Never played Fallout: New Vegas. Should I?

[Blarghinston]

Hi everybody.

 

Let me preface with I played FO3, but I found the story more than a bit uninteresting and the gameplay a little shallow.

 

Are these things improved upon in New Vegas? Is it just simply...better?

 

The complete experience is on sale for 11.99 on Steam currently.

 

Thanks!!

[R_Golden]

It's fallout, why not?

Also it has a huge modding community.

[wyattzx]

Fallout: New Vegas takes Fallout 3, and improves on a few of its mechanics, and then takes the fun and throws it out of the window, disregarding it for the implementation of tacked-on casino simulation. Fallout 3 is the best Fallout, and New Vegas comes in as some sort of joke.

 

Ahem, in my opinion.

[ShadowCaptain]

SNIP

 

NV, the story is different, a bit more focused maybe, there is more to do and the gameplay and shooting mechanics are vastly improved - I preferred the atmosphere and environment of 3 though

 

 

However, if you dont like fallout 3, i doubt you will enjoy NV that much, as its still a largely similar experiance

 

Shame, Fallout 3 and NV are some of my favourite gaming experiences, but we all have different tastes

 

 

Fallout: New Vegas takes Fallout 3, and improves on a few of its mechanics, and then takes the fun and throws it out of the window, disregarding it for the implementation of tacked-on casino simulation. Fallout 3 is the best Fallout, and New Vegas comes in as some sort of joke.

 

Ahem, in my opinion.

 

Honestly I enjoyed them both equally and have spend a lot of hours in both, I thing I prefer the atmosphere and feeling of 3, the setting was just perfect

 

New Vegas is quirky, and I did enjoy it, as well as the MUCH improved mechanics, "gameplay" is arguably better, but as far as story and characters etc its arguably weaker and more forgettable than 3

[Hans Christian | Teri]

Hating New Vegas is quite popular, but I definitely enjoyed it when I played through it. 

[felixbearpig]

just dont play NV right after 3, i did and it and hated it ,felt more of the same and i couldn't enjoy the story. i played it 2 years later and i really liked it

 

so i think yes you should play it

[Kaede77]

Yes, yes you should

[jacobgoblin]

I think new Vegas has much better gameplay especially due to the true iron sights or whatever, but I always have and always will prefer FO3. It has a much better story, map, and atmosphere. The reason I can't enjoy new Vegas as much is because of the added annoyances like factions, faction armor, etc.

[Th3 Mans1ay3r]

I'd give it a go.

[Vvardenfell]

I enjoyed Fallout New Vegas a lot. Fallout 3 is more of a personal story (son looking for his father), while New Vegas is a lot more 'political', the experience depends a lot on which side you choose when, there's a very thin line between being liked or hated by a certain faction, hell, you can even get two of the larges opposing factions to like you at the same time, depending only on how you react when you first encounter them. Each faction has it's own story line, which somethings, in order to discover and explore, requires another play-though.