Fallout 3 is one of those 'must owns'.
I didn't play it until it had been out for some time, and i kept hearing how amazing it was and a lot of my hard to please gamer friends were coming up to me telling me i must own this game. So i bought it and played it and i fell in love.
From the beginning, the game is incredibly interesting and unique. I thought the story was completely relevant and interesting. Right at the beginning, being born and choosing your gender and name, this game was setting the bar unthinkably high. Basically, the pepboy, the GOAT, the mutants, the cities, the fight style, and the quests make for a game that is unlike any other and will be copied off of for some time like games like Sims, Grand Theft Auto, and Need For Speed.
Fallout 3 took RPGs to a different level. It encompassed a realistic situation with realistic aspects and threw it all into an RPG. There's just those select few titles that gamers must play and experience, and this is one of them. That is all you need to know about this game, anything more would take away from the experience of playing the game and witnessing yourself.
Fallout 3 is a must play, must own. And an absolute must for any RPG gamer.