SvennoJ said:
Insidb said:
One of the greatest things about current gen Fallouts are the locales: if you are familiar with the physical places (I've spent a lot of time in DC, Foggy Bottom, Georgetown, the Mall, and other replaces in Fallout 3.), the game is equally haunting and horrifying. Given the size of the audience, this is a connection easily missed. |
I'm not familiar with the real life places but it's haunting enough for me and a lot of fun to explore. Supermarkets, schools, stores, office buildings, research stations, factory buildings, or whole cities are all a lot more familiar to build a mental model from than winding caves. And also a lot easier to embellish in your mind. The lines with GTA even get blurred now and then, last night I was hitching a ride down a skyscraper on a window cleaner cradle.
Bethesda is great at making a world where you always keep wondering what's around the next corner. They do add too many corners though as usual. Just as in any other open world I'm starting to notice repetition of elements. Deja vu with building layouts etc, although it's less of a problem with a game based on real life buildings. I also like the little stories in all the terminals around and that your attackers are polite enough to freeze until you're done reading :) The office banter in the terminal emails and logs is also more recognizable than some fantasy setting.
I would give Fallout 4 an 8.5.
Fallout New vegas gets the nod for story lines, Fallout 3 for side quets. Fallout 4 has the best map to explore.
Maybe one day they can get all the best elements in 1 game.
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It was quite harrowing to see post apocalyptic versions of locales I knew, I saw, and I walked through. I've been to MA several times (I'm from NY) and can say that Boston sucks (jk, RedSux fans ;). I know the BC, MIT, Cambridge, and downtown areas fairly well, just not like I know DC and MD. I never played New Vegas and I have been there, too, so that may need to be done. What would you do if the next one was in NY? The corners would kill you lol!
