TeamBacon Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I know in this day and age being positive and actually liking stuff is not what the cool kids do. If you want to be popular you have to complain all the time and be negative and talk about how much better things could have been done... But, I'm to old to care about being cool or fitting in, and I love Fallout 4. So here we go! - I think the new perk system is amazing and so much better than the Skills system I found that the new system added to the story that made my character. My particular Special build was not very good to start off the game, and as a result the things I did reflected that. I spent the first 10 levels being a scavenger and collecting stuff, spending my perks on things that allowed me to better gather supplies. From level 15 and on, however, I started building my character into the scientist I envisioned, she started to take on a more evolving personality and started doing quests that represented that, still avoiding large scale combat because of the whole 2 endurance and 2 agility thing with no perks spent in combat. I would simply overpower my enemies by having superior guns, because I had supplies I had scavenged and I had smarts. By the time I got gun nut level 3 and science level 3 and had several good quality weapons crafted, I finally started spending points in upping my agility and getting the perks for pistols and vats and all that fun stuff. I crafted most of my stuff into pistols as a result of that choice, so my 'Righteous Authority' Laser Rifle became an over the top powerful long laser pistol. At this point I was ready to take on the world and started doing the more aggressive missions of the game. No longer did I need to rely on just my brain and lock pick skills, but I could take out an entire room with my newly crafted pistols that only a truly awesome scientist character could make... All built off those first 10 levels I spent building a scavenger. I love how that story comes from the gameplay dynamic in a way that Skills never did. I love even more that if I create a different Special build in my next playthrough, I am going to be seeing the game from a totally different order as a result. I might be more brave, but I also won't have the master lockpick perk the very second it becomes available. - Customizing weapons is great - Jetpack power armor with upgraded legs that shoot out fire when I slam onto the ground - The Enclave armor actually looks good for the first time in any Fallout game other than 2 - Dialogue system that isn't ugly and leaves the options I don't choose a mystery to be unlocked my next play through It is an artistic choice that improves the pace of the game and makes it easier to stay in character. If I am playing a character that is a real 'Goody Two Shoes' and always does the right thing, then I don't want to have to read through a sarcastic option that says, 'Oh, I would totally love to get shot up by mutants for you' or a mean option that says, 'I don't have time to help your hole in the ground settlement, you are probably just going to die anyways'. That kind of stuff throws you out of the character that you are in. And then when I do play a second playthrough, if the game is like New Vegas and has everything written out on the screen, then I already know everything my sarcastic jerk character is going to say, because I had to read it when I was playing a goody two shoes character... No surprise, so why even play the game a second time when everything was shown to me the first time. The sarcasm option is great, because it is always a surprise, it wouldn't be fun if I always read it first. - The intro in the pre-bomb world before going into the Vault is really good storytelling - The Silver Shroud - Only one major bug that has bothered me in 100+ hours I've counted about 4 total bugs and one instance where my frame rate dropped on me. Considering I am running the game on ultra on a 6 year old PC, and that I am over 100 hours into the game, that is a 10/10 for stability in my book. - Interesting characters So many cool characters, but I don't want to mention spoilers and stuff, but everyone has their unique stories and personalities. It is very interesting getting to know them all, even the villains. I actually felt bad picking a side because I had come to like the characters that I was going to have to go up against... I didn't particularly want to support their mission, but they were good people and I didn't want to hurt them. I will mention one name but no spoilers... Danse... because his reactions at a certain point in the game were just awesome in my personal opinion and I will probably never forget that conversation with Arthur. - Music in the Third Rail in Goodneighbor New music just for Fallout and a character to sing it all, awesome! - The overall vibe of Goodneighbor in general - The first trip into the Glowing Sea is really fun The build up to going into this forbidden area of danger was awesome, actually having to supply myself and my companion with hazmat suits and all that fun stuff. Then going into this area that looked nothing like the rest of the game and fighting these giant deathclaw that were way more powerful than me. I had some great experiences fighting those deathclaw and barely surviving by blowing up a car right next to one of them, only to seconds later have it pop back up and rip the arm off my power armor and having to use my last 4 shots from my 44 magnum to headshot and stun it in Vats while I ran far enough away to drop a plasma mine before sprinting the hell out of there. - Cool hats People in the real world should all wear fedoras... - The Silver Shroud again - Hard choices when you have to choose between factions - Vats is fun, though not always useful, it is cinematic and fun - Controller support for the PC version of the game It is great to just plug in a controller and play, where other pc games I want to play with a controller require me to custom set everything up with an outside program. It is nice that Bethesda cares about pc gamers that like controllers in such a way. - Deathclaw animations - Deathclaw animations in slow motion as I gun them down with a laser gatling gun - The missions where you plant MILA for Tinker Tom and have to climb to places I wouldn't normal go - The robots are really cool - 100+ hours before I got bored, more than I have ever played a videogame I have never played any videogame that long before, ever, but during those first 90 hours I was sucked into this game. I would go to work thinking about it and come home and just play Fallout 4, forget to eat and everything. After about 90 hours I was no longer sucked into the game as much, but it is still fun and there is still plenty more for me to do before I get bored. - Works on old computers I was worried that my 6 year old computer wouldn't run current generation games too well, but I have not only been running the game, but I have been running it on ultra. Thank you Bethesda for making a game that doesn't require a crazy expensive new PC to run! - Vault 81 is really cool - Mini-nukes - So much variety in ways to play - The new layered armor is great - Voice actors, especially the player character The quality of the voice acting allows this game to have emotion on a level none of the previous games in the series had. It no longer feels like people are just talking 'at' you, but that there is actually a real interaction going on. - Building skyscrapers in Sanctuary Hill because I can - The idea of settlement building in general - Collecting trash and turning it into treasures - The game is an incredibly pallet to build off of with mods to make anyone's dreams come true As someone who makes mods, I am going to have sooooooo much fun with this game. There is so much more I can do with what the vanilla game gives us than any game in the past. It is almost hard to decide whether I want to focus on power armors or settlements or weapon crafting or quests or companions. My ideas multiply by the minute, and I know 4 years from now this game will still be amazing. The vanilla game is amazing and I got way more than my $60 worth out of it, but now we are free to chase our dreams and build what we are destined to build. So ya, just a bit about why I think this game is so great. I really, really like this game. I'll probably have more things pop into my head later, there is just so much stuff... This is not meant to be a debate, this is just a topic about why I love Fallout 4. Please don't change the topic or try to derail it with debating. It is real easy to make another thread on this website, so if you want to start a debate or complain or whatever else, you can easily make your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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