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    Fallout 3

    Game » consists of 45 releases. Released Oct 28, 2008

    In Bethesda's first-person revival of the classic post-apocalyptic RPG series, the player is forced to leave Vault 101 and venture out into the irradiated wasteland of Washington D.C. to find his or her father.

    Mothership Zeta or Point Lookout?

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    #1  Edited By Venatio

    Now that all DLC packs are 400 MS points each I've decided to buy one, but which one is the better one?

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    #2  Edited By MysteriousBob

    I have Point Lookout and its absolutely brilliant. I haven't heard a single good thing about Mothership Zeta. Reviews seem to reflect this. 

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    #3  Edited By Rhombus_Of_Terror

    Point Lookout is the best DLC of all the ones available for Fallout, well worth the price :)

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    #4  Edited By edenspresence

    Agreed - Point Lookout definately.  It is the most free roaming of the DLCs which works massively in its favour.

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    #5  Edited By zyn

    I enjoyed Mothership Zeta more than Point Lookout.

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    #6  Edited By Rourkey

    Point Lookout all the way my friend. I was very disappointed by Mothership Zeta.

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    #7  Edited By Rockdalf

    Point Lookout, sadly I didn't get to enjoy it so much as I was too busy looking for achievements :(.
     
    Definitely better than Mothership Zeta though.

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    #8  Edited By CL60

    Point Lookout. Mothership Zeta crashed on me half way through and every time I tried to load it would crash again. But I got the gist of it.

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    #9  Edited By weegieanawrench

    Dude, no question. Mother Ship Zeta is shit compared to Point Lookout. Zeta is super linear, and the only thing good about it is the alien epoxy (use it to repair your weapons) and maybe a few guns. Lookout on the otherhand, that one kicks ass. I won't say anything to spoil it other than it won't leave you disappointed.

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    #10  Edited By TorgoGrooves89

    Buy Point Lookout. It's the best expansion for Fallout 3. Zeta is a bit crap and only really worth buying if you wan't all the achievements. Otherwise i wouldn't bother with it at all.
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    #11  Edited By decibel

    Fun fact: the offer does not apply to the games for Windows Live service. Yes, I'm quite disappointed.

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    #12  Edited By DystopiaX

    definitely Point Lookout. The only one that competes with it is Broken Steel, because of the level cap and the ability to continue your game after the storyline ends. The extended storyline is done very well too.

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    #13  Edited By hatking

    Point Lookout is widely accepted as the best of the DLC.  It is the only DLC that adds a new area to the map that you can actually return to on a regular basis.  It is easily the deepest, longest and most entertaining of all the DLC.  Zeta is okay, but it is more of a distraction, although it does offer some pretty useful items.
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    I was faced with pretty much this same dilemma. I only had Anchorage and Broken Steel, and I had little interest in The Pitt. 
     
    So it was down to Lookout and Zeta. The solution?
     
    Verbatim: "Aw, fuck it. They're 400 points each. I'll just buy them all, The Pitt included."
     
    I think I made the right choice.

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    #15  Edited By Rapture

    Point Lookout is easily the best Fallout3 dlc, buy mothership zeta if you want some repairing done or if you want a samurai armor and sword

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    #16  Edited By dylanderoo

    Point lookout, gotta love the hatchet!  
     
     
    KABOOOMMMM!

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    #17  Edited By dylanderoo
    @dylanderoo said:
    " Point lookout, gotta love the hatchet!    KABOOOMMMM! "
    Scrap that, thats TF2
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    #18  Edited By raidingkvatch

    Point Lookout is probably the best Fallout 3 DLC, although Broken Steel did raise the level cap, haven't played Mothership Zeta yet, but from what I've heard it doesn't really compare to Point Lookout

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    #19  Edited By cstrang

    Point Lookout was better.  But you could get them both for a paltry ten dollars....

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    #20  Edited By Organicalistic_

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