Guns are just all-around better in FNV, though.
There are definitely some good small guns in FO3, and to be fair, gun ammo is far easier to find than energy ammo, at least until the Enclave show up.
Later on, most of the really fun toys from the DLC are energy weapons (Gauss, Tesla, MPLX Novasurge, and alien weapons). FO2 is pretty balanced, you can really go either way but there are relatively few energy weapons early on, so you have to pair it with something else, while small guns remain excellent throughout the whole game.įO3 I'd give the edge to energy, just because A3-21's Plasma Rifle is available so early on in the game for relatively little effort, and will far surpass almost any other gun you can acquire that quickly and easily.
FO1 you're going to want both, guns for early-mid game and energy for late game.
Every other comment to this point seems to assume that you're playing FNV, but I say it depends greatly on the game.
