Fallout 3

Bethesda Game Studios

Release Date: October 28, 2008

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Rating: 89 (12 ratings)

Fallout 3 from the creators of the award-winning Oblivion, featuring one of the most realized game worlds ever created. Create any kind of character you want and explore the open wastes of post-apocalyptic Washington D.C. Every minute is a fight for survival as you encounter Super Mutants, Ghouls, Raiders and other dangers of the Wasteland. Prepare for the future. The third game in the Fallout series, Fallout 3 is a singleplayer action role-playing game (RPG) set in a post-apocalyptic Washington DC. Combining the horrific insanity of the Cold War era theory of mutually assured destruction gone terribly wrong, with the kitschy naivety of American 1950s nuclear propaganda, Fallout 3 will satisfy both players familiar with the popular first two games in its series as well as those coming to the franchise for the first time.


Genres

Shooter

Role-playing (RPG)


Themes

Action

Science fiction

Survival

Stealth

Sandbox

Open world


Release Dates

Oct 28, 2008 - PC (Microsoft Windows)

Oct 28, 2008 - Xbox 360

Oct 28, 2008 - PlayStation 3

Oct 31, 2008 - PlayStation 3

Jan 15, 2009 - PlayStation 3

Oct 28, 2008 - PC (Microsoft Windows)

Oct 28, 2008 - PC (Microsoft Windows)

Oct 31, 2008 - PC (Microsoft Windows)

Oct 31, 2008 - PlayStation 3

Oct 28, 2008 - Xbox 360

Oct 31, 2008 - Xbox 360

Oct 31, 2008 - Xbox 360


Game Modes

Single player


Keywords

aliens

cold war

baseball

motorcycle

basketball

hunting

robot

post-apocalyptic

chainsaw

cybernetics

sandbox

blood

stealth

ninja

time travel

vampire

murder

drugs

sword

minigames

health

invasion

ants

dystopian

plasma rifle

jet

first person shooter

death

military

robots

fire

parachute

alternate history

doctor

virtual pet

romance

female protagonist

sci-fi

hand-to-hand combat

role playing

insanity

cyborg

water

steam

black-and-white

bird

bounty hunter

diary

backtracking

achievements

bullet time

multiple endings

apocalypse

mutants

traps

building

hacking

artificial intelligence

open-world

dialogue trees

satire

bible

revenge

decay

sex

wolf

inventory

missile

dark humor

torture

car

camera

slavery

racism

dog

over the shoulder

terraforming

sequel

giant insects

mushroom

mad scientist

chemistry

good vs evil

swimming

flowers

hide and seek

weather

glitch

day/night cycle

gunslinger

quiz

sheriff

katana

airplane

wine

switch

scissors

flamethrower

marriage

boss fight

game of the year edition

tree

explosion

flags

cloud

radiation

power glove

machine gun

xbox 360 controller support for pc

single-player only

female protagonists

train

rail track

alternate historical

jump

male protagonists

flying enemies

credits menu option

throwing weapons

crate

apple

trash can

mask

balloon

pencil

top hat

plate

fedora hat

spoon

cup

laboratory apparatus

hammer

game critics awards

scorpions

playstation trophies

attributes

rivaling factions

customizable characters

anti-personnel mine

leveling up

world map

voice acting

palette swap

toilet

sunglasses

tooth

first-person perspective

tutorial

cash register

cow

bink video

bomb

mind control

human

xbox one x enhanced

polygonal 3d

book

sexualized women

pipe

bathtub

shopping

skill points

turret

explosives

critical hit

loot gathering

microtransaction

love triangle

durability

game reference

rat

briefcase

syringe

frying pan

bed

lantern

shelf

currency

gun

hat

licensed soundtrack

armor

renaming characters

collectibles

mayor

baby

sequel is in a different genre

pool cue

billiard ball

eyepatch

knife

alcoholic beverages

third-person perspective

original soundtrack release

experience points

beard

helmet

hockey mask

fist

shotgun

rocket launcher

skull

loading screens

crouching

wasd movement

message on the wall

white noise

first-person regain consciousness

cardboard box

paintings

photo

sink

stuffed animal

child art

non-player character

extreme violence

profanity

hologram

descendants of other characters

fake in-game advertising

table

elevator

radio

mutilated corpse

desk

brain

corpse

scalpel

tape recorder

rubble

baseball bat

pistol

gatling gun

first aid kit

assault rifle

young protagonist

sniping

bench

soft drink

plunger

ice stage

escort mission

instant death

falling damage

glasses

pressure plate

double barreled shotgun

lead pipe

character creation

bottle

street light

fountain

staircase

escalator

moral decisions

side quests

perks

pick your gender

branching story line

reputation

disarm

recruitable characters

cowardly enemies

slashing weapons

using dialogue to avoid combat

downloadable content

magnum

questing

barrel

melee

crosshair

auto-save

first person melee

gloves

combat knife

real-time combat

lgbt

player character

blaster

irish accent

a.i. companion

game over

male antagonist

retro future

tesla coil

baton

stat tracking

instant kill

secret area

betrayal

vision obstruction

animal companions

difficulty level

trench coat

shaky cam

laser

statue

tombstone

lawnmower

operating an operating system

facial hair

jump scare moment

quicksaving

subtitled silence

office chair

couch

tire

multiple gameplay perspectives

liberation

clock

bulletin board

calendar

baseball glove

audio logs

loading screen advice

vending machine

phone

electric fan

mop

valve

broom

theme song

underwear

belt

reloading

hit points

mercenary

coming of age

pills

sniper rifle

combat dialogue

enemy health indicator

falling sequence

bowl

stop sign

drowning

video game characters that play video games

scripted death

crying babies

christianity

refrigerator

bucket

clipboard

playground slide

decapitation

blood splatter

action points

automap

death of a salesman

banned

in-game radio

presidential candidate

the future

communism

rebels

bribery

scientist

nuclear bomb

rocket

cigar

formal clothing

addiction

theft

teddy bear

water cooler

sequence breaking

non-linear storytelling

interactive environments

dart

globe

radiator

repairing

enemy sniper

confirm menu choices

high dynamic range

wardrobe

healing food

power line

weak spot

been here before

level cap

zoom

harmonica

seashell

cooldowns

xbox one backwards compatibility

development hell

invisible wall

compass bar

waking up at beginning

cowboy hat

scanning

gamersgate

sleeping

item combination

hotkey

persistent ailments

drunk character

blunt weapons

pool table

controversy

experiments gone awry

hallucination

protagonist death

needle

file cabinet

wrench

traffic cone

bottle caps

fire hydrant

iron

grenade

projector screen

games on demand

games that ask you to "press start" but will accept other buttons

vase

dystopian world

never-ending

ski mask

chessboard

mod support

electrified water

skyscraper

high definition graphics

mailbox

tent

billboard

dolby digital

fingerless gloves

bizarre weapons

energy weapons

plot twist

flaming weapon

inventory loss

sunset

valuable garbage

first person map reading

stealth kill

bandit

less-lethal weapons

assist

sandbag

guns and bullets

getting stuck in geometry

brass knuckles

spiked knuckles

radar

hobo

pausable real time combat

poverty

quest tracking

player owned houses

mohawk

speedtree

breath meter

light bloom

meme origin

cannibalism

interior decorating

collector's edition

animal cruelty

role-playing shooter

enemy tagging

locker

baby carriage

postbox

luggage

motorcycle helmet

ambient wildlife

aggro

plasma

crouch jump

enemy reaction

muzzle flash

plasma grenade

power armor

submachine gun

havok physics

weapon workshops

gore system

dismemberment

exploding vehicles

light up crosshair

screen splatter

improvised weapon

t position

substance abuse benefit

cake

sledgehammer

cinder block

revolver

rake

garden gnome

dog tag

mannequin

sawed-off shotgun

pallet

shopping cart

barbecue grill

coffee maker

nail

canned food

watch

environmental kill

code writing

psychopaths

heterochromia

injury

oven

bubblegum

cereal

multiple ammo types

goggles

elemental weapons

circle-strafing

poison

street sign

inebriation

invisibility

scripted events

silencer

toaster

matress

dress

x-ray picture

random encounter

giant enemy crab

fire manipulation

dust

jukebox

lock

from zero to hero

pickpocketing

lock picking

pov cutscene

lock picks

stock up area

chalkboard

cherry bomb

propaganda

ak-47

satellite dish

tin can

more than two eyes

railgun

ray gun

gas mask

nailgun

tricycle

bear trap

turpentine

water tower

bust

jumpsuit

fuse

mini nuke

pressure cooker

welding mask

wig

trip wire

workbench

radio tower

headshot

giant killing

monster infighting

sweeping vista

texture pop-in

developer console

waking up captured

searching corpses

mid-game haircut

severed limbs

shotgun shells

generator

hair physics

fast travel

repetitive chitchat

personality quiz

gibs

censored version

invasion of the usa

genocide

chinese accent

microscope

violin

vacuum cleaner

cutting board

missing relative

my father's sword

anguish

whiskey

context sensitive

item container

living inventory

luck

cockroach

nameless protagonist

outside of the map

anarchism

sociopath

vigilante

camera following projectile

bomb disposal

exploding head

steel chair

united states dollar

ammo

scrap metal

robots with a sense of humor

ghoul

no before yes

rich snob

the end is the beginning

where are they now? ending

fully customizable controls

thumbs up

applause

suggestive remark

dresser

enemies from stasis chambers

loss of consciousness

retrievable traps

frag grenade

ashtray

alignment

trilogy

movement penalty

secondary weapons

two-handed weapons

sealing your own fate

dropship

parents

hidden room

mole

party hat

letter block

pseudo non-linear

trees with facelike features

infinite resource spot

toolbox

spatula

scotch

resourceful dogs

prostitute

prostitution

walking protagonist

talking trees

open-air preaching

bartender

a.i. construct

secret document

sequel by a different developer

hunting trophy

hunting rifle

lab coat

cthulhu mythos

goatee

insect infestation

fictional currencies

no clip

persistent bullet holes

persistent corpses

corpse spasms

barks

begging

mothership

boar

something is up in this small town

sidewalk

redshirt

duality

buff

exploding props

psycho villagers

ghostly manifestation

immersive sim

redemption

biblical quotes

bobblehead

steroids

vodka

bobby pin

coat rack

fire ant

ending change post-release

non-linear plot

warping

waypoint

heroic sacrifice

secretly a robot

spork

limb targeting

plasma gun

missile launcher

nuclear war

nuclear holocaust

hostile a.i.

nuclear fallout

world war iii

reluctant hero

direct2drive

gamebryo 2.5

comic sans

industrial level

crutch

henchmen

incendiary ammunition

adamantium

debilitated movement

fire hose cabinet

slide projector

greatest hits

agile mutant/undead enemy

ash

self-destructing character

machinima

functional faucet

body regeneration

plasma cannon

fragile floor

energy cell

lunch box

stealth camouflage

recycled characters

level scaling

screenshots

sitting down

monomyth

usable detached body parts

superweapon

heavy

pc to console port

taste of power

health drink

animal sidekick

keypad lock

vendor trash

record breakers

special system

mister handy

plasma pistol

nuka-cola

gauss rifle

.32 pistol

fat man

oversized vermin

enclave

brahmin

deathclaw

brotherhood of steel

vault-tec assisted targeting system

the great war

mole rat

yao guai

mirelurk

radscorpion

super mutant

bloatfly

butler

radroach

nomads

destroyed landmark

robobrain

radiant a.i.

the institute

synth

pip-boy

vertibird

buffout

mentats

rad-x

nuka-cola quantum

bottlecap mine

abraxo cleaner

thermonuclear weapon

grognak the barbarian

tales of a junktown jerky vendor

tumblers today

big guns bobblehead

strength bobblehead

perception bobblehead

endurance bobblehead

intelligence bobblehead

agility bobblehead

luck bobblehead

kill quest

dart gun

osprey

5.56mm round

h&k g3

impaling weapons

stake gun

fainting

sniper tower

normal mapping

morphine

keyring

no scope

aberrant a.i. behaviour

stimpak

capital city

moonshine

doomsday clock

missing features

vise

achievement hitching

uranium

radiation suit

geiger counter

multi-monitor support

re-spec

mutagenic agents

naru punch

games for windows - live

hero's single parent

knuckles

stunt casting

alien blaster

parallax mapping

xfire

retroactive continuity

point of no return achievements

stand alone complex

examination table

remote mines

uncanny valley

power fist

mauser c96

tesla cannon

tutorials disguised as diagnostics

the terrible shotgun

e3 2009

plot armor

neutral

memorial

e3 2008

e3 2007

vestigial items

hazard symbol

sv-98

f.e.v.

centaur

mister gutsy

changing race

the man behind the curtain

gadget watch interaction

midwestern brotherhood of steel

iguana-on-a-stick

radaway

med-x

10mm round

.308 caliber round

5mm round

nuka grenade

shishkebab

vault-tec lunchbox

radiated meat

psycho

wonderglue

sugar bombs

cram

stealth boy

gatling laser

dean's electronics

big book of science

chinese army: special ops training manual

d.c. journal of internal medicine

duck and cover!

nikola tesla and you

mesmetron

ultrajet

roving trader outfit

strange meat

pax 2008

roaming the countryside

lever-action rifle

disposable pick

tokyo game show 2008

securom

interactive achievement awards 2009

ushanka

smith & wesson model 29

spike video game awards 2008

drum magazine

game developers choice awards 2009

civil service

brotherhood outcasts

lyons' pride

west tek

resource wars

geck

red ryder bb. gun

auto axe

aqua pura

xuanlong assault rifle

vengeance

jingwei's shock sword

lincoln's repeater

microfusion cell

zhu-rong v418 chinese pistol

colonel autumn's 10mm pistol

blackhawk

.32 caliber round

bbs

railway spikes

wild bill's sidearm

ol' painless

board of education

experimental mirv

instamash

giddyup buttercup

rock-it launcher

cetme

r91 assault rifle

h&k msg90

paddle steamer

paradise lost

pugilism illustrated

u.s. army: 30 handy flamethrower recipes

immersive

lgbtq+

male protagonist

interior design


Developers

Bethesda Game Studios


Publishers

Bethesda Softworks