Okay, I am a PS3 wastelander. I was snoopin' around youtube for Fallout stuff when I saw the many mod's for the PC Fallout. My mouth water'd while I smacked myself for not getting PC.

To all you PC gamers, is it worth it? I can't really imagine playing Fallout without a controller and with a mouse and keyboard.

You can play it with a controller on a computer if you really want, but playing any first-person game without a mouse and keyboard is madness.

The real question though, of is it worth it? doesn't even entirely make sense. Do you mean was it worth spending a few hundred dollars for a device that has access to virtually infinite free software (I mean actual free software, I'm not counting piracy if you have loose morals) and aside from that has access to software that matters (aka non-games) AND can play games I shell out $10 less for than the console versions? Yes, playing games on a computer is worth it. And if I really want, I can plug in a controller and hook it to a TV if for some reason I wanted to devolve back to console-style gameplay.

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Sorry, Worth it as worth buying Fallout for PC and put my PS3 fallout away.

Oh. Fah.

You might want to wait for a sale on the PC version, or at least for the likely eventual game + all DLCs bundle. But if mods really make you salivate that much, yes, the grass is greener on this side. The game still has bugs, but they're more of the ''crash to desktop'' variety than the ''requires a hard reboot'' variety, and non-engine bugs generally have player made mods to fix. The number and variety of mods is fairly overwhelming though; I guess that's a sort of downside if you're indecisive.

And again, if the controller is your hang-up, you CAN use a controller on a computer to play New Vegas.

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One word, lag. Omg my Fallout lags, stutters and crashes so bad :brokencomputer: beacause all i have is a laptop. Its so terrible that if i get an X-box im going to get Fallout 3 or Fallout NV (or both) for it beacause playing the game at 10 fps without a mouse staring at the ground the whole time im sure is not as fun, and im sure that if i played Fallout on x-box or ps3 i would have a much supirior experience, I.E not being afraid to piss someone off beacause my game woulld lag up the butt when i fought them even though im in power armor and could easily 1 shot them, its hard to aim at 2 fps. Also, all these mods may seem amazing, but thay can sometimes crash your game or add things you did not intend... Its also difficult to get 300 dollar graphics cards that you need to update every month to play any other game, added to the 1000 dollar computer. Baisicaly you can run, say, Battlefield 3 on a 9 year old X-box but it breaks a 9 month old computer. So, if you have an amazing computer and are only going to run Fallout NV, then yes, but if you want any other game, then you have to spend tons of money to get it up to date.

Yes the mods are very very good, but i think thay add things that just dont seem to fit in with the game, so i just play pure vanilla (at 10 fps staring with no mouse at the ground). I know im probobly going to get your avredge "get a new compuiter!!!1" replys but really, really, its not as easy as going into the store and saying "id like a new comp "

It's worth it for the improved loading times and dev commands alone.

$50 motherboard
$90 CPU
$30 RAM
$150 video card
$50 power supply
$80 hard drive
$25 case
If I were to build a new computer right now, this is what I'd expect to pay. I don't have to account for monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, battery backup, or optical drive, because I have spares of those lying around from old computers (and the optical drive would only be hooked up long enough to install Windows). I'd decomission my oldest compy and use its Windows (XP) license on the new one. And that'd be good enough to run nearly any game on max settings sans maxed anti-aliasing. If you're paying $1000 for a prebuilt and $300 for a video card, you're doing it wrong.

I'm also estimating high. I recently replaced motherboard, CPU and RAM for someone, and it cost them $150 after tax (3 core 3 GHz, 4 GB of DDR3).

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I've played Fallout at my friend's house with a controller, trust me, using a mouse and keyboard is 1000x better. And mods are your best friend.

If you do decide to get a computer I recommend the following mods:

New Vegas Bounties 1 and 2
Increased Wasteland Spawn ( Option high spawn, civilians, no guards )
Realistic Gunshot Sounds
Electro City
Project Nevada
New Vegas Interiors
Badlands

If you have a good pc as of right now then sure go get it, but if you have to upgrade everything I wouldn't bother. Already owning the PlayStation is good enough, and like mentioned previously you don't have to update it.

Some times I wish I could have some of the mods, but then I get over it. If you ask me there are only a handful that seem worth getting.

Trying to make it sound unbiased

Ah, console vs PC.... this always ends well. :celebration:

The 'mods' don't really grab me. There aren't many worthwhile 'Neverwinter Nights' style modules that give you a whole new game to play. Most are just model upgrades, new weapons or engine upgrades.
Don't get me wrong, in a world like Forgotten Realms where everybody's version is different (or a world like Elder Scrolls, which is painfully generic), I can understand the attraction in playing what is essentially interactive fan-fiction. But Fallout has such a strong character, such a strong spirit, that I want to stick to canon stuff rather than fan stuff.

Not that any of that addresses the question a hand. I'm pretty sure that if you have a grunty PC, then the PC version is better than the 360 one I'm playing. But I'm happy enough with the console, and it doesn't stop me from doing anything that I'm really interested in (like Failing Fallout).

I guess I can never trust you then, I can' even play things on addicting games without constantly looking at the keyboard or messing up. I would much rather have a controller.

This is total garbage. The vast majority of multiplatform games are console ports so you can get a better than console experience on even three year old hardware. Also KB/M destroys a controller for shooters. Also, mods.

This. PC has everything consoles have, but consoles don't have everything PC has.

You can use 360 controller on PC
You can link your PC to your television
You can... wait, that was the consoles' advantages..


Anyway,

Mods?

mostly convenience, if you enjoy sitting back on your cozy lounge couch chair in front of a big screen LCD tv and can get used to using a controller, then console it is (occasional console lag/freezing).
if you have a decent PC that can be connected to what i mentioned above and you can use it with a controller, then thats a better perk instead of a console (much less freezing/lag with PC).
if you can do all the above with a keyboard, mouse or controller, then the choice comes down to whether you want the benefits of console commands and mods a PC gives and if you think having the benefit of mods and console commands would spoil the challenge of game play.

Eh, you're kinda looking at the wrong mods then. Most good mods go out of their way to be lore-friendly. New Vegas Bounties, for instance, references locations and events from the Van Buren design documents. It also feels like a natural part of the game. Dog City Denver is also based in VB documents, though I haven't finished that one yet. FOOK doesn't add quests or anything, but it does add lorefriendly gear like Hardened T-51b or FO2-style tesla armor.

Basically, with the *good* mods, it's usually difficult to tell where the vanilla game ends and the mod begins.

You can even use a ps3 controller on PC, although it's a pain to hook it up.

Sorry for you, dude, but you without a doubt have one seriously craptastic computer there. Any half-decent PC with honest gaming components would have none of those problems, and play all your games in a much superior fashion to anything you can do on a console.