Just S-Ranked Fallout 3

It hasn't appeared on my Giant Bomb profile, guess it takes a little while, but man this was a task to do. That includes all 5 DLCs of course, and my final time was 160 hours to accomplish. I dunno if that is entirely "great," but it's a feat to get all the achievements for this massive beast of a game.
 
It's also my second game ever on the 360....yeah, I'm pretty late to this party, but I never really wanted a 360. With the release of the 360 Slim, I picked up a gently used Jasper 120 GB system for $100. So, I finally took the plunge and what a better way then to play "Fallout 3." This was truly a fantastic game. And now I'm really looking forward to "New Vegas" in October.
 
My first game was "Deadly Premonition," and I got almost all of the achievements, including all of the trading cards, but I just couldn't play through that game two more times, once is quite enough.
 
I'm on to "Limbo" now. Looks like a superb game.

It'll update in a few hours. 

god damn thats a commitment son! 
 
Kudos to you for working so hard.

I got over 1000 points before I got tired of it. Congrats, man.

That broken-ass game robbed me of being about to get back into that "tree-worshiping" place to finish the quest there.
 
Still pissed about that.

Oasis? What happened? Awwww....you didn't kill poor Harold did you???

Took me 172 hours (I had to replay the main story 3 times. Goddamned faulty hard drives) to S-Rank Fallout 3 and the DLC. It was a really weird feeling putting that game down for the final time. I went to all of the cities and bought a shit ton of food, then put it all in my duder's fridge in his house. I don't want him to go hungry you know 
 
 
In fact, I think I might go check up on him.

" Oasis? What happened? Awwww....you didn't kill poor Harold did you??? "

Well, since I just accomplished it, it does feel very strange. It's a superb game. But I'm definitely done with it now. I think I was "done" with it at Point Lookout, which is a shame, because I wasn't fully appreciating the landscapes and the "little details" anymore.
 
I pushed through Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta pretty fast in comparison to the rest of the game. I even took the Explorer perk in Point Lookout just to know where the locations were to grind that achievement. Again, a shame, because I do love the detailed touches to this game, the dialogue and the landscapes, you can tell the designers really cared about the atmosphere and making it feel like a real world.

" @INV2: Chu-rist thats a lot of Fallout. I can't imagine replaying it that many times. How many characters did you make? "

@jos1ah

" I recently S-ranked Fallout 3 too though my final game time was only at a little more than 50 hrs.  I ran into so many glitches (including corrupted save files!!), but it's still a great game. Dunno if I'll have the desire to tackle New Vegas since it looks so similar. "

Fallout 3 is probably my proudest S-rank. It took me well over 100 hours, but I am not sure exactly how long because I had over 400 save files and I would go back to one of those save files whenever I missed an achievement.

160 hours, I used to think I'd never invest that many hours into a video game.
 
Then I met Battlefield: Bad Company 2... I've invested almost 300 hours in it's multiplayer.  I think last I looked I was somewhere around 280-290 hours.

Wow. That's something I'll never do. 
 
As for me, I'm probably a little past 160 hours, and I've probably only visited a little over half of the towns, and still am far from completing the game. Not to mention that I still haven't even touched the DLC... Yeah, it's gonna take me a reeaaaallllllllllyyy long time.

Begs the question - what game would take the longest to S-Rank?

" god damn thats a commitment son!  Kudos to you for working so hard. "

congrats man, i just downloaded the pitt and about to start the it right about now.

" Begs the question - what game would take the longest to S-Rank? "

Damn man thats something to be proud of, I loved fallout 3 but I really don't think I could've put so many hours into it to get an S rank. Cod or Halo always calls   >.>

" Took me 172 hours (I had to replay the main story 3 times. Goddamned faulty hard drives) to S-Rank Fallout 3 and the DLC. It was a really weird feeling putting that game down for the final time. I went to all of the cities and bought a shit ton of food, then put it all in my duder's fridge in his house. I don't want him to go hungry you know   In fact, I think I might go check up on him. "

Good job!

Thanks for the kudos. The achievement did update on my Giant Bomb account, which is cool to see after the hard work.
 
...but for some reason I didn't trigger the "Game Within a Game" quest...I mean, the first part of that quest is just 1 S-Rank game finish right?

This is so weird, I actually just S ranked Fallout 3 myself, and it was only my 3rd S Rank. What a coincidence! 
 
Congrats Man! Good luck with your Limbo play throughs

" I recently S-ranked Fallout 3 too though my final game time was only at a little more than 50 hrs.  I ran into so many glitches (including corrupted save files!!), but it's still a great game. Dunno if I'll have the desire to tackle New Vegas since it looks so similar. "

i have 1300 from fallout 3, in just over 40 hours. i still need all the stupid bobbleheads, and ingots, and hack a bunch of terminals. it probably would only take a few more hours to do, but i cant bring myself to start a new campaign

I S Ranked Fallout 3 a few months ago, then foolishly and accidentally formatted my 360's harddrive without backing up the save file...it was a FML moment.

I mean this in all due respect but F all you guys with an S rank in Fallout 3. I could have had the rank if it wasn't for that fucking bobble head in the area that blows up near the end and you have no access afterward. I didn't realize until i was done with the story and collecting some of the achievements. Really pissed me off.
 
BTW to the OP, im right there with you at 160hrs for the entire play through. Great game, horrible ending.

How'd you deal with the Karma-based achievements? Save states or did you replay through?

Damn, I'm on my 3rd playthrough now and I still don't have it haha.

I actually just S-ranked Fallout 3 as well. Took me about 60 hours of gametime. I unfortuntely had to create a second play through because I missed a level achievement.