What new features should be introduced in Fallout 4?

[CityofTreez]

Decent game mechanics would be a good start.

 

[TheLizardKing]

Set in Australia!
Just imagine the Opera House opening up as a giant Enclave missile silo.
Or a constant battle across the Harbor bridge!
And don't forget the wildlife! Koalas mutated unto drop bears, kangaroos mutated into a beasts that rivals death-claws in ferocity. You could even find a long lost Tasmanian tiger/devil to have as a companion, Dogmeat style!

Why would the Enclave be in Australia? Also, Fallout is about the American 50's culture that never evolved, so it should be set in America.

More variety in weapons would be my vote.

 

[Maniac2807]

I want a massive change of setting, having Fallout 4 take place in Australia. Someone said the creatures arent scary enough in 3 & NV, well Australia has the stuff of nightmares without nuclear radiation.

 

[Terminate421]

SET IN ATLANTA

You must really want it in Georgia, don't you?

There is only two things I know of that ever had Georgia as a main setting

Left 4 dead 2

And a shit tv cartoon show that's gone now.

My point is that we focus quite a bit almost everywhere but not the heart of the south (we are not red necks by the way)

Doesn't the Walking Dead take place in Georgia?

OT: I'd like to see an expansion on the multiple currencies like in New Vegas.

Also, put in the Wild Wasteland perk again!

And the worst part now is forgot about that awesome show.(I meant a different show was shit by the way)

Regardless, Georgia is quite overlooked. Plus, Fort Benning for the Enclave/Brotherhood of Steel to occupy.

 

[Deadyawn]

Not in first person maybe? Don't get me wrong, I had a lot of fun with the new Fallout games but a return to the original style would be cool. I mean, just imagine what they could do with it if they didn't have to put in first person perspective and could cut down on graphical detail and voice acting? They could put in so much more game it would be ridiculous. It could probably cover the entire west coast. And I personally really like the old VATS system being a fan of turn based strategy.

So basically, what I'm saying is I want another old fallout game.

 

[The Scotsman72]

Set in Australia!
Just imagine the Opera House opening up as a giant Enclave missile silo.
Or a constant battle across the Harbor bridge!
And don't forget the wildlife! Koalas mutated unto drop bears, kangaroos mutated into a beasts that rivals death-claws in ferocity. You could even find a long lost Tasmanian tiger/devil to have as a companion, Dogmeat style!

Hell, as long as it's not in America AGAIN, I'll vouch for it.

 

[The Scotsman72]

Skyrim's lockpicking?Really?First of all it was easy as balls as long as you just quicksave before lockpicking, the only challenge came from trying to not break the lockpick, which wasn't so much the fact that locks became more complex and difficult, but was more because of the fact the lockpicks became much less sturdier.Oblivion's lockpicking on the other hand is so much better, with its system of pins and your abilty to actually fuck up, instead of it being the lockpicks's fault.

I think he was going on about the fact that you don't have to have a certain lockpicking level to unlock something. Instead, it would just be much harder if you were below that level instead of stopping you from trying completely, which I quite like the idea of.

 

[Ziame]

well, definitely weapon mods... better than new vegas had. modders did it right for boyh games.

expanded crafting and need of it. right now it's just shop for things, no need to scav at all.

if hardcore has sleep, portable beds. also portable grill and water cleaner

hacking imo needs a better mini game.

remove doctors bag and use limbhealing system from fwe - stimpak+medical equipment (brace, surgical tubing).

weather with effects. not only visuals, but snow wearing you down so you need to hide etc

no fucking desert... new vegas was empty to a point of not funny.

more city - suburbian areas.

 

[wintercoat]

SET IN ATLANTA

You must really want it in Georgia, don't you?

There is only two things I know of that ever had Georgia as a main setting

Left 4 dead 2

And a shit tv cartoon show that's gone now.

My point is that we focus quite a bit almost everywhere but not the heart of the south (we are not red necks by the way)

Doesn't the Walking Dead take place in Georgia?

OT: I'd like to see an expansion on the multiple currencies like in New Vegas.

Also, put in the Wild Wasteland perk again!

And the worst part now is forgot about that awesome show.(I meant a different show was shit by the way)

Regardless, Georgia is quite overlooked. Plus, Fort Benning for the Enclave/Brotherhood of Steel to occupy.

The Dukes of Hazard took place in Georgia.

OT: I want a cold weather Fallout, preferably in Canada. Since Canada was annexed by the U.S. in the FO universe, technically it counts.

I want more customization with weapons and ammo.

MOAR GUNZ!!!!!

More focus on small stories rather than on a big one.

More camp, less srs.

A wider array of enemies, and more than one large threat. FO 1, everything was a threat, FO 3, the only real threat came from deathclaws, FO:NV had a few, but they mostly went away after you got a couple levels and a nice gun. I want to always be on the alert, not yawn as I kill yet another assassination squad.

While we're on the subject of enemies, I want more variety in random enemy encounters. A few humans at a time is boring. Throw some radscorpions and other mutated animals into the mix, that attack both you and any other humans in the area.

 

[criedelbach]

chance to be a ghoul would be interesting

 

[oplinger]

SET IN ATLANTA

You must really want it in Georgia, don't you?

There is only two things I know of that ever had Georgia as a main setting

Left 4 dead 2

And a shit tv cartoon show that's gone now.

My point is that we focus quite a bit almost everywhere but not the heart of the south (we are not red necks by the way)

Doesn't the Walking Dead take place in Georgia?

OT: I'd like to see an expansion on the multiple currencies like in New Vegas.

Also, put in the Wild Wasteland perk again!

And the worst part now is forgot about that awesome show.(I meant a different show was shit by the way)

Regardless, Georgia is quite overlooked. Plus, Fort Benning for the Enclave/Brotherhood of Steel to occupy.

The Dukes of Hazard took place in Georgia.

OT: I want a cold weather Fallout, preferably in Canada. Since Canada was annexed by the U.S. in the FO universe, technically it counts.

I want more customization with weapons and ammo.

MOAR GUNZ!!!!!

More focus on small stories rather than on a big one.

More camp, less srs.

A wider array of enemies, and more than one large threat. FO 1, everything was a threat, FO 3, the only real threat came from deathclaws, FO:NV had a few, but they mostly went away after you got a couple levels and a nice gun. I want to always be on the alert, not yawn as I kill yet another assassination squad.

While we're on the subject of enemies, I want more variety in random enemy encounters. A few humans at a time is boring. Throw some radscorpions and other mutated animals into the mix, that attack both you and any other humans in the area.

I'd like to have just a higher world population in general, and more roamers, so you can maybe find a dynamic epic battle between animals and men...and more men, or something. I just think a world rebuilding (especially so far in the timeline as NV) there should be more people. Not 400 million in a city, but I don't think it would be too unreasonable to have say, 20 people instead of 10 in the major city. (New Vegas kinda did this, which was neat as hell. I'd like to see more though, for the entire area)

Also in FO1, everything was not a threat. 10 agility, 10 luck, any gun, aim for the eyes.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

There's plenty of room left in America for another game.

True... depending on whether they want to overwrite the non-canon stuff, they've got eveything except the South West (canon, FO, FO2, FONV), the Mid-West (non-canon, FOT) and Texas (non-canon, FOBOS). Hell, they could even piss over the canon South-West stuff if they wanted to... but it would be majoly dickish if they did.

The only issue they'd want to seriously consider is making sure the RPG and the MMORPG never have the same geographic location.

Besides, The excesses of american culture has always been a central element of Fallout.

Indeed... if you take out the 50's Cold War Hysteria/Americana-turned-up-to-11 out of Fallout it's no longer Fallout.

 

[marurder]

[HEADING=3]Weather[/HEADING]
We can all assume that this game will use a heavily modified version of Skyrim's Creation engine and it was able to make weather (to a point). They were also able to make it rain in Honest Hearts, so this isn't that hard to do. The thing is that it depends on the location. I don't know about you, but I want to see a nuclear winter.

Acid rain! (literally!)

That's the only thing I can think of that would make sense - nuclear winter would have been over (as already established in earlier versions) It wouldn't just turn winter after xx years (unless a prequel). But subtle environmental effects would be a nice change.

Set in Australia!
Just imagine the Opera House opening up as a giant Enclave missile silo.
Or a constant battle across the Harbor bridge!
And don't forget the wildlife! Koalas mutated unto drop bears, kangaroos mutated into a beasts that rivals death-claws in ferocity. You could even find a long lost Tasmanian tiger/devil to have as a companion, Dogmeat style!

That sounds good, but as many of the suggestions above have eluded to. Much of it depends on writing, and writing takes time. Time to make, time to record lines (voice actors), time to check that you aren't messing up the lore somewhere else - in the same game OR in-universe (lest you incur the wrath of the fanboys). Not to forget writing plays other roles too - the billboard sign NOTICE, the newspaper (do they ever change in games?)...

And time does indeed = money.
Just as a reference, it COULD take [hypothetically] the same time to write all the possible lines and record for one small town (given any situation), as it could to do a basic world...(say 5 cities)

Which would you prefer to visit? One place or 5? Think about budgets! If it were your money, which would you be more inclined to fund?

TLDR: Put more money into writing.

 

[SajuukKhar]

I think it's better to have the minimum skill requirement. Makes it actually mean something to put something into the skill. If I can just get really good at the game to unlock things without upping my skill, why would I bother?

Like I said in my post, they should make it hard.

I guess I should have been more clear, it should be doable at any level, but be so damn hard on lower levels that its NEARLY impossible unless you have a high skill, so that you want to up your level to make it easier.

If someone can master whatever difficult game they make up for it then they should be allowed to do that, but the average person will want to level up that skill because they wont be able to master it.

 

[Eddy-16]

The ability to tame and ride a giant radscorpion, please?

 

[madster11]

What i want from Fallout 4?

For Bethesda to keep their greasy paws the fuck off it. Give Obsidian a ton of money, tell them to go nuts and hopefully release it with slightly less bugs.

More content would be excellent, such as new armors, and i'd really like a slightly more populated wasteland to explore. Maybe SoCal or something?

Also: NO FUCKING BIG NAME VOICE ACTORS. Yes, it's nice when they're actually used (see: the dad in FO3), but it costs money and unless the actors are into it the result will be shit. Use that money on other things.

 

[ultrachicken]

I want a more interesting setting. New Vegas did a lot of things right, but the Mojave Wasteland was not one of them. That place is as boring as can be. Weather (preferably snow), more varied locales, more interesting towns (rundown clump of identical houses #34? No thanks), and a bigger map.

I also want much more customization when it comes to equipment. New Vegas only had a few mods, and they were often incompatible with the game's best weapons or far too expensive, making them mostly useless (the most notable exception being the laser rifle). I want to be able to customize the stock, barrel, optics, trigger, you name it. Basically, I want the gunsmith mechanic from Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, but applied to armor as well. Being able to cobble together a suit of armor legionnaire style would be awesome. Plus that would fit the scavenger theme the game has going.

I'd also like the factions to be balanced a bit better. The legion raises some interesting points, but those are overshadowed by their overwhelming chaotic evil tendencies and the fact that allying with them means painting a target on your forehead. Not to mention that very few followers tolerate the legion.

Speaking of which, deeper follower mechanics would be nice. For example, giving direct control over what equipment your followers use. The system where you just put stuff in their inventory and pray that they'll put on what you want didn't work well for me. Oh, and a visible weight limit.

Finally, and this is the big one, Obsidian needs to try to actually listen to the QA department. The level of bugs in NV was unacceptable in a $60 release.