The only time I ever played in first person was when I wanted to pan the camera around and check out my dood. Other than that, I always explored the Wastes in 1st person.

If the third person view didn't suck I'd use it. But it does suck so yeah.

I find the game to be mostly unplayable in third-person.

" The game looks and feels so retarded in third person. Mainly because the animations in that game are shit"

The game can be viewed in third person. It can be played in first person.

" The game can be viewed in third person. It can be played in first person. "

" Personally I play mostly in 3rd person as I like to see my dude (atm I have a Richard Dawkins look - a - like scientist dude :D ) "

If you play Fallout 3 in 3rd person, you are yourself a  very bad person.

I'm a little bit of both. Whenever I get into some serious combat I'll switch to third person, but whenever i'm casually walking around in the wasteland or fighting off simple enemies i'll go into third person. I believe it makes the game a lot more interesting and I find the wasteland to be more believable and life-like in third person.

 
First person.
 
Always.

1st person. 3rd person is completely unplayable.

First person for everything. Third person occasionally whenever I walk around the wastelands or wanna check out my character.
 
Third person is more worthwhile if you wanna stare at your character, especially if its a chick.

I switched to first person during combat.

I'm going to have to change my answer. I said 3rd person, but since I started playing it again I have hardly used it.

I don't even think i have seen what my characters body looks like. Is it even a boy? 
 
I hate using 3rd person view, especially in Fallout 3. I used first person in Oblivion, i think I'll continue to use it in Fallout 3.

75% first person view, and 25% third person view 4 me...

 
Always 1st person.

I would like to play in third person, but it's just too hard to aim when you're not using VATS. :P

I play in first person, because the third-person view is incredibly broken and idiotic looking.

First person, its next to impossible to actually play the game in 3rd person. 

3rd person view is retarded, your character moves all weird and feels strange to control, I think it was meant for first person.

" I play in first-person. Because I'd rather not see the gameworld scroll under my character's feet like some kind of post-apocalyptic treadmill.  "

Well like I said before try zooming it in a bit more on third person and you won't experience this. "
 
You are correct sir.  Playing in RE4/RE5 over the should cam is the correct way to play this game.  Everyone else is just playing it wrong.  Just zoom in until you are waist-up or at least have the feet out of frame.
 
I personally don't like playing any game in first person, unless if its Half Life 2. 

FPS, third person was unplayable for me.

1st person mode, 3rd person is not great in fallout for me.

" @Suicrat said:

" The game looks and feels so retarded in third person.

I don't agree. If you zoom the camera pretty close to your character and have an over the shoulder view like in Resi 4 the game looks really sweet and better in 3rd person IMO. "

3rd person mode is broken as fuck

I never found a practical use for third-person view in Fallout (or Morrowind or Oblivion, either), except to see how I looked in the armor I took off that Talon Company merc's corpse.

First person. I only use 3rd person to take screenshots. Considering how terrible the camera angle is in 3rd person for doing anything besides taking pictures and how awful your animations are for various actions, it's pretty obvious that the game was made for first person.

" @Suicrat said:

" The game looks and feels so retarded in third person.

I don't agree. If you zoom the camera pretty close to your character and have an over the shoulder view like in Resi 4 the game looks really sweet and better in 3rd person IMO. "

Yeah not too sure how you could play any of the game in the 3rd person. It looks weird

The character animates too weird to play it in 3rd person. I'll stick with 1st, just so I can't see how awkward it is.

First person mostly, although I'll switch to 3rd person when I want a laugh.  

The aiming is slightly off center in 3rd person. You're never shooting precisely where the reticule is, which is fucking maddening.

I agree. I played in third person over the shoulder view and loved it. Overall, it didn't make a difference later on since I would just play in VATS mode over 1st or 3rd person anyway.

The majority voted 1st person... That's a shame. Makes me wonder why they even bother with developing  female characters with nice asses in the first place.

I'm kinda surprised anyone plays in 3rd person.

I'll go third person when i'm in a pitch black room with ghouls