Fall Out 3 or Mass Effect?

Problem I found with Fallout3 is that while exploring is all well and good, I found absolutely nothing of interest whenever I moved away from the beaten path. Just more piles of crap to sell for cash.

Same with Oblivion. Exploring reaped no benefits or found anything of interest.


Also, free-roaming/sandbox games suffer in the story/characterisation compared to linear games....your expected to make your own story, of sorts. Because of this, my choice is Mass Effect, because I prefer intense, story-heavy games to the free-roaming type.

Horses for courses.
 
its obv mass effect seeing as the sequel is out next month and it is one of the best rpgs i have ever played,

fallout 3 is good but you have all the time in the world to play that later, play mass effect now so that once the second one is released your all ready for it
 
If we are talking unmodded, then Mass Effect by far; Fallout 3 only becomes good (imo) with a few good mods behind it. If you appreciate good voice acting then def go for Mass Effect and play as the female character.

The voice behind the character is Jennifer Hale who's voiced countless games and does a great job in the ton of dialog in the game. The male character is OK but nothing special. I would write about the gameplay in ME but the reviews really speak for themselves.
 
Mass Effect I reckon. Better story, much more immersive.

Fallout 3 was excellent but it wasn't as gritty as the first 2 and the game world feels big just for the sake of it. You can explore for hours and not really find much. Found it pretty easy too.. you can kill most things from long range with no hassle.

Plus Mass Effect 2 is out in a few weeks. So finish the first one then crack straight on with the second!
 
I loved both games. Me and my friend have had this debate between oblivion and FO3 going for a while now basically he says its oblivion with guns, I felt it was much more. IMO FO3 attributes where far more balanced. For example, in oblivion you could make a knight style character, but ultimately nothing stopped you turning into a mage unless your a strict roleplayer. With FO3, if you spec in one area such as small guns, you can still use energy weapons but you do notice the difference, even in lower difficulties. FO3 also has the option of being played like a FPS without using VATS which adds a nice challange. Another challange is trying to play it without using weapons, ie sneaking, hacking, lock picking and charming to get everything. Certainly not easy. I was disappointed in oblivion after morrowind but feel that that FO3 has fixed some of the changes I felt didn't work in oblivion.

Mass effect on the other hand the story lasted what felt like forever. While I only replayed it twice I loved the combat and controlling you squad. each class offers something different but not enough to make me want to play though all 6 times. The karma in mass effect didn't work that well either compared to FO3. In dialogue you get 3 options, good, neutral or evil response. The evil responses just didn't fit in at all, just the tone of voice and how the conversation went it just felt like it wasn't meant to be there.

I would go for FO3. Again I had huge problems until I got it patched and GPU drivers sorted (It still doesn't like me using alt+tab). Mass effect Ive had no problems with so far touch wood.
 
I would say you get more gametime with FO3 but Mass Effect is something you must play at least before the second comes out
 
Mass effect was so boring, couldn't get into it at all, very linear and ended abruptly.

Fallout 3 is a huge sprawling world which you can just get lost in. Definately the one I'd choose.
 
Fallout 3.

I've played about 30 minutes of Mass Effect, and it dragged so badly. I've played 90 hours of FO3.
 
Loved them both.

Fallout 3 though by a mile. I've completed them both but I've completed Fallout 3 around 4 times now and I've also done the addons as well. It's just such a believable World unlike Mass Effect's. There's so much happening as well - you can just stumble into stuff.



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You really should play them both :) Their both different enough to warrent playing and both are fantastic. Play them in any order, it really doesn't matter.
 
I'd go for Fallout 3.

I've played both and spent dozens of hours on F3.

Mass Effect, on the other hand, doesn't capture me at all. I've started it about six times and I got bored with it each time after a relatively short time. The last time I actually clocked up about 15 hours playtime, thinking there muist be something there, but then ultimately chucked it.

But then again I have a very strong leaning towards sandbox games, whereas stories and endless dialogues tend to turn me off quite quickly, apart from a few exceptions.

Generally, I like to play a computer game, and if I want a story, I read a book.
 
Fallout 3 but as said you need to invest the time.. If you stick to just the core mission you'll fly through it but you'll be disappointed. Explore around by foot and do the side quests as they come up, in particular Moria's Wasteland Survival Guide.

I've just started Broken Steel.. I love this game.
 
It took me a couple of attempts to "get" Mass Effect but now it's easily one of the best games I've ever played so I vote for that. Especially as you can use the save game in Mass Effect 2 which comes out in less than 40 days.
 
Depends what you prefer.

If you like sandbox, free roaming style games with little storyline (and a terrible colour pallet), go for FO3.

If you prefer a somewhat more linear but very story and character driven game, go for ME.

I preferred ME on the whole, even if the side quests sucked, as the overall game had a proper epic feel to it. Can't wait for ME2.

I played FO3 for many hours, but eventually got bored as it suffers from the same thing as Oblivion, which is too much freedom.
 
Mass effect, no doubt, both great games though.
Epic is an understatement for ME's storyline. It's been years since i've played something as addictive as it.

Although Mass Effect will only last a weekend.
 
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