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Microsoft released its new Xbox One dashboard this week, bringing with it the full public release of its remarkable Xbox 360 backward compatibility feature. An initial 104 titles are available, including Bethesda's Fallout 3, which is also given away free with the Xbox One version of its sequel [Update: Note - this is a pre-order bonus and the code expires 90 days after Fallout 4's launch]. Once the current release mania has died down a little, we'll be taking a deeper look into the Xbox One backward compatibility feature, but we couldn't resist looking at Fallout 3 ahead of time - and first impressions are favourable.To date, backward compatibility has been a bit of a mixed bag - a handful of games actually run better than they do on original hardware, while others can see significant performance penalties or strange visual artefacts. Based on a couple of hours of play, Fallout 3 looks to be one of the more successful titles to transplant across to Xbox One. Visual quality is effectively identical compared with the original game, and overall performance feels very, very similar for most of the duration.
Indeed, based on the evidence of our playthrough, there's actually a fairly compelling argument that Fallout 3 could be one of those rare titles that produces an improved experience on Xbox One. We noted a number of instances of the Xbox 360 version stuttering as we traversed the wasteland and roamed the town of Megaton, while in like-for-like situations, the Xbox One game seemed unaffected.
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