Poll: Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas

[Assassin Xaero]

I never had problems with New Vegas, but it wasn't really fun. The weapons were pretty bad and the only real thing in it that was better than 3 was weapon attachments. The crafting seemed rather pointless, the map was smaller, and the game was just bland. Fallout 3 was amazing. I've played through it multiple times and probably will again in the future.

 

[loc978]

I'm one of those anomaly people who actually encountered more bugs in Fallout 3 than in New Vegas... and I liked New Vegas' writing, setting (closer to Van Buren), and humor better. In short, I liked Fallout 3 well enough, but I consider New Vegas to be vastly superior... and a truer sequel to Fallout 2.

**edit**
Fallout 3 had a far better soundtrack, though.

 

[Tibs]

Fallout 3 by FAR. Fallout three just felt better, looked better, and played better. All IMO.

 

[King of Wei]

I'll wait til all the patches/DLC for New Vegas come out to make my final decision, but at the moment I'd have to say Fallout 3 for no other reason that the fact that it actually works. I absolutely love the hardcore mode in NV, and the .357 magnum, and the overall environment but I can hardly play it. So Fallout 3 for now, though I'll likely switch that when NV is finally accessible.

 

[natster43]

I liked New Vegas more. The characters were better in my opinion, especially the Partners. More, better weapons. The fact that other stats played a role in speech. I enjoyed traversing the Wasteland more in NV. And this is after a glitch fucked me over for Gannons quest, and the fact that they did not put a speech option with the new leader of the Brotherhood at the end to join the NCR. Though I did enjoy the ending and story a bit more in Fallout 3.

 

[Teh Jammah]

Fallout 2 or bust.

Quoted for truth sir, quoted for truth.

Of the two mentioned, New Vegas was buggy as hell, but had a much better story and felt more like the fallout games i grew up on than 3, so of the two it gets my vote

 

[MrGamer]

FNV for me.

 

[beema]

I love both of them, but I probably have to go with Fallout 3. The "amazing" improvements everyone was talking about in New Vegas I really didn't notice. It just felt like playing FO3 in a different setting.

 

[Vausch]

New Vegas. Once the patch fixed the issues I was having, it became enjoyable to no end, and on top of that it feels better written and I like the factions a lot more. Rather than just being all around evil it seems to make more sense that someone would attack you based on you wearing inmate armour rather than the karmatic glow around you only they can see.

 

[Daaaah Whoosh]

Vegas felt way too, well, wrong to me. After killing Caesar and his entire camp, I started to feel like a god. Then everyone started praying to me, and I felt like Bruce Almighty. I don't like being the bringer of life and death, I just like a game where I can pacify local miscreants, save a pretty girl, give her a sniper rifle, and dare anyone to attack my little homestead. Sure, Fallout 3 didn't have that either, but it made me feel more like one of the Lions instead of the Ruler Of The Wastes.

 

[replingham153]

So I've played through both of the recent Fallout games (sans DLC) and after playing New Vegas for a while I realized that I wasn't having as much fun as I had playing Fallout 3. True, New Vegas has a better story line and characters in my opinion but I found the Mojave Desert really boring compared to the Capital Wasteland. Also, even though they fixed a bunch of the problems that I had with Fallout 3 like adding true ironsights and weapon mods I always found the overall gameplay in Fallout 3 to be better. I talked to a few of my friends and some said that I was right and Fallout 3 was the better game and some said New Vegas was better so I was just wondering, what's you opinion?

I did not like either. They were boring just like Black Ops or Halo Reach. Club Penguin was a brilliant game though, wonderful graphics, really great story line. MUCH better that Fallout 3 or New Vegas.

 

[Watchmacallit]

How can anyone compare 3 to NV? I mean...The side quests, the characters. There was just so much more immersion...Yes, shit ending but it was a damn good game. You even get to grow up in the vault and watch as it all goes to hell.

 

[The Floating Nose]

I love them both BUT Fallout 3 is superior because it is less buggy than New Vegas. New Vegas was announced in2009 and 1 year later it was out you can't release a HUGE game like New Vegas in a year because it's going to be full of bugs. In fact, i still can't believe that this game passed the beta tests. When you fail a mission in Fallout 3 you have do quick load the game and do it again because every mission (even the side missions) are somewhat important. In Fallout: New Vegas however, if you choose a side (let's say....you choose to work for Mr.House) you do one mission for him and then you see 5 other side missions that you FAILED because you did Mr.House's missions. The game always has you by the balls it's like if it was saying "HO MY GOD YOU FAILED ALL THOSE MISSIONS YOU HAD NEVER HEARD OF !!!" It's like if you don't have a choice you HAVE to fail in this game and since when failing in something is considered a reward ??? Oh yeah, and the ending is a complete joke. Don't get me wrong it's still a good game and i had A LOT of fun doing it (even with the frequent crash, the loading that gets longer, the longer you play and the missions that you CAN'T complete because of a certain glitch it'sa still a very very very fun game but Fallout 3 wins because it was more polished. Also, a good point that New Vegas had was.....RAOUL ALFONSO TEJADA BEST. COMPANION. EVER. He was so funny but i didn't liked the fact that the companion couldn't die (i loved pushing Sharon off the top level of Rivet City in Fallout 3)...but New Vegas was really harder than Fallout 3 so Raoul would've died at least 150 times if he wasn't invincible.

 

[Silent Biohazard Solid]

I choose Fallout 3 over one simple reason. Atomsphere. New Vegas had better characters (especially companions) better storyline, and much, much better endings. But the whole reason why I got into Fallout in the first place was because I wanted a bleak, dark urban postapocalyptic experience. New Vegas is a lot more colorful, sunny and has an overall much lighter atmosphere. It's still good, but Fallout 3 is my "Postapocalyptic" fix.

 

[MosesH]

Gotta be Fallout 3. I liked New Vegas, I even got the LCE of it with the comic and deck of cards, but I hated that it was so bugged at the start. Add to that an "it's over" ending and DLC that shuts you out of the area after you finish I realized that Obsidian hadn't quite listened.

 

[Xealeon]

New Vegas PC Edition, because Mods are the main reason to get this game imo

I'm using the PC version of both and I will agree that NV gets the better share of mods and it is a lot easier to run said mods without crashing. I still prefer Fallout 3, though.

 

[Okysho]

Neither... I don't understand the popularity of this series... Fallout 3 was run of the mill, but it was bogged down by bethesda's usual glitchiness and bad narrative.

Vegas... similar... story, less so

 

[Merkavar]

i never had any major bug/glitch problems with either game. i felt that both of the games were pretty much the same.

new vegas hardcore mode could have been harder. you had to eat and drink but only like once a week or something.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

In Fallout: New Vegas however, if you choose a side (let's say....you choose to work for Mr.House) you do one mission for him and then you see 5 other side missions that you FAILED because you did Mr.House's missions.

The game has the other major factions tell you that if you continue working for Major Faction X they'll refuse to work with you. Yeah, bit dodgy that it just doesn't remove the quests but tells you that you failed them but life's hard, wear a hat.

 

[Zyphonee]

Definitely Fallout 3. Although the story in New Vegas IS superior, I still prefer the 3rd one. It has a better, more intricate atmosphere the DC ruins are just way better developed than the main landmark in New Vegas (The Strip). The sidequests are way more compelling, and the very atmosphere of the ambientation + story give a very interesting and stark representation of nuclear war. Additionally, the character components in New Vegas were too convulted, in between the glitches, legion system and karma, it was severely confusing; not to even mention how annoying the gunplay was.