I've been thinking about this because one of my friends (who mostly plays FPS games) has been playing Skyrim recently and he loves it. We were talking about Fallout games which I said he might want to check out next. I'll tell you the same things I told him
- in general Skyrim is much more forgiving, especially when compared to New Vegas. You have to worry about shit like radiation and weapon/armor condition, fewer ways to heal yourself, animal poisons are much deadlier, ect...
- Not as much variety in the combat - it's all guns basically. You can choose from big guns, small guns, energy weapons, but that's about it. You're still just shooting guys, and the combat also isn't as fun or satisfying as Skyrim I'd say (more dice rolls related to your levels)
- Admittedly less variety in the environment. Fallout 3 is all green and gray-tinted wasteland, New Vegas is just a big desert. Obviously there are towns and landmarks, but a lot of the map is just kind of empty...
- The writing, at least to me ,is a lot better. Especially in New Vegas. It's funnier, the characters are more interesting, setting is cooler, more shocking twists and turns
- In general the games have way more tech issues/open world jank than Skyrim
So either New Vegas or 3 to start with, keeping in my NV is tougher across the board, but has better writing and characters, plus more systems to play around with. I played 3 first and it blew me away but that was 2009
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