The story of the Lone Wanderer was so much better and involved. I'd pick the Lone Wanderer any day over the courier. and yet I've been putting more time into new vegas than fallout 3

iCuez wrote:

The story of the Lone Wanderer was so much better and involved. I'd pick the Lone Wanderer any day over the courier. and yet I've been putting more time into new vegas than fallout 3

I like Fallout 3 a lot more than New Vegas, but the money's just with New Vegas. It just had (some) of the right things going for it. How to explains it....

It doesn't really matter when you're playing TTW cause you're both :p. Butt, i'll have to agreed that the Lone Wanderer is a much more interesting character than the courier. He has a better backstory and goals compared to the courier. To find his father, to avenge him and fullfill his last wish while the courier on the other hand is really just find the guy who shot you and thats it. The main goal ends there because after you kill benny, you could just walk away and do whatever you want. The pushing factor to continue on isn't there as it was in Fallout 3. Plus, "Lone Wanderer" sounds way cooler than the "Courier" XD

Playing as both, Lone Wanderer as honestly faced more of a battle, Dc was really harsh compared to the Mojave.

definitely the lone wanderer because he has a better story then the courier and is overall much more interesting

Pretty good answers here, lol nice to know people are still talking in the topic

alonewolf003 wrote:

None of them can beat each other since both of them are just you, how good they are are just depend on your skills and your role.

But what if you can beat yourself? Like beat the 2 year old version of yourself or the skills and perks you had differ greatly from your fallout 3 character?

Gotta be the courier, although you don't get to see his backstory in the same way as the lone wanderer. The courier already seems awesome from what you hear in the lonesome road. The courier just seems more hardened, where the wanderer just feels like a kid forced into the world...though the wanderer is still pretty awesome.

i like the title Lone Wanderer but i love the story of fallout New Vegas

I will go for the Lone Wanderer. He faced many challenges especially the first time he came out of the Vault. To live a sheltered life with all the comforts you'll ever need only to be snatched because he wanted to search for his father. On the other hand, i think the courier is more skilled in surviving the wasteland because i think he was born outside of the vaults and was accustomed to growing up trying to survive.

Both the Lone Wanderer and the Courier are really resourceful, as from leaving a Vault to wander the DC wasteland, which is way more hardcore than the Mojave to recover from a bullet in the head to decide the fate of the most promising town of its time is a great feat. From what was learnt to what was already knew, doing what both can do by the end of both games. I don't know if @Mr. Crepsley meant both fighting or in merit of what was done. I still think the Lone Wanderer have my respect the most, as leaving the confort of a Vault when he was not ready at all, and still manage to find his father and go beyond. THAT require some serious skills, and the Lone Wanderer adapted himself to the situation impressively, so i believe that the Lone Wanderer is even more resourceful than the Courier, so, both in a fight to the death or merit of badassness, he would win against the Courier. And that is coming from a die hard fan of NV and the Courier.

Difficult for me to answer this as I've always seen the Lone Wanderer and the Courier as being one in the same.

I've got to go with Courier 6. But let me explain:

I've read some well-reasoned responses here and I agree with those saying that Fallout 3 was a better game, in some respects, than New Vegas; I loved Fallout 3, in fact.

Nevertheless, when I reflect on my experiences with these games, I think not so much of the Bethesda/Obsidian canon or lore or whatever, or even the vanilla game in & of itself. Everything for me comes down to my perception of my character while playing, and my Courier 6 was an insanely badass amoral avenger, Clint Eastwood in High Plains Drifter with a freakin' cybernetic arm, bringing Hell along with him wherever he went. Woe unto Benny, Caesar and his Legion, the NCR, and any-damned-body else that crossed him.  

Compared to that, my Lone Wanderer was a Goody Two Shoes in a tin can.

And yes, in this sense, it was my "fault" that they were the way they were, but what can I say?

Maybe I just like Westerns a lot.

I really liked fallout 3 but fallout new vegas is just more for me, maybe it's because i just love western atmosphere.

I'd say that if my Lone Wanderer will hit my Courier in left arm, his own left arm will hurt.
Because it is the same person for me.

You wanna know who would win....Chuck Norris!!! *Play Chuck Norris theme* No, but seriously. I would have to go for Courier. Like someone said before me, we don't know much about the Courier's past and he has traveled the wasteland on his own. The lone wander pretty much lived a sheltered life in vault 101. The only gun he learned how to use was a pellet gun.

I prefer the lone wanderer's background waaaay more than the couriers.

I'd say The Lone Wanderer since when you think about it, he was fresh out the vault with no Wasteland experience and still managed to survive, so he has to be a quick learner and naturally skilled.

My money on the courier, because of the more advanced equipments (owb), lol...

The wasteland. In the end it always wins.