Fallout 3 (2008)
Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic characters.
Game Information
Genres: Action, Role-Playing
Platforms: Windows, PS3, Xbox 360, PS Now
Franchise: Fallout
Expansions: Operation: Anchorage
The Pitt
Broken Steel
Point Lookout
Mothership Zeta
Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
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Fallout 3 belongs to 15 collections
1. 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die (book) (collaborative: moderated by Veterini - 10 stars)
2. video games considered artistic (collaborative: moderated by Veterini - 5 stars)
3. Game Pass for PC (collaborative: moderated by howabe - 3 stars)
4. Was free on Epic Games Store (collaborative: moderated by Veterini - 3 stars)
5. Wikipedia's List of Video Games Considered the Best (collaborative: moderated by BeeDub - 2 stars)
6. Game Developers Choice Award for Game of the Year (collaborative: moderated by BeeDub - 1 star)
7. Golden Joystick Award for Game of the Year (collaborative: moderated by BeeDub - 1 star)
8. My Games (public: BeeDub - 1 star)
9. PS3 Well Rated & Well-Known (collaborative: moderated by 90sCoffee)
10. BAFTA Best Game winners and nominees ~o~ (collaborative: moderated by 5Z5qjRCfM2)
11. Games Currently on Game Pass for XBox (collaborative: moderated by oldscotland)
12. Game Informers Top 100 RPGs of All Time (June 2016) (collaborative: moderated by oldscotland)
13. Post-apocalyptic video games (collaborative: moderated by Veterini)
14. Open World Video Games (collaborative: moderated by Veterini)
15. AAA Games (collaborative: moderated by Veterini)
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| Jul 17, 2022 | xanta_k | 95 81st |
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my first fallout game. best single player game ever. i loved when i had to use the armour and how it made me feel.
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Comrade_Bert | 50 8th |
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why
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| Apr 14, 2021 | Bene | 70 25th |
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As a hardcore fan of the first two parts I’ll never be able to not feel bitter about this one, but it’s a decent way to spend a few Hang-over Sundays.
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| Jun 25, 2020 | sfgse83rf3 | 3 39th |
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Fun gameplay with lots to do, but the writing is bad.
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| Apr 19, 2020 |  |
TheEscapist | 91 94th |
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Amazing, loved exploring the wasteland.
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| Jan 22, 2020 | DSonla | 73 16th |
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A good game but if you were looking for something gritty like Fallout 1 & 2 like me, you'll leave disappointed.
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| Oct 22, 2019 |  |
Antonio P | 0 2nd |
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Some games you just can't into too even if you are trying to figure out why your friends like them. This and Zelda games. So I played this game and immediately was frustrated just to solve how to get out of the first room you are in. I won't even put any more effort into this game.
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| Oct 22, 2019 |  |
Jerky | 90 79th |
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So bongo, bongo, bongo I don't want to leave the congo, Oh no no no no noooooooooooooo Bingle, bangle, bungle I'm so happy in the jungle I refuse to go. The songs are such an essential part of the experience of Fallout, I can't believe that some gamers turn the radio off. Blasphemy! I think my game save on this is 303 hours. I literally did everything possible, explored every inch of the map, searching everything, all side missions and DLC. You should see my storage locker. I am a hoarder.
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| Feb 25, 2019 |  |
War Machine | 85 93rd |
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another of my all time favs. my fav non-quest, unscripted, etc, journey i ever went on in any game was probably my first time going through the downtown wasteland and seeing a super mutant. i loved being in the vault and coming out and the father story the first time. and knowing what my mom woulda made the password. and my teddy bear < 3. it was a 100 but also too outdated now. i might even have to lower it lol. i spent soooo many hours on it though. like it might be the most for a non-pokemon
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| Oct 22, 2018 | vv238 | 78 82nd |
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Bethesda takes Fallout in a different direction, one which emphasizes exploration and some very dated gameplay. The world is still very engaging and interesting and makes use of characters, journals, and just about everything else to tell some solid stories. The best stories end up being the ones on the side as the main quest is probably the weakest part of this game. Still very worth experiencing.
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| Jun 12, 2018 | Bobbles | 9 8th |
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As a fan of the first two Fallout games, Fallout 3 was a massive, horrendous disappointment for me when it was first released. Ten years later, with the benefit of age and the wisdom that accompanies it, my appraisal of the game has mellowed considerably. Yes, Fallout 3 is a braindead, content starved game with truly terrible "comedy" writing and sleep-inducing gameplay, but at least it doesn't have paid mods, spyware, or an always-online restriction. 9 points for that.
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| May 02, 2018 |  |
Platknight | 70 41st |
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By itself, a pretty entertaining romp through post-apocalyptica. Mods make this game better, but if you want a greater stand-alone story experience and various improvements, it's best to go with it's sequel developed by Obsidian, Fallout: New Vegas.
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| Apr 10, 2018 | mwestcott | 80 28th |
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Fallout 3 is massive. No question about it. The problem with a world so large to explore is filling it with enough to keep coming back to it. Which it lacks when compared to the previous Bethesda titles. Although the wonderful atmosphere and fully realized post apocalyptic landscape is more than enough to compensate.
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| Mar 21, 2018 |  |
omgfridge | 8 40th |
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Better than 4.Some sequences in this are hard to match even today. Has a lot of shortcomings but ultimately a great experience.
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| Mar 02, 2018 |  |
TheDiceman | 85 88th |
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Awesome game ,searching nuclear wastelands for stuff to survive and kill things with is fun.
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| Jan 25, 2018 |  |
martryn | 100 99th |
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As with many people, this was the first Fallout game I ever played. I woke up, hungover, on the couch at my friend's apartment, and he was playing this. I watched for about 4 hours, and then went and picked up a copy for myself, which I then played, non-stop, for about 3 weeks. This opened up an entire genre of games for me that I didn't know too much about. A fantastic introduction to a world that I can't wait to visit, again and again.
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| Jan 18, 2018 |  |
AFlickering | 4 67th |
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for some reason the tranquillity lane simulation haunts my memories to this day.
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| Jan 18, 2018 |  |
Velvet Crowe | 53 33rd |
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Has some decent quests and decisions do feel consequential, but Bethesda raped the lore with this game and the writing was atrocious. The morality is laughably white and black with characters acting like edgelords for no discernible reason. The morality system is overly easy to cheese and manipulate. The RPG mechanics are there and functional, but VATS is so overpowered that it often trivializes whatever stats you build up and makes most combat encounters a breeze.
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| Jan 15, 2018 |  |
JSchlansky | 85 92nd |
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The game has plenty of problems and short comings but I have a major soft spot for apocalyptic settings and Fallout 3 has one of the most fully realized wastelands in any game
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| Jan 15, 2018 |  |
hellboy76 | 92 95th |
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Purists will decry the departure from the Fallout 1 and 2 formats, but Bethesda is nothing if not content (until recently). It's huge open world with countless side missions and encounters offer amazing opportunity for entertainment. Often the main storyline is forgotten (for better or worse) because of it.
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| Jan 15, 2018 |  |
Obdurate | 65 24th |
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I should love this because I love post-apocalyptic stuff and I love the art design here, but I just can't fall for the Fallout games. Bethesda makes huge areas to explore and they excel at that but they also skimp a little on other aspects; the shooting is not satisfying, and although you don't technically have to use V.A.T.S. the game is still built around it and it's a stupid flow killer. Also, the story isn't great.
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| Jan 13, 2018 |  |
CosmicMonkey | 83 62nd |
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Never finished it, because like there was so. much. to. do. but it was a really cool world with cool storytelling, with gameplay that... hasn't aged well.
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| Jan 12, 2018 |  |
Ocelot | 65 65th |
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mindblowing for me when it came out, but it has not aged well. it looks ugly, even by PS3 standards, and a lot of the gameplay feels more like proof of concept than something full fleshed out in its own right.
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| Average Percentile 52.08% from 597 Ratings |  |