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Fallout: New Vegas
ArcAirbender:
I do not wish to hijack the thread, I know this is about NV; however I rather ask three quick questions here than to revive an old thread somewhere deep beneath the forum.
I haven't played games in a pc for a while now, most of my gaming is done in the 360. The most recent system I own is a macbook, so I got Fallout 1 & 2 for mac a few days ago; I've never played any fallout at all, so I figured the best place to start was F1 (duh!).
And so it happens apple stopped giving 256 colour support; now I have a very nicelooking doorstop.
My question for any of you here is: Is Fallout 3 a good place to start playing the franchise? Am I missing a lot (history-wise) by starting in the 3rd series of the game?
I'm about to get F3 game of the year edition from ebgames. Is 60 bucks a fair price for it, or are the various DLC included not worth it?
My main concern is if I should make the effort and try to play the first 2 titles... "somehow", or just blew it and go with the 3rd.
Thanks in advance.
Spluff:
It's perfectly fine to start with Fallout 3, because it's pretty much unrelated to the first two (it's not really a sequel - it just shares a setting and a name). I infinitely prefer the first two as games but you won't be missing out on anything in Fallout 3 if you haven't played them.
kemon:
the first 2 games are definitely worth any reasonable effort to get them running. but it doesn't preclude you from getting into fallout 3 if you don't.
60 is high. steam has it for 50, but i'm sure you can find it for less than that somewhere.
Ozymandias:
The DLC, with the exception of Anchorage maybe, is definitely worth it, though. Lots of added content.
KvP:
--- Quote from: ArcAirbender on 08 Mar 2010, 03:44 ---I do not wish to hijack the thread, I know this is about NV; however I rather ask three quick questions here than to revive an old thread somewhere deep beneath the forum.
I haven't played games in a pc for a while now, most of my gaming is done in the 360. The most recent system I own is a macbook, so I got Fallout 1 & 2 for mac a few days ago; I've never played any fallout at all, so I figured the best place to start was F1 (duh!).
And so it happens apple stopped giving 256 colour support; now I have a very nicelooking doorstop.
My question for any of you here is: Is Fallout 3 a good place to start playing the franchise? Am I missing a lot (history-wise) by starting in the 3rd series of the game?
I'm about to get F3 game of the year edition from ebgames. Is 60 bucks a fair price for it, or are the various DLC included not worth it?
My main concern is if I should make the effort and try to play the first 2 titles... "somehow", or just blew it and go with the 3rd.
Thanks in advance.
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I don't think there's anything in Fallout 3 that's dropped in without explanation. Given the distance between the settings (Cali and DC) it's actually something of a reboot. There are probably things you won't notice or things you'll find strange, but nothing that's going to ruin the game.
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