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Fallout 4 - Game of the Year Edition - September 26
- Thread starter Theorry
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Where is the lie?
His Majesty
Banned
BAFTA actually did. Also Jim Sterling gave it 9.5. Never forget.
Se_7_eN
Member
I love Todd, and the games him and his team have brought us, but yes...
IcyRhythms
Member
"Fallout 4 is the studio's weakest RPG yet" is what that should say.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
That Fallout 4 was ambitious in any way. It's a testament to Bethesda's inability to evolve or grow as a studio.
aygomyownroad
Member
Still play it and think its amazing. The Settlement builder and mods really sucked me in.
But it is a dramatic let down in terms of the Role playing elements.
But it is a dramatic let down in terms of the Role playing elements.
Alpha Phoenix
Member
Wow, finally. Took them long enough.
Every decision is your own, except in Fallout 4 SARCASM, YES and NO all mean the same thing anyway 99% of the time.
His Majesty
Banned
Also the game is not ambitious. It's derivative and mediocre in nearly every single way.
IcyRhythms
Member
In terms of things you can do, tons of quests, and all of those objects you can move around in some of the environments, it's ambitious in that regard...I guess?
Truer words have never been spoken. We get all the Skyrim memes and shittalking. Yet, Skyrim Remaster was one of the best selling games last year.
They sell much, much better than AC games. You can basically take all the other (non Bethesda) popular console RPGs from last gen and they sold less than Skyrim.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Nope, I do. I understand these games sell very well, like how Assassins Creed sells very well while still being bad.
DagnastyEp
Member
It was my 2015 GOTY. I did, and still do, think it's a great game.
Because Bethesda games still offer an open world sandbox RPG experience that no one else in the industry has to offer. And this one comes with all DLC and can be modded like any good Bethesda game. Even on console.
Just like Skyrim: SE proved. There is always an appeal.
As for FO4 itself, it's a weak Fallout game, but serviceable enough as a Bethesda game. If one is looking to experience it again, I definitely recommending jumping into the ocean of mods available. There are some stellar mods that have been made by the community that really enhance the game. Plus, Far Harbor is a very good DLC and probably one of Bethesda's best that show they are capable of making a good story for Fallout somewhere in that dumb noggin of their's.
Despite this game's massive shortcomings, I can recommend someone to get this edition. Plenty of fun to be had.
texhnolyze
Banned
IcyRhythms
Member
The game has a lot of value, there is definitely a lot of fun to be had, but this game is so far removed from great RPG elements that it's not even funny. That's the only "hating" I have for the game.
StriKeVillain
Banned
Finally. Will pick up on PC.
Spacecowboy77
Member
Game is awesome
I still play it with tons of mods, Sim Settlements and Horizon specifically are game changers
Have high hopes for Fallout Cascadia as well
I still play it with tons of mods, Sim Settlements and Horizon specifically are game changers
Have high hopes for Fallout Cascadia as well
SirNinja
Member
The GAF bubble in particular is bad on this one. One would think 4 was among the worst games of the year if they only remained inside ours.
The usual suspects always show up, every single thread, to drive by and remind everyone how shit the game is. They almost always state it as though it were a fact, naturally. Fortunately I'm still usually too busy playing Survival mode to care.
Lots of places i imagine, it was really very good. GAF just exaggerates the negativity. Yes it had it's flaws, but no game is perfect.
They're just referring to the Pro patch.
My first thought as well.
firenskill2000
Member
People dont read OP #4,200,500
Spacecowboy77
Member
And the Official High Resolution Texture Pack for PC I imagine
Iriscomeback
Member
Cool, is the DLC good? Or a mixed bag?
Lord of Castamere
Member
Hopefully, that means we'll see some discounts on the dlc this fall.
MisterR
Member
I think it's a good game, but over Witcher 3, Bloodborne or even MGSV? Nah. I should still play the DLC's. Bummed that I have to buy the game again, if I want to play the VR version someday :/
It's one of those things like giving out Emmys and stuff, they are always behind in recognition and in backlash. Fallout 4 got big reviews on hype and franchise recognition, Fallout 5 will pay the price with the backlash, unless they really step up their game.
Far Harbor is probably the best of the bunch, the rest is mostly workshop garbage so depending on how much that appeals to you YMMV. Nuka World is a bunch of shitty combat encounters/collection quests scattered over a kind of OK looking map. And there's a really fucking stupid Fallout 2 callback included.
This was my experience with the FO3 CE. The lunchbox is nice and has survived, but the pipboy clock that came with had a broken stand out of the box and died within a week. Last time I'll ever give extra for a BGS product. FO4 was a gmg purchase for me and I doubt I'll ever go back to anything BGS proper puts out barring some major changes in their template.
Megatron
Member
They must let him use their games in his videos. If they didnt he would have punished them with a low score.
Deadpool_X
Banned
Kinda was hoping to see a Switch version announcement, but I get it. It's an easy bundle for systems that already have all the content.
Phrozenflame500
Member
KingdomHeartsFan
Member
I was gonna wait for the complete edition to come out before buying Fallout 4 but then I heard the DLC wasn't that great anyway so I just bought the regular version.
Far Harbor is probably the only one that is a true expansion and is really good. Only one quest in it is a real blunder, but that's about it.
Automatron offers a cool little questline but its short-lived. The rest of the focus is on the robot building.
All of the workshop DLC is focused entirely on settlements but they each focus on their own gimmick that you may or may not be interested in even if you are fond of the settlement building. Although some of them still offer some cool stuff to build with on the side. For example, the Wasteland Workshop gives you concrete structures to build with.
Nuka World offers a new cool environment to explore, but it eventually ends up focusing on settlement building but as a raider. Very mixed.
Overall, uh, Far Harbor is really good? Fallout 4's DLC is definitely some of Bethesda's weakest. Too much of it is focused on offering one single gimmick and not content that can just appeal to everyone.
Duchess O'Death
Member
lol. AC games are great!
*quietly raises hand* I've been putting time into my old save over the past few weeks, randomly went to it off the backlog one day and will probably finish it soon.
GOTY edition is presumptuous marketing and I agree about 2017 being a great year, but there's still something to the Bethesda open world gameplay loop that's comforting. Finish off a few quests, get into a couple of decent skirmishes, make a little progression, rinse and repeat.
I still appreciate aspects of the formula while recognizing its staleness overwhelms the good in FO4. There's fewer narrative highs, exploration is drab, pathfinding and inventory management is frustrating, and the protagonist/conversation system dials back any semblance of roleplaying to a disappointing degree. The cracks are showing, but there's still value and fun to be had if you're in the mood for it.
Iriscomeback
Member
Hmm, ok thanks. In that case it might be a cheaper option to buy the base game second hand and only buy Far Harbor. I really don't care for that settlement stuff.
Yeah that was a waste of money. I've been meaning to try to get rid of it but here it still sits on my floor. I can't even say the novelty of it was enjoyable, even with the Pip-Boy phone app. I even bought a cheap Android phone that slid perfectly into the device, but wearing it was fun for all of two seconds.
Hope to get back to this one day though. The inventory management and settlement building became too burdensome for me, and I kept running into random side quests that compelled me to never move along with the main one. If there is a mod for PS4 that allows you to completely eradicate inventory encumbrance I may have to consider getting back into it.
Thebullfrog
Member
I'll take FO4 over NV any day of the week. I spent a couple hundred hours on 4, and gave up on NV after like 12.
That being said, they dropped the ball on the DLC. Hard. Far Harbor may be decent enough, but I seriously doubt there's been a whole lot of people waiting around for the GOTY version to get all those sweet, sweet crafting material DLCs.
That being said, they dropped the ball on the DLC. Hard. Far Harbor may be decent enough, but I seriously doubt there's been a whole lot of people waiting around for the GOTY version to get all those sweet, sweet crafting material DLCs.
Irishonion
Member
Finally, been waiting to grab complete edition. Held off buying even with sales.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Far Harbor is the only one I found worth playing, unless you like the crap building.
FallenGrace
Member
Dammit I just bought the base game as it was so cheap now...
SneakyJared
Banned
Fallout 4 was mediocre at best. All the hype and then it comes out to be "just ok." I was disappointed by it.
Far harbour is good, yeah. the robot thing was pretty good, but it was SUPER buggy and it crashed during the boss battle for me, which ruined the whole experience as i didn't havea save prior to the whole dlc