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Fallout 3: Amazon.com Exclusive Survival Edition
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List Price : $129.99
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"Shoddy Clock Not Worth Price", The game is fantastic. The lunchbox and bobblehead are neat. Those points have been made very well in other reviews of them. This review focuses on the one item exclusive to the Survival Edition, the PipBoy Clock. The clock is a poor product, plain and simple, and not worth $10 extra, much less the $50 over the Collector's Edition price.
Performance is terrible. The clock doesn't work unless you use some redneck engineering on it with aluminum foil inserts placed between the positive battery point and the positive contact plate. Once you get the batteries in and actually get power to the display, setting the time can itself is cumbersome. The three buttons provided are often times unresponsive, requiring a good deal of wiggling at times to get the display to change as desired. The display, even with fresh batteries, is very dim, very hard to interpret unless it's very dark.
In terms of power consumption, it devours batteries, consuming three AA batteries every two weeks, sometimes sooner. In comparison, the old one-way pager I carry for my job, which has an alarm, storage for phone numbers and time received, and makes some rudimentary sounds if desired, uses one AAA battery every MONTH or so. This clock doesn't even have an alarm, and uses much more power for it.
Aesthetically, the clock is a mixed bag. The overall design and look match the Fallout universe exactly. My example, however, arrived unpainted, looking nothing like I expected it to look. I know the technology and "look and feel" of the game series is "used retro science fiction", but this clock is as drab as drab gets, with no logos or anything to maintain that sense of having something form the Fallout world, even if it's a fake. Further, the clock was at one point supposed to be wearable like the PipBoy used in the game. That too, has been nullified by poor craftsmanship.
All in all, SAVE YOUR MONEY. The Collectors' Edition gives you so much more value, with the lunchbox and bobblehead being the best collectibles this year. With incredibly poor workmanship, lack of attention to detail, and overall price point, this clock simply is not worth the extra $50 price.
The game is fantastic. The lunchbox and bobblehead are neat. Those points have been made very well in other reviews of them. This review focuses on the one item exclusive to the Survival Edition, the PipBoy Clock. The clock is a poor product, plain and simple, and not worth $10 extra, much less the $50 over the Collector's Edition price.
Performance is terrible. The clock doesn't work unless you use some redneck engineering on it with aluminum foil inserts placed between the positive battery point and the positive contact plate. Once you get the batteries in and actually get power to the display, setting the time can itself is cumbersome. The three buttons provided are often times unresponsive, requiring a good deal of wiggling at times to get the display to change as desired. The display, even with fresh batteries, is very dim, very hard to interpret unless it's very dark.
In terms of power consumption, it devours batteries, consuming three AA batteries every two weeks, sometimes sooner. In comparison, the old one-way pager I carry for my job, which has an alarm, storage for phone numbers and time received, and makes some rudimentary sounds if desired, uses one AAA battery every MONTH or so. This clock doesn't even have an alarm, and uses much more power for it.
Aesthetically, the clock is a mixed bag. The overall design and look match the Fallout universe exactly. My example, however, arrived unpainted, looking nothing like I expected it to look. I know the technology and "look and feel" of the game series is "used retro science fiction", but this clock is as drab as drab gets, with no logos or anything to maintain that sense of having something form the Fallout world, even if it's a fake. Further, the clock was at one point supposed to be wearable like the PipBoy used in the game. That too, has been nullified by poor craftsmanship.
Furthermore, the level of customer service provided for this clock from amazon.com and Bethesda SoftWorks, the game's license holder, is incredibly underwhelming. For one, in order to get any warranty work done on it, you must send in $10, and the clock, to some company in California that no one's ever heard of. So for $60 you lose possession of a broken clock that originally only cost you $50. Compare this sort of "service" to the defective NECA Gears of War Lancer. When the NECA Lancer had its own battery issue, similar to the one described above, NECA and amazon.com worked to fix it in some form. NECA sent out replacement parts, for free, in a timely manner if you contacted them. amazon.com handed out $10 coupons good for the next purchase on ANYTHING they make available. Wither that level of customer service from amazon.com and Bethesda SoftWorks?
All in all, SAVE YOUR MONEY. The Collectors' Edition gives you so much more value, with the lunchbox and bobblehead being the best collectibles this year. With incredibly poor workmanship, lack of attention to detail, unknown warranty service from a company whose reliability can't be ascertained, and overall price point, this clock simply is not worth the extra $50 price.
"slow shipping, poor pipboy, but good game", PROS - Fun game - VATS is something new for gaming. - Open world with a lot to do (more than almost any other non-Bethesda game). - Bethesda is a top developer. Todd Howard seems to be a great guy. - A lot more voice acting than in prior Bethesda releases. - Controls. Bethesda has the greatest view/camera system in the industry in my opinion. Simply click a button and you're in 1st person, click again you're in 3rd person -- all games should do this in my opinion -- it should be standard.
NEUTRAL - Bobblehead. meh. - Far less glitching and bugs than Oblivion. Oblivion had far fewer than Morrowind. Thus Bethesda is getting better and better at debugging.
CONS - Pip-Boy is a poorly designed battery killer. - Graphics and animation have unfortunately not been improved since the time of Oblivion. This was a key disappointment to me. I know everything is supposed to look run-down and devastated, but that doesn't mean it has to look graphically mediocre.
IS THIS AN IMPROVEMENT OVER OBLIVION? - Not for me no.
IS THIS JUST OBLIVION WITH GUNS? - Some will so no, some say yes. I say YES. It's little more than a re-skinned Oblivion with guns + VATS...and to that I say "fine by me".
WHAT VERSION OF WHAT PLATFORM TO GET? - PC/360 get DLC so stick with those. PC if you prefer mouse. I prefer joystick, so 360 for me. Definitely do NOT buy the Amazon Exclusive Edition. Sold out by now, but if you see it via Amazon Marketplace sellers or on Ebay, know that the Pip-Boy is going to be a paperweight (which explains the number of stars).
"JUST GET THE REGULAR EDITION", the survival edition is really crappy it comes with a clock that doesnt do anything but tell the time. also the clock broke on me the game was really good but this is too much for nothing save some cash and get the limited edition
"Top notch... ", Game of the year, without really much question... and probably will end up in my personal top 10 of all time. Brilliant. The game is deep in numerous ways, has replay value that outclasses any other RPG in recent memory, and maintains all of the humor and quirkiness of its predecessors. While the level of gore is quite high, and anyone squeamish will probably find it difficult to play, it is a simply amazing game.
"Exclusives are the best!!", The only reason why I even shop @ Amazon is for the great deals and Exclusives!!!
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"Buy the game --not the over-priced, gimicky swag.", The game is great -- game of the year material, no doubt. My only advice is to steer clear of the Pipboy 3000. It is very cheaply made. Another reviewer accurately calls it, "dollar store" quality.
One thing that has not been mentioned yet is the battery life issue. The clock will run for about a week before the display starts to dim and the batteries need to be replaced. I have changed my batteries twice since buying this clock for my game room(using brand new Duracels). I am ebaying the clock to try and recover some of my loss from buying this bundle.
Also, this battery life problem is not an isolated issue. It is happening on all Pip-boys. Fans are posting rants on message boards all over the internet. It took some time for the problem to surface because most people assumed the issue was with the generic batteries that were included with the clock. I can confirm that the problem is with the clock, not with the batteries.
Buy the collector's edition or standard edition -- just don't waste your money on this cheap "collector's item".
"not so limited edition", the game is amazing and the extras are really cool. but the one problem that i have is that when the survival edition first came out they were saying that it is going to be a very limited edition and that the pipboy was going to be very cool that no fallout fan should be with out! i do think everything is nice to look at but the pipboy goes through batteries like no other and the fact that i had this pre ordered for like 4 months and all i got were some crummy computer backgrounds is crap if i were anyone who is thinking about this edition i would save the $[...] and buy the collectors edition and forget the pipboy clock. it really makes me sad that amazon.com would make more of these editions when they very well stated that it was a very limited run!!!
"Great game, "extras" not so much...", Let me start off by saying that I've been a Fallout fan for the last 11 years so when I heard that a third Fallout was in the works I was ecstatic.
The game looks, feels, sounds, and plays like the previous two, just in 3D. The V.A.T.S. (Vault-tech Assisted Targeting System) that was implemented works very well, better then I thought it was going to be.
And just like the previous two, there is a ton of replay value based of the decisions and choices you make.
Fallout 3 is definitely a must have for the RPGer.
Now onto the extra that come with the Amazon.com Survival Edition. While the PIPBoy 3000 clock is cool, it's pretty cheaply made and in normal room light the time is unreadable.
The lunch box all of this comes in is pretty cool, but unless you collect them, you'll find it just sitting around collecting dust.
The Fallout Boy bobblehead is probably the best part. He's made out of a quality resin, well painted, and bobbles!
The art book, eh... kinda cool but you'll look at it once then put it on the shelf.
All in all this Survival Edition is not worth the money for the extra stuff unless you are a serious collector of game memorabilia. Personally I'd recommend that you just buy the game and not waste your money on the extras stuff.
Pros: Great game. Well made bobblehead. Fun to look at PIPBoy replica.
Cons: PIPBoy clock absolutely unreadable in anything less then pure darkness. PIPBoy clock cheaply made, feels like it'll break (and that's the only time I touched it was when I replaced the batteries). Art book and lunchbox pretty worthless, fun to look at, then you are like "where do I put these things...?". The extra items do not warrant the price tag.
"Game is great, Pip-Boy clock is garbage", The game is great, buy it now!
The Amazon exclusive pip-boy clock is a hunk of junk. Mine worked for 5 days and then the clock started fading until after one week of opening the package it was 100% broken. I was left with a cheap plastic replica and a broken clock that I paid an extra $50 for. I shipped the whole thing back for a refund and bought the game from a local store.
"5 stars for the game. 1 star for the bundle.", Fallout 3, the game, is very enjoyable & has taken up a fair amount of my time lately. However, Fallout 3, the merch, is far short of expectations.
The Exclusive Survival Edition is not worth the premium over the other versions.
1) The Pip-Boy 3000 looks & feels cheaply made. The clock doesn't have the amount of detail originally presented. It is made from creaky injection molded plastic & visually has the appeal of a dollar store item, not a $129.99 item.
Mine was also DOA on arrival, totally failing to power on after installing the *three* AAA batteries it required.
2) The bobble-head is "cute" but was not attached to the base, therefore it won't stand up.
Both of these are apparently due to poor quality control. The box was in pristine condition when it arrived, so the "damage" does not appear to be due to shipping.
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