Fallout 76 is "entirely online" and offers a "solo" option

[WYP]

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[NeverBackDown]

Finally graphics that aren't from 2008 in a Bethesda game!

 

[SPS]

Looking forward to this. Always wanted to play this in coop so I don't die of depression.

 

[AlienALX]

Ugh can't pre order the armor edition for PC. That sucks. If any one spots it please LMK. I don't want to pay £175 for a console one, then pay another £50 for the game.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Looking forward to this. Always wanted to play this in coop so I don't die of depression.

That is so somber (but I still laughed)

How do I multi quote on this forum?

 

[WYP]

That is so somber (but I still laughed)

How do I multi quote on this forum?

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[Giggyolly]

I am slightly concerned about them just rehashing Fallout 4s engine, as it seemed already old when that game was new..

 

[AlienALX]

I am slightly concerned about them just rehashing Fallout 4s engine, as it seemed already old when that game was new..

There is nothing wrong with Fallout 4's engine. It was just poorly used, at first, in FO4.

Since the game was launched there is a HD pack and all sorts of nice stuff offered up by Gamedoesn'tworks to make it look better. And it does, especially driven to 4k. I posted a couple of screenies recently and it really is like playing a different game to the slop that was launched.

Do note these have suffered at the hands of JPG compression. When I first started playing the game that ^ off in the distance would be a blurry mess.

If you are not happy with the graphics then either pump up the resolution by DSR/VSR (if you are on AMD) or by buying a new monitor. Then, get a high end card like a 1080Ti and enjoy.

The problem with a very large open world engine is.. Well, it's kinda like that saying from the movie Lock Stock etc. "You can have a gold plated Rolls Royce, so long as you pay for it". IE, taken in the correct context you really can have Fallout 4 looking as good as you want, providing you have the hardware to run it.

It was exactly the same with FO3, too. When it came out it looked balls, then a 1gb HD pack came out but the problem was you needed 1gb VRAM and a GTX 280 just to run it at acceptable FPS.

BTW guys and girls.. You should automatically assume that any gameplay you are seeing of the game is it running at 4k on max settings on very high end hardware. That will be a given.

 

[Giggyolly]

There is nothing wrong with Fallout 4's engine. It was just poorly used, at first, in FO4.

Since the game......

I'm not denying that the game can look beautiful, but that's only skin deep...
The engine was flawed with the way it handled frame rate. As well as being a bit long in the tooth in the way it handled gameplay. I mean it was ok back in 2011 for Skyrim, but they should really have retired it after that.

 

[AlienALX]

I'm not denying that the game can look beautiful, but that's only skin deep...
The engine was flawed with the way it handled frame rate. As well as being a bit long in the tooth in the way it handled gameplay. I mean it was ok back in 2011 for Skyrim, but they should really have retired it after that.

Is it the exact same engine Skyrim used?

I have no idea. However, what I can tell you is that games have a dev cycle. And games like Fallout take far longer than any other. Mostly because of the quests, the details, it all needs to be coded and etc. A ten minute quest for us is days and days of coding.

You can't expect them to pour 5 years worth of money and development into a game just to can it and start again. It doesn't work like that. That is why 3DRealms are no more.

It is also many more times more difficult to produce a game set in a massive open world like this one. Look at something like Doom or Wolfenstein 2. You spend three minutes loading them, then bash out the entire level in about 5 minutes.

I don't know of any RPG that looks better than FO4 tbh.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

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It's not there on the mobile site?

 

[Giggyolly]

Is it the exact same engine Skyrim used?

I have no idea. However, what I can tell you is that games have a dev cycle. And games like Fallout take far longer than any other. Mostly because of the quests, the details, it all needs to be coded and etc. A ten minute quest for us is days and days of coding.

You can't expect them to pour 5 years worth of money and development into a game just to can it and start again. It doesn't work like that. That is why 3DRealms are no more.

It is also many more times more difficult to produce a game set in a massive open world like this one. Look at something like Doom or Wolfenstein 2. You spend three minutes loading them, then bash out the entire level in about 5 minutes.

I don't know of any RPG that looks better than FO4 tbh.

Don't get me wrong, Skyrim and F4 are probably in my top 5 games, but they always were a little clunky.

Having looked into it further, the engine first used for Skyrim, and F4 was the 2nd game to use it. So maybe I was being a little harsh to expect a new game engine this quickly (I thought it was older). Maybe we will see a new one if TES6, seeing as the engine will be around 10 years old at that point.

 

[Warchild]

I don't know of any RPG that looks better than FO4 tbh.

Witcher 3?


Hands down leaves this in the ashes. It is also far better optimised not only at launch but even after patch improvements.

I can't see a single thing graphically that impresses me with FO4. It was dated at launch and looks dated even with their HD packs.

I'd even rate Witcher 2 over FO4 and that says something. I felt zero immersion with FO. Mainly because it was a bloated expanse of nothingness. Perhaps it was designed like that yes, but going from A to B without coming across any form of life just bored me in the end.

 

[AlienALX]

Subjective I suppose. I would say it had better graphics, yes, but there is far less going on in it.

Don't get me wrong, Skyrim and F4 are probably in my top 5 games, but they always were a little clunky.

Having looked into it further, the engine first used for Skyrim, and F4 was the 2nd game to use it. So maybe I was being a little harsh to expect a new game engine this quickly (I thought it was older). Maybe we will see a new one if TES6, seeing as the engine will be around 10 years old at that point.

FO3 was terrible as well. Character animation was atrocious. However, graphics do not a good game make.

 

[Warchild]

Subjective I suppose. I would say it had better graphics, yes, but there is far less going on in it.



FO3 was terrible as well. Character animation was atrocious. However, graphics do not a good game make.

But aside from building, FO4 didn't introduce a single new aspect over skyrim. Just repeated the same thing in a new universe... oh wait... they brought out building in skyrim first.

FO is made for the fanboi/addicts/lovers of the universe. Personally for an outsider looking for entertainment, there was very little. You can argue with the "Fallout backers" till you are blue in the face and they will always put the game over most others. It's just for me, I thought it was drab, repetitive, overpriced etc.

Skyrim shared the same fate. Great at the start, good story, but that is all it had. I tried Skyrim VR and got bored with that too. Immersion was good but just nothing really had me wanting to keep going.

Those who bought the game with that pip boy thing.. just ludicrous. God knows what they added to this next one. Will prob charge about £200/€200 for it too yet someone is always daft enough to pay.

The only thing I see with FO76 is that it is finally focussing on something that suits it perfectly. Living in that environment is all about survival.

 

[AlienALX]

But aside from building, FO4 didn't introduce a single new aspect over skyrim. Just repeated the same thing in a new universe... oh wait... they brought out building in skyrim first.

FO is made for the fanboi/addicts/lovers of the universe. Personally for an outsider looking for entertainment, there was very little. You can argue with the "Fallout backers" till you are blue in the face and they will always put the game over most others. It's just for me, I thought it was drab, repetitive, overpriced etc.

Skyrim shared the same fate. Great at the start, good story, but that is all it had. I tried Skyrim VR and got bored with that too. Immersion was good but just nothing really had me wanting to keep going.

Those who bought the game with that pip boy thing.. just ludicrous. God knows what they added to this next one. Will prob charge about £200/€200 for it too yet someone is always daft enough to pay.

The only thing I see with FO76 is that it is finally focussing on something that suits it perfectly. Living in that environment is all about survival.

It was £175 and I just bought it. I don't consider myself daft at all. If it is something that I am very passionate about and can keep forever? I am happy. I have absolutely *loads* of Fallout stuff. Some of it very rare and very collectable.

I see guys spending £600 on Lego, so it's what you love huh?

 

[Daiyus]

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[FONT=&quot]I'll be waiting to see how the post launch mod support pans out before deciding whether to buy this. The whole "even if you play solo you'll see other players" really puts me off. I was open to the idea of being able to play co-op with friends, even slightly excited about it. What I really wanted was an Elite: Dangerous style “Private Group” where I’d only see a specific group of players. Sounds like the mod support may include something like this later down the line, we’ll just have to wait and see.[/FONT]

 

[NeverBackDown]

Wait if you play solo you still see other people?
What kind of f* crap is that? What's even the point at that rate.

 

[AlienALX]

It just needs one thing - private servers. Every co op game my pal and I have played that allows it has been done (by us) to make sure we get no outside interaction at all.

Believe me, the pressure will be on Todd now to allow it. Or, like you said just modding, which will then allow a modder to create it. It only takes a couple of hours to set one up.

 

[SPS]

Wait if you play solo you still see other people?
What kind of f* crap is that? What's even the point at that rate.

Just the same as how it works in Destiny. Fallout is so baron I look forward to it being a bit more populated.