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Big Bethsoft fan
I've been playing Bethesda games since Elder Scrolls: Arena. I played Skynet, Redguard, Battlespire, and the entire Elder scrolls series. I've loved them all. I love this game (I think much of the vulgarity is high school kid level and gratuitous, BUT I can't say I wasn't forewarned: I just think my definition of "adult entertainment" may vary from the mainstream). Issue: I bought the collector's edition October 30th and couldn't get it running until mid November. Now that it IS running, it's gorgeous, fun, addictive, immersive. I felt mistreated by Bethsoft support, though. They always apologized for my woes, but I called several times, long distance, and went through the same litany each time as to why the game would freeze two seconds into play. (I have a more than adequate system.) One techie actually told me the problem was my NVIDIA card (GTX8800), although the manual says the game was designed and tested on NVIDIA cards. I finally got relief by going to SECUROM, on my own, and running their alternate .exe file. The games runs very well at high specs now, but still freezes from time to time. A reboot fixes the problem.

Bottom line? (1) Kudos for a job well done. (2) A personal install disaster for me.

Crash Time
This game has alot of potential. It is astounding that a company uses SecuRom at all. It messes with your computer, crashes good programs that had nothing wrong with them before, screws the good guys that pay for it when the pirates are still hacking it anyway, and limits the amount of installations. I was unaware of SecuRom being on this game at all before I bought it. I think Bethesda should refund the money of those that were tricked to buy this game with a potentially dangerous rootkit embeded in it or create a patch and quick to remove this horrible program. Like I said, the game is excellent if I could play for more than 45 mins. at a time without a crash.

Great game
I did not play any of the previous Fallout games, but as a fan of the latest editions to the Elder Scrolls line eagerly awaited Fallout 3. I was not disappointed. Fallout 3 is simply a great game, one of the best to come out in a long time. The pitch is completely accurate; it features open-ended game play, intriguing side quests, and beautiful graphics. Although there is quite a bit of combat, this is genre appropriate and the VATS system alleviates the twitch-reflex element of first person shooters. I'm playing on a system that was high end two years ago and have had absolutely no crashes or glitches.

Great addition to the Fallout series
Fallout 3 is a great addition to the Fallout series and I hope the next one is made by Bethesda Softworks also. I've played all 3 previous Fallout games extensively and I think this title fits in nicely. Fallout Tactics was one of my all time favs and this game totally eclipsed it. Everything about it is fantastic. I've already beaten it twice and I expect I will again. As of 2008, I consider it the best game of all time - no joke... and I'm a veteran gamer.

So good it almost got me divorced...
I spent a lot of time playing this game. Think Morrowind in a post-apocalyptic Washington DC, and that's what this game is about. If you aren't a fan of long dialogues and storylines this may not be the game for you. If you like a nice mix of action, adventure, and role-playing this game should be on your short list. It's one of my top games of all time.