Fallout 4

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 07-12-2013 11:14am

Timmyctc wrote: »

More PR and hype about their games. I ended up playing FO3 again :P

i've got a few fallout 3 mods open in tabs and scratching my chin in contemplation

iColdFusion · 07-12-2013 2:10pm

Thats a shame, I'd like to think Bethesda left it play out because they wanted to see what happens as much as us!

Zero-Cool · 09-12-2013 10:26am

The hoaxer posted an AMA on Reddit. Apparently he has had 14 death threats already, the whole thing cost him 990 dollars and he created a CGI trailer to release as well but Bethesda contacted him and were pretty pi$$ed. He said he will still release the traler at some point, just not yet. He wanted to try and force an official reveal from the devs but it didn't work.

Now, it's interesting why Bethesda left it go on so long and did their Fallout sale on PSN stem from taking advantage of this hoax?

http://kotaku.com/fallout-4-hoaxer-just-wanted-to-watch-the-world-burn-1479362778?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

noodler · 09-12-2013 10:29am

Excellent work by the person in question anyway.

IU am not going to get too pissed off - I sincerely doubt the company is really angry either!

degrassinoel · 09-12-2013 10:33am

noodler wrote: »

Excellent work by the person in question anyway.

IU am not going to get too pissed off - I sincerely doubt the company is really angry either!

yeah me either, if anything it's shown how much interest there is in another fallout game, and generated a load of publicity for bethesda for the sake of one guys efforts and 990 dorrah

wouldn't surprise me if they offered him a job lol

pixelburp · 09-12-2013 10:40am

sheehy83 wrote: »

The hoaxer posted an AMA on Reddit. Apparently he has had 14 death threats already, [...]

And people wonder why gamers and their wider community have such an atrocious reputation and are regularly picked on? Only a minority of people of course, but still an unbelievable response over a game - or rather the faking of one. I hope the prankster passed the threats on to the police and they pursue these delinquents. Honestly, I was fairly po'ed to learn this was all just an elaborate hoax myself, but a little common sense was applied and I got on with my day.

Duggy747 · 09-12-2013 11:30am

An impressive and elaborate hoax that got me playing Fallout 3 again :pac:

pixelburp · 11-12-2013 10:32pm

Well after all the kerfuffle with the hoax, Kotaku are reporting that a Fallout 4, set in Boston, is indeed in the works at Bethesda thanks to bunch of leaked documents sent to them:

http://kotaku.com/leaked-documents-reveal-that-fallout-4-is-real-set-in-1481322956

aN.Droid · 11-12-2013 11:30pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Well after all the kerfuffle with the hoax, Kotaku are reporting that a Fallout 4, set in Boston, is indeed in the works at Bethesda thanks to bunch of leaked documents sent to them:

http://kotaku.com/leaked-documents-reveal-that-fallout-4-is-real-set-in-1481322956

Fool me once.... etc.

I'll wait to get my hopes up again.

Pushtrak · 11-12-2013 11:31pm

pixelburp wrote: »

And people wonder why gamers and their wider community have such an atrocious reputation and are regularly picked on?

This is far from a uniquely gaming problem. Writers, actors, essentially public sphere people *will get that* I'm sorry to say. You get anything or anyone with a big enough following you'll see to the same extent that people are fans, people will conversely be against them to the point of sending death threats. If it's any consolation and in an effort to minimize you losing all regard for humanity, know that these people are actually very very much the minority.

dreamers75 · 11-12-2013 11:33pm

sigh now i fell like the lad who started the HL3 thread.....many many moons will pass

Kiith · 11-12-2013 11:38pm

I loved the hoax, even if i hated the ****er for a few days. Really well done, and fair play to him.

Hopefully we get some sort of actual news soon though.

Magill · 12-12-2013 12:11am

pixelburp wrote: »

And people wonder why gamers and their wider community have such an atrocious reputation and are regularly picked on? Only a minority of people of course, but still an unbelievable response over a game - or rather the faking of one. I hope the prankster passed the threats on to the police and they pursue these delinquents. Honestly, I was fairly po'ed to learn this was all just an elaborate hoax myself, but a little common sense was applied and I got on with my day.

In fairness.. i lost count of the amount of times someone has messaged me saying they're going to beat the **** out of me, kill me or even rape my dog when playing online games. Thats just the internet and should be taken with a grain of salt.

Got a good laugh outta dem sort of messages.

Potatoeman · 12-12-2013 11:33am

I went back to the NV dlc and played old world blues. Its great, good characters too. The SM dlc put me off fallout as it was just not fun. Stripes you off all items at the start, not much ammo and enemies dont drop much or nothing in the case of holograms. Not to mention speakers setting off the explosive collar. It was just far less fun than the main game.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 12-12-2013 11:45am

Magill wrote: »

In fairness.. i lost count of the amount of times someone has messaged me saying they're going to beat the **** out of me, kill me or even rape my dog when playing online games. Thats just the internet and should be taken with a grain of salt.

Got a good laugh outta dem sort of messages.

it's only a shame your name isn't sarkeesian, could have made some money out of it

AlmightyCushion · 12-12-2013 2:22pm

Potatoeman wrote: »

I went back to the NV dlc and played old world blues. Its great, good characters too. The SM dlc put me off fallout as it was just not fun. Stripes you off all items at the start, not much ammo and enemies dont drop much or nothing in the case of holograms. Not to mention speakers setting off the explosive collar. It was just far less fun than the main game.

I really liked SM, loved the atmosphere and that you were back to square one again. The collars and the mist got annoying at times though. I imagine on hardcore it would be a nightmare.

the incredible pudding · 12-12-2013 6:45pm

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I really liked SM, loved the atmosphere and that you were back to square one again. The collars and the mist got annoying at times though. I imagine on hardcore it would be a nightmare.

I wish there was less combat in SM though, if you didn't have to fight the enemies so much it would have been more enjoyable. They were kind of scary to start with, especially before you cop that

dismemberment kills them

but later it just becomes a drag dealing with them.
The atmosphere, characters and story were great in it though.

noodler · 13-12-2013 12:15am

Assume we have all seen the Kotaku leaks?

They say they have VO audition scripts confirming Boston, MIT and all that stuff.

EDIT: Its also being reported on IGN and CVG.

Timmyctc · 13-12-2013 12:18am

noodler wrote: »

Assume we have all seen the Kotaku leaks?

They say they have VO audition scripts confirming Boston, MIT and all that stuff.

EDIT: Its also being reported on IGN and CVG.

I'd say its true like, but tbf Kotaku and IGN are shíte :pac:

Professional Griefer · 02-06-2014 5:21pm

Hopefully its the game they're showing at E3 next week.

Link

COYVB · 02-06-2014 6:49pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

it's only a shame your name isn't sarkeesian, could have made some money out of it

Jesus the amount of vitriolic hate mail I got from her supporters for an article that ACTUALLY AGREED WITH HER POINTS a while back was insane. Swore never to mention her name again after that