Do you Like Fallout 3? Yes.No.

[ROFLross]

It was great, couldn't get enough of the V.A.T.S system; currently not playing it because I didn't want to play the same missions over again just with a bad character.
Just waiting for the new expansions to come out before I start playing it again.

 

[deewank]

it was a good game but it suck as that you have to die in the end leaving no like you know THE END? kinda thing

 

[GenHellspawn]

It's called judging a game fairly.

Basically, the "you can't judge a game until you've played for X hours" argument. Side quests are great if you like the game, but since I didn't, why bother?

 

[GonzoGamer]

My wife & I love it.
I just finished it and while I really enjoyed the game as a whole. The ending was crap; for an open world style game.

 

[The Shade]

It got my 2008 Game of the Year award - that's for sure!

Go Charon!

 

[Life-as-we-know-it]

Enjoying the game and can't wait for DLC coming out.

 

[hippo24]

you never tried the sidequests

No, I didn't. That's why they're called side quests, because you don't have to do them. If you can beat a game in 10 minutes (IE. Fallout) then the game is short, no matter how many irrelevant side quests surround it.

So your saying you would have LIKED the game if it had MADE you do the side-quests, but because it DIDN'T, It's bad?

Im completely confused?

 

[GenHellspawn]

Im completely confused?

It would've been bad regardless, I'm saying that just because there's an abundance of sidequests, doesn't mean the game is longer, it means the game can be longer.

 

[brettman170]

Yes, I think it's fantastic. But this topic should definately be a poll.

 

[hippo24]

Im completely confused?

It would've been bad regardless, I'm saying that just because there's an abundance of sidequests, doesn't mean the game is longer, it means the game can be longer.

Ohh sounds like you have more of a problem with the game itself (gameplay,story) then the actual length.

 

[slappahoe69]

yeah, it is pretty much oblivion with guns and that's why it's so good. VATS is excellent, it's what made the game. i just hope the ending isn't as bad for me as people say it is.

 

[OuroborosChoked]

Explanation - both of the previous Fallout games did a pretty good job explaining where things came from and how they got to where they are now. Particularly the game's iconic badguys, the super mutants. They didn't just spring up out of nowhere and were generally violent, mindless dickjobs. They were created by the Master at Mariposa. No Master, no super mutants. Fallout 3's super mutants were just kinda.. there. No explanation, not even a basic one. They just were, now get to shootin'. That's sloppy. It wouldn't have been difficult to drop even just a side quest in that explains that the Master, when he was getting the whole mutant army thing rolling, sent one of his lieutenants back east to secure what he thought were essential resources. Master gets cakked and the Lt (when he finds out), as he's still a big believer in the cause, decides he's going to be the next Master and starts up the dipping program again. And that's just off the top of my head. But we didn't even get that much.

Correction!

There is an explanation and ThreeDog even comments on it: the Super Mutants capture people and take them back... somewhere... and genetically manipulate them to make more Super Mutants. Vague? Yes... and a bit plot-holey (how do massive thickies like Super Mutants know how to do genetic engineering?), but it's an explanation. There's even a random encounter that goes into more detail... I think his name is Uncle Leo. He's a peaceful Super Mutant who just walks the Wasteland, unarmed and unarmored... like Kane from Kung Fu.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Uncle_Leo

But perhaps you just weren't paying attention...

 

[Axolotl]

Correction!

There is an explanation and ThreeDog even comments on it: the Super Mutants capture people and take them back... somewhere... and genetically manipulate them to make more Super Mutants. Vague? Yes... and a bit plot-holey (how do massive thickies like Super Mutants know how to do genetic engineering?), but it's an explanation. There's even a random encounter that goes into more detail... I think his name is Uncle Leo. He's a peaceful Super Mutant who just walks the Wasteland, unarmed and unarmored... like Kane from Kung Fu.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Uncle_Leo

But perhaps you just weren't paying attention...

OK full explanation of the Super-Mutants in Fallout 3 is that they come from vault 87 where all the inhabitants were exposed to a modified version of the experimental FEV. Since their mind degenerates and they're infertile the Super-Mutants kidnap people and take them back to vault 87 to replenish their numbers.

 

[pieeater911]

Yes, it was spectacularly fun.

 

[Arker]

I just started and it's ok, think Oblivion is better though. Fallout 3 Is funnier.

 

[Shia-Neko-Chan]

I love it. It's my perfect sleep aid.

A.... 60 dollar sleep aid... ._.

 

[Aiden Rebirth]

it, like oblivion, while i know is spossed to be amazing but, i really couldn't care less.

 

[fdman]

Could not get into it, and I tried multiple times because everybody raves how good it is. The story and characters were good, but the combat was so clunky and ridiculous(4 point blank shots to the melon and your still coming at me, really?)that I just gave up. Mass Effect, on the other hand, got it right. I guess it just wasn't for me.

 

[Chimpa]

i mean apart from the rather upsetting ending, the V.A.T.S aiming system felt rather swanky when you ran up to someone with the combat shotgun and went for the headshot from a few feet away, endless fun.

 

[Valiance]

I like it very much. Fallout 2 will still have a place in my heart as a game I appreciate more, though.

Not to say that one is necessarily better than the other.

Fallout 3 is buggy. Not much more buggy than earlier games, but it's still buggy.
It is a lot like oblivion so I've heard, but I think it holds your hand less. I wouldn't know since I haven't played oblivion.

The game is great. The end made me really dislike it more, but I just consider the whole thing non-canon anyway.

Kinda wish it was bigger. I have 65+ hours of playtime but it just feels odd.