Topic: Fallout 4 (hopefully) Megathread

[Lumi Kløvstad]

Let's talk Fallout 4 guys.
In all its awesome and also occasional awfulness.
Pictures of your character, headcanon, whatever.
Fallout 4 related? Post it here.

My character is named Autumn, and she's Olivia Wilde.

No really.

Pictures coming tomorrow.

[BLOOD MONKEY]

I can't afford it so I bought New Vegas to make myself sad. ;-;

[Lumi Kløvstad]

I can't afford it so I bought New Vegas to make myself sad. ;-;

That really is sad.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

I did say I made Olivia Wilde.

I was just watching Tron Legacy, loving Quorra’s character (as usual) and then I said to myself, “I wonder if I could make Olivia Wilde in Fallout 4?”

So I did.

Originally I had her more styled off of Quorra directly, but then I just remodeled her off of the actress proper. Picture doesn’t really do her justice (shaky cell phone camera), but I’m really pleased with the result in gameplay, and the voice matches her look pretty well.

Autumn is a persuasive, charismatic survivor who is a product of her era, and as such tries to help where she can while avoiding rivalries she feels might spark another war. She’s sentimental (keeping her baby son’s things exactly as she found them again in the Wasteland as a reminder of why she does what she does), and a cracking good shot. Despite being something of a rogueish playstyle, she does not steal, ever. It’s just against her values. She tries to be a friend to all, but has quickly learned that, in the Wasteland, sometimes you just have to back up your peaceful ideals with a bullet between the eyes.

[X]

Giving fallout 4 a try as well. despite all the bugs (and my bro's room mate can testify that in spades), it's actually kinda fun and engaging. The backstory of your character is a sad one, but not to the point of hopelessness. Right now I'm running around wearing my Vault 111 outfit with leather armor bits for added protection, and sporting a Fedora I found in a ghoul-infested house, lol. It's an odd combination, but the world I'm in is just as odd. I also gave her white hair with a dark skin tone, and she has a nasty set of scars on her face, giving her the appearance of someone who's had an encounter with a savage mutant lizard out in the wastelands, and lived to tell the tale.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

Giving fallout 4 a try as well. despite all the bugs (and my bro's room mate can testify that in spades), it's actually kinda fun and engaging. The backstory of your character is a sad one, but not to the point of hopelessness. Right now I'm running around wearing my Vault 111 outfit with leather armor bits for added protection, and sporting a Fedora I found in a ghoul-infested house, lol. It's an odd combination, but the world I'm in is just as odd. I also gave her white hair with a dark skin tone, and she has a nasty set of scars on her face, giving her the appearance of someone who's had an encounter with a savage mutant lizard out in the wastelands, and lived to tell the tale.

Pics?

Honestly, coming up with a backstory and role playing according to it is like 90% of the fun for me.

[X]

No pics, sorry. I don't exactly have access to a camera phone nor is it something I'm proficient at using. Although I have to wonder if the PS4 can do screenshots...

Honestly, coming up with a backstory and role playing according to it is like 90% of the fun for me.

So true, so true. I do it all the time when playing Skyrim.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

Don't know if you've started the quest Tradecraft, but it's pretty borked close to the end, with the safe not opening at all. Save RIGHT BEFORE you enter the Slocum Joe's, because otherwise you may not be able to revert and have a chance at completing it.

Just some advice.

[BLOOD MONKEY]

And I just found out that New Vegas isn't even compatible with Linux. This makes me more sad. Now I have to go through the hassle of setting up Wine.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

That really sucks man. Linux still isn't for gamers, sadly, no matter how much Valve will try to convince you to buy a Steam Machine.

[BLOOD MONKEY]

That really sucks man. Linux still isn't for gamers, sadly, no matter how much Valve will try to convince you to buy a Steam Machine.

I hope it is one day. Honestly, it should be easy to port games to linux. Hell, I'd be fine if they just packaged Wine in with the game. I just want my games already.

[X]

Don't know if you've started the quest Tradecraft, but it's pretty borked close to the end, with the safe not opening at all. Save RIGHT BEFORE you enter the Slocum Joe's, because otherwise you may not be able to revert and have a chance at completing it.

If that's near the end of the game then I've nothing to worry about. I'm still testing out my Fallout 4 legs. Right now figuring out the crafting sequences is taking up my game time. Although it's slow-going for now. I'll have to check out a walkthrough to find out where the most amount of resources can be located. I'm having trouble just making beds, lol!

[Lumi Kløvstad]

If that's near the end of the game then I've nothing to worry about. I'm still testing out my Fallout 4 legs.

It's rather close to the beginning. If you've made it to Diamond City, then chances are you've picked it up at some point.

I'll have to check out a walkthrough to find out where the most amount of resources can be located. I'm having trouble just making beds, lol!

Take Codsworth with you, he's handy in a fight and can carry a good bit of junk. What you want to do is just pick up ALL THE THINGS and then foist them on your robot buddy, haul ass back to Sanctuary (or wherever you made your pile) and then just dump everything into a Workbench for storage. Rinse, lather, repeat. Avoid crafting for the first half dozen runs. Soon, you'll be drowning in stuff to use.

If you get the Local Leader perk, all of your crafting stations from settlements that you control will form one big pot of crafting resources, so stuff you leave in Red Rocket will be usable in Tenpines, etc.

Avoid doing the Militiamen quests, as they will drain your building resources by starting a whole lot of settlement construction quests.

My character doesn't care for starting settlements anyway, and refused to lead the militiamen when offered, basically saying "I'm willing to help, but I'm not in this for your Revolution. I just want my boy back."

[KaZudra]

Since at the time being I lack a PC that has any muscle, I got the Xbox One Fallout 4.
It's so far (50 hours in) pretty amazing, though I generally don't like this gen's consoles (they fucking suck)
I kinda don't like the leveling system, it really lacks the satisfaction the other games has, but the removed level cap is really nice.
Caps are now very hard to obtain which makes the shop exploit viable since resources are more important in most cases.
The game is built on the Skyrim engine, yet makes Skyrim look simplistic in almost every way.
The Xbox One Fallout 4 comes with a free copy of Fallout 3, though no DLC is a real bummer since nobody is gonna play it anytime soon because of Fallout 4.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

I have totally forgotten to redeem my free download of Fallout 3. My bad.

I miss Skyrim's "you level the skills you use proportionately to how much you use them" leveling setup, which was an excellent way to have your characters evolve organically over time.

I do love the new "pick the perks that your skill level unlocks" system though, so leveling in Fallout 4 is a mixed bag for me.

I think Xbox One is a great system for Fallout 4, though I will also get the PC version as soon as I have a PC with better than Intel Integrated Graphics.