Fallout 4: Keep Calm And Wait For The Day One Patch

Clipping Error discuss why players should wait until the Day One Patch for Fallout 4 is released, because there always is one, before they cast judgement on the game. The whole culture of products and retail has changed the way games are being made, and today a day one patch is normal and should be expected before any reviews even go up in all honest, however some people still think that games should be judged before thye're completely finished.

[ARESWARLORD]

Most games have a day one patch. No big deal. Get her done then play some sweet sweet Fallout 4 baby

[generic-user-name]

Didn't reviewers have access to the patch?

[dirkdady]

Day one patch 1.01 has been already available for reviewers and will be available tomorrow for all clocking in at 500MB.

[Highlife]

They really need a new engine and I'm not talking about graphics. They need something that performs so much better. Fallout is great but to excuse all of the bugs this developer puts out is a shame.

[Palitera]

Digital Foundry mentions that 1.01 doesn't solve s***.

Judging by how FO3 ran on PS3, I'm not expecting big improvements. Even taking performance in a high regards, I'll still buy it, because it is one of the few games that performance doesn't f up.

[BeefCurtains]

There are MILLIONS of gamers doing an INFINITE amount of different things in the game. The developer simply cannot test every single outcome of every action in every single scenario for a game. That is why they gold, do the best they can, and patch what the gamers find later. Otherwise, the game would always be in testing and never release.

It's not possible to release a bug free game anymore. They are simply too big with many variables.

[dirkdady]

Day one patch already available.

[ArchangelMike]

The point is - games SHOULD be comepletely finished BEFORE they are shipped to retail - including Q&A, bug testing and all. Is there any other entertainment product where you are happy be sold an incomplete or defective product at full price? With a promise that it will be fixed once you buy it. Why have we accepted this practice from game developers and publishers?

[Summons75]

I agree. Patches after the release for bugs and stuff that slipped through q&a is one thing but to have just half the game unchecked is ridiculous especially since you can normal start a game while waiting for a patch now you can't access any online material which means most of the game now a days. So you're buying a full product to not play it at all.

[livininsin]

Personally, I am happy they can patch... There was a time when any bugs that were there at launch were there for good.

I have gotten firmware updates for almost everything I own with a processor in it, my vehicle, television, receiver, bluray player, computer, printer, router, thermostat, home automation controller, phone, obviously software and even my refrigerator and I have to say, I will often get features that I didn't know I was going to get when I bought the product so I think the benefits far outweigh the cost.

[fattyuk]

"Is there any other entertainment product where you are happy be sold an incomplete or defective product at full price"

Sorry to burst you bubble but arent we always getting directors cut films and extended version blu rays after cinema release?

anyway gimme me a new patch everyday if it means i can play fallout now!!

not long for me to go whoop whoop

[Darkwatchman]

Difference is not everyone will agree on a director's or extended cut being better. HOWEVER, no one can argue that less bugs and better framerate results in a better product.

[Eldyraen]

The real difference is those area extra editions of a complete product.

If the original movie you bought had a habit of randomly stopping, screen tearing (or in movie cases skipping scenes or damaged footage) it would not be stood for. Games get away with being marginally broken/bugged (no matter how perfect glitches/bugs do exist) and sometimes are pretty messed up for launch before the game even ships knowing they have a patch to fix it.

I'm not saying patches are bad as any fixes are better than none but at launch it shouldn't require Gigs of patches with most new game releases. In some cases you download a last gen game worth of fixes before games even release.

[bradfh]

it's your fault playing an unfinished game.

most games are unfinished when the games are shipped because they needed to be ready to sell when games are release. so you cant say the game is unfinished until it is out for public

[SnotyTheRocket]

Games go gold a month (or less) before release. They keep working on it, until launch.

[Forn]

Why should it 'go gold' when it's riddled with framerate issues and glitches? Patches have become a scapegoat, more often than ever before, to justify releasing a product that should have gone through more rigorous bug fixing before release.

[BeefCurtains]

There are MILLIONS of gamers doing an INFINITE amount of different things in the game. The developer simply cannot test every single outcome of every action in every single scenario for a game. That is why they gold, do the best they can, and patch what the gamers find later. Otherwise, the game would always be in testing and never release.

It's not possible to release a bug free game anymore. They are simply too big with many variables.

[Christopher]

Day 1 patch is already out. We're waiting on the Week 2 patch now.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Keep calm and wait for the day one patch. That sentiment is totally fine to be honest...and its even OK in my eyes if Bethesda is saying the same. However...if you are telling me to wait til its patched then I will tell you and Bethesda that I am waiting to buy until the patches are out and its confirmed "fixed" to an acceptable level.

[fattyuk]

Great story, you can wait with the buying preowned gang!!

im running to the hills with my pipboy crew!!

[OC_MurphysLaw]

I don't have to wait with the pre-owned crowd silly... I just don't have to give them money upfront or buy on day one. It's not like they are going to run out of copies of the game. It's readily available disc or digitally for when I decide to buy. I just know I can wait to let them patch it first and don't need to give them money to wait for that to happen.

[sactownlawyer916]

I will preface my next statements with this: I love fallout have it preloaded and ready to go and very excited to play and have no regrets on my purchase. With that said based on the digital foundry footage if this game was not named fallout 4 I wonder what the review scores would be.

[My_Outer_Heaven]

Patch patch baby, patch patch baby,

All right stop, Collaborate and listen
Fallout is back with a brand new invention
The videogame grabs a hold of me tightly
Hype flows like a harpoon daily and nightly

Will it ever stop? Yo, I don't know
Plug in the game and let it show.
To the extreme I rock a controller like a vandal
Just patch up the game and light a chump like a candle.

[psychosmurf101]

Yes.

[eyeDEVOUR]

dumb,dumb,dumb duh da dumb,dumb
lol jk

[iceman06]

Now you get to get sued by David Bowie!!! LOL

[Wedge19]

Reviewers played the game with the day one patch...

[Ch1d0r1]

CohhCarnage just found an unlimited ammo shotgun, keeps firing till you run out, no reload.

[IraqCombatVet]

Yeah I saw that too. It's a Legendary shotgun. He got it off a Legendary Radroach.

[Ch1d0r1]

Nice

[SegaGamer]

Why is it these bigger budget games seem to be having more bugs on release than games with less budget ?

These big companies that are making a ton of money off these games, they shouldn't be having troubles with bugs with all the money they have. It's getting worse as time is going on. They seem to think it's acceptable because they can just patch it later, it's annoying.

[kupomogli]

"however some people still think that games should be judged before thye're completely finished."

And some people think the games should be finished before they're even released. We shouldn't have day one patches every single release. When I play a game 20 years from now, I don't want to have a broken game because I no longer have access to download the patch off PSN or Xbox Live.

The reason that the gaming industry is becoming so much of a joke is because the consumer has let it. The consumer has bought into unfinished games with day one DLC, day one patches with a game that's still a buggy mess, preorder bonuses that they cut away chunks of content unless you preorder, $45-$60 season passes so you pay almost twice the amount you bought the game for for the full release, etc. Remember in the past when extra costumes and modes were unlockables? DLC!

[lennyvon]

I'm going to love fallout 4 regardless of a few frame drops.that said as big as the game industry is now AAA titles making more money than box office hit films. The film industry would not release a film with stuttering and framerate issues would they?

[x800]

fallout 4 is the most buggest, boringest, crapyest graphics game I have ever played
The aiming sucks it just doesn't feel right.
The movement sucks.
The map on the screen sucks.
The controls suck.
The animation sucks.
Instructions aren't clear from the get-go.
Feels like a rushed out game.
Man I was so hyped for this game but it turned out to be one if not the worst game I have ever played.
Disagree all you like but this is just my opinion.