So, I had a hankering for some first-person murder hoboing the other day just when Steam put Fallout 4 on sale, so I gave up my plan to wait for the GOTY edition.
It's mostly living up to my expectations, good and bad, based on reviews and on previous Bethesda games. The ostensible plot hook (lost baby) is completely underwhelming (sorry, clicking a blob of pixels a couple times can't compare to bonding with a real baby) but irrelevant to the game anyway. The main plot sounds potentially less stupid than the one for FO3. The settlement stuff is not quite as bolted onto the side of the game as I expected - taking time and perks to improve your settlement network can pay off in upgrade mats.
But the thing that surprised me most pleasantly was remarkably simple. If you choose a somewhat common name for your character, the voiced robot butler will actually call you by name (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Codsworth/recognized_names). I didn't know this going in, and my first scratch character didn't trigger it (Dairine didn't make the list) but my "real" character did (Diana, since she's a stealth riflewoman).
It would be even cooler if all the companions started calling you by name once they start to like you. But having the first voiced character you meet after emerging from the Vault actually speak your name was as surprisingly engaging as the "baby plot" was expectedly not.
It's mostly living up to my expectations, good and bad, based on reviews and on previous Bethesda games. The ostensible plot hook (lost baby) is completely underwhelming (sorry, clicking a blob of pixels a couple times can't compare to bonding with a real baby) but irrelevant to the game anyway. The main plot sounds potentially less stupid than the one for FO3. The settlement stuff is not quite as bolted onto the side of the game as I expected - taking time and perks to improve your settlement network can pay off in upgrade mats.
But the thing that surprised me most pleasantly was remarkably simple. If you choose a somewhat common name for your character, the voiced robot butler will actually call you by name (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Codsworth/recognized_names). I didn't know this going in, and my first scratch character didn't trigger it (Dairine didn't make the list) but my "real" character did (Diana, since she's a stealth riflewoman).
It would be even cooler if all the companions started calling you by name once they start to like you. But having the first voiced character you meet after emerging from the Vault actually speak your name was as surprisingly engaging as the "baby plot" was expectedly not.
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