Let's rank your most to least favorite Fallout games, because everyone loves lists! - by Bucky Seifert
Jason Moyer on 24/2/2017 at 08:14
As a Fallout game I found 4 pretty disappointing but as a sort of Borderlands++ I thought it was great.
prideassassin on 25/2/2017 at 18:17
Fallout 1
Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout 2
Fallout 3
Fallout Tactics
Not ranking Fallout 4 because I've never played it, my RL doesn't allow for massive 100+ hour RPGs any more.
PigLick on 26/2/2017 at 15:40
my RL IS 100+ hour rpgs!
chk772 on 26/2/2017 at 20:33
Quote Posted by Nameless Voice
Fallout 4 looks great and has a really detailed world to explore, but loses a lot of points for me because the writing is poor (and sometimes outright silly), the quests are repetitive, and the main story (especially towards the end) feels like you're just doing it because it's the only quest left to do, rather than there being any actual motivation to help any of the awful factions achieve their ignominious goals.
Actually, i'd agree with all those points. And still i feel like i've played a great game in the end. :) I guess that shows, at least for me, that it's kind of complaining on a pretty high level.
Note also that, IMO, those are general issues with the Bethesda games. I found New Vegas better in that regard. I don't know how many of the New Vegas devs actually worked at Fallout 4 too though.
Thirith on 27/2/2017 at 10:07
Quote Posted by chk772
Note also that, IMO, those are general issues with the Bethesda games. I found New Vegas better in that regard. I don't know how many of the New Vegas devs actually worked at Fallout 4 too though.
You probably know this already, but in case you don't,
New Vegas was done by Obsidian Entertainment, with Bethesda providing the basis and publishing the game. I wouldn't know of any major Obsidian team members moving on to Bethesda afterwards, and from what I've read about
Fallout 4 it doesn't sound like the game displays any of Obsidian's strengths, so I'd be surprised if any of
New Vegas' major contributors worked on
Fallout 4.
chk772 on 27/2/2017 at 15:42
Quote Posted by Thirith
You probably know this already, but in case you don't,
New Vegas was done by Obsidian Entertainment, with Bethesda providing the basis and publishing the game.
Yep, i knew that. Was just wondering if maybe some Obisidian members also were involved in Fallout 4. If not, then hats off anyway, because FO 4's quests and characters are surely better averagely than the ones in part 3.
Starker on 27/2/2017 at 18:46
Fallout 3 is a particularly low bar though.
chk772 on 27/2/2017 at 19:05
Did you play Oblivion, or Morrowind? :p Fallout 3 is a good step up from these IMO, in that regard. And Fallout 4 is another level compared to part 3 again.
Starker on 28/2/2017 at 21:35
Morrowind at least has lore to compensate for the weak dialogue, though. At its worst, Morrowind is just bland, but I found Fallout 3 outright offensive at times cough*Little Lamplight*cough and the main quest in particular still makes me rage at all the stupidity. IMO the strongest part of Fallout 3 is where you explore the wasteland and find some place with a bit of environmental storytelling without any questing or dialogue, but soon as a character opens their mouth, it's facepalm time more often than not.
And it's not that I find Fallout 4 a great deal better in that regard, but at least it has some good bits like the Silver Shroud quest and Nick Valentine.
Aja on 1/3/2017 at 17:58
Fallout 4’s writing is indeed bad at times, but in a kind of strange way I feel like it makes up for it by the sheer volume of it. People may often sound like they’re merely imitating speech, but Fallout 4, moreso than 3 or NV, actually feels like a living world. Its quests overall don’t really compare to NV in terms of depth and nuance but more than a few have at least been very entertaining (Silver Shroud was one, and I’ve actually been enjoying my time at the Institute as well).
In any case, I think it’s a wonderful place to explore, perhaps second only to Skyrim, especially on survival mode, where you’re forced to take discrete journeys and really pay attention and soak it all in instead of the usual Elder Scrolls routine of barrelling through the landscape, fast-travelling everywhere and getting more quests than you know what to do with.
Anyway, Pig, if you liked Fallout 3, I don’t see why you wouldn’t like 4, as it improves on it in almost every way. I would recommend trying it in survival mode first, though. It makes the game a lot more deliberate and slow-paced.