Why I Still Love Fallout 3 12 Years Later

Fallout 3 is a game that has been out for 12 years yet a game I still play to this day. From its side quests to story to DLC to setting let's wander the wasteland one more time and talk about why I still love fallout 3 12 years later.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:56 Summary of Fallout 3 Basics
2:53 Setting/Exploration
9:58 Gameplay & Combat
16:31 Story
23:48 Side Quests
31:36 DLC
47:25 Outro
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Background Music: • Full Fallout 3 OST
Outro: Orca Vibes - Gypsy
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Hope You Enjoyed!
#Fallout3​ #Gingy​

[@erebusrealm]

The overall depressing, hopeless feeling this game has is magnetizing. It reveals a pretty profound thing about yourself...you revel in despair

[@ArchonZach]

Its nice to hear someone talk about this game in a positive light again everyone loved it at the time and then a few years ago everyone just decided it was bad

[@annaliseazura]

Whenever a new game is released by Bethesda in either FO or TES, the previous game is venerated and considered unrivalled. I remembered a lot of negative opinions about New Vegas... Up until FAllout 4 was released. It's just how it goes.

[@jumbo9386]

It's just obsidian fanboys who hate on fallout 3. It was literally GOTY and considered one if the greatest games ever released when it came out. No amount of trying to alter history will change this. Even to this day it has better user reviews than new vegas. Vocal minority and all that

[@Helperbot-2000]

@@jumbo9386 which is some of the largest bullshit i will ever withness, fallout 3 wasnt deserving of a single award

[@jumbo9386]

@@Helperbot-2000 uhuh. The game new vegas has its entire engine and gameplay designed around, with 90% of all assets being re used in a smaller world with less time required to complete it. You're not delusional at all bud.

[@Helperbot-2000]

@@jumbo9386 and yet theyre extremely different games, where fallout 3 is a dumbed down rpg with terrible shooting mechanics, completely idiotic and lacking a believeable world, retcons like hell, hardly any choice at all in the vast majority of anything you do, mostly just copy pasting things from fallout 1 and 2 despite beeing set a continent away showing their severe lack of creativity, a shit story so bad they made a character refuse to save the day and spare everyone for a completely bullshit reason despite doing that exact thing earlier in the story, extremely easy difficulty because they cant make actual good game design. New Vegas adds back traits, takes out all boring perks and put in ones that actually give you interresting new things your character can do, it manages to massively improve the shooting mechanics and gives more weapons and then allowes you to modify them to make them even better and more interresting, a world that actually makes sense, when each place is believeable, people heard brahmin and big horners and grow crops, the water from lake mead is showed as a valuable resource and many people talk about it, you can see how the places sustain themselves either visually of by asking certain characters, you can discover how someone is stealing water meant for NCR farmers, theres conflicts between communities over their local issues which make sense, the story is highly consistent with what came before, and youre shown the further development of the world and its people from fallout 1 and 2, the game adds new and interresting factions, like Caesars legion which on paper sounds completely ridiculous but not only fits perfectly into the game, but manage to make sense in the world and story, you can find out how it came to be, why its so sucessful, and while beeing extremely evil still manages to give legitimate criticism to the NCR amd democracy itself, MR. House and his securitron army gives a very real and legitimate alternative to the NCR and he makes the story so much more complex and interresting, the kings aswell seem like a stupid idea but are able to fit in perfectly, jacobstown shows how supermutants are harassed and discriminated against despite having equal rights in the NCR and having been in the masters army only since before the NCR even existed, they only want to coexist and live peacefully with everyone else, the brotherhood of steel is in hiding and you see their failure in evolving with the world around them and unwilling to change their ways, options from the moment you start the game and almost every quest has multiple ways to be solved and multiple outcomes, and while yes it is a smaller map, that doesnt mean much when it has MORE THAN 4 TIMES as many quests, the story is complex yet allowes you to kill any character and accounts for that, other skills are taken into consideration in dialogue which gives it more variation and makes more sense, the opening takes a few minutes before allowing you complete and utter freedom, by startimg with a shot to the head and a memory loss you can easily have the couriers actions make sense in the story and allowes you to give whatever backstory you desire with the only concrete thing beeing that he was a courier for some ammount of time, this is perfect for... well... an RPG, the game doesnt fuck around and imediately teaches you the world is hostile and dangerous if you try to go straight north to the strip, it provides real challenges while still allowing you to go anywhere, the hardcore mode gives you an in built higher difficuly mode for those who want a bigger challenge, you are given the keys to change the fate of the many places of the Mojave for better or worse with its numerous options. New Vegas is a masterpiece, and it was made in only 18 months, obsidian did in that time what bethesda couldnt do over many years

[@SpaceSpuddd]

Being that I was 12-13 when I played fallout 3, I cannot describe how epic this game experience was, and after getting my hands on the DLC I was mind blown. Hands down on of my most favourite games ever!!

[@Qantum802]

Yeah ikr, i was always not able to wait till after school to drink too much beer and accidentally wipe out towns in a drunken stupor

[@Qantum802]

Was the first game i bought for ps3 along with dead space

[@jagheterhopp]

@pl m miss those days

[@a.o.skurtt]

I remember being so terrified of the super duper mart

[@SpaceSpuddd]

@@a.o.skurtt Awh dude, It was the feral ghouls for me!!

[@dirtyp0rnstars]

My favourite Fallout game in the series, the first one I've played, nothing beats the green radioactive filter and atmosphere. Fantastic memories.

[@TheChillDeadpool]

Lol most fans don't like the green filter

[@lahcenebelbachir7929]

Best atmospheric Fallout game by far.

[@Sawboo]

best fallout game minus all the other fallout games for sure

[@TheBigdan217]

@@TheChillDeadpool you're apart of the few Karens that dont

[@TheChillDeadpool]

@@TheBigdan217 that's a poor insalt it's kinda sad really

[@brandonlesko3126]

Fallout 3 & New Vegas are the pinnacle of the series. I spent so much time playing that game, not only finishing the missions and side quests but exploring and wandering around. Both these games are great ways to escape reality and become completely immersed in those worlds. 10 out of 10.

[@dimitrilitovsk2372]

I loved these games. Is it a big or a feature? Usually both but it was still fun

[@yaldabaothofgalar2618]

So is 4.

[@justanegsfan]

100% agree with this comment

[@Retrofire-47]

Interplay Fallout titles are impressive in many ways but ultimately i found them profoundly un-fun. the most i can say about them is "they were interesting". at no point in time was i ever like "yo, i'm havin' a blast!" slowly watching turn-based combat encounters unfold and listening to very contrived, impersonal sounding dialogue unfold before me

[@Retrofire-47]

@@tanukisecondary3371 "Tactical" combat can still be fun: XCOM, Chrono Trigger, etc. i just found any element of strategy to the OG Fallout's gameplay superseded by the dread associated with partaking in it. slow, tiresome, little satisfaction involved. Bethesda's hitscan bullet-sponge gameplay was more accessible and enjoyable for me. i enjoyed firing the guns, the tactile nature of trying to hit shit, the sfx, sneaking around like a sniper, throwing grenades over walls, the audiovisual feedback from the VATS system was satisfying albeit stupid proof. i am a basic bitch. i cannot handle turn-based combat or puzzles. i cannot make it through a single Zelda game without losing my mind. i cannot understand how to progress in Deponia. i find the encounters in Dragon Age: Origins insufferable. there are many games that i will acknowledge are great... but simply not for me. and i eventually reconciled after failing over and over in Fallout 1, 2, and tactics that they just aren't my kind of game.

[@Sgmash]

I'm still playing it 16 years later

[@everythingpony]

You haven't played for 16 years, at most you have half a year

[@trickmaster32]

This is no doubt my favorite game of all time, I was a kid when I first played it and barely understood. This is the one game I really wish I could play again for the first time as I just didn't get as much out of the wonders this game had to offer me

[@girrandems3244]

This game and many others of that time had great content, and lots of it... That's one critical game factor, that the modern "only PVP" player will never ever understand. We were blessed to have played games like this one 😉

[@trollgod177]

No lies told here 🫡

[@kylerobison1425]

They’re still around honestly I have had my PS 5 for only a couple months and I haven’t played pvp. Really at all been playing Elden ring, no man’s sky, cyberpunk 2077, and some PS4 games I missed out on. All single player long games with decent content.

[@JapanNights]

wait 10 years without playing it and play it again.. it will feel like new. I just did the above myself and I couldn't believe how it felt like I was playing for the first time again. there's just too much content to remember it all after 10 years!

[@RunehearthCL]

Thank god this video exists, so new vegas fans stop hating 3 for no reason

[@ForTheViolence]

Falllout 3 is extremely atmospheric. It’s the most delightful game I’ve ever played. And one of the most depressing at the same damn time.

[@bunnitomoe3866]

Yup, i always got chill when i'm walking through the Mall and saw the Capital building and the Washington Monument, feel kinda sad tbh

[@LettersAndNumbers300]

I'm watching all these Morrowind / Fallout 3 / Oblivion retrospectives, it's been great, hope this is a good one!

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

Private Sessions, Whitelight, PatricianTV, The Salt Factory, NeverKnowsBest ❤👍🏻

[@belhariry]

@@unbearifiedbear1885 Joseph Anderson's Witcher stuff too. The GOATs of gaming retrospective KZbin

[@visassess8607]

@@belhariry Hell no, Joseph Anderson sucks

[@TroostDesigned]

Fallout 3 was my first Fallout game back when I was 14 and it's probably my favorite, mainly because of the setting that always feels grim and dark. Thank you for this video, really appreciated it and btw you earned yourself a new suscriber.

[@denisdogan6076]

F3 was my first fallout game too when I was 15. Wish I could back and play it all over again for the fist time and appreciate it even more.

[@lectornox]

@@denisdogan6076 Im waiting ten years before I play fallout 3 again I'm hoping it will make it fresh again!

[@sorrymomimfloppy7117]

I found it when I was 7 and I'm 14 RIGHT NOW😂😂😂 pretty weird, but I loved that game, and I was obsessed with "Point Lookout"

[@denisdogan6076]

@conartist j It didn't bother me when I was 15, still doesn't now, whether or not I'm the main character and my dad is, it's still a good game.

[@audentl]

Me too!

[@michaelsantoso9741]

Fo3’s atmosphere is inimitable, better than fnv. That first time out the vault felt so freeing yet terrifying unlike any other game in that era. Every nook and cranny had interesting stories to uncover. (Andale, oasis, mirv, republic of dave, t-51b, etc) Captured my imagination as a teen. The world building / lore stayed in my mind for years after.

[@datiger39]

I was 17 when it came out, felt like it was yesterday it’s crazy how time flies.

[@Phoenix-pb4sm]

New Vegas is my favorite, but I really think this game is the definitive Fallout game and the first one people should play. It very simply encapsulates everything that makes the series great, but also set the standard for the modern era of the series.

[@wharfrat74]

that's refreshing 2 hear. Tho MANY will disagree. NV may well be the better game, but I still like 3 more.

[@Chuked]

4 is the best one

[@wharfrat74]

@@Chuked elaborate?

[@Chuked]

@@wharfrat74 I don’t want to write multiple paragraphs

[@wharfrat74]

@@Chuked R U trying just 2 convince urself then??

[@marcusphillips2078]

Didn’t even need to watch it before liking fallout 3 and new Vegas hands down the best ever.

[@ByeByeLegacyCryHarder]

4>NV&3 🤡

[@marcusphillips2078]

@@ByeByeLegacyCryHarder meh fallout 4 is amazing but you need new vegas and 3 to enjoy the quality of life changes of 4 plus 3 and new Vegas has the best legendary weapons for their time.

[@ByeByeLegacyCryHarder]

@@marcusphillips2078 settlement building + mods tops anything those games offer

[@serbianhammer]

Fallout 3 and New Vegas are games I'll probably still come back to as an old man..

[@CadgerChristmasLightShow]

New Vegas especially. The beginning 2 hours of fallout 3 is a slog, as much as I love the game 😅

[@thespacedisland5746]

There's a mod that easily skips it

[@serbianhammer]

@@thespacedisland5746 I started playing them again 😂. There's also a mod that merges Fallout 3 and New Vegas into one game. It's called Tale of Two Wastelands.

[@finoderi]

I've completed first two games several times long before F3 came out, but exiting the Vault 101 for the first time was one of the most memorable moments in all video games I've played. There is nothing like that. It was early morning, the sun was rising, and I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the spectacle.

[@DagothDaddy]

Fallout 3 is why I understand what 4 tried doing with crafting it just needed some more work. I love new vegas for the story and quests but as for the open world that mostly gets in the way where as in Fallout 3 wandering the wastes scavenging for caps,ammo ,armor and upgrades is the best part. I loved the idea of junk becoming useful the problem was that while 4 gave junk a use its removal of skills and many other RPG elements removed other things like armor values,Stat boosts,and 90% of the bobble heads.

[@jacobreeves3110]

Fallout 3 is my second all time favorite birthday moment, behind Super Mario 64, but ahead of RE4 and Bioshock. The game truly blew my mind and I got lost in the game. I was 16 so it was prime time for gaming lol.

[@HoarselyCry]

Old Bethesda’s games were masterpieces. Here’s hoping they can get back on the track with Starfield and TES:VI.

[@mfspectacular]

This game & oblivion is where you can trace their streamlining ways back to- or morrowind if you really wanna get technical

[@dillpicklescentedsock5909]

@@mfspectacular Bethesda has proven they can have top tier writing before. Some fallout 3 side quests, far harbor in fallout 4 (some parts) and especially the dark brotherhood in oblivion. Oh my god the dark brotherhood in oblivion is so fucking good. I just want whoever does that writing to take over Bethesda.

[@mfspectacular]

@@dillpicklescentedsock5909 actually, the same person who wrote that questline is largely responsible for their constant streamlining, emelio paglio- idk how to spell his name lol. Morrowind was their gold standard for writing, but even it had its' problems

[@dillpicklescentedsock5909]

@@mfspectacular shit really?? how’d he fuck up so bad, the DB in oblivion is great

[@mfspectacular]

@@dillpicklescentedsock5909 keep it simple stupid, literally bethesda's motto (you can find clips of todd & other devs talking about it). Morrowind is the last game they did under crunch. A bit of irony with their decline in game design, eventually sinking at f4. I agree w you on far harbor being great for bethesda- but it shouldve been the standard for the whole game. More dlcs like it too, actual expansions. That season pass was a ripoff lol

[@stairmasternem]

The one thing I was sad about F3 was that Ravenrock was not a full settlement like it was planned to be in the concept stages. As of a result F3 really did not have a bad guy choice, but then again the originals really did not either.

[@CephalopodsRock]

That’s not quite true. In fallout 1 you could choose to help the master, get dipped in FEV, and reveal the location of Vault 13 to him.

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@CephalopodsRock That's not really siding with him to get new quests, siding with him immediately ends the game.

[@TheGoldenMan888]

​@@CephalopodsRock in Fallout 2 though you can't join the enclave csn you? :)

[@rekaarnes]

I was 11 years old, when F3 dropped. I remember watching the commercials on TV at night and how badly I wanted to play the game, especially after playing it on my neighbors Xbox 360. After waiting for another 1/2 year, I finally got a „new“ laptop and downloaded a cracked version, so I could finally play. My laptop was able to run F3 /w 720p and lowest settings @ 30 FPS - still, it was magical. Even though it ran and looked like shit, the experience was impeccable. The sound, music, ambient sounds, atmosphere, the wasteland, the quests, the locations, everything. Downloaded DLCs as well, as soon as they dropped. After starting my first job, I immediately bought the GOTY version, so I could enjoy the game fully without my guilty conscience for downloading the game lol. No other game to this day has been able to replicate the atmosphere I experienced playing F3, not even New Vegas (which is arguably WAY better than F3). I find myself going back to F3 regularly, just to dwell in nostalgia again. Fallout is a major part of my childhood and even after the disasters that were F4 and F76, I still love the Fallout series to death. And F3 will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@williamgregg6339]

you're experience w sith the game sounds exactly like mine. I was older than you but had just come back to gaming after a long absense. Other than that I felt like you. Did you have to go into the ini settings to get it to work?

[@rekaarnes]

@@williamgregg6339 I had to tweak the ini (render distance, disable shadows, etc.) and also installed a few performance mods from the Nexus (Stutter Remover, 4GB patch etc.), it ran fairly well considering my laptop was really bad. Now I get to enjoy it on a proper PC (even tho it is outdated by now, GTX 1060) and @4k /w 60 FPS on my Xbox Series X. Playing F3 with 4K resolution and 60 FPS on my giant TV is a dream come true, my younger self would be proud of me haha

[@toastedjager]

I wouldnt call F4 a disaster tbh, definitely no where near FNV or F3 but not bad in its own rights

[@pmtoner9852]

The vats noise is very satisfying

[@chewiephasma3378]

First game I ever played. I still remember as a kid seeing my big brother get it with his new Xbox 360 and I fell in love with the artstyle and walking around a messed up city. I blame it for my love of games and obsession with apocalypse settings.

[@franciscogarcia7911]

i was 9 when this came out and all i could do is watch game play videos at the public library . I caught up though and started with fallout 4 when it released.

[@brycekrispiez714]

I miss this game so much, yeah NV is more of a Fallout game and I did enjoy it but Fallout 3 just hits different for some reason

[@ZandorDaysev]

NV is a more "fallout 2 game", than a "fallout game". Look at it this way: fallout 3 is fallout 1, part 2. And NV is Fallout 2 part 2.

[@jupuxfrud]

This was my first fallout game and I easily spent over 400 hours finding absolutely everything the atmosphere and gameplay could not be beat even 13 years later

[@CallumOneil999]

9:53 Fallout 3 Fact the conveyor belts in the store bleed when you shoot them. I found this as a kid and I don't feel anyone has ever spoke about it

[@DarkArcharon]

Now I have to try and shoot the conveyor belt...but the fact that they bleed would've scared me if i did this when I first played it at a younger age xD

[@aquaplays3620]

Gingy uploads Fallout: His entire fanbase: LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO

[@ircjesselee]

The sound made when you accept a new quest gives me goosebumps now. So nostalgic.

[@solarianvoid-pi9428]

It’s fun watching your older videos in comparison to the newer ones, your style got better but I’m happy about any and all of your video essays 😊

[@hallamhal]

My only problem with the Pitt was there's only one way to get to the choice at the end, Werhner starts by saying "disguise yourself as a slave and infiltrate the Pitt" and I thought "Hell no, I'm level 30, I'm gonna blast my way in" and within seconds you're enslaved anyway, and have to go through all the same stuff anyway.

[@CadgerChristmasLightShow]

I remember back when the original DLCs released, everyone hated on The Pitt the most. I have to agree, it's mainly just a combat arena DLC. Definitely the worst of the 4 dlc's but still not horrible.

[@bunnitomoe3866]

​@@CadgerChristmasLightShow I thought everyone agree that Mothership Zeta is the worst dlc

[@lobiseja3517]

Gingy and Fallout 😲

[@pinklemonade1402]

I literally had such a high speech by the time I found the mechanist and antagonizer that I just talked the super heroes out of fighting

[@fluffygutts2240]

Going back to an old game is like spending time with a old friend. Nothing has changed and that's a good thing, you can relax and enjoy some time together talking about the good old days. I dont like where modern gaming is heading, I find myself going back to old games time and time again. Ive stopped buying new games and Im not even looking forward to new games coming out this year. At the moment Im playing the Witcher 1 for the 900th time lol

[@slicedtopieces]

Heck, I go back to old games I never even played and I like them better...

[@elizamadlener8685]

This is awesome!!! I love your lore videos for Cyberpunk 2077 and these vide games essays, I’m really excited to see more of these and I hope you do some lore videos for fallout too. Keep up the amazing work 👍

[@frontporchmint]

Got the GOTY edition ages ago, probably in my freshmen year of high school... still play that shit to death. If you were around for DLC on CD’s.. damn

[@ozricaurora6943]

My favourite game of all time 💚

[@alabasterindigo]

First Skyrim, now Fallout 3! I’m hoping for an Oblivion essay next because these are stellar!!!

[@MrHousecup]

The one thing cracks me up the most is the wedding in Rivet City. As soon as the minister pronounces the two man and wife...I throw a grenade!

[@technibabe]

this might be my favorite game of all time... not a gamer at all (only other series i play / am into are resident evil + silent hill) but i picked this up 11 years ago in high school from my sister (avid gamer) and was immediately hooked. now, years later, i still come back to this game again and again and again. it's so perfect and immersive. the atmosphere, the locations and exploring, i love absolutely everything. even doing basically carbon copy playthroughs don't get old to me. point lookout is my favorite DLC too and i'm trying to make a bootleg version in sims rn lmao. i love this video, thank you for penning this love letter i wish i could sign as well

[@legoat8687]

It was my first ever video game I owned with my first console with the PS3 so it has a special place in my heart

[@decaygrim8943]

“I don’t want to set the world…..on….fiiiire”, “iiiiiiiii just want o spark a flare in your heart”.

[@ajflink]

I still get annoyed people think that is a bad game because X person said it was bad.

[@jordanstamey]

I’ll never forget that plot twist with The Pitt, I just remember being so conflicted. I ended up leaving the child with Ashur, I just felt I couldn’t make a child an orphan and kill her parents. And as you said, the child staying with the parents is probably the best chance for the cure anyway.

[@mck7646]

I never found it to be a tough choice really, I killed them and took the rewards. But the Pitt was awesome and one of the best parts of the game, although it was very buggy.

[@josephpeters7076]

@@mck7646how is it not a hard choice? The other guy would take over and is just on a power trip, but the slaves may get temporary freedom.

[@1.800zZzZzZz]

Y E S😩💃🏻 perfect retrospective of this game. I also very much enjoyed your retrospective on Fallout New Vegas!

[@Axis.Mundis.]

I need to play this again. On the dl sometimes I listen to the soundtrack while walking around my spawn point wasteland.

[@Sedward9]

Such great DLC. I remember making a new save right before starting the Operation Anchorage DLC just so I could replay it at anytime. One of the greatest.

[@carelesscloud9816]

I accidentally played through that DLC by following a BoS team bcuz they looked cool and weren't trying to shoot me like everything else in the ruins. I didn't even realize it was a DLC at the time. 😂

[@supaflypotatochip4111]

It’s been a long time since I’ve put in hours on this game and this video made me wanna replay again for like the 3000th time

[@splinterborn]

My favourite Bethesda game, such an immersive world and so many great memories.

[@iTziLLUMY]

I love listening to your videos and falling asleep. Smoothing voice haha

[@Gingy]

thank you Jing :)

[@Swordslinger-hb1ns]

That Operation Anchorage DLC felt like it was chasing the trends brought on by Call of Duty Modern Warfare and Battlefield Bad Company 2 in my eyes. Which is why I view it as the weakest link in the 5 DLCs of Fallout 3.

[@the_competent_gamer9454]

My 3 all time favorite games from my childhood that I will NEVER stop playing until I die: Fallout 3, Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

[@braydonbetts]

Tranquility lane was literally one of the most interesting part of a game i ever played. I loved it so much

[@scottspeer7516]

Plot twist pinkerton and zimmer are synths if you kill them via consul commands they will have synth components on them.

[@ShadowSonic2]

We're not sure if Zimmerman is a Synth, the piece on him could be from another Synth he captured.

[@seangarey3921]

Awesome commentary and vdeo

[@Kelis98]

Fallout 3 is a great game, it’s always nice to see it get some love especially nowadays when NV elitists hate on it sometimes. Do you plan on doing a video on other Fallout games too?

[@Gingy]

definitely going to do NV and 4 in the future. I'm unsure when though.

[@alukea123]

NV desert sucked and the las vegas was small, bland and disappointing but it was older consoles so less memory and definitely the developers could have needed more time. Other than that NV is great.

[@WiseOwl_1408]

@@alukea123 it's requirements to be on console limited it so much. The devs had huge plans but had to cut a ton of content. NV is my favorite but I see your points.

[@FiveFingerOutfit]

@@alukea123 Yeah i dont think the console requirement was the issue there, it was the firm deadline Bethesda put on Obsidian because they needed it to come out before Skyrim. Regardless, the speech options and quests have never been better than NV for the 3d Fallout games.

[@TheCapitalWanderer]

@@FiveFingerOutfit they were supposed to have 2 - 3 years development time, obsidian put themselves on that timeframe

[@MadaraUchihaGaming27]

I started playing today and have been for hours. I only recently started actually doing a quest and still haven't got bored. It's just an amazing game

[@CattyWompus.]

The capitol wasteland was crazy fun to explore, way more so than new vegas, fallout 4 or 76, atleast for me.

[@mck7646]

Yeah 3 has the best map and atmosphere and it's not even close.

[@BlackStoneWolf]

Hey man super hyped for this video

[@jase276]

Very few gaming experiences measure up to the very first time I stumbled into the Super Duper Mart

[@Shadowbot074]

My first fallout game back in the day. Was young and my dad finally let me get it. Still one of my favs

[@thetrashpope557]

Fallout 3 really got me into fallout and the whole genre when I was younger

[@ceilingfanenthusiast6041]

Lots of people shit on it now, to the point where I almost forget why I loved Fallout 3 so much. Honestly, there's more to games than skill checks, complex factions and dynamic stories. I love Fallout nv and those aspects do make the game great, but I guess I'm sort of sick of people only liking games if they have moral ambiguity etc. Nowadays people worship story and shit on games that are "just fun" and call them cheap or dangling keys. Personally, my favourite game rn is Dead Cells, a game with essentailly no story.

[@albertozalon8477]

Fallout 3 is on par with new vegas. New vegas beats it out in some aspects but fallout 3 has aspects new vegas just straight doesn't. If you compare 3 and new vegas to 1 and 2. 3 has more in common with 1 and 2 design wise then new vegas. But new vegas is set in the west so the fans of the ogs get thier Jollies from it.

[@Jacob-wu3if]

Shoutout to a childhood friend of mine, Braxton, for lending me his Fallout 3 complete edition game. Introduced me to the series and back then, you could download all the DLC just because you had the disc for it.

[@ThisNThat0810]

Bro i definitely appreciate this vid. I've become bored witb games lately and about to play 3 and New Vegas.

[@jasonfrost6947]

One of my favorites moments in the game was long after returning the vault quest, did the route where they stayed opened and allowed to come and go as they please. Somewhere randomly down the road while wandering the wasteland I came across one of fellow vault dwellers walking by, doing some trading with settlements. The small meet blew my young mind then.

[@gregpittman1700]

Brings back memories of the hunting rifle popping heads.

[@yorshka6955]

I currently play Tale of two Wastelands, it's Fallout 3 and New Vegas combined!

[@TheCapitalWanderer]

best mod ever

[@yorshka6955]

@@TheCapitalWanderer yes, it's very good!

[@Rustyorange725]

Still love this game 13 years on it rates in my all time top 10 easily

[@ramirezmanuel117]

Been doing a new playthrough and I like how challenging it feels. I find myself constantly a victim of my own smart mouth. I wanted to help the ghouls take tennpenny tower but my temper got the better of me. I wanted to do the mister crawly questline but we had a little falling out after I told him I was going to keep all the keys.... My playthrough is not going anything like planned. It's frustrating but I love it because it's alot more exciting.

[@OuterHeaven210]

I never brought him the 3 keys and I went through and did the quest anyway. When I went to bed all to him he knew what I did. He was all pissed off so I wonked him.

[@sebastianaruizserrano8191]

The whole growing up gimmick at the very beggining was the wildest mind-f*** for my feeble 12 y/o brain. Still one of the greatest RPG flexes in any videogame. Couldn't help being massively dissapointed with FO4 because its arguably a remastering of FO3 Thanks for giving due love to such an amazing experience

[@gotd4m]

The atmosphere of 3 is my favorite in the series. It's just so much more dark and oppressive than the others. The quest design is some of the strongest in bethesda's catalog as far as post morrowind bethesda is concerned. Obviously the quests don't really stand up compared to 1,2, and NV IMO. But the general tone and feel of the world itself really nails that post apocalyptic fear and anxiety.

[@aerialmacaroon6312]

Same The atmosphere really sells the world is destroyed and everything wants to kill you ( something 76 at start tried to do but forget what made it great) I have often heard new Vegas is a post post apocalyptic game as society has already rebuilt to an extent while 3 is still untamed

[@dat1bitch-]

Exactly! Maybe the best way to describe the reason I love 3 more than the others is that 3 is like a survival horror rpg. The feeling of doom and loneliness and trying to survive as the world slowly ends is amazing. The metro and building sections feel so dark but also huge and sprawling. I like the stories in 3 much better too. New vegas was just too silly and unrealistic. There's basically no horror element in nv or 4.

[@mck7646]

Yeah 3 was the most fun experience for me, maybe of all time. I'm wanting to play it again, there's many things I haven't done. NV and 4 I appreciate for their own strengths but 3 just felt the best to play, and it's to do with the world and the music and the fact that at the time I'd never played anything like it. It is a special game and I think it's status is deserved.

[@daphne8406]

26:00 Waaaaait, is that the same Harold as the mutant from way back in Fallout 1 ?! 😱 My, he changed a little since last I saw him 😅

[@Dustaroo]

Definitely my favorite fallout game, infact it's my favorite game of all time. New Vegas may have improved a lot of things for the series but nothing truly captured my fascination quite like Fallout 3 did. Love this game and always will

[@kayzeaza]

I’m a huge NV fan but I started with 3, so it will always have a special place in my heart

[@trissy8820]

Three dog is sorely missed in new vegas and f4 theres a particular charm to having disc jokey Three Dog rambling about oasis or canterbury while im exploring

[@TH-Cash]

Nothing beats Fallout3 atmosphere, new vegas is good with gameplay mechanics but F3 atmosphere and story beats it by miles!

[@TheVividKiWi]

Love ur content, however the further back in ur videos I go, the quieter they get lol. Gonna have to put in earbuds for this one.

[@Kushrada]

Fallout 3 will always hold a special place in my heart even though I will play new Vegas and 4 more than it. The setting, atmosphere and feeling of the game is hopelessness. The place is a hell scape, buildings housing slavers, cannibals' and maniacs. Mutated animals sparsely scattered about the otherwise desolate open world save the rare automaton still berserk since the war, kill squads of super mutants whose dens are filled with the remains of those before you and settlements of people mostly given up on a better life. Coming out of the vault truly felt alien in a way New Vegas and Fallout 4 even given its pre-war glory days as a side by side comparison couldn't recreate. Its a world of broken people in broken places. Though I admit the core story line is pretty garbage, something they would repeat in reverse with Fallout 4. Gaining our fathers approval or disapproval is forgettable. Taking up his dream of Project Purity felt forced and it annoyed me the game penalized me for every attempt to pivot from it. If Bethesda could only recapture the oppressive setting of 3, the meaningful quests and dialogue of New Vegas and 1-2 and the gunplay and companion system of 4 they would have an incredible game. Instead we got fallout 76, a Carnival of self deprecating hollow spectacle. Wearing the Fallout Franchise as a poor skin suit, more invested in quirky comedy and low brow slapstick than depicting the gravitas of what a real post apocalyptic society pushed well beyond its breaking point would be. A poorly constructed skinner box beating you over the head to pay money to overcome the intended limitations and shortcomings of the game.

[@lordkeyblade1936]

I did not know operation anchorage gave power armor training and was do able so early in the game my next playthrough i'll do it feel nice and powerful early game

[@tallyforeman3145]

I just stumbled across this video. I also watched your video on FO4. Man, we got robbed in FO4.

[@MattySadler]

First Fallout game I played. Looking back now having played NV and 4 extensively I just wish 3 had companion questions/ more companion backstory.

[@alexmohr1072]

Best theme music in all of gaming. Every time I boot it up I just let it play for a couple minutes.

[@garethevans6563]

I'll never forget coming out of that vault for the first time. A happy memory/time.

[@MsUltraBob]

Just restarted Fallout 3 again on my old ass Ps3. Still absolutely love it even with its dated graphics and poor framerate and errors especially on Ps3 I can’t stop playing it.

[@Vaark]

Just get it on PC. Mods are a game changer. I've replayed it so many times... But nothing will beat those days where I stayed up all night just wandering around on my X360. Man, this is truly a gem.

[@williamgregg6339]

@@Vaark - I spent all my time just walking around exploring. It never seemedto get old.

[@Jangopenguin]

I love New Vegas as much as the next guy, but Ive always felt that Fallout 3 has that special sauce that New Vegas just doesn't. I refuse to elaborate

[@dynomitejec]

Special Sauce needs no elaboration.

[@JapanNights]

I agree completely

[@Renwa82]

It's a tremendous game. I played it for the first time in 2019. It was clunky at first but I was fully immersed pretty quickly. It's still an incredible game.

[@The_Roosta]

I have done complete base game playthroughs 2 or 3 times. Did all the DLC except the brotherhood of steel missions

[@Captain23rdGaming]

i was 16 when i first played this game and ill never forget the 1st time stepping out the vault and seeing the wasteland for the first time 😫 This game and new vegas have become my favorites in the series

[@Leonardo-gn9ci]

Lol fallout 4 was my first and my intro to fallout. Played fallout 3 and absolutely loved it too. Considering playing new vegas

[@_MaZTeR_]

Still waiting for that Fallout 4 port of this game

[@WyattWeir65]

I remember when I found the series just months before Fallout 3 was announced. I remember the hype and the game living up to expectations. I remember scouring the map with my brother. Modding in the reinforced chinese stealth armor. Spending hours just exploring every corner of the Pit. I get that New Vegas was a great game. I picked it up again on my xbox on my last year in college for some nostalgia only to find myself a week later having 100 percented the game AGAIN. So I'm with everyone who loves it. But Fallout 3 had a great foundation New Vegas could build upon and we shouldn't forget its roots or why we loved it in the first place. There's a lot that could be wrong with either game, but focusing on that alone as if defined your entire experience is like picking the weeds over the field of flowers it's in.

[@OuterHeaven210]

I Played fallout 3 back when it came out. It was amazing. Coming off of Oblivion I am pretty sure I coined the term "oblivion with guns" I remember my first character (Tommy Wright III) was a hardcore thug who robbed and stole his way across the capital wasteland. Straight up cannibal too.

[@therevanchist2888]

This game was my first in the fallout series back in high school, was always excited to get gone from school just to play Fallout 3, New Vegas was also amazing! Couldn’t really get into fallout 4 or the newest fallout even tho I hear it’s much better now

[@19ryuusei]

Glad to know im not alone in the mouse wiggle when entering VATS. I never noticed how often I did it until I started watching alot of vids. And it seems this a habit for alot of ppl lol.

[@wanderthecosmos]

I love your enthusiasm for fallout 3. I’ve played through it countless times and it’s for sure my most nostalgic game. If they ever actually create a remake I’d pay well over standard AAA prices. Well assuming it’s all graphical updates and they didn’t fuck up the game play or story.

[@bennygerow]

First vid of yours I've seen 💪🏻

[@sparkzmentalz2]

My first Fallout game I truly had a blast playing. No mods needed like with Fallout 4 to have a good RPG experience.

[@AceKite00]

Fallout 3 sits among my favorite games of all time, and my favorite of the franchise.

[@zR0y4l7y]

I just played fallout 3 for the first time recently and I personally LOVED the busted min-maxxing in this game. It's so satisfying to strut around the capital wasteland as a perfect badass once you've put in that work in to pull it off. Skill books are a bit annoying, but the bobbleheads are genuinely fun to collect imo.