**** Official Fallout 4 Thread ****

I'm having fun with it so far. I really don't understand the whole "graphics must be the best of any game" attitude that a fair amount of people seem to be pushing. I believe that these people only have this attitude towards it because they were expecting them to be the best. Same thing with the voice acting. Bethesda games aren't exactly renowned for their top-tier voice acting but it's a hell of a lot better than fallout NV and 3 (bar Liam Dad Neeson, who was probably one of the only convincing characters).

I'm really enjoying the building mechanics in regards to that you're pretty much given free reign over everything and marrying pieces up is pretty forgiving. It'll only get more interesting through updates and mods too.

The gunplay is so smooth, they weren't kidding about that. Good job.

The power armour UI looked pretty tacky but whatever, just a minor observation and has no effect on the game whatsoever.

Mods I'm looking forward to first:
- Some kind of improved shadows rendering (ie more shadows and AO)
- Extra settlement mechanics and more building options (nothing wrong with it, I just love the element and want more :D)
- The usual higher res textures for pretty much everything. Nothing wrong with current and the game looks fantastic, but who doesn't like better graphics when they're eventually available?

My two cents so far.
 
First mod I want is a decent inventory management setup! I dread trying to see what I've picked up and what's worth my time.
 
I'm loving it so far!
I wanted to get into it ASAP, took the default settings, picked a default face (like I always do) and spent 10 minutes picking my SPECIAL stats. I'm now 9 hours in and haven't even gone further south or east than Covenant.
Crafting guns and armour is great so much fun.

Only slight issue is dogmeat keeps on getting stuck on stuff or has to go around things that I can get over so disappears for a few minutes sometimes. That was an issue in the older games too so it's not anything new.
 
See I think I'm going to go the other way and say that the graphics are too good for a Fallout game. Part of the allure and charm of FO3/NV was the clunky look and feel, barren landscapes and awkward character interactions.

As I said a few pages back, FO4 is a great standalone game (unless you're a graphics pedant) but I think by trying to make it too slick and bring it up to date that it's lost some of it's original appeal. That's not to say I can't see myself ploughing several hundred hours into this and it's DLC over the coming months. :D
 
1nfamous said:
I'm having fun with it so far. I really don't understand the whole "graphics must be the best of any game" attitude that a fair amount of people seem to be pushing.
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I can't talk for other, but I don't expect the game to have better graphics than any other game, I just wish it was a significant improvement over 3 and in some respects it is but not enough in my opinion.

It's something I can live with and I'm sure a modder will make everything better for me :)
 
campbell said:
Na, run it at ultra at 1440. I dunno maybe I've seen an done it all before. I could do a better job of the faces with some play-doh and matchsticks.

So far 4 hrs in. Will prob pick it up again just wanted to moan.

Story gripe.
The game has forced me to care about the fact that his wife got shot and his baby kidnapped.
TBH I don't give a hoot! I didn't even know the character. The character was worthless and forgettable. The fact the game is centered and rooted in something I don't really care about annoys me. :mad:
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I agree with you in terms of the graphics. I'm running at Ultra in 1080p and the graphics do feel dated. Looking at some of the screenshots in here, it looks much better in higher resolutions :(

Your complaint about the storyline seems silly though.
 
I swear, i think I have been finding more power armor suits and fusion cells then ammo for my guns. I think I must be really playing this wrong as most my weapons run out of bullets so fast I resort to Melee which thankfully works well in power armor.
 
better shadow and lighting could really improve things. Having characters indoors with not even a shadow cast on ground is so.... 1990's. They don't use any modern graphic techniques, that's for sure (like deferred lighting, occlusion and such). That's the old engine, tarted up a little bit. Skyrim looked better than this :)

So yeah, it's pretty old tech, and not very efficient at that. But hey, It's very much a Fallout game, still a lot of fun, with plenty of glitches (shooting friendly NPCs, dog falling to his death constantly, weird AI), the gun play improved, the exploration is real, and the story is fun so far too.

8/10. :)
 
Enjoyed playing for 6 or so hours last night, only bug I've got which is annoying is the terminal bug where you exit a terminal and your stuck in place.

Tried a few fixes but none seem to resolve it properly.
 
Ashley Jordan said:
Hey, had the same issue as you although slightly different spec. i was around 33 never going higher than 40. played around wtih some config, went to 10 config which was even better -.-

Anyways once i sorted the typo i made in my config i was back to 144fps normal and 100 fps in dense areas on ultra settings @1440p

Changes i made in the falloutpref ini file.

pov to 90
iPresentInterval=0 (uncaps fps)

Oh and also playing fullscreen instead of windowed helped me get my normal fps.

good luck!!

If you need a hand with the above check THIS
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No. That fixes nothing.


Dips <40 isnt uncommon. And theres not very much on the screen either.
 
Really regret selecting survivalist mode using a controller. It's damn hard :( My Armor is complete trash so I am getting overwhelmed by the sheer number of enemies and then getting shredded.

The AI have really good molotov/grenade accuracy on this difficulty too :S

I might try mouse and keyboard tonight now that the mouse accell fix etc have been posted.
 
Wandered into my local Game store just now to buy Fallout 4 and got an unwanted Pipboy edition, £100.

Will install it tonight, I have to go to work shortly.
 
Glanza said:
Enjoyed playing for 6 or so hours last night, only bug I've got which is annoying is the terminal bug where you exit a terminal and your stuck in place.

Tried a few fixes but none seem to resolve it properly.
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Within the steam folder fallout4pref.ini

iPresentInterval=0

turn vync on. Problem should then be solved.
 
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