But after completing the game, I played Oblivion again and had a better time...Just the color in Fallout was washed, yes it was after a nuclear war but geez. One thing in Fallout that I would like to have seen is more Oasis like area's, or some rain/snow. Overall great game, just could of had more variety!

I think it's a fantastic game that's well worth at least a 2nd playthrough , while i'd agree that some of the areas and the combat can get repetitive , i don't think it detracts anything from my overall enjoyment.

Like many others i am very disappointed that PS3 will not be getting any dlc.

I don't rly disagree or agree with your review and to each his own opinion. But personally, I rly enjoyed Fallout 3 and thoguht it was extremely fun, although the Pitt DLC was kind of disappointing

I enjoyed Fallout 3, Hell I'm still enjoying it (Currently playing The Pitt). I won't agree to this or disagree. Everyone has an opinion over a game. Still a sad day when people try to pass of their views as facts.

The monsters and textures got a tad repetitive. I want a Fallout-like game that uses Blu-ray to its potential, now that would be interesting to see.

i've racked up a character with 150 hours into it. i defy any single player next gen game, oblivion aside, to have me that interested for that long. i love it. if i could, id smear it on a sandwhich and eat it. its that good. and yet, i could list a hundred faults, just like i could in oblivion, but it doesnt matter. it sucks me in. i almost feel bad for those who wont/cant play it. it should be part of the NHS.

funny thing though, i got it the day before release, uber excited. put it on, got out of the vault, wondered to megaton, turned it off, and went meh. and i didnt play it for another month. the greys!! the opressive 'doom round every corner' feeling, i just didnt prepare for it, and didnt like it. put it back in when i was bored, started moira's quest, and have barely taken it out of my 360 since.

epic game.

Its proberly a little bit overrated, but its still a gd game.

...that game gives me a Thumping headache(and that is nothing to do with the RPG bits!!! ;-D Not a RPG Fan really) Can't play it + Can't play Unreal 3 to??? 30 minutes on it and i feel ill(bad head)??? Thank GOD i can play KillZone 2 for hours and feel ok. Was the same with DOOM on PS1 + Red Faction 2 + Half Life on PS2.
Oh well...i'm talking to myself again... ;-D

Yes, Fallout 3 is full of defaults. I've never played a Fallout game before, and i agree there are much things wrong with the game, especially its reviews. A game with so much technical problems (aliasing, clipping, low animations, etc...) can't have a 9 or 10/10.

As i've already said before, a review score must include 75% of technical and artistic aspects, and 25% of fun aspects. But Fallout 3 may be not a technical powerhouse, i've never passed so much time on a game since TimeSplitters 2 and Final Fantasy VII. I had an incredible pleasure playing the game, whatever its defaults.

So yes, Fallout 3 has been overrated, just like GTA IV or Resident Evil 5, but it's still worth the buy. It's a very good experience.

Played for a month, whilst it was admirable, it was very drab.

There was just no variety. But my vote goes for London to be where the next Fallout takes place, I feel the series needs refreshing.

I believe this man should shut his mouth

i played this game over any other for about a month straight << no life :D
and i enjoyed it as you can tell,
but i was dissapointed at the ending.
why couldent we stay on after the main quest to do all the side quests
and just see how high (lvl) you can get your player
and why no DLC for ps3 :( they was the really bad points
i found the survival and combat part to be entertaining tho
not all pepole would agree :(
but yeahh i dont think it was overrated.
just could of been done better :)

gta4 a more expansive world than fallout 3?

Okay, consider that every square foot of fallout 3 has about 10x the detail of gta4....

Mass Effect/Oblivion > Fallout 3 > Far Cry > GTA 4

I know there very different games but what the hell someone else brought them up!

But, to each your own.

I appreciated the story, quests, colors, battle sequences, underground (caves vs. subway tracts) and enemies in Oblivion more so than F3.

And once I could cast invisibility and burn through the Oblivion gates and do some serious treasure hunting in caverns and caves without being detected, man, I could not stop playing.

However, Bethesda needs to do better QC on DLC. The bugs are simply unacceptable from a company that puts out AAA titles.

My main gripe with fallout and oblivion is how despite having these massive and beautiful worlds, the main nitty gritty goes down underground.

Different strokes for different folks. I respect the author's opinion, but I don't think he should state his case as if everyone should feel the same way he does. I loved Fallout 3 personally, even after having played the classic games on PC.

and i have not played it in months. my only gripe with fallout 3 is that it controls and plays almost exactly like oblivion plus the overall depressing lonely feel of the game. other than that i love the game. actually i might play a little today. this article has ignited my interest in f3. i have not downloaded any dlc so i still believe the game has life left in it.

sum one mad cause they not getting any Dlc?

When people compare Fallout to Oblivion here they seem to talk about the DLC alot and that Fallout should up thier game to be better than Oblivion but does anyone remember...

HORSE ARMOUR?

I loved Fallout 3 but i disliked that it was much shorter compared to Oblivion honestly one faction quest from Oblivion was longer then all the quests in Fallout 3 or maybe it was the fact i played the game during my whole Xmas break.

I'm a big fan of Bethesda. I can't wait for the next Elder Scrolls and now I'm a huge Fallout fan as well. If I have to nitpic, I'd say do a bit better of a job of getting bugs out of the games. But then again, games that huge are always going to have bugs at release, or else it would take 20 years to release them.

Fallout 3 was great. But Oblivion was better.

170 hours and counting .. i don't think it's overrated!

While i found it marginally better than Oblivion,it was yet another formula rpg from Bethesda.20hrs in and you know how the next 60hrs will unfold.Its not a bad game but it isn't deserving of the accolades it has recieved.unfortunately,with nothing to measure it against,save perhaps mass effect(which i have not played)only serves to ensure its apparent greatness.In the end,i suppose it doesn't matter alot,if you enjoyed it then thats all that actually matters.My opinion,that is all.

fallout 3 is more grey then killzone 2, killzone 2 gets bashed for being grey, yet with fallout 3 its okay

Just in case anyone was wondering...an area hit by multiple nuclear blasts looks like hell.

for gimping fallout 3. you wonder why it doesnt compare to the first games? because the dlc was suppose to come on the game disc but guess what x360 dvd is not big enough. there were tons of othere stuff taken out as well that would of made it on par with the first 2 games . thanks guys for messing this gen up by supportin the x360 instead of choosing the better console. the ps3

I am playing it Right now..I have to go to the Radio station :D.. love the game. . love the environment.. love the music and sound.. Love the game period.. and i LOOOVE oblivion while i am at it :)

um.... kill zone 2 surpasses this crap garbage game.

everyone has a different taste
but for me fallout was "one" of the best Games last Year

though i was a liitle bit dissapointet with the short main story (it was so good that i just focused on it and ignored the side quests)
the DLC was okey (but nothing special)...again a little bit to short (especially "The Pitt") but i appreciate the effort in doing it and pushing DLC forward!

i cant wait for the upcoming DLC´s... even more when they increase the level limit

this game is in my Top Games of all time list (in my head)

P.S:
186 hours... and still playing

no, i understand what the theme of the game is; it's the animation, the character models, the combat system. those are a lot of misses.

not really sure why it got goty. the sidequests were boring. the guns lacking, the level cap limiting, some skills useless, and the narrative not interesting. and it's BUGGY.

in terms of atmosphere, story and gameplay, deadspace is way better than this crap.

PS3 version was the severe result.
http://yoda.dip.jp/Game/Fal...
http://yoda.dip.jp/Game/Fal...

PS3 version was a very bad work.
http://yoda.dip.jp/Game/Fal...
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GOTY is 360 and PC only.

fallout 2 sucked hard. Played for 3 hours and sold it off on craigelist.

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game is garbage :)

have a nice day

fall out 3 is an awful game imo

He must have played the PS3 version.

He should have got the 360 version.

this is the worst game I played ... definitely ... totally crap ... uneventful and with players who walk like they have brooms in the ass

Hindsight is always 20/20 right? Its easy to take ANY game and say what "could have been in it". Does ANY game ever have every single feature we WISH it would have had? Does any game NOT have a few things that bug us? So Vat's was effective, and way to boring. Due to ammo constraints, it made VAT's necessary to use. But who cares really?

This game has probably gotten the MOST play-time out of every game in my library. I have about 34 games, so that's impressive. So in this sense i don't really see how its overrated. It was somehow able to suck me in, and keep me playing, better than any of my other games could. I loved all the quests, incredibly fun, and after level 14 i realized ammo wasnt really a problem. I didnt even do the main-quest-line straight away, i was having far more fun doing the sidequests. What i did was i would do 2-3 sidequests, then a main quest, 2-3 sidequests, then a main quest. The result was an EPIC.

Civilization had been locked underground for years after a nuclear holocaust(reminded me of "blast from the past", and City of Ember"). I journeyed out into the world to find my dad. All i found was a barren wasteland full of raiders, and Washington DC attempting to rebuild itself. I start traveling to Cities where i meet tons of people, all whom have their own story and troubles. They even ask me to help out. While attempting to find my father, i help these citizens with their problems. Each citizen leads me on a quest that makes me truly feel like i'm helping or hurtin the entire world. On each of the quests, i discover new places, learn new things, find new items, and improve myself. Granted.... the ending wasnt great.
But The whole 50's atmosphere, especially the part when you are plugged into the simulation machine, MADE THE GAME.

It has been a long time since i truly got lost in a game. Even oblivion didnt have the same effect on me. Likewise, it is stupid to compare this to oblivion. Sure they use the same engine, and are both RPG's, but they are vastly different. Several "shooting" games use the Unreal 3 engine, but we DONT consider them the "Same game with different skins". The same goes for the Source engine. Any RPG will have inventory, fighting, characters, dialogue, stats, etc. Why would Bethesda create and entirely new engine, when their current engine NOT ONLY DID all of the necessary things, but it did them WELL. They even attempted to change things as much as possible with the inclusions of the pipboy Vat's and Perks. There wasn't a SINGLE moment of DEJA VU (of oblivion) in this entire game.

Fallout 3 does not use the same exact engine as Oblivion did. It used a version of Gamebryo.

Author cites GTA IV in comparison to Fallout 3. GTA IV's character models were ugly as sin, too. Open world sandbox games are never going to be drop dead beautiful this generation. There's simply too many things to render at one time.

Did you mention Oblivion enough times? Morrowind is superior to Oblivion in so many ways. Doubt you'd see it that way though, since it'd be too ugly for you to care about.

Your opinion is fine. It's yours. However, I personally don't think it belongs on a gaming news site. This is blog material.

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.