payl0ad Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 One could argue it's mainly the look & feel. Other long-running franchises had their mechanical overhauls too and were at some point in time at their arguable peak. Think Gothic, X-Com, Final Fantasy. Now, look and feel can absolutely be reflected in quest writing. But it's also the visual design of enemies, architecture and what have you that makes a big part of that. A Robobrain in FO4 absolutely looks and feels like the "real thing" from Mariposa. Fallout 4 is less a choice-and-consequence based epic RPG and more of a railroaded action adventure with lots of stuff to do but it still manages to feel totally Fallout-y. It does an awful lot of things right that were kinda meh previously and deserves credit for that. It also deserves the discredit it received for doing some things wrong. Far Harbor demonstrated very well that it's not the tools that were holding anything back, we can absolutely have skill checks and choice/consequence if need be. And of course, it's a technical nightmare. So, it's authentic Fallout. It does some things different but ultimately at least sort of delivers on everything except nitpicky details like slavery and prostitution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaphorset Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Oh well... The main problem - not only with Fallout 4 but also Skyrim - is that the BGS people either have no clue what type of game they actually want to make or they are trying so desperately to please everybody and their Mum that they completely miss the goal. Personally I believe the latter and I also believe that the money people aka Zenimax have too much influence on the games. Fallout 4 is a physics sandbox settlement building simulator with micromanagement, microtransactions, FPS as well as 3rd person shooter and platformer elements, carefully seasoned with rpg-like story bits and a millenial-friendly dressup option that also satisfies crossdressing tendencies (regarding the rest of the mess I'm voting this as a good thing). Oh, you also can have carry load expansions (some people like to call them companions). Besides the post-nuclear theme, Fallout 4 is not only no "authentic" Fallout game, it actually cannot be compared to any other game out there, because it tries too hard to be all of them. It basically is the equivalent to one of the menus that are served in a cheap retirement home. They try so hard to match everybody's taste, so all that's left in the end is a bland mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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