Well it is the glittering gem of hatred dredged from the bowels of the internet by the chain of the damned. Anyways, main issue I had with fallout 3 is its weak story, which, in itself has its merits, but is built upon poorly. Since every major settlement in the game has its own water purification system. The first two games focused on saving mankind, the third installment... uh... your gonna quench some guys thirst... not so epic there. If it has been a massive project to say... purify the entire atlantic ocean on the other hand...
Though this is overshadowed by the boarderline horrifyingly buggy Gamebryo engine in which the game is played. Honestly, the number of freezes and CTD's alone is enough to say "Yeah, this engine didnt have a beta test." The console versions arent much better, since you have to yank out the damn power cord have the time it freezes. Due to poor scripiting for example, weapons can only have an effect on critical, or an effect on death critical. Thats why laser and plasma weapons only have the goo and ash effects, unlike most other weapons that have things like "Throw the fucker on his back." effect. The fact the damn vats, the touted system to appease the old fans is broken doesnt help. Hits often don't register, and it makes the game stupidly easy.
I don't hate fallout 3 by any means, though I play with it massively and heavily modded, most of the models in the game being replaced by newer high qaulity ones. I have yet to find any quest mods, besides say cube, that are any good. Most of them being, oh, go this way and open this box, deeedeedeee heres fourteenthousand experiance and a gun that kills everything in one shot. And to damn it, all i need to say, is not only is there an animated prostitution(sex mod) there is in fact a sequel to it.
Also, since noone else has sead it, Shady sands is decended from inhabitants of vault 15. The geck contains a water purifier, a small fusion reactor, seeds, and all the information nessasary to survive in a post war world, including instructions on how to build structures out of an Adobe like material. The vault had people from many different cultures placed within it, its why aradesh has so much... flavour in his voice. The Khans were also from that vault, and implied they had mongolian herritage.