[Closed] anyone played fallout 4 yet? how are you finding it?

Played through the intro and 5 mins in the bunker this morning before work. So far, so good - it looks pretty and if the gameplay is similar to FO 3 and NV I will be happy.

I am working from home Weds and Fri and have Thursday off, so should be able to crack on nicely by the weekend. 🙂

Hope its considerably better than FO New Vegas. I kept going round in circles there.

I'm currently building chairs, pretty good so far but think I'm gonna do some equipment consolidation as feel a bit under gunned currently.

Brilliant game, I like pace. Time to explore look around. Like the story so far.

I played the original back in the day, missed the others. Tried NV didn't like it.

Spent a few hours this afternoon chilling playing post nigh shift before I head back in.

Very good, massively in depth so much to do with the extended crafting features. I'm off to get some veg to plant for Sanctuary then I'll concentrate on building my armoury back up. Oh yeah and the crazy lady's chair.

My PC copy arrived so that's good.

My Xbox controller PC adaptor didn't do that's not as good.

I could fire it up and have a go but PC gaming annoys me so I'll wait till I can use a proper controller. Might just check it all works though...

Trying hard to not pay attention...really don't want to buy a new XboxOne so I can play this....but really want to play this.

Wireless or wired?

Heard the controls might be ropey for PC. I'm circling the bowl as far as minimum specs go with a processor well below recommended so may give it a miss.

Wireless, might be ropey but not as ropey as me on the keyboard and mouse combo!

Not played much as yet - PC Version running Ultra High... sooo pretty!

Loads of fun though, with some really interesting ideas in it (wind up laser guns, home made pipe guns and such like). I haven't got onto crafting yet, but will probably have a play on that tomorrow or over the next few days.

The controls are perhaps not quite as intuitive as Fallout 3, it feels a bit more like it was designed for console controlers and it hasn't quite mapped over to keyboard/mouse as well as the previous version. That said, it may just be a case of getting used to it.

Comparison video footage for your viewing. Poor Xbone just falls short.

http://m.uk.ign.com/videos/2015/11/09/fallout-4-graphics-comparison-pc-vs-ps4-vs-xbox-one

Wireless, might be ropey but not as ropey as me on the keyboard and mouse combo!

Sadly I swing the other way, have a pretty much unused out the box wired 360 controller next to me.

Colleague of mine has taken 2 days off to play it. He was asked to come in on thursday for a meeting, said nope. Was asked if he had significant plans that were more important, he said yep. But he didn't quite dare explain that he had a pressing 48 hour appointment with an xbox, rsi and an adult nappy.

Impressed so far. played 2 hours and only just got to the bridge on the way to Concord - spent so long designing my character and exploring the vault and my home area. This could take some time

Yup I hardly got very far through the game yesterday wilko for similar reasons, spending ages looking around.

Oooh! Let's see your character I tried to make mine look like me.

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Mine looks uncannily like yours drac, but more stubble and a bigger nose, like me!

Hahaha! I didn't add my moustache as it's gone in a few weeks. He does have a scar on his left eye brow though to match mine.

A new game comes out and I just know that this will mean that truancy and feigned illness amongst pupils at school will rise for a few days!

Games come every week. 😕

Mines got that scar above his left eye too, as have I!

I'm starting to get a bit freaked out now.

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Drac do you look like Richard O'Brian by chance? Lol

I'm waiting for a halo 5 special edition Xbox one to fall in my lap with a copy of FO4 as well before I can start but been playing the goty fo3 for the last few days in prep

Drac do you look like Richard O'Brian by chance? Lol

Not quite yet. I still have some hair but you can't make it his out in that pic due to the angle.

Im really trying to resist getting this, I already have a rather long list of unfinished/unplayed games already however it is so tempting. I enjoyed FO3 and NV and am slowly working my way through them again on the PC.

For anyone wanting to get a copy on PC then Green Man Gaming currently have it for £39.99 but their current voucher code brings it down to £31.99 but its only valid until Friday.

I'm too scared to leave that first place. I've tidied everything up - cleared up loads of rubbish, started crafting and have found a dog companion. Not sure I want to leave now.

How are folk finding this performance-wise?

I really want it BUT I am seriously circling the bowl in terms of minimum specs. My processor is actually older than min recommended (QX6850 vs i5 2300) but has a 10% overclock to 3.3GHz which, along with its other specs actually brings it marginally above the newer i5. All well and good but aside from that I have minimum ram (8Gb), minimum spec GPU (AMD 7850 2GB OC) which seems to be comparable to the 7870 listed in terms of spec.

So with all that in mind, is it worth it? Or am I better waiting till I have something a bit meatier to enjoy it with?

Gf bought me this yesterday, spent around an hour creating the character, then 2-3 hours sorting Sanctuary out. Loving the crafting feature and creating your own base of operations. Not explored much yet but the little I did, i also felt well under powered. Until i found the power armor.

I really enjoyed Fallout 3 so I probably will get this at some point.

A lot of reviews have mentioned its quite buggy - has anyone found this.

I'd be getting in on XBOne anyway

I've played 3 and NV in the past and found them both buggy, but it never stopped me enjoying them. I've only played two hours of Fallout 4 so far but haven't encountered any bugs yet, although I'm sure it will happen.

I had a few hours yesterday, and wandered about and have already collected tons of crap I don't know if I need.

My wife was taking the piss out of me spending ages moulding the face of my character to look like me (weirdly it's also similar to Drac's character).

A mate also got it and while we were eating dinner watching whatever nonsense she wanted to watch, she said "I bet he didn't spend 3 hours playing it". No...he's single, he'll still be playing it.

There's already a patch out for some PC issues. I found that my Pipboy disappeared at one stage, but a restart of the game sorted that out. It looks lovely, plays well - not sure about the changes to the compass though.

not sure about the changes to the compass though.

Yeah...I'm not using it intuitively yet.

Also, how do you know where the dog is?

How are folk finding this performance-wise?

No issues here as I'm on a PS4, I gave up with PC gaming. 😀

A lot of reviews have mentioned its quite buggy - has anyone found this.

As mentioned previous ones were also buggy probably because they are huge games. I've not notice any yet.

"I bet he didn't spend 3 hours playing it". No...he's single, he'll still be playing it.

😆

Also, how do you know where the dog is?

Yeah that's annoying. If you send him back he heads to a Kennel but it's right bugger to find.

Damn this game is huge. Had the chance of a few hours play this am and it's just massive.

Anyone using the pip boy app on your phone? Downloaded it but unsure whether it's easier or more hassle.

Ooooh! I'll give that ago cheers.

Played a couple of hours last night but got a bug which meant my game didn't save so started it again tonight. Absolutely loving it and yep it's massive! Going for a beast ninja hacking lock picking build so I can smash the crap outta everyone I come across while getting into every locked room/safe/computer I can 😆

Struggling to find a gear though so I can finish building my water supplies in sanctuary though.

Scrap the ruined houses and look for cement blocks.

I need more copper wire - must stop get sleep.

Explore off the beaten track, I keep finding side things to do.

If you've found Lexington there's a good supply of items with copper wire but it's full of enemies. Found the supply while getting distracted with side quests.

Some good tips here no of them spoilers.

http://m.uk.ign.com/wikis/fallout-4/Things_Fallout_Does n't_Tell_You

Found Lexington, found a nuke too at and old scrap yard. Look out for the factory area, tough.

Yeah I tried to clear that without power armour it didn't go well, so I went back with some vengeance, suited and booted. Haven't spotted the nuke I'll take a look later.

I think the power armour suits are found near particularly difficult places...I was struggling with a building as someone had a minigun. Found a suit nearby and went back in....minigun's mine now.

I've never played any Fallout games, but ads have sucked me in a bit.

What it's like? mindless shooter or more in-depth? I've got an okayish PC (i5 2400 3.1Ghz, 8GB RAM and a GTX750Ti GPU) but I only get an hour, maybe two a week to play - is it going to be months before I do anything fun?

I think the power armour suits are found near particularly difficult places...I was struggling with a building as someone had a minigun. Found a suit nearby and went back in....minigun's mine now.

I've a got a fatboy gun and another power suite problem is I stored it somewhere and forgot where. As it's stored rather than left it's not showing on the map.

What it's like? mindless shooter or more in-depth? I've got an okayish PC (i5 2400 3.1Ghz, 8GB RAM and a GTX750Ti GPU) but I only get an hour, maybe two a week to play - is it going to be months before I do anything fun?

Very in depth. I've no idea how it'll run as I gave up with PC gaming as find it easier now just to use a console. It'll take months either way but you can jump on and do little bits each time.

I caved in and got it, done a couple of hours so far.

Currently in Concorde having just nailed a Deathclaw. Seems a lot smoother and slicker than previous Fallout games. Graphics seem to be nicely done in parts too. It seems to have quicker gameplay than the other two.

Looking forward to seeing how the game progresses.

P-Jay it might work ok on your system at medium settings, there are some gameplay vids on youtube of people with the same graphics card as you which might give a rough idea of performance. From what I've seen seems to be around the 30-35fps area on ultra settings.

Creg, that was exactly the info I needed, looks like my older CPU will wipe the floor with an i3 that runs it happily with the same GPU.

Sucks that I'm still off work for the next 2 weeks 😀

I got the t51 power armour from the national guard centre. Issue I have is I keep putting stuff into my workstations at sanctuary and they disappear! Bloody annoying when guns go.

Creg, that was exactly the info I needed, looks like my older CPU will wipe the floor with an i3 that runs it happily with the same GPU.

FWIW I'm running it on ultra settings using a core i5 4590 and a GTX 970 and I get a solid 60fps. Put your system into the Game Debate website and it will tell you where you fall short although take their suggestions with a pinch of salt 😉

Take a look at Digital Foundry though as they seemed to have an issue with AMD GPU's (its in one of their videos, GTX970 vs r9 390 at 1080p and 1440p), I think AMD might have been a bit lacklustre with their driver updates (again...)

well i have finally bought fallout 4 yesterday for my xbox one.lovely looking game i have to say (am just at the start after leaving vault 111).

any advice for a fallout numpty (i have always found fallout 3 and now this a lot more difficult to get my head around than elder scrolls games i have to admit).

i have found the Alsatian dog (will call him killer or munchkin,haven't decided yet 🙂 and garage,and have picked up nearly everything i have found so far (good job i added strength to my character perks eh 😉

the main thing is that i just don't have a clue as to where to begin exploring/crafting stuff e.t.c. the options are just huge as to the freedom of choice).

just wish i could find one of those armoured motorized body suits with chain gun (and reach master level lock picking to get that cool gun that's in the vault 111 in a sealed case).

You should find a suit soon after finding dog meat a mission will point you to it.

It will also help you with crafting initially but I wander around a lot of the time but that said I've no payed for a month or more.

have just got the power armour after doing the mission you said drac. jesus that deathclaw was a bad mofo to say the least 😯 i seemed to have unloaded half a minigun clip into it and yet it was still rampaging towards me (then it did get to me and dropped me to the ground,luckily i managed to kill it then 😮

just returned to the garage and left the power suit there (need to repair an arm and leg i think) i need to get another power cell for it (along with more minigun ammo 😆

i hope not to see another deathclaw for a very long time.

great game though 😀

Deathclaws are pussies, you can take them down with a rapid 10mm. Legendary Alphas, on the other hand are a bit more tricky though either will run away if you hit them hard enough. Legendary glowing ghouls are shitbags, you need to blow their legs off before taking time on pot shots.

I'm only level 22 but have ranked up loads of my kit. Armour and weapons crafting should be made a priority, blacksmith and science secondary. I have never used power armour besides that first mission, I have about six suits now, a mix of T41, T51 and Raider armour. I think I have about 20 fusion cores, a top tip I was given was to never let them run dry, always eject on the last bar as you can use depleted cores again as if from new.

Also shaun? Who is, oh yeah... Main mission has been solidly ignored!

I have invested (wasted?) a huge amount of time in this game. Level 44 I think now. There are a couple of good top tips guides in the Guardian but whether you use depends how much of a purist you are in working stuff out for yourself. But sruff isn't always obvious in the game like setting up supply routes between settlements if you go down the route of building them up. Generally very impressed - interesting side questions and characters, but can be a bit clunky at times and lots of repetitive kill the raiders type missions which you don't have to do, but I am a bit of a completionist

I got to about level 55 before I got bored and Im a huge fallout fan. Money well spent as I played over 100 hours. As a whole package its better than previous games but I miss the skill points/perk system from the 3/NV.

Its definitely missing some of the cool/creepy stories that were in the other games though. That said it was still awesome fun.

Love Fallout 4.

I'm just putting the finishing touches to my three storey mansion in Sanctuary, complete with bar and pool table!

Like squirrelking I've barely used power armour, you don't really need it

I'm Level 34

For a new player I would say the best advice is follow the Minuteman story line initially, the first mission are pretty straight forward ans should get you some good XP and weapons.

Once you are passed level 10 and aren't getting killed by every random encounter you can start to explore a bit more.

Completely hooked on this now. I'm level 24, at 25 I get the next level of gun nut perk that gives me access to more powerful gun mods. I wouldn't get too carried away with the strength skill unless you build a melee character and want to carry shed-loads of stuff. Once you get a companion you can use them to carry stuff for you anyway, even dogmeat can carry stuff. I've based myself in Sanctuary, and I head back there regularly to store loot/junk in the workbenches, mod weapons and armor and cook stuff. Found some amazing weapons - Deliverer, Fusil Terrible, Reba 2, Kellogs pistol - used the latter to drop a legendary alpha deathclaw quite easily (with the help of a nuka quantum) I love this game 😀

EDIT : as others said, I never use power armour

Wasn't expecting to enjoy an 'open' game lie Fallout at all..... was up until 1 playing it last night, now in work with a heavy coffee dependency to see me through

Also, playing Fallout 3 and NV in the past I heavily relied on the VATS system, but this time I rarely use it at all. It's good now and again and to use the criticals but the shooting seems pretty good without it now which I'm very pleased about 🙂

Got this for xmas, right after I updated my graphics card to something quite pokey. It's awesome, I've not played anything else other than Fallout 4 for a month. Every time I play, I find something new.

The difficulty level is spot on, the quests and character interactions are engaging and the retro-futurist feel is brilliantly done.

I keep finding Hollywood film locations, perhaps the most memorable was the War of the Worlds type row of clapboard houses underneath an elevated motorway. I've even found a bar that's a dead ringer for the bar in Cheers.

Oh and a couple more tips

Even if you can't be bothered with the settlement aspect of the game its good to develop Sanctuary a little bit and use it as a base to store all of your loot.

I stick junk directly into the workshop and have made separate boxes for spare weapons and armour / clothes makes it easier to keep track of stuff.

You'll want to mod guns pretty early on as it can make even basic weapons much more powerful so invest in the Gun Nut perk.

The main limitations to modding weapons are finding enough screws and adhesive.

Screws are best obtained from scrapped objects. Best sources early in the game are Desk Fans, Type writers and Hot Plates. Never walk past one of these when you are exploring always take them!

You can make adhesive at your settlement by growing Corn, Tatos and Mutfruit and combining it at a cooking station to make vegetable starch

Ammo weighs nothing so carry all of it even ammo you can't currently use you might find a gun that can use it on your travels!

I've even found a bar that's a dead ringer for the bar in Cheers.

Dude, it's set in Boston..... 😉

Also investing in the scrapper perk makes it far easier to stock up on screws - scrap all the rubbish weapons that raiders etc drop and you end up with stacks of them. Also collect any meat/remains of animals you encounter and kill, they almost always are ingredients you can use for cooking all kinds of non-radiated food with great health benefits and very often have stat boosts too.

Haven't found the Cheers bar yet, but Salem was pretty cool along with the Museum of Witchcraft

Interesting to hear that someone else isn't using VATS that much, I'd much rather manoeuvre into position and snipe under my own power. I've built up an extended, heavy receiver combat shotgun that can finish off a deathclaw in about 5 shots.

Is anyone bothering with the Gamma Pistol much?

I have to play once PhD work is finished and the family has gone to bed...02:00 bed time this morning....

I'm racking up quite the arsenal at the moment, though I'm still not quite sure about the .50 cal sniper rifle. Don't get me wrong, the ability to obliterate a torso is quite spectacular, but the recoil, even fully modded out, is ridiculous.

Weapon(s) of choice so far is a Marksman combat rifle.

Haven't used the gamma pistol at all. My main pistol is the upgraded Deliverer. Also got the unique shotgun Les Fusil Terribles - good base damage (also massively upgradeable), +25% damage and +25% limb damage and importantly a 32 round drum mag for just mowing hoards of enemies down.

I hated this to start with, it was on ebay within a few hours, but I tried it again & am now a huge fan, never played fallout game before.
I have no interest in building or crafting stuff, so not messing with creating cities & the guns I use are as I find them.
I dont know if this will eventually stop me progressing, I hope not.

Its definitely hugely beneficial to upgrade at least a few weapons. You could introduce yourself to this part of the game once you master the basics and level up a bit. The more I've played it the more I've experimented with the different elements of game-play including crafting, cooking etc and it really helps and adds something to the game.

I don't use power armour but am heavy VATS user. My strategy is combination of sniping, sneaking and deliverer, or combat rifle/ shotgun when just have to kill every MF in the room. My favourite tactic is to sneak through groups of ghouls taking a leg off with deliverer in VATs and then dogmeat finish them off.

Not massively built up sanctuary but opened up lots of settlements across coonwealth and all linke with supply routes and equipped with recruitment beacons. Make sure enough beds, defense, food, water etc. Not sure why, just feel like I'm taking back the commonwealth for civilisation. Progressively doing all the missions to clear buildings etc.

I've been rocking the Arthur Dent build. Not much charisma or strength but a whole load of luck and a very nice dressing gown. And some spectacles. And the Overseers Guardian 😀

I've finished the main story but still loads of side quests to do. I found the local leader perk to set up supply routes and minuteman artillery support a good combo.

By building artillery at each settlement I've got most of the map covered. Supermutants? Artillery. Raider base? Artillery. Pesky Stingwing thing? Artillery. Basically there are few problems massive guns have failed to solve!

I've got a 50 caliber sniper rifle that deals with most stuff before it gets too close (Called "One Shot")

An upgraded Combat Shotgun "Limb Remover" takes care of anything that gets too close

And I keep a Combat Rifle handy for more general killing duties

A good tip is to avoid modding you weapon to automatic. They are less powerful, use more ammo and are generally less accurate. You can invest a few perk points in the Rifleman perk and make all the semi auto weapons more powerful instead

Just started playing this and am enjoying it so far. The minigun just didn't touch the deathclaw and I kept getting killed. I realised I can climb on top of certain buildings and he couldn't get through narrow gaps so I ended up stood on a balcony shooting at it.

Looking forward to specking up my weapons and armour, I just started on that last night and need more glue.

I have poisoners DB shotgun, better stats than a regular combat shotgun with advanced reciever but can be a PITA waiting to reload.

Assaultron with "Will It Blend?" hands sucks ass, need something more powerful although jumping around like an idiot before allowing it to fire its face laser seems to be the best tactic.

Gamma pistol is rubbish, might try the electro upgrade but if thats no good it'll be getting binned along with pipe guns (which I don't even pick up now). Need to seriously pare down my collection I think as I'm carrying far too much, the minibar doesn't help...

Anyone bothered using the Junk Jet? Had a bit of a play with it but it seems fairly crap

The Overseers Guardian is the gun of the game for me. It fires two projectiles for the price of one. When fully modded it can do more damage than a grenade but with the accuracy and fire rate of a normal combat rifle. Can be had for sale at Vault 81 and was the best thing I bought in the game.

10/10. Would massacre again.

I've not started yet, still trying to find a few hours to get really stuck into it. But sad to hear this:

Its definitely missing some of the cool/creepy stories that were in the other games though.

Some of those stories in Fallout 3 were really compelling. Things like the guy who was fused into a tree; the various vaults and their experiments, and so on. It really made it stay with you hours after you stopped playing.