I wanna get a new RPG for the 360...thinking bout either Fallout 3 or Fable 2. Which one should I get? Maybe there is another choice? DLC does not matter, I will buy it whatever the cost (Knothole, Anchorage...)

Fallout 3 is the choice.

Hmmm.. depends on your preference of genre. You gotta ask yourself if you want the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Washington DC or the fantastical swords and sorcery (and guns!) of Albion.

Length: Fallout 3
Better: Fable II
My Suggestion: Look into more games. If it comes down to it, buy Fable II but don't expect the best quantity for your cash. Fallout is overrated, to me, but if you like Elder Scrolls it's basicall a rehash of everything in that game.

Flip a coin.

Fallout is an absolute behemoth of content, but the style's not for everyone.

Fable's a bit more short, with considerably less to do, and less viable playstyles.

It's more a choice between which type of game you like better. Personally, I would choose Fallout, as it gives ou a lot more content, and it's just personally the type of game I really enjoy.

Yeah.  This is entirely contingent on taste. 

Like swords and shields?  Go Fable.

Like Post-Apocalyptic madness?  Go Fallout. 

"Flip a coin."

Lol...achievements would be something I would look at

Fallout 3s achievements are pretty easy too if you have the time. I managed to 1000 point it in a couple of weeks but I had the time to rinse it.

It depends what kind of RPG you want. Fable II and Fallout 3 are so incredibly different it's pretty hard to even put them in the same genre.

Personally I dont think Fallout 3 is a must have, it was a little disapointing for me. On the other hand Fable 2 was on of my favorite games of last year, so I would go with that.

"Lol...achievements would be something I would look at"

"Chewii101 said:

"Lol...achievements would be something I would look at"

I have no idea what the achievements in Fable 2 are like, but the Fallout achievements are rather easy.  Mostly just grinding (though, when you're doing it, it doesn't feel so negative).  The most arduous ones are the ones that require extra playthroughs (achievements associated with Karma). "

If you want a game that will last you 80+ hours with side quests, Fallout 3 is definetly the game for you but Fable 2 has a very different atmosphere than Fallout and it shorter. One thing I heard about Fallout 3 is that some people thought the world was too bleak for them and such. 

I loved them both. As far as achievements go Fable 2 is the first game I ever got 100% of the achievements on, so that means they are pretty easy.

Fallout is a huge and open ended, Fable is smaller and more linear.

Pick the one that has the better setting in your opinion. Both great choices.

"hungrynun said:

"Flip a coin."

Yeah, I must say this.

Both games are excellent. I have actually had more fun with Fable 2, but I was more impressed and spent more time with Fallout 3. Both are excellent titles that every gamer should play. Also, Fable 2 has easy achievements, so....does that mean anything to you?"

I prefer Fallout 3 still got about 4 more achievements then i will have the 1000 out of 1000 on the pc not including the DLC.

Fallout 3

I finished Fallout a couple weeks ago and now Im playing through Fable... Honestly, both games kinda compliment each other as they are both oposite in their subject matter and really RPG game styles.  What I'm saying is that I really like them both for different reasons... If you put a gun to my head and said, "pick one!" I wouldn't hesitate in picking Fallout 3... Gritty, funny, addicting, huge... Its an amazing game.  Get em' both!

Both are amazing.  Fallout has a lot going for it, but also has a lot of problems.  Technical issues out the ass, and a pretty terrible ending, but it's still an incredibly amazing game.  It just depends on what you want out of it.

Fallout 3. No contest.

Quality over quantity, buy Fable 2 and perhaps Mass Effect or Tales of Vesperia.

Fallout 3 was my GOTY nuff said

Yes, I think it's a must-have.

I thought Oblivion was the shit, and Fallout 3 improved on pretty much every aspect.

I'll just say this, if you never play this game, you are doing yourself a disservice.

"Yes, I think it's a must-have.

I thought Oblivion was the shit, and Fallout 3 improved on pretty much every aspect.

I'll just say this, if you never play this game, you are doing yourself a disservice."

I haven't played Fable II, but I absolutely love Fallout 3.

Get Fallout 3.  By the time you do everything there is to do in that game, Fable 2 will have dropped in price.

Fable 2 if you like bad fart jokes and playing dress up w/ button mashing combat and potions to make you taller

Fallout 3 if you like post apocalyptic Role Playing Games

The choice is yours

"Quality over quantity, buy Fable 2 and perhaps Mass Effect or Tales of Vesperia."

"Captain_Fookup said:

"Quality over quantity, buy Fable 2 and perhaps Mass Effect or Tales of Vesperia."

Sounds like you have yet to play Fallout 3.

To OP, you should get Fallout 3, I have spent much more time with it over fable, and my experience has been far better with Fallout as well."

Get Fallout 3. I was pretty disappointed by Fable II. I thought the combat was horrible (get powerful area effect spell, hold B, win game) but that's just a personal opinion.

Also, Fallout 3's achievements are by no means hard (in fact, they are pretty much all story progression), but you have to invest a lot of time into it to beat it (20-50 hours depending on how you play, maybe even more). And, for me at least, I have not had any spare time, so it has been hard to finish Fallout 3. Fable 2 is shorter, but it has a lot of fun things to do around the world, and the achievements are easy as well.

All in all, both are really amazing games...I would buy them both ;)

Just as a side note, though, Anchorage is probably a better DLC than Knothole, though I enjoyed Knothole rather much.

"Get Fallout 3. I was pretty disappointed by Fable II. I thought the combat was horrible (get powerful area effect spell, hold B, win game) but that's just a personal opinion."

Go get Fallout 3.  I feel stupid for not buying this game on launch week, and I'm enjoying it enough to give Oblivion a second chance (with mods ofcourse).
I don't really care for Fable series, hated the first one.

It is a must have game in my books. There was just so much pumped into that game, into a barren land scape no less, that made the game great. In the post apocalyptic future, there shouldn't be too many people running around or too many pockets of civilization. So far all intents and purposes it would be barren with little life. Yet Bethesda managed to keep that feeling of isolation and barren land while pumping the world full of things to do and places/people to see. Sure there are times you might go "Wait, should that be there? Should that have happened?" But for the most part it is just a great game with really good game play, visuals and some pretty good content.

The things that frustrates me the most about that game (Havn't played Fallout 3 yet) are the save mechanics and endings. If you could just keep playing after the end without having to pay an extra 10 bucks for the new DLC, this would be a must buy for sure. And the saving. For SW:KOTOR, it was perfectly fine. BUT THAT WAS FREAKING 5 YEARS AGO. ARG.

"The things that frustrates me the most about that game (Havn't played Fallout 3 yet) are the save mechanics and endings. If you could just keep playing after the end without having to pay an extra 10 bucks for the new DLC, this would be a must buy for sure. And the saving. For SW:KOTOR, it was perfectly fine. BUT THAT WAS FREAKING 5 YEARS AGO. ARG.

Lol....Still probably going to get this game though. Jeff's quickplay of Anchorage (and punching the doctor) sold me :P

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FO3 is awesome if you can get into it. It has way more content and the size of the world is breathtaking. It's world is much more lifeless and less energetic than Fable's though.

Fallout is a game you have to devote tons of hours to get something out of it, I didn't know that once you beat the game that it ends, I was stuck without getting half the content out of it.

I try restarting a character but it just ain't the same, I devote so many hour to be fucked over in the end.

"Fable 2 if you like bad fart jokes and playing dress up w/ button mashing combat and potions to make you tallerFallout 3 if you like post apocalyptic Role Playing GamesThe choice is yours"

It is a must experience but not must have

If i were making a collection out of all of the finest games ever made, I'd most likely get fallout 3. 

Both

you cant go wrong with the holy trio : Mass effect , Obilivon and Fallout 3

go with fallout 3, i got it about 3 months ago and i am still playing it, its a great game just to mess around in

I've yet to crack open my copy of Fable II yet, but I've put something like sixty hours into Fallout 3 and I'm nowhere near finishing the story.  I love that game.