Fallout 4 Pre-Release Discussion [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Bubbles]

IGN Review = bullcrap

IGN gave Fallout 4 a 9.5. It's a great score, but the 0.5 that cost Fallout 4 a 10/10 was bugs. I find this complete bullcrap. Bugs should have no impact on a score unless it is game-breakingly broken. Bugs can be fixed through patches, but if someone reads this review years from now to decide to buy this game and sees "-Bugs" on the IGN review, they may assume that the game is poorly made and broken.

 

[InD_ImaginE]

I get the feeling that most DRM these days is just there as a token effort so a pirates lawyers can't claim they made no attempt to protect it.
Outside draconic always-online DRM (and all the associated headaches that entails for the likes of Ubisoft) it's not cost-effective to spend a lot of money on a DRM scheme just to extend the time before your game is cracked by a couple of weeks.

eeeh, Denuvo was pretty a effective DRM. It does get cracked, but only one (two if count 3DM with it's not so effective crack), but it required like one year. It actually managed to convince my usual not paying friends into buying.

 

[Zeronet]

Bugs could of been fixed before release, Zenimax clearly had the money to cover british tube stations in fallout 4 adverts, hire agencies to attract a bunch of hollywood socialites at a huge gross hypercommercialised party.

 

[Anthedon]

Performance review in German, Nvidia just put out a new driver as well

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Fallout-4-Spiel-18293/Specials/Test-Benchmark-vor-Release-1177284/

 

[Frozen]

Wake up, start installation of FO4, go to work and when you come home at the evening its almost done.

 

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

9.5/10 = Better score than all but a handful will receive in a year.

"HORSESHIT!"


Fanboys, fanboys never change.

 

[Ulminati]

What I'm interested in is the actual numbers of people who dislike the game, are critical of it, compared to the number of mewling idiots. There still isn't a (serious) bad review of Fallout 3 floating around youtube. I want to see how many dislikes a serious "critique" of that turd would get... Fuck it. FUCK IT.

Any company with a minimum of business savvy (and for all the things you may berate Bethesda for, lack of good business sense isn't it) would make sure to give early copies ot people they are certain will review it favourably.

Any serious, negative reviews will take at least a couple of days before they show. Reviewers who Beth didn't feel confident would shower them with praise had to buy it today, spend a few days playing, then a few days writing.

 

[AwesomeButton]

What I love most about the companionship of Fallout 4 is the fact that, yes, you can pursue multiple romantic partnerships and the game totally allows it.

-- http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/11/fallout-4-review-s-p-e-c-i-a-l/

Oh no, please no spoiling of the story:

I can’t go into plot details, but it gets very dark very quickly

-- http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review-pc/

I'm positive I read somewhere that FO4 will not have locational damage. It was in this thread, but no time to search now

While full sets of armor can be worn, it’s more efficient to use armor pieces instead. Your legs, arms, torso and head can all be outfitted with their own pieces of armor, each one contributing its own defensive value and – in the case of legendary items – special bonuses.

-- http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/11/fallout-4-review-s-p-e-c-i-a-l/

Morans at polygon feel empowered as they solve problems:

I went into problem-solving mode like I hadn't ever felt empowered to in a Bethesda open-world game before.

-- http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/9/9648824/fallout-4-review-xbox-one-PS4-PC

This is actually a good sign:

Закрыть тему противостояния организаций вы вольны когда угодно: можете, скажем, прикончить главу фракции хоть посреди сюжетной речи, и игра предложит новый путь к концовке — как в New Vegas. Очень приятно обнаружить, что Bethesda не игнорирует то, что сделала до нее Obsidian.

"You can kill the leader of a faction in the middle of a quest you were doing for that faction, and the game will offer you a different way to proceed with the story - like in New Vegas. It's very nice to see that Bethesda are not ignoring what Obsidian has achieved before them."
-- http://www.igromania.ru/articles/564170/Igra_obo_vsem_Obzor_Fallout_4.htm

Also, according to the same review, apparently fucking your companions gives you XP. Neat.

Of all possible ways to suck the offered dick, they had to choose this one:

The main quest is terrific.

-- http://kotaku.com/twenty-hours-with-fallout-4-1741409096

Also, building beds, crafting items for quests... I used to be Inquisitor like you.

There is a young cocksucker that shows great promise:

Fallout 4 had the most brilliant, elegant hype cocksucking cycle in modern video game cock-sucking history and it’s all thanks to us. We were Bethesda’s marketing tools, and it we worked flawlessly.
[more praise of cock-sucking abilities skipped]
At the end of the day, none of that even matters, as Fallout 4 is a masterpiece.

And just one more example, because it's so good:

Fallout 4 is 2015’s most immersive game because it provides an enrapturing alternate realm that is designed to consume your consciousness.

The whole article is very... hmm... "hardcore".
-- http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2015/11/09/review-fallout-4/176148/

 

[Monkeysattva]

Any company with a minimum of business savvy (and for all the things you may berate Bethesda for, lack of good business sense isn't it) would make sure to give early copies ot people they are certain will review it favourably.

Any serious, negative reviews will take at least a couple of days before they show. Reviewers who Beth didn't feel confident would shower them with praise had to buy it today, spend a few days playing, then a few days writing.

What I mean was a review of the kind MrBtongue makes. Aka not sponsored reviews by jurnos but a critically minded player.

 

[Infinitron]

What I mean was a review of the kind MrBtongue makes. Aka not sponsored reviews by jurnos but a critically minded player.

Try this: http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/the-blistering-stupidity-of-fallout-3.99743/

 

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

Performance review in German, Nvidia just put out a new driver as well

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Fallout-4-Spiel-18293/Specials/Test-Benchmark-vor-Release-1177284/

Why is it that European articles are just plain better than ours a lot of the time, dammit? They talk about the engine repetition and asset reuse, for crying out loud. Meanwhile over here we'll get an article from HardOCP that is massaged a bit with the usual lines about how it's a different, upgraded engine.


Hell even when it comes to hardware stuff I usually find my answers in German somewhere. When I was comparing two 960 4GB in SLI vs a single 970 (and even a 980) it was a handful of German videos on Youtube that actually had benchies.

 

[Daedalos]

thread updating faster than eminem rappin'

 

[Starwars]

It's so telling that New Vegas is barely mentioned in any of the reviews, and that stuff like faction gameplay, c&c and good writing which was introduced to the 3d Fallouts by NV, is completely overlooked.

What a bunch of cunts.

 

[Sykar]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0o3cG8Q52tpaU9TYmNFNXFjWlk

Yeah thanks, missed that feature. One of the very very few minor good parts about the game. Entering the power armor was a nice touch too.
Still does not salavage all the other shittiness in the game.

 

[moon knight]

 

[Monkeysattva]

Try this: http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/the-blistering-stupidity-of-fallout-3.99743/

Youtube. Youtube reviews. The written word isn't effective at describing pure shit. Also, an article doesn't give a good demographic sample. What's needed is a video game equivalent of Redlettermedia's Prequel anal-ysis.

 

[Perkel]

Going through these reviews, New Vegas doesn't seem to get brought up as a point of comparison much. There's nonstop favourable comparisons to Fo3 but NV is weirdly absent in most of these. Wonder why.

Nah people do mention it. In fact they mostly say that this is between F3 and FNV sort of mix of two.

eeeh, Denuvo was pretty a effective DRM. It does get cracked, but only one (two if count 3DM with it's not so effective crack), but it required like one year. It actually managed to convince my usual not paying friends into buying.

Effective it was when it was introduced. MGSV got cracked after just 4 days...

 

[bonescraper]

Wait, what? PC has best shadows and worst textures? Dafuq?

 

[Ulminati]

The main quest is terrific.

Of all possible ways to suck the offered dick, they had to choose this one:

-- http://kotaku.com/twenty-hours-with-fallout-4-1741409096

Maybe they meant it was terrifying how bad it was?

 

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

It's so telling that New Vegas is barely mentioned in any of the reviews, and that stuff like faction gameplay, c&c and good writing which was introduced to the 3d Fallouts by NV, is completely overlooked.

What a bunch of cunts.

A lot of them savaged it for bugs and left with lines like 'there might be an enjoyable experience somewhere, but I can't tell because I'm stuck in a wall'.


For them to come back years later and admit that NV was the better game would make many reviewers break out into hives.

 

[undecaf]

They're preparing to release a "high res" texture pack for free like with Skyrim to make them look like good guys and to make it appear as if they actually did something.

 

[moon knight]

Wait, what? PC has best shadows and worst textures? Dafuq?

PS4 has the best shadows, because they are softer.

 

[Anthedon]

 

[likaq]

Fuck you fargo.

 

[dbx]

Fuck you fargo.