Love them both, but for different reasons. Fallout is very impressive, but feels somewhat "smaller" because it has less quests, no real factions to work for and a finite storyline that ends at some point (lest you buy an expansion). I love Oblivion 'cause it has a ton more stuff, but as I said I love both games. Only thing I don't like about Fallout are the expansions or DLCs, since apart from Broken Steel they're pretty much standalone 5-10 hour "single adventures", and I don't like that. I prefer stuff that integrates into the premade world.
Why do you people prefer Oblivion over Fallout 3 ?
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I liked Fallout 3 better because it was easier to cheat at than Oblivion. You don't need that feat that allows you to retry hacking a computer, you just have to exit before ti locks you out and try again. You can save a hell of a lot of lockpicks as well if you exit when you've gotten two wrong attempts, the sweet spot isn't going to change. And combat? You don't need to be a marksman shooter to get a headshot.
While I personally like Fallout 3 for these aspects, I can see where people are coming from when they say that Oblivion has a superior system to it. Fallout 3 is pretty glitchy, and so is Oblivion in some respects.
While I personally like Fallout 3 for these aspects, I can see where people are coming from when they say that Oblivion has a superior system to it. Fallout 3 is pretty glitchy, and so is Oblivion in some respects.
The two games aren't really in the same genre and have enough differences that they are bad candidates for head-to-head comparison.
I think that Obilivion had much more potential because it had the bigger world, more variety, magic (that always increases your options) and had a dedicated fan-base to provide additional content and downloads.
However, under all those advantages was a horribly conceived and executed game. It is buggy as shit, has terrible combat control, a ridiculously flawed leveling and skills system that requires PHD-level research merely to avoid complete frustration, and ANY game that scales up enemy difficulty with yours is shit because it punishes you for playing more. They basically threw it out the door on release day with the assumption that the community would fix its glaring flaws with FAQ's and Patches.
Fallout 3 was less ambitious in all ways, but that also meant they could do a better job with it. Gameplay enjoyment-wise, it is "better" than Oblivion simply because it was more successful in delivering what it promised.
I think that Obilivion had much more potential because it had the bigger world, more variety, magic (that always increases your options) and had a dedicated fan-base to provide additional content and downloads.
However, under all those advantages was a horribly conceived and executed game. It is buggy as shit, has terrible combat control, a ridiculously flawed leveling and skills system that requires PHD-level research merely to avoid complete frustration, and ANY game that scales up enemy difficulty with yours is shit because it punishes you for playing more. They basically threw it out the door on release day with the assumption that the community would fix its glaring flaws with FAQ's and Patches.
Fallout 3 was less ambitious in all ways, but that also meant they could do a better job with it. Gameplay enjoyment-wise, it is "better" than Oblivion simply because it was more successful in delivering what it promised.