Why do you play Fallout 4?

[RoxasXIII]

I'm creating this purely out of discussion (bored out of my mind at work). I've been recently having the itch and enjoying playing F4 despite its obvious flaws, I almost find them enjoyable. Analyzing things, I even realized I believe the older titles to be "better Fallout" games.

[Stop Nakba Denial]

Because it's a blast. If I want to club some heads with a Super Sledge, I can. If I want to be a stealth archer, I can. If I want to talk-no-jutsu my way through the game, can do that pretty well too.

[Sédrio]

Short answer, the gameplay is heckin' fun, and you can come back to it any time for the same amount of fun. I am on the side of New Vegas being the best fallout game, but Fallout 4 absolutely has the best gameplay and replayability.

Long answer, Fallout 4's gameplay is very honest and doesn't feel excessive, if that makes sense. It is a simple loop where you go somewhere, kill baddies, loot, repeat. Unless they intend the game to be about something specific like the story and/or the experience, games are meant to be about escapism and fun, and Fallout 4 does that really well.

The complete antithesis of Fallout 4 would be The Last Of Us. TLOU has the best story I've ever seen, but the gameplay is, in my opinion, actual buttcheeks. Fallout 4's gameplay is fun as heck, but the story is buttcheeks. So, if you don't care about the story, Fallout 4 is actually an amazing game.

Also, my mindset has changed drastically since I was young. I've been playing games for 23 years and my taste fluctuates so much. I used to care so much about games being perfect and being nitpicky about every little issue, but now I just care about hourly fun where I mess around for an hour or two. Fallout 4, and games like it, is perfect for that. In comparison, I haven't played New Vegas seriously since 2015, even though I think it's overall the better game.

[patrick68794]

Because it's fun and I like exploring Bethesda's game worlds. Their environmental storytelling is second to none.

[genu]

Originally posted by MeWetaldid:

Why do you play Fallout 4?

Modders heaven

[AllergicToBrainRot]

right now; london + buffout 4 NG + physic fix for higher fps and better load times.

[KnightX006]

Now... Because of the map, missions bugs in Fallout76 after their "update"....

[carl.wear]

Originally posted by MeWetaldid:

I'm creating this purely out of discussion (bored out of my mind at work). I've been recently having the itch and enjoying playing F4 despite its obvious flaws, I almost find them enjoyable. Analyzing things, I even realized I believe the older titles to be "better Fallout" games.

Shouldn't you be WORKING and not spending company time on a games forum?

Also, Fallout 4 was good for its time and some like playing older games because, why not. I still have fun playing classic DOOM that came out in the early 90's.

[-={LG}=-]

Because there's nothing better. I wish there was, it's getting old. Oblivion is a nice change of pace though.

[RoxasXIII]

Originally posted by carl.wear:

Originally posted by MeWetaldid:

I'm creating this purely out of discussion (bored out of my mind at work). I've been recently having the itch and enjoying playing F4 despite its obvious flaws, I almost find them enjoyable. Analyzing things, I even realized I believe the older titles to be "better Fallout" games.

Shouldn't you be WORKING and not spending company time on a games forum?

Also, Fallout 4 was good for its time and some like playing older games because, why not. I still have fun playing classic DOOM that came out in the early 90's.

Yes, but it's my last day as an intern so I had nothing left to do lol.

[RoxasXIII]

Originally posted by Xenophobe:

Originally posted by MeWetaldid:

Why do you play Fallout 4?

Because it's there ...

Good of a reason as any.

[RoxasXIII]

Originally posted by Zxio:

Because it's a blast. If I want to club some heads with a Super Sledge, I can. If I want to be a stealth archer, I can. If I want to talk-no-jutsu my way through the game, can do that pretty well too.

I absolutely love the melee in the game, heads popping when hitting someone with a sledge is such an amazing feeling lol

[RoxasXIII]

Originally posted by genu:

Originally posted by MeWetaldid:

Why do you play Fallout 4?

Modders heaven :rockon:

True enough, there are some pretty insane mods that have been created for F4.

[RoxasXIII]

Originally posted by Sédri:

Short answer, the gameplay is heckin' fun, and you can come back to it any time for the same amount of fun. I am on the side of New Vegas being the best fallout game, but Fallout 4 absolutely has the best gameplay and replayability.

Long answer, Fallout 4's gameplay is very honest and doesn't feel excessive, if that makes sense. It is a simple loop where you go somewhere, kill baddies, loot, repeat. Unless they intend the game to be about something specific like the story and/or the experience, games are meant to be about escapism and fun, and Fallout 4 does that really well.

The complete antithesis of Fallout 4 would be The Last Of Us. TLOU has the best story I've ever seen, but the gameplay is, in my opinion, actual buttcheeks. Fallout 4's gameplay is fun as heck, but the story is buttcheeks. So, if you don't care about the story, Fallout 4 is actually an amazing game.

Also, my mindset has changed drastically since I was young. I've been playing games for 23 years and my taste fluctuates so much. I used to care so much about games being perfect and being nitpicky about every little issue, but now I just care about hourly fun where I mess around for an hour or two. Fallout 4, and games like it, is perfect for that. In comparison, I haven't played New Vegas seriously since 2015, even though I think it's overall the better game.

Me too, I absolutely adore F4 and sorta always have since I've considered myself a casual. Fits perfectly for me despite playing New Vegas a ton myself lol.

[RoxasXIII]

Originally posted by I-sell-diet-water:

right now; london + buffout 4 NG + physic fix for higher fps and better load times.

This is up next in my backlog once some things are figured out, hope you're having a blast!

[RoxasXIII]

Originally posted by patrick68794:

Because it's fun and I like exploring Bethesda's game worlds. Their environmental storytelling is second to none.

The worlds really are the best thing about their games, I often enjoy exploring than playing the game how it's meant to be played. Which this is common for like 90% of Bethesda's player base lol