About the Game

After World War II, rapid technology development carried humans towards a supposedly bright future, fulfilling their eternal dream. But eventually war raged again and in the year 2077, the dream suddenly came to a halt and mushroom clouds dominated the sky. A few communities survived in their underground bunkers called "Vaults"; others mutated heavily. Overall, what was left of the world was nothing more than a nuclear wasteland filled with ruins of a once great civilization.

Story & Setting

The protagonist's goal is to find him, learning on the way part of the truth about what the Overseer concealed all these years. players is free to explore the game's world from the beginning, visiting many optional locations, talking to characters and completing side quests. The main quest line, however, is largely linear, posing moral choices to players only during its final phase. Skill points and perks are acquired when the protagonist levels up.

Gameplay & Core Systems

Fallout 3 is a role-playing game with elements of a 3D shooter. It retains many elements of the previous games in the series, while somewhat shifting the emphasis from social interaction and ethical role-playing to combat and exploration of an open, continuous 3D world. players shapes the main character by allocating points into the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. (Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck) attributes. The skill system has been mostly carried over from the preceding installments, including weapon specializations (small and big guns, energy weapons, etc.), and active skills such as Science, Repair, Lockpick, and others. Passive skills, particularly Speech, play a lesser role than in earlier Fallout games and a few skills have even been removed completely.

Standout Features

• Science: The skill system has been mostly carried over from the preceding installments, including weapon specializations (small and big guns, energy weapons, etc.), and active skills such as Science, Repair, Lockpick, and others.
• The combat system has undergone a major overhaul.
• The simpler system of these two is action-oriented, nearly indistinguishable from traditional 3D shooter combat.
• players character equips a weapon (ranging from a baseball bat to the destructive mini-nuke launcher) and attacks enemies with it; damage calculation is based on the participants' statistics more than on players's dexterity, though the latter plays a role as well.
• Alternatively, players can opt to switch to the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System (V.A.T.S.) combat mode, a real-time system that allows players to pause the game at any time and target specific regions of one or more enemies until the available action points are used.
• The Karma system from the previous installments is back, keeping track of the main character's actions and decisions made by players throughout the course of the game.
• Fallout 3 is a role-playing game with elements of a 3D shooter.
• It retains many elements of the previous games in the series, while somewhat shifting the emphasis from social interaction and ethical role-playing to combat and exploration of an open, continuous 3D world.

Modes & Ways to Play

Tactical turn-based battles from the previous games have been replaced with two different combat modes; players is able to switch between them at any time. Alternatively, players can opt to switch to the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System (V.A.T.S.) combat mode, a real-time system that allows players to pause the game at any time and target specific regions of one or more enemies until the available action points are used.

Presentation & Atmosphere

It retains many elements of the previous games in the series, while somewhat shifting the emphasis from social interaction and ethical role-playing to combat and exploration of an open, continuous 3D world. players is free to explore the game's world from the beginning, visiting many optional locations, talking to characters and completing side quests.

Display support includes Progressive Scan (480p) and HDTV 720p. Audio support includes Dolby Digital.