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Article #694674Re: Fallout 4 Releases Tomorrow
From: Rin Stowleigh
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:13
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:13
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On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 08:16:08 -0800 (PST), Justisaur <just...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 6:13:29 AM UTC-8, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: >> On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 02:41:51 -0000, "Trimble Bracegirdle" >> <no-spam@never.spam> wrote: >> >> >http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/fallout-4 >> > >> >Some reviews are out . >> >Looks like that same 'ol Bethesda thing again. >> >> Yeah, the early reviews are not entirely favorable. Basically the same >> old graphics, same clunky animations, same shallow characters, same >> uninspired quests. Even the innovations, such as the >> settlement-building, aren't too exciting. But it has a big new world >> >> Not that the reviewers are blasting it; they like the game. I - who >> managed 600+ hours on Skyrim - will probably quite enjoy the game too. >> But for those who expected something revolutionary will be >> disappointed. >> >> Still, it helps strengthen my resolve to wait it out for the GOTY to >> be released (or at least for the main game to get put on sale). I was >> seriously starting to waver there near the end. Instead, I might just >> put Fallout 3 back onto the "need to play again" list; that should >> kill a month or two of waiting ;-) > >The TV ads really got me fired up, and I was considering buying it, but >with that dousing of water, yeah, I'll try to wait for GOTY too. > >I did notice in the ads that they were playing some early rock, I >thought that was outside the assumed time period? Retro-futurism allows for staggering amounts of latitude/creative freedom when it comes to design choices ;) I've never heard the official explanation as to why, in the year 2077, everything from the cars to the television sets would look be so 1950's inspired. Maybe Fidel Castro was running the joint? heh
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