Comments on: Broken Fallout 3 Dojo: Fallout 3 Still Broken

By: Sal

Sal — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:20:00 +0000

Are you kidding me? This editor is still crying about his broken fallout3 experience... Yet when I email in complaining about LEft4Dead in Australia being entirely broken MP wise you don't care.

Nice work, gaming journalism is the equivalent of being a date rapist victim; everything seems rosey but when the date comes to an end it's game over and your dealt shit!

By: Daedric

Daedric — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:14:59 +0000

Fallout 3 crashes often, about at least every other time I play. The crash on exit is fine, but I can consistantly crash even with the patch.

I mesmer the Steakly chick in Rivet City, place a collar on her, and tell her to get her but to Paradise Falls. Then (because last time I did it I got chewed out by the slaver that the collar was misused ) I fast travel to Paradise Falls. Crash EVERY time as it is trying to load it up. Even after the patch.

The crashes are real, you just have to do certain steps/things to get them to happen. These kinds of crashes shouldn't be so prevalent, the game was slapped together, marring an otherwise superb experience.

By: Harrison

Harrison — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:18:57 +0000

I bought Fallout 3 for my Mac (Running Bootcamp of course) and haven’t experienced a single issue with it so far. Only crashes are when I exit the game, so really no big deal.

By: nqdrstu

nqdrstu — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:39:23 +0000

I bought Fallout 3 on steam and it crashed constantly. I then downloaded a torrent version of it (I own the game, I reserve the right to do with the files what I will) and the ripped version didn’t lock up once in 30+ hours of gameplay. Bethesda need to hire some crackers methinks

By: justin

justin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:44:55 +0000

i played through the pc version twice with only 4 crashes, all occuring if i alt+tabbed too much. i ran the game in highest with 16xCSAA on an 8800gt. my house mate had more troubles but if u install the memory leak patch for vista and possibly some other updates i had laying around, it made it run perfectly for him. hasnt crashed since (except alt tabbing too much once, then teh window just wont re-open)

By: DoctorOwl

DoctorOwl — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:40:13 +0000

I played the retail PC version. It crashed A LOT, especially when fast traveling. Luckily it has a good Auto Save system so it was more an inconvenience than anything. The latest patch didn't help the fast travel crashes.

I finished it within about 25 hours and it crashed over a few dozen times in that period.

I was pretty annoyed. We spend a lot of money on these games here and for PC, and put a lot of care into making our PCs run properly. And they had lots of time to learn from the mistakes they made in Oblivion. And yet, this crashed way more for me than Oblivion ever did.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:41:51 +0000

I’ve been playing it solidly on the PS3, and haven’t had a single problem.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:22:05 +0000

It’s funny, Fallout 3 for me, on Xbox 360, was probably one of the least buggy games I’ve played. Mind you this was after playing Fable II. Anyway I completed Fallout 3 in about 25 hours, in that time I had one total console freeze that required a reboot, and that was it. A few times it was slow to reset after my character died in slo-mo glory, but it always got there in the end. Also, only once, in the entire game, did I notice any character model clipping through scenery. I thought that technically, the game was as excellent as any other I’ve played, and probably better than many.