It seems that one Post-Apocalypse game published by Bethesda Softworks isn’t enough for them...

Rage2

Cripes!

Well it looks interesting. It's got a lot of vehicles to ride around in. And those graphics look amazing, of course. It doesn't even look like a videogame! It looks more like a movie trailer. Like all the sudden, Vin Diesel is going to be standing there at the end, doing a Schwarzenegger one-liner.

I wonder if I'm done progressing in the world of videogames though. Like, I'm about to become mirocu. Stuck in 2009 with Fallout 3, lol. Maybe 2010 with New Vegas. I don't feel like shelling out any more money to get a PC upgrade, or even a Xbox One. Who knows, though?

Is Rage Bethesda's own creation? You know.... Fallout was not really their idea, Beth merely took it over with FO3. What about Rage, though?

I think that could be it. They want to make something which is completely theirs, if so. That's what all the vehicles are about. Can't put a bunch of operational vehicles into Fallout games, that would break all kinds of lore, right?

Anyway...

With new laptop it's time for a new game.

Though my family and new job will keep me busy, I should find some time here and there to explore Commonwealth. I spoiled myself years ago by reading some of the main plot of the game but I can live with that, fortunately about most of the game I have no clue, which is good.

I made a mistake before playing Skyrim by watching too many trailers and reading reviews / playthroughs, so I felt that I had known too much about the game before even trying it. Anyway, I didn't repeat this mistake with FO4.

My character only made it out of the starting Vault but so far, a few impressions:

- it reminds me of Mass Effect. A lot. One of the reasons I decided to try FO4 was that I often came upon "FO4 is too similar to Mass Effect" statement. Seeing as I liked ME, that wasn't a bad thing for me. Those who had played ME, know why they're similar - the dialogue system is almost the same and you see and hear your character as he's talking. Maybe they're similar in some other aspects too, we'll see. The difference is that in ME you have a fixed surname which often gets mentioned in dialogues BUT...

- ...BUT I was nicely surprised that my character's surname is voiced in FO4. I named him "Dennis Barry" and the robot in the intro called him Mister Barry. Now I know that if I gave him some rare name, he wouldn't be voiced but still...it's a nice touch.

- I try and regard FO4 as a different game than its predecessors, otherwise I might get too critical about some things like skills being handled differently than in previous games. So far the voiced protagonist doesn't bother me either. But my first impression is that FO4 is much more like some FPS than previous Fallouts, especially compared to New Vegas.

The graphics is stunning (thanks to my new laptop). So far I don't intend to install any mods to experience the game in its vanilla state.

With new laptop it's time for a new game.

Though my family and new job will keep me busy, I should find some time here and there to explore Commonwealth. I spoiled myself years ago by reading some of the main plot of the game but I can live with that, fortunately about most of the game I have no clue, which is good.

I made a mistake before playing Skyrim by watching too many trailers and reading reviews / playthroughs, so I felt that I had known too much about the game before even trying it. Anyway, I didn't repeat this mistake with FO4.

My character only made it out of the starting Vault but so far, a few impressions:

- it reminds me of Mass Effect. A lot. One of the reasons I decided to try FO4 was that I often came upon "FO4 is too similar to Mass Effect" statement. Seeing as I liked ME, that wasn't a bad thing for me. Those who had played ME, know why they're similar - the dialogue system is almost the same and you see and hear your character as he's talking. Maybe they're similar in some other aspects too, we'll see. The difference is that in ME you have a fixed surname which often gets mentioned in dialogues BUT...

- ...BUT I was nicely surprised that my character's surname is voiced in FO4. I named him "Dennis Barry" and the robot in the intro called him Mister Barry. Now I know that if I gave him some rare name, he wouldn't be voiced but still...it's a nice touch.

- I try and regard FO4 as a different game than its predecessors, otherwise I might get too critical about some things like skills being handled differently than in previous games. So far the voiced protagonist doesn't bother me either. But my first impression is that FO4 is much more like some FPS than previous Fallouts, especially compared to New Vegas.

The graphics is stunning (thanks to my new laptop). So far I don't intend to install any mods to experience the game in its vanilla state.

Codsworth does not know most of my character's names (which is no surprise - Hecate, Persephone, Loviatar, Medusa, etc...) But I think he did know Frost, and of course he did get Annie and Victoria.

Wow, so the game can sometimes mention your character's name? Craziness. Does Codsworth know the word 'delicious?'

Good to have you back, Lopov.

There is a neat trick I have been meaning to post about.

An easy way to find mines is to simply go into VATS with a weapon drawn. If there is a mine in your line of sight, VATS will lock on to it. Cycle through targets to find all the mines in front of you. Exit VATS and your gun will be pointed directly at the last one you had targeted. You can either shoot it then (or in VATS), or disarm it.

In any case, I don't plan to create a new character anytime soon.

The Hobo...well he could wander anywhere.