Fallout 3

Incredible game, but cannot recommend steam version. buy on GOG or use Tale of Two Wastelands to run it in the New Vegas engine.

this game fucks but not as hard as vegas which doest fuck anywhere close to as hard as FO4

Wouldn't be broken if it wasn't a Bethesda game, given that it's still 10/10.

Absolute gem :3

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So i finished it just now, after 16 h of gameplay. Loved it, but i want to share my experience. I did not know where "dad" was once i started, i assumed some where in Rivet City. Whilst exploring i happend upon the vault in which he is stuck. I looked in the pods and saw that one kinda looked like "dad". I did the experiment with out knowing that i safed him, and i got me on the path of the last quest line. Any one else who happend to stumble upon this like i did? I have to say im happy that its not locked for players untill some time or what ever, i like that you can stumble upon it. However it was noticible that the dialoge that followed was meant for a player who did all the stuff before entering the pods.

Moira Brown is the best character in any Fallout game

game crashes on start up no matter how many fixes I try, DO NOT BUY this game it is a waste of cash.

Bethesda has done irreparable damage to the RPG genre passing off games like Oblivion and Fallout 3 as RPGs, when they were cash ins and appeals to a broader audience. Fallout 3 is a shallow RPG experience with horrendous combat, it ruined the fallout universe by turning every game into some tepid looter shooter, with the only vestiges of the originals being confined to the stat menus that have little actual bearing on gameplay other than having enough points in a skill to do the action. What's the point in making the jump to 3D when you still limit the player character's actions behind skills as if it were an isometric game which used the skills less as a check but more as an analogue for role-playing? No, you can't knock down a flimsy blown out door, no, you can't smash a computer to open an abandoned old world vault. This neutered creativity is one of many reasons for why we get quick and easy skyrim clones instead of actual, fun, games that challenge the player intellectually. Although the blunder began with Bethesda the player base eats these games up. Now underfunded indie companies have to move heaven and earth to make a game with the same passion as the original fallout developers, while Bethesda sits on its scrooge mcduck gold pile pumping out slop for its investors.

i buy it game in 2020 year, great game

Fun fact, there are 2 fallout 3's on steam, this one and fallout 3 game of the year edition and if for some reason you buy both versions, you have 2 copies in your steam library, I don't know why this is, and I don't know why I bought it twice, but hey isn't that a fun fact....

here is a link to the game of the year edition:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/22370/Fallout_3_Game_of_the_Year_Edition/

BTW. because there are 2 versions of the game, that also means there are 2 community groups for the same game

I've played this game on the Xbox 360 at a buds house and i must say...when it came out, i was mind-blown, i was born before Fallout (yes. the original...from 1997) and when playing this game i was genuinely in disbelief there could be so many things to do on a game that has a disk that fits in my hand. now that i'm all grown and can afford to actually enjoy this without a RROD (Xbox 360, ifykyk) and on a computer that lets me run it to where it looks nice. i can actually see everything there is to see. and MY GOD is there a hell of a lot of stuff to see, While yes it may be outdated by today's standards. its still a damn good game. as a person who's favorite type of fiction is post apocalyptic this is MY GAME. and if you even remotely like that type of fiction. play this shit. and dont even get me started on the UI, The pip boy is one of the most original interfaces i've seen in a while.

There is a caveat. once you beat the main story. the game either ends or reloads you back right before you finish the story. unless you have one of the fricking DLCs or some shit to add more of the capital wasteland



OH SHIT. I FORGOT ABOUT VATS

Vats is my personal favorite part of the game. If you have a weapon equipped you can press V on your keyboard and the enemy (or friend. hehehe) will light up green. it will slow down time and you can pick parts of there body to lock onto, and it will zoom in and do a 3d person camera (sometimes. if you're inside it will stay first person) and you do a cinematic shootout by shooting at each body part you selected...AND SHIT WILL FALL OFF AND EXPLODE AND SHIT, WHO CARES ABOUT CHERRIES. WE POPPIN' HEADS WITH VATS ( VAULT-TEC ASSISTED TARGETING SYSTEM ) ARMS WILL FLY OFF, YOU CAN SHOOT GUNS OUT OF PEOPLES HANDS. AND CRIPPLE LEGS.

8.5/10 just for the weird ending. and the harsh graphics which are very green tinged and washed out

God forbid the lone wanderer does something without three dog running his mouth about it on the air

childhood game, I remember I didn’t know what to do after leaving the shelter and I just tried to kill everyone

Fucking game crashes every time I try to run it.

i am someone who plays a LOT of fallout so i'm going to make a simple review it's a great game one of my favorite games

This is a good game from the 2000s.
The wasteland, player actions, and your choices are well made.
This game still feels like a game that could have come out a few years later.
There is the bugs, but it's a Bethesda game, expect a few.

Once you get past the dreadful beginning, it gets better

like the game 8.5 not many weapons story line mid fallout new veges better hard to get around not worth the price if it was 10$ it's worth it then but no

i would really like this game i just dont really like how the main the quest is kind of short

If you are a fan of shooter RPG's, then this game is for you.

I absolutely love the different character interactions, and how what you say can lead to different outcomes within the story.
Gameplay is also greater than ever, I am a huge fan of either being able to take on the enemy headfirst with classic FPS mechanics, or using the VATS to target the most critical hit points, or even using both which I mainly do. Overall a 2000s classic, please purchase this whenever you have a chance.

(My only warning is if you want to keep it stable when running, please look for the Intel HD Graphics mod, then you're solid.)

Solid 10/10 masterpiece.

GO BUY THE GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION

I love the game, wish I would have bought the GOTY. It refuses to run in embedded Intel graphics tho just fyi

broken and unplayable with out mods Bethesda you are dumb how and why would you update a game after years of basically not giving a fuck about it then decide yea lets update it only to break it and not immediately update or relaease a patch afterwards to fix the new problem you morons made i hope the modders don't decide to never aid you in any more future titles forever or your days are numbered especially the star field failure

One of the better fallouts for sure, there are things i like about the other games that i wish were included in this one but all around fallout 3 is the best fallout.

Honestly? Fallout 3's kind of a shit game. Uninteresting storyline that barely counts as a "role-playing game" with the lack of any significant decisions on your part that aren't "be good" or "be bad". The game looks like shit and is arguably the worst looking Bethesda game tied with Oblivion (but Oblivion is good to make up for it). The gunplay is atrocious even for 2008 (see Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl, a janky ass game that does it much better), and for some god forsaken reason there are no iron sights??? Sure, why not. The game reuses practically every major faction from the previous titles despite it taking place completely separately from 1 & 2 and 2,793 miles away, and makes them all uninteresting. The Enclave returns despite being defeated in 2, but why not? The writers needed to bring them back! The wasteland is rubble and grey bullshit even though the bombs dropped 200 damn years ago. I know the comparisons have been done over and over, but New Vegas really did do everything better than 3 and is like, 30x better.

Game lets you play tank while your laser minigun wielding party member smosh little men

The game that got me into the Fallout franchise. My friend back in the day had his MSN display picture as the vault boy. Curious I asked him who that cute character was. That is when my obsession with Fallout was born. I LOVE this game, I love New Vegas. To me Fallout 4 and 76 pale in comparison. Both not bad games by any means, But just don’t compare to the charm of 3 and New Vegas.

Why Steam allows this bull*hit is beyond me, game is unplayable, you need player made fixes just to run it.

no comment on the game since it doesn't work!

It's still an excellent game even after all these years. It has many bugs which are annoying as hell but...other than that it is a great action rpg game with good gameplay, a solid story and a rich world with many things to do in it. Would recomend.

7.5/10

You would think that in the 17 years since this game was released, Bethesda would release a patch so that this game actually works on P.C. Instead they rely on the modding community to fix their laziness. I spent 2 hours configuring this game to work on my modern P.C, just to have my game come to a halt from a game breaking bug and it's completely ruined my experience. 14 years waiting on Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout 4 was generic, linear and boring. Starfield was pure trash. Unimaginative, over-hyped, generic garbage. Now, they release a vanity project, a remake of a 19 year old game (Oblivion) just to undermine Skyblivion, a masterpiece made by the community. The community that have made their game playable over the last 20 years. I wont be buying a Bethesda title again, they continue to disappoint and undermine the people who support them. They don't listen to feedback from their community because all they want to do is cash grab for the trash they release and people stupidly hand over their money. ZzZzZzZz...

My first Fallout game and one of my first games of all time
Amazing game

Very fun, would nuke megaton again

Before I go into any more detail: I have over 100h hours in the game but since my ROG Ally does mess with the controlls when Steam is running in the back I have to run it directly from the EXE.
This game is an experience for itself. Here your journey is your goal. It is slow but by that you get confronted way more with the dangers of the post apocalyptic world.
I do like it a lot and can recommend it.

fallout new vegas but even buggier and a bit rougher around the edges, if you liked new vegas youll like this too

War forgot to change 3 : the first mainline game not in California

Ah, when bethesda still made very good games, it's immersive world, wonderful rpg mechanics, and the post apocalyptic story. It's an amazing game, and I recommend playing the sequel as well

after like a decade of trying to understand the appeal of bethesda rpgs, the only one I ever actually completed was fallout 3

This is a great game, or it would be at least except it doesn't open on my computer which is why I'm not recommending it, No problems with the content though, from what I can remember from my old computer, the game was enjoyable with a great map.

this game is so fun i love it so much one of my favorite fallouts

good but just a pain to get working as it commonly crashes upon pressing the play button along with other bugs

Played this after new vegas and can't understand the hate it gets... Great story, great gameplay, the game crashed like twice in my entire playthough. Overall great game!

Classic but always crashes for me.

I love every Fallout game and I'm about to replay 3 - I'm so excited.

this is one of those follow online guide games where you can't really enjoy it properly unless you follow guides online to get certain endings and events to trigger which ruins a lot of the magic compared to games you just play without having any guide open on your second monitor

buy the g.o.t.y version or pirate the dlcs(dont ask me how to)

This game is timeless, and will be so until the end of dawn and the universe. Recommend to anyone who likes games a little bit, because this includes so many parts that good games include, good gameplay, astounding story. And fantastic characters are just few of the reasons why this is my all time favorite video game.

It's very sibipippi but very hard

Wtf is this game more stable than New Vegas? Lmao... Also I just like this game more. Controversial Opinion, ik.

Pretty good game. Fun gameplay, excellent world building, and a great cast of characters. But I have some complaints:

1. Takes a little too long to get going. I can handle slow games but it took far too long to get good here.
2. The tunnels were actual hell. Boring, claustrophobic, and overall just not fun.
3. The ending, while unexpected, feels very abrupt and has a severe lack of weight. The credits narration made the whole thing feel like "Unbreakable" by M. Night Shyamalan.

It is quite addicting, though. I feel like I haven't left my bedroom in a week. Good game, tunnel bad.

amazing but new vegas is way better

Tried it for the story, stayed for the atmosphere.