Doom looked alright, being hyper violent, gritty and..well, with that dull last-gen brown filter that made every game look the same. They showed of Dishonored 2, which was cool. The most intriguing, exciting game though is Fallout 4, and was the last one shown off by Bethesda at their first conference.
Todd Howard took the stage to demo Fallout 4, and my gosh, does it look magnificent if you’re a fan of the modern Fallout. The game was being designed right after the end of Fallout 3, and they’ve been working hard on Fallout 4 for four years. They’ve got an obsessional attention to detail, and it’s the details that make the game whole, says Howard.
They showed off a ton of concept art, including some of the world that exists before the bombs fell – which is where the game actually starts. There’s a threat of nuclear war; creating your character and sculpting your male character, but you can play as a female too (a la Mass Effect) – which should make everyone happy. The protagonist actually speaks, and is greeted by a company salesman selling vaults. Much of the dialogue seems to take its cues from Mass Effect.
Serene family life makes way for threat of nuclear war, of course, and has your family leaving its idyllic world for a vault – but tragedy strikes. Events transpire, and you emerge two hundred years later as the sole survivor of Vault 111. The world is a post-apocalyptic mess – an enormous, dynamic, post-apocalyptic world. Player freedom, says Howard, is the company’s number one goal.
It’s running on a newer version of Creation engine, which is really just Gamebryo evolve – but it looks good. Things don’t look quite as plastic as usual (though still very smooth and plastic indeed), and the music is as magical as ever.
The dialogue is dynamic, and so is the game – play in first or third person – and have a dog, if you like. You can give the canine commands too, if that’s the sort of thing that strikes your fancy. If the dog dies, man those would be cheap, cheap feels. The VATS system is back, allowing you to pick specific body parts of your enemies.
As expected, the game takes place in Boston, and seems to be huge. They didn’t really show off very much despite promises to the contrary, but what they did show off has me very, very excited for Fallout 4. It looks like a bigger, prettier, more dynamic version of Fallout 3, which is juuuust fine by me.
They did, however, show off the new Pip-Boy, which puts a little more emphasis in making things more entertaining – even with little playable minigames. It looks amazing. Bethesda then showed off their real Pip-Boy, which comes with the game’s Collector’s Edition – and I’ve never wanted a CE so much in my life. It works with your phone and an app, to function as a second-screen experience that actually mimics the Pip-Boy experience.
There’s a new base-building element straight from The Sims. You get to rebuild a settlement, from the ground up, using scavenged materials: building defenses to keep your settlements safe from raiders. Make your settlements your own. It’s optional, but could add an amazing level of immersion.
In addition to that the crafting system is next level stuff, with 50 base weapons and over 700 modifications on them. Much modding, much crafting, much happiness.
It’s coming on November 10 this year to PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
Last Updated: June 15, 2015
Geoffrey Tim
June 15, 2015 at 05:32
ERMAGERD FALLOUT
PoisonedBelial
June 15, 2015 at 07:03
FALLOUT!!!!
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 15, 2015 at 07:18
Fallout!!!!
And you can customise your character. Yea yea
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 15, 2015 at 07:20
Doggy!
Gareth L (That eXCheez Guy)
June 15, 2015 at 07:59
Ugh. Not Todd Howard *again*. So another first-person role-playing game where you can’t role-play or make any difference to your character with regards to how you assign your stat points? 🙁
“They’ve got an obsessional attention to detail, and it’s the details that make the game *hole*, says Howard.” Teehee. 😛
Brady miaau
June 15, 2015 at 08:11
which game was this? (do not know, not a clue)
Geoffrey Tim
June 15, 2015 at 08:31
Apologies, I was up at 3:45 to get the liveblog going. 😛
Gareth L (That eXCheez Guy)
June 15, 2015 at 08:38
Just poking the bear. 😉
Geoffrey Tim
June 15, 2015 at 09:05
And crap on a cracker, am I a grumpy bear this day. 😛
Brady miaau
June 15, 2015 at 09:09
perhaps you would be less grumpy if you tried to aim for something a bit bigger than a cracker. Seriously, sounds like you are setting yourself up for failure.
Brady miaau
June 15, 2015 at 08:59
Warm, was it? Bloody hell, today is much colder than Friday, when I start work before 7. My car reckoned 9c on Friday and 4c at 07:40 today.
Feel for you.
Although, if your house is like mine, Air-conditioning helps with that, albeit not when you just wake up at the coldest part of the day.
Geoffrey Tim
June 15, 2015 at 09:05
My nipples are so hard they’re wearing a tapout shirt.
Brady miaau
June 15, 2015 at 09:08
Seen cartoon version of Sinbad, made a few years ago?
You could poke an eye out with those things.
Geoffrey Tim
June 15, 2015 at 08:31
it works IN GAME.
Gareth L (That eXCheez Guy)
June 15, 2015 at 08:38
Ok, THAT is frikken’ rad!
Hammersteyn
June 15, 2015 at 07:59
Bethesda wins E3 2015!
Gareth L (That eXCheez Guy)
June 15, 2015 at 08:01
Xbox Two is coming!! 😉
Gareth L (That eXCheez Guy)
June 15, 2015 at 08:40
There’s still time for a Half-life 3 announcement!!
Hammersteyn
June 15, 2015 at 08:40
lol just imagine!
Lord Chaos
June 15, 2015 at 08:42
I’m pretty sure the world will end.
Can you imagine the amount of people taking leave or ‘being sick’ for such an extended amount of time?
Hammersteyn
June 15, 2015 at 09:09
lol
Lord Chaos
June 15, 2015 at 08:06
So getting the collectors.
Give me MY Pipboy!!!
Brady miaau
June 15, 2015 at 08:12
I agree, there. Totally would be worth it.
BUT, will this not be a smartglass (or just glass, cause smart it is not) or app type thing anyway?
Lord Chaos
June 15, 2015 at 08:24
Looks that way. Would still be awesome to own though.
Brady miaau
June 15, 2015 at 08:58
Yeah, holding the device, sure. But at the price? Will see.
Lord Chaos
June 15, 2015 at 08:59
True, might be expensive, But I don’t buy every CE willy nilly. Only those for things I love.
Brady miaau
June 15, 2015 at 09:02
Yeah, but I made the comment to my parents in law yesterday that for the first time in years, I understand the end of the month, i.e. payday. Must watch the pennies, so it must be truly worth it!
(not that I am well off or rich, just do not notice when was paid, cause if money did run out, so what, get more later on. Now, with kid and sick wife, suddenly it is different. Priorities)
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 15, 2015 at 08:14
Hells yes
Blood Emperor Trevor
June 15, 2015 at 08:16
Okay, that looks good! And it has colours now!
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 15, 2015 at 08:17
You’re nitpicking!
Blood Emperor Trevor
June 15, 2015 at 08:24
If I was nit picking, I’d be making a nasty comment about you!
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 15, 2015 at 08:44
You’re doing that right now!
Lord Chaos
June 15, 2015 at 08:46
Touchy much? You run out of eyeliner? 😛
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 15, 2015 at 08:49
😀
Trevor and I like to yell at each other. Makes us feel closer 😉
Pieter Kruger
June 15, 2015 at 08:51
WOW! Looks fantastic! Love the fort building action!
K1FF J1MB0B (sizzle edition)
June 15, 2015 at 09:59
Slightly off topic, but love what you guys have done with the site recently, Geoff.
PS: Holy shitballs Fallout 4!!!
UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy
June 15, 2015 at 11:23
I just need this game to actually run and not crash all the time like Fallout3 GOTY
David Weatherhead
June 15, 2015 at 11:58
Faaaark me! 😀 😀 😀 So excited! It actually went beyond what I thought they would do.
Ghost In The Rift
June 15, 2015 at 20:47
I could never get into Fallout 3, don’t know why, but i sure as hell will at least try Fallout 4,give a month or so for bugs to get squash’d out and pick it up, love the voiced character that i can play, tis what intrigued me, and BUILD YOUR OWN BASE!!!!…enough said.
Joe Black
June 16, 2015 at 01:33
Looks great, but… “PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4″…
I’ll be surprised if the game looks this good when it launches.