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Fallout 4 World Map Compared With Fallout 3, Takes 11 Minutes To Traverse In Game

Khurram Imtiaz writes: "Fallout 4 has a huge world map that might take some time to travel. This world map is confirmed to be almost 2-3x the size of Fallout 3 and bigger than the world map featured in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim."

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cfc783115d ago

Awesome can't wait to explore.

3-4-53115d ago

A bigger world only feels bigger if it's packed with stuff.

So a slightly smaller world with a lot to do in it will always feel bigger than random open world where there is nothing to do but run.

greenisthebest3115d ago

sadly im one who dont like HD maps example ? falkret and u leave villige take turn and u are in DB HQ .... i would prefer big "empty" world with jewels and some cars/horses then on foot stuff

psman0123115d ago

Metal gear solid v comes to mind...

psman0123115d ago

Metal gear solid v is a good example...the map was huge but so empty

nowitzki20043115d ago

Look at Arkham City, small open world, but theres so much jam packed in there that it doesnt even matter.

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Bansai3115d ago

the draw distance is just horrible in this game :/

http://gfycat.com/FrigidHas... - PS4 version

aLucidMind3115d ago

Agreed. I can play GTA5 and the world feels tiny to me. I play Skyrim and the world feels huge. I play San Andreas and it's the same thing, the world feels bigger than GTA5's world.

SolidStoner3114d ago (Edited 3114d ago )

I fine with the scale, but next time include more lonesome abandoned roads with huge amount of deserts and forests, rivers and mountains! and I cant wait for a fallout game with a car... I remember Fallout 2 had a simple car.. I loved it just to travel faster between cities!

edit: only people who played all fallout games would want HUGE scale.. fallout is all about abandoned and lonesome.. destroyed things and survival.. would be good if you should find food, hunt animals, drink water.. drive cars.. but thats Fallout 5 or Fallout 6 level, lmao :D

BeefCurtains3114d ago

Does it say anywhere what system this was running on? Or if it was PC, what the graphics were set at or any PC specs?

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Mariusmssj3115d ago

Sadly 42% of the map is water and from what has been said there is nothing to explore underwater. The video doesn't show much but from sprint he did across nothing much was happening around.

burza19823115d ago (Edited 3115d ago )

That is the biggest worry for me. Guy just run across whole map and he encountered only a few enemies. Seriously? And secondly a very small variety of areas. All the same ,all the way.

joab7773115d ago

There's probably a ton of content though. It took me forever to do everything in Fallout 3.

ThunderPulse3115d ago

Yeah I didn't like that nothing cool happened along the way.

frostypants3115d ago

Perhaps he had it set to the nerfiest difficulty possible.

Dirtnapstor3115d ago

I'm sure doing certain things and accepting quests in game will trigger events and enemies, etc.
Not too worried, they've proven themselves with previous releases.

Randostar3115d ago

If their is nothing to explore underwater why is there a perk that lets you breath underwater? And lets you stay undetectable while submerged? http://orcz.com/Fallout_4:_...

iiorestesii3115d ago

That way you save time for more painfully awkward dialog.

Martingw3114d ago

!!!!!!!!!spoiler!!!!!!!

What are you talking about?
Nothing to do under water!!! please show us where you got that info. stupid the game have a perk aimed at underwater swimming then.
it was at night hard to tell the variety.
the monster spawn depends on the difficulty, which the video say nothing about.

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frostypants3115d ago (Edited 3115d ago )

I like the radiation storm (around the 3:07 mark, note rad spike after the lightning).

just_looken3115d ago

Maybe its just me but i am seeing alot of popins The whole church at 9 minute mark just went blurry to detailed really?

Its 2015 and we have a smaller draw distance than gta 5.

NeckBeardBSMTDweller3114d ago

Because he mentioned his PC Specs and the settings on the game....

PreAtaric3114d ago

I agree. The game itself may be incredible, but this information alone doesn't wow me. It seems kinda small, in fact.

TacticAce3115d ago

I see it this way

CD Projekt= Tons of Content

Bethesda= Fun Gameplay

Bioware= Awesome Storys

I like the fact that these companys stay in their lanes because it gives us something to look forward to as gamers every year.

kraenk123115d ago

The Bioware with that awesome stories doesn't exist anymore.

TacticAce3115d ago

You must have not played dragon age inquisition... No game had a better story last year.

Rachel_Alucard3114d ago (Edited 3114d ago )

@TacticAce

"No game had a better story then DA:I last year"

Haha good one! For a second you almost got me.

TacticAce3114d ago

Lol I bet you are going to say assasins creed unity...

Rachel_Alucard3114d ago

@TacticAce

Nothing good story wise came out of 2014. Wolfenstein is probably the only thing I can say passed a threshold. But that's just having low standards to begin with. DA:I is about as interesting as watching paint dry.

NicSage3114d ago

I really think TW3 hits all the marks you just said.
Content, Game play and Story.

alvgamin4lif3114d ago

The overall story in DAI was good. However I liked The Witcher 3 even more since the even the sidequests have an amazing story attached to them unlike the sidequests in DAI.

Mizikiel3114d ago (Edited 3114d ago )

Skyim gameplay is garbage compared to witcher 3 honestly. Bethesda is the best for exploring, but that's about all they are best at. Also in my opinion story of the witcher 3 was better than any bioware game.

Rachel_Alucard3114d ago

@nikrel
@alvgamin

Oh I would've put Witcher 3 if we're talking about anything in 2015....

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TacticAce3115d ago

At the end of the video he discovered a new location the "toy" building. If you look at where he is and where the marker in his pipboy is, that distance takes about one minute.

This makes the map considerably smaller in retrospect. With no confirmation of subways, and water that waste a good chunk of the maps space, I think this might be one of the smallest games Bethesda has made.

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UKmilitia3114d ago

gimmie this size over MGS anyday of week,was so bland the world in that game.

arkham city felt bigger

Bahamut3114d ago

I know I'm going to love this game, but still don't think it will beat Witcher 3 for GOTY. But I'm alright with that, just happy to have another Fallout game.

pivotplease3114d ago

I think I'll have to agree with you. Although I do like how Bethesda games are a lot more open-ended as far as choosing who you are. In witcher 3 you're Geralt who can occasionally steal, can't really do anything to the guards, and can sometimes choose to kill or spare someone who is morally grey. In this game, you'll have karma to contend with, you'll be able to steal, pickpocket, and kill nearly everything and one quest could have 10 different solutions just like in Fallout 3. This huge change to the variety of morality alone will make me not even consider relating the two games.

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-Foxtrot3115d ago

11 Minutes...

I've never really just walked straight on in Fallout 3 or Skyrim while timing it. Is this a good thing or a bad?

I mean the guy did sprint it

cfc783115d ago (Edited 3115d ago )

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Neonridr3115d ago

looked real time to me..

11 minutes doesn't exactly seem huge to me, but then again I guess it doesn't need to be that big if the world is exciting enough as it is.

Big_Game_Hunters3115d ago

@Neonrdir

Its not huge, W3 takes 15 mins and XCX take 32 mins.

R00bot3115d ago (Edited 3115d ago )

@Mr Lahey
Xenoblade Chronicles X, Wii U exclusive.
Map is around 400 square km (155 sq. miles).

Bansai3115d ago

Witcher takes about ~20 minutes on HORSEBACK, but only in Velen, there's also skellige, kaer mohren and white orchard - so yeah, not even comparable to that tiny map in F4.

TheBurger293114d ago

Not going to watch it, but was he sprinting or walking?

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JamesBroski3115d ago (Edited 3115d ago )

It really intrigues me as well, I'm going to try it right now on Skyrim, with non-stop sprinting, and post the results.

JamesBroski3115d ago

Took me 16 minutes, but I had to climb some mountains, skirt a few cities and got a random encounter. So remove like 2-3 minutes.

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TheBurger293114d ago

I watched someone walk corner to corner in Fallout 3 and took 1:11 to do, so im sure if you walk it will be more than 11 min in 4.

_-EDMIX-_3115d ago

"Is this a good thing or a bad?"

I don't think one can convey the quality of a open world based on such a thing. Bigger doesn't always mean better quality. At the end of the day, its about what your doing, not how large is the map.

What does size matter if the map is filled with nothingness?

antikbaka3114d ago

@Bansai

And there is nothing to do in withcer in this huge map.

pivotplease3114d ago

The water in Skellige is barren filler imo, but the rest of the game is riddled with cool caves and interestingly placed monsters and journals. I would get bored of running into monster nests and bandit camps but then suddenly I found a forest spirit that summoned a pack of level 22 wolves. The other day I found ruins that had a gargoyle and a troll or something protecting them. Had to get out of Dodge.

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JJShredder3115d ago

As long as the map is filled with interesting, dynamic content, it can take 3 minutes for all I care.....

Just give this game to me! Right meow!

crazychris41243115d ago

"This world map is confirmed to be almost 2-3x the size of Fallout 3 and bigger than the world map featured in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim."

Sounds awesome plus its filled with plenty to do.

BattleTorn3115d ago (Edited 3115d ago )

"bigger than the world map featured in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim"

How is it bigger than Skyrim, when the gif clearly shows it within?

(found answers in source comments)

Kamikaze1353115d ago

I'd take a small map with lots of content over big empty maps any day.

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Fallout 4 – Next Gen Update 2 Notes

A new update is now available for Fallout 4. This update adds the ability to manage your control over graphic fidelity or performance and addresses some further stability and visual issues.

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Tacoboto1d 12h ago

How nice of them to give us more control over graphical settings as a way to *completely* avoid taking accountability for the broken Xbox settings.

bondsmx1d 9h ago

Well, I still crashed like 5 times last night within two hours. So there’s that.

anast15h ago

I had to stop. The game is not good. I'd rather play Skyrim and that game isn't that good either.

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I Think It's About Time We Realize Fallout 4 Wasn't That Bad

Ahmed from eXputer: "2015's Fallout 4 received harsh criticism upon launching, but I think it was unwarranted and the game deserves more praise than it got."

helicoptergirl6d ago

It was totally that bad. I couldn't finish the campaign it was so bland and boring as I recall. Got so sick of it. 1000 stimpaks on hard. It is very rare that I play half a game and then just quit. I usually always finish it. But i was so bored with this game I just stopped and never went back and never regretted it. Just thinking about that game makes me shudder

Furesis6d ago

That's exactly what happened to me too lmao
Fallout 4 is not a fallout game period it's a bethesda game

Vits6d ago

The comparison with Skyrim is mind-boggling. Yes, Skyrim has streamlined many of the systems that Morrowind introduced. However, it did not tamper with the core of the Elder Scrolls franchise; it did not diminish the freedom and sense of exploration that made Bethesda RPGs famous. Fallout 4, on the other hand, did exactly that to the Fallout series. It eliminated what made Fallout such a beloved series to play. There are no consequences for your choices, no reason to explore, and barely any interesting set pieces in the game.

It's not terrible, but it's a painfully mediocre game in a franchise that typically doesn't produce such mediocrity. So that is why people see it as bad, the bar is just much higher.

anast6d ago

They both feel the same because they are, it's just that one has swords and magic and the other has swords and guns.

anast6d ago

I'm replaying it now. It sucks. I'm about 30 hours in and thinking about quitting again. I am so tired of the dialogue I just spam a random button because it doesn't matter. The upgrade just feels like a graphical mod, everything else is not good.

Good-Smurf6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

I couldn't play the game as-is it was insanely boring and grindy and the grind itself are not fun at all.
Mods helped me stomach the game a bit better but after a while I just stopped playing and uninstalled it because the game did nothing after the first few hours to give me any motivation to keep playing it, it just became a mindless looter shooter with obsession in settlement building and defending.
Compared to F3 and FNV, F4 was barely a mediocre game it wasn't bad but it's also very forgettable entry.

MrDead6d ago

It's not that bad after 300+ mods that fix it's issues and make the game fun... but lets not talk about mods right now as they are f****d.

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Interview on Fallout 4 with the Actor for Nick Valentine, Codsworth & Mr Handy (Stephen Russell)

Interview with Stephen Russell, Actor for (Nick Valentine, Codsworth, My Handy) in Fallout 4 which is a vast open world role playing game set in the apocalyptic wastes of Boston, the Commonwealth. The career goes further with other Bethesda games from Starfield to Prey to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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