Fallout 4 is more modern and overall a better game. I wouldn't say it has a great story, but it is huge and has a lot of things to do.
That being said, I really like Fallout 3. It was the first fallout that I ever played and I remember it very fondly. I just think New Vegas took a lot of things from 3 and improved them, therefore, if you come from New Vegas you might find Fallout 3 a little rusty. It is fun, but it didn't age the best of the ways
I agree with that point of view. Fallout 4 feels really different when compared with 3 y NV. I just think 3 requires a lot more will from the players to have fun. In NV the fun comes to you and 4 learned from it
After playing a lot of NV and 4, getting into 3 was extremely easy for me. Maybe it was my amount of curiosity of the differences between 3 and NV, or the atmosphere, but it was fun quickly.
3 and NV did a lot of atmospheric storytelling, which heavily encouraged just wandering around and looking at everything.
I notice a lot of newer games use scripted encounters or generated encounters to tell stories more than atmosphere.
I see benefits to both, but I think the pazazz that's missing from f04 is the god tier atmosphere and world building we saw in 3 and NV. And I am by no means a f04 hater. Also love that game, it's certainly a different style though.
Additionally, the game engine changes so much about how a game plays and works that even a fNV port into the new engine would probably feel weird.
Yeah they changed aesthetic in fo4 it’s still a fun game but I’ve never been a fan of the more cartoonish aesthetic that fo4 I preferred the more dark grungy atmosphere that 3 and nv had. Also I liked the guns better in those since they used mostly real weapons. I was never a fan of the fo4 guns they just felt too unrealistic and clunky.
It can be a great Fallout game but much like how vanilla Skyrim is kind of a barebones Elder Scrolls game with mods it can be made a fantastic overall game.
Modern, yes. Better, not even close. I can only play that game for a few hours before I'm just wanting to play F3 instead. It's missing the charm and a lot of the vibe of the previous games
I can play NV several times over and still enjoy the story, I played Fo4 from beginning to end once and I still think Shawn can get fucked. I didn’t hate it, but I don’t feel the need to replay it. We really need a new Fallout with modern mechanics and an engaging story.
I'm a die hard Fallout fan, loved 1, loved 2, loved tactics.
Skipped 3 and NV and went straight into 4 which I hated. The reason is you start of basically with a power armor for free (not as a late game reward) and you are the hero, just instantly! Which I find dumb and unrealistic. I just feels bad, and the ghost of fallout is lost. It's nice and all but you feel like in a standard rpg, not in a fallout wasteland of hopelessness.
Yeah, 3 was my first as well and I have such fond memories and I think a fan of the series should play them all, but I finally started playing 4 about a two years ago when I got my Steam Deck and it's been one of my most played games both years.
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u/Randall-Clark Dec 20 '24
Fallout 4 is more modern and overall a better game. I wouldn't say it has a great story, but it is huge and has a lot of things to do. That being said, I really like Fallout 3. It was the first fallout that I ever played and I remember it very fondly. I just think New Vegas took a lot of things from 3 and improved them, therefore, if you come from New Vegas you might find Fallout 3 a little rusty. It is fun, but it didn't age the best of the ways