Fallout 4 (NOT New Vegas)

[Jasandjules]

Anyone know any more about this?!!?!? Any links to any really good info?

[130R]

I don't think there is any info yet, I assume they are putting all their time into Skyrim at the moment. I'd expect the new Skyrim engine to be used for Fallout 4.

[Jasandjules]

Ah right, I saw a "trailer" which wasn't !! I am dying to see what they do - I think I read that it will be in the Wasteland again.....

[davepoth]

Well, it's sort of Fallout 4, but not.

http://www.fallout-on-line.com/

Edited by davepoth on Tuesday 26th July 18:58

[Jasandjules]

Ok I am sure I am being a muppet but I can't see much there about Fallout 4.. The one I am talking about will be basically like F3 but improved ?!?

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2011/01/25/fallou...

[davepoth]

Jasandjules said:

Ok I am sure I am being a muppet but I can't see much there about Fallout 4.. The one I am talking about will be basically like F3 but improved ?!?

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2011/01/25/fallou...

No, that's a screenshot from the Fallout MMO.

It's a bit complicated. Bethesda bought the rights to the IP, on the condition that Interplay could make an MMO. This all happened quite a few years ago. Then the IP turned out to be quite a bit more valuable than it was imagined, and Bethesda tried to do a land-grab on the MMO. It's all about to go to court.

[Jasandjules]

Yes, I saw about that, but there was/is still one game they could run even with the court stuff. It's a real shame and I hope there is an F4 and soon...

[MintyChris]

Fallout 4 will probably be a good couple of years off. Although I cant wait allready especially using the same engine as oblivion.

[motorizer]

I assume you mean the same engine as skyrim, fallout 3 used the same engine as oblivion..

I think they will alternate between elder scrolls and fallout games from now on...expect rumours followed by an announcement after skyrim and its DLCs are released

[Neil H]

Even without the legal dispute I wouldn't expect to see a new stand-alone Fallout game based on the Skyrim engine for a couple more years. Oblivion was released in 2006, and the sequel is only just arriving. F3 was released in 2008....

[JonRB]

Neil H said:

F3 was released in 2008....

And, of course, we're still in the DLC cycle of F:NV

I agree - unlikely to see Fo4 for a few years.

[Jasandjules]

Well, I see the logic in what you say, I just hope you are wrong and it's out Autumn next year!!

[Neil H]

Don't get your hopes up, these games take years to make and by the sound of it, work on a new one hasn't even started yet.

[rhinochopig]

Well having played my way through the buggy piles of toss that are Oblivian, FO3 and NV, I can conclusively say I will not be an early purchaser of either Skyrim or FO4. Each of these games should have been brilliant, and after 12-18 months they very nearly were, but bloody hell, they were broken when released first released.

NV was by far the worst, so they seem to be on a downward spiral.

[JonRB]

rhinochopig said:

NV was by far the worst

Which is just inexcusable as it uses the creaking Fo3 engine so should have been pretty much bug-free by now. Only, as you say, it isn't.

[Neil H]

Funny as I've played F3 through twice and I'm on my third play through Oblivion and not encountered any major bugs.

[Jasandjules]

Neil H said:

Funny as I've played F3 through twice and I'm on my third play through Oblivion and not encountered any major bugs.

You must be very lucky then, I had major problems with it freezing so often it made me not want to play it (I was too stupid to keep on saving every 10 seconds).

But then again I had so much kit in my house my locker was like the wardrobe to Narnia - it would also lose some of my kit at times......