Fallout 4

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11897

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In the last couple of weeks it seems Bethesda’s publishing company “Zenimax” registered a website at http://thesurvivor2299.com/ and have begun two countdowns, one for in three days and the other for 11/12. They’ve also been sending out morse code signals and other shit via the website detailed below:

15/11

Quote:

11.12.13, 12.11.13

21/11

Quote:

Calling Any Station, Calling Any Station, Calling Any Station, This is From OZ (Oscar Zulu?), Please Wait

Message with phone number:

Quote:

Nuclear winter is coming. Reserve your future home today! 877-260-2299

phone number played some music for a few days then went dead

22/11

Quote:

”MY DEAR SISTER. I’M HEADING TO THE INSTITUTE. GOD KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS PLACE NOW. THIS OLD BASTARD WILL HELP US. HE MUST HELP US. –0321–”

24/11

Quote:

“Bridgeport, this is Concord (MA), message: Quabbin Reservoir is hit, repeat, Quabbin Reservoir is hit, over.

25/11

Quote:

NCRA UNIT BST 314 7 EMRG MSG NEW YORK STAGE 7 WASHINGTON STAGE 7 LOS ANGELES STAGE 7 AUSTIN STAGE 7 CHICAGO STAGE 7 NEW ORLEAN STAGE 7 LAS VEGAS UNKNOWN MIAMI STAGE 7 DALLAS STAGE 7 DENVER STAGE 7 SAN DIEGO STAGE 7 SAN FRANCISCO STAGE 7 BOSTO-

26/11

Quote:

“Calling all stations, calling all stations, calling all stations, this is Vault Technician 2510730 one six emergency Vault-Tec shelter for survivors in Quabbin, number 119, repeat, emergency Vault-Tec shelter for survivors in Quabbin, number 119, over”

27/11

Quote:

“Calling all stations, calling all stations, calling all stations. Boston is gone, I repeat, Boston is gone. No Hope. Frequency 3450 Return Transmission. God Bless America.”

There’s been some other things, such as a radio frequency in Boston intermittently broadcasting air raid sirens and messages such as “IM SECURE” and garbled voices. so it appears fallout 4 is on the way and is set in boston, and Bethesda have set up quite a good viral marketing/alternate reality launch countdown.

link to article explaining the codes/background : http://guardianlv.com/2013/11/fallout-4-survivor-2299-teaser-reveals-stage-7-warnings-and-vault-tec-message/

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Nov 28, 2013 13:49

Oooh!

/excite

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16636

myp · **Posted:** Thu Nov 28, 2013 13:55

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Nov 28, 2013 14:09

If only it were Obsidian doing the story and dialogue rather than Bethesda.

*sigh*

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Nov 28, 2013 14:28

Is it next jen?

gospvg · **Joined:** 7th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 2306

I so hope it is Fallout 4 & not some mobile port of Fallout 1 & 2.

sdg · **Posted:** Thu Nov 28, 2013 14:54

Yes! Brilliant news!

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Nov 28, 2013 15:47

Should I play fallout 3?

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14517

KovacsC wrote:

Should I play fallout 3?

Yes you should - its a great game - you should also read Meaty's (?) diaries from Fallout (i'll dig out a link)

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Nov 28, 2013 15:55

I have it, started it, then got side tracked...

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14517

KovacsC wrote:

I have it, started it, then got side tracked...

Metal Angel's diaries - one of his main ones starts at the bottom of this page

http://metalangel.deadjournal.com/?skip=40

I really enjoyed Fallout 3 , much more than Oblivion or Skyrim - it really tries to present you with a real word with lots of history and plenty of things to do - if you got distracted it may be better to begin again from the start but I'd say its worth at least another try.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Nov 28, 2013 16:03

New Vegas is a far superior game to Fallout 3, so if you want to play New Vegas, don't play it first - start with F3 and then move on to NV.

Zio · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6093

Annoyingly I never did finish New Vegas. If I'm totally honest, I preferred the world of Fallout 3, though there's no denying that New Vegas was a terrific game.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

I much preferred NV - all the locations were real places, which is just so much more interesting to me.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Zio wrote:

Annoyingly I never did finish New Vegas. If I'm totally honest, I preferred the world of Fallout 3, though there's no denying that New Vegas was a terrific game.

I did finish NV but agree with everything else you've said here. Maybe FO3 simply benefitted from being 'new' to me but I definitely enjoyed it more than NV. The over-arching plot and factions and whatnot could be argued to be more interesting in NV, but that was always secondary to me and the real thrill was just discovering what was over the next hill. FO3 rewarded random exploring much more than NV did and was just packed with lots more cool stuff to find; NVs vaults never came close to FO3's for instance.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Nov 28, 2013 17:46

The thing that bothered me about FO3 was that the locations all seemed disconnected from each other, and didn't make sense. There's all these settlements that are seemingly surviving entirely on 200 year old irradiated food, like packets of Sugar Bombs and Cram and what-not.

In NV, Obsidian went out of their way to show things like farmsteads and other means of producing food and resources, which made the world seem entirely more believable to me. The exploration was a bit poorer, certainly, but at least the world felt real.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11897

Cras wrote:

I much preferred NV - all the locations were real places, which is just so much more interesting to me.

Weren't the ones in F3 also real?

I preffered F3 to NV

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

GazChap wrote:

The thing that bothered me about FO3 was that the locations all seemed disconnected from each other, and didn't make sense. There's all these settlements that are seemingly surviving entirely on 200 year old irradiated food, like packets of Sugar Bombs and Cram and what-not.

In NV, Obsidian went out of their way to show things like farmsteads and other means of producing food and resources, which made the world seem entirely more believable to me. The exploration was a bit poorer, certainly, but at least the world felt real.

That only presents a problem if you're mentally doing that level of analysis while playing the game I suppose. Personally I wasn't and was happy to accept it all as 'video game logic'; and so was happy to accept an arguably more fun game regardless of the level of realism. I mean it's absolutely a fair point if you're considering how the world they've built would function, but it's not a barrier for me to enjoy the game.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Bobbyaro wrote:

Cras wrote:

I much preferred NV - all the locations were real places, which is just so much more interesting to me.

Weren't the ones in F3 also real?

I preffered F3 to NV

The town built around an unexploded bomb and the town on an aircraft carrier? No.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11897

Well, I guess, but neither do any of the vaults; if you are going to take it to that level.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14416

I never liked Fallout 3 because there was too much story tied up in books and crap.

I'm not reading one book etc.

Especially when I'm supposed to be playing a game.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Fri Nov 29, 2013 13:50

Cras wrote:

Bobbyaro wrote:

Cras wrote:

I much preferred NV - all the locations were real places, which is just so much more interesting to me.

Weren't the ones in F3 also real?

I preffered F3 to NV

The town built around an unexploded bomb and the town on an aircraft carrier? No.

The city layout was legit though, yes? I seem to remember JC being super excited about it.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

It was pretty good - but all the locations in NV are legit, pretty much.

http://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/05/re ... t-new.html

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Cras wrote:

It was pretty good - but all the locations in NV are legit, pretty much.

http://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/05/re ... t-new.html

So, in summary, both games had a mixture of real and entirely fictional locations?

TheCookie197 · **Joined:** 23rd Sep, 2010 **Posts:** 729

... bit late, but

Yay!

myp · **Posted:** Fri Nov 29, 2013 23:50

Bamba wrote:

Cras wrote:

It was pretty good - but all the locations in NV are legit, pretty much.

http://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/05/re ... t-new.html

So, in summary, both games had a mixture of real and entirely fictional locations?

He's just upset he didn't have to smother the bomb in Megaton to stop it going off.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

'It's okay! The thermonuclear explosion won't have time to get fast, so my body will harmlessly absorb the energy!'
*townspeople run the fuck away*

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

I liked NV more. Fallout 3 felt like a bunch of Monster of the Week episodes of a TV series, NV felt like a more coherent story.

Also, several systems were inproved, notably conversation checks.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16636

I couldn't get on with NV at all, played a few hours then just never went back to it. Not really sure why but it just didn't grip me at all in the same way that 3 did. I just much preferred the setting of 3 I think. Whether or not it is exactly like some place I've never been to anyway is irrelevant, it felt like an actual place. Also the radio was loads better.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

markg wrote:

Also the radio was loads better.

Refuted:

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

markg wrote:

I couldn't get on with NV at all, played a few hours then just never went back to it. Not really sure why but it just didn't grip me at all in the same way that 3 did. I just much preferred the setting of 3 I think. Whether or not it is exactly like some place I've never been to anyway is irrelevant, it felt like an actual place. Also the radio was loads better.

Even though NV had better story and dialogue, F3 was much more fun to explore. There were lots of memorable places like Tempenny Tower, Dunwich building, little lamplight and republic of dave. I hardly remember any sites from NV.

F3 was better site wise except for Washington DC, that part was rubbish

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sat Nov 30, 2013 22:06

Lapped up Fallout 3 and all the DLC.

Played New Vegas until I got into the Casinos. Then couldn't be arsed with it anymore.

gospvg · **Joined:** 7th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 2306

The tease continues

http://thepropheteer.com/

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16636

Cars? Huh.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

I'm seeing a fair bit of supposition that the Survivor 2299 stuff is a hoax.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Cars would be great. Rage did them ok, but could have been much better.

gospvg · **Joined:** 7th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 2306

We will find out when the survivor countdown gets to zero

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

OR WILL WE?

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14517

Lots of rumors that this will be one of the big announcements at the Video Game awards thing this weekend (along with possibly a longer Uncharted reveal)

TheCookie197 · **Joined:** 23rd Sep, 2010 **Posts:** 729

Suprised no ones posted this yet:
It was a hoax.

http://thesurvivor2299.com

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

FFS. Dicks.

TheCookie197 · **Joined:** 23rd Sep, 2010 **Posts:** 729

Cras Kringle wrote:

FFS. Dicks.

gospvg · **Joined:** 7th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 2306

Bastards !!

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11897

Why have you forsaken me?

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14517

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markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16636

So an announcement that they are going to make some sort of an announcement in four months time which may or may not be anything to do with Fallout 4?

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

myp · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2015 11:22

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