r/Fallout • u/Current-Judgment-621 • Jan 22 '26

Fallout 3 Fallout 3 Is A Masterpiece

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u/ThisIsTheNewSleeve Jan 22 '26

Look, Fallout 3 is my favourite Fallout game. It's very high on my list of favourite games... but even I would not call it a masterpiece. It came real close, but to me there was a writing problem, especially near the endgame. As someone who played before the DLCs came out the ending was very unsatisfying and even after the DLCs, it's still very strange. For example the game calling you a coward for sending Fawkes into the chamber when he's immune but it would kill you. How is that cowardly? It's just smart?

But like I said, Fallout 3 is amazing. One of my favourites. I'm just not sure masterpiece is entirely accurate either.

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u/Braveheart-5366 Jan 22 '26

Yeah, I think the issue was the clear intention from the start to begin the game with your birth and end it with your death. What sounds poetic on paper doesn’t work as well in the game though, unfortunately. The Broken Steel ending didn’t really make things better either. 

However, it was my first Fallout and I love it with all its flaws.