Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic characters.
User reviews:
Recent:
Mixed (219 reviews) - 68% of the 219 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
Overall:
Very Positive (7,945 reviews) - 81% of the 7,945 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date: 28 Oct, 2008

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About This Game

Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic characters. Every minute is a fight for survival against the terrors of the outside world — radiation, Super Mutants, and hostile mutated creatures. From Vault-Tec, America's First Choice in Post Nuclear Simulation.
  • Limitless Freedom! Take in the sights and sounds of the vast Capital Wasteland! See the great monuments of the United States lying in post-apocalyptic ruin! You make the choices that define you and change the world. Just keep an eye on your Rad Meter!
  • Experience S.P.E.C.I.A.L.! Vault-Tec engineers bring you the latest in human ability simulation — the SPECIAL Character System! Utilizing new breakthroughs in points-based ability representation, SPECIAL affords unlimited customization of your character. Also included are dozens of unique skills and perks to choose from, each with a dazzling variety of effects!
  • Fantastic New Views! The wizards at Vault-Tec have done it again! No longer constrained to just one view, experience the world from 1st or 3rd person perspective. Customize your view with the touch of a button!
  • The Power of Choice! Feeling like a dastardly villain today, or a Good Samaritan? Pick a side or walk the line, as every situation can be dealt with in many different ways. Talk out your problems in a civilized fashion, or just flash your Plasma Rifle.
  • Blast 'Em Away With V.A.T.S.! Even the odds in combat with the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System for your Pip-Boy Model 3000! V.A.T.S. allows you to pause time in combat, target specific body parts on your target, queue up attacks, and let Vault-Tec take out your aggression for you. Rain death and destruction in an all-new cinematic presentation.
  • Mind-Blowing Artificial Intelligence! At Vault-Tec, we realize that the key to reviving civilization after a global nuclear war is people. Our best minds pooled their efforts to produce an advanced version of Radiant AI, America's First Choice in Human Interaction Simulation. Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results by the latest in Vault-Tec technology.
  • Eye-Popping Prettiness!*: Witness the harsh realities of nuclear fallout rendered like never before in modern super-deluxe HD graphics. From the barren Wasteland, to the danger-filled offices and metro tunnels of DC, to the hideous rotten flesh of a mutant's face.
    *Protective Eyewear Encouraged.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Operating system: Windows XP/Vista
    • Processor: 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
    • Memory: 1 GB (XP)/ 2 GB (Vista)
    • Hard disk space: 7 GB
    • Video: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better)
    • Sound: DirectX®: 9.0c
    • Controller support: Xbox 360 controller
    • Other Requirements: Online play requires log-in to Games For Windows - Live
    Supported Video Card Chipsets:
    • NVIDIA GeForce 200 series, Geforce 9800 series, Geforce 9600 series, Geforce 8800 series, Geforce 8600 series, Geforce 8500 series, Geforce 8400 series, Geforce 7900 series, Geforce 7800 series, Geforce 7600 series, Geforce 7300 series, GeForce 6800 series
    • ATI HD 4800 series, HD 4600 series, HD 3800 series, HD 3600 series, HD 3400 series, HD 2900 series, HD 2600 series, HD 2400 series, X1900 series, X1800 series, X1600 series, X1300 series, X850 series
    Recommended:
    • Operating system: Windows XP/Vista
    • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
    • Memory: 2 GB System RAM
    • Hard disk space: 7 GB
    • Video: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series)
    • Sound: DirectX®: 9.0c
    • Controller support: Xbox 360 controller
Customer reviews
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Recent:
Mixed (219 reviews)
Overall:
Very Positive (7,945 reviews)
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Marko
5.8 hrs on record
Posted: 18 August
Product received for free
Poorly optimized, Almost unplayable on Win10, amazing game.

Almost every one of these negative reviews are from people who love this game, and want to see it fixed.

Remaster please? It'd make up for Fallout 4 for sure...
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sasure141
14.2 hrs on record
Posted: 18 August
just ♥♥♥♥ing remove that "Game for windows live" and this game work just perfectly
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✪VenomJoe™✪
1.6 hrs on record
Posted: 17 August
Good game, horrible port
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deathboy
10.8 hrs on record
Posted: 17 August
Unplayable in Win 10. No ammount of modding seems to work. Wish I would've known that this would be unplayable. Seems ridiculous that Steam hasn't found a way to patch this properly.
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Grimace
4.4 hrs on record
Posted: 17 August
First Fallout experience, and I am hooked!
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[SNEE] SnowyParker
9.0 hrs on record
Posted: 16 August
Fun game, diffiently worth 10 bucks and even better on sale. The game can be grayish at times and a little too non colorful so just get the color enhancer mod from nexus, also the game runs great on low end computers and feels smooth. Buy it !
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Elijah The Gamer||Team Pyro
37.8 hrs on record
Posted: 16 August
I got this game a little after Fallout 4's release, since I can't run Fallout 4, I got the next best thing.


totally worth it

Blood, guts, swearing, vaults, stripping people down


everything a man ever wanted
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Yes Man
0.7 hrs on record
Posted: 16 August
CRASHES ALL THE ♥♥♥♥ING TIME THIS GAME IS TRASH!!!!!!!!!




on the pc of course
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Rarenet1
0.9 hrs on record
Posted: 16 August
i had problems at first (because im on windows 10) but once i got past that it was good (i used the internet magic). I didnt like how the game just ends if you dont have the dlc but other than that it was a great game
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Starnight
0.1 hrs on record
Posted: 16 August
is good
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Most Helpful Reviews  In the past 30 days
110 of 134 people (82%) found this review helpful
11 people found this review funny
Recommended
0.3 hrs on record
Posted: 21 July
can you please optamize this for windows 10?
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89 of 149 people (60%) found this review helpful
110 people found this review funny
Recommended
3.9 hrs on record
Posted: 4 August
Product received for free
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Ingredients:
1. 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
2. 1/2 cup white sugar
3. 1/2 cup brown sugar
4. 1/4 cup water
5. 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
6. 1 pinch salt
7. 5 apples - peeled, cored and sliced
8. 1 pastry for double-crust pie

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
2. Combine butter, white sugar, brown sugar, water, cinnamon, and salt in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, remove from heat and set aside.
3. Roll out half the pastry to fit a 9-inch pie plate. Place bottom crust in pie plate; pour in apple slices.
4. Roll out top crust into a 10-inch circle. Cut into 8 (1-inch) wide strips with a sharp paring knife or pastry wheel. Weave the pastry strips, one at a time, into a lattice pattern. Fold the ends of the lattice strips under the edge of the bottom crust and crimp to seal.
5. Pour butter-sugar mixture over top of pie, coating the lattice, and allowing any remaining sauce to drizzle through the crust.
6. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and bake until the crust is golden brown, the caramel on the top crust is set, and the apple filling is bubbling, 35 to 40 more minutes. Allow to cool completely before slicing.
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44 of 76 people (58%) found this review helpful
15 people found this review funny
Not Recommended
75.6 hrs on record
Posted: 3 August
They didn't bother to fix the game, they just slapped a warning on it and said 'lol ♥♥♥♥ that'.
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7 of 7 people (100%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Recommended
10.8 hrs on record
Posted: 29 July
EARLY REVIEW - EXPECT A MORE THOUROGH REVIEW LATER.

This game is fantastic. The reason a lot of people are downvoting it is because it's hard to get working. I managed to fix it in about 15 minutes using steps 1 and 2 on this guide:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/22370/discussions/0/828937546147175081/
Don't skip step 2. It says optional but it really isn't. Ironically that means you have to update hen completely remove Games for Windows LIVE.

Aside from all this, I'm quite early in the game, but I'm enjoying myself alot. I played New Vegas first, which I will say is somewhat better than Fallout 3 in most ways, but Fallout 4 is at about the same level as Fallout 3, just in a different way.

And hey, if it doesn't work, just do a Steam Refund, cause they exist now.
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3 of 3 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
8.5 hrs on record
Posted: 3 August
Bethesda should've just given this a boob job and re-released it.
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2 of 2 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
56.2 hrs on record
Posted: 9 August
wonderful concept.... very similar to the las vegas version. Main complaint the CRASHES! perhaps it is because i am reaching areas that i have not gotten the quest to visit, but if that is the case why LET ME IN THE DOOR?! If i could i would give this a medium rating yet the game wants a good or bad rating so i will go good since in my eyes good is another form of average.
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2 of 2 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
0.2 hrs on record
Posted: 7 August
I don't know why my gameplay is only 0.2 hours. I played at least 40 hours. That is not the game's fault, but steam. I am done with 20% of the game and I just want to say that it is one of the best games I have played. The game is hella challeging in the beginning but once you start to understand how the game works it will run smoothly. For the people who have windows 7 or advanced you can get a certain mod to make it playable. I bought the game for $10 but a day after the game was on sale for $5. However every dollar is worth it, and I would feel bad buying this game for only $5.
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2 of 2 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
29.9 hrs on record
Posted: 13 August
Its a great game if ur playing on anything above windows 7 u need to get windows game client for it to work. Its a great game lots to do on it.
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3 of 4 people (75%) found this review helpful
Not Recommended
5.8 hrs on record
Posted: 18 August
Product received for free
Poorly optimized, Almost unplayable on Win10, amazing game.

Almost every one of these negative reviews are from people who love this game, and want to see it fixed.

Remaster please? It'd make up for Fallout 4 for sure...
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
1.6 hrs on record
Posted: 13 August
Its a fantastic game!!..however, If you own a MAC or a WINDOWS 8.1 (and other various windows) Your gonna have a bad time. The game for some reason hates opening even when I tried it on everything, you have to go into the CODING to even have a chance to fix the constant crashing its ridiculous! The game is really good however (I played the first half on a playstation and loved it) But please be careful buying this, check all requirements and explore the web before doing so.
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