Fallout 4 Discussions, Settlement building, Screenshots

[SvennoJ]

Goodluck on your new play through. I would have done plenty things differently yet it's too long for me to start over. I finished with a little over 200 hours gameplay time, completing all 4 endings, fun to see the different sides. And they were all fun, quite an achievement for an open world game. I'm actually not relieved it's finally over like with TW3 and GTA5 and spend some time revisiting all my creations while talking to different people to hear their opinion on the different endings. While the game is far from perfect and the ending I wanted wasn't available, it was a solid and consistent 8.5/10 experience.

Ending with the railroad was the best morally, although the game still forces you to become common terrorists in the end. Unfortunately no peaceful ending allowed while the solution is right there in front of you. Maybe the writers are all cynics that don't believe in non violent endings or it's because of the Michael Bay generation that everything has to end with a big explosion. Still the most satisfying ending.

Ending with the brotherhood makes you feel the worst yet they have the coolest end battle sequence, worth shooting all your friends in the head for :/

Ending with the institute has a pretty hectic battle against the BoS but is the shortest of them all. It kinda glitched since I could still do missions for the Railroad afterwards since PAM didn't turn hostile.

Ending with the minute man involves some more building in different places, thus more loading screens, my least favorite ending. Preston was already giving me new settlement assignments before a single congratulation. Had to ask 3 times before he got to ending the quest.

That battle of bunker hill was the craziest. Later battles might be bigger but only with 2 factions at a time. The game got a bit unstable towards the end in the settlement department. County crossings ended up with population 44, and they were all there. Spectacle island reported 0, so I send a bunch over there, turned out it wasn't 0 so now there were 36 there, somehow at 100% happiness. It didn't unlock the trophy unfortunately. Sanctuary hills, still my best, most comfortable, most luxurious settlement, was down to 42% happiness. Must be that Preston bringing everybody down all the time :p