Sorry to be so ignorant. I'm tempted to get in on the sale on Steam, but I was just wondering how "Games for Windows" works? Do I need Vista? Is it just part of the game? Will I be able to sign in to my Gamertag?

Thanks for the help.

It's probably been patched, but for me it crashed a lot, insane loading times, my console commands were screwed up, at one point I had to uninstall and reinstall, and you should be able to sign into your gamertag.

Oh, and you can just use the console commands to get all your achievements. Mods are cool, but difficult to activate.

And considering Microsoft's atrocious GFW Marketplace getting the DLC packs to work will be a pain in the ass.

It works really well on PC for me, I didn't have any problems with crashing or anything.

I just bought it off Steam, i have 10 secs more of download, ill get back to you

Well the launch screen works fine and it says my hardware is capable of having ultra high quality, a good start

It all works perfectly for me, I imagine it'll need a pretty beefy computer to run well, though =)
http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/info/faq.html here's the requirements =)

Works fine for me too. On 'Very High' settings range and seems to be smooth. Did crash once in ten hours of playing, though (only had this for a few days). Got mine through Amazon (UK) for £12.99.

I've had it crash quite a few times (I'm a little over 5 hours in)... But I only paid $25 for it. And it runs pretty well on my PC.

Still love it to death.

*sigh* its been a few years now since I said stuff this I'm sick of the PC and went out and bought a Mac and a 360. 

steam with live for windows and such games work fine but the game them selves though is the problem fall out 3 has loads of glitches in the PC version.

Hi, all 
 
Just looking at getting the DLC for fallout 3 on disc as it cheaper in the UK than from games for windows.  Though when i look at Uk amazon it turns out that fallout 3 game of the year on pc is only £1.07 more than PC DLC on disc 11.96 per disc. The GOTY version has all the DLC in it. 
 
Why do they not release single pack on disc or more to my view release the DLC on steam?

Haven't played it for a while now, but right after release it crashed a lot for me.

The game played fine on my computer, not too many glitches or crashes. Although you need a fairly beefy computer to run it well.

I recently spent about 40 hours with Fallout 3 on my laptop, going through the main game, Broken Steel, and The Pitt. It ran great and didn't crash a single time. I was running v1.7.

How would if i buy the pc DLC on disc it work with the steam version i have bought.

and you don't need to get the expansions if you only want the pc Ach points. console commands will unlock them all.

GFWL has a pretty good interface, but can be a hassle to get it working.  Took me 3 days to get it to log me in on Street Fighter IV for the first time. 
 
It runs just fine on Fallout, and you probably won't ever even see it, seeing as a game like Fallout has little to no use for it, other than the DLC.

I played alot of this on PC and worked reletivaly fine. The game does'nt like to be alt-tabbed much, though.

Didn't use the games for windows at all, don't care about no gamerscore or whathaveyou...
 
But the game ran good once I upgraded it to the latest patch

If you like achievements then get it.

" It works really well on PC for me, I didn't have any problems with crashing or anything. "

" It's probably been patched, but for me it crashed a lot, insane loading times, my console commands were screwed up, at one point I had to uninstall and reinstall, and you should be able to sign into your gamertag. Oh, and you can just use the console commands to get all your achievements. Mods are cool, but difficult to activate.And considering Microsoft's atrocious GFW Marketplace getting the DLC packs to work will be a pain in the ass. "

I hope you have a decent video card. It runs well most of the time, however the framerates can dip lower at times. It's always over 30 frames to 60 frames for me and the graphics are way better than the console version.

Once Fallout 3 patch v1.5 was released, the game stopped regularly crashing on me and generally worked fine. From then on there was only the occasional crash, which didn't affect my overall game play much. The Broken Steel Expansion also worked fine. 

I just read this thread before seeing how long ago it was live. I had my hopes up for it being on sale and everything.

I heard some nightmare stories of it being a buggy mess on the PC. Took a risk, and bought the GotY edition. While it did crash, it was hardly the buggy mess people made it out to be.
 
I prefer any game with a shooter mechanic to be played on a PC, and having achievements via GfW LIVE is a fantastic perk. What I have noticed with my most recent titles (Bioshock 2, FO3) is friends reporting my achievements acquired through GfW LIVE turn out bugged when comparing achievements on XBox Live. Swapped/incorrect icons for achievements, incorrect scores.

8 months?! In my defence I have only recently discovered the Giant Bomb.
 
Fallout 3 started crashing regularly again once I started playing Point Lookout. The crashes got more and more frequent and so I just did the main set of missions and got out of there, back to the Washington wastes while I still could. It's probably something to do with my particular set-up disagreeing with the game.  
 

" I recently spent about 40 hours with Fallout 3 on my laptop, going through the main game, Broken Steel, and The Pitt. It ran great and didn't crash a single time. I was running v1.7. "

The game works fine, Bethesda has been a PC developer for awhile so it doesn't feel like a port of a console game.

I really enjoyed playing it on the PC. It did crash semi-regularly though, but usually it just crashed right after I started it, so no lost saves or anything. Oh, and the DLC was incredibly buggy when I played it. I think Operation Anchorage crashed like 8 times in the first half hour.

Yeah, the PC version wasn't too great for me, either. Weird stuttering issues and crashes. But I played it at launch, got bored of it and never touched it again, so those issues could be fixed by now.

Works great, there are also a lot of mods for fallout on the pc.

It has an AWFUL issue with HDR when using SLI. Depending on what's near the edge of the screen and what your FOV is set to, the more it will brighten and darken quickly and seemingly randomly enough to make you uncomfortable. You can choose to disable one of your cards (or chips if you use a dual chip card) resulting in reducing performance, or turn off HDR resulting in less color range (and the game is already pretty muted to begin with).
 
Not sure if ATI cards in crossfire also have this issue.