NEW VEGAS!
What a glorious game, once all the patches were properly installed! In my opinion, New Vegas was an improvement of the already amazing Fallout 3 and it brought so much more to the table. And that's BEFORE you look at the DLC! New Vegas's DLC is without a doubt the best implementation of DLC I've seen, adding its own meta-plot to the plot that adds even more to the story, as well as being downright fun as hell to play in- especially Oldworld Blues. Hot damn. All of the DLC is distinct and have their own identities, but Oldworld Blues is the most notable by far.
I don't want this to turn into another "Fallout 3 or New Vegas???!??" debate, so I'll add that Fallout 3 was also an incredible experience, and I can totally see why people prefer it to New Vegas. Something I've come to notice is that Fallout 3 is a much more "swashbuckling" experience in terms of gameplay (can you have a swashbuckling apocalypse? Maybe a pirate apocalypse), while New Vegas is much more methodical. I just prefer the methodical aspect, where you are directly shaping events in the world, even going so far as to take over the whole Mojave, if you decide to.
What a glorious game, once all the patches were properly installed! In my opinion, New Vegas was an improvement of the already amazing Fallout 3 and it brought so much more to the table. And that's BEFORE you look at the DLC! New Vegas's DLC is without a doubt the best implementation of DLC I've seen, adding its own meta-plot to the plot that adds even more to the story, as well as being downright fun as hell to play in- especially Oldworld Blues. Hot damn. All of the DLC is distinct and have their own identities, but Oldworld Blues is the most notable by far.
I don't want this to turn into another "Fallout 3 or New Vegas???!??" debate, so I'll add that Fallout 3 was also an incredible experience, and I can totally see why people prefer it to New Vegas. Something I've come to notice is that Fallout 3 is a much more "swashbuckling" experience in terms of gameplay (can you have a swashbuckling apocalypse? Maybe a pirate apocalypse), while New Vegas is much more methodical. I just prefer the methodical aspect, where you are directly shaping events in the world, even going so far as to take over the whole Mojave, if you decide to.