I for one could go with having all Fallout screenies in one thread. But since I´m not even playing my vote doesn´t hold much weight, I guess.

Rather difficult question. We shouldn´t need two screenshot threads just for Fallout 4 but at the same time there´s a chance for spoilers... Maybe those entering the FO4 screenshot thread have to be prepared for spoilers or simply avoid it for the time being.

This post has been edited by mirocu: Nov 13 2015, 09:58 PM

I don’t think we need another thread for spoiler discussion. mirocu already made one.

I'd agree. If a screenshot has a spoiler in it, it would be put in the spoilers thread, rather than the screenshots one, like we do now for Skyrim. So FO4, FO4 spoilers, and FO4 screenshots should be a complete set. Until FO4 mods are possible, anyway.

My own view is that one FO screenshot thread might be fine and just begin adding shots there from FO4 as they come up. But I also want to be sensitive to the fact that I don't play FO. I also don't believe it's necessary to have spoiler/non-spoiler screenshot threads. Viewers should generally be aware that if they look at shots from other folks' games, they're likely to see spoilers.

Whichever way we go, I'll tweak the existing FO screenshot thread title as needed to reflect things.

Same here, I am not playing (but I am an interested party). Right now as far as I know there are only 3 members actually playing; and in the future there is a possibility that I might get it (but I don't care one way or another about spoilers, and usually buy the official guides as part of my collections anyway, lol).

But I am pretty sure in the future we will see SubRosa playing it; and she does not like spoilers, so she should have a say in how she thinks the threads should be handled.

Acadian does not play any of the Fallout genre games; and doesn't care one way or another about spoilers. Mirocu will probably not get it unless the need to have online access via Steam to play it is removed.

I don't really care how it is done, just the least convoluted way possible is usually the best way all the way around for user friendliness.

That is the truth. Screenshots and vids are inherently spoilerish by nature, it is to be expected if you see them you are opening yourself up having some insight into the game you didn't have before. Right now every single screenshot out there is something I haven't seen in game and is telling me something about that game that I don't know/didn't know.

And for anyone who hasn't played FO3 or NV - the screenshot thread is already overloaded with spoilers in those two games; and no one has been concerned to this point about it.

I don't really like the idea of two separate Fallout screenshot topics. It would just make things more confusing. If I don't want to see what Fallout 4 looks like I just won't click on the links to the pictures. But I do want to see, because that is a big influence on whether or not I decide to buy the game at some later date.

That works for me. The main quest is the only one I really don’t want to know about yet, and it’s easy enough to just stay away until I’ve played through it. If it lasts as long as some of the Skyrim faction quests that should take me… about five more minutes?

I’ve been watching my son play and there have been some truly jaw-dropping moments. Also some NPCs that I love and some that I’d love to slap. Really neat.

When you have done it, please feel free to get on the spoiler thread and discuss it, I would love to hear about those jaw dropping moments !!!

Oh, come on, Beth put in years of work on the Winterhold quest line and the Bard College.

It took a ton of developer effort to add a quest where we had to collect 1 drum and 1 lute.

Unfortunately the developer was absent that was supposed to ensure the questline worked in case the player found the lute or drum before starting the quest,

Dogmeat looks really stylish now with his new collar.

He is too busy parading around that he forgets that he is walking into a raider turret. Lol.

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Equipping items is different to Skyrim. There they took the item if it suited their style and was better than what they were using. Here you have to move the item across then manually equip it.

Y on Xbox.
E on PC.

This post has been edited by Winter Wolf: Nov 14 2015, 05:01 AM

Crikey. Feral Ghouls are so creepy now. They were a bit weird and almost cartoony in FO3 and NV but now they're just plain terrifying.

Oh, you cleared this building? It sure would be a shame if FERAL GHOULS STARTED CRAWLING OUT OF THE FLOORS AND WALLS


The design for non-feral ghouls is really great too. Everything looks so good.

Agree - the non-feral ghouls look really good, and so far really liked a few of their personalities too!

The feral ghouls are so fast. Like I Am Legend fast. Scary!

Winter Wolf, where did that funny Krebs vid about ghouls go that you posted? I was rolling watching it, but can't find it to comment, lol. It is in my mail box on the 13th, but not on here.





This post has been edited by mALX: Nov 16 2015, 01:05 AM

I took it down because I thought the timing was not correct after the horrible events in Paris. Gaming has little to do with world events but is better to be sensitive to the feeling of others.

Also I noticed that the ghouls and raiders look strangely small when compared to the fence and building structures. It must be for some technical reason, not sure.

I will post it again soon. Glad you liked it.

Yes, we are still waiting to hear if my Uncle is okay.

Best wishes to your uncle, mALX.

It seems rather silly to talk about a video game in light of recent events, but given that the purpose of this thread is to discuss Fallout 4… well…

I got to play for about 10 hours over the weekend and all i've seen are Vault 111, Sanctuary Hills, & Concord. I don't care at all about the MQ. Apologies to Todd Howard and the team over at Bethesda, but if they want me to embrace the story they need to make it more compelling than what I can come up with just fooling around with the workshop. So far settlement building is the best thing about this game and it makes me want to run a pure Charisma build just to get the most out of the mechanic (that isn't really spoilerish, is it?).

The group that I have met so far are all pretty one dimensional as characters go, but I find that I care more about their well being than I do about the health of those that Bethesda tells me i'm supposed to care about. The good news is that, after 10 hours I am still barely scratching the surface of what this game has to offer!

The Lovely Mrs. Melarg[™] (who I daresay has never encountered a game that didn't provoke a condescending remark) has already dubbed Fallout 4 'Minecraft with junk'… but right now she's downstairs building a bar for her settlers!

That by itself should tell you that the game is worth getting.

This post has been edited by Destri Melarg: Nov 17 2015, 09:40 PM

OMG, she is playing it? Awesome!

Thanks for the well wishes, still haven't heard anything.

My Uncle is 87 years old now, and I haven't seen him since I lived in Germany in the early to mid 1990's. because he didn't come to the Continental US much anymore by then (and never to ETN, lol). I just hope he is okay.