downfall moving on when call of duty 4 with a few glitches and bugs was released all the C.O.D fans that made the game a bit fruswent ballis"c and ac"vision tra"ng at "mes such ge=ng and infinity award made a lot stuck in an elevator or Comof money but some people mander Shepherd stopping were really disappointed with abruptly while you’re running it because it had a lot of bugs to your but these can be fixed and that people didn’t enjoy by patching the game with the (such as myself) but if you can newest patch which can found get over those minor hiccups by googling or going to the it is a wonderful and enter- mass effect website or the taining game. My favourite Bioware website. Over all this feature about this game was an amazing game that would that you could play it online keep you entertained just against other players. Over all watching an explosion throwthis a brilliant and worthwhile ing an enemy over a railing or game that was worth the ledge… so I give this game a money and a few glitches… so 9.3/10 I give this a 9/10


6. Call of duty: modern warfare 2 mul"player – ac"vision and infinity award When call of duty mw2 was released C.O.D fans all around the world jumped with joy when it was released… but it was not all it was made out to be there was a lot disappointment in the campaign, well I know I was at least…. on the other hand the mul"player was fantas"c and improved from the C.O.D 4 but even that wasn’t perfect depending on who the host is, the server will lag and be very buggy rendering the game unplayable. Other than those minor pi@alls it is very fun and entertaining game so give this game a 9.5/10 5: Fallout new Vegas – Obsidian studios Obsidian made the next master piece in this outstanding series. Fallout new Vegas has

everything a real fallout game should have with the B.O.S trea"ng you like dirt and the N.C.R aDemp"ng to enforce their rules (it feels like home) Fallout new Vegas made a lot of things relevant again from the original two such as the infamous N.C.R and the proper B.O.S but also introducing a new fac"on known as the Legion. The Legion run by someone known as Caesar are a Legion of religious ex – slaves who see the world as impure and it must be purified by slaughtering everything that is impure which is basically everything in Nevada Las Vegas. But as great as this may sound there are a few bugs from bugs from fallout 3 such as the frozen vats glitch which when you enter vats your character doesn’t move but just follow them with their gaze which can be unbelievable infuria"ng.


Other than a few bugs and glitches this game is brilliant and worth the money so I give this game a 9.8/10 4. Borderlands studios

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Borderlands was something of a new genre combining first person shoo"ng with role playing gameplay so you level up and pick perks or abili"es to help your character to overcome great and outstanding challenges that are beyond gruelling and tough but not impossible. At "mes this game can beyond frustra"ng because when figh"ng mul"ple amounts of enemy you can get overwhelmed and forced into a choke point and eventually become knocked down so that you have to kill an enemy so you can get a second wind (second life) and keep figh"ng

but if you can get over that frustra"on and play the game with friends or carry out your quest solo figh"ng and overcoming the challenges that await on Pandora. Over all this brilliant games with its cartoon like look and spectacular gameplay I give this game a 9.9/10 3. Fallout - interplay studios The fallout series took off to a massive start with the very first fallout game being released in 1997 by interplay studios Fallout takes place in 2161 in L.A aHer the world has been devastated by atomic war in 2077. Fallout is by far one of the bestselling role – playing games of all "me because it is so unique with its turn based gameplay and that feeling of always being -


things wrong with this wonderful game there are a few very annoying but hilarious glitches which can make the game unplayable but all you have to do is save the game turn off your Xbox or ps3 and then turn it back on and the game should be fine again. De2. Red dead respite a few very funny and andemp"on – noying glitches this game is a Rockstar studios one of a kind and I will always Red dead redemp"on is set in love this game so I give it a the 1911 west in new Aus"n 10/10 you are John Marston a former 1. Brink – Bethesda studios outlaw trying to put his bad and Splash life behind him but when feddamage stueral agents take his family dios from and threaten to kill them if he doesn’t do what they say Brink combines which is to hunt down the rest two things together that make of his former gang. R.D.R is a a deadly combina"on parkour brilliant game with hours of and guns. Brink was something endless gameplay and side I had never seen before and it quests you can indulge your- stood out to me with its great self in and just riding your stal- visuals and gameplay but it lion through the west is was not all it was made out be enough to keep you enter- there was quite a lot of glitchtained. But there are a few es and bugs that made the outnumbered so you really need to think of a strategy when outnumbered because you’re going to die if you don’t. Over all this one of my favourite games and I will always love this game so I give this game a 10/10


The campaign was no let down though with its compelling two sided story and every ac"on has a consequence but the online was what made this game a huge let down but besides the online this was a great game so I give this a 9.2/10


1. Nine toes

Nine toes is actually one of the much easier bosses his pets pinky and digit are harder than he is because they heavily armoured in the front of their head and faces. If you keep moving and stay of their way you can kill nine toes very easily

2. Sledge

Sledge is actually very easy because if you stand behind cover and keeping shoo ng him he will just stand there


And smack his hammer on the ground not touching you all though he does have two goons who will shoot you so be cau ous. 3. Krom

Krom is one of the much harder bosses because he has big turret that will rip through your shields like a knife in bu-er also he has a lot of guys between you and him so take cover when you can and work your way up to him. 4. Baron Flynt

Baron Flynt is actually a hard boss because he has a shotgun that shoots grenades but it is useless up close so get close to him and he’s easy but he has a lot of guards so be very careful and work your way up slowly.


5. Rakk Hive

The Rakk Hive is one of the most annoying and bosses in the game because it has Rakk flying out of its back every l minute and they occupy you while it shoots corrosive acid at you so watch your back and keep moving. 6. The Destroyer

The Destroyer is by far the hardest and most annoying boss in the game because it has a huge laser beam thing that shoots out of its eye and it has huge spikes that fly out of its mouth that kill you instantly if they hit twice in a row. Despite these annoying powers it does have weaknesses such as it mouth when its open and the glowing orbs on its tentacles and those do ungodly amounts of cri cal damage which if you keep firing at those cri cal points it will die in no me.


7. Crawmerax The Invincible

Crawmerax is meant to be the hardest boss in the game because he can kill you in a hit if you’re unlucky but he does have weaknesses the purple glowing orbs on his body is the easiest and fastest way to kill him and elemental weapons really help such as incendiary and corrosive. Shoot those glowing orbs with either incendiary or corrosive and he will go down pre-y easy but it will take a while. 8. CL4P—TP interplanetary ninja assassin

CL4P-TP is one of the ďŹ nal bosses in the game and not one of the hardest because he has big robot buggy thing isn't hard at all you do is just destroy the turrets and its basically dead.


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