Fallout 3 vs Fallout NV

New Vegas has better writing, a better realized, if at a glance less interesting environment, more events, better characters, better gameplay, and considerably better written factions.
As well as being directly connected to Fallout 1 and 2.

Fallout 3 is superficially good, but its setting is nowhere near as well planned and justifiable, as well as having comparatively terrible DLC and a worse campaign/way worse writing.
The worst New Vegas DLC is miles above the worst Fallout 3 DLC, which is abysmal (Mothership Zeta. It really sucks)

Then again, F3 GOTY might be cheaper. On sales, NV GOTY goes for 10 bucks though.

fallout new vegas with requiem for the capital wasteland mod

Fallout: New Vegas is better in terms of gameplay and story for me.
The only thing Fallout 3 beats Vegas is in the exploring and music part, but as for the exploring you are in a desert after all.
Also get the Falout:New Vegas Ultimate Edition if you can.
Fallout GOTY has been $5 several times.

I personally prefer Fallout 3 and it's GOTY version. The capital wasteland was a lot more atmospheric and more interesting by comparison to the Mohave wasteland. I didn't like the Vegas strip, whereas I actually got lost a few times whilst traversing the ruins of DC. I also liked the story of Fallout 3 more, and of course the Enclave :D

New Vegas has true ADS which is better, but that's about the only thing I think they improved upon.

I prefer New Vegas by a long shot. Better story, characters, and gameplay.

Other than the subway locations, I had more fun exploring the world in Fallout 3. New Vegas was good, but locations weren't as interesting.

However, the characters, story and endings were more interesting in New Vegas, and those are the reason I've done repeated playthroughs in New Vegas. In Fallout 3, it was simply to go loot places all over again while going in with knowledge of the world.

I've only ever played Fallout 3 GOTY, but I really enjoyed it for what it was. Can't weigh in on NV or the first two games, so take that for what it's worth.

I would say that NV is much much better continuation to originals. Which makes it better.

But do you like brown concrete or yellow sand more is up to you.

I completed NV before I played FO3...I can say, FO:NV has spoiled my FO3 experience.

While I liked the intro and main story of FO3 so far, but FO3 has less sidequests than NV.
In NV, I like to doing sidequests before entering main story. Meeting people, learning their behavior, doing many chained sidequests so I explored wasteland not for nothing. After I find almost all sidequests, I entered New Vegas and continue the main quest. In FO3, there's not much sidequests to do so you basically just have to follow the main quest to explore the areas.
<spoiler>(I'm on level 20 and I haven't met with my Dad yet just because I busy exploring areas looking for sidequests)</spoiler>

Also I feel FO3 lacks variety of weapons...and ability to mod your weapon (you can by installing WMK mod though). But still I enjoyed workbenches in NV. And oh, the radios. I installed radio mod in my FO3 so I can listen to Mojave Music Radio playlist. I just loved that music other than listening some random babbling in GMR :P

So yeah...in conclusion FO:NV is more superior to me. I can't help but thinking some memorable moment in FO:NV while playing FO3 just because how empty it is.

Im gonna tell you the same thing I tell everyone, if you played the previous Fallout games (before 3) you will probably like NV better but if you didnt you will probably like 3 better. As far as DLCs, i think 3 had better DLCs as a whole but NV has Old World Blues which I like better than the Fallout 3 DLCs but NV also had Dead Money which I hated.

With mods there are equal
FWE + MMM + WMK (+ other mods but they are the most important) and fallout 3 becomes really hardcore

Fallout 3 wasn't Fallout at all if you're already know the universe (from magnificent Fallout and Fallout 2). F3 have only a big map with mostly empty ruins where you can loot and investigate, but it's still dull and empty which Fallout classics never was. Very few better-than-nothing characters, extremely poor main story, shitty sidequests etc. In New Vegas, on the other side, you have it all - rich and various storyline, many factions, a bunch of superior characters (just look at stories of companions!), many quests and different endings. Fallout 3 is just an eye candy with epic Three Dog Night, inspiring radio and fakken big and empty map with treasures. Fallout NV is the real Fallout 3 - that's my word

I liked NV much more.

I haven't played NV yet, but I spend around 300 hours in Fallout 3 GOTY. That's a great game!
DLCs are not as great as the main game though. It seems like they were built asap and have lots of bugs, which were never patched. Also their story is little bit stupid, yet funny:) But you have the main game anyway, which is awesome.
I heared, NV is better, so I decided to never try it, before I finish F3=) and I'm glad with my decision:) This way I have one more great game to enjoy. Who knows, if I could enjoy both in different order..:)

Fallout 3 felt more lonely, and always had that feeling of dread. The environment seemed much more hostile and hopeless.

New Vegas has a better story, but I didn't like how the setting was a fun-loving happy-go-lucky wasteland.

I liked them both, but would likely return to FO3 before NV.

Enjoyed NV a lot more

I loved amassing all companions in Fallout 3 and raiding stuff. And I generally have nothing but fond memories of Fallout 3 - it was my first RPG, I never really liked the genre before. It was a captivating experience to explore the wasteland and I loved listening to Three Dog =D

However, New Vegas is better in most other respects. Fallout 3 is a great game but if you intend to play them both I suggest playing Fallout 3, as otherwise it might feel like a downgrade of a game.

3 was interesting whet it first come, but NV is far better on sooo many levels it's not even comparable ;)

Fallout 3 was my first experience in the "Fallout" Post-Apocalyptic universe and I have to say that leaving the vault for the first time was one of those gaming experiences that I will always remember. It truly felt like I was on my own exploring the world for the first time. Due to that experience, NV felt a bit like a let-down since I had already had the "moment" with Fallout 3.

I can't comment on FO:NV as I've not played it. FO3 on the other hand I have, I neither hate it nor love it - it just 'is'.

I had TES 4 Oblivion on disc a while ago and LOVED it, got Skyrim on release and played that a lot but just doesn't seem as good as my memories of Oblivion (I can't go back to it, I played it so much the disc cracked :( :( ). Got FO3 GoTY in Summer Sale, and as I say it is just 'meh' and I can't place my finger on why exactly.

It's possibly a combination of the game mechanics where you end up crippled if you take too much damage (it's a good idea to add difficulty but I think I'd prefer the game without it) and the cost of everything and the walking everywhere - I've not found a good replacement to this yet (haven't sunk much time into the game but still, within a couple of hours on Oblivion I'd stolen a horse for my travel needs and Skyrim has the travel-carts and the map is small enough to run across in a reasonable time, unlike FO3 and Oblivion) :| Takes so fecking long to get anywhere in FO3, especially if you have to walk round a pond of irradiated water rather than swim across a stream / pond like in Tamriel.

So of all RPGs of this type (open world, free to go where you like, do what you want) that I've played, I'd say Oblivion & Fable The Lost Chapters > Skyrim > FO3

I think a lot of people who have played both will say New Vegas. Me included. A lot of it seems to be just personal choice though; the setting, the writing, the music, the player mods, and the overall gameplay is better in New Vegas. Also Odo from DS9 voices Mr. House :D

I can't speak for Fallout 3 GOTY, but NV has some pretty great add-ons. People seem to like Dead Money as the best of the 4, as its gritty and more difficult, but I personally liked Old World Blues best since it is absolutely fun and hilarious. If it's a straight up choice, go with New Vegas GOTY, its well worth the extras. Pick it up during the Christmas sale.

Fallout 1/2. End of story.
Seriuosly speaking, NV feels like a old good Fallout, 3 isn't that cool.

Fallout NV. Better gameplay, better story, better writing, better almost everything.

The only thing I enjoy more about Fallout 3 is the vaults and the stories behind them.

i prefer 3.

Fallout NV improved almost every aspect of Fallout 3. But for some reason I enjoyed Fallout 3 more (and it's still one of my favorite games).

Also, keep in mind that there are a lot of great mods for Fallout 3 that make the gameplay on par with NV. Get both of them if you can.