Fallout 3

Fallout 3 is a role-playing game for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. Its two predecessors were RPGs for the PC.

1. Operation Anchorage
2. The Pitt
3. Broken Steel
4. Point Lookout

Fallout 3 takes place in a post-apocalyptic United States. The main character lives in Vault 101, a fallout shelter in the Washington, D.C. area, with his father. One day, the player awakens to find that his father has ventured outside of the vault for unknown reasons. The vault overseer is suspicious that the character is involved somehow with his disappearance, so the player decides to venture into the wasteland to search for his father.

Fallout 3 is an open-ended RPG with an emphasis on character customization, decision-making and tactical combat. As the game advances, the player can choose to improves various character attributes. These range from strength to intelligence to weapon skill, and also include Skills and Perks, or bonus attributes. Since the choices the player makes throughout the game are so integral to the gameplay, there are over 1,700 versions of the final cutscene, determined by the character's actions.

The game can be viewed from both a third and first-person perspective.Wikipedia: Fallout 3 Combat makes use of both melee weapons and science-fiction-style guns, like a handheld nuclear bomb launcher. Fighting takes place in real-time, but the game can be paused using the VATS system, which allows the player to select different body parts to attack. The effectiveness of each possible attack is displayed on the interface. All actions cost action points, lending an RPG aspect to the gameplay.

There is also a Karma system in Fallout 3 that measures the choices the player makes and adjusts the way non-player characters respond to him.