• Renacles
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    1 year ago

    Fallout 3 takes place 200 years after the war and, like I said, the main story is terrible but most of the game has nothing to do with it.

    New Vegas’ world is mostly empty and static, the writing and RPG mechanics like reputation are what make the game as good as it is.

    The thing about New Vegas vs Fallout 3 is that they have different target audiences, Fallout 3 is a game about exploring and immersion while New Vegas is an old school rpg with big decisions central hubs.

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      1 year ago

      I really don’t think you played New Vegas much if you think it wasn’t about exploring and finding new shit all over the place.

      Fallout 3 had the quest hubs. Also, the fact that water was super important to the story, but aside from one beggar, no one seemed to care about it much.

      But New Vegas, well, everyone wanted power from that dam.

      It comes down to, what do they eat? Fallout 3, nothing. NPCs don’t eat, so there’s no need to actually put that into the game, and since that part isn’t in the game, a lot of other shit likely isn’t.

      New Vegas, they have farms and ecology and all sorts of other shit, and it’s all over the place.

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        1 year ago

        I have over 200 hours in New Vegas, the map is not very interesting, the quests are.

        I already went over how people in Fallout 3 get food, it’s there.