Why You NEED To Play FALLOUT 3 In 2022

It's time for a throwback. The spirit of Fallout is well and truly alive thanks to recent rumors of a "New Vegas 2" being in the mix, so let's kick it back to the Fallout game that brought the series to the mainstream.
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[@TheAdoringFan]

My favorite growing up. I will never forget when my older brother told me that the company that made oblivion made a post-apocalyptic game that was just like Oblivion. I was immediately in love.

[@b_firmz9379]

My brother told me the same thing and I had the same reaction

[@smoknonkermit8011]

Thats Awesome, no joke just started a fresh Fallout 3 playthrough not too long ago on ye old trusty steed tha dusty boi 360. Thank GOD for those years of gaming.

[@justicebrown1077]

I watched my dad play through Fallout 3, and try NV. He didnt care for NV as much (I fell in love with it). Eventually my neighbor Dalton told me about Skyrim: The fantasy RPG made by the same company, and it took over my life for like a solid 6 months

[@AliG-fr9oj]

Your favourite?🧐

[@MetalFreak187]

Same, was a mate of mine who showed me oblivion and told me they made one with guns in a post apocalypse

[@KyleS.1987]

I still love this game for its eerie, oppressive atmosphere.

[@NOPerative]

Yes. Absolutely.

[@grndmst9]

@@NOPerative I co-sign both of you guys. In fact, I will go on the record and say that Fallout 3 is the most faithful to the original Fallout in it's tone and atmosphere. I've always said Fallout 3 is BGS' reimagining of Fallout 1 from back in 1997, in *their* own backyard (Washington D.C.) those Gothic Art-Deco buildings with the intense faces along the crumbling walls of the many buildings in the Capital Wasteland. The dark, heavy and brooding atmosphere with only small doses of black humor sprinkled throughout, with a main quest that's more tightly focused and less politicized (Unlike FO2 and FNV.) Fallout 1 and Fallout 3 are my favorite Fallout titles in that exact order.

[@NOPerative]

@@grndmst9 FO1 & 3 hold a place with me that is unshakeable. FO2 and NV were more toward an arcade feel with me; both (2 & NV) suffered from really tight budgets and timelines though thus not surprising. FO3 held my interest well into the release of NV albeit the atrocious launch of an unplayable NV at launch.

[@blackdoom966]

And this reason alone is why it's Number one for me. The Atmosphere was Perfect. 560+ hours of pure wonder and discovery, it made me Fall in Love with gaming and I'll never forget the Adventures I went on and memories I made.

[@McMahonHater]

It's awesome fun. I was playing full on evil with a female character. Animal Friendship and Black Widow (or Lady Killer) are must haves when I play.

[@deadninjastorage6160]

I remember this like it was yesterday. Back in 2008 I was standing in a line at GameStop with Fallout 3 in my hand. When it was my turn I put the game on the counter and the cashier was like omg you’re going to love this game. It’s like Elder Scrolls, but only with guns. I never played any of the previous Fallout games, so this was my entry into the series. Needless to say I was blown away. Incredible game

[@Vara91391]

you gota play Fallout 1 and 2 then, they are even better, by a milestone.

[@bigdawgg4629]

@@Vara91391 no

[@LastActionHero_]

Matty hangs a bed sheet behind himself. Matty: I am in retro rebound room.

[@MrMattyPlays]

Hahahahaahah 😂

[@Jack-The-Gamer-]

Shit, wait. This just killed me.

[@kinghacker5824]

illusion 100

[@indridcold7640]

I thought it was the flag of Japan at first glance.

[@CakeSublime]

He should iron that.

[@PepeLa_]

To this day I still get spooked when I go into those dark buildings full of ghouls or raiders, there's just something about older games that always makes me feel more immersed despite the graphics being worse. FO4 was my first fallout game, I was 12 when it came out and it still never gave me any experiences like that. I always felt like rambo and hearing "cha ching" every time I killed someone didn't help the immersion.

[@PepeLa_]

@Andrew Ryan Yeah I finally got around to playing FO1 recently and shortly after I watched Shamus Young’s “Bethesda NEVER understood fallout” video, this has opened my eyes to how bad the Bethesda games actually are. Lets hope they lend the IP to inXile or Obsidian because it’s clear as day Bethesda doesn’t understand the source material.

[@Diaszurana]

It gets really crazy when you VAT a "simple ghoul", but then you read "Revenant" and you're just like "fuuuuuu$&" 😆

[@jamesmayle3787]

Jesus Christ is Lord. It is all true. Please take your salvation seriously. Read the Bible and do what it says.

[@krisellison6650]

Fallout 3 is a classic oldie to me even though I was shy a month of 19 when it came out. Haha

[@Henriquefraga666]

@@jamesmayle3787 fallout 3 videogame

[@TwitchyTango]

Fallout 3 was my first rpg and it’s still one I go back to time and time again and it still got some of my favorite dlc to this date. I think it’s one game that I wish gets a remaster

[@isaakfaulk8067]

This game blew my mind when I was little that a game could actually be so huge and have so much exploration. It gave me a feeling that I don’t think I’ll ever get from another video game release.

[@berri9821]

What did you think about New Vegas? If you've played it of course

[@isaakfaulk8067]

@@berri9821 I played New Vegas and the dlcs and thought it was okay but I played it years after it released so I didn’t enjoy it as much as some would. Most the time I spent was just figuring out how to mod it and everything.

[@berri9821]

@@isaakfaulk8067 oh cool

[@Bishie87]

I highly recommend playing it on the Series X with FPS Boost enabled. It runs at native 4K thanks to One X enhancements. It's practically a remaster!

[@arjungrewal3293]

This

[@collin1733]

Worth noting, you have to either pick 4K or 60fps, FPS boost does not use the 4K xbox one x version it will be 1080p xbox one version.

[@arjungrewal3293]

@@collin1733 no fallout 3 on series x is 4K 60 fps

[@collin1733]

@@arjungrewal3293 After researching, I stand corrected! I was thinking of fallout 4 FPS boost you have to choose between 1080p 60fps or 4K 30 (xbox one x version)

[@noneed4me2n7]

Yes, plus the load times are insanely quick. Favorite way to play without mods on the PC.

[@curtisslememusic3493]

Playing it right now on Series X. Looks amazing in native 4K 60FPS.

[@bloodsweatandbeers4684]

Fallout 3 has 4k 60fps on Xbox?

[@curtisslememusic3493]

@@bloodsweatandbeers4684 yep. Lots of free enhancements for various games on Xbox

[@danielmahon2432]

Same, loving it on Xbox Series X.

[@glowinTHX]

It doesn't have hdr. But it's definitely native 4k

[@joeyyc8515]

@@glowinTHX I’m pretty sure it has auto hdr enabled. It’s kind of a gimmick, but it’s better than none.

[@Reds-Retros]

As someone who grew up playing Fallout 1 and then lived in Fallout 2, I was so stoked to learn that Fallout 3 was finally coming out and would be made by the same people behind Morrowind which was another game I enjoyed. I remember saving up and buying the game the first day it came out and playing it on my 360 and the feeling of finally feeling like I was exploring this universe that I loved so much from a much more personal perspective is one I will never forget. To this day Fallout is my favorite series and I absolutely love each and every entry for their own reasons. Except 76. The only thing about it that I look back fondly on now is that it brought back my favorite version of the Pip-Boy. Besides that, it doesn't exist anymore as far as I'm aware.

[@equalityforever302]

Good to see someone who has played the originals not utterly hate 3.

[@Reds-Retros]

@@equalityforever302 dude I loved the hell out of 3 and I don't really understand why some people didnt. I do think Fallout 2 is overall a better game but Bethesda did one hell of a job of not only reinventing the series for 3d, but for the most part staying true to what makes it special, if not doubling down on it and because of them, the franchise is now one of the biggest in the world and it's still really crazy to think about because I never imagined seeing the day where so many other people would be so in love with the franchise as I was and am as it always to me felt like a very niche series back in the day. Elaborating a little on my past, I remember trying out this morrowind game back in the day on someone's xbox before later getting it for myself and playing the hell out of it. Then the news broke that THOSE guys were making the next mainline entry and my excitement skyrocketed imagining the possibilities of a Fallout in the style of Morrowind. When the game finally came out I think at the time my only real complaint was how the BoS and Enclave were super dumbed down and turned into good VS evil, whereas those factions were always both a lot more complicated and morally grey than that. I do think Bethesda has since done an excellent job of rectifying this in Fallout 4, while still cleverly maintaining that the Capital Wasteland BoS were a very different faction and not the true BoS. On another note, I'm super excited for the newly announced TV series but after the whole Halo show thing that happened... I can't help but be slightly worried. I do trust that Bethesda won't let anyone screw it up though.. Fingers crossed.

[@equalityforever302]

@@Reds-Retros Nope, nope nope, Now you're saying 4 is good as well? 4 makes 3 look like a masterpiece. Maybe you should playthrough the originals and NV again. Bethesda games are made for tweens who ask mommy to buy it for them because a celebrity is in it. You can just see the intelligence of the writers in 1, 2, and NV. Like Arcade Gannon. Literally the entire character couldn't have been written by bethesda because of how intellectual he his because bethesda doesn't have writers smart enough to write such a complex script. In 3, I have noticed patterns in dialogue showcasing they were written by the same person. The repetition of certain words, and phrases. Not heard of in 1, 2, and NV. 3 was written for idiots by idiots, and it shows. And don't even get me started on 4. 4 dialogue options, and they don't even tell you what you're going to say. Anybody with an IQ above 80 thinks fallout 3, 4, and 76 is shit. Sorry for the essay, it's just a shame to see a fellow original fallout enjoyer such as yourself stoop so low as to like a game intended for a... less mature audience.

[@Reds-Retros]

@@equalityforever302 sorry to disappoint you I guess? Fallout is one of the closest things to my heart and every single entry is near and dear to me besides BoS (Ps2/Xbox) and 76. I have replayed both NV and 3 in the last 12 months (literally got done doing another 100% run of 3 just a few weeks ago) and now I'm revisiting 4 and my God, what a wonderful thing it is. It's a shame you just flat out don't like 4 because for every thing I don't like about it there are 10 more things I love about it. Sure, the forced voiced protag, one word dialogue choices, overall role playing sucks and lack of different ways to solve problems is disappointing, 100% ...but in terms of pure gameplay, fun factor, open world exploration and freedom, customisability, companions, power armor, artistic direction and visuals it's the best in the franchise in my opinion. Then came Far Harbor and Nuka World, which are the better than any Fallout 3 DLC in my opinion and actually offered a lot of choice in comparison to the base game. I'm my own person with my own opinion as are you, but saying you expressing how you seem think mine are effectively invalid now simply because I love all the mainline entries is a little bit sad. Life's too short to not enjoy the best things about it, and to me, Fallout is easily one of them.

[@equalityforever302]

@@Reds-Retros Glad to hear it, man. I just can't get into any of the bethesda fallouts besides 3. I know I have been a bit flip floppy and for that I apologize. Sometimes I go through spells like that. The stuff I said about 3 was actually more about 4 than 3, I just typed 3 then stuck with it. My mental state has been deteriorating rapidly recently, and I don't mean to vent to strangers online, but I've been replaying 3 recently and seeing all these people bashing one of my favorite games over and over combined with my existing condition really made me rant about games that I like as if I don't like them. That being said, 4 is ok. But I just can't bring myself to beat it. It just seems so uninteresting to me compared to all the others. New Vegas is my favorite atm. 3 was, but then I played a shit ton of NV and it got me hooked. Now I'm playing 3, it'll probably be 3 again in a few months. Again, so sorry for the essay and sorry for my little breakdown, but that felt so good to say to somebody. Albeit over text.

[@dblundz]

Fallout 3, just something that the other fallout games don’t have. Clicked with me. Not a great RPG by any means but the game felt great to play (EDIT: I am NOT saying it’s a bad RPG. The game is simply more restrictive than the previous entries and FNV) Love that game, so many good memories

[@Louis-gh1td]

Totally agree. Fallout 3’s atmosphere was absolutely nailed perfectly. New Vegas wasn’t far off but just didn’t quite scratch that itch like fallout 3 did. The less said about fallout 4… the better.

[@truelies9187]

“Not a great RPG, it definitely held more of a world space than Fallout 4 or 76 combined.

[@MFbaZz]

Fallout 3 was a good rpg

[@utisti4976]

@@Louis-gh1td The only thing I'll say about Fallout 4 is that it's a phenomenal survival game, not a good Fallout by any means. Survival mode is the best part about Fallout 4 by a long shot.

[@Louis-gh1td]

@@utisti4976 I wasn’t too keen on it but saw it’s appeal.

[@ads401-]

Playing my first play through now. Just escaped the enclave at raven rock and have fawkes following me now.😁👍

[@praisethesun6078]

Enslave some people. Enjoy ☺️

[@blackdoom966]

This is were the fun Begins 😏

[@RQuinton79]

I would love a remaster. I struggled to get into the game when it was released, but I wasn’t in the best headspace then and now that I’m better I would like to try it again.

[@DeVonAmbitious]

Same tbh it was weird to me because I thought it was you just playing a baby lol

[@konczdavid]

Fallout 3 was one of the first RPGs I completed, and it's among my favorite games of all time. I like how well it was paced and structured. It took me roughly 40 hours to do all 40 missions (well, except the Nuka Cola one), and each felt quite unique. There was no filler content, each area felt different compared to the other, and, similarly to Elden Ring, I often had to use my navigational and map-reading skills in order to be able to get from one place to another. I liked how focused and dense the experience was. I know that New Vegas is a fan favorite, and it might have more choices and consequences, but 99% of the time, I like to play a game once and move on, and Fallout 3 was just a much better experience overall for me. To me, New Vegas felt bloated and often dull, with a samey-looking world and many large empty, and dead areas. I remember I read in a Hungarian magazine back then that the devs originally wanted to include a car for traveling, but I guess it was scrapped for the final game. So... the game's map was originally designed with a vehicle in mind, which explains the large empty spaces, but those were not really fun to traverse on foot in the final game.

[@darganism4338]

Fallout 3 came out while I was in college - it was a hot mess and we loved it; when Broken Steel fixed the ending, it became transcendent. Only NV and Mass Effect match it for RPGs in that generation. I introduced my kids to FO3 this year, they’re obsessed with it and New Vegas is next up for us. A beautiful legacy of storytelling… thank you for indulging in the nostalgia Matty ♥️

[@demhipyoungsters]

I love this!! I cant wait to do the same with my kids someday!! =)

[@archiejefferson4615]

good to see

[@joeyyc8515]

Omg they must be so happy to get involved with that lore. I’m 30 now and hope to have kids soon.

[@RemingtonSteel]

​@@joeyyc8515There's nothing close to it. Best feeling in the world. Nothing is remotely close.

[@JTL1776]

FALLOUT 3 was 2nd ever game I played and my first RPG. MAN F3 has always has a special place in my heart. even challenging NV. as my FAV fallout game.

[@afroman5160]

Modded Fallout 4 is my favorite but got too replay Fo3.

[@AveryPennewell]

yeah this was my first RPG and has a very special place in my heart. It blows my mind this game came out 14 years ago. Was like 11 years old at the time. I still go back to this game every other year through TTW. New vegas just never quite hit home the same way. I still prefer fallout 3 over new vegas to this day with the exception of the combat. It was also cool having lived in Maryland near the DC area, so seeing a post apocalyptic version of it was intriguing.

[@taylorstratford9717]

So... I'll be real... I think Fallout 3 was one of the LAST Games I ever owned that had an Instruction Booklet... GOD, I miss Instruction Booklets. That was Toilet Reading Material (Or in 2008. High School Reading Material when the teacher was yammering)

[@Gyrfalcon312]

Hahaha! Toilet reading material! I never read the booklets while on the throne, myself, but if I indeed read newspapers and gaming magazines while doing my business...

[@strixfiremind]

I still remember when we had to use the booklet because there was NO information in game - no room on the carts

[@Xavier28200]

i feel like i got different one where it has illustrations and it was really cool

[@derpdadouch3654]

I read the halo booklets and star wars battlefront 1 and 2. Fun times

[@exploark8466]

My teacher took my fallout 3 manual

[@MrDaveygaming]

Fallout 3 is still the best fallout change my mind

[@KawtarHassari]

🤝

[@rickgear2579]

New Vegas. :-)

[@MrDaveygaming]

@@rickgear2579 bro I can not support a send simulator I love you coz your my brother Anakin but I have the High ground

[@arbitrary_thoughts]

Fo2 > Fo1 > New Vegas > Fo76 > Fo4 > Fo3 At least that's my opinion. Fo3 has a great atmosphere, but to me is clunky nearly everywhere else in terms of gameplay and story. Still a good game though.

[@michaelwarren3936]

I'm actually playing Fallout 3 now and I absolutely love this game. I missed this game initially and put off going back and playing because of the time lapse. I figured the graphics would be too bad and outdated, but how wrong I was. This game is amazing and I can't wait to play New Vegas next (which I've heard is even better)

[@ryanisbelle6107]

New Vegas isn't better. I played that one first and it nearly turned me away from all of the Fallout games. But I decided to give 3 a shot instead and loved it. New Vegas has no Random Encounters, no level scaling, invisible walls pushing you where the game wants you to go, and annoying features like every time you enter a casino, which you do a ton, you get all of your guns taken away and all of your keybinds cleared.

[@faaaaaaaaaaack]

@@ryanisbelle6107 New Vegas is much better.

[@dinand28]

​@@ryanisbelle6107u funny one mate

[@Rustyorange725]

This game saved me when I was recovering from a broken back. It sucked me in and kept me going through what I can describe as hell

[@NotIfICU1st_]

Same my friend. Gaming saved my life post car wreck

[@cheeselover626]

That part where you mention finding new things when exploring but it's really you just forgot and got to experience it again feels surreal as I was enjoying this video so much and scrolled down to the comments at the end where I saw I left a comment already back when this was a patreon exclusive. Really hits home how much I enjoy this game and discussing it.

[@GraphicJ]

This is why fallout 3 is my favorite game of all time.

[@ryanomara7257]

Completely agree

[@rickkillinger418]

100% agree. Fallout 4 is dogshit in comparison

[@Thagomizer]

@@rickkillinger418 Fallout 3 is dogshit compared to the first two.

[@rickkillinger418]

@@Thagomizer the first 2 are bad-fucking-ass. No argument there. Cant really compare them though because theyre 2 completely different types of games. I had the first 2 on my phone for while, it was a little wonky but still awesome

[@RemingtonSteel]

​@@rickkillinger418if fallout 4 wasn't a "fallout" game I bet people would say different. It improved the series on so many ways and the opposite of others. Fallout 4 is so much more fun than the others to me.

[@codyrichter8965]

Great video, Matty! I absolutely love Fallout 3. I have so many fond memories of playing this game when I was in high school. I still know most of those songs from GNR by heart. Idk if a game will ever be as impactful to me as Fallout 3 was.

[@kevinlist3330]

I loved my physical copy of Fallout 3, not really been into physical but the posters and maps ect.. was like an extra that was amazing. Amazing game don't think we will see a fallout like it again.

[@jenk7138]

The oblivion was like that too! That map of Cyrodil hung in my living room in my first apartment 😂

[@kevinlist3330]

@@jenk7138 cool never like any of the Elder scrolls games.

[@superhighgaming5258]

I’m right there with you Matty fallout 3 is my favorite game of the whole franchise and quite possibly top 3 favorite game of all time

[@nerfmodderguy217]

I remember my first modded Fallout 3 play throughs had a component of gameplay where you can only fast travel with a motorcycle your character fixes up. It can hold equipment, needs repairs and you gotta mix fuel for it but it added a cost or price to fast travel and I loved it

[@dilly1725]

Will never forget getting this game from my uncle on Christmas 2009 for PS3. Had no idea what to expect, entirely unfamiliar with Fallout or Bethesda. I played it all night that Christmas and loved it immediately. This is my ‘before and after’ video game. Just being able to go anywhere and interact with anything, choose my own path. Having full conversations with NPCs, choosing what I said. I had never played anything even remotely like it. Blew my mind and opened a larger door for me into video games. It’s not without its problems though. Especially by today’s standards, if I want to be less nostalgic. The combat is hard to go back to, the GOTY edition is deeply flawed, and the barriers surrounding downtown DC are an atrocity. It would benefit greatly from a Mass Effect style remaster. Here’s hoping.

[@Mr_Case_Time]

My girlfriend (who is now my wife) almost left me because of how obsessed I was with FO3 when I first played it. So yeah, it’s special to me.

[@anthonysanchez7538]

Fallout 3 is one of my greatest fans of all time. Got me through a depressing time in my early 20's back in 08.

[@joeyyc8515]

It’s helping me now honestly as I play it again at 30.

[@evilisfun9935]

Built my 1st PC when this game was announced. Also one of my favorite games of all time. Good memories.

[@bellyvomit7460]

Thank you so much Matty for bringing this classic back into light. I also like that you presented your personal background context of how you first experienced this game, as we all have are personal backdrop of how we picked up this game. I remember playing this on my old gateway FX laptop and realizing this game is like nothing I've played before at that time. I was just coming out of the Metal Gear phase which is awesome in it's won right, but "This" game was my first experience where " I build" the character. You could say it broke me into RPG genre.

[@testogel85]

One of my favorite games ever. Just started another playthrough last week actually. Fun fact: the boxed version I bought in 2008 (was the German version) came with a handbook full of all the things you expressed missing in yours in this video. information about the setting and the game systems, controls etc. all written and illustrated in jolly Vault-Tec style.

[@WrexFX]

I'm 46 now and fallout 3 came during a really hard but important part of my life. ID recently at that point endured a minor stroke and after that rheumatic fever. During that time I was laid up and unable to do much, and though I had been a heavy gamer till around 06 when ID finished KOTOR I'd kinda gotten outta gaming for a Lil bit. I rem3mber seeing the trailer, the one you showed that starts upclose on the radio and pans out eventually to seeing a brotherhood of steel member and I thought "Damn, maybe taking a trip back into gaming to see what this stormtrooper like character was all about might be fun." So I had a relative pick it up for me and I had an Xbox 360 that wasn't getting used that I figured it was time to break in. At the time i was thinkin almost 24/7 about how really ill I was and how I could hardly move my limbs without alotta pain and that realistically i probably wouldn't live long... I was in a dark place then. But my hands were reasonably functional and I embarked on the fallout 3 journey of everything it was... At first it was hard for me to find my way but I had the time and as time ticked I finally figured it out. Eventually I forgot about being so sick, instead thinking about things like how I needed to save before the abandoned barn random instance so I could repeat it till I got the alien crash that would drop the alien blaster, or making sure I picked up a few lawn mower blades to finish my shishkebab... So many things that were so much better than sitting and looking at a wall waiting for some final end that I had been sure was coming. Obviously I'm still here and that year that was the worst in my life is a major memory for me and it has alotta bad... But it has alotta good, like realizing if my hands could play the game then eventually my legs could walk with me again... And they did. Like finding so much joy when they made the expansion that let me live through the end game sacrifice (Though I still dont know why my buddy Fawkes didnt simply handle it and let me live in the first place), alotta memories that whether good or bad they were there to be had and lived. Fallout 3 will always be maybe the most important game in my life to me and when I saw this it really made me happy seeing you mention all the stuff in the game that I'm so glad everyone else experienced too, stuff that was so original, and honestly stuff that for good or ill was maybe the last time Bethesda ever gave us true choice in our path to decide what was good or evil for us Anyway this went too long... But thank you for making a point about how great fallout 3 is. Sure I love new Vegas but my love for it came from 3. A great game and a huge memory for me. It really was a game that they just dont make em like that anymore. As open a world as all these recent open world games are, they just dont feel as big... Or as memorable.

[@damiengilchrist4163]

Great video Matty. NV will always be my favourite FO game but FO3 comes very close. Seeing the bulbs flicker for the first time in the intro gave me goosebumps. Your "eyes" adjusting to the sunlight when you exit the vault the first time. Entering Megaton for the first time. Entering the Metro. So many "Holy sh*t" moments in 1 game.

[@coffeedude7968]

I watch retro rebound and everything from you, all the old nostalgia stuff but man no game has hit my nostalgia as hard as this one. New vegas, Oblivion, none of these being talked about hit as hard as this talk here. I think honestly this was probably one of the most impactful games for me as a gamer, I remember just watching my older brother play this and it was so fun just to watch for me but was such an intimidating looking game that I was almost afraid to play it haha. One day though I pulled up my big boy pants and sank my teeth into this game... What a trip this game was. I remember going out into the wasteland being so timid and clueless and as I played and interacted with things, talked to people around the wastes I became so in love with this game before even realizing it. This game 100% turned me on to a genre I constantly starve for now. The Outer Worlds, Skyrim, Wasteland 3. These games feel like fractured pieces scattered out that use to be whole. TOW has the amazing dialogue and world telling atmosphere, amazing story in its base game/DLC but the gun variety lacks and makes the gunplay feel more lacking compared to FO3 and New Vegas. Skyrim is missing core features of choice and consequence which makes the game feel kinda bland after a while cause you realize the choice doesn't matter when you can do it all anyways. Wasteland is eye-symmetric so the interactions and everything you do in that game, while amazing as its own game, just isn't the same as what brought me to this genre in the first place. FO3 is by no means perfect but its a lot of things games can't seem to hit all in one game today.... I lost myself in nostalgia

[@SoldatDuChristChannel]

For the longest time when people asked me what my favorite game was, i would say Fallout 3, it was such an immersive experience for me as a kid, it perfected the tone of melancholy and desperation of a wasteland. I know the mechanics of NV are better, better writing and all that, but F3 is still king of atmosphere and immersion for me to this day.

[@equalityforever302]

You're allowed to like bad things.

[@sableaura7517]

You NEED to play Tale of Two Wastelands. The mod just got an update after three years. I just finished a 210 hour playthough. That modding team is one of the best out there that no one talks about.

[@subhankitbasu620]

Never played any Fallout but started this week with Fallout 3 randomly and so far it's really awesome, the atmosphere i really dig it, the voice acting and the whole opening sequence growing up and leaving vault was really special !

[@AlienYogurtPot123]

I remember buying Fallout 3 GOTY pre-owned for about £8 on PS3, I was thinking it'll be crap but had played most other games so I was like "What the hell" I was about 15 years old, never watched a video on it, never even heard of Fallout. I then continued to play it religiously for a month, got every trophy. It was everything I wanted. I liked the green tint, I liked how desolate the land was, and how gritty, and dirty everything was. It was great being introduced to Fallout 3 first then any of the other fallout games. When Fallout 4 came out I was hyped but something wasn't right about it compared to F3. I think it had something to do with the colourfulness, and made it seem more forgiving.

[@deadninjastorage6160]

Fallout 4 seemed to polished to me. Fallout 3 had that gritty wasteland feel to it. Tunnel Snakes rule!

[@AlienYogurtPot123]

@@deadninjastorage6160 Yeah man definitely!

[@yhedgehogsfly]

Damn hearing you talk about this blasts me back to 2015 pre-Fallout 4 Ham Radio Podcast with Noah and Loan. Brings a tear to my eye 🥲

[@TheColonelHavok]

I was just thinking about fallout 3, damn nice timing

[@xXgoldenwarriorXx]

Dude I feel exactly how you do about fallout. It just felt like Bethesda actually had something to prove with fallout 3. They haven’t shown the same respect to it these days as they once did and it’s unfortunate. Ultimately I think obsidian would appreciate the license more and it’s a shame Bethesda gets to keep it. It just doesn’t feel the same as it once did with fallout. Just feels lackluster these days and fallout 76 isn’t good. They are trying to do too much new when they had the formula perfected years ago. It’s a shame and hopefully one day we can have that same respect back for a once extremely beloved franchise. Thanks you for the videos matty 👍🏻

[@jonero2534]

Very well worded, I think I totally agree friend

[@SlashXIV]

Fallout 3 will always hold a spot in my heart. Made me fall in love with the series, and I'll never forget my first trip to Megaton. Even after playing every Fallout after, and acknowledging the superiority of New Vegas and coming to understand the more casualized features stripped from the original titles, 3 will always be one of my top 10s of all time. Bethesda getting a hold of the series and not letting it fall into obscurity is undeniably a great thing.

[@krisellison6650]

Fallout 3 was my first and favorite today. The graphics, atmosphere and soundtrack keep me coming back. I like collecting armor and weapons to repair my inventory. I got the game at Walmart on 360 not knowing a damn thing about it. I played it and years later wanted the collectors lunchbox to use it for it's intended purpose, but it costs more than it's worth. I'm 32 now and only care about it when I'm drinking. Haha

[@willpatscully]

I love it. My playthrough is leave the vault, go to operation anchorage, finish that. Then you have the best armor and one of the best weapons in the whole game. The armor never needs repair, and the gauss rifle is great for knocking down supermutant behemoths.

[@bpw8214]

i remember seeing this game in the preowned aisle and was like okay this looks cool, had no idea who bethesda was at the time and hadnt played oblivion either. I played the shit outta this game, was so immersed in its world.

[@chieftokealot7438]

One of my favorite things about Fallout games, is the nostalgic feeling you get when exploring and you see a building you recognize from a quest or have explored off in the horizon like "I remember being there and doing ..."

[@tyguy3876]

Spot on with the oblivion & fallout 3 launch nostalgia Matty! Brings back memories. Bethesda has a lot to prove with Starfield..

[@spencerrehn101]

Have vivid memories of playing this for the first time. Fall of freshman year of high school. Parents were grilling out burgers for dinner that Tuesday night. Sprinted downstairs to inhale my burger, sprinted back up to play more. I remember being nervous while eating because I had just paused the game rather than turned my 360 off, and I had just come out of RROD overheating issues and wasn't totally convinced my new box was safe.

[@Flatonymous]

Matty this is crazy. I literally started playing fallout 3 two days ago (when you uploaded this video) but I hadn’t seen your video until today!!! I just saw it on game pass and downloaded it, along with new Vegas. what a coincidence this was haha. Love your channel, I’ve been subscribed for 7+ years now

[@animetodamaximum]

Have you played New Vegas before?

[@P4shaPlays]

Fallout 3….. retro….. *starts sobbing uncontrollably*

[@taylorstratford9717]

Well... It's been 15 years

[@sodirtydan4361]

This is my all time favorite game… it was the game that actually made me into the gamer I am today and also made me the obsessed trophy hunter on PlayStation lol was one of my first platinums.. the day I see this remastered will be one of the greatest moments and gaming history!

[@jaguar10books]

Thanks, Matty. One of my favorite games. I'm playing it again after seeing your video!

[@brianm6475]

“Andrew’s (newly retired) Dad” here Mr.Matty. When my son wrote in to you and Lord Cog about which to start with FO3, NV, FO4…I went with 3! (Your suggestion (haha) Glad I did!!! Having a blast!! Not sure why I never played when Andrew did when it came out- prolly busy working way too much- anyhow thank you, always enjoy your content and humor and reviews/suggestions!!

[@brandon_wallace]

Fallout 3 is the best game ever created. What makes it a great game is the combination of game play, story line, music, etc.

[@tylerwood8710]

Haven't watched this video yet. I've still been waiting for this video. Awesome.

[@callumr3554]

All time favourite game ever since it came out, nothings beaten it. Usually replay the main story and some DLC’s every couple years or so, basically remastered on series X too which is just amazing

[@kreature6618]

sooo good on series x!

[@hunterwolf8539]

Hey Matty. Love this vid. I was surprised tho when you first opened the survival guide manual and it was Tiny. I have an original copy and my manual is large has loads of pages great tips story beats and all that. I think you’d absolutely love it 😂

[@DioguissimoMW3]

And let’s not forget that the game of the year edition comes with a mini version of Moira brown’s version of the wasteland survival guide. It was such a awesome thing in such an awesome game. I recently started playing the fallout games, and honestly it’s been the best hours of gaming that I’ve ever had

[@Lee86THUNDER]

So many memories. Fallout 3 and three dog carved my young adulthood. Great video matty. Keep fighting the good fight.

[@sykes5039]

Wow the last time I watched you was when you previewed fallout 4. Been a while, channel has changed massively!

[@Peppy871]

Playing it now after playing the first two games. On a bit of a Fallout binge. Really enjoying it.

[@AliG-fr9oj]

The 50s music came from the first two fallouts in-fact Tim Cain chose to use ink spots songs because his mother loved there songs and actually went to one of there concerts.

[@AliG-fr9oj]

@whatasap+①⑧①⑨④①②⑨⓪②④ are you serious if so please let me know in the next vid or are you not Matty?

[@AliG-fr9oj]

@whatasap+①⑧①⑨④①②⑨⓪②④ yeah you're English isn't so good

[@informaldeviant7751]

Well, time to replay it again. Thanks! 🤘🏼

[@ar89synth]

Really like your channel mate. Very good insight into all things Fallout as always. I'm a big Bethesda fan and my introduction was Oblivion. It's still my fave game of all time (despite it not ageing too well). I never played Fallout properly until Fallout 4, which is a mint game! I picked up Fallout 3 recently for PS3, so gonna play it soon.

[@MrRiceGuy95]

Great video Matty and right at the perfect time too, I literally just finished the game, all DLC and got all achievements this week. It was a blast going back to it on Series X with 4K 60fps, brought new life to what is in my opinion, a master piece. P.S, I also own an Xbox 360 Sealed copy and an Xbox 360 DLC physical copy which is also sealed

[@Wyvborn]

I hate how in the moment the internet can be. I remember when 76 came out, people started pushing the Fallout 3 hate train into over drive. Oh well. Fallout 3 is a great game and I definitely want to try it again sometime in the near future

[@SaintJoseph911]

Ironically I played fallout new Vegas & beat it the first time recently. I just always had technical problems with it on my 360 back in the day. Now on the series x I was very happy to play it with no issues. Absolutely loved it

[@stealthg1426]

This game needs more love from the Fallout community.

[@cash592]

Your background be nice Matty I like it! The tapestry be so cool! Lemme get it

[@OfficialBoaster]

For me, Fallout 4 didn't feel as 'Open world Exploration' as Fallout 3 did. As a kid I was a noob at this game and had like 5 saves only progressing a few hours into it because I was always playing on my cousin's, bro's console before they got home from school. I remember each time it being different though, like I'd run to this cabin and decide to run West or something where I'd discover the village BEFORE the super mutants kidnap that lady and I was actually there when they came and I stopped it from happening. Decisions felt impactful, I'd save before nuking the city and be like, nah I don't like being evil time to go back and live my days as a good guy. Having played Fallout 4 recently for the first time, I just felt like the random encounters had 0 impact. Dnno how to describe it but I wasn't hooked. New Vegas was fun for me as a kid because I just wanted to get to the big shiny safe zone and do the quests with all the NPCS there.

[@orionanderson6719]

Like Fallout 3, been planning for a year on playing it again once the PS3 gets here. Yup, nostalgia is a good word for it. Look forward to more content and thanks

[@christianlavilla5886]

So many memories of playing through this great world back in the day and even now.

[@tevura3943]

Another thing Fallout 3 had going for it over New Vegas, it was actually playable when it released. Whoever remembers the launch of NV, may remember, it had data corruption issues, even on consoles, that lingered unpatched for a full 6 months after release. Bit of a black eye for Obsidian that launch.

[@fdwgalaxy7658]

Black eye for Bethesda who forced Obsidian to launch it then instead of giving them the time they asked for to develop it because they didn't want it releasing around the time Skyrim was set to come out. This is all on record that Obsidian were not happy with the state it was in but had no choice in the matter.

[@Varil92]

It was one of my fave games at the time. I really despise the people who think only New Vegas was the real super flawless masterpiece and the fact that everyone has forgotten Fallout 3 and what an amazing title it was. The problem today is how to play it. On PC it doesn't work anymore on newer operative systems, even the GOG version has stability issues with crashes and so on. It was a very buggy engine and today it's even worse to make it run. I remember at the time, even running it natively on Windows Vista, I had constant crashes until I modified a .ini file to fix them. Damn, Bethesda!

[@d1l4te43]

I could talk all day about my love of this game. My first love in the RPG spectrum. I NEED to play this game again in the near future

[@JonnyBoi12]

Fallout 3, Fallout 4, And Oblivion are the only games I've ever played that I actually invested myself in entirely, And got all the achievements/Beat every quest. No other game was able to capture my attention like these games.

[@janreichenbach265]

You did not play Fallout New Vegas ???

[@JonnyBoi12]

@@janreichenbach265 many many times.

[@janreichenbach265]

@@JonnyBoi12 Weird, I think it's one of the best games ever while I found Fallout 4 lame.

[@DaltPlaysGuitar]

I had pretty much the exact same experience with this game. Played it the first time when I was too young and didn’t “get it” and picked it back up like a year later and fell in LOVE

[@touchingevil2302]

Fallout 3 is the best Fallout, i really hope we get a Fallout 3 Remake or a huge remastered. LOVE IT ❤️

[@animetodamaximum]

That belongs to New Vegas for sure. Not hating 3 but it isn’t better than New Vegas.

[@chilicheesejay]

Playing it now for the first time in 9 years and truly appreciate how damn amazing this game is after FO4 and 76. The quest to forge the Decoration of Independance is something I don't even remember doing before and man was it so immersive trying to get around DC while so much is going on around what I'm trying to accomplish.

[@paulanthony9906]

I remember getting Platinum for this on my PS3 including all DLCs. Oof! Adams Air Force Base was a nightmare to get through but I powered through it.

[@tylerwood8710]

It's difficult for me to see the fight between 3 and NV, too. NV seems like it's just 3, but with an extra year and a half of development... which is precisely what it is. It IS better, but not so much that it's ahead of the curve. It's right where it belonged, and definitely the best it could be for its time... as was 3.

[@d1l4te43]

I completely agree. NV is just a slightly more polished 3. Story and characters are roughly the same level to me.

[@IAmJunker]

NV had less than half the development time as fallout 3 my man

[@d1l4te43]

@@IAmJunker AND more than half the assets were already made for them. That was brought up in the video as well

[@mont-doggBeats]

Lol..him beating up butch and the tunnel snakes in the background is funny as hell 😂😂

[@frankhorrigan2137]

Fallout 3 has an incredible atmosphere, it was the first Bethesda game i played. I remember seeing my friends older brother playing it, and immediately was hooked, I bought it, and my friend Danny and I spent hours and hours just exploring the world, amazed at all the stuff you could do (like putting grenades in people's pockets) the world is the main character in that game. Great memories

[@John-996]

I played for the first time last year Amazing game. Always Skipped out on it as a kid. Also played, Fallout new vegas and The orginal San andreas. Wish i Had played these when they came out. I did play GTA3 few years after it came out. And played the likes of timespliters, BF2 2005 and allot more but feel like a missed out on some classics.

[@NextDayNextLevel]

A worthy glorification and celebration of a game. Fallout 3 will always be iconic in my book.

[@AdmiralBison]

PC mods give many games indefinite lifespans. I've been playing "Tale of two wastelands" = FO3 + FNV, and Fallout 4 nearly every year since they've launched.

[@BillyBobDingledorf]

I paid $8 for a used copy of F3 many years ago. Might be the best $8 I ever spent. I was hooked. Between F3, FNV, F4 and all the expansion packs, I've spent thousands of hours on the Fallout series. Love those three. Don't care about anything else in the Fallout genre. Really looking for ward to NV2 or F5.

[@anthonysanchez7538]

I remember buying the collectors edition for this. I still have the lunch box and bobblehead on my shelf to this day.

[@theladderfromhighestinther932]

I'm proud to say that I just got into this game and it has been a great experience

[@tygergamer]

I remember playing fallout 3 so much during the summer of 2009. I love how the map is a graph, and that if you wanted to you could just head straight to vault 112 after leaving 101. Such a great game. I also remember watching Fallout 4's announcement trailer back in 2015 with my older brother, and after our nerdgasm we went straight to gamestop to re-buy Fallout 3. I freaking love all fallout games, but I do not think that nothing can replace Fallout 3. Unless they do a remaster.

[@Pedone_Rosso]

Fallout fans who prefer 3 over NV might be more than you think. I myself didn't play either of the two. But I would have extensively played Fallout 3 if that fateful day, when I went at the local store to buy my very 1st Bethesda game, they couldn't only provide a copy of Skyrim to satisfy my request: the fact is that, of all gamers I knew at the time to whom I asked for an advice, none of them recommended NV, as they all preferred FO3. ALL OF THEM, period. And, since back then it was already quite some time after Elder Scrolls 5 came out, you can imagine it was a well pondered and seasoned opinion, the one I got in that regard. Thanks for your videos!

[@TheDarkblue57]

The new Vegas bandwagon only truely began in the Fallout 4 pre-release hype cycle. I would say majority of people thought that new Vegas was a buggier rehash of fallout 3 even during the release of Skyrim

[@shiteyanyo1111]

Fallout 3 was the only (non-isometric) Fallout that I felt hunted in. The world really feels against you the moment you step out of the vault.

[@wintersworldgaming]

great work on this

[@tylerwood8710]

Fallout 3 was the first game I bought for my PS3. I got it from a close-out sale at a local video rental store. GOTY Edition for $20. I was so excited. I'd played FO, FO2, and FOTactics (wildly underrated, minus the game-ending glitches). I'd waited YEARS for a new Fallout and was hugely skeptical of 3. I read zero reviews and learned nothing about it before I got it; I didn't want it spoiled at all. And I absolutely loved it. It was kinda janky, but I could learn those janks and play with them to my advantage. Only issue (and it was a HUGE one that stretched into FO:NV) was having the 10MB save file issue. As soon as I got bigger than 10MB, the game would start crashing randomly. By the time I got to Point Lookout, I could barely play it, and that really sucked. Anyway: thanks for bringing this back up, Matty. Love the content. You are a super hardworking dude. I really admire your work ethic. Excellent work, man.

[@ButtaMilkBiscuitsGaming]

I brought both PS3/360 lunch box collector editions back in 2008 when i came home from serving over Afghanistan and the strategy guide aswell. All three are pack in a tote in my basement. Its was a great buy.

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

I just finished a playthrough of Tale of Two Wastelands. Was the first time I played "Fallout 3" in almost 10 years. These games make me feel old...

[@afroman5160]

Fallout 3 was my introduction in 2009 being 13. Still remember my moment of roaming DC heart beating low on health. After fighting some super mutants then getting saved by Bos. Im playing modded Fallout 4 but will play Fo3 sometime.

[@lyricboss115]

I Already 100% the game but it’s a masterpiece so I just started playing again the other night its funny you made this video. With the Series X update it’s damn near a soft remaster.