do you think fallout 4 will be open ended at the end of game

Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 8:51 am

Yeah, I edited that in the post.

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phillip crookes
 
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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 11:45 pm

Okay I have a solution for everybody who feels their ending will be diminished if they continue playing after the ending.

Stop playing. End your character. Delete your saves. Whatever makes you feel good. Don't ask for the rest of us to be denied the option of continuing our character with our accomplishments intact because you personally can't wrap your head around it.

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Ice Fire
 
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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 6:08 pm

Given the public outcry that occurred last time, I doubt Bethesda will repeat the same path that Fallout 3 followed and will extend the experience beyond the ending, as per the general audiences' request.

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Bee Baby
 
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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 9:58 pm

"Just as it should".

Prior to Fallout 3, only FO1 had a set ending. FO2 did not.

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Imy Davies
 
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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 12:09 pm

Why don't you take the solution to not finish the main story and just keep going?

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Britta Gronkowski
 
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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:44 pm

The way that I expect Fallout 4 to handle it is at the end of the main quest, you'll get sliders and then you'll continue playing normally. I'm already expecting that type of system in Fallout 4, much like Skyrim but with sliders.

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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:30 pm

Because I want to keep going with the accomplishment of completing the main story behind me.

With your solution, I lose that. With my solution, you lose nothing.

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Cheryl Rice
 
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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:24 am

NO OPEN ENDING PLZ. Either they have to program too much (taking away resources for other things) or it just doesn't matter what you chose in the end. Both svck.

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Shae Munro
 
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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 7:34 am

No, the ending of the story is always there for you when ever you please. You can save before it and reload afterwards. There's should be no difference to you since you are going to keep playing anyway.

I get apruptly dropped back in the game as if nothing happend, and need to quit as if the game didn't just end. Not to mention, the way they handle the ending will have an effect on the narrative they pose there. They can't go wild with consequences because people start crying that they are not presented properly, or otherwise make the infinite continuation feel wrong.

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Emma-Jane Merrin
 
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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 11:03 pm

Agreed.
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Dawn Porter
 
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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 6:13 pm

3 with Broken Steel is the only game in the series where I didn't feel like I accomplished much at all.

Give me a good ending with some well done slides and I'll be happy. Doubt it'll happen, but it'd be a nice surprise to be wrong.
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Etta Hargrave
 
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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 4:45 pm

Orrr you could continue to do whatever you wish, saving the final quest for last without jeopardizing concluding the game and not being able to continue on.

Fallout 3 is a perfect example of what happens when you take a decent ending, and then cave in to the masses to change it into something the artist didn't originally imagine, resulting in piss poor writing and a ridiculous continuation of the main quest.

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Alexandra Louise Taylor
 
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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 5:14 pm

To be honest, I hope not and I also hope that a DLC doesn't retcon it.

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Nicole Elocin
 
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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 7:15 pm

That's the problem with post MQ play, your choices just don't seem to matter.

I never finsihed Morrowind so I can't speak for that, but Oblivion post MQ play, your choices were meaningless, as was Fallout 3, and Skyrim. Nothing really mattered much. Just end the game and show us in the slides how things change in the world.

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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 12:19 pm

Dude. I just told you I want the ending BEHIND me. Done. Completed. Accomplised. You're all clear kid let's blow this thing and go home.

Why should I sacrifice my immersion in that regard because you can't quit the game in two seconds after being dropped out of the ending? What, will you get post-game cooties or something? Seriously.

Also, there is no reason why the ending can't show you long term consequences then drop you back into the present day. It's been done before.

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Sista Sila
 
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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 9:53 pm

To call FO3's ending decent is like calling World War 1 a tea party with pleasant conversation.

That ending was a huge disaster that made no sense internally, and Bethesda flat out admitted such.

It was in no way compromised by allowing a post game and being altered. It was improved.

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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 9:19 pm

why should we sacrifice our immersion for your immersion? Feel that accomplisment when you finish the game.

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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:10 pm

From a role play stand point, this doesn't work either because who would get right on the verge of victory and the inexplicably go off wandering? It makes no sense at all. By adding the "free play" option at the end, everybody wins because, you get your ending and people who want to explore after the MQ is over can do that too. It takes nothing away from the game, if it's done like that to begin with. I think we will all agree that shoehorning the "free play" after they already did a definitive ending was pretty terrible
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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:10 pm

Maybe it's the TES fan in me, but I absolutely hated the fact that you couldn't keep playing on the same character after finishing the main quest. It's just not cool. I mean, yeah, it's nice to get some recognition across the wasteland when it comes to your deeds, but that's not even that important to me: it's that I've been playing on the same character in Fallout 3 -- my first character -- for nearly 500 hours because I enjoy wandering the wastes after I've done everything I can, roleplaying that the inhabitants of the CW decided to make me their leader and protector. With a few mods, this really helps add a lot of immersion in endgame for me.

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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:42 pm

No I disagree, the original ending while not great was satisfactory. Broken Steel was a mess that pretty much retconned what you did. I did like at least that it showed what happened if you choose edens choice but still it was a mess. Not to mention the gameplay parts like 10 extra levels broke the game. :wallbash:

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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 5:33 pm

Broken Steel's ending aka Nuking a massive Enclave base is a BETTER ending than Fallout 3's original ending where the artist at least displays the quality of sacrifice and tying together that neat bible poem at the beginning of the game?

I strongly disagree. Most people would agree that the original ending was much more suitable than Broken Steel's, which just consisted of you blowing up more crap.

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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 8:26 pm

This guy gets it, to the people saying "JUST DONT COMPLETE THE MAIN QUEST!" this is just a fundamental difference, if you make the ending open ended nothing changes for those of you who want the definitive ending you can always just delete your save and start a new game no worse for wear (or keep your save before the final area). If we do things your way you are effectively forcing those of us who want the option to play post ending to play your way, that just is not cool im sorry.

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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:39 pm

It does take away from the game because it can render long-term consequences useless. If the slides say that Megaton was left to become a prosperous trading capital, then my freedom to do whatever I want with Megaton is limited. I can't, say, blow it up anymore because that would conflict my 'canon' ending, even if that's not what I intended.

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Catherine Harte
 
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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:23 pm

But it's cool to force those of us who want to continue with Fallout's tradition of endings, play your way?

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Post » Thu Nov 26, 2015 3:09 pm

No. Giving in to the audience to change your artistic vision to something inferior and less organic is not cool.

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