*Edit* Apparently Bethesda has removed GFWL which makes Fallout 3 able to run on modern systems. This is good, but does not change the fact that it took years.

Firstly, it took me 9 years to finally get this running. Selling a none functional product for 20$ is ridiculous. I understand it's still able to work on older systems and that Bethesda has no financial reason to update the game for modern system. That in itself is not my problem with the game though.

My problem is it's a mediocre game for the effort needed to get it running and it's price/age. I love the Fallout franchise, it's a wonder game series and I genuinely appreciate that Bethesda brought it back to life. Fallout 3 for it's time was no doubt worthy of it's praise and I would say for sure it deserves respect. The problem is nowadays you can find equal if not better products even within it's own franchise, if you want Fallout 3, you might as well buy New Vegas instead. You would get more and better content. Fallout 3 also seems to mostly have Saturday morning cartoon voice acting that clashes with it's story and visuals. The old joke of Fallout 3 being "Oblivion with guns" holds far more true then I expected.

Despite all of this, why do I rate it as a recommendation? Simple, it's still worthy of respect in it's own right, and while I might be heavily disappointed in it, I can't say others would be. I would cautiously recommend it to those interested. If you have a system running Windows 7 or later, you will need to find fixes for it, like i said, took me 9 years to find one that worked for me, though you should have far better luck then me.

*Edit* Apparently Bethesda has removed GFWL which makes Fallout 3 able to run on modern systems. This is good, but does not change the fact that it took years. Firstly, it took me 9 years to finally get this running. Selling a none functional product for 20$ is ridiculous. I understand it's still able to work on older systems and that Bethesda has no financial reason to update the game for modern system. That in itself is not my problem with the game though. My problem is it's a mediocre game for the effort needed to get it running and it's price/age. I love the Fallout franchise, it's a wonder game series and I genuinely appreciate that Bethesda brought it back to life. Fallout 3 for it's time was no doubt worthy of it's praise and I would say for sure it deserves respect. The problem is nowadays you can find equal if not better products even within it's own franchise, if you want Fallout 3, you might as well buy New Vegas instead. You would get more and better content. Fallout 3 also seems to mostly have Saturday morning cartoon voice acting that clashes with it's story and visuals. The old joke of Fallout 3 being "Oblivion with guns" holds far more true then I expected. Despite all of this, why do I rate it as a recommendation? Simple, it's still worthy of respect in it's own right, and while I might be heavily disappointed in it, I can't say others would be. I would cautiously recommend it to those interested. If you have a system running Windows 7 or later, you will need to find fixes for it, like i said, took me 9 years to find one that worked for me, though you should have far better luck then me.