E3 is only kicking off next week, but we were all treated to a little pre-warm up with all the deliciously great gaming news last week. Top of the crop had to be the reveal of Fallout 4 – which only spawned even more rumours about its gameplay, setting and, more importantly, platforms. The latter of which has finally been cleared all up.
Following various reports that, despite the reveal trailer, Fallout 4 would make it to older-generation consoles, Bethesda has cleared the air. Responding to posts on NeoGAF, Bethesda global community manager, Matt Grandstaff, made it crystal clear that the highly anticipated sequel would only be possible on the most recent hardware out there.
“It is not coming to 360 and PS3, the stuff we’re doing will never work there,”
And that is that. The biggest source of multiple rumours regarding the RPG spawned from a single, extensive Reddit post from an apparent ex-Bethesda employee. Late last week Kotaku distanced themselves from the leak that mentioned them directly – stating that most of the information within was as credible as their apparent connection to it. The same leak that was adamant Fallout 4 would make it to Xbox 360 and PS3.
Despite the rather saddening discussions around the visual representation of the debut trailer (I personally think it was an honest, far more vibrant take on the wasteland), it seems that Fallout 4 will feature some technical aspects not fit for aged hardware. Considering the size of open-world titles lately, that’s not too surprising either.
Last Updated: June 8, 2015
Captain JJ the_scarrrr
June 8, 2015 at 07:53
Fallout!
Lord Chaos
June 8, 2015 at 07:54
Good start to the week.
Give MOAR!!!
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 8, 2015 at 07:57
Good
Hammersteyn
June 8, 2015 at 08:01
Dedicated to the PS3 and 360
Lord Chaos
June 8, 2015 at 08:03
HEHE, you evil bastard. 😛
Hammersteyn
June 8, 2015 at 08:03
XD
oVg
June 8, 2015 at 08:59
lol
oVg
June 8, 2015 at 09:19
http://i.imgur.com/C0bLohU.gif
Hammersteyn
June 8, 2015 at 09:44
Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it.
Klipkop1980
June 8, 2015 at 08:17
“It is not coming to 360 and PS3, the stuff we’re doing will never work there,” – FML
Hammersteyn
June 8, 2015 at 08:21
I know, but it was bound to happen. You can get a PS4 through FNB for R339 per month over two years though. If my Ps4 ever broke down I’d do that in a heart beat.
https://www.fnb.co.za/fnb-connect/catalogue_devices.html
Captain JJ the_scarrrr
June 8, 2015 at 08:25
Pity you’re getting Drive Club. I suppose they have to get rid of all the copies somehow 😉
Hammersteyn
June 8, 2015 at 08:44
Loooool!
Klipkop1980
June 8, 2015 at 08:25
Oh shot. Something worth looking at for sure!
Hammersteyn
June 8, 2015 at 08:43
XD
Lord Chaos
June 8, 2015 at 08:26
Did you get out of bed on the evil side this morning?
Captain JJ the_scarrrr
June 8, 2015 at 08:26
Is there any other side?
Lord Chaos
June 8, 2015 at 08:29
Wouldn’t know.
Brady miaau
June 8, 2015 at 09:04
why? Tempting offer?
If no interest, then tempting (not for me), but if interest? Nah, stuff em.
WitWolfy
June 8, 2015 at 08:44
The real question is, will the side missions be diverse as Witcher 3?
Captain JJ the_scarrrr
June 8, 2015 at 08:49
Short answer
No
Lord Chaos
June 8, 2015 at 08:49
It’ll be better.
Captain JJ the_scarrrr
June 8, 2015 at 08:53
Fallout’s appeal has always been the sheer size and diversity of the games. The crafting, the options, the customization. I honestly don’t think the side quests will be as good as those in W3. But that’s fine. Fallout is a different beast altogether.
Lord Chaos
June 8, 2015 at 08:57
Agreed. But one thing they have gotten right is the fact that the side quests don’t feel like fetch quests.
Sure, here and there, but you actually have to look for fetch quests to find them.
Captain JJ the_scarrrr
June 8, 2015 at 08:58
I agree. I never really felt like I had fetch-quests to do in the Fallout games.
Brady miaau
June 8, 2015 at 08:58
I played Fallout just to explore and see what was in the next space. Game continually surprised me.
Fallout “level design”, again especially 3, was on par with Witcher 3.
*edit* I think Witcher 3 is getting a lot of deserved credit, but is it the holy grail of RPG gaming?
Captain JJ the_scarrrr
June 8, 2015 at 09:00
I actually want to replay 3 again sometime, when I have the time, of course.
Lord Chaos
June 8, 2015 at 09:01
Restarted last week. So much fun.
Brady miaau
June 8, 2015 at 09:02
3 was big. So big. With 5 (4?) big DLC’s. I need more time before I can replay it.
BUT the radio station songs were AWESOME in 3.
*edit*, I would buy Fallout 3 for Xbox One. Certainly. Not for better graphics, but just to have one main console. I would replay it there, if they released it later this year
Captain JJ the_scarrrr
June 8, 2015 at 09:26
Ah man. I agree. I loved keeping my radio on.
Lord Chaos
June 8, 2015 at 09:27
But only after fixing the relay.
Static: not so nice.
WitWolfy
June 8, 2015 at 08:52
I didn’t think so…
Brady miaau
June 8, 2015 at 08:56
A good question. But Fallout 3 and New Vegas, like Skyrim, had some truly memorable side quests.
Witcher 3 side quests are interesting, sure, but so are Fallouts side quests. Fallout 3 presented some real moral choice, best of two evils, with the clever bit being if you did not explore and find out further you thought the orphanage really was an orphanage, as an example.
WitWolfy
June 8, 2015 at 11:05
I dunno much about Fallout that much seeing I couldnt get into Fallout 3 back in the day. But some of The Witcher 3’s side quest can take as long as an hour to complete, not to mention being mini campaign on its own.
If Fallout 4 can achieve this, then I’ll be happy…
Brady miaau
June 8, 2015 at 12:52
Fallout 3 did achieve that. The whole game was basically side quests. That was the fun. The main story was a bit short and not as much as the side quests. I read that one of the testers finished the game in just over two hours, main story only.
Alessandro Barbosa
June 8, 2015 at 10:22
If I get to help write a wasteland survival guide again and become insanely powerful early on because of it – then yes 😛
Stosta
June 8, 2015 at 10:24
I’m still stuck with my 360, but the fact that this won’t be available to me is in no ways a bad thing. If we start expecting developers to limit games based on making them available to outdated hardware it would be terrible for the gaming industry in terms of progress. I WILL end up buying a new console just so I can play this, the question I still can’t answer though, Xbone or PS4…
Sovereign
June 8, 2015 at 11:33
Lets hope the forced male rumor was false, too.
Captain JJ the_scarrrr
June 8, 2015 at 11:52
Yes. Agreed
eXpZA
June 8, 2015 at 13:24
Thanks for not calling it “next gen”. 🙂
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June 8, 2015 at 16:49
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