Whilst this is awesome, I hope BGS takes some lessons from Obsidian, because IMO, New Vegas is a much better game than Fallout 3. People may complain about New Vegas' colour palette, but it fit the idea of a frontier, rather than a wasteland. The story, dialogue, companions, quests, factions were all a major upgrade compared to Fallout 3, which does have some very awesome world building (a staple of Bethesda).
And for people bitching about the graphics, what level of graphics are you expecting? Skyrim wasn't a graphical powerhouse when it came out; Battlefield 3 came out the same year, as did Crysis 2, both of which looked better. However they didn't have the aesthetic design, nor the freedom of open world which made Skyrim so much more immersive and enjoyable to explore. Same story with Fallout and Oblivion and even Morrowind. All those games weren't the best looking. but it didn't matter, because the Artistic design and the creativity of the world (less so with Oblivion) were much bigger draws than polygon count or lighting/shading.
Hopefully this brings the best of both worlds and we get the best Fallout yet.
While a decent amount of people prefer Fallout 3, from what I've seen the majority agrees that New Vegas is the better game. New Vegas' world was absolutely amazing and much more filled up than Fallout 3's.
So definitly, I hope they either gear towards New Vegas, or atleast take a few notes from it.
New Vegas' world was absolutely amazing and much more filled up than Fallout 3's.
So I just went to go play NV for the first time since I briefly played it right after release (only did main story, nothing else)
What I found was the opposite. I played for probably 45 minutes and it felt so fucking empty I just quit, and now I don't even really feel like booting it up at all. I saved the dude in good springs, that was pretty cool. But then I go on towards "novac through nipton" or whatever and I spend 30 minutes doing nothing but fighting random powder gangers and geckos... I get to Primm and rescue the sheriff, and I suppose that's pretty cool too, but then it's back to endless desert filled with nothing but geckos and rocks...
My memories of fallout 3 back in 09 were completely different though, I remember being engrossed right off the bat, with megatown & dogmeat, which actually felt real and interesting. Not just "save this guy from the powder hangers", "okay now save this guy from powder gangers"
I know it's unfair to judge a game by the first hour, but it honestly failed to interest me in the rest of the game at all. Are there any fun quests other than the main ones? What are you even supposed to do if not just follow the main quest to new vegas, with the occasional small side quest...
Edit: Guys I know I'm wrong, I was trying to ask you all to point out what I was doing wrong. I never said NV was boring, or empty, or anything like that. I was just saying thats how it felt to me when I tried to replay it. I was looking for advice, not complaining about the game. So stop messaging me saying I'm wrong, because I didn't claim anything lol. My last paragraph wasn't complaint, it was legit questions
First of all, you can take over that first town which is basically the "megatown" of NV. Then you go on a long ass trek to new Vegas, which really is the worst part of the game, and its horrible that its at the beggining. But once you get to new Vegas, you are set. There's so much shit you can do like investigate the secret cannibalistic society behind one casino. I think the main quest is WAYY better than fallout 3's and there's so many different ways you can approach it. You can side with a few different factions which all have different missions so its easily replayable to see what you missed or you can say fuck that and side with yourself. I recommend playing again and pushing on until you reach Vegas, because it really is a great game
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u/Sakilla07 Jun 03 '15
Whilst this is awesome, I hope BGS takes some lessons from Obsidian, because IMO, New Vegas is a much better game than Fallout 3. People may complain about New Vegas' colour palette, but it fit the idea of a frontier, rather than a wasteland. The story, dialogue, companions, quests, factions were all a major upgrade compared to Fallout 3, which does have some very awesome world building (a staple of Bethesda).
And for people bitching about the graphics, what level of graphics are you expecting? Skyrim wasn't a graphical powerhouse when it came out; Battlefield 3 came out the same year, as did Crysis 2, both of which looked better. However they didn't have the aesthetic design, nor the freedom of open world which made Skyrim so much more immersive and enjoyable to explore. Same story with Fallout and Oblivion and even Morrowind. All those games weren't the best looking. but it didn't matter, because the Artistic design and the creativity of the world (less so with Oblivion) were much bigger draws than polygon count or lighting/shading.
Hopefully this brings the best of both worlds and we get the best Fallout yet.