» Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:51 am For all the things that we want to see in fallout 4 there are some things that we just shouldn't.
One rule: No double negatives. That is: "I don't want to not see a grenade hotkey."
1. Bugs: This is obviously a given, and unfortunately the most likely not to be heeded. Bugs are something no one wants. Playtest your game before you release it, please.
2. SPECIAL axed: Skyrim took out the attributes system with its latest game. I don't want to see a repeat of this. Believe it or not attributes are an essential part to an RPG, even more so in Fallout. On a similar note: the skills are perfectly fine the way they are in NV. We don't need any more streamlining to appeal to COD-Kiddies, thanks.
3. Obnoxiously long intro sequence/Tedious starter dungeon: Ever since Oblivion, Bethesda has had this annoying habit of making overly long introduction sequences. In Oblivion you had to spend at least 30 minutes getting out of the stupid prison every time you started the game. In Fallout 3 it was growing up in the vault. However by far the worst was Skyrim: where you spent a good 5 minutes riding on a cart, then spending another 5 minutes listening to people talk about crap, then spending 15 minutes to an hour going through the starter dungeon.
This might be interesting the first or second time through, but it gets old very fast. When I start my 10th character I don't want to have to sit through 15-30 minutes of growing up/escaping the vault every single time I start a new character, let alone having to spend an entire hour in Helgen.
Morrowind and New Vegas had it right: You wake up, make your character, set your special take a small quiz to determine your Skills, select your traits, get your stuff, and then you're out the door free to explore the world at large. They don't mess around with long amounts of exposition or overly cinematic crap. Save that for when you're actually doing things and exploring the world.
Seriously, Why do you think mods like "Live Another Life" are so insanely popular, yet in Morrowind or Fallout NV these mods barely register on the radar at all? Cut that nonsense out please. The whole introduction process should take no longer than 3 minutes, indecision aside of course. Any longer than that and the whole affair becomes tedious. If you can't help yourself and MUST have an overly pretentious intro, at least give us the option to skip it.
4. "Less is more" approach to weapons: Seriously, what's the kind of mod that gets the most downloads? The mods that adds a [censored]ton of weapons. Why? Because if there's one thing people really like, it's MORE GUNS. We don't want "Generic AR1, Generic AR2, Generic Rifle, Generic Pistol, Generic Revolver, Generic Pistol #1, Generic Laser pistol, Generic Plasma Pistol, Generic Plasma Rifle, Generic Minigun, Generic Laser Minigun, Generic laser rifle, Generic Missile Launcher, etc". Instead I want a crapton of guns and energy weapons. What we'd especially like to see are more "bastardized" variants. IE One type of gun cannabilized onto another.
Also, we also want uniques that are... well... unique. Look, feel, and statwise. Not just "Generic Laser Rifle with slightly higher damage."
5. "Quantity over Quality" approach to companions: Another bad thing about Skyrim. Let's face it, Beth has never been particularly good with companions, but in Skyrim they went way overboard with the badness. Yes, I had 50+ companions to choose from. Too bad almost none of them were interesting in the slightest. None of them had any companion perks, none of them had companion quests (outside their initial quest in some cases), none of them had any personality, and none of them were even that useful.
On the other hand New Vegas did this almost perfectly. Yes, there were only a few companions in the entire game, yet each one of them was unique in their own way. They definately went with Quality over Quantity.
I knew a lot more about Rex (let alone Cass or Veronica) and found him a lot more interesting than I did Lydia or Charon.
I knew a lot more about Rex (let alone Cass or Veronica) and found him a lot more interesting than I did Lydia or Charon.
I want companions with backstories, personalities, unique voices, perks of their own to give you, their own quests etc. I don't just want to take companions on quests, I want THEM to take US on quests of their own. I want them to develop as characters. I want CHARACTERS for companions, not just cardboard waifu meat shields.
6. Linear "good vs evil" storyline/artificial morality choice: Another thing that has gotten really old. I don't simply want to be shoehorned into playing the hero for the main quest. I want to choose from several different factions and ideologies and decide for myself what's right. Not just having to side with the Brotherhood because "ZOMG TEH EBIL VILLIAN THING WILL KILL EVERYONE LAWL". And I also don't want the halfassed illusion of moral choice slapped on at the end."Oh hey I can blow up the pentagon or poison everyone in the wasteland when I've been siding with them because I suddenly feel like being a [censored] after siding with them for so long hur hur choice and consequence."
We want to select our own path, and we want to argue back and forth on messageboards based on who's right. We don't want to just have to arbitrarily fight some big bad that I don't have a chance to interact with let alone side with because reasons.
7. Boring world and factions: Fallout 3 had potential, but it was wasted (no pun intended). All the raiders were the same, there were no intercity politics, factions were flat and boring, etc. I also don't want to see utter nonsense like a city full of of kids from lord knows where or a city built around an atom bomb where they don't farm or produce anything.
8. Having to pay to continue past the game's ending: Seriously, this was so stupid.
9. Having exciting features cut out because LAWL I GOTTA LINE UP NUMBERS FOR RELEASE DATES BECUZ IT LUKS KEWL DUR HUR: Nobody cares about the numbers on the release date, okay? No one cares if you release it on 1/16/16 or 1/24/17. It's a stupid gimmick that doesn't affect gameplay any.
10. PAY MODS: It was a dumb idea for Skyrim, it would have been a dumb idea for Fallout 3/NV, it's a dumb idea for AC:U (even though those aren't actually mods, it's still along the same line), and it's generally a stupid idea for anything that isn't a multiplayer hat-fest. We've been through this [censored] once, and we don't need to do it again. Keep the microtransactions to [censored] phone games, please.
