Yeah, I think you got it. The humour in Fallout is subtle, it’s satire. OW borders on farce.
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Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 months agoThe issue I think is that every single thing is setup for some punchline. The world isn’t taken seriously. It’s all a basis for a joke. Fallout NV was taken seriously. It had humor, but the world felt consistent and well thought out. That’s why it works, and it’s also why the humor hits better. If everything is a joke then almost nothing is funny.
Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
GONADS125@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You say you stopped at FO3. Have you tried FNV?
I always preferred the story of 3, but the gameplay of NV had quality of life improvements and way better gun-play.
I’d definitely recommend giving it a shot if you haven’t.
Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
No, I said I haven’t enjoyed one since 3. I tried NV and I’ve seen enough videos to get why people like it, but I just didn’t. The crafting system and changes to combat mechanics felt too complicated at the time. Like, I had to go gather three different materials to build the ammo to break one guy’s tank. I didn’t have any issue with the plot or writing, it just felt like busywork. Likewise with FO4, it’s a mile wide but an inch deep. There’s a ton of stuff to do, but very little reason to care about it. Like, yeah, some asshole stole my kid but I’m just gonna go spend however many hours building out this gas station. FO3 just felt like the perfect balance between grindy RPG mechanics and plot driven missions.
GONADS125@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I 100% agree with you. I was downvoted a lot of times years ago saying about as much on reddit. I like the iron-sights and some mechanics of NV that 3 didn’t have, but the storyline in 3 was so much better.
In 3, there was a tremendous core story that you played a pivotal role in and had a grand sense of purpose. But in NV, you’re just a random courrier doing random tasks and just kinda meandering around for “revenge” which comes and goes pretty anticlimacticly. And then you get to decide which factions to support in a battle that’s going to happen regardless.
In NV, it feels more like the player character is a side-character in the main story’s plot. In Fallout 3, you were the main plot.
GONADS125@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This line from New Vegas is my favorite line from any game in the series:
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So hilarious given the additional context and dialogue in the game.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Yeah, that one is great in FONV. In The Outer Worlds literally every conversation is like this one though. It works well as one character, but not when it’s everyone.