For the first couple hours, Fallout 3 keeps the player in the proverbial cave inside the claustrophobic halls of Vault 101, so that stepping out of the iconic Vault door to the Capital Wasteland truly turns the game on its head.

When Bethesda modernized the classic RPG series with Fallout 3, it was many players' first experience with the post-apocalyptic franchise, and a memorable step into the wasteland.