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Easton5
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Heya everyone. So I found both Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas for the same price and I was wondering which I should buy. I know these games are both years old and I have kinda missed the boat on these games but hey, haven't played them and they're on my hit list. So what do you think: Fallout 3 or New Vegas?

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d_dude
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The Fallout 3 you found is probably Game of the Year edition. It doesn't matter story-wise which game you play first, so I recommend Fallout 3. I just feel like it's a bit better. The 5 DLC's should definitely make it even more satisfying. I have GOTY, and I haven't even touched the Pitt and another DLC yet. Get F:NV later, perhaps wait until Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition lowers in price or something.

partydevil
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new vegas was a great game because of all the new things they added to the game. but looking at the story, falllout3 is much beter.

Mr_Sand
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I just want to say that Fallout New Vegas just seems like an Expansion to Fallout 3. It was too big to turn into DLC. I think that Fallout 3 is alot better and personally I like playing games in order and since Fallout 3 is first then I would play it first. Whatever you do don't get the first 3 because they have the worst graphics and aren't first person.

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worst graphics



Sorry if a game from 1999 doesn't blow your mind

first person


But they are what classic RPG's are meant to be

I say you get new Vegas, fallout 3 then scrape up 10 dollars for the first three on pc
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Without a doubt, Fallout: New Vegas. Barring the fact that it was a much truer Fallout experience, it also trumps Fallout 3 in all aspects. That is partly due to the fact that developers from Obsidian were initially a part of Interplay and the now defunct, Black Isles Studios which were responsible for Fallout 1 and 2.

The story is more consistent not to mention far better. Dialogue is a major improvement over Fallout 3.

In addition to the writing, quests, in general, are more varied and numerous. There is choice and consequence, and multiple ways of completing a quest. It's even possible to finish the whole main quest without combat.

However, the game is riddled with bugs - game breaking and otherwise. Although, he patches have fixed most game breaking bugs. If you have a PC I'd recommend you download the unofficial patch (a mod) to fixed the majority of the bugs.

Also, I recommend you get Fallout 1 and 2. Fallout: Tactics is very unlike its predecessors. You may not like the graphics but the games are offer a far richer experience and are extremely good. You can get them from Good Old Games.

Mr_Sand
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But they are what classic RPG's are meant to be

More like an RTS and I'm just saying that the first 3 look nothing like Fallout 3 and aren't by the same author. so if you want Fallout 1 then get starcraft because its better.
However, the game is riddled with bugs - game breaking and otherwise. Although, he patches have fixed most game breaking bugs. If you have a PC I'd recommend you download the unofficial patch (a mod) to fixed the majority of the bugs.


Jeez doesn't every bethesda game have the worst bugs. Like Oblivion that game had some major coding issues and bugs
partydevil
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worst graphics


graphics don't make a game.
gameplay is most importend.

I just want to say that Fallout New Vegas just seems like an Expansion to Fallout 3. It was too big to turn into DLC.


that is what the creaters of the game said aswell.
it uses the same enigine and the games are both made whit the same programes and the same coding.
what they did was making a new game not upgrading the rest.

Jeez doesn't every bethesda game have the worst bugs. Like Oblivion that game had some major coding issues and bugs


despite the bugs they make the most awsome games. and most can be fixed whit mods wich you almost never find in any other game.
bethesda opens their games for the players and let them be free. not much others do that.
Mr_Sand
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worst graphics

Ok I meant worse graphics I wasn't trying to say it had the worst graphics in the world. I was just trying to state the fact that Fallout 1 2 and tactics seem to have nothing in common with Fallout 3.
mods wich you almost never find in any other game.

Pretty much any game can be modded it just takes the proper knowledge and know how.
graphics don't make a game.
gameplay is most importend.

Another reason why Black Ops sucked

Honestly I only played New Vegas for about a Half an Hour and I didnt like it in that time being. So maybe im not qualified maybe I am. I just think that even though they use the same engine and every thing. There are also new weapons and changes and some of the changes are better, some are worse. Personally I thought the layout was worse. I think Bethesda should have made the game (new Vegas) compatible with the other and let you use your current level and allow it to carry over based on your save.
partydevil
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I was just trying to state the fact that Fallout 1 2 and tactics seem to have nothing in common with Fallout 3.

nha you said that the game should not be played whatso ever.
but it are great games and realy worth playing.
thats what we try to say.

Pretty much any game can be modded it just takes the proper knowledge and know how.


that is the thing, this games alowes you to mod easly. you don't need to have the know how to mod.
the game isn't locked like the others.

Another reason why Black Ops sucked


let me correct that whit "every modern war CoD." =)

Honestly I only played New Vegas for about a Half an Hour

so you didn't play the game...

I think Bethesda should have made the game (new Vegas) compatible with the other.....

new vegas is made by Obsidian Entertainment not bethesda
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let me correct that whit "every modern war CoD." =)

Im guessing your trying to say every Modern Warfare. And no maybe number 3 but they actually spent time and made MW2 decent.
so you didn't play the game...

Played it enough to know I didn't like it and thats all that counts.
new vegas is made by Obsidian Entertainment not bethesda

Probably why i didn't like it that much
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new vegas is made by Obsidian Entertainment not bethesda

Ah but bethesda had something to do with it. Otherwise their name wouldn't be on the case.
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One more thing because I remembered. It's an interesting fact that Liam Neeson (Qui Gon In Star Wars, In taken, The A team, Unknown) is the voice actor of your dad in Fallout 3. That's kind of an interesting fact because actors don't usually occur in games unless the game is based on a movie. Just thought I would mention that

partydevil
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m guessing your trying to say every Modern Warfare.


no i mean every modern war.
(i do like the ww2 cods)

Played it enough to know I didn't like it and thats all that counts.


but not enoufg to KNOW the game. so you can't know al this from just 30 min playing. afte 30 mins your barly done whit the tutorial. maybe you only got to the 2nd town. and even that doesn't say much about the whole game.

Ah but bethesda had something to do with it. Otherwise their name wouldn't be on the case.


bethesda only published the game. they didn't make it.
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The 5 DLC's should definitely make it even more satisfying.


Five? I thought there were only four, and I've got the GotY edition. Mothership Zeta, Brotherhood of Steel, The Pitt, and Aiding the Outcasts, right?

Definately go to the Pitt though. Find all the steel ingots, so you can get the Perforator. Its an assault rifle painted black, with a sniper rifle scope and a silencer. Combined with the Chinese Stealth Armor, its killer.

let me correct that whit "every modern war CoD." =)


CoD 4 was really good I thought, and WaW's campaign was awesome. But yeah, I aggree otherwise.

The Fallout 3 story is really good, and the DLC for it is awesome. But I like New Vegas a lot better. Bunch more weapons, more towns, more factions, and the storyline doesn't have such a clear cut good and bad guy, as you do with the Brotherhood and the Enclave in Fallout 3. The New California Republic (NCR), Mr. House, and Caesar's Legion all have good and bad qualites about them, so you don't feel so compelled to go any which way.

Plus, theres a lot of little things in New Vegas that really make it surpass Fallout 3. You can actually check what your status with various factions are, rather than hoping that killing such-and-such a person won't turn the town against you. Likewise, the ability to modify weapons with larger magazines, silencers, lighter frames, etc, etc, make it really fun aswell.

Only thing is, the currency value is way different between the games. Having four or five thousand caps in Fallout 3 is high rolling, while a basic sniper rifle will cost 4000 caps in New Vegas, and a lot of the mods in New Vegas almost all cost 2000 caps. Granted, its easier to get caps with gambling, but once you get kicked out of all the casinos, you lose a major source of income.

Its harder to max out your stats in New Vegas though, so getting a 'erfect character' like you can in Fallout 3 is next to impossible. Adds a measure of fun though, because you have to plan your leveling much more than in Fallout 3.

Both are great games, but New Vegas has more stuff, and is more challenging with Hardcore mode (which takes into account sleep deprivation, dehydration, and hunger). So if you want a more RPG-based game, get New Vegas. Or if you want more running-and-gunning, get Fallout 3.
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Five? I thought there were only four, and I've got the GotY edition.


There is Operation Encourage, Mothership Zeta, The Pitt, Broken Steel and Point Lookout.

But I would go with 3 because I think the setting is nicer, OPPINION, and I like the moral stuff which is worthless in FO:NV.
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