Sunday, January 13, 2013

Next Change: Fallout 4

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Some possible details have popped up online in regards to the upcoming rumored video game, “Fallout 4.” According to a report by GamingBolt on Jan. 11, the sequel will take place in Boston with a mix of “cyberpunk and retro-futurism.” It also features several gameplay and storyline changes when compared to “Fallout 3” and the experience system in “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.” You can check out some screens from the latest “The Elder Scrolls” title in the slideshow at the top of this article and the details below (courtesy of GamingBolt):

First and foremost, the game will take place in Boston, and be kind of a direct sequel to Fallout 3 with a few groups returning.

From what it sounds like, “The Institute” is pretty much the downtown DC or New Vegas of this game. Boston is going to be unlike anything we’ve seen in a Fallout game before, with buildings more on par with cyberpunk and retro-futurism.

Androids play a big part in this game. The railroad from Fallout 3 is a faction. The enemies of the railroad is “the Plantation” — a group who force Androids to farm so that Humans can get food. The Institute is highly advanced and probably obtained or built their own GECK to start a farm.

Due to complaints about using Super Mutants and the Brotherhood of Steel inFallout 3 excessively and going against the lore too much, Bethesda has decided to avoid using these groups. Bethesda wants to make a new “race” (think Ghoul, Super Mutant) which will be central to Boston. Bethesda is currently looking at Lovecraftian fiction since Boston is around “Lovecraft Country”.

Bethesda has no plans to reinvent the leveling up system to make it more like Skyrim and want to make Fallout 4 more distinct from Skyrim since of the complaints that Oblivion and Fallout 3 were too similar. Bethesda is thinking about introducing a system, similar to Skyrim, where your skills can level up if you perform certain tasks.

Despite ongoing rumors and speculations, Bethesda Softworks has not yet formally announce the existence of “Fallout 4.”

“Fallout 3” came out on the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 gaming platforms in North America on Oct. 28, 2008. “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” was released for the same systems on Nov. 11, 2011.

 


Next Change: Fallout 4

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