Fallout 3

Moved an isometric CRPG series into first-person open world, a widely copied revival pattern.

Released 2008 Developer Bethesda Game Studios Publisher Bethesda Softworks Platform Xbox 360 Genre Action RPG Era Digital storefronts & indie Website fallout.bethesda.net ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Fallout 3 inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Quest Journal ~~1998~~Seamless Streaming Open World ~~2001~~Player-Controlled Bullet Time ~~2001~~Consequential Branching Endgame ~~2003~~Downloadable Content ~~2006~~

The Fallout series in this dataset

1997

Fallout ~~1997~~

1998

Fallout 2 ~~1998~~

2008

Fallout 3 ~~this page~~

2010

Fallout: New Vegas ~~2010~~

2015

Fallout 4 ~~2015~~

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