Ideas for Fallout 4

[spectrenihlus]

Oddly enough we know absolutely nothing about the New York of the fallout universe. Honestly I think it would be very cool to have a game set there in there. Imagine the fallout Manhattan each skyscraper would be home to a different tribe or group. A fallout new york game has a lot of potential.

I can't wait to jump from loadscreen to loadscreen.

I still think that the Commonwealth is a much more likely place for the game to be set, it already has some background mentioned (Fallout 3, android quest), and has thus-far not been explored in any game.

I think the commonwealth would a be a cool dlc area for the New York game, I don't think you would be able to pull a full games worth out of the commonwealth however.

It's quite a large place, the same could have probably be said about the Mojave.

It was mentioned quite a bit in Fallout 3 unlike New York, giving the player some background, so I think its far more likely.

Except the Mohave had the whole Legion v NCR v House thing going on. The commonwealth are simply to powerful they would only be properly matched by BoS(who only have a small force on the east coast) the enclave ( which is for all intents and purposes dead) or Mr, House ( who is either dead or all the way in the Mojave) how would you even challenge the commonwealth?

 

[Arakasi]

Oddly enough we know absolutely nothing about the New York of the fallout universe. Honestly I think it would be very cool to have a game set there in there. Imagine the fallout Manhattan each skyscraper would be home to a different tribe or group. A fallout new york game has a lot of potential.

I can't wait to jump from loadscreen to loadscreen.

I still think that the Commonwealth is a much more likely place for the game to be set, it already has some background mentioned (Fallout 3, android quest), and has thus-far not been explored in any game.

I think the commonwealth would a be a cool dlc area for the New York game, I don't think you would be able to pull a full games worth out of the commonwealth however.

It's quite a large place, the same could have probably be said about the Mojave.

It was mentioned quite a bit in Fallout 3 unlike New York, giving the player some background, so I think its far more likely.

Except the Mohave had the whole Legion v NCR v House thing going on. The commonwealth are simply to powerful they would only be properly matched by BoS(who only have a small force on the east coast) the enclave ( which is for all intents and purposes dead) or Mr, House ( who is either dead or all the way in the Mojave) how would you even challenge the commonwealth?

There could be a divide within the Commonwealth itself, insert espionage and whatnot.
Army of androids who are sick of being slaves could work too.

 

[spectrenihlus]

Oddly enough we know absolutely nothing about the New York of the fallout universe. Honestly I think it would be very cool to have a game set there in there. Imagine the fallout Manhattan each skyscraper would be home to a different tribe or group. A fallout new york game has a lot of potential.

I can't wait to jump from loadscreen to loadscreen.

I still think that the Commonwealth is a much more likely place for the game to be set, it already has some background mentioned (Fallout 3, android quest), and has thus-far not been explored in any game.

I think the commonwealth would a be a cool dlc area for the New York game, I don't think you would be able to pull a full games worth out of the commonwealth however.

It's quite a large place, the same could have probably be said about the Mojave.

It was mentioned quite a bit in Fallout 3 unlike New York, giving the player some background, so I think its far more likely.

Except the Mohave had the whole Legion v NCR v House thing going on. The commonwealth are simply to powerful they would only be properly matched by BoS(who only have a small force on the east coast) the enclave ( which is for all intents and purposes dead) or Mr, House ( who is either dead or all the way in the Mojave) how would you even challenge the commonwealth?

There could be a divide within the Commonwealth itself, insert espionage and whatnot.
Army of androids who are sick of being slaves could work too.

Still sounds like an awesome dlc idea like the Pitt or Dead Money, just doesn't seem to have enough for a whole game to be based in it. I would accept it if it wasn't the only are of concern in the game.

Also what do we know of other American cities. I know San Francisco has already been done but what about Chicago or Seattle?

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

Ok, so I got bored of Skyrim and decided to re-play Fallout New Vegas (I prefer the lore and combat of Fallout)and a thought struck me that if Bethesda has a consistent launch schedule then the next Fallout game might be out by next year.

I kinda doubt Fallout 4 will come out next year. It took like 6 years to make Skyrim and they might wait until the next consoles if they feel like rebuilding the engine instead of refitting Skyrim's. But I do think Tod Howard is making shit happen right now.

But that aside I would want a more photo realistic fallout. It feels kinda juvenile when games should be about how they play but the series is about immersion and blood and guts and mutants look better when you can count the veins on a mutated cow's utter. And weather would be cool. Watching out for radioactive rain would make for good strategy.

 

[artanis_neravar]

Oddly enough we know absolutely nothing about the New York of the fallout universe. Honestly I think it would be very cool to have a game set there in there. Imagine the fallout Manhattan each skyscraper would be home to a different tribe or group. A fallout new york game has a lot of potential.

I can't wait to jump from loadscreen to loadscreen.

I still think that the Commonwealth is a much more likely place for the game to be set, it already has some background mentioned (Fallout 3, android quest), and has thus-far not been explored in any game.

I think the commonwealth would a be a cool dlc area for the New York game, I don't think you would be able to pull a full games worth out of the commonwealth however.

It's quite a large place, the same could have probably be said about the Mojave.

It was mentioned quite a bit in Fallout 3 unlike New York, giving the player some background, so I think its far more likely.

Except the Mohave had the whole Legion v NCR v House thing going on. The commonwealth are simply to powerful they would only be properly matched by BoS(who only have a small force on the east coast) the enclave ( which is for all intents and purposes dead) or Mr, House ( who is either dead or all the way in the Mojave) how would you even challenge the commonwealth?

There could be a divide within the Commonwealth itself, insert espionage and whatnot.
Army of androids who are sick of being slaves could work too.

Still sounds like an awesome dlc idea like the Pitt or Dead Money, just doesn't seem to have enough for a whole game to be based in it. I would accept it if it wasn't the only are of concern in the game.

Also what do we know of other American cities. I know San Francisco has already been done but what about Chicago or Seattle?

With the commonwealth you have cities (Boston), areas that can play on well know myths (Salem), they have the ocean, the Maine settlements based around the lighthouses, Fort Kent, The Maine/Vermont wildernesses. Each state could have it's own faction vying for control or freedom. New Hampshire for example could have a faction based on their Live Free or Die motto, Vermont Survivalists, Maine anti-government compounds, Massachusetts Central government, Rhode Island and Connecticut can have some too, I just can't think of any right now

 

[spectrenihlus]

Oddly enough we know absolutely nothing about the New York of the fallout universe. Honestly I think it would be very cool to have a game set there in there. Imagine the fallout Manhattan each skyscraper would be home to a different tribe or group. A fallout new york game has a lot of potential.

I can't wait to jump from loadscreen to loadscreen.

I still think that the Commonwealth is a much more likely place for the game to be set, it already has some background mentioned (Fallout 3, android quest), and has thus-far not been explored in any game.

I think the commonwealth would a be a cool dlc area for the New York game, I don't think you would be able to pull a full games worth out of the commonwealth however.

It's quite a large place, the same could have probably be said about the Mojave.

It was mentioned quite a bit in Fallout 3 unlike New York, giving the player some background, so I think its far more likely.

Except the Mohave had the whole Legion v NCR v House thing going on. The commonwealth are simply to powerful they would only be properly matched by BoS(who only have a small force on the east coast) the enclave ( which is for all intents and purposes dead) or Mr, House ( who is either dead or all the way in the Mojave) how would you even challenge the commonwealth?

There could be a divide within the Commonwealth itself, insert espionage and whatnot.
Army of androids who are sick of being slaves could work too.

Still sounds like an awesome dlc idea like the Pitt or Dead Money, just doesn't seem to have enough for a whole game to be based in it. I would accept it if it wasn't the only are of concern in the game.

Also what do we know of other American cities. I know San Francisco has already been done but what about Chicago or Seattle?

With the commonwealth you have cities (Boston), areas that can play on well know myths (Salem), they have the ocean, the Maine settlements based around the lighthouses, Fort Kent, The Maine/Vermont wildernesses. Each state could have it's own faction vying for control or freedom. New Hampshire for example could have a faction based on their Live Free or Die motto, Vermont Survivalists, Maine anti-government compounds, Massachusetts Central government, Rhode Island and Connecticut can have some too, I just can't think of any right now

I say they wait a decade and do the entirety of the United States+Canada.

 

[WanderingFool]

Well, Im usually championing for New York, just for the idea of a completely urban environment that people are forced to live in (I think it would be interesting to see whole skyscrapers being turned into city-state like places with the tribal mentality).

But, I recently thought of something else; Miami.

Also, I would like to see a revamp of the weapon mod system. While NV's system worked, it still lacked the same touch as the FO3 weapon modding... err... mod. While I would keep the few weapon specific mods, I would also add universal mods like FO univers version of Reflex sights, silencers and such.

 

[artanis_neravar]

Oddly enough we know absolutely nothing about the New York of the fallout universe. Honestly I think it would be very cool to have a game set there in there. Imagine the fallout Manhattan each skyscraper would be home to a different tribe or group. A fallout new york game has a lot of potential.

I can't wait to jump from loadscreen to loadscreen.

I still think that the Commonwealth is a much more likely place for the game to be set, it already has some background mentioned (Fallout 3, android quest), and has thus-far not been explored in any game.

I think the commonwealth would a be a cool dlc area for the New York game, I don't think you would be able to pull a full games worth out of the commonwealth however.

It's quite a large place, the same could have probably be said about the Mojave.

It was mentioned quite a bit in Fallout 3 unlike New York, giving the player some background, so I think its far more likely.

Except the Mohave had the whole Legion v NCR v House thing going on. The commonwealth are simply to powerful they would only be properly matched by BoS(who only have a small force on the east coast) the enclave ( which is for all intents and purposes dead) or Mr, House ( who is either dead or all the way in the Mojave) how would you even challenge the commonwealth?

There could be a divide within the Commonwealth itself, insert espionage and whatnot.
Army of androids who are sick of being slaves could work too.

Still sounds like an awesome dlc idea like the Pitt or Dead Money, just doesn't seem to have enough for a whole game to be based in it. I would accept it if it wasn't the only are of concern in the game.

Also what do we know of other American cities. I know San Francisco has already been done but what about Chicago or Seattle?

With the commonwealth you have cities (Boston), areas that can play on well know myths (Salem), they have the ocean, the Maine settlements based around the lighthouses, Fort Kent, The Maine/Vermont wildernesses. Each state could have it's own faction vying for control or freedom. New Hampshire for example could have a faction based on their Live Free or Die motto, Vermont Survivalists, Maine anti-government compounds, Massachusetts Central government, Rhode Island and Connecticut can have some too, I just can't think of any right now

I say they wait a decade and do the entirety of the United States+Canada.

That I would agree with, as long as there are vehicles, and I don't have to run (especially if it is new vegas' slightly faster walk kind of run).

 

[artanis_neravar]

Personally, I would like to see the next Fallout game In either New York, Chicago, or Florida.
New York because you can basically have about 80% of the game world in the city. Chicago because I remember in Fallout New Vegas one of ED-E's audio files said something about an enclave base in Chicago, so the story could be that the Brotherhood of Steel from fallout 3 expand to get rid of the Enclave, but have the protagonist decide weather to help the brotherhood or to help the Enclave. Florida because of the various landmarks, and we haven't had Fallout take place in someplace that was tropical.

I believe Fallout Tactics involved the Brotherhood in Chicago (they mention something about the Chicago brotherhood in 3 if I am recalling correctly)

 

[Marsell]

-snip-

I was actually referring to NV, but yeah basically.
perhaps they could make a stealth mechanic based on light levels and surface noise, you know... LIKE THE ONLY REAL STEALTH GAME "THIEF"!

 

[Sigma Castell]

Peter left the door wardrobe open, and Narnia got hit by a very precisly-aimed nuke. Your character is exploring the british countryside, and finds the wardrobe, which is somehow still there, because its magic. Fighting mutated dwarfs and evil tress would be awesome.

 

[Misterian]

Make it possible to play as a Ghoul or Super Mutant as well as a human.

 

[Atrocious Joystick]

I'd like to see a BIG city. Even if that city takes up like 50% of the game world. And I'm talking a living city not the blasted to ruins kind, the kind of city that actually feels like it´s a "living" entity rather than just ten guys walking around. New vegas (the city not the game) was a huge dissapointment for me in this department. That place was no more an oasis of civilisation than that generic raider camp I just wiped out.

And as numerous people before me have noted, it's 200 years after the war show me some civilisation. I'd like to buy my food and my water from a merchant rather than rummaging through a supermarket that for some reason has not been looted yet like it's a year after the bombs fell. I want to see some vegatation, perhaps mutated vegetation to go with the mutated creatures. But still some green to break up all the brown desert.

Give me America: Third world edition. I want to see a region with a weak central government that struggles to keep the peace with warlords, bandits and general douchebaggery running rampant. And give me factions, factions that have real motives that you can agree with rather than Caesar´s "let's be the most evil bastards we can be" ideology. Give me a plot that revolves around plotting and infighting between these factions rather than finding some macguffin and beating some up and coming evil.

And show me some contrast, let me see the outlying countryside where people DO live like the bombs just fell, because they are piss poor and can afford nothing else. Show me the gang run and dangerous slums where the working class lives. And let me visit the walled community where the rich and influential sit and plot and live like the bombs hadn't even dropped.

 

[Wolf In A Bear Suit]

I'd love to see Fallout take a step towards more satisfying endings, ie an ending that will actually effect the Fallout universe as a whole. Decisions should have serious implications on the storyline. We also need more grey situations, not Good, Evil decisions. As for gameplay, I love it. I understand that Fallout is always very glitchy on release but having never bought a Fallout game on release it doesn't bother me.

 

[Pompey71]

Anything that stops making America the centre of the universe will do. There's a whole world to play with out there-- Why not Australia somewhere on the border of a major city but with normal desert still in reach? I liked the Stalker games because they weren't in New York or some other US State---

 

[Palmerama]

Wait, did you just say New Vegas lacked "greed and arrogance"?

...okay, ignoring that and moving on.

Personally, I would prefer the timeline to continue moving forward.

More post-post-apocalyptic re-building of civilisation, less beggars crawling around in the mud wondering what "agriculture" is.

More focus on society, politics, factions and highly influential people.

Basically...I want Obsidian to make it.
[sub][sub][sub][sub]A guy can dream/[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub]

My sentiments exactly! Basically they sohuld let Obsidian make it! Also they should give them a decent engine aswell! After Bethsda has fixed the bugs out of it (they have to start doing that some time).

 

[Darren716]

Personally I would like to see the ability to dual wield any combination of one handed weapons so that you could have say a knife in one hand and a revolver in another. Also I would like to see a feature where you can cretate your own faction and go to different towns and villages and convert them to your side.

 

[RobDaBank]

Some kind of conquest mode or something similar. You could conquer a town and then rule it. Build new buildings, command the people to be your army and use them to conquer other settlements. It's kind of out of place for a Fallout game, but I'd love it either way.

This is a great Idea, it gives a better feeling of direct influence on a town/faction. Either fortify a settlement, or give your new raider buddies the weapons to... raid... it, and reap the rewards that way.

Personally, I wouldn't mind either a prequel to New Vegas, where we learn much more of the curriors past in a different setting, or a totally new environment, New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, hell even Leeds in England. Something a little more tightly packed in the middle with plenty or turf wars, surrounded by the more explorative (did I just make up a word) regions.

And yes, some kind of vehicle, even a push bike will do me nicely