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"Fallout 3 is the ultimate video game." - Game Critics Awards

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Prepare for the Future™
With Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, experience the most acclaimed game of 2008 like never before. Create a character of your choosing and descend into an awe-inspiring, post-apocalyptic world where every minute is a fight for survival. Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition includes all five of the Fallout 3 Game Add-on Packs:

Operation: Anchorage - Enter a military simulation and fight in the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska from its Chinese Communist invaders.
The Pitt - Travel to the post-apocalyptic remains of Pittsburgh and become embroiled in a conflict between slaves and their Raider masters.
Broken Steel - Increase your level cap to 30, and finish the fight against the Enclave remnants alongside Liberty Prime.
Point Lookout - Embark on a mysterious and open-ended adventure in a huge, murky swampland along the coast of Maryland.
Mothership Zeta - Defy hostile alien abductors and fight your way off of the alien mothership, orbiting miles above the Capital Wasteland.

Key Features

Limitless Freedom - Take in the sights and sounds of the vast Capital Wasteland! See the great monuments of the United States lying in post-apocalyptic ruin! You make the choices that define you and change the world. Just keep an eye on your Rad Meter!
Experience S.P.E.C.I.A.L. - Vault-Tec engineers bring you the latest in human ability simulation — the SPECIAL Character System! Utilizing new breakthroughs in points-based ability representation, SPECIAL affords unlimited customization of your character. Also included are dozens of unique skills and perks to choose from, each with a dazzling variety of effects!
Fantastic New Views - The wizards at Vault-Tec have done it again! No longer constrained to just one view, experience the world from 1st or 3rd person perspective. Customize your view with the touch of a button!
The Power of Choice - Feeling like a dastardly villain today, or a Good Samaritan? Pick a side or walk the line, as every situation can be dealt with in many different ways. Talk out your problems in a civilized fashion, or just flash your Plasma Rifle.
Blast 'Em Away With V.A.T.S. - Even the odds in combat with the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System for your Pip-Boy Model 3000! V.A.T.S. allows you to pause time in combat, target specific body parts on your target, queue up attacks, and let Vault-Tec take out your aggression for you. Rain death and destruction in an all-new cinematic presentation.
Mind-Blowing Artificial Intelligence - At Vault-Tec, we realize that the key to reviving civilization after a global nuclear war is people. Our best minds pooled their efforts to produce an advanced version of Radiant AI, America's First Choice in Human Interaction Simulation. Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results by the latest in Vault-Tec technology.
Eye-Popping Prettiness* - Witness the harsh realities of nuclear fallout rendered like never before in modern super-deluxe HD graphics. From the barren Wasteland, to the danger-filled offices and metro tunnels of DC, to the hideous rotten flesh of a mutant's face.

*Protective Eyewear Encouraged.

System Requirements

Minimum:

Operating system: Windows XP/Vista
Processor: 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
Memory: 1 GB (XP)/ 2 GB (Vista)
Hard disk space: 7 GB
Video: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better)
Sound: DirectX®: 9.0c
Controller support: Xbox 360 controller

Supported Video Card Chipsets:

NVIDIA GeForce 200 series, Geforce 9800 series, Geforce 9600 series, Geforce 8800 series, Geforce 8600 series, Geforce 8500 series, Geforce 8400 series, Geforce 7900 series, Geforce 7800 series, Geforce 7600 series, Geforce 7300 series, GeForce 6800 series
ATI HD 4800 series, HD 4600 series, HD 3800 series, HD 3600 series, HD 3400 series, HD 2900 series, HD 2600 series, HD 2400 series, X1900 series, X1800 series, X1600 series, X1300 series, X850 series

Recommended:

Operating system: Windows XP/Vista
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
Memory: 2 GB System RAM
Hard disk space: 7 GB
Video: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series)
Sound: DirectX®: 9.0c
Controller support: Xbox 360 controller

Fallout® 3: Game of the Year Edition © 2009 Bethesda Softworks LLC, a ZeniMax Media company. Bethesda Softworks, Bethesda Game Studios, ZeniMax and related logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of ZeniMax Media Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Fallout, Prepare for the Future and related logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Bethesda Softworks LLC in the U.S. and/or other countries. All rights reserved.

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Warlord of Britannia

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Posted: September 13

I guess you could say this game is...

rad!

(I'll show myself out)

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people squisher

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Posted: September 23

My steam profile might say I only have 0.3 hrs or so currently (that may change soon), but I have played this game extensivley on the X-Box 360, and I can say that it is definitely one of my favorite games of all time. The story is so interesting, and your quest seems so important that when you reach a goal, or finish one of the quests it flows so naturally into the next. I could sit down and play this for HOURS (although I could say the same for any Fallout game). The only problem with playing this on steam is that it WILL NOT RUN on WINDOWS 8 or 10 (unless 3rd party software/code manipulation is done, which still might not work). It will work, however, if you run on Windows 7, Vista or XP or if you have a comp that can switch from different versions. Honestly, if you want to play this game, but don't have the right os, don't spend a bunch of money getting Windows 7, just play it on PS3 or X-Box 360. If you enjoy an open yet isolated feeling, an eerie feeling everytime you see something move in the distance, or an enthralling story with exciting combat and endless hours of fun, it doesn't matter what you play it on, as long as you play it.

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Posted: September 20

rip windows

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JkMenttonet21

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Posted: September 23

Its been like a couple years and it's still not been updated to Windows 10

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Temarh

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Posted: September 22

Fallout 3 is a great and interesting game. I couldn't stop playing it until I collected all bobbleheads, special weapons, and finished the main story mode. But I wanted more; so I continued through all side quests, and the multiple DLCs.

The main story's ending was disappointingly thin and weak in disposition; however the game, itself, is very story-rich and it has aged well. Get it.

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iWin.uLose

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Posted: September 22

If u wanna play this on windows 10, it is possible! You can find a ton of guide on the internet. Just search it up, do as they say, and Boom! It will work.

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Posted: September 18

So dank it breaks your playtime counter

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Posted: September 18

Fallout 3 the game set in a post apocalyptic nuclear war as a fps and third person shooter breaking from vault 101 as a vaultdweler you are set on an adventure to find your dad that escapes vault 101 and it is up to you to survive what the wasteland throws at you with raiders bandits and all sorts of baddies and find your dad now this game has problems with windows 7, 8, and 10 so it can be frusturating but there is ways to fix it on youtube and on steam threads but getting it working with those fixes is sure as hell worth it being a amazing game for it's time and still today

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Posted: September 11

This is one of the post-apocalypse game that I really liked. Here you can do whatever you want, you can go through the whole game by stealth or have a fresh meat. All your actions will be reflected in future story. I recommend!

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Posted: September 23

old but still a great game, a definitive must play if you like a post apocalyptic world

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Posted: October 10

Does not run on Windows 10. Thanks Bethesda

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Posted: October 10

Wanted to replay the game after a long space of time from the last time I played it which was on a PS3. Managed to get it to work using a guide on Windows 10.

Fantastic game overall.

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Posted: October 10

Better than Fallout 4, Fallout 3 is also up there as one of the best ganes made, sadly like all other Bethesda games, time has not been well to this old gem

The annoyance with Games for Windows Live (And then its shutdown) has always been a problem, now that steam has removed the CD-Key from the game, it is no longer possible to connect to the internet to get Xbox Achivements (But it does work if you give it a key from another G4WL game, like GTA 4, Wierd) The game also has performance problems such as crashing and sound issues but after following a few guides, you can then start playing

Personally, I like Fallout 3 better because its just generally a bigger and more imaginative game (Possible a reson for this is because it doesnt have a voiced PC and so more can be done) Also, the DLC is a lot better and not underwhelming as Fallout 4

(Excluding the issues) The ending is the problem with the game, unless you have DLC, the game just finishes and you can no longer play and complete side quests etc unless you load up a previous save

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Posted: October 9

Does not work for Windows 7 or 10. Do NOT buy. Bethesda has refused to patch the game for these Operating Systems.

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Posted: October 9

THIS GAME WONT RUN ON WINDOWS 10!!! Fallout 3 is an amazing game, but sadly the steam version does not work on windows 10. I have tried EVERY single fix available and still no result of getting it running. Don't waste your money, or your moms money. If you want to play fallout 3 get it for console!

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Posted: October 9

Semplicemente perfetto.

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Posted: October 8

I've only just recently bought this game, and here's what I could say; I wasted the past years of my life not playing Fallout :(

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Posted: October 8

I found this game amazing, it took a bit to get me to like it be when I did I played it non stop, I have it working on Windows 10 from using the ultimate fix in the discussions and I love how you can have tons of different mods, I'll be buying new vegas soon

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Posted: October 8

How to get FO3 working on Windows 10.
This worked for me (AMD FX-8350, Nvidia GTX780), so I´ll share it with you.

1. Download Games for Windows LIVE Disabler
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/1086/?
Just open the exe and select Disable G4WL.

2. Go to C:\users\yourname\Documents\My Games\Fallout3\FALLOUT.ini
Open the file with Notepad
Find bUseThreadedAI=0 and change it to bUseThreadedAI=1, immediately below it add a line with iNumHWThreads=2

This should be enough for most of you.

3. If the game crashes at a new game, download this modified d3d9.dll.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4rlGqEs-BxtcWdEdlh0TDM1Skk
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout 3 goty\ and paste it there.

This dll makes FO3 think that you have a Nvidia 7900GS, so your graphic settings will be reset. Just adjust them to your liking again, most modern GPUs can run perfectly with the Ultra preset.

Don´t forget to enable all the data files in the launcher. For some reason, the DLCs come disabled by default.

Some screenshots:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=777450111

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=777450212

Enjoy this classic on your Win10 setup.

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Posted: October 8

I've tried every single fix the internet and all it's denizens suggest as well as the official resolutions recommended by designers. Game will not run on Windows 10 and they won't give me my money back. I hope your mother gets run over by a runaway radish cart.

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