Rotsuoy
Trash Animal
This question isn't in general, but specific to me, and I'll explain why. Sorry if I sound jaded in this but I'll try to keep the glumness down. I've spent the past few days reading discussion on NV, how a lot of people like it, and how fans of 1 and 2 enjoy it more than 3 and 4, but I'm still so worried I'll just be disappointed.
I love Fallout. I still replay it to this day. I still own the original CDs for 1 and 2 and bought it again on steam many years later. I enjoyed Tactics well enough but for some reason I never replayed it, meanwhile I can't fathom the amount of times I've replayed 1 and 2. I'm obsessed with Fallout lore because of these to two games.
When 3 came out I was so incredibly excited... and so horridly let down. I played it, finished it, even played the dlc. I wanted so bad to love it, but I just felt so bothered by it. The brotherhood, whom I had been intrigued by in 1 and 2 were a bunch of self righteous jerks, and I felt like major choices, like blowing up an entire town (come on, I had to try it at least once), didn't even really effect the overall story. Eventually I kind of resigned to the fact the Fallout series I loved would never be the same, and new games just weren't for me. The DLC was all mid as hell to me and I was desperate to love Mothership Zeta, but it just felt so hollow. (Was it just me or did Point Lookout feel really out of place?) I think what I hated most about 3 is that it wasn't that bad of a game overall, it just wasn't Fallout to me.
Ironically I got more 'entertainment' out of BoS when a buddy of mine invited me over for a drunken night of xbox. I liked Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance enough (even though it too felt like not a Baldur's Gate game), so the gameplay wasn't the worst thing I've played, but I think having a coop mode to drunkenly laugh my way through, regardless of how god awful the story was, made it genuinely entertaining in a 'so bad it's good' way. That's probably the alcohol talking though, seeing as I've never played it sober.![Cheers :drunk: :drunk:](/../../xencustomimages/smilies/icon_drunk.gif)
I think at that point I had just given up on new Fallout content in general and was expecting it to all be bad. Which is probably why I was pleasantly surprised when a partner convinced me to play Fallout 4. I didn't feel super motivated by the main story, but I really loved a lot of the characters (*coughs* Nick *cough*). I loved the synths in general. It still didn't feel as 'Fallout' to me as 1 and 2, but in some ways it felt more so than 3 did. I also enjoyed the settlement building for roleplaying purposes, but I've also played a lot of survival games with similar building systems so I don't think that counts as a mark towards 4 being better than 3.
I think I'm just scared of having my heart broken again like it was with 3. I'm a fragile boomer that just wants to love my quirky wasteland game series again.![Crying or Very sad :cry: :cry:](/../../xencustomimages/smilies/icon_cry.gif)
So please, convince me to play New Vegas. I know a lot of people here really like it. Also, if there are any mods, visual and technical, that would enhance the gameplay experience, please let me know. I'm not super put off by spoilers- somehow I've managed to avoid major ones for most of a decade -because I believe a truly good game can't really be spoiled by someone telling you about it. Just try to keep them to a minimum.
TL;DR: Convince this boomer who prefers 1 and 2 to play NV after 3 broke their heart.
I love Fallout. I still replay it to this day. I still own the original CDs for 1 and 2 and bought it again on steam many years later. I enjoyed Tactics well enough but for some reason I never replayed it, meanwhile I can't fathom the amount of times I've replayed 1 and 2. I'm obsessed with Fallout lore because of these to two games.
When 3 came out I was so incredibly excited... and so horridly let down. I played it, finished it, even played the dlc. I wanted so bad to love it, but I just felt so bothered by it. The brotherhood, whom I had been intrigued by in 1 and 2 were a bunch of self righteous jerks, and I felt like major choices, like blowing up an entire town (come on, I had to try it at least once), didn't even really effect the overall story. Eventually I kind of resigned to the fact the Fallout series I loved would never be the same, and new games just weren't for me. The DLC was all mid as hell to me and I was desperate to love Mothership Zeta, but it just felt so hollow. (Was it just me or did Point Lookout feel really out of place?) I think what I hated most about 3 is that it wasn't that bad of a game overall, it just wasn't Fallout to me.
Ironically I got more 'entertainment' out of BoS when a buddy of mine invited me over for a drunken night of xbox. I liked Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance enough (even though it too felt like not a Baldur's Gate game), so the gameplay wasn't the worst thing I've played, but I think having a coop mode to drunkenly laugh my way through, regardless of how god awful the story was, made it genuinely entertaining in a 'so bad it's good' way. That's probably the alcohol talking though, seeing as I've never played it sober.
![Cheers :drunk: :drunk:](/../../xencustomimages/smilies/icon_drunk.gif)
I think at that point I had just given up on new Fallout content in general and was expecting it to all be bad. Which is probably why I was pleasantly surprised when a partner convinced me to play Fallout 4. I didn't feel super motivated by the main story, but I really loved a lot of the characters (*coughs* Nick *cough*). I loved the synths in general. It still didn't feel as 'Fallout' to me as 1 and 2, but in some ways it felt more so than 3 did. I also enjoyed the settlement building for roleplaying purposes, but I've also played a lot of survival games with similar building systems so I don't think that counts as a mark towards 4 being better than 3.
I think I'm just scared of having my heart broken again like it was with 3. I'm a fragile boomer that just wants to love my quirky wasteland game series again.
![Crying or Very sad :cry: :cry:](/../../xencustomimages/smilies/icon_cry.gif)
So please, convince me to play New Vegas. I know a lot of people here really like it. Also, if there are any mods, visual and technical, that would enhance the gameplay experience, please let me know. I'm not super put off by spoilers- somehow I've managed to avoid major ones for most of a decade -because I believe a truly good game can't really be spoiled by someone telling you about it. Just try to keep them to a minimum.
TL;DR: Convince this boomer who prefers 1 and 2 to play NV after 3 broke their heart.