It's a shame that only Bethesda makes Bethesda games. It's kind of a bad company with a great formula. This "patch" seems like a practical joke.
Gotta say I agree with you. We saw with New Vegas what happened when a non-bethesda studio did a Bethesda game and it was marvelous. Need more of that. But yeah Bethesda's brand of open world game is pretty much non-existant outside of Bethesda and it's a shame because they as a company are not that good anymore. There is enjoyment and novelty to be had in their games but they are not top tier devs. No one else just does what they do so if you want something like that you must and will buy their games.
The same goes for KOTOR 2. A bioware game developed by a non-bioware studio (rushed and buggy release aside).
Btw it was Obsidian, both times. Maybe we should just wish for AAA Obsidian rpgs.
I feel like this patch is bugged
More comparisons for those interested -
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/199814
(thanks therealminime for pointing this site out)
Not sure what was going on in the the rainy shot.
All of Obsidians AAA RPG's have been pretty buggy and broken (New Vegas especially).The same goes for KOTOR 2. A bioware game developed by a non-bioware studio (rushed and buggy release aside).
Btw it was Obsidian, both times. Maybe we should just wish for AAA Obsidian rpgs.
OK last few, a little bit more significant (to my eyes anyway), especially with whatever that piece of equipment is, and also the textures for the clothing have an added sharpness to them.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/199844
More comparisons for those interested -
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/199814
(thanks therealminime for pointing this site out)
Not sure what was going on in the the rainy shot.
Here's a Google Sheet with all texture files with vanilla and the HD DLC in separate sheets:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z4C63i1binKPhZ_GyZ9bY-n1VB9bU07n83ql83X-fAg/
Random facts:
- Cubemaps, effects and head textures haven't been touched.
- There are many duplicate files that greatly increase the download size by around 10 GB, there's a list of them in the sheet.
- Duplicate means the file size, dimensions and format are the same.
- Almost all BC5 (normal/specular) and BC3 (diffuse with alpha) are included.
- Only a little more than half of BC1 (diffuse without alpha) textures are included.
Number of texture files?
- Vanilla: 40963
- HD DLC: 36623
- Excluded from the HD DLC: 4688
- Identical duplicates in the HD DLC: 22414
What percentage of dimensions are 512x512?
- Vanilla: 52.91%
- HD DLC: 47.71%
What percentage of dimensions are 1024x1024?
- Vanilla: 32.58%
- HD DLC: 10.54%
What percentage of dimensions are 2048x2048?
- Vanilla: 6.22%
- HD DLC: 28.46%
What percentage of dimensions are 4096x4096?
- Vanilla: 0.06%
- HD DLC: 5.10%
Distribution of the texture format?
Vanilla:
- BC1: 13628
- BC2: 2
- BC3: 15685
- BC5: 11314
- BC7: 1
- R8: 2
- B8G8R8A8: 330
HD DLC:
- BC1: 9642
- BC2: 2
- BC3: 15638
- BC5: 11054
- BC7: 1
- R8: 2
- B8G8R8A8: 283
It's a shame that only Bethesda makes Bethesda games. It's kind of a bad company with a great formula. This "patch" seems like a practical joke.
how is this game overall in terms of gameplay?...I keep hearing bad things or nothing at all which is a bad thing for a Fallout game...is it that bad?
I've tried to get into this a few times but it's incredibly dry, IMO. Even the setting just seems too barren. I mean, I know it's a wasteland and all that but it just feels a bit dated, dull and drab, which affects my enjoyment. The gunplay can be kinda fun, though.how is this game overall in terms of gameplay?...I keep hearing bad things or nothing at all which is a bad thing for a Fallout game...is it that bad?