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Fallout 3 cover art

Fallout 3

Fallout 3 from the creators of the award-winning Oblivion, featuring one of the most realized game worlds ever created. Create any kind of character you want and explore the open wastes of post-apocalyptic Washington D.C. Every minute is a fight for survival as you encounter Super Mutants, Ghouls, Raiders and other dangers of the Wasteland. Prepare for the future. The third game in the Fallout series, Fallout 3 is a singleplayer action role-playing game (RPG) set in a post-apocalyptic Washington DC. Combining the horrific insanity of the Cold War era theory of mutually assured destruction gone terribly wrong, with the kitschy naivety of American 1950s nuclear propaganda, Fallout 3 will satisfy both players familiar with the popular first two games in its series as well as those coming to the franchise for the first time.

2008 · Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda Softworks · 0 videos · IGDB 89/100 · Players 86/100

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PS3PCX360ShooterRole-playing (RPG)ActionScience fictionSurvivalStealthSandboxOpen world

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How long it takes

Rushing it
30 hours
Normally
53 hours
Completionist
175 hours

Averaged from 6 player submissions.

Every character

68 characters IGDB has catalogued for Fallout 3.

Abraham Washington

Agatha

Allistair Tenpenny

Amata

Andy

Armitage

Beatrice

Betty in Fallout 3

Betty

Butch

Butcher

Carol

Charon

Chief Gustavo

Clover

Colin Moriarty

Colonel Autumn

Confessor Cromwell

Dad

Dave

Doctor Lesko

Doctor Li

Dukov

Elder Lyons

Eulogy Jones

Fawkes

Greta

Grouse

Hannibal Hamlin

Harden Simms

Harkness

Jericho

Jonas

Lucas Simms

Lucy

Lucy West

Maggie

Margaret Primrose

Mayor MacCready

Mister Buckingham

Moira

Mom

Mr. Brotch

Mr. Burke

Narrator

Nathan

Old Lady Palmer

One Year Baby

Overseer

Paladin Gunny

Paladin Vargas

Pinkerton

President Eden

Reilly

Scribe Rothchild

Sentinel Lyons

Sergeant RL-3

Sierra Petrovita

Stanley

Star Paladin Cross

The Great One

Three Dog

Timmy Neusbaum

Tree Father Birch

Tulip

Young Amata

Young Butch

Young Paul Hannon

Young Wally Mack

Platforms and makers

PlayStation 3 logo

PlayStation 3 · gen 7

PC (Microsoft Windows) logo

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Xbox 360 logo

Xbox 360 · gen 7

Gamebryo logo

Gamebryo

Bethesda Game Studios logo

Bethesda Game Studios · Developer

Bethesda Softworks logo

Bethesda Softworks · Publisher

Engine

Gamebryo

Gamebryo (formerly NetImmerse until 2003) is a game engine developed by Gamebase Co., Ltd. and Gamebase USA, that incorporates a set of tools and plugins including run-time libraries, supporting video game developers for numerous cross-platform game titles in a variety of genres, and served as a basis for the Creation Engine.

Popularity

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24hr Hours Watched
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Visits
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24hr Peak Players
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Negative Reviews
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Total Reviews
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Played
0.001
Want to Play
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Details

Release date
28 October 2008
Developer
Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher
Bethesda Softworks
Franchise
Fallout
Engine
Gamebryo
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person, Third person
Themes
Action, Science fiction, Survival, Stealth, Sandbox, Open world
Genres
Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms
PS3, PC, X360
Critic score
89/100 from 10 critics
Player score
86/100 from 1,779 players
IGDB users
83/100 from 1,769 users
Series
Fallout
Anticipated by
1 people before release
Type
Main Game
Age ratings
CLASS_IND 18, ESRB M, PEGI 18, GRAC 19+, ACB MA 15+, CERO Z
Rated for
Violência (Violence), Violência Extrema (Extreme Violence), Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs, Violence, Bad Language, Language, Sexuality, Fear, Horror, Threatening, Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug, Crime, Anti-Social, Crime
Also released as
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (Bundle), Fallout 3 / Oblivion Duo Pack (Bundle)
Official titles
폴아웃 3 (Korea)
Companies
Bethesda Game Studios (Developer), Bethesda Softworks (Publisher)
Also known as
FO3

Story

The introductory sequence introduces the player to their character's father James, a doctor and scientist in Vault 101. James frequently makes comments about the player character's deceased mother Catherine, and her favorite Bible passage, Revelation 21:6, which speaks of "the waters of life". The main quest begins after the player is forced to flee Vault 101 when James leaves the vault, throwing it into anarchy and causing the paranoid Overseer to send his security force after the player. The search for James takes the character on a journey through the Wasteland, first to the nearby town of Megaton, named for the undetonated atomic bomb at the center of town, then the Galaxy News Radio station, whose enthusiastic DJ Three Dog gives the player the moniker of "The Lone Wanderer". The player travels to Rivet City, a derelict aircraft carrier now serving as a fortified human settlement. Here the player meets Doctor Li, a scientist who worked alongside the player's father. Doctor Li informs the player of Project Purity, a plan conceived by Catherine and James to purify all the water in the Tidal Basin and eventually the entire Potomac River with a giant water purifier built in the Jefferson Memorial. However, continued delays and Catherine's death during childbirth put an end to the project, and James took the player's character as a newborn to raise them in the safety of Vault 101. After investigating the Jefferson Memorial, the Lone Wanderer tracks James to Vault 112, and frees him from a virtual reality program being run by the Vault's sadistic Overseer, Dr. Braun. James and the player return to Rivet City, and James reveals he sought out Braun for information on the Garden of Eden Creation Kit (G.E.C.K.), a device that contains the components needed to finally activate Project Purity. James and Doctor Li lead a team of Rivet City scientists to the memorial with intent to restart the project, but the memorial is invaded by the Enclave, a powerful military organization formed from the remnants of the pre-War United States government. James floods the project's control room with radiation to stop the Enclave military leader, Colonel Augustus Autumn, from taking control of it, killing himself (but Autumn survives), his last words urging his child to run. The Lone Wanderer and Dr. Li flee to the ruins of the Pentagon, now a base for the Brotherhood of Steel and now known as the Citadel. With Project Purity still inoperable even with the Enclave occupying the site, the player travels to Vault 87 to find a G.E.C.K. and finish James's work. The player finds the Vault to be a testing site for the FEV (Forced Evolutionary Virus), and the source of the Super Mutants in the Capital Wasteland. After the player acquires the G.E.C.K., the Wanderer is ambushed by the Enclave and captured. At the Enclave base at Raven Rock, the player is freed from their cell by the Enclave leader, President John Henry Eden, who requests a private audience with them. En route to his office however, Colonel Autumn defies Eden's orders and takes command of the Enclave military, ordering them to kill the player. Fighting their way to Eden's office, the player discovers Eden is actually a sentient ZAX series supercomputer who took control of the Enclave after their defeat in Fallout 2 on the West Coast thirty years ago. Eden wishes to repeat the plan of then-President Dick Richardson using Project Purity, infecting the water with a modified strain of FEV that will make it toxic to any mutated life. This plan will kill most life in the wasteland including humans, but the Enclave, due to their genetic "purity" as a result of their isolation, will be immune and free to take control of the area. The Wanderer, provided with a sample of the new F.E.V., is given a choice to either leave peacefully or convince Eden to self-destruct the entire base. The Lone Wanderer escapes Raven Rock and returns to the Citadel. With the knowledge they possess, the G.E.C.K. and the means to activate Project Purity, the Brotherhood assault the Jefferson Memorial, spearheaded by a giant robot named Liberty Prime. In the control room of Project Purity the player confronts Colonel Autumn, and has the choice to persuade him to give up or kill him. Dr. Li informs the player that the purifier is ready to be activated, but the activation code must be input manually, and also that the control room is flooded with lethal amounts of radiation. The Lone Wanderer is forced to choose between sending Sarah Lyons of the Brotherhood inside the extremely irradiated purifier or entering themselves. Whoever enters into the chamber inputs the code hinted at through the game, that being 21:6, and dies from a radiation spike.

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Release dates

PS3
Jan 15, 2009
PS3
Oct 31, 2008
PS3
Oct 28, 2008
PC
Oct 31, 2008
PC
Oct 28, 2008
X360
Oct 31, 2008
X360
Oct 28, 2008
PS3
Oct 31, 2008
X360
Oct 31, 2008

Languages

Interface
German, Spanish (Spain), English, French, Italian, English (UK), Spanish (Mexico), Japanese
Audio
English, English (UK), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico), French, Italian, Japanese, German
Subtitles
English, English (UK), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico), French, Italian, Japanese, German

Keywords

alienscold warbaseballmotorcyclebasketballhuntingpost-apocalypticcyberneticsbloodyninjatime travelvampiremurderdrugsminigamesinvasionantsdystopiandeathmilitaryrobotsalternate historydoctorvirtual petfemale protagonisthand-to-hand combatinsanitycyborgsteambirdbacktrackingachievementsbullet timemultiple endingsapocalypsemutantstrapsbuildinghackingartificial intelligencedialogue treessatireunited statesrevengewolfdark humortorturecameraslaveryracismdogover the shoulderterraformingsequelgiant insectsmad scientistchemistrygood vs evilswimminghide and seekday/night cycleairplaneboss fightexplosionradiationpower glovexbox controller support for pcsingle-player onlythrowing weaponsgame critics awardsplaystation trophiesattributesrivaling factionscustomizable charactersleveling upworld mapvoice actingcowbink videomind controlhumanxbox one x enhancedpolygonal 3dshoppingskill points in gameloot gatheringmicrotransactionlove trianglegame referenceratlicensed soundtrackcollectiblessequel is in a different genreoriginal soundtrack releasewasd movementwhite noisenon-player characterextreme violenceprofanityhologramdescendants of other charactersfake in-game advertisingcorpsetape recorderyoung protagonistsnipingice stageescort missionfalling damagecharacter creationmoral decisionsside questspick your genderbranching storylinerecruitable charactersusing dialogue to avoid combatdownloadable contentquestingmeleeauto-savingreal-time combata.i. companionmale antagonistretro futurestat trackinginstant killsecret areabetrayalvision obstructionanimal companionsdifficulty levelshaky camerajump scare momentquicksavingsubtitled silencemultiple gameplay perspectivesliberationaudio logsvending machine interactionmercenarycoming of agecombat dialoguefalling sequencevideo game characters that play video gameschristianitybannedin-game radiopresidential candidatecommunismrebelsbriberyscientistnuclear bombaddictiontheftsequence breakingnon-linear storytellinginteractive environmentsdartbeen here beforelevel capxbox one backwards compatibilitydevelopment hellinvisible wallgamersgatesleepingitem combinationhotkeycontroversyhallucinationgames on demandnever-endingchessboardmod supporthigh definition graphicsdolby digitalplot twistvaluable garbagestealth killguns and bulletspausable real time combatpovertyquest trackingmeme origincannibalismanimal crueltyenemy taggingmotorcycle helmetweapon workshopsgore systemenvironmental killpsychopathyheterochromiapoisoninginvisibilityscripted eventsrandom encounterfire manipulationzero to heropickpocketinglock pickingpropagandaworkbench mechanicswaking up capturedsevered limbsfast travelingcensored versiongenocidechinese accentmissing relativecontext sensitiveliving inventorycockroachnameless protagonistoutside of the mapanarchismsociopathyvigilanteghoulfully customizable controlsretrievable trapstrilogymovement penaltytwo-handed weaponssealing your own fatehidden roompseudo non-linearsex workbartendera.i. constructsequel by a different developerinsect infestationfictional currenciesboarghostly manifestationredemptionbiblical quotesending change post-releasewarpingheroic sacrificemissile launchernuclear warnuclear holocausthostile a.i.nuclear falloutworld war iiireluctant heroadamantiumgreatest hitsmachinimastealth camouflagelevel scalingmonomythpc to console porttaste of poweranimal sidekicknomadskill questaberrant a.i. behaviourmissing featuresachievement hitchingmulti-monitor supportgames for windows - liveuncanny valleyneutralmemorialpax 2008roaming the countrysidetokyo game show 2008securominteractive achievement awards 2009spike video game awards 2008game developers choice awards 2009immersivelgbtq+male protagonistinterior designmaryland

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