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Head2Head - Fallout 3 vs Fallout: New Vegas

Badass Panda: We compare the similarities and differences between 2 of this generation’s most iconic WRPGs.

Ever since playing Elder Scrolls non-stop years ago, i have loved Bethesda-tagged RPGs. Foolishly, i didn’t jump into Fallout 3 straight away in 2008, but when i did i found out that it was a great game full of things to do, and so i was excited about Fallout: New Vegas.

New Vegas is, perhaps controversially, very similar to Fallout 3. As we pointed out in our review, there are enough new features to keep it fresh, and Obsidian have done a great job to keep Bethesda’s standard. But exactly what they did can sometimes be missed, and so it’s time for a Head2Head comparison!

Roll the music!

…We don’t have any music?

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Bolts5679d ago

This is a silly comparison because Fallout 3 can not take the same route that Vegas did with it's factions and fan service. Fallout 3 is actually a reboot and primer for the console players to step into the Fallout universe. So factions like the NCR and various events discussed in Vegas would too much of a burden for them.

gamerdude1325678d ago

"So factions like the NCR and various events discussed in Vegas would too much of a burden for them."

They didn't even start talking about the NCR and Caesar's Legion until this game. About the only big faction they mentioned was the Brotherhood of Steel, which don't play a big role in this game. And no, they really don't talk about anything that happened in D.C. in this game. You're telling me that gamers are too stupid to be able to pick it up.

mistajeff5678d ago

i think he means that people who started playing fallout with fallout 3 would have trouble digesting the whole history of the NCR and its origins rooted all the way back in the first Fallout, that fallout 3 is more a basic introduction to two factions of the fallout universe rather than an in-depth continuation of the first two games.

cuz honestly, it doesn't really make sense how powerful the enclave is in fallout 3 after you destroy them at the end of fallout 2.

Viper75679d ago (Edited 5679d ago )

Comparison lacks a really relevant category: Technical issues.
Fallout New vegas is really poor compared to Fallout3 in this category, Where Fallout3 (VANILLA NO DLC) is probably the most polished product made by Bethesda up to date. Fallout Vegas in the other hand is a real disappointment in this category. Constant freezing, bugs which some of are really bad do some serious damage to the games fun factor.

This is a shame as Vegas (imo) is better in pretty much everything else.

solidt125678d ago

Fallout 3 had issues too when it first came out but they fixed them pretty fast and added trophies.

Viper75678d ago

Not even nearly as much as Fallout vegas has now, bought it at launch and freezes where pretty uncommon.

RudeSole Devil5678d ago

Head2Head? Seems like every website out there is trying to rip off someones else's idea. At least attempt to come up with an original comparison name for your stuff. Pathetic!

Perjoss5678d ago

Yeah its not great, they compare the crafting in both games even though they admit they didnt really use the crafting in Vegas much at all.

It seems like the writer played Vegas on normal mode as opposed to hardcore, which is strange as the biggest problem with Fallout 3 was that it was too easy. I've heard about so many people finishing the game with 100+ stimpacks and way too much cash.

A survival game like Fallout is very shallow if you remove the need for sleep, eating and drinking.

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Bethesda "lectured" Fallout New Vegas designer for saying the RPG would run at 30 FPS

"It was so offensive to me"

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Jin_Sakai49d ago

30fps sucks. Especially on an OLED.

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Fallout 3 Remaster Is Allegedly Planned For Release At Some Point In The Future

A remaster of Bethesda Game Studios' 2008 action role-playing game, Fallout 3, is planned for release at some point in the future.

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LucasRuinedChildhood148d ago

Would be nice if they had New Vegas ready as well, especially because of the show.

Hopefully this doesn't have the same performance issues as Oblivion Remastered.

cloganart147d ago

I haven't seen anything on these performance issues? What's been going on?

walken7147d ago

Probably the Unreal Engine issues, I skipped it for that reason.

Snookies12148d ago (Edited 148d ago )

Throw in all the DLC as well, like Oblivion and I'll definitely bite. I recall having one trophy left to unlock on the PS3 version with 100+ hours in my save. When my save file got corrupted, lol. Very sad day.

To be fair though, Bethesda was trash at Playstation ports anyway.

Michiel1989147d ago

all devs sucked at porting to ps3 for the first like 3 years because no one had experience with the cell architecture. Even 1st party took a long while to get proficient with it, the difference between uncharted 1 and 3 is massive for example.

Extermin8or3_147d ago

Oh oh oh I can do this too. GTA 7 will be made at some point in the future. Fallout 5 will enter development in the future too

jznrpg147d ago

Everyone there should know most gamers want New Vegas and Morrowind more than anything.

Christopher147d ago

Which is why we won't get them. Gotta keep floating "support this one and it might happen".

BlaqMagiq1147d ago

Can't wait. Won't have to go back to my PS3 to play this when it comes out.

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Fallout 3 remastered on the Nintendo Switch 2 is what we deserve, not the worst Fallout game

Fallout Day's disappointing news that Fallout 4 is coming to Switch 2 is a shame, as this 17-year-old entry is more deserving of a new port.

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jambola220d ago

Why exactly do you think you deserve it??

Phoenix76219d ago

Fallout 4 isn't the worst game in the franchise. It's either Fallout 76 or Fallout BOS that's the worst.

gigoran8219d ago

PC and all other modern consoles never got a remaster of 3, but obviously the switch 2 was the tipping point to make it a reality... ahuh

1nsomniac219d ago

Meh, I thought 3 was garbage. I'm not a great fan of the franchise to be fair. They're like B-Movie films, really shallow and janky. 4 was definitely one of the better ones though.

UltimateOwnage219d ago

So the article makes a snippy entitled statement and acts like that is going to encourage a publisher to give them what they want. Okay.

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