What you might want to know
- The GOTY Edition of Fallout 3 that features all 5 of the sport’s DLC expansions is obtainable without spending a dime proper now on the Epic Games Store, and when you declare it, you will get to maintain it perpetually.
- This supply is just accessible till December 24, 2023 at 8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET, so be sure to reap the benefits of it right this moment earlier than it goes off the desk.
- Fallout 3 was Bethesda’s first Fallout sport, and can also be broadly considered one in all its finest RPGs. Even right this moment, 15 years later, it stays a fan-favorite.
- Codes for the Steam model of the sport are additionally closely discounted proper now, and you’ll play it on Xbox by Xbox Game Pass.
‘Twas the night time earlier than Christmas, and piles of presents have been nestled beneath the tree. Yet all of your coronary heart yearned for was a duplicate of Fallout 3. With nice unhappiness, you realized to get it might price a price. Yet, there was no purpose to worry, my expensive pal — the Epic Games Store supplied it without spending a dime!
…or one thing. It’s truly December 23, so it isn’t fairly the night time earlier than Christmas but, however you get the purpose: the last word Game of the Year version of Fallout 3 that features all 5 of its DLC expansions is being supplied without spending a dime proper now on the Epic Games Store, and when you declare it, you will get to maintain the fan-favorite RPG perpetually. This supply is just accessible till December 24, 2023 at 8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET, although, so be sure to reap the benefits of it right this moment earlier than it comes off the desk.
Released again in 2008, Fallout 3 was the primary sport within the franchise that developer Bethesda put collectively after buying the post-apocalyptic RPG collection from Interplay Entertainment in 2007. It’s additionally notable for being the primary Fallout sport in a 3D house; earlier titles had an isometric 2D perspective.
Set in 2277 — 36 years after the occasions of Fallout 2, and 200 after nuclear battle devastated the world — Fallout 3 takes place in what was elements of Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. that are actually referred to as the “Capital Wasteland.” The participant takes management of a younger grownup who’s spent their complete life in a specialised underground bunker referred to as Vault 101, although after their father mysteriously leaves the Vault and heads to the surface wasteland, they too enterprise out to search for him.
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During your journey as “The Lone Wanderer,” you will come throughout numerous totally different settlements and factions within the open world, and can have the ability to work together with them in quite a few other ways. Quests even have loads of various outcomes relying on decisions you make and actions you are taking, and attentive gamers will even have the ability to discover tons of distinctive weapons, armors, and items of fascinating lore that flesh out the Capital Wasteland. Additionally, as you degree, you can rank up totally different abilities that enhance how efficient you’re at persuasion, therapeutic, sneaking round undetected, and just about the whole lot else you are able to do.
It could also be over 15 years outdated now (goodness, time flies), however Fallout 3 nonetheless stands tall as one in all Bethesda’s finest RPG titles, and likewise one of many finest Xbox video games and finest PC video games for followers of the style. Honestly, dated graphics apart, I’d even say it is a greater sport than Starfield — and proper now, you may get it without spending a dime and preserve it perpetually. Why not decide it up?
If you are not a fan of the Epic Games Store and would like to personal Fallout 3 on Steam, you may at present get a Steam code for the bottom sport for simply $2.13 on GreenManGaming due to its Winter Sale, with the GOTY Edition just a few {dollars} extra at $5.61. You can even get a duplicate of the GOTY Edition on Xbox for a number of {dollars} off on Amazon proper now. Additionally, on each Xbox and PC, Fallout 3 is playable by Xbox Game Pass, although annoyingly, solely the PC model contains the sport’s DLC.
