Fallout 4 looks dull overall and what have been improved compared to Fallout 3 which is 7 years older?

The footages of Fallout 4 graphics are smudged but can have to do with being on the consoles. The facial animation on the Player/NPCs barely show any facial expressions. The dialog tree in the game is similiar to BioWare's standard by picking few options and see if the playable character is saying something relevant to the player's choice.

Have Bethesda done something revolutionary about this game? Did the mod creators got any credits or job offer for making mods like http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/7070 http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/40040 ?

EDIT: I have also not noticed any particular with the sound in the game.

Looks fun to me.

I like the Bioware dialogue, so...

I disagree...and this is inevitably going to get locked.

I'm just going to keep deleting posts that insult members of this forum, so please stop wasting all of our time if that's your intent.

On topic I think the game looks like a lot of fun. Aren't opinions wonderful? Isn't it great that human beings aren't hive minds that all need to have the same view on everything?

Also, let's not forget that most of the videos we've seen suffer from the usual compression issues - fine texture especially doesn't tend to translate well.

Bethesda makes a certain kind of game. We can expect Fallout 4 to be a further iteration on that gameplay. They may make additions or changes, but most of us ought to know what to expect by now.

Looks fine to me but to each their own.

I don't......I don't know where to start with this.

-The Wasteland now actually has some color to it, other then brown and green.

-The new weapons and customization options

-Base Building

-Better combat

-The Dog, who I still demand to be able to be renamed Cinnabun

Yea... I'm sure the very limited footage we've seen is more than enough to make such a claim.

Depends. Since I have already admitted my heavy handedness with salt, I have found that a little bit of honey actually helps out a lot. It can save a dish.

Fallout 4 won't be for everyone which is why there are graphic intense games like Call of Duty & Halo. Thank God for games from BGS with imagination at the heart and graphics as the side dish. I'm a Fallout fanatic and personally care less when it comes to "High End Graphics" in my gaming!

I don't condone salty responses, but I could understand them.

Outside of:

• I think it looks boring
• I don't think it looks boring

I'm not sure how deep the anolysis is going to get here...

No way, I can't think to myself that this game is going to be or looks boring. Gotta admit I'm not getting as hyped up as I was for Skyrim which I find very good because I like the games both equally.

Understandable most part. How do you mean by "Better combat"?

Looks like the bee's knees to me

Looks pretty damn good if you ask me....

Everybody in their right minds will see the improvement when they actually play the game. For all the others, Argonian has a few words:

Have you seen or read anything on fo4? The gunplay mechanics are greatly improved. They hired someone from Bungie to help with the new shooting mechanics. VATs being slomo instead of freeze time makes a big difference to me as well. Overall they said they wanted to make a game with better combat as they knew that had been a pretty criticized part of their previous games

Granted, I can't say the melee combat is any better, because we haven't seen that much of it. The gunplay however, seems to have taken a few pages from more current shooters. There's more of a snap between aiming and shooting, the action is more fast paced, now we can toss grenades with a button press instead of having to open the Pip-Boy, we can smack people with our guns.

Also, Power Armor.

Its more of a good thing to me, everything has been upgraded. I played Fo3 to death, if Fo4 gives me the same satisfaction I can't see how that is a bad thing.

Yes, VATS have changed to most action games' bullet time. Who did they hired from Bungie? Bungie is who known for Halo franchise on xbox consoles. How will it improve for keyboard and mouse?

You could always google it. Just saying.

My guess is like most FPS on PC.

I imagine it will be a huge improvement. One of the most popular mods for fallout nv was project Nevada. It added bullet time among other things. Having more responsive controls will be just as good for controller as kb/m

Shooting mechanics and control mechanics are different things. If my reticule is over a target it shouldn't matter what system you're using. I don't think control was ever a complained issue when people talked about shooting in FO3. It was more of the hit detection and such.

I can't recall a single game where graphics and facial animations made the overall experience any more or less boring.

It's more about how much fun is the primary gameplay loop, which in Bethesda games (for me at least) is about wandering aimlessly around a richly detailed world, getting into challenging battles with enemies that feel like they belong in that world (in contrast to the relatively static environments of more linear games or MMOs), and then learning new shouts or perks as a result.