Mark Butler: "Every time Commander Shepar – sorry, ‘Vault 111 person’ opens their mouth, I’m reminded that Bethesda have essentially chosen my character for me, no matter how many facial hair possibilities they gave me during the appearance creation screen, or how many ‘sarcastic’ conversation choices there are to select.
"The lack of a ‘blank slate’ approach is actively limiting when it comes to role-playing as a character here. And the complete lack of karma system, or much in the way of prevalent morality to explore, is bugging me more than any number of funny visual glitches could."
Four Fallout games break into the European Top Ten following TV show launch
Truly impressive!
European Weekly Top 10 (Digital + Physical)
1 Fallout 4 (Bethesda)
2 Helldivers 2 (Sony)
3 EA Sports FC 24 (EA)
4 Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
5 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard)
6 Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar)
7 Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros)
8 Fallout 76 (Bethesda)
9 Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda)
10 Fallout 3 (Bethesda)
Lol, you hate Bethesda so much now because they are owned by MS, not realizing that those games are all on PS, that most likely the reason they are back on the list, which by the way is excellent for 3 single players games that is really old...so your salt means nothing, we don't expect them to be on the list for months, shit we didn't expect to be on the list now given how old they are.
Bravo to a successful franchise and now T.V show.
I've been playing FO3 and NV and will no doubt start up 4 again when the current gen patch drops.
There was a rumor that Bethesda maybe doing FO3/NV remastered collection. I hope they do and bring some quality of life improvements. Both games are awesome but could be better if done right given the remastered treatment
I don't mind the backwards compatible versions on the Microsoft store honestly.Both 3 and NV have quick load times and FPS boost. I originally played FO3 on the PS3 so it felt like a different game to me with those changes alone. My FO3: GOTY expierence on the PS3 was bad enough I didn't even bother with NV until I got a XBO.
I wouldn't say no to a remaster however. Feels like now would be the time to announce it what with a hit show boosting awareness for the IP. We'll see what happens.
Loving the show and it 100% has me itching to boot up a FO again. The only question is whether to replay 3, NV or 4
The show is really good, it's everything I expect from a video game adaptation. The main audience being the fans of the franchise, new viewers not being the target audience was not what I was expecting.
If you were excited about the Fallout 4 London mod, we have some bad news for you. The mod has been delayed indefinitely thanks to Fallout 4 next-gen update.
Not a bad thing. They've even shown excitement at what the update could bring to making things better for them. More work? Yeah. But, still a good thing overall.
I think this looks pretty great so they should take as much time as they need.
It’s kind of shame however we’ll probably never get to see an official Fallout London game or anything set in the UK now because of the mod.
Because Bethesda might think "Meh, London has already been done with that Mod, they've taken the shine away from it and if we do it now they might think we're copying"
Something along those lines.
While I’d love to see more world building lore in Fallout, I’d be surprised if Fallout ever ventured beyond a United States setting. Maybe a dlc to a main game though. Always wondered what other places would look like, if they too had the 50s culture with futuristic tech.
The Fallout Anthology Edition is coming to PC very soon, and is packaged with some very S.P.E.C.I.A.L. bonuses.
It’s an awful downgrade to the last one they did
They included physical disc back then
I would love the classic fallout games on console. Closest I could find was atom rpg, I liked that one a lot
I guess it all comes down to how you role play. Gordon Freman is a great silent Protagonist, but then again Commander Shepherd is also great non-silent protagonist.
I think CDPR handled morality in The Witcher 3 in a very good way, in that you made a choice and you wouldnt know if the outcome would be good or bad. It helped that the protagonist was voiced extremely well, and was able to really establish the tone of the charater.
I'm pretty disappointed with Fallout 4 overall. It feels generic.
Only downside to Fallout 4 is that they've done what they did to Skyrim...made it was accessible. I mean I came out of Vault 101 and literally had to rely on melee weapons as I scavenged hard for ammo but in this it's just kind of given to you, even laser/plasma weapons early on.
But the biggest thing is the karma system. I agree it didn't feel right in the wasteland and would do better within Elder Scrolls but they could have had some reputation system.
Great game but it's become a little dumbed down
There so much wrong with Fallout 4 its better not to talk about it and just relax and see the ugly scenery instead.
I agree with the sentiment. If you are going to voice the character (and essentially choose the story for him), make it compelling.
Bethesda tried the "half-in (voiced main) half-out (blank slate) approach and it didn't quite work IMO.
Still a great game, and I am enjoying it.