Had FO3 for over a year, barely played it. Had FONV for a few days, love it.

Always heard people say FO3 was better than New Vegas, and I want to ask what you like better about Fallout 3.

I know it's just a matter of opinion, but perhaps I'm missing something.

This will go well. I liked the more open world, with less invisible walls getting in the way. Besides that, I found New Vegas to be the better Fallout game.

I find NV to be better in almost every way.

But Fallout 3 has this feeling that I don't get from NV, so yeah.

Legion, I do hate the invisible walls and have encountered them quite often, but I also think New Vegas was just as open world as Fallout 3.

A huge destroyed city was pretty awesome.

FO3 has more of a "survival" feel than New Vegas. New Vegas has that "rebuilding and politics" feel.

Edit: I do have to say that New Vegas was better however. The DLCand wide variety of weapons made it a lot more enjoyable than FO3.

The both definatley have their ups and downs...that being said New Vegas is a newer game and learned from Fo3 faults.

It's a given that New Vegas plays better than Fallout 3 because it took the game's engine, perk system, among other things, and improved on it. With that being said, I feel as if the "retro-fifties/forties" theme that is widely illustrated in Fallout 3 is lost in the wild-west theme of Fallout New Vegas.

Story? No competition. New Vegas is *far* better in that department. Exploration? Eh..... Both have their ups and downs. Fallout 3 has a bigger map with more meaningful/open random areas, but a lot of the locations are recycled over and over again. New Vegas tends to make its locations quite unique while a lot of the areas are simply boarded up and are of no relevance.

Weapons? Perks? Again, no competition. New Vegas has a wider array of personal customization of your character's play-style in terms of weapons, varying ammo types, weapon-mods, and perk selection.

DLCS? Hate to say this, but again, this is not even a competition. New Vegas' DLCs were all connected, immersive, rewarding, and difficult, while Fallout 3's were (besides Point Lookout) mediocre IMHO. Zeta and Broken Steel were awful, while Anchorage was mediocre and the Pitt was decent.

I did miss some of the weapon crafting from Fallout 3, especially the Dart Gun. Wish all of that hadn't been cut.

I also prefer Dogmeat to Rex.

Other than that, I have to give it up to New Vegas I think.

I can't put my finger on it, but there was something simply more alluring to Fallout 3 for me than New Vegas. Perhaps it was the personal tone of the story, being that you were raised with a community and had a father, whereas in New Vegas it really feels like you are all alone in the wastes.