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I do

Yep... Just replayed through it last week... Stuck to a vanilla playthrough since I hadn't played it in so long and still had a fun time...

Yes!

I liked it at the time, but I dunno how much I'd like it now.

Should see how it plays on Steam Deck.

When it came out I thought it was great. I still think it's quite good.

Bethesda's last truly great game.

IDK, it had good roleplaying mechanics but the story pacing was bad and it felt more like an homage to classic sci Fi movies than a coherent world

It's better than Fallout 4.

Hate all you want but its still my favorite Fallout.

Shotgunnova posted...

I liked it at the time, but I dunno how much I'd like it now.

Should see how it plays on Steam Deck.

New Vegas runs flawlessly, so I assume 3 as well!

And yes, it's probably my second favorite Fallout.

Shotgunnova posted...

I liked it at the time, but I dunno how much I'd like it now.

Should see how it plays on Steam Deck.

It plays good but save often because crashes feel random. Apparently its a huge improvement from how it operated when on games for windows live though.

Hmm, might be worth replaying a bit. New Vegas ran pretty well when I replayed last year -- until you started the DLC, anyway -- so it sets my expectations a little higher than normal. Shame there's no trophy support, though.

As promised, even though I believe it's a badly-designed game in terms of, well, just about every category of critical analysis, there are still enough bright spots and fond memories to be had to give it a 'yes' vote.

Hell yeah.

It's my fav.

I do but I have a harder time going back to it. New Vegas is my favorite tho.

Thr only Bethesda game that I've ever really liked. I've always been impressed at how every time I've played it, I've stumbled on quests that I never knew existed. It just repeatedly rewards exploration so well. New Vegas, Skyrim and Fo4 just fell flat for me because they got really boring at some point.

Loved it, though I never understood the hate people seem to harbor for it.

First bump

I used to love it. Not sure if I would enjoy it much these days. I tried getting into New Vegas and just couldn't do it. Would rather play FO4 tbh.

kind9 posted...

Would rather play FO4

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/4e02c7c2.jpg

Unfortunately, I played 4 first, which made 3 harder for me to enjoy. It just feels so slow in comparison. The weapon durability system can sod off too, as it can in most games that feature one (and 4 thankfully saw fit not to include)

Not as good as NV, but not as bad as some people make it out to be

HighSeraph posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/4e02c7c2.jpg

Fallout 4, much to my surprise, addressed a lot of issues I had with 3, and the things most people complain about 4 don't bother me; I can't very well lament the streamlining of dialogue / RPG elements in 4 when both those aspects were mostly shit in 3. I think a lot of people can't admit that they went into 4 expecting it to hold up to NV when they should've been comparing it directly to 3.

Fallout 3 is virtually redundant at this point; whatever Fallout itches I have that NV can't scratch, 4 does so quite nicely.

Havent played.

I was obsessed with it back in the days and it introduced me to the Fallout series.

Killing super mutants is fun, but thats about it. It pales in comparison to Mew Vegas in terms of writing, atmosphere, quest design, world building, roleplaying mechanics, pretty much everything I can think of.

Dweller: Hey Fawkes, you're immune to radiation, can you go in there and hit the switch?
Fawkes: Blow me.

My favorite PS3 game, even though PS3 was the worst way to play it.

008Zulu posted...

Dweller: Hey Fawkes, you're immune to radiation, can you go in there and hit the switch?
Fawkes: Blow me.

Best part? Even after they 'fixed' the ending the game will still throw you massive shade for your 'lack of heroism' by doing this completely reasonable thing.

Yes, except for navigating the subway tunnels. I hated that.

Final bump

One of my all time favorites. It was the first proper RPG I ever played and it was eye opening. It's also just such a unique world and the exploration in Bethesda games is untouched.

I enjoyed it, but replaying it is painful without mods.

DuuuDe14 posted...

I enjoyed it, but replaying it is painful without mods.

Play Tale Of Two Wastelands, it's the best way to play it tbh

masterpug53 posted...

Best part? Even after they 'fixed' the ending the game will still throw you massive shade for your 'lack of heroism' by doing this completely reasonable thing.

Yeah I always found that crazy. Dude it's not my responsibility to die a heroic death if you can do the thing and not even feel a thing.

We don't have to be Jonathan Kent in Man of Steel here

yea.

I've never been a PC gamer, so it was my introduction to the series.

it was also one of the first WRPGs I played through.

I played it for the first time recently and yeah, I liked it. It hinges on the cool factor imo but it usually nails that

Fallout 3 is goddamn revolutionary.

The New Vegas glaze went too far.

it's ok

dummy420 posted...

Yeah I always found that crazy. Dude it's not my responsibility to die a heroic death if you can do the thing and not even feel a thing.

We don't have to be Jonathan Kent in Man of Steel here

The most charitable thing I can say about Fallout 3's main quest is that it feels like a handful of programmers wrote a rough draft of a story one day to loosely tie together their picaresque wasteland shenanigans, and just went with it without any editing or oversight. Only at the eleventh hour did they start to notice the holes, resulting in poor attempts at quick fixes like Fawke's infamous 'not my destiny' excuse in the original ending.

I seem to remember Bethesda admitting at one point that it was written by programmers, not actual writers.

masterpug53 posted...

The most charitable thing I can say about Fallout 3's main quest is that it feels like a handful of programmers wrote a rough draft of a story one day to loosely tie together their picaresque wasteland shenanigans, and just went with it without any editing or oversight.

I seem to remember Bethesda admitting at one point that it was written by programmers, not actual writers.

I never knew that but I'd believe it. The main quest in Bethesda games is just something you do when you stumble across it or run out of other things to do.

Yeah, I guess. The game kinda became obsolete when I realized I could just look up the soundtrack on YouTube though.

No.

I know my tastes well and knew I wasnt interested but I have a good friend where 99% of the time our tastes align on games and movies and he bugged me forever to play this so I gave it an honest shot. Played maybe 25 hours or so. Didnt like it at all.

I fucking LOVE their Elder Scrolls series but their Fallout series is a hard pass for me. At least this one was. I detest post apocalyptic settings unless its done where it feels like jungle prehistoric setting like Horizon Zero Dawn or something like Enslaved. Lots of greenery and color. Not like Fallout 3.

So yeah I thought it was terrible and stopped playing it.

Jerry_Hellyeah posted...

Fallout 3 is goddamn revolutionary.

The New Vegas glaze went too far.

Idk if its glaze to point out one is far superior than the other, and admitting that doesnt discredit FO3

Best advertising campaign ever accepted by the DC metro system.

Yes, though its fairly easily the weakest of Bethesda(and Obsidian)s big 6

I remember it making leveling a slog if you played below normal but enemies were just damage sponges on anything above normal.