I watched 4 15 min. vids and a 20 min. one because I know how to skip spoilers...lol...but really what I've seen I think this game is going to be epic. I hope everyone likes it as much as me. however if some features of gameplay are not to your liking just give it a chance. watching a short vid of gameplay and playing in-game yourself are two completely different things....only 7 more days guys.

that makes sense it won't bother me but I can see how it will for others.

I think given the atrocious quality of the leaked vids it would in their best interest to release some quality gameplay footage.

They did a pretty big reveal trailer in which they covered a wide range of aspects. A bit of story, voice acting, settlement building, weapon modding, charactr customization, combat, the world. There was so much information hidden in the big reveal trailer people are still pulling threads on that one.

It's not uncommon that the stuff we've seen in one big batch is spaced out over months in short 2min video's, and that somehow is perceived as more. Not that more is better by definition anyway.

There will always be people complaining. To much, to little, someone will object. I'm quite okay with how they handled it.

Well lets look at Destiny for example. They show a lot of gameplay, live streams, release tons of info, make a crap load of trailers, yet their game is complete trash.

I don't know about the rest of you but I would rather developers start showing less and stop trying to build up hype. I thought Bethesda did a great job with how they released info. The players and the history of the game built the hype up. Not their marketing. Less money spent on marketing = more money spent on the product.

While I would like more footage of the game, it's not because I'm afraid I won't like it. I'll freaking love the game i just want more of it. I don't have any doubt the game will be as good as we hope/hype for. The way I look at is I'm buying a BGS game. And those have never let me down.

Its one thing to let hype grow, and its another to let it get out of control. Bethesda never needed to actually release anything for our hype to grow, we did that all by ourselves for years before the announcement. But it's smart to temper hype with reasonable expectation. If you only show just a little bit of gameplay that leaves much to players imagination and they are going to over hype their expectations. And while that might be the fault of consumers, game companies should know by now that letting your players get carried away with their own imaginations will bite you in the ass.

Let's face facts. The game is almost here. Soon Youtube will be a circus of Fallout 4 reviews and gameplay footage in eight...Count it...EIGHT days. Pocket change where time is concerned. We've had to wait less than a year since we got the green light that this was gonna be a thing. We had a massive E3 reveal, and enough bits and pieces down the pipe to instill curiosity and interest, which is what they want.

If you're on the fence about the game still, just wait till the official reviews come out. Lord knows there's gonna be plenty of them.

I'm personally happy they gave us what they did and didn't just dump a bucket of info about everything on us.

I'd rather learn how to play the game while playing not watching someone else.

If you watch the leaked videos you will see why they are trying to keep a lid on the game footage... The combat looks great, many things are improved; but the graphics are not good; same with facial animations (they look like plastic puppets talking. They want people to play it and decide for themselves.

It will be an amazing game so I don't mind lower quality visuals. The gameplay and story should be great

Because they decided that there is no point: they showed all that they wanted to show and terms Bethesda and Fallout are by now so strong that they are hype enough by themselves. Todd likes keeping gameplay and story spoilers to minimum and producing videos costs a damn lot, much more than it is worth to them.

To show the quality of the game? You won't see any of that as they will cherry pick and plan it all out to look as perfect as possible.

You are new on the Internet, aren't you? Leaks are common everywhere nowadays. If it is popular, it WILL be leaked.

As far as Beth games go, FO4 is quite light on leaks. OB and SR had many, many more leaks a month before their releases than FO4 does around a week away.

It is my personal belief that TES6/FO5 will be announced at a convention, Todd will show trailers and talk about the game and then someone will ask him "when doest he game come out?"

He will put a hand on his hip, look at the watch on his hand and say: "Midnight. Meaning... in twenty minutes."

And as chaos erupts in the audience and within the staff, he will put his hand on his hips and, with a straight face as if nothing happened, he will moonwalk away.

https://twitter.com/DCDeacon/status/661238932504494080

I highy doubt bethesda wants to keep a lid on game trailer, videos and teasers simply because "muh graphics"

I assume they'll release one more video, and it'll be this week. tmrw or wednesday. Theyve been releasing 1 video a week since September. I think their whole marketing plan is great. Really love it. The part of me that needs every little bit of Fo4 news and is a junkie for the game, hates it.

They've given us the equivelant of other games announcing theirs a year or two before release. It's only 6 months from announce to release. They've shown enough for most people to get an idea if they want it or not. And there will always be tons of people who must wait until release to see other footage not handed out by the developer. Really I think they handled this fine for such a small time frame

Even if they did, all the places flaming with Beth hate, (several sub-reddits, NMA) would still be going off on how Beth/FO4 svck.

Not just graphics. Have you seen the actual animations ? They are very disappointing.

Beth never ever made a game with good animations, nor did they really try or show any shame in that. At this point, expecting their animations to be anything but borderline average is like expecting them to develop and publish Heroes of Might and Magic 8.

u really dont know dude, some of the leak info we getting is saying that animation is the best till date. so i really dont know what u want.

Dude since they close your other post about graphics u trying to make this one about that too. U should go to NMA forums alot of ppl think like u there.

I bought the survival collectors guide, a regular copy of the game, and the pipboy edition and plan to buy the season pass. If I am spending hundreds of dollars am I not allowed to hold Bethesda to the same standard as any other game company currently? I love Fallout and am going to play it; they just need to Step things up on the visual side in patches or future games. Everyone knows this but only some will say it.

I am not turning this thread into that. I just think one reason they are reluctant to release more gameplay footage is the graphical issues which pertains to the OPs topic.

I think the trailers are quite disappointing.

They contain every cliché you could expect from a Fallout game without saying anything about they storyline or new game mechanics.

Why are you so defensive about every single critique of the game even when there is some valid criticism, such as animations which are very sub-par at best? Not every dissenting opinion that criticizes the game are from people who are from NMA.

While I obviously don't speak for everyone, I'm pretty sure people criticize the game and call out it's problems because we love the series and want it to be good not because we simply hate the game for the simple fact that it exists.

I think some complaints are always going to be present but you also have to be realistic in expectations. I'm sure you're fairly knowledgable and know that 4 is based off a modified Creation engine. So it stands to reason that it will be close to Skyrim in both animation and graphics, no? You won't get entirely groundbreaking advancements using the same engine, tweaked or not. Is it cutting edge next gen quality? No. Did I expect a Fallout game to blow me away with graphics? [censored] no. We can already see animations have improved over previous games. But again, there's only so much they could do using the same engine

Gameplay looks good enough to me, certainly enough for an enjoyable game experience. That's really all that matters, that we have fun and don't feel the gameplay is clunky and holding us back.

If the PC controls are still awful I expect modders will fix it for us...though I feel it's about time Bethesda does this for us in the first place. They've seen how modders have tried to fix it several times now. I think they need to add rightclick context menus for the PC.

That right there!

The two things people criticize on Fallout 4, is the graphics and that it's too samey with Fallout 3.

Yet 4 isn't that much like 3 as many things have changed on it. For example when you loot a body or crate the action doesn't pause. This along with other little details make 4 feel fresh, yet people who have not seen the leaks know not how 4 has changed in comparison to 3. And change isn't always bad, in fact I think it would be good for Bethesda if it had communicated that Fallout 4 is fresh and new and how some things have changed from Fallout 3.