Fallout 3 or New Vegas

[fnv]

which one should i buy

[Hobbit XIII]

New Vegas

I havnt completed and havnt played it for awhile but New Vegas is better imho.

Just wish the fallouts had more variance in scenery its bleak which is what the game is all about I suppose.

[Insomniac Jack]

Fallout New Vegas is one of my most played games and I recommend getting both, starting with Fallout 3.

[Uncle Sam]

Originally posted by Kat:

which one should i buy

If i'm not mistaken New Vegas has more mods? Plus more replay value technically. Still is on my backlog of games yet to be finished. See reviews and gameplay videos about more or less how it goes and the mods.

Either way good luck & have fun with your choice!

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

New Vegas is the better one. Your actions actually have more consequences in that game.

[Basho]

both are memorable in their own ways, if you havent played them.
but there is not very much continuity between them other than the shared universe, so you wont really run into anything relating to FO3 if you go for NV.
both games, on the other hand, draw quite a bit from the original Fallout and Fallout 2, so lore-wise FO1 and FO2 are more important than FO3.
and i'd recommend starting with FO1 and FO2 actually, if you feel so inclined.

FO3 even strays from the original lore in ways that i do not enjoy, while NV is more true to the lore and RPG aspect of the games.

i like all of them though, including FO4.
but if you have to choose only one i would pick NV.
it is in fact one of my favorite games ever, for what that is worth.

[Grumb]

Definitely New Vegas. One of my favorite games ever. There are so many different ways to play the game, and you’ll probably get 100 hours or more out of one playthrough. Get the expansions if you can too. They probably add 40 or so hours.

[Fake]

Fallout 4 is the superior Fallout.

[Grumb]

Originally posted by Fake:

Fallout 4 is the superior Fallout.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rt7NnRcNEM&pp=ygUVbG91ZCBpbmNvcnJlY3QgYnV6emVy

[fnv]

Originally posted by Fake:

Fallout 4 is the superior Fallout.

fallout 76 is better

[Fake]

Originally posted by Kat:

Originally posted by Fake:

Fallout 4 is the superior Fallout.

fallout 76 is better

16x the details.

[wesnef]

Fallout NV is the technically better RPG, but I enjoyed FO3 more. Because I played it as an open-world-exploration Bethesda game, which it's quite good as. (NV was much more disappointing from that standpoint, it ties too much stuff to it's storylines & quests, so any Just Exploring is less interesting.)

They're cheap enough, get both. /shrug

(on the other hand, they're both kind of rickety on modern systems. Might have to find guides on how to get them working right on Win10 & 11.)

[nullpo]

Both are sitting there untouched on my library. I found both quite boring tbh.

[Daenoxiis]

New Vegas is the better RPG.
But Fallout 3 does have a few aspects to it that I wish New Vegas had but doesn't.
Likewise, I'm sure there's mods that people have made by now to make those basic adjustments.

The perk Grim Reaper's Sprint got nerfed in New Vegas.
Although to be fair, it was pretty overpowered in Fallout 3.

Fallout 3 had Point Lookout as an expansion DLC, which I absolutely loved.
I'd compare it to Shivering Isles for Oblivion for relative size and enjoyment.

and while I know New Vegas DOES have DLC, I...never played through them. Even though I now have them. Just haven't gotten to that yet.

I didn't get to the New Vegas DLC because my work life kicked up around that time and I had to quit playing after I beat the game. Rebought it on Steam years later along with Fallout 3 to replay and remake my characters at some point.

MOST of my games library is exactly that:
Older RPG games that I've already played on consoles which I would like to eventually replay to maximum completion for myself for save files and character designs.

[Violeta]

3 has the better mods and locations.

Do you want to be fighting inside the white house? Do you want to fight next to DC monuments? Do you want to explore subway stations?

Or do you want to explore a brown desert?

[AJOTA]

If you're planning to buy it on steam, Buy fallout new vegas first before fallout 3, Fallout 3 is unplayable and the only way to proper play it is downloading a mod in NV so you can launch Fallout 3 from there.

Anyways, I like NV story more.