Just decided to try and play this one. It has sat on my shelf since 2000. I have been through 5 PCs since then. Last time I played it was Windows Millenium.

Put it in the drive, found that old dusty joystick p and p, and let it rip.

Installs like it is still new. Graphic interface like it is still new. What the hell were these guys thinking? This game is still fun and can install/run in windows 8 when it was written for Win98. It installs in Win7 just like 10 years ago. The graphics are still great. Just set them high in options. The only thing you may have to do is set up a a start icon.

Played first mission. The graphics are still pretty good. This game is awesome and should get game of the decade.

Problem is that Fallout 3 was produced in-house by Bethesda. In-house games from them are usually a 2-3 year production event with a staff of many, lots of money, debugging and testing,and a project manager who helped invent the open endedrpg genre. (Kudos on William and Marycover storyrecently)

New Vegas is outsourced with code, engine, and a minimum of staff to a lesser company . Obsidian Entertainment, the rehasher of novel ideas. Who knows what will happen?

Hope it works out though since I f'ing think that FO 1, 2, and 3 are the best games ever.

I'm late to the game. Just bought Fallout 3 GOTY 2 for PC 2 months ago for $9.95. In anticpation of New Vegas. Great game so far. I have installed all DLC right off the bat when starting a new game.

Anyway, question is this. I am halfway through the story and turning level 30 already. When it bings 30, no more experience, I get bored. What Slow Exp mod works for Broken Steel. Or maybe I screwed up and updated to v. 1.7 when apparently GOTY is already v. 1.7 on install. (My list in Win 7 calls it v. 1.000 no matter what I do).

Anyway this game rocks, but I would like to make it last so I am still gaining rewards till the end. (1 thing I know I will already do is not take comprehension)

Final thought on this one. Thanks to the person for posting Home World and Fallout. Both those rocked.

The closest ever for a RPG to a 10 would be Fallout 1 and 2. Maybe a 9.9 minus .1 for a sometimes confusing battle screen.

Why these games were the best:

1) While all other rpgs were headed towards what is now Baldurs Gate, they went their own way. Instead of swords fighting a giant warthog, you got to express yourself with a long range heavy rifle and got to watch the head get blown off someone. It was the most unique storyline at the time and still is.

2) While the story was very in depth, you had some of the funniest side missions. With a charisma of 8, you get to sleep with the farmers daughter. With a 9, you sleep with the son too. Doesnt matter, you get a shotgun wedding in the morning and an automatic new member to your party. Unlike other games where you just drop a party memeber, you can leave town and just kill them in the desert. You get to climb down a toilet with high explosives and cover a whole town in crap. Towards the end of 2, you get to join the cult with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, take the tour, and then just kill them. References to dead Mel Gibson, etc.. Join the mafia, be in a porn movie, this game never lets up.

3) Open ended and multiple ways to play. There is only one end, but you can do whatever you like along the way to get there. You can be a 300 lb. thug and beat up everyone along the way or be a politician and talk your way through without ever killing another human (till the end, Ive done it). One of the few games that character distribution points really matter. Oh, and I spent a long time once and killed everyone I came in contact with in 1. Eventually, it said "You are the only one left. You will die alone" or something like that. This game coves all its bases.

4) Very few bugs and easy to play.

5) Replayability because of different characters and story paths.

First of all, sorry Fireandcloud. Took it wrong and my bad. Like you, not many people know what I am talking about when I mention High Heat. Rememeber the original? It was called Sammy Sosa's High Heat. There is still a game build going for MVP Baseball at MVPmods, but I have given up because it is getting too far gone.

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If you play them more than once, and keep playing them once and a while, they have to be a 10 in your own book.

fireandcloud

so i guess minesweeper should be a 10 for me? anyway, i'm glad to see another high heat and red baron fan. sweet. don't see too many around here, it seems...

Yeah, minesweeper should be a 10 for you, even if you are being a wise ass. How many times did Microsoft games get you through a stupid dead end job? Did you ever make over $2,000 playing vegas style in Solitaire? That takes at least 8 hours and the worst job ever. I have to give Microsoft games a 10 because it kept me from going homicidal on bad days in the early going.

As for Red Baron, you are dating yourself. Not to many remember that was the original joystick shooter. At the time it was amazing. As for High Heat, oh well. MLBPA wanted extortion money to keep it going. Was great while it lasted though. Thats why I switched to Baseball Mogul. As a sim only game, they dont have to pay the piper (for now).

Wow, you are all so picky. Of course you'll never find a perfect 10. If you had that standard you would end up single and alone. Just gotta learn to settle for what is capable at the time.

My picks for the closest of to 10 are:

1) The Oldies at the beginning: Original Pirates, Ultima 1-2, and Elite on Apple ii from 83-88. Red Baron later when the PC came out. There was nothing like them at the time.

2) The 90s: Ultima 4, Duke Nuke' em, Doom, Wing Commander series + Privateer.

3) Last 8 years in no particular order: Max Payne 1&2, Deus Ex, Baldurs Gate, Baseball Mogul series and High Heat until 03, and GTA 3. I havent been too blown over by any recent games.

If you play them more than once, and keep playing them once and a while, they have to be a 10 in your own book.

Recently started playing D2 LOD again in single player. I always thought this was the best. Battlenet has gone to the dogs anyway.

So I upgraded to the newest version on suggestions from others. The game sucks. Synergies are useless for a barbarian in single player. Also, as a barbarian, your best skill is reduced to the point of useless. You can only gamble for rare items. You dont see uniques or rares for a long, long time. The first set item I found was in act 3 and it was a level 2 item that could be found in the original D2 in act 1, level 1. The game has been totally redesigned for 100% online play and for trading items online.

Download 1.08 like you played it the first time if you are going to play single player again. Just my 2 cents.