Fallout 4
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Re: Fallout 4
Retailers have been breaking street date for over a week now. Lots of people have the game.
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Re: Fallout 4
Ahh, beta testers.Blackhawk wrote:Retailers have been breaking street date for over a week now. Lots of people have the game.
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Re: Fallout 4
So is the below right? Does this mean we can be playing F4 at 6:01 AM EST in USA CT?
I did activate BF4 by using a proxy server from Asia that had me playing the single player 8 hours before release on EST.
I did activate BF4 by using a proxy server from Asia that had me playing the single player 8 hours before release on EST.
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Re: Fallout 4
Maybe? That information is taken from the Bethsoft blog, but I'm seeing chatter over on Q23 stating that the NZ unlock is actually at 0201 rather than 0001. I'm not sure what source he has for the later-than-advertised NZ unlock. Aside from that, yeah, if you can VPN to NZ you should be able start playing well before the NA unlock.
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Re: Fallout 4
Well goddamn it, Amazon sure as shit isn't!Blackhawk wrote:Retailers have been breaking street date for over a week now. Lots of people have the game.
I preordered the physical version on Oct. 18, and it hasn't even shipped yet. I'm getting a little worried. The strategy guide shipped on Friday, so at least I'll have that I guess. Maybe I can read along with you guys.
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Re: Fallout 4
The calendar on teh my PC says 9th where is my fall out OMG Steam lied give me my fall out now or I will boycott u 4ever OMGLOL!
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Re: Fallout 4
They sell games retail now?Blackhawk wrote:Retailers have been breaking street date for over a week now. Lots of people have the game.
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Whats this retail you speak of?Holman wrote:They sell games retail now?Blackhawk wrote:Retailers have been breaking street date for over a week now. Lots of people have the game.
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Re: Fallout 4
So, ah, I just VPN'd to New Zealand and my copy is unlocking now.
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Re: Fallout 4
Reviews for this game are turning out great. 90/100 on OpenCritic with 43 reviews counted so far.
For anyone curious about the differences between PC and PS4/XB1 with this game, the most immediately obvious one is in shadow detail and distance. This immediately stuck out as a sore thumb in the first PS4 screenshots I saw, and was a major factor in my decision to go with PC. It feels like shadows stop drawing just a few meters ahead of you, which makes everything look flat and as if it's floating off the ground. You might think this sounds like a minor niggle, so here's a screenshot showing off the difference between PC and Xbox One. I assume PS4 is at the same level as the latter.
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For anyone curious about the differences between PC and PS4/XB1 with this game, the most immediately obvious one is in shadow detail and distance. This immediately stuck out as a sore thumb in the first PS4 screenshots I saw, and was a major factor in my decision to go with PC. It feels like shadows stop drawing just a few meters ahead of you, which makes everything look flat and as if it's floating off the ground. You might think this sounds like a minor niggle, so here's a screenshot showing off the difference between PC and Xbox One. I assume PS4 is at the same level as the latter.
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Re: Fallout 4
Shadows aren't a huge deal for me (especially if I don't know what I'm missing!); but framerates that drop below (well below?) 30 FPS during action sequences is a major concern. I just got Divinity: Original Sin so I can wait to see how it pans out.
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Digital Foundry has an initial analysis out. The conclusion seems to be that even a budget PC can hold more stable framerates and better graphics than the PS4 and XB1. Between the two consoles, the PS4 struggles in scenes with lots of transparency effects (dropping to roughly 20 fps), while the XB1 struggles more with asset loading, causing stuttering and outright pauses of a second or two during gameplay. Their conclusion was that, at least if you ignore the PC, the PS4 version is a noticeably smoother experience.Ralph-Wiggum wrote:Shadows aren't a huge deal for me (especially if I don't know what I'm missing!); but framerates that drop below (well below?) 30 FPS during action sequences is a major concern. I just got Divinity: Original Sin so I can wait to see how it pans out.
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Re: Fallout 4
If you don't share you are gloating! What VPN did you use!Hamlet3145 wrote:So, ah, I just VPN'd to New Zealand and my copy is unlocking now.
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Re: Fallout 4
That is disappointing. I don't think my wife would be very happy with me buying a PS4 today after 2 months of complaining about being cash-strapped. I guess I will just have to lower my expectations and it enjoy on the XB1 version anyway.TiLT wrote:Digital Foundry has an initial analysis out. The conclusion seems to be that even a budget PC can hold more stable framerates and better graphics than the PS4 and XB1. Between the two consoles, the PS4 struggles in scenes with lots of transparency effects (dropping to roughly 20 fps), while the XB1 struggles more with asset loading, causing stuttering and outright pauses of a second or two during gameplay. Their conclusion was that, at least if you ignore the PC, the PS4 version is a noticeably smoother experience.Ralph-Wiggum wrote:Shadows aren't a huge deal for me (especially if I don't know what I'm missing!); but framerates that drop below (well below?) 30 FPS during action sequences is a major concern. I just got Divinity: Original Sin so I can wait to see how it pans out.
I don't really care about the shadows, I care a lot more about the game chugging. If it's really bad, I suppose I can set it aside and play Rise of the Tomb Raider.. but they wouldn't ship it if it was really bad, right?
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Re: Fallout 4
Per Amazon:
edit: My credit card was just charged (yay wallet app) and the status changed to shipping soon.
8pm!? I know they have a warehouse about a dozen miles from my house so I am pretty sure I'll get it tomorrow, but come on guys, get that thing shipped.Ordered: Oct 23
Shipping soon
Arriving tomorrow by 8pm
edit: My credit card was just charged (yay wallet app) and the status changed to shipping soon.
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https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/UsulofDoom wrote:If you don't share you are gloating! What VPN did you use!Hamlet3145 wrote:So, ah, I just VPN'd to New Zealand and my copy is unlocking now.
It's a paid one that I have a subscription to.
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Ha. According to Reddit, this is a list of almost 1000 player names that a certain character will actually call you by if you use one of them.
http://hastebin.com/raw/gemajulugi
And as weird as it is my first name isn't on there, but my fairly obscure last name is... wtf?
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And as weird as it is my first name isn't on there, but my fairly obscure last name is... wtf?
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Re: Fallout 4
That is their default 'business day' estimate. I get my packages between 11 an 1 here, but all say 'by 8PM.'coopasonic wrote:Per Amazon:8pm!? I know they have a warehouse about a dozen miles from my house so I am pretty sure I'llOrdered: Oct 23
Shipping soon
Arriving tomorrow by 8pm
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Jag is there. Yay me!Sepiche wrote:Ha. According to Reddit, this is a list of almost 1000 player names that a certain character will actually call you by if you use one of them.
http://hastebin.com/raw/gemajulugi
And as weird as it is my first name isn't on there, but my fairly obscure last name is... wtf?
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And these too:Jag wrote:Jag is there. Yay me!Sepiche wrote:Ha. According to Reddit, this is a list of almost 1000 player names that a certain character will actually call you by if you use one of them.
http://hastebin.com/raw/gemajulugi
And as weird as it is my first name isn't on there, but my fairly obscure last name is... wtf?
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Re: Fallout 4
Played about an hour so far, runs great so, most things at ultra except shadows. fixed 60 fps without any drops so far.
Just got to my first town after leaving the vault.
Yay a hot key for the map as well.
Just got to my first town after leaving the vault.
Yay a hot key for the map as well.
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My favorite: Erectus.Moliere wrote:And these too:Jag wrote:Jag is there. Yay me!Sepiche wrote:Ha. According to Reddit, this is a list of almost 1000 player names that a certain character will actually call you by if you use one of them.
http://hastebin.com/raw/gemajulugi
And as weird as it is my first name isn't on there, but my fairly obscure last name is... wtf?
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Re: Fallout 4
For reference, what is your cpu/ram/video card?Reemul wrote:Played about an hour so far, runs great so, most things at ultra except shadows. fixed 60 fps without any drops so far.
Just got to my first town after leaving the vault.
Yay a hot key for the map as well.
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Re: Fallout 4
i7@2.5 gig, 16 gig ram and a GF970m 3 gig mem, windows 10Max Peck wrote:For reference, what is your cpu/ram/video card?Reemul wrote:Played about an hour so far, runs great so, most things at ultra except shadows. fixed 60 fps without any drops so far.
Just got to my first town after leaving the vault.
Yay a hot key for the map as well.
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Sweet. I've got an i7-2600K, 16G, GTX 970, so I should be good to go -- in about 11 hours (Cuz I'm too lazy to set up a vpn... Sloth. Sloth never pays).Reemul wrote:i7@2.5 gig, 16 gig ram and a GF970m 3 gig mem, windows 10Max Peck wrote:For reference, what is your cpu/ram/video card?Reemul wrote:Played about an hour so far, runs great so, most things at ultra except shadows. fixed 60 fps without any drops so far.
Just got to my first town after leaving the vault.
Yay a hot key for the map as well.
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It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Thanks for the info. How long did it take to go from pre-load to actually playable? Was there more to download when it unlocked? Was it like a 30 minute unpacking process? I'm actually toying with the idea of staying up until midnight to play but if it's going to actually take another hour for me to start playing, I'll probably just skip it.Reemul wrote:i7@2.5 gig, 16 gig ram and a GF970m 3 gig mem, windows 10
Also, if it in any way crashes or locks up my PC like Black Ops 3, I'm retiring from being a computer gamer.
Maybe next year, maybe no go
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At the start I couldn't get it to update, in the end setting server selection in steam for downloads to match the vpn worked, took about 20 minutes in total.Smoove_B wrote:Thanks for the info. How long did it take to go from pre-load to actually playable? Was there more to download when it unlocked? Was it like a 30 minute unpacking process? I'm actually toying with the idea of staying up until midnight to play but if it's going to actually take another hour for me to start playing, I'll probably just skip it.Reemul wrote:i7@2.5 gig, 16 gig ram and a GF970m 3 gig mem, windows 10
Also, if it in any way crashes or locks up my PC like Black Ops 3, I'm retiring from being a computer gamer.
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That's not too bad. I was just assuming I'd need to log out of STEAM at 11:59pm and then log back in at 12:01 am. When the game won't unlock or update that's usually the case, but I can live with 20 minutes. I think the last time I did this was for the Half Life 2 launch...up at 6am or something to unpack the game and play through the intro. It was magic.
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I played for a about an hour and it's definitely Fallout. More an evolution than a revolution from 3. My system is a Haswell i5 with 16gb RAM and a GTX 970 and everything runs smoothly on ultra. I'm a little overwhelmed with all the modding/building options, but that's a good thing and I'll look forward to taking my time learning all the nuances.
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Congrats.Hamlet3145 wrote:Edit: 1000th post! (That only took a decade or so).
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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There's a review of the pipboy in the collectible edition. It's basically a wrist-mounted smartphone case running the companion app.
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For those who might be interested, Nvidia has posted a Fallout 4 Graphics, Performance & Tweaking Guide. It's way too long and complex for my sixty-two year old brain to comprehend, except for the basic "expensive video card good, cheap video card bad". I have a GTX 780 3GB card, along with an Intel i7-4770K processor, 16GB RAM and Win7 64bit, running a 1920x1200 monitor, so I think I should be OK, but then my eyes are going so who can tell?
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Re: Fallout 4
Just a heads up. I used vyprvpn to login from Ausi. and its working. It's free for 1st 500 meg. You can disconnect once playing.
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'Fallout 4' Is Too Stupid To Be Game Of The Year
It's impossible to kill your pet dog in "Fallout 4." Oddly, that's a problem.
Hear us out.
The latest game in the popular post-apocalyptic series launches Tuesday, and critics are predictably hailing it as a triumph. Tech Insider's Ben Gilbert says, "It's easily one of the best games released this year, if not in the last several years or more."
The praise isn't surprising -- much of the "Fallout" series has been rapturously received since the first game's debut in 1997 -- but it is disappointing. "Fallout 4" isn't a bad game, but there's no reason to hail it as the best this year -- in fact, there's plenty of reason not to.
And a lot of that has to do with your pet dog's invincibility.
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Nothing substantial at all in that article, just a clickbait headline and a couple paragraphs that don't add up to anything.
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I'm just seeing there's no FOV adjustment? What in the actual hell is going on here?? Why is having a FOV adjustment not a mandatory inclusion at this point?
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