Poll: The Wasteland or Tamriel?

[Ironman126]

I assume the OP doesn't really include the older games in each series. Fallout 3 was really where the Fallout world became a character in the game. It surpassed the world of Oblivion if you ask me, but I think Fallout New Vegas was a bit of a step back. The hour or so I play/saw of Skyrim blew all of them out of the water. I can only assume Fallout 4 will be on that engine and be a bit of an improvement. Hopefully anyway.

Eh... Skyrim was great, don't get me wrong, but Fallout (3 and New Vegas anyway) had me engaged and immersed more than Skyrim. In my opinion, the Wasteland has more character Skyrim (and definitely more than Cyrodiil). But, maybe that's because I'm more a Sci-Fi fan. Personally, I thought Fallout 3 had the best setting, then New Vegas, then Skyrim. Oblivion just kinda sucked in every way, shape, and form.

OT: I loved both worlds, but Fallout 3 stole my heart and got me into Bethesda games, so I have to go with the Wasteland.

 

[Normalguyinthehouse]

The Wasteland has a great environment to it and Tamriel is by far a huge expansive world so they both have their charms. Fallout's stories are great and their wonderful at creating quests and stories its just that after you do all that there really isn't that much left to do. I've played through all the recent Fallout games (I have played the originals, just not as much) and after a while there just isn't enough to keep it going as opposed to say Skyrim, where radiant quests keep quests and random encounters going for a much longer time. Its kind of like how New Vegas had a better story but it felt like Fallout 3 had more to do

 

[doomspore98]

Wasteland, because with fallout, when I go exploring and I see a raider or a super mutant, their usually in some dilapidated building or shelter. With Oblivion, and part of Skyrim, I felt like I was just going through cave #1683.

 

[AnarchistFish]

I never really got into fallout, I've played fallout 3 as far as megaton

Well that isn't long at all

 

[The Last Nomad]

I assume the OP doesn't really include the older games in each series. Fallout 3 was really where the Fallout world became a character in the game. It surpassed the world of Oblivion if you ask me, but I think Fallout New Vegas was a bit of a step back. The hour or so I play/saw of Skyrim blew all of them out of the water. I can only assume Fallout 4 will be on that engine and be a bit of an improvement. Hopefully anyway.

Eh... Skyrim was great, don't get me wrong, but Fallout (3 and New Vegas anyway) had me engaged and immersed more than Skyrim. In my opinion, the Wasteland has more character Skyrim (and definitely more than Cyrodiil). But, maybe that's because I'm more a Sci-Fi fan. Personally, I thought Fallout 3 had the best setting, then New Vegas, then Skyrim. Oblivion just kinda sucked in every way, shape, and form.

OT: I loved both worlds, but Fallout 3 stole my heart and got me into Bethesda games, so I have to go with the Wasteland.

Well I only played Skyrim for an hour (and I was baked out of my tree if I remember correctly, so everything seemed like the best thing ever at the time, not just Skyrim) but it was a very enjoyable hour, but I don't know how much I would enjoy the full game. I have a feeling I wouldn't enjoy it enough to play for 300 hours like I did with Fallout 3. Don't think I'll ever be sucked into a game like I was with that... Except hopefully Fallout 4. So I think Fallout 3 is still my favourite, then Oblivion, and then New Vegas. Don't think I really played enough Skyrim to compare it properly.

 

[Dosbilliam]

Also, http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/K9000_cyberdog_gun. It whines sadly when you switch weapons or put it away.

The Stealth Armor you get in the Big MT also has a personality, and actually talks quite a bit, generally adding an audio cue to when you get seen by hostiles, although wearing that armor should give you enough of a Sneak boost to remove that chance.

On the original topic, I would have to go Wasteland, because although Morrowind ate up a massive amount of time back when I had just starting my PC gaming, the Fallout games seem to flesh out a real world for me as compared to Tamriel...that, and New Vegas has Steven Spielberg references.:3

 

[DoctorSun]

It's pretty funny how, in TES games, no matter how much I play them, I can't think of a single character or location that I give a rat's ass about. In Fallout (mostly New Vegas) I couldn't stop wanting more of its charming companions and interesting environments. Don't get me wrong though, I still love both series.

 

[Kapol]

Heh, you said dooty.

Joking aside, I prefer the Fallout games. I prefer the gameplay in them overall. Many characters feel more fleshed out, while even in Skyrim a lot of the NPCs felt like archtypes. The stories do feel personal, while in Elder Scrolls it feels like your some random adventurer being dragged from place to place. There are more realistic reasons for people not to know the things you've done, as travel in the wasteland seems more dangerous then in the ES series. Not to mention the big, world altering choices you can make. There may only be a few, but they stick. Like nuking Megaton. If you do it, the city is gone. All the NPCs (minus one) are dead. Yes, it's something only a cartoon villain would really do, but it was there.

 

[DustyDrB]

Odd. There was a nearly identical poll thread [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.339495-Poll-Fallout-vs-TES#13731974] a few days ago to this one and Fallout lead it.

Ah, well. I go with Fallout, which is something I'd have never believed. Oblivion, Morrowind, and Skyrim are little more than time sinks to me. I get bored with them rather quickly. Fallout's stories and worlds are just much more interesting to me. And I say that despite my introduction to the series being an unfavorable one: I hated Fallout 3. But Fallout, Fallout 2, and New Vegas are all golden. New Vegas has become one of my favorite games period.

And I prefer Fallout's gameplay and leveling. I kind of hate the Elder Scrolls system of using a skill over and over to improve it.

 

[Bloodtrozorx]

I prefer the various wastelands and I loved the Capital Wasteland. It was dark and gritty and felt like the end of the world. That however is just my opinion.

 

[cdstephens]

The correct answer is Amalur.

 

[Beryl77]

While I normally prefer settings like the one from Fallout over Fantasy settings, I have to go with Tamriel. There's just something about the Wasteland, which I just don't like. Both in Fallout 3 and New Vegas. I can't really tell what it is but the Fallout world just bores me. Tamriel on the other hand is much more interesting for me.

 

[Mithsandlegends]

I loved playing Fallout 3, but I just found both Oblivion and Skyrim more captivating and they felt on a whole larger games. The metro tunnels really started the get me down. I found myself playing the TES games more. Though I do like Fallout's dark humour.

 

[The Last Nomad]

I prefer the style and history behind TES games over fallout's. I do enjoy the whole 50's sci-fi thing Fallout has going and I do enjoy the chracters and story writing more but TES lore is something I can read or lose myself in for days. The various gods and god-like beings with their unique personalities and interactions. The religions, races, cultures, etc. have aslways fascinated me. But I do love both series equally when it comes to actually playing the games though.

Elder Scrolls may have come amazing Lore alright, but I think there is certainly something to be said for Fallout's lore. Its not lore in the traditional sense, with gods and religions and the like. That's why I like it so much. It has a backstory of a war between actual countries and what led up to the final nuclear disaster. Sure it may be sorta like our world with the names of countries but it was a very different world, practically alien to us, and alien to your character who is only seeing the remains.

 

[DarthSka]

I'm going to have to go with the Wasteland. As others have said, it actually felt unique and alive, whereas the Elder Scrolls settings are the same fantasy worlds I've seen so many times.

 

[Byere]

Ok, admitted, I like the wasteland... a lot. I know this will sound weird, but with the release of Skyrim, I'm finding that "less is more". With less space, more interesting things happen. You can trapse through the wasteland and find a number of critters or some sort of building/people quite quickly. With Tamriel, there's a lot of space between encounters. While it's nice to look at, with so much extra space included, I tend to get bored kind of quickly.
However, it's the opposite with quests. Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that there's loads to do in Skyrim. Many, MANY, quests... too many, unfortunately. It's all well and good having the listed quests, the main ones that actually have reason to be. However, there are liturally hundreds of these little mini-quests that pretty much every village has tonnes of. I'm talking about the crappy little ones with horribly small rewards, like going out and killing 10 or 20 bears (I forget how many it was)... only to get bugger all for it. Sure, the goal gives you a reason to get exp, but still.
With the wasteland, you only had a handful of quests in comparison, and most of them were usually pretty well rewarded in one way or another.

Ok, so I've rambled on a little, but I voted "both!!" simply because both have good and bad points, most of which I haven't listed, but I do love both series' of games, even if I'd rather walk the wasteland than trudge through Tamriel.

 

[WaysideMaze]

I find the Wasteland (Capital in particular) to be much more interesting.

There is so much mystery. So much that goes unsaid. It just makes me want to explore endlessly.
Tamriel is cool, but I feel it has already been discovered. Like everything in it has already been seen by someone.

I don't get that feeling from Fallout. The Wasteland just oozes atmosphere and style from every pore.

You must have heard this before, but I simultaneously both love and hate your avatar. It's hilarious to watch, but I find myself watching it over and over, and I hate it for that...

O/T. Pretty much what's already been said I guess. TES has a much more beautiful world to look at (lack of nuclear war can have that effect), but The Wasteland has significantly fewer frostbite spiders in every cave. It's a hard choice.

 

[snagli]

Tamriel. Sure, the Wasteland is really good because it is basically the modern world gone wrong and it's entirely caused by us smelly humans, but Tamriel just has more history. Lore, gods, cults, guilds, creatures that are natural and not mutated, and just cities with actual building instead of big piles of dirt.

 

[RastaBadger]

I prefer Tamriel over the wasteland. Tamriel just seems more fleshed out with a better back story that's been growing and evolving for 4 (7 including Battlespire and Redguard) whereas the wasteland just isn't as good as it was back in 1 and 2.