Hello (again) everybody! After the success of my first post about whether or not to buy Morrowind, I decided to try with Fallout 3. So, my question to you is: Is Fallout 3 worth buying? And are the DLC good? I found a GOTY Edition of FO3 (Xbox 360) for only $15 (new) on Gamestop, which seemed pretty cheap for what I had heard was a good game.
I've played through Fallout New Vegas, maybe 70 hours total on it. Something about it I just didn't completely enjoy, though most of it was fun. The graphics seemed a tad odd, and I know FO3 is a year or so older than FNV. My favorite things are explosions and large loud guns, which were reasonably attainable in FNV. Also, is FO3 completely freeroam? One main thing that annoyed me about FNV was how it was kinda freeroam, but ended after the main quest. Not a huge deal either way though.
So, does Fallout 3 have a lot of quests and fun gameplay with some replayability and freeroam? Anybody's opinions would be greatly appreciated! And also, no quest spoilers would be preferable. And, finally, I play ONLY on console.
Currently playing FO3 for the first time. TRULY enjoying it. I don't use many explosives outside frag grenades, and I use no big guns really, but I do see plenty of missile launchers and miniguns up for grabs.
I tried to pick it up in the past, as well as NV, and didn't care for them at all. Butnow that I'm REALLY playing FO3 Im kind of in love. Great, great game world. So far, it's a pretty compelling story. I recommend it, particularly if it's cheap.
I can't speak to any of the DLCs, as I haven't played any yet. Not sure that I will.
STEAM is running a Fallout Weekend... might check the price there.
Fallout 3 was first of the series I ever played. Amazing game... DLC's add lots of content and the game has mods you wouldn't believe... lots of replay... not telling how many hours I spent in 3. Oh man New Vegas was just MORE... love the series looking forward to Fallout 4 oh man... I'm all over it.
I played the hell out of Fallout 3 but when it came to new vegas something just didn't click and I let it go fairly quick...
I didn't feel as isolated in NV....................gah, I honestly don't know what it was....just something wasn't right about the 'feel' of the game.
Fallout 3 is a good buy (even now......especially now in fact).
I really didn't like the 'Hunting for my daddy' storyline in Fallout 3, it felt like a rather childish pursuit while I was doing my very best to man-up in the wasteland with big ass guns. But apart from that the game is GOLD.
"....................gah, I honestly don't know what it was....just something wasn't right about the 'feel' of the game."
Somebody finally put my feelings into words. Thank you.
Don't get me wrong, New Vegas is great. I'm binging it pretty heavily right now (the DLCs are what really made it for me). But there's just . . . something . . .