Poll: Borderlands or Fallout 3?

[twcblaze]

but what I've played of Borderlands so far, the weapons are better and I prefer the controls to Fallout 3's...

maybe it's just because I've been trying to play Demon's Souls, Ratchet and Clank and Borderlands at the same time, but the controls on Borderlands piss me off (keep in mind, if the previous games didn't give it away, I'm playing console side, not pc)... who the hell makes select your main menu... I mean, really?

I assuming you are having problems with this henceforth I answered the question, so on the 360, it's the back button, which on PS3 is the 'Select' button if it's still called that. If you are being sarcastic, well, sarcasm is hard to interpret over teh interwebz.

no, I was being serious, I honestly find making select rather than start the main menu a little bit of a pain in the ass... but by the same token, I absolutely CAN NOT play any game where the Y axis for the camera isn't inverted... it throws me off somehow.

 

[Balaxe]

First off I did'nt vote because my brain would explode trying to decide. But i'll say the goods and bads about the games.

Fallout3 is an atmospheric, immersive game that uses those aspects to drive a brillantly writen storyline that will leave wanting more even with the huge amount of content it has. Visual the game is beautiful and has a deep, dark humour to it.

Borderlands is mainly a shooter but has some RPG elements added but it does work very well. The quests are'nt as deep as Fallout3 and basicly involve "go here and do this then go back for reward". Also this game does'nt take it self seriously, it has migets, it has acid shooting guns and it likes useing the word "Badass"...ALOT, but it works realy works well with the cell-shaded graphics.

So yeah, there both good and i'd recomend playing both during your gaming life. (Borderlands is better with co-op.)

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

PC version of Fallout will last you about 30 times as long as the console version would.

If this is true, then you definitely should get Fallout 3. Because I spent hundreds of hours on the console version. Borderlands is really fun though. So choose whichever one you want.

Fallout 3: Single-player RPG-goodness.

Borderlands: Co-op FPS-goodness, with just a hint of RPG.

Wow, how'd you do that?! A single playthrough doesn't take too long, so you, like played the whole game + dlc 3 times? Well... I guess I did too, but I kept expanding it with mods and extra quests and so on.

 

[TheEvilCheese]

Fallout 3, GOTY.
Borderlands is good, but doesn't quite cut it for me.

 

[kazabamer]

I'd have to say Borderlands. I got my first 50 today *applause* and am still loving it. I got half way through Fallout 3 (apprently) and I got a bit bored to be completely honest. It was good but didn't really keep my intrest long. I went on Oblivion instead =P

 

[DC.Justinian]

Graphics wise, Fallout in my opinion is superior. Game play and enjoyment wise, Fallout 3 wins (DLC =D) but they are close.

 

[mrtenk]

Well I guess it depends on your taste really. Borderlands has that grindcore addiction style of gameplay with not a whole lot else in terms of story...

And Fallout 3 is a freeroam adventure RPG with a much bigger world and a lot more to do in terms of Role Playing.

My moneys on Fallout 3.

 

[Xvito]

PC version of Fallout will last you about 30 times as long as the console version would.

If this is true, then you definitely should get Fallout 3. Because I spent hundreds of hours on the console version. Borderlands is really fun though. So choose whichever one you want.

Fallout 3: Single-player RPG-goodness.

Borderlands: Co-op FPS-goodness, with just a hint of RPG.

Wow, how'd you do that?! A single playthrough doesn't take too long, so you, like played the whole game + dlc 3 times? Well... I guess I did too, but I kept expanding it with mods and extra quests and so on.

I have not even touched the downloadable content.

... Do not ask...

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

PC version of Fallout will last you about 30 times as long as the console version would.

If this is true, then you definitely should get Fallout 3. Because I spent hundreds of hours on the console version. Borderlands is really fun though. So choose whichever one you want.

Fallout 3: Single-player RPG-goodness.

Borderlands: Co-op FPS-goodness, with just a hint of RPG.

Wow, how'd you do that?! A single playthrough doesn't take too long, so you, like played the whole game + dlc 3 times? Well... I guess I did too, but I kept expanding it with mods and extra quests and so on.

I have not even touched the downloadable content.

... Do not ask...

*ghasp*
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...
...
*ghasp*
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Huh? Then... what did you do those... hundreds of hours?
Even if I read hundreds as hundred, I don't see how you did that.

 

[Super_Nintendo_Chalmers]

They're both rather different, so I didn't vote.
But I'd have to say that Fallout 3 is a better game. Only due to the fact that Borderlands is an incredibly lonely game if you don't have someone to play with you.
Mainly because you hardly know anything about your character, and also because you don't really have relationships with NPCs.
It's a game suited to a WOW player, as my friend said recently.

 

[Xvito]

PC version of Fallout will last you about 30 times as long as the console version would.

If this is true, then you definitely should get Fallout 3. Because I spent hundreds of hours on the console version. Borderlands is really fun though. So choose whichever one you want.

Fallout 3: Single-player RPG-goodness.

Borderlands: Co-op FPS-goodness, with just a hint of RPG.

Wow, how'd you do that?! A single playthrough doesn't take too long, so you, like played the whole game + dlc 3 times? Well... I guess I did too, but I kept expanding it with mods and extra quests and so on.

I have not even touched the downloadable content.

... Do not ask...

*ghasp*
...
...
...
*ghasp*
...
Huh? Then... what did you do those... hundreds of hours?
Even if I read hundreds as hundred, I don't see how you did that.

I see that you asked anyway. Well played, my good sir, well played.

I mostly walked around the barren wastes of D.C.

... I don't know how it happened.

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

They're both rather different, so I didn't vote.
But I'd have to say that Fallout 3 is a better game. Only due to the fact that Borderlands is an incredibly lonely game if you don't have someone to play with you.
Mainly because you hardly know anything about your character, and also because you don't really have relationships with NPCs.
It's a game suited to a WOW player, as my friend said recently.

So... what you're saying is that a WoW player is fine with being lonely? Or am I missing something?
I'm a WoW player(with monthly intervals, anyways) and let me tell you, in WoW it's seriously lonely when no-one from your friends list or guild are online. Not fun at all.

 

[Super_Nintendo_Chalmers]

They're both rather different, so I didn't vote.
But I'd have to say that Fallout 3 is a better game. Only due to the fact that Borderlands is an incredibly lonely game if you don't have someone to play with you.
Mainly because you hardly know anything about your character, and also because you don't really have relationships with NPCs.
It's a game suited to a WOW player, as my friend said recently.

So... what you're saying is that a WoW player is fine with being lonely? Or am I missing something?
I'm a WoW player(with monthly intervals, anyways) and let me tell you, in WoW it's seriously lonely when no-one from your friends list or guild are online. Not fun at all.

Not necessarily. But my friend was one of those guys who stayed up till 2 in the morning just grinding.
I also tried to play WoW last year, I got up to about level 20, and I found that it was very lonely.
But that may just be me.

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

PC version of Fallout will last you about 30 times as long as the console version would.

If this is true, then you definitely should get Fallout 3. Because I spent hundreds of hours on the console version. Borderlands is really fun though. So choose whichever one you want.

Fallout 3: Single-player RPG-goodness.

Borderlands: Co-op FPS-goodness, with just a hint of RPG.

Wow, how'd you do that?! A single playthrough doesn't take too long, so you, like played the whole game + dlc 3 times? Well... I guess I did too, but I kept expanding it with mods and extra quests and so on.

I have not even touched the downloadable content.

... Do not ask...

*ghasp*
...
...
...
*ghasp*
...
Huh? Then... what did you do those... hundreds of hours?
Even if I read hundreds as hundred, I don't see how you did that.

I see that you asked anyway. Well played, my good sir, well played.

I mostly walked around the barren wastes of D.C.

... I don't know how it happened.

Yes, somehow "do not ask" really invites people to ask, doesn't it?
Anyways, I'm seriously impressed at you ability to save money, just think about it. Playing a game for hundreds of hours, instead of one runthrough of 30h and then putting it in the "wherever you store your games". All the money it saves... If we all did that there'd be no more hunger in the world. (note: this was an exaggeration, or however you spell it)

Time for something OT: Since you're playing on the PC, I don't recommend Borderlands, a few days ago there was a news thingy here on the escapist about there not being any dedicated servers, gamespy sucking, and other things that don't work in it's online multiplayer. I think it's the most in fun split-screen anyway, even though my mate kept ninja-ing all of the epics...

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

They're both rather different, so I didn't vote.
But I'd have to say that Fallout 3 is a better game. Only due to the fact that Borderlands is an incredibly lonely game if you don't have someone to play with you.
Mainly because you hardly know anything about your character, and also because you don't really have relationships with NPCs.
It's a game suited to a WOW player, as my friend said recently.

So... what you're saying is that a WoW player is fine with being lonely? Or am I missing something?
I'm a WoW player(with monthly intervals, anyways) and let me tell you, in WoW it's seriously lonely when no-one from your friends list or guild are online. Not fun at all.

Not necessarily. But my friend was one of those guys who stayed up till 2 in the morning just grinding.
I also tried to play WoW last year, I got up to about level 20, and I found that it was very lonely.
But that may just be me.

Hmm.. yes, I guess I am the kind of person you see standing in a big city all day chatting away about random stuff. So it might not just be you, but me.

EDIT: oh noez, double post, my bad.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Fallout:

Inferior shooting mechanics
Far superior story, and total immersion
Very deep mythology and alternate universe
Very funny
Endless replayablity and a massive world with tonnes to explore

Borderlands:

Superior shooting mechanics
Nice art style, very fluid gameplay
Shitty, non existent story
Co-op is fun
Quite funny

They're boht grear.

But they're very different.

My choice?

Fallout 3

 

[MiracleOfSound]

PC version of Fallout will last you about 30 times as long as the console version would.

If this is true, then you definitely should get Fallout 3. Because I spent hundreds of hours on the console version. Borderlands is really fun though. So choose whichever one you want.

Fallout 3: Single-player RPG-goodness.

Borderlands: Co-op FPS-goodness, with just a hint of RPG.

Wow, how'd you do that?! A single playthrough doesn't take too long, so you, like played the whole game + dlc 3 times? Well... I guess I did too, but I kept expanding it with mods and extra quests and so on.

I spent almost 250 hours on console Fallout 3.

Sometimes it wasn't doing missions, Fallout 3 isn't supposed to be played like that.

Sometimes it's nice to just exist in its world. To take it all in, to soak up the beautiful,lonely, haunting atmosphere.

Seriously, I'll even stand on a ruined flyover at sunset for a whole minute just... looking.

Now I want to play F3 again...

 

[Xvito]

PC version of Fallout will last you about 30 times as long as the console version would.

If this is true, then you definitely should get Fallout 3. Because I spent hundreds of hours on the console version. Borderlands is really fun though. So choose whichever one you want.

Fallout 3: Single-player RPG-goodness.

Borderlands: Co-op FPS-goodness, with just a hint of RPG.

Wow, how'd you do that?! A single playthrough doesn't take too long, so you, like played the whole game + dlc 3 times? Well... I guess I did too, but I kept expanding it with mods and extra quests and so on.

I spent almost 250 hours on console Fallout 3.

Sometimes it wasn't doing missions, Fallout 3 isn't supposed to be played like that.

Sometimes it's nice to just exist in its world. To take it all in, to soak up the beautiful,lonely, haunting atmosphere.

Seriously, I'll even stand on a ruined flyover at sunset for a whole minute just... looking.

Now I want to play F3 again...

Yes, exactly! Not to mention all of the stuff you find from just walking around. I did one "playthrough" without going to Megaton, and I found myself going to the Outcasts; running missions for them. On all of my other "playthroughs", I had been at war with them...

 

[Reg0]

i really dislike this comparison, you should make a poll comparing chalk to cheese

if in terms of buying one or the other, the fallout 3 goty edition, you get more game for your money

in terms of fun borderlands with 4 friends playing cant really be beaten, especially when they have an expansion announced already

just get both?

if you are stuck on decision with regards to how similar the two games are... borderlands anf fallout are different in some pretty major ways allow me to highlight a few

Fallout:
questline is not strictly linear and does not feel as such
good storyline
nice atmosphere

bad points: (when compared to borderlands)

No multiplayer

i'm pretty sure people could add to that but meh


borderlands:
alot of variation on weapons
multiplay capabilities

badpoints:

Linear questline
No story immersion
Disjointed story all together
have to forward ports to play online (pc)


so i guess fallout is your best bet

 

[DemonCleaner]

Borderlands would be worth it if they didn't use fucking gamespy for the co-op...........

GRAAH