Fallout 3 is in it’s own right a fantastic game. Highly addicting and fun to play, seeing the little character nuances that you can bring out of your hero, whoever that may be. The game is epic in it’s own right. As I was reaching the end of the main story, I found myself wanting more. This certainly could not be it for the Capital Wasteland could it? Well, imagine my surprise when I realized that XBOX Live has several bits of downloadable content that not only enhance your character with incredible weapons, but take you to new locales and even have you fight new baddies.

That said, I would like to say that Mothership Zeta was at least a little more interesting.

Sure, you know about the crashed spaceship in the wasteland. Well, you get to see what happens when you get to close too it aside from some radiation poisoning. You end up beamed aboard a ship that is orbiting Earth. You get to fight aliens, and you can get such weapons like the super awesome Alien Disintegrator. There is nothing more satisfying than watching your enemies be reduced into a minuscule pile of goo before your eyes. You also get the chance to unlock some interesting costumes in this particular add on, including a cowboy outfit, and even a Samurai suit!

How can this be? That would be spoiling but the surprise is rather nice.

The action is intense in Mothership Zeta. Fights erupt between you and the aliens at any point and when they do, expect some fierce resistance. Especially from the aliens that are in adaptive force fields.

As far as what I didn’t like, the chapters were too short. Also the corridors of the ship can get a little too repetetive to the point that you end up going in circles quite a bit. Also, for some inexplicable reason, the alien scientists are good. What I mean is that if you kill them, you lose karma. Apparently in this case, the only good alien is an alien that doesn’t shoot at you.

Ultimately, I enjoyed Mothership Zeta but not as much as the other two expansions that I also downloaded which were Point Lookout, and Broken Steel but more on those soon.

Is Mothership Zeta worth your while? Sure. You get some killer weapons and some neat upgrades but be warned, you can expect it to end before you really start enjoying it.

Final Rating out of 10: 7.5

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