Fallout 3 had a better atmosphere than vegas IMO. The ruins of the city, subways tunnels to travel, the absoulte warzone that was anywhere infested by the mutants. It really built up a world that was hostile and ruined. I wish FO3 had the same level of faction depth as FONV.
The oppressing feeling Fallout 3’s tunnels had was so great, you felt like everything could pop at your head at any moments.
I’d say they’re equal, but also two very different feelings.
FO3 feels so much like a world reclaiming itself. You have a scant few major settlements, most things are still pretty ramshackle, everything feels shoved together. There’s an air of violent change, and you’re one of the hands helping to guide it down this new path.
New Vegas felt lived in. Settlements felt more established, you had The Strip as this beacon in the night, and you had outsiders shoving in on top of them. Yes, still striking the feel of “violent change”, but it felt less “Bring order to chaos” and more “The King is dead. Long live the King”.
I’m a simple man. I see Fisto, I upvote Fisto.
Also has more interesting companions to 3/4. Obsidian are great at writing queer characters.
To bad that even years after the release it was so bugged that i couldn’t play it through.
If you’re good with modding, just use NVAC and some other popular bug fix mods, then it’ll run better than any other fallout game. People love this game and have been fixing it for years.
Nowadays IMO the best way to play is to install
https://taleoftwowastelands.com/faq
https://thebestoftimes.moddinglinked.com/
That guide explains how to install. It includes the most important stability and QoL mods for modern systems, and brings the features of new Vegas (like aim down sights or hardcore mode) to fallout 3.
You can choose to play through fallout 3, and then through the story have that character become the new vegas courier, or start right in new Vegas like a standard save and travel to the capital wasteland if you’d like.
The Wasteland Survival Guide expands on TBoT and balances the games far better, adds in need content, tons more bug fixes, and generally improves on the games.
do NOT use NVAC it’ll make the game crash more nowadays use new vegas tick fix
With mods, it’s pretty much bug free now, and crashless. Follow Viva New Vegas!
Don’t forget about Fallout 1+2. They’re about as janky as Planescape: Torment, but still great games.
Don’t forget [two perfect masterpieces]. They’re about as janky as [another perfect masterpiece].
I… guess I agree?
I just played through 1 and 2 and they are far from perfect but they are damn good games
I gotta be honest. I love New Vegas and FO1 but I gave up on 2 somewhere around Vault City. I’m sure the game has it’s good moments, but the total whiplash of all the proto “so Random XD” humor got to me. I don’t mind some random wackyness in FO, it just has to actually be funny.
