Hi there. I have never played any fallout game, but they all seem to score good ratings in reviews and stuff. So I was thinking about buying the game. Though I would like to try a demo first. unfortunately it doesn't seem like there is any demo around for Fallout 3.

So the things is, how is this game?
How much freedom do you have in the game?
What are you supposed to do in fallout?
Are there different types of loot?
How is the combat system?
Different skills you can choose, once you level up?
What other games can you compare fallout to?

What are the good things about the game, and what are the bad things?

Or is there anything you think I should know about fallout before buying it?

thanks for your time

One of the best ever
Total
Anything you want/save the world
Yes
Fun
Yes
Fallout 1&2/Oblivion

People could give many views about your questions.
But i would say go & buy it...it wont cost alot to buy fallout 3 now,but the fact that these forums are busy,suggests how popular the game is.
Read games reviews,check wiki...but like i said its worth buying & playing before fallout NV

alright
some
its an RPG you do side quests, main story, and explore
no
like the oblivions without magic
yes but thats being changed in new vegas
oblivion

Fun.


Well, a lot but not infinite.
You can't kill every single NPC for example, some of them are essential and can't die.
You can't kill children either.


Fallout 3?
Explore, do sidequests, play through the game several times and each time take on a different role.
Oh and find your dad.


Well, armor, ammo, chems, spoons, forks, sporks, weapons, bobbleheads, skill books, nuka cola quantumns.


Clunky, very dependent on VATS and with Broken Steel, Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta expect to see a lot of damage sponges.


Yeah.
Small Guns
Explosives
Energy Weapons
Melee
Unarmed
Big Guns
Science
Lockpick
Medicine
Sneak
Speech
Repair


Well, none really, Oblivion comes closest but it's very different.


Addictive, fun, lots of great lore and... stuff..
Bad things?
Broken level system.
Unbalanced gameplay.
Poor writing at some parts.
Lesser graphics.
Unbalanced skills and weapons.
Unbalanced perks.
SPECIAL is crap.


If you're out for an FPS like BF, COD or Halo where you run around shooting everything then don't bother, it's an RPG game played in first person perspective.
And you should buy the Game Of The Year version because it has all 5 DLC's included.
And I'm not 100% sure but the PS3 version has a lot of problems.
If you have a good computer buy it for the PC version because there's looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooots of fun mods to get.
And with the GECK you can easily create your own mods for the PC version.

But don't get me wrong, even though there are lots of things to complain about it's a really fun and addictive game to play.

alright thanks for your answers guys. appreciate it

Just rent Fallout 3 and see if you like it or not, but keep in mind that New Vegas will improve on Fallout 3 a ton