FALLOUT 4 Official Discussion: Super Stimpak Edition

[Gref]

I'd also really love a voice acted character, which seems to be the case this time.

I prefer the silent protagonist but I'm all for it if players have the option to choose.

 

[KidBaize]

All DLC they release for Fallout 4. They usually release a lot of DLC for all their games. Each one usually goes for 15-20 bucks when the launch, so it's a great value.

Is it packaged with the main game or sold separately? I'll likely play the shit out of this game so I'm in.

 

[RJ43]

I prefer the silent protagonist but I'm all for it if players have the option to choose.

Yeah I'm assuming that option is still there. I'm a big fan of the Witcher/Dragon age mechanic of having a voiced character that continues dialogue after you make the decision which way to go. I think it adds a lot to the immersion.

 

[Blayt7hh]

Is it packaged with the main game or sold separately? I'll likely play the shit out of this game so I'm in.

I would actually wait on the season passes. I know with some of those I have seen them go on sale on steam by the time there was meaningful content that made them worth having. At the least you know it's not going to go up in price before you'll need it

 

[PAUonePUNCH]

Here's some more images.

 

[KidBaize]

I would actually wait on the season passes. I know with some of those I have seen them go on sale on steam by the time there was meaningful content that made them worth having. At the least you know it's not going to go up in price before you'll need it

I'll probably buy a hard copy of the main game and then wait for details on the dlc's. I can't see the season pass being a bad idea though. I've waited so long for FO4, it wouldn't be a waste even if it sucked.

 

[DoMeFavors]

 

[vcmmafan]

I'm pretty excited for this game

 

[Gregolian]

That dog better not get killed

 

[Hyperglide]

Is it packaged with the main game or sold separately? I'll likely play the shit out of this game so I'm in.

You have to buy a season pass electronically. It's not included with the game. It is like a key that allows you access to all future DLC for the game.

What is a Season Pass?
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/927750-playstation-3/66807465

 

[milliniar]

Do want.

 

[SheetsMMAfan]

My body (and gaming rig) is ready...

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/10/08/fallout-4-install-size-and-recommended-specs-revealed

As for the PC specifications, they're as follows:

Minimum

Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz or equivalent
8 GB RAM
30 GB free HDD space
NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or equivalent

Recommended

Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Intel Core i7 4790 3.6 GHz/AMD FX-9590 4.7 GHz or equivalent
8 GB RAM
30 GB free HDD space
NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB/AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB or equivalent

The game's share of your hard drive will increase over time, as Bethesda has said regular updates will be part of Fallout 4, updates that add new features in a similar vein to Skyrim.

 

[Hyperglide]

I really shouldn't though..

Bah who am I kiddin'..

 

[Thunderflash500]

Bethesda is one company I'd feel comfortable buying a game season pass for. Their DLC's are usually more than worth it.

Bethesda games are games id happily pay $100 for. And they are also the one company I will always trust have great dlc. I skipped the house building dlc actually, but I still respect them for it. They did it for five dollars. That's a fair value. I really have nothing but respect for that company.

It's pretty absurd you pay the same for bethesda games as you do regular games. They have ten times the content.

 

[Peteyandjia]

I do like the improved colour scheme though. Blue sky > brown sky.

Fallout 3

Fallout 4

It's desert Vegas sky vs. seaside Boston sky.

 

[SheetsMMAfan]

Bethesda games are games id happily pay $100 for. And they are also the one company I will always trust have great dlc. I skipped the house building dlc actually, but I still respect them for it. They did it for five dollars. That's a fair value. I really have nothing but respect for that company.

It's pretty absurd you pay the same for bethesda games as you do regular games. They have ten times the content.

Bethseda games are some of the only games I purchase full price, day one. Bethseda games are also some of the only games I ever owned copies of (the same game) for a console and a PC.

I am always happy to support them, as I get hundreds of hours out of almost every title of theirs I purchase.

<3

 

[Hyperglide]

Kind of cool that they are bringing back animals as familiars/pets/sidekicks. Never used Dogmeat from Fallout 3 but I heard he was pretty good. I was more partial to Fawkes.

Obviously that can't be Dogmeat cause he's in DC.

 

[KidBaize]

Bethseda games are some of the only games I purchase full price, day one. Bethseda games are also some of the only games I ever owned copies of (the same game) for a console and a PC.

I am always happy to support them, as I get hundreds of hours out of almost every title of theirs I purchase.

<3

Me too. I put hundreds of hours each into Skyrim and the last two Fallouts. It's doubtful this game is any smaller. Bethesda rules at open world exploration.

 

[Tamriel Terror]

graphics look very lively and i really like that. Also hope dog companions aren't as weak as dogmeat in fallout 3. I literally got him and walked for 3 minutes and he got instakilled by a mirelurk in 1 hit.

 

[PAUonePUNCH]

Me too. I put hundreds of hours each into Skyrim and the last two Fallouts. It's doubtful this game is any smaller. Bethesda rules at open world exploration.

Its confirmed to be there biggest game ever. Hell they are reporting that there is 400+ hours of game in there and that they still haven't seen it all.

 

[Gref]

Kind of cool that they are bringing back animals as familiars/pets/sidekicks. Never used Dogmeat from Fallout 3 but I heard he was pretty good. I was more partial to Fawkes.

Obviously that can't be Dogmeat cause he's in DC.

They're all descendants of the original from Junktown.

 

[Thrawn33]

Torn between buying a laptop for FO4 for all the community mods (with FO being the only game I'd really play on it) or an XB1 because I'll get more use out of the xbone

 

[Concrete]

The stills look better than the video did. The most obvious improvement is in the lighting and shadows.

I hope the scale is larger, I hate it when Bethesda puts down 7 buildings and calls it a city.

 

[Thunderflash500]

Torn between buying a laptop for FO4 for all the community mods (with FO being the only game I'd really play on it) or an XB1 because I'll get more use out of the xbone

Idk how it'll work exactly but they said mods will be available to download on the xbox1. Idk if that means all mods, some mods, or what. But they announced that at e3. Maybe look into it more.

 

[fightdonttweet]

You do realize that buying the DLC is actually more expensive than just getting the GOTY version? They basically force you to buy the game twice, which is nothing but a big "fuck you" to everyone that supports them by paying full price on release. Skyrim was the last time I made that mistake.

Love their games, but I'll wait.

Well no shit. Its a year later. Every game is going to cost less a year later. Its not a fuck you, its a "here's a new game."

 

[Thrawn33]

Idk how it'll work exactly but they said mods will be available to download on the xbox1. Idk if that means all mods, some mods, or what. But they announced that at e3. Maybe look into it more.

Oblivion was the last PC RPG I was into, and some of the mods were better than the dlc, and added days of playtime.

 

[AronaBeatsJones]

The stills look better than the video did. The most obvious improvement is in the lighting and shadows.

I hope the scale is larger, I hate it when Bethesda puts down 7 buildings and calls it a city.

True this. Still waiting for Bethesda to better Imperial City from Oblivion.

Also hoping there's more to do in cities than just go into buildings and dialog/loot. Gambling was a (minor) step in the right direction in New Vegas, but there ought to be more features to create better immersion.

 

[Thunderflash500]

I agree. And supposedly for the first time they will be available on console.

 

[taknocks]

Boston is a bit too similar to DC imo, but I'd be psyched for a new Fallout game even if it took place in Cleveland.

 

[Hyperglide]

Torn between buying a laptop for FO4 for all the community mods (with FO being the only game I'd really play on it) or an XB1 because I'll get more use out of the xbone

Mods will available on the XBONE. Don't bother.

I'm getting it on the XBONE.

 

[jerzey devil]

It's desert Vegas sky vs. seaside Boston sky.

Fallout 3 was in DC though.

 

[jerzey devil]

Yeah both X1 and ps4 will get mod support with the X1 getting it a little sooner. The mods will be taken directly from besthesda's mod community but they will be hand picked by Bethesda themselves. In other words no nude mods and probably no mods that infringe on licenses.

First, the good news: Bethesda wants there to be as little red tape as possible. Want to render your Fallout 4 save a smoking pile of irradiated scrap (that’s jealously guarded by creepy fucking trains)? Go for it.

“Just like Skyrim, there are mods that can break your game pretty wildly, and so we have some safety things on the console for that, but at the same time, we are going to let people break their game,” game director Todd Howard explained to IGN.

Console mods won’t be subjected to much of an approval process, either. At least, not if Howard and co can help it. The hope is that transferring them from PC will be a snap.

“We don’t want to [be heavy handed about approval],” he said. “We’ll see how we have to go through that. The plan is that it goes through Bethesda.net, but... outside of things that we would normally take down—we take down things on Steam Workshop if it’s got things that are illegal, or things like that—we’ll do the same thing.”

Now the question on every wannabe wasteland-defacer’s mind: what’s off-limits? Did you guess “everything except nudity and licensed material”? Then you’re supremely wrong and might live in an alternate reality (how do you grow such formidable mustaches, asking for a friend).

“Either your nudity or porn, that kind of stuff, or you’re taking assets from Halo,” Howard said to IGN. “Though, Microsoft might allow that. We’d have to get approval. But like, generally, if someone is using assets from another game, we have to say, ‘No, you can’t do that.’”

http://kotaku.com/how-fallout-4-mods-will-work-on-console-1711829641

 

[Tamriel Terror]

hope the maps a little larger than NV, also cities need to have more quests and things to do. Exploration points on maps such as old ruins, caves, etc need to be unique also.

 

[Thunderflash500]

That would be lame if no nude mods. Didn't daggerfall or arena have naked women? A lot of modern games do. They should allow it.

 

[Peteyandjia]

Fallout 3 was in DC though.

 

[tru3f4n]

hopefully with the mod support on the xbone and ps4 there isn't any crashes with both FO3 and NV on a pc I was spending more time trying to find conflicting mods then I was playing the game. Hopefully some of the guys over on nexus will be able to get their mods on there.

 

[AronaBeatsJones]

hope the maps a little larger than NV, also cities need to have more quests and things to do. Exploration points on maps such as old ruins, caves, etc need to be unique also.

Playing Skyrim again currently (for the third time), and I really think it might be time to do away with cave exploration. It became SUPER tedious in last gen's FO/TES, and almost became a crutch for not having other fun features to fill up the ~200 hour gameplay.

Between the two Bethesda universes, I've literally done some variation of this hundreds of times:

• NPC wants item from cave
• Go to cave
• Clear cave
• Loot all items equal to or greater than 1:10 weight-to-value ratio
• Retrieve requested item
• Go back to NPC with item for a reward a fraction of the looted items

And it was even MORE mind-numbing because the caves/vaults are always SUPER dark. In Skyrim, I've literally got to go back-and-forth on the quick menu from two handed Greatsword to Candlelight, and vice versa, dozens of times in ONE cave!

I call for limited caves/vaults, and no more fetch item quests.

 

[KidBaize]

Its confirmed to be there biggest game ever. Hell they are reporting that there is 400+ hours of game in there and that they still haven't seen it all.

lol Say goodbye to sleep.

 

[Tamriel Terror]

Playing Skyrim again currently (for the third time), and I really think it might be time to do away with cave exploration. It became SUPER tedious in last gen's FO/TES, and almost became a crutch for not having other fun features to fill up the ~200 hour gameplay.

Between the two Bethesda universes, I've literally done some variation of this hundreds of times:

• NPC wants item from cave
• Go to cave
• Clear cave
• Loot all items greater than 1:10 weight-to-value ratio
• Retrieve requested item
• Go back to NPC with item for a reward a fraction of the looted items

And it was even MORE mind-numbing because the caves/vaults are always SUPER dark. In Skyrim, I've literally got to go back-and-forth on the quick menu from two handed Greatsword to Candlelight, and vice versa, dozens of times in ONE cave!

I call for limited caves/vaults, and no more fetch item quests.

i do agree, i want more things to be outside instead of dealing with underground exploring.

 

[dAfTiE]

Its confirmed to be there biggest game ever. Hell they are reporting that there is 400+ hours of game in there and that they still haven't seen it all.

In terms of landmass there's no way it's going to be bigger than arena, or even daggerfall. Not unless they're doing a lot of generated boring content for it.