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Have they put out any big patches for this game yet? I saw a lot of reports of stuff that isn't quite right but for the most part not game breakable. Is it pretty stable?

Has been stable for me.

I had one weird crashing instance where every time I tried to fast travel back to the Sanctuary Hills settlement it would CTD.

Once I fast traveled somewhere else suddenly I could fast travel to Sanctuary Hills without any problem.

No bugs or glitches other than that.

EDIT: Oh and ghoul corpses getting stuck in doors/walls.... but das lulzy, not game-breaking
 

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I've heard of other people having issues, but I haven't had a single one yet. Very stable for me.
 

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The more I played Fallout 4 the less I liked it. We're never getting another real Fallout game.
 

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Whats the verdict bitches?

I keep hearing that the world feels a bit lifeless and the game can get kinda boring. And that they sorta gutted the interactive npc elements.
 

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The more I played Fallout 4 the less I liked it. We're never getting another real Fallout game.

I felt the same way.

Whats the verdict bitches?

I keep hearing that the world feels a bit lifeless and the game can get kinda boring. And that they sorta gutted the interactive npc elements.

I still enjoyed the game, but it wasn't good as Fallout 3 or New Vegas, imo. It's true about the npc elements... the dialogue options are so limited and pretty much useless, and this game turned out more FPS than RPG. I'm not touching the game again until the DLC comes out.
 

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The more I played Fallout 4 the less I liked it. We're never getting another real Fallout game.

im intrigued by fallout 4 in a mixed sort of way. itll probably be the next game i play just because im curious as to what its like. on the one hand its said that its not really an rpg at all but a open world fps with light rpg elements, and on its own i can enjoy such a game, hell, since bethesda wasnt interested in making true fallout games anyway maybe its better that they cut the shit.

but on the other had, it aggravates the shit out of me that bethesda bought the fallout franchise and essentially took a shit on what it once was. they could have, as ive said before, done the original devs a solid by publishing and allowing them to develop the franchise. but then they couldnt milk their elders formula. but, hey, at least they threw the original guys a bone allowing them to do new vegas...how nice of them.

at least that means we might see something more in line with the originals, if bethesda asks some of the original guys to do an expansion again. plus wasteland 2 is by some of the orignial devs as well... though i havent played that yet either.
 

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The more I played Fallout 4 the less I liked it. We're never getting another real Fallout game.

Kinda how I feel. I pretty much stopped playing it. I spent way more time with the previous games. If only we could get the story, grit, and depth of two.
 

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Work kind of derailed my progress with the game. I paid for the season pass, so hopefully that can drum up my interest again.
 

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I've never played any Fallout games before, now I've been playing 4 for about 3 days, it's fun. I'm an Elder Scrolls fanatic, played them all, with Morrowind being my favorite. I keep hearing that if you like the ES series you will like the FO series. Now FO4 is getting ripped according to this thread I will ultimately be disappointed.

So I see this:
http://www.amazon.com/Fallout-Anthology-PC/dp/B012E58DFC?ie=UTF8&redirect=true&ref_=pe_1874270_187301350_em_1p_0_ti

Like I said I've never played any of these, and I love Elder Scrolls. Does this make sense for me?
 

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I've never played any Fallout games before, now I've been playing 4 for about 3 days, it's fun. I'm an Elder Scrolls fanatic, played them all, with Morrowind being my favorite. I keep hearing that if you like the ES series you will like the FO series. Now FO4 is getting ripped according to this thread I will ultimately be disappointed.

So I see this:
http://www.amazon.com/Fallout-Anthology-PC/dp/B012E58DFC?ie=UTF8&redirect=true&ref_=pe_1874270_187301350_em_1p_0_ti

Like I said I've never played any of these, and I love Elder Scrolls. Does this make sense for me?

That is a shit ton of content... if you have the hours to put into all that, I'd say go for it. But **** mane, good luck.
 

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That is a shit ton of content... if you have the hours to put into all that, I'd say go for it. But **** mane, good luck.

I'm still enjoying FO4 so any of that would be down the road, by that time something else I like will probably be out. I guess I just really like the bomb.
 

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im actually considering whether not i should buy fallout 4 when i finish the witcher 3 or wait until it goes on sale for much cheaper. im just not sure how much ill enjoy it. besthesda games always tend to have rather lifeless worlds imo and a dumbed down version of fallout 3 might not keep me interested for too long.

i wish pc demos didnt go the way of the dodo for the most part. it was nice being able to try a game for a couple of hours and see if it was worth your time and money.
 

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im actually considering whether not i should buy fallout 4 when i finish the witcher 3 or wait until it goes on sale for much cheaper. im just not sure how much ill enjoy it. besthesda games always tend to have rather lifeless worlds imo and a dumbed down version of fallout 3 might not keep me interested for too long.

i wish pc demos didnt go the way of the dodo for the most part. it was nice being able to try a game for a couple of hours and see if it was worth your time and money.

BOOM! We will disagree on that. IMHO Bethesda invented open world gaming, sandbox fun. Have they slipped? Could be.

That studio invented an entire genre. Rip them for money grabbing or being lazy, but you can't take away what they accomplished.


BTW I will gladly join in on any Bethesda insults and hate. They have fucked some things up, but at one very important point they did revolutionize the gaming industry. They made games much better.

I will rip on them with you, but I refuse to ignore the amazing changes they forced on a then stagnant gaming industry.
 

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BOOM! We will disagree on that. IMHO Bethesda invented open world gaming, sandbox fun. Have they slipped? Could be.

That studio invented an entire genre. Rip them for money grabbing or being lazy, but you can't take away what they accomplished.


BTW I will gladly join in on any Bethesda insults and hate. They have fucked some things up, but at one very important point they did revolutionize the gaming industry. They made games much better.

I will rip on them with you, but I refuse to ignore the amazing changes they forced on a then stagnant gaming industry.

a game can be open world and lifeless. a large virtual landscape on its own isnt interesting. i really like morrowind, and even enjoyed fo3 and oblivion, but bethesdas worlds often consist of large patches of nothingness. also a number of open world games were released long before bethesda came around, including open world rpgs. hell, i think the sub-genre was invented with ultima series. and the black gate is possibly the greatest rpg of all time. far better than anything bethesdas done imo. it was so far ahead of its time, even playing it today it seems modern and i have to remind myself not only is it old, but its not even from the golden age of crpgs(1998-2002) but from 92. bethesda brought 3d into the mix, but they didnt deliver the first 3d sandbox either.

theyve made some decent games but they didnt do anything others havent done or would have done. marrowwind ill admit was special but that was their peak and theyve fallen off, due to their own dumb ass decisions. **** them, they killed fallout.
 

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a game can be open world and lifeless. a large virtual landscape on its own isnt interesting. i really like morrowind, and even enjoyed fo3 and oblivion, but bethesdas worlds often consist of large patches of nothingness. also a number of open world games were released long before bethesda came around, including open world rpgs. hell, i think the sub-genre was invented with ultima series. and the black gate is possibly the greatest rpg of all time. far better than anything bethesdas done imo. it was so far ahead of its time, even playing it today it seems modern and i have to remind myself not only is it old, but its not even from the golden age of crpgs(1998-2002) but from 92. bethesda brought 3d into the mix, but they didnt deliver the first 3d sandbox either.

theyve made some decent games but they didnt do anything others havent done or would have done. marrowwind ill admit was special but that was their peak and theyve fallen off, due to their own dumb ass decisions. **** them, they killed fallout.

We completely disagree, Oblivion was a terrible game because of level scaling. Most games have some, Oblivion was ruined by over use.

"they didnt do anything others havent done or would have done" I'm not sure what would have been done, that makes no sense.

Just over 4 years ago they released Skyrim which IMO is a great game, so the idea that they are done is laughable.

"**** them, they killed fallout" As I mentioned earlier ITT I've never played any Fallout games until this week. I'm enjoying FO4 so far, it doesn't seem 'killed' to me. You and I have very different ideas on what makes a good game. We should both keep that in mind when reading each others game reviews.
 

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We completely disagree, Oblivion was a terrible game because of level scaling. Most games have some, Oblivion was ruined by over use.

"they didnt do anything others havent done or would have done" I'm not sure what would have been done, that makes no sense.

Just over 4 years ago they released Skyrim which IMO is a great game, so the idea that they are done is laughable.

"**** them, they killed fallout" As I mentioned earlier ITT I've never played any Fallout games until this week. I'm enjoying FO4 so far, it doesn't seem 'killed' to me. You and I have very different ideas on what makes a good game. We should both keep that in mind when reading each others game reviews.

it makes perfect sense. you said they revolutionized gaming and i simply pointed out that they really didnt, and that anything new that they may have brought to the table in some of their early games were simply basic advancements one dev or the another would have made sooner than later.

also, your opinion of skyrim is just that, an opinion. even if it is a decent game, which i cannot comment on, having not played it, that doesnt change the fact that they essentially make the same game over and over, each being inferior versions of the peak that was morrowwind, that usually consists of large portions of the world being bland as can be. though admittedly weve come full circle on that point since thats simply my opinion.

you also cant state that they didnt kill fallout when youre completely unfamiliar with the franchise outside of the most recent release which doesnt seems to be a fallout title in much other than name. fallout 3 was a decent game, but already a disappointment as far as being a fallout title. 4 seems to strayed even further off course.

anyway, just finished the witcher 3. it was excellent, a bit overhyped i think in that it didnt really revolutionize the genre, but simple did everything damn well and better than just about any other game. dont get me wrong its one of the best games ive ever played and will be hard to top, but i actually expected a bit more in regards to role playing choices and options. with that said it kept me interested through what was probably close to 100 hours of game play, one of the few games to do so. and while there was a bit too much filler in regards to the question mark locations, the world itself was perfectly designed and everything worth while for the most part incorporated an interesting quest or story. i rarely found myself just wondering aimless through the vast landscape as is often the case with open world games.

im still deciding what game i should start next. it still might be fallout 4.
 

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lol revolutionize...

Not sure that really happens. What is sure, is incremental progress with periodic high points where multiple systems that existed previously are refined and combined to provide an especially compelling experience.

All art exists within a continuum and a context. Ain't no artist that ever created something from nothing.

It's reminiscent of how people knock elvis or the beatles for drawing on influences. As if the people that came before them invented the shit.
 

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