Ok after 100%in fallout new vegas (yes i got all 100% achievements, secret weapons and loacations) http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197971293271/stats/Fallout:NewVegas
the game was amazing so i decided give a Fallout 3 game of the year edition a try.
So far i am even more impressed with visuals and the plot even tho i just started . another thing is: i really like the random factor in this game. I was traveling trough the subway and decided to take a breath of fresh air, as i got out i saw three ants trying to kill huge scorpion, and then i got owned. Hmmm i load from last save right in front of exit door and in hoped to kill that bastard i came across some thugs who owned me again wait where is scorpion ? so i reload again and there was this two stupid idiots trying to defuse a mine which ended up blowing them up (it made me laugh)., ok lets reload again and bam i came across 3 ghouls by the camp fire. so much unpredictable randomness makes it much more interesting. also lack of ammo, stimpacks and companions being able to die for good makes it hard and strategic. Love it! 2 thumbs up again to Bethesda.

new vegas post http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1170085-one-of-the-best-games-i-played-thanks-bethesda/

Yah Fallout 3 is more liek the apocalypse happened 3 minutes ago, and how can you like the plot compared to New Vegas its garbage.

Opinions make the world go round

Haha, so true, but seriously, the black and white plot, compared to the actually intricate (in a way) plotline of New Vegas, do you really like Fallout 3's plot better?

I enjoy FO3's story yes, but I also enjoy FNV's story

If I actually want an excellent plot to follow 9 times out of 10 i'll read a book

I think Fallout 3's plot is about average (i've seen worse from a video game) but when comparing it to New Vegas I think it definitely loses out (the plot is not the reason I like Fallout 3 though).

The main reason I can be favorable to it sometimes is the fact that it involves the Enclave and a certain awesomely charismatic President of the United States. That feeling quickly does a 180 though when I realize I can't help the Enclave or prevent their destruction.

(Glad you enjoy it Taco, have fun playing through it all.) :thumbsup:

Have fun but remember this. If you are looking forward to a good story than prepare to be disappointed.

As someone who played Fallout 1 and 2 before Fallout 3 came out... yeah, I don't share the same positive attitude towards it. Let's just leave it at that.

i really disliked new vegas. i had vanilla fallout 3 and then bought new vegas, returned it and bought GOTY edition. NV felt like some weird wild west thing, fallout 3 felt more post apocalyptic. In NV it was supposed to be like war never happened there...where is the fun in that? i like surviving the capital wastland rather than watching a loading screen for like 5 minutes. Also there is the character, i felt no connection to the curier, where as in the LW you had a conection, u were there when he was born, and you were there when he dies

The only Fallout game I haven't played myself so far is New Vegas (and that is just because I am waiting for all the DLCs/Patches to be out first, I am like that), and personally I have liked all of them a lot. Sure, Fallout 3 has its faults, but so do Fallout 1 and 2. I will say as a lore junkie in game lines like this that I was disappointed with certain approaches to things, but that is the prerogative of the game developers in my opinion. Plus, Fallout 3 was really the first attempt at taking the series into a new game style, so some flaws are to be expected right off the bat (and I personally am not one of those who is mad just because the game is now First Person centric as opposed to the former incarnations as I am a fan of games in that perspective for finding the immersion they provide to be greater). Sure, we lost a little of the PnP style feeling the game series provided, but if I really need that I can always play a PnP game where I am not limited by the ideas of some game developers.

All in all, Fallout 3 was a great game, and I still play it to this day with mods (and have my game feeling much more akin to some of the original lore, even though some aspects can't be rectified on this front) - and I expect it to continue to tide me over til I move on to New Vegas, and the eventually on to Skyrim. Though, I also wouldn't be shocked if I come back to some of them in the future too - after all, I still pop back to Morrowind yet from time to time.

Glad you are having fun with the game, OP, I doubt you will be disappointed.

Thisssss... I love the gameplay and the setting of Fallout 3, but I cry bitter tears every time I have to fire on an Enclave trooper. Why you make me do this, game?! :cryvaultboy:

I will forever be thankfull to New Vegas for not railroading me out of being true to Caesar.

Hey Taco

Thanks for sharing the love

You've picked up quickly on one of the aspects of the game that makes this such a great game (I hope you find more as you put more time into the game). We often get one or two anti FO3 remarks in threads like this, often from Vegas or FO1&2 fans, but it's great fun reading the anti FO3 rubbish they post, sometimes it's even more fun throwing stones back at them and watching the ripples

(Were you head of your high school cheerleaders by chance?) :shakehead:

Have you?

The way I see it the plot of a game has never been Bethesda's strength, what makes their games good is the freedom of exploring and doing pretty much whatever you like, and they're really good at coming up with the lore and mythos for a game's world so you can find all kinds of interesting facts when you talk to NPCs or read books and notes. It's true that Fallout 3 was done exactly like Oblivion, but if Oblivion was such a fun game too then what's wrong with that? People love video games where you can explore and do anything you want.

I really hope bethesda softworks NEVER EVER let an other developer do a sequel again because these debates of this and thats better and i want this in that and and anddddd ANDDDDD !!! it is making me sick in the stomach really i mean it.

altrou im sometimes part of these discusions its really too much please no more bethesda

People are always going to compare a sequel to its predecessor(s) regardless of who develops it. Fallout 4 won't have all of the features of Fallout 3, let alone New Vegas, and it will have features that weren't present in either of these two games. People will be disappointed no matter what.

Rah Rah Rah, Gooooo, Fallout!

Yes what's wrong with that?

(Trust me, better i drop it now that i locked my EVIL side up.

@Smert: Sorry man, when my EVIL side gets out, i can be mean, and it got out on me, i apologize for my reply.)

*pickpockets the key to Evil Sides cage*

heh heh......time for some fun

Your Sneak is only 20 so you were caught.

New Vegas is one of the most boring games I ever played in my life.

That's my opinion of course.

Also is the only game I rented in my life.


Fallout 3: brilliant post-apocalyptic scenario, crazy freedom of exploration, lot of action and locations.

No twisted story? Excellent. That become boring very soon in games. If I want a twisted plot I do not play a game, I do read a book.

That's my opinion, of course.



OP I envy you, I wish I could play FO3 first time again.

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i see allot of people saying that fallout 3 plot is bad compare to other. What i mean by plot is not main story although being born with your character and go trough with it to find father makes you feel more attached to it rather just jumping in playing someone. The plot or setting in which you surround by is what i enjoy the most. I come across unknown tribes and individuals hear their stories and problems makes me feel like its real and personal. Example i was traveling across Super Duper Mart and this little kid asked me to find his father then story goes on as i find him dead, i felt bad for little kid and promised to eliminate source of red ants, as i was doing so this doctor told me that his experiment gone wrong, asking if i could clear path and let him stop fire ants spreading and continue with his research. I come back to the kid and tell him that i did it for him and told him that ill find him new home. as i told him that he requested to stay for little bit to bury his pappa. That's what i mean as and excellent plot setting, makes you feel like its real survival story that excites the game play. (Give me that Naughty Nightwear !!) lol lol