Rumored Fallout 4 Details: A Cyberpunk Boston, Androids, More
Fallout 3Previous Fallout 4 rumors have pointed toward a Boston setting, as the Bethesda team has apparently been scoping out the historic city.
That setting may have been pseudo-confirmed thanks to a Reddit user who also leaks a whole lot of other relevant information. Take it all with a grain of salt as none of this is official, but it's certainly intriguing on a number of levels.
Evidently, this virtual Boston "will be unlike anything we've seen in a Fallout game before," as the buildings will follow a cyberpunk or retro-futurism theme. In other words, you might not get that strict post-apocalyptic backdrop for which the series is so well known. Androids may also make an appearance as slaves to humans, and Bethesda could have ditched the Super Mutants and the Brotherhood of Steel due to fan accusations that the developer used these groups too much in Fallout 3. Some agree with that, some don't.
As for the progression/leveling up, Bethesda probably won't do much to alter this system, although they do want to make it "more distinct from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" because some said The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Fallout 3 were just too similar in terms of mechanics. So what do you think about all this? Were you a fan of the last Fallout and if so, what do you want to see in the fourth installment?
Tags: fallout 4, fallout sequel, bethesda, fallout 4 details
1/11/2013 9:29:48 PM John Shepard
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Comments (17 posts)
WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 11:28:20 PM
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I'd just like to see it be as massive a game as Skyrim is so I can enjoy that first playthrough for a very long time. F3 and NV were short by comparison even with all sidequests.
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bigrailer19
Saturday, January 12, 2013 @ 1:05:09 AM
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Beamboom
Saturday, January 12, 2013 @ 8:17:46 AM
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Lawless SXE
Saturday, January 12, 2013 @ 2:09:51 AM
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___________
Saturday, January 12, 2013 @ 3:39:09 AM
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first off its so close to the release of next gen systems, so they will surely release it on them.
if they were to do that id take them a while to get the engine up and running, and after the debacle of skyrim there not going to be in a hurry to release it.
i doubt will be seeing a fallout game till probably 2 years after next gen systems release.
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Beamboom
Saturday, January 12, 2013 @ 8:16:18 AM
I bet Fallout 4 is released shortly after the new consoles are on the market. Ergo 2014.
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___________
Saturday, January 12, 2013 @ 9:47:19 AM
plus skyrim came out just over a year ago so even if the majority of the team went straight onto fallout 4, a 2014 launch would only mean little over 2 years in development.
that wouldent be enough time to create the game, let alone create the game and tweak the engine for next gen systems.
its not going to be that simple either, i wouldent be surprised if next gen systems are built allot like the wiiu.
having a much larger focus on the GPU and using it to help out on tasks for the CPU.
you would hope so anyway, thats the way technology is moving.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Saturday, January 12, 2013 @ 12:53:26 PM
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___________
Sunday, January 13, 2013 @ 9:23:09 AM
$ony expanded the studio after 1 released and the larger studio allowed them to finish off 2 pretty quickly so half the team went onto TLU and the rest went to uncharted 3.
bugthesdas different, the guys who did fallout 3 went straight onto skyrim, than a portions now working on DLC.
even if its a tiny portion of the studio, and yea there a massive studio, that still only puts a years work on fallout 4 by now!
probably wont have even finished conceptual design by now, the past year they had would of been spent on the engine and especially making sure its as platform par as possible.
last thing they can afford is to release a next gen engine and have it as inefficient and playing favorites as the current has.
fallout is not the linear corridor restrictive game uncharted is!
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Hand_of_Sorrow
Saturday, January 12, 2013 @ 4:22:16 AM
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fallout nv. plus in fallout 3 there were more ruins and buildings to explore.
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Beamboom
Sunday, January 13, 2013 @ 1:11:55 PM
Fallout 3 was masterly made, while NV was "just a story", it didn't have the same atmosphere and felt smaller, kinda.
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xenris
Saturday, January 12, 2013 @ 9:58:20 AM
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I wouldnt mind if it has cyberpunk inspiration I just want the 50s influences to be seen. I hope its more of a mix of steampunk and cyberpunk with certain rich cities having those thems and then the wastelands still look all crappy and desolate.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Saturday, January 12, 2013 @ 12:58:50 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Saturday, January 12, 2013 @ 5:56:15 PM
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Akuma07
Sunday, January 13, 2013 @ 7:18:42 PM
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I want a post-apocalyptic world still. It has to be, I mean, isn't that what Fallout is about?
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Ludakriss
Monday, January 14, 2013 @ 7:38:21 AM
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Aaaanyway. Taking away Brothers of Steel - poo. Was no joke, my favorite of FO3 & New Vegas.
The Level system. Please, PLEAAAASE! do not MAKE me choose a perk right after I get enough EXP. Let me ponder on it, man. Like in Skyrim. What a relief it is to actually pick something you DO want and not choose a perk because you're forced to do it by game's mechanic.
Otherwise. All the best to ya Bethesda. You managed to keep people playing your games, however FUCKED & Faulty they were. Just don't bother doing work if you're not willing to FINISH a game, yeah?
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Knightzane
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Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 10:50:37 PM