Fallout 4
- Thread starter Vintage Paw
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Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
What's the big deal about Fallout? I just watched a gameplay video of Fallout 4 - it looks a lot like Bioshock. Is it the story/characters that make it so well-loved?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
it's nothing like bioshock. yes.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
apart from being a thematically distinctive FPS how does fallout look like bioshock?
golightly
economically inactive
BioShock has a linear gameplay whereas Fallout is completely open with a main storyline that you can follow as you wish.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
It was a combination of the mixture of exploration and then set-piece FPS style gameplay, and the non-generic weapons I guess.
So what's Fallout like, then? Post-apocalyptic Skyrim?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Yes!
There's twenty odd pages right here explaining why it is good.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
WOW
that is a hardcore damning of modern gaming if i ever heard one.
FPS is either generic muddy modern "realistic" shooter or..... everything else
8den
No I'm pretty sure that was 8ball...
One it's a rpg not a 1st person shooter. It's also a complete sandbox game. And it's extremely funny richly realised world.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
You go round killing things. It's fun.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I thought it was only FPS if you could only see through your character's eyes? Not in Fallout
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
I'm just trying to understand why /r/gaming is losing its shit over Fallout 4. I've never played any of them, and they've never really registered as one of those "must play" once-in-a-lifetime gaming experiences, so it just seemed a bit over-the-top. 
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
No, it really is that good
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I'm just trying to understand why /r/gaming is losing its shit over Fallout 4. I've never played any of them, and they've never really registered as one of those "must play" once-in-a-lifetime gaming experiences, so it just seemed a bit over-the-top.
Well I loved Fallout 1 to Fallout New Vegas, have yet to know whether Fallout 4 is any good, but I expect I'll have some firm opinions on it one way or the other on Monday.
8den
No I'm pretty sure that was 8ball...
I'm just trying to understand why /r/gaming is losing its shit over Fallout 4. I've never played any of them, and they've never really registered as one of those "must play" once-in-a-lifetime gaming experiences, so it just seemed a bit over-the-top.
It really is that good. And we've been waiting nearly half a decade.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
My preload on Steam finished this morning. It isn't going to unlock until late Monday, or possibly Tuesday.
8den
No I'm pretty sure that was 8ball...
Also fps have linear game play and no rpg elements.
Just watched those trailers. Fuck me deathclaws look even more terrifying
tommers
Busta Rhymes is an unstoppable movement
Everything has RPG elements these days. Destiny is an FPS but you level up your character and get better trousers. This is probably going the other way in that it started off as an RPG and that side is getting less and less pronounced
I liked Fallout 3 and I have bought into the hype for this, despite being burned by Skyrim and getting a bit cheesed off with Bethesda in general.
I liked Fallout 3 and I have bought into the hype for this, despite being burned by Skyrim and getting a bit cheesed off with Bethesda in general.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I found Skyrim disappointing too. Just like Fallout but with shit wizards and warriors and all that fucking magic nonsense
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
I've been considering buying a PS4 specifically to get Fallout 4 (as I would have to repartition my iMac to run the PC version, even if my old iMac would run it properly, which it might not).
Admittedly I did then think "no don't be stupid, you don't even have a screen to hook it up to" but I still might.
Admittedly I did then think "no don't be stupid, you don't even have a screen to hook it up to" but I still might.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I want a PS4 too, but I promised my nephew I would get an Xbox One. Tsk
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
You can get Fallout 4 for the X-bone, that's okay.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I know, but there are better forthcoming games on the PS4, by the looks of it.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Yeah. That's why I was going to go for a PS4 rather than an x-bone; I've never liked the look of the x-box game market. Anything interesting comes out for Playstation.
But in general I have zero interest in most console games anyway—it's only RPGs that I'm really interested in, and only a very few of them, which makes buying a whole console just for one game a silly idea. I did end up buying a retail copy of Windows 7 plus an X-Box controller just for Skyrim which is a similar but slightly less extreme level of silliness.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
I'm going to get a PS4 at some point as well for the exclusives. Anything that's also on PC I'll get on PC, but there are some things that look just lovely (Horizon Zero Dawn, for example) that I want to get my mitts on.
you go to Sony then see if I care!I love my PS4 I'm now using it for all sorts of things such as web browsing, streaming to Twitch, uploading clips to YouTube, up converting DVDs to HD, watching online classes etc etc I did none of these things on the XBox360.. The PS4 is a joy to use.
I just need some more actual games.. lol
I'm now using it for all sorts of things such as web browsing, streaming to Twitch, uploading clips to YouTube, up converting DVDs to HD, watching online classes etc etc I did none of these things on the XBox360.. The PS4 is a joy to use.I just need some more actual games.. lol
ruffneck23
front left
pre-loading now,
hurry up tuesday
hurry up tuesday
