Replying on Colonel Martyr's post, Well if you look at it at that perspective, it can be boring, but Fallout 3 it tells how a boy comes to be a great hero and discover what really happened to the outside world. I think that Fallout 3's setting was way better than an old dried up desert, and then a lighten up half Vegas was dropped in the middle of it.

I'm just gonna sit this one out.
People like what they like, noone is right or wrong, and noone's opinion matters more than anybody elses.
Those are my parting words.

The setting was one of the worst things about Fallout 3.

Damn, you hit that whole Fallout 3 story line right on the spot.I like NV story line to but, not as much as I like Fallout 3 story. It wasn't just the Lone Wounderer first time seeing the CW or Fallout world, it was my first time to.And I like the whole story about a kid looking for his father.Theirs allot of people that would have done the same.So I felt more close and cared allot more about the out come of the Lone Wounderer.

Oh if only I could mod new vegas. The majority of reasons I like 3 over it could be so easily resolved with a few mods.. Well except for the fact the enclave wasn't a faction and I couldn't exterminate all native life in Vegas... Oh well.. Don't believe there is talented enough modder to do something to that extent the voice acting ending panels ect..

Really, that's strange since just about everyone will agree that Fallout 3 had much superior exploration.

Sure, but do you know what all of these people have in common? None of them played the old Fallout games.

I'm not talking about exploration here. I'm talking about the setting and atmosphere.

Correction, those who generally like Fallout 3 will say this (such as myself). Those who dislike Fallout 3 generally say the setting was terrible (200 years after, doesn't make sense etc.)

Well, see I prefer NV, because it gave me options, and was an actual RPG, that is, more RPG than shooter, if i so chose. Martyr laid out Fallout 3's story, and if i may add this one thing: and there is nothing you can do to change it up until the very end, and the only options, even then, are completely [censored].

If you guys were fish you'd go extinct.

Some one baits a hook and y'all start biting.... lol.

You do know what a fish is right?

I played Fallout 2. What? You saying the setting svcks because it's not on the west coast?

Fallout 3 wouldn't have the story that it did if it wasn't so far away from California.

I don't see anyone here raging or starting anything other than you attempting to. And an occasional person whining that people who like 3 never played the first two and therefore don't understand what fallout is suppose to represent. You do bring an interesting point to mind that I feel when ever I do troll people call me a try hard and say I svck at it and when ever I try to start a legitimate discussion or voice an opinion people call me a troll :/ ...

I've played both the originals.

I wish people would stop assuming that people who like Fallout 3 have never played anything but Fallout 3. :sadvaultboy:

Ehhhh, that's iffy. I started the series with Fallout 3, and found the setting superb, played the originals last summer, was amazed at how advanced the post-war world was and it was before Fallout 3's events. But I justify D.C. as being 'just after the war' because:

It didn't have the BoS until what, 20 years ago?
Tenpenny is a snob who doesnt care about the people around him, just hiding in his penthouse because he dikeed over alot of people. ALOT.
Vault citizens by and large didn't make it IN their Vault's let alone out the Vault's front door.
Most ghouls are feral or reclusive because of their condition.

By and large, many people are uneducated. I'd say a sixth grade level at most. Plus there is no one big bad faction saying 'Alright, you start hurting people, you get your butt kicked.'

@People saying F3's story is better because it's more personal- It's like I said, for those who like the story, they probably enjoy more family/friend oriented quests. I enjoy the idea of technological progress and economic reconstruction for society. I prefer fixing the bigger picture as opposed to every pixel in the picture.

Good point. Still though, most people who dislike Fallout 3 (that i've seen) usually point to its storyline and setting as its biggest failings. (I agree with the storyline, I simply find it about average in quality though).

Aha.....now explain the green tint to me.

Everybody loves a bland desert over the Nations Capital in a game based on post apocalyptic America!!
Your SO RIGHT! I mean, afterall, you played the old games!!!


Get over yourself.

I find nothing wrong with the green tint myself.

Didn't even notice it until I heard people complaining about it. :shrug:

You're*

I never played Fallout 1 or 2 and why should I. And even if I did, would it really change my opinion of Fallout 3? Just face it, some people just like Fallout 3 more then NV and some people like NV more then fallout 3.

Narrative undertone of environmental damage by the nukes by the Developers. Plus it's commonly imagined by people 'heavy radiation=green' Searchlight in Fallout:New Vegas is an example of this.

@Andronicus- Fallout 3's story was okay, I was just glad that The Lone Wanderer (mine anyway) finally brought largescale progress to D.C. at long last. Edit: It's funny, I never noticed the tint until after I played Fallout: New Vegas. :laugh:

@Mayan- You should play it because personally experiencing a games story is more enlightening than 'I'll read the wiki on it.' That's what I did, I got Fallout 3, read the wiki, then when I took the chance, went to Target and got the originals.

One thing is for sure. Fallout 3 intro song is epic. Reminds me of the old days in the vault wondering what it would be like to be Grognak the Barbarian.....er with a suit of power armor.

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..

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.

I have never understood this point right here.

Fallout 3 didn't have an end-game battle, it had a walk in the park courtesy of Liberty Prime. You do nothing but follow behind him. You're like 13 friendly units vs. 13 bad units, all of which Liberty Prime kills, then you get to fight 5-6 in the building yourself. Hoover Dam is at least a decent sized fight with at least ~30 enemies, probably at it's largest if you side with the NCR or Legion (makes you go through the whole dam), at it's smallest if you side with House or Yes Man. (You basically just walk across the top)

And look at your descriptions. Fallout 3 is a broken record of "destroy the Enclave" whereas Vegas is dynamic. I think that's the point most New Vegas fans would make.