Mass Effect or Fallout 3? Which do you prefer??

What do you think is the better Action/RPG?  Mass Effect or Fallout 3?

I think they're both great games, however, I give the edge to Mass Effect as it's combat engine is a little bit better in real-time.  VATS in Fallout 3 is great, but it's not real time either.  Plus, the story in Mass Effect is better.

 Just my opinion.

I liked Mass effects story more but i preferred Fallout 3's combat and exploration. I felt like i visited the same planet 40 times in Mass effect. If i had to choose i'd go with Mass effect because it reminded me of KOTOR which is my favorite RPG.craigalan23

longevity - fallout 3 for sure. it can last you up to 60+ hours, as for ME only 15 hours for me
Story - I think ME had a better story, you actually feel attached to the characters. and the emotions that goes through you is indescribable

It all depends what you want, story or longevity. 

as for freedom/gameplay/dialog, Fallout 3 is my pick

Mass Effect for me but they are both good games.

Let's point out that the settings are different. ME is sci-fi & FO3 is post-apocalypse. Which setting do you like better?

In ME, it seems that you have more than enough resources to get through the mission.  The missions are known & technology & people/places are abundant.

In FO3, resources are scarce & you have to manage them wisely.  Everything is mostly unknown & mysterious. In fact, growing up in the post-apocalypse would basically be a puzzle of trying to figure out what civilization was like before it destroyed itself.

I've finished ME & I've been playing FO3 lately (well up until I got mah new RROD last Saturday) & currently I don't have any feeling that I need to go play ME again, or instead of, FO3.  ME also doesn't have the pleasantly addictive VATS system & gore isn't as much a factor in ME as it is for FO3. Also, the clothing style for FO3 is creepier (the Raider garbs) than ME.

I'm a big fan of RPGs but if you put both of these games in front of me at the same time, I would choose FO3 everytime. But I bought Fallout 1 & 2 when they were released so I do have a bias towards the post-apocalypse genre.

I like the shooting more in Mass Effect and I think its story has a more serious tone and there were always dialog options that felt like me.

Fallout 3 is a really good game, but its like the game doesn't know whether it wants to be serious or jokey.  The dialog is corny alot of times, i've heard the same voices over and over and over again, and I never see dialog options that feel like me.  Everything is either super goody two shoes or over the top homicidal jackass.  There is zero middle ground.

Both games are alot of fun though and i'd give them A's easily. ME gets the edge though.  The only edge I can give F3 is that its sidequest blow ME out of the water, and the game world is massive.  But it hasn't pulled me in the way ME did.  With ME I was dying to play it and find out what was gonna happen next.  F3 is more like a game I can put down for a while then come back and still enjoy it as much.  I don't have a drive to complete the story like ME, but I do enjoy being in the gameworld and just walking around and seeing whats gonna happen next. 

I like the shooting more in Mass Effect and I think its story has a more serious tone and there were always dialog options that felt like me.

Fallout 3 is a really good game, but its like the game doesn't know whether it wants to be serious or jokey.  The dialog is corny alot of times, i've heard the same voices over and over and over again, and I never see dialog options that feel like me.  Everything is either super goody two shoes or over the top homicidal jackass.  There is zero middle ground.

Both games are alot of fun though and i'd give them A's easily. ME gets the edge though.  The only edge I can give F3 is that its sidequest blow ME out of the water, and the game world is massive.  But it hasn't pulled me in the way ME did.  With ME I was dying to play it and find out what was gonna happen next.  F3 is more like a game I can put down for a while then come back and still enjoy it as much.  I don't have a drive to complete the story like ME, but I do enjoy being in the gameworld and just walking around and seeing whats gonna happen next. 

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So what do you mean by "felt like me" for ME?  The choices were Good (top), Neutral (middle), & Evil (bottom). I'm guessing that you liked choosing from the bottom of the list. Anyone can do that. In fact, my second play through of ME was just choosing the bottom list for everything.

It seems to me you would like FO3 more if you liked the evil tree because you get to blow people's heads off & other body parts. ME doesn't have this kind of system.  Actually watching the goremongous violence in FO3 is one of the satisfying parts of the system.  I think the comedic parts of the conversation in FO3 is falling in line with the first two FO games.

Were is this trilogy Bioware promised? they said all three would be on 360 not the next generation. Your running out of time Bioware!strahd01

I have to say Fallout 3. I was really dissapointed with ME, and actually I have not been pleased with what they have done since BG KotOR. ME was still great but it didn't live up to the standard that was set forth when it was first anounced. Lets compare the different aspects of both games:

Combat/RPG Elements: Fallout 3 had some very good RPG elements, I loved the perks, they were so cool and unique and you had to play the game multiple times to try out everthing. VATS was cool, had a very cinematic gameplay feel to it. And the wespons and looks were alot better than ME (Plasma Rifle and Tesla armor just looked sick). ME though did have a very nice clasic RPG feel to it. The different clases were cool and the gameplay was amazing in it's own unique way.

Winner: Tie

Main Story: Fallout 3 had a good story, alot better then what I expected given how sub-par Oblivion was. I had a few "Oh Snap!" moments that just felt really really cool. Also I had no idea what to expect, lots of suprises and an ending that felt like a good ending to this particular chapter. No cliff hangers, the entire world wasn't wrapped up but the game was supposed to be about DC and as an isolated chapter it felt just right. ME however didn't really give me any "Oh snap!" moments, the story was very good but it was almost exactly what I expected. Given the previews and reading the book everything pretty much went as planned. I was also dissapointed by the lack of academics in the game. IN the previews I read about a year and a half before the game came out Bio-Ware was promissing a grant masterpiece that touched on very deep real life scientific issues such as the universe as a whole and dark matter and dark energy. None of that was really touched upon. The game just kind of felt like a brief prologue to a bigger picture, not nearly as epic as I was hoping. Also the ending was unsatisfying, none of the big questions were really answered. A good game should make you think "Ah man that was good I want to take that in a bit more or go back and play it again" not "I can't wait until the next one comes out so that maybe I will actually get a bit more info on the story". But compared to Fallout the ME story does get major points for being significantly more epic.

Winner: Fallout (Just barely though, I mean really barely, might even call this a tie)

Side Quests: No question, ME's side quests were aweful. Same damn square mile of land 100 times over. I tried to play the game through with every possible side quest and getting every side item. Horrible experience, burnt out about 60% through and haven't picked up the game since. Fallout 3's, however, were amazing. Very different, sometimes even better then the main story. Such a rewarding experience playing through them all.

Winner: Fallout (By a long shot).

Graphics and Art Direction: Fallout had more detailed models I felt. Also I never really liked the texturing in ME, too many times there would be massive single colored objects on the screen, IDK just a beef of mine. Some of the environments though were great in ME, I really think ME had the better art design.

Winner: Tie (Fallout for Graphics ME for Art Design)

Replayability: Both had great replayability. Both had a good/evil path to chose from. fallout had better side quests to go back and try and get done after you finish the game but ME had more clases to chose from. Tough choice.

Winner: Tie

In the end both games are amazing in their own way. They are both fit perfectly into their own niche but I still give Fallout the nod because in the end the game felt more complete. It set the peramiters of the game, stuck to it and gave a great complete experience relative to what it was trying to accomplish. I felt really satisfied after playing fallout 3. Mass effect though felt like it wasn't done, like always it's promised epicness fell a bit short of what was originally stated it would include and I couldn't shake the feeling that this was just something that was put out to keep money flowing until the next game. I know it's supposed to be a trilogy but it seems like developers keep using that as an excuse to atone for the expectations that fell flat on the first game "It will get better, this was just the first game, the story will get better and move forward more in future games". Hopefully it will but that doesn't excuse what happened in the first game.

i havent played fallout

so my opinion might not matter to u

but ME is in my top 5 best games ever made - just the story alone was worth the buy, even with all the graphical hiccups

What do you think is the better Action/RPG?  Mass Effect or Fallout 3?

I think they're both great games, however, I give the edge to Mass Effect as it's combat engine is a little bit better in real-time.  VATS in Fallout 3 is great, but it's not real time either.  Plus, the story in Mass Effect is better.

 Just my opinion.

Stucazzo

What do you think is the better Action/RPG?  Mass Effect or Fallout 3?

I think they're both great games, however, I give the edge to Mass Effect as it's combat engine is a little bit better in real-time.  VATS in Fallout 3 is great, but it's not real time either.  Plus, the story in Mass Effect is better.

 Just my opinion.

Stucazzo