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

[DeepOcean]

Bashing a game you don't like is one thing.

Spoiling the game for everyone for no reason is pure faggotry.

Actually the faggotry started when Besthesda bought the Fallout IP, we are just watching the shit show and looking with macabre scientific curiosity towards those strange beings who for some reason think Fallout 3 and 4 are good games to be spoiled.

 

[Villagkouras]

Spoilers are cheap no matter how good a game/movie/book is.

 

[Black]

You misspelled "how bad".

 

[Somberlain]

then he might not be able to afford stuffing his face and it might save his life.

But then again, world might be a better place without these internet gaming personality faggots.

 

[upwardlymobile]

if bethesda hadn't written a sophomoric plot-twist centric story that can be summarized in one line then it being spoiled in one line wouldn't be a problem

 

[Fairfax]

Spoilers are cheap no matter how good a game/movie/book is.

Research shows spoilers actually enhance the experience. They'll enjoy that turd more than they would've otherwise, and we get some laughs while they throw a fit. Everybody wins.

 

[Black]

 

[shihonage]

You gotta celebrate, people! Fallout 4 is the most innovative Call of Duty title we've seen in years!

 

[Ausdoerrt]

Am I the only one who thinks that they did the thing with androids because they couldn't come up with a story and decided to copy ideas out of other recent games, like they usually do?

 

[Black]

I honestly think they're just that incompetent. It takes a real fucking bethesda moron to look at Fallout and come up with "yup, this is about family and family values alright". And they did it twice now.

 

[Orma]

Amusingly/disappointingly, when I watched that release trailer I found myself getting super psyched to play the game, and then I realized, wow, that inspiring patriotic soundtrack is really doing its job distracting me emotionally from what I'm seeing.

:patriot:

 

[Lemming42]

Am I the only one who thinks that they did the thing with androids because they couldn't come up with a story and decided to copy ideas out of other recent games, like they usually do?

They just wanted to make a game about androids and their theoretical duty to stick to the Fallout setting wasn't going to stop them.

 

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

No sir, that particular shade of green didn't tell me exactly where to go. Nor does the name of the artist sound familiar enough that I found it in under fifteen seconds.




Nope.

 

[shihonage]

Am I the only one who thinks that they did the thing with androids because they couldn't come up with a story and decided to copy ideas out of other recent games, like they usually do?

Androids are the smartest move Bethesda has done yet, because their dialogue was always written in a way where you can't imagine a live human actually saying it.

 

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

Am I the only one who thinks that they did the thing with androids because they couldn't come up with a story and decided to copy ideas out of other recent games, like they usually do?

They've had that bug up their ass since Fallout 3 considering The Replicated Man.

 

[Infinitron]

Wait, MacReady? The kid from Little Lamplight?

 

[abnaxus]

More like Milfout 4

 

[Zombra]

Am I the only one who thinks that they did the thing with androids because they couldn't come up with a story and decided to copy ideas out of other recent games, like they usually do?

One of them liked Blade Runner so they did that whole stupid side quest, which had nothing to do with the series to that point, in Fallout 3. Then yeah, they still couldn't come up with an original story for the sequel, so they ripped themselves off* and did "find your dad" again and "that Blade Runner thing I guess?" again.

*different from artistically embellishing the series' now established themes

 

[WhiteGuts]

Looking for family/significant other is an extremely overused hook in fiction in general, and especially in videogames. It has become almost as annoying as the Chosen One type of trope. It's also very weak and uninspired because you have no reason to give a fuck as a player other than "family".

Also, it allows them to develop a world that doesn't have to "make sense" since you're just passing through.

 

[Bradylama]

I honestly think they're just that incompetent. It takes a real fucking bethesda moron to look at Fallout and come up with "yup, this is about family and family values alright". And they did it twice now.

They actually don't care about Fallout's themes at all. It's basic hack screenwriting 101. The easiest way to avoid having to characterize your protagonist is to make him or her a family man or woman, then put their kid in danger. Because everybody on the planet has a family, it makes them instantly relatable.

 

[pippin]

Shadman is an ok guy. He was literally kicked out of Switzerland's whole tertiary educational system because of his degeneracy. Then he want to the army and got to drive fuking tanks.
Anyway, just a reminder: keep the names and sites who gave Rage mediocre ratings at hand. And then compare them to the upcoming reviews for Fallout 4.

 

[Zombra]

They actually don't care about Fallout's themes at all. It's basic hack screenwriting 101. The easiest way to avoid having to characterize your protagonist is to make him or her a family man or woman, then put their kid in danger. Because everybody on the planet has a family, it makes them instantly relatable.

So stupid. (Them, not you.) I related so much better to my Skyrim characters because they let me project my own motivations onto them. Somehow I imagined Bethesda had learned their lesson after "You care deeply about Liam Neeson ... shut up! Yes you do!!" didn't really fly; but instead of sticking with what worked in Skyrim - the blank slate - now they've compounded their mistake from F3 by voicing the protagonist in F4. Not only am I supposed to be invested in finding some kid I'm told I have, I'm also supposed to be excited to play as Blando Everyface, the Character With No Character.

 

[Markman]

The german guy is still playing http://www.twitch.tv/psych0d0g
No ding dong bannu yet?

The game is ugly as fuck for a shooter in 2015.

 

[pippin]

Just as a reference, The Pitt has you rescuing a baby... However, you do get to choose if you want to kill or save this baby. This is supposed to have a consecuence, but I can't remember how deep it was.

 

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

Streamer cannot into run-jumping.