Fallout 3

Bethesda Game Studios

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Initial Release: Oct 27, 2008

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8.8

IGN Rating

8.4

23 hrs

Main Story

53 hrs

Story + Sides

115 hrs

Everything

47 hrs

All Styles

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Fallout 3 UK Review

8.8

Review scoring

great

Alec Meer

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Summary

Prepare for the future with the third in the classic, post-apocalyptic franchise. Leaving the only home you've ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the Wasteland to search for your father, and the truth.

Content Rating

Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs, Blood and Gore, Intense Violence

Developers

Bethesda Game Studios

Publishers

Bethesda Softworks, ZeniMax Media

Franchises

Fallout

Features

Vibration, DualShock, 16:9, Steam Deck Playable

Initial Release

Oct 27, 2008

Platforms

Genres

Action, RPG, Open-World

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