Poll: Hey Bethesda fans, Elder Scrolls or Fallout?

[Alssadar]

I would go with Fallout as I've played TES a little bit, but I've never been too intrigued to carry on with the story. I mean, you're a prisoner--go off and do this. The landscape? Why, its perfectly fine, minus a few areas that are far away. There feels like there's no immediate danger besides a few stray bandits. Fallout, however, has the world put to crap and everyone's struggling to survive--walls are hastily erected and armor is whatever clothes are possible.
Also, the settings are familiar, yet unique in their own way, with a caste of quirky characters and little tid-bits of silliness. The way of 50's science and technology makes the common theme of conflicts with the past to advance into the future very enjoyable.
And as a personal note, as much as I love swords and bows, there is little variation between them. You can say the same for guns, yet there are sniper rifles, shotguns, smgs, battle rifles, pistols, flamethrowers, then we have all the melee weapons that are used in fantasy. The magic is missing, but that's what VATS is for.

 

[busterkeatonrules]

Elder Scrolls.

What can I say? I like swords. And vegetation. And stuff that isn't brown. Fallout games do occasionally provide some scattered examples of these things, but nowhere near enough to compete with the Elder Scrolls series!

 

[JasonKaotic]

I've never really liked Fallout. I can't really find anything immersive in it. Whereas I love Elder Scrolls, so yeah, my vote goes for that.

 

[OldNewNewOld]

I will have to go with Fallout, for several reasons.
(I played only Fallout 3 and New Vegas)

1. Fallout world seems to be more alive than the world in TES.
As I progress, people start talking about quests I've complete.

2. I usually like swords and magic more than guns, but since TES' battle system is so awful and Fallout system is decent, no contest.

3. Fallout makes me care for some NPC's. In all TES games I've played (since Morrowind), I only cared for my self. Yup. There was no NPC character that I cared for.

4. New Vegas' main story is interesting and has some depth. Skyrim has side quests that are more interesting than it's main story.

 

[eternal-chaplain]

Obsidian developed New Vegas, not Bethesda (Bethesda produced the game, but that's about it).

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

So what Bethesda IP do you prefer, Elder Scrolls or Fallout?

I have always enjoyed the Fallout Franchise more than the Elder Scrolls.
Fallout 3 and New Vegas had:
-Memorable and Varied Landscape
-Weapon Variety
-Dark Humor
-Memorable Characters
-50s aesthetic
-Enemies that make me shit my pants
-Memorable Missions
-Fallout Lore

Only one of the Fallout games has been made by Bethesda, and it was the worst of the series in terms of adherence to tone and canon.

I've been into the Elder Scrolls longer than I've been into the Fallout series and Morrowind remains one of my top three games of all time, but since Fallout 2 is also in that list I'd be loathe to choose between them. Can I not just wuss out and say that when I want to play a fantasy RPG I play TES and when I want to play a Sci-Fi RPG I play (Black Isle/Obsidian) Fallout? Which I do anyway...

 

[Easton Dark]

Elder Scrolls has magic, and anything with magic in it is automatically better.

Not to say I dislike Fallout, I love it very much, but Elder Scroll's "world" is more appealing and open for adventure.

 

[Setch Dreskar]

Elder Scrolls,

My reasoning is when Bethesda got the IP for Fallout they actively gutted the lore and killed it with fire. The game was ok if you hadn't played the original Fallout games but it lost the charm, the humor, the story. Then Obsidian, who had members that worked on the originals got ahold of it and made it proper.

Its my opinion but, eh Bethesda ruined the Fallout lore, while Elder Scrolls carried on strong.

 

[Zoomy]

Well, Bethesda have only developed one Fallout game, so I'm not really sure I can say much about their use of the IP. Meanwhile The Elder Scrolls just doesn't do much for me - I played Oblivion for ages I admit, probably hundreds of hours, but not once have I completed the main quest. Meanwhile Skyrim just didn't grab me at all, I couldn't see what the fuss was about. Then it caused my laptop to overheat to the point where I developed a burn on my upper leg.

 

[Wayneguard]

How can the elder scrolls be losing?! Morrowind, people... MORROWIND!!

 

[Pandabearparade]

Fallout narrowly wins, and only if New Vegas is counted. It's a more original setting.

 

[Smeggs]

I cannot answer this until I see what the next Fallout will look and play like.

If they can just Skyrimify the next Fallout-better graphics and combat, etc- I'm sure I'd go with that.

 

[gNetkamiko]

It's almost impossible to choose.
Can I just say both?

I agree. Where's the "I like them both equally" option?

 

[natster43]

Well I only played Morrowind and hated it, but loved both Fallout 3 and New Vegas, so Fallout for me.

 

[AndrewF022]

I reckon Fallout is better out of the box (except New Vegas was a bit of a mess really), and Id rather play Vanilla Fallout 3 over anything else. If mods come into play though, then TES takes the title, much greater in terms of mod support, especially for Oblivion which had its fair share of issues without them.

 

[sethisjimmy]

Fallout. Its setting is more original, and more interesting to me. I just can't get into the lore of TES.