The vanilla faces for the Fallout games are pretty horrific. But there are mods. (Whew!)
If you care for a little extra advice, I'll suggest that which to get depends on what you enjoy. If you like blasting through a game and then on to the next one, Fallout: New Vegas will probably be a bit more fun for you. As noted above, the weapon modding is more advanced. The world of FNV also has more magical impassable terrain than Fallout 3, so your path through it is a bit more linear.
If instead you prefer exploring a world and seeing everything that's in it, the I'd suggest going with F3. It's not that there's so much more to find in F3 than FNV (although I think there actually is), or that the setting of F3 -- a ruined DC area -- is more interesting than southern Nevada (although I think it is). It's more that both games can give you well over 100 hours of entertainment, especially if you also play the DLC. By the time you're done with F3, you'll be ready to pick up FNV.
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Sun Aug 31, 2014 2:54 pm
#17
Re: Fallout 3 / New Vegas
Thanks for the advice FF. Yes, I'm an explorer at heart and this came to my attention from comments on forums. Are there some mods to make some of those invisible walls dissapear or something? That's one of the biggest plus points in Skyrim and I'd definitely miss it on one of these. It is also because of it that I tend to F3 rather than NV... arghhghghghgh
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Mon Sep 01, 2014 12:35 am
#18
Re: Fallout 3 / New Vegas
The "invisible walls" in Fallout 3 aren't very noticeable. And the ones in Fallout: New Vegas are there for your protection. (They slow you down from hitting non-leveled enemies that are way too powerful for your character when you start.)
So I would suggest avoiding any mods that make the impassable passable. Besides, if you really, really need to get someplace you aren't "supposed" to go, there's always the "TLC" console command that will let you clip through the world.
Finally, like Oblivion and Skyrim, F3 and FNV allow you to fast travel to any point-of-interest location you've previously discovered. And if you choose to take the Explorer perk in F3/FNV, you can instantly see (and thus travel to) all points of interest on the map.
One trivial note: there are some extremely minor references in FNV to events in F3, primarily related to F3's Brotherhood of Steel content. So that's a point in favor of playing F3 first. On the other hand, FNV includes a companion fully voiced by Felicia Day, who is a hoot to play with. I don't usually keep followers, and had none in F3, but I found ED-E (for sniping range) and Veronica (for personality) worth having by my side most of the time in FNV.
The good thing about all of this is that you really can't go wrong by choosing either F3 or FNV. They're both great games that, if you enjoy first-person open-world roleplaying games, will each give you hundreds of hours of solid fun.
If you can tolerate a post-apocalyptic setting, of course.
So I would suggest avoiding any mods that make the impassable passable. Besides, if you really, really need to get someplace you aren't "supposed" to go, there's always the "TLC" console command that will let you clip through the world.
Finally, like Oblivion and Skyrim, F3 and FNV allow you to fast travel to any point-of-interest location you've previously discovered. And if you choose to take the Explorer perk in F3/FNV, you can instantly see (and thus travel to) all points of interest on the map.
One trivial note: there are some extremely minor references in FNV to events in F3, primarily related to F3's Brotherhood of Steel content. So that's a point in favor of playing F3 first. On the other hand, FNV includes a companion fully voiced by Felicia Day, who is a hoot to play with. I don't usually keep followers, and had none in F3, but I found ED-E (for sniping range) and Veronica (for personality) worth having by my side most of the time in FNV.
The good thing about all of this is that you really can't go wrong by choosing either F3 or FNV. They're both great games that, if you enjoy first-person open-world roleplaying games, will each give you hundreds of hours of solid fun.
If you can tolerate a post-apocalyptic setting, of course.
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Mon Sep 01, 2014 12:39 am
#19
Re: Fallout 3 / New Vegas
invisible walls are your friend ^^
my brother started Fallout 3 and missed Megaton and managed to visit DC in under 10 minutes.
Hunting Supermutants on lvl 3 with a BB Gun is the biggest fun ever.
my brother started Fallout 3 and missed Megaton and managed to visit DC in under 10 minutes.
Hunting Supermutants on lvl 3 with a BB Gun is the biggest fun ever.
More people want exploding kittens than exploding ships. Somehow, this makes me happy.
- credits go to dwmagus
- credits go to dwmagus
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Mon Sep 01, 2014 10:57 am
#20
Re: Fallout 3 / New Vegas
That's great info. Thank you guys! This is the input a was hoping for
I think I'll give F3 GOTY a go, mod it properly to have a better experience from the start, and then decide if I could make time for another game... what I really don't believe...
I think I'll give F3 GOTY a go, mod it properly to have a better experience from the start, and then decide if I could make time for another game... what I really don't believe...
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Mon Sep 01, 2014 12:37 pm
#21
Re: Fallout 3 / New Vegas
So Fallout 3 is already downloading and I already know how to fix the win 8.1 problem. Next step: heading to Nexus and watching some of Gopher's modding videos
Thank you all again for your very useful comments!
Thank you all again for your very useful comments!
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Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:41 pm
#24
Enjoy your game.
I'm off to rebuild Helgen with a veritable entourage of followers. And boy, do we look impressive.
Re: Fallout 3 / New Vegas
I only wish I could have been more help to you, Lum. I'm glad the members aided you in making your final decision.Lum wrote:Thank you all again for your very useful comments!
Enjoy your game.
I'm off to rebuild Helgen with a veritable entourage of followers. And boy, do we look impressive.
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Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:49 pm
#25
Re: Fallout 3 / New Vegas
I maybe should finally get F3 in a "official" way, and not some "inofficial" download
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Tue Sep 02, 2014 12:56 am
#26
Re: Fallout 3 / New Vegas
do you get the uncut version?
over steam i can get only the cut version. (which is why i had to download a legaly buyed game again)
over steam i can get only the cut version. (which is why i had to download a legaly buyed game again)
More people want exploding kittens than exploding ships. Somehow, this makes me happy.
- credits go to dwmagus
- credits go to dwmagus
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Tue Sep 02, 2014 1:26 am
#27
Re: Fallout 3 / New Vegas
Same here cornCornflakes_91 wrote:I maybe should finally get F3 in a "official" way, and not some "inofficial" download
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Tue Sep 02, 2014 1:55 am
#28
Havent played it in years, so i cant remember many details (besides having killed one of the persons you have to capture to get access to the slaver settlement)
Re: Fallout 3 / New Vegas
Dunno.HappyGhecko wrote:do you get the uncut version?
over steam i can get only the cut version. (which is why i had to download a legaly buyed game again)
Havent played it in years, so i cant remember many details (besides having killed one of the persons you have to capture to get access to the slaver settlement)
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Tue Sep 02, 2014 2:15 am
#29
Re: Fallout 3 / New Vegas
what do you mean by cut/uncut?
I cant get mine to work hardly still.
I cant get mine to work hardly still.
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Tue Sep 02, 2014 10:40 am
#30
Re: Fallout 3 / New Vegas
MrPerson, have you tried this steps? I did only two things to make put F3 working in my Win 8.1 machine. I installed the Games for Windows Live and changed the fallout.ini according step 4 and everything was fine.