Gambit 1138
Banned
But didnt you have to use one of the preset characters (at least their portraits). I think just the name and the stats could be changed
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Fallout 4 Speculation Thread - Graphic talk elsewhere please.
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But didnt you have to use one of the preset characters (at least their portraits). I think just the name and the stats could be changed
Late, and fake (probably).
I seriously think we won't be able to customize the character. The protagonist in the trailer looks exactly the same (including hair style and everything) as the guy in the Kotaku's leaked scripts. The protagonist at the end also looks exactly like the father at the beginning in the pre-war flashback with the baby, so the protagonist may be the son, so to go along with having a voice I think the character predefined.
[Leaked script protagonist]
[Pre-war, father with baby]
[Protagonist in trailer]
I don't know how I feel about this. I guess we have to wait and see.
The father thing doesn't matter. Remember in Fallout 3, the PC had a father as well and he looks similar to them no matter how you customize your character. I am worried about the voice and a potential lack of gender options, though.
Easton Dark
Member
No. There is a "Modify" button, and a "Create Character" button. Modify is what you're talking about.
Dno but got me thinking that could be the ruins of the prudential center in the back bay.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. It's kind of got the general shape of it at least.
littletran22
Member
I wouldn't believe in this wholeheartedly...
Askherserenity
Member
Trying not to. Kind of sounds like a bummer.
Um, I just said you didn't have to and that there was an option to create your character (bottom right I believe but don't feel like opening Fallout again to check).
And yeah, there wasn't much for messing around with portrait/icon on the map (but you could mess around with stuff to change stuff around), but then again your icon on the map is so small it's not like much detail could be made anyways. Really what made your character was the stats and name (and skills and flaws/perks). The picture was just a vague representation. Kinda like when you roleplay IRL with friends and you just have a stat sheet to tell you who your character is and your imagination to flesh them out more.
Fixed that for you
. Though I wouldn't mind cats in the game (same rumor has it that there is an area with cats). Though to be fair they'd be messing with cannon cause supposedly the last cat died in Fallout 2 (or you hear mention of him dieing anyways).
Trickster
Member
I dont get it
Darth Karja
Member
I started a new game of new vegas and so did my friend. Good day to get back.
Fixed that for you
I don't know the context, so maybe they do explain it, but... how could they possibly know that?
The Lone Courier
Member
If that rumor is true and the cats are in a vault though, he wouldn't really have any way of knowing they were still alive.
matrixman92
Member
I am really interested in the prewar stuff. It would be kinda cool if we got to explore a small portion of the map during prewar. Maybe a day before type of thing at the very beginning of the game. I am not really interested in having flashbacks throughout the course of the game, that would take me out of it.
I was thinking the same thing.
I actually wouldn't mind limited character design if it meant the main character had some agency of his own in the world. Something I'm appreciating about Witcher 3 is that Geralt is a well defined character and it's not as if the world has to treat him like a blank slate and wait for me to fill in his personality.
My bet would be on Commonwealth Wasteland.
VATS makes the game pointless. You are basically a god in it. I'm guessing mods rebalanced it.
The Lone Courier
Member
The New England wasteland?
True true. This is what the fallout wikipedia has to say on the matter : http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Cat
And judging from it, it is saying it is possible there are cats somewhere.
Anyways, I'd totally love to see cats in Fallout (also in Elder Scrolls. Sure we get a cat race but I actually want cats too. Obviously they exist cause the Nords kept calling me cat as an insult <- I played a Khaljiit. Not only do I almost always play females in these games, if you give me a cat character, I'm going to play it. Unless there is a true dragon, not some sort of mix, that I can play
).(also in Elder Scrolls. Sure we get a cat race but I actually want cats too. Obviously they exist cause the Nords kept calling me cat as an insult <- I played a Khaljiit. Not only do I almost always play females in these games, if you give me a cat character, I'm going to play it. Unless there is a true dragon, not some sort of mix, that I can play
All the regular cats in the Elder Scrolls belonged to the cousins of Skyrim-based bandits. They were all killed.
Fushichou187
Member
VATS makes the game accessible to those not accustomed to first-person perspective games as well as those that feel overwhelmed by real-time combat.
Hip Hop
Member
What difficulty do you play on because VATS is definitely a must in some situations.
Blue Ninja
Member
Exactly. I hope we get both again, best of both worlds. I adored both Fallout 3 and New Vegas, even though the latter took a bit longer to endear itself to me. The relationship between the two companies seems to be better than it was post-release, at least up until a few years ago. I really thought the idea expressed in that interview was cool: a Fallout set in the Boneyard. One can hope.
That's me. Fallout 2 is probably my favourite RPG ever, but these newer Fallouts are smash hits with big fanbases. Zero reason for Bethesda to second guess any of the decisions they've made with Fallout thus far. It's the simple business reality of where the IP is at.
Which is fine. I have my nitpicks, but I enjoyed FO 3 and New Vegas plenty and I'm sure FO 4 will be dope also.
Sanpei
Member
Not possible...
There is nuke and after that mutants emerge...What is the age of this guy then ?
That's kinda where I'm at, but some people have suggested he could get put in cryosleep or something in a vault...kinda meh on the whole idea, but I guess it makes sense. Still have my doubts that it's true, though.
triplestation
Member
Cryogenic sleep pause age
Blue Ninja
Member
There's cryosleep in the Fallout universe, so he might have just gone into cryo.
As for the "no customization", I call fake. We'll, at the very least, be able to customize our own appearance. I'm pretty certain we'll be able to play as a female, too. Beth will have been paying attention to the backlash after AC: U's release, for sure.
That's not to say this company hasn't made questionable decisions in the past, but I doubt they're willing to give up that much of their sandbox approach to the gameplay. They might be going for a more Witcher-style of conversations with a voiced protagonist, which I'm okay with, as long as they do it right.
Skyrim had sprint I'm fairly sure it will be in here as well.
Or maybe he's a synth with this guy's memories implanted.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I have this recurring nightmare where VATS is still in. What an awful, awful system. I wish they'd replace it with proper gunplay mechanics but keep all the awesome RPG elements. Then the game would be absolutely incredible.
WTF? Gameplay isn't limited to combat, especially in a game like Fallout.
triplestation
Member
Its not like vats is unlimited
It has to recharge which takes some time
Its great
It has to recharge which takes some time
Its great
This.
Anyone remember The Replicated Man quest from Fallout 3.
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/The_Replicated_Man
DryvBy
Member
No, it actually made the game feel unique and helped transition me from Fallout 1/2 to 3/NV. It also covered up the fact that this game didn't have the best shooting mechanics.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
VATS makes the game playable, because the real time first person action mechanics are some odious garbage.
Lord of Castamere
Member
So much possibility. From the trailer it ooks like Boston is massive and more traversable compared to DC but you can get far enough away so that it's a horizon shot. I wonder if this will be the biggeest Bethesda map to date. The level of detail is pretty ridiculous, especially if the level of item interactivity returns.
I hope the power armor hung up means full customization. Building power armor would be great.
Hard to tell yet, but hopefully they found a nice middle ground between real city and amusement park.
I hope the power armor hung up means full customization. Building power armor would be great.
Hard to tell yet, but hopefully they found a nice middle ground between real city and amusement park.
Octavianus
Banned
Nah, it was a piece of shit idea meant to cover the fact that they didn't know how to impliment proper shooting mechanics.
It's lazy, just like everything that bethesda does.
I strongly disagree. VATS is awesome and really makes the points you sink into the weapon skills feel like they make a difference. Games where you aim yourself really makes it all up to the player, which would make all the weapon skills useless. This way I can really roleplay and create different characters for different walkthroughs. A smooth talking lockpicker plays very differently from a nuke flinging brawler.
But that would make very little sense when done over hundreds of years, especially given the stories of the predecessors.
Factually correct statement, for consoles.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
I'm pretty sure Bethesda implemented VATS because they wanted to give players something closer to a turn-based experience instead of risking face and success by releasing a straight shooter with some RPG dynamics, not because they don't know how to create a proper FPS. If any, the FPS mechanics are broken as fuck because they wanted VATS to make some sense.
I'm a PC gamer. Fallout's real time FPS mechanics are trash, to the point of VATS being needed by many people in order to enjoy the game.