Fallout 3 Operation: Anchorage Review
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The system of buying "points" with dollars may work when Microsoft has a captive audience on the 360, but on the PC it just frustrates gamers. It doesn't help that if you aren't planning to buy any other DLC for a while, this $10 pack requires you to buy $12.50 worth of points in order to actually make the purchase. Overall, GFWL is still more of an annoyance than a useful tool for most PC gamers, and it's good to hear that MS is committed to improving GFWL - because it's got a long way to go to earn the trust with PC players that Valve's Steam service has.
If anything, Operation Anchorage is a good hint of what's to come from Bethesda in future downloadable packs. With the third pack, coming in March, removing the game's ending and allowing players to continue the quest, we look forward to seeing this level of production values added to the game and integrated better with everything our wasteland adventurers have already done. Sure, taking the sweet loot in this add-on - and yes, there's something good for any character by the time you finish Anchorage - and using it in the rest of the game is nice, but we really like the Capital Wasteland, Bethesda. Give us more to do over there.
