i'm thinking of buying a Fallout game... I think the series sound (from what I've heard) pretty good... witch game would you advice I get? New Vegas or 3?

Honestly, you should get the first game.

I say you should get the first one... Always good starting at the beginning...

Or Fallout 3, if you can't find F1 or F2 it'll still give you a decent introduction to the series.

Not really, New Vegas strikes closer to the originals. In any case you can find Fallout 1, 2, and Tactics for about 20 bucks at Best Buy or even Gamestop.

GET THEM ALL. Serously you should i think there all good. ( didnt play F1,2, tatics but i have seen gameplay)

I'd start at the first, but if you can't stand dealing with the game mechanics then I recommend New Vegas.

Buy the "Trilogy pack", which has Fallout 1, Fallout 2 and Fallout: Tactics (Fallout: Tactics is only considered partly canon though). You can get the pack http://store.steampowered.com/sub/2008/. It's a good start of the series and its lore, but some people might have a hard time with the 90's 2D sprite graphics and turn-based combat. It's awesome though. If you liked the story of Fallout 1 and 2, then I suggest you buy Fallout: New Vegas next, which is more like the sequel to these games than Fallout 3 is. Fallout 3 takes place in the Fallout universe, but on the other side of the country and has very little from the previous games. So basically, Fallout is split up into two categories - west-coast story (F1, F2, F:NV) and east-coast story (F3). Fallout: Tactics is in the midwest, but it's only semi-canon so...

SO you've played THE game?

I would advice buying Fallout, Fallout 2 and Tactics. They come in a pack. Then buy Fallout New Vegas, then Fallout 3.

If you don't want to play the older games first then buy New Vegas.

Fallout 3, I know there are a lot of hardcoe fallout lovers here, but Fallout 3 has graphics you're probably used to. If you want canon and back story get the first 2.

New Vegas has the same graphics as FO3. So you are saying if you want Canon/Fallout Lore and back story get the Originals and New Vegas. No real reason to get fallout 3 then eh?

No, I'de say for him to get FO1/2, Tactics.

If he wouldn't want that, I'de say he should get FO3 that way he'd appreciate NV more.

How about...Fallout 3 is just better :flamethrower:

This.

Black Isle's Fallout Fans you shoulcn't mock or exclude F3 just because you didn't like it, it's a great game and way more fun, frightening, and climactic then Vegas could possibly ever be (even with DLCs).

Since this person is new to Fallout then I resommend Fallout 3 for them (changing my answer).

Fallout 3- 9.5

Fallout: New Vegas- 7.5

Since he's new to Fallout I think he'd prefer F3.

Game rating are pointless. New Vegas only got a lower rating because Bethesda did not do enough QA testing and game ratings are given mostly on the newest graphics. New Vegas has the same graphics as fallout 3 so they are dated and "that's bad." New Vegas also won RPG game of the year as well as a writing award. I know FO3 won game of the year my point is so did New Vegas

If all you care about is shooting bullet sponges. Don't really care about not being able to join or even talk to many of the factions and being forced to help Good people and over all poor writing. Then FO3 is your game.

If you want a great story, joinable factions, moral grey, consequences for your actions and a more advlt feel New Vegas is your game. If you have researched fallout lore then New Vegas gives alot of it.

the only Fallout games i've played are F03 and FNV and i don't feel left out and if you were to choose between F03 and FNV i would say it doesn't really matter because they are 2 different games and the stories between these game r different as well. The only thing they have in common is the same engine they made the game on and a couple of guns

Yep they are two different games. New Vegas is a Fallout game and FO3 is a fallout like game.

Fallout 1 first,

Fallout 3 continues something different

Is plainly shooter and less RPG. like Mass Effect 2




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If you want non stop boring ass politics go to Vegas,

If you want a real post apocalyptic feel or just general fun playing a game play Fallout 3.

We could just go like this forever, it's his choice, let him decide.

I agree it is up to the OP to decide.

OP if you want a game with great post apocalyptic feel get Fallout One.

The post apocalyptic feel of FO3 is also part of the bad writing and why FO3 is a fallout like game IMO. Sure it looks great but when you think about it. Its been 200 years since the Great War. Things would have improved, people don't sit around doing nothing for 200 years. They rebuild. The world of FO3 makes no sense. The story is also just FO1 and FO2's story smashed together and rehashed again going back to the bad writing..

I understand how Fallout 3 looks like way to little time has past since the Great War but you don't really think of that when you're looking over the dusty landscape right before dusk, or when you (or atleast I) first get sight of D.C. itself.

"seeing the sights" is no excuse for being railroaded to help the knights of the round tabl-- Brotherhood of Sissi-- Steel defeat the EVIL BAD GOVERNMENT! and SAVING WASTELAND!!!!!!!

That's just it. It tries to be "post-apocalyptic" when it doesn't fit. When something doesn't add up, I don't get any form of"immersion".

Its not just how it looks. There is no real economy to the game. For some reason they are using caps. Caps were used in FO1 over 3000 miles away and by FO2 people started using gold coins. Fallout and Fallout 2 explain what backs the currancy. Water merchants in Fallout and NCR in FO2. New Vegas the cap is on top because of the ncr brotherhood war. FO3 is here are caps have fun. There is no real trade, companies just lone junk salesmen. No farming so how are people feeding themselves? 200 year old food? Even by Fallout 84 years after the great war things were more improved then FO3, 200 years after the great war.

Bad writing also goes into how almost everything is Good vs Evil in FO3. We are forced to work with the BoS yet can't help the Enclave. Well we can help them but for some reason they still keep attacking you :thumbsup:

A-bomb in the middle of a town with a man asking every new comer to blow it up and yet no one stops him? Best part is you blow it up and the people down the road treat you as just another wastelander :rolleyes:

Then Optimus Prime that does all the work for you in the final battle, I can go on.



This :foodndrink:

Fallout 3 and New Vegas are pretty different, so choose carefully. I prefer fallout 3.