I don't want to set the world on fire
I just want to start
A flame in your heart


With this song by The Ink Spots - an American band from the 60' , starts the intro to Fallout 3.

I have waited around 8 years for this moment, to be finally able to experience the continuation of one of the best and unique games ever done. I remember my excitement when around 4 years ago Interplay annouced that they were working on the squel... appreciating every news, every piece of artwork and screenshot... talking with the artists on Interplay feedback forums, giving them suggestions and opinions. I even signed 2 online petitions requesting the making of this game. Then Interplay abondoned the half-finished Fallout 3, codenamed 'Van Buren'.. and shortly after perished. Hope was restored when Bethesda Softworks decided to buy the rights for this game and to give it material form. (personally I very like Oblivion and I even previously thought that Elder Scrolls is a kind of fantasy version of Fallout).


and on the fall of 2008 ... October 28th , the most anticipated video game ever was to be released.


I was like, checking torrent sites every few hours, looking for the image to appear. Then check whether it was working. The Russian version was first, appeared around the 27th of oct. After over a day of downloading it was on my pc around mindnight of 28th. Used some tricks and made the russian version run in english... and viola. The experience of Fallout 3 became a fact.


Do not get me wrong , I'm going to buy the game anyway, when it will be available in stores here. I just wanted to be the one of the first to play it.


As for my impression... It's preety much like I have imagined it. I got through Vault 101 and arrived in Megaton. Now , I'm planning to set out to the 'Super-Duper Mart' to legally kick some asses and obtain some nifty items from there.