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Fallout 3 - Power of the Atom @ Twenty Sided

by Dhruin, 2008-12-17 11:27:13

After getting the good stuff out of the way, the first part of Twenty Sided's Fallout 3 criticism is a look at The Power of the Atom quest (very early game spoilers apply):

This is not the worst quest in the game. But from a writing standpoint the dialog suffers from an almost criminal lack of ambition, and as someone who would love to write this sort of stuff I found the missed opportunity to be endlessly frustrating. And since Pete Hines won’t return my phone calls, I’m afraid you must bear the brunt of my ravings.

As you enter the town of Megaton - a town built around an undetonated atomic bomb - you’re approached by two NPCs. The first is the mayor, who will pay you to disarm the bomb. The second is a shady character named Burke, who will pay you to set off the bomb and destroy the entire town. If you do as the mayor asks, you’ll be given a house in town. If you do as Burke asks…

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Fallout 3

SP/MP: Single-player
Setting: Post-Apoc
Genre: Shooter-RPG
Platform: PC, Xbox 360, PS3
Release: Released


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