Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas - General

What game do you think is the best? Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas? Fallout 3 [T]http://images.wikia.com/fallout/images/e/e7/Lone_Wanderer-SMG.jpg[/T] Fallout: New Vegas [T]http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/videogames/detail-page/1070Robot.jpg[/T] Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are two games with a lot in common. They both run on the same game engine. Only a few game mechanics have been changed, but they both have a whole different story. What of them do you like the most, and why?

Fallout 3 for me, I liked the areas from the wasteland more than those featured in the Mojave because they had a more eerie feel of a destroyed and ruined city.

I loved Fallout 3, but I was kind of overwhelmed by New Vegas. It seemed everyone had a tiny little quest they wanted doing which became rather boring. But some of the features of New Vegas were great. I also felt New Vegas was too well preserved, I would imagine its a major target for nuclear bombs.

I love Fallout 3, but I haven't played it since it came out, since on both my computers, all it does is crash. I can't even start a new game without it crashing :( New Vegas works great though, but it is not as fun.

The Capitol Waste was much more interesting than the Mojave.

I've only played Fallout 3, but from what I heard, Fallout: New Vegas is a bit more... populated than Fallout 3. That's kinda what doesn't make TOO much sense for me, in Fallout 3. It's been centuries since the great war... Yet it looks like it's been decades.

New Vegas is what Three would've been if Three wasn't written by a team that (collectively) form one mentally retarded person.

I preferred the Capital Wasteland and Fallout 3 a lot more, but New Vegas had some cool features. (though none that couldn't be added in mods to FO3, and most blatantly inspired by mods) The "story" to 3 was cooler too, with Liberty Prime and a more prevalent Brotherhood of Steel. Then again, the NCR Veteran Rangers were so awesome... Also, the reasons for the Capital Wasteland being so much more barren seems to be that it's on the wrong side of the coast - the West Coast was hit less (I think) and the NCR formed there. The Capital Wasteland was nuked a hell of a lot, so less survived, and there are more, smarter super mutants, which makes survival harder.

new vegas had alot more content and seemed to have a bit more gameplay elements to it aswell as interesting locations and old characters from fallout 2, aswell as a persistant side story that ties into the main game with the mystery of Ulysess, (forget how to spell it), and the new lonesome road DLC has more Post Apocolyptic screaming out of it's asshole than anything in new vegas and fallout 3 combined however fallout 3 had fun moments in it too, and a bit more city scape feel to it

I loved Fallout 3 I havent actually finished New Vegas, this thread reminded me to But I found Fallout 3 so much more fun than Vegas for some reason And is it just me, or was the gore turned down a bit in Vegas? I loved the massive bloodsplosions of FO3

[QUOTE=Tobba;32378752]I loved Fallout 3 I havent actually finished New Vegas, this thread reminded me to But I found Fallout 3 so much more fun than Vegas for some reason And is it just me, or was the gore turned down a bit in Vegas? I loved the massive bloodsplosions of FO3[/QUOTE] I don't know if they turned the gore down in F:NV, but there still is the Bloody Mess perk!

[QUOTE=Atlascore;32378829]New Vegas is amazing, FO3 is terrible in comparison. NV has a lot more content, the quests are [b]way[/b] more entertaining and interesting, the enemies are more fun to fight and there's more variety overall.[/QUOTE] I agree to some point, but how about the exploring? There is more to explore in the Capital Wasteland than in the Mojave Desert.

I'd have to say Fallout:NV The main storyline for Fallout 3 is about as weak as one can get, and I feel that I spent half the game crawling through ghoul infested metros; which isn't at all fun.The character of the two main factions is also extremely interesting, the distinction between good and evil is pretty clear between the Enclave and BoS, each choice in Fallout:NV still leaves a player with a feeling of uneasiness as no ending seemed concrete; the NCR, Mr. House, and Caesar all offered something interesting. In FO3 the choices were a paragon technological regional power and a renegade technological regional power; the BoS in Fallout:NV were miles more interesting. The WildWest theme in NV also appealed to me strongly, as the stereotype post apoc environments of FO3 were just bleh. A lot of people disagree and claim that the Capitol Wastelands was a much more interesting than the Mojave Wasteland of New Vegas, but I'm unconvinced. New Vegas was more colorful in terms of characters and art than anything in Fallout 3. When you take into account that the gameplay is near identical in both games and FO3's story was complete shit, what does one game have over another except for character and art?

[QUOTE=CHRHN;32378872]I agree to some point, but how about the exploring? There is more to explore in the Capital Wasteland than in the Mojave Desert.[/QUOTE] If there's one complaint I have about NV, it's that (Except for the outdated engine ofc).

I enjoyed Fallout 3 a lot more. New Vegas had a few chokey-moments.

Fallout 3 had a better environment, New Vegas had better gameplay. New Vegas mechanics in Capital Wasteland would be fucking sweet.

New Vegas because I don't have FO3.

Fallout 3 > All

I don't remember who said this but Fallout 3 is a good game Fallout New Vegas is a good Fallout game Fallout 3 feels like the bombs hit 30 years ago whereas Fallout New Vegas feels like the bombs hit 300 years ago. In Fallout 1, 2 and New Vegas society had started to reform but 3 seems more like 'Nuclear war just happened society has been completely destroyed and no has decided to start rebuilding'.

I've got to say New Vegas. It was just more lively and I had a real hard on for the iron sights. The mods were better too.

The main issue that I have with NV is that I have to go all the way through Goodsprings and around the side of the whole map when I start - it just feels a bit wrong. I want to get into the game, but I always find myself thinking "right, start off, do goodsprings, do Primm" and so on. In FO3, I get to megaton, then I just do what I want. Maybe if there was something slightly different in NV, I'd be happier, but some of the features, like faction reputation just seemed a bit half assed, and had the potential to be so much better than they are. Also, the Brotherhood of Steel don't exactly seem as strong in it. I know that they are supposed to be weakened, but they're just 20 or so people in a tiny little bunker, and seem pretty puny in fights against even numbers of NCR troopers and the like. I could easily pick NV over 3, if it was just a bit more polished. Maybe a good mod would do it.

[QUOTE=Raidyr;32378974]New Vegas mechanics in Capital Wasteland would be fucking sweet.[/QUOTE] There is a mod for that, if you own both games. [url]http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=41480[/url]

I like NV better, despite the claimed bugs. I never got any for some reason.

I liked the Capital Wasteland a lot more than The Mojave, but gameplay-wise New Vegas was better in my opinion.

[QUOTE=Atlascore;32379027]Well, FO3 takes place near DC, I'm pretty sure hundreds of even thousands of bombs were dropped on it, it's not exactly the best place to be rebuilding civilization, it also has a huge mutant and slaver problem.[/QUOTE] Speaking of which; was there an story-explained reason why DC wasn't completely flattened? The Whitehouse has an irradiated crater in it, so where is the rest of the destruction?

[QUOTE=Billiam;32379062]Speaking of which; was there an story-explained reason why DC wasn't completely flattened? The Whitehouse has an irradiated crater in it, so where is the rest of the destruction?[/QUOTE] Okay, so to explain this you have to take your hand and make a sweeping motion over your head. Whilst doing this, say a very loud and high pitched "[B]Bethesdaaaa![/B]" [editline]19th September 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=CHRHN;32378872]I agree to some point, but how about the exploring? There is more to explore in the Capital Wasteland than in the Mojave Desert.[/QUOTE] This better not be a size thing: it's been proven that FO3's wasteland (exclusive of the metro tunnels) are technically smaller than the Mojave.

[QUOTE=Ray-The-Sun;32379121]Okay, so to explain this you have to take your hand and make a sweeping motion over your head. Whilst doing this, say a very loud and high pitched "[B]Bethesdaaaa![/B]"[/QUOTE] I actually did that. Now I just feel like an idiot.

[QUOTE=Ray-The-Sun;32379121]This better not be a size thing: it's been proven that FO3's wasteland (exclusive of the metro tunnels) are technically smaller than the Mojave.[/QUOTE] The wasteland somehow manages to feel a bit bigger as it is less linear in the form of leveled mobs. Monsters level with you in FO3, whilst different levels are in different areas in NV, along with a few scaling monsters. It makes NV feel more linear, despite the fact that it [i]is[/i] bigger. You need to know what you are doing to go north to the strip - the main quest pretty much says "you must go east through Primm" and so on.

both were great but the cities and factions of the Mojave just made it a lot more interesting to mess around in and less metro tunnels

Fallout NV was more canon, and i enjoyed it more. I think and feel that it had more to it than fallout 3. The enviroment was much more interesting and made sense. It had a very wild west feel too which is a genre that is not often explored in games. It was more rpg like as well. For me Fallout New Vegas blew fallout 3 out of the water.