Was There Ever Any Doubt?

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and its story isn’t even in the same league, but that’s because in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, it’s Geralt’s story, in Fallout 4 it’s entirely yours.

Does it feel like fallout?

I always thought fallout 3 didnt really feel like fallout. Maybe better graphics made me feel that way but...

From what I've heard, New Vegas is the only one of the recent 3 which feels like original fallout to an extent, and that was outsourced to a different company.

I didn't have a problem with the game on Xbox One, it never bugged out, froze or glitched in my entire play experience, but the 10 isn't indicative of just visuals Eorl, it's the gameplay more than anything

And, unlike the more bottlenecked level design of New Vegas

By far the most disappointing thing about Fallout 4 though, no Ron Perlman narration at the beginning. They still use the "war never changes" line but its the voice actor of the main character who says it and it pretty much feels like blasphemy.

Steam is selling it for US$79.95 which is about AUD$113 at current exchange rates. EB Games have it for AUD$89.95... What the hell?? How is Steam charging so much more for a non-physical copy of the same product?

I haven't bought much lately, is this a normal thing or am I missing something?

I haven't bought much lately, is this a normal thing or am I missing something?

buy here and use in steam

https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/

got it for $60AUD off GMG, they are running a 20% off special. You won't get better.

GMG is US pricing.

Im struggling to see why the hate about the graphics. Im playing on PC with ultra settings and it looks almost photorealistic in parts.

Also there is a clear discrepancy in critic score vs user score, when I see that, more often than not the user's are right.

How can critics get it so wrong?

Don't ever take critical reviews as anything other than an attempt to drive traffic to the host site, either by getting to the top of bottom of metacritic or being quoted by the publisher.

But yeah a 10 for a game with s*** graphics, animations and full of bugs

Don't ever take critical reviews as the only source of material. You'll be destined to always find a problem that way. Just use them as baselines and sift through some user reviews to get a feel for the game.

horizontal and vertical mouse sensitivities being different by default

However, Gameplay with good graphics is better.

Really shouldn't be a problem any game made in the last 15 years should have though.

Unless you are developing primarily on a console and have locked FPS to 30 (or maybe even 60) knowing that you are going to hit that. It probably makes things a bit less complicated.
It's not excuse for sloppy design though.

Did anyone get the retarded app to work with PC? I can't get it to connect.

Didn't seem like you can navigate or choose conversation options with the keyboard, and theres no numbers to press next to anything, you have to click on the icon next to the option you want. The icons are direction arrows too, which makes no sense on PC, but I'm thinking on a controller it must map to the dpad or its something you pick using the stick or something.

I'm no scientist but...

Except, unless you're some left handed freak, the cursor keys are nowhere near the part of the keyboard you're using to play. Even if you don't want to do the logical thing and put numbers next to the different options, at least present them in a list like skyrim did that you can navigate with the keyboard or easily select from with the mouse. Its just super awkward the way they're currently presented, hard to see at a glance what your options are and limited to only 4 responses/options at a time.

My point: I could give a s*** if graphics are a little blocky and textures imperfect. Good gameplay makes good games, not good graphics.

Hopefully a mod that is the equivalent of SkyUI comes out for it sooner rather than later, but honestly, shouldn't have to rely on mods to do what should be Bethesda's job.

So, from what I can figure out; If you're a fallout 3 fan, you'll probably enjoy this game, bugs/ui/animation aside. If you're a New Vegas (and obviously a fallout 1,2 fan lolz) you probably have taste and won't enjoy this title as much.

So I'll have to wait for Fallout 4: Not Bethesda. For a proper fallout 4 game.

Haw haw hawwwwww

Why are they like that? My guess would be because unlike their past games you arent entirely locked face to face in the conversation any more and can move about the environment while you're talking. This would basically remove the ability to use any of the buttons assigned in the standard controls of the game.

The guy who did SkyUI couldn't fund himself finishing it anyway, and then got extra pissy when fans revolted against the idea of him being able to sell a premium version on Steam and actually get to go back to working on that instead of the job he hated. I think people gave him death threats etc for not working for them for free, and I doubt he's coming back.

Yet we're all lapping it up, pre-ordering and buying, and then lamenting why game studios are putting out s***.

Unless the game is being marketed for its graphics, it's just another aspect.

Yet we're all lapping it up, pre-ordering and buying, and then lamenting why game studios are putting out s***.

I was just pointing out that there is a mapping for it - the arrows represent the arrows on the keyboard. Why are they like that? My guess would be because unlike their past games you arent entirely locked face to face in the conversation any more and can move about the environment while you're talking. This would basically remove the ability to use any of the buttons assigned in the standard controls of the game.
For me though I'm not playing it that way, im staying locked in the conversation frame and using the arrow buttons, so i havent had any problems with the default layout.

my guess is that it more aligns for console game controller rather than keyboard and mouse use

Crash, you're kidding yourself if you think it was a conscious design choice to lock the PC conversation to the arrow keys on a keyboard when an overwhelming majority of players use mouse on right hand and WASD left hand.
You would, at the very least, also allow WASD (or whatever is bound to for/back/strafe l/r).

because unlike their past games you arent entirely locked face to face in the conversation any more and can move about the environment while you're talking. This would basically remove the ability to use any of the buttons assigned in the standard controls of the game.

It explains the extremely late date embargo of reviews. Which should have been a large warning sign to those that pre-ordered. I'm hard pressed to think of any titles that has such a tight review embargo that resulted in anything but a buggy mess.

Yeah, which I think is absolutely what they did, which is disappointing considering their PC origins. I'm not usually one to engage in console vs PC s***, but it really does feel too much like a console game, and it suffers for it. Like even when you get in a conversation, the conversation options are laid out in a cross obviously to reprsent face buttons (or possibly the dpad?) on a controller. Didn't seem like you can navigate or choose conversation options with the keyboard, and theres no numbers to press next to anything, you have to click on the icon next to the option you want. The icons are direction arrows too, which makes no sense on PC, but I'm thinking on a controller it must map to the dpad or its something you pick using the stick or something.

I have enjoyed playing it so far. Lv11 now. I have run into a bug in the rock quarry with the textures being over the top of the surfaces. Also similar thing in this industrial place where these stairways are. One bug that happens to me a sometimes is my gun/hands disappearing. I can still attack and stuff but I can't see my gun. Makes it hard to aim down sights.


http://i.imgur.com/oRUKDMI.jpg

Here are my thoughts so far.

- The UI could be better.
- The AI is smarter than previous games.
- I like base building.
- When it comes to graphics, I think that the style of things plays a part. The models for game assets are acceptable, textures are too when it comes to the main things. Modding will fix this later on hopefully. Or a high res texture pack.
- I like the upgrading of armour and weapons. The 10mm pistol is pretty cool looking. Would like there to be more pre-war weapons though.
- When it comes to conversation thing. I think that the way in FO3 and NV was better but less cinematic, which is that they are going for in this game.
- Ghouls don't look as cool as they were in previous games. Hopefully a mod will fix that. yellow/cream skin looks crap if you ask me.

That is all i can think of for now. Also here is a link for fixes and tweaks.
http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1543988-a-data-vault-of-tweaks-and-fixes-for-the-pc-version/

It's taken me a while to work the looting part

you end up just walking around holding the e key down and not paying attention to anything else, especially if you have r.p.g.o.c.d.

Bethesda on the other hand gets treated like the downie that managed to fingerpaint a picture of a house and everyone is like "Well done, you're so special!"

Toll, I understand your a little cranky at the fact that the game has issues, but as i'm assuming you still haven't bought it, maybe get off the judging a book by its cover bandwagon, you kinda look like a d***.
The game is a buggy f***** mess that yeah, doesn't look awesome held up against games such as Witcher 3, and I agree they should cop some s*** for that, but f*** its fun.

Toll, I understand your a little cranky at the fact that the game has issues, but as i'm assuming you still haven't bought it, maybe get off the judging a book by its cover bandwagon, you kinda look like a d***.

had one guy walk off the edge of a building

LIMIT YOUR FPS TO 100

The conversation wheel is terribly limited for role playing choices.

wastes to look at some of the nice set-pieces

I'm playing New Vegas properly for the first time right now and hot damn it's so much better than Fallout 3. Really cements that I just don't like how Bethesda does the Fallout universe, as this sort of colourful novelty themepark instead of a post apocalyptic society with some severe ignorance and dark sides.

So what's the deal? There are no speech skill checks in FO4? They were one of my favourite parts of NV.

This month we have managed to shock a few readers by giving four of the year’s biggest releases – Fallout 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, Star Wars: Battlefront and Rise of the Tomb Raider – three stars out of five. All are decent in a lot of ways, all have intriguing ideas and look beautiful – but each of them is lacking in fundamental areas, whether that’s about original content, the depth of the mechanics, or basic functionality. Three stars, though, means they’re fundamentally good games. Three stars does not mean we’re haters.

That people are surprised by three star reviews for AAA games is indicative of an era in which effectively reviewing a video game on launch is becoming increasingly untenable.

I haven't played it in weeks. It felt too samey and the quests and story were boring as s***. might jump back in with a few mods.
tbh not really interested until creation kit (or whatever they call it this time) is out

Reckon Witcher 3 is better played on PC or the PS4?