History Awesome / Fallout3

** Or if he decides to skip over all the assault rifles dropped by raiders and instead pick up a [[DropTheHammer sledgehammer]].

* Sure, you ''could'' walk into Ravenrock fully armed and just shoot everybody, loot their corpses and whistle a jaunty tune the whole damned time. Or, you ''could'' blow the whole damned mountain to hell, killing every Enclave mook inside all at once, and get the freaking President himself to kill himself -- with your fucking ''words''. Yes, you can LogicBomb the freaking ''United States government'' to death.

* The hammy 'Adventures of Herbert "Daring" Dashwood' radio show. Particularly the one in which Argyle puts an end to the leader of the slaveers:

* There's something poetic about taking out Enclave soldiers, equipped with the highest level of technology, with jury-rigged Wasteland weapons like the Rock-It Launcher, the shiskebab, or the Nuka-Grenade. Imagine a soldier dragging himself back to Col. Autumn, having to explain that his squad just got annihilated by a can of soda and a high velocity teddy bear.

* Watching James punch out deathclaws with his ''bare hands''.

* Near the end of ''Broken Steel,'' you use the train in the Presidential Metro to get to Adams Air Force Base. After trekking through every subway system in the Capital Wasteland only to find out that the War did them in and rendered every train line unusable... and after using a ''handcart'' to travel to the Pitt... it's a refreshingly breathtaking moment from all the ruins you've seen everywhere in the wastes to have a [[RagnarokProofing fully functional train to ride in]] [[AfterTheEnd 200 years after an apocalyptic war]].
** A meta example that overlaps with SugarWiki/FunnyMoments, the Gamebryo game engine doesn't work well with vehicles, so how does the metro work behind the scenes? It's actually a giant ''hat'' worn by a NPC who just runs very fast. Hey, if it's stupid, and it works, then it's not really stupid.

* The first time you realize that [[MadeOfExplodium the various abandoned cars dotting the landscape have old reactors that are just a few bullets from going critical]], [[OhCrap it's probably because]] ''[[OhCrap you]]'' [[OhCrap just got caught in the blast]]. From then on, whenever you see [[TooDumbToLive a band of enemies clustered around an old bus or something]] as they shoot at you, it's hard to keep from cracking a smile as [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt you shoot]] ''[[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt past]]'' [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt them]] [[MadeOfExplodium until you see flames rising from the old rig...]]

--> '''Penelope Chase''': Don't try anything funny, zombie.
--> '''Argyle''': Why, Miss Chase, there isn't anything funny about... [[CallingYourAttacks THE EAGLE CLAW!]]
--> '''Penelope Chase''': Gaaaahhhh!
--> '''Herbert "Daring" Dashwood''': My God, Argyle! [[TakeOurWordForIt You ripped out her heart!]]

* At the end of the Broken Steel quest "Who Dares Wins", you get to [[spoiler:launch an orbital strike on the Enclave's airforce base!]] This is, of course, after you fight your way through the entire base full of Enclave troops. The most satisfying moment is when you realize just how royally screwed they are now after causing you and the wasteland so much trouble.

* If you get the Point Lookout DLC, you can get the quest to destroy the book in the Dunwich Building and you do so. After some FridgeBrilliance and a little thinking, it hits you. [[spoiler: You just destroyed the Necronomicon. You did what thousands of TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu investigators failed to do.]]

* Burke's an asshole, sure, but when Roy Phillips tries threatening him after [[spoiler:his successful clearing out of Tenpenny Towers,]] he threatens Burke with the same fate as everybody else... but Burke merely threatens him back, and Roy starts back-pedalling and offering to make him his NumberTwo.

* The Good Karma ending of "Tranquility Lane". [[spoiler:With a few console commands on Tranquility Lane's programming, you unleash a horde of Chinese soldiers, who proceed to give a MercyKill to everyone in the simulation... except, of course, Braun, [[AndIMustScream who gets to spend however long it takes the Vault's power to run out alone in an empty virtual world]]. [[LaserGuidedKarma He deserves no better.]]]]

* The fact that starting from this game onwards, ''no'' bad guy is a KarmaHoudini if you wish it not to be. You can simply walk up to anybody you feel would be better off dead, and putting a round into their skull yourself. For example: Roy Philips. [[spoiler: He kills everyone in Tenpenny tower about a week after his lot move in ForTheEvulz. And there is nothing barring the KarmaMeter (and only if you don't want to take this risk and PayEvilUntoEvil) stopping you from going [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge right into the tower and taking the sick fucker's head off in retribution. ]]]]