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Another point here is wouldn't a hidden cave complex in front of the main vault doors make it kind of difficult to put 1000 people into a vault in an emergency. The Vault 8 outer blast door and tunnel arrangement seems to make more logical sense for a shelter designed to save people from...

It's true to say though that Fallout 3 is not the game it could be without mods. With mods it ranks much higher in my books. I still play it regularly (modded of course) because it's fun.

I thought I read somewhere that the megaton yields of the nukes in Fallout weren't anywhere near the massive planet killers we currently have in our arsenals. So in some ways, the level of destruction is realistic if you take that into account perhaps (maybe I'm stretching it) But I still...

What did Fallout 3 do right? Various atmospheric moments, such as the whole birth/growing up thing (which does grate on you after a few playthroughs but was neat at the beginning), when you first leave the vault and you get that great panoramic view of the DC ruins, the ruined city itself with...

As a long time player of the Fallout series, I find that Fallout 3 had it's memorable moments, like the first time you left the vault. That one moment is what I will remember most from it. Is it overall as good a game as Fallout? No way. Is it fun? Yes, especially after modding it. The...