Do you need to play Fallout 3 first in order to understand the story of New Vegas? I never really got a chance to play Fallout 3 and with an abundance of games coming out this year, I doubt I'll have time to put into Fallout 3 and then New Vegas. So I'm just wondering if it's possible to just skip Fallout 3 all-together and just jump straight into New Vegas. 

No

The game has no real connection to Fallout 3.
 
There are a few tiny references to the events of the game, but that's about it.

you dont HAVE to, but you really should.

Why not just buy Fallout 3 instead of New Vegas?

I say get Fallout 3 GOTY edition.

Go with New Vegas. Better story and gameplay, IMO.

Play them both.  school is for fools.

" Go with New Vegas. Better story and gameplay, IMO. "

New Vegas is good and all, but you need to play Fallout 3 INSTEAD

I don't think you've ever needed to not play the previous game more then with Fallout 3, and New Vegas.

No, but you need to play Fallout 1 and 2 to fully understand New Vegas. Almost everything in the game somehow has a connection or background related to the first 2 Fallouts.

Thank god because I'll likely never play any more of that weird spinoff called Fallout 3. I love me some Fallout 1 and 2 though.
 
@Shadow said:

" New Vegas is good and all, but you need to play Fallout 3 INSTEAD "

" Thank god because I'll likely never play any more of that weird spinoff called Fallout 3. I love me some Fallout 1 and 2 though.
 
@Shadow said:

" New Vegas is good and all, but you need to play Fallout 3 INSTEAD "

Only if you have no interest in Fallout's legacy whatsoever. "

No, but you should.  Save your money and play your copy of Fallout 3 first -- no reason to buy another $60 game when you haven't finished the first one yet.  By the time you finish Fallout 3 maybe NV will drop in price, making up for the inevitable 5 DLC packs.

No, dummy. 
 
@MrKlorox said:

" Thank god because I'll likely never play any more of that weird spinoff called Fallout 3. I love me some Fallout 1 and 2 though.
 
@Shadow said:

" New Vegas is good and all, but you need to play Fallout 3 INSTEAD "

Only if you have no interest in Fallout's legacy whatsoever. "

I've played no Fallout 1 or 2 but was interested in the world. So I looked up alot of info on both games before playing Fallout 3. It's just an amazing world to immerse yourself in. As far as the Topic Question goes. No, you don't need to play Fallout 3 to get into New Vegas as the stories of both games, so far, don't intersect. But, you should at least attempt to play it when game releases slows down. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

" No, dummy. 
 
@MrKlorox said:

" Thank god because I'll likely never play any more of that weird spinoff called Fallout 3. I love me some Fallout 1 and 2 though.
 
@Shadow said:

" New Vegas is good and all, but you need to play Fallout 3 INSTEAD "

Only if you have no interest in Fallout's legacy whatsoever. "

Most people who played FO3 will have not had any interest in Fallout's legacy whatsoever. I sank 100 hours in FO3 and don't give a flying fuck about the history of the franchise, mainly because the first two games suck ass. "

" No, dummy.  
 
@MrKlorox said:

" Thank god because I'll likely never play any more of that weird spinoff called Fallout 3. I love me some Fallout 1 and 2 though.
 
@Shadow said:

" New Vegas is good and all, but you need to play Fallout 3 INSTEAD "

Only if you have no interest in Fallout's legacy whatsoever. "

Most people who played FO3 will have not had any interest in Fallout's legacy whatsoever. I sank 100 hours in FO3 and don't give a flying fuck about the history of the franchise, mainly because the first two games suck ass. "

" I say get Fallout 3 GOTY edition. "

" @Raymayne said:

" No, dummy.  
 
@MrKlorox said:

" Thank god because I'll likely never play any more of that weird spinoff called Fallout 3. I love me some Fallout 1 and 2 though.
 

@Shadow

said:

" New Vegas is good and all, but you need to play Fallout 3 INSTEAD "

Only if you have no interest in Fallout's legacy whatsoever. "

Most people who played FO3 will have not had any interest in Fallout's legacy whatsoever. I sank 100 hours in FO3 and don't give a flying fuck about the history of the franchise, mainly because the first two games suck ass. "

Oh no, the story is too complex for me and the game isn't a first-person shooter.  It's okay to not like the games, but to call them shit is just outright retarded and beyond subjectivity. "

" @LoLAdriankat said:

" @Raymayne said:

" No, dummy.  
 
@MrKlorox said:

" Thank god because I'll likely never play any more of that weird spinoff called Fallout 3. I love me some Fallout 1 and 2 though.
 

@Shadow

said:

" New Vegas is good and all, but you need to play Fallout 3 INSTEAD "

Only if you have no interest in Fallout's legacy whatsoever. "

Most people who played FO3 will have not had any interest in Fallout's legacy whatsoever. I sank 100 hours in FO3 and don't give a flying fuck about the history of the franchise, mainly because the first two games suck ass. "

Oh no, the story is too complex for me and the game isn't a first-person shooter.  It's okay to not like the games, but to call them shit is just outright retarded and beyond subjectivity. "

No, I've played them and Ray is right. They are pretty shitty. Sorry to break your nostalgia, but they don't hold up. "

" No, dummy. 
 
@MrKlorox said:

" Thank god because I'll likely never play any more of that weird spinoff called Fallout 3. I love me some Fallout 1 and 2 though.
 
@Shadow said:

" New Vegas is good and all, but you need to play Fallout 3 INSTEAD "

Only if you have no interest in Fallout's legacy whatsoever. "

Most people who played FO3 will have not had any interest in Fallout's legacy whatsoever. I sank 100 hours in FO3 and don't give a flying fuck about the history of the franchise, mainly because the first two games suck ass. "

Not by any stretch.