I have never played a Fallout game.
Why do so many people love this one?
>>316437403
5 years later and I'm still trying to figure that one out. Honestly I thought it was fucking shit.
>>316437403
it was least shittiest fo game
It supports role playing and offers a detailed, immersive world full of believable characters, factions, politics and motivation that help to let you feel connected to the game you're playing.
It takes the few things Fallout 3 did well and expands upon them while fixing most of the shit they fucked up to make an enjoyable game.
Because it reminds people of the classic FO 1 and 2 games they never played.
It makes them feel like Fallout oldfags and true veterans of video gaming.
It has the least shitty writing of any of the recent fallouts.
It's not perfect but it's a hell of a lot better in that regard than Bethesda's abortions.
>>316437403
It has the best weapon variety, the best character perks / level up / customization options, the best NPCs, and the best story.
It's the only good game in the series.
>>316437403
Insane replayabilty, and not just because of the mods.
>>316437403
Choices something Bethesda doesn't give you. Your forced down a linear path in FO3 and FO4. Also NCR Rangers are cooler then Brotherhood of Steel.
>>316437403
Four separate endings, each leaving a different feel, and they didn't feel out of place or rushed. Actually feels like a place where people could live, you come across farms and shit, unlike FO3's town on a metal boat. Quests that end in the moral gray. Satisfying amount of character customization. Character's story is left completely open to the play besides that they took a mailman job for awhile.
>>316437403
People like walking around aimlessly with nothing happening for long periods of time in video games.
>>316437517
Agreed. I'm the only one out of my group of friends that dislikes it.
>>316439812
I too am in this minority of those who felt it was complete and utter trash.
>>316437403
because it's edgy and you can make edgy characters with edgy moral decisions.
>>316439812
>>316439904
Did you like Fallout 3? If not, then you've already answered, your own question, If yes, how could you if NV is superior gameplay wise and story wise
Because it feels like the Fallout 1 and 2 regarding to the main RPG mechanics, dialog and story. But also it has a pretty enjoyable combat.
Good writing. Good writing elevates everything.
How long until I'll be able to pick up Fallout 4 in the bargain bin? I can't justify buying it for $60, maybe like $20 or so used.
>>316437403
>>316437403
Because it takes like four play through before you learn or feel compelled to learn how to play caravan.
Systems upon systems that weren't in Fo3 while adding to the fallout lore.If you aren't the kinda of person who cares for story,lore and choices maybe the game wasn't never for you.
>>316440683
I don't want to support bethesda, simple as that.
>>316440826
>used
>playing console versions
>playing consoles at all
>>316438660
>never played
Speak for yourself, kid.
Bet you kids never played the original Wasteland, either.
>>316441035no bully
>>316440621
I actually knew obsidian only for Baldur's Gate and KOTOR. Were they seriously the gys behind the first two Fallouts or there are people in Obsidian that were key for the first two games?
I loved NV. I think people didn't like it cause they just followed the road instead of going off by themelves into the Mojave. Plenty of things to do, quests to complete, great companions, New Vegas itself was pretty cool. Main questline gave you a lot of options and I liked that you could just stumble into an area of Deathclaws right away and get rekt.
And the writing. Wewww laddy the writing was so good. I spent many, many hours killing NCR shitheads for Caesar.
>>316437403
Because Obsidian made it and Bethesda didn't make it.
The writing is also of a slightly higher quality than Fallout 3, but the gameplay, holy fucking shit.
>>316441663
Yeah, it looks and sounds nice, but it's so weak.
>>316437403
It was good. Could have been great.
I am still bitter about the 84... and Bethesda snatching the copyright away from the creator... and paid mods... I fucking hate Bethesda.
It's a good open world game.
>>316441907
>Bethesda snatching the copyright away from the creator
They bought it in an auction iirc, but still...
>>316442242
Oh alright. Anyway, I remember that it was a buggy mess when it came out. Is it better now?
>>316437403
There are a lot of reasons why NV is better than FO3 but the biggest one is the factions. In FO3 you join the brotherhood to destroy the enclave, both of which feel like two sides of the same coin. In NV it flips to the other side of the spectrum and gives us more factions and angles to play from than any game I can think of. Who can forget Caesar's Legion or Mr House? I always rooted for NCR because of nostalgia.
>>316442402
On PC? Sure, you can mod the shit out of it, and that slapped-together code will do better than what's ingame.
On consoles? No. They patched out the fun bugs but left most of the really bad ones.
>>316441090
I could get you butt pregnant, old man. You would fall in love with me. Waddling around clenching your poop chute tight so none of my unprotected seed drips out while you admire my superior video game playing experience of games old & new.
>>316442218
Wouldn't the waiter get fired for denying someone the food they paid for?
And why isn't the left side not tipping him?
>>316442864
Euros don't tip.
>>316442864It's an edit of a shitty analogy. In the original the left side enjoys it equal to the right side.
If I had any skill at all I would draw the left guy getting spoonfed instead
>>316437403
There aren't many fans of FONV.
The ones that are though are very dedicated.
>>316442574
Can I help anon? I love pumping man ass full of my premium yogurt inbetween owning noobs with my pvp bonemancer in D2.
>>316441297
BG and KOTOR 1 goes to was developed by bioware, published by Interplay. Obsidian (or at least most of its staff back then) were Black Isle. They did make FO1-2, KOTOR 2 and many others.
>>316443743
The more the merrier.
>>316437403
it isnt a bug fest like 3, and it has pretty good quests...
>>316439625
The game is what you make of it. If you decide to do something then something happens. You chose to walk around and do nothing and now you're acting like that's the definitive experience of the game.
I'm not a fan of open world games, I hate big open fields and stupid big open oceans like in Zelda games and Skyrim for example. But New Vegas is not nearly the degree of emptiness and boringness of other games. There is a ton of content, you just didn't find it.
G U N F U S
I'll personally never understand why FO3 fans didn't like FNV. I started playing the series with FO3 and I enjoyed it quite a bit but man FNV was just something else. It had so much more shit to do. The factions were really interesting and added a cool dynamic that was simply never there in FO3. The weapon variety was great and made doing different builds a lot more satisfying. The Mojave Wasteland had more interesting places to explore and places that actually fucking mattered in the overall context of the game. Playing FO1-2 and going back to NV made it even better too. Finally understood all the fun, subtle nods to the earlier titles and the importance of factions such as the NCR and the west coast BOS.
What's going on here?
>>316441464
>writing only slightly better than fallout 3
I've had this game for the longest time but never actually played it
What are some of the essential mods? Is luck viable? I feel like playing a luck character to see what the game has to offer
>>316448226
>I've had this game for the longest time but never actually played it
why do people do this, if you buy something new, the first thing you'd do is try it out right away instead of asking someone else how good the thing was after you bought it
>>316448226
Have you played Fallout 3?
>>316441464
>the writing is also of a slightly higher quality than fallout 3
ya blew it
Im trying to do a conan the barbarian playthrough. ALl melle + sneak + unarmed maxed.
Is it possible ? how would I kill deathclaws and shit ?
>>316451020
With your fists. Boxing gloves let you stun those punks.
>>316437403
Is there a way to make followers added into the game through mods essential?
I just get sick of reloading the game when one of them plays stupid and dies.
because its the 2nd last fallout game. when fallout 5 arrives people are gonna say fallout 4 was the best one. its a cycle
>>316451781
Unless you're playing on hardcore mode, they're already essential, unless you're talking about Fallout 3, in which case, don't bother, the only 2 good companions are Dogmeat and Hawkes because of their absurd amount of health and strength
>>316443979
Can Fallout 4 just kill DotA?
>>316451886
its only been the 2nd last fallout game for like a week. its been beloved for like half a decade.
>>316452045
I am playing hardcore, and I'm playing New Vegas
>>316437403
Your choices matter.
>>316452260
its been shat on before fallout 4s release
>>316452395
Anon, you brought this on yourself, you live with the consequences, plus, every dead party member gets an ending
>>316452476
not even a fraction of as much as 3 has been shat on, and 3 was the 2nd last fallout for all those years.
>>316452579
Sure but it just sucks because I'll just reload whenever my party is being stupid.
>>316443575
>mfw I live in Las Vegas and I'm playing my 9th playthrough.
>>316452582
every bethesda game has been shat on they all suck
Because its the only gamebryo fallout game that is an actual rpg and not just an FPS with stats.
>>316445813
A shame its complete garbage.
Its such a pretty little dame.
FO3 was a big disappointment to a lot of people who played and liked FO1 and 2. FO3 had significantly limited roleplay ability, almost no companions, fucked up versions of the established factions. It was also significantly less tounge-in-cheek about it's humor than the previous games, which could be arguably considered dark comedy. Finally, it was incredibly small in comparison in that there were significantly less things to do around the world than before.
Ignoring all the gameplay differences, the roleplay, story, and atmospheric differences were jarring.
FO:NV fixed a lot of those issues. This image explains a lot of it >>316440621
New Vegas took us back to the West Coast, which even as a DC native, I preferred, and brought back gray morality factions with lots of people and a full world. It basically fixed all the issues that I had with FO3, as someone who loves FO2 more than any other game in the franchise.
>>316438660
>being this underage on 4chan
mostly cause it's a bethesda game made by another developer
its a game that people who hate bethesda games can enjoy since they never complain about the engine, unfinishedness, animations, crappy map or graphics
>>316446836
I don't get it either.
I've noticed that a lot of people who started with FO3 really hate NV and I have no idea why. It's literally more of the same if you don't give a fuck about roleplaying and story since it's basically the same gameplay wise.
Maybe it's just because it wasn't so straight forward in terms of who the bad guys/good guys are.
>>316448226
Luck lets you win money at the casinos very quickly
>>316453346
Those things are all negligible from a no name dev. Bethesda using that tired ass engine in 2015 while trying to pretend to be a leading force in the industry is all that need be said
>>316453707
This.
Bethesda gave the engine to Obsidian to work with. I would argue Obsidian is not a no-name dev, but they certainly didn't have the resources to make a new one.
On the other hand, here were are 5 years later with Bethesda still using a 15 year old engine that's been modded to hell and back instead of spending any of the millions they're sitting on from the 5 games they've fucking made using it to build a new engine.
>>316454032
Also there's the fact that Bethesda was responsible for doing QA for New Vegas, and then basically didn't.
>>316452852
It makes sense that it's garbage, you survive a shot in the head from it.
>>316440690
Is there ever a point? I always just did the slots or blackjack with 10 luck
>>316454032
Arent most modern engines just updated versions of older engines?No point of starting from scratch, they either use what they got or used someone else's engine.
It's a friend simulator for fucking losers.
>>316458906
Except those engines improve the physics as well as how well the game runs, but Bethesda just puts a coat of paint over it and call it a day
What new vegas mods would you guys reccomend?
>>316459369
YUP
High Roller Suite
Drug Visuals
Realistic headshots (this one's tentative as some people bitch it CODifies what should play like an rpg)
Sprint Mod
Better Game Performance
That's just to name a few. I'm sure there are dozens more but these ones I have been enjoying.
I would also recommend steering clear of the porn mods unless you want to kill your libido
One of the best RPGs ever made because of really good writing, lots of content and worthwhile exploring.
>>316459369
The 4GB exe is mandatory, followed by Project Nevada, NV Redesigned 3, EVE and the JSawyer mod. I also recommend everything from the SomeguySeries, adds surprisingly good content with full voice-acting and everything.
I'm playing Fallout 1 right now and it's tedious as fuck. Where do I go? Go there, there are mountains. Go here, there are the same mountains. Oh no, a dozen of rats saw you, wait for everyone of them to finish their turns, now you can walk for 2 seconds or shoot once. Oh, also using the inventary takes action points for some stupid artifical difficulty reason.
Nice meme game.
>>316459686
Do you guys know which mods add a fuckton of enemy spawns to single locations? I remember having a mod that did that, but they would spawn on one another or in ridiculous amounts.
>>316445813
The engravings give you no tactical advantage.
