10 Brutally Honest Confessions Of A Bethesda Fan
7. Secretly Preferring Fallout 3 Over New Vegas Anyway
Get your pitchforks ready, because I am wholeheartedly one of the weirdos who prefers Fallout 3 to New Vegas.
“Why?!” you might shout, “Fallout: New Vegas is the better game, your choices matter and you can actuall-“
Hold on a second, and I’ll explain.
Fallout 3 felt like a wasteland, which is what every fan says but I mean it, quite literally. There weren’t factions and armies and wacky antagonists round every corner. Sure, there were crazy characters such as the Mechanist vs. the AntAgonizer, Dukov, Dave and that little s**t Mayor MacCready, but you had to earn your interactions with them.
What does it mean to earn an interaction? Well, my biggest arguing point is this, Fallout: New Vegas’ story takes you into, through or close to all the major settlements, if it doesn’t do so directly, then it’ll show you someone who can. As a result, a lot of playthroughs can feel very same-y, like you’re simply following a path.
Fallout 3 doesn’t do that, all of the best characters and settlements are way, way off the beaten track. Think of Oasis, Reilly’s Rangers, Temple of the Union, even Agatha’s Song; these quests all felt doubly-meaningful because you had to go well out of your way to experience them.