yes. If your laptop can run fallout 3 then it can run new vegas; there is no improvement in graphics over the previous game.
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Fallout 76 - Review Thread
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yes. If your laptop can run fallout 3 then it can run new vegas; there is no improvement in graphics over the previous game.
Well. That's an opinion. 4 is what made me skip this game, and I'm so glad I did. I'm a notorious hoarder of consumables in games so I minimized power armour time in 4 until the end. 4 shouldn't have shot its load with power armour action so early.
The engine conversation is actually a bit more amusing to me in the wake of the Kotaku article and even my own comments on that topic. I think Fallout 76 might actually have some of the first signs of them digging into some of the systemic engine issues that they shirked investing into for Skyrim and Fallout 4. For one they seem to actually be properly using raw mouse input; both Skyrim and Fallout 4 have less than ideal mouse input translation (particularly Skyrim at launch) whereas mouse input feels perfectly clean in 76. It's also the first desktop PC game where they seem to have finally conquered the calculation issues being tied to the frame buffer; I don't know if that is knock-on effect of their VR port work (as someone mentioned to me in the 76 OT here) but this is the first PC port of theirs on this pipeline where we can actually play the game properly above 60 FPS with the latest 76 patch.
The technical issues are the only criticism i canan agree on with this game and they honestly haven't been that bad on PS4 Pro
I love everything else about the game so far and the smear campaign seems about as embarrassing as the one against Pokemon Go
If this is a 6/10 game then gaming has come a long ass way apparently cuz this is my favorite 6/10 game of the year
I love everything else about the game so far and the smear campaign seems about as embarrassing as the one against Pokemon Go
If this is a 6/10 game then gaming has come a long ass way apparently cuz this is my favorite 6/10 game of the year
I have to tend to agree. It doesn't feel like content is lacking for me like it did with (vanilla) Destiny. I'm not sure if the gameplay loop is just better or what though.
The technical issues are inexcusable, but in terms of the gameplay, it feels like how I'd imagine an online version of Fallout feeling like. The quests are designed in such a way to fit that mold.
Just because a game has a horrid meta and is almost universally panned doesn't mean having fun with it is banned. If it's fun for you, just go play it. I'd venture pretty much everyone has a story of games they loved that had bad receptions. You do you.
I actually played 3 on my PS3, but it looks like my laptop can indeed run New Vegas. I might just do it.
Im still a bit bummed that 3/NV arent getting a remaster treatment... but maybe that would be something worth waiting on
I would love to see a remake take a massive leap like RE2 is getting
On the PS4, Fallout 76 definitely isn't a 6/10 game.
It's a 4.9/10 game.
Also "smear campaign", that's rich.
Nah, they look about the same and mostly use the same assets.
Tho F:NV at night in New Vegas looks better then anything in 3.
totally agree. Apart from maybe the limited dialog options, I felt everything was done better in 4.
Yes, the story and writing are meh, but it's not like Fallout 3's was any better.
And both are garbage compared to New Vegas.
And 3 was my first Fallout experience.
It's not a good game, and it deserves the scores it's getting. It's interesting that you brought up Pokémon Let's Go because that's a prime example of a game getting mixed reactions when announced and actually turning out good. And of course, surprise surprise it's reviewing well!
It is nice to see more critical reviews, for a change, reading a few I'm literally seeing attempts to clarify mechanical short fallings that I flat out do not see that much lately. While Bethesda doesn't have the shine to roll with the flashier pack, it is a little tiring watching so many forgettable or even regressive games this gen scooping up superlative praise on literally nothing but visual polish and marketing hype.
These are easily the biggest factors taken into consideration for reviewers whether they're aware of it or not.
I'm with you. For me it's New Vegas > 2 > 1 > 4 > 3 >.................................76.
... Are you speaking for all game reviewers, or did I misunderstand you? Do you have experience in the industry?
Better graphics and gunplay. Still feel like 3 was the better RPG and better fallout game.
No it doesn't lol. The actual Mojave is a little uglier than the capital wasteland when looking at it from a highpoint but the rest of the game looks the same or better.
New Vegas is the best Fallout, so yeah.
New Vegas is the best RPG in the past 15 years. Witcher 3 is garbage compared to New Vegas.
Comparing Fallout 4 to New Vegas instead of Fallout 3 is unfair.
Now that's my kind of game. It's where you play 1 of 2 guys who accidentally break into a Vault and their stupidity helps the experiment
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I don't think it's uglier, they use the same engine. But the map/world in NV is certainly more bland and uninteresting to explore. It's the worst thing about NV.
No it's just my shitty hot take from an outsiders perspective, I mean those factors are probably going to have some influence on anyone's perception of a game.
I was giving my opinion, but thank you for making it for me!
I wasn't agreeing with the comments on a smear campaign, otherwise I wouldn't describe the technical issues as inexcusable.
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3 is no masterpiece but at least the side content is decent. 4 is just boring as fuck and has one of the shittiest leveling mechanics I've seen in a long time.
You've mirrored my thoughts.
Though, in my defense, the first open world game that I played was from Bethesda... Most open world games that I've played, were from Bethesda.
So, that's all the frame of reference that I have for comparisons.
You people need to start understanding the basic concept of different opinions.
Smear campaign lol
I see so much hate for 4 everywhere, I've yet to play it myself (I've had it for my Xbox One for ages, just never gotten around to it), it's nice to see someone liked it (or they just really really hated 3? :P )
Well, Starfield will be a harder sell for sure. "This is unlike anything we've ever done before" is now a red flag.
Why are there not more reviews counted for this? Why is this not being treated like a major release with every major outlet providing coverage?
Is the meta critic review count going to stay like this?
Is the meta critic review count going to stay like this?
Are these people intentionally ignoring all the bugs and technical problems others are having with the game or what..
Fallout 76 would have been a great Game Pass game, but at the time I'm not sure if Bethesda thought it would get this reception. The game has changed in how buggy your game can be. There's a higher standard now and hopefully Bethesda learns and improves.
More to your point, I feel Starfield will sell well regardless. It'll be marketed as the "new IP from the makers of Skyrim" so that'll drum up interest. A Microsoft exclusive marketing deal there will be beneficial.
I think there's a good game in FO76, but it's so mired with technical issues that it feels like a $60 early access game. They really needed to make sure an online game like this was as polished as possible.
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There is no smear campaign or conspiracy here - just a bad game that you happen to enjoy. That's it.
I guess theoretically it wouldn't be too hard for them to add a bunch of NPC robots out in the world with unique, interesting quests.
Would just require the investment in creating that content, manpower which unfortunately has likely already been allocated to finishing the DLC Vaults.
Would just require the investment in creating that content, manpower which unfortunately has likely already been allocated to finishing the DLC Vaults.
Probably.
But even if the game was bug free, a fully functional game is just that, functional. It could be the most polished game there is and still be a bad game. It could even not be a bad game and people are still allowed to not like it. At least with such a buggy game the silly 'objective review' argument is out the window, i hope. We went straight to the smear campaign part.
Next come the theories that all these reviewers were bought by Bethesda's competition or something. Maybe someone infiltrated BGS's headquarters and dropped a bag of bugs and bad decisions on the game's code.
I'm gonna play Far Harbor for the first time at Christmas. How long is it?
Is the Nuka World DLC any good?
It has a good amount of content. Length of the story depends on your choices, really. Its overall size is about in between Dragonborn and Shivering Isles.
Nuka World ain't so good if you're not interested in being a raider, but it has cool environments to explore.
I get it from the standpoint that the shooting is a bit better, but I think everything else about Fallout 3 is better.
I also was voracious in playing Fallout 3 to the point that I immediately bought all DLC (and the same goes for NV), but I beat Fallout 4, put it down, and never picked it up again.
I get that it's not as easy as saying that Bethesda should just "fix" the engine; obviously, it's doing so many complex things that it would need a complete teardown. However, after the reception for FO76, maybe it's time to put Fallout on ice for a bit and maybe build FO5 from the ground up?
My big worry looking forward at Fallout is that the writing will never be nearly as great as it was in New Vegas again. FO2 and NV in particular are these immersive worlds with amazing stories, both overarching and small within the niches of the worlds that they inhabit, and FO3 is goofy popcorn fun and FO4 is actively bad. Like, I come to FO not only for the Wasteland tour, but also to think about what I'm doing and the ideas that the game offers.