im a 360 fanboy, i own both systems , and have this game for the 360.

BUT i think weve all had enough with these dumb flame bait threads.

its got problems. BIG DEAL.

i'm about to get out the vault as we speak.. no issues so far.. with that said.. cant some of these posts be merged since there are so many repeats?

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oh and i'll post this again until it stops

There is a section on their site for all three platform issues

http://www.bethsoft.com/bgs...

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a platform by platform breakdown

All platforms

* It is possible to get "stuck" between rocks with no way of escaping (jumping, crouching, etc.) User can fast travel to escape (if no baddies near by.)
* Missing head/face in haircut screen - using the robot in the Megaton house to change appearance, you can still make the change in appearance, but you cannot preview what the change will look like because your face is missing
* No test on desk during G.O.A.T. test.
* Unable to proceed past the book when you are a baby. Fathers leg clip into door.
* During the Big Trouble in Big Town quest, after bringing Red and Shorty back to Big Town, when presented with the option to defend the town by repairing the damaged robots, the game will glitch and the robots will not be in the town. A reload to an earlier save did NOT correct this issue.
* Related to the previous bug: The robots actually flew through the air and died at my feet as I entered the town for the first time. As such, I didn't know it was a bug that would affect anything... I thought they were just enemy robots.

PC

* after speaking with silver in springvale, cannot find moriarty anywhere
* Sudden crash to desktop without a send/don't send error report.
* Disk unable to be read, viewed or otherwise seen as media on some DVD drives such as a Sony DRU-720A.
* Game crashing when "New Game" is pressed in the main menu (related to ffdshow - adding fallout3.exe to the exception list off directshow audio/video apparently fixes this, but still remains an issue with others).
* Game crashing when "Play" is pressed in the launcher splash screen (discuss specific issues/solutions on Talk:Fallout_3_bugs).
* Memory leak related to excess processes, on-board sound card, and/or SLI.
* VATS - related severe performance issues.
* Game sometimes crashes on exiting with a send/don't send error report.
* Player stuck unable to move, HUD also missing. Possibly due to bumping the ~,which opens the console to input cheats, directly above the TAB.
* Some sound clips get stuck and loop until very far away from source. - fixed by lowering hardwareacceleration in controlpanel > speaker > advanced [Seemingly related to EAX support]
* Mouse acceleration/smoothing cannot be disabled, causes mouse lag and strange acceleration
* Due to an error in installing, certain sound effects (like gun shots/reloading and monster sounds) do not play.
* Game freezes on loading screen when trying to load saved game.
* Game crashes more and more frequently without a trigger the more it is played, resulting in a "log in and crash straight back out" effect after only an hour or so of game time.
* Drop in FPS after playing for an extended period of time. Restarting the game fixes it.
* Sometimes NPCs get stuck on path while advancing toward deployed Frag Mines then instantly appears as though they teleported through it's triggering area. Additionally, Frag Mines have also been observed warping nearby enemies onto the Mine...which then detonates...spectacularly. No known fix.
* Rebinding The Pip-Boy key is only one way. You can open it with your newly bound key, but must close it with Tab. (May not be on all PCs?)
* Some key bindings are dropped (very rarely) after loading a saved game in midgame.
* Sometimes when firing full auto or pistols as fast as you can click sound of weapon is silent for a few shots.
* With 5.1 surround sounds from behind come through front speakers and vice-versa.
* Streaks, flickers, and graphical corruption on fullscreen with Vista and SLI enabled. Running in Windowed mode solves the problem.
* Named NPCs spontaneously die in Megaton, possibly from falling off walkways or rad exposure near the bomb.
* NPCs appear to float and their head's rotate around.
* When the Pip-Boy's color is changed, the color does not change in third person view. (In other words, if color is changed to amber, then the pip boy remains green until activated)
* Turning on radio causes graphics to stutter
* On some configurations, no 16/9 or 16/10 resolutions available in setup
* Cant exit vault 101 - game crash. Loading imported save dont help - game crash after walking anywhere.

PlayStation 3

* Slow or Jerky Movement while in The Vault. (akin to Lag in an Online game), might be fixed by rebooting your PS3
* Graphic Glitch - Officer at Birthday Scene has left eye that stretches out for the entire viewable screen and follows head / eye movement
* Game freezes during GOAT exam, may be circumvented by saving and reloading.
* At the birthday scene, the door in the back opens up after some dialogue, and if you go through, you will be warped to another part of the vault, with no way back to the birthday scene
* Jefferson Memorial Freeze - While traveling or approaching the Jefferson memorial during main quest the PS3 freezes.
* Random objects blocking models both PC and NPC.

Xbox 360

* Cannot read disk during tuning of the "Radio" or any other random event, usually at the beginning of gameplay. The longer you play, the less likely this happens. Restart system fixes.
* As with the PS3 version while approaching the Jefferson Memorial the game freezes. Clearing cache does not work to fix the issue.
* Main quest achievement problems.
* After dying and having the game auto-load, sometimes the primary fire button will get 'stuck.' By this, you cannot fire by pressing the trigger. It will keep firing automatically every few seconds. So far, the only known way to fix this is to completely shut down the console and restart it.
* After getting into a fight in tenpenny tower and speed travelling away the game locks upon re-entering tenpenny tower. The only fix is to re-start from an earlier save.

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Got in the Room,Sat Down and that was it ! No test Paper i could move the Camera around but that was it !
10 mins later i reloaded same again
So the third time i punched the teacher and i ended up skiping the Test !!
Other wise no Problems Exept when people log on or off

Right when I heard that M$ had the DLC rights, as soon as I hear a Dev is in bed with M$ I wont buy there game, maybe years down the road when it's in the 9.99 bin. M$ has no in house devs so they go around throwing money around for DLC and who in the hell knows what else. How do I no that they didn't throw some money and say hey make the ps3 look like sh!t. Call me a Fanboy I dont care but don't tell me that's out of the Realm for M$. I'm sorry there is just to many good 1st party games to be worry about this game.
There's levels in LBP that would make your head explode. Now let me get back to my level that I'm making.

The graphics in Fallout 3 are just so-so. By no means something that makes me go wow. I mean, right from the start when you are a baby the ball you can kick around casts no shadow and does not even show your reflection. Later during your G.O.A.T exam if you walk in front of the projector you also cast no shadow. This to me suggests the lighting model is pre-rendered.

Once outdoors the environment just looks like the same few rocks, buildings and trees repeated over and over and over.

Oh yes, only glitch I have experienced so far is when you take your seat during the G.O.A.T exam you have to save, quit then load for the questions to be read out by the instructor.

My impression of the game may change but so far it seems pretty dull.

christ, people need to stop nitpicking, 1 of 300,000 pixels don't show and its the end of the world, get ur sand a out of ur Vag and stop complaining with these stupid articles

The fact is, out of all the reviews for Fallout 3 that have come out so far there have been several that point out the overall inferiority of the PS3 version, but not a single one that claims the 360 version to be inferior. The reviewers either don't really go into any detail about the differences between the two console versions, or they specifically state that the PS3 has more bugs and looks somewhat worse.

Gamespot said:
"It's a shame, in light of these impressive design elements, that the PlayStation 3 version is shockingly inferior to the others from a technical perspective. Although the Xbox 360 and PC versions display the occasional visual oddity and bland texture, these nitpicks are easy to overlook. Sadly, the jagged edges, washed-out lighting, and slightly diminished draw distance of the PS3 release aren't so easy to dismiss. We also experienced a number of visual bugs on the PS3. Character faces disappeared several times, leaving only eyeballs and hair; limbs on robots went missing; some character models had an odd outline around them as if they were cel-shaded; and the day-to-night transition may cause odd streaks on the screen as you move the camera around. This version doesn't even offer trophies, whereas the Xbox 360 and PC versions offer Xbox Live/Windows Live achievements."

Giantbomb said:
"Across the three platforms, the PC version of Fallout 3 is the best, provided you have hardware that can handle it. The 360 version is no slouch, though. It might not be quite as pretty as the PC version, but it still looks fine. The load times remain pretty reasonable. The PlayStation 3 version is below the 360 version, by comparison. The level of detail when you're in the wasteland or other areas where you can see for great distances isn't quite as good, the game seems to be a bit more aliased, and the frame rate isn't as smooth. Plus, the PS3 version of the game doesn't have any trophy support (yet), and the game actually freezes every time a status message, such as "so and so is online" or "DUDE HOW DID U GET FALLOUT 3 EARLY!!!!???" is on-screen."

PSM3 said:
"Fallout 3's world looks incredible, tinged by the chill of the desolate, post-apocalyptic emptiness. But, sadly, the PS3 version compares poorly to its Xbox and PC counterparts. Now, the PS3 version looks the same as on Xbox, but things in the distance are slightly jaggier/rougher, the textures seem 'muddier' up-close and the frame rate is choppier, especially during the last few story missions."

IGN said:
"Fallout 3 is such an engaging and fantastic experience that it's easy to overlook its few minor flaws, but they do exist and should be mentioned. With any game of this size and scope, you can likely expect a few bugs to slip through the testing process and that is the case here. I had the game crash a couple times. I, and other editors at IGN, have also experienced an annoying number of bugs on the PS3 version that have prevented the game from progressing or have broken the world. In all of these cases, reloading the game has been enough to fix the errors and nothing was frustrating or detrimental enough to give me thought of not recommending the game. However, there is one major issue with the PS3 version that can't be fixed with a reset. Every time anybody on your friends list signs on or sends you a message (or any time you receive any network notification), the game freezes and the screen blurs for a few seconds. If you have a lot of friends signing on and off all day, this will completely ruin the game. The only way to circumvent this is to either play offline or turn off notifications entirely."

I'm playing the PC version, and I've had a couple of problems. One I fixed.

1. The game crashed after about 20 minutes of play. I updated my graphics card driver and it doesn't do it anymore. If you have an 8 series geforce card and having the same problem, I highly suggest updating your driver.

2. A slight graphical glitch that pops up every 10 minutes or so, and it goes away after a couple of seconds. It just a weird line that shows up on the right side of the screen, and it's not annoying enough to bother me too much. I read that I could play in windowed mode and it won't happen, so I'll probably do that.

Also, this game looks FANTASTIC on a good PC (highest settings). After I got out of the Vault in the beginning, my jaw dropped.

We know it sucks on PS3 (in comparison) since weeks ago, I don't think we need a new article reminding us every day. For that reason I'll get it on 360 like I did with orange box and GTAIV, and also they have extra DLC.

This is the exception, not the rule, and I'm also not surprised considering microsoft paid for additional DLC. Perhaps they paid for not putting much effort to the Ps3 version too.

not as bad as people make it out to be. the internets are full of whiny people.

MicroSlop? no thanks! I bought steam deck to quit Microslop. Thank you Valve

Wishing for New Vegas.

Virtuous wants to crank out another low effort UE5 project for Bethesda, huh?

That sure is a title of time

I love all three of the main Bethesda Fallout games, so I'll take any of them.