This thread is so that we can keep all the discussion in one place.

This topic is for a friendly discussion of ideas and suggestions for Fallout 4. We all have opinions about what the next game should have and should not have. Each of us has the right to express that opinion freely. There are points we agree on and points we do not agree on. This means that people are going to disagree with you on some things. Accept that and move on. No need to beat your point so far into the ground that no one wants to look at it any more.


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Good morning, my... darling America. This is your President speaking. And I'm happy to announce you that the Enclave has been tirelessly working on Fallout 4, in order to get this beautiful... BEAUTIFUL... game into your homes. Now... and forever!

God Bless the Enclave, and no one else!

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t67/OrlopRat/Characters/F3nathan1.jpg

~How about improved TPP/ iso option ~based on Skyrim's TPP combat.
~Improved VATS designed to somewhat emulate a cross between the Agent Smith & Neo gun fights in Matrix (though not in the air); the predictive fights in Game of Shadows [Sherlock], and the game Toribash.
~That or optional TB mode for the diehards (myself included).

Alternatively How about BUYING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYAUlPMqnKk outright and making that the TurnBased'esque (but not quite really) combat option instead of VATS?

I hope, and suggest that the do not strive to create a Fallout Disneyland; but instead go for meaningful, varying, reactive and thought provoking interaction between the player, the game world and storylines (ruleset, quest and world design, narrative structuring and writing). Reactivity, reactivity, reactivity should be the mantra; and less the ideal of "how much [censored] can we stuff inside this sack before we need to start cutting back?".

this site could be the biggest hoax of gaming history

Gotta say, I'd rather they tweaked VATS to work continuously (unless toggled otherwise) like the phase based combat in Wizardry 8 (I'd give a link, but I'm posting with an unsmart phone, and I'd guess you know how that game works works).

(And I'd hate it if it went for matrix style slo-mo bullet time - if your meaning is that for a certain duration, time slows down and you score as many hits as you can until everything returns to normal.)

Music to my ears.

Three possible endings to this:

1. Fallout 4 Revealed, the world celebrates, Bethesda earns a ton of money.

2. A picture of the worlds greatest hoaxer's backside comes up after the timer reaches 0, Bethesda STILL earns a ton of money.

3. http://oyster.ignimgs.com/planets/images/00/22/2298_FO3_NES_normal.jpg, Bethesda earns a ton of money.

If only ever concretized.

allow me to repost this

from redditt
all messages together

Quote
October 23rd, 2077
Air Raid Sirens go off. The Great War begins and lasts two hours
“Calling any station. Calling any station. Calling any station. This is OZ (Bridgeport). Please stand by.”
“Bridgeport, this is Concord (MA), message: Quabbin Reservoir is hit, repeat, Quabbin Reservoir is hit, over.”
(Boston is hit by a nuclear warhead. The NCRA was in the process of being updated with a situation report)
"National Catastrophe Relief Auxiliary Unit, Boston 314, 7 Emergency Message: NEW YORK STAGE 7 WASHINGTON STAGE 7 LOS ANGELES STAGE 7 AUSTIN STAGE 7 CHICAGO STAGE 7 NEW ORLEAN STAGE 7 LAS VEGAS UNKNOWN MIAMI STAGE 7 DALLAS STAGE 7 DENVER STAGE 7 SAN DIEGO STAGE 7 SAN FRANCISCO STAGE 7 BOSTO-"
(A vault technician opens 119 to any survivors of the initial attack. IT is possible 7667 is the code needed to enter the Vault)
“Calling all stations, calling all stations, calling all stations, this is Vault Technician 2510730 one six emergency Vault-Tec shelter for survivors in Quabbin, number 119, repeat, emergency Vault-Tec shelter for survivors in Quabbin, number 119, over”
(The radio operator who attempted to reach the NCRA realizes Boston is now gone and that there is no hope)
“Calling all stations, calling all stations, calling all stations. Boston is gone, I repeat, Boston is gone. No Hope. Frequency 3450 Return Transmission. Goodbye America.”
(Six days pass, and the Nuclear Winter occurs)
TIME ELAPSES
July 4th, 2299
(The Survivor heads to the Institute for help)
”MY DEAR SISTER. I’M HEADING TO THE INSTITUTE. GOD KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS PLACE NOW. THIS OLD BASTARD WILL HELP US. HE MUST HELP US. –0321–”
(The Institute refuses to help the survivor. He decides to venture to Black Row.)
THE INSTITUTE IS SEALED. THEY WON'T HELP US. I'M HEADING TO BLACK ROW. -NGQHT 5120-
(In the meantime, Vault 119 is being attacked)
"Calling all stations, this is overseer 119 emergency enemy unknown, SOS. Vault 119 Quabbin 7667, repeat, SOS, Vault 119 Quabbin 7667 enemy unknown."
(The attackers manage to breach the vault doors. The vault dwellers retreat to level 4.)
"Calling all stations, this is Vault Overseer 119, anybody near Quabbin? SOS Vault door breach, repeat, SOS Vault door breach, enemy unknown, level 1, 2, and 3 gone, survivors on (service lift to OR in secure location) level 4"
(The attackers manage to kill the overseer (whose code is 15334), who probably attempted to defend his vault dwellers and hold off the attackers. The attackers now attempt to breach Level 4)
"Calling all stations, this is Vault 119, SOS, Level 4 is under attack, Overseer is dead, repeat, SOS, Level 4 is under attack, Overseer is dead. We won’t make it."
(The Survivor has reached Black Row. They send our a Quick Response Force to help at Vault 119.)
"Calling Black Row Out Station. Ground is safe. Too Late. Level 4 breach. No survivors, 899 corpses. We are leaving Vault 119. Over, back to you."
Someone, presumably a synthetic humanoid (android), attempts to hack into the Overseer's computer but uses a wrong code - 15812 instead of 15334 -and the incorrect log-in marks the android as an enemy. The message below is left on the computer)
"THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING. IT'S A KEY TO THE GREAT GAME"

Desmond Lockheart point lookout dlc

If kept alive, Desmond disappears from the game after you exit the http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Underground_Lab upon completion of http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/A_Meeting_of_the_Minds. If talked to beforehand, he will mention traveling north to pursue his next rival, another "player" in the "Great Game", a Post-War struggle between former geniuses and billionares.

”MY DEAR SISTER. I’M HEADING TO THE INSTITUTE. GOD KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS PLACE NOW. THIS OLD BASTARD WILL HELP US. HE MUST HELP US. –0321–”

is the old bastard, desmond lockheart?
he is referred to that

MINDBLOWN

I loved that guy

http://thesurvivor2299.com/VT119/

vt119: vault 119?

Has this been decrypted yet?

This came from :

http://thesurvivor2299.com/VT119/

(Highlight the text and this apperars in the middle)

REV FEAR - MGSS LHM'H EVHV KBIM'R QIUBMU. CB'L Z YYG MN HBM ZQSUB ZZAY

(Apologies if it's been posted already, these threads zoom past so quickly)

Yes it's the very end of the post that lighthouse made a few posts above ya!

"THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING. IT'S A KEY TO THE GREAT GAME"

Cheers,

Simeh

Oh. This has gotten very interesting.

Wow. That's some good work. That's actually quite a bit of detail. You could actually start to believe that reading through it. If this does turn out to be fake somebody has put a hell of a lot of work into it.

Edit - I kind of want to go and play through point lookout again now.

VATS was supposedly added to Fo3 because of the poor gameplay, to give it something unique and keep in touch with the RPG part of the time, in order to not compete with great smooth FPS:es out there.

So if the combat is still clunky, sure, add VATS. But I'd rather see it wasn't time-stopping, and you could do more than just shoot at an opponent in VATS. For example, you could use action points to run to your left, fire your gun then reload at will, take a stimpak etc. Executing the VATS actions should be faster too, it slows down gameplay way too much when you can pause the game and then watch what feels like a minute long shooting animation in slow-motion.

that could be a great improvement over the last FO games... IMO i wanna see new stuff all over from items to quests to fractions! it′d be great! I have a hunch gamesas′s got something really cool coming out.

Where did you hear that?

Fallout 1, 1997: Typical isometric game combat + VATS

Fallout 2: 1998: Typical iso combat + VATS

Morrowind, 2002: clunky FPS-like combat

Oblivion, 2005: slightly less clunky FPS-like combat

Fallout 3: 2008, less clunky FPS combat + VATS (adapted to FPS style)

FONV, 2010: less clunky FPS combat + VATS

Skyrim: 2011: less clunky FPS combat

VATS was ported because it was a unique aspect of Fallout that the developers wanted to keep from the original games.