I’m the exact opposite. I loved fallout 3 more than NV, but was super let down with fo4.
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Vespair@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
As a big Fallout NV and Fallout 4 fan and somebody who is literally from the DC metro area, I fully expected to love Fallout 3. But I gotta be honest, I hated it. Maybe it’s because I was kind of working backwards, but I thought the game was so janky, but awkward, terribly paced, and like… sad in a not fun way. I know it’s an unpopular opinion, but please give me Preston’s annoying settlement missions any day of the week over the depression of Fallout 3. 🤷♂️
Sackett@thelemmy.club 3 days ago
Vespair@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Yeah from I can tell this is the dividing line that separates Fallout fans into camps (excluding the “Fallout should never have been first-person!” grognards off in the corner). Glad we both at least have one game that matches our desires, but yeah catch me firmly over here on #teamFO4
oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Yeah Fallout 3’s main story is pretty much garbage. Spoiler warning for anyone who hasn’t played fallout 3 and wants too don’t read any further. ::: spoiler Spoiler You can skip a good chunk of the story if you just head straight to Smith Casey’s Garage. The vault below isn’t locked behind advancing the main quest, so you can just appear and start the Tranquility Lane simulation. From there you can go in the abandoned house and input the correct code to active the fail safe and bypass a good chunk of the main story if you really don’t want to play through most of it. :::
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 2 days ago
also this way will get you a key to some loot at hamiltons hideaway since three dog no longer has james location to bargain
MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean, fair enough. I can respect that opinion, especially if we start talking the gunplay. I would take Fallout 4’s gun play over Fallout 3 any day
Vespair@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I mean yeah, gameplay/gunplay is no contest, but I do mean overall. Story, tone, setting, roleplaying toolkit, etc. I know people love to shit on FO4 for it’s “limited dialogue options” but having played both I frankly don’t feel like FO4 lost anything by reducing fluff and limiting response options, although I do concede that it is frustrating the way FO4’s choices are sometimes misleading or unclear.