The only problem is it’s scarier than Oblivion. And Ravishing Moses Rude is right, Oblivion does make you feel more like a nerd compared to Fallout 3.
Scarier? What are you on?
Anyway, Fallout 3 is alot gorier than Oblivion by far and the character creation has been greatly improved. By this I mean their faces acctually look like faces, not deformed blobs. And although you still can’t edit any other part of the body, they too look alot more realistic, and the connection texture around the neck is gone so the head blends with the body.
Graphics aside, Oblivion is a much better game. The story is longer, the map is larger and the replay value is amazing. That’s weeks of gameplay, depending on how often you play, and leveling up is continuous (as in no level limit). The world of Oblivion also has a kinder feel to it, unlike its inhospitable counterpart.
In short, Fallout is far greater than Oblivion in terms of graphics, but Oblivion is far greater than Fallout 3 in terms of everything else.
Oblivion due to many reasons. Some I can think of are:
In Oblivion you can truly develop your character into a unique one, choosing from the many skills. Whereas in Fallout your skills are maxed anyway at later levels. Surely you could become great at the minor skills in Oblivion as well, but it took a lot more effort. I liked how Oblivion was a lot more complex taking hours of thinking learning the mechanisms that make your char great. Whilst in Fallout it’s easy to get into and understanding how it works.
I don’t think Oblivions level scaling was such a bad idea, but it could most defintely have been more refined. Sure, being God is cool and all that, but I like a challenge. In Fallout; even playing at very hard is easy and especially at later levels.
Oblivion was much larger. nuff said.
Oblivion, as mentioned earlier had a better feel to it. Fallout is dark, and I understand that’s how it’s supposed to be in a post-nuclear world, but it would be really nice with some lighter, softer more comforting environments.
As I recall, Oblivion had a much larger collection of unique items and you could equip your char with a great variety of armor pieces. In fallout you can make a few weapons on the work benches, but only a very few. The idea is good, but one should’ve had the opportunity to be making a lot more.
Again, Oblivion was much larger much more complex with so many quests that I literally have several hundreds of hours of gameplay.
There are just some of the reasons as to why I prefer Oblivion. This doesn’t mean I didn’t like Fallout. I had a lot of fun with Fallout, but in comparison to Oblivion it doesn’t reach up.
The only problem is it’s scarier than Oblivion. And Ravishing Moses Rude is right, Oblivion does make you feel more like a nerd compared to Fallout 3.
If playing Oblivion makes you feel like a nerd, you have issues. Despite the wide-held sterotypes about fantasy RPGs, playing/participating in one does not make one a nerd. And in reality, nerd is just a label that the holders of another label give to people who aren’t part of the “cool crowd” but are still enjoying themselves by engaging in an intelligent and non-destructive hobby. In other words, stop insisting Fallout is better just because your agraid of being a “nerd”.
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