im guessing you need both games to install?

Correct.

Neat, I have added it to my list of things to do haha.

Since I have a 8-core CPU, FO3 was freeze, freeze, freeze. Play 5 minutes, system freeze. See FO3 doesn't support any system with more than 2 core CPUs. That has never been fixed by Bethesda, though I managed to fix it with third party solutions. FO3 not only freezes the system, but demands GFWL, which again Bethesda never patched out, so again I had to turn to a third party solution. FO3 doesn't have official Windows 7 support, let alone Windows 8 or Windows 10, though it can be tweaked to run on those systems. It's a Vista game only as far as Bethesda is concerned.

FO:NV is at this moment very much playable, with only the Obsidian patches without any major bugs. With third party bugs, it's practically bug free and never crashes so that's perhaps something with your system. The game is fine, I don't particularly care how it was at release, I didn't play it then.

FO3 however is still a mess on modern systems and freezes constantly the way Bethesda left it, while FO:NV has some gameplay glitches the way Obsidian left it, but is very much playable on modern systems.

I know of your bizarre hatred for Obsidian, so I'll just leave it there. People can try these games for themselves and see, but for me it took far more effort to get FO3 to be even playable on a modern system than FO:NV, but in the end both can be made to be pretty much flawless (though graphic bugs in Point Lookout DLC of FO3 are quite atrocious even today, the graphics fall apart when going to a lookout point and gazing over the ocean, ironically)

Also,pickup some great mods at Nexus but must be compatible with TTW.
https://taleoftwowastelands.com/forums/tale-two-wastelands-converted-mods

ha I knew you'd write a super long irrelevant post. I don't have a bizarre hatred. I have had endless negative experiences as a buyer. All I do is voice my opinion. Just because fan boys don't like me dissing their precious, does not mean my opinion is bizarre. Also you never ever reference the times I have complimented their creativity, not once.

But I will bow to your superior intellect since you very clearly know all. Yes master.
Hopefully they have those cool weather mods. Use to have a great one that turns the sand paler and made it snow. Made things look much nicer on the eyes.

I'm very much looking forward to playing this, as I'm currently doing a run through Fallout 3 and having a blast. And from all I've read, FO:NV is pretty much hands down a better game. So, yeah, once I finish FO3, I may jump right into this one.

Just think of it as a giant expansion pack. It plays more or less the same with a couple of extra (almost useless) features. Though if you spend a lot of time in FO3, just take notice that New Vegas quests have waaay more "Go talk to <name>" "Can you go back to talk to <name>" "Go back to that <name> again and tell him yes/no".

I beat the vanilla game on the 360 a couple months ago, and only had 3 loading screen crashes and some minor npc glitches in over 100 hours of play, so yeah it's a lot more stable now (unless you try to play it on the PS3 lol)

I hope that will work for you. The impression I got is that people disappointed in F3 found comfort in F:NV. I am not sure I ever heard of anyone loving them both as much (while I agree those guys wouldn't have any concern to voice, thus no nothing to complain about) on this subject).

I don't mind that as long as there's a reason to do so (instead of just filler to make the quest chain long).

Well, I'm pretty easy to please, so I'll probably at least be satisfied with it if nothing else.

Equal love for me and much better with mods and TTW.

That's what she said. (Sorry, had to.) :p

OH!!! Derailed! lol You silly sod.