best fallout game

[Xringat]

And why.

I love fallout 3. Too bad the PC port is lame

[steven1mac]

Fallout 2, it had better humor, but way dated now, it needs a proper remaster at this point.

[Saat hakgwai ge yan]

NV. Not even a contest, should've kept that formula and expanded on it.

[Coffinmaw]

My biased and arbitrary list says it's a three-way-tie, for various reasons.

Fallout, Fallout 3, and Fallout New Vegas.

Fallout 3 was my very first Fallout game, and I played that to death with my brother, so heavy nostalgia there. Fallout New Vegas because, New Vegas. Has the best DLC content of all the modern Fallout games so far. And, the original Fallout because it was a great CRPG and without that game, we wouldn't have anything else.

[tom turnip head]

Originally posted by salmon vape:

NV. Not even a contest, should've kept that formula and expanded on it.

Bethesda were salty that another dev made a better version of their own game. So we'll probably never get another NV or anything like it.

Fallout Bakersfield looks pretty cool.

[Devious]

New Vegas, it's not even close in my view.

The originals were very charming in terms of writing and worldbuilding, but they haven't aged well in terms of gameplay.

Fallout 3's writing was mediocre, but the atmosphere did have a certain je-ne-sais-quoi that I've only experienced with Stalker and Darkwood.

Fallout 4, while it was the most excited I've ever been for a game, turned out to be pretty mid in retrospect. Some parts of it, I loved (the whole Courser hunt arc, for example), but for the most part, my experience with the game is a half-forgotten haze. I'd rank it lower than 3.

I haven't played 76, Tactics or that godawful old Playstation game, nor will I now.

[Midori]

New Vegas is just crazily good, lightning in a bottle especially for such a short development cycle.

I pray (with little hope) we get more games like this someday.

[Emperor Chungus III]

Originally posted by Xringat:

And why.

I love fallout 3. Too bad the PC port is lame

I love Fallout 3 too and New Vegas. Theyre the best for me.

[redeyes]

new vegas, most memorable
fo3 felt like an actual waste land
fo4 good gameplay

havent played the others

[Goldias]

NV.
I love Mr.House and the toaster.

[Disgruntled Cuttlefish]

Fallout 2, especially with the Restoration Project mod.

Because it's very similar to Fallout 1 but there's way more to do in it and better gameplay, mechanics to some extent. I love the first one but Fallout 2 is my favorite overall.

Fallout 4 is the worst I've played so far. It's fun but another wasted entry into the franchise, hijacked by Bethesda.

Also, too bad despite the better shooting FPS mechanics, there is an invisible wall that prevents longer distance shots from hitting enemies. Sort of ridiculous if you need a bunch of mods to make the game enjoyable.

[DarkH]

Fallout
True RPG,Turn base tactics, decent exploration for the time, from what i remember good writing and Darker theme than any of it's succesors, making it a more credible dystopian story.

In Fallout 3 enjoyed the 1st person implementation to explore maps, but it did felt smaller than Fallout, the RPG element of it also decayed compromising possible unique play paths.

Won't be playing Fallout 4 so i can't speak for it and missed the window of interest to play Fallout 2, so maybe i'll play it on a next dystopian humble bundle idk...


I wonder if Bethesda would dare making an Overseer Fallout focus the idea would be similar to Fallout Shelter but less kiddy and more like Xcom Enemy Unknown, since it would make sense the base being limited and not as bountiful like we experience in Fallout Shelter.
While we as the Overseer being a comander instructing squads to defend the base from the many dystopian dangers.

[salamander]

fallout 2 and new vegas because of chris avellones (and others) exquisite writing and direction. i lean a little closer to new vegas as it is far more grandiose and expansive, but i rate them about equally on how much i love them.

[Chaosolous]

It’s New Vegas. Every time.

[HARDWENZEN THE ORACLE]

How is this a question in 2025? Every single person who've played them will tell you its NV.

[OoOoOoooOOoOoorgle]

The best way to play modern Fallouts is with the Tale of Two Wastelands mod (plus whatever else you want to un-cuck Bethesda's design decisions with)

The "best" Fallout, imo, has to be 2. But I'd have a hard time playing it now because it's so dated.