I had a look at this in person and I've got to say it has some of the worst graphics I've seen on next-gen consoles. What were they thinking?
Gaming Fallout 4
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Some parts of it are straight up ugly. The face animations in particular are a joke. Tbf though, there are some nice weather effects in the game.
This guy to me seems a bit ignorant when there are so many people who tell about performance issues.
Btw, the reason i look into this thread despite no former experience with fallout, and no plans to buy fallout 4 is because the concept seems interesting.
Kind of like how I enjoy watching people build, raid and do stuff in Ark, but i find playing the game myself rather boring.
Btw, the reason i look into this thread despite no former experience with fallout, and no plans to buy fallout 4 is because the concept seems interesting.
Kind of like how I enjoy watching people build, raid and do stuff in Ark, but i find playing the game myself rather boring.
I don't think it looks too bad
It's mental. Zooming in on the distance just gives some hideous amorphous blob. I might be overestimating Skyrim's graphics, but Fallout 4 appears to have made very little progress since then.
Relatively bad graphics you can put up with, but to compound that with the frame-rate issues... It's just incredibly shoddy. I was in a room with some mire lurks - literally three of them - and the game was stuttering and stalling.
Still, it looks like it's pretty much following the same Fallout formula so I'm sure it'll be fun. I'll definitely be buying it.
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It is fun.
Outside with the atmospheric effects it's ok, but the texturing alone is shocking, it's actually splattered with lower-res textures than the 360/ps3 could deal with. The indoor lighting and shadowing is similar, they are using identical settings to those in Skyrim, it's pretty much a joke.
Plus the sluggish framerates really affect the gunplay, and since they stripped it down, that's the most important thing.
It's not even doing that. The conversation system alone makes the whole thing different and less fun. You literally make no choices, just sort of get through them and then go with the outcome.
Such a shame.
15 hours in and I've just got to Diamond City. The game is really starting to open up and I'm getting quests left right and centre, after an initially fairly narrow path at the start (or so it seemed to me).
same here, I had no more than 4 quests at a time then suddenly I have about 20
The only choices you get now is to increase the amount of bottle caps you get for quests. Such a backwards step.
I met a crucial story character and had zero choice in what I could do. Dialogue is really bad
Another baffling thing
The baby version of Shaun was black and now that he's a bit older he's completely white? Does he just look the same for everyone...pretty dumb
Yesterday was my first extended play time with it. It's fun, it's Fallout and I can't complain. Yes, in an ideal world it would better. Dived into the whole world building for the first time yesterday, got kinda hooked afterwards.
So I finally caved in and downloaded it today. Only had time to play a few hours but it really is a damned ugly game. Too soon for any graphical improvement mods? High texture packs ect?
Is there anything decent I can do with my settlement. I've enjoyed building it up but can I get them to do something useful for me? Make money or materials etc
I don't seem to get attacked at all
I don't seem to get attacked at all
I toyed around with this settlement thing but really, it's so cumbersome to build anything, the whole thing is just clunky. Just like the entire UI, especially the map and the inventory. Really, is it too much to ask that they create a decent UI in 2015? It's amazing how crap it still is.
On the other hand, I like the lack of item degradation - I never really understood why that's a thing at all, it never made any game fun - and that you can see what's inside containers before opening them.
On the other hand, I like the lack of item degradation - I never really understood why that's a thing at all, it never made any game fun - and that you can see what's inside containers before opening them.
I loved the settlement side of things. If you persist you can get really creative and make some pretty nifty bases. My current favourite is my three story base on top of the Red Rocket gas station.
I always find out I spend half my time using some dreadful melee weapon because I keep running out of ammo, or getting close to doing so.
Is there a trick to avoid this or somewhere specifically to find loads of ammo?
Is there a trick to avoid this or somewhere specifically to find loads of ammo?
Anyone gone to see Virgil yet? The trip there is intense.
Thanks.
Settlement is at 10 people right now. Food -25 Water - Around 50 Defence - 28
Got quite a lot of materials now except oil.
I also enjoy Nick ValentineYou've actually enjoyed something from this game
Nice, remember to assign people to the stores and scavenger station too. Also if you have a water purifier or too, you can sell the extra water it generates for caps as well
I've only played like 8 hours of this the past few days and I've got to be honest, I'm not impressed. The graphics and UI are poor, the dialogue wheel makes me want to bang my head against a wall, and the environment feels incredibly boring. I don't think I'll be playing this game too much.
If Mama Murphy doesn't shut up about "The Sight", she's going to get a barb wire baseball bat in planted in her skull. Predict that.
She's very irritating I'm thinking of a way to kill her off myself
I've tried to kill her before and it doesn't work.
I can't seem to get more than 10 settlers despite having a charisma of around 8. I've got loads of food, water and beds....
Any idea what the icon in top right is about? I've been to the doctor, cured my addictions, rads and health.
Pip boy shows something is up with my left arm but don't know what exactly and how to fix it
Pip boy shows something is up with my left arm but don't know what exactly and how to fix it
You're crippled! In previous games you could apply a stimpak to a specific limb. Haven't actually been crippled yet so not sure if it's the same in 4.
Thanks, that makes sense. Pretty sure I'll be able to apply one from the screen in the second screenshot after clicking x. Just need to get a stimpak now
Got a few stimpaks now. Tried to apply it from the screen but didn't heal me :/
It should heal automatically if you use a stimpak. Also I think it heals if you sleep so just find a bed
Tried all but didn't work. Googled and saw a few other people had same issue. Someone crippled both their legs and ended up having to use an older save
http://steamcommunity.com/app/377160/discussions/0/496881136899855493/#p2
This is why I have like 40 saves now. Something will always mess up in this game engine
Do dead bodies ever disappear? I killed a traders brahmin which managed to get stuck in a door of my settlement. The corpse has been there for days.
I think they do but it might not if its in a settlement. You can move stuff by holding X/A while looking at it. Not sure if a Brahmin will be too big to move though so maybe try some explosives
In starting to hate this game!! Been stuck on the streets of Boston and dying over and over and over again by stupid super mutants near valentine!!!! Any tips on combat?!
Shoot them in the face.
Thanks will give it a try.
Depending on your level and what weapons you have you may be better off leaving them for another time. They were way too high a level when I first went into that area.