So, I'm an ardent 'New Vegas is the best 3D Fallout game' person.

But... Fallout 3 is not a bad game.

It is fun, it is enjoyable. It has solid game mechanics, it has a good number of well written characters and questlines, it is fun to just explore and find crazy shit.

It has flaws, yes.

But it is far from bad.

It just isn't as good as New Vegas, which imo, basically just did everything FO3 did, but better, had a better overall storyline, refined and improved on all the gameplay mechanics, added in new gameplay features/elements.

A lot of the metros look copy and pasted; whole hallways, rooms, so it gets a little confusing.

FO3 is my favorite Fallout (haven't played 4 or 76 yet).

To be fair, Fallout 3 is a bit more of a mixed bag of good and bad features.

Not going to lie, I like it quite a bit more than New Vegas. I understand several criticisms that people have, but 3 was by far the better experience for me.

Guess that’s me too. I loved Fallout 3 and wasn’t really aware of a lot of hate for it.

Fallout 3 for me works well as a sandbox and less as a narrative driven RPG. I had a lot of fun with it but I know if you went in expecting it to be something it’s not (like the first 2 fallout games) you’re gonna be disappointed.

I lived in D.C. when I played it. Between that and it being the first of its kind in the series, none of the others come remotely close for me.