Skyrim is better than Fallout 3.

After countless hours of examining both Skyrim and Fallout 3, I have come to the conclusion that Skyrim is the better game for several reasons. These reasons include: 1. Skyrim is more customizable Both Skyrim and Fallout are role playing games. One of the main goals of role playing games is to make the player feel as if they are in the game hence “role playing”. Skyrim does a much better job in allowing the player to make a character of their liking from the very beginning of the game, character creation. Skyrim offers the player 10 races to choose from including elven races, cat like Khajiit, and reptile like Argonians. Each race gives your character a unique skill and a different skill set. Fallout 3 only offers 4 races. Also, Skyrim has a lot of characteristics that alter the appearance of the character in a very detailed way. In Fallout, these characteristics are generalized and not as detailed. The customization does not end with the appearance of the character. The player often has a unique way of playing their game. In Skyrim, you usually fall under the categories of: mage, warrior, thief, assassin, or war-mage. What you are labeled as is determined by what weapon or form of attack you use. In Fallout, however, you are, for the most part, limited to melee weapons and ranged weapons. As you can see, Skyrim is far superior to Fallout 3 when it comes to customization. 2. Skyrim has better graphics Although graphics do not matter to a lot of gamers, good graphics do allow the player to feel as if they are really in the game. As I said in my last argument, this is important to the players of role playing games. With this in mind, I would like to point out that the graphics in Skyrim are much better than the graphics in Fallout 3. 3. Skyrim has a better leveling system In Skyrim, leveling is done when experience points are gained in a certain skill like archery or enchanting. Once enough experience points are possessed, a skill level is increased. Every time a skill level is increased, the character’s level becomes closer to the next level. When the character’s increases, the player is given a perk which can be used anytime and makes a character better at a skill in some way. In Fallout, experience points are given when a character completes a quest or kills an enemy. When enough experience points are acquired, the player levels up. When leveling up, the player has a set number of points to add to a certain skill. Sometimes, the player is given a perk which must be used immediately. The main reason the leveling is better in Skyrim is the fact that you can use a perk at anytime. This is helpful to the player because it allows you to wait until you are a high enough level in a skill to unlock a perk that you want. Leveling is also better in Skyrim because it is closer to real life. Skyrim would be like practicing a lot of archery and becoming amazing at archery. Fallout would be more like going on a lot of adventures and one day saying, “I think I’ll be an expert in archery, now.” 4. Skyrim has more attacks In Fallout, you are limited to ranged weapons and melee weapons. In Skyrim, you also have magic and dragon shouts. This adds to the diversity a character can have. This is what allows Skyrim to have more ways to play. 5. Skyrim is more popular Skyrim is much more popular than Fallout 3. Skyrim has about 7.12 million sales [1] while Fallout 3 only has about 4.02 million sales (including the game of the year edition) [2] If a game has more sales than another, then the game with more sales is better. My opponent agrees with this fact. As I was researching my opponent, I saw that he had agreed with the question “Is Call of Duty better than Battlefield?” [3] Because this is similar to our current debate, I wanted to see what his reasons were. I would now like to share with you his opinion. “Overall yes. Call of Duty is a bigger (hence better) franchise. Call of Duty is the most popular videogame franchise of all time. Everyone knows about Call of Duty, but some people do not know about Battlefield. I do prefer Battlefield to Call of Duty, but statistically speaking, Call of Duty is a better franchise. Not statistically speaking, it's just all opinion. If you get more in depth with your games and like strategy, then Battlefield is for you. If you like straight up playing, and fast paced gaming, then the Call of Duty franchise is for you. Commercial products are all about sales and if C.O.D has more sales, then it is better.” [3] Because Skyrim is more popular than Fallout 3, my opponent is contradicting his own beliefs when he says Fallout 3 is better. These are only some of the reasons why Skyrim is better and they are not in any particular order. Sources: [1] http://www.vgchartz.com... [2] http://www.vgchartz.com... [3] http://www.debate.org... All information about gameplay comes from personal experience playing the games or Bethesda’s official game guides.