The game was originally developed in 2008 and first released for PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. There you wander the wasteland, meeting a detachment of the Brotherhood of Steel, the remnants of the Enclave, an army of Super Mutants from a nearby Vault, the Galaxy News Radio station and its DJ Three Dog, and various other characters and locations. In Fallout 3, you play as the Lone Wanderer, formerly a Vault Dweller of Vault 101 who is forced to leave after their father leaves the Vault.
Fallout 3 is a critically acclaimed multiple-award winning action RPG video game, set in the post-apocalyptic ruins of Washington, DC as well as chunks of nearby Virginia and Maryland.