Not just the graphics, but memory is important to us. It’s entirely understandable however that Bethesda doesn’t want to deviate from a formula that has clearly worked incredibly well before.īethesda’s Todd Howard highlighted this at E3 2015, suggesting that the story and focus on gameplay plays into the memory of the previous titles: Back in August, VG247’s Matt Martin at Gamescom 2015 called Fallout 4 “instantly familiar”, “encouraging, reassuring and disappointing in equal measure.” The similarities between Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 will always be apparent and will likely be one of the major hurdles the sequel needs to overcome. And for anyone who has played Fallout 3, this premise will sound very familiar. As the trailer above suggests, the world is pretty depressing but rife with looting opportunities, a wholly interactive world and well, lots of things to shoot. Unlike its two predecessors, Fallout 4 is set in a decidedly decrepit but rather charming Boston around the year 2277, or about 200 years after humans done goofed and ruined the planet with a more major than minor nuclear war. Of course, this will be the first Fallout title since Fallout: New Vegas (2010) and the first major game in the series since the award-winning Fallout 3 (2008) set in Washington D.C. Read more: Bethesda confirms Fallout 4 and here’s the trailer to prove it

The title would not arrive on previous-generation consoles, Bethesda confirmed shortly after the announcement. The first video cameo featured in the same breath, and was easily the biggest announcement of the Expo. The title, we would learn, would be called Fallout 4. It was Bethesda’s first live press conference at E3 2015, and it was a big one. The company took a damn long time to unveil it though, first teasing the title to an avid audience back in June 2015. There were murmurs as early as 2013 that Bethesda was looking to follow up the blockbuster that was Fallout 3 with a game set in Boston. Playthrough time: Claimed over 400 hours Background Resolution/Frame rate: PlayStation 4 and Xbox One: 1080p at 30fps PC: unconstrained Launch date: Worldwide, 10 November (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)Įngine: Creation Engine, specially modified for Fallout 4 But with Fallout 4 just eight days away now, and some in the gaming industry having second thoughts about their NDAs, we have a look at where Bethesda’s latest title could cream the competition, and where it could possibly fall flat on its face.

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