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FALLOUT 4 IS HERE!!!!

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FeliciaJollygoodfellow · 10/11/2015 18:04

I preordered from Amazon and it came today, played for a couple of hours while the small one was at nursery now waiting for everyone to go to bed so I can continue!

So far I'm missing DJ Three Dog but everything else is spot on.

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FeliciaJollygoodfellow · 06/01/2016 18:43

Wait....he's not gay is he? Because I'm playing a woman character (and the robot doesn't know my name Sad)

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FeliciaJollygoodfellow · 06/01/2016 18:43

Aw how cute! A post apocalyptic romance! Grin

I might give that a go tonight. I'm about level 35 so my charisma is pretty high.

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Pastamancer · 05/01/2016 17:24

He gives me ammo every day and tells me that he wants to spend the rest of his days with me :o

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FeliciaJollygoodfellow · 05/01/2016 16:11

Whaaa? You can have relationship with McCready?

Does it make his conversation less annoying? Grin

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Nightstalker · 15/12/2015 13:56

I haven't done a charisma build yet so failed on my attempt with Cait Sad

I really need to do one and finish this one by Feb 5th (xcom 2)

Pastamancer · 15/12/2015 11:20

I'm a hopeless romantic and am in a relationship with him Blush

Nightstalker · 15/12/2015 09:54

Pastamancer

I agree I'm using him on my 3rd character a sharpshooter and using his bug that instead of giving +20% with his max affinity perk when aiming at the head in VATS it gives +2000% so I insta-kill almost every enemy in one shot on survival at level 42
Grin

Pastamancer · 12/12/2015 20:00

Really enjoying it here, McCready is my companion of choice.

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FeliciaJollygoodfellow · 01/12/2015 18:05

I absolutely love love LOVE it! However, as a Sims fan I'm not sure what I feel about the settlement building - because I'm not very good at it but want to build brilliant settlements Grin. I'm level 29 and very leisurely making my way through the quests.

mintbiscuit - yes palerfire is right, it is very violent and gory. Quite a few jump scare bits as well which I wouldn't recommend. Nudity is nothing to be worried about.

Destiny and Halo I think are ok for his age - they are still shooters but Destiny is more about the multiplayer, capture the flag type games; Halo is all killing aliens. Halo 5 just came out as well. No bad language, nudity or gore unless you enable the online chat stuff.

Sunset Boulevard is also good. Again, a shooter but you're killing mutated people (hard to explain!) and you can turn the bad language off.

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lighteningirl · 20/11/2015 19:31

Got it and loving it am really liking the settlement building but I think electrickery may be beyond me.

Illustrated · 15/11/2015 19:29

How are you finding it? I bloody love it, only got into the fallout games this year, played 3 and new Vegas. Really like the new additions like building.

mintbiscuit · 15/11/2015 09:47

Thanks palerfire. Never read the book The Road but have seen the movie (very emotive!). I see your point about the context.

Argh... so frustrating that ds is in this 'in between' stage for games.

palerfire · 14/11/2015 23:08

Fallout 4 is very violent. Parents can be peculiarly relaxed about letting their kids play games which, were they a film, would not necessarily be permitted viewing. That said I think it slightly depends on the kid. I loved watching (unbeknownst to parents) very scary films when I was in my early teens and I think in some ways that's the best age to watch horror films. I also think the context (wandering round a post-apocalyptic wasteland) sort of vindicates the violence. It reminds me a lot of Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road, albeit with a hefty dose of satire thrown in. Kids can get that book from the library should they wish, and I think it's way more disturbing.

mintbiscuit · 14/11/2015 21:29

Sorry for minor hijack... what makes it an 18 rating? My 12 yr old is pestering for this for xmas. Apparently "all my friends are getting it..." he says. I can't find any info on net though. What is language, violence and nudity like?

DimlowChips · 14/11/2015 19:45

I very nearly picked this up for myself easier today. I haven't played any of the Fallout games, but did lose a large chunk of my life to Skyrim (damn you Teldryn Sero) so wondered about this.

How are you finding it and what are you playing it on?