Out of all the fallout games which protagonist do you think had the greatest adventure and give your reasoning.

Edit: Woah thanks for all the posts I love reading your opinions keep them coming!

Oh wow.

That's a good Question.

The Vault Dweller started from humble roots looking for some hardware and eventually changed the world. The stuff we read about in the survival guide that happened later was pretty good too.

The character in Fallout 2 had a pretty interesting life I guess. Not as epic as The Vault Dweller.

...I don't want to rate the Lone Wanderer. He had the same adventure as any of my characters in Oblivion.

As for the Courier...I would put him on the same level as the Vault Dweller. He has had Adventures even he doesn't know about.

I say the Vault Dweller, the Warrior, the Chosen One, and the Courier all tie for first.

The Vault Dweller altered the history of all of North America by stopping the Master.

The Warrior decided the fate of the Mid West by putting ____ in charge (it's been over a decade, can Bethesda please tell us who it was?).

The Chosen One saved humanity and altered the history of almost all of western North America.

And the Courier decided the fate of the entire Southwestern region of North America.

The Lone Wanderer only decided whether to help or kill the Capital Wasteland, a much smaller thing in a much smaller region.

I agree with this. Though I'd say The Vault Dweller and Courier before Chosen One and Warrior. The courier, ignoring the stuff specifically in game, could have also travelled as far East as Montana and as far West as . . . the coast. The geography he covers on foot is astounding.

The Chosen One

People could have resisted super mutants, infiltrating and stopping the Enclave is a much greater task.

I'd say the Courier. Seriously, travelling a corrosive aired casino filled with so much Old World sadness, travelling to one of the most beautiful national parks, travelling to a Pre-War science facility, and exploring a nuked and earhquake shattered city with dangerous winds? And that's just the DLC.

I feel that the Vault Dweller had the greatest of them all. He knew nothing of the outside world and he managed to change so much. He is the reason why the West is the way it is, he saved Shady Sands, rescued Tandi, defeated the Master, saved Vault 13 and founded Arroyo.

The Chosen One did alot as well but he was raised in the wasteland, and had some idea of what the world was like; and he is the Grandson of the Vault Dweller. He's got his grandfather's spirit and that gave him an edge.

The Courier did a great deal as well, he can seriously change the outcome for two super powers and can possibly have been the catalyst for a new power.

The Warrior tavelled a great deal more than the Vault Dweller and Chosen One but I feel his story is not yet complete

The Lone Wanderer helped Lyons take control of a very small place called DC. Plus if you think about it James did most of the work.

From my own personal experience? The Courier

As to whom I think, this is a tough one but I'd say, the Chosen One.

Because he took on the Enclave, which would have taken over the wasteland otherwise.

My thoughts too, in that order

The Vault Dweller and The Courier.

I'm going from the perspective of self-discovery.
FO3 implies a 19 year old kid forced out into the world, and dialog implies he's scared to death and wants his daddy. Sure, he copes, but he's just focused on finding his dad, not on the path itself.
Same with the Chosen One. To me, I always got the sense that an overly anxious-to-please Chosen One was the case, kind of like the description for the preset character Narg. The canon details we have about him always gave me the impression that they sent a guy who was anxious to do the job, but kinda naive and clueless about the world around him. Makes for a hysterical adventure (especially when you think the kid broke into the Enclave) that seems sorta random and lucky, but again, I never got the impression he was focused on the path itself, just on the goal.

The Vault Dweller and the Courier are different. The Vault Dweller is actually choosing to leave the Vault and undertake this task, though unlike the Chosen One, there doesn't seem to be this tone of "I honestly have no clue what the [censored] I'm doing and it's kind of hysterical I'm managing this at all." The Vault Dweller seems more like a guy that leaves the vault, goes out into the world around him and sees it for what it really is, and he takes that in and focuses on the path around him. He learns and grows from it.


The Courier is the same. His entire walk is one of self-discovery. Hell, it sounds as though his entire life is like that. The Courier gets thrown into a situation that seems to demand he think about his actions and the choices he makes, and truly understand who he is, what he does and what he really wants in life. Dead Money makes him appreciate his life, Honest Hearts teaches him to be true to himself, Old World Blues teaches him to be able to move on, Lonesome Road teaches him to truly think about and realize the impact of his actions and choices and the Mojave himself asks him the enormous philosophical question of "what is right?"

Again, I judge the "greatest" adventure by who gained the most experience out of their actions. The Lone Wanderer and the Chosen One seem like kids, rather naive in their actions and choices. The Vault Dweller and the Courier however seem more like men, knowing and growing from their actions, learning from them constantly, solving problems at hand by comprehending them properly rather than simply being born a hard-ass (though the Courier seems like a tough son of a [censored] himself, perhaps THE toughest lore-wise) and making resolute decisions that they can proudly stand and defend.

The Vault Dweller had the greatest adventure, IMO. He drew the short straw and was the first of his people to venture out into the world in over 50 years. He not only saved his home, but saved and helped shape the entire future of the core region wasteland. Then finally when he thought he could settle back down and hang his hat, the very people he was trying to save shunned him and drove him out to forge a new community in the wasteland with the few like-minded people who joined him. Without him the entire core region would be a warzone between the Enclave and Master's Army (which actually would be pretty freaking awesome).

I'd have to give the chosen one his own award for "wackiest adventure" because of all the insane crap they crammed into that game. Becoming a porm star alone nets him the most "pleasurable" adventure.

I feel that this thread needs a poll.

My vote goes to the Chosen One. I feel that my reasons as to why have already been covered.

Well there were at least two others that went out before him, Ed and Talius.

I forgot about them, but they died or did nothing so they dont matter.

Ed's dead baby.

Vault Dweller for reasons stated above.

I liked that Fallout 3 focused on the immediate area rather than something overarching like everyone being sterile super mutants or everyone in the wastes dead.

Lone Wanderer is what you make of him. Also we don't know what's canon for 3. Nor NV.

But yes, Vault Dweller.

Side note: Don't see the equation between the LW and Oblivion.

Fallout 3=Oblivion + Guns.

The courier′s adventure was in 3D based game thingy with much better combat.

The chosen one′s was a 2D kinda strategy game where you control one person.

Im gonna make you guess which one i picked.

The Courier

Those factors have little to do with which protagonist had the greatest adventure

also, in all of the games you control one person (excluding Tactics)

Hmmm... I'd say the Courier or the Chosen One. For they had(IMO) the widest cultural experience from various locations, while LW just explored DC and VD was in a hurry to save his Vault(but if the events after his exile count, he'd by my choice in this).

Its a joke, games tend to be more fun when in 3D if you ask me (and most of the people in the world) so i combined that into the adventure of the couriers (which was in 3D so to say) and the Chosen One.

Seriously i think its you (the player) that determines how epic the adventure of the guy you play is. But if you take the quests and main quest then im totally not sure who′s adventure was best.

I've only got the LW and the Courier to pick from, not having played the others. I'd say the Courier. As someone has mentioned, the places he's seen in the world. The questioning of greed in the Sierra Madre. The tribes of Honest Hearts. The philosophical quandaries of the Divide. The pure Sci Fi wonderment of Big MT. Plus being caught in the middle of that conflict with the culture of the Legion and the democracy of the NCR. With the still standing beacon of civilisation that is NV.

The LW does have his own interesting journey (Going into Space being one of them) but he never saw half the things that the Courier did. The Couriers impact on events was huge.

Breaks and/or makes a nation/nations. The courier is simply the most badass dude in the world.

Lone Wanderer:

Wow, poor LW...but I do agree with the others so sorry. lol

The Vault Dweller with the Courier following closely for reasons already explained.

Its not his fault. Its Bethesda's fault for not writing on nearly the same level as Obsidian.