Do you prefer new Vegas to 3, and why?

Post » Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:06 pm

How do you feel about how the stories made your character out to be, you were basically the second coming of Christ in Fallout 3, as were you in Fallout 1/2... In fallout new vegas... You're just kinda a Cog in a machine, even if you do help more get accomplished than in 3..

I wouldn't say that. Trust me, in Fallout 2, even if you maxed all your skills, you try taking on an Enclave troop, let alone three, and it's a fight for your life. I play on VE and still flee from the Enclave.

As to New Vegas, I'd say New Vegas fixes an aspect 3 messed up with, Fallout and Fallout 2 were more open about 'you just barely did it.' 3 is guiltier of 'JESUS HAS DESCENDED UNTO US MORTALS!'.

@Body- Not at all my good man, but what I mean is, I've never seen a bomb blasted city IRL with green tint, so even Searchlight is guilty of being a 'See, we used green tint as a narrative undertone. Plus, Obsidian abused the heck out of orange filters. So I'd say Obsidian did just as Bethesda did.
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Post » Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:11 am

Face it, the developers treated the game as if the bombs felt 20 minutes ago and not 200 years. A major fault.


Major fault for you.

Believe it or not, some of us have no problems with the what the setting of Fallout 3 is.
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Post » Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:07 am

I preferred 3 in almost every way personally. I enjoyed the massive feel of war in wiping out the enclave and mutants in various areas around the wastes and in the main quest line. I loved feeling like I was an over powered God running around in T-51b or Enclave hellfire armor burning everything with a heavy incinerator or blasting it with a gauss rifle or sneaking around with my chinese stealth armor slashing people with the shishkebab or just doing anything I WANTED TO DO, the countless hours of exploration and killing mutants/ enclave is beyond description as to how fun it was. In spite its lack of weapon customization a limited choice in story (I couldn't side with the enclave and just kill everything :P) and horribly laggy dlc's (aside from broken steel) I preferred it to new vegas in every way almost. New vegas is closer to the original fallouts but it just lacks for me because there was no enclave to crush, there was no real enclave to side with (remnants don't count thats like 4-5 dudes..) and the final battle was so tiny D: ... I know this game was rushed but many of the features felt so lacking like not being able to have a choice at a perk every level, not being able to cook at ovens, it feels like fallout 3 if you took away half the world, and replaced it with twice as many bugs.. I have tried to enjoy this game but it's just too short, the replay value doesn't make me want to go back and do it over and over with various characters with different weapon specialization's.. But how do you all feel about this game as oppose to three, what do you like/dislike do you feel this was a good follow up to the original fallouts? *There is also the fact I have been able to put 3k hours into fallout 3 since it came out, and less than half that into New Vegas due to the fact my games data corrupts or i constantly freeze once I get past the boomers in game...* *Ending "BATTLES!!!!" in fallout 3 Destroy enclave at project purity, destroy enclave at their new base after broken steel, destroy enclave at the missile area and choose what to destroy with said missiles..* Fallout New Vegas ending battle *pop 10-20 guys across the bridge* deal with first boss guy through speech or violence... quickly... Deal with second boss guy in similar way.... Game over.. See my point? It builds up to a "HUGE" battle with very few people being there. I expected to see at least 200 guys on each side, not so few.


You should add a third option to the poll such as "I like them both the same."

Imo, Fallout 3 has a better story, setting and overall environment but New Vegas has a better everything else really. Fallout 3 should have a better story though because New Vegas is supposed to be just a "side story".

I like how Obsidion brought back a lot of the original elements from the older games. How many people that only played Fallout 3 knew that only 2nd generation Super Mutants were stupid? The faction system and character specialization system added insane replay value. There is not just one path you're forced to follow while doing this or that on the side and there is not just one ultimate character that you can build like there is in Fallout 3 where every one should have the same character build if they do it right.

That said, Fallout 3 has a better sand box to play in. The Mojave Wasteland is entirely predictable and pretty boring compared to Washington DC - where you run into all kinds of crazy [censored] very quickly. Fallout 3's story is just outstanding and it's going to be extremely difficult for any game (or a lot of films for that matter) to outdo it. It's the Jim Cameron's "Aliens" of video games.
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Post » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:58 am

And surely the green tint would remain in Camp Searchlight for over 200 years? Haha, no.





Face it, the developers treated the game as if the bombs felt 20 minutes ago and not 200 years. A major fault.




Because Fallout 1 & 2 are far superior games? That's why.



You mean because of the graphics?... No that can't be it. The voice acting?... Again no... The story, maybe based on opinion... A lack of unrealistic green tint? Well considering there is a forced evolution virus, radation makes things grow larger, and the vast number of unrealistic things in 1&2 that can't be it... Gameplay? Turn based vs real time shooter..? I suppose if thats your opinion but I fail to see how it is a better game.
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Post » Sat Jun 11, 2011 8:54 pm

And surely the green tint would remain in Camp Searchlight for over 200 years? Haha, no.





Face it, the developers treated the game as if the bombs felt 20 minutes ago and not 200 years. A major fault.




Because Fallout 1 & 2 are far superior games? That's why.

OK! :rofl: you got me, ill go buy them right now just because you think their better.JP but this is about NV vs FO 3 not 1 or 2.
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Post » Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:43 am

You mean because of the graphics?... No that can't be it. The voice acting?... Again no... The story, maybe based on opinion... A lack of unrealistic green tint? Well considering there is a forced evolution virus, radation makes things grow larger, and the vast number of unrealistic things in 1&2 that can't be it... Gameplay? Turn based vs real time shooter..? I suppose if thats your opinion but I fail to see how it is a better game.


Back the funk up there. Did you just imply the Fallout 3 has better voice acting than Fallout 1 & 2?
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