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Fallout 3: Broken Steel
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 34 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
Genre(s): Role-Playing Game
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Release Date: May 5, 2009
Summary
(Downloadable Content) Continue your existing Fallout 3 game and finish the fight against the Enclave remnants alongside Liberty Prime. Broken Steel moves the level cap for your character from 20 to 30, allowing you to experience even more of the game, including new perks and achievements. Story: You may have dealt the Enclave a serious blow at Project Purity, but their forces are still out there, and still pose a grave threat to the people and security of the Capital Wasteland. In Broken Steel, you'll continue your current Fallout 3 character past the events of Project Purity, and work with the Brotherhood of Steel to eradicate the Enclave threat once and for all. Travel to new locations like the Olney Powerworks, wield destructive new weapons like the Tesla Cannon, and fight powerful new creatures like the Super Mutant Overlord. [Bethesda Softworks]
Also On Metacritic
GAMES: Fallout 3 Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage Fallout 3: The Pitt
Also On The Web: Official Website
What The Critics Said
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Boomtown
After creating this masterpiece, Bethesda has a mighty task creating something just as good. I can’t recommend Broken Steel highly enough. If you have Fallout 3, you need Broken Steel to go with it.
Read Full Review >Xbox360Achievements
Providing players the broadest DLC quest line yet, new weapons, new enemies, and ten more levels to gain, Broken Steel is worth every penny you'll pay to download it, and is recommend for both newcomers to Fallout 3 and veterans alike. Broken Steel's additions to the game will continue to be felt and enjoyed long after the 4-5 hour storyline is complete. Wastelanders, get out there and crush the Enclave!
Read Full Review >Gaming Age
All in all, Broken Steel winds up being a great diversion and a good excuse to re-visit the Capitol Wastelands. Between the continuation of the storyline, the tougher enemies, and the great amount of action given, it's well worth the $10 to take a ride with the Brotherhood of Steel one more time.
Read Full Review >VideoGamer
Put simply, if you love Fallout 3, Broken Steel is an essential purchase.
Read Full Review >Gamer Limit
You really should not have had to pay for Broken Steel. It should’ve been included on the original release, but it’s so worth it.
Read Full Review >Worth Playing
Broken Steel does a great job of both extending the Fallout story a bit longer and creating incentive to keep playing even after you've "beaten" the game.
Read Full Review >Console Monster
Basically if you have missed the wastelands, Broken Steel gives you more than enough reasons to return. Keeping with the high quality set by the original, Broken Steel gives you more engrossing content for up to five hours of gameplay, whilst increasing the story behind the game whilst removing the full stop.
Read Full Review >Gamer 2.0
With a solid new campaign, an improved level cap, dozens of new perks and tons of powerful weapons at your disposal, Broken Steel is hands down some of the best content Fallout 3 has to offer.
Read Full Review >GameZone
As far as add-ons are concerned, Broken Steel is by far the best one to come along for Fallout 3 since The Pitt.
Read Full Review >WonderwallWeb
Hopefully not the last but so far the best DLC for Fallout 3, rather than the linear Pitt and Anchorage, Steel opens up the game and adds the important open world adventure element lacking in the precious DLC.
Read Full Review >IGN
Lifting the level cap breathes new life into a great game, but shouldn't totally overshadow a new series of quests that is a lot of fun.
Read Full Review >Meristation
Fallout 3 gets new content and Broken Steel set a new quality level on the downloadable content for this game. Expanding the level cap up to 30 and adding a nice set of new items, enemies and weapons is only one of the features of this expansion. Also, it really makes you feel the way the original did and let you play with your characters forever so it's worth buying if you expend a lot of time developing your avatar.
Read Full Review >Games Master UK
Still a price we'd pay. [July 2009, p.78]
Pelit (Finland)
The best of the released add-ons for Fallout 3, because the new level cap, perks and events breathe life even into the old content. The basic problems of undramatic storytelling and lack of polish remain, and the overabundandace of equipment has eliminated the fun of gathering resources. [June 2009]
Game Revolution
One of the finest examples of downloadable content that other developers should emulate.
Read Full Review >Extreme Gamer
The value is apparent when looking over what the Broken Steel content has to offer, and more than just extra content, Bethesda went above the call of duty to figure out how to fix a few of the major complaints with the original game.
Read Full Review >Gamervision
Whether you’ve played through the other two downloadable packs, or you’ve been waiting them out in favor of “Broken Steel,” this new addition is well worth the time and money. Hopefully there’s more to come, but even if there isn’t, at least Bethesda gave gamers a much more satisfying conclusion for their character.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
A solid set of new missions. The real benefits come with being able to fix the ending and explore more of the world afterwards.
Read Full Review >Thunderbolt
Even after you’ve finished the extended campaign there’s plenty to go back to with the new level cap, including a way for all you dog lovers to bring Dogmeat back from the dead - Awww.
Read Full Review >GamePro
Despite not being as creative or purpose driven as previous offerings, Broken Steel is a must buy. Its natural transition from Fallout 3's original conclusion and its open-ended nature are just what fans wanted.
Read Full Review >Everyeye.it
Broken Steel is a recommended DLC for Fallout 3, that brings some good patches to the original story, first of all the open-ended final. Other good news: new powerful equipment, new hours of play, and the possibility to level up again the character. All for 800 MP.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
Broken Steel doesn't fuss too much with the existing formula, but it does provide more adventure that easily lives up to the high standards set by Fallout 3. Highly recommended.
Read Full Review >AceGamez
Some players might find themselves a bit miffed that the end of the game was essentially changed - or removed, rather, considering it now has no definite ending - but the fairly large amount of extra content added, as well as the overall change of mood throughout the Wasteland and the replay value presented, should be enough to keep gamers satisfied after dropping a mere 800 points.
Read Full Review >Game Over Online
The bottom line here is that Broken Steel is more Fallout 3, and if you’re a fan that can’t possibly be a bad thing. Like with the other DLC, the story will probably only take you a few hours to go through and then you’re left with the goodies.
Read Full Review >Official Xbox Magazine UK
Satisfyingly chunky, Pitt's a knockout. [June 2009, p.92]
GameCritics
That said, those are extremely minor concerns—Broken Steel is an absolute necessity for any Fallout 3 player and certainly justifies the cost of the download.
Read Full Review >games(TM)
This is certainly what we want to see from Bethesda and our hopes are soaring with regard to what the newly announced installments could contain. [July 2009, p.131]
GameSpot
The third add-on pack for Fallout 3 is packed with action and gives you plenty of bang for the buck.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club)
Fixes gameplay elements that were broken and a story that wasn’t.
Read Full Review >3DJuegos
Broken Steel is important in the sense that it continues the individual campaign of Fallout 3, however, its technical features and lack of novelty are a bit of a shame. The extension that we are discussing here offers a slightly longer duration than its preceding expansions, but it is less intense that the action in Operation Anchorage and less interesting than the captivating The Pitt.
Read Full Review >Eurogamer
An essential upgrade to Fallout 3 that any committed fan will want to grab immediately. If you've held out buying any DLC for the game so far, we'd advise you start with this before getting the others, because the process of acquiring new perks and skills will enrich the game no end.
Read Full Review >D+PAD Magazine
Despite the raising of the level cap, we find it difficult to recommend Broken Steel – its shockingly unimaginative lean towards near constant shooting is remarkably unlike what we’ve come to know and love about the game.
Read Full Review >Absolute Games
I don’t recommend buying Broken Steel, because it’s a matter of principle – let's not encourage trade in endings. You won’t miss anything important anyway – this DLC is only slightly better than its mediocre predecessors.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 18 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Rowan F gave it a10:
An luurvely peice of DLC, probably the best for Fallout 3. It fixed the only problem that Fallout 3 had for me: no free-roam option at the end. The perks and new levels are good, and the new quests do a brilliant job of expanding on the story. It's also probably woth getting just for the chance to ride in a Vertibird... The only complaint I would have is that if you have completed all of the story and side quests BEFORE getting Broken Steel then reaching the level 30 cap can be a real pain, as the quests that come with the DLC only get you about half way. Aside from that, a must buy.
Princess S gave it a10:
Broken Steel does for Fallout 3 what the Extended Editions did for LOTR. It takes a great game with a pretty average ending and turns it into a great game with a strong ending. Absolutely essential.
