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Fallout 4's detailed E3 showing leaves rivals looking meagre [RPG Site / E3]

RPG Site writes: So, sure - Fallout 4 looks pretty damn good. Who would've guessed? The real shocker, though, is the confidence and breadth with which Bethesda chose to present it - something that, honestly, makes other companies look a little silly.

gosukyomomma3253d ago

It means small unless youre being sarcastic i can never bloody tell on this site lol

thekhurg3253d ago (Edited 3253d ago )

What a joke article. People can pump up Fallout all they want or whatever other RPG is their favorite. But stuff like this is nonsense.

Nothing in the Fallout 4 reveal showed anything to rival Witcher 3 in what is most important about a RPG.

The immersion, quests and story.

Now, I'm fully aware that journalists and gamers around the world take the bait from Bethesda, hook line and sinker each time they go on and on about the billions of unimportant things that you can do in their games.

But truth be told, their games are incredibly large and rather lifeless worlds. Could Fallout 4 be different? Absolutely. But nothing in their reveal says as much.

One of the key points of Todd's speech was when he said they were still focusing on doing anything you wanted. That makes me think level scaling is still in their gameplay portfolio. That sucks all immersion right out of any open world RPG. You've been in a vault for 200 years, you mean to tell me nothing on the surface has gotten strong over that time?

They also did not address anything quest related in regards to their long history of pounding the gamer with hundreds of fetch quests with nearly zero content in them. CD Projekt Red proved that you can fill a game with compelling main quests AND side quests.

So yeah, lets hold off on crowning Fallout 4 with the best thing ever made until it actually gets in the hands of gamers and they experience this style of game now that CDPR has shown how much better an open world experience can be.

Omnisonne3253d ago

@thekhurg

I agree the article is abit exaggerated perhaps. Though where they lift the game up based on just one trailer, you're downplaying it based on the same information. Which is kind of the opposite, but not entirely fair either no?

The F4 presentation did show some really cool (new) things, from the character creation sculpting to custom house/base building. Todd mentioned more features will be shown down the road, so I think people have every reason to be excited.

Wether the game falls into your taste or not remains to be seen. Come to think of it, The Witcher 3 (although I'm in love with it) had a similar reception before its release

Palitera3253d ago

Something tells mr that thekhurg didn't play previous Fallout games...

For instance, he would know that several nuclear holocausts happened after the vaults were sealed. And that tech evolved, culture not so much. And that some side quests take you to very unique places and settings. Just as examples.

bnoyes3252d ago

Who knows what I meant when I posted this. I was pretty into my cups last night and must have posted it before I went to bed. I'm not even sure if I was being serious, but either way, I'm glad I passed out before doing much more damage.

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joab7773253d ago

It's an understatement to say how great the new crafting system will be. Yeah, fallout, Skyrim and even TW3 have a ton of loot, but alot of it is useless. I guess TW3 has alot of useful stuff, and you learn to take or leave what you want.

But this is on a whole not her level. Again TW3 allows selling of mats, as he it wouldn't make sense for him to break down mats and create items. He isn't a blacksmith. Bit in Fallout, you have to learn to survive. And now we can break everything down, and create exactly what we want. It will work well to, b/c I imagine the absurd leveling system of enemies is back leaving character leveling a moot point. What weapon you use and craft is more of a role playing decision than a tactical one.

And settlements are very cool. I liked having a house, but why wouldn't you start to make your mark? If only enemies didn't level with you lol!

camel_toad3253d ago (Edited 3253d ago )

Yeh I thought the same thing about the new crafting/loot system. All that crap in fallout thats only good for bloating inventory and selling now has a functional purpose. And the settlements? Whaaaaat? Gonna be great.

Father__Merrin3253d ago

I hope this destroys witcher 3

rextraordinaire3253d ago

While I love Fallout, I have a feeling tgat Horizon will take the spot as next year's best open world RPG...

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AP3253d ago

I imagine it will take the spot as NEXT YEAR'S best open world RPG, since Fallout is this year ;)

medman3253d ago (Edited 3253d ago )

I'll be honest, I'm a big Fallout fan. But I watched the conferences and Horizon Zero Dawn was by far my fav of the entire show. Now will it be as deep in progression and world detail as Fallout? Doubtful. But it doesn't have to be. The premise, the world, the main character, the lore....all stunning, almost beyond belief. It was definitely the game that shocked me the most.

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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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Tacoboto3d 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.

bondsmx2d ago

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

anast2d 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."

helicoptergirl8d 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

Furesis8d ago

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

Vits8d 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.

anast8d 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.

anast8d 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-Smurf8d ago (Edited 8d 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.

MrDead8d 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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