I've tried to run the Steam version of Fallout 3 on every computer I've owned in the last six or seven years. Every time, it would crash frequently and predictably, no matter what guides I followed, not matter what I installed or uninstalled, no matter what mods I used. I eventually just concluded that I'd never get to experience FO3, that it was just too buggy and that Bethesda didn't care enough to make it work on any remotely modern machine. Then I decided to give GOG's version a shot, thanks to their track record of fixing broken games. And... oh my gosh! They really did! It runs out-of-the-box like a dream, fully compatible with mods, DLCs, everything. I haven't seen a single crash yet, hours into the game, and I can't thank GOG enough for finally letting me visit the one game in the series that I missed. My system: Windows 10 x64, 8GB RAM, AMD Vega 8 graphics, Ryzen 2500U CPU.
