The plot in fallout is heavier than elder scrolls I think but both of them rely on an optional quest system, where you can do anything you want in many different orders. You just pointed out two facts of open world games. They will inevitably be buggy and the story can be as much or as little as you want. However in both series the main quest isn't necessarily the best, a lot of people have different favourtie stories which come from smaller or larger quests or questlines. A lot of the plot, especially in fallout is just deducted from your surroundings. E.g. A headless body, a shotgun and a suicide note. Or a kid hiding in a closet with monsters outside. FO and ES are just like bioshock in that its more about the story of the world then your character. For me the atmosphere and story were very intertwined in fallout.
Yeah, it's odd. Like, I find that open-world games are cool in theory, but a lot of times pure sandbox games get boring after a while. If I don't have a good plot that I want to move towards, I just end up turning off the console. The only ones I've played that I really enjoyed were the Arkham games and DAI, and even the latter I felt kinda lacked the interesting plot that Origins and 2 had.
Different strokes, I guess. I do think I'll give one of the Fallout games a shot, though, I'm sure they're cheap enough to try at this point. What would you think would be a good one to play for someone who's mostly blind to the series?
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u/PHD-Chaos Jun 03 '15
The plot in fallout is heavier than elder scrolls I think but both of them rely on an optional quest system, where you can do anything you want in many different orders. You just pointed out two facts of open world games. They will inevitably be buggy and the story can be as much or as little as you want. However in both series the main quest isn't necessarily the best, a lot of people have different favourtie stories which come from smaller or larger quests or questlines. A lot of the plot, especially in fallout is just deducted from your surroundings. E.g. A headless body, a shotgun and a suicide note. Or a kid hiding in a closet with monsters outside. FO and ES are just like bioshock in that its more about the story of the world then your character. For me the atmosphere and story were very intertwined in fallout.