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.ib-video-game .infobox-above{font-style:italic}</style><table class="infobox ib-video-game hproduct"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn">Fallout 3</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Fallout_3_cover_art.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/83/Fallout_3_cover_art.PNG/220px-Fallout_3_cover_art.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="368" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/Fallout_3_cover_art.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="244" data-file-height="408" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_developer" title="Video game developer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Game_Studios" title="Bethesda Game Studios">Bethesda Game Studios</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_publisher" title="Video game publisher">Publisher(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Softworks" title="Bethesda Softworks">Bethesda Softworks</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_creative_director" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game creative director">Director(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Todd_Howard" title="Todd Howard">Todd Howard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_producer" title="Video game producer">Producer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Ashley Cheng</li><li>Gavin Carter</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_designer" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game designer">Designer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emil_Pagliarulo" title="Emil Pagliarulo">Emil Pagliarulo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_programmer" title="Video game programmer">Programmer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Guy Carver</li><li>Steve Meister</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_artist" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game artist">Artist(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Istvan_Pely" title="Istvan Pely">Istvan Pely</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_writer" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game writer">Writer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Emil Pagliarulo</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_composer" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game composer">Composer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Inon_Zur" title="Inon Zur">Inon Zur</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Series</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fallout_(franchise)" title="Fallout (franchise)">Fallout</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Game_engine" title="Game engine">Engine</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gamebryo" title="Gamebryo">Gamebryo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/PlayStation_3" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">NA</a>: October 28, 2008</li><li><a href="/wiki/PAL_region" class="mw-redirect" title="PAL region">PAL</a>: October 31, 2008</li><li><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">JP</a>: December 4, 2008</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_genre" title="Video game genre">Genre(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Action_role-playing" class="mw-redirect" title="Action role-playing">Action role-playing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mode(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Single-player" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-player">Single-player</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Fallout 3 is a 2008 <a href="/wiki/Action_role-playing_game" title="Action role-playing game">action role-playing game</a> developed by <a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Game_Studios" title="Bethesda Game Studios">Bethesda Game Studios</a> and published by <a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Softworks" title="Bethesda Softworks">Bethesda Softworks</a>. The third major installment in the <a href="/wiki/Fallout_(franchise)" title="Fallout (franchise)">Fallout series</a>, it is the first game to be developed by Bethesda after acquiring the rights to the franchise from <a href="/wiki/Interplay_Entertainment" title="Interplay Entertainment">Interplay Entertainment</a>. The game marks a major shift in the series by using <a href="/wiki/3D_graphics" class="mw-redirect" title="3D graphics">3D graphics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Real-time_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Real-time game">real-time combat</a>, replacing the <a href="/wiki/Isometric_video_game_graphics" title="Isometric video game graphics">2D isometric</a> graphics and <a href="/wiki/Turn-based_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Turn-based game">turn-based combat</a> of previous installments. It was released worldwide in October 2008 for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_3" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a>. The game is set within a post-apocalyptic open world environment that encompasses a scaled region consisting of the ruins of <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, and much of the countryside to the north and west of it in <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, collectively referred to as the Capital Wasteland. <a href="/wiki/Downloadable_content" title="Downloadable content">Downloadable content</a> is set in <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, pre-War <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a> and outer space. It takes place within Fallout's usual setting of a world that deviated into an alternate timeline thanks to atomic age technology, which eventually led to its devastation by a nuclear apocalypse in the year 2077 (referred to as the Great War), caused by a major international conflict between the United States and China over natural resources. The main story takes place in the year 2277. Players take control of an inhabitant of Vault 101, one of several underground shelters created before the Great War to protect around 1,000 humans from the <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_fallout" title="Nuclear fallout">nuclear fallout</a>, who is forced to venture out into the Capital Wasteland to find their father after he disappears from the Vault under mysterious circumstances. They find themselves seeking to complete their father's work while fighting against the Enclave, the corrupt remnants of the former US government that seeks to use it for their own purposes. Fallout 3 received a number of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Game_of_the_Year_awards" title="List of Game of the Year awards">Game of the Year</a> awards, praising the game's <a href="/wiki/Nonlinear_gameplay" title="Nonlinear gameplay">open-ended gameplay</a> and flexible <a href="/wiki/Level_up_(video_gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Level up (video gaming)">character-leveling system</a>, and is considered one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_video_games_considered_the_best" title="List of video games considered the best">best video games ever made</a>. Fallout 3 shipped almost five million copies in its first week. The game received post-launch support, with Bethesda releasing <a href="/wiki/Fallout_3_downloadable_content" title="Fallout 3 downloadable content">five downloadable add-ons</a>. The game was met with controversy upon release in Australia, for the <a href="/wiki/Recreational_drug_use" title="Recreational drug use">recreational drug use</a> and the ability to be addicted to alcohol and other drugs; in India, for cultural and religious sentiments over the mutated cattle in the game being called <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Varna_(Hinduism)" title="Varna (Hinduism)">varna</a> (class) in <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>; and in Japan, where a questline involving the potential detonation of a nuclear bomb in a prominent town was heavily altered. The game was followed by a spin-off, <a href="/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas" title="Fallout: New Vegas">Fallout: New Vegas</a>, developed by <a href="/wiki/Obsidian_Entertainment" title="Obsidian Entertainment">Obsidian Entertainment</a> in 2010. The fourth major installment in the Fallout series, <a href="/wiki/Fallout_4" title="Fallout 4">Fallout 4</a>, was released in 2015. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gameplay">Gameplay</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallout_3&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Gameplay">edit</a>]</div> Fallout 3 is an <a href="/wiki/Action_role-playing_game" title="Action role-playing game">action role-playing game</a> that can be played from either a <a href="/wiki/First-person_(video_games)" title="First-person (video games)">first-person</a> or <a href="/wiki/Third-person_(video_games)" title="Third-person (video games)">third-person</a> perspective.<a href="#cite_note-EGM_Review-1">[1]</a> It is set in the <a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington metropolitan area</a>, years after a <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_warfare" title="Nuclear warfare">nuclear war</a> left much of the United States decimated.<a href="#cite_note-GamesRadar_Review-2">[2]</a> The player controls a 19 year old character who grew up in a <a href="/wiki/Fallout_shelter" title="Fallout shelter">fallout shelter</a> called Vault 101.<a href="#cite_note-GamesRadar_Review-2">[2]</a> The goal of the game is to complete a series of <a href="/wiki/Quest_(video_games)" title="Quest (video games)">quests</a> to find the character's father, who unexpectedly left Vault 101.<a href="#cite_note-Guide_Book-3">[3]</a>: 57  In addition to the main quests, the player can participate in optional unrelated quests known as side quests.<a href="#cite_note-GamesRadar_Review-2">[2]</a> <a href="/wiki/GamesRadar%2B" title="GamesRadar+">GamesRadar+</a> critic Andy Kelly estimates there are over 100 hours of content in Fallout 3.<a href="#cite_note-GamesRadar_Review-2">[2]</a> At the beginning of the game, the player can customize their character's physical appearance by choosing their gender and race.<a href="#cite_note-GameSpy_Preview-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ars_Technica-5">[5]</a> They can then allocate points into seven primary <a href="/wiki/Attribute_(role-playing_games)" title="Attribute (role-playing games)">attributes</a>: strength, perception, endurance, charisma, intelligence, agility, and luck.<a href="#cite_note-Ars_Technica-5">[5]</a> These attributes are known as S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats, and range from 1 to 10.<a href="#cite_note-Guide_Book-3">[3]</a>: 4  Additionally, there are 13 secondary attributes whose point totals are affected by S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats: barter, big guns, energy weapons, explosives, lockpick, medicine, melee weapons, repair, science, small guns, sneak, speech, and unarmed.<a href="#cite_note-Guide_Book-3">[3]</a>: 10  If the player has a high charisma stat for example, then they will be more proficient with the barter and speech skills at the beginning of the game.<a href="#cite_note-Guide_Book-3">[3]</a>: 6  The player can add more points into skill stats whenever they earn enough <a href="/wiki/Experience_point" title="Experience point">experience points</a> to <a href="/wiki/Experience_point#Level-based_progression" title="Experience point">level up</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Ars_Technica-5">[5]</a> Experience points can be earned through several methods, such as killing an enemy or completing a quest.<a href="#cite_note-GameSpy_Review-6">[6]</a> When the player reaches a new level, they can select a perk, which is a permanent beneficial upgrade.<a href="#cite_note-Ars_Technica-5">[5]</a> For example, the perk Master Trader reduces the price of items sold by vendors by 25 percent.<a href="#cite_note-Guide_Book-3">[3]</a>: 18  <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fallout_3_V.A.T.S._Screen.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Fallout_3_V.A.T.S._Screen.PNG/220px-Fallout_3_V.A.T.S._Screen.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Fallout_3_V.A.T.S._Screen.PNG/330px-Fallout_3_V.A.T.S._Screen.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f2/Fallout_3_V.A.T.S._Screen.PNG 2x" data-file-width="411" data-file-height="242" /></a><figcaption>While in combat, the player can use V.A.T.S. to pause the game and target specific body parts of an enemy.</figcaption></figure> Fallout 3 features an <a href="/wiki/Open_world" title="Open world">open world</a> map that the player can freely explore.<a href="#cite_note-IGN_Review-7">[7]</a> Locations the player can discover range from small settlements and abandoned buildings, to larger locations like the <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Memorial" title="Jefferson Memorial">Jefferson Memorial</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Monument" title="Washington Monument">Washington Monument</a>.<a href="#cite_note-OXM_Interview-8">[8]</a> The player is equipped with a <a href="/wiki/Wearable_computer" title="Wearable computer">wearable computer</a> called the <a href="/wiki/Pip-Boy" title="Pip-Boy">Pip-Boy 3000</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Ars_Technica-5">[5]</a> The device serves as a <a href="/wiki/Menu_(computing)" title="Menu (computing)">menu</a>, and allows the player to access items they have acquired, view detailed character statistics and active quests, and look at the map.<a href="#cite_note-GameSpy_Preview-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ars_Technica-5">[5]</a> The player can use the Pip-Boy 3000 map to <a href="/wiki/Fast_travel" title="Fast travel">fast travel</a> to previously discovered locations.<a href="#cite_note-Guide_Book-3">[3]</a>: 32  The player can also use the Pip-Boy 3000 as a radio, and listen songs from the 1940s and 1950s on makeshift radio broadcasts.<a href="#cite_note-Ars_Technica-5">[5]</a> While exploring, the player can recruit some <a href="/wiki/Non-playable_characters" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-playable characters">non-playable characters</a> as companions, who will accompany the player and assist them in combat.<a href="#cite_note-Guide_Book-3">[3]</a>: 38  There a variety of weapons in the game, including standard guns, <a href="/wiki/Directed-energy_weapon" title="Directed-energy weapon">energy-based guns</a>, melee weapons, and explosives.<a href="#cite_note-Guide_Book-3">[3]</a>: 33–34  While in combat, the player can utilize a gameplay mechanic known as V.A.T.S., which pauses the game and allows the player to target specific body parts of an enemy.<a href="#cite_note-Eurogamer_Review-9">[9]</a> V.A.T.S. is dictated by a <a href="/wiki/Statistic_(role-playing_games)" title="Statistic (role-playing games)">statistic</a> known as Action Points.<a href="#cite_note-Eurogamer_Review-9">[9]</a> Each attack while in V.A.T.S. costs Action Points, and when the player runs out of Action Points they must wait a short period of time before they can use it again.<a href="#cite_note-GamesRadar_Review-2">[2]</a> An important mechanic in Fallout 3 is the player's <a href="/wiki/Karma" title="Karma">karma</a>.<a href="#cite_note-GameSpot_Review-10">[10]</a> Whenever the player commits an action that is deemed either good or bad, their karma will change accordingly.<a href="#cite_note-GameSpot_Review-10">[10]</a> For example, if the player provides water to a beggar, their karma increases.<a href="#cite_note-GameSpot_Review-10">[10]</a> Likewise, if the player breaks into a home, their karma decreases.<a href="#cite_note-GameSpot_Review-10">[10]</a> The player's karma effects how other characters perceive them.<a href="#cite_note-Guide_Book-3">[3]</a>: 30  Some companions can only be recruited if the player meets the companion's karmic expectation.<a href="#cite_note-Guide_Book-3">[3]</a>: 30  Some non-recruitable characters will be more accepting of the player depending on their karma level.<a href="#cite_note-Guide_Book-3">[3]</a>: 30  For example, slaver characters will be more accepting to players with negative karma, and provide services that would not be available to players with neutral or positive karma.<a href="#cite_note-Guide_Book-3">[3]</a>: 30  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallout_3&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Plot">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jefferson_Memorial_At_Dusk_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Jefferson_Memorial_At_Dusk_1.jpg/220px-Jefferson_Memorial_At_Dusk_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Jefferson_Memorial_At_Dusk_1.jpg/330px-Jefferson_Memorial_At_Dusk_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Jefferson_Memorial_At_Dusk_1.jpg/440px-Jefferson_Memorial_At_Dusk_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2616" data-file-height="1744" /></a><figcaption>The plot of Fallout 3 revolves around a water purifier at the Jefferson Memorial.</figcaption></figure> Fallout 3 takes place in the year 2277, 200 years after a nuclear war between the United States and China. Some survivors of the war took refuge in high tech <a href="/wiki/Fallout_shelter" title="Fallout shelter">fallout shelters</a> known as Vaults. The player character, nicknamed the Lone Wanderer, grew up in Vault 101, located near <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> After the Lone Wanderer's 19th birthday, their father, a scientist named James, leaves the Vault without explanation. The Vault Dweller decides to track down their father, and journeys the region in and around Washington, D.C., now known as the Capital Wasteland. Along the way, the Lone Wanderer learns about their father's background from other characters, including residents of the nearby settlement <a href="/wiki/Megaton_(Fallout_3)" title="Megaton (Fallout 3)">Megaton</a>, radio DJ Three Dog, and scientist Madison Li. Before the Lone Wanderer's birth, James and his wife Catherine had been working on Project Purity, in which a <a href="/wiki/Water_purification" title="Water purification">water purifier</a> built in the Jefferson Memorial would have purified the irradiated water in the <a href="/wiki/Tidal_Basin" title="Tidal Basin">Tidal Basin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a>. However, Catherine died during childbirth, and James abandoned the project to raise his child in Vault 101. The Lone Wanderer finds and rescues James from a <a href="/wiki/Virtual_reality" title="Virtual reality">virtual reality</a> program in Vault 112. James reveals that he wanted to revive Project Purity, and left Vault 101 to seek the Garden of Eden Creation Kit (G.E.C.K.), a powerful piece of technology intended to assist in rebuilding civilization after a nuclear war. When work on Project Purity resumes, the remnants of the United States government, known as the Enclave, intervene. Its leader, President John Henry Eden, wants to inject the purifier with a deadly virus that will kill any mutated organisms who drink the water, including humans. James sacrifices himself to protect the purifier. In response, the Lone Wanderer enlists the help of the <a href="/wiki/Brotherhood_of_Steel" title="Brotherhood of Steel">Brotherhood of Steel</a>, a military organization that protects the residents of the Capital Wasteland. The Lone Wanderer finds the G.E.C.K. in Vault 87, but is captured by the Enclave and held in <a href="/wiki/Raven_Rock_Mountain_Complex" title="Raven Rock Mountain Complex">Raven Rock</a>. They escape imprisonment and meet President Eden, who is revealed to be an <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">artificial intelligence</a> program. Eden gives them a vial containing the virus and asks them to insert it into Project Purity. Afterwards, the Lone Wanderer leaves and optionally causes Eden to self destruct. Together with the Brotherhood of Steel, the Lone Wanderer retakes the Jefferson Memorial, and learns the water purifier needs to be manually activated, or else it will shortly explode. Before James died, he flooded the control room with lethal amounts of radiation. The player is presented with three potential endings: the Lone Wanderer sacrifices themself to initiate Project Purity, optionally inserting the virus into the purifier; the Lone Wanderer instructs a Brotherhood of Steel member or - if the Broken Steel <a href="/wiki/Downloadable_content" title="Downloadable content">downloadable content</a> is installed - a radiation-resistant companion to activate the purifier; or the Lone Wanderer does nothing and lets the purifier blow up. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallout_3&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Development">edit</a>]</div> The origins of Fallout 3 date back to the cancellation of <a href="/wiki/Van_Buren_(video_game)" title="Van Buren (video game)">Van Buren</a>, which was intended to be the third game in the mainline Fallout series.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-VG247_New_Vegas-12">[12]</a> Under the development of <a href="/wiki/Black_Isle_Studios" title="Black Isle Studios">Black Isle Studios</a>, Van Buren was to be set in <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>, and would have included a mixture of <a href="/wiki/Real-time_tactics" title="Real-time tactics">real-time</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turn-based_tactics" title="Turn-based tactics">turn-based</a> combat.<a href="#cite_note-VG247_New_Vegas-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-Retro_Gamer-13">[13]</a> Black Isle Studios' publisher <a href="/wiki/Interplay_Entertainment" title="Interplay Entertainment">Interplay Entertainment</a> was struggling financially, and in December 2003 Van Buren was cancelled.<a href="#cite_note-VG247_Black_Isle-14">[14]</a> In 2004, <a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Softworks" title="Bethesda Softworks">Bethesda Softworks</a> purchased the rights to develop their own rendition of Fallout 3 from Interplay for $1,175,000 minimum guaranteed <a href="/wiki/Advance_against_royalties" title="Advance against royalties">advance against royalties</a>.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> At the time, Bethesda was known for their work with <a href="/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls" title="The Elder Scrolls">The Elder Scrolls</a> series, but wanted to expand their catalogue with another project.<a href="#cite_note-Retro_Gamer-13">[13]</a> According to developer Joel Burgess, Bethesda's holding company <a href="/wiki/ZeniMax_Media" title="ZeniMax Media">ZeniMax Media</a> turned down multiple offers from other companies who wanted to work on the game.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a> Burgess remarked, "The sense was we had to make our own game."<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a> Development on Fallout 3 began in late 2004 with a small team of around 10 people, as most of Bethesda's staff was busy working on <a href="/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_IV:_Oblivion" title="The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion">The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion</a>.<a href="#cite_note-GameSpot_X360-16">[16]</a> After the release of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion in 2006, the size of the team drastically increased.<a href="#cite_note-GameSpot_X360-16">[16]</a> Programmer Jean Simonet estimates that when development concluded, there were around 75 team members.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a> Lead designer and writer <a href="/wiki/Emil_Pagliarulo" title="Emil Pagliarulo">Emil Pagliarulo</a> wrote the majority of the main story early in development, and when the team expanded, he allowed other designers to make rewrites and suggestions.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-Game_Developer_Interivew-17">[17]</a> This process exemplified Bethesda's decision to foster a more collaborative approach and allow developers to voice their opinions on various aspects of the game.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-Making_Of-18">[18]</a> Pagliarulo notes this approach differed from the rigid and "unhealthy" development of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, in which the developers had to follow the outline of the original design document regardless of their opinions.<a href="#cite_note-Making_Of-18">[18]</a> In multiple interviews, Bethesda developers noted the difficulty of working on a game from an established series they had no prior connections to.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-Game_Developer_Interivew-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-Making_Of-18">[18]</a> Product manager Pete Hines said Bethesda's mindset was to treat Fallout 3 as if they had worked on the original Fallout games.<a href="#cite_note-Making_Of-18">[18]</a> To this extent, they kept Fallout 3 an in-house production, and did not hire anyone who worked on the original games.<a href="#cite_note-Eurogamer_Interview-19">[19]</a> Bethesda used the first <a href="/wiki/Fallout_(video_game)" title="Fallout (video game)">Fallout</a> game as a model while designing Fallout 3.<a href="#cite_note-Game_Developer_Interivew-17">[17]</a> Pagliarulo favored the oppressive and bleak atmosphere of the first Fallout game in contrast to the excessive and <a href="/wiki/Camp_(style)" title="Camp (style)">camp</a> dialogue of <a href="/wiki/Fallout_2" title="Fallout 2">Fallout 2</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Game_Developer_Interivew-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-Making_Of-18">[18]</a> Pagliarulo wanted to instill a "rawness" to the dialogue, and included occasional profanity.<a href="#cite_note-Game_Developer_Interivew-17">[17]</a> Another goal was to instill a sense of moral ambiguity whenever the player made an important decision.<a href="#cite_note-Eurogamer_Interview-19">[19]</a> According to lead producer Gavin Carter, the karma mechanic was designed to let the player know the immediate consequences of their actions, and make the player question whether they made the right choice.<a href="#cite_note-Eurogamer_Interview-19">[19]</a> The player character's father, James, was created as a moral compass, and would react to the player's previous actions.<a href="#cite_note-Eurogamer_Interview-19">[19]</a> A common joke among fans and journalists before the release of Fallout 3 was to describe it as "Oblivion but with guns".<a href="#cite_note-OXM_Interview-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-Shacknews_Interview-20">[20]</a> Due to Bethesda's previous oeuvre with <a href="/wiki/High_fantasy" title="High fantasy">high fantasy</a> role-playing games, some players questioned whether Fallout 3 would simply be an iteration of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.<a href="#cite_note-Shacknews_Interview-20">[20]</a> Bethesda sought to incorporate elements of <a href="/wiki/First-person_shooter" title="First-person shooter">first-person shooter</a> games, while also allowing players to approach combat with a more tactical nuance commonly found in role-playing games.<a href="#cite_note-Making_Of-18">[18]</a> Executive producer Todd Howard wanted the combat to be a mix of real-time and turn-based combat, which led to the creation of the V.A.T.S. system.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a> Howard emphasized "cinematic" combat, and Simonet accomplished this goal by adding slow-motion effects whenever the player used V.A.T.S.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a> The inspiration for the slow motion effects while in V.A.T.S. came from the slow motion replays of car crashes from the <a href="/wiki/Burnout_(series)" title="Burnout (series)">Burnout</a> series.<a href="#cite_note-Making_Of-18">[18]</a> Bethesda developers later discussed how they felt the shooting mechanics in Fallout 3 were one of the weaker elements of the game.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Burgess remarked, "We didn't really have first-person shooter experts, we didn’t really know ... If nothing else, it speaks to some of the ways we were successful that the mediocrity of the shooting didn't matter."<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a> The original setting for Fallout 3 was the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="West Coast of the United States">West Coast of the United States</a>, but early in development, the setting changed to the Washington metropolitan area.<a href="#cite_note-Eurogamer_Interview-19">[19]</a> Pagliarulo said this decision stemmed from the adage "write what you know", as Bethesda was based in <a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville, Maryland</a>, a city close to Washington, D.C.<a href="#cite_note-Making_Of-18">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-Eurogamer_Interview-19">[19]</a> Burgess wanted Washington, D.C. to be a difficult location to explore, with harder enemies and more radiation.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a> Due to how the <a href="/wiki/Game_engine" title="Game engine">game engine</a> worked, Washington, D.C. needed to be split into separate zones connected by the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Metro" title="Washington Metro">Washington Metro</a>.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a> <a href="/wiki/Playtest" title="Playtest">Playtesters</a> routinely struggled to navigate the Metro, and complained the increased difficulty made the area less enjoyable.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a> Bethesda attempted to remove the dividers separating the zones, but Burgess said the initial test did not show promise, and the idea was dropped.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a> Burgess claims a proper test could have yielded a different result, and describes the entire Washington, D.C. area as "the big mistake I feel I made on [Fallout 3]".<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a> The original size of the Fallout 3 map was comparable to the size of the map in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a> Bethesda incorporated various monuments from the Washington metropolitan area that would serve as visual landmarks to help the player navigate.<a href="#cite_note-Making_Of-18">[18]</a> For example, when the player leaves Vault 101 at the beginning of the game, they see the Washington Monument in the distance, which was meant to help the player determine where Washington, D.C. was in relation to Vault 101.<a href="#cite_note-Making_Of-18">[18]</a> About six months before release, Bethesda felt the map was too small.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a> Whereas The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was able to hide the distance between locations with mountains and trees, Fallout 3's barren wasteland setting meant that players were noticing locations too quickly.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a> As a result, Bethesda increased the map size by roughly 20 percent, and spread out locations.<a href="#cite_note-TechRadar_Interview-11">[11]</a> Another map related issue brought up late in development was the fact that no one had modeled the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>.<a href="#cite_note-GamesRadar_Video-22">[22]</a> As there was not enough time to create another significant location on the map, the decision was made to instead display the remnants of the White House amidst a giant crater, and explain that it was one of the locations targeted by nuclear attacks.<a href="#cite_note-GamesRadar_Video-22">[22]</a> Bethesda spread out enemy encounters so as to not inundate the player with excessive combat.<a href="#cite_note-Shacknews_Interview-20">[20]</a> In an attempt to keep the map unpredictable, they added random encounters the player can witness, such as a group of <a href="/wiki/Contract_killing" title="Contract killing">contract killers</a> attacking a character, or a giant scorpion attacking a robot.<a href="#cite_note-Shacknews_Interview-20">[20]</a> <a href="/wiki/Inon_Zur" title="Inon Zur">Inon Zur</a> composed the score for Fallout 3, which was intended to balance traditional American music like <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> and <a href="/wiki/American_folk_music" title="American folk music">folk</a>, with the powerful cadence of <a href="/wiki/Martial_music" title="Martial music">military music</a>.<a href="#cite_note-IGN_Zur-23">[23]</a> The goal was to showcase American life before the nuclear war while simultaneously emphasizing the theme of militant progress.<a href="#cite_note-IGN_Zur-23">[23]</a> Zur was influenced by post-apocalyptic films like <a href="/wiki/Mad_Max_2" title="Mad Max 2">Mad Max 2</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> films like <a href="/wiki/Full_Metal_Jacket" title="Full Metal Jacket">Full Metal Jacket</a>.<a href="#cite_note-IGN_Zur-23">[23]</a> The music is fully electronic, with occasional <a href="/wiki/Sampling_(music)" title="Sampling (music)">samples</a> of live instruments.<a href="#cite_note-IGN_Zur-23">[23]</a> When asked about the music, Zur said, "I wanted to create something that almost [sounds as if it] comes out of a boom box, rather than something that feels symphonic and heroic. Because all of the technology is sort of low-tech in Fallout, then the actual sound is representing and helping to represent this aspect, too."<a href="#cite_note-IGN_Zur-23">[23]</a> In addition to the original soundtrack, Fallout 3 features licensed music that the player can listen to via in-game radio stations.<a href="#cite_note-Kotaku_Music-24">[24]</a> The licensed music includes songs from artists such as <a href="/wiki/Roy_Brown_(blues_musician)" title="Roy Brown (blues musician)">Roy Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billie_Holiday" title="Billie Holiday">Billie Holiday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Munn" title="Billy Munn">Billy Munn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cole_Porter" title="Cole Porter">Cole Porter</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Crosby" title="Bob Crosby">Bob Crosby</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Kotaku_Music-24">[24]</a> Over 40,000 lines of dialogue were recorded for Fallout 3, which at the time, set a <a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness World Record</a> for the most lines of dialogue in a single-player role-playing game.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> Some celebrity actors were brought on to provide voice work, including <a href="/wiki/Liam_Neeson" title="Liam Neeson">Liam Neeson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_McDowell" title="Malcolm McDowell">Malcolm McDowell</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Making_Of-18">[18]</a> In an interview with <a href="/wiki/Edge_(magazine)" title="Edge (magazine)">Edge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blindlight" title="Blindlight">Blindlight</a> manager Lev Chapelsky noted that former <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> was jokingly offered a voice role, but the offer was swiftly rejected.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> Hines later noted that even if Clinton had agreed, Bethesda would have not allowed him to provide voice work.<a href="#cite_note-Kotaku_Clinton-27">[27]</a> Hines said, "In no way, shape or form, did we say is President Clinton is who we want for this role or [tell Blindlight to] go chase him."<a href="#cite_note-Kotaku_Clinton-27">[27]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallout_3&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Release">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fallout_3_booth_on_Games_Convention_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Fallout_3_booth_on_Games_Convention_2008.jpg/220px-Fallout_3_booth_on_Games_Convention_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Fallout_3_booth_on_Games_Convention_2008.jpg/330px-Fallout_3_booth_on_Games_Convention_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Fallout_3_booth_on_Games_Convention_2008.jpg/440px-Fallout_3_booth_on_Games_Convention_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>Bethesda's Fallout 3 booth at the 2008 <a href="/wiki/Games_Convention" title="Games Convention">Games Convention</a></figcaption></figure> Fallout 3 was announced in July 2004, when Bethesda purchased the rights to the game from Interplay.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> For years, there was little new information about the game, although Tor Thorsen of <a href="/wiki/GameSpot" title="GameSpot">GameSpot</a> notes that interest in Fallout 3 rose significantly after the critical success of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.<a href="#cite_note-GameSpot_X360-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-IGN_History-29">[29]</a> In April 2007, Bethesda published a teaser site for Fallout 3, and in June released the first trailer.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-GameSpy_Trailer-31">[31]</a> The trailer zooms out from inside a bus to show the ruins of Washington, D.C., accompanied by the song "<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Want_to_Set_the_World_on_Fire" title="I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire">I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Ink_Spots" title="The Ink Spots">the Ink Spots</a>.<a href="#cite_note-GameSpy_Trailer-31">[31]</a> To promote the game, Bethesda partnered with <a href="/wiki/American_Cinematheque" title="American Cinematheque">American Cinematheque</a> and <a href="/wiki/Geek_Monthly" title="Geek Monthly">Geek Monthly</a> to hold a <a href="/wiki/Film_festival" title="Film festival">film festival</a> titled A Post-Apocalyptic Film Festival Presented by Fallout 3.<a href="#cite_note-Kotaku_Films-32">[32]</a> The festival showcased six post-apocalyptic films: <a href="/wiki/12_Monkeys" title="12 Monkeys">12 Monkeys</a>, <a href="/wiki/A_Boy_and_His_Dog_(1975_film)" title="A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)">A Boy and His Dog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Damnation_Alley_(film)" title="Damnation Alley (film)">Damnation Alley</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Last_Man_on_Earth_(1964_film)" title="The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)">The Last Man on Earth</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Omega_Man" title="The Omega Man">The Omega Man</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wizards_(film)" title="Wizards (film)">Wizards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Kotaku_Films-32">[32]</a> Fallout 3 was released for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_3" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a> on October 28, 2008 in North America, October 30 in Europe and Australia, and December 4 in Japan.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-GameSpot_Sales-34">[34]</a> In its first week of release, Fallout 3 had sold 4.7 million copies worldwide, and grossed $300 million.<a href="#cite_note-GameSpot_Sales-34">[34]</a> Fallout 3 outsold every previous Fallout game combined, and sales were 57% stronger than The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion in its first week of release.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> The market research firm Electronic Entertainment Design and Research estimated that by 2015, the game had sold 12.4 million copies worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> Due to its content, some versions of Fallout 3 were subject to censorship.<a href="#cite_note-Ars_Technica_Censor-37">[37]</a> The initial Australian version was refused classification by the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Classification_Board" title="Australian Classification Board">Australian Classification Board</a> (ACB) due to its realistic depiction of drug use.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> As it is illegal to distribute or purchase an Australian game without an ACB classification, Bethesda replaced all instances of the drug <a href="/wiki/Morphine" title="Morphine">morphine</a> with a generic drug, and removed the drug injection animation.<a href="#cite_note-Shacknews_Censor-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> Bethesda further altered every version of Fallout 3 to accommodate for these changes.<a href="#cite_note-Shacknews_Censor-39">[39]</a> Another version of the game subject to censorship was the Japanese version, due to its depiction of nuclear weaponry.<a href="#cite_note-Ars_Technica_Censor-37">[37]</a> A quest that allowed the player to either defuse or detonate a nuclear warhead was altered so that it was impossible to detonate it, and the name of a weapon was changed.<a href="#cite_note-Ars_Technica_Censor-37">[37]</a> Excess blood and gore were removed from the German version by the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Department_for_Media_Harmful_to_Young_Persons" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons">Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons</a>,<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> and Microsoft chose not to release Fallout 3 in India due to perceived "cultural sensitivities.<a href="#cite_note-Kotaku_India-42">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-43">[A]</a> In 2023, a leaked <a href="/wiki/Financial_forecast" title="Financial forecast">financial forecast</a> presentation indicated that Bethesda was working on a <a href="/wiki/Video_game_remake" title="Video game remake">remaster</a> of Fallout 3.<a href="#cite_note-PC_Gamer_Remaster-44">[43]</a> The presentation stated that the remaster was scheduled for a 2024 release, although <a href="/wiki/PC_Gamer" title="PC Gamer">PC Gamer</a> notes that the release projection predated the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, which has likely delayed development.<a href="#cite_note-PC_Gamer_Remaster-44">[43]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Downloadable_content">Downloadable content</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallout_3&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Downloadable content">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Fallout_3_downloadable_content" title="Fallout 3 downloadable content">Fallout 3 downloadable content</a></div> Fallout 3 was supported with five <a href="/wiki/Downloadable_content" title="Downloadable content">downloadable content</a> (DLC) add-ons.<a href="#cite_note-Kotaku_DLC-45">[44]</a> The first DLC was Operation: Anchorage, which takes place inside a virtual reality simulation that depicts a battle between United States and Chinese soldiers in <a href="/wiki/Anchorage,_Alaska" title="Anchorage, Alaska">Anchorage, Alaska</a>.<a href="#cite_note-46">[45]</a> The second DLC was The Pitt.<a href="#cite_note-Eurogamer_Pitt-47">[46]</a> Set in <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>, the player infiltrates a slaver compound, and looks for a cure for the mutant disease affecting the slave population.<a href="#cite_note-Eurogamer_Pitt-47">[46]</a> The third DLC, Broken Steel, takes place immediately after the events of main story, and revolves around the Brother of Steel's campaign to eliminate the remaining Enclave soldiers.<a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a> The fourth DLC, Point Lookout, is set in <a href="/wiki/Point_Lookout_State_Park" title="Point Lookout State Park">Point Lookout State Park</a>, where the player investigates the disappearance of a young girl.<a href="#cite_note-IGN_Point_Lookout-49">[48]</a> In the final DLC, Mothership Zeta, the player is <a href="/wiki/Alien_abduction" title="Alien abduction">abducted by aliens</a>, and must escape from a <a href="/wiki/Unidentified_flying_object" title="Unidentified flying object">UFO</a>.<a href="#cite_note-IGN_Point_Lookout-49">[48]</a> Development on the DLC add-ons began roughly two months before Fallout 3's release.<a href="#cite_note-Kotaku_DLC-45">[44]</a> Only three add-ons were initially planned, but due to player feedback the number was increased to five.<a href="#cite_note-Kotaku_DLC-45">[44]</a> Initially, the DLC add-ons were not released for the PlayStation 3 version.<a href="#cite_note-Edge_Exclusivity-50">[49]</a> <a href="/wiki/Lazard_Capital_Markets" title="Lazard Capital Markets">Lazard Capital Markets</a> analyst Colin Sebastian speculated that this was likely the result of a deal with Bethesda by <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a>'s competitor, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Edge_Exclusivity-50">[49]</a> Howard offered a different explanation, and said it was due to more Xbox 360 owners paying for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion DLC than PlayStation 3 owners.<a href="#cite_note-IGN_Point_Lookout-49">[48]</a> By 2009, all five add-ons were made available to PlayStation 3 owners.<a href="#cite_note-IGN_Point_Lookout-49">[48]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallout_3&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reception">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reviews">Reviews</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallout_3&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Reviews">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1217379840">.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 1em 1em;text-align:center;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .vgr-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .vgr-none{float:none;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .vgr-single{width:23em}.mw-parser-output .vgr-edit-on-wikidata{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-top:none;padding:0.2em;background:#d1dbdf;color:#333;font-size:88%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews table{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;margin:0;font-size:88%;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews td,.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews 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td.vgr-center{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews .vgr-stacked{border-top:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews{width:100%;float:none;clear:both;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews table{display:table}.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews caption{display:table-caption}}</style><div role="complementary" class="video-game-reviews skin-invert vgr-single"><div class="vgr-title">Fallout 3</div><table class="vgr-aggregators wikitable"><caption>Aggregate score</caption><tbody><tr class="vgr-hrow"><th scope="col">Aggregator</th><th scope="col">Score</th></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a></td><td>91/100 (PC)<a href="#cite_note-Metacritic_PC-51">[50]</a> 90/100 (PS3)<a href="#cite_note-Metacritic_PS3-52">[51]</a> 93/100 (X360)<a href="#cite_note-Metacritic_X360-53">[52]</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="vgr-reviews wikitable"><caption class="vgr-stacked">Review scores</caption><tbody><tr class="vgr-hrow"><th scope="col">Publication</th><th scope="col">Score</th></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Edge_(magazine)" title="Edge (magazine)">Edge</a></td><td>7/10<a href="#cite_note-Edge_Review-54">[53]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly" title="Electronic Gaming Monthly">Electronic Gaming Monthly</a></td><td>A, B+, A+<a href="#cite_note-EGM_Review-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-55">[B]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Eurogamer" title="Eurogamer">Eurogamer</a></td><td>10/10<a href="#cite_note-Eurogamer_Review-9">[9]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Game_Informer" title="Game Informer">Game Informer</a></td><td>9.5/10<a href="#cite_note-Game_Informer_Review-56">[54]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/GameSpot" title="GameSpot">GameSpot</a></td><td>9/10<a href="#cite_note-GameSpot_Review-10">[10]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/GameSpy" title="GameSpy">GameSpy</a></td><td>5/5<a href="#cite_note-GameSpy_Review-6">[6]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/GamesRadar%2B" title="GamesRadar+">GamesRadar+</a></td><td>4.5/5<a href="#cite_note-GamesRadar_Review-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/IGN" title="IGN">IGN</a></td><td>9.6/10<a href="#cite_note-IGN_Review-7">[7]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/Official_Xbox_Magazine" title="Official Xbox Magazine">Official Xbox Magazine (US)</a></td><td>10/10<a href="#cite_note-OXM_Review-57">[55]</a></td></tr><tr><td class="vgr-center"><a href="/wiki/PC_Gamer" title="PC Gamer">PC Gamer (US)</a></td><td>91/100<a href="#cite_note-PC_Gamer_Review-58">[56]</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div> Fallout 3 was well received by critics.<a href="#cite_note-IGN_History-29">[29]</a> On the <a href="/wiki/Review_aggregator" title="Review aggregator">review aggregator</a> website <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, the Microsoft Windows version of Fallout 3 was assigned the game a weighted average critic score of 91/100, the PlayStation 3 version a 90/100, and the Xbox 360 version a 93/100.<a href="#cite_note-Metacritic_PC-51">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-Metacritic_PS3-52">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-Metacritic_X360-53">[52]</a> The Xbox 360 version is tied with <a href="/wiki/Braid_(video_game)" title="Braid (video game)">Braid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gears_of_War_2" title="Gears of War 2">Gears of War 2</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._Brawl" title="Super Smash Bros. Brawl">Super Smash Bros. Brawl</a> as the fourth highest rated game from 2008 on Metacritic.<a href="#cite_note-59">[57]</a> <a href="/wiki/1UP.com" class="mw-redirect" title="1UP.com">1UP.com</a>'s Demian Linn praised its open-ended gameplay and flexible character-leveling system. While the V.A.T.S. system was called fun, enemy encounters were said to suffer from a lack of precision in real-time combat and little variety in enemy types. The review concluded, Fallout 3 is a "hugely ambitious game that doesn't come around very often."<a href="#cite_note-1UP.com_review-60">[58]</a> <a href="/wiki/IGN" title="IGN">IGN</a> editor Erik Brudvig praised the game's "minimalist" sound design, observing how "you might find yourself with nothing but the sound of wind rustling through decaying trees and blowing dust across the barren plains ... Fallout 3 proves that less can be more." The review noted that the "unusual amount of realism" combined with the "endless conversation permutations" produces "one of the most truly interactive experiences of the generation."<a href="#cite_note-IGN_Review-7">[7]</a> In a review of the game for <a href="/wiki/Kotaku" title="Kotaku">Kotaku</a>, Mike Fahey commented: "While <a href="/wiki/Inon_Zur" title="Inon Zur">Inon Zur</a>'s score is filled with epic goodness, the real stars of Fallout 3's music are the vintage songs from the 1940s."<a href="#cite_note-kotaku-61">[59]</a> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Cain" title="Tim Cain">Tim Cain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fallout_(video_game)" title="Fallout (video game)">Fallout</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fallout_2" title="Fallout 2">Fallout 2</a> <a href="/wiki/Game_director" class="mw-redirect" title="Game director">game director</a>, praised the art direction and the attention to details but did not like the way the endings were not enough constructed around player's actions and decisions.<a href="#cite_note-62">[60]</a> He was also critical of how Fallout 3 recycled plot elements from the first two games, such as Super Mutants and the Enclave, saying that if his company, <a href="/wiki/Troika_Games" title="Troika Games">Troika Games</a>, had acquired the license, he would have come up with a completely original story for the East coast. <a href="/wiki/Chris_Avellone" title="Chris Avellone">Chris Avellone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fallout_2" title="Fallout 2">Fallout 2</a>'s main writer, described the game as having "enough options and tools at [his] disposal to insure [he] was having fun no matter what the challenges", praising the immersion in Fallout's world, the success in carrying on the legacy of the previous two games, and the fulfilling open-world component; he criticized the writing of some characters and some of gameplay's choices in balancing the skills of the <a href="/wiki/Player_character" title="Player character">player character</a>.<a href="#cite_note-63">[61]</a> Will Tuttle of <a href="/wiki/GameSpy" title="GameSpy">GameSpy</a> commended the game for its "engaging storyline, impeccable presentation, and hundreds of hours of addictive gameplay."<a href="#cite_note-64">[62]</a> Although <a href="/wiki/Edge_(magazine)" title="Edge (magazine)">Edge</a> awarded the game 7 out of 10, in a later anniversary issue it placed the game 37th in a "100 best games to play today" list, saying "Fallout 3 empowers, engages and rewards to extents that few games have ever achieved."<a href="#cite_note-Edge_list-65">[63]</a> Some criticisms concerned the bugs in regards to the physics and crashes, some of which broke quests and prevented progression.<a href="#cite_note-IGN_Review-7">[7]</a> The AI and stiff character animations are another common point of criticism,<a href="#cite_note-Shacknews_review-66">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-PSM3_review-68">[66]</a> as is the ending.<a href="#cite_note-Shacknews_review-66">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[67]</a> Edge stated that "the game is cumbersome in design and frequently incompetent in the details of execution", taking particular issue with the nakedness of the <a href="/wiki/HUD_(video_gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="HUD (video gaming)">HUD</a>, the clarity of the menu interface, and that the smaller problems are carried over from <a href="/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_IV:_Oblivion" title="The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion">Oblivion</a>. Edge liked the central story but said "the writing isn't quite as consistent as the ideas that underpin" and that the "voice-acting is even less reliable."<a href="#cite_note-Edge_Review-54">[53]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fandom_response">Fandom response</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallout_3&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Fandom response">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> It's not a Fallout game. It's not even a game inspired by Fallout, as I had hoped. It's a game that contains a loose assortment of familiar Fallout concepts and names ... Electricity, pre-war electronic equipment, powered and still working computers (just think about that for a second), working cola & snack machines, weapons, ammo, scrap metal (needed by many), and even unlooted first aid boxes are everywhere. </blockquote> <cite class="left-aligned" style="">—Vince D. Weller, long-time No Mutants Allowed member, former RPG news site director, and lead developer of <a href="/wiki/The_Age_of_Decadence" title="The Age of Decadence">The Age of Decadence</a><a href="#cite_note-destructoid_shutup-70">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-71">[69]</a></cite> </div> Not all fans were happy with the direction the Fallout series was taken in after its acquisition by Bethesda.<a href="#cite_note-Fallout_Fans-72">[70]</a> Notorious for their support of the series' first two games, <a href="/wiki/Fallout_(video_game)" title="Fallout (video game)">Fallout</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fallout_2" title="Fallout 2">Fallout 2</a>, members centered on one of the oldest Fallout <a href="/wiki/Fansite" title="Fansite">fansites</a>, No Mutants Allowed, have criticized departures from the original games' stories, gameplay mechanics and setting.<a href="#cite_note-escapist_fringe-73">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-kotaku_relent-74">[72]</a> Criticisms include the prevalence of unspoiled food after 200 years, the survival of wood-framed dwellings following a <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_explosion" title="Nuclear explosion">nuclear blast</a>, and the ubiquity of Super Mutants at early levels in the game.<a href="#cite_note-kotaku_relent-74">[72]</a> Also criticized are the quality of the game's writing, its relative lack of <a href="/wiki/Verisimilitude" title="Verisimilitude">verisimilitude</a>, the switch to a first-person action game format, and the level of reactiveness of the surrounding game world to player actions.<a href="#cite_note-kotaku_relent-74">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[73]</a><a href="#cite_note-76">[74]</a> In response, <a href="/wiki/James_Stephanie_Sterling" title="James Stephanie Sterling">James Stephanie Sterling</a> of <a href="/wiki/Destructoid" title="Destructoid">Destructoid</a> called fan groups like No Mutants Allowed "selfish" and "arrogant", stating that a new audience deserves a chance to play a Fallout game; and that if the series had stayed the way it was back in 1997, new titles would never have been made and brought to market.<a href="#cite_note-destructoid_shutup-70">[68]</a> Luke Winkie of <a href="/wiki/Kotaku" title="Kotaku">Kotaku</a> tempers these sentiments, saying that it is a matter of ownership; and that in the case of Fallout 3, hardcore fans of the original series witnessed their favorite games become transformed into something else.<a href="#cite_note-kotaku_relent-74">[72]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallout_3&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Awards">edit</a>]</div> After its release, Fallout 3 won numerous awards from gaming journalists and websites.<a href="#cite_note-77">[75]</a> It was awarded Game of the Year by <a href="/wiki/Gamasutra" class="mw-redirect" title="Gamasutra">Gamasutra</a>, <a href="/wiki/GamesRadar%2B" title="GamesRadar+">GamesRadar+</a>, GameSpy, IGN, and <a href="/wiki/UGO_Networks" title="UGO Networks">UGO Networks</a>.<a href="#cite_note-83">[C]</a> The game also won Xbox 360 Game of the Year from GameSpy, IGN, and Official Xbox Magazine, and PC Game of the Year from <a href="/wiki/GamePro" title="GamePro">GamePro</a>, GameSpy, GameSpot, and <a href="/wiki/GameTrailers" title="GameTrailers">GameTrailers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-91">[D]</a> At the 2009 <a href="/wiki/Golden_Joystick_Awards" title="Golden Joystick Awards">Golden Joystick Awards</a>, Fallout 3 won Ultimate Game of the Year.<a href="#cite_note-92">[88]</a> It also won Game of the Year along with Best Writing at the <a href="/wiki/Game_Developers_Choice_Awards" title="Game Developers Choice Awards">Game Developers Choice Awards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-93">[89]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/12th_Annual_Interactive_Achievement_Awards" title="12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards">12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Interactive_Arts_%26_Sciences" title="Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences">Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences</a> awarded Fallout 3 with <a href="/wiki/D.I.C.E._Award_for_Role-Playing_Game_of_the_Year" title="D.I.C.E. Award for Role-Playing Game of the Year">Role-Playing Game of the Year</a> and <a href="/wiki/D.I.C.E._Award_for_Outstanding_Achievement_in_Story" title="D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Story">Outstanding Achievement in Original Story</a>, and nominated it for <a href="/wiki/D.I.C.E._Award_for_Game_of_the_Year" title="D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year">Overall Game of the Year</a>, Computer Game of the Year, Console Game of the Year, <a href="/wiki/D.I.C.E._Award_for_Outstanding_Achievement_in_Game_Direction" title="D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction">Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction</a>, <a href="/wiki/D.I.C.E._Award_for_Outstanding_Achievement_in_Game_Design" title="D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Game Design">Outstanding Achievement in Game Design</a>, and <a href="/wiki/D.I.C.E._Award_for_Outstanding_Technical_Achievement" title="D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement">Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering</a>.<a href="#cite_note-94">[90]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallout_3&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Legacy">edit</a>]</div> Some critics have referred to Fallout 3 as one of the best game in the Fallout series,<a href="#cite_note-99">[E]</a> and as one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_video_games_considered_the_best" title="List of video games considered the best">greatest games of all time</a>.<a href="#cite_note-104">[F]</a> Fallout 3 was included in <a href="/wiki/The_Art_of_Video_Games" title="The Art of Video Games">The Art of Video Games</a> exhibit at <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_American_Art_Museum" title="Smithsonian American Art Museum">Smithsonian American Art Museum</a>, where it was described as the defining <a href="/wiki/Adventure_game" title="Adventure game">adventure game</a> for current computers.<a href="#cite_note-105">[99]</a> In an article about the greatest games of the <a href="/wiki/Seventh_generation_of_video_game_consoles" title="Seventh generation of video game consoles">seventh generation of video game consoles</a>, Eurogamer's Will Porter wrote, "Fallout 3 was, in my exploding and increasingly dislocated eyes, a triumph. A perfect meld of the old and the new ... The way Fallout 3 strode out, blinked beneath an unfamiliar sun and went on to thrive, genuinely made it one of the greatest experiences of this generation."<a href="#cite_note-Eurogamer_Games_of_Decade-106">[100]</a> Fallout 3 brought the Fallout series into the mainstream.<a href="#cite_note-Washington_Post-107">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-Push_Square-108">[102]</a> Billy Studholme of <a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a> wrote, "Before Fallout 3, there was no Fallout as we know it today. The game blew the hinges off the franchise in the best way."<a href="#cite_note-Washington_Post-107">[101]</a> Due to the tepid reception toward the spin-off games <a href="/wiki/Fallout_Tactics:_Brotherhood_of_Steel" title="Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel">Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fallout:_Brotherhood_of_Steel" title="Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel">Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel</a>, and the cancellation of the Van Buren project, the series stagnated in the mid 2000s.<a href="#cite_note-IGN_History-29">[29]</a> Bethesda's decision to swap the <a href="/wiki/Isometric_video_game_graphics" title="Isometric video game graphics">isometric graphics</a> of the older games with 3D graphics as well as release the game on consoles helped Fallout 3 reach a wider audience.<a href="#cite_note-Washington_Post-107">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-Eurogamer_History-109">[103]</a> Maxwell McGee of GamesRadar+ also notes that Bethesda made Fallout 3 more accessible to new players.<a href="#cite_note-GamesRadar_New_Players-110">[104]</a> McGee stated, "It's a guided experience that expertly introduces the Fallout universe without leaving you lost in the wasteland."<a href="#cite_note-GamesRadar_New_Players-110">[104]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retrospective_commentary">Retrospective commentary</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallout_3&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Retrospective commentary">edit</a>]</div> In the years since its release, the initial overwhelming praise bestowed on Fallout 3 has somewhat subsided.<a href="#cite_note-TheGamer-111">[105]</a> Retrospective commentary surrounding Fallout 3 often focuses on the writing, which some players and journalists have bemoaned for the lack of choices the player can make to affect the story and unrealistic character decisions.<a href="#cite_note-TheGamer-111">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-Kotaku_Retrospective-112">[106]</a><a href="#cite_note-Hardcore_Gaming-113">[107]</a> For example, at the end of the game when the player can choose to sacrifice themself to activate the purifier, they are unable to ask a companion to do it instead, even if the companion is immune to radiation.<a href="#cite_note-Hardcore_Gaming-113">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-114">[108]</a> Fallout 3's successor, <a href="/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas" title="Fallout: New Vegas">Fallout: New Vegas</a>, introduced multiple questlines the player can follow to complete the game and replaced the karma system with reputation among specific factions.<a href="#cite_note-Push_Square-108">[102]</a> Due to its expanded role-playing mechanics, some players and journalists not only favor Fallout: New Vegas, but also deride Fallout 3 in comparison.<a href="#cite_note-TheGamer-111">[105]</a> In response to the backlash, journalist Jade King wrote, "It feels elitist to suddenly pigeonhole it as some sort of failure ... Back in 2008, Fallout 3 set a new benchmark for what open world [role-playing games] were capable of. We view it with such derision in hindsight, because Bethesda never really moved on from it.<a href="#cite_note-TheGamer-111">[105]</a> Fallout 3's open world map is often cited as the game's greatest achievement.<a href="#cite_note-Eurogamer_Games_of_Decade-106">[100]</a><a href="#cite_note-Kotaku_RPG-115">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-PC_Gamer_Map-116">[110]</a> Its portrayal of 1950s American culture contrasted by the devastation of nuclear war helped Fallout 3 stand apart from contemporary high fantasy role-playing games like <a href="/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls" title="The Elder Scrolls">The Elder Scrolls</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gothic_(series)" title="Gothic (series)">Gothic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Eurogamer_Games_of_Decade-106">[100]</a><a href="#cite_note-117">[111]</a> Journalists have also noted how the map emphasized exploration, and allowed players to find unique side quests and scenes of environmental storytelling.<a href="#cite_note-Eurogamer_Games_of_Decade-106">[100]</a><a href="#cite_note-RPS_Map-118">[112]</a> Khee Hoon Chan of <a href="/wiki/Rock_Paper_Shotgun" title="Rock Paper Shotgun">Rock Paper Shotgun</a> remarked, "The Fallout 3 world is probably better traversed when you abandon all pretense of trying to find your father, and wander about the endless wilderness as a roaming wayfarer, discovering these vignettes of humanity's perseverance after a global catastrophe."<a href="#cite_note-RPS_Map-118">[112]</a> Jeremy Peel of <a href="/wiki/PCGamesN" title="PCGamesN">PCGamesN</a> argues that Fallout 3's depiction of Washington, D.C. revolutionized video game exploration due to its non-linear design. Peel wrote, "Part of Fallout 3's legacy lies in setting the concept of a videogame dungeon free. Bethesda's D.C. allows you to approach its dangers from different directions, in different orders, and still find a satisfying loop you can recognize as dungeon-spelunking."<a href="#cite_note-PCGamesN-119">[113]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallout_3&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-upper-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-43"><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a> One journalist speculated the decision to not release Fallout 3 in India was due to the game's depiction of <a href="/wiki/American_Brahman" title="American Brahman">Brahman</a> cattle. In Hinduism, cows are revered, and the similarly named concepts of <a href="/wiki/Brahman" title="Brahman">Brahman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a> are of great imporatance in Hindu society.<a href="#cite_note-Kotaku_India-42">[42]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a> Electronic Gaming Monthly would sometimes have three critics review a game, and display the individual ratings from each critic. Demian Linn gave an A score, Theirry Nguyen game a B+ score, and Philip Kollar gave an A+ score.<a href="#cite_note-EGM_Review-1">[1]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a> Attributed to multiple sources: <ul><li>Gamasutra<a href="#cite_note-78">[76]</a></li> <li>GamesRadar+<a href="#cite_note-79">[77]</a></li> <li>GameSpy<a href="#cite_note-80">[78]</a></li> <li>IGN<a href="#cite_note-81">[79]</a></li> <li>UGO Networks<a href="#cite_note-82">[80]</a></li></ul> </li> <li id="cite_note-91"><a href="#cite_ref-91">^</a> Attributed to multiple sources: <ul><li>Official Xbox Magazine Xbox 360<a href="#cite_note-84">[81]</a></li> <li>GameSpy Xbox 360<a href="#cite_note-85">[82]</a></li> <li>IGN Xbox 360<a href="#cite_note-86">[83]</a></li> <li>GamePro PC<a href="#cite_note-87">[84]</a></li> <li>GameSpy PC<a href="#cite_note-88">[85]</a></li> <li>GameSpot PC<a href="#cite_note-89">[86]</a></li> <li>GameTrailers PC<a href="#cite_note-90">[87]</a></li></ul> </li> <li id="cite_note-99"><a href="#cite_ref-99">^</a> Attributed to multiple references:<a href="#cite_note-95">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-96">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[94]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-104"><a href="#cite_ref-104">^</a> Attributed to multiple references:<a href="#cite_note-100">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-G4_100-101">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-103">[98]</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Fallout_3&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-EGM_Review-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EGM_Review_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EGM_Review_1-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EGM_Review_1-2">c</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLinnNguyenKollar2008" class="citation magazine cs1">Linn, Demian; Nguyen, Thierry; Kollar, Philip (December 2008). 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