The rumor was Boston area wasn't it
My boner is at Chernobyl levels.
My boner is at Chernobyl levels.
Ur bedroom is a zone of alienation lol
Not seeing any entitlement here.
Game simply looks unimpressive for a next-gen exclusive AAA gam
Damn that screen looks like hot garbage. Wouldn't be surprised if this was developed with last gen in mind/same garbage engine.
It's a bethesderp game, of course it looks like shit. And that's before we've gotten to see the dodgy NPC animation. :rejoice
Hard to say exactly how good the game looks. Some of the city stuff looks nice, some of the countryside makes the thing look really struggle.
Definitely some wack textures and meh AO. Modders gonna eat :rejoice
I actually caught feels at the end. What's wrong with me?!It's the - doggy, doggy, doggy. Who's a good doggy? :heart
I actually caught feels at the end. What's wrong with me?!It's the - doggy, doggy, doggy. Who's a good doggy? :heart
Bethesda Fallout Checklist:
___ People bitching that a game series built around 1940s/50s retro-kitsch Americana is set in America
___ People bitching about the writing
___ People bitching about the art style/graphics/animation
___ People bitching about the jank
___ People who will drop 100+ hours of their lives into it while going on at length about how awful it is
Esch is in here acting like TES series isn't mostly garbage before Skyrim
:neogaf
There's been a bad Fallout title.
Real bad. Interplay out there fucking the series in the ass.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/Fallout-_Brotherhood_of_Steel_Box.jpg)
Not only that, but DC and Boston are like, 4 hours away by train.
Esch is in here acting like TES series isn't mostly garbage before Skyrim
:neogaf
You know what.Oblivion's quests > Morrowind's and Skyrim's
Oblivion was shit. I shouldn't pull punches.
You know what.Oblivion's quests > Morrowind's and Skyrim's
Oblivion was shit. I shouldn't pull punches.
And you could craft OP spells and enchanted gear. :rejoice
:ufup @ everybody not giving props to Shivering Isles
That's true, actually, but I had more fun crumpling every enemy with a paralyse dagger in Oblivion, because ragdolls.You know what.Oblivion's quests > Morrowind's and Skyrim's
Oblivion was shit. I shouldn't pull punches.
And you could craft OP spells and enchanted gear. :rejoice
There were no spells/enchants more OP than the ones you could create in Morrowind breh.
That's a fact
:ufup
Think the world's going to be big enough for a car? :hitler
:ufup @ everybody not giving props to Shivering Isles
___ People who will drop 100+ hours of their lives into it while going on at length about how awful it isNobody is out here making games in this style, large scale fully 3d interactive RPGs better than Bethesda. You can argue Obsidian one upped them on New Vegas, but I don't think it's conclusively better than Skyrim or Morrowind.
Naw, in terms of writing, role playing, questing it's easily better, and that's the bulk of what you're doing in these games.
New Vegas is visual poverty even with mods though. Ugly fucking game. :holeup and the overworld is :zzz I'll give it the quest writing but that's really it. Don't really even think the core gameplay is better than FO3 or Skyrim.
:holeup damn you're only reminding me of how awful that shit looked. it's crazy how you can tweak it up with ENB and texture packs and remove the shitfilter, max it and no matter what it still looks barely better than Call of Pripyat status.
One of the ugliest games of note from last gen. And the menus/UI to boot.
:kobeyuck
Cool. Always good to see a new Bethesda game if only for the modding opportunities. It's pretty clear where Bethesda's strengths and weaknesses lay at this point, so I tend to come in with the proper relative expectation levels at this point. I still think Skyrim was by far the best of their recent stuff so hopefully that trend continues.
Idk how you Morrowind stans do it. I really tried to give that game a fair shake, but after 2 or 3 hours of seeing nothing but brown I uninstalled the fuck out of it.
Oblivion and Skyrim were much, much better
Playing old Fallout's now is like trying to put a round peg in a square hole. It's rare that crpgs of that era are actually good today. Games like Diablo, Baldur's Gate, Planescape are some of the few, but when I loaded up Fallout 1 a few years back, its controls were now atrocious. Diablo or Infinity Engine or :camby
Maybe Fallout 2 has better controls.
Playing old Fallout's now is like trying to put a round peg in a square hole. It's rare that crpgs of that era are actually good today. Games like Diablo, Baldur's Gate, Planescape are some of the few, but when I loaded up Fallout 1 a few years back, its controls were now atrocious. Diablo or Infinity Engine or :camby
Maybe Fallout 2 has better controls.
Fallout 2 mechanically makes sense.
Which is more than I can say for a lot of old CRPGs. Lot of CRPGs were just products of their time.
No one out there at the time looking for 4k display support, multi button mouse or all the other shit we take for granted now.
Idk how you Morrowind stans do it. I really tried to give that game a fair shake, but after 2 or 3 hours of seeing nothing but brown I uninstalled the fuck out of it.
Oblivion and Skyrim were much, much better
Last week I tried playing Fallout 2 again, which is a game I really love, but gave up after a couple of hours. 28% chance to hit in a tutorial dungeon :comeon
Those jank running animations :whew
Can't wait
First thing I saw was that you can see outside of windows and door which suggests no loading times every time you open a door. If that's not considered a huge upgrade then I don't know what is.That makes such a gigantic difference to how a world feels, it's incredible.
I'll play this, but knowing it comes from the lesser Fallout dev last gen :tocry
where are all these quests in nv because I searched everywhere south of the city and there was barely shit to do
I remember that quest, and a handful of others, but I mainly remember them being pretty boring. I dunno, I spent like sixty hours in the game searching everywhere I could before I got to the strip, and I never felt engaged the way I did with fo3. I really, really tried bc I loved 3 so much but ultimately I think the big draw to me in wrpgs is exploitation and new Vegas sucks ass at that.
All this reminiscing about NV makes me want to load it up again, but I can wait for this. I think I'm skipping consoles this gen and just buying a gaming laptop. Are RoG still the standard?
Name me one modern wrpg besides NV that offers this many dialogue options and almost every options allowing a different result. :bow
I too don't get the big deal about Fallout 4's graphics? I think it looks beautiful. Aesthetic > things like textures any day of the year
rumors are saying fallout 4 is 2015. with bethesda is doing their own e3 thing this year and not having much planned for 2015, it might be plausible.
rumors are saying fallout 4 is 2015. with bethesda is doing their own e3 thing this year and not having much planned for 2015, it might be plausible.
Bethesda's online store says "TBA 2015."
rumors are saying fallout 4 is 2015. with bethesda is doing their own e3 thing this year and not having much planned for 2015, it might be plausible.
Bethesda's online store says "TBA 2015."
:rejoice
Massive time sink rpgs, brehs
rumors are saying fallout 4 is 2015. with bethesda is doing their own e3 thing this year and not having much planned for 2015, it might be plausible.
Bethesda's online store says "TBA 2015."
Speaking of fallout and looks, been fiddlin' with some mods since I'm a pc version virgin. And it's pretty :heartbeat
Mods detailed:
Character overhaul - replaces character face textures and makes them more high quality and detailed. It owns.
Nevada Skies - Weather and more realistic looking environments without that stupid fucking yellow tint filter thing slathered all over the game. Has rad storms, thunder storms, sand storms, rain, snow, darker nights, blue skies, customization. Owns.
Cass please stop stealing my heart. Stahp.
(http://i.imgur.com/Ul6moyv.jpg)
Here's a random fucking npc. Look how detailed that face is.
(http://i.imgur.com/sGqv5wn.jpg)
No stupid pee filter. :lawd
(http://i.imgur.com/DjER0hc.jpg)
Modded New Vegas :whew
What type of options does Witcher 3 offer?
Sounds promising. It offers more than two choices for quests as well? More than good and bad? Are there times where there is no outright "good" choice? Sounds nice that quests you completed later fall into things. One problem with a lot of rpgs is that their worlds are static when they present them as if they aren't. So it sounds nice that quest lines will sometimes splinter into other quest lines. That's why I like New Vegas so much. Also hallelujah on the no fetch quest crap.
Sounds promising. It offers more than two choices for quests as well? More than good and bad? Are there times where there is no outright "good" choice? Sounds nice that quests you completed later fall into things. One problem with a lot of rpgs is that their worlds are static when they present them as if they aren't. So it sounds nice that quest lines will sometimes splinter into other quest lines. That's why I like New Vegas so much. Also hallelujah on the no fetch quest crap.
There is no such thing as a "good" choice in Witcher 3, just "what do I think will have the least awful result."
Select from the following meh choices isn't grimdark, it's just role playing irl.
Fallout 3's ending (before expansions) was grimdark. (You can possibly make life better for many people but someone has to sacrifice themselves to make it happen.) Nu Vegas' endings weren't grimdark.
:expert s generally can't stomach grimdark, probably because being reminded that they have no irl agency rubs them raw. For all that I disliked about the third game, I liked that Bethesda went revisionist with a series that was "hero saves a shitty world" up until then.
https://youtu.be/XC-fnNhJ95sThat was honestly only about half as funny as his other reviews, but it's probably just my unfamiliarity with the evangelical tone. Maybe he can do one in the tone of Cal Worthington and his dog, Spot?
I kinda want to just punch everything in F4.deathclaw in fallout 3 with the cloaked suit :lawd
I want to quit my job and marathon this
Pre-loading now. :lawd
goddamn it somebody tell me how the ps4 port is
Has anyone got some got tips before I dive headfirst into this duty motherfucker
Anyone have luck finding the Quantum soda? Apparently Targets got an extremely limited stock per store. Bottles going for $100+ on ebayYes. Did'nt get the game though. Don't like Bethesda games.
I think if you have it in your inventory it will just pull it if you are crafting something that needs it. I believe that putting it in the workbench itself is just a way to lessen the personal inventory you need to carry.The inventory part is explained in a pop up when you enter your first workbench. It disappeared after like 3 seconds so I only got the gist of it.
A lot of the crafting stuff is just not explained. I've had to look like up like a half dozen little niggling things that aren't really explained.
Is crafting necessary in this game?
Full list of names that Codsworth knows:
http://hastebin.com/raw/eziriberin
If your name is Bilodeau or Bogdanove, then I've got good news for you.
Is crafting necessary in this game?
You could probably play it without crafting but honestly it seems like the best way to play and its fun. Otherwise you would have no use for a lot of the scrap you pick up.
BETHESDA PLZDoesn't work on the X1 version. He just whines when you try to order him
http://kotaku.com/how-to-get-one-of-fallout-4s-best-guns-at-the-start-of-1741893929
:neogaf
So this game, which has taken away 90% of your choices and won't even let you be an asshole is somehow an improvement in the series?
tbh I think playing as a genocidal serial killer in this game is ideal because it takes place in Boston
tbh I think playing as a genocidal serial killer in this game is ideal because it takes place in Boston
(http://media.salon.com/2015/11/JoshuaFeuerstein-620x412.jpg)Full list of names that Codsworth knows:
http://hastebin.com/raw/eziriberin
If your name is Bilodeau or Bogdanove, then I've got good news for you.
They put in "Muhammad" but not "Jesus." :leon
Only played a few hours but my obsessive compulsive side has resulted in me ransacking everything in the starting area.You can just send him back to the sanctuary or make him stay somewhere.
Is there a humane way I can get my dog to leave me alone?
That's Bethesda in a nutshell.Preventable BS on top of un-preventable* BS? :doge
The trick isn;t to direct him towards the case. You have to "Talk" to him, then you tell him to "fetch," something, then tell him to find items.
Building up a settlement can suck up so much free time :(
People are saying that since there's no level cap and no skills, with the result being that INT boosts xp gain and not skill points, dumping all available points into INT is the way to go.
Building up a settlement can suck up so much free time :(
Yeah.
I'm still early, but I wonder, will there be a point to building up your settlements? Other than the XP you get for it, I mean.
Like, you can build all these guard towers, and gun turrets etc. for defense, but will that actually matter? Will your settlement get attacked at times while you're there, ala Skyrim's Hearthfire where your house gets attacked? And then the defences you build might make a difference for repelling the attack?
Your settlements do get attacked, raiders (some with missile launchers) attacked sanctuary in my game
This game is too damn addicting. I just got to Diamond City after 15 hours. Theres just so much to do. I've got 5 settlements going. Some of them won't grow. They have plenty of everything. I think I just need to start building random niceties like couches and shit. And fuck mama Murphy
Can't seem to mod my weapons for shit because I'm missing a bunch of parts (where the fuck are all the gawdammed scrws?!?!?!?!)
I've got 5 settlements going. Some of them won't grow. They have plenty of everything. I think I just need to start building random niceties like couches and shit. And fuck mama Murphy
Can't seem to mod my weapons for shit because I'm missing a bunch of parts (where the fuck are all the gawdammed scrws?!?!?!?!)
One of the first perks I got was the Scavenger one that has a chance to give you screws and springs and stuff when you scrap weapons and armor.
Yep. That's the first thing I build is a generator and the recruitment beacon. It just seems like they have stopped growing. Sanctuary has enough supplies and defense for 19 people but I've only got 8. BastardsI've got 5 settlements going. Some of them won't grow. They have plenty of everything. I think I just need to start building random niceties like couches and shit. And fuck mama Murphy
Make sure you build that recruitment tower and power it. But yeah it can take awhile. Do a couple of sidequests and suddenly you'll notice people are coming.
Can't seem to mod my weapons for shit because I'm missing a bunch of parts (where the fuck are all the gawdammed scrws?!?!?!?!)
Oh man I havent been to Diamond City yet but that sounds great, will try to visit tonight
Oh man I havent been to Diamond City yet but that sounds great, will try to visit tonight
People complaining about story in gamesI'm just in the habit of ignoring stories in video games.
:neogaf
I can count on one hand the number of games in the past ten years with anything resembling a "good" or complex story, and they're Fallout New Vegas and Witcher 3. Just ignore it, you turds.
People complaining about story in games
:neogaf
I can count on one hand the number of games in the past ten years with anything resembling a "good" or complex story, and they're Fallout New Vegas and Witcher 3. Just ignore it, you turds.
I'm just in the habit of ignoring stories in video games.
Only thing I'm disappointed in is that the speech options are so basic.
"Hey, do this thing."
Yes
No
Maybe
Sarcastic
I wanna do moreJedi Mind TricksCharisma checks.
Only thing I'm disappointed in is that the speech options are so basic.They're all yes anyways :fbm
"Hey, do this thing."
Yes
No
Maybe
Sarcastic
I wanna do moreJedi Mind TricksCharisma checks.
Yep. I will add a #3 though...People complaining about story in games
:neogaf
I can count on one hand the number of games in the past ten years with anything resembling a "good" or complex story, and they're Fallout New Vegas and Witcher 3. Just ignore it, you turds.
I'm just in the habit of ignoring stories in video games.
^^^ Pretty much this. I only notice story in video games in one of two instances:
1) It is incredibly, amazingly bad and intrusive into the gameplay, even by video game standards (the "Metal Gear Solid 2" scneario)
2) It is shockingly, improbably not awful and intelligence insulting (the Witcher 3 scneario)
The first thing happens way, way more often than the 2nd, and far more frequently in eastern games than western ones, despite the lies people here tell themselves.
The story in Witcher 3 was pretty dumb, it just happened to be well integrated into the actual game (same with New Vegas).
I like that in Fallout 4 instead of constantly looking for cool guns and armor, I'm searching every shack and cabinet for telephones and hot plates.
Fallout 3 and New Vegas just made me feel like a hobo because I only did this kind of scavenging when I was absolutely broke.I like that in Fallout 4 instead of constantly looking for cool guns and armor, I'm searching every shack and cabinet for telephones and hot plates.
lol I also like that.
I like that its about the scavenging and then you making the stuff rather than just finding the stuff. That's a more interesting way to do loot.
I make double runs on dungeons that I've looted because I can never carry enough material out on the first run. And I really like that. It makes the world feel like its full of useful stuff where as in Fallout 3 and New Vegas unmodded, I basically only looked for a few items that were worthwhile and that was mostly to sell them. I remember always gathering cartons of cigs in the other games just to sell them.
The story in Witcher 3 was pretty dumb, it just happened to be well integrated into the actual game (same with New Vegas).
I highly recommend crafting a decent pipe rifle. I've got one with good accuracy (put a scope on it) and upped the damage to 19. You get so much .38 ammo compared to everything else that it's really worth it to be able to use it in a decent gun.
Now, a lot of people are saying the story sucks. For me, here's the thing: I am General of the Minutemen. I'm the most valuable agent in the Brotherhood of Steel. I have five active settlements all trading with each other, generating levels of commerce not seen in the wasteland for a century. I have a walled fortress in Sanctuary with artillery turrets, as well as a castle on the sea. I'm in the process of building a floating city.
I need to build a gaming PC.Same. There's a Fry's near me too. C'mon Black Friday deals.
I read somewhere that if your settlement's defense is higher than it's food/water, then it won't get attacked. Or maybe it just won't get attacked very often.
Expecting Black Isle/Obsidian to produce a good story (for a video game) is a perfectly legitimate expectation to have.
Expecting it of Bethesda...
:comeon
Just because it says "Fallout" on the box doesn't mean there's not a world of difference between the efforts of the two developers. I enjoy Bethesda games for the worlds they let me explore; I enjoy Obsidian games for their stories. Expecting the one you don't normally get from Bethesda is a dumb expectation to have.
Also I'm not getting the criticism that the story sucks. Does it fall apart at the end or something? It's been fine so far, good even.
Better than New Vegas' bullshit.
For me, Bethesda RPGs have always been more about the immersion into the world and the joy of exploration and discovery. Fallout 4 tries to be somewhat more narrative and character focused this time around, but it doesn't really work out. On the other hand, that really doesn't hurt at all the parts of their games that I've loved since I first played Morrowind nearly 15 years ago. In fact, despite the story and limited player character dialog options, the immersion and exploration are actually a lot better this time around, thanks to an insane amount of locations to explore, the increased emphasis on collecting junk for weapon/armor modding, and the best urban environments in any Bethesda RPG so far.
So, it really just comes down to what you want out of the game. For me, I'm perfectly fine largely ignoring the story and just going off on my own to see what I can find.
I just came across suicide mole rats with frag mines strapped to their backs. :lolAh, that old gambit:
I read somewhere that if your settlement's defense is higher than it's food/water, then it won't get attacked. Or maybe it just won't get attacked very often.
Well, that's dumb. I don't want deter Raiders with my phalanx of heavy machine gun turrets, I want to draw them in and
cut them to pieces. :maf
Ughhhh I should just buy a fucking gaming rig and get it over with
Went poking around in the southwest corner of the map today. It's amazing. Really unnerving and spooky atmosphere, deathclaws all over the place, and some of the best locations I've discovered so far. If you're a high enough level [mid-20s] and have some good weapons and armor, I highly suggest going down that way and checking things out.
I didn't go to the giant glowing crate, though, because I'm pretty sure that's tied in with the end-game. Might not even be able to do anything there at this point, anyway.
Ughhhh I should just buy a fucking gaming rig and get it over with
Yes, you really should. Now's a great time:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9801/amd-launches-radeon-r9-380x
fuck this post, thanks isis(http://i.imgur.com/mpqVCVz.jpg)
I lost both Nick Valentine and Dogmeat. :lol I sent them to Red Rocket yet neither of them are there and I also can't find them in the sanctuary. I haven't even started any sort of settlement shit.
Why the hell is there a brahmin chilling on the roof of my house(http://i.imgur.com/1tuKLRP.png)
I lost both Nick Valentine and Dogmeat. :lol I sent them to Red Rocket yet neither of them are there and I also can't find them in the sanctuary. I haven't even started any sort of settlement shit.FUCK I lost Dogmeat too. Now have mai waifu~ Piper tagging along while I figure out what the hell to do.
The whole mutated legendary enemy stuff is crap. Lets take an enemy that is already stronger and tougher to kill, have you fight it until it's low on health, then we'll heal it completely and make it even stronger and harder to fight. Stupid shit.I like it. It gives you that extra ball sweat just when you think you've got him.
The whole mutated legendary enemy stuff is crap. Lets take an enemy that is already stronger and tougher to kill, have you fight it until it's low on health, then we'll heal it completely and make it even stronger and harder to fight. Stupid shit.I like it. It gives you that extra ball sweat just when you think you've got him.
That's one of the things I like about this game. Some of the ghoul attacks and legendary battles actually get my heart racing. Most games I play I'm in a half coma throughout the whole thing.
The whole mutated legendary enemy stuff is crap. Lets take an enemy that is already stronger and tougher to kill, have you fight it until it's low on health, then we'll heal it completely and make it even stronger and harder to fight. Stupid shit.I like it. It gives you that extra ball sweat just when you think you've got him.
That's one of the things I like about this game. Some of the ghoul attacks and legendary battles actually get my heart racing. Most games I play I'm in a half coma throughout the whole thing.
The quests for that that one dick Brotherhood guy at the police station are just repeatable quests you can grind on. Skyrim had the same issue. They should make it clear when you are doing original content quests and those generic quests which are just a way to grind.
Thanks for the heads up. I just did the ArcJet quest and want to explore the world a bit more, so I'll avoid the Brotherhood quests for now.
I built my dude around Charisma, Intellect, sneak attacks and being able to craft whatever I pleased. So far that seems ideal, but Luck has some interesting perks and Idiot Savant is apparently the best exp in the game.
Game deserves a lot of shit for Charisma just being a dice roll modifier on alternate dialogue options that rarely ever matter besides scamming a few extra caps off of poor settlers and what not. Could have at least used the other stats for dialogue checks.
Are the NPCs smart enough to navigate complex buildings?Yep. I've got my shopping district 3 stories up and the shops are all manned and the beds on the 2nd story are all assigned
You mean the companions? I don't know. I'm rolling with Dogmeat, and he is kinda sorta useful? Well, he can carry shit.The settlers. I assume the companions just teleport around.
I found one in the basement of a school. It was pretty cool.
Still can't find Dogmeat or Nick Valentine :'(
Still can't find Dogmeat or Nick Valentine :'(
If you're playing the PC version, you can use a console command to warp to their location.
Nah, I stopped after one main quest line and dicked around. Was thinking that might be it but it's still strange that they aren't available to use after I left the fort.
The Silver Shroud :lawdThe armor you get on this quest line is pretty sick. I got it pretty early and blazed through most of the game with it.
Still can't find Dogmeat or Nick Valentine :'(Dogmeat MIGHT be in front of Fort Hagen. That's where I eventually found him.
You on PC or console? There are commands for the PC to bring the NPC's to you.Nah, I stopped after one main quest line and dicked around. Was thinking that might be it but it's still strange that they aren't available to use after I left the fort.
GO TO DIAMOND CITY
Been there a billion times, no Nick.
Last time I saw him was when I sent him to the Red Rocket after getting to Fort Hagan. After dying once I couldn't find him anywhere. Well, except for the fort, which I haven't been to in a while since.
I understanding wanting to have more options in RPGs like Fallout, ect., but putting in that kind of effort to play through the game without killing anybody [directly]...I just don't get that. Just doesn't really seem like fun, more like a chore with no reward.
I hate when I choose a dialogue option that I think is going to insult someone and instead it's a snarky way of saying "I'll help"
It sucks to be in console :(
Bethesda is also hosting mods on their own website now:
https://mods.bethesda.net/#en/workshop/mods
Just realized that by not doing the main quest I've been doing almost entirely radiant quests for Brotherhood of Steel and Minutemen. I'm level 40. :(
What are some good mods on the Xbox one to download?