why so many people still play this game?

[Uranio 235]

what else to do, i finished the game years ago, why people keep playing?

[sneko]

Cause we keep modding it

[Azkâr]

Originally posted by Vini Provoca:

what else to do, i finished the game years ago, why people keep playing?

First of all, you can't really "finish" a Bethesda game, and that's one of the many reasons i love about these games. Sure, you can run through the main story and all, but that will leave you with only 5% to 10% of the true experience since you'll want to go out of your way to get good gear and level up. Even if you want to do the main quest and nothing else, something will eventually happen and get you sidetracked. For me, the best content on these games are on the side quests, srsly, go see for yourself.

Mods are also a huge factor. Don't like a specifc weapon? There's problably a replacer. Hell, there's entire mods with side storys very well writern and with competent voice acting. What i mean is, you can make the game look and feel however you want with mods.

Not many AAA games let's you do that, you know. They're mostly 8 hour long interactive movies with a bit of side content and thats all, any other thing will be DLC. As for Fallout 4, if you pick vanilla without DLC, you can easily sink 1.000 hours on it without mods.

[Liquid Inc]

Originally posted by Vini Provoca:

what else to do

mod it?
play a different way?

Originally posted by Vini Provoca:

i finished the game years ago

And?

Originally posted by Vini Provoca:

why people keep playing?

Because i enjoy it. Don't like it? tough.

[Potenza]

FO4 can be replayed with different outcomes. I have over 3K hours and still play it. I have played it in many different scenarios. Did you ever try survival mode? Like it or not it is a totally different challenge. I tried it, didn't like it, so now play in hard mode. This game has so much to do in the form of building and you can modify your settlers and settlements.
Modding of course adds a lot of great features. In my current game play I am not even finishing the main story. I have brought all the quests to their turning points and stopped.
By doing this I was able to gain every companion perk from every companion in the game - something I wanted to see if I could do.
I can still get all the radiant quests from each faction - except for the Railroad - maybe I went too far in that quest line. So there is so much to do. Alot of times I just run and see what i can find or kill.

[Xenon The Noble]

What game is better? I just deleted the Sims 4. EA stands for Eat Donkeys hind ends. Their last update screwed the game and made it unplayable.
Fallout I can build things and socialize with Supermutants, ferals, raiders etc just like Sims 4.

[Docsprock]

You 'finished' the game?

I have over 4500 hours and have never finished the game. I honestly have no idea what the end of the game looks like.

[Big.Bad.Dad]

Hate to respond to a "stop liking what I don't like" comment but here goes. I wasn't sure if I'd like it and didn't want to look too much into it to avoid spoilers in case I did play. I got it during a Steam sale with all the DLC and after playing a while it turns out I like ti a lot , the settlement stuff got the city building gamer itch in me going strong and it doesn't lack for anything to do , you can ignore the main story line all you want and still have plenty to do. I only have one MOD loaded and that's to cut the load time way way down. I'm sure my next play through will involve mods and looking them it will open up an already busy game into a much larger and busier experience.

[Zekiran]

Originally posted by Vini Provoca:

Originally posted by eMp4th:

because the modding community keeps making mods

what kind of mods play the people to still playing that long? why for example other games like outer worlds dont have people playing ? (released recently and rpg created by obsidian, i havent played it yet)

Outer worlds is junk, why people aren't playing that.

Fallout 4 is infinitely moddable - you can add virtually anything to it such as building and settlements, conversations and npcs, weapons, costumes, new areas, new storylines, etc.

I've put in nearly 4k hours into this game.

But you could ask the same question about games like

i dunno

CHESS

"Why do people even PLAY this game!? I finished it once a decade ago and no one needs to ever play more than one win!!"


.... Winning conditions for this game are very different for everyone. Playing it "once" won't show you nearly any of the game unless you somehow tweak it or reload saves to do multiple endings. I've played probably 9 different characters, with different assortments of skills and direction. I go back to play with my settlements because I'm an addict.

So... people play the game because they like the game, what else would you ever need to know?

[Tesityr]

There are things you won't see EVERY game - there are random encounters and things that have a chance to happen/spawn as you wander - I think a lot of people don't even know this

Each Settlement that you can build on is different and you might try different layouts/shops/guards/etc not seen each time, etc

Faction endings, Quests not seen each time, etc
Skills/Perks/Builds not seen each time, etc
Characters/Companions not seen each time, etc

For me, building up Settlements are my main thing I do now - trying different ways of building and layouts and shops and guards and the people milling around working, etc; it feels like a very 'alive' game to me, and I enjoy helping my settlers re-start their lives...

Whatever you find to like, have fun with it

[Xenon The Noble]

The expiration date means someone's going to make a better game. So far, due to political factors, that's not likely to happen.

[TheJebblue]

Originally posted by Señor Cinco:

The answer to your question can be found in the definition of role play.

It allows for multiple playthroughs. Besides.. you don't simply 'finish' a Beth game.

Actually I don't play RPG games. For me it's the open world aspect.

[TheJebblue]

Originally posted by sneko:

Cause we keep modding it

Actually I don't use mods for games.

[Uranio 235]

i dont like mods and i am happy you keep playing this game, i love fallout 3 fallout nv and fallout 4 , they are among my favourites games, the ambientation is simply PERFECT

[Senor Cinco]

Originally posted by Vini Provoca:

i dont like mods and i am happy you keep playing this game, i love fallout 3 fallout nv and fallout 4 , they are among my favourites games, the ambientation is simply PERFECT

I'm confused when people say, they don't like mods. I wonder why and am compelled to ask... You don't like fixes?

[Senor Cinco]

My character is currently L35 and is focused on PA and Heavy Weapons. However... I'm contemplating starting a new game because it feels like I've been cheating.

You shouldn't be able to use PA, unless you are wearing a suit and helm that actually integrates the character into the monitoring and control systems. That means a BoS suit and Dan's helm. You cannot get his helm until you're on the Prid and can have him as a companion.

I feel a restart in my immediate future.