- Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
- Release Date: Oct 28, 2008
- Also On: PC, Xbox 360

- Summary:
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- Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
- Genre(s): Role-Playing, First-Person, First-Person, Western-Style
- # of players: No Online Multiplayer
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 55 out of 57
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Mixed: 2 out of 57
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Negative: 0 out of 57
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This is the kind of hugely ambitious game that doesn't come around very often, and when it does, you'd be a fool not to play it and enjoy the hell out of it and look forward to the day (next-next-gen?) when the fidelity of open-world RPGs takes another big step closer to the uncanny valley's far side.
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After this game-experience negative points are hard to find. Sure, the radio program is not mind-blowing and the third-person-view is suboptimal. But this doesn't matter, as Fallout 3 is wonderful and even a class better than Bethesda's last title - Oblivion.
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In the end, Fallout 3 feels like a Fallout game, and that is absolutely the highest compliment. Despite the changes, much of the charm and fun of the franchise remains intact, and despite the similarities to "Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion", I never felt that I was playing anything but a Fallout game.
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More than reinventing a game, Bethesda could assure a desirable evolution. In a world devastated by the war, the beauty of the entire environment is the greatest step in Fallout 3.
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The overall experience of Fallout 3 is unmatched, and the amount of game Bethesda has packed into this $60 title can't be ignored. Flaws aside, taken as a whole, Fallout 3 is an astounding effort and easily one this year's best gaming experiences.
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Fallout 3 is the biggest accomplishment in adventure gaming since Oblivion.
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Yet the final product has been injured by this ambition, by having too many options and locations, the quality is spread thin and the lack of restrictions can daze some players.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 172 out of 218
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Mixed: 23 out of 218
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Negative: 23 out of 218
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Oct 14, 2012
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MichaelT.Oct 21, 2009
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KevinCNov 16, 2008
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SHODANNov 5, 2008
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