Poll: Fallout 1/2
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Fallout 3, because I've always loved the Elder Scrolls games. I liked the first two, especially their stories and settings, but the third one had a lot more simple enjoyment factor in just fighting despite V.A.T.S. It was fun to stealth kill a super mutant, or traipsing through a raider camp murdering them like a real bad ass while the radio played "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" on the Enclave Station. The first two Fallouts had really fun battles and you felt like you accomplished something by winning, but sometimes its just more fun to have a more action oriented fight.
I loved Fallout 3, but to be honest I have to go with Fallout 2. It just had a better story and unlike Fallout 1 or 3 it actually required you to play through most of the main story. Unlike in Fallout 1 where you could just head straight to the final boss's area as soon as the game began (although it would be suicide) or Fallout 3 where you could just head straight over to rescue your dad after leaving the vault.
I'm going to say Fallout (as in the first one, I refuse to say "Fallout '1'" *sarcastic air quotes around the "1"*). I don't know, the story seemed to make much more sense to me. Also I found Fallout 2 to be incredibly frustrating as I'd be attacked parties of like 10 raiders right from the get go when all I was armed with was a bloody spear. Fallout 3 was pretty good too, although the story seemed somewhat contrived. I did like the gameplay style of Fallout 3. A friend and I actually talked one time about how awesome it would be if Fallout & Fallout 2 had been done in a first person RPG style, and this was several years before they even announced Fallout 3.
Fallout 3. I play games for the gameplay far more than I do for the story or other stuff that isn't gameplay, and FO3's RPG/shooter hybrid was just flat-out more fun than the traditional turn-based PC RPG formula of the first two, enough so that the lackluster story never entered into the discussion with me.
I like Fallout 3 the best. It's my favourite game. Then again, I haven't actually played Fallout 1 or 2. I really should.
Fallout 1 is intensely immersive, and I appreciate the challenge. However, Fallout 3 is kind of a joyous romp in a post-apoch sand-box and is much easier to just jump into and start killing things.
I guess it depends on my mood.
1 for storytelling and gameplay, 3 for shooting shit up and pretty graphics.
Never really got into 2, going to have to give it another try soon.
I guess it depends on my mood.
1 for storytelling and gameplay, 3 for shooting shit up and pretty graphics.
Never really got into 2, going to have to give it another try soon.
2 was amazing, don't get me wrong, but 3 is just plain fun as fuck. I'm actually in the middle of playing it for a third time right now, and I'm the type of gamer who plays a game once then forgets about it and moves on. So for me to play it three times is special. Needless to say, I'm getting hyped for New Vegas.
I gotta go with Fallout 3, mainly because its the only fallout I've played... I just haven't gotten the time to get around the playing 1 and 2 yet 
First things first i refuse to recognize Fallout 3 as part of Fallout franchise, i treat it as unrelated different game that just happens to share a name and for unknown reason has 3 in the end, but hey, Metro 2033 was there too and i never played Metro 61
As for the actual Fallout games, original one was a best first step, while the second added so much more its hard for me to not love it as one of top cRPGs ever made. Also the speeches of Navarro Drill Sgt., Harold the Ghoul, Enclave Soldier, President...
As for the actual Fallout games, original one was a best first step, while the second added so much more its hard for me to not love it as one of top cRPGs ever made. Also the speeches of Navarro Drill Sgt., Harold the Ghoul, Enclave Soldier, President...
I enjoyed Fallout 3 more than the previous entries. That said, I think Fallout 2 is a better game in many respects. That may sound somewhat contradictory, but the key difference is that while Fallout 2 had a better story and a better role playing experience (in that you had more legitimate options when approaching a problem) the actual game was not a great deal of fun to play. I played the game and beat it a few times but I'd wager I've spent far less time in Fallout 2 than 3. Fallout 3 likely trumps all the previous fallout games including Tactics and that god awful previous-gen title Brotherhood of Steel.
I've only played FO1 and FO3, but of the two I perfer the third. FO1 is great but it's more like a flash game that I would have expected.
Fallout 1 by miles. I could never get myself immersed in the sequel, moslty because they ripped out the things I loved from the original.
Fallout 2 didn't have the same punch because I've already experienced those first encounters with ghouls, super mutants etc and Fallout 2 had never those amazing discoveries (except at the end). Then theres the fact your civilized grandfather build a tribe that worship him, the lack of BoS and while people scream about how amazingly atmospheric New Reno was, It can nor will ever beat the Glow. Never.
Fallout 2 didn't have the same punch because I've already experienced those first encounters with ghouls, super mutants etc and Fallout 2 had never those amazing discoveries (except at the end). Then theres the fact your civilized grandfather build a tribe that worship him, the lack of BoS and while people scream about how amazingly atmospheric New Reno was, It can nor will ever beat the Glow. Never.
I picked up Fallout 1 and 2, and gave them both a try. Fallout 1 really didn't seem to have nearly as much choice as people suggested. There might have been two or three situations i could have talked someone out of fighting, other than that it was max energy weapon skill and run around disentegrating crap in Power Armor.
Fallout 2, it took me a month and a half of on again off again playing to get past the horrible beginning. It seemed to have a little more in the way of choice, but not a whole lot. Again, max energy weapons, power armor, stuff goes poof.
Fallout 3. The only choices you can really make that leaves any lasting marks on the world are a Destroy Megaton and b Destroy the Citadel from Adams AFB in broken steel. Both Jerk moves(and one is completely retarded) but I'm ok with that. The rest is pretty linear. However I probably spent something along the lines of 300-500 hours playing Fallout 3, maybe 12 in Fallout 1, and 20 in Fallout 2. More to see, more to do, 3 is just an all around better game.
Edit: By linear, i mean it's going to happen whether you like it or not. Like you can either destroy Eden, or when you wake up in Broken Steel Liberty Prime did it for you. Nothing really leaves any marks outside the norm aside from the above stuff
Fallout 2, it took me a month and a half of on again off again playing to get past the horrible beginning. It seemed to have a little more in the way of choice, but not a whole lot. Again, max energy weapons, power armor, stuff goes poof.
Fallout 3. The only choices you can really make that leaves any lasting marks on the world are a
Destroy Megaton and b Destroy the Citadel from Adams AFB in broken steel. Both Jerk moves(and one is completely retarded) but I'm ok with that. The rest is pretty linear. However I probably spent something along the lines of 300-500 hours playing Fallout 3, maybe 12 in Fallout 1, and 20 in Fallout 2. More to see, more to do, 3 is just an all around better game.Edit: By linear, i mean it's going to happen whether you like it or not. Like you can either destroy Eden, or when you wake up in Broken Steel Liberty Prime did it for you. Nothing really leaves any marks outside the norm aside from the above stuff
I played Fallout 3 first, then played 1 and 2.
It's a tough decision, but Fallout 2 takes the cake by a nose. It was the best in my opinion because there was so much to do. Fallout 3 was great, but it just seemed a bit too empty at some points. Plus, Fallout 2 had the Porn Star trait(?) and Highwayman. (The only drivable car in any game.)
It's a tough decision, but Fallout 2 takes the cake by a nose. It was the best in my opinion because there was so much to do. Fallout 3 was great, but it just seemed a bit too empty at some points. Plus, Fallout 2 had the Porn Star trait(?) and Highwayman. (The only drivable car in any game.)