SHOWDOWN: Fallout 3 vs Dragon Age: Origins

[Hobbit Lord of Mordor]

Both came out recently. Most people here have 'issues' with both developers, the Big Two RPG developers. Both had megabucks behind them/blockbusters of RPG year. Both games were pretty polished. Both had kinda stupid ad campaigns, and received major Codex hate/bitching during development. I think they are good to compare.

So, which one turned out better?

Compare them by category if you want:
-Story/Lore
-Quest quality
-Freedom/non-linearity
-Combat/balance/variety
-Dungeon design
-Character management/development
-Choice and consequence
-Story branching
-Multiple solutions

etc

Or just vote in the poll. I have not yet finished DA so I will give my opinion later.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

The poll misses at least three options.

 

[racofer]

The poll misses at least three options.

One of them being "Fuck you Sheek".

 

[1eyedking]

Most difficult poll ever.

 

[Hobbit Lord of Mordor]

You know... You're not compelled to vote in every poll, or post in every thread?

 

[VentilatorOfDoom]

I never played FO3

 

[Azrael the cat]

Nah, Bioware isn't in the same league of shite-ness as Bethesda, and DA isn't in the same league of shite as FO3.

Don't get me wrong, I understand how many folk take issue with that view. They're the same folk that say 'both the major political parties are exactly the same', because they sit either to the left or to the right of both parties. The problem, in both game judgment and political judgment, is the inability to understand the idea of lesser and greater evil. Or, putting it a different way, the difference between saying 'both of these developers are really shit, but one is even shittier than the other' and saying 'they're just the same, both shite'.

And the standard response of 'LOL you're comparing cat shit to dog shit!' is pretty lame. If there are noticeable differences between cat shit and dog shit that make one smell/taste slightly better than the other (though still awful) then it makes sense to note that.

Thing is, to say 'they're all the same', whether talking about political parties or games, is to say that the things we criticise them for don't matter. That is, to say that DA is every bit as bad as FO3 is to say that '[int] so you fight the good fight' doesn't matter. It's to say that franchise rape doesn't matter. It's to say that theme park design doesn't matter.

Saying that they're the same is like saying that you'd be too stupid to even notice, let alone be pissed off, if you encountered Bethesda style '[int] So you fight the good fight[ in the middle of DA.

DA is much much better than FO3. That doesn't mean it isn't significantly flawed in parts (mainly too much filler combat). But choosing which of them is the better game is fucking easy. Bioware's worst game is better than Bethesda's best game (well, I didn't like Dagerfall, but I can understand if you disasgree with me on that one).

 

[Hobbit Lord of Mordor]

I never played FO3

How interesting. Bye bye.

Contest is pretty tight so far, 6 votes, 3 each way. Anyway I'll leave you to it.

 

[Grunker]

So... We're comparing Dragon Age to Fallout3 now?

No wonder no one takes us seriously.

 

[crazy_dave]

Well Fallout 3 is shit. Compared to it, DA looks like a RPG messiah... :evil:

Oh, and do we vote here for a shittier game or which one is better?

 

[baronjohn]

Although Fallout 3 was shit, it was still miles ahead of DA:O.

 

[Destroid]

Does fallout 3 have hawt sex scenes?

 

[racofer]

I don't think so, but it has children and you can, you know, mod them to your liking.

 

[The Village Loon]

Objectively? Hell no.

Personally I enjoyed Fallout 3 way more than Dragon Age, which I still have to finish - got bored like 2 weeks ago in the ash urn dragon temple place thingy, and have no interest to continue it right now. Why? The world is just.. teh bland, like the side of old beige luggage. I got fucktons more out of the Fallout 3 atmosphere and artistic design than Dragon Age, although I kinda enjoyed the game up to clearing up Redridge Mountains (or something).

Don't get the idea that Fallout 3 is great. Fuck no. But from these two, I'll take the Bethesda dung over the Bioware dung. Maybe I'm just tired of "yet another unoriginal and generic fantasy setting". Give me a setting to which I already know the lore instead of yawning through this, or give me something inspiring.

Or give me good gameplay and that'll do too.

Fallout 3 > figure skating > horse show > Dragon Age

 

[janjetina]

7 ESF refugees are asking for their dumbfuck tags.

 

[Ogg]

Greatest poll ever!!!

Erh, I mean, greatest poll evar!

 

[Ch1ef]

This thread is a fag op is a fag, poll is a fag.














Dragon Age is for fags

 

[Havoc]

So... for DA to actually win against somebody, we need to compare it to shit? Nice PR.

 

[Black]

There's no "better" in fo3 vs da. There's only "less worse".
No, fuck that, not even that.

 

[Jim Cojones]

Does fallout 3 have hawt sex scenes?

You can pay for a prostitute and then you sleep next to each other in the same bed. Sleep in the same bed, man! With a woman!

 

[Lesifoere]

DA. At least I finished it, which is more than can be said of my fifteen minutes' fling with FO3.

 

[Hobbit Lord of Mordor]

DA. At least I finished it, which is more than can be said of my fifteen minutes' fling with FO3.

GTFO then.

 

[janjetina]

I also haven't played Failout 3, but I've watched DriacKin's LP and it was sufficient to determine that Failout 3 was an irredeemable piece of shit, not worth pirating, let alone buying. Whoever bought Failout 3 must be a king (or queen) of dumbfucks.

 

[Malakal]

ASDFSA can we get some non trolling topics to discuss please?

 

[Micmu]

A) DEATH BY ELECTRIC CHAIR
B) DEATH BY LETHAL INJECTION


Choose wisely.