This game singlehandedly made me love Fallout as a franchise. People will get caught up in Obsidian superiority complexes, but I think Bethesda absolutely knocked it out of the park here.
I will definitely say that this game is more linear than New Vegas, only facilitating 1 or 2 extra playthroughs for other endings. However, it takes that design decision and makes a Main Quest far more interesting and fun to play than a good chunk of the New Vegas Main Questline. If you're only gonna play through once - Fallout 3 is the far better choice.
I will definitely say that this game is more linear than New Vegas, only facilitating 1 or 2 extra playthroughs for other endings. However, it takes that design decision and makes a Main Quest far more interesting and fun to play than a good chunk of the New Vegas Main Questline. If you're only gonna play through once - Fallout 3 is the far better choice.
With insanely high production quality and expert world building, there's a lot to like in Fallout 3. Narratively, it's also pretty good. But is it a good game? The Capital Wasteland is—ironically—rich and filled with interesting characters, and a lot of the fun is exploring it, but that's the crux of it: when it comes to "playing" Fallout 3, it's essentially just a series of menu selections. If that sounds alright with you—and you can bear the technical difficulties—then by all means.
This was the only game on our TV for like 6 months when it first came out. My god I ravenously consumed this bad boy and loved it through and through. But it has aged poorly, and the ending still sits as one of the dumbest things I've ever come across in video games. Why do Bethesda utterly shit the bed with their main quest lines in these games?
Was good when I was a kid just shooting mutants in the subway. Now as an adult the history is laughable, quests are painful and the game is far to easy to give me any sense of an unforgiving wasteland. Ending is actual garbage and the DLC ending feels like the developers are pointing a finger at you and laughing.
Of the games I've played, this is undoubtedly the worst entry of the Fallout series that I've played. The game aged like milk, having mediocre RPG systems and gunplay even when in comparison to releases of a similar time. On top of that, it has little to no redeeming qualities with a mediocre main quest and few great side-quests.
Fallout 3 will always be a 5 star rating in my heart. Fallout is my favourite franchise (with Metal Gear and Zelda) and Fallout 3 was my entry to the saga. But it's important to say that this game is not perfect and hasn't aged well. The setting of the Wasteland is magnificent - probably the best one - but the dungeons aren't good. There are a few exceptions (Dunwich Building, the metro), but in general in the dungeons there is no lore and there are just enemies to kill.
Now, because this is a little review of the goty edition, just a few words for the DLCs.
Operation Anchorage: pretty interesting, but not that good. God tier overpowered loot.
The Pitt: best DLC of Fallout 3. Great setting, great characters, great loot, best questline in the game.
Broken Steel: bad. With this DLC the level cap becomes 30.
Point Lookout: I always think that this DLC is overrated as hell. However, it's good and Point Lookout is pretty nice to explore.
Mothership Zeta: pure shit. God tier overpowered energy weapons.
Now, because this is a little review of the goty edition, just a few words for the DLCs.
Operation Anchorage: pretty interesting, but not that good. God tier overpowered loot.
The Pitt: best DLC of Fallout 3. Great setting, great characters, great loot, best questline in the game.
Broken Steel: bad. With this DLC the level cap becomes 30.
Point Lookout: I always think that this DLC is overrated as hell. However, it's good and Point Lookout is pretty nice to explore.
Mothership Zeta: pure shit. God tier overpowered energy weapons.
This review contains spoilers
I really enjoyed this game, after years of playing fnv, f4, f76, I thought it was finally time and it was! I really enjoyed it, the story, the side content, it was all really spectacular, even the dlcs were amazing. The only thing I have an issue with is the original ending, it just felt really unsatisfactory and forced, and the fact anything you do other than sacrifice yourself the narrator will criticise you for didn't sit great with me.
I gave it a chance after NV bc everyone was comparing one with another and after playing both I don't think people can be serious about this one, it's the worst game of those I've played from the series.
On dlcs, I only endured operation anchorage and as the clock kept ticking I could only think of finishing the game so I didn't play the other ones. I will never know if they're good because the base game kicked me off like a nuke
On dlcs, I only endured operation anchorage and as the clock kept ticking I could only think of finishing the game so I didn't play the other ones. I will never know if they're good because the base game kicked me off like a nuke