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Key · 07-18-2018, 08:50 PM

Fallout 4

There's something with Fallout 4 that makes me want to crawl back and play it again, and it's got a lot to do with how I decided to go about it when it came out. I fully understand that this game in particular is not seen as the strongest game in the series, but I think it still has a lot going for it, and in this post that's part of my official journal theme thing, I want to look at Fallout 4 from a different perspective and comment on the things I've commented on before, but with a different outlook. Because even though I found some of the things in the game really frustrating, I still found them to be acceptable enough to enjoy them for some moments.

Now, I'm going to get right into it and talk about the whole crafting thing in this game. I wasn't entirely sure how I was going to feel about this at first because I had recently played through Fallout 3 close to when this one was announced, so I sort of had a fresh idea of what I was looking for in a sequel, and well....to be honest the inclusion of crafting wasn't in the list of things I had wanted. But, I will say that it did prove to be very useful at the end of the game because you're basically forced to use the mechanic if you so choose. While they may seem like it's a bad thing, it's really not. Since it fits in nicely with the story. It also proved its use when I needed a big space to put all my power armor. And that's a nice segway into the next thing I want to talk about.

Power Armor

Yes. Power armor. I want to talk about it this time because I think Fallout 4 absolutely nailed it with its usefulness in this game. In Fallout 3, you'd find some body armor and it didn't feel as badass. I mean, it was badass. But when Fallout 4 made it so you can switch parts and customize your body armor. And to be able to see them stand still next to each other is one of my favorite things. It's so creative and fun to collect pieces of power armor and filling your collection with more of them. I remember I was close to finishing the whole collection, but when I switched to my new PC, I didn't transfer my save. I still could, but I'm very lazy.

Otherwise, I think it's safe to say that I definitely did get what I wanted out of Fallout 4, even if there were some frustrations along the way. Plus, the addition of the Far Harbor DLC just made the game so so so much better. They basically went back to what they're good at, and made a very dark island style DLC, and with a fantastic storyline and characters to make it even more awesome. I definitely recommend checking out the DLC if you haven't already.

So yeah, I guess I like Fallout 4.

07-18-2018, 08:50 PM	#543 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Fallout 4 There's something with Fallout 4 that makes me want to crawl back and play it again, and it's got a lot to do with how I decided to go about it when it came out. I fully understand that this game in particular is not seen as the strongest game in the series, but I think it still has a lot going for it, and in this post that's part of my official journal theme thing, I want to look at Fallout 4 from a different perspective and comment on the things I've commented on before, but with a different outlook. Because even though I found some of the things in the game really frustrating, I still found them to be acceptable enough to enjoy them for some moments. Now, I'm going to get right into it and talk about the whole crafting thing in this game. I wasn't entirely sure how I was going to feel about this at first because I had recently played through Fallout 3 close to when this one was announced, so I sort of had a fresh idea of what I was looking for in a sequel, and well....to be honest the inclusion of crafting wasn't in the list of things I had wanted. But, I will say that it did prove to be very useful at the end of the game because you're basically forced to use the mechanic if you so choose. While they may seem like it's a bad thing, it's really not. Since it fits in nicely with the story. It also proved its use when I needed a big space to put all my power armor. And that's a nice segway into the next thing I want to talk about. Power Armor Yes. Power armor. I want to talk about it this time because I think Fallout 4 absolutely nailed it with its usefulness in this game. In Fallout 3, you'd find some body armor and it didn't feel as badass. I mean, it was badass. But when Fallout 4 made it so you can switch parts and customize your body armor. And to be able to see them stand still next to each other is one of my favorite things. It's so creative and fun to collect pieces of power armor and filling your collection with more of them. I remember I was close to finishing the whole collection, but when I switched to my new PC, I didn't transfer my save. I still could, but I'm very lazy. Otherwise, I think it's safe to say that I definitely did get what I wanted out of Fallout 4, even if there were some frustrations along the way. Plus, the addition of the Far Harbor DLC just made the game so so so much better. They basically went back to what they're good at, and made a very dark island style DLC, and with a fantastic storyline and characters to make it even more awesome. I definitely recommend checking out the DLC if you haven't already. So yeah, I guess I like Fallout 4.