Fallout 4 Officially Revealed for PC, Xbox One, PS4 [Reddit Rumor = Ban]
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banefirelord
Banned
Would not be surprised if they pushed the map west into the Berkshires and that whole region. Wouldn't be the first time they've had a ton of countryside outside the city.Boston elevation map:
Outside of Telegraph Hill and Beacon Hill, where are these Bostonian Mountains?
I'm going to guess the game doesn't entirely take place in Boston.
(Unless the developers are intentionally exaggerating those two "hills" in the game.)
What's wrong with it?
Poetic.Injustice
Member
The game looks completely underwhelming visually speaking..
DrROBschiz
Member
At least the explanation is plausible
My personal take is that this product represents what they felt is the best compromise between all the things they wanted to accomplish from a design standpoint
Looks great and I hope it plays great too
Darkstorne
Member
It's mainly ENB for the lighting overhaul: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/18107/?
Same reason Skyrim ends up looking so good on PC. I have no doubt Fallout 4 will quickly become one of the best looking games of the generation once modders get their hands on it =)
JigglesBunny
Banned
You and I both.
I'm fine with people being a little disappointed in the visuals because they certainly aren't anything impressive but the insane hyperbole about just how poor they are is ridiculous.
tattooed_dwarf
Member
I'm already dropped to drooling vegetable state after few pages.
daninthemix
Member
Questions like this always baffle me. Bethesda make triple A games that sell in the tens of millions. They don't achieve that by making them only accessible to players already familiar with the series.
That's not that crucial, as long as the combat is great... wait.
KungFucius
King Snowflake
The DC area is more thickly forested than New England so it is consistent with FO3.
TheLegendOfMart
Banned
I am deadly serious. The game looks like shit, anyone who says otherwise is deluded. This is coming from someone who loved Fallout 3 and NV, Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim. It would have looked incredible on last gen but we have been spoiled with some truly spectular looking games this gen.
EmptySpace
Banned
uhhh...pretty sure killzone and infamous second son also started around 2011.
and i'm pretty sure bethesda, of all devs, were aware of the existence of ps4/xbone that time. 2 years before product launch is really, really close. it isn't like bethesda knew of the ps4 when it was revealed on feb 2013.
Darryl M R
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M°°nblade;166293253 said:
Thank you for this post. I just stopped discussing things when all I get for a response is that.
Xion_Stellar
People should stop referencing data that makes me feel uncomfortable because games get ported to platforms I don't like
Does anyone know the name of the song that plays at the start of the trailer?
Who the is even saying this? Have seen something like Far Cry 4 on Ps4? Shits all over this game graphical. Who's delusional?
Par the course for fallout. Nobody goes into fallout expecting good current generation graphics i'd hope
MrCunningham
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Graphically it is pretty underwhelming, and that dog has some terrible animation in spots. But then again... this is a Fallout game, and I never really played these games for their graphics.
The hyperbole is real. People really just say anything
banefirelord
Banned
To your first question, no...apart from some references here or there, every Fallout game has had a self contained story..
To your second question, it's all but assuredly running on Bethesda's usual janky-ass Gamebryo permutation of the week.
Eh, placeholders mean nothing.
Eighty Deuce
Banned
its 2015, no excuse for underwhelming graphics.
That doesn't make it a cross gen game. :/ Believe it or not, developers can and do(particularly multiplatform devs) spend a lot of time developing games on PC before they start getting put on consoles. This is probably especially true for prominent PC developers like DICE and Bethesda.
jim2point0
Banned
Well Borris still hasn't done an ENB graphical overhaul for a single DX11 game so I wouldn't get your hopes up
JetBlackPanda
Member
Geometry? Ai? weather effects? loading times?
do you people even play video games or just watch them?
DrROBschiz
Member
Then maybe my explanation is more plausible
This is the product they set out to make. Any compromise to whatever their design ambition at the time was neccessary and intentional
Maybe this is what they are reasonably capable of producing regardless of how you all feel it SHOULD look in this day and age
Then the scope and ambition were determined by the resources they had access to at the time and what they wanted to invest into the next project.
People here seem to think that aiming for the cutting edge should always be the go to goal of any project or its not good enough
Interfectum
Member
FarCry 3 and 2 looked better than both Fallout 3, New Vegas.
Different developers, different mindsets, different games, different engines.
FunkyPajamas
Member
It's not that bad. Just wait until somebody compares it with Ocarina of Time or Goldeneye.
They didnt go the bullshit trailer route either. I applaud them for that.
TheLegendOfMart
Banned
I play and watch, they aren't mutually exclusive things.
ShockingAlberto
Member
It is a strong argument for never actually making those inevitable sequels everyone wants.
People spend years building up what it should look like in their heads. Of course the new Fallout will blow us away, they've been making it for six years! Of course it will be a graphical powerhouse, I spent $400 on this system, all the games will use 100% of its power on making 100% of the things look as good as they can.
I wish it looked better. I got over it not looking better by the end of the trailer and just wanted to play it. People can focus on the graphics as if they're the only thing that's interesting about the game from now until release, I'll just add it to the growing list of game discussions I don't want to take part in because the community focuses on something I'm already over.
maniac-kun
Member
Why would they reveal a game with some inengine trailer and no details on the gameplay.
...erm, that's not how radiation works.
banefirelord
Banned
If the trailer is indicative of anything, the scope and density of the city and world size, as well as the much improved texture and lighting work over their previous efforts, probably is way too much for the 512 megs of ram on last gen.
PerezDeCorcho
Member
I think early 2016 is a safe bet.
Its more to do with the install base. The consoles have been selling pretty well as well as a decent game attachment rate where as with the previous generation this pick up rate was a lot slower. From a Business perspective previous gen would be on the cards.
The graphics look fine though! Just not mind blowing but that isn't to be expected from a Bethesda game. I'm hoping it would have had a bit more shine to it like Dragon Age but still I think it visually very pretty!
M°°nblade;166293565 said:I don't think 'detail' means what you think it means. This comes from someone who played daggerfall as well.
The meaning of detail is contextual, and I wasn't referring to graphical detail. I think you're the one who's misinterpreting what detail means.
blame space
Banned
This guy's deadly serious guys.
MiguelItUp
Member
Yeah, placeholders don't mean anything. However, with the footage that was shown, do you guys think it could possibly be released this holiday? I feel like it won't be, but that was much more than a 30 second CG teaser.
daninthemix
Member
Also, for those crying over Gamebryo let me ask you this: what other licensable engines exist that are capable of rendering open worlds on a Bethesda scale?