/cog/ - Traditional & Video Gaming

So map is about the same size as Skyrim is maybe a bit smaller since it doesn't have the high mountains you have to scale down.

Also just from the jog one player took through the game map (11 minutes diagonal from top corner to bottom most traversal spot) There appeared to be another place that you could "dock" your Power Armor that they ran past.

And some screen shots show that you can swap and customize the parts. Suit appears to take damage apart from the player and you'll have to "dismount" in order to repair and replace parts.

Many of the areas they ran past looked like they opened up into the world proper with no loading, don't know if that is a good or bad thing for exploration though.

Overall it doesn't look too bad. Now its just a waiting game to see how the PC port holds up I guess.

I don't mind the state of graphics because I just never had particularly high graphics standards anyway. I'm just wondering if it'll be as glitchy as the last one, since I tend to think whatever I'm about to do is too obvious and go in some other direciton, which in Fallout 3 lead to everything breaking and things seemingly happening out of order.

>>198116
Also that memory leak problem that would cause the game to slow terribly and/or crash every so often. Hope they have better bug crushers this time.

>>198118
This links me to an FBI warning saying that they took down the site.

>>198131
That's... odd. It was a dude streaming PC Fallout 4.

Better to just remove the link in that case though!

>>198131
>>198133
>using the FBI to shut down a stream of someone playing your game
Great way to convince me not to play it!

>>198136
I somehow doubt that's exactly what happened.

I'm still not paying anything over 10 for FO4 but I don't think Bethesda is using the feds.

>>198133
The game has an embargo on it's embargo.
Which to me is pretty disquieting.

>>198138
Well the Fallout Purist likely won't be happy that skills have been wiped completely. And now its some kinda DnD 3.5 and on combo of Stats and selected perks.

F4 is sounding pretty shitty, especially if the ending spoilers are true

>>198163

Pretty much the inverse of Fallout 3 thinking its clever some reason having the father look for his son instead, least we know why you couldn't change the baby's gender

>>198163
A AAA game shit at launch?
And by Befesta noless.

Nooo~
You dont say?!

>>198165

But not to worry I'm sure they'll bring it up to a decent standard. Meaning the Modders fixing what Bethesda left broken because they knew modders would do their job for them. Like getting rid of that shit placeholder UI.

But isn't it traditional for fallout to be janky?
Buggy messes from the very first one.

Also did not know that Jim has the same sexuality as me.
//youtube.com/watch?v=dMUBqXkijAw
Weird huh.

>>198170
As nice as he makes it knowing Bethesda its more they couldn't be bothered to add those particular flags that would cause relationships to conflict or the dialog have a NPC address the PCs multiple partners, seems like you can't even initiate a romantic interlude just "assume" that it happens with an XP bonus.

Didn't know about Dragon Age having a FtM in the game and a MtF in the comics, now that is interesting.

>>198171
Yeah, that's how I felt about it too. Maybe he's just that desperate for that bit of acknowledgement, but it honestly seems like laziness more than progressiveness, considering the game's other problems.

>>198174
>complete the quests blow through till you hit the levels for the romance option. Dialog resets to neutral after romance is completed.

This isn't a bioware game where at least you'll get extra dialog that'll kick in as you progress

>>198174
https://unicornbooty.com/fallout-4-impresses-with-queer-romance-polyamory/

Yea even ones with a lean toward things put that in perspective.

Fallout 4 sounds pretty damn terrible

Not even the return of liberty prime can gimmick me into approving this game, instead it just further points out how much it retreads 3 and when it isn't doing that its adding some terrible new stuff of its own.

>>198189
Thats been a thing in a lot of reviews, does a lot of interesting things but really nothing new. And on consoles the game engine is showing its age.

Seen some people reading Fallout 4 as Fallout 3 Enhanced Edition. Which I think is perfectly fine. (In part because Fallout 3 is unplayable on a modern PC)

Aside from Curie the companions are pretty lame this time around.

>>198223
They suit the game well.

>>198223
Isn't that kind of a long term Bethesda staple, though?

>>198225
p much, always seems to be one good companion, a sweet robot and dogmeat while the rest are shit.

Isn't that usually the mix. Though Mass Effect tips that balance since it overall has the squad being good I think because they operate as a unit and actually have a rapport, has helped the Dragon Age games as well. That I'll give to Bioware that they have their NPCs feel as if they exist with each other and not isolated to their own vacuum.

Fallout has always had that problem a bit.

>>198484
Nice if you could get clothing or perks to get Dogmeat to refine their choices in pickups and finds.

Doggie Swat Vest =More Ammo

Medic Attire St.Bearnard Barrel = More Meds

FBI Vest= More "Illegal" Drugs

I'm only a bit into the game, but I have to say I'm enjoying the classical music channel way more than I thought I would. It keeps matching the atmosphere of what's going on REALLY well.

Explosions are looking pretty good. Any mods that enhance the gameplay yet?

>>198562
There's one that makes speech checks deterministic instead of partially based on chance.

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2100/?

And another one that shows you the full dialogue choice instead of a one-word description.

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1235/?

What an old dusty thread.
I can't believe that Fallout 76 turned out to be even worse than Fallout 4... and Starfield is looking like it will be an equally shitty shooter 'rpg' that is a midpoint between Bethesda Fallouts and Skyrim.

Its depressing that they are able to keep on pushing out these low-effort games forever.

>>198196
>And on consoles the game engine is showing its age
The bad engine they will never stop using, with just the most minor of tweaks.

>>423500
>Fallout 76 turned out to be even worse than Fallout 4
What about Fallout 5 to 75?

>>423503
I guess my joke was too subtle for you.

>>423504
Its hard to get sarcastic wit across in plain text. But in the end better to be safe than sorry.

Gamerpoop: Fallout 4 (#4)

Anyone seen the new series for fallout?

>>425934
I've heard its shit, particularly the setting writing in it.

Don't know if its more shit than the Halo live-action series.