Mothership Zeta is the fifth and final DLC pack for Fallout 3 and this is definitely the most unique of all the Fallout DLC because it takes players out of the Capital Wasteland and on board an alien mothership. It starts out the way you’d expect it to, you’re abducted by aliens and you wake up in a jail cell with other humans and you work together to make it to the captains bridge which can get you back to earth. The overall story of Mothership Zeta was bland to say the least and lets just say it doesn’t offer much shock value like some of Fallout 3’s other quests do.
Mothership Zeta’s main focus is on its combat and that really hurts it from being great, for the entire time you’ll be wondering down the same corridors shooting aliens in order to get from point A to B, it starts out great at first but after a while you really just want to get back to the Capital Wasteland as soon as possible. It’s very unfortunate that the main focus was on combat because Fallout 3’s main strength is in its exploration and it would have been really cool if there was more to discover in the mothership other then bland corridors.
The experience isn’t all that bad though, those that are looking for new weapons and equipment will love this expansion pack. Players will discover tons of alien weaponry that is the most powerful in the game and you’ll discover lots of items that can be sold for a pretty penny when you get back to the Capital Wasteland.
Motheship Zeta is not a that long compared to the other Fallout 3 DLC. It took me at least 3 hours to complete the entire quest and there are no side quests or interesting places to explore, so those that loved the previous Point Lookout DLC may be dissapointed by the length and the lack of exploration.
So in closing Mothership Zeta is a unique but poorly executed add on. Its to straight forward and the experience gets old pretty quick. But because I’m such a hardcore Fallout 3 fan I still had fun with Mothership Zeta and I’m sure that everyone will atleast get some enjoyment out of this DLC.
7/10
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