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So you can get power armor very early in F4? Isn't this break sense of accomplishment and balance?

Bethesda retconned power armor having an unlimited power source. Some fans are upset because of the change; Bethesda took the opportunity to redesign how you use power armor in gameplay.

Players are meant to use the armor strategically for combat situations, then leave the armor for extended periods. Spoiler for anyone who hasn't watched the intro video:
The male player character was in the army and has experience with power armor. In 3 and New Vegas, players had to learn to use power armor -- primarily from the Brotherhood of Steel, but there were one or two workarounds.
 
Doesn't let me make them, I have the materials. Says requires "outline of the icon for People" and it doesn't let me build. I have 5 people in Sanctuary.

You might have to leave and come back. It wouldn't let me make chairs for a minute, so I left and did a mission, and when I returned, I could make stuff again.
 
Don't suppose it's possible to bind quick save to the 360 guide button on the PC? Kind of want to play this with a gamepad, but not sure I want to give up the convenience of 1 button quick saves and quick loads
 
Bethesda retconned power armor having an unlimited power source. Some fans are upset because of the change; Bethesda took the opportunity to redesign how you use power armor in gameplay.

Players are meant to use the armor strategically for combat situations, then leave the armor for extended periods. Spoiler for anyone who hasn't watched the intro video:
The male player character was in the army and has experience with power armor. In 3 and New Vegas, players had to learn to use power armor -- primarily from the Brotherhood of Steel, but there were one or two workarounds.

I've heard people bring up the Fallout Bible or w/e and complain how this or that isn't canon, or how that's wrong, and I can't help but chuckle. "You mean the chest of emeralds?" I mean, it's silly to want to follow the 'bible' to a T.
 
stupid
Deathclaw
actually killed me a few times on hard. Otherwise difficulty feels nice on hard so ill stick with it for now
 
Played it a few hours on PC, then played it a few hours on ps4. I think I prefer to play it on the ps4, I didn't really notice a quality difference.
 
Well, sleeping is important. Beds are important. I suppose the house isn't.

Sleeping is for losers

I'm gonna consume stimpacks like a fat kid gorges on a chocolate cake and never sleep

When it shows the info for armor, clothing it says CHR 1 or PER 2. What do those do?

Boost your CHA by 1 and PER by 2

e: not permanently, of course, you lose the bonus when you unequip the item
 
Holy shit, started 11 hours ago. This is definitely a bethesda game. This game is exactly what I thought it would be, I'm not blown away, and I'm not disappointed. Another Fallout. Call me crazy but I think the graphics are quite good for a game of this scale, running at 1080p ultra settings at a solid 60fps. This modding system is crazy, there are a billion variants of every piece of armor and guns in this game! and the world is so densely packed, you barely find those typical patches of nothingness like FO3 or Skyrim.
 
It's weird, people told me I was silly when I didn't really like Witcher 3 as much because I couldn't customise my character.

And now we have people complaining about Bethesda trying to give you a more definite character. Lol.

Story fits my unarmed Steve Rogers character like a glove anyway
But the Witcher 3 had a good story so it didn't matter. The story in this basically just amounts to "go find someone and experience more adventures along the way".
 
Where can I see this happen? How does it boost?

Boost, as in give a bonus to the stat. For example, if your PER is 4 and you're wearing glasses that have PER 1, your perception will be 4 + 1. You can still only get perks up to rank 4, but for all intents and purposes, your actual perception STAT is 5. You see enemies a bit further away etc.

You lose the bonus when you unequip the item.

e: lol I was faster

This.
It's a RPG game and since I get no sleep in the real world, my char isn't allowed to sleep either.

Lmao yeah, exactly
 
So I'm doing the quest where you clear out the raiders in Corvega Assembly Plant and I'm pretty awful at it. This building is a maze.
Yea, I'm having trouble getting into the groove. That mission seemed way beyond me, the route to Diamond City was a fucking death trap. I'm not sure what I should be doing...

I'll have to try tomorrow when I can play longer.
 
As soon as I started the game up and got to the character creation, it crashed. So far haven't had any problems with it other than that and some frame rate drops.
 
Boost, as in give a bonus to the stat. For example, if your PER is 4 and you're wearing glasses that have PER 1, your perception will be 4 + 1. You can still only get perks up to rank 4, but for all intents and purposes, your actual perception STAT is 5. You see enemies a bit further away etc.

You lose the bonus when you unequip the item.

e: lol I was faster



Lmao yeah, exactly

Thanks!
 
Anyone else getting crazy amounts of mouse input lag? It feels pretty gross. I've tried disabling vsync in the ini and using Nvidia's, but it doesn't really make a difference.


Also, the Steam Controller feels pretty bad in this game using the "mouse-like joystick" mode unfortunately. I've been using it for other fps games that don't let you use gamepad and mouse at the same time and it's worked pretty well.
 
The gunplay in this game is way better than I expected it would be. This game actually plays like a very competent shooter 90% of the time. I'm playing on Survival difficulty and shit's hard. I find myself constantly having to re-evaluate my strategies, because even a single softshell Mirelurk can take me out, and some mobs are just too damn much for my fragile self.

Luckily, I've got FUCKING POWER ARMOR.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh9jt8ikjsk (Very mild spoilers, in this video I rambo the shit out of an entire bandit hangout a good portion of an absolutely massive raider hideout in 2 minutes)

This game, dawg. Sadly I didn't think to mirror my sound through HDMI before I recorded my last session, so that video has no sound. Still tho

Anyone else getting crazy amounts of mouse input lag? It feels pretty gross. I've tried disabling vsync in the ini and using Nvidia's, but it doesn't really make a difference.

I've noticed a bit of input lag, not enough to irritate me but just enough for me to notice. A fix would be nice. Seems like the type of thing we're more likely to see from modders than Bethesda.
 
Is this as good as Wasteland 2 DC?

Fallout 4 is a better FPS than W2

W2 is a better turn-based RPG than Fallout 4

I can't come up with two RPGs that are so vastly different from each other than FO4 and Wasteland 2 lol. I know Fallout practically started because of Wasteland 1, but the games are absolutely not comparable in any way or form.

e: well, they both seem very buggy, so I guess there's that
 
Seems like there are a few Bobbleheads locked behind missions unlocking the locations.

Also some are locked behind master level locks.
 
9 hours. If my game delivers today that is, which I'm in no way taking as a given. If anybody who ordered from ThatGameCollection could let me know if they get their order today, I'd be grateful.
 
Can anyone tell me if this game performs ok on a Phenom X6 1055T with 8GB Ram and a AMD 7950? 1920x1200 is my resolution.

Or should I go with the PS4 version instead?

Thanks!
 
This game really *really* wants you to play it with a controller doesn't it?

Yep, the m+kb UI coooould be a bit better, to say the least.

I'm torn. Lining up headshots is so much easier with a mouse, but I'm not sure if it's worth tolerating the shit UI. Aside from intense firefights, a controller should work as well for me.
 
This dude on twitch has been trying to figure out hacking for like 30 minutes already, and nobody in his chat seems to know how to do it either, its both funny as hell and infuriating.
 
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