Fallout 3 is a game that's going to divide audiences though -- that much we're already certain of. Players will find themselves drawn into two camps, with those who love it going to battle against those who still think it's just "//Oblivion with guns."

So, is this just //Oblivion with guns? Well, to a degree yes. There are still a few flies in the ointment, like the enemies that spot you from miles away and the bloatflies that will chase you endlessly across the game world just when you've run out of ammo. At the same time though, it's also something entirely fresh and unique.

It's neither totally a //Fallout game, nor totally //Oblivion -- it's wholly new. It doesn't work all the time, but when it does it's glorious and unbelievably good, so we think it's well worth looking past the few niggles for. It gets a score of 9/10, though admittedly it's only just scraping that if we're going to be totally honest, because it's fun and significant, if not quite as good as it could and arguably should have been.