Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game
Health and weapons
Health is diminished when damage is taken through combat, falling, and/or accidental self injury, and can be replenished by sleeping, using medical equipment, or eating food / drinking water. There are secondary health factors such as radiation poisoning and addiction to drugs, both of which can blur the player's vision and have a negative effect on SPECIAL attributes until a doctor is visited. Exploring the game's world is difficult as there is no medical equipment and little cover between settlements; therefore the player must take care in carrying useful equipment when travelling. Also, the damage system on both the player character and non-player characters is broken up into a general "health bar" and a specific, limb-based system. Damage to the general health results in death, while damage to a specific limb causes side-effects such as limping, loss of accuracy, etc. The two damage systems often overlap.
Another game mechanic is item degradation. The more weapons and armor are used and damaged in combat, the more they lose their effectiveness. Firearms slow their rate of fire, do less damage, jam during reloading and apparel becomes gradually less protective.[16] Items can be repaired for a price from special vendors, or if the player has two of the same item, one of the two can be salvaged to repair the other. The Repair skill must be at a certain level to repair an item beyond a certain level of degradation.
Players also have the option to create their own weaponry using various scavenged items found in the wasteland. These items can only be created at workbenches, and if the player also possesses the necessary schematics. These weapons include melee, ranged or explosive devices. There are 3 versions for each Schematic. Multiple copies will result in a better starting condition for the related weapon or, in the case of custom-built mines, multiple mines for the same materials. These Schematics are only found in certain locations, either on the ground, sold by some vendors or offered as quest rewards.[15]
Plot
[edit] Setting
Main article: Fallout (series)
Fallout 3 takes place in a post-apocalyptic, retro-futurist Washington D.C. and parts of Maryland and Virginia in the year 2277 after a world war over resources which ended in nuclear holocaust in 2077. The player character (who can be either male or female according to the player's choice) lives in Vault 101, a fallout shelter situated close to the ruins of Washington, D.C. The player character lives with his/her widowed father James (voiced by Liam Neeson)[20] until, one day, the player wakes up to find that his or her father has left the vault and ventured into the wasteland for unknown reasons. The Vault Overseer becomes suspicious and orders his men to kill the player, forcing him/her to go out into the Capital Wasteland where they must follow their father's footsteps.[21] Along the way, the player will encounter various factions, including the Brotherhood of Steel, a group of technology-coveting survivors from the American west coast; the Outcasts, a group of Brotherhood of Steel exiles; and the Enclave, the elitist and genocidal remnant of the U.S. government.[22]
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