Fallout 3 looks awesome on Xbox Series X
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- In this deep-dive video I look at how Fallout 3 - a 15 year old Xbox 360 game - now runs at 4K 60fps with high resolution textures on the Xbox Series X.
I'll show how this was achieved, how to ensure your Xbox is set up correctly to enjoy these improvements, and end with some comparison shots.
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0:00 Opening
0:24 Introduction
1:41 Xbox 360 original game
2:15 Improvement 1 - Backwards Compatibility
3:08 Disk vs GamePass
4:26 Improvement 2 - Enhanced patch
6:09 Enabling Enhanced patch on your console
7:02 Poor old Fallout New Vegas
7:44 Improvement 3 - FPS Boost
9:38 Improvements Summary & Other improved games
11:01 Fallout 3 on PC
12:04 Comparison Intro
12:35 Still shot comparisons
13:45 Video comparisons
15:45 Close-out and Thanks!
All Xbox One, One X and Series X video was captured using the Xbox's own video capture feature. Saved at 4K in SDR.
All Xbox 360 video and all videos used in the FPS comparison were captured at 1080p via a simple but effective USB video capture device. Saved on PC using OBS Studio as lossless files.
Video edited with Shotcut (which can do 4K exports), with intro and ending using ClipChamp (which can't).
Check out my channel @ramnexus to see my series of deep dive videos on Skyrim and other games. 
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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...
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.
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.
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
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!
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 :)
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 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
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.
Dude, this was a very impressive and informative video! I feel like playing this again.
Do it, do it, do it!! 👍
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 :)
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.
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
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.
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'm playing again now (2024) having not played for some years and it looks SO good!
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!
Thanks for sharing, learned something new today! FO3 was probably the first game I had for Xbox 360 and I loved it so much.
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!
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!
Fantastic video man, love the pacing, the narration
Subbed!
Awesome. Glad you liked it. Thanks for the sub!
Great video, I could see this channel blowing up soon 😎
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! 👍
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 :)
A really in depth video, thanks, I really enjoyed it 👍
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!
3 was my intro to the Fallout serious! Hooked instantly!
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!
Thanks for the video, you can tell put a lot of work into it.
Glad you liked it. Thanks for saying so 👍
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 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 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 👍
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
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 😀
Wait until you see FO3 with NVReloaded through Tales of Two Wastelands. Don't even need texture mods and it looks so good.
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!
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 need to look up my old games to see how they look. This makes me want to play fo3.
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!
Great video....Well put together.Cheers!
I'd love a full blown remaster of 3, or just higher poly and better geometry, and some modern lighting would be awesome
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
Great breakdown! Earned a sub.👍
Cheers! Thanks for saying so, and thanks for the sub.
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.
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 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
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!
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!
3 minutes in and I’m already liking this. The history of the improvements is fascinating!
Bought fallout 4 when it released, and it came with a download code for fallout 3. Played both ever since than.
Bigman this is an amazing video good job keep going and you going to make it
Cheers!
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
Played many a modded playthrough of 3/NV now i'm longing for this haha
What a fantastic video, subbed!
Thanks for saying so, and thanks heaps for the sub! Cheers!
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 didn’t know you could check to see if the game had an FPS boost on Xbox. Thanks !!!
Awesome video!
It's crazy how I'm just starting to play this game again. I missed so much
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.
Thanks for this informative video. How would I go about modding it? There used to be a 3rd party mod manager (nexus I think?) but I'm not sure if that's still the best way to go since that was years ago...
nexus is the only option really. id also use tales of 2 wastelands for new vegas (and new vegas mods) for a far better experience
Thanks for watching 👍 I use Nexus mod manager for F3, NV, Skyrim and a few others. Took me a while to really get familiar with it, but it does the job!
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.
Been playing the old 360 games on the series x , oblivion, fo3, fnv, crackdown & all the old cods. Man I love this console
Awesome video mate
Cheers for that.
I still play on PC at 4k and it looks great for such an old game.
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!
Great video. Thanks
I love playing it on cloud gaming! It looks so crisp and polished
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.
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!
Amazing Video.🙌
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
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!
One of my all time favorite games.
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
Great video I’ve only played fallout new vegas and 4 I’m gonna give 3 a go on the series x thank you
Great video brother great commentary love to see more🫡
Awesome. Thanks very much. More on the way!
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!
Good video mate!
No worries. Thanks for saying so. Cheers!
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
Excellent work!
Thank you! Cheers!
Now I need to go back to FO3 and have a look. :)
I haven't been able to get it to work... I can load it, but it won't let me save unless I log into a 360 profile, but when I try to 'get profile' or whatever, it errors out. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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.
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!
The 60fps boost on older games looks so good.
I agree. It really gives them new life. I love it!
This is some old school fallout youtube content.
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.
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 👍
Hey! you should make these kind of videos from TES: oblivion, Fallout4 etc
Love❤ from Estonia🇪🇪
Thanks. Yes I think Oblivion for sure. I took some screenshot comparisons for that game and the difference is huge! 👍
Are you doing a vid on the upcoming Fallout updates?
I think other channels will get videos out describing the improvements faster than I could so instead I am planning to look at the impact modding Fallout 4 has on frame-rate/frame-timing. I'm going to wait until the update drops before doing that analysis.
FYI: currently editing video on the impact modding has on Skyrim on PlayStation. Should be out in a week.
Cheers!
@@ramnexus Hell yea can't wait. I want a break down like what you said. Like how far can they push it!
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.
Outcast scrap glitch always gets me through.
You can still log in to the GFWL and get achievements. I did it for GTA IV.
Im glad someone noticed
I was thinking of getting this on pc but should I get the console version instead? I heard bad things about the pc port and I don’t wanna waste money on something that doesn’t work.
I have both versions. On Xbox it ”just works” and looks good. On PC it may just work or it may require some patches/mods. The good thing about the PC version though is that if you have time and interest it can look excellent if you set it up with the right mods. Depends on how much time you want to spend on setup.
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.
This is awesome- well done
Thanks for saying so. Cheers!
Great video
Great video 👍
Awesome. Thanks very much.