Bethesda is giving us a real look at the game. More importantly, a release date: November 10th, 2015 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. In additional to the regular game, there will be a collector's edition featuring a "working" Pip-Boy (provided you use your own mobile device). Fallout 4 starts just before the apocalypse — "on a beautiful Saturday morning." This is where you build your character, looking into a bathroom mirror while your significant other looks on (you can choose to play as male or female), and unlike past Fallout games, your character has a voice of his or her own. The majority of game itself, however, takes place 200 years later, and based on what we're seeing, it looks like you can get a dog companion fairly early on. Howard claims the game — which is confirmed to take place in Boston — will be one of the developer's biggest yet. Fallout 4 is running a new version of the Creation Engine, and the abundance of environmental detail is clear. We didn't see a lot in the way of characters except for the main character (which looked pretty good), and a pre-apocalypse salesman (which didn't). Players will be able to explore the wilderness, complete quests, and visit towns in standard RPG fashion, but Fallout 4 also adds the ability to build your own homestead. Players can scavenge wood, metal, and other materials to build houses, starting out small with shacks, but eventually kitting out their new settlements with color-changing lights, guard towers, stalls for traveling merchants, and sentry guns. The more you build, the more people will move in — and the more likely you will be to attract raiders. World-building is entirely optional, by the way, if you just want to focus on a story.
Read more here: http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/14/8776297/fallout-4-release-date-e3-2015 And see some cool pictures.
I'm so curious about the whole "homestead" thing. I mean, yeah I always wanted a spot where I could leave/store things I've collected across the wasteland, but the entire home defense thing seems...interesting? I'm unsure how I feel about. It seems like something that would be super fun to do when you've finished the main story line.
I'm so excited to play this game. I've been waiting for this for years and it's going to come out this year, finally.
