Greetings!

I'm new here! So I'd like to use that as an excuse for creating a thread on a topic that has most likely been discussed to death, brought back from the dead and discussed to death once more. Basically, sorry if this makes you sigh a sigh of great annoyance, but it is something I need to discuss!

Firstly, I first ventured into the post-nuclear world of Fallout in Bethesda's game, Fallout 3. I immediately took to the game, it was like love at first sight, or better yet and more precisely described, play! The world was just so immersive, the quests and the exploring outstanding. The gameplay, fun and assorted. I couldn't believe there existed such a brilliant world, a gem, that I had never discovered before.

I played the game religiously, purchasing each of the expansions as they came out, their stories adding to the games brilliance. My friends also loved this game, we discussed it abnormally, it was brilliant how many opinions and insights the game brought about in people. Upon completing the game I purchased a boxset containing Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics. I have yet to complete, even get around to playing tactics yet but considering my undying love for the series and the Fallout universe as a whole, it's likely I will enjoy that as I have enjoyed the rest.

When I heard news of New Vegas, I was ecstatic and anticipated for its release, as where my friends. When the game came out I played it and completed it fairly quickly. I learned that my friends lost interest in the game halfway through and have since not gone back to it. This is what confuses me, as on comments such as YouTube videos, the general opinion of the game is that it is disliked, terrible, a degrade from its predecessor.

But how? They developed on the gameplay, adding depth too it with ammo types, weapon mods, more perks and the first person aspect. They made side quests and companions far more intricate, and (if I'm not mistaken about companions) added more. The main storyline is also far larger and detailed. Also, the world is completely absorbing. And as well you choose your enemies, you choose your allegiance, your path, your destiny and the faith of the peoples in the world (though the same could be said about peoples in 3).

To me (though I could be described as a 'really devoted fan') they did nothing to hinder the successful formula of the previous game. It added where the other one failed to do so, brought a new world haunted by the Great War to explore and rescue. A new story, one far larger and brilliant than what I experienced in Fallout 3. So what I'm asking is, how on earth, can a fan of 3, dislike so much the small (but brilliant and detailed) innovations Obsidian brought with New Vegas?

Simply put, people don't like New Vegas because it isn't as simple, there are lots of choices without immediate consequence, the game focuses on quest paths more than dungeons.

That saddens me to no end. The very fact that people would rather revel in simplicity than bask in thought out brilliance is appalling, and confusing. But even still, if you see 3 as a stepping stone, you'd think it would prepare people for a more complex title, you know?

Which is just sad.. :sadvaultboy:

Welcome to mainstream gaming, after consoles and franchises like Halo and CoD made simplifying games for the masses extremely lucrative, why shouldn't they do it? The spending force of American tweenagers far outweighs the "old" gamers.

I'm back.

Welcome to the Forum :foodndrink: This topic comes up alot here, normally started by new members. There is a search option.

There is a New Vegas vs Fallout 3 topic that is on going ===> http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1249906-new-vegas-or-fallout-3/

I get what you are saying, it makes sense. I feared, but did not want to believe, this for New Vegas.

I suppose, you could almost say, it was an experiment.

Like you say, lack of intelligence has forced video games to be dumbed down for the masses. Create Fallout 3 - brilliant in its simplicity. People love. Expand and detail next game to try and ween people off that bridge of simplistic nature. Possible? .. Probably not.

I haven't heard a real reason from anyone who dislikes New Vegas though, the only explanation that makes sense sadly, is yours.

Thanks! And thanks a lot for the link and that too.
Sorry again for posting the topic

Please use the above linked topic for this discussion. Thanks for the link Styles. Helps me out a lot atm.