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GamesAreEvil's Review of Fallout 3: The Pitt (360/PC)

GamesAreEvil writes, "At heart, much of Fallout 3 boils down to matters of economy. That's what's driving The Pitt, where rulers have resorted to slavery in order to power the city's vital industrial machinery. The big cheeses are unable, and unwilling, to fund the necessary research to determine why Pittsburg's residents are falling victim to a toxic, mutative and rather unpleasant disease. This condition results in transforming citizens into ghastly Trogs.

Which is why, after forking over 800 Microsoft Points, one escaped slave recruits you, the dashing, intrepid adventurer of D.C's Capital Wasteland, to infiltrate The Pitt: so that he and his enslaved brethren can wreck a bit of havoc on Ashur, the despotic warlord running the show. The game justifies it in two ways, first as the chance to do the right thing for good character or just end up with a fat reward and some tasty loot if you're playing someone more morally dubious. But, really, you're just playing it to soak up a bit more Fallout. Which is no bad thing...."

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CrAppleton5504d ago

It pisses me off that companies release stuff that isn't finished..

but now that things are working correctly I might get it..

killyourfm5504d ago

I dunno...It's certainly not a FAULT of Bethesda, but I got my fill of Fallout because I played the ever-loving crap out of it for 2 months straight.

CrAppleton5504d ago

Yeah.. I've still yet to finish Fallout 3.. so that might be going on my to do list before I get this

evadw5504d ago

I *still* haven't finished the main game.

I'm starting to wonder if I'm actually any good at games.

StephanieBBB5504d ago (Edited 5504d ago )

The main games ending sucks anyway. It's like they took a huge power drill and drilled a hole in the fallout franchise and then patched it up with a five year old's wet dream.

It's rly bad...

PS360WII5504d ago

This section was fun! "Ever wonder why you see so many slavers but not that many slaves?" I did often wonder and now I know they go to The Pitt.

Auto Ax is insane ^^ the laser shotgun is fun to use as well

Pootie Tang5504d ago

Hmmm, I'm still on the fence on this. 3-4 hours it says but I've read ppl doing it in 2 so as much as i like Fallout 3 I hate to encourage this type of expensive SHORT DLC

Eiffel5504d ago

Its $10...How the hell is that expensive?

Pootie Tang5504d ago

$10 for a cpl hours is expensive, if you keep paying $10 for a cpl hours then you set a precedent. $10 will now equal a cpl a hours of extra content, gamers should demand more IMO

Yea most ppl could wipe their a@s with $10 bills but it's the principle behind it. Everything from MS is going up, 2 games on live tomorrow -one is 1600 the other is 1200. Because ppl keep paying they keep testing the waters as to how high they can go, they did it with Braid and now all the premiums are 1600-----double what they used to be

So yea it's not the $10 it's what that $10 gets you---and what it should get you

Eiffel5504d ago (Edited 5504d ago )

Okay..I'll try to make sense out of that horrible grammar.

Answer me this. What title DLC is 1200 and 1600?

Arcade titles stay in a range of 400($5)-800($10)-1200($15)-160 0($20).
Originals don't even exceed 1200 and they are full games. And at $15 that's a bargain. Developers can't help if most people rush through a titles DLC and go "WTF that was short?!?" DLC like this is meant to be played as a beginner that way your rank and stats are lower making it a much harder and challenging experience.
Braids price was at a high because the creator Jonathan Blow stated he would need high funds in order to design another title like Braid. Since his next project would require quite a lot of money. But of course its a persons choice to download it, not a mandatory decision.

Also FYI, Developers pick the price of their DLC not Microsoft.

Pootie Tang5504d ago (Edited 5504d ago )

The 2 new titles tomorrow are 1200 and 1600 for the arcade, Death tank a few weeks ago was 1600, the new recent Rtype was 1200 or 1600

No the developers don't pick the price MS does. As was the situation with Braid where the developer wanted to charge 800 -MS did not. The developer was very vocal about this

here's a more recent interview after Braid's success, not going to waste my time finding the initial ones. And yes after it's success he was happy for the extra $
http://www.joystiq.com/2008...

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10 Expansions That Are Better Than The Main Game

NoobFeed Editor Joshua Burt writes - It is now a mainstay of gaming that post a title's release, and DLC will accompany the game. Some of the most popular games of the last fifteen years have followed this practice. But there are some DLCs that are better than others. That stands on the shoulders of their base game, and in some cases… Surpass it. These are the 10 expansions that were better than the main game.

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Dudeson681d ago

Damn, I feel stupid when years ago I played all the dlc for fallout 3 except the pitt. My younger ass looked at it and thought it was boring without trying I believe... Well good reason to fire up the old dusty ps3!

PhillyDillyDee681d ago

Bethesda usually does great DLC. Makes sense they are on the list 3 times.

generic-user-name681d ago

Solid list, I'd add inFamous: Festival of Blood, although it was a standalone download, it still felt like an inFamous 2 expansion.

Blood and Wine might be the best ever though.

SullysCigar681d ago

I'd also add in Horizon The Frozen Wilds. As I started it, I wasn't sure I had the energy, but my God that was awesome. Some of the best weapons, enemies and missions in Horizon for sure.

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RaidenBlack681d ago

Blood and Wine is always the reason these "best DLC of all time" list gets made in the first place nowadays.
Don't think CDPR can come any where near with any upcoming CP2077 DLC.

Silly Mammo681d ago

I have beaten Bloodborne but though i have the DLC I never played through it. For now I want to wait and see if it gets a Bluepoint remake.

anast681d ago

It's the best DLC in the genre. You are missing out.

SarwarRon681d ago

I double that. If you've liked Bloodborne, don't miss out The Old Hunters.

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MadLad681d ago

I skipped on Demons Souls remake, but Bloodborne would be day one. I love the game, but it is very, very jaggy and really needs a 60fps edition.

anast681d ago

I didn't like Blood and Wine too much, but the grandmaster gear is worth it.

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10 Video Games That Forced You To Answer Impossible Questions

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"The video game equivalent of would-you-rather. "

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How Fallout Teaches You How to Move Out

Fallout is a rare game that deals with the real life process of moving in a realistic way. What can be learned about how you should move out on your own from how you play Fallout?

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RondoMachete3520d ago

I never thought of it like that.. Fallout 3 is still my best game ever,so wanting Fallout 4.

Omnisonne3520d ago

Personally I learned alot from Fallout, especially New Vegas' DLC

There are alot of hidden teachings and different perspectives in those games

Matt6663519d ago

Oh yea its fine considering on Fallout you don't have to pay for the following;

mortgage,
water bills,
gas bills,
electric bills,

I wouldn't really say it taught me to move out, but I would say it has taught me other stuff like how to barter etc