TECH: Reasons we’re stoked about Fallout 4
If you're as amped about Fallout 4 as we are, you have to read this!
June 3 was another momentous day for game freaks worldwide.
After months of leaked images, concept art, premature announcements and speculation, Bethesda Softworks dropped the (atomic) bombshell – Fallout 4 is coming.
Did you leap for joy or just pre-order the game?
Whichever way, read on for our list of the reasons we’re SUPER excited about Fallout 4 to be released in November this year.
Post-apocalyptic U.S.A. is sick
Part of the joy of the Fallout universe is exploring American locations, while avoiding radiation and grotesque ‘things’. Warped, maybe; awesome, definitely.
The game is a step in time
So what did go down the day the bombs fell? Time to find out, thanks to Fallout 4 being set on the precise date the world went to (nuclear) hell. Rad suits on, please.
Dogmeat is back, baby!
As an immortal companion/ backup/ holdall, the faithful pooch makes its grand return. What’s better than a raider? A raider torn apart by good ‘ol Dogmeat.
Who doesn’t love building stuff?
We’ve all got a little Minecraft in us. Bethesda has now included the capability to craft bases and customise armour components alongside weapon mods, so it’s all pickaxes go.
Bring me my Pip-Boy
A notable feature of the modern Fallout titles is the wrist-mounted Pip-Boy. This device (given to 10-year-olds on their birthday, oddly) is your interface, heads-up display, inventory, antenna and more.
Time for a bullet
If you’ve lived under a rock, or in a Vault, V.A.T.S. (Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System) halts time and calculates the chance of a successful attack, plus granting bullet-time camera angles. Sweet.
Welcome to the Commonwealth
The teaser video released for Fallout 4 shows a few iconic structures to prove the game is set around Boston. Scavenging across New England is going to bring its own identity to this latest instalment – think jagged coastlines, hills and mountains and possibly snow.
