Poll: Which one do you prefer, Oblivion or Fallout 3?

[VZLANemesis]

Oblivion was TOO open-world for me... I had "opportunity paralysis"

As said by Tycho (happened the same to me):
The almost unlimited functionality definitely activates some hoarding response in my brain, so that if I don't pick up every dusty scapula with a shred of flesh still clinging I get terribly agitated. I stood in a cold dungeon for almost ten minutes before I could build up the strength to discard some rat meat. That isn't their fault, of course. You don't lose points for increasing player freedom to psychologically devastating levels. I was not aware that OCD was something you could "catch," but I'm beginning to think that I've got a bad case.

 

[JEBWrench]

Fallout 3 is a lot more fun. But I'm not to the point of "can't play Oblivion anymore" like Furb.

Plus, Liam Neeson > Patrick Stewart.

 

[dochmbi]

Fallout 3 is much better, because it doesn't have level scaling and it has a ton more handcrafted content.

 

[Vivace-Vivian]

My goodness just from a gameplay standpoint I think Fallout was way better. I mean, I love them both, but the story was so much more involved in Fallout. It was so clever. Oblivion felt very real. I mean, in reality if you were to travel a land that size there wouldn't be much variation. Unfortunately that was one of it's problems.

 

[Panzer_God]

Story? Fallout. Side Quests? Oblivion. They're both way to similar too really have a feud between them. AOT I hated the ammunition system and the merchant system in Fallout. The system with the merchants was innovative but it didn't quite work with me. A shop that is able to run out of money makes for realistic game play but it does break flow quite a bit. I normally had to throw away whole backpacks of items because I had emptied the bank accounts of all the merchants I could find.

 

[Woodsey]

Oblivion, I just couldn't get into Fallout 3, although I may give it another go.

Oblivion - for such a beautiful game when it was released - has strangely not aged very well though.

 

[Panzer_God]

My intelligent side says that Fallout SHOULD be the better game in my opinion, but the simple fact is that it isn't. Oblivion was my very first proper PC game, and my first 360 game as well because of it (I baught it twice), and I must have racked up at least...helll...250 hours playing it and loving EVERY second. In fact, since the day I got my 360 until now, Oblivion is still my most often and most enjoyed game to play out of everything else.

I have one problem with your entire quote. Only 250 hours? I have both the 360 and PC too and I probably clocked over 400 hours through high school.

 

[Panzer_God]

My intelligent side says that Fallout SHOULD be the better game in my opinion, but the simple fact is that it isn't. Oblivion was my very first proper PC game, and my first 360 game as well because of it (I baught it twice), and I must have racked up at least...helll...250 hours playing it and loving EVERY second. In fact, since the day I got my 360 until now, Oblivion is still my most often and most enjoyed game to play out of everything else.

I have one problem with your entire quote. Only 250 hours? I have both the 360 and PC too and I probably clocked over 400 hours through high school.
EDIT: Sorry for the DP, my bad

 

[Irridium]

I have to say Fallout 3 because it was actually optimized, and the recommended settings on the box wasn't a lie.

Seriously, Oblivion was fun, but it was buggy as all hell and horribly optimized.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

oblivion for me, fallout 3 is just so bland and a massive open world sure, but there is NOTHING THERE, i walked outside from that vault and just was like "huh...nothing much out there. ..*thinks*...why the hell do people want out of the vault?"

i beat the game yeah, but it was so boring and i could only play it in short segments, while oblivion there is an actual WORLD inside there and the encounters are very different (imo) for quests and whatnot, while in fallout its all the same, go here, shoot this, loot w/e bodies are there, rinse and repeat, with as few people their are in that game

i know i know post apocolyptic world is not supposed to be filled with people and whatnot..but its just one giant boring sandbox, there is only so much stuff you can make up and do with bland grey scenery

 

[SomeBoredGuy]

I really wish I could play Fallout 3. Unfortunately, the 18 rating is just beyond my grasp.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Well they are basically the same game except the level system is different Oblivion has too much foliage Fallout has to little. Oblivion has way more content. Oblivion has spells and Fallout has guns. Despite this I'd say Oblivion because Fallout for me felt bland and empty. Yes I know a nuke went off and for some reason civilisation never went past 50s but you'd think with places like Megaton and Raiders there would be more life or more mutated animals roaming around.

 

[AVATAR_RAGE]

I love em both, but I am going to say Fallout, just because it has some realy nice features and was a little bit easier to get into

 

[tzimize]

I'm not overly impressed by either. Fallout 3s combat was a bit cool, but lost its charm after a while. And I'm SO tired of grey/brown games. Not a big fan of open world stuff either...the whole "make your own game" concept doesnt appeal to me much.

 

[Bek359]

Fallout 3 is my favorite game period. I just love the world, the music, the 50s jetsonts-nuked-themselves vibe, the side quests, the people, everything.

I'm playing Oblivion 2nd and I haven't really got into it as much so far(I'm still playing it). I guess it was the story just felt disconnected and lonely. There is no love interest, friends, family, traveling companions. It's the only rpg I can think of where you don't at least get the option to have someone/something follow you. Two things they do better in Oblivion are readable books and all the different houses. Imagine being able to buy a bunch of houses in Fallout 3 or read every issue of Grognak the Barbarian.

P.S. And if you can get followers that aren't temporary in Oblivion without a mod and I just haven't found them please tell me where n_n

Once you complete the Dark Brotherhood or Mages Guild quests, you can get a generic follower to follow you for however long you want, or until they die. You can also have this with the Adoring Fan as well, if only to toss him off Dive Rock. For some reason, the Adoring Fan stopped respawning for my current file.

 

[Audioave10]

FO3 is a little more complicated with all the DLC (and the mods). Both have so many mods you
can almost make the game what you want it to be.

 

[super_mumbles]

Oblivion followed relatively closely by Fallout 3.

I played them both on 360 first then moved onto PC. Melee combat on a controller is also a lot easier than using guns. If Fallout 3 didn't have VATS I don't think I would have lasted long.

I also found Oblivion fun, in the sense that you could rob a house, be chased across the city by the guards, run into the wilderness to hide then go back to the town a few hours later only to remember you have a bounty on you after you ask a guard for directions.

 

[Jinx_Dragon]

Oblivion.

It was their game world and hence they had a better grasp on what should or shouldn't happen there. Anything they did to the series they did with knowledge of the past, of where they wanted it to go in the future, and all between.

Fallout, on the other hand, was a creation out of our childhood which they had no part in creating up to that point. Hence they took liberties with it that the 'die hard' fans don't think they should have taken. The story line was fairly poor, and felt incomplete but I put that down to the marketing departments 'get us money now!' The lack of coherent side quests also broke the feeling for me, mostly because they where pointless. In the originals you went out of the way to do the side quests because they felt as if they had purpose when you get to the end of the game and see what your actions did in the future.

Fallout had a very high bar and I feel it fails...

 

[Kragg]

Overdone thread is seriously overdone.

OT: Fallout 3. I preferred the setting and environments. I'm not a big fan of fantasy style games. Post apocalyptic sci-fi is something I prefer.

what is even the point to a topic like this? i cant see any real discussion flowing from this

what do you prefer? green hats or goldfish ... what?!