I really would love a return to Fallout 1 level atmosphere and dread, it really had some of my favorite lore with the Master. I would love to see a port of 1 and 2 or a full on first person remake.
Check out wasteland 2 it's kinda like what fallout 3 would have been in an alternate universe where Bethesda didn't buy the fallout rights and Interplay lived on
Fallout 1 really messed me up when it came out. It introduced me with mature problematics and literally turned me into a young adult, and Fallout 2 finished the job. Murder, prostitution, drug and human trafficking... They were dark games.
My brother gave me Fallout 3 on ps3, when I was younger, and I've been a fan ever since. F3 will always be my favorite Fallout game, next to New Vegas, it was definitely a upgrade in gameplay and a new story set in the West. The Capital Wasteland and the Mojave are both my favorite places to roam.
Fallout 3 was the first game I got 100% on PS3 including the DLC. I binged the game so much, I didn't play another Fallout until yesterday when I bought New Vegas for £1 second hand.
@@jacobturnerart damn bro im jealous that you get to play new vegas for the first time lol. if you like fallout 3 then new vegas will be enjoyable for you you might even like it more
@@pat9529 The first one i played was FO4, i played a lot but it was like Skyrim with guns and npc's were bland and robotic, soulless. Then i met New Vegas it was the complete opposite of FO4, where the game lacked in mechanics and grafics won me over with the characters and the story, and that incredible dlc Dead Money made me love the game even more. For me it was New Vegas who changed my life. I mean i agree that the first FO game you play might be a life changing experience but FO4 didn't click with me after a 100 hours or so i didn't want to play anymore. I also finished FO1 and i have to say, i prefer 1 over 4 lol.
@@sylphy6662played FO4 and tried the first 4 hours 3 different times due to my friends begging and it being a Bethesda title. I hate that game. Bought New Vegas on a 90% steam sale three years later and I have 700 hours. It accomplished the same feeling of emotional investment and connection Morrowind did for me regarding the Elder Scrolls for Fallout's world. It's one of the best sandbox and lore based rpg games of all time. I can't say either really changed my life like Dark Souls 1, KOTOR, Mount and Blade, Portal 2 or the afore mentioned Morrowind tho. I desperately want to play FO1 and especially 2 but I've had the plot spoiled already so I'm trying to wait a few years before jumping on it. Let me know if you like 2!
I got into Fallout in 2020, right at the beginning of Covid, after loving TES since Oblivion. I knew BGS made Fallout but just never got around to playing it until later. I’ve never played 1 or 2, but have read up on the stories/lore. I fell in love with Fallout right away and have sunk hundreds of hours into 3, NV, 4, and 76 since 2020. this may be a controversial take, but I loved FO4 and put more hours into that than any other FO game. I love the game world and the overall lore of the universe. So unique and unlike any of the traditional post-apocalyptic tropes. I’d even be willing to say the Fallout franchise is my favorite in gaming (Starfield may be stealing that title though, we’ll see lol). Really looking forward to Fallout 5 in 2040!
Very good video Matty. I'm much older and had the same feelings when I got Fallout 3. I missed Fallout 1 & 2. Three Dog made my experience in the DC wasteland more enjoyable. I'm only on console. The mods on Fallout 4 for console were fun to play with. I still play Fallout every month.
Buying fallout 3 as a kid was a monumental moment. I didn’t know it walking out of Bestbuy with two games from the bargain bin just what I was in for. But the moment that slideshow hit and ron perlman started narrating I was hooked. It’s probably for the best I played it as a kid, the same way older fallout fans got introduced to the isometric games. I can still remember the fear I felt going through downtown dc and the museums. I think they did well to capture that ominous music and dreadful atmosphere.
I played Fallout 1 when it came out. I played it on a government computer deep underneath a mountain in an underground millitary complex. Not joking. I was in the marines as a dieselrat, taking care of the engines on all the small and medium boats and ships. There was a request comming in it asked for an egineer who knew how to operate their diesel backup generators. I don't know who I managed to pi** off but I was sent as a replacement. The ordinary guy had gotten sick or he quit or whatever so they needed an "intern" to manage the spot until they found a guy with the "right stuff". Now this entire base ran on the mains grid so the backup generators was never used but they were always needed to be manned just in case. So all day long I did nothing but sit there playing snake on the central computer. After a week I had some leave coming up so I checked the specs on the computer I was using and my first stop was the local computer game store. And there it was on a shelf, brand new and shining, Fallout 1 in all it's glory, so I bought it and brought it back. Installed it the next day and since that day, that moment the intro movie started playing I have been Vaultboy.
Playing new Vegas right now! Having a blast, haven’t played it since 2012 and it’s like my first time all over again. Spent 13 years cracking Skyrim and F4, yet I have never revisited new Vegas and F3 since I first beat em
Played fallout 4 first then New Vegas, but Fallout 3 had me so hooked because the atmosphere felt so dark but the funny seemed almost light hearted around it all. Love them all
They were the "real" Fallouts. Bethesda never came close to their disturbing atmosphere imo. Not serious enough. They weren't games for me, they were alternate lives in a post apocalyptic world.
@@GoatBoat22 Yes because they want everyone to be able to enjoy it, includind kids. Fallout 1 and 2 were pushing you to think as an adult, to grow up basically.
I remember going to blockbuster with my Dad looking for a 2 player game to rent and play with him. I must have been about 12/13 years old. The only games I really played at the time were Call of Duty and Fifa. We picked up a Racing game but he also picked up Fallout 3. He wasn't a gamer at all but he said it looked cool. I was annoyed that he picked it up because my small child brain thought it looked 'Scary' and it would be a distraction from the racing game! He played it for about an hour and never touched it again. I decided to give it a chance and I swear to god I must have spent that whole week glued to the PS3 controller. When the time came to give the game back to the store I made him buy me the Full Game! I got to start all over again. One of my favourite games of all time. I would give anything to experience playing it again for the first time. It also opened my mind to playing more than just Call of Duty and Fifa.
My first bethesda game was f3. To me at the time the graphics looked similar to borderlands 1 which i was in love woth at the time. I quickly loved every aspect of f3 and was very excited to play skyrim up to its release.
The voiced protagonist made the immersion so much better and a big part of why FO4 is my favorite in the series. Having played the mute, amnesia victim in so many games my whole life it was a welcome breath of fresh air and truly made the world feel more realized. The settlement stuff and crafting was annoying, but luckily you can just ignore it if you want to
Same. I wished they leaned more into the voices and had more options than just the two, because dragon age and saints row both pull off a voiced protag well imo, especially saints row (albeit I’m thinking of all the games before the remake 😂) Imagine a world where they had different voices to choose from and also went more in depth with the rpg stuff instead of the settlement stuff. Fo4 would have been the perfect fallout game for me for now, until we can get to a proper fallout VR game
They gave us both OG Baldur's Gate PC games on playstation and Xbox, if they gave us the same thing even with only the 1st two Fallout games it wood b awsome as hell 🤘
I found Fallout 3 graphics to be ugly in RU-vid videos and I bought the game just because of a colleague that said it was a good game because of the critic reviews . The colleague bought the game and played only 1 hour. He didn't like it. I bought it, played it 1 hour, didn't like it. But then a tried again. Sinds then my best game of all time!
The way you feel about 4 is how I feel about 3. I honestly thought most people felt 3 was the one to change everything. New Vegas was very split between my friends. Some loved it and some hated it. 4 was great but 3 was the revolutionary one in my opinion.
I'll be the first to admit that I actually love fallout 76, dont get me wrong there was no Excuse for how it released at launch and it was an absolute Dumpster fire. Luckily I got the game after Wastelanders came out so I didn't have to suffer thru Fallout 76 day one. Fallout 76 actually has one of the most friendly Community's out there, and while there are still some Dickhead players. Majority of the time when you encounter another player they are more likely to help you than they are to screw you over. Word of advice btw. If you are a Noob player and you see public events going on...dont be afraid to join it. I promise you that the Higher Level players arnt gonna care that you are low level. They'll be happy just seeing another player enjoying the game.
For me, I'd rank Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 3 as S Tier experiences, Fallout 2 as A tier, and Fallout 4 without mods as B tier. The other titles I have not played, or were just awful to begin with.
Luckily I loaded all of the fallout games onto my steam deck before going on vacation. I’ll probably mainly play bg3, as I just bought it, but I think it’s time to wander the Mojave.
I absolutely love you Matty, and I would subscribe to this channel as well, but you really messed up ignoring Fallout Tactics (that game is AWESOME). Although I loved that you covered the underdog BOS which is a game I like, cause I love the same action RPGs that you do. For now I will just wait and not subscribe. You really need to play and cover tactics properly
Bro THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!!! LOVE the FALLOUT SERIES to DEATH! Lol I play FALLOUT 76 almost everyday! FALLOUT 4 is my favorite, (love building). FALLOUT 3 goty imo is the best! Bro I just wish they truely polished/ work on FALLOUT 76!! I feel it could be great! Or make a true multiplayer/co-op FALLOUT game(FALLOUT 5 lmao hopefully!!) Yeah bro I'm Definitely a true lover the FALLOUT SERIES like you! FALLOUT FOREVER!! THANKS AGAIN FOR THE VIDEO!
My uncle got me on fallout 3. He said its a shooter and you cant beat it. I accidentally rushed the story and beat it in a few days, and just said, "wth, you said this doesn't end"
That’s my experience with Fallout 3 everytime, I always add it to my new Vegas playthrough with tale of two wastelands but never get more than 7-10 hours worth of story out of fallout 3 I have no idea what I’m missing with that game
unfortunately with the hardware I possess, I'm unable to play Starfield. However, the release of the game had me wanting to play a Bethesda title, so I've been playing Fallout 3 since and its been immensely enjoyable - the backwards compatibility of Xbox recently improved the game to 60 frames. @@FalconMain3
While New Vegas is my favourite Fallout game, I hold a lot of fond memories from Fallout 3. First seeing it advertised at a bus stop in London, to buying my first copy on EBay, then finally purchasing the GOTY edition. As well as in game moments, like leaving the Vault 101 for the first time, and seeing the wasteland for the first time, nothing will ever beat that feeling...
Fallout new Vegas is a special flawed little gem that changed peoples lives it's undoubtedly one of the best PS3 Xbox 360 first person shooter open world RPG ever made
@@Boxinghotspur57I only played new vegas going into fallout 4 and MAN realizing how different the spirit of the game felt wrecked me. I had no idea obsidian did the franchise justice that much better than Bethesda. Only played it through once and haven’t touched it since
I love Fallout 4 as well. I had played Fallout 3, and I was eagerly anticipating Fallout 4. I'll never forget the day Bethesda released the announcement trailer, the hype leading up to the release was unreal. To me, the hype paid off. Years later, I played New Vegas, and yes, it's the best 3D Fallout and one of the best RPGs ever made. Then I went back to Fallout 4, thinking I would hate it after playing New Vegas, but I had just as much fun as ever. I honestly think that the Commonwealth is the best Fallout map, better than the Mojave, but the only way to truly appreciate it is by playing without fast travel.
I tried playing fallout 4 without fast travel and idk man it was ruining my enjoyment of it. I thought I would like it that way but actually trying it out made me realize just how important it is to have a fast travel mechanic so that people can play whatever way they want to. To each their own I’m not saying you’re wrong it just wasn’t for me. It was too tedious to walk back n forth everywhere every single time. I like having it but using it sparingly only to travel the longest distances. Like for example you know how you go to see Virgil out in the glowing sea then go track down the courser, take the chip to dr amari and then to the railroad only to eventually end up going back to Virgil? And then Virgil just tells you oh yea you got the code so now go choose who you want to help you build the machine you need that’s a lot of walking back n forth through the same couple of areas with no fast travel lol
@Matty I will NEVER understand why all the games have not gotten a re release, even just 3 and New Vegas they would print hundreds of millions of dollars for the studio and fans might not get super pissed waiting a INSANE 10/15 years between titles........
Going through the intro in Fallout 3, and hitting up the school being used as a raider base was shocking. I did not expect all the gore in that building, that atmosphere instantly got me stuck into that world!
Same. I picked up the game at 10 thinking it would be some linear shooter. When I realized the game was actually an open world filled with creepy and unforgiving enemies, I nearly shit bricks.
It's 2008. You just got your first decent PC and Fallout 3 comes out and you're in trance. Shortly after FNV comes out and you start messing around with mods perfecting the games in every way you want. You start doing the same with skyrim and it's godly. By the time FO4 is out you mod the game after a 3-4 test hour run (thanks Gopher) and you get a near perfect game as Matty said back then (I agreed with the added mods). Starfield is coming out and I can't wait to do the same. BGS games man. You either get them or you don't. But for those of us who do, it's truly an event.
Fallout 3 will always have a special place in my heart. My first platinum trophy and first true RPG. Ill never forget that step out moment! I remember getting the Prima Guide for Christmas after my family saw how much i loved that game. Was able to find all the power weapons and hidden things with that guide.
16:15 Matty, as someone who lives in Maryland, quite close to DC, Fallout 3 was something VERY special to me. Some of the cut content mentioning the Burkitsville vault is so strange, considering I’ve driven through there so often, or how my hometown (Hagerstown) is canonically a massive crater from the Palandine spacecraft. It really steps up the immersion factor for me. I’ve been near real life Raven Rock as it’s irl location is Smithsburg, MD. Fallout 3 is really a nostalgic and close to the heart game for me.
Are we finally going to admit that Bethesda has fallen off? Fallout 4 was a decent game but a terrible Fallout game. Fallout 76? And now Starfield, which has missed the mark for a lot of people just like Fallout 4 did.
Shoutout to the Fallout 3 gamers who rolled credits before Broken Steel dropped. I’ll never forgot how bummed I was when the game was just over and I couldn’t keep going.
yes i totally agree. the tangibility of having something 'new' in your hands. I've always been one for physical media (perhaps not with games, perhaps on nintendo ), there is a greater feeling of ownership and connection. Great comment
Oblivion was my introduction to BGS. I remember seeing the Fallout 3 trailer and was so pumped to see a post-apocalyptic BGS game. I had never heard of Fallout before then but I've been in love ever since.
I started on Fallout 4 and went back and played the others, the originals, 3 and New Vegas, 2 and New Vegas are my favorites, but I still love 4, still gotta play more 3.
My first Fallout game was 4. I bought it at launch but I absolutely hated it. It's a disgusting unpolished game in my opinion and Bethesda should've been ashamed to put out buggy trash like it. Then I dipped my toes in New Vegas and was really intriged by it but never bothered to properly check it out. I'm currently playing New Vegas Ultimate Edition and even though I can see why people like it so much it really just doesn't click with me. It lacks a proper story to motivate me to play through it. I'm 8 hours in and it's still just 'find Benny and kill him'. I just don't care for the sidequests either because they only distract you of the main campaign and make it feel like there is no direction. The game also just isn't appealing to look at and play. Even for the time it came out the graḥics and gameplay feel very dated. It feels very rigid and like someone build it with hotglue and a stapler. I feel similarly about Skyrim. I geuss Bethesda RPG's just aren't my cup of tea...
I have family in the DC area, so when I was a teenager and found out about Fallout 3 from a let’s play I was really giddy (in a kinda gruesome way) seeing all these areas I’ve visited almost every year of my life. I was excited with 4’s location too since I have family near Boston too.
yes I've been playing it through for the first time this month. I find that Washington is a much more memorable landscape than Boston, I guess because Washington is widely recognisable in its architecture and political presence. Upon reaching the Washington Monument, it was quite the sight to behold, the eery green haze of the Capitol building upon the horizon. Subsequent entries into the franchise have greater customisation with guns and outfits (and base building), but the disquieting groans of D.C conjure a bleaker atmosphere - The weapon sounds are also sensational, especially when in one of the many connecting metro stations littered around the world map, the .44 magnum sounding utterly beefy, ripping fools in half. I'm really enjoying the ambience of the game.
@@bolshevi3187damn I am going to buy a ps3 soon I only got a ps4 and I will play these old fallout games I can’t believe I didn’t play them back in the day…
i think that it is the player base that makes 76 special. when i have finished all the new content and would normally leave from boredom, its the interactions with newer players that keeps it interesting. i like to go to an event and drop a bunch of goodies for others to enjoy!
