Fallout 3

Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2008. It is the third entry in the Fallout franchise and it is the first game in the series to be developed by Bethesda.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It is the first Fallout game in the franchise to feature 3D graphics.
 * 2) You can choose your playstyle: it's up to you whether the game should be played stealthily, as a first-person shooter or a third-person shooter. Despite this, it still feels like a Fallout game.
 * 3) The open world is huge and fun to explore, with many cool locations such as Megaton, to recreated D.C. monuments such as the Capitol Building and the Washington Monument.
 * 4) Companions can join you on your journey across the world, such as Dogmeat, Jericho, and a super mutant named Fawkes.
 * 5) Wide variety of weapons to use for fighting your enemies, with some new arrivals such as the strong Fat Man weapon, powerful enough to clear a horde of enemies with one mini nuke.
 * 6) The use of items is expanded beyond stimpaks and chems, as now food and liquid items such as Nuka-Cola can now heal small proportions of your health with a small cost of rads.
 * 7) There are many optional quests to do among the ruined world, with some crazy ones, such as stopping a gang of vampire-like people from attacking Aferu.
 * 8) Excellent voice acting, especially Liam Neeson as James, your in-game father.
 * 9) Well-done graphics thanks to the Gamebryo engine, despite not aging well.
 * 10) An awesome soundtrack composed by Inon Zur, composer of other titles, such as Dragon Age: Origins. You can even turn on the radio installed in your Pip-Boy and listen to music. Turning on the radio is fully optional and it doesn't affect stealth.
 * 11) Bobbleheads, the in-game collectibles, are a nice touch and encourage exploration and thus discover the in-game substories.
 * 12) Enemies react differently to the spot where they are hit; hitting the same part multiple time will cripple it (i.e. a Giant Ant's crippled antennae will drive it into a frenzy and have it attack everything nearby). Crippled body parts can now be restored with stimpaks.
 * 13) A well-implemented morality system that can be influenced by your every action and by dialogue options. Your morality will determine what people will think of you.
 * 14) Extensive mod support exists for the game, thanks to Nexus Mods, which hosts thousands of mods. Standouts include EVE, which enhances the laser weapon effects, and WMK, which adds weapon modifications to the game just like in Fallout 2, New Vegas, and 4.
 * 15) It creates a different setting from Fallout 1 & 2, with the game being set in a post-apocalyptic versions of the areas in and around Washington D.C., Northeastern Virginia, and Maryland.
 * 16) It spawned five downloadable expansions for the game, including The Pitt, which takes the game to the ruins of Pittsburgh, and Mothership Zeta, which focuses on the alien faction, the Zetans.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Like any other title made by Bethesda, it had lots of technical issues, bugs, and glitches on release and many were never fixed. The PlayStation 3 port is an absolute disaster that has even more problems than the PC and Xbox 360 versions and freezes very frequently, usually requiring the PS3 to be reset as the game freezes the console as well.
 * 2) * At times the game crashed on Windows 10 upon clicking "New". Also, it's much less stable than New Vegas, especially when using mods.
 * 3) The default soundtracks and the radio music (such as "Butcher Pete") tend to get quite repetitive after a while.
 * 4) The story is fairly uninteresting, and the layout of towns might not always make sense.
 * 5) * The story and characters don't have as much of depth in comparison to prior games.
 * 6) ** It also semi-rehashes both of the first two games' plots, because of then-new IP owner, Bethesda Softworks, reusing both the Brotherhood of Steel (though, this is a established new chapter of their faction) and the Enclave as major factions again.
 * 7) The opening is slow paced and boring, and it doesn't get straight to the point.
 * 8) The original release of the game didn't allow you to continue playing after beating the game. The Broken Steel DLC manages to fix this issue, also giving you three extra main quests.
 * 9) Most of the Vault 101 residents are unlikable and mean-spirited towards your character, they blame them for the radroach infestation and throw the player out even after helping them resolve their problem in the mission Trouble on the Homefront.
 * 10) The retail PC version (not on GOG.com) has the infamously bad Games for Windows - Live service. Thankfully, there are mods that can remove it. The Steam version finally had it removed in October 2021.
 * 11) The game's morality is too black and white. There is no reason to take the evil path unless you like being a generic villain.
 * 12) Given it's the first Fallout title that can be played in first-person, common gunplay outside V.A.T.S. feels clunky, except when using scoped weapons (like the sniper rifle). Thankfully, this got improved in Fallout: New Vegas by the addition of proper iron sights, and the Fallout 3 mod RH_Ironsights.

Reception
Fallout 3 received critical acclaim by critics and gamers alike upon release and won many GOTY of 2008 awards. However, it was also polarizing among fans prior to the infamous Fallout 76, as not everyone liked the changes compared to previous games, such as the removal of traits, food being ediable even after being soiled after 200 years, or the super mutants being portrayed as unintelligent post-apocalyptic ogres unlike the previous games, etc.

The long running fan website, No Mutants Allowed, was known for having a love for the classic Fallout games and Obsidian's New Vegas, but having a burning hatred for this game, along with Fallout 4, and the site was infamous for down-voting and even banning users who enjoyed Bethesda Game Studios' Fallout titles pre-76 from the site.

Controversies
The game sparked controversies in various countries upon release. The game was banned in Australia for the ability to use alcohol and drugs and become addicted to them. In India, the game sparked controversies due to the mutated cattle in the game being called "Brahmin" (which means the highest among the four Hindu castes), and in Japan, it sparked controversy due to the option of using a weapon called "Fat Man" which launches small nuclear bombs (it was renamed to "Nuka Launcher" even though the original name is still mentioned), because the name of the weapon was the same name used for the atomic bomb dropped in Nagasaki in 1945.

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