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Fallout 3 or Oblivion?
NebulousQ
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I am thinking of buying either Fallout 3 or Oblivion, with mods in mind for both, and am wondering which I should purchase?
I am leaning toward Oblivion, which I have partly played on Xbox360, but am worried about the poor combat and lack of flying spells. I enjoyed the flying spells and the enchanting system of Morrowind which were both gutted in Oblivion. However Oblivion has a wealth of mods, which I really like.
I don't know much about Fallout 3 or the mods it has, but if it is Oblivion with guns, as some have said, then its combat is probably much better than Oblivions. I understand and accept that it is different than the previous Fallout games.
Which game is more fun, replayable, and has the better character growth/level up system? I will be purchasing for the PC.
Thanks in advance for your advice!
I am leaning toward Oblivion, which I have partly played on Xbox360, but am worried about the poor combat and lack of flying spells. I enjoyed the flying spells and the enchanting system of Morrowind which were both gutted in Oblivion. However Oblivion has a wealth of mods, which I really like.
I don't know much about Fallout 3 or the mods it has, but if it is Oblivion with guns, as some have said, then its combat is probably much better than Oblivions. I understand and accept that it is different than the previous Fallout games.
Which game is more fun, replayable, and has the better character growth/level up system? I will be purchasing for the PC.
Thanks in advance for your advice!
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I've never been a fan of the post apocalyptic genre for some reason.
My opinion? As much as I love both, if you're wanting to use mods and the like, go for Oblivion. It'll improve combat drastically, and your experience can be customized to your liking (in regards to leveling up, etc).
You can't go wrong with either for PC, though. :^:
Oblivion has a deeper system in place, but it feels absolutely hollow. It just doesn't offer anything.
Fallout 3 on the other hand has atmosphere (especially in the DLC) the likes of which I've never experienced before. The main quest is pretty well irrelevant, but the countless little moments out in the Wasteland, those wonderful random encounters... Ah, exploration in it is great. Gameplay is also vastly superior to Oblivion because it isn't bogged down in hollow "depth". Also, infinitely more intuitive.
Both my experiences are with complete DLC, most recent patches and no mods.
The first time I played Oblivion I chanced on the worst spec possible, so every time I leveled I felt less powerful.
Which is a major letdown in an RPG.
Also,
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Oblivion is not a terrible game but it definitely feels lacking compared to Fallout 3.
That said, Fallout: New Vegas will be coming out in about six months, and it looks like it's going to much better than FO3... so you may want to keep that in mind. I haven't heard anything about a new Elder Scrolls game, so you may have to wait a good long while for that kind of fix.
But all that comes from a comparison of vanilla, unmodded copies of the games, and modding them changes the matchup quite a bit.
I personally found a super-modded-up Oblivion (FCOM, to be specific) to be more fun than Fallout 3 with similar F3 overhaul mods. Oblivion's been around for awhile and people have been modding the shit out of it for quite some time. Most of the shortcomings I mentioned up there have mods to correct them (within reason) and there is an absolute shitton of fan-made content available (with the standard ratio of crap :: quality, of course). In the end, I spent far more time playing Oblivion modded up to it's eyeballs then I ever did playing F3, modded or otherwise.
Of course, my experience with both games is almost a year ago, when Oblivion had 2-3 times the amount of time devoted to making really good mods to overcome the game's shortcomings. It's very likely modders have stepped up to do similar things to Fallout 3 by now, but you'd have to look into that yourself.
I really really hope new vegas is just fallout 3 with writing on par with the originals.
Seconded. Don't get me wrong, I played both to hell and back... but hmmm... you know? Hmmm...
Anyone else in this thread who feels otherwise is wrong. And also stupid.
If that's the case, just buy whichever one appeals to you most thematically.
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So go with Fallout 3.
If only for the headshots.
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Bugger. I wanted to play F3...
You still should.
More than that, you need to.
I recommend small arms, and sneak.Pump the agility (and intelligence).
is it because you've played Morrowind and want more of the same? Oblivion delivers that better than Fallout 3, as long as you mod it.
Is it because you've heard they're kind of good and want to try them out? If so, play Morrowind, its better than both of them both modded and unmodded.
Or is it because you're looking for games to play? if so, get both, they're both good games as long as you've playted Morrowind before.
Basically what I'm saying is get Morrowind before either of these two if you haven't played it.
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1) I don't really plan on playing whichever game I get vanilla. I plan to cherry pick mods out and apply them. This is definitely one thing Bethesda has going for them, that is the modability of their games.
2) I have played Morrowwind. While I immensely enjoyed it, I cannot go back to its horrible one click combat.
If Oblivion had kept Morrowwind's freedom of movement (flying) and its enchanting system then I would have definitely picked up Oblivion, but they gutted both in Oblivion. Also Oblivion's combat seems to be just a minor improvement over Morrowwinds, so I am wondering if I should just skip over to Fallout 3. But then Oblivions mods... and hence why I have come to the forums for some guidance.
Still, it's not very good in either game.
While I think FO3 is objectively a better game than Oblivion, I think if you're not interested in the setting, the game just isn't going to click with you. My girlfriend loves Oblivion, but couldn't get into Fallout 3 because she found the environment depressing and monotonous.
However, I agree with you on the combat system's terribleness.
It's far worse in Oblivion, where something like five voice actors did the dialogue for hundreds of generic NPCs.
Every time you talk to someone, it's just a tiny flip of a coin whether you're going to be speaking to Black Dude, Black Chick, White Dude, British White Dude, or White Chick.
Can we just buy everyone at Bethesda a copy of Mass Effect so they know how its done?
Wait for Fallout New Vegas.
OP, get fallout 3
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Not trying to force my opinions here, but I never got how anyone could see F3 or Oblivion as fun much less good games.
There is nothing there.
If you don't like the first one you buy, return it and never look back.
Oblivion is generic fantasy land with its own take on how several classic fantasy races behave and look, sorta. It hasn't made a strong case for why I should bother with The Elder Scrolls, but because people have insisted I will eventually give Morrowind and Daggerfall a try.
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