Fallout: New Vegas - Weshalb es Skyrim überlegen ist
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:06 pm
In einem zweiseitigen Artikel befasst sich cinelinx.com mit der Frage, weshalb Fallout: New Vegas dem vor etwa einem Jahr erschienenen Skyrim überlegen ist. Der bewusst auf der Polemik dieser Fragestellung bauende Artikel vergleicht die beiden Spiele hierfür anhand ausgewählter Kriterien. Im Folgenden einige Auszüge:
Skyrim legt mehr Wert auf Quantität als auf Qualität, was auch entsprechende Auswirkungen auf das Gameplay hat.
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Skyrim legt mehr Wert auf Quantität als auf Qualität, was auch entsprechende Auswirkungen auf das Gameplay hat.
Skyrim bietet dem Spieler auf Dauer keine wirkliche Herausforderung, ist im Grunde zu einfach.I’m all for expansive maps and massive playgrounds which push hardware to its limits, but a fair whack of Skyrim is just plain boring. If I’ve trotted past a keep, cavern, burrow or cave once, I’ve trotted past one a million times. Anyone who claims they didn’t ‘fast travel’ from at least halfway through the main story is a liar. Size matters, but quality beats quantity every time.
Fallout: New Vegas weist eine komplexere Haupt- und Rahmenhandlung auf, die abseits der üblichen Videospiel-Klischees angesiedelt ist.And where is the challenge? Skyrim’s random encounters pose almost no threat from the get-go. Bandits are felled with a single strike and trolls are picked off from long range with ease. Even the almighty dragon showdowns are either repetitive button mashing affairs or simply a case of outrunning said beast, making haste in the opposite direction. [...] New Vegas is quite the opposite. Thrown in at the deep end, battles regularly demand well executed strategy, timing and finesse. Be it battling a nest of Radscorpions, an army of fire ants, or a swarm of vehement Cazodors, you never feel safe. Utilizing Fallout’s VATs combat system efficiently only serves to force a tactical approach.
Links:The basis of Skyrim’s story - for all purposely fantastical - just isn’t all that interesting. A bunch of dragons died years ago...now they’re back and plan to take over the world [insert overly-complicated reason why]... oh, by the way - you’re the ‘chosen one’, the only one who can stop them [insert almost non-existent reason why]... get to work.
Compare this with Fallout’s very real threat of nuclear war and the devastating effect it would have on the planet. As a mere courier, you are instantly aware of just how expendable you are in New Vegas. The Mojave Wasteland is almost the perfect setting, as it drives home a desperate scenario of desolation. The reinvented New Vegas; overrun with gangs and thugs battling for both power and survival is almost certainly how our fickle human race would act if placed in similar circumstances. Battling your way to the top in order to save New Vegas from itself and being forced to decide who you can trust; kill or let live, all makes for gripping storytelling.
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