Why Fallout 3 Is My Favorite Fallout Game

[@SirWally-jm6cn]

Even as a big New Vegas guy, it's nice to see some love given to Fallout 3 for all the things it excels in. And this video actually does a good job at communicating the impact and wonder the game leaves you with/draws you in with. Despite the backlash it was receiving for a good while, it remains a classic that injected life back into the series.

[@thepaleone6960]

exactly my thoughts too im glad he made this video

[@rustlerv6549]

Excellations: >Post Apocalyptic survive or die in a world of pain >Great DLCs, as good as new vegas based in their own right but more loosely connected, short but sweet. (Excluding zeta) >You can go anywhere you want at the start of the game >World building not as good as new vegas but still rewarding to explore the world more so than fallout 4 imo >successfully integrated VATS in a 3D shooter (not easy to accomplish) >they didn't shit all over the lore yet with retconns and even though the west was developing they still tried their absolute damndest to explain why the east coast was in such a state so the OG fallout 1 and 2 fans got to get drawn in and experience the post apocalypse in 3D

[@therandomdickhead5744]

@@thepaleone6960 same

[@boarfaceswinejaw4516]

@conartist j countering your counters. -"everything is easy from moment 1" depends on difficulty and how good you are at fps games and the like in general. i struggled first time around, but once i got the hang of it i barely had to use VATS even. i am absolutely certain most people feel that way. -Operation Anchorage was great as it gave a look into pre-war american mentality, how the war on the ground would have gone down, the technological differences between the chinese and the americans and the role of heavy armored infantry in the war. It also gave you some cool gear. Point Lookout also delved into aspects of pre-war america, primarily with its prison camps and with the questline about the chinese spy. It also had some fun hallucination bits that did actually pertain to the player character and their experiences. It also went deeper into the widely enjoyed Dunwich mythos that fallout 3 and onwards has steadily built on. Mothership Zeta and the Pitt were however very "meh", that i will agree on. Broken steel i wont even acknowledge, as that was a blatant attempt by Bethesda to force players to buy DLC just to get a proper ending. -plenty of open world games that absolutely fail at the open world part. Just look at Ubisoft's most recent entries into the open world category. Fallout 3 had memorable locales and did reward exploration with easter eggs, settlements, quests and loot. Whilst not something that should be lauded as revolutionary, being successful at providing fun is good enough on its own. -Why arent you people complaining about the lack of talking Deathclaws? Lets face it. Fallout 3 and onwards might as well be a different timeline all things considered. But to say that Bethesda hasnt injected anything interesting into the franchise would be a blatant fucking lie. Otherwise you wouldnt have Obsidian jump on the chance to make fallout new vegas using the same engine and even have some of the plot points and shit. There is a reason why New vegas blows outer worlds out of the water. -"why does it look like the bombs just fell after 200 years" Because DC is a battleground between several warring factions fighting over buried government secrets, weapons and technologies. there is also the theory that the nukes used on DC were radioactive rather than explosive nukes, used specificly to induce long term harm.

[@Liam4Dead]

​@@boarfaceswinejaw4516 Countering your countering counters: - The game rewards you with a 1hko weapon for simply following the main quest. Of course you can find difficulties in certain areas, but let's be honest, it's not too difficult and there is not a lot of variance. New Vegas went beyond just Energy weapons and Ballistic, adding armoured targets and the ability to use different types of ammo for added effects. - Operation anchorage? You mean the on rails simulation that serves as limited world building? It was mediocre, giving good rewards for not a lot of effort. Point lookout was decent, had a different atmosphere, I'll give you that. Broken Steel fixed the game's crap ending and should have been included with the base game. It was a sloppy fix to something that shouldn't have been broken. The Pitt? Actually had some decent world-building in the use of Troggs and a moral choice, only to fall flat on the escaped slaves who literally want you to steal a child with no long term reason to do so. - Open world? Sure it is. Is it meaningful and does it help to establish a believable setting? Not really. The only two factions making any effort to branch outside of their own little hovels are the Brotherhood of Steel (who were completely butchered in their pre-established lore), and the Enclave (who are cartoon villains with no sympathetic through line). The world may be open immediately, but who cares how wide the ocean is if it has the depth of a paddling pool. What interesting locales are there really in Fallout 3? I struggle to think of any that could match those seen in the Mojave. Does anything beat the spectacle of Helios One? How about the Strip (even though it was still fairly barren)? What about Novac and Hidden Valley? The world felt alive, and not dwelling on the great war as if it happened yesterday. - The world is contradictory, how are these people eating? Do they eat wild-life or vegetation? Where is the vegetation to feed the livestock and the people? New Vegas believably showed farmsteads and the sustainability of the world. 200 years and there being no progress? I mean, it's been less than 100 years since the Blitz, Hiroshima and Dresden, yet all of these places have been restored almost completely. 200 years is more than 6 generations of people, and you're telling me all of them were happy squatting in the bombed out remains? Again, compare this to New Vegas, where communities form in the shell of the old world, but still build upon it. The NCR? Slowly reconquering America. House? He's using his money and business sense to reform the barbarous tribes of New Vegas, and if the ending cards are to be believed, he prospers. The Legion? While regressive, they have a unifying culture under Pax Romana. Fallout 3 should have been set far closer to the bombs dropping to make sense. - The best thing Fallout 3 did was to breath life into the franchise once again, and I don't hate Fallout 3. It was my first game from the series, but just because I have nostalgia for it does not mean it is not flawed. It's was outclassed by New Vegas and it's predecessors. Bethesda did a great job making the game feel modern and helping it to meet up the the contemporary gamers mindset, but it did this at the expense of retconning core aspects from the original series. It's a 6/10 game which people have fond memories of, that's the extent of it.

[@richardmummery7257]

Certainly Fallout 3 is the one that is my favourite, also my introduction into the Fallout universe. I'll never forget exiting the Vault that first time and just having my mind blown when the Capital Wasteland was laid out before me, mind was blown. I've been in love with the fallout franchise ever since. Great video mate.

[@MrHammers]

It's such a monumental moment. Thanks so much!

[@godzillaman7743]

Same here. One of the most amazing post apocalyptic world's ever.

[@onesaucynougat7471]

I’m pretty sure fo3 was the introduction to the series for probably 80% of fallout fans

[@yancyjarquin4683]

Bro ONG , the first time you leave the vault bro

[@jeffrussjr.8362]

😂❤😂😂😂🎉😂 21:09

[@chipremel8594]

The atmosphere in f3 is called artificial loneliness, since it genuinely feels like a wasteland.

[@patrickdoherty4527]

Absolutely. You really feel like a lone wanderer. That's why I was so amazed (in a bad way) by Fallout 76. For me, Fallout is supposed to be a solitary experience. 76 seemed like the antithesis of Fallout 3.

[@channel45853]

Yeah, I hate artificial loneliness, but the music and radio and enemies keep good company.

[@kiobio7311]

Yes Fnv nearly nailed it but They only managed to make a big empty Dessert in the end

[@koeyguilbeau443]

@@kiobio7311 it has more locations and quests than f3 so that’s not true

[@kiobio7311]

@@koeyguilbeau443 yes it is. All e

[@jake_from_state7143]

I tried to reply fallout 3 about 10 years after I first played it and I was wondering why I wasn’t having the same feeling of adventure and exploration I had all those years ago, but then it hit me, all those years later, I still remembered almost every location, quest, and unique weapon location from when I was a kid. That’s the only game that’s ever happened to me and goes to show what good environments and memorable locations can do too a games longevity.

[@wruzzer]

meanwhile i don't even remember a single person in megaton, even tho i tried to play it again like 4 months ago. not a single face, not a single name, not a single quest except blow up megaton or diffuse the bomb. why? because the whole city felt unbelievable to me. why would they waste so much energy on a fancy gate? why are they building a city around a bomb that's still active? where do they get food from? not a single interesting character in the entire city. that's when i realised why i stopped playing it the first time. the whole world is like megaton. it makes no sense. i know in other places there are interesting characters, but u have to wander through a basically empty map. empty because the buildings are just meaningless dungeons with enemies and loot. it feels like a chore to do them, not like fun, because there is no motivation to do it. u don't need better gear or weapons because u can kill a deathclaw at lvl 1 with the starting gun. in my opinion u only had the feeling of adventure and exploration because u were young enough to not care about all the flaws this game has. i loved some bad games as a kid too. not fallout 3 tho, this one was always boring af.

[@Thagomizer]

Did you play Fallout 1 and 2?

[@alternator7893]

Fallout 3's atmosphere is pure awesomeness!

[@MrHammers]

Yeah!

[@demonpride1975]

i 100% agree, it feels foreboding. and i know this is unpopular but i love the metro system, how fun would 3 be if you could simply walk the whole streets of dc, navigating the metro system the first time was kinda scary. opening a door and hearing a ghoul somewhere in the halls scream, like shivers down your spine.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

Definitely underrated bc it annoyed people, like Dead Money. @@demonpride1975

[@chrisandreas3142]

And 1,2 and New Vegas wasnt ?

[@expressrobkill]

@@chrisandreas3142and this is relevant how?

[@waltchamberlain5165]

Fallout 3 was an unbelievable experience when it was released

[@dongvermine]

Yeah, unbelievably bad and broken.

[@WingsChair]

I'm gonna stop you right there. There was no new Vegas at the time, nor the shitpiles that are fallout 76 and 4. Fallout 3 is Legendary. LEGENDARY. Bugs and the desolation of the Capital wasteland are what made it what it is.

[@Midnightfr]

@@WingsChairThey ain’t even bad just different

[@AntonyYTube]

​@@dongvermine NV was worse when it was released, which is hilarious since Obsidian didn't need to make the game engine OR the assets.

[@dongvermine]

@@AntonyYTube wrong entirely

[@SolidusGriloShow]

One of my favorite moments in FO3, was in a total random exploration, when you go through a subway, and emerge in a large industrial courtyard, where you find a factory with pre-war chinese Ghouls, from the Great War that did all the shit in the plot. Eventually, you discover the reason why they are stationed there, and it's really cool. This moment is always with me, and everytime someone mentions FO3, i remember this.

[@MrHammers]

There's so many little moments that catch you off guard and make an impact in the game. Everything BUT the main plot really 🤣. I love that everyone has a unique story like this on the capital Wasteland

[@SolidusGriloShow]

@@MrHammers Yoo, you are right. The main plot is just... well, everytime i play FO3, i just ignore it until i want just to start Broken Steel. Bethesda writing for both FO3 and FO4 main plots, its just garbage.

[@jefferyflood]

@@SolidusGriloShow it's really not garbage at all to say that's way too far fetched.

[@wruzzer]

@@jefferyflood it's not. they are utter garbage. nobody except of a hand full of weirdos cares for the story in 3 or 4.

[@2ndpremiere497]

Indeed. FO3 had a super realistic plot lmfao. Fallout 4 was basically Blade Runner the videogame. Not as realistic butttttt still somewhat fascinating

[@tundrafrost9404]

Fallout 3 is absolutely my favorite game of all time. I started playing about a year ago. But the world felt so amazing! I began making my own wasteland stories. And explored every location in Fallout 3. I have nearly 400 hours in the game now, and I wish I would have played this game more when I was younger instead of being too afraid to leave Megaton. At this point I have my own fan story that I am writing. A few people have read it and loved the themes, places, and characters. All of which were inspired by this game!

[@skullbeast829]

Where are you going to post it? I would certainly love to read it!

[@seanoreilly9950]

the side quests in this game are so good

[@MrHammers]

The bee's knees

[@AC-hj9tv]

​@@MrHammersthe dogs' hogs

[@3dawg92]

With the broken steel DLC so you can play after you beat the game

[@stuyvoman78]

The cats Pajamas

[@kenmiller2323]

FO3 is also my favorite. It’s bleak scary gloomy and give me a sense of doom unlike the other games. Locations side quests and random events flow perfectly. I can never put this game down. If it had FO4 shooting clothing and weapons mods, and took the melee combat factions and grand locations from FNV, it would be a perfect game

[@Downsquad]

so this game has very little in terms of good stuff and will need a mountain of content to be considered a 'Perfect' game in your eyes?

[@CatBack94]

Fallout 4 had terrible gunplay though, bullets wouldn't even register at a certain distance let alone you fired sponges at your enemy

[@timarmesto2685]

​@@DownsquadMost games need a mountain of content to become perfect. But, most games also aren't good enough to create controversy that leads to our discussion

[@Downsquad]

@@timarmesto2685 What I meant was that the game needs a lot to be considered perfect s it is not close, sorry for confusion

[@timarmesto2685]

@@Downsquad Yeah. I understood what you meant.

[@sugoi1581]

The entirety of the fallout franchise is so bizarre but fascinating with how every installment ends up being different to one another yet enjoyable in their own ways

[@froglung6656]

i’ve always loved how you were able to skip huge portions of the game by just simply knowing where to go and who to talk to. made subsequent playthroughs a breeze

[@PoopSockles]

I want to replay Fallout 3 just for Point Lookout alone. Was an absolutely amazing DLC.

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

Having not yet gotten to any of the DLCs, I'm planning to do three others first and saving that one to be the last thing before Broken Steel, because all of the others interest me so much more. Anchorage is beautiful and blue after an entire game of uninterrupted gray and brown, Mothership Zeta is gonzo insanity in space, and the Pitt is a genuine moral dilemma where freeing slaves is arguably the wrong choice, but there isn't really a right one. Compared to all that, brain surgery in a pseudo-bayou just doesn't excite me as a concept, so I intend to do only a little of that before unleashing Liberty Prime and leveling my main to 30.

[@PoopSockles]

​@@quicksilvertongue3248 Alright.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

If it wasn't the only one with a regular open world then no one would have this opinion.

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

@@nathanlevesque7812 I do not understand your comment, can you explain exactly what you mean?

[@nathanlevesque7812]

@@quicksilvertongue3248Broken Steel maps are linear. Mothership Zeta, Operation Anchorage, and most of the Pitt are linear. You can't just walk around in every direction there but you can in Point Lookout, and that's really all it has going for it.

[@ziggzagg8878]

The Pint Sized Slasher mission is still to this day one of my favorite missions in any game. It just has a very dary and sinister overtone throughout the entire thing. I absolutely love it.

[@christopherjohnson9167]

You perfectly encapsulated a lot of what I’ve been thinking about for years. This was my intro to the series and I have never had a gaming experience quite like it. The dread this world made me feel mixed with a strange feeling of joy and wanderlust was unlike anything else. The wasteland survival guide was one of the coolest tutorial type quests that I’ve experienced, and really puts the player on the right course to understanding how to explore the world and how valuable it is to scope out every location. Also seeing Moira goulified after blowing up megaton was a pretty memorable experience. But O think my favourite element were just the random encounters, it truly felt like a living breathing world that had an element of randomness that most games don’t have but that the real world certainly does. This is one of my all time favourite games, so I really appreciate hearing praise for it that I think is well deserved.

[@Sunk]

You nailed it with this one. Over the years my love for Fallout 3 has been mixed, until I realized a lot of the reason why I was second guessing myself was just going down a rabbit hole of Fallout 3 hate videos. The Capital Wasteland by far was the best from the series to explore, I'll never forget those first steps out of vault 101. Then going to actual DC in game. It blew my mind, great video for a great game!

[@MrHammers]

Yeah there are plenty of hate videos out there and I don't really get it, it's a great game, and the capital wasteland alone was worth loving the game. Thanks dude

[@samjohnson1992]

@@MrHammers 3 is a great game. My favorite is nv because the narrative to me is better and I love the dlcs and how connected they are to the main story and each other. OWB is my favorite dlc of any game I have ever played

[@patrickdoherty4527]

I really don't get the Fallout 3 hate. I guess it was an easy way to get views.

[@JAK-oi2wu]

When NV came out, I’ll never forget the feeling of disappointment (specifically because of the map and factions) especially when I got to NV to find it nothing like the ruins of DC.

[@samjohnson1992]

@@JAK-oi2wu the factions in nv are leagues better than fallout 3. The atmosphere is different though I’ll agree there

[@wayward_identity]

i loved the constant sidetracking. you dont just move form a to b in fallout 3. your journey is the chinese alphabet yodelled backwards. every time i set out into the capital wasteland its not for the main quest, but for my own purpose.

[@fakeperson9788]

When I first played Fallout 3 I legitimately read most of the terminal’s, I treated it like every terminal had a secret. I really enjoyed being thrown into o a kinda vague world, learning it’s secrets were fun and some of the personal logs are just hilarious.

[@MrHammers]

Same! I listened to every voice log, read all the terminals, I was obsessed with the game when it came out

[@GRironman]

Burn the witch! Nah, I too love Fallout 3 and got into the series through this little gem...What stood out for me the most was the feeling of helplessness and imminent danger once I first stepped out of the vault to see a barren wasteland. Now that was something no other game in the series could since give me.

[@WolvenDogma]

I was like 10 when I picked up Fallout 3 at Movie Gallery with no idea what the game was, it just had cool pictures on the box. Little did I know it would be one of my favorite games of all time. As much as I love New Vegas and everything it added, there's something about the post-apocalyptic vibes of DC that feels like home to me.

[@MrBossMan1898]

My favorite moment in fallout 3 was finding that town/neighborhood full of cannibals and just knowing something was off about them, and uncovering the dark truth about them with a little bit of snooping, that was actually something else my first time through. That and the whole fire ant situation lol

[@MrHammers]

Andale! Yeah that is one of the best side stories going on.

[@michaelgregor1640]

One of my favorites, too. Something about Fallout 3 that I absolutely loved was all of the bizarre "what the hell" moments, where something humorously weird was happening and you were struggling to understand it, like the Leave-it-to-Beaver VR simulation, or tripping balls in Point Lookout. It feels much more gimmicky in New Vegas with the Wild Wasteland perk, like finding two charred skeletons named Owen and Beru, or a fedora clad corpse in a refrigerator as an obvious nod to Indiana Jones. Those things aren't strange or interesting, they're just movie references.

[@QUACK.ATTACK]

Nothing in all the fallout game titles has ever thoroughly creeped me out more than the Gary vault.

[@MrHammers]

Going into the Gary vault blind was terrifying. I had no idea wtf was happening

[@brandonplaisted8194]

@@MrHammers oh dude in another vault there is one man with crates of puppets and that's it. AND from the lore that's said he went so insane the 1st person that came exploring he scared them off with mental instability. Good thing they didn't put that vault in the game that would have made the gary clone vault look like a cakewalk. But I would say if your creeped out by the gary vault. Wait till fallout New Vegas with the all plant mutated people vault. Very creepy and they come from everywhere and hide very well.

[@HillsideVids]

You're making me want to replay Fallout 3. I haven't played it in probably 10 years or more.

[@MrHammers]

Before this video I hadn't played it several years, I had a blast hopping back in it

[@HelianMitlowdelmilk]

Same

[@Thagomizer]

Try the first two.

[@EpsilonCobra]

I will tell you this, people nowadays especially the fallout fans are starting to accept Fallout 3 as the only fallout game that Bethesda did right, while even me i prefer New Vegas my second favourite fallout is fallout 3, of course leta not forget about fallout 2 and Fallout 1, the old gems of the past, the newer instalments are trash and its unbelievable that the same company that made 3 made those atrocious fallout games but if you see their old video about making fallout 3 you can understand why this game did so good, there was love for the gamers and gaming in general back then and not for our money, bless you Adam Adamovic and rest in peace, that guy created the best art that someone could make in a fallout and even an Elder Scrolls game.

[@Nopers_]

FO4 isn’t a bad game. It doesn’t do what rpg nerds want but it’s not a bad game. Doesn’t scratch everyone itch and that’s fine, but to say they’re trash is just no. 76 though yes was hot trash. It’s meh now.

[@thechickenrebellion]

@@Nopers_ I don't think anyone is claiming it's a bad game. I think it's more that fans see it as a bad Fallout game because it lacks a certain depth that we've been accustomed to through the previous entries. I pre-ordered the pipboy edition and played the absolute shit out of it in its first years, but I can't replay it. Even after putting 300+ hours in one playthrough, doing every single quest, finding every secret, I just can't get into it again god knows I've tried. There's just something that was present in the previous games that I didn't get in FO4, I can't say exactly what it is but it's absolutely a different type of Fallout game

[@corrupt1user]

I play SimSettlements 2, which overhauls FO4 into the empire-builder it was supposed to be. FO4 had a lot of great ideas that were never finished, it tried to do too much at once and gave us only a taste of awesome and always left us wanting more, simply because it was IMPOSSIBLE to give us everything. E.g., Silver Shroud costume? Hell yeah! I just get to ham it up as a superhero for the entire quest, and by the end, I actually feel like a superhero! But then, that's it. Barring maybe one or two scenes from the DLC, nothing else, I can't continue hamming up the whole world as the Shroud.

[@wruzzer]

disagree. fallout 4 is a much better game and even a much better fallout game than 3. it's still a bad fallout game, don't get me wrong, but in comparison to 3... new vegas is the only real 3d fallout game to this day. 4 is a decent game, but a bad fallout game. 3 is just trash.

[@PhosphorusWhite]

I appreciate the fact that you didn't defend the worst parts of the game or try to prop it up as something it's not. You just accentuated why I and many others love this game by focusing on what it gets right, the world and atmosphere. Mad props dude. As for a favorite side quest it's not technically a side quest but an unmarked one. The town of Andale was one of the most striking places I had found in Fallout 3 and one of my most memorable moments, finding that shack where they were butchering passersby and then having to make the call of orphaning cannibal children or just letting them go about their business was fantastic and really put more emphasis on the how bleak Fallout 3 really was.

[@MrHammers]

Thank you man, glad you enjoyed it. I totally agree on Andale the first time I discovered that place I was spooked, the slow burn of uncovering the unsettling community was just fantastic

[@VergilGaming283]

I made a post on reddit on how much I loved this game, and to see a video that perfectly sums up my experince of it. It just makes me so happy.

[@Oblivion_Walker]

finally someone who understands me

[@Voice_Over_Reason]

Agee 100%. Fallout 3 is my absolute favorite. Love the atmosphere and everything about it. Little bias because it was my first fallout game but it’s just so awesome

[@MrHammers]

I'm biased as well, it was my first fallout game, but even after playing all the others it stands as my favorite

[@Voice_Over_Reason]

@@MrHammers agreed. Ive played all of them and I really enjoy the other games. Put more time than I wanted to admit into 4 and NV but 3 will always be the best.

[@MrHammers]

I wanted to fall in love 4 like I did with 3 and NV but I just couldn't. I still enjoyed the hell out of it but I don't look back it fondly like 3 and NV

[@cloudsombrero]

@@MrHammers Fallout 4 is like meeting a new girl who looks exactly like an ex but can't compare

[@MrHammers]

🤣🤣

[@sleepshouter5017]

Fallout 3 has that STALKER atmosphere, where the world feels desolate and dangerous, especially the DC ruins. Gives me retro-futuristic American Pripyat vibes. You also start relatively in the center of the map and can just go wherever you want. I like to start new characters with nothing on them and just pick a direction and try to survive the capital wasteland. The whole map is made accessible and this combined with the many intricate side quests makes for an interesting play through every time. There’s also random encounters throughout the capital wasteland which I don’t think New Vegas had. It’s so weird how much hate fallout 3 got I never understood it. I’ve played hundreds of video games and fallout 3 is definitely in my top 10 most enjoyed. New Vegas is fun too, but nothing beats a good walk in the capital wasteland

[@MrHammers]

Stalker is a great comparison for sure! Both games have dangers and an unsettling vibe the whole time you're exploring. Capital wasteland truly is the GOAT

[@jtnachos16]

The thing about Fallout 3, that, for me, elevated it above the others, was the combo of explore and atmosphere. I NEVER had a moment in 3, where I entered a new area and went 'meh, another slog'. I was always having that 'what's over the next hill?' feeling, and there almost always WAS something of some interest over that next hill, even if it was only a destroyed house with a mailbox that exploded when I walked up to loot it. Thank you or doing a video about it that DIDN'T rely on bashing the other entries. Fallout 3 was, much like Oblivion, PEAK BETHESDA. Before they started using the same layout for every dungeon, when the 'sameyness' of locations was down to them being locations that made sense to be similar in formula, as opposed to feeling like it was laziness on Bethesda's end, and back when the side-quests were almost universally interesting and unique, rather than feeling meh the way they tend to in Skyrim and FO4. But also after the ugly jank of Daggerfall and Morrowind. New vegas was a different sort of game, and it's big 'problem' for me, was that it felt too empty. It felt like there just wasn't as much incentive to wander off the beaten path, and it had lost the 'wildness' that 3 had. I went back and re-played Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, FO3, FNV, FO4, and Skyrim, in that order during the long dark that was covid lockdowns. I had initially thought it was a rose-tint, with regards to my views on Oblivion and FO3, but actually replaying them, proved that to be wrong. They just feel RIGHT in a way the other entries don't. They have their problems, but none of them jarring enough to make me want to give up or go off for mods to 'fix' it. On a side note, getting Oblivion and FO3 working stably on a modern win10 system is a good way to waste a few evenings troubleshooting weird crashes.

[@SpartanMJO12]

How does New Vegas, a game with more locations, more quests and more factions feel emptier than Fallout 3?

[@jtnachos16]

@@SpartanMJO12 Because the actual environment does not feel as populated. Because far more of FNV's locations have no reason to visit, and lack even interesting presentation. More quests and factions don't mean much when they tend to be either less interesting in many cases (quests) or less present in the world (factions). The factions in NV feel like they don't exist anywhere but their own strongholds. Outside of them, you maybe run into a 3 man patrol once in a blue moon. This made sense in F3, where the main factions were explicitly low in number and stretched thin, not so in NV, where they are, lore-wise, supposed to be everpresent. The exploration aspect of Fallout 3 is a LOT stronger because of both density and the fact that pretty much every building you can explore DOES have some form of interesting to it, some form of 'story' to the location that brings it a reason to exist. FNV? Not so much. FNV has one or two dense interesting areas, the occasional standalone interesting area, and a bunch of rather empty space, dotted with random uninteresting caves and shacks.

[@ViktoriousDead]

@@jtnachos16 you put into words my thoughts wxactly

[@Sev3617]

Yeah, exploration is one of the few things NV does really poorly. But I’d be willing to bet that was in-part due to both the 18 month development time as well as just the setting. I’ve been replaying both 3 and NV recently and while I’ve absolutely been loving both of them, it’s kind of a slog exploring places in NV, in NV the only places that I actually like diving into are the abandoned vaults, outside of that it’s just kinda meh. 3 does it leaps and bounds better.

[@wruzzer]

@@Sev3617 disagree. 3 had a bunch of buildings, but 90% of them were meaningless boring dungeons with enemies and loot. in nv, 90% of the locations have a quest tied to it.

[@GioGioPietromica425]

I absolutely love that you can recognize criticisms with something you like, and even fully agree with them, but also just not give a single shit, because you don’t need outside validation that what you like is “good”. I really respect that man, you earned every view and sub off this video

[@whathappenswhen3017]

I started the franchise with Fallout New Vegas and it is still for the right reasons, my favorite out of them all. I only got the chance to play Fallout 3 as late as last year, but it instantly became my second favorite in the series and even beats New Vegas in some aspects, for example... the map, Capital Wasteland.

[@nicudelpapa4056]

Refreshing take

[@verttaf]

Fallout 3 is easily my favorite Fallout, and one of my favorite games of all time. I’ve beat this game atleast 3-4 times and I find myself on a 5th playthrough currently. The atmosphere is just so beautiful and fitting. I’ve always been made fun of for my love of Fallout 3 so I’m glad to see someone else love it so much too

[@TanWam]

You shouldn't have been, it's a special game for sure, same with new vegas

[@1975edgard]

Some moments in this game is heartbreaking... that's the reason it got me up as best game ever. The history about people is breathtaking. A father telling his daugther by letter his situation and he propably wont get the destination because he's trapped inside a building, and of course is up to you to deliver the message to her... but for me, in particular, the signal Oscar Zulu, a weak distress signal around a tower relay... for the very first time I try to find the source of it. The message itself is kind of tragic, but what I saw almost make me cry when I saw it after i finded the source

[@Zaia2013]

Excellent exposé, thanks!

[@MrHammers]

Thanks! Appreciate that dude

[@ProdROKKI]

18:21 That instrument in the background, the Melody, always gives me a nostalgic feeling, I remember the first time i heard that melody and it gave me a feeling of hope and sadness at the same time, it's hard to explain, I'm currently replaying Fallout 3 again and it still gives me the same feeling... My favourite game of all time, i truly love it

[@lynchstan9745]

Yo... I have always been a vehement proponent for Fallout 3. I was so deeply immersed that I felt possessed by the compulsion to travel all over the map to uncover histories and tragedies, all the while being afflicted by the dreary atmosphere. I never had an experience comparable to this in relation to other Fallout games (New Vegas and 4 for me)

[@ZZHungryHippos]

Playing this for basically the first time and having a blast thanks to you. Cheers dude

[@realbr1koo]

Let's be honest, everyone loved Fallout 3 when it got released. There are many videos on KZbin about how it sucks in many aspects, which are mostly true, but when we got this game in the 2000's it was like nothing else before. It also introduced me to the brilliant OG Fallout, and we've got New Vegas thanks to this game. This gem was truly full of content, and i think im never going to experience such an excitement like collecting Nuka-Cola Quantums, then craft them into Nuka Grenades, that had those beutiful explosions with that extreme damage output. There is something special about how this game was able to lead the player through the environments, crafting, combat, quests connecting them all into a unique adventure.

[@MrHammers]

Perfectly put! Of course in retrospect we can nitpick this game, but there is a reason it's one of the highest rated games in the franchise

[@zydian_]

Could you give me a condence list of what sucks about it? Im planning on buying it. I dont have to much time so it will be my only fallout game ill go through.

[@crono276]

@@zydian_ 3 shares many problems with other open world Bethesda games, some writing, exploration, characters, etc. Overall it's a good time, but ymmv

[@elric5371]

@@crono276 exploration is fun and rewarding and there are many interesting characters, madison li, Harold, your father the overseer of the simulation vault. Etc. writing has its moments at being Poor and cutting corners but for the most part it is fine with some absolute gem moments, Harold, point lookout the Pitt, etc.

[@wruzzer]

i didn't. i got bored after 20 min of exploration. the only fun i had with 3 was modding the shit out of it to get rid of most of the flaws that destroy the game, like the enemy difficulty or the missing ads feature.but i couldn't change the story, so the game was still utter garbage and it is to this day.

[@flipdiesel9652]

The wasteland’s ambience always reminded me of being outside of Ganon’s Castle at the end of OOT which I absolutely love. I’m currently on my second F3 playthrough. It’s also my perfect game. Great video

[@tomthebabe6036]

I remember getting Fallout 3 for my birthday with my 360. It was the only game besides Minecraft I owned, and used to scare the shit out of me. Basically, this game is nostalgia and just a pure atmospheric masterpiece.

[@Haddley333]

Lol it would be quite the experience being young enough to have this game scare you

[@rin-joh8644]

The Washington Monument is still one of my favorite set pieces in a game. I just love everything about it.

[@dubiousbrick4483]

i had over 3k hours played on a single save on XBox 360 in Fallout 3... about another 300 hours on computer once i got the hand me down family PC. FO3 has been my favorite Fallout game, enjoyed exploring the wasteland, the ruins, the subterranean catacombs left over from the subway and sewers... To this day it holds up as a game i feel the most immersed in. Finding Dad and completing his work, finding out about all the other quests, exploring, as a vault dweller whom olnly ever knew one life and getting to experience a ruined world. Fallout 3 grips me, from the story and setting, weapons and VATS, it all feels perfect to me. The other fallout games are good too but 3 feels the most right. It is never long before i revisit it. Im glad to see someone else share their love, seems all i ever hear is disdain or how much "NV is better" any time someone mentions how they like FO3. lovely video ^ ^

[@MrHammers]

It's good to see so many people that love this game. Thank you!

[@taxiholocaust5951]

those r ingame time hours

[@surprisedchar2458]

I have a feeling that 3 being my intro is what helped show me that 1 is my absolute favorite in the entire series. 3 and 1 share the atmosphere that I love. It’s lonely and depressing, but still a bit hopeful. 3 and NV are hard tied in my list as #2 because those games compliment one another perfectly. Where 3 fails, New Vegas takes strides, and where New Vegas fails, 3 picks up the slack and runs with it. It’s nice to see someone who likes 3 and isn’t trying to at the same time pander to the incredibly loud undercurrent of NV fans willing to strap you to a phone pole for disagreeing with them.

[@nicudelpapa4056]

I've just recently finished Fallout 1 for the first time (I had played it sporadically before) and I absolutely agree on the atmosphere, Fallout 3 is the one that most closely captures that feel.

[@JEMRocker]

I can honestly say that Fallout 3 may be one of the most significant games for me. The moment I saw it being shown off at the 2009 VGAs will forever be ingrained in my memory.

[@chriskoloski32]

I love fallout 3 to death. It's my personal fav to go back and play. The world is both, big and empty, as well as full of stuff to do. I swear this game has more side quests and places to explore than new vegas does. Any time I play new vegas I know where every side quest is, how to win in caravan, how to make my companions like me. But for fallout 3, no matter when I play it there always seems to be stuff I never tried before or I'm shocked I forgot about. Searching mama dolces to find like 25 chinese soldiers, buying clover just to kill all the slavers and become a good guy again, helping the ghouls peacefully into the tower just for them to systematically kill all the humans proving they're just as evil and bigoted, the outcasts vs brotherhood arguments. It's just so good, I wish I had the know how to remake fallout 3s environment in the fallout 4 enging

[@JamesMiller69]

These are some of my favorite kinds of videos to see from emerging channels, they feel like checkpoints, content you had to make for yourself, not anyone else. This video was fantastic, i've beat every game in the Fallout series 10 plus times, it's insane to me how Fallout 3 and FNV can be so similar, so impactful, released so close together, and yet they feel worlds apart in tone and approach. F3 and FNV are 2 of my favorite games of all time and I find it hard to compare them, but im so glad this whole video centered on atmosphere, because while I do feel FNV is the peak of the fallout series, and the world it gives you the reigns to is second to none, fallout 3 does the best job of any game I've ever played of making you feel like this is Fallout's world, and youre just playing in it. It's a hard balance to strike because everyone wants to feel like a hero, but man Fallout 3 is special. Oasis, Tranquility Lane, Tenpenny Towers, some of the most immersive sidequests you'll ever find in a western rpg, but even when you're not chasing a quest, the world fallout 3 provides feels alive nonetheless. Really glad you made this video and so happy to see you're channel finding so much success, well deserved my dude! (also Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Valhalla are fuckin bangers, i think ubisoft still has some fight in em)

[@MrHammers]

Well said my man! This really was a video I've wanted to do since starting the channel, it feels good getting it out there. You're right F03 and New Vegas are so close yet so drastically different, I'm glad to see in these comments people.love both for what they are, no reason to hate on the games. Thanks for the comment homie 🙏. And, Ubisoft is trying Thier best at keeping assassin's Creed banging but I still think Far Cry 3 is the Pinnacle of thier catalog haha

[@josephstaggs4545]

My favorite "quest" isn't a quest technically. I love Andale. I was completely fooled the first time I found them. "Oh what nice people, I'd love to have dinner."

[@eisendrag]

As a classic fallout fan I liked it I think new Vegas just overshadowed it with the story telling actual ironsights and better modding scene of new vegas sure I like new Vegas more but fallout 3 is still fun

[@zekun4741]

back when the games came out, most people actually preferred fallout 3 to new vegas. they found the new vegas world bleak and it was annoying how you couldn't join a single faction in the entire game. there's a certain point in history that a very vocal minority began to over glorify new vegas

[@serge6064]

@@zekun4741 I remember when it first came out the biggest talking point was its technical issues, For me the 2 things that bugged me about it was the fact that it had no post ending gameplay (though that was due to time restraints so I can understand) and the Legion with its Roman aesthetic, I just found them to be a bit of a downgrade to the power armour wearing Enclave, the whole army with ragged/ancient looking attire just didn't really appeal to me

[@jamespaguip5913]

@@zekun4741 that’s because fallout 3 world building is terrible.

[@christopherjohnson9167]

I love new Vegas, but it just didn’t give me that same sense of dread that the capital wasteland offered. In fo3 I could get lost in the world, but there some things about new Vegas that kind of were immersion breaking and ruined the atmosphere.

[@eisendrag]

@@christopherjohnson9167 I get you as a classic fallout fan because The dread of fallout 1 got lost in 2 but fallout 2 is still my favorite classic fallout and new Vegas is still my favorite

[@mr.bandito1635]

Fallout 3 had the best immersion for sure. I loved the "prologue" of being a vault dweller and living that life. Fallout 4's intro felt rushed and unimportant. Even New Vegas' intro is kind of "meh."

[@DrWongburger]

My favorite quest line is the Pitt! The cure being such a twist, occuring at an integral time was really gripping to me. The moral dilemma it poses is also one of the more trying as there is no black and white resolution. It really plays on the moral ambiguity of it all, and forces the player to make choices that aren't going to end nicely for all parties involved. Besides all that, it's down right gritty, taking the survival aspect of Fallout 3, which I think Fallout 3 does best out of all the modern titles, then multiplies it. Entering the Pitt as a low, even mid level character is a challenge, and the challenge adds to the survival aesthetic because the gameplay immerses you. The Pitt, pretty damn cool.

[@arellajardin8188]

For a long time, I felt like an outlier for preferring FO3 over FNV. I loved both, but FO3 edged out the other by having the elements I appreciate, atmosphere and exploration. But online, this was the “wrong” opinion. I finally felt more confident in voicing my preference after watching Many A True Nerd’s “Fallout 3 is Better Than You Think.” Which did a pretty good job of articulating the things I enjoyed about the game. Here’s a hot take for you. FO4 is my (current) favorite in the series. I’m more inclined towards mechanics than story, and I just find 4 to be the most fun to play. The exploration is pretty good, too, Boston is an achievement in map design. It could use a few more mini stories tucked away in the corners, but I’m overall happy to hop around the Cmmonwealth, trying new character builds.

[@MrHammers]

I liked Fallout 4 a lot, but the dialogue options killed it for me tbh. I did love the Commonwealth a whole lot though

[@sorrymomimfloppy7117]

Fallout 3 and 4 were nostalgic, but I don't Reeeeeeeaaaaally like NV Because whenever I play it, I have bad luck in real life, and I don't like it, although the game itself is amazing

[@RikaRieGaming]

Me too and I started playing FNV first, I was not feeling it when I was younger (Or because of the Cazadors I met after getting out of the Doc's place LMAO) Some of my friends keep pushing me to play NV, tried again there was something about the environment I just didn't like. Might try again in the future. Then I tried Fallout 3...LOVED IT yeah the main story was not that great but I do think that was the point because the atmosphere and exploration were what the game was trying to push (I think). Seeing how a big city and capital looked after the war was a plus.

[@sorrymomimfloppy7117]

@@RikaRieGaming yeah, I mean, I like NV and it has some good memories behind it with me playing it, it just, something is off about it, it just doesn't click, I dunno, but I love the main story of FO3, the dad is cool, but I love how your main character is only 19, and he (The Lone Wanderer) is like, the most badass kid ever, and yes, the capital wasteland is such an AMAZING Map!! It's fucking awesome, and I know the map of fallout 4 like the shaft of my penis, I don't even need the HUD to get around, it's just that the capital wastes are so scattered and everywhere, but very memorable, same with fallout 4s map, except, I just know the Commonwealth REALLY well hahaha 🤣

[@wruzzer]

@@RikaRieGaming bethesda stopped caring about story after oblivion, and that is the main reason why fallout 4 and skyrim have such poor writing and basically no choices in quests. fallout 3 had some weird choices in the main story and some actually interesting choices in the sidequests, but it already showed they don't care anymore because "doesn't matter how good your story is, the players will shit on it anyways". yeah... no. some players, maybe, but not the majority. start caring about stories again and your games might become enjoyable without mods, like new vegas.

[@TobyDaBeagle]

Just started playing again, other than mafia 2 this is my favorite game..just super eerie

[@unluckytourist]

I played through the whole series, start to finish, over the last year (for the first time for every game). If I had to rank them - New Vegas > Fallout 1 > Fallout 3 > Fallout 2 > Fallout 4 - The BIG thing however is that the difference in quality (for me) between New Vegas and Fallout 4 was minimal. They all felt like they failed in areas others succeeded or succeeded in areas the others failed. What I took away from the hundreds of hours invested was - I really, really, really want a Fallout 5 that combines the best elements of all the previous entries. I also started on Outer Worlds right after finishing this run of games, and you could feel the big hole in the centre - the world maps just weren't as interesting. It felt like the same locations copy/pasted. Even though the principle gameplay ideas were the same.

[@MrHammers]

I felt the same way about Outer Worlds, I really wanted to love that game and completely agree. Also I agree with the statement that each fallout is marginally in line with the others and each excel at certain things where others don't, very well said!

[@FumblsTheSniper]

Ah, it you forgot the most important game to understand why F5 will be bad: F76

[@samjohnson1992]

@@FumblsTheSniper that doesn’t make sense. They can make a good fallout even with that game and it’s actually not as bad now as it was

[@FumblsTheSniper]

@@samjohnson1992 just go melt more crayons in your easy bake oven, I care even less that you like to be spit on less over time.

[@rhy45bianchi31]

@@FumblsTheSniper jeez Bro why all fallout nv fanboys are all toxic?

[@stevieb2k13]

love this video due to the fact of how honest it is, I absolutely love NV and it’s so good to see FO3 get the respect it deserves, to me 3 felt like it had such a better atmosphere, like you were truly out in a wasteland by yourself with few places in the wasteland being inhabited by friendly NPC’ (and the ambient soundtrack most definitely helped with that aspect) I don’t know why but I felt like FO4 was such a let down in comparison to NV and FO3, I’m not saying it was a bad game I enjoyed 4 but for replay-ability the older releases just have so much more to offer IMO

[@blackhawk3975]

Fallout 3 was my first Fallout game, so it holds a special place in my heart, I'm working on getting the older ones, I got Tactics, now all I need is to get the original two.

[@xvandalen5373]

I actually just started it up today and about an hour in I already crashed, instead of getting mad I actually found it funny. Takes me back

[@MrHammers]

It's part of the experience sometimes haha

[@Dextro1945]

Fallout 3 was one of the first games i've ever played on the og fat-ps3. I don't know if it's nostalgia or anything else but i like it much more than New Vegas for example

[@manaayek8091]

Finally a good video showing some love to fallout 3. New vegas is my favorite fallout but its because what i look for in a game new vegas does. But i love fallout 3 because of the strengths you listed. It is so refreshing seeing a video propping fallout 3 up without putting down another fallout game or ignoring fallout 3’s flaws. For that i am subscribing.

[@andrewdeschenes5162]

Was actually interesting to see this since just rewatched a few other f3 retrospectives. F3 and fnv are distinct in my mind. New vegas is the story of the growth of the ncr and the question of the four government styles (house's autocracy, yes man's quasianarchy, Caesars dictatorship, and ncrs corrupt democracy). Fallout 3 is more raw survival and has a lot more connection to the actual prewar and war events. Settlements are disconnected, surface water is contaminated, etc. Being a new publisher of the ip I think Bethesda tried to use too much of the prior factions to bridge f2 to f3 while making something distinct as opposed to a direct successor to f2 as new vegas did since there was no way they wouldn't get burned by fans. Sadly they didn't make it obvious why you didn't have the magitech that let the west recover as it did so you have the "why isn't there civilization after 200 yrs" issues. It's story didn't branch as much, basically good or bad karma and companions were skyrim levels of characterization as well as a lot of story options that were ignored low fruit but it felt like there was an apocalypse rather than new vegas' choose who runs vegas alternate universe political thriller.

[@dunno6442]

First time playing fallout 3 at 10 years old I turned it off immediately when I heard the intro music, took it to be some kind of horror game like the condemned or something and it scared the sht out of me, quickly became one of my all time favourites when I finally dove into it and saw what it actually was, gave me a love for post apocalyptic games and will stick with me forever.

[@jamesmiller9923]

I remember thinking how awesome it was when I checked the mail of the houses in Springdale and recognized last names (I believe it was Gomez) of characters or families in the Vault. Before that I hadn't noticed that level of attention to detail, especially for something nearly no one would notice. I was maybe twelve when I noticed this small small detail but from that point I was set to explore every nook and cranny of the wacky wasteland. Also, if you read this Hammers, I am a big fan of your takes on these games. I appreciate the love you show you some older and sometimes forgotten titles! Keep it up man!

[@tatemushroom1002]

Fallout 3 is pure atmosphere and nostalgia to me

[@StephaneLevs]

I personally like new vegas more but I dont get people that literally shit over fallout 3 while still praising new vegas. They are way too similar to completely hate one while loving the other one. I prefer the kinda straight forward story of fallout 3 but the world is a bit more interesting in new vegas (especially when you include the factions into the mix). great video :)

[@MrHammers]

The factions were so well written and implemented in NV, probably my favorite aspect of the game. I love both games, it's the just the world of F3 that is better to me personally. Thank you dude!

[@rasec3408]

I am so glad that I am not the only one that like fallout 3 over the others. I know that if you look every mechanics of the game individually, they are better made in NV or fallout 4. But the feeling of playing in fallout 3 is unbeatable

[@wruzzer]

what feeling? the only feeling i get is that bethesda tried but failed miserably, because they didn't care for story or believable world building. the only good thing about 3 is that we got nv.

[@coldeed]

​@@wruzzerI mean you're probably just stupid. You actually took a literal small nation vs morons in football gear that got btfo by a few sniper rifles seriously. On top of the other options being the nothing route, and Walt Disney. If any of that sounds smart or believable it's not because the writing is good, it's because your not too keen on paying attention to the main plot. It's almost like every fallout has had an incredibly dumb and unrealistic fantastical plot.

[@hhhllll5656]

I remember getting slammed on the Fallout Subreddit for saying Fallout 3 is my favorite Fallout game. Fallout 3 gets hailed as a bad game for having a mediocre main questline but so does nearly every Bethesda Softworks game, I don't see why it is so hated it's a better open world as far as exploration goes compared to New Vegas. New Vegas just took an entire game created a few new assets and made it better in some ways.

[@justwhy7449]

Agreed. New Vegas is definitely better but in it's own way. The plot is linear making the player go through the same path to New Vegas, which works really well for that game, but I like how Fallout 3 pushes the player to explore the capital wasteland and find shit to do. I hate when people say 3 has no world building because as you explore the wasteland, you become immerse in the DC ruins getting information from random npcs. Both games are great and people who act like 3 is somehow horrible because of a bland story and exclusion of a few NV features just havent played 3 enough.

[@James-ed5pk]

Fallout 3 is one of the greatest games of all time. If they added mark morgans soundtracks from fallout 1 and 2 it would be even more incredible.

[@agayweirdo5404]

I've easily have at least 1000 hours in all three version of Fallout 3 yes I've completed it 100% across PS3,Xbox 360 and PC where I still continually to play it with mods the Tales of two wastelands mod is amazing and worth replaying it again.

[@MrHammers]

Damn that's impressive! No idea what my hours are at but I doubt it's close to 1000

[@wruzzer]

i have like 2k in new vegas, 1k in 4 and 1 hour in 3 because it's trash. after 20 min of exploration i got bored because there was nothing interesting to see at all and then i started modding it, but even then i didn't like it. glad i picked up new vegas nontheless, otherwise i would still think the fallout franchise has no good games. now i played 1, 2, nv and 4 and can confidently say, 3 is by far the worst out of the entire franchise. people shit on the story of 4 and i agree, but it was still so much better than the story of 3. the atmo gets destroyed by poor world building, the buildings are 90% meaningless dungeons with enemies and some loot, the story is not even worth talking about and the rpg and shooter elements are poorly executed, so all in all the game is garbage. how can anyone like this? it deserves a solid 1 on metacritics. there is nothing good about the game. well, that's not true. there are some good quests. but to find them you have to explore the whole boring af map if you don't know where they are.

[@SnivTen]

My first Fallout was Fallout 4, yet I LOVED fallout 3. I find it pretty nostalgic now to go back in every now and then. (Also Cyberpunk rocks!)

[@livid7845]

Thanks!

[@MrHammers]

Preciate ya my man

[@blackryan5291]

10:50 - I have to agree with you bro. In my opinion....When you exit the vault in FO3...that presentation....The delivery of that scene...They freaking nailed that. I don't even know why it was soo epic to me. But it was and I will never forget that experience. That team did a great job with the intro I guess you can call it to the wasteland. The Commonwealth intro doesn't even hold a candle to it.

[@InfamousSirHellfire]

"I just don't give a fuck." My man. If you enjoy a game, no matter how objectively busted or flawed it might be, keep on enjoying it. Randos online aren't going to make a game any better or worse, because unless it's the second coming of christ, it's already a predetermined 0/10.

[@MrHammers]

Yeah man, sometimes you just really dig a game for what it is despite it's short comings

[@channel45853]

@@MrHammers like how I feel for Cyberpunk 2077.

[@kupokinzyt]

This was a GREAT video! I love how you explain all of Fallout 3's problems and then say, "I don't give a f" like after all of these years, we aren't all aware it has issues. I agree whole-heartledy. So many people point out what it does bad and never focus on what makes it special. Fallout 3 is next to my favorite game, with Final Fantasy series being somewhere in first. Even with all of it's issues, I completely don't care because I can get lost in the world of FO3 and lose myself for hours on end. The game feels like a love letter to Fallout series and I believe Bethesda did their absolute best when it came to this game. This was my first FO and without it, I would have never picked up FO1 and FO2, or even New Vegas. People can gripe all they want, but in a lot of ways (including myself), Oblivion was everyone's introduction into TES which is what got me to go back and play Morrowind, my #3 favorite game of all time and FO3 holds a special place in a lot of peoples hearts for the very same reason. I recently just finished a 100+ hour playthrough of FO3 on the Xbox 360 because I wanted to play it vanilla for once and loved every second of it. I maxed a character to 30 and finished each DLC, taking my time as I have done many, many, maaaany times before and I never once felt like I was getting bored, or retreading old ground. I even, like I always do, discovered many new things that I hadn't seen before and new locations I had never discovered. Can't wait for your DLC video, this one was awesome. :)

[@MrHammers]

Thank you! Yeah it's not a perfect game but it does so many things so well that it deserves to be praised for what it accomplished. Same as you it also inspired me to play FO1 and FO2 as well as the sequels and play through all those great games. Glad you liked the video, appreciate it my dude

[@wruzzer]

fallout 3 almost stopped me from playing nv. glad i did, otherwise i would think to this day that the entire franchise is garbage. i can even enjoy 4, but 3? hell nah. that game was just a shitshow.

[@kadenstewart7761]

Personally I really liked “The Velvet Curtain,” from Point Lookout. I genuinely didn’t know it existed until today. It was a lot of fun to learn about this Chinese spy and finish her job 200 years later. “Holy Water” is another one I didn’t learn about until recently and it’s a really simple but goofy quest. If I had to pick a favorite quest it would probably have to be “The Power of Atom” because it’s The Power of Atom. You get to blow up a major settlement and potential player home just for the hell of it. I decided to do a “do everything” play through a week ago for the first time since I first played in 7th grade, and I forgot just how much fun it is to poke around the hidden areas in the city. I straight up had no idea that the Falls Church and Mason District areas existed.

[@michaelgregor1640]

Same here. I did all of the main story and side quests over 10 years ago, just got back into playing the game and I still feel like a I'm finding new things. There's just something so engaging in Fallout 3's exploration as you snoop through the maze of doors and alleyways in DC.

[@spinymold]

Personally for me it’s got to be fallout 4. That base building took over my life. I still play fallout 3, new Vegas, Skyrim and fallout 4 today. I’m playing starfield on pc at the moment and I’m loving the ship building, but the other games stand above in my opinion.

[@blakeanderson5011]

The first time I stepped out of the vault when I was 15, I actually felt scared of what’s to come. It sounds silly but When my friend introduced me to the game, showing me through the tutorial. I was comfortable going against the tunnel snakes and all that. But when I left the vault I had a sense of dread no game ever gave me. Finding Andale was a whole ‘nother experience of playing a game where the horror unravels itself over time. I could’ve go on and on with paragraphs about my unique experience with the game, but I’ll leave it at this. Great video m8, keep it up/

[@viratsharma8416]

Thanks for making this video 100% agree with you. Fallout 3, Skyrim and Mass Effect 2 all three are unforgettable Gems ^-^

[@HungNguyen-sy4oz]

While NV is more to my cup of tea, I certainly appreciate how much emphasis is given to exploration in F3. Who knows, and this is just a pipe dream, but if one day we can get a fallout that combines the plot and npc of NV and the exploration of F3, with the combat of F4, then yeah, we have a game that can give GTA V's Los Santos a run for its money.

[@wruzzer]

the explo in nv and 4 is much better, what are u talking about.

[@klebyell]

The plot in new Vegas was undercooked, brotherhood of steel just leeched off the other factions, the legion didn't have any significant locations, the raiders basically didn't have a story.

[@klebyell]

​@@wruzzer4 had hardly any memorable locations and new Vegas' highlight was the strip. Which you could walk across in 20 seconds. The place was about the size of megaton. You're the reason we have shit like fallout 76

[@chuckwise933]

Fallout 3 was like the best game ever I wish we could get something that even comes close to the vibe fallout 3 gave just such an awesome story line and you just felt cool walking around the wasteland 😂

[@MrHammers]

There are some great games with amazing atmosphere but the capital wasteland is just untouchable

[@MrHammers]

Agreed, if you look at the backstory it doesn't make too much sense for it to look that way, but it's not something that broke it for me

[@Badookum]

ok i love this game too but the story is horrible, F3 only true weak point

[@EpsilonCobra]

@@Badookum why do you believe the story is bad, i find very good actually and i find it believable that the Wasteland is such chaos

[@wruzzer]

@@EpsilonCobra because your father kills himself for no reason. because u have almost no choices, and if you have, they are just "be the ultimate bad guy" or "be the ultimate good guy". because it's short af. just a few examples.

[@lopiklop]

I must have seen this video already but I came to this conclusion earlier. New Vegas and FO4 are stories about people living in post-apocalypse, but FO3 is people surviving the post-apocalypse. The musical **SCORE** is amazing too. I love it. Has hints of Oblivion in it.

[@sleeplessinid]

Absolutely agree with you! I like taking the Law Bringer perk and then take the fingers back to my house in Megatone. I drop them 1 at a time, pick them up and drop them in one of the wood boxes.

[@Shyboi109]

I really REALLY hope this game gets a remaster Bethesda put all of their passion and love into it I really don’t see why people riff on it

[@wruzzer]

because the story is garbage, the world building is garbage, the difficulty is garbage, the shooting is garbage and the rpg elements are garbage.

[@lostwithknives]

I agree 100% this game introduced me to fallout so it’ll always hold a special place in my heart. You emphasized leaving the vault and the feeling of a vast open world to a T. I think my favorite quest has to be Riley’s rangers.

[@TheRe-Fill]

Dude thank you so much I though I was the only one who’s favorite fallout was 3 great video

[@Raziel_J]

Thanks for the shout-out to Fallout 3. For me, is the best Fallout too, and also one of the best open world games ever made, along with ES Oblivion. The atmosphere, the music, the characters and specially the quests and all the hidden secrets behind them, is what made exploring the vast world of Fallout 3 an unique experience for me ❤

[@GameTalesHQ]

Damn, i just stumbled upon your channel and your taste in video games is almost the same as mine! Call of Juarez, GUN, Bully, Fallout 3, The Punisher etc. Very cool to see your takes on these games!

[@_Gilles_]

I enjoyed how tarnished and ruined the world was. The focus on survival was more present than in NV and 4.

[@crono276]

Well, New Vegas is set like 200 years after the bombs fell and 4 was in an area with less damage compared to 3

[@thetophatfreak5627]

I have not played Fallout 3 yet, but one of the kids at school agrees. An interesting thing he also said was that New Vegas was good, but not as good as everybody hypes it up to be, what do you think?

[@MrHammers]

I think new Vegas is a fantastic game, but it is over hyped quite a bit I'd say

[@kevinpeeters947]

Depends on who you ask .. new vegas is my favorite game of all time

[@bigjayjay2x597]

Definitely a bit overhyped but at least a bit reasonable. Still a great pick up. Play Fo3 first and then move to new Vegas if you want your own personal experience.

[@thetophatfreak5627]

@@bigjayjay2x597 yea that’s what I did

[@CursedMoistMan690]

Probably controversial, I literally can not go back to playing fallout 3 after playing New Vegas, being able to Aim down sights, the ability to mod my weapons with suppressors, sights etc, and going back to fallout 3 after having all that feels absolutely horrible when it's torn away from me, that's why I use Tale of 2 wastelands so I can actually have that stuff

[@ncrveteranranger4454]

I can't either, plus the new weapons and their variants and different ammo types, the faction armours, and the new companion system, along with a more highly replayable story opposed to Fallout 3's linear story, and you got yourself a big improvement.

[@DJWeapon8]

​@@ncrveteranranger4454New Vegas is a proper RPG while Fallout 3 is a badly written subpar looter shooter. Its that simple.

[@ncrveteranranger4454]

@@DJWeapon8 yep

[@robTCGZ]

I cannot say Fallout 3 is my favourite Fallout game because this is the only one I've played. However, I can confidently say that Fallout 3 is one of my favourite games of all time, and one of the best games I've ever played, period. Moreover, it's a game that ruined open world gaming for me. Ever since I've played this game for the first time 8 years ago, this has been my standard to judge open world gaming. Elden Ring is the first game ever since Fallout 3 to truly impress me with its world. Fallout 3's world naturally makes you want to explore. It's such a believable world. There's so much environmental storytelling, it's amazing. I don't play FPS games. Not only do I lack the skill, but I simply has no interest in the genre. Fallout 3 is the exception. Not gonna lie, access to the VATS system is what allows me to enjoy the game, but you have to give credit to game because VATS is entirely optional. If you have the skill, ignore it. If you suck like me, you can play the game just fine. The characters are fun, the story is serious when it needs to, yet full of fun moments and satire. The sidequests are fantastic. Discovering the other vaults and what happened on them is terrifying and awesome at the same time. Character customisation is varied, and it caters to different playstyles and preferences. You can play this game 3 times and have a different experience on each. Not to mention, all the DLC content is awesome!! I have nothing but praise for this game. Watching this video and writing about it got me excited to go, turn on my PS3 and play it again. And you know what? I think I might just do that!

[@Tokyoprism]

I used to listen to Korn while playing f3 as a kid & found it fit the atmosphere really well

[@drethemage9559]

Be careful mate. Somebody might make a 6 hour long critique on why your opinion is objectively wrong.

[@MrHammers]

We shall see! Haha

[@RikaRieGaming]

LMAO like they did with A Many True Nerd's video XD.

[@worldhello1234]

If they can do that, it is not an opinion. 🤷‍♂

[@drethemage9559]

@@worldhello1234 I guess someone don't know what an opinion is.

[@ozghoboyd8413]

I haven't watched the whole video, but I had to make this comment right when I heard you say it, "The Environment is the main character" Not only do I agree with you, I almost feel like the world itself agrees with you. How many times do characters in this game refer to "The Wasteland" with almost this hushed tone like they're speaking of someone in the room, how many times do people discuss "The Wasteland" like some corrupting force that drives people to madness. In Oasis, they're deeply concerned about the intrusion of "The Wasteland" into their secluded paradise. No one talks about the actions of the people out here, all the pain, torture, bloodshed is not preformed by humans, it's done by "The Wasteland"

[@MrHammers]

Well said!

[@kaji7364]

definitley nailed it it is good to see some contrariwise opinion about unique project rather than just worshiping mainstream games.

[@Gassysamsquanch]

I remember being obsessed with games like halo 3, then one day my brother came home with a game he rented from blockbuster, that game being fallout 3, and man was I blown away, at first I was confused, why are you a baby in this weird place? Oh you’re aging, now you’re a kid, oh well where are you? What is this place you’re in? Oh it’s a vault because the world outside went to shit, then to see you go into the wasteland for the first time, I was infatuated, immediately drawn in and had to play it myself, every step of the way I was blown away, I remember immediately just running in a random direction, only to find the super duper mart, and was shocked there was a whole faction of raiders trying to kill me, then the first time I saw the brotherhood, who the fuck are these bad asses? Needless to say it was one of the greatest memories in my gaming career and future titles like nv didn’t hit as hard as my first experience with fallout 3, mostly because I already knew what I was getting into, but with fallout 3 it was all new

[@reaperinplays2173]

I've been playing fallout 3 since 2017 and somehow every year i would install the game again and find a new way to play it, even without mods. Like the character build alone can bring so much different in gameplay.

[@Icien1]

New Vegas fanboys are the loudest, but 3 still sold more.

[@_bloxxer]

Not only are they the loudest, they also smell the worst 🤮

[@michelangelo5903]

NV is a much more ironed out experience where your guns don’t brake after each gunfight and your automatic weapons actually hit your target BUT i don’t understand the war between the fandom really lol i love both games! fallout 3 absolutely kills it with the “everything sucks and is blown up, trees can’t grow because the soil is polluted” vibe and i love it! it’s a shame that now a days the apocalypse is just over grown bushes taking over everything because i really enjoy the bleak ass fallout 3 setting! i hope we go back to that. but after fallout 4 and 76 i have a feeling Fallout 5 will have even less gray dirt and rocks ):

[@MayonnaiseOreo]

What kind of argument is that? Lol. Numbers sold doesn't make a game better.

[@gloverfox9135]

Skyrim sold more than oblivion but it was incredibly dumbed downed and shallow

[@weeeee-m6q]

As much as i see people complain about new vegas fans, its usually the people who mindlessly love 3 and/or 4 that seem the most toxic. Idk about forums, but its definitely the case for youtube comment sections. Especially since the fallout show came out.

[@Big_Footless]

Excellent video. Your use of complex and romanticized language really brings this game to life. You've inspired me to go dig up my old Xbox 360 copy of Fallout 3 and give it a run. Well done!!

[@MrHammers]

Thanks! Enjoy it!

[@shaggy6523]

Could not explain or gather my thoghts on why I enjoyed Fallout 3 more than New Vegas. This is it, the atmosphere of fallout 3 is unmatched.

[@worldhello1234]

@4:43 Exploration in that sense is not unique to Fallout 3. @9:11 That is the difference between a RPG and a non-RPG. The later are less suited for people with a low attention span who need to be bombarded with action and exploration, otherwise they get bored pretty fast.

[@gringotroller]

I've never been immersed into a game as much as FO3. It was never a grind, just pure exploration