Updated 19Nov2023: *Correction to my Correction* In this pinned message I previously had a "correction" to an error I thought I'd made. I had said Xbox Series S could not run the Xbox One X-Enhanced version of Fallout 3. However, it does. If a 360 game has an Xbox One X-enhanced mode then the Series S will run it in enhanced mode. However (and this was my confusion) it will not run the enhanced versions of any Xbox *One* games that have enhanced modes (such as Fallout 4). It will just run such games in "Xbox One S" mode. Sorry for any confusion. God, even this correction is confusing!! :) The fault is mine. It is the result of me not owning a Series S at the time and making assumptions plus some game sites misreporting and me not doing my due diligence and checking. Cheers... Ramnexus 👍
Though I don't own my series x anymore, I can absolutely vouch for this. When I first bought it I picked up new Vegas and fallout 3 cheap. Fallout 3 looked so smooth without a single pixle out of place plus 60 fps. Was a fantastic experience.
You're welcome. The improvements are impressive. One thing i am not sure of is the level of support Bethesda actually provided to ensure these improvements were implemented. As i mention in the video, i believe the actual game code was not touched, it was a wrapper made by MS. I do know MS had an internal team working on making all these backwards compat patches.
Yeah I really love the Xbox backwards compatibility. Games feel like whole Remasters! Even without a native 4K support, the Xbox always upscales the older games to 4K, making them somewhat more crisp then the native 720p output. A good modern TV will add its processing too for a great result. Then you have the 16 times anisotropic filter that is added to all BC games. The Series X/S truly shine as backwards compatible machines to preserve gems like Fallout 3 or Medal od Honor. Fallout 3 is just a prime example, because its one of the very few games that got a native 4K patch with 60FPS. Unfortunately New Vegas only got 60FPS.
Thanks for commenting. Yes, I agree with all. Even outputting and recording 360 footage of Fallout 3 at 1080p generated a noticeable improvement in graphics quality over its native 720p. Yes, i found the use of a newer TV (I have a 2022 LG GS) can crank up the graphics significantly too - though hard to capture for RUclips :)
I played fallout but just like Skyrim as well, not knowing it has a series X upgrade then coming back to the game randomly was a nice surprise.. It's so wild how much of a difference just PERFORMANCE can make on a video game to me.
That's a good question; if you could have *either* performance *or* improved graphics, which would it be? Depends on the game i guess. I'll look at this in the upcoming Fallout NV video, which did not get the graphics improvement.
@@ramnexus true, I think for the most part many people might not even think of PERFORMANCE until they see just how smoothly a game can run under different settings and with different tech. I used to be all about graphics until I experienced some games without Shadows on, or just wanted my gameplay to be way less stuttery (looking at you DayZ on Xbox)
This is a fantastic video and I applaud the great effort into covering all relevant information with footage to match. I'm really looking forward to watching your coverage of TES V: Skyrim 👏
Thank you very much for that feedback. Comments like yours are much more motivating than the number of views! Rest assured research on the Skyrim idiosyncrasies video has begun!
Good video, I owned the Xbox 360 E and One X, had Fallout 3 installed on both consoles but never knew about the Performance/Graphics toggle setting in the menu options. I noticed that Fallout 3 did run smoother on the One X because it was set to Performance mode by default, but I always preferred to play it on the 360, primarily for nostalgia purposes and to remind me of the good old days when consoles and games were great. 😊
I agree. There’s something about getting out my old 360 or PS3 and spending good time with a good game that I used to play a lot. Even if I know there’s an updated version out there. 👍
@@ramnexus Yeah, like you I enjoyed playing the old games on their intended consoles, you don't quite get that same nostalgic feeling running them on their modern counterparts, especially when they are digital backwards compatible copies, and you are only using the game disc to let Microsoft or Sony know that you have a physical copy and to initialise a digital download of it. A time will come when all these old gaming consoles like the Xbox 360 and PS3 etc will be very hard to get hold of and the secondhand prices of them will rise up considerably, making them sought after collector's items. There are probably more secondhand copies of physical games out there than actual consoles, so prices of Xbox 360 and PS3 games etc will remain very cheap for a good while to come. Secondhand Xbox 360 consoles are dead cheap to buy now, but I would avoid the original white PHAT models as they were prone to overheating, Red Ring of Death and disc tray issues; opt for the Slim or E models instead that are in good working condition and cosmetically appear to be looked after well.
Awesome! Glad it was helpful. A bunch of commenters have recommended i look at Oblivion, so I will do that and/or Fallout New Vegas after finishing off the Skyrim video I'm editing.
One way to improve the visuals of Fallout 3 / New Vegas on PC is to force ambient occlusion through the video card control panel. It is subtle, but makes the visuals look a lot less flat.
Would rather use Tale of Two Wastelands with New Vegas Reloaded and all of the New Vegas stability mods. More performant than vanilla Fallout 3. And you get a more "native" implementation of ambient occlusion that does not bleed through UI. The more recent versions also got dynamic shadows, though they got some issues.
@@Max_Mustermann It is a quick fix for sure. Another quick fix is using reshade and MXAO. Oh also the Reshade helper mod. I think it's available for both Skyrim and New Vegas. It renders Reshade behind the UI. But that has another issue that is shared with driver level AO. The AO bleeds through fog and particle effects.
This hit my suggested videos, and I gave it a watch. Great job! Very informative, too. F3 is my favorite game ever, and I always start a playthrough on my birthday. 👽
Thank you for inspiring me to play Fallout 3 again after all the years. Now on my series x in 4K. Maybe New Vegas will also get some day some facelift ;-)
@@HeyKyle You guys are either drunk or too young to remember what Fallout 3 did for RPGs back in 2008. No wonder it got Game of the Year awards left and right. Sure, it has flaws but RDR2 and The Witcher 3 have flaws as well and they are masterpieces too.
I have it on both now lol I have PC but I’m so sick of having to take 3 hours to mod it to get it to work right and look great lol this way I can just turn it on and go. Plus I support fallout so win win and I got it on sale for 2 dollars lol
Oh wow. GREAT video. Coincidentally I just redownload on my series x like two days ago, and stumble upon this vid without even searching for it. Wish I could do more to thank you, but here have a sub and a like🤝🤝🤝
Thanks for the sub, you rock! That was great timing then. As an experiment try turning the Enhanced patch and FPS boost off - the difference will hurt your eyes!
I already knew about the Fallout 3 update on the series x but iv not played it yet. I'm more of an Elder Scrolls fan and the 60fps and 4k Oblivion and Skyrim games have been getting more play time from me. Great video tho 👍
It looks good on Series S too, I think both consoles run the game with the same render distance and detail the only difference being the Series S plays it at 1080p60 (or upscaled to 4k) and the Seires X plays it natively at 4k60. This is also because the Series S is slightly more powerful than the One X, its just the console is targeted more towards 1440p120 instead of 4k60.
Thanks for commenting. I agree, though after I made the video I learned that the Series S actually outputs Fallout 3 at 1440p @60fps which is very impressive. Same with Skyrim actually 👍
Wow there's so much packed into this for 16 minutes, well done! I never did get to finish F3 or New Vegas because I was playing the horribly broken PS3 versions. Hopefully I'll get to really enjoy them properly soon. Thanks for making it. Cheers!
I agree. It looks great on PC with not too much effort. For some reason I always have screen stuttering that drives me crazy, which is only fixed with a mod - its very odd.
@@ramnexus microstutter is unfortunately very common with Bethesda titles on PC. Even Skyrim had it. Thankfully the Tick Fix mod makes it run smooth as butter.
This was a great video man, you got a sub from me, small channels got to stick together, I love me some Fallout, and 3 is actually my favorite. It's crazy how the 360 and XB1 weren't that different, but the XBX made everything look so smooth and awesome, I've got to get me that system now, that is a crazy difference, thanks for uploading this, I am definitely going to check out your other content as well!
I hear ya! I just started a F4 replay on the weekend. It is supposed to get to 60fps but seems to maybe not get there. Might have a look at what TRDrop says.
They're single player games with no online functionality, therefore one should *always* pirate them instead, do not give corporations money for products that are old enough to drive a car in some countries!
I didn't even realize you had 150 subs. I thought I'd look and see maybe a few thousands at least. Great comparison video, though. I subbed either way. I didn't even know some of the tips about performance mode and being able to enable and disable the framerate boost
Cheers! Very nice of you to say, and thanks for the sub. It is strange how they called the old Xbox 360 mode "performance mode". I does provide improved performance for some other games I assume👍
I’ve tried the Mod Fallout Tale of Two Wastelands. It combines Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas Into one package. Level cap is also increased to Level 80. As well as adding all of 3 and New Vegas weapons and ammo types. I literally can’t play the 3 or New Vegas without the mod. It’s an amazing mod.
Interesting that Fallout 3 has improved alpha textures, they must have been added to the game when in development, but only able to actually "activate" with the better hardware of today. All in all, Fallout 3 on Series X is better than many remasters we see today, but for free! Better all around textures, maximum AF, 4K and 60Fps
Yes, I use F3 on XBSX as my go-to example of how good backwards compatibility can look. You make a good point. I must confess I had to look up what alpha textures are 😀but considering the original game code was not touched, and I can't imagine alpha textures can just be added in the emulation wrapper, there must have been data in the original game. Cheers!
I'd just like to thank you for being so nice with your comment. In many of my videos people give a drive-by "looks better on PC" comment, which doesn't add the the conversation, shows they didn't watch the video (since i usually compare to PC), and is a bit negative. But you made a good point in a positive way and I appreciate it. Cheers!
Thank you, that's very nice of you to say so! It seems a lot of people are doing "Fallout xbox" searches on YT and end up watching my Fallout 3 video, which is nice 😀
Just a slight error I think. From 5:10 to 6:08 any footage that says Xbox One X is actually the series S/X footage as it's running at 60fps Great comparison video however! Good to see my favourite Fallout (close with NV) getting some love ❤
What a great video. Super detailed, but very succinct. I haven’t played a Fallout game but I’ve heard so much about the franchise. I’ll be playing this when I pick my Series X console up next week. Fallout 4 looks great too! Thank you very much for your great work. 🙏🏻
Thanks heaps for such a nice comment. Seriously, it is feedback like yours which motivates me the most. Boy, to play Fallout 3 for the first time on a Series X! That would be so awesome. Enjoy!
@@rambo-cambo3581 One strengh of F4 is its story; all its sub-plots. But people won't see that unless they put the time in. I'm gonna try and fit in a F4 playthru before Starfield comes out!
When you said that you'd be taking a look at the different versions of Skyrim, my first thought was "What, all 15 of them? 🤔". That video will take a while then
Yes, you're right :) Partly because i don't have *all* versions but also because it takes a lot longer to make these videos than I initially thought! Having said that I still want to make videos of PSVR and Switch versions. One day!
@ramnexus Sounds good. If Bethesda spent as much time working on Elder Scrolls 6 as they do re-releasing Skyrim then it would've been out by now lol 😂😂😂
Oh I’ve not tried it yet is the upgrade now available I’m in the UK. I have purchased this game over 29 times are crossed 29 accounts, mainly PlayStation four and a few on Xbox. All accounts have been given away to children’s charities. But I finally bought the game for myself, but I haven’t started it yet.
I started playing Fallout 3 in 2009 but stopped playing it about 20 hours in. I got it on PC in 2015 and finally finished it all the way through and the DLC. But there are no achievements on PC 😢 This is one reason to play Fallout 3 on my Xbox Series X. I wanna get all the achievements because I love the artwork for them. They are so cool lol
thanks for the video, i have also noticed that playing fallout 3 on steam deck with the compatibility modules it has available make the game far more stable than on modern windows pc's
Thank you for the video. You are the man with passion. Beautiful times in 2009 with 360 and F3. Spent over 700 hours in wasteland and I finished game with 100 % achievements. Have to buy series X and try it. Sometimes I’m coming back to the wasteland hoping that I missed something or encounter new things. Fully loaded with the power armour. It will be nice to explore it on series x. Saves are compatible so there won’t be a problem to load last save.
Been thinking about this game since i rebuilt the Starlight Drive-In, check it out! I bought it for steam way back and it never ran, so i refunded it. I would love to play it like this. It's been ages man! This was my first FO like many. So much nostalgia!
@@ramnexus If you were able to get it to the login screen and you enter your info. If it is just taking forever to "load". Leave for awhile and come back. Mine literally took 20 minutes to go through. I haven't tried to for Fallout 3 so, I take your word for it.
This really showed me how gramerate is king and graphics quality isn't as important. I don't care about the textures, I care that it's seemless and feels "live"
This is the main reason I want a Xbox Series X. I hate that I can't do this on PS5. Not even the original game is available. I thought I read there are remasters coming. I hope so. I mean 3 and NV.
Yes, I hear you. I love my PS and do not have a console preference. However, it seems to me Sony wants to make money from backwards compatibility, which of course they can do as a company trying to make a profit. But their approach is in contrast MS who worked on the three patches I reviewed at their own cost and provided them for free.
Thanks for leaving a comment. I'm actually doing a Fallout NV playthru on my XBSX at the moment. NV didn't get an Xbox One X Enhanced patch to improve its graphics, which Fallout 3 did. But it did get the fps boost, which helps a lot.
@@ramnexusyou think there’s a reason for that? I know it takes time to make these enhancements so hopefully it will come eventually. Could also be that everyone would play fnv over fo3
Hey @@Extaun I never heard why NV didn't get an XB1X patch but I've read MS have stopped work on them now 😞Unless there's a proper remaster (doubtful) the one guaranteed way to improve NV graphics on console is a hardware solution like the Marseille mClassic. I captured some footage of it with 360 Skyrim recently. I'll try and put something together to show how it improves graphics soon 👍
It’s does look incredible. I actually recently ran through point lookout again and also spent some time hunting death claws with my Lincoln repeater. Fallout 3 > most modern games. I only wish they would add mods on console.
Thanks for commenting. Another commenter noted the difference between the Series S and X is 1440p vs 2160p. Unless i sit close to my TV i doubt I'd notice the difference in a dynamic scene. Cheers!
Fallout 4 is phenomenal, I used to really think I liked 3 but I tried replaying it and apparently I don't actually like the game that much. They really got 4 right. Mmm. Good. Games beautiful, and fun to play. Would have been pretty cool seeing more of fallout 4 before the nuclear devastation, the art design is very nice to see.
I have to agree. Fallout 4 is phenomenal. I might not have said that a year ago but last week I finally finished my 100% playthru of it on XBSX. I think that art style they use (fashions frozen in the 1950's) helps so much. There is so much more to it than I saw when i first played it on release - I used to just do the old 'run and gun' play style, and I missed so much. It ain't perfect (the NPC's could learn to pick up a broom every now and then!) but it was worth putting the hours in. Cheers!
Great video! Please do New Vegas or 4 next. It’s nice to go back and see how I originally first played these games to how I do now. We are actually so lucky to have this for console players and I’m sorry for any Sony fanboys who don’t feel this way.
Thanks! I agree, its interesting to see what we used to accept as "normal console gaming" compared to now. I'm gonna get these Skyrim videos out of my system and then take a look at FNV & maybe 4 (though i've not played that in quite a while!). Cheers.
Awesome! On an unrelated note, I wish they added backwards compatibility to the original Fable, which had really intricate graphic and art design. The game was essentially ruined by the Anniversary Edition, which changed the in-baked lighting system to a modern global illumination system to a disastrous effect, not to mention the misguided changes to the aspect ratio, UI and environments...
That’s interesting. You’ve got me curious about the two versions. Might have a look. I did finish the original and only dabbled with the anniversary edition.
Started playing FO3 on Series S and I noticed right away the graphics improvement and smoothness, I played it back on the PS3 and will never go back to that console
I started on PS3 and couldnt go back after the PC version PS3 froze too much going tbrough doors progress gone but I do like the fact the GOTY edition bluray has everything on it no online check in req
I had no idea F3 had graphical improvements on the xbox series X that's so cool if you never have played the game before and dont own a modern PC but I don;t think thats enough to play the game again after 15 years compared to PC mods, I still want to play the HD tale of 2 wastelands mod with realistic damage but man now Im a busy man lol
I do agree. The Xbox improvements over time are impressive and got me back into finishing it on Xbox, but it can look and play a lot better on PC... providing you're happy enough to put the time into modding it. If not then Xbox Series S/X versions is a good option imo.
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Updated 19Nov2023:
*Correction to my Correction*
In this pinned message I previously had a "correction" to an error I thought I'd made. I had said Xbox Series S could not run the Xbox One X-Enhanced version of Fallout 3. However, it does.
If a 360 game has an Xbox One X-enhanced mode then the Series S will run it in enhanced mode. However (and this was my confusion) it will not run the enhanced versions of any Xbox *One* games that have enhanced modes (such as Fallout 4). It will just run such games in "Xbox One S" mode.
Sorry for any confusion. God, even this correction is confusing!! :) The fault is mine. It is the result of me not owning a Series S at the time and making assumptions plus some game sites misreporting and me not doing my due diligence and checking.
Cheers... Ramnexus 👍
You should try PC...
I love playing Fallout 3 and New Vegas on my Series X. Smooth as butter.
30 fps
@@DepresjaToFikcja ?
@@jbayley6963 F3 is 30 fps
@@DepresjaToFikcja You need to go to manage game and add ons and then toggle FPS Boost on. Then it is 60fps
@@DepresjaToFikcjaIt is not 30fps lmao. It’s roughly at 60fps with 4k on. Looks great on my tv.
Though I don't own my series x anymore, I can absolutely vouch for this. When I first bought it I picked up new Vegas and fallout 3 cheap. Fallout 3 looked so smooth without a single pixle out of place plus 60 fps. Was a fantastic experience.
"My" gonna have to ditch that part my dude, gotta let it go.
@@EQOAnostalgiasigns they shouldn't have let it go, they're not over it yet 😅
@@EQOAnostalgia of all the things to cry over 😂. It's gone, don't you worry about that
How was New Vegas?
@@Pliznitz a tiny bit more pixelated. Still smooth. But honestly, fallout out 3 didn't have a pixel out of place.
This is crazy and thank you for showing how even old games can be inpacketed by hardware upgrades
You're welcome. The improvements are impressive. One thing i am not sure of is the level of support Bethesda actually provided to ensure these improvements were implemented. As i mention in the video, i believe the actual game code was not touched, it was a wrapper made by MS. I do know MS had an internal team working on making all these backwards compat patches.
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@@aleaalleeliterally nobody likes people like you..
Are you kids not being taught how to spell in school? Sheesh!
@@SS-yx5hm I misspelled one word you miscreant
I remember when I played fo3 on my series x for the first time, that fps increase and graphics upgrade does a lot
Agreed! If there’s any doubt turn fps boost off and graphics mode to ‘performance’. It’ll send you straight back to 2008 😁
Makes it look newish tbh
Yeah I really love the Xbox backwards compatibility. Games feel like whole Remasters! Even without a native 4K support, the Xbox always upscales the older games to 4K, making them somewhat more crisp then the native 720p output. A good modern TV will add its processing too for a great result. Then you have the 16 times anisotropic filter that is added to all BC games.
The Series X/S truly shine as backwards compatible machines to preserve gems like Fallout 3 or Medal od Honor.
Fallout 3 is just a prime example, because its one of the very few games that got a native 4K patch with 60FPS. Unfortunately New Vegas only got 60FPS.
Thanks for commenting. Yes, I agree with all. Even outputting and recording 360 footage of Fallout 3 at 1080p generated a noticeable improvement in graphics quality over its native 720p.
Yes, i found the use of a newer TV (I have a 2022 LG GS) can crank up the graphics significantly too - though hard to capture for RUclips :)
I played fallout but just like Skyrim as well, not knowing it has a series X upgrade then coming back to the game randomly was a nice surprise.. It's so wild how much of a difference just PERFORMANCE can make on a video game to me.
That's a good question; if you could have *either* performance *or* improved graphics, which would it be? Depends on the game i guess. I'll look at this in the upcoming Fallout NV video, which did not get the graphics improvement.
@@ramnexus true, I think for the most part many people might not even think of PERFORMANCE until they see just how smoothly a game can run under different settings and with different tech. I used to be all about graphics until I experienced some games without Shadows on, or just wanted my gameplay to be way less stuttery (looking at you DayZ on Xbox)
Just downloaded Skyrim to try so good to see it got a boost on series x
This is a fantastic video and I applaud the great effort into covering all relevant information with footage to match. I'm really looking forward to watching your coverage of TES V: Skyrim 👏
Thank you very much for that feedback. Comments like yours are much more motivating than the number of views! Rest assured research on the Skyrim idiosyncrasies video has begun!
Good video, I owned the Xbox 360 E and One X, had Fallout 3 installed on both consoles but never knew about the Performance/Graphics toggle setting in the menu options.
I noticed that Fallout 3 did run smoother on the One X because it was set to Performance mode by default, but I always preferred to play it on the 360, primarily for nostalgia purposes and to remind me of the good old days when consoles and games were great. 😊
I agree. There’s something about getting out my old 360 or PS3 and spending good time with a good game that I used to play a lot. Even if I know there’s an updated version out there. 👍
@@ramnexus Yeah, like you I enjoyed playing the old games on their intended consoles, you don't quite get that same nostalgic feeling running them on their modern counterparts, especially when they are digital backwards compatible copies, and you are only using the game disc to let Microsoft or Sony know that you have a physical copy and to initialise a digital download of it.
A time will come when all these old gaming consoles like the Xbox 360 and PS3 etc will be very hard to get hold of and the secondhand prices of them will rise up considerably, making them sought after collector's items.
There are probably more secondhand copies of physical games out there than actual consoles, so prices of Xbox 360 and PS3 games etc will remain very cheap for a good while to come.
Secondhand Xbox 360 consoles are dead cheap to buy now, but I would avoid the original white PHAT models as they were prone to overheating, Red Ring of Death and disc tray issues; opt for the Slim or E models instead that are in good working condition and cosmetically appear to be looked after well.
I played some hours on Xbox One but then I started playing on the Series X and it feels like a whole other game. 💚
Nice!
Really insightful, I had no idea how to check if the advanced features were turned on. Would be cool for you to cover other enchanced games.
Awesome! Glad it was helpful. A bunch of commenters have recommended i look at Oblivion, so I will do that and/or Fallout New Vegas after finishing off the Skyrim video I'm editing.
One way to improve the visuals of Fallout 3 / New Vegas on PC is to force ambient occlusion through the video card control panel. It is subtle, but makes the visuals look a lot less flat.
Cheers. I'll give it a go.
Would rather use Tale of Two Wastelands with New Vegas Reloaded and all of the New Vegas stability mods.
More performant than vanilla Fallout 3. And you get a more "native" implementation of ambient occlusion that does not bleed through UI. The more recent versions also got dynamic shadows, though they got some issues.
@@Ozzianman Thanks for the tip. The option I suggested was more of an quick an easy "fix".
@@Max_Mustermann It is a quick fix for sure. Another quick fix is using reshade and MXAO. Oh also the Reshade helper mod. I think it's available for both Skyrim and New Vegas. It renders Reshade behind the UI.
But that has another issue that is shared with driver level AO. The AO bleeds through fog and particle effects.
@@Ozzianman Thanks. I will look into it the next time I play New Vegas.
This hit my suggested videos, and I gave it a watch. Great job! Very informative, too. F3 is my favorite game ever, and I always start a playthrough on my birthday. 👽
Awesome! Glad you liked it. Fallout 3 rocks :)
Dude, this was a very impressive and informative video! I feel like playing this again.
Do it, do it, do it!! 👍
Thank you for inspiring me to play Fallout 3 again after all the years. Now on my series x in 4K.
Maybe New Vegas will also get some day some facelift ;-)
Thanks for commenting, and enjoy! Unfortunately, I think MS have stopped working on Enhanced patches for XB1X now. But a re-master would be nice :)
Fallout 3 is a masterpiece.
It’s not the REAL fallout 3, though. (IFYKYK)
It's alright
As a huge fan of Fallout 3, it is anything but a masterpiece.
@@HeyKylefor real. Love that game but it has a ton of flaws
@@HeyKyle You guys are either drunk or too young to remember what Fallout 3 did for RPGs back in 2008. No wonder it got Game of the Year awards left and right. Sure, it has flaws but RDR2 and The Witcher 3 have flaws as well and they are masterpieces too.
I have it on both now lol I have PC but I’m so sick of having to take 3 hours to mod it to get it to work right and look great lol this way I can just turn it on and go. Plus I support fallout so win win and I got it on sale for 2 dollars lol
Ive been playing this game and its pretty good. A lot of good old games I never got to play when I was younger.
Played Fo3 for the first time this year, it was amazing
Oh wow. GREAT video. Coincidentally I just redownload on my series x like two days ago, and stumble upon this vid without even searching for it. Wish I could do more to thank you, but here have a sub and a like🤝🤝🤝
Thanks for the sub, you rock! That was great timing then. As an experiment try turning the Enhanced patch and FPS boost off - the difference will hurt your eyes!
This video convinced me to go back and play Fallout 3 on XSX after finishing the show. Really wish we could get 4K60 for New Vegas too lol
I was just thinking about starting a new save game on Fallout 3 on my Series S. Now I definitely am lol.
Ah excellent. Good timing then. Enjoy the increased draw distance and FPS!
I already knew about the Fallout 3 update on the series x but iv not played it yet. I'm more of an Elder Scrolls fan and the 60fps and 4k Oblivion and Skyrim games have been getting more play time from me. Great video tho 👍
It looks good on Series S too, I think both consoles run the game with the same render distance and detail the only difference being the Series S plays it at 1080p60 (or upscaled to 4k) and the Seires X plays it natively at 4k60.
This is also because the Series S is slightly more powerful than the One X, its just the console is targeted more towards 1440p120 instead of 4k60.
Thanks for commenting. I agree, though after I made the video I learned that the Series S actually outputs Fallout 3 at 1440p @60fps which is very impressive. Same with Skyrim actually 👍
I play my S more than my PS5, still love both
Thank for all your hard work. All that Fallout 3 footage is making me want to go back to my
PS3 saved files that I converted to PC.
No worries. PS3 saves converted to PC? That sounds interesting. Didn't know about that. Thanks, I'll look in to it.
@@ramnexuslong as you got a hard drive with your profile and saves you can convert them in some third party apps for 360 I used horizon
Been playing it through TTW on pc and it feels like I’m a kid again in 2009
A few commenters have mentioned that mod. Gotta have a look! 👍
Wow there's so much packed into this for 16 minutes, well done! I never did get to finish F3 or New Vegas because I was playing the horribly broken PS3 versions. Hopefully I'll get to really enjoy them properly soon. Thanks for making it. Cheers!
The GOG version of Fallout 3 looks great and runs great for me. Plus, a couple small lighting mods and you are golden.
I agree. It looks great on PC with not too much effort. For some reason I always have screen stuttering that drives me crazy, which is only fixed with a mod - its very odd.
@@ramnexus microstutter is unfortunately very common with Bethesda titles on PC. Even Skyrim had it. Thankfully the Tick Fix mod makes it run smooth as butter.
I'm playing again now (2024) having not played for some years and it looks SO good!
Thanks for the video, you can tell put a lot of work into it.
Glad you liked it. Thanks for saying so 👍
This was a great video man, you got a sub from me, small channels got to stick together, I love me some Fallout, and 3 is actually my favorite. It's crazy how the 360 and XB1 weren't that different, but the XBX made everything look so smooth and awesome, I've got to get me that system now, that is a crazy difference, thanks for uploading this, I am definitely going to check out your other content as well!
Ah thanks very much for the comment and the sub. Both are good motivators for me as i work on the Skyrim video. Cheers!
@@ramnexus I will definitely check it out!
Wait until you see FO3 with NVReloaded through Tales of Two Wastelands. Don't even need texture mods and it looks so good.
3 was my intro to the Fallout serious! Hooked instantly!
Thanks for sharing, learned something new today! FO3 was probably the first game I had for Xbox 360 and I loved it so much.
I need to look up my old games to see how they look. This makes me want to play fo3.
i didn’t even know that fallout 4 had an FPS boost; guess im gonna have to do another play through.
I hear ya! I just started a F4 replay on the weekend. It is supposed to get to 60fps but seems to maybe not get there. Might have a look at what TRDrop says.
You can grab Fallout: 3 and New Vegas for $5 TOTAL rn, bc of the launch of the Amazon show, 6 days left ppl
They're single player games with no online functionality, therefore one should *always* pirate them instead, do not give corporations money for products that are old enough to drive a car in some countries!
I didn't even realize you had 150 subs. I thought I'd look and see maybe a few thousands at least. Great comparison video, though. I subbed either way. I didn't even know some of the tips about performance mode and being able to enable and disable the framerate boost
Cheers! Very nice of you to say, and thanks for the sub. It is strange how they called the old Xbox 360 mode "performance mode". I does provide improved performance for some other games I assume👍
This is some old school fallout youtube content.
Bought fallout 4 when it released, and it came with a download code for fallout 3. Played both ever since than.
I’ve tried the Mod Fallout Tale of Two Wastelands. It combines Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas
Into one package. Level cap is also increased to Level 80. As well as adding all of 3 and New Vegas weapons and ammo types. I literally can’t play the 3 or New Vegas without the mod.
It’s an amazing mod.
Yes, I’ve heard of it but not tried it yet. Good idea to use NV mechanics - makes so much sense. I’ll give it a go. Cheers!
Interesting that Fallout 3 has improved alpha textures, they must have been added to the game when in development, but only able to actually "activate" with the better hardware of today.
All in all, Fallout 3 on Series X is better than many remasters we see today, but for free! Better all around textures, maximum AF, 4K and 60Fps
Yes, I use F3 on XBSX as my go-to example of how good backwards compatibility can look.
You make a good point. I must confess I had to look up what alpha textures are 😀but considering the original game code was not touched, and I can't imagine alpha textures can just be added in the emulation wrapper, there must have been data in the original game. Cheers!
Looks even better on PC with mods. But still, it warms my heart to see Xbox 360 getting love, wonderful console.
I'd just like to thank you for being so nice with your comment. In many of my videos people give a drive-by "looks better on PC" comment, which doesn't add the the conversation, shows they didn't watch the video (since i usually compare to PC), and is a bit negative. But you made a good point in a positive way and I appreciate it. Cheers!
I wish PlayStation cared enough about BC. I know Bethesda is Xbox domain but it would be nice to play these games on ps5
I agree 👍
I'd love a full blown remaster of 3, or just higher poly and better geometry, and some modern lighting would be awesome
Thank you very much for this in-detail showcase. Time to revisit this gem!! Haven´t played in YEARS.
Cheers! I have been finishing Fallout 4 on Xbox. Though I found it to be a great game once i put the time in, I still prefer Fallout 3. It is a gem!
im liking your vid and i hope that your videos explode in popularity now thanks to the fallout show. cheers!
Thank you, that's very nice of you to say so! It seems a lot of people are doing "Fallout xbox" searches on YT and end up watching my Fallout 3 video, which is nice 😀
3 minutes in and I’m already liking this. The history of the improvements is fascinating!
Just a slight error I think. From 5:10 to 6:08 any footage that says Xbox One X is actually the series S/X footage as it's running at 60fps
Great comparison video however! Good to see my favourite Fallout (close with NV) getting some love ❤
I’ll take a look but I was quite strict on myself as to labelling and storage of footage from dif consoles. Note the uploaded video is all at 60fps.
The 60fps boost on older games looks so good.
I agree. It really gives them new life. I love it!
Hello ramnexus 15 years of eggcellenceXbox with backcompat is such an amazing perk
Agreed. Helps me justify holding on to my back-catalogue :)
@@ramnexus so many Games So little time
and a huge backlog
Fantastic video man, love the pacing, the narration
Subbed!
Awesome. Glad you liked it. Thanks for the sub!
I still play on PC at 4k and it looks great for such an old game.
What a great video. Super detailed, but very succinct. I haven’t played a Fallout game but I’ve heard so much about the franchise. I’ll be playing this when I pick my Series X console up next week. Fallout 4 looks great too! Thank you very much for your great work. 🙏🏻
Thanks heaps for such a nice comment. Seriously, it is feedback like yours which motivates me the most. Boy, to play Fallout 3 for the first time on a Series X! That would be so awesome. Enjoy!
@@ramnexus It's a pleasure. I loved the work you put into this video. Much deserved praise! Keep safe and well. ⭐️
Fallout 3 and New Vegas are legendary fallout 4 is ok
Fallout 4 gets way too much flak
I understand where it all comes from, but ultimately people are way too harsh on FO4
@@rambo-cambo3581 One strengh of F4 is its story; all its sub-plots. But people won't see that unless they put the time in. I'm gonna try and fit in a F4 playthru before Starfield comes out!
I didn’t know you could check to see if the game had an FPS boost on Xbox. Thanks !!!
When you said that you'd be taking a look at the different versions of Skyrim, my first thought was "What, all 15 of them? 🤔". That video will take a while then
Yes, you're right :) Partly because i don't have *all* versions but also because it takes a lot longer to make these videos than I initially thought! Having said that I still want to make videos of PSVR and Switch versions. One day!
@ramnexus Sounds good. If Bethesda spent as much time working on Elder Scrolls 6 as they do re-releasing Skyrim then it would've been out by now lol 😂😂😂
Oh I’ve not tried it yet is the upgrade now available I’m in the UK. I have purchased this game over 29 times are crossed 29 accounts, mainly PlayStation four and a few on Xbox. All accounts have been given away to children’s charities. But I finally bought the game for myself, but I haven’t started it yet.
Definitely do more videos examining other Xbox games as I really enjoy your content and have just subscribed to your channel.
Thanks you very much for subscribing! Currently working on a video for Fallout New Vegas. That'll likely be next. Cheers!
I started playing Fallout 3 in 2009 but stopped playing it about 20 hours in. I got it on PC in 2015 and finally finished it all the way through and the DLC. But there are no achievements on PC 😢
This is one reason to play Fallout 3 on my Xbox Series X. I wanna get all the achievements because I love the artwork for them. They are so cool lol
Good plan! That’s the same as me. The thing I like about achievement-hunting is sometimes you are forced to play in new ways… which is fun.
Last time I tried Oblivion it had the One X improvement, but not FPS Boost! I am so going to try that after I finish Fallout 4 with next gen!
thanks for the video, i have also noticed that playing fallout 3 on steam deck with the compatibility modules it has available make the game far more stable than on modern windows pc's
Great video, I could see this channel blowing up soon 😎
Yeah it looks exactly like Fallout 3 that I played 13 years ago on PC. 2560 x 1600, 4x AA ultra settings, brand new GTX 570. 2011 was a good year.
Thank you for the video. You are the man with passion.
Beautiful times in 2009 with 360 and F3. Spent over 700 hours in wasteland and I finished game with 100 % achievements. Have to buy series X and try it. Sometimes I’m coming back to the wasteland hoping that I missed something or encounter new things. Fully loaded with the power armour. It will be nice to explore it on series x. Saves are compatible so there won’t be a problem to load last save.
Yes, I finished F3 on the Series X. Occasionally I’d turn off the enhancements just to remind myself how much it has improved. HUGE improvement!
Just bumped into this video. Please upload more. also Subscribed
Thanks for the comment and for subscribing 👍 Uploading another video in the next day or two. Cheers!
@@ramnexus that's awesome will tune into that
Now I need to go back to FO3 and have a look. :)
Been thinking about this game since i rebuilt the Starlight Drive-In, check it out!
I bought it for steam way back and it never ran, so i refunded it. I would love to play it like this. It's been ages man! This was my first FO like many. So much nostalgia!
This is why the series x is such a great console
I have fonder memories of Fallout 3 than New Vegas. Love them both though.
Interested in seeing other games highlighted!
Thanks for commenting! I think I'm the same. I've certainly played more of F3. Though the writing in NV is second to none. Cheers.
Great breakdown! Earned a sub.👍
Cheers! Thanks for saying so, and thanks for the sub.
Been playing the old 360 games on the series x , oblivion, fo3, fnv, crackdown & all the old cods. Man I love this console
You can still log in to the GFWL and get achievements. I did it for GTA IV.
Yes, others have said the same. I tried a bunch of different ways but couldn’t get it to work for Fallout 3. Oh well! Cheers.
@@ramnexus If you were able to get it to the login screen and you enter your info. If it is just taking forever to "load". Leave for awhile and come back. Mine literally took 20 minutes to go through. I haven't tried to for Fallout 3 so, I take your word for it.
You did an excellent job with this video! It was very informative and entertaining. I liked and subscribed.
Thanks for saying so. Glad you liked it. Cheers!
It's crazy how I'm just starting to play this game again. I missed so much
My fallout 4 CAME with a copy of fallout 3 digitally so you can go back and play it. This was an awesome thing more games need to do
This really showed me how gramerate is king and graphics quality isn't as important. I don't care about the textures, I care that it's seemless and feels "live"
Good point. Unfortunately Bethesda have gone the other way with Starfield: Todd Howard stated yesterday that it will only run at 30fps on consoles 😞
This is the main reason I want a Xbox Series X. I hate that I can't do this on PS5. Not even the original game is available. I thought I read there are remasters coming. I hope so. I mean 3 and NV.
Yes, I hear you. I love my PS and do not have a console preference. However, it seems to me Sony wants to make money from backwards compatibility, which of course they can do as a company trying to make a profit. But their approach is in contrast MS who worked on the three patches I reviewed at their own cost and provided them for free.
One of my all time favorite games.
Yes it does, same as Fallout New Vegas looks awesome on Xbox Series X too.
Thanks for leaving a comment. I'm actually doing a Fallout NV playthru on my XBSX at the moment. NV didn't get an Xbox One X Enhanced patch to improve its graphics, which Fallout 3 did. But it did get the fps boost, which helps a lot.
@@ramnexusyou think there’s a reason for that? I know it takes time to make these enhancements so hopefully it will come eventually. Could also be that everyone would play fnv over fo3
Hey @@Extaun I never heard why NV didn't get an XB1X patch but I've read MS have stopped work on them now 😞Unless there's a proper remaster (doubtful) the one guaranteed way to improve NV graphics on console is a hardware solution like the Marseille mClassic. I captured some footage of it with 360 Skyrim recently. I'll try and put something together to show how it improves graphics soon 👍
@@ramnexus shame to hear progress has stopped, let’s pray either way. I’d be interested in seeing that video showcasing improvements!
Played many a modded playthrough of 3/NV now i'm longing for this haha
good games are out of time
Im glad someone noticed
Bought 3 and vegas to add to my physical collection.
Nice! I love my physical collection. Very happy to have found physical copies of the Fallout 3 DLC's.
It’s does look incredible. I actually recently ran through point lookout again and also spent some time hunting death claws with my Lincoln repeater. Fallout 3 > most modern games. I only wish they would add mods on console.
Don't wanna sound like a wimp but with the high res graphics and smooth animation of enemies on XBSX Point Lookout kinda give me the creeps now!! 🥴
They really need to remaster this game already..
How good would that be? Not a 'remake' - not sure i trust modern Bethesda - but a remaster of F3 and New Vegas would keep me happy for a long time! 😁
What a fantastic video, subbed!
Thanks for saying so, and thanks heaps for the sub! Cheers!
Completely agree yes it does look excellent on Xbox series. X Looks pretty good on the S as well. I have both consuls so I’ve tried it.
Thanks for commenting. Another commenter noted the difference between the Series S and X is 1440p vs 2160p. Unless i sit close to my TV i doubt I'd notice the difference in a dynamic scene. Cheers!
Wow, now it runs just as good as on GTX260 and first gen Core 2 Quad!
Exactly what i thought. It's still the same game that was before the patch
Fallout 4 is phenomenal, I used to really think I liked 3 but I tried replaying it and apparently I don't actually like the game that much. They really got 4 right. Mmm. Good. Games beautiful, and fun to play. Would have been pretty cool seeing more of fallout 4 before the nuclear devastation, the art design is very nice to see.
I have to agree. Fallout 4 is phenomenal. I might not have said that a year ago but last week I finally finished my 100% playthru of it on XBSX. I think that art style they use (fashions frozen in the 1950's) helps so much. There is so much more to it than I saw when i first played it on release - I used to just do the old 'run and gun' play style, and I missed so much. It ain't perfect (the NPC's could learn to pick up a broom every now and then!) but it was worth putting the hours in. Cheers!
Great video! Please do New Vegas or 4 next. It’s nice to go back and see how I originally first played these games to how I do now. We are actually so lucky to have this for console players and I’m sorry for any Sony fanboys who don’t feel this way.
Thanks! I agree, its interesting to see what we used to accept as "normal console gaming" compared to now.
I'm gonna get these Skyrim videos out of my system and then take a look at FNV & maybe 4 (though i've not played that in quite a while!). Cheers.
Great video I’ve only played fallout new vegas and 4 I’m gonna give 3 a go on the series x thank you
A really in depth video, thanks, I really enjoyed it 👍
Might have to start another playthrough, recently upgraded my one S to series X
Ah excellent. I find the frame rate improvement the Series X provides very noticeable.
Awesome video man! Makes me want to play fallout 3 now
Do it, do it, do it! 😁
@@ramnexus started it right after I commented this lol
Awesome! On an unrelated note, I wish they added backwards compatibility to the original Fable, which had really intricate graphic and art design. The game was essentially ruined by the Anniversary Edition, which changed the in-baked lighting system to a modern global illumination system to a disastrous effect, not to mention the misguided changes to the aspect ratio, UI and environments...
That’s interesting. You’ve got me curious about the two versions. Might have a look. I did finish the original and only dabbled with the anniversary edition.
Started playing FO3 on Series S and I noticed right away the graphics improvement and smoothness, I played it back on the PS3 and will never go back to that console
Yes, I agree! It was a chore for me to go back and play it on my 360 to make this video after finishing it on XBSX :)
I started on PS3 and couldnt go back after the PC version PS3 froze too much going tbrough doors progress gone but I do like the fact the GOTY edition bluray has everything on it no online check in req
Awesome video mate
Cheers for that.
Excellent work!
Thank you! Cheers!
I had no idea F3 had graphical improvements on the xbox series X that's so cool if you never have played the game before and dont own a modern PC but I don;t think thats enough to play the game again after 15 years compared to PC mods, I still want to play the HD tale of 2 wastelands mod with realistic damage but man now Im a busy man lol
I do agree. The Xbox improvements over time are impressive and got me back into finishing it on Xbox, but it can look and play a lot better on PC... providing you're happy enough to put the time into modding it. If not then Xbox Series S/X versions is a good option imo.
Outcast scrap glitch always gets me through.