Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition

- I've never played Fallout 1 or 2. Can I start with F3? Yes. There are several references to the previous parts, but they do not matter that much. The situation is different with New Vegas though, whose world connects much more to original games. - I am an old fan of Fallout 1 and 2. Should I try F3? Yes. However be warned that this is a different interpretation. Fallout 1 was a narrow, simple, minimalist and very grim game. I would describe it as a "post-apocalyptic dark fantasy with knights in power armors and orcs with lasers". Fallout 2 showed the wider world, allowing the player to navigate in the more real, unclear, uncertain theatre of politics and dirty business. You would meet good people considered bad and bad people pretending to be good. And Fallout 3? Here you are free most of the time and you do what you want. Story doesn't matter. You mostly explore the world and kill things you don't even care about. People have over 100 hours not because the game is so long. It's because it's a sandbox. - Why some people call F3 a great game? Because it fits perfectly into contemporary trends. It's casual, light, endless. You can explore its vast and highly detailed world house after house for hours, and boredom is fought by constantly returning creatures to kill. You just return home, turn on the "Wastelands VR", and do what you like. A bit like Minecraft. - Why some people call F3 a garbage? Because they were looking for a dark depressing atmosphere of the apocalypse with tangled plot and those dramatic moments you remember for years. They saw "The Book of Eli"* , read "Metro 2033", played "Stalker". Instead, they got a lazy easy going action/exploration game for teens and some fancy jazz music. Only cartoon graphics were missing. They did not expect such a childish interpretation and nobody prepared them for it. (* Not everyone bought F3 in the year of release.) - Ok, so is it worth buying Fallout 3? It depends on you. What kind of game you're looking for?

You can play out of the box, however before I exit the vault, the game crashes. I use Windows 10, but as I understood the reason is the multi-core CPU. A fix for this is: - Open My DocumentsMy GamesFallout3FALLOUT.INI - Find bUseThreadedAI=0 - Change to bUseThreadedAI=1 - Add new line iNumHWThreads=2 PS: This also happens on the Steam version, so not GOG's fault.

While in my opinion, Fallout 3 isn't nearly as good as Fallout: New Vegas by a long shot, it is still a fantastic game and should be played without a doubt. I would say if you're looking to get into the Fallout franchise, I would get Fallout 1, 2, 3 and New Vegas. But regardless, if you're thinking of getting this game on PC, the GOG version is definitely the way to go. It has several features missing from the other versions which make the game less painful to play. For example, the original versions of this game only allowed you to use 1 core of your CPU at any time, meaning you could have far greater performance locked away because of a single line in an ini file, and this version fixes this. Another great reason to get it is that it's the only version of the game that is completely DRM free, meaning you can finally play the game without GFWL, praise the gods, and the only remnant of its existence is a "LIVE" button on the main menu that does absolutely nothing. It's also surprisingly stable, the only times its crashed (after 8 hours of playtime as of review) is when I've installed mods, probably just me though, as I seem to never get mods to work, and whenever I alt-tab, which is sad, but I guess I have to deal with it. Overall, great game and great version, definitely would recommend along with New Vegas.

Fallout 3 with all five Addon-Packs. No hassle, no DRM, no crashes, no stutter, no second DRM. Just you and the Wasteland. The definitiv version of this game.

Two thumbs up for the GOG version of FO3 - GOTY After a quick download, game launched flawlessly and I was enjoying within minutes. Zero Win10 issues with this Excellent GOG version. NOTE: One tip to keep in mind is regarding a Fallout 3 issue that's existed since launch, and with all versions: Once in-game, if the user attempts to alt+tab to check another open window, at that point FO3 will CTD (crash to desktop) without warning. Again, this has been an issue from day one, all versions sold. ***HERE IS THE FIX - over at the Nexus is a mod named 'Fallout_Fullscreen' that will circumvent the flaw, and enable the use of alt+tab to pop in and out of the game at will. If you are like me, you may want to check the Fallout wiki from time to time for tips (while game runs in background), and this mod will make it possible. I hope you've found this helpful - Cheers