Poll: Fallout 3 or New Vegas, what would you rather play?

[MiracleOfSound]

This, almost exactly. Plus, I was extremely, painfully disappointed with The Strip. I mean, Fallout 3 is set in D.C. and was full of recognizable landmarks, so I guess I wrongly assumed Vegas would be the same way. All we got was a mini version of the Hoover Dam, and some poorly fabricated casinos that bear little to no similarity to anything in Las Vegas. I get that this is "New" Vegas, but c'mon, that was pretty weak.

I agree. It felt empty and lifeless.

Add to that the way they split it into 3 parts and gave us no fast travel point inside it... why, Obsidian, why??

Seriously... Assassin's Creed Brotherhood has all of Rome rendered before us and you can't get one low resolution area to show off some pretty lights without having to be split into 3 areas making it feel small and underwhelming?

 

[WorldCritic]

Ok let me think.
Fallout 3 Pros: Massive world, a lot of quests, memorable characters, a somewhat interesting story.
Fallout 3 Cons: Way too much time spent in subway tunnels, Story has a few too many things taken from previous Fallout games, crap original ending unless you download Broken Steel.

Fallout New Vegas Pros: Massive world, a lot of quests, memorable characters, more options to choose from on how the rest of the game plays out than Fallout 3, Marcus from Fallout 2 shows up, there aren't any subway tunnels (or at least not many.)

Fallout New Vegas Cons: Too many glitches and crashes, loading times get painfully long if you play too long at a time, story is original but also mostly uninteresting, quest markers sometimes spawn in the wrong locations, some locations are so confusing that you'll find yourself occasionally backtracking without even realizing it, Caesar's Legion aren't that interesting as antagonists as the Enclave.

So for now I'm going to say I like Fallout 3 better, but I'm still exploring the world of New Vegas so I might change my mind.

 

[voetballeeuw]

New Vegas. It has plenty of quests, and interesting characters. It's a lot more sniper friendly, at least it feels that way. I've crept up a hill facing a legion camp, and killed off each one. I prefer the open range to a clustered city, sure I may miss some landmarks but the sniping is always great. Plus, I've got an antimaterial rifle, and it's just awesome.

 

[Valagetti]

Fallout 3 has a better setting. The Mojave still looks the same after a Nuclear explosion, unlike D.C. Less glitchs and freezing. Vegas doesn't offer anything new than to Fallout 3. Its pretty much an expansion pack for me.

 

[xXGeckoXx]

Fallout 3 - by far.

(the following is a rant I made elsewhere a while back)

I've been playing New Vegas a lot and now have 2 and a half playthroughs done, about 100 hours in total. After this short amount of time, I feel like I've seen everything the game has to offer. Most map markers are hugely disappointing, consisting of shacks with nothing but an empty bottle, a campfire on a hill, an airport terminal with nothing but two cases of caps and some radscorpions, a few caves with not a single piece of loot or backstory in them... it feels so empty compared to the Capital Wasteland which had something new, unique and interesting over every hill.

There are no huge, detailed interiors like Nuka Cola Plant, Capital Building, Red Racer Factory, Springvale Elementary, Roosevelt Academy, The museums of History and Tech, National Archives, LOB Industries, Hubris comics... this was my favorite part of fallout 3 and all we have in New Vegas are a few vaults, 4 Casinos, Repcomm and an empty sewer

And then there's the atmosphere... Fallout 3 was haunting, beautiful and soulful. Standing on a ruined flyover watching the sun set over the burnt out forests and ruined Washington monument was just sublime. Nothing in Vegas gave me that same feeling or immersed me in its atmosphere like f3 did at any given moment. Just sand, sand, red rocks and more sand.

Now I know why I always agree with you. You share the exact same view as me on Fallout 3 (and Fallout:New Vegas) and you save me time by writing your comments.

Yeah the atmosphere of Fallout 3 was incomparable to that of New Vegas. And it had multiple times the detail. There was no equivalent of Evergreen Mills or Fort Constantine in New Vegas. And those where side locations that where actually hard to find yet had more detail that most of the New Vegas buildings combined. Although I do give New Vegas credit for making snipers awesome. Seriously taking out enemies with one silenced shot to the head through a night vision scope while estimating the sway is a helluva lot of fun.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Fallout 3 by far. I got done with New Vegas and all I had to say was "Fallout 3 was better".

 

[SweetLiquidSnake]

Each had their strong points:
- FO3 had an authentic vault dweller/wasteland experience, had some quite terrifying moments (Dunwich Building) and just seemed bigger (120 hrs)
- New Vegas seemed less wasteland more just desert, seemed easier, and smaller (80 hrs) but it had essential companions.
I personally loved both.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

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Now I know why I always agree with you. You share the exact same view as me on Fallout 3 (and Fallout:New Vegas) and you save me time by writing your comments.

Yeah the atmosphere of Fallout 3 was incomparable to that of New Vegas. And it had multiple times the detail. There was no equivalent of Evergreen Mills or Fort Constantine in New Vegas. And those where side locations that where actually hard to find yet had more detail that most of the New Vegas buildings combined. Although I do give New Vegas credit for making snipers awesome. Seriously taking out enemies with one silenced shot to the head through a night vision scope while estimating the sway is a helluva lot of fun.

Glad you agree.

I've been attacked by members of this site (usually old school Fallout fans) for daring to suggest that F3 is the preferable game to play.

I played all the Fallout games and F3 was by far my fave. My favorite game of all time, in fact and I've been gaming since the mid 80s.

 

[squid5580]

I would rather play NV because I have already invested 200+ hours into Fallout 3 and seen pretty much everything the game has to offer. With that said I am struggling to get into NV. I hate the opening. I don't care about my character like I did with 3. And I really haven't been given any clear directions on what to do or why I am doing it other than revenge. And that is not good motivation.

I am digging hardcore mode though.

 

[Vausch]

New Vegas. The factions gave more endings, the following people were more competent and had some interesting side quests and overall I just liked it better. Granted I do wish they'd have fixed the ending bug that makes it so that no matter how much good you do for the Followers they still descend into hardship, but the new patch really fixed everything else I didn't like.

 

[Jedoro]

Now that it's been patched, New Vegas. I was pretty much sold on it when I got to run around with an upgraded Hunting Shotgun and the All-American.

 

[Doctor What]

I have to say that Fallout 3 is my preferred game of the two. Despite the fact that there is less to do in it, compared to NV, it just seems like there is. I just can't get into NV, and dammit. I've tried. I've played all kinds of character builds, and I just can't feel as immersed as I do in FO3.

 

[NeedAUserName]

Fallout 3 - by far.

(the following is a rant I made elsewhere a while back)

I've been playing New Vegas a lot and now have 2 and a half playthroughs done, about 100 hours in total. After this short amount of time, I feel like I've seen everything the game has to offer. Most map markers are hugely disappointing, consisting of shacks with nothing but an empty bottle, a campfire on a hill, an airport terminal with nothing but two cases of caps and some radscorpions, a few caves with not a single piece of loot or backstory in them... it feels so empty compared to the Capital Wasteland which had something new, unique and interesting over every hill.

There are no huge, detailed interiors like Nuka Cola Plant, Capital Building, Red Racer Factory, Springvale Elementary, Roosevelt Academy, The museums of History and Tech, National Archives, LOB Industries, Hubris comics... this was my favorite part of fallout 3 and all we have in New Vegas are a few vaults, 4 Casinos, Repcomm and an empty sewer

And then there's the atmosphere... Fallout 3 was haunting, beautiful and soulful. Standing on a ruined flyover watching the sun set over the burnt out forests and ruined Washington monument was just sublime. Nothing in Vegas gave me that same feeling or immersed me in its atmosphere like f3 did at any given moment. Just sand, sand, red rocks and more sand.

While I agree about New Vegas lack of big proper places to explore, I have to say I still prefer New Vegas. The sheer amount of quests necessitate multiple play-throughs, even just so that you can experience each of the end game outcomes.

 

[squid5580]

I would rather play NV because I have already invested 200+ hours into Fallout 3 and seen pretty much everything the game has to offer. With that said I am struggling to get into NV. I hate the opening. I don't care about my character like I did with 3. And I really haven't been given any clear directions on what to do or why I am doing it other than revenge. And that is not good motivation.

I am digging hardcore mode though.

You are giving yourself motivation, and you have to do the detective work. Role-play dog the bounty hunter and see if that helps.

It doesn't. With Fallout 3 I was attatched to my character. It gave me the feeling I was with them throughout their lives. I was invested in them. They were mine. This one I feel like I am playing some yutz who has been shot in the face. Made worse by the whole initial character set up. I am not looking for realism or anything but that was insulting and created a big disconnect between me and my character. And there is nothing that can repair that. It destroyed any chance of roleplaying I would have had. So now I am just going through the motions. The only thing that is keeping me going is curiosity.

 

[Trildor]

New Vegas, by a mile. The Fallout 3 setting felt out of place while the story was too linear and full of plotholes.

I'll still take Fallout 2 over either of them, though.

 

[wizard_joe88]

Fallout three for me, NV may have better gunplay/interface/main quest, but three has a much more "alive" world, in NV, when I have to travel to towns I can't fast travel through, I kept think "this is boring, its just dirt, dirt, rocks, and more dirt" but in fall out three, walking between towns some times I walked into raider camps, sometimes I got side-tracked when I decided to loot a building, and sometimes I just felt like exploring the wastes, and while both have awesome quest(but I have to say, because of "beyond the beef" and other quest in NV, it wins by a small margin, however, some of the side-quest are quite pointless) I just come back to fallout after all the quest are completed to see what I'll find on my journey through the capitol wastlands, in NV the game felt "dead" and the namesake "city" of new vegas was just casinos divided into three blocks of road, the ghetto and ruins surround the strip were more fun to explore, and even then, they still can't compete with the downtown ruins of D.C in FO3....
TLR-fallout NV is better in terms of some stuff, but what it pulls off better than fall out 3 doesn't make up for the fact it's world feels devoid of life, and not in the "post-apocalyptic" sense....