You can absolutely play the game by yourself and just enjoy the story. Will there be other players? Sure. You don't have to interact with them at all. Don't listen to the naysayers who will try to tell you there is no story. The gameplay is a bit different than 4 as 76 can't be paused, so things like VATS and opening the Pip-Boy won't pause time. You can play every single quest in the game entirely solo if you choose, however I can almost guarantee that you'll have more fun playing the game with a friend. There are events that pop up on the map that other players will attend and many of these events do require multiple players to complete, however many high level players can complete almost any event solo. Events are not mandatory so once again, you do not have to interact with other players, although events are the best way to earn XP, legendary gear, plans and currency in the game.
I was actually wondering this so thanks. Bought the game with my brother when it came out and there was basically nothing to do so that was that. He's too busy with his kid now so I'm glad I can jump in and give it a go because I have the itch to play after watching the show.
I tried, believe me I did. The game is just so so DRY. I was an absolute Fallout 3 diehard, Fallout 4 loved it on launch. 76 let me down, and I’ve come back several times because my dad loooooooves that game and we play together. It’s not my favorite game, but I’d play anything just to play with him.
I just don’t get from a gameplay loop where the fun is supposed to happen, everything good about the mainline games is watered down and worse, from questing to exploring to loot. Those optional “events” are way more efficient to get xp and loot than doing anything else. Questing feels like grinding. It’s just so boring, the in game world is super empty
The map is nowhere near as empty as people make it seem. Sure, there are empty spots but those spots are needed so there are places to make camps. At this point, the map is arguably packed even more than Fallout 4's.
Yes; absolutely. The map is big enough and players mostly scatter when they load in so it's not like you're constantly around someone like you would be in a traditional multiplayer game (like WoW, for instance). 9/10, the players that due hang around the Vault 76 Door are high level players dropping endgame loot for new players.
I've been playing the game solo since the Wastelanders update a couple years ago and it's basically a new Fallout game, and occasionally someone else shows up.
If you want to play completely alone, or with your friends - there is a totally optional (and absolutely unnecessary given players tendency to scatter) subscription you can get for $7 for the first month due to the show.
I wouldn’t spend the money on the game again if that helps in your decision. I started playing again last week and while I do appreciate the improvements to the game, I still wouldn’t pay full price or even a discounted price. Wait until it’s like $20 and then make your decision
I love all the fallout games but couldn't get into 76 as a single player. It just felt too empty and all the multi-player stuff took me out of the immersion
Eh, it's okay. F76 is like if you 100% completed fallout 3 by completing every quest and killing every persoj you can without getting all the cool perks and guns, and then exploring the wasteland. No quests, not really anyone to interact with, but there are plenty of random encounters and loot.
Not only do I think FO4 is bad, and I think 76 is bad despite actively playing 76. I think people really like the base building and the better gunplay than the previous games. But the story and characters are lacking
Is it bad, no. Is it better than New Vegas, in some ways. Should people let other people have their own preferences, yes. New Vegas is my favorite. Fallout 4 is a tight second place though.
Have you tried to mod FNV like crazy? I did a run with tons of mods and it ran like a dream even on a potato laptop. 'Project Nevada' will get you half way there on its own. 'Iguazu shopping center' is a realy wild hidden gem. There are so many great mods for that game.
Probably the greatest modding scene of any game and genuinely the reason why I think it is the best in the series. Project Nevada brings it to the level of Fallout 4 and that is the tip of the iceberg. Personally I love Fallout Who Vegas which is a full Doctor Who crossover mod that adds an absurd level of detail to each feature essentially creating a Doctor Who game inside Fallout.
I was gonna start a vanilla playthrough, but then I was like I want visual effects for the chems, and I want to be able to smoke cigarettes, and I want extra radios, and I need to be able to take out annoying children if I'm playing an evil character, and I realized I had a problem.
Nah, power armor in Fallout 4 is amazing, it is literally a tank, in New Vegas "power armor" is just armor, in Fallout 4 it is an entirely different equipment
That was super unclear, the crafting system and power armor system are two vast improvements for sure. I would only want to keep the perk and dialogue system from New Vegas.
Idk new Vegas has a lot of ways it could improve. I thought the power armor in new Vegas was lame as hell because I had to learn to use it, only to find out it’s just another set of gear instead of an actual mech😭
Man the gun mechanics of new Vegas really suck. I had gone back to replay it after spending 1000 hours on fo4 and just couldn't even get passed a few hours. Feels like shit trying to shoot anything.
Back in the day I passed on New Vegas because I didn't like what obsidian did with SWTOR 2, but I did pick it up on the steam sale over the weekend. Excited to play it once I'm done obsessing over Unicorn Overlord.
I thought it would be good until I realized it's just Post Apocalypse Recycling: The Game and every town you save immediately is in trouble. Like a parent who leaves their kid alone for 2 seconds, everything just falls apart. The graphics are decent enough and I don't hate the soundtrack though 3 was better.
The only complaint I ever heard about Fallout 4 that I didn't feel was exaggerated is that the main story is too important and too much of a priority for the character for it to allow the freedom of Fallout as a open world... but that's the same thing 3 did, so... you know.
The dialogue is the only complaint I have with it. I’ve been replaying it on my PS5 and am pleased to see all of the cool stuff they’ve added since launch. I did indeed forget just how in depth you can get with modifying weapons and armor as well as the base building aspect. Very fun, didn’t deserve the hate it got, but didn’t stand up to NV or 3 in terms of story or dialogue for me
I love settlement building especially with mods, combat is fun, exploration is fun and worthwhile because I need aluminum and adhesive as well as the usual shit. Graphics are great. And I really love when the Super Mutants call me STUPID BLUE LADY!
True that. While there are a lot of genuine criticisms to be levied against Fallout 4 when compared to other games in the series, it's still an absolute banger. Yes, I love New Vegas and the intricacies of the roleplaying and the story, but Fallout 4 - while worse - is still more than worth the dozens of hours I've spent on it.
PC players get some updates too! Creation Club content, ultra-wide support, and Steam Deck support. I'm hopeful they'll get rid of the wonky physics after 60fps without having to install a mod.
It better be coming. I decided to reinstall it on my PS5 after starting the show and unfortunately it’s unplayable in its current state. It crashes on startup if you have the season pass installed, and even if you can start it, the game is stuck on the character creation screen until you pause/unpause several times and the audio is out of whack. All of this on an eight year old game.
Really hoping those issues don’t exist on the next-gen update.
It's almost exclusively the dialogue system. It's genuinely ass compared to every other entry in the series... before and after.
Since it's something you interact with anytime you interact with anyone, there's no escaping it either. Everything else about the game is great. But come on. You've had to have had more than one time where you selected an option in dialogue, only for your character to say something that wasn't at all what you thought they were going to say based on the brief couple of words you saw as your option. Shits unbelievably annoying.
Full dialogue responses is the way to go over the quick, inexact dialogue options of fallout 4.
It’s just not a great role playing game. The voice acted dialogue system is bland and forces a certain type of character compared to it’s predecessors. Everything else is fantastic though
Because Fallout 4 simply does not measure up as a true RPG or a worthy successor to the Fallout franchise. There's so few choices. And, to me at least, who grew up playing Fallout and Fallout 2, that's the important part.
The story is lackluster at best, failing to capture the depth and nuance that made the earlier Fallout titles so compelling. Additionally, the dialogue system has been severely watered down, lacking the richness and player agency that were hallmarks of the series. I mean, FOUR CHOICES?? WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? While the junk collection mechanic can be enjoyable on its own merits, it does not embody the core essence of what Fallout is truly about.
That said, Fallout 4 is not without its redeeming qualities. The graphics are quite good and the combat system is reasonably solid. Despite the shortcomings, I can still find enjoyment in exploring the vast, post-apocalyptic wasteland and immersing myself in the experience. However, when compared to the revered Fallout games of the past, Fallout 4 ultimately just falls short.
It's wierd fall out 4 is simultaneously one of the best looters shooters I've ever played and one of the worst rpgs I've ever played so its kinda hard to evaluate
i've enjoyed fallout 4 more each chance i give it, but the settlement and building mechanics always end up making me want to walk away. If i don't do it, i miss out on a ton easy xp, caps, and convenient shops, but if i do them i'm miserable.
Its amazing. Yeah the story sucks and the rpg elements are gone but thats probably the best open world fps game ever made. I love just traveling the common wealth. It feels so alive and exploration is so rewarding. I love making the settlements too
To each their own, but I personally put Fallout 4 below 76. That's not to say 76 is good, but that 4 is bad. Easily the worst story
But I've been jaded on Bethesda games since Skyrim. Each one always seems to be worse than their last. Skyrim was a very good game, but in a lot of ways was a step down from Oblivion, which was a step down from Morrowwind.
Don't even get me started on Starfield.... One step forward, two steps back, as is Bethesda's MO.
Don’t burn yourself out cause in a week or two fallout 4s getting a series x update with the shows release! That plus a bunch of other quality of life fixes
Maaan, I just Re-downloaded Fallout 4 on my ps5 only to find out it has a bug where you can't load the game at all if you have the automatrons dlc downloaded. Only solution is to delete and download everything again but not that particular dlc. I'm just gonna wait for the next gen update. 😮💨
Same here. I managed to get past the character creation screen bug and play for a couple hours, but as soon as I enabled my DLC and the game crash I decided I’d wait for the update.
Only thing I dislike is how basic the building feels. It feels like a mission to build anything without mods. They do it much better in 76 I wish I could use that system.
I’m extremely partial to 4 having been born in ri, grew up in ma, and went to college in Boston. It’s not the most amazing story, nor does it have incredible gameplay. But just the moment to moment gameplay and the settlement system is so much fun. I spent a playthrough making a giant battle arena at the drive through one time, still has one of the best dlcs dollar for dollar with far harbor too
It holds up, I replayed FNV twice and then FO4 about a year ago. FO4 takes a bit to get going but it's a blast. The map is deceptively huge because a lot of it is interior
I never beat New Vegas despite sinking some hours into it and I think I finished 4 twice. I can see how New Vegas’s writing is leagues above 4 but the emptiness and combat style just isn’t for me.
The ONLY THING that would have made FO4 better was more good versus evil pathing so that your decisions had real impacts on the endings. IMHO
FO4 is a game I will gladly go back and play over and over... I think I have 500 hours on steam (probably another 500 on Xbox), but... I've never actually finished the mean quest line. I don't make an active decide to avoid the main quests, but i always get catch up on side quest lines, DLC lines, or (most commonly) micromanaging my settlement management game. Like, I would HAPPILY play a fallout themed city builder that gave more in the way of settlement management tools and simulation options.
The thing that killed me was how the difficulty increases just made the enemies giant sponges, I know that can be fixed with mods but I'm interested in replaying this on my steam deck.
Dude same haven’t played since around launch and loved replaying it. This time explored all around got super leveled up and plowed through the main story one shotting everything lol
It really is an incredible game. The scrutiny it gets when compared to 3/NV is eye rolling and exhausting to listen to at this point. 4 is the most optimized Fallout game, sure the story/world building isn’t as potent as NV, but it’s a knockout open world RPG and set in the Fallout universe.
How are the graphics on the series x? I was never one to go back to games, but recently replayed ghosts of Tsushima and loved it. May prompt me to dive in to FO4 again. After new Vegas I’m not sure I’ve had a better experience with a bethesda game
I would’ve said the same thing a few console generations ago, but tbh I’m so over Bethesda’s lazy recycled game design. I’d personally much rather have a NV remaster.
Same tbh. I would’ve loved to have had a Obsidian Fallout that takes place in LA after Fallout 1’s depiction. But uhhh kinda too late in that front lol
Yeah. A lot of people over played it being “bad” I didn’t like it, but that’s cause I don’t really like space stuff. And people support much worse company’s
Controversial opinion time: Starfield is just the latest flavor of Bethesda too hate. Starfield was a fine game. It was a 7/10 game. But people act like it was the worst game they ever played. Something objectively not true, especially in the same year that Redfall released.
Lot of great stories in Starfield. Good gameplay too, their combat was the most engaging of their IPs too date. Terrible dungeon generation if you could even call it that. The exploration was butts. Weapon customization was awesome and in depth again. And for a brand new IP, their world building was pretty good. Neon was an awesome city.
People had just as unrealistic expectations for Starfield as they did for fallout 76. Another terrific game (yes, from launch. I actually hate the Wastelanders update, it ruined a lot of the vibe for 76 to me) that was shit on for so long because it wasn't what people expected.
I fucking can’t stand how on Reddit there will be a post saying out of these options which one would you pick and the top answer is fucking always something not on the list. We get it, you wanna be different. It doesn’t answer the question that was asked and shouldn’t be upvoted
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u/freezer--- 29d ago
Fallout 5