Fallout 3

GO BUY THE GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION
Had a pretty long ass review written on this but figured I'd shorten it up. This game is just as much the tits as it was 17 years ago. Graphically it's aged pretty damn well imo. Ive had zero issues and crashes, thanks to the removal of GFWL. Downloaded a couple of mods like the unofficial patch but honestly, it's a complete "plug-n-play" package right out the box; a rarity these days for games released pre-2010. Havent played it since before NV released and it was a breath of fresh air, with the bull shit that Bethesda has released since FO4 (havent played NV or 4 since their releases either for what it's worth). The music is solid and GNR (a radio station in game) is a must when playing the game. Overall it's still a fantastic game and rpg and holds up well in 2025. Just dont expect 2025 quality and youll have fun.
If youre like me and havent played 3 or any FO in awhile, it's definitely worth checking out or revisiting, especially if youre a fan of old Bethesda games.
If you wanna mod the game, youre gonna need the game of the year edition.

If the game crashed when you click new game, just get "Intel HD graphics Bypass package" from Nexus mods, will fix it even if you don't have an integrated GPU!
The game rocks!

The game gets a bad rep. Of course this isn't FNV but it's the first Fallout installment in 3D so let's give it some slack :)
But no Polish localization, no steam cards nor achievements is a great shame, what is the point of buying it on steam then?
The game has a lot of mods too, they could add mod support to steam like in Skyrim..
Grab this on sale

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

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful (With mods then this one)
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs (This Is Bethesda we are talking about...)
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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

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!