Fallout 4 Pre-Release Discussion [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

Went to check out the GOG sale and one of the first things was a deal on Fallout 4 for $42.

 

[darthaegis]

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?posts/3949374/
Thread here already.
EDIT: fucking merges

 

[darthaegis]

They could have a Fallout sale right about now ffs. Haven't played New Vegas yet.

 

[pippin]

Would explain some of those leaked documents about "The Institute" from 2013.


The player character may do the intro instead of Ron. Maybe he's somewhere else in the game.

That actually sounds as if you were the Overseer. That would mean the player character had the Sneering Imperialist tagged by default, and, sadly, it actually fits more with the BoS mindset than anything Beth could make.

Flying ships from jRPGs, Bethesda sure knows their modern audience

If they really wanted to ape jrpgs, they would include a town full of lolis. They kinda did that in 3.

What in the actual fuck is this thing supposed to be? Even the zeppelin kind of makes sense. But this thing, what the fuck.

Is this really surprising though? ...

Spoiler

[ /spoiler]

Tactics had ghouls worshipping an atomic bomb. NV had more ghouls using giant toy rockets as their ticket to the promised land. Crazy people have always been there, my real problem is that you die from rads but this guy won't. He's not even being ghoulified.

 

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

Would explain some of those leaked documents about "The Institute" from 2013.

The player character may do the intro instead of Ron. Maybe he's somewhere else in the game.

That document is interesting if true, firstly because it suggests the game will be set earlier in the timeline than Fallout 1 but also because a pre-made character, surely, goes against the Bethesda Formula™ which is guaranteed to rake in the cash.

Maybe he's somehow put into suspended animation during the bomb drop itself? Would explain the frequent flashbacks; he knows what this shit all looked like before. Now he's watching a bunch of barely literate savages hack it apart to cobble together homes out of stop signs and powered by leaky generators.




"I'm looking for my family...."

 

[Don Peste]

In case you didn't get anything:

http://fallout.gamepedia.com/Blog:N...e_Home_-_Trailer_analysis_and_summary#Summary

• The entire trailer appears to be shot using in-engine assets.
• The theme music is The Ink Spots' It's All Over But the Crying
• The game is set in the Commonwealth, around the former city of Boston. The Paul Revere statue from North End is a dead giveaway.
• Diamond City, which appears to be built around Boston's largest stadium, appears to be a major location and faction in the game.
• Other locations in the trailer include Bunker Hill, Scollay Square Olympia Theater, the Memory Den club and the Massachussetts State House.
• A separate mention goes to the USS Constitution, which appears to have wound up in a bank after a rocket-boosted voyage. Thanks to Will van Horn for pointing this out!
• The inclusion of pre-War sequences indicates a playable tutorial sequence set before the Great War. This may also indicate that the game may be set shortly after the war.
• The protagonist is an inhabitant of Vault 111 - and appears to be fully voiced. The PIP-Boy 3000 will once again be the UI for the game. The jumpsuit is much less loose and more form fitting, like the original Fallout jumpsuits.
• There will be a canine companion.
• New Vertibird variants appear, including a transport version with an open cargo hold. The player will use it at one point or another in the story.
• Giant armored zeppelins will appear, allied with whomever operates the new Vertibirds.
• The T-45d in the garage indicates that power armor customization and/or repairs may be included. Note that the soldier in the Vertibird has mismatched power armor components - arm from the T-45d, but pauldron from the T-51b.
• Of course, there will be new weapons added. Among these, it seems there's a makeshift rifle.

Spoiler

 

[Gerrard]

Ron Perlman sounded really bored in that trailer.

*sigh* "War never changes. Where's my paycheck?"

Youtube comment, easy target but...

The bar has been raised, folks.

IS THAT THE PLAYER CHARACTER AT THE END?! And, also, DID HE JUST TALK?!?!

Holy shit guys, MC WITH A VOICE! INNOVEYSHUN!

>mfw

 

[AW8]

 

[Brotherman Bill]

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?posts/3949374/
Thread here already.

Why on earth is this in GRPG?

 

[Immortal]

-snip-

It's funny because I actually bought those screenshots until I read the author names.. Liar McShill

 

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

Edit: You got me you bastards.



@ieatsdoritos? FFS.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Bethesda should have handed the development over to Obsidian, and sat back and counted the money as publisher. I can't see them ever making a game as good as New Vegas.

 

[Avellion]

Really? The graphics are what concerns you? Sure, because bethesder got the lore, tone and key game mechanics so well the last time. You can clearly see, that they will do Fallout justice, what with the most importantestest aspect of the series - the doge! A simple Road Warrior / A Boy and His Dog reference from FO1 is now going to be the central focus of the game. A pet system. Good. Good.

Good.

And how the hell did central Boston survive the bombs? In NV it took a lot of setting up how much it took House to keep Vegas from getting nuked. So how is it that the Revere statue and that colonial era building are still in good condition?? (not american myself, so not sure what that building is)

Though, to be fair, if there will be a "home base" type of mechanic as seen at the end of the trailer - that would be nice. And the decker-type noire trenchcoat dude looks kind of kewl. And a pet system.

Good.

I will wait to see how horribly they butcher the lore before I complain. My complaints about hte lore now would obviously not to the lore rape "justice". Because Bethesda's team is guaranteed to rape the lore harder than they would in my worst nightmares.

 

[Morgoth]

That's nothing. Check out the dedicated website: http://fallout4.com/

Why is this site not loading for me?

 

[darthaegis]

That's nothing. Check out the dedicated website: http://fallout4.com/

Why is this site not loading for me?

servers can't contain the hype

 

[darthaegis]

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?posts/3949374/
Thread here already.

Why on earth is this in GRPG?

Because there is no FO4 10/10 GOTY subforum yet

Spoiler

 

[omega21]

Since we see the family in that house trying to gain entry to the vault, how much are you willing to bet you play some dude tasked with finding something to do with their prewar life?

Ignoring the fact that this happened, fuck, more than 2 centuries ago; I'm sure the house is still standing, right guys?

 

[Catfish]

I will wait to see how horribly they butcher the lore before I complain. My complaints about hte lore now would obviously not to the lore rape "justice". Because Bethesda's team is guaranteed to rape the lore harder than they would in my worst nightmares.

Don't you think it would be best to burn out and save yourself the breakdown when the actual game comes out?

 

[Curlbrah]

Because Bethesda's team is guaranteed to rape the lore harder than they would in my worst nightmares.

Spoiler

 

[tuluse]

there will be a group that worships the redsocks, except they cant call it the redsocks because major league baseball will sue them so they will be the redsmocks

They're going to be the Fenway Sluggers or something very close to it. I can just feel it.

Turns out it's the Swatters. I was so close.

 

[Zeronet]

More gems incomming from kotaku

See the guys in armour there? That’s the Enclave, policing who can and cannot get into the vault. Spoilers: most people could not secure vault space...but it’s difficult to feel bad, considering the vaults were actually just glorified testing labs. I digress.

Also keeps calling Vertibirds, Vertiberds. I thought it was a typo, but it happens repeatedly.

 

[Orma]

check the chat http://www.twitch.tv/bethesda

All i see is ''Let's go pal FrankerZ'' spam

 

[Lemming42]

More gems incomming from kotaku

See the guys in armour there? That’s the Enclave, policing who can and cannot get into the vault. Spoilers: most people could not secure vault space...but it’s difficult to feel bad, considering the vaults were actually just glorified testing labs. I digress.

I want to laugh but it's actually making me angry, I thought I stopped getting angry over videogames years ago.

 

[Gruncheon]

wow fantastic another trip through the themepark of post-apocalyptica hey is that a rocketship wow random why would that be there my gravelly-voiced military main character sure does have some interesting crackerbarrel ruminations about war

 

[Rostere]

You can argue all you want, but in the end you'll buy it anyways.

I sure as hell will not. Every prestigious, self-respecting person should abstain from giving money to Bethesda after what they did to Fallout.