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Fallout 76 | OT | Almost Heaven, Waste Virginia
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Same really,plus two of my RL friends are waiting also,so we will probably all jump in at some point.
Nice OT also. :)
That's what I thought you meant. Luckily, it's available for people that want to use it . The game will never hinder your progress if you never use that system (which I won't either)
I'm playing on Ultra. No idea how to check FPS but it seems pretty smooth.
I have a question about workshops and camps. I'm not 100% sure of why you would build them up very much if nothing persists from session to session. I captured a few workshops, and defended them a few times from a couple waves of enemies, but other than that I don't really see what the goal of capturing them is.
When you first see another person wandering around it feels so crazy. Not playing with a headset on or anything but just weird seeing someone else fight ticks or loot a house.
Just sat down and played a guitar, sounded great too so who knew my character could do that.
Just sat down and played a guitar, sounded great too so who knew my character could do that.
There are people with godly rigs experiencing massive slowdown, and people getting smooth performance with much weaker tech.
Nobody knows right now, but I know I'm barely able to play in dense areas despite being above the recommended specs. It's the worst performance in a AAA game I've ever seen.
Honestly I find this game more fun in solo. Group play is only important for events and really hard monsters but other than that I prefer to be alone. Of course, I prefer SP games so ... but still. The story being in notes and holographs means I don't want to feel pressured to rush through them cause my group or wait for my group to read through them. And I like going through games at my pace.
I personally find it a strength that the game is lonely. Fallout is a game that should be lonely. If there were people everywhere it would not feel like fallout at all or a post apocalypse world. At least with a game like GTA having people everywhere fits the setting. This game it would ruin immersion to have people everywhere.
I didn't have much time to play last night, but I did get as far as making my character, stumbling out of the vault, and bumbling my way into a moonshiner's shack housing a couple of mutant ticks.
What should I expect the next time I log in? I didn't see an option to save the game, so I'm assuming that my character progress is auto-saved on Bethesda's end?
What should I expect the next time I log in? I didn't see an option to save the game, so I'm assuming that my character progress is auto-saved on Bethesda's end?
It's not that I want the map to be littered with players, it's just that there's no grouping unless you have friends with the game as well. If you have no friends that play this game then there is no reason to play this over Fallout 4 tbh. The game makes no effort to put you in multiplayer situations. It's really lousy at being a multiplayer game.
Has anyone looked at the credits yet?
I remember the Beta credits were just a generic "Bethesda Game Studios," but it would be nice to finally confirm the "BGS Austin made this game, not Maryland" theory. Forgot to check them myself last night.
I remember the Beta credits were just a generic "Bethesda Game Studios," but it would be nice to finally confirm the "BGS Austin made this game, not Maryland" theory. Forgot to check them myself last night.
Oh, yeah, I agree on some aspects that it's lousy at being an MP game (but, caveat I don't want to play it as an MP game so I'm fine with that honestly). Like the long notes and holotapes (which I love about Bethesda games. THeir best stories are usually told in notes and holotapes strung along so that you are incentivezed to delve deeper to find the story). Those are great for SP, but as I noted in the post you replied to really hamper trying to play with friends. I've actually suggested to my friend that when he gets it (he's broke right now) that we just play in the same server and get together when we need help but explore on our own.
I think the events feel like they need MP, but as for getting people incentivized to work together on them, I can't say I'd have a suggestion as the only MP games I've played extensively is GTA V (Which is balanced towards encouraging griefing cause that's how to sell shark cards) and Monster Hunter which is designed around being a co op game and fully around working together (and I find has a pretty decent playerbase). So I have no idea how they should have done it differently to encourage people to work together (other than make the bosses hard and the events need more people to do it).
Anyone else had problems with missing items in the inventory? I played last night and picked up a total of 3 bobbleheads. Just booted up the game and now I only have one. No idea where the other 2 went :/.
Not exactly a huge motivator to keep playing if stuff like this can just disappear
Not exactly a huge motivator to keep playing if stuff like this can just disappear
another piece of shit buggy game
it doesn't have 21:9 support
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I'm stuck runnign in 25 fps
why can't they have a decent game on launch
it doesn't have 21:9 support
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I'm stuck runnign in 25 fps
why can't they have a decent game on launch
I really hope they figure out if they can up the number of players per session, it's a pretty big weakness right now imo. Makes many of the event quests frustratingly difficult at worst and very tedious at best. A lot of them can be soloed, yes, but at the cost of sprinting between several defensible points on your own, or using up a lot of ammo on enemy waves designed for multiple players and ending up in a worse place than you started.
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That's... amazing.
I don't think I've seen a game since the NES-era where the credits were purposefully ambiguous. They desperately don't want people to know how limited Todd's involvement was with this game.
The events dont really reward you enough to go out of the way of doing what you are doing. Also many are not tuned well for solo or small groups, they need a good amount of player participation. It's just not worth even going to an event happening in your area because it's almost always a waste of time. A few of the early events in the game can be solo'd easy, but some events are ridiculous and you need more players. But also once you do an event, there is little reason to do it again unless you are desperate to grind xp.
There is also too many events going on in a world with less than 30 players. Folks are spread all over the map and load times are too long, so events are often being ignored.
And I really hope they don't. I like that you aren't seeing too many people. Makes it more interesting when you do (actually makes the mp aspect kinda fun for me) and as I said before a fallout world should feel emptyish. It would be immersive breaking to constantly run into people.
Ah. Good points. As I said since I don't play mp it's harder for me to see how they should have designed it better.
I saw a couple of streamers playing the game and they had a different UI for the pip boy, it's bigger and easier to navigate, anyone know how to enable it?
Edit: nvm i'm blind
Edit: nvm i'm blind
A small rant...
Fight Night 4 came out in 2009 and it had a very decent face capture generator. I remember having lota of fun only with that.
So I spent like 1 hour trying to recreate myself and it still needs work but why aren't the character creations options better in 2018? I really wanted to creaye myself but afyer getring close I got frustrated. I wish there were easier tools that's all.
End rant.
Anyways I gor sucked in for about 3 hours last night. I am not sure why they are hating on the game. It is the same Fallout we've had from them just with people running around a la Destiny.
Fight Night 4 came out in 2009 and it had a very decent face capture generator. I remember having lota of fun only with that.
So I spent like 1 hour trying to recreate myself and it still needs work but why aren't the character creations options better in 2018? I really wanted to creaye myself but afyer getring close I got frustrated. I wish there were easier tools that's all.
End rant.
Anyways I gor sucked in for about 3 hours last night. I am not sure why they are hating on the game. It is the same Fallout we've had from them just with people running around a la Destiny.
On X you hit the view button (2 squares) while in Pip. I think on PC I heard it's right clicking while in Pip
OMG I didn't follow any threads, and I bought the PC version from Best Buy b/c of the $10 reward certificate and GCU.
I thought it would be a Steam key, but it's another damn launcher. I don't want a Bethesda launcher program! Arghhhh!
Honestly I never really looked into the game so I won't play it anyways. Just some charity money to Bethesda I guess. BB GCU had the promo and my brain said, oh hey Fallout... oh well.
I thought it would be a Steam key, but it's another damn launcher. I don't want a Bethesda launcher program! Arghhhh!
Honestly I never really looked into the game so I won't play it anyways. Just some charity money to Bethesda I guess. BB GCU had the promo and my brain said, oh hey Fallout... oh well.
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Can you change your characters look after you created it? I was in a little rush and did not notice my male character has a ponytail on his head, which I don't like. lol. I know is cosmetic, but don't want to start over (Level 5) and just want to know if I can make changes after the fact?
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Yes, if you go to the start menu whilst in game there is a change appearance option.
Thank you. Appreciate it. Can't wait to get home and play some more and of course change my characters appearance!
Only had an hour to it but really enjoyed it. Playing solo I was able to read letters and just listen to tapes and just search everything. Me and a another person did an event together and as I was being attacked by ghouls someone else helped me.
Things can change for sure but loving it. I'm probably one of the few who adore Fallout 3 more than NV and played and liked a shit ton of 4. So maybe it's geared for me which is why I like it.
Things can change for sure but loving it. I'm probably one of the few who adore Fallout 3 more than NV and played and liked a shit ton of 4. So maybe it's geared for me which is why I like it.
After you've used the launcher to download the game you can actually play it without ever using the launcher again (aside from updating). Probably won't change your mind, but thought I'd mention as it's quite handy for anyone that doesn't have tons of RAM, as the launcher uses 500MB+.
So isn't this like "officially" out today? It's weird to see the OT for a Fallout game moving so slowly and routinely not on the front page. Is this just dead in the water?
Kind of feels that way. I'm somewhat enjoying it. There's a lot to explore, but no towns or NPCs definitely hurts.
it is out today. but it released 12 hours ago. I'm guessing lots of people who would be playing are at work. I'm home sick with the flu and haven't touched it yet. Been fielding emails from work instead.
Plus many of us have played through the beta. Lots of discussion in the beta thread.
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It's doing alright on Twitch and the subreddit is pretty active, it's been dead on the water on this forum since the kotaku leak. It's clearly BGS's least successful release to date, but I don't think the game is doa.
A lot of people either got their fill from the beta, or were turned off by it. Since this isn't a proper Bethesda game, it's not going to garner the attention on Era that Starfield will.
Last night I had about a 12 or so friends showing they were playing. I have not checked today yet. The OT is moving slow, but we will see how it goes in the next 24-48 hours. When I log in I will check my stats page to see how many friends have played it so far.
Played a few hours this morning, I decided on the PC version over the XBX because the framerate was really bad during the beta. So far the game runs smooth on my rig and it's been fun to explore the area. Hopefully some friends pick up the game soon so I can try out the multiplayer.
Yep, same here. They've doubled down on what I loved and removed stuff I was indifferent to anyway.
My friend just sent me a clip. He's outside of the vault and you hear the music briefly and then it's gone, totally gone. And that goes for any dashboard sounds too until he closes the game.
Anyone else have this?
Anyone else have this?
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What platform is he playing on? Make sure that the audio output of his console (if he's using one) is set correctly.
So I reached level 11 and man, this was such a lonely experience. I went in with low expectations and still left disappointed.
The most fun I had was doing events with other players, but not once did I group up with anyone doing the same quest. This is pretty tragic imo.
Is there supposed to be an endgame? I'm curious if there's any hope for this game's legs in the long run.
The most fun I had was doing events with other players, but not once did I group up with anyone doing the same quest. This is pretty tragic imo.
Is there supposed to be an endgame? I'm curious if there's any hope for this game's legs in the long run.
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