YOU MUST OWN A COPY OF FALLOUT 3 TO PLAY THIS EXPANSION. This disc contains Operation Anchorage and The Pitt two expansion's previously available from X-box Live through a download. Operation Anchorage puts the player in a simulator to experience the Chinese Red Army siege of Alaska (which Fallout 3 fans should already know about through the game anyway). It introduces new weapon's and armor that your character can use if they win the simulation which you can then use in the "real world". The Pitt takes you to Post Apocalyptic Pittsburgh to save a town over run by Raider's(again Fallout 3 fans should already know what a raider is). You get new weapon's here as well. The expansion is a little on the short side but it is still really fun. If you are a Fallout 3 fan this is a must own if you haven't already got it from Live. Oh and when you put in the disc it will automatically give you the new X-box experience which is pretty much a new dashboard and you make an avatar for when and if you go online. Hope this has helped.

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I don't have my X-Box 360 plugged into the internet, and even if it were I mostly play single player games anyway, so when I saw this on the shelf at the local Wallyworld for a measly $19.99 I had to have it. The game isn't really a sequel so much as it simply adds two new quests and their associated areas. Sort of.

Operation: Anchorage is definitely the better of the two games and puts the player into a simulation which recreates large elements of the Battle of Anchorage, which is a pretty important battle in the Fallout universe. The goal is to end the siege of Anchorage by the Communist Chinese invaders and involves a number of side quests, such as taking out enormous artillery guns to destroying a tank park. It's a real blast seeing US T-51b power armor marching around and squaring off against the Red Menace as you battle from Point A to B to C to try and take out the Chinese leader, General Jingwei. At the conclusion of the simulation you may even be lucky to walk away with a few souvenirs for use in the Wastes. And despite everything being largely covered in snow it was kind of a thrill to see the world as it was before the nukes fell.

The Pitt is the second DLC pack for Fallout and is also a very good expansion for the game, although its not quite as power packed as Operation: Anchorage. Players meet with a new NPC in the far northern edge of the play screen and this NPC guides them to take part in some anti-slavery mayhem in the post-apocalyptic city of Pittsburgh, PA, now known simply as "The Pitt". The game advertises and ballyhoos its "moral grey areas" where player choices are made, and it wasn't kidding. There were a few things I had to do and a few choices I had to make I wasn't really comfortable with, but when all was said and done I was pretty sure that the right thing had been done. The game doesn't have the usual lineup of Ghouls and Super Mutants, but rather abberations called Trogs which each member of the slave caste ends up transforming to unless they receive the cure. And only only one person in the city has the cure, and the slaves want that cure pretty badly...

Neither game really gives you explorable terrain and both are fairly linear in layout. This may bug a lot of folks, and to be honest tweaked me a little bit too. There were obviously sections of the Pitt that were begging to be explored but were simply impossible to get to. There are a few new weapons and pieces of armor to be gotten, but admittedly the best ones come from the Operation: Anchorage expansion (the winterized T-51b Power Armor with US Army markings was awesome enough, but the Gauss Rifle and Stealth Suit really sweetened the deal further). If you can lay your hands on The Infiltrator in the Pitt, it is by far the finest 5.56 ammo weapon I've come across, far better than the Chinese Assault Rifle. Definitely recommend as a buy!

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If you love Fallout 3 probably you'd love this ad-ons disc, Operation Anchorage is fun, the Pitt i'm afraid to say is still full of bugs that i thought they'd fix, the DLC on Xbox Live was bugged and with lotsa glitches, this disc is too

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I personally have already downloaded the DLC of Xbox Live but I felt the need to have a hard copy of it to sit on my shelf.

Operation: Anchorage & The Pitt despite there "small / medium" size are definitely a great addon pack to the original Fallout 3, new weapons, characters, places to discover.

If you love(d) the original Fallout 3 than definitely get this add on for it.

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Yes, this is probably great for those that don't have access to DLC and couldn't wait, but still seems like a milk job by bethsoft. I'll still be waiting for the single pack that has all the dlc for the game, not just a couple of them. My copy of fallout3 has been collecting dust since release, what's another half year when there's so many other great games to play.

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Great add-ons, a little on the short side but they are def. worth it, more weapons, people to fight, land to explore, and its just great. a must have if you don't have it, and more useful to those taht can't download them from xbox live marketplace.

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Got this about a week ago, and my son and I have completed it. This was a great add on to a great game!

I played a good karma character, and my son played a bad karma character, and I have to say, it is much more fun playing bad!!!

It loaded into the game without any problem, and the added sites pop up on your maps. The Operation:Anchorage took a bit of getting used to (You have to run through a simulation of the battles in Anchorage, AK. You get need stuff out of it, though).

The Pitt has fantastic graphics, and a decent story line.

I am still wandering around the landscape of the original game.

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Purchased this for my son and he loves it - along with the other add on

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When Fallout 3 came out I ran out to buy it, and it instantly became one of my favorite video games. After playing many hours of Fallout 3 I had to stop playing it because I had to play other games. Recently I got back into over the weekend. Due to this I bought this expansion pack. I was hoping this would renew my love of this game. Sadly this was only a little true.

The first expansion was the worse of these two. It is nice that the story continues after the ending, but it was to distant from the original formula. The expansion was centered around combat. Though this works poorly because of the combat system leaving a lot to be desired. I'm not saying the combat should be to the level of Devil May Cry or Ninja Gaiden but, it isn't good enough to base a game around. It also lacks the story/depth that the main story had. You also feel that your decisions have a lot less of an impact than other parts of the game. I know I sound like I am saying that this is a horrible game, but its not, its just disapointing.

Luckily this came with a second piece of content. This add on felt like it could have been added in the game. If you enjoyed the original game you will definitly enjoy this. It has many guns that will keep you playing Fallout for a while longer. There isn't that much to say about this game except that the game is very enjoyable.

Overall if you really liked the main game it is safe to say that you will really enjoy this game, but if you only somewhat enjoyed the game I would reccomend that you rent this game.

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I don't have xbox live myself, so the Game Add-On Pack is great (allowing me to get dlc that I'm not able to anyways). The Pitt and Operation: Anchorage are both great expansion packs (although they're fairly short). I really appreciate Bethesda putting this out there for those of us who can't get the dlc anyways. I'm really looking forward to August to get the Broken Steel and Point Lookout Add-On pack.

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The add on pack you get has two add ons in one box cool to play at a great price, LOVE it!!!

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Fallout is the best game I have ever played and the Add-On makes it last so much longer, can't wait till the next one.

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This DLC is not as fun as some of the others,but I love the weapons.

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Operation: Anchorage was the first downloadable content available for Fallout 3. Fallout is far too complex a game to explain here; suffice it to say that the paranoia and jingoistic patriotism of the 1950s became a permanent way of life due to the escalation of nuclear war between communist forces and America. Operation: Anchorage fills in the back story of the game by thrusting the player into a pivotal moment in Fallout's history: the liberation of Alaska from communist China.

This isn't really an addition to Fallout so much as it's a complete mini-game more in the vein of the Tom Clancy sneak-and-shoot games. The mission involves a series of escalated attacks against Chinese forces in a windswept arctic climate. There are soldiers that can be commanded to fight on your behalf, enabling some rudimentary squad tactics. There are no mutations and therefore no mutants, no irradiated wasteland and thus no radiation concerns, and only the equipment Anchorage supplies you. It's a completely different game with a similar interface.

And sneaking is critical here. It was a shock for my 20th-level Fallout character, stripped of his huge arsenal of drugs and equipment, to be regularly outmatched by sharpshooters who often had a tactical advantage. In fact, all of the opponents are considerably more difficult, including the invisible Crimson Dragoons. I faced down several threats by staying near a health dispenser and clicking it every few rounds as I was pounded by Dragoon fire. There were several points in the game where I died multiple times using the brute force approach, eventually forced to sneak my way through much of the content. In short, Operation: Anchorage gave me a good dose of humility.

Anchorage provides two items that will change your Fallout 3 experience. The first is the Winterized T-51b Power Armor. One of the most powerful armors in the game (DR 45), it never gets damaged. The other standout item is the Gauss Rifle, which has a scope, uses microfusion cells, and causes creatures to be knocked down for four seconds on a critical hit.

Words can't properly express how satisfying it is to hit a Deathclaw full in the face and watch it go flying off a cliff. Those four seconds can be a lifetime on a battlefield, bestowing a critical combat advantage to the player's companions who continue to pound away at the prone target; players using VATS and the right perks can knock an opponent around like a hockey puck.

Operation Anchorage isn't like the rest of Fallout 3 and that might be a turn off for some. But the Gauss Rifle and Power Armor make it all worth it.

Part of the genius of Fallout 3 is that it mixes 1950s sensibilities with post-apocalyptic atrocities, striking the perfect balance between humor and horror. With the Pitt, the balance definitely shifts towards the nihilistic, more The Road and Swan Song and less Beyond Thunderdome.

Like Operation: Anchorage, the player enters former Pittsburgh stripped bare of weapons and armor. He is pretending to be a slave. Mingling among the slaves, the player must fight his way through The Hole, a series of arena battles against increasingly difficult foes. My high-level character tore right through them in record time.

Surviving multiple rounds in The Hole grants an audience with Ashur, the head slaver and a former Brother of Steel. Indeed, this title may be more apt, because Ashur has created a bustling economy using Pittsburgh's steel mill to churn out weapons and armor.

It soon becomes clear that things are a little less black-and-white than in the rest of the Fallout wasteland. With the population largely sterile due to the Troglodyte Degeneration Contagion, Ashur settled on slave labor as a short-term solution to his manpower difficulties. Those who are tough enough ascend to join the slavers in bullying slaves and raiding other communities. The twist-ending requires a sadistic choice with no real winners or losers. It's as grim as it sounds.

Also like Operation: Anchorage, The Pitt provides one of the best melee weapons: The Mauler. An auto-blocking, persistent damage-inflicting beast of a weapon, The Mauler gets blood and guts everywhere, but then, killin's messy work.

That pretty much sums up The Pitt too. I felt a little dirty after playing it.

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The Pitt is worth the money, but Operataion Anchorage is almost a waste of time. If you can download the expanions, save your money and just get the Pitt. If you can't, this makes a decent value

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