why new vegas is better than 3

FO3 was a big next step. "Come all you xeno scum and fallen heretics, come face the one true might of the universe and wither under the Golden Throne's gaze!.". As well, I believe the AI is better, though not much. The Main Storyline is More Diverse and Ambiguous. No, a game isn't superior because you have nostalgic memories about it. And, the reason it was popular; the reason people have that nostalgia that you can't reproduce, is because FO3 was visionary. That doesn't mean that the game is better just because of that. I'll refer you to sniping turtle and swimming toaster who don't have a problem putting things in their rightful context. Just because one game wouldn't be without another doesn't mean that the other game is better. The engine is actually a bit more unstable in New Vegas, from my observation. On top of this, the writing is much better, with plot holes being very few and far between. 3 reused the same factions from 1 and 2. And, what you say about FO1 and FO2 is true. For example, what you do with the Fiends does effect the ending outside of their specific ending. For one, the engine is still as poor as it was in 3. I guess...weapon mods/Iron Sights/Hardcore mode/unique looking unique weapons are some of my favorite things from new vegas. The engine does leave something to be desired, but hopefully the next game will be in the engine Bethesda used for Rage and Skyrim. This is because they did something visionary and experimental. That is VERY MUCH how it works, in THIS case. A lot of people are saying NV is still the better game than Fallout 4. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. New Vegas is a better RPG, and it's a better Fallout game. © 2020 GAMESPOT, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. Privacy PolicyCookie SettingsDo Not Sell My InformationReport Ad. Is Fallout new Vegas The Best in the series? The color tint that gets bashed so much actually really helped for me. Its quest structure, faction system, role-playing elements, narrative, characters, balancing, and ecosystem are all just far more intelligent and sophisticated for an RPG. I don't even know how this is possible. How do I get to the Boomers without being blown up? It’s also, far,far,far more replayable than 3. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This is true unless you think, after putting yourself in the shoes of Bethesda's developers, that taking a chance buying the rights to fallout and adapting it to their engine and producing it with enormous popularity isn't visionary. I found New Vegas to be a superior game although I love both. I was hugely disappointed in the story of Fallout 3, which could not have been less interesting. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. I beat Fallout 3 & was bored silly when I fullly 100% completed it & New Vegas looked like more of … But, it is indisputable that FNV was not the game to thrust fallout into this generation's gaming, and into tremendous popularity (which you ignore). I won't lie- The Strip and the Grand Canyon were incredible for me, but nothing compared to walking onto the Mall for the first time, or looking out of the Washington Monument. Some improvements were made- you get stuck in objects much less often. I've only played the naked version of New Vegas, and if the DLCS are as good as Three's, I cant wait to play them. The fact is that your reasons are subjective as to why FNV is better. Fast-forward to 2010 when Fallout: New Vegas was released, shaking up the status quo (as all good sequels do) and fixing things from Fallout 3 that players didn't even know needed fixing. Well, not problems, but deficiencies, I would call them. However, if you want more “muh atmosphere”, Fallout 3 is better. You're browsing the GameFAQs Message Boards as a guest. Though New Vegas's story is so, so much better than the third, there are a couple problems. You betray our capacity for abstract thought and disqualify progression to ignore this. New Vegas easily a great game, and better than 3. Fallout New Vegas is just a step up from FO3. Now, let's get into why. While 3 is good, it does not have as much story driven content, NV also has more quests and locations despite its 18 month production time. Idk though, lack of random encounters, really lackluster random locations, and the decrease wasteland feel make me like FO3 more sometimes. Cadaurny posted...No, that is never how it works. The game can be finished in 4 main ways, with tons of variation on top of the main 4. New Vegas is not better the FO3 and never will be. I may be biased but New Vegas. Though New Vegas's story is so, so much better than … It's superior because it's better than other games. Beyond this, 3 seemed more stunning to me, visually. 100 Reasons Why New Vegas is Better than Fallout 3. Hedging your Bets: a guide to delaying your final choice of faction {SPOILERS}. Still, fans bicker fiercely over which title is better. The atmosphere of Three is really the only thing in it better than New Vegas. If so, it'll top every game I've ever played, if the story is as good as Vegas. Unfortunately, New Vegas is swarmed with bugs and glitches and it crashes all the time. Where do you find the key for the 2nd floor of the broadcast building at Black Mountain? Led to a hilarious moment at the end of Restoring Hope when a single Legionary got stuck in a cliff wall and Boone, ED-E, and all the NCR troops with me were surround the cliff, firing point blank into it in an effort to tunnel to the Legionary. Although I liked the Hanged Man/Burned Man a lot more in his original incarnation. New Vegas had better NPCs, better guns, and better implementation of core Fallout mechanics. FNV was a smaller one. FO3 for many people was their first Fallout game, so its always going to be nostalgia for them when they think about it. By that logic Fallout 2 is better than Fallout 3 because Fallout 3 wouldn't be without Fallout 2, which means that Fallout 1 is the best out of all the Fallout games because Fallout 2 wouldn't be without it. then we can talk. I has more of what made FO3 great so in most opinions it will always be better than it, but in the same sense it wont. New Vegas is the better RPG with a lot more freedom to role play. Secondly, the third very much railroaded you- you only have two options to finish the main quest, and there were only two endings for the main quest. New Vegas is better than Fallout 3. I'm not … I was resetting Three almost every hour because of getting stuck. And who cares if a game is visionary or experimental? New Vegas has a much better main storyline- I'm assuming you know it, but it is much, much more interesting. But besides that, the Capitol Wasteland, however obnoxious it was to explore the inner city, seemed much more stunning to me. This cannot be said of FNV, which is not nearly as visionary. How about you actually play FO3, do all the DLC find all the locations, all the uniques, do every side quest and stuff. New Vegas uses the NCR, but it makes sense, unlike the Enclave and Brotherhood in 3. How do you get the key to open a set of doors in sunset sarsaparilla headquarters? … Obsidian wouldn't have bothered if FO3 weren't popular. Firstly, the story is almost 200% better. I'm glad that much of the material went into New Vegas. I've had to deal with a lot of loading freezes and enemies clipping through the terrain. I played both on a 15 year old, crappy, non HD TV, and that does affect it- I've played New Vegas on a 40 inch HD plasma, and almost came my pants. On top of this, the writing is much better, with plot holes being very few and far between. For example, what you do with the Fiends does effect the ending outside of their specific ending. Cadaurny posted... This.This is why FO3 is superior, because NV wouldn't be unless it stood on FO3's shoulders.No, that's not how it works. Just because people have fond memories of FO3 doesn't make it a better game by any means. Bethesda didn't make RAGE, and it's on a different engine... Bethseda's parent company owns Rage and they did say that all future games they released were going to be made using Rage's engine, but Skyrim didn't use it (maybe they'd already started development by that point?