I couldn't get into it either but my sister loves it. Idk why though. Haven't asked her.

Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are two of my favorite games of all time.

Why? Probably because it's not a game that holds your hand and leads you through until the end. Options are everywhere, options that really matter. Want to talk your way through most of the game? You can. Want to go stealth and specialize in silenced headshots? Want to go hacking or open safes? Want to wear armor and just mow everything down with a mini-gun? I love that freedom.

I also loved the exploration factor, where you never know what is just over the next ridge. Might be a super mutant camp inside an abandoned Vault, or a settlement of survivors, or even a pack of Deathclaws. You might die horribly and realize you are way, way out of your league, but that really want to explore this area when you're more powerful.

I also loved the companion factor, the costumes you can wear, and all the awesome mods.

Give me a second to find any flaws in that explanation.

No flaws encountered. Carry on.

The appeal is in what people usually go for in Bethesda games only applied to the Fallout franchise, if you can't get into the lore and outlandish nature of the series you'll won't like it even if you like other Bethesda games.

On it's own it bores me pretty fast and looks like it hasn't aged well at all.

That said once I get a load of mods injected into the game with new mechanics and a coat of paint thrown in can definitely make the game for engaging for me like one mod for example allows me to either pick a lock or use any explosives I'm carrying on my character to save me picking a lock but the real downside to that is it would create noise which would attract unwanted attention, that alone gives me both an option and some realism to the game.

Can't say I can ever play most of beth's games in their vanilla states, Skyrim, F3 and NV are always modded for when I want to give them some hours playthrough, sometimes I spend a day devoted to finding the best mods and comparing them to tailor my experience.

I will say this though, the combat is shit in most bethesda RPG's and their NPC's uncanny valley looks and interactions are very retro.

I just love the game overall. From the in the future, but still 1950's style of post apocalyptic America, to the VATS battle system, to the amazing characters that Bethesda comes up with, it all just make me get enveloped into the Fallout world, that Bethesda has created for us. I easily spent 150+ hours per game, on both Fallout 3, and Fallout: New Vegas, and that was even with the freezing problems the PS3 versions had. I could spend hours on end, really doing nothing more than exploring, sometimes of which, it gets you into trouble. Especially when you stumble onto a Deathclaw or Super Mutant, when you aren't leveled up very highly yet.

They were also 2 of the extremely few games that i played through more than once. I'd have no problem buying them again at full price, if Bethesda were to ever remaster them, and re-release them on PS4, and damn near all other remasters, i'll pay no more than $20 for. You either "get" the Fallout environment and world, or you just think it's stupid. That's just the way the game seems to be. Thankfully alot of people "get" Fallout. Can't wait to see how many millions of copies, Bethesda sells of Fallout 4.

My most favorite is of course Vault Boy. Just watch the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. vids from Fallout 4, on Youtube, and tell me they aren't just awesome. Here's the latest one that Bethedsa released, just today, for the L in S.P.E.C.I.A.L., Luck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bke9wvob8Ls

I'll take it you aren't using sarcasm considering your sig. :P Thak you very much kind sir.

Incredible sense of adventure, epic scale, amazing atmosphere...these are a few things I love about Fallout 3 (and even New Vegas).

But I can understand why someone wouldn't like it.

1. Dialogue is bad - in what way?

2. Voice acting cheesy - what in particular?

3. Ugly - yeah, this is just absurd.

4. Clunky - Deliberately so, that's why V.A.T.S. exists.

5. Empty world - consistent with a nuclear fallout...

It may be you simply do not understand why you did not enjoy it, and that I fully understand. However, these reasons are bonkers.

I sincerely doubt number four is actually true, but invite any source to the contrary.

Regarding number five though, that's indisputably untrue. Leaving aside how it's been over two centuries since the nuclear war, Fallout 1 and 2 were both much more full of people and places, and 1 took place within 80 years of the apocalypse rather than the 200 years or so that's the setting of 3. The truth is the sparsity is the result of the game engine, although even New Vegas was less empty than 3.