Fallout 4: Speculation, Suggestions and Ideas - Thread #75

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Fallout 4: Speculation, Suggestions and Ideas



Thread #75

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Post » Sun Jul 15, 2012 5:45 am

Since I'm first I say neh. :P

I just made a new character on Tactics and I noticed that there is a tough guy option. You can only save at the bunkers, they could put this in as a mode for F4. Only be able to save in beds or maybe campsites that you make similar to Red Dead Redemption.

And as always I want more guns, at the very least as weapon packs that I can buy on the side. These packs could even be modern weapons and stuff that doesn't fit into the game. They could be considered no-canon like the pre-order dlc. Weapons and house packs could also be added in the same line.
Packs would be nice, as well as a overhaul of power armor so it carries it's own weight and add some extra carry weight. The weight cap should be taken away as well.
Vehicles SHOULD be included, the ability to make massive maps is available right now. Hell there's a game that will be a http://www.infinity-universe.com/Infinity/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=33 in it. A vehicle would then be the only way to get around that doesn't takes weeks irl. And with such a massive map the wasteland can seem more empty while still having many places to explore. Random encounters could be made that only happen when your are in a vehicle.
I really like the weapons in Metro as well, and I don't see why we don't have more wasteland made weapons in Fallout either. All the engineers, scientist's, gunsmith's, and tech junkies couldn't all have died or been in Vaults. Wasteland made weapons both energy and regular small arms should be all over, we have already seen modifications for these weapons done by wastelanders after all. And just think what they could have done with fission cells and crossbows or harpoon guns!!! And think of all the ball bearing that could be used as ammo that are just lying about, or even marbles. What we need to do is start emailing Bethesda with weapons ideas, maybe they will look at them and think NICE and put them in. Think about this, a fission powered crossbow with different types of ammo including a exploding arrows that could be used to kill things or blow up traps, rocks, barriers so that we can progress to other areas.
And vehicles really need to be added to the game, mounts as well. It is curretnly possible to make massive maps use procedural algorithms. There is actually a game coming out that will build a ENTIRE GALAXY so something as small as the Southwest(example) should be easy. In this way there can be large barren areas filled intermittently with locations and people. Hidden caches/towns/cities could be put in the game then as well as making pre-war cities larger.
I want to meet someone that is call "The Kid". He is a rapist and has a hotrod and say's happy crappy. Or just a hotrod surrounded by the copses or wolves with a skeleton inside it(yes I know he did try to escape and died fighting the wolves) with 2 1911's. Maybe its still working to...

Some ideas:
Spoiler
Small alien crashed wreackage town.
I want tribal weapons and pneumatic weapons to be added in.
sprint and varying terrain and the new hotlist.
More alien stuff, and I wanna know what all the pre-war government knew about them.
I want to be able to into a fullsize theme park.
CHANGEING FREAKING SEASONS, I want them possibly.
Well I was thinking along with the changeing seasons there could be seasonal quests/enemies, as well as holidays. I want to give a Raider a 12 gauge gift to the head.
I would love easter eggs from other games as well as movies and tv shows.
I want to know more about the pre-war government plans with the vaults. And what happened to the heads of all the major corporations.
Bring back the slavers, I need something good to hunt. Make sure they have good weapons and armors though, the slavers in Fallout 3 were mostly pushovers.
I want to see what happened to all the survivalist group's out there, and I would like to see some fallout shelters and bunkers that the civilain population built.
I've been thinking, why don't they have locations outside the main map before they even announce the dlc which then could either expand these out maps or add more of them.
One thing I would like again like I have said before, a alien town full of several different types of aliens. They should all be only in one area that you need to do and get certain things to get to them. And once you get to them you can't fast travel to them, you have to go up a mountain pass every time. I always liked the concept art of the stranded alien. I'm talking about something filled with maybe a dozen aliens(possibly the aliens that aren't greys or greens are slaves?) with some "scouts" patrolling the outer areas with "alien stealth suits" on. The town would either be underground inside a mountain or at the top of a mountain in a valley Shangrala style.
Well since there hasn't really been a game where they would be(other than tactics I guess) there isn't anything to say bison could be in the game. Their heads would be the strongest part of their body, so headshots would be a no-no unless you have a big gun.
Hmmm, can tabs should be a secondary currency.
MMT=More Metro Tunnels
One thing I think we can all agree, the next game should have the Bozar in it.
I want this in the next game.
What I would like to see with weapons alongside the skill's for them is something that allows you to get better with that particular type of weapon from use. Like how San Andreas did it with it's guns.
A avro car.
I just had a idea for a random encounter.
It only happens at right when you are either in a bed while sleeping, or when you are walking down a road without anyone else except maybe 1 companion. It's a different experience if you are on the road or in your bed at the first part, but the second part where you see a light and some figures above you doing experiments on you. This part goes by fast though, and you are sent back to where you were. You gain a perk from the experience as well as a odd rifle that will be lying next to you when you are returned. Also while this is all happening the x-files theme song is playing.
I would like to see more military holotapes and stuff about the aliens, as well as some more aliens in general.
The return of traps.
Hunting and trapping for skins and meat.
I would rather see the factions that are strong and centralized that keep to their own. Maybe each is rebuilding in it's own way and fashion, one group's cultures is more like ours in it's music and ideals and fights for peace and justice. Another a group of stoners that sell their product to the waste and no one would attack because they hold the secret's of pot. A third faction that is more war-like yet with a culture set in honor so they wont attack weaker groups without cause, they patrol the wastes doing their best to control the 4th faction. The 4th faction is a group of raiders, marauders, and some light ritualistic cannibalism. The last group is similar to how broken hills was, mutants and humans living together just to survive. They have ghouls that have managed to conceive ONE baby ghoul which they hope will help them to be able to have more.
All these factions have built of the refuse of the old world, with only the first faction having built a actual small city with 4 50 story skyscraqers as they have access to a concrete plant and a steel mill. There also 3 more factions which are the main factions. One is a group that is made up of the ancestors of soldiers that survived the great war, they are similar to the BOS but more willing to take some people in that they think that can fight. They have power armor and combat armor, both of which they have modified since the war to suit their combat needs. They don't use many energy weapons but instead use guns and some silent weapons. The opposite faction is a group of cultist mutants that abduct people and turn them into mutants who they then brainwash to fight for them. The last of the three main factions is a large tribe, there are tribes in the game that don't belong to any group but this one is special. This tribe is extremely violent and attack all the other factions, they do everything in their power to kill as many as possible and are trying to get their hands on nukes so that they can again cleanse the world. This is one of the main enemies in the game, the other enemy is yet to be come up with.
Fallout 4 needs to combine the things that are in NV(except the closed ending) with the truly unique feel of Fallout 3 with it's devastation, desperation, general atmosphere, the amazing music that haunts my TEOTWAWKI dreams, and little things that litter the map with what people were doing when the bombs fell and afterwards. As well as a new location maybe in the middle of the country. Toss in more weapons, maybe all the ones in fallout 2 and some from tactics. Add in some survivalist groups that survived since the great war as well as abandoned military bunkers and bases that were made up of military forces that survived the great war but not as part of the enclave. And some hints at a return of the Enclave in one way or another, or contact between the Enclave and this other military faction. Toss in a map that is 3 or 4 times bigger than Fallout 3's and let it ripe.
Bracing for hate!!!!
Camels and bisons.
Dual Wielding pistols and one hand weapons.
One thing I would like to see are weapons that look cobbled together like this.
As well as weapons like crossbows and spearguns(never used it in tactics when I got it). One other thing is I would like to see more tribal specific armors, not really in there right now. I would really love to see more of the inside of buildings, maybe they can give you a crowbar that works like the shovel does. In that you have to have it to open a certain type of door or container. I would also very much like that they bring back what was in the original fallout with being able to blow upon certain things. As well as rope, to get in and out of certain places. A map without invisible walls would be nice along with more sideoftheroad type things like in New Vegas, as well as a old amusemant park that is controlled either buy traders or raiders.
The ability to call in mortars, airstrikes with vertibirds, or artillery.
After main quest play like Fallout 3, would not be considered canon as Bethesda could just say you did all the dlc and such before you beat the game.
Non canon Easter eggs.
Zoo's, movie theaters, Freddy's Fears house's of screams, gun shops, carnivals, amusemant parks, assorted pre-war places to make the game feel like people actually lived before the war.
Seattle needs to be done. This area should have rain and be barely hit by any nukes because of unknown reason's, which make themselves parent at the beginning part of the game. The Chinese had planned their own invasion in the shadows, and along with help from Chinese American citizens that managed to hide from the commonwealth police. They came in small group's and began killing police and military personal 3 days before the Great War happened. Seattle is still there, among the colds. The Chinese invaders have been gathering strength for over 200 years, waiting for a signal from from China. Well the signal has come, and it's time to begin the second phase.
I have talked about Seattle being a cool place to go before, I did in the last thread.
And I still say that packs should be in the game, or exoskeletons that add strength AND extra carry weight. The exoskeleton would take the place of a power pack but not a regular carrying pack.
I want more bunker's, both civilian and military ones. And I want fallout shelter's as well, ones people dug in there backyards or out in the middle of nowhere. I also want to see more armor's and weapons, as well as some vehicles that I can use.
More alien quests. And the return of the Enclave, only small scouting parties though. Fallout 4 should have them still regaining strength and watching other groups. Maybe some actual Quests by them to take out people or buildings and such.
Paraffin slugs for shotguns, as well as hillbilly slugs.
Samurai and Black Knight armor.
And I still say that packs should be in the game, or exoskeletons that add strength AND extra carry weight. The exoskeleton would take the place of a power pack but not a regular carrying pack.
I would still like to be able to get a pack for my character, maybe be able to get power packs to boost energy weapon stats.
That's why it would be out of the way, also both the guns I mentioned are in F2. You can get night-vision for the fal if I remember right.
Maybe some Easter egg armor that is EXTREMELY expensive(like 1,000,000 caps) and a pain in the ass to get.
bounties and hits that groups/factions can give
prone position, make sniper rifles show their true potential
bipods for added accuracy
a job where you can increase stats with time and such
dual wielding(this one is more than likely gonna be in anyways,dual wield .32 revolvers or chinese officer swords)
LARGER MAPS
What I would love to see like I have been saying for a while is this:
Aliens
Alien hidden village in a very hard place to get to or a crashed alien mothership filled with alien tech and corpses, as well as frenzied alien robots. Maybe not a mothership but still something kinda large.
weapons from all the previous games
pop culture references like OWB has
midgets and fat people
crossbows and bows
ninja stars for when I'm bored
more types of dogs
more types of animals
squirrels
iguanas
snakes
bats
sks and AK-47
less nerfing of guns and armor
more bolt actions
DeLisle carbine(yes the ww2 enfield .45 acp conversion)
tent with sleeping area and campfire
the ability to run a business, have to keep it stocked and such
flashlight that isn't crap and can be used to blind a enemy at night
M1 carbine
the ability to call in artillery or mortars after making friends with a certain faction or acquiring them
a vehicle, either a horse or something that uses microfusion cells
a tank?(needs to be a Sherman, or a Sherman shaped tank that is futuristic in it looks and/or weaponry)
alien abduction random encounter that is brief and ends with you crashing a alien ship then getting out and scratching your head
a walkie talkie that you can use to call in support that doesn't run off as soon as combat starts or just gets to you period
caravan jobs where you have to protect a caravan or help carry stuff
more open building that make the world look like people actually lived were able to live
movie theaters that you can go inside
slavers
the ability to take over a abandoned building and stock it with things or fix it up and make it either a store or a faction outpost or just a plain house
more Chinese weapons and armors
pre-war military caches with experimental armors, weapons, and medicines
more audio holotapes that tell stories like what we saw a lot of in Fallout 3
said holotapes should have emotion in them, unlike the OWB holotapes....
the return of the radio towers like in Fallout 3, with the accompanying bunkers
better weapon upgrades
slingshot with ammo being things like spark balls, explosive balls, rocks, fireballs, metal ball bearings
pellet guns
different types of pellet ammunition
musket's and black powder rifles
the weapons talked about in the Museum of Technology
the Museum of Ordinance
a dunce hat found in a school with a small skeleton sitting facing the corner
more radio stations with different genres of music
a talk show radio station that has to wildly different hosts that turn out to be the same person but with split personalities
a crazed man with a dog, sawed off unique shotgun, unique leather armor, and only 2 rounds
more .22lr weapons
.22lr minigun and midget m1919
.22lr lever and bolt action as well as semi auto, all can be suppressed
more types of rounds for the fatman
the ww2 piss pot helmet
ww2 military uniforms found in museum or some guys house, maybe even bunker or basemant
have a weird story behind said costumes
have the weapons used by each military
bunkers and fallout shelters in people's houses and yards
these scattered around the wasteland
Bunker design one
Bunker design two
Bunker design three
the ability to make zip guns
the ability to make shotgun round grenades
packs like Alice packs and such
a miniguns in either 5.56 or .308
bowling alleys
catspaw magazine that gives increased speech or six appeal to the opposite six
bobs big boy type fast food joints
roadside attractions
raiders like the ones from Fallout 3
raider groups and clans
traps and alarms
the ability to build traps from ammo and other things
environmental traps and occurrences(fog, rain, storms, dust devils[these hurt the player some], haboobs[giggity], etc. etc.)
Mosin Nagant M91/30 and M44 rifles in 7.62x54r with the ability to buy and use chamber inserts for the .32 caliber pistols rounds and 7.62x25 pistol rounds
railway rifle,, also needs to be able to make rounds for it that can do other things
Tulip from underworld out in the wastes and you save her then date and marry her(......)
a guy named Bubba with a tricked out M4 carbine(in 5.56x45) that has a laser, scope, suppressor, beta mag, bipod, AND its red, white, and blue
more action Abe figurines
Honest Abe's Combat and Power Armor(somehow these things got sent to George Lincoln Jr's house!!!! Wait.....how did Abe have power armor? and for that matter combat armor?)
A suppressed .44mag lever action rifle
Co2 pistol
changing seasons
Halloween and Christmas are celebrated in certain locations
the ability to to smoke cigarettes and do hookah
more survivalist stories
splinter Desert Ranger faction that refused to join the NCR
Tent cities
wasteland swap meets/markets
gypsies traveling nomad groups
Large map
Unique monster's(random encounters)
Sasquatch
Werewolf
Vampire
etc.
What about the Enclave being a splinter faction of a government that controls from the shadows? What if this "shadow government" is the ones behind all the worst things that have happened? What if they tell Daniel Littlehorn what to do and who to kill? And they have a moon base.
Changing seasons, as well as the holidays that go with them.
I want more bunker's, both civilian and military ones. And I want fallout shelter's as well, ones people dug in there backyards or out in the middle of nowhere. I also want to see more armor's and weapons, as well as some vehicles that I can use.
Light and Medium power armor.
Theme park locations and more roadside attractions.

Things I don't like:
Spoiler
turn based gameplay/isometric, it's no longer a part of Fallout you want that go play wasteland 2 when it comes out whenever
nodes
I remember now. Don't make the wasteland so dead for the love of god. There should be plants and animals, its been 200+ years since the bombs fell.
DAMN IT, now I forgot the other thing I just came up with.
closed ending
use of obsidian in the story(I wasn't able to get into their story, I just wasn't. Felt nothing about killing benny.)
no more third person button, use the button for something else and put third person in the setting.

"Dear Bethesda, should any of you read this. Please look at the mods people have made, there are a lot I know. But there are gems in there, like the Leather Backpack, Classic weapon pack, and many others. And for the love of Gob please include spears, bows, and crossbows."
That is all for now.

Also it's seems like a lot of the things I suggest get into the game, this is enjoyable to me.

I put this up in the node thread but I thought it could be put up here as well. I also forgot to mention that it would be nice if they used the original Fallout fast travel map thing(dont know what it would be called) just to show your progress.
What I would like to see is a very large map using PA with real time(actual 24 hour periods I mean) with vehicles and animals being the main mod of transportation for those that can afford the upkeep and price of them. With fast ravel only possible in caravans or certain areas. With of course a drag on your ammo and supplies if its a very long trip or it goes through high danger areas. In this way we won't be jarred out of fast travel. Though there could be prompts to get out of fast travel if you go past certain areas of interest or use.

I feel like the use of larger maps is something Bethesda really should look into. Fallout 4 I feel is gonna be pretty damn good for some reason, just because of what they learned from Fallout 3 and New Vegas.
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