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On 11/10/2015 12:23 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 09:13:11 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
> <spallsh...@gmail.com> 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
>
> One thing to keep in mind is that some of the reviews don't make it
> readily apparent that they are playing the Playstation 4 version or
> the PC version on less than ultra settings.
>
> The animations are typical Bethesda (clunky as you said) but visually
> the game is quite better than some of the reviews have made it out to
> be, at least when played on ultra settings on a rig that can deliver
> proper smoothness on ultra.
>
> Any "huge world" game is going to have to make lots of tradeoffs.
> Player animations has just never been one of Bethesda's strong points.
>
> I'm liking it so far.  I suspect hardcore RPG fans who want the modern
> Fallout games to be more like the older isometric games will find
> plenty to bitch about.
>
> For me it's not a refund candidate, I'll keep it.  The question will
> be how long it can keep me entertained.  I found some of the early
> questing in FO:NV to be a lot of fun, but as I got deeper it just
> seemed the plot got convoluted, the game itself never became any more
> interesting, and it seemed like the designers just ran out of creative
> steam.
>
> This has been a fairly common pattern in Bethesda games for me -- fun
> at first, but loses my interest and leaves me with little desire to
> finish it.  I did actually finish FO:NV but doing so felt more like a
> chore than a good time.  I'm not expecting too much to be different
> here but if I get 15+ hours of playtime out of it, it will be money
> well spent.
>
> I saw one reviewer that said it didn't really get fun until 30 or so
> hours in, so who knows.
>

I'm enjoying it a lot....I got a rather substantial update just after 
the game was ready to be played.

Perhaps it fixed some of the problems folks were having getting it to 
run to start with. I did notice the new WHQL Nvidia driver that came out 
yesterday was recommended.

I also like my new body suit, the new hairdo and "charismatic" 
eyeglasses...if only  ;-)

There's no perfect game that I know of. They all have their 
shortcomings. This one doesn't seem too bad to me.

Diane