Fallout 3: Point Lookout
Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks/ZeniMax Media
Platform: Xbox 360, PC
Modes: Single Player
Format: Downloadable
ESRB: M
Price: $10/800 MS

Bethesda has been keeping their triple A title, Fallout 3, alive through DLC. This DLC pack, called Point Lookout, is a great way of how Bethesda and the Fallout devs combine intense gameplay with wonderful and inventive story telling.

In Point Lookout, you are taken to a swamp like environment via steamboat that is infested with radiation as well as inbred hillbillies. The environment is also murky and filled with mystery. You first start out the DLC by going to the marker and a woman asks you to go to Point Lookout to find her daughter. You go there, and more things start unfolding.

Point Lookout is an awesome place for exploration. The map is pretty big, and is definitely bigger than the maps of the previous DLCs. The terrain varies from mountains, to ocean, to swamps. The inhabitants are mostly inbred hillbillies who want to attack you. There are also references to the Civil War, since Point Lookout in actuality was a Civil War landmark in Maryland.

In terms of gameplay, the main quest in Point Lookout has about three missions than encompass it. The missions aren’t very long, but in terms of story, they are some of the best missions that Fallout 3 has to offer. In one of the missions, you get poisoned by some seeds, and end up tripping out while walking through the forest, and it is an amazing feat in terms of story and imagery. When done with the main quest, there are about five side quests to take part in, and they make up for the shortness of the main quest. Plus, exploring and just walking around is also great in this DLC. In fact, I was just exploring and came up on a lighthouse with a broken bulb, and brought it back to life.

While this DLC is amazing, it does have a few drawbacks. The enemies are somewhat tough, and players should be leveled up to go forth with this DLC. Also, like I mentioned, the main quests are short. I also had problems with the framerate, but it was fixed by saving and reloading the game.

OVERALL: This DLC is my favorite of the Fallout 3 DLC that has been released. It combines excellent gameplay with intricate storytelling. While the missions are short, there is still a ton of stuff to do. Players will not be disappointed with this DLC.
GOOD: Amazing gameplay, story, perks. Lots to do.
BAD: Short missions.
OVERALL: 9/10.