Fallout 3

Fallout 3 is a buggy, flawed, and somewhat mediocrely written installment to the series, but is an inherent masterpiece and turning point for the Fallout games regardless. Fallout 3 is the first fallout game to dip its toes into FPS gameplay that hybridizes with roleplaying and immersive storytelling, creating proper environments that are not pixelated or overhead (unlike previous installments such as Fallout 1, 2, Tactics, and BOS), and expanding upon the numerous factions across the wastes, most notably the Brotherhood of Steel and the Enclave. The ingeniousness of these new concepts, mixed with the excellent choice of factions and independent states lead to a very well-rounded, enjoyable experience that most Fallout fans can enjoy freely and without a terrible amount of worry or concern. The guns are enjoyable to use (if you are having issues with aiming and handling, **PLEASE** invest into repair and fix your guns...) and quite intuitive and fresh for the series, the people/wastelanders feel authentic and unique to their environment, and your actions feel as if they have a genuine impact upon the wastes (I.E, ending, companions that you can recruit, general interactions with NPCs, the comments they make towards you, etc etc). The game definitely is not without its flaws, though. Some points of the story (the main quest line) can vary from feeling incredibly rushed and mindbreakingly slow, the sidequests quests suffer from a lack of ingenuity and feel somewhat copy and paste, some of the more minor groups and factions could've definitely been written better and improved upon (I.E, the Republic of Dave, one of my personal favorites and quite unique, and the Chinese Remnants located in D.C), and, most importantly, the sheer amount of crashes that you will indubitably encounter. With all that being said though, if you are able to get over the issues that Fallout 3 has, and appreciate it from the point of view of the concept being incredibly fresh and new for its time, then you will definitely be able to have a great time with this installment.