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

[joem1983]

Hoping it looks better as I just upgraded my GPU for this game. Could be a massive fail!

 

[uncle_rufus]

I was going to wait but given it can be had for ~£28 that's not too bad... I like to give these games a bit of a playthrough unmodded and with all the bugs before diving in with mods anyhow...

I notice for all the discussion of the graphics nobody seems to be mentioning the other elephant in the wasteland... Please tell me they've hired a few more voice-actors instead of the same 5 people again!!!!

 

[eekfek]

Well all things being said, come the 10th Nov I'll crack and buy it ! absolutely no doubt ! ! ...

 

[Andygully]

probably buy it myself on the 10th for pc

 

[Winky_The_Winking_Turtle]

Ok, so what major developments have come about in the last couple of months to put everyone on the back foot?

A lot of comments about not being sure. Why?

Voiced character (limits role playing potential and dialogue sequences, e.g. previous text-box based responses allowed for more creative freedom as they didn't have to record each individual line and could introduce various dialogue paths.)

Limited dialogue wheel (Becomes fairly binary choice, e.g. good/bad/neutral. Same reasoning as above really.)

Skills and perks combined into one (might limit creating truly unique characters. Again, limits RP potential.)

Removed feature/"streamlining" (absence of hard core mode, various mechanics tweaked or removed entire according to leaks (repairs, karma, reputation (...like Skyrim...))

Some things are exactly the same/carried over from 3 (lock picking, hacking, etc.) Same engine quirks most likely, and just Bethesda in general (poor writing, animations, etc.)

I'm personally worried it's not gonna be much of an actual RPG, and becoming fairly "casual" (they've seemed to carry over a lot from Skyrim unfortunately.) Understandable, but...

 

[agnes]

Voiced character (limits role playing potential and dialogue sequences, e.g. previous text-box based responses allowed for more creative freedom as they didn't have to record each individual line and could introduce various dialogue paths.)

Limited dialogue wheel (Becomes fairly binary choice, e.g. good/bad/neutral. Same reasoning as above really.)

Skills and perks combined into one (might limit creating truly unique characters. Again, limits RP potential.)

Removed feature/"streamlining" (absence of hard core mode, various mechanics tweaked or removed entire according to leaks (repairs, karma, reputation (...like Skyrim...))

Some things are exactly the same/carried over from 3 (lock picking, hacking, etc.) Same engine quirks most likely, and just Bethesda in general (poor writing, animations, etc.)

I'm personally worried it's not gonna be much of an actual RPG, and becoming fairly "casual" (they've seemed to carry over a lot from Skyrim unfortunately.) Understandable, but...

Awww crap. It was bound to happen. Skyrim was epic. I preffered Oblivion though. Custom spells? Mmmm yea.

But yea, feared this might go down the 'casual' path. Gamers are too lazy these days, which means devs want to make games one button plays now. Gone are the days of theory and planning out your build

 

[Deathjester]

Loads of people are complaining about the leaked videos from the Xbox version with regards the graphics.

But the highest quality I can find is a 360p version of a 1080p game which has been uploaded in a "non-ideal" format.
I don't really see the problem.

 

[Dr.Fate]

Looking at the amount of stuff being carried, it's obvious this isn't STALKER!

I'm sure there will be a mod out to make this more 'realistic'.

Cheers,

 

[robmol]

Complete speculation but I'm a bit worried about the armour too. That power armour we've seen in the garage seems like it could be fairly integral to the story - pretty useless for those who don't like using heavy armour and again limits RP.

 

[VincentHanna]

Hardcore mode was only introduced in New Vegas and that was made by Obsidian not Bethesda.

You couldn't really say that was a removed feature.

 

[MooMoo444]

Anywhere to pick up this cheaper than Steam? £39.99 is a bit much for a digital game in all honesty.

 

[Radox-0]

Anywhere to pick up this cheaper than Steam? £39.99 is a bit much for a digital game in all honesty.

I brought mine form cdkeys for £26.99. Always been pretty solid and got keys on time no issue.

 

[Eddie182]

G2Play had it for around £26 a few weeks ago when I ordered it.

 

[dink]

Anywhere to pick up this cheaper than Steam? £39.99 is a bit much for a digital game in all honesty.

Got mine here http://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/fallout-4-pc-cd-key-steam

 

[MooMoo444]

Those keys register with steam like usual?

 

[Radox-0]

Those keys register with steam like usual?

Yep

 

[MooMoo444]

Fantastic. Saved me a few quid, thanks guys.

 

[philstanbridge]

Will that price increase again do you think? I don't want to preorder and I'll likely grab it on release day but £40 is too much for me.

 

[Boycey0211]

I'm more worried about when I'll actually get the key, I'll be needing to preload as my net is horrendous so don't want to wait until the release day.

Might just have to stump up the £40 so I can get it preloaded as soon as it becomes avaliable

 

[Pighardia]

Complete speculation but I'm a bit worried about the armour too. That power armour we've seen in the garage seems like it could be fairly integral to the story - pretty useless for those who don't like using heavy armour and again limits RP.

RP was always going to be limited unfortunately with Bethesda making it

I'm massively looking forward to it, but my expectations have been adjusted accordingly... I was hoping for a great rpg, it seems like it will be a great action game with some stilted RPG-lite features. The voiced character is by far my biggest problem with it though.