A question to Fallout 3 owners.

[Dark Prophet]

How long did it take you to finish the core game and the dlc.
I have just bought the goty edition and have played the core game for about 25 hours and it seems like I have made no progress what so ever on the main story.

 

[Outright Villainy]

Well how far are you? The main quest was pretty short for me, I finished it well before then...

 

[WorkerMurphey]

It really depends how you like to play. If you wander around without using a lot of fast-travel and exploring time adds up.

I think it took me something like 50 hours on my first play-through, not fully exploring everything.

 

[reg42]

It depends. The main quest is fairly short, but just exploring and doing all the sidequests will take you ages. Like 150 hours+ If you're looking to do absolutely everything.

 

[Hellman]

I wandered a LOT before I got to doing all the main story so I put in like 80 hours or so, and I still haven't finished 1 of the DLCs due to the game freezing on me :/

Edit: This post made me start playing it again

 

[XzarTheMad]

I finished the Vanilla game, no mods or DLCs, in about 60-70hrs I think. That's with all quests completed, most of the map explored, etc. Recently bought Point Lookout, but thanks to Windows LIVE being a piece of shit I lost my progress about one third through, roughly three hours in. The DLCs are sorta sucky compared to the Oblivion ones, I feel. But that's just me.

As it is, the main storyline in Fallout 3 can be completed in roughly 2-3 hours, probably less if you know what you're doing.

 

[Broady Brio]

Took me about 3-4 days to completed the main story. But I was doing a few side quests here and there.

 

[Premonition]

My first run through was 60 hours. But I did skip a whole lot for some odd bizarre reason, even though I could have sweared that I didn't skip that much. So now I'm going through it again before I dig in to the expansions.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

If you want to do everything in the game you're talking around 150-200 hours.

Quests only, anything from 20-60 hours.

Or, if you're like me, 300 hours and counting.

 

[MetalDooley]

Have about 80-90 hrs put in so far between the main game and DLC.Still haven't played Point Lookout or Mothership Zeta either

 

[rory12345]

I did every quest I could find apart from Nuka-Cola, Got to shot them in the head and Just business and it took me around 50 hours. For the GOTY edition that is.

 

[Dark Prophet]

I finished the Vanilla game, no mods or DLCs, in about 60-70hrs I think. That's with all quests completed, most of the map explored, etc. Recently bought Point Lookout, but thanks to Windows LIVE being a piece of shit I lost my progress about one third through, roughly three hours in. The DLCs are sorta sucky compared to the Oblivion ones, I feel. But that's just me.

As it is, the main storyline in Fallout 3 can be completed in roughly 2-3 hours, probably less if you know what you're doing.

Well yes thats the problem, Fallout 3 goty is my first rpg ever and I don't know what I'm doing.

 

[Meggiepants]

My first save before DLC was easily 80 hours. But I did everything, found every bobblehead, collected a majority of the skill books, did every side quest, took in the scenery. But even so, my second playthrough was longer. I swear, I don't know how they did it, but I've played through like 6 times now, and each time I find and area and I think, "I've never seen this before! Where did this come from?" If you have all the DLC, and you intend to be as meticulous as I am, I'd say it added another 30-40 hours of gameplay.

But you can rush through the story quite quickly. Personally, I didn't find the story to be the best part of the game. It was all the little things that I loved the best. It was very immersive for me.

 

[CoverYourHead]

Probably around 30-40 hours before I completed the story, I got distracted a lot. Bethesda games do that to me.

 

[Iklwa]

I've done the main story and all the DLC except for Mothership Zeta. I've logged in about 275 hours at this point, and am still looking for some random sidequests. I also make up my own quests, such as "Defeat a Behemoth with a Chinese Pistol". Still working on that one.

 

[camazotz]

I've been playing forever now it seems....probably logged about 80 hours in the last six months....and I think I'm getting close to the main storyline's conclusion. However, I have done a vast numbe rof side quests and DLC content in the middle of all that, too, with plenty still to go.

 

[Verbal Samurai]

I don't remember how long I played. But I do remember accidentally beating it.

The main quest was so short, I didn't think it was actually going to end when it did.

 

[cheese_wizington]

The main story takes about 10 hours to complete. But this can go into the hundreds of hours depending how much you explore.

 

[RatRace123]

I still haven't finished either due to all the DLC missions, no I can't save my father right now... I'm looking for aliens.

 

[ShockValue]

By the time I finished the main game I was about 40 hours in. I bought all the DLC but I haven't played any of them yet.