FALLOUT 4 BRO! Easily one of the biggest game announcements of not only June, but E3 as well. And not only was the game announced, but so was its release date. Which is this year. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?
Everybody knew that Fallout 4 was on the way, but to get a proper release date of November 10? That’s icing on a Belgian chocolate cake. And it’s also odd, as most games that are announced these days are done around one and a half to two years before they’re due for release.
Building hype and buzz, of course. According to Bethesda’s Pete Hines via GamesRadar however, the reason behind this announcement was simple:
The simplest answer was that we felt like we could.
According to Hines, high expectations helped shape that decision as well:
If we didn’t feel like that was enough time to generate the excitement that we expected and the interest that we wanted, then we would have announced it earlier. So part of it is because we felt like it was a big enough title that we could get away with it.
Although taking this path, was also more fun for Bethesda. “Part of it is because it’s way more fun” Hines explained
As opposed to: here’s a press release and here’s a trailer and, I don’t know, in a couple of months we’ll show you some stuff. Part of it is getting the game to the point where it’s all done enough to be able to show so much of it.
We’re pretty close to being done, which you have to be if you’re going to ship in five months.
It’s really fun to get this far into development and not say anything and then go ‘Boo! Here’s all this stuff. Here’s what we’re up to’. Which isn’t even all the full monty it’s just a big wide picture.
I kind of agree. I’m more than complicit in the crime of feeding the industry hype machine, which does get tiring after doing so for around two years on a single game. But seeing a studio not only announce a game, but confidently give it a nearby release date? That’s kind of inspiring.
Last Updated: June 26, 2015
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 26, 2015 at 10:03
Good, NOW DO QA AND SOME MORE QA AND SOME MORE!
This game deserves an epic launch!
Pariah
June 26, 2015 at 10:09
But it’s Fallout. Surely there’s going to be some Fallout?
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 10:23
Bethesda does QA nearly as well as they do bugs. 😀
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 10:49
By that you mean rare and far between? 😀
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 11:02
Hehe. They always have bugs, but I’ve never felt them to be problematic. Often they’re just funny. Besides, you can’t expect a game of that size to be perfect. Skyrim had many bugs too, but who cares? It was a great game 🙂
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 11:09
Yeah no bug was game breaking, which can’t be said for some games that can’t even fit into the pinky finger of Fallout 3…
Well I have to say that the PS3 version of FNV Ultimate edition becomes unplayable after 150 hours of game-play and all DLC’s finished 😀
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 11:11
What a pity. Only 150 hours. 😛
I played that game to death
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 11:16
Well since I couldn’t play it after 150 hours I played it to death 😀 Now I’m playing it on my PC and clocked 98 hours yesterday 😀
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 11:18
Hehe. Excellent. I want to jump into Fallout 3 again sometime. There are still two or three inches of the map I don’t know 100%.
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 11:23
If there were ever a nuclear apocalypse (and lets be frank look at us as a human race is that so far-fetched?) I hope am somewhere near DC or Nevada (although I live In Slovenia :P)
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 11:44
Hehe. Me too. Cape Town won’t be a place you’d want to be when that happens.
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 11:51
Well I’m relatively save here In Slovenia since even if they try to hit us with a nuke they’ll probably just type in Slovakia and send the nukes there 😀
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 11:56
Hehehe
Rock789
June 26, 2015 at 12:15
Funny enough, Skyrim was the first Bethesda game where I actually encountered a quest ending bug… Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3 – played them all, for well into the 200 hour mark, and never had 1 issue. Read about plenty, but never experienced them.
But yeah, Skyrim made up for it with quite a few quest-ending bugs… Still haven’t completed the Mages’ Guild quests thanks to the Arch-Mage dying, but everyone acting like he’s still alive, thus robbing me of the necessary conversation options in which to further the quest. Read online it’s quite a common bug and you need to reload a previous save… Which I tried… A lot… Some as far back as 10 hours prior… And it didn’t work… 🙁 One day I’ll replay you Skyrim and you will submit your Mages’ Guild quests to me!!
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 12:19
Didn’t have any problems with Skyrim… Used all bug-fix mods that exist and never had problems although I did maybe use console commands to finish some quests that couldn’t be finishes…
Rock789
June 26, 2015 at 12:22
Ah, you’re on PC. Nice! I’ve heard it looks spectacular on PC with mods activated. Yeah, I played it on console (XB360), so no such luck with mods for me. Still loved the game though! Have always loved Bethesda’s open world games.
Have a serious itch to play Fallout 3 again – for sometime now! If only I can finish Witcher 3 (I think it may be an unfinishable game – there’s so much to do!). 🙂
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 12:52
Yeah mods make it look awesome. Seriously a side by side comparison makes my PS3 look like a Nintendo 64 😀
Dark_Kitarist
June 30, 2015 at 13:04
I have an awesome IDEA for an awesome epic launch 😀 They actually blow up a nuke somewhere 😀 or even better everywhere 😀 and the nukes are filled with Fallout 4 games that are then blown to everyone 😀
Oh I can already imagine it… Me waking up on November 10th surrounded with nuclear fire and a free copy of Fallout 4 buried all over my house and grass…
PS. Does anyone know if Bethesda is showing anything on quakecon? I mean it’s a zenimax convention so no Bethesda showing Fallout would be just a shitty PR move… They should milk the shit out of any PR possibility they get 😀
Lord Chaos
June 26, 2015 at 10:06
FALLOUT 4!!!!!
Is it November yet?
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 26, 2015 at 10:08
No, it is Witcher time
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 10:34
Doing a FNV run myself, with about 127 mods 😀 Haven’t come around to the Witcher yet…
Lord Chaos
June 26, 2015 at 10:42
I restarted 3. Done with main story, on level 14 and starting the DLC now
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 10:52
I did my FA3 run a few months back but it was a joint venture 😀 Made my girlfriend play with me (some pun intended :D)… She went from d’faq is this to BEST.GAME.EVAR… Then I showed her FNV… Oh the smile on her face… But she wanted to play FNV herself…
oVg "I hate Portals" - Geralt
June 26, 2015 at 11:13
1 month of an average of 4hours per day in the Witcher and still find it difficult to turn the thing off each day. Its as tho the game has sublimely cast Axii on my ass. I dont see myself buying another videogame for 3 months.
Be prepared.
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 11:16
And then Fallout 4?
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 11:18
You are luckily safe from the Steam Sale curse as a console gamer
oVg "I hate Portals" - Geralt
June 26, 2015 at 11:22
The main reason why I do not allow the internet near my OCD when at home.
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 26, 2015 at 11:29
That’s what she said.
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 26, 2015 at 10:09
Cool, but when does the DLC trap get sprung?
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 10:13
Have you ever played a Fallout game? One DLC has more game-play, story and stuff in it than a whole 69,99€ Call of Duty or Battlefield game, and most of the DLC’s cost 9,99€ when they come out… So yeah… No DLC trap…
Timmy_The_Good_Troll
June 26, 2015 at 10:15
Agreed.
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 26, 2015 at 10:15
^This guy knows what is up
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 26, 2015 at 10:15
I’ve played them all, I’m also very cynical.
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 10:24
No matter how cynical you are. It’s a fact that all Fallout DLC’s are games in their own right, not some “exclusive” shit you get from other publishers… Except CD Projekt Red they are freaking awesome 😀 free DLC’s all round 😀
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 10:26
Can’t really blame anyone for being cynical in this gaming climate. Publishers are having a field day atm. Except WB who learned the hard way to stop releasing broken games. Hopefully the others takes notice.
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 10:28
EA takes notice by saying they’d never do it….after they’ve done it so many times.
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 10:31
Agreed 😀 Still what WB did with Batman though… Damn… Being a game developer myself I just don’t understand why release a game that is so obviously broke… I mean beta test much? Under 10 FPS game-play on a SLI rig?
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 10:32
I think they thought they could patch it later. But then the refunds streamed in.
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 10:36
Yeah first-day patches should be just that FIRST DAY! Then again any game needing a patch to make it playable on the first day is a game released way to soon…
Rock789
June 26, 2015 at 12:25
^This! Nailed it
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 26, 2015 at 10:31
No, the story DLC has been good. I just can’t forget horse armour lol.
I’m really looking forward to CDPRs W3 expansions, those are going to be epic. Another area the same size as one of the main three? There goes another 50 hours of my life.
Rock789
June 26, 2015 at 12:31
And it’ll be a glorious 50 hours of your life too! 🙂
Trevor Matrix
June 26, 2015 at 10:31
I feel the spirit of Ryanza…
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 10:33
XD
Pariah
June 26, 2015 at 10:15
Nobody with any taste plays Fallout. Or buys DLC.
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 10:21
I’d even consider the season pass for this game.
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 10:24
I bought the Pip-boy edition and I’d buy a season pass in a heart beat!
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 10:27
I was 100% on the wagon to buy the CE, but I don’t like the gimmicky thing they’re going with. That model that came with the Witcher 3 CE holds much more value than that pip-boy ever will imo
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 10:54
A collectors edition’s value is in the eye of the beholder… This is true here more than anywhere… I’ve been an avid Fallout fan since I played FA1 so an actual pip-boy(no matter the gimmicky plastics) is something I dreamt of 😀 it will be a good addition to my pip-boy alarm clock 😀
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 11:01
Agreed completely.
I’ve also been a Fallout fan since day one, but for me it just looks a bit too cheap. I’ve seen better looking pip-boys made by fans that you can buy online for a quarter of the price. For me I don’t care if it’s official or not, I just want it to be as accurate and proper as possible. But that’s not the case for everyone, I understand that.
I understand the value you can see in this. Like you say, it’s in the eye of the beholder. I’ve got a few bottlecaps that cost me way more than they should have, but I just wanted them so badly. 😀
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 10:23
True
VampyreSquirrel
June 26, 2015 at 10:14
Basically done? So, it’s another game that won’t work properly on PC?
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 26, 2015 at 10:18
lol. I know people like to call them Bugthedsa, but at least their games run – the bugs are usually just minor fluff.
Should start calling Warner Brothers, Warner Buggers. 😉
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 10:20
TESO had minor fluff?
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 10:28
TESO was all fluff
Horrower
June 26, 2015 at 12:22
TESO was not developed by Bethesda…
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 12:39
I know that, but Bethesda hired them.
Vulcha
June 26, 2015 at 13:04
Wait, what? As far as I know, Zenimax (who own Bethesda) had their own studio develop TESO.
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 13:09
Nope, some one else did TESO
Witcher Bob
June 26, 2015 at 10:21
Because they screw gamers in the ass?
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 26, 2015 at 10:22
Double entendre FTW!
Witcher Bob
June 26, 2015 at 10:28
In the words of Eric Cartman, “I like to be wined and dined before I get…”
Pariah
June 26, 2015 at 10:21
Yeah. Refresh.
oVg "I hate Portals" - Geralt
June 26, 2015 at 10:32
lol
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 10:44
Ah yeah… Arkham Asylum… Such good memories 😀
oVg "I hate Portals" - Geralt
June 26, 2015 at 10:48
What a sleeper hit. Upgrading during the linear story progression was cool. It just had something that the others dont. Maybe they get to focus more on the detail and character development because of the linear design. I got all 1000AP for that game 🙂 No DLC, no redeem codes, no cut content, in-game skin awards, no on-line trophies.
Just a fully envisioned product that surprised Rocksteady more than the industry.
Sighhh… waiting for Mad Max to get Pop corned.
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 10:55
Hell yeah. Mad Max looks really really awesome… The Graphics the Rage-like gameplay… It’s a sure success if they don’t screw it up like B:AK…
Rock789
June 26, 2015 at 12:38
Yeah, I must say Mad Max has been looking better and better with each gameplay vid Definitely on my radar.
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 10:27
Still looking back… All bethesda games have bugs that make them unique… And yet with all bugs(which are unavoidable with games that are as large script-wise and world-wise as FA3 and FNV…) in Fallout 3 and NV they are undeniably gigantic, fun and deep…
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 10:28
I agree.
Rock789
June 26, 2015 at 12:32
Too soon! 😉
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 10:22
That was WB’s to Batman: AK
It’s basically done, we’ll just quickly have it ported to pc a week before release.
Witcher Bob
June 26, 2015 at 10:30
And it worked out fine didn’t it? Who plays on PC these days and what exactly is that no-name platform called Steam?!
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 10:32
You must be stupid to think that Steam would actually sell many games. 😉
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 26, 2015 at 10:33
It’s only good for those F2P games & silly indies.
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 10:48
Silly indies indeed
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 26, 2015 at 10:33
Batman: AK is vapourware on Steam 😉
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 10:35
Batman dropped a smoke bomb
Trevor Matrix
June 26, 2015 at 10:36
No. He dropped a stink bomb…
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 10:49
Most expensive Early Access ever
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 10:43
Yeah but when Bethesda says it’s basically done it means it’s done with most devs working on streamlining and testing the actual gameplay to see if anything is broken… I think that they’ll change the GUI since the ammo counter in the showcase presentation was just funny… But then again if the game works stably(even with some bugs) on launch it’s a win -> Compare the size between Fallout 4 and Batman AK and tell me why B:AK isn’t working?
oVg "I hate Portals" - Geralt
June 26, 2015 at 10:29
Do you Destiny fans support this shit?
oVg "I hate Portals" - Geralt
June 26, 2015 at 10:30
Good guy Dying Light 😛
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 10:33
BWAHAHAHAHA!
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 10:47
Well you can be 100% sure that Bethesda wouldn’t do shit like this… There will be 4 DLC’s… Actual DLC’s adding actual content with an actual story… Seriously a glass of water? I had to Google this to see if it’s legit 😀
Timmy_The_Good_Troll
June 26, 2015 at 10:49
glass 0f water?
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 10:58
Yeah it’s apparently a joke (still an actual DLC), but a joke DLC the creators of Dying Light made in light of the Red Bull(shit) quest DLC from Destiny 😀
oVg "I hate Portals" - Geralt
June 26, 2015 at 11:06
= 10 RADs
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 10:35
Well, the can of Red Bull costs more than the mission if it was sold separately and I like Red Bull. very surprised that it isn’t Mountain Dew it being Activision
oVg "I hate Portals" - Geralt
June 26, 2015 at 10:39
lol You have to wait 12 months for the content if you dont drink Redbull 🙂 Gamers…
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 10:51
Drink it with Vodka?
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 11:14
mmmmm red-bull Vodka 😀
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 11:19
XD
oVg "I hate Portals" - Geralt
June 26, 2015 at 11:26
While playing Zynga in space 😛
RinceThis
June 26, 2015 at 10:36
TOO SOOON!
RinceThis
June 26, 2015 at 11:21
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Timmy_The_Good_Troll
June 26, 2015 at 10:34
I am interested to know if Zenimax are going to start soon on a Fallout equivalent of Fallout New Vegas, ie between 4 and 5. Lets hope so.
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 11:35
Really doubt it 😀 Still… And I’m spit-balling here… Fallout: London or… Or Fallout: New York(even thugh it’s probably completely destoyed – although unconfirmed) 😀 I would say Fallout: Moscow but Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light have done such a great job I just don’t see Fallout in Moscow 😀
RinceThis
June 26, 2015 at 10:34
So much win!
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 11:04
Also when talking about launch bugs and stuff… With such a strong modding community as the Fallout Series and Elder Scrolls series have, any launch bugs will be fixed in a few hours of launch… even if the G.E.C.K isn’t released they will find a way… They always find a way…
And on the theme of mods… Do I even need to say anything… The mod scene within these games is as strong as the force is within Anakin Skywalker or if you aren’t a Star Trek fan(error intended :D), the mod scene is as strong as the impact Chris Pratt made on the movie scene in the last 2 years… It’s epic! The people behind most mods are really good and hard working people and Bethesda supports them 100%! Hell they are even pushing console mods… Seriusly which publisher is so open to modding?
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 11:06
Yea man. 100% with you there.
The community behind Bethesda games is just incredible. One of the best out there.
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
June 26, 2015 at 11:05
This is how you sell games, develop the game to near completion, test it to the extent that you know you can show gameplay footage without having hiccups, then announce it… Not the other way around….
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 11:13
Also an important part is actual game-play… So many publishers now just publish a pre-rendered trailer not even using the games engine… Look at the first trailer of Fallout 4, it uses the game engine with all it’s flaws… And the showcase showed over 15 minutes of actual game-play spanning more than just one part of the game…
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 11:17
That makes me happy
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 11:28
Makes me sad… I have to wait more than 4 moths to get the game and they have shown so damn much… I mean if they would show a minute more it would just be torture 😀
I remember watching twitch at 5AM (since I’m from Slovenia) waiting the whole time to see Fallout 4 and Pete starting to say “I’m sorry to say we’ve come to the end of the showcase…” and then people starting to scream “What about Fallout!!!” it was EPIC 😀
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 11:36
Haha. Also true.
You’re making me more excited about this now than I’ve been before. Must resist the hype! 😀
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 11:49
Don’t RESIST! Take it in… Don’t deny it 😀 Still Bethesda did a great job this year with it’s showcase… Doom looked so awesome and gory 😀
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
June 26, 2015 at 12:07
Oh yes, that Bethesda showcase was hands down the best E3 showcase ever… But then again, it’s Bethesda, they are in a league of their own….
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
June 26, 2015 at 12:06
Yes!! Exactly!! show off actual in game footage, then people will be happy, I’m gald more people feel this way….
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 12:26
Absolutely… I mean many people were like “Bah the graphics look shit…” But those people are just being douche bags, The finished product is going to be polished and awesome. Still For a game of that size any graphics would do 😀 even 8-bit 😀
Klipkop1980
June 26, 2015 at 11:36
“….we are just finishing up the 50GB day one patch, then we are like done done for realz realz”
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 11:49
I think you meant to post this in the “Batman: Arkham Knight” section 😀
Rock789
June 26, 2015 at 12:10
Super psyched for this game! Bring it on. Gotta get me some more Fallout. **boards the Fallout 4 hype train**
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 12:26
Welcome aboard 😀
Dark_Kitarist
June 26, 2015 at 12:15
Staying on theme this time… I’m really really curious what Todd and the guys are doing on the game currently 😀 Since I saw and analysed everything from the E3 showcase here are 3 things I’d like for them to change/optimize:
1. Change the GUI – I mean the ammo counter was just funny 😀
2. The whole dialouge part of the game needs to be expanded, by this I mean I wan’t to see it being more like Mass Effect where you at least have more options than 4 reply options…
3. Graphics candy for PC users 😀
Sovereign
June 26, 2015 at 15:38
I love me some Fallout. I’m overdue for a trip to the wasteland.
lygamnt
June 26, 2015 at 19:49
Cant wait for this game.
Lion
June 27, 2015 at 00:58
Woo!! 8ish days after my B-day I will be drinking nukeacola and sniping off some rad roaches!