"One of the great things about fallout is the world that existed before the war and that's where our game starts".
Fallout 4 will take place in 2077 a few years before the war.
The amount of thought put into the seamless weaving of the storyline with the characteristics and perks selection is genius.
The game has you take control of the mom and dad of the main character. You can sculpt the face to your liking by merely by click and drag a feature.
The characters talk to each other as you change features saying things like "what do you think Hun, bread or no bread?"
You can change the race as well which always you to control the race of their child.
And of course you can play as the female character as well. Whoever you leave the menu as will be the character you play as. It's a dynamic creation system that will also effect the NPC's you encounter.
At one point a vault representative comes to you to verify your information.
Soon diaster strikes and you must exit to the vault with your family.
The action takes place real time allowing you to see the game engine and play through the diaster not just viewing a cut scene.
The developers end the preview with an explosion and the cliff hanger of not knowing the fate of the family.
None of the storyline was revealed past this event. We learn the family survives, events transpire and you emerge 200 years from the vault as the soul survivor.
This is an interesting world full of dynamics where you can create any player you want, go anywhere you want, and player freedom is the number one goal of the game development.
The lighting and graphics reflect what you expect from a next generation gaming engine.
Even the dialogue is dynamic. You can switch from first to third person during conversation, walk away while someone is talking or shoot the person in the face if you want. The possibilities are limitless.
Weapon modifications were introduced. No longer will items like staplers and globes serve as useless junk. Those items will be use as one of the 700+ modifications you can make to the 50+ weapons in the game.
The build feature allows you to scrap environments and items then rebuild structures the way you want them to look like or for feasibility.
There is an emphasis on you being able to build, create and decorate for yourself and your friend to make this feel like a world you are making the you want it to be.
There is an interesting dynamic that allows you to create a settlement. At the settlement traders and people will arrive to live in your camp. You need to provide water and farms for food.
You can build generators to light the town or build turrets to guard against raiders or monster attacks. In order to have certain machinery function you have to use wires to connect components and operations terminals.
That's all the news I have for Fallout 4. A reminder the game will be released on 11/10/2015. Also in the next post there will be a free downloadable game.
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