Hey guys!
Fallout 4 was released recently and a lot of you have been playing the hell out of it during the last weeks. While it might be a bit early to ask, there's no moment like the present. So, let's get down to business and ask the burning question:
Which of the two franchises, Elder Scrolls and Fallout, do you prefer more?
I prefer Elder Scrolls more. The Fallout universe is rich in detail and I can clearly see that Bethesda put a lot of effort into it. I respect them for that. That said, I'm not so attracted by the post-apocalyptic world theme. It feels too real for me and that puts me off. There's also the fact that I suck at shooters, that's why I tend to always play the Adept in Mass Effect: warp locked targets for the win! Elder Scrolls on the other hand resembles a medieval age where magic is fact and pretty much all the myths are reality. I LOVE that! I love it because I can virtually adapt any character from other fantasy universes like Warcraft or Avatar to it.
I don't like the word "franchise" applied to games. It creates a commercial feel and I see good games more as a labour of art and inspiration than as a market product. Of course, it's true that nowadays game creators themselves see games as a franchise to be milked rather than a series to be completed. But I'd like to see some resistance in the gamers to this.
On the other hand, true game series back in the good ole' days were usually developed by the same core team of people; that's what made them really consistent. However, the abovementioned series are not of this rule. I doubt that many if any of the original team that made ES: Arena (that basically conceived this whole universe) remained in BS for the making of Skyrim. As for Fallout, there things are a bit clearer but still one can distinguish 2 definite periods - the original Interplay/Black Isle Fallout series (1 and 2) and the Bethesda acquired series (3 and 4) with New Vegas being and odd combination of new engine/concept and old crew.
All of the above makes it hard for me to prefer one over the other as a whole.
I'm not really sure yet. I've only just got involved with Fallout and haven't fallen in love with it yet, 3 was definetly interesting to play, a little bland looking (OOOh, lighter shades of brown) and New Vegas I'm just really not sure on, it seems like to do many quests I have to travel around a lot more, compared to 3 where you got at least a dozen quests just in Megaton (for Moira, not even counting any quests for other people), and it just seems stock full of more Quests. But the Factions and Setting of NV are better.
Elder Scrolls on the other hand, well I liked all of them for very different reasons, and while I couldn't pick my favourite game, I can say that for now I like it better than Fallout (though the rest of New Vegas and 4 might change my mind)
I love the Fallout series but I would definitely have to go with TES on this one. Not only because I'm quite a sucker for medieval fantasy settings, but because I feel the TES universe is much more in-depth and interesting than Fallout's. And there is no game that I've liked and spent more time on than Skyrim. So yeah, The Elder Scrolls for me defnitely.
Elder Scrolls for me, I have played FO3 yes I enjoyed it, its a great game, but............... it just does not give me the same satisfaction, or enjoyment that I get from ES, I find character adaptation from any other universe is more attuned to ES, then there is the magic that is well magic, it makes you feel so powerful as compared to just holding a gun, whether you have made it yourself from scrap you have found, or bought from an arms dealer, magic isn't like that it comes from within and give you and your character something special.