Meh, but the thing is that so much of the game feels a bit repetitive and... useless.

For example, so many of the perks are just usless. Bloody mess is useless, I don't need the caps from selling fingers/ears, etc. The dungeons, like Oblivion, get old. They all look the same. However, whereas Oblivion had bigger and more spacious dungeons, which allowed for more unique stealthing, Fallout 3's dungeons just had the same tunnels and hallways.

The combat itself isn't really that fun. My strategy really just consists of kiting with long range weapons, then hiding behind cover, and switching to my combat shotgun to VATs the enemy in the head.

Exploring is extremely tedious with the lack of a mount. If there was a faster way of getting through miles of empty wasteland, then I would be more inclined to explore.

The game was awesome when it was fresh, but by the end of it, it doesn't have the replay value (literallly too, with the ending) Oblivion had.

so this thread is bringing up some bad memories, huh.

well if that is you opinion then i have to respect it my friend. but it seems that you didnt play the game like it is supposed to be played.

1. the perks are very usefull,bloody mess gives you a 5% damage to all weapons and you get to kill them in  very gory ways. also the law bringer perk that lets you collect fingres not only gives you caps but also karma. and the others are very usefull some gives you a way to handle ladies while others give you a state boost.

5% damage increase, isn't that great when you're either doing sneak attacks to the head, or using the shotgun at close range. Gory deaths all the time will actually ruins the gory deaths, since you get it all the time. It doesn't become special anymore. I don't know if there's a max karma, but there's only good/neutral/bad. I don't really see the benefit in getting additional karma. I got Child at Heart and Lady Killer. Child at Heart was somewhat useful, Lady Killer didn't give me anything so far.

2.by "dungeons" do you mean sub_way tunnels? because they are not the only dungeons you can explore,like i told you there are other vaults and enemy strong holds you can take on,and the stealth is just fine you just need more practice thats all.

Subway tunnels have some wide areas (at the train stops), but all of the dungeons are just hallways/tunnels. You really only have caves, vaults, and buildings in the game. At least  the caves in Oblivion were really large and more complex than Fallout's. The stealth in this game is easier than Oblivion's. It's ridiculous how the enemy doesn't hear you shoot non-silenced rifles. There's no need for any practice as soon as you get the Silent Running perk.

3.well you can't blame the game for your own mistakes can you? what i usually do is go rambo on their asses with my minigun or burning their asses with my flamer and if i am board i pull out my brass knuckles and go give some raiders and mutents some man handling,and nothing beats turning you oponent to goo using the plasma rifle,and if that was boaring i usually pull out the fatman or the gun that makes people my slaves.

Mistake? What mistake? I said that the combat in the game was easy.

4.the exploring in fallout 3 is extremly rewarding and you can ask anyone who played the game.

Not as rewarding as Oblivion. Whereas in Fallout you really just going from location to location, in Oblivion you can pretty much just stop and start walking around and look at the sights from a cliff or waterfall. It's a lot more "alive". While I understand that Fallout is set in a post apocalyptic world, more small settlements would have been nice.

5. this point i agree with you,they should have patched the game to allow further questing but thats not a problem since the broken steel DLC allows that and lifts the level cap and gives you more perks and weapons. also you can replay that game as a bad,good,or neutral guy.

I don't want to buy the DLC.

in the end i suggest you give that game more if your time and if you dont want to then that is your opinion and i respect it.

I will, but whereas I got tired with Oblivion after dozzens of hours, Fallout felt repetitive by the time I finished the game.