New to Fallout, please tell me it will get better

Post » Sun Nov 29, 2015 2:19 am

Hello,

Fallout 4 is my first of the series and I'm quite disappointed so far. It feels so dead, and I'm not talking about the post apocalyptic atmosphere, I'm talking about the environment and NPC. Every single NPC I've encountered so far, had an "I don't give a [censored] about anything" expression. Like seriously.....

Also it looks like the decisions a player makes during conversations or even to kill friendly NPC's, does not affect anything the slightest. It just doesn't feel very RPGish, more like sandbox only. A good example is, I could shoot down every single friendly NPC I encounter and not a single sh** would be given by anyone. I'm only lvl 7 and already having zero fun with Fallout 4. Maybe I'm doing something wrong? I can't kill [censored], unless they come one after another in plain sight and close enough.

As for gamepley, this is my experience with Fallout 4 so far:
* die
* die
* walk
* loot
* walk
* loot
* loot
* loot
* loot
* get attacked by 5+ at once. Impossible to survive.
* die
* walk even more
* step on a mine that gives you barely 1 sec to react, dead again
* talk to a bunch of NPC's with absolutely 0 expression
* get angry at the utterly stupid dog AI
* get even more angry at the even more utterly awesome stupid dog control mechanics on PS4
* and walk some more
* loot
* did I mention loot
* die
* oh..and back to walking
* walk slower because inventory full
* fast travel to empty inventory, no wait can't fast travel from this location
* walk again
* die
* kill all friendly npc's, just to notice that it did not impact anything at all.
* feel sad about the players little to no influence in the world of fallout 4, you're basically obsolete and could kill yourself and nobody in the Wastelands would give a dime.
* That goes the other way too, you could kill every single soul and nobody in the Wasteland would give a dime.
How can this be any entertaining :(.
Reason I'm posting is because I'm hoping that you can confirm that the game will open up at a more advanced stage, the NPC's will become more interesting and that your actions actually matter.
I've been an idiot and bought the digital version, so can't return it :( *Waves after the money*
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Emmie Cate
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:02 pm

If you bought from Steam I think you can get a refund, but you lose access to the game.

Seriously why anyone buys games Digitaly without something like the steam refund policy is beyond me.

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jennie xhx
 
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Post » Sun Nov 29, 2015 1:18 am

Should have mentioned that I'm playing on the PS4...

But yes, lesson learned. This was my first and last digital purchase.

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Manuel rivera
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:38 pm

It gets better.

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Dawn Porter
 
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Post » Sun Nov 29, 2015 7:06 am

NPC animation and role play quests have never been Bethesda's strong suit so it is unlikely that you will dramatically change your view.

The game is more open sandbox than RPG but that doesn't mean that it is as bad as you are saying. Make sure you bring a companion along (Dogmeat rocks the show) and spend time to learn the mechanics of upgrade and weapon switching during combat. Chems can also make life easier during combat.

The game has heaps of collecting going on, using scrap items and so forth. Settlement building is a main part of the game now. If you don't like those things the game may not be for you. Try the earlier Fallouts and see if things get better.

I love the earlier Fallout games but I am having a blast with this one as well.

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KIng James
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 8:16 pm

set to "very easy" difficulty, get the dog right away, you need to explore and loot everything but you also need to get to a major city so head to diamond city as fast as possible and don't stop, just run till you get there, once you get there at least you have merchants to trade with which is important cause you'll need to barter for various supplies and you can also rent to room in the bar there to heal up, save your games often, learn to use vats and if too many enemies are attacking run don't engage them, there' a learning curve if you're new to bethesda games, just lern how everything works, combat [VATS is useful] trading with merchants is important so you need to get to diamond city asap, and just slowly learn how to stay alive and the key is to bit by bit develop your character, carry a good number of weapons and anything thats got a lot of ammo like the pipe rifles are good, also take the rifleman perk and rank that up a bit it will help your single shot or semi auto weapons do more damage, take the commando perk if you like fully auto wepaons but they use a lot more ammo so i never use em, shotgun shells are usually easy to come buy so never get rid of those and keep the first shotgun you find.

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