Vegas, easily.
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chazwhiz@lemmy.world 4 months agoWhich modern Fallout game would you suggest for someone who loved the first 2 and generally prefers classic (and modern classic style) RPGs and deep stories?
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 4 months ago
tal@lemmy.today 4 months ago
loved the first 2
Like, the isometric games? Not the 3D ones?
I’d consider Wasteland 2 and 3 as being similar to Fallout and Fallout 2. Fallout was inspired by Wasteland.
But l’d seriously consider trying the 3D Fallout games. I think that the series did a pretty good job of making the jump to 3D.
chazwhiz@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Correct, and I’m familiar with the Wasteland games and they’re great. I was asking about the 3D games specifically. I remember starting Fallout 3 back on my 360 years ago and just not caring for it. I’ve always wondered if I should give another one a go.
all-knight-party@kbin.run 4 months ago
If by modern you mean Fallout 3 and beyond, then absolutely New Vegas and its DLCs. You will not get anything of a deep story from any of the other offerings except maybe Fallout 4's Far Harbor, but that comes too little too late if you might not tolerate Fallout 4's flaws to get there.
New Vegas doesn't play very well in terms of combat, hello Gamebryo engine, but it has a complex story with many possible directions and endings, and many factions that are much more than black and white. Your character's own dialogue is also far better written compared to Bethesda's offerings and has a lot more agency in the world. I think you will find enough to enjoy there as long as you can get past the hump of some middling (even for its time) shooting.
A lot of that can be owed to the writing staff similarities between the original Fallouts and New Vegas, Obsidian's strong point.