Are they that much better?

In Fallout 3? Probably not, considering the fact that those non-despawning piles of goo and ash will cripple the game.

But I've been watching and reading sci-fi since I was a kid, so I'm a complete tech-junkie when it comes to sci-fi games. You give me a game where I can gear up with powered armour and laser or plasma guns, you'd better believe that I'm gonna do just that.

Edit: *facepalms* thought you meant energy weapons versus small guns *facepalms again*

But yeah, New Vegas' energy weapons are vastly superior to Fallout 3s. There are more of them, more types of weapon, and weapon customization makes pretty much every gun better than anything non-unique you'll find in Fallout 3

This post has been edited by Callidus Thorn: Oct 19 2016, 09:21 PM

No, I meant are the laser guns that much better in New Vegas?

Late edit is late

Well it wasn´t early, I can tell you that much



Never bothered with energy weapons in Fallout 3. They all looked so bulky and frankly quite boring to me. The only one I quite like is the equivalent of the regular minigun.

Remove the word "burnt" and substitute either bacon or jam for "honey" and I'm right there with you, Gotta have bagels and cream cheese though!

Heh, I've spent too much time over the years reading small guns versus energy weapons discussion for Fallout 3 and New Vegas, no surprise my mind kind of goes there by default

But to me, small guns in Fallout 3 looked pretty boring,with the exception of the scoped .44 Magnum.

I agree they may be a bit mundane and all, but they work for me.


And I got that scoped gun de-scoped thanks to SubRosa. All except Blackhawk.

I like the Alien Blaster and A3-21's plasma rifle. (not the looks, just the performance).

Why would you descope it?



I remember finding the alien blaster in my first run of Fallout 3. Biggest WTF moment of the game right there

I wanted a regular revolver that was a bit heavier than the .38.

Right? Me too! What a great atmosphere they created with that game! All those weird sounds in the sky, and finding that ship just kind of cemented that feeling! What an awesome game FO3 was/is! I think it was Bethesda's last great effort.

It really is quite creepy and atmospheric. At least unless you have 3Dog on

Yeah, Khajiit is fairly happy with Skyrim and Fallout4, but Fallout3 (and by extension New Vegas, even though BGS didn't have their stamp on it),was probably their most recent "outstanding" game. Here's hoping that, since they seem to he taking their time with TES6, they will deliver something truly spectacular.

Also, this one is very curious about these secret "new projects" BGS is working on.

Well, I only played my radio in towns, it kind of broke the immersion (for me) to play it while out in the wastelands.

New projects?


mALX - Yes it does for me too, but at this point it´s lost anyway. I´ve seen some stuff, man. I´ve seen some things!



This post has been edited by mirocu: Oct 19 2016, 10:17 PM

All you have to do (to find out what secret projects they are working on) is check the copyrights they have filed. That is how I was able to predict Skyrim 4 years before it was announced. (Although they may have learned their lesson and changed their names for this, I noticed they now have offices in other countries that have different names; and they can hide their movements a lot easier now).

Eh, I suppose that's a good enough reason. I actually like the scoped .44 Magnum so much it's the only small gun I'd let into an energy weapons playthrough



Fallout 3's a great game, but I don't know that I'd go so far as to call it awesome. I find the main quest too restrictive, and the difficulties involving energy weapons really kick it down a notch for me. Oh, and a part of me really hates the lack of iron sights.

But I'll grant that they got a lot of the atmosphere right. In particular I like the way the subway tunnels feel threatening from start to finish, Threedog and the music, and some of the sidequests.

But overall, I prefer New Vegas to 3.

Yeah you know, the two "big" projects we are getting instead of a new TES? Starfield or whatever?