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Vault 101 (Fallout Thread)
snalin:
Fallout Tactics is a pretty underrated game too.
I played FO3 again... maybe six months ago? I struck me that while it's really fun, it is not nearly as good as New Vegas. The world is less interesting and varied, the story isn't even close (I don't care about the FO3 father), and the gameplay lacks a bit of upgrades (crafting, hardcore mode, iron sights)
Modwise, I didn't get much. Here's the ones I found really helpful:
Unofficial Patch - necessary for all Bethsoft games. This version is the most recent one at the nexus, 3 years fresher than the old one. It has a ton of improvements, and consolidates a bunch of fixes and upgrades. Highly recommended.
Fellout - there's a green light over the entire game. This takes it away. The game looks a lot better, though not as radiated.
DC interiors - replaces most of the boarded up houses in DC with houses you can enter. They generally only contain trash and some low amounts of cash, food and water, but it gives a lot of realism to the world
Windowed borderless gaming - neat little app that makes the game take up the entire screen while still being in windowed mode. This makes alt-tabbing work like it should! As an extra bonus, it works for any game!
If you're interested in more, check the top list from the nexus here.
LeeC:
I've heard of fellout but decided not to get it because I kind of like the radiated green look. Is it just me or does NV kind of have a brown filter compared to FO:3's green?
DC interiors is interesting. I wonder if the unofficial patch will fix my crashing problems. I hope so.
I do have nexus mods as I did mod skyrim and FO:NV.
as for the FO3 vs FO:NV jibber jabber:
FO:NV is fun and I love the dystopic future western flavor of it. I went total cowboy, NCR ranger, all over the place and loved the honest hearts DLC. The armor, guns, and hats you get from it was great! I never finished the main questline (I tried once when I had it on xbox but it kept crashing at the hoover damn battle). Havnt tried lonesome Road, deadmoney was frustrating, and Old World Blues was tough but rather boring to me. I loved the world and a lot of the characters. Wish i could have romanced some of them (like skyrim) particularly Cass. The party system was great (me, boone, and EDI cleaned up the place!) and there is just so much going on with it.
FO:3 is a different flavor. It is more 1950s nuke-punk and it probably helps that I am familiar with the locals as I live and work there every day IRL. Actually live near Vault 112. Being able to traverse my real stomping grounds in the DMV in a post nuclear apocalypse is amazing. Dog meat is great too. I also love the fact (and this is my theory on FO:3) that without having played 1 and 2, fallout 3 is the east coast mash up of those main story lines. In fallout 1 you save the waste from the super mutants fix the water source of your vault, in fallout 2 you save the waste from the enclave. Fallout 3 you do FO1 by the end of the first half of the game and FO2 by the second half of the game and do the water part from FO1. Another interesting note; in FO:3 I rarely used companions (kept dog meat home most of the time so he wouldnt die!) until Fawks shows up but I actually felt like we connected. For the most part I was the Lone Wanderer. Exploring and fighting on my own. It was more mad max lone wolf stuff whereas NV was more about putting together a posse and riding into town to help (or so I saw them both).
I will say there really wasnt many characters that stood out in FO:3 compared to Vegas which is a missed opportunity. In FO:NV I loved the characters and actually wished my character could romance someone or play cards with them. In 3, the thought never really occurred to me. I was alone.
ChaoSera:
I also prefer NV over FO:3. This is supported by the fact, that I played through FO:3 once, while I played through NV at least 3 times. In a row. I basically always made a sneaky character and used sniper rifles whenever possible. It's great fun to kill an entire village of legion soldiers without them even noticing you. :-D
snalin:
--- Quote from: LeeC on 22 Oct 2013, 18:22 ---I've heard of fellout but decided not to get it because I kind of like the radiated green look. Is it just me or does NV kind of have a brown filter compared to FO:3's green?
--- End quote ---
You are absolutely correct, and there's mods to fix the NV brown. I'd give fellout a go just to see the difference, and turn it off if it's not your thing.
Welu:
I don't think you can "fix" an intentional detail which is meant do add to the to tone. Though I understand it might annoy your eyes or playing on a plasma screen you might be worried about a burned tinge.
Fallout NV feels a lot more like the first two so I prefer it to 3 but I love them all so much. I get incredibly attached to the companions, I'd travel with as many as allowed in the first two. If I could I'd travel with Rex and ED-E because non-humans companions are the best thing to me. I like the human/mutant companions as well but robots and dogs are robots and dogs!
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