Hi everyone, Gardenia here. Well I've been meaning to post some of my thoughts on Fallout New Vegas compared to Fallout 3. Now right off let me say this: I think FNV is a fantastic game, I've made some really good friends while playing it and I say it's a fantastic game both out of respect for them and because FNV truly is a fantastic game. I loved the graphics and the unique characters and the Mojave setting, but here is the handful of things that I don't like about FNV comparing it to FO3:

As I played from the beginning I kept noticing a lack of enemies and very low action far into the game. In FO3 right from the start, in the vault you begin to have to fight enemies, and when you escape and are making your way to Megaton, more enemies, if you came upon a raider camp generally double the enemies in FO3. With FNV I found myself constantly saying when will the game take off???

I think the amount of dialogue was just too much. I spent more time reading than I did fighting I thought this was backward for a rpg/fps. But in all fairness I'm comparing it to FO3 which was a lot faster pace in my opinion.

I thought the new build your own ammo feature was ridiculous. Just put it at a vendor and let me buy it so I can get back to questing, killing and leveling.

Again in fairness to everyone that disagrees with me I was biased coming into FNV. I mean Fallout 3 was the first game I had ever played in this genre, and I just fell in love with it. I landed at #2 on my favorite games list so you see where I'm coming from I hope. I think one area that FNV was a bit ahead was their dlc. I enjoyed ALL of them whereas with FO3 I was disappointed with a couple.

Lastly I think the number and coolness of Unique Weapons was far more and better in FO3. I think things could have been streamlined a lot in FNV which would have shifted at least more of an action feel.

I'm pretty sure I will get slammed for this post, but I have to be honest, and after all it's only my opinion. I'm going to do one final playthrough and then shelve it. FNV will always have value to me and I had some very good times playing.....just not enough.

G

So are you going to give Fallout, Fallout 2 and Tactics a try now? Or have you already done that? If not you can get them from GoG.com and buy each one for about $6 and they come ready to play.

Also don't shelve Fallout New Vegas just yet. If you haven't given the orginals a shot yet, play them and then play New Vegas one more time.

As for your post, I am glad you liked New Vegas.

The action can take off just go to Quarry Junction. Or visit the fiend territory. There is action in there.

I understand how it can go over people's heads because of how "complicated" it is, but you just have to learn how to play the game right.

Fallout 3 is just way too easy to get overpowered much too soon, so I see why the masses like that game. I don't think it will stand the test of time though compared to New Vegas.

i almost feel the same, almost. F3 is much faster paced, and the capital wasteland seems much more wild and full of ruins and battles. Also the story is much faster paced, more like an action movie.

Although i do like fnv better, it has a slower but more political story that is much grayer than the black/white war of the enclave/bos. And the ammo types added another layer to combat. And the unique weapons had a different model in new vegas, although i'm pretty sure that f3 didn't (its been a while since i played.

Anyway they are both great games and rank very high on my favorite game list

Am I misunderstanding something here? Ammo is readily available in most shops.

As Styles said, it's good to see you liked NV, I'll respect your opinion but I found the lack of enemies and combat to be a nice change from FO3, in fact, I actually found the rate at which I ran into enemies in Fallout 3 frustrating and eventually got boring, but everyone's entitled to their opinion.

There are ammo types that aren't sold or found. Like Match, only way to have it is to make it yourself.

Personally i like that feature, no need to waste time to go to a merchant to exchange ammo, when i can do it myself. And do it better, i used 5.56 Match ammo as basic ammo late game with my last character And it's not complicated, just breakdown ammo that provides the same materials you need for the ammo you want to make. 5mms for 5.56s for example. Or even simpler, buy surplus ammo, break it down, and make special ammo out of it.