Poll: Elder Scrolls or Fallout?

[Fijiman]

Bah! I can't choose one over the other. They're both equally awesome in their own way.

 

[Mr.PlanetEater]

Fallout because I grew up with Fallout 2 and Tactics. However, TES has recently roped me in with Daggerfall and Morrowind. I sure loves me some Morrowind.

 

[Iyon]

Elder Scrolls

I love me some Elder Scrolls.

Fallout has a really cool atmosphere but...

I love me some Elder Scrolls. Even the combat. That's right.

 

[Jezzascmezza]

I really like both, but probably prefer the Elder Scrolls games more.
Mainly because I've always felt as though they have a bit more content in them in regards to side quests and misc objectives. Plus the depressing wasteland settings of the Fallout games can get to me after a while.

 

[Yabu]

TES. Ever since I played daggerfall as a teenager I was hooked.

 

[eimatshya]

Well, I haven't played every entry for each series, but out of the ones I have played (Daggerfall, Redguard, Morrowind, and Oblivion vs. Fallouts 1-3 and NV), I prefer the Fallout series overall. I played epic amounts of Daggerfall when I was a kid, but I've never been able to get into Morrowind or Oblivion. They just feel flat and lifeless, and I can never get immersed. It never feels like anything I do matters.

In contrast, in the Fallout games, the world feels much more vibrant and dynamic. I can believe that this is a real place where people could and do actually live. It feels like I am legitimately part of its fantasy world, rather than just playing with some action figures against thematically appropriate backdrops (as I tend to with Morrowind and Oblivion).

As such, the Fallout series wins for me due to the greater sense of immersion.

 

[Pebkio]

Gotta go with Elder Scrolls for the magic. And the only Fallout game I've liked is Fallout 3. But I like Fallout 3 more than any of the Elder Scrolls games... just... not more than them combined.

 

[Berithil]

Gotta go with Fallout too. The series as a whole is more interesting and unique than The Elder Scrolls. TES seems at times like a generic fantasy RPG.

Dont get me wrong, the Elder Scrolls games are fun. I just prefer Fallout overall

 

[sXeth]

-want to be a sneaky backstabber? do it
-want to be a one handed warrior? do it
-want to be a two handed beserker? do it
-want to pwn people from afar with bows? do it
-want to use magic to blast people to ash? do it

I'd say Skyrim was incredibly weighted to be played by a melee character.
Mage - Well, the fact almost any Mage guide starts out "Make 100% spell cost reducing gear" points out the obvious issue. You either use that trick, or get drowned by encounters that you lack the mana to handle with (or do inanely silly kiting tricks)

Thief : Play Dishonored (A generally similar game). Now go play a thief in Skyrim. Skyrim rarely (mostly on the thief guild missions) bothers to leave any sort of stealth paths in dungeons, leaving you with a ludicrous suspension of disbelief as to how your skill is working. Assorted pre-scripted detection encounters throw even that out the window. (I tried a thief challenge run upgrading only Stamina, and the results were not pretty when bosses that auto-detected you one-shot kill)


Tangent aside. I'd give it to Fallout. Not as expansive, but its more consistent and cohesive. Its alternate playstyles tend to work better as well, and the fact that some choices exclude other options adds to replayability.

 

[SajuukKhar]

Tangent aside. I'd give it to Fallout. Not as expansive, but its more consistent and cohesive. Its alternate playstyles tend to work better as well, and the fact that some choices exclude other options adds to replayability.

Well mages are entirely viable without 100% cost reduction, and your missing the point of thieves, but that's not really the point of the thread so I wont spam the thread with my explanation as to why.

But I have to ask, why is Fallout's FORCING you to be unable to do everything, better then Elder Scrolls letting you choose to be how good or bad in a skill as you want to be, better?

I have never understood why people want the game to force them to do something, or to be unable to do something, when the exact same results can be done simply by letting the player choose what they want.

I have heard complaints from people that being able to do every guild on one playthrough kills re-playability, and that you should be unable to join all the guilds to make re-playability better, and all I can say is, why did you join every guild on one guy?

Yeah you can do everything in Elder Scrolls, and be a super god who is great in all skills, but why would you chose to?

Every time I hear that all I can think of is that everyone is a power-gamer who doesn't actually RP anymore.

 

[Wolf Hagen]

Defenatly going with Fallout.

For me it started back in 1997 - 1998, when there where so damn many Fantasy games (And Diabolo, wich you can get tired off pretty fast after a month), that it was a nice breaktrou, cause it wasn't shooter No.: 128, had a good setting and a Story you wanted to follow.

And lets just say: they kept trhat Formula all the way... with a ten year break (Exept for Fallout Tactics, wich was just Jagged Alliance in Fallout and the Fallout game on PS2, none of the old lovers speak about.... for damn good reasons).

 

[neonsword13-ops]

Fallout.

Why? It's more interesting than the Elder Scrolls' generic fantasy setting.

Fallout has an inviting and depressive atmosphere that most games can't even hope to achieve. The weapons are a blast to use, there are more awesome and unique places to visit, the characters are quirky and have personality, it's just so good.

Plus, the music. Oh sweet lord, the MUSIC.


It so magnificent...

 

[RedDeadFred]

I prefer the Elder Scrolls. It's just more fun IMO. There's more ways you can roleplay and I find the lore to be more interesting. I also like the setting way more. Fallout is great but the depressing environment can really drain me after a while.

I do like the combat in the Fallout games way more though.

 

[lacktheknack]

TES, because of the Warp in the West.

Yep. I'm voting for something because it has a canon-shattering three days of pure WTFery in it.

Seems reasonable to me!

 

[Azahul]

Fallout. Absolutely Fallout. I find it so damned hard to care about anything in The Elder Scrolls games. I don't know why, but the characters are never anywhere near as engaging, the setting (excepting Morrowind) is just so much boring generic fantasy setting, and the average blasted townscape of the later Fallout games is so much more interesting visually speaking than another tract of forest or mountain.

I should add that out of the Elder Scrolls I've only played Morrowind, Oblivion, and just got Skyrim in the Steam sale this weekend, while I've played nearly every Fallout game ever made.

Also, what's with all the people saying stuff along the lines of "TES 'cos dragons"? That makes nearly no sense at all. Nearly every fantasy setting ever made has dragons, and most of them are a good deal more awesome than the ones in Skyrim. Unless done very well indeed, dragons are just boring, and I'm afraid Skyrim does not do them particularly well.

 

[Mortons4ck]

Morrowind has a special place in my heart, but I prefer the Fallout Series as a whole to TES series.

 

[ZZoMBiE13]

I can't remember a game where I felt more immersed in the experience than Fallout. Maybe it was growing up in the shadow of the cold war, but the imagery of DC in ruins was powerful to me in a way few games manage. The nuclear threat felt so real back then (the 80s) and Fallout tapped into that brilliantly. It's 50's aesthetic was a good choice because if it'd been done in 80s art deco it would almost have been TOO real.

Not to slight the Elder Scrolls series of course. They are fantastic games. Worth every bit of love people admonish upon them. Fallout (specifically 3) just resonates with me.

 

[feeback06]

I'm going to say The Elder Scrolls, even though I believe Fallout is better designed. When it comes down to it, I just love the lore and the world given to me by the Elder Scrolls.

 

[Arakasi]

Here's my quick analysis of both:
TES
-Beautiful worlds
-Fun combat
-Cool creatures

Fallout
-Amazing humor
-Great choice management
-Also cool creatures
-Well written and staisfying story
-Interesting weapons

 

[Pandabearparade]

That's like choosing between Marilyn Monroe and Scarlett Johansson, or pizza and tacos. Both, dammit!

...but Fallout if I am absolutely forced to choose. In Fallout you tend to have a lot more choices offered.