How can anyone compare 3 to NV? I mean...The side quests, the characters. There was just so much more immersion...Yes, shit ending but it was a damn good game. You even get to grow up in the vault and watch as it all goes to hell.
Poll: Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas
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I love them both BUT Fallout 3 is superior because it is less buggy than New Vegas. New Vegas was announced in2009 and 1 year later it was out you can't release a HUGE game like New Vegas in a year because it's going to be full of bugs. In fact, i still can't believe that this game passed the beta tests. When you fail a mission in Fallout 3 you have do quick load the game and do it again because every mission (even the side missions) are somewhat important. In Fallout: New Vegas however, if you choose a side (let's say....you choose to work for Mr.House) you do one mission for him and then you see 5 other side missions that you FAILED because you did Mr.House's missions. The game always has you by the balls it's like if it was saying "HO MY GOD YOU FAILED ALL THOSE MISSIONS YOU HAD NEVER HEARD OF !!!" It's like if you don't have a choice you HAVE to fail in this game and since when failing in something is considered a reward ??? Oh yeah, and the ending is a complete joke. Don't get me wrong it's still a good game and i had A LOT of fun doing it (even with the frequent crash, the loading that gets longer, the longer you play and the missions that you CAN'T complete because of a certain glitch it'sa still a very very very fun game but Fallout 3 wins because it was more polished. Also, a good point that New Vegas had was.....RAOUL ALFONSO TEJADA BEST. COMPANION. EVER. He was so funny but i didn't liked the fact that the companion couldn't die (i loved pushing Sharon off the top level of Rivet City in Fallout 3)...but New Vegas was really harder than Fallout 3 so Raoul would've died at least 150 times if he wasn't invincible.
I choose Fallout 3 over one simple reason. Atomsphere. New Vegas had better characters (especially companions) better storyline, and much, much better endings. But the whole reason why I got into Fallout in the first place was because I wanted a bleak, dark urban postapocalyptic experience. New Vegas is a lot more colorful, sunny and has an overall much lighter atmosphere. It's still good, but Fallout 3 is my "Postapocalyptic" fix.
Gotta be Fallout 3. I liked New Vegas, I even got the LCE of it with the comic and deck of cards, but I hated that it was so bugged at the start. Add to that an "it's over" ending and DLC that shuts you out of the area after you finish I realized that Obsidian hadn't quite listened.
I'm using the PC version of both and I will agree that NV gets the better share of mods and it is a lot easier to run said mods without crashing. I still prefer Fallout 3, though.cainx10a said:New Vegas PC Edition, because Mods are the main reason to get this game imo
The game has the other major factions tell you that if you continue working for Major Faction X they'll refuse to work with you. Yeah, bit dodgy that it just doesn't remove the quests but tells you that you failed them but life's hard, wear a hat.The Floating Nose said:
Definitely Fallout 3. Although the story in New Vegas IS superior, I still prefer the 3rd one. It has a better, more intricate atmosphere the DC ruins are just way better developed than the main landmark in New Vegas (The Strip). The sidequests are way more compelling, and the very atmosphere of the ambientation + story give a very interesting and stark representation of nuclear war. Additionally, the character components in New Vegas were too convulted, in between the glitches, legion system and karma, it was severely confusing; not to even mention how annoying the gunplay was.
Wow, I'm surprised the poll is so even. But, minus the massive bugs, Vegas would definitely win. I found the gameplay better with more balanced skills (as small guns was just stupidly good in 3 and a shitload more opportunities to use speech etc). I preffered the general look of the place more because frankly the same old green and browns really got me down playing fallout 3 to the extent I hated playing it especially compared with Oblivion and New Vegas (that I love) which have loads in common gameplay-wise. I also found the entire story better and I loved Chandler, I mean Benny, and the Legion are such better baddies than the Enclave and actually getting to pick a side right out the bat made me like it more too.
So in conclusion, Ring-a-ding Baby!
So in conclusion, Ring-a-ding Baby!
Also, using console commands can fix most of the bugs like clipping and random factions hating you. The only downside is you can't get any achievements in that gaming session.Xealeon said:I'm using the PC version of both and I will agree that NV gets the better share of mods and it is a lot easier to run said mods without crashing. I still prefer Fallout 3, though.cainx10a said:New Vegas PC Edition, because Mods are the main reason to get this game imo
My PC has some SERIOUS incompatibility issues with both games, NV dind't run for more than 5 minutes without crashing and though Fallout 3 was a bit more stable (but not that stable) it kept corrupting savegames half the times I saved. I had to drop both, a pitty as I was eager to play them.
But they're not the same. The game runs on the same engine, sure, but:mattttherman3 said:
*The encounters are not adjusted to your level in New Vegas
*There are weapon mods and iron sights in NV
*The world maps are very different, especially in the types of areas you go into, i.e. more caves, fewer subway station in NV, less street-to-street warzone-like combat in NV like in downtown DC
*The economy of the games is different,i.e. fully repaired guns and armor can be worth thousands of caps in NV, but not nearly as much in 3, merchants have more caps to buy your stuff with in NV
*Very few craftable weapons in NV (goodbye Dart Gun and Railway Rifle ;_
*New Survival Skill, but Big Guns is merged with Small Guns and Explosives is nearly worthless considering how few skill points and explosive items you get, and how much you can sell them for instead (150 caps base value for a frag grenade? To the merchants you go!)
*No bobbleheads and MUCH fewer skill points in NV, etc.
All of those things should be considered notable differences worthy of consideration. There are things I like better in 3 than in NV, and vice versa.
New Vegas was too directed, too much focused on story.
90% of the fun I get out of a Fallout is just walking around blowing stuff up.
I've got other games when I want an engaging story. So FO3 for me.
90% of the fun I get out of a Fallout is just walking around blowing stuff up.
I've got other games when I want an engaging story. So FO3 for me.
