The better PC port? Fallout 3 vs. Fallout: New Vegas?

[n0_XcusZ]

I played both Fallout 3 and New Vegas a while back on my PS3. I have actually never tried nether of these titles on PC. So my question is to those who have played both games on PC which one would you consider to be the better PC port?

Fallout 3 vs Fallout: New Vegas? Though I really enjoyed both titles I personally think that Fallout 3 is probably the better game overall gameplay wise. The boss fights in Fallout 3 was a lot more dramatic and memorable compared to New Vegas rather average boss fights. Fallout 3 is also a more challenging game then New Vegas in my opinion. Also, New Vegas overall game map wasn't as large as Fallout 3 overall game map so there was less to explore. What you guys think Fallout 3 vs. Fallout: New Vegas?

[baddude1337]

generally 3 has troubles running on modern systems and OS's, so I'd say New Vegas. Get both, and get the Tale of Two Wastelands mod, and enjoy 3 and NV in one big game.

[n0_XcusZ]

thanks

[Draetor]

Fallout 3 was atrocious during it's time and had many technical issues that went unresolved. This was also a Games For Windows title, and required that junky software to be running.

Fallout NV still has a lot of technical "crash" issues, but that seems to be about it. It doesn't suffer from nearly the amount of stuff FO3 had.

Still, both games need performance enhancing mods in order to run fluidly. I suggest looking at some guides and using the Nexus and its mod manager.

[baddude1337]

Here's the main and best mods to make NV stable:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/22380/discussions/0/522730700736948013/

[Stinkyremy]

Loads of questions here. Let me cleasr one up First, neither Fallouts on PC are Ports! The console games are ports of the PC games.
Both on console have incredibly long loading Times, So PC wins there, for me I played both on Xbox and PC and the graphical upgrade on PC, just vanilla Is an improvement.
Despite what^^^^ said about fallout 3 having issues on modern system, I never had a single problem on windows 7 and probably never would with any game, but that Is because I actually know how to change windows compatibility for older games to an older windows OS, which many people seem not to ever know about...
NV On the other hand, Is full of crashes and bugs, also when a save file becomes to big you will get stutters and slow downs, that need a restart to solve. A minor problem really.
This is vanilla of course, Some mods game sort some of these issues out.

As for gameplay, FO3 is my favorite, story wise and the sheer wonder of the wasteland. Maybe that is because of a nostalgic feeling of when I first set outsidr from the vault lol But I did enjoy getting lost in the world, apart from the endless metro system of DC...I enjoyed most of the landscape.
NV seems a bit more, "directed" as even the roads from goodsprings to the strip is a..."follow the yellow brick road to see the wizard"
Though after getting to the strip, I enjoy the power struggle and variety of choices. The faction system is very temprimantal, Which I enjoy, especially when I am trying to push in all directions..
overall I enjoy FO3 more, but NV has a lot more replayability.

[baddude1337]

引用自 Stinkyremy：

Chunky!

I'm fairly certain I read somewhere New Vegas was developed primarily on an Xbox and ported to PS3 and PC after that.

EDIT: Here we go. it may be for 3, but if their main SDK was Xbox it's fair to assume that given the limited dev time Obsidian got for New Vegas they used it too:

http://www.vg247.com/2008/04/17/fallout-3-%E2%80%9C360-is-our-lead-dev-platform%E2%80%9D-says-bethesda/

[n0_XcusZ]

Stinkyremy, I do agree with what you said about Fallout: NV. Not taking away from the game but NV did feel a lot more directed in turns of funneling you into a certain direction as oppose to Fallout 3. In Fallout 3 the developers pretty much left it up to the player to decide in which direction to take. In New Vegas everyone I suspect who have played the game was pretty much attracted to the neon lights which is New Vegas and from there the story and missions pretty much centers around that location.

[Stinkyremy]

Yeah I suppose, I should have though, bethesda had a kind of "deal" with microsoft after they allowed morrowind on the original xbox.
Even know their target may have been to sale many copies on consoles, Like oblivion was also (because that is where the money is I guess)
It is safe to say that FO aswell as TES games are a primarilly PC orientated game, created on PC, we are even given the creation tools for these games.
I would argue that these games are Ports of console games.
To Port a PS3 game to PC is a mission anyway....

[baddude1337]

I feel NV is just as open, it just doesn't initially seem like it as the road you should take at the start is basically the tutorial area, sort of like the vault in 3. That's why I think 3 feels more open, as you did all the tutorial stuff before the world was opened up, while in NV it was a path you feel forced to take when the map is already open.

[Stinkyremy]

^^ yeah i agree.
It does hold your hand to the strip, introduce you to the factions along the way, then Kind of leaves you with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ what am I going to do after I gambled all my chips in the strip....

[504Masquerade]

I like Fallout NV then Fallout 3, just startet on Fallout 3, and I dont feel the same as I was playing Fallout NV, maby i need to play more of the game and try all the things in Fallout 3.