In fallout three thee were tons of random encounters, in New vegas random encounters always involve your reputation with factions even then its not much. I think there should be tons more.

If you're pn PC get the Increased Wasteland Spawns mod it does wonders and on high rate it makes New Vegas a warzone. But I agree vanilla could've had a lot more random encounters.

Free Roam in New Vegas is essentially broken unless you have mods. Low respawning and not many interesting or epic places to visit.

Outside of the Strip, the most epic place to visit is the Repconn headquarters and Repconn launch site. IMO

Yes, x2k... I loved that aspect of FO3. Soo many random stuff. It kept the game fresh and never got old to me. Maybe between FO3 and FO:NV the dev's will incorporate the best of the two for FO4, if and when there is a FO4. *crosses finger*
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Yes the devs should have added random encounters. I kinda liked the wastelander running up to me on fire, or the people that yell for help then suddenly explode.

Fallout 3 had great random encounters and I really liked freeing the Super Mutant slaves.

New Vegas needs far more random encounters, the Mojave is overall a somewhat boring place in Vanilla. Fortunately, Increased Wasteland Spawns fixes this problem nicely.

i miss having the random deathclaw chasing down wastelanders and destroying them. or the random traders and doctorsaround or outcastwalking patrols fighting with raiders. ahhhhhh fallout 3