Poll: Fallout 3 or New Vegas, what would you rather play?
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I liked New Vegas much more. Mostly because Obsidian made it more consistent with previous Fallout canon and I personally thought that there was more freedom in the endgame choices (what faction, etc.) and a bit more moral ambiguity as well.
Personally, I haven't had many glitches as well.
Personally, I haven't had many glitches as well.
Fallout 3 made me fall in love with the new game play style of the series, and I preferred the location in Fallout 3, but overall, especially in terms of gameplay, New Vegas wins.
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.
(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.
New Vegas, it's just a better experience. Fallout 3 had a story for every area if you looked hard enough. New Vegas has plenty of useless places. That and the gameplay, and the fact that somewhere, something can, and will, murder you. It just made it a better game overall I thought.
I liked the gameplay of New Vegas more but, I felt more freedom in Fallout 3. After having played through a few characters in New Vegas I went back to Fallout 3 but, I think it's time to go back to Vegas.
Fallout NV won my vote in the poll.
But dont get it twisted...
fallout NV was superior in number of quests and weapons, and gameplay. But it was far too optimistic compared with the despair fallout 3's setting created.
If they ever return to the capital wasteland or another major city around the world that took the full brunt of the nuclear war and gave it as many missions and factions to interact with NV will not stand up well in the course of fallouts game history. Way too cheery. Morally ambiguous maybe, but still a rose tinted view of an apocolyptic society.
EDIT: (One more point against NV, Invisible walls...jesus christ they were atmosphere breaking)
But dont get it twisted...
fallout NV was superior in number of quests and weapons, and gameplay. But it was far too optimistic compared with the despair fallout 3's setting created.
If they ever return to the capital wasteland or another major city around the world that took the full brunt of the nuclear war and gave it as many missions and factions to interact with NV will not stand up well in the course of fallouts game history. Way too cheery. Morally ambiguous maybe, but still a rose tinted view of an apocolyptic society.
EDIT: (One more point against NV, Invisible walls...jesus christ they were atmosphere breaking)
New Vegas, because the plot wasn't written by a four year-old and brought back all the factions I knew and loved.
The setting was also vastly improved. You're telling me that in all the time that has passed since the Great War, despite the Enclave wanting so badly to regain control of DC, the capital Wasteland barely has anything approaching civilization? SoCal was able to found entire nations in the time that it took you guys to build two towns... and the closest bit of civilization not in the game area is Pittsburg.
The setting was also vastly improved. You're telling me that in all the time that has passed since the Great War, despite the Enclave wanting so badly to regain control of DC, the capital Wasteland barely has anything approaching civilization? SoCal was able to found entire nations in the time that it took you guys to build two towns... and the closest bit of civilization not in the game area is Pittsburg.
while i finally finally (after about 6 times of playing through) enjoyed fallout 3
fallout new vegas i absolutely love.
the story WASN'T written by a 5 year old high on paint with crayons, and the factions/quests were 100x more enjoyable than anything that fallout 3 had to offer quest wise.
personally, i can't stand the look of fallout 3, it reminds me of a cow pie rolled around in with horse turds and everything on the exterior is extremely boring, i hate having to hunt like crazy to find anything amazing in the interiors, and please, generic subway/train station #898998, you are fucking boring and the same as the last 80,000 of you i just found.
now both are really good games in their own lights, but fallout new vegas is winning me over long term by a lot.
fallout new vegas i absolutely love.
the story WASN'T written by a 5 year old high on paint with crayons, and the factions/quests were 100x more enjoyable than anything that fallout 3 had to offer quest wise.
personally, i can't stand the look of fallout 3, it reminds me of a cow pie rolled around in with horse turds and everything on the exterior is extremely boring, i hate having to hunt like crazy to find anything amazing in the interiors, and please, generic subway/train station #898998, you are fucking boring and the same as the last 80,000 of you i just found.
now both are really good games in their own lights, but fallout new vegas is winning me over long term by a lot.
As much as I liked the excellent atmosphere of 3, I thought that New Vegas had a more focused plot, better overhanging goals, more lively characters (which means a hell of a lot in an oblivion engine game :/), and most importantly, NOT EVERY LOCATION ON THE MAP WAS A DUNGEON-CRAWL.
Seriously, that was the only thing keeping me from playing Fallout 3 again. So many places, so damn long to discover each one. New Vegas may have been shorter as a result but it's much more approachable and replayable, instead of having to plan out an hour or two in advance lest I unenthusiastically break off in the middle of a set of ruins or cave I was exploring.
Seriously, that was the only thing keeping me from playing Fallout 3 again. So many places, so damn long to discover each one. New Vegas may have been shorter as a result but it's much more approachable and replayable, instead of having to plan out an hour or two in advance lest I unenthusiastically break off in the middle of a set of ruins or cave I was exploring.
I preferred new Vegas.... But the vaults in 3 were pretty cool to explore and offered some things thT new Vegas didn't... I'm thinking of the simulation mostly. My boyfriend walked in while at that point and was all "i thought you were playing fallout?" then I punched Betty and she got angry and blew me up and he was even more confused.
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.MiracleOfSound said: