So i feel like playing fallout
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UMMMMMMMMMMM..... What? You might want to spell check that. Are you asking if you should play Fallout 3 or Fallout:NV? I think that's what you said?
Hard to say, if you want to go around exploring great environments with interesting stories and amazing atmosphere play Fallout 3. If you want better gameplay with more interesting characters and a multisided story play Fallout New Vegas.dragsaw said:
Oh Anthraxus, you're as predictable as the sun rise.Anthraxus said:
Just finished a 80 hour run of FO:NV (No DLC I to am broke)
Enjoyed it so much that I decided to give FO3 another go (Only got to Megaton before giving up due to sheer boredom) but with ACIII out now (Must go to bed so I'm awake for the postman) I'll probably put FO3 back on the shelf and forget about it again!
My vote, New Vegas, more entertaining, everything doesn't have a weird green tint, oh and Mr New Vegas rocks!
Enjoyed it so much that I decided to give FO3 another go (Only got to Megaton before giving up due to sheer boredom) but with ACIII out now (Must go to bed so I'm awake for the postman) I'll probably put FO3 back on the shelf and forget about it again!
My vote, New Vegas, more entertaining, everything doesn't have a weird green tint, oh and Mr New Vegas rocks!
You can get the new vegas DLC on sale for 75% off. It will be around 11-12 dollars depending wheter you get the little packs.dragsaw said:
I would say New Vegas. Even without the dlc it has more content and has many gameplay improvements over Fallout 3. Also in my opinion New Vegas has a much better story and characters.
Also, in before the inevitable Fallout 3 vs New Vegas argument starts...again.
Also, in before the inevitable Fallout 3 vs New Vegas argument starts...again.
I may have spoken to soon.Anthraxus said:
fallout 3 has the better environments, radio guy and that awesome time machine thing.
Fallout new vegas has a much more engaging story and better gameplay.
Play both. Do FO3 first.
Fallout new vegas has a much more engaging story and better gameplay.
Play both. Do FO3 first.
Well, why the hell do you care what I think? Just think about it on your own time for a bit, then decide which one you want to play. I don't know your preferences better than you.dragsaw said:
Personally, I would go with New Vegas. There's an ultimate edition now that has all the DLC.
I think it was $30 last I checked? I don't know.
I've actually played all of the main Fallout games (1,2,3,NV) And I found them all enjoyable. Sure, I enjoyed some of the more than the others, but I don't think any of them are bad.
I think it was $30 last I checked? I don't know.
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/factsopinions.htmlAnthraxus said:
I've actually played all of the main Fallout games (1,2,3,NV) And I found them all enjoyable. Sure, I enjoyed some of the more than the others, but I don't think any of them are bad.
Fallout New Vegas doesn't feel like a post-apoc game.
West coast, NCR, etc is all too organized.
More like a game taking place in a filthy slum.
You don't find scavengers out in the waste looking for a bite to eat. You find scavengers out in the waste looking for particular materials to take back to their bosses so they can get paid and buy a lizard-ka-bob from their local deli.
Hope the next Fallout takes place a little sooner after the world's gone to shit.
Society's been given too much time to recover in New Vegas.
West coast, NCR, etc is all too organized.
More like a game taking place in a filthy slum.
You don't find scavengers out in the waste looking for a bite to eat. You find scavengers out in the waste looking for particular materials to take back to their bosses so they can get paid and buy a lizard-ka-bob from their local deli.
Hope the next Fallout takes place a little sooner after the world's gone to shit.
Society's been given too much time to recover in New Vegas.
Do New Vegas; but mod the bejeezus out of it. Have a look around the NV Nexus and decide on some good mods. I'm not at home now so can't give a list; but looks for things that:
Brutally increase the efficacy of firearms. Bullets hurt. No matter how tough you are, even the lowliest of firearms can kill on a single shot. You'll be ducking for cover like crazy when you hear firearms in the distance. And while you're there, increase damage for all weaponry. A knife in the liver doesn't tickle any more than a bullet to the spleen.
Strip ammunition out of the game. That is; this is a wasteland which has seen a few hundred years of anarchy. The only thing more valuable than functional ammo is clean water. You'll be relying on knives and old pipes quite a lot now. The good mods of course mean that enemies will expend their ammunition as well - no more endless ammunition clips on NPCs.
Zombify the ghouls. Feral ghouls no longer run, and require head shots to kill. They also spawn in much larger numbers. A minor annoyance becomes a threat to all survivors in the wasteland.
Survivalism it up. There's a couple of good mods that deal with the dangers of sleep/water/food deprivation; others make radiation something that is actually quite likely to kill you if you're not careful, and others make medical bits and pieces absolutely essential supplies (instead of just being world clutter, medical braces/tubing/crutches/blood bags/painkillers become absoultely critical supplies to hoard in your wasteland shack).
I'm a closet nutjob survivalist, so I approach Fallout as a means to test my hoarding/scavenging/hiding/surviving abilities. I remember playing FO3 once and about 4 weeks had passed - I was in absolute dire straights. I had been sheltering in the facility underneath the Anchorage Memorial for three days - a radioactive rainstorm had persisted for the past 3 days. I was running dangerously low on supplies - if I didn't get out and find some food and water, I was entirely liable to die, stranded on the edge of DC. Long story short, it didn't stop raining. I had to make a desperate dash for the Russian guy with the two sex slaves. Usually, there's not really any point to killing them. But when you're starving and dying of thirst, and suffering the advanced effects of radiation sickness, it opens up a new realm of RP opportunities. There was food, and water, and medicine in that hotel, so I was presented with two choices: whoring, or murder. Let's just say my karma took a hit in that hotel. And the three bodies were disposed of. Tastily. >
Cannibalism, as a survival tool, is remarkably useful. That's why so many disaster stories and games feature cannibalism.
Brutally increase the efficacy of firearms. Bullets hurt. No matter how tough you are, even the lowliest of firearms can kill on a single shot. You'll be ducking for cover like crazy when you hear firearms in the distance. And while you're there, increase damage for all weaponry. A knife in the liver doesn't tickle any more than a bullet to the spleen.
Strip ammunition out of the game. That is; this is a wasteland which has seen a few hundred years of anarchy. The only thing more valuable than functional ammo is clean water. You'll be relying on knives and old pipes quite a lot now. The good mods of course mean that enemies will expend their ammunition as well - no more endless ammunition clips on NPCs.
Zombify the ghouls. Feral ghouls no longer run, and require head shots to kill. They also spawn in much larger numbers. A minor annoyance becomes a threat to all survivors in the wasteland.
Survivalism it up. There's a couple of good mods that deal with the dangers of sleep/water/food deprivation; others make radiation something that is actually quite likely to kill you if you're not careful, and others make medical bits and pieces absolutely essential supplies (instead of just being world clutter, medical braces/tubing/crutches/blood bags/painkillers become absoultely critical supplies to hoard in your wasteland shack).
I'm a closet nutjob survivalist, so I approach Fallout as a means to test my hoarding/scavenging/hiding/surviving abilities. I remember playing FO3 once and about 4 weeks had passed - I was in absolute dire straights. I had been sheltering in the facility underneath the Anchorage Memorial for three days - a radioactive rainstorm had persisted for the past 3 days. I was running dangerously low on supplies - if I didn't get out and find some food and water, I was entirely liable to die, stranded on the edge of DC. Long story short, it didn't stop raining. I had to make a desperate dash for the Russian guy with the two sex slaves. Usually, there's not really any point to killing them. But when you're starving and dying of thirst, and suffering the advanced effects of radiation sickness, it opens up a new realm of RP opportunities. There was food, and water, and medicine in that hotel, so I was presented with two choices: whoring, or murder. Let's just say my karma took a hit in that hotel. And the three bodies were disposed of. Tastily. >
Cannibalism, as a survival tool, is remarkably useful. That's why so many disaster stories and games feature cannibalism.
Holy, hell, that sounds rather freakin' enjoyable. Not sure I'd have the time and/or the patience to really get into the game like that, though I wouldn't have minded if the game was actually like that from the start.uzo said:I'm a closet nutjob survivalist, so I approach Fallout as a means to test my hoarding/scavenging/hiding/surviving abilities. I remember playing FO3 once and about 4 weeks had passed - I was in absolute dire straights. I had been sheltering in the facility underneath the Anchorage Memorial for three days - a radioactive rainstorm had persisted for the past 3 days. I was running dangerously low on supplies - if I didn't get out and find some food and water, I was entirely liable to die, stranded on the edge of DC. Long story short, it didn't stop raining. I had to make a desperate dash for the Russian guy with the two sex slaves. Usually, there's not really any point to killing them. But when you're starving and dying of thirst, and suffering the advanced effects of radiation sickness, it opens up a new realm of RP opportunities. There was food, and water, and medicine in that hotel, so I was presented with two choices: whoring, or murder. Let's just say my karma took a hit in that hotel. And the three bodies were disposed of. Tastily. >
OT: I dunno, I've only played Fallout 3 and NV, but I always enjoyed 3 more. By the time I got around to playing 3, it was pretty much all patched up (or, at least, as patched as it was ever going to be), but I was playing NV pretty early in its life-cycle, so it was bugged up the butt. That said, my opinion would be play through Broken Steel now, (since, from the sounds of it, that's all you have left of FO3 to play), because you can get through that relatively quickly. You could get lost in NV pretty easily, so its best to wait to play through that one.
Your choice, though. I seem to be in the minority, here.
Oh man that was wonderful gave me a good 5 minute laugh. that might be the perfect thing for this forum as well.scorptatious said:
The way I usually decide between to two is:
Do I want to craft some rather oddball weapons, or do I want to have normal(for Fallout) weapons and get to use weapon mods.
Former for FO3, latter for FO:NV.
New Vegas usually wins, it is IMO the better game, no real logic or arguments behind that, I just enjoy it more than I do FO3.
Do I want to craft some rather oddball weapons, or do I want to have normal(for Fallout) weapons and get to use weapon mods.
Former for FO3, latter for FO:NV.
New Vegas usually wins, it is IMO the better game, no real logic or arguments behind that, I just enjoy it more than I do FO3.
Herp derp de bap, mitch bine whoan.Anthraxus said:
It's a game about living in the irradiated wasteland drinking ancient soda and murdering things. It even has the same plot as Fallout 2. It's a Fallout game. And its not even the shittiest one: that'd be Brotherhood of Steel.
