Pretty much all of Bethesda's games/dlc are buggy.
Not true.
Its buggy because Bethesda has the programming skills of a retarded monkey.
I disagree. You just gotta keep your computer in good shape. Update drivers, scan for viruses, watch for heat, etc etc. How else do you explain me not having much issues with Bethesda games and you being frustrated?
I got the fallout 3 goty edition, started playing it for like 10 days and it's been crashing on me like 20 times. I put in all kinds of "fixes" it's still buggy as hell. I'm running in a win 7 machine, maybe it wasn't designed for win 7 but still they should at least make the effort to cut down on the crashes esp. that FO3 new vegas is also using the same exact engine.
sorry just felt like vent some frustration.
No.. No.. No... Don't be mad at the game or the devs. They are not at fault here.
Fallout 3 is not buggy at all. It's just you and a few others like you. I played Fallout 3 a week after release date and it maybe crashed only a few times in several months. There was never any serious bugs I can think of.. nothing that could prevent me from playing and enjoying the game. I beat the whole thing, plus every single expansion THREE times over. Trust me, I would know.
So basically it's you/your computer. Buggy drivers? Cheap/incompatible hardware? Viruses? Poor maintenance on your part? Check everything you can.
New Vegas is another story... Yes I did have quite a few crashes, but no "bugs" short of something looking odd or out of place. But nothing that prevented me from finishing quests or playing.
Dead Money expansion is a complete nightmare though. Definitely feels like a somewhat rushed/unfinished product. There is a glitch that pretty much makes you start the WHOLE thing over again. There is simply no way around it. And when you restart you gotta pray that this time, the glitch doesn't trigger. The game would also crash for me every time when I obtained a certain perk, and I was about to start screaming or throw a tantrum, but this particular problem went away with patches.
PS: Fallout 3 is one of the very best games to ever grace the PC platform. I honestly put it high up there on a pedestal just below masterpieces like Planescape Torment, Baldur's Gate and the like. So to put it lightly, it angers me when people say anything bad about Fallout 3.