If Fallout 3 was previously installed on Steam, we suggest uninstalling and reinstalling the title. 'Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition has been updated and no longer installs Games for Windows Live dependencies. The patch notes are correspondingly brief. Related: Fallout Lore: The Tragic Story of the Survivalist, Randall Clark
Its sole purpose is to remove Microsoft's much-maligned Games for Windows Live from the apocalyptic adventure. It's a mere 5.4MB install but the update solves one of the sprawling RPG's greatest annoyances. That advantage has now been nullified.Ī seemingly arbitrary new patch for 2008's Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition takes the first Fallout to eschew isometric, turn-based combat to version 1.7.0.4. Whether Fallout 3 or Fallout New Vegas is the better game has been the subject of much debate but there's one clear advantage the PC version of the Obsidian-helmed post-apocalyptic RPG had over its predecessor - a complete lack of Games for Windows Live.
