This is a change from the previous Fallout games, which featured zones that posed a huge risk to a low-level character if visited too early by the player. This keeps the difficulty of the game consistent, along with opening the majority of the game up to the player from the beginning.
Like Oblivion, enemies and items spawn relative to the player's current level. The game blends design elements and approaches from both the Fallout and Elder Scrolls franchises, resulting in fan debate about Fallout 3's legitimacy as a 'real' Fallout game. Although set in the same universe, Fallout 3 takes place in the Capital Wasteland in and around the Washington D.C. Developed and published by Bethesda Softworks, it was released on Octoon the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 the game takes place approximately thirty years after the events in Fallout 2. Fallout 3 is the third game in the Fallout series and the first to feature a first person perspective.
