"Games for Windows, Games for Windows never changes."

The amount of betrayal I feel being told this was a video about Fallout 3, then being told it was actually a video about Fallout Tactics, and then being told it was actually ACTUALLY about Fallout 3 is unmatched.

Bethesda Dev Here. The main reason half the buildings were empty is because Todd Howard had told us "If it has more then 15 bathrooms its important" In all fairness I did catch Todd eating plywood and sheet metal in the breakroom.

The whole "companions at the purifier" kerfuffle would be so easy to fix by just... not letting the companions follow you in that mission. Maybe the mutants are uncomfortable helping a faction bent on killing them (which would make plenty of sense) and never actually follow you in the Citadel for fear of getting shot at, it would really be that easy. Not like you need them, the entire mission is basically a set piece to show off Liberty Prime and you always have Lions following you in the purifier so you can easily finish the mission almost without firing a shot.

Spiffing voicing Sid, is just the best thing ever, our money gremlin offering money

Canadian Navy member here, there is a reason why naval ships have absurd amounts of doors. They are designed to have numerous watertight compartments that can be isolated. The reason for this is in case of a hull breach, and we take on water because of it - we can seal off that compartment (which already would be sealed normally) and only lose that compartment to sea, as opposed to the entire ship filling up with water. Annoying for game design? Absolutely. Realistic to real life? Very much so.

Fallout 3 actually scared me on my first play through. The creepy background, and running into your first versions of enemies while holding a pistol and a bat. Then, once you have enough ammo and weapons, you become a complete badass.

For anyone wondering, the GOG version is far more stable and runs a lot smoother. I played though until I got to level 30 without a single crash.

What annoys me the most of the ending. Is that if you do make Fawkes activate the purifier. The game only shits on you saying Fawkes is the true hero of the story, nevermind that making the mutant that is IMMUNE to radiation is the smartest decision and that you single handedly defeat the Enclave. But no, pointless suicide is the only way to be recognized as a hero.

23:00 As someone who served in the US Navy on an aircraft carrier, that is EXACTLY the feeling you get trying to find anyone anywhere on a carrier.

As someone in the navy, River City perfectly encapsulates what it's like to live on a vessel, there's too many doors, you don't know where the fuck you're going and EVERYWHERE LOOKS THE SAME

I never worried about Fallout 3 feeling barren in what you could find. It felt right with being someone coming so late to the party as it were that everything had already been picked clean and through. It made finding something feel like "Oh shit, nice" instead of "Oh cool, I've got a thousand of those". Basically the opposite of Fallout 4, where everything was so greatly stocked and accessible.

One of my favorite memories of this game was when I was wandering the wasteland at night, enjoying the pleasant ambiance music, and I came across Uncle Leo, a random encounter character. Uncle Leo was a kind, patient and philosophical dude who happened to be a super mutant. The player can demand that he hand over all his possessions, but he misunderstands the malicious intent on your part. He apologizes for "being a poor host," and gives you a dirty pre-war suit as a gift. When you respond to his generosity with "you don't seem to understand, I'm robbing you," he replies sincerely: "no, you're not. I wanted you to take it as a gift. I meant to give it to you anyway." And then follows that up with something that I have not forgotten ever since I first heard it: "Have you ever watched the moon rise over the Wasteland? I only wish I had something as wonderful as that to give to you." I don't know why that struck me so deeply. Maybe it was the fact that we were both standing under a wash of moonlight, alone together in a vast and empty wasteland, my character having just tried to mug him, and he responds to it all with such profound wisdom and grace. He was such a great character that I really wish we could have done more with. I'm also upset that we're really only able to get that gem of a line of dialogue by being mean to the poor guy. :(

I remember loving that "ah ha!" moment when, at the conclusion, you realise you have recruited Fawkes, who is immune to radiation. It felt like some of the better moments from the original Fallout games. Only to be then met by "Great idea, but no. Because...reasons."

The side quests are definitely what makes this game. Especially meeting Harold. That quest saves this game for me. He was part of the mission to exterminate the mutants that were coming out of the Mariposa military base way back in California that preludes FO1. It ended with him becoming severely irradiated and his friend, Richard falling into a vat of FEV that eventually turned him into the FO1's villain "the Master". It was a really good tie in.

"but you haven't even masked your voice" Sid: *becomes spiffing brit*

The funniest thing to me about Colonel Autumn is that, back when I first played Fallout 3, like, eight years ago, I legit thought that he was two different people. I thought there was one Enclave dude who died with your dad, and Autumn was just *some other* Enclave dude in a trench coat. That’s how unclear his survival was and how unremarkable he was as a character

I would always be afraid when playing this game on my PS3, not because it was intense or scary, but because it would eventually freeze out of nowhere, making me lose about an hour of progress. Good times.

My favorite part of the game is the absolutely obtuse way you’re given the code for the final mission, in that it was given to you at the VERY beginning of the game. Your dad doesn’t just quote revelations 21:6 for no reason, it’s LITERALLY the code for running the water purifier (216). Of course, you have to infer that this is the code and there’s no direct hint to it aside from a few dialogue choices early on in the enclave prison. All it would’ve taken was just a note or something aside from James just quoting revelations.

“I’ll give a better ending!” Bethesda couldn’t do it any better themselves!

the funniest thing about Fallout 3 is that, if you get "Tale of Two Wastelands", the Capital Wasteland is way too easy for the arsenal that New Vegas has. so the Courier becomes a unstoppable killing machine of destruction without their natural predator around: Morality Choices.

You’re right with the “it” statement. Look at Far Harbour in comparison to Fallout 4. If FO4 had had half the heart and effort that it’s dlc had been so lovingly crafted with, then we’d have definitely been onto a winner.

It's amazing they were allow to sell it on Steam without a fix. It was easy to tackle but it really must have frustrated a lot of people. Off track, Rivet City become fun when Diego gets married, and you attend the wedding with a flame thrower and use it right after his new bride says "I love you Diego".

Many locations actually had secret (hidden) areas that with a few exceptions were boring. The underground subway tunnels were boing and confusing. But so was my life so I played them several times.

“Yes this game has over 200 endings” Really Todd. Really.

This was an absolute joy to watch. It's been really fun following the development of this video and seeing the Spaghetti in the editing timeline :D

It truly is telling that your review of fallout 3 makes me want to play New Vegas again

Fawkes' refusal to enter the irradiated chamber at the end is some of the worst and hokiest writing I've ever seen. He needlessly sentences a human to certain death because of some contrivance about how each person has to follow their own path. So he's basically saying your fate is to die here in an effort to do what he could have easily done without anyone dying. It seems he's really keen on ending your lineage.

The code is 216 by the way, if you were curious. You know, like the Revelations quote Liam Neeson told you about in the vault when your character was 1? In hindsight it's a bit strange this wasn't shown in some meaningful capacity, this was the code to start the purifier, and not just some quote that inspired your father. He does say it a few more times during the midgame, which is how I figured it out myself, but only by going through some of his extra dialogue options.

Technically, Interplay and Black Isle weren't different studios. It was still more or less the same team under different branding.

Its amazing the criticism you've given this game can be applied to Starfields failures too. Big huge empty spaces that would have been better served if they cut back and focused on making less areas, but better.

8:50 When I first played Fallout 3 as middle schooler, I would prefer to keep the Enclave Radio on while exploring dark places and at night, because the affably evil voice of Malcolm McDowell seems tailor-made to make you relax despite being in immense danger.

I'd like to offer a correction, Fallout 1 and 2 were both made by the same people, they just renamed their RPG-team to Black Isle mid development of FO1. They just didn't have a logo until after release.

I still can't get over the fact that Bethesda randomly picked a German town 10km from where I grew up as Stanislaus Braun's hometown. I was SO convinced that it must have been some sort of easter egg that picked a place near you based on your IP address or something when I first came across it in the game😄

i hope margery sees this

The fact that he didn't realise who the Enclave even are when they show up is one of the many signs that Bethesda failed immensely at writing this game.

As someone who's first fallout was 3. The enclave still felt like following a shadow as you put it because I always thought the radio station was an old recording of some kind that was still being broadcast only for it to be revealed towards the end that it was not and I liked that a lot.

I'm surprised there was no mention of the DLC which makes Fawkes go "I was going to send you, the human who will certainly be melted by the radiation, in to push some buttons, but that would actually be really dumb and yeah of course I'll go do that."

I honestly loved this game when I was younger. I explored it world for hundreds of hours

some of the best editing and skits i have ever seen on youtube! props to you, im excited to rewatch on friday.

Fallout characters saying "you again," is like sonic characters spamming "Long time no see." And honestly I love that

Bethesda's main motto is simply "Why fix the game when you can just make another one?"

I remember watching this allready when you uploaded but I had to rewatch I remembered you and I have to say I know why you've got a very unique way of narrating and your edting and humor are beyond this world keep it up still watching!

Some of your intrusions, quick visual meme/movie comments, or transitions are just genius. I dig them so much I can't express it. Like the Jeff Goldblum laugh from jurassic park for example, the hobbit as a symbol of journey, etc... those little things you do make me really really enjoy the video and laugh my ass off. If you ever doubt, then know that I dig them all.

I still remember vividly my last time playing F3's ending. I had the Broken Steel DLC and could FINALLY convince Fawkes to go into the purifier, good job Bethesda?... NO Apparently they were so salty about people pointing out this obvious plot hole they have a very snarky bit in the final slideshow about how "The Lone Wanderer found a TRUE HERO to venture into the irradiated control chamber." which ticked me off. Fawkes is IMMUNE to radiation, there's a way to solve the issue with no one dying and the game basically calls you a coward for not committing suicide. I could maybe see the logic if you convinced Sarah Lyons to give her life in your place or something but with Fawkes it just felt condescending, I had played F3 multiple times and still have fond memories but that ending left such a sour taste I never bothered again.

This style of vid and editing is CLEARLY so well loved. It's absolutely what gives your video their charm. Brilliant stuff

Idk how i didnt find your channel until today 😭 amazing content! I cant wait to watch your other work :D

The production value behind these vids are getting crazy! Keep up the good work

I've played just about every fallout and honestly the hardest part about playing a fallout game is just putting up with how busted and fucked these games actually are

I finished Fallout 3 for the first time literally last week and these were all issues I had. I think the biggest issue I had was that even though I managed to convince Fawkes to enter the chamber at the end of the game. The game still called me selfish for not sacrificing myself? There was a perfectly good radiation proof super mutant right beside me? WHY WOULD I SACRIFICE MYSELF WHEN I HAVE NO REASON TO.

Despite all the hate comments bro has been getting for his Conan joke, I respect the dedication. This content is just a breath of fresh air from seeing commentary channels that use nothing but vine sound effects and clips from tv shows/movies to display their reactions.

Parody isn’t copyright! I want the full version of “Welcome to the Wasteland” please.

If you’re in the simulation and console command kill 2 people, or hurt “sally”, she warns you the first time. Like the simulation of a simulation is self aware that they didn’t just spontaneously die. Sally is warning the player. “You can’t do that here.” The second time you hurt somebody, she Tesla explodes and immediately kills you. Even if neither kills were directly done by the player, but through console

"...back when knowing how to run a game on a computer was a specialist skill." Bethesda-era PC players: **laughs in load order**

He didn't mention that the most recent update broke the script extender, the good news is that there is now an all-in-one patch available to fix most of the issues that prevent the game from running called the Fallout Anniversary Patcher

I remember The first time I played fallout 3 and played all the way through with no perks, no companions and never doing a singular side quest AND I LOVED IT

... The level of theatrics and presentation in these reviews is exponentially incredible. And 40 minutes? Eventually this man is going to produce a full-feature film just to discuss game mechanics. ... And "The Yeast I Can Do"?! Have your like, you amazing bastard.

Honestly, the easiest way to play Fallout 3 on Windows 10 is to do so via A Tale of Two Wastelands. That allows you to play the entire Fallout 3 campaign, and then transition to the New Vegas campaign by using a travel point to go to the Mojave wasteland from DC.

The problem with Fallout 3 was that it was too big, so they had to fill it with a bunch of nothing. Todd then looked at that, and said. "Yeah, lets make Fallout 76 4x larger. That is a number I can say!" While the developers are over there in a corner tearing their faces off.

Fun fact, Charon, a ghoul companion you can get in underworld, will in fact follow your order to go into the chamber.

I remember being 13 and playing this back in 2009, one day while just walking the wasteland in the distance to my right I saw the corpse of a Yao-Gui flying directly upward before plummeting behind some hills.

Fallout 3 almost makes me wish for a nuclear winter. This video was restricted to 18+ for a year, so there's a remake of it on my channel with less violence, but now this 18+ has been removed, so this is the best version

I love the emptiness of fallout 3. It’s probably my favorite fallout game

3:54 Please don’t talk shit about my great gradmother’s cooking.

*Read The Paper*

9:24 the power station actually has a unmarked quest that’ll lead you to a unique weapon you can get by just following the power lines, and finding a holotape, and then finding more! Which are scattered across the entire fucking wasteland.

that newspaper caught me off guard and now I can't turn it on again.

nobody is probably ever going to see this but i just have to get it out that i think i must have watched this video like over 100 times and i quote it DAILY. i fucking love this video, better than 99.9999% of movies.

My biggest gripe with this game is that everything feels like Bethesda just dressed Elder Scrolls and all of its character actors in different costumes and told them to be post-apocalyptic. As a result, the world feels like a bunch of nukes were dropped last thursday. It's supposed to take place two centuries after a war, but none of the citizens act like they're several generations down from apocalypse survivors. They even live in literal garbage without ever having attempted to build anything new. Also, for some reason Virginia is a desert with dried up dead trees, when the only reason the previous two games were like that is that it's California. Deathclaws are genetic splicing experiments that escaped from a lab on the other side of the continent. Radscorpions are arachnids that do not live in the D.C area. Super Mutants were made exclusively a few dozen miles away from San Fransisco. Bethesda's entire contribution to Fallout feels like someone made a sequel by skimming a fanmade wiki and only looking at the pictures. Probably the exact reason why they actually thought that aliens are canon.

I loved when 40 hours into a play through my save got corrupted and would crash anytime I would try to fast travel or enter a building. Turns out you can't save over the same file too many times or the save will go kaput.

I'm going to make sure and watch your re-upload as well since this one was fucked over. That's how good your content is, I'll watch the same video again even though it's heavily edited

I shall tell the a secret, New Vegas is a Dessert Primarily with far less locations. While fallout 3 is a huge Metropolitan area filled with locations so you can't make every location interesting otherwise it doesn't make sense but they could have had more interesting locations since it is set in DC but yeah I understand your critiques on it.

An early Christmas present? Brilliant

“Oh actually that’s how machine guns work” *yeah if you have a fully automatic flintlock from 1500*

5:03 I don’t know doc. I just don’t.

If 3 is a nightmare then 4 is a heart attack in your sleep.

Ah yes. I vividly remember the first time I got to the end of fallout 3 with Fawkes telling me it was somehow my destiny to suicide despite a perfectly valid and logical option being avalable. That was the only playthrough where everything seemed to inexplicably turn red for the ending. The dozen or so mini-nukes I blasted at everything in sight might have had something to do with it.

There's a big problem with Bethesda's story design nowadays and his name is Emil Pagliarulo.....except when he's writing psychopathic murderers. He is actually pretty good at that.

"Deathclaws!" Every other monster dies in a single shot, deathclaws not a shit was given

this is a great video! cant wait for the new vegas video since its my favorite game.. of all time! keep it up!

I really want a full version of "Welcome to the Wasteland"

You have no idea how comfortable it is to hear someone else say they didnt know the password at the end of the game after years of being ridiculed for it by my friends.

The way Luna's head movements were synched to her dialogue was just beautiful..

This best part of this entire video is Spiffing Brit doing the voice of your cat...maybe you and he should do a collaboration on why Fallout 3 is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits!

I’m almost sad fallout tactics didn’t get its own video. Also this video reminded me all about fallout 3’s ending and how weird it was.

two years later but fun note! i was playing fallout 3 and while walking to rivet city with my dad i found a body mentioning a burried treasure near the bethesda ruins. maybe not all but some of the places that seem meaningless hold some hidden cache you find a hint about elsewhere on the map

20:10 OH MY GOD how am I JUST discovering you tonight?!

The Point Lookout DLC was amazing. The weird drug trip sequence is excellently done. With the upside down trees, the Washington Monument in the distance, your Mother's skeleton and Mister Burke leaning against the nuke... really examines the Lone Wanderer's state of mind. Nobody ever mentions it and I think it's seriously underrated.

Ah yes… that one time in the Bethesda writers’ room: “Dude you know what would be totally perfect thing to add to a game about a post-post-nuclear wasteland?” “Nah wut” “Aliens 👽” “Oooo-wOOOooo” And Mothership Zeta was born

Not re-recording the '7 minutes of loading' line was a stunning act of bravery

I think that some of the sidequests being the most interesting thing about this game is one of its big problems, given how a lot of them are far enough away from the main quest path so that you may well never stumble across them. That and the first half of the main quest being go to a location, talk to someone, do a job for them, them get directed to the next person to talk to

I still really like this game. Exploring the desolate wasteland is sort of weirdly soothing.

I love when I’m watching a video and there’s a segment that I laugh so thoroughly at, it instantly reminds me to use the Big Boy to like double nuclear bomb the like button! . . For this one, it was the “Is that a robot with a human brain?? Stand back, I’m going to make first contact… ‘Murica!”

Me, a German, witnessing UNJs impression of a german accent and him reading the book "Why the Germans do it better" after doing said impression: /feeling weirdly patriotic/

I remember playing this game before the fix, downloaded a couple of mods and finished the game with only one or two crashes. Even finished the dlc's as well, so I was surprised to see everyone struggle trying to play this game. It was also funny to watch, keep up the amazing work!

I know this video is a few months old at this point and the chance you'll read it is slim at best but the voice actor you picked out is actually the voice actor for Garret from the Thief series. He's a super well known VA who just happens to have done a ton of work with Bethesda (and yes it's hilarious the protagonist from Thief is also the main antagonist of the Thieves guild quest in Skyrim).

im gonna go ahead and guess you could get around that cat by filling its bowl with yorkshire tea

The quality of these videos are insane. Seriously, the cinematography, writing, meta narrative are absolutely superb. The time and effort you've put into this is clear to see, and I look forward to seeing you destroy Fallout 4 next. God speed and all that

That fake news paper made my day. To the assistant editor who spent five minutes of your life you'll never get back finding that joke, I laughed my ass off at it, thank you. The effort wasn't wasted, I loved it!

9:09 When your parents tell you to clean your room