Fallout 4 [Vault 111]

“ Let's go, pal. ”— Sole Survivor to Dogmeat

Fallout 4 is an upcoming post apocalyptic role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth major installment in the Fallout series, and will be released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on November 10, 2015, except in Japan, where it will be released on December 17, 2015.

Setting and Story

During Bethesda's E3 conference, it was revealed that the player will be the Sole Survivor of Vault 111, who emerges approximately 210 years after the Great War. Prior to this, the player is shown to have lived during the pre-War era with their spouse and child.

The setting was confirmed to take place in Boston, Massachusetts from the trailer released on June 3, 2015. The trailer shows the Paul Revere Monument, the USS Constitution, as well as the Massachusetts State House with its unique Golden Dome. Scollay Square, Bunker Hill memorial, and Fenway Park are also visible in the trailer. Possible areas within Fenway Park include (from left to right) Swatters Custom Baseball Store, Diamond City Surplus, Power Noodles, and Chem-I-Care. Fenway Park is likely renamed Diamond City, as seen in the surplus store name, and the white diamond symbol seen on the outside of the building and on the Diamond City Surplus store. Leaked images revealed that the events of Fallout 4 occur in 2287; ten years after Fallout 3, and six years after Fallout: New Vegas.

Vault 111 is near Sanctuary Hills, the estate where the Sole Survivor is from. According to the game trailer, it seems to be the first place most players may encounter (provided they don't go the other way). The player's robot, Codsworth, still resides there. Going by the E3 reveal, one of the possible player-built settlement sites is in Sanctuary Hills, possibly the player's original home.

The setting will also include mountains and the out-lands of Boston's city limits.

The game will feature just over 111,000 lines of dialogue, more than all of the dialogue in Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim combined.

Gameplay

The gameplay will be largely similar to that of Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, with the ability to switch from first to third person view. Additional features are a split-piece armor system, base-building, a dynamic dialogue system, in depth crafting system which implements every lootable object in the game, and much more. Enemies such as mole rats, raiders, super mutants, deathclaws, and ghouls will also return to the series.
Players will obtain a Pip-Boy which allows the player to access a menu with statistics, maps, data, and items. Players can also find game cartridges, which can be played on the Pip-Boy. Another returning gameplay feature is the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System (V.A.T.S.), which plays an important part in combat. While using V.A.T.S., real-time combat is slowed down, and action is played out from varying camera angles in a computer graphics version of "bullet time". Various actions cost action points, limiting the actions of each combatant during a turn, and the player can target specific body areas for attacks to inflict specific injuries; head shots can be used for quick kills or blinding, legs can be targeted to slow enemies' movements, and opponents can be disarmed by shooting at their weapons.

A new feature to the series is the ability to build settlements and buildings. Players can select and scrap objects and structures for resources and building supplies, and use them to build their own structures ranging from fully-decoratable houses, towers, bars, labs, and more. The player can also construct more than one settlement across the Commonweatlh, and can send brahmin caravans in-between their towns. Towns can be powered with working electricity, using a dynamic power line system, as well as equipped water pumps and crops/gardens to keep a steady income of food and drink. Merchants and non-player characters can inhabit players' towns and help keep the settlements running as a community. Players can build various defenses around their settlements, such as turrets, guard towers, and traps, to defend the settlements, as they can be raided and attacked.

Another new feature to Fallout that was confirmed by Bethesda Studios on Twitter is that there is no level cap, allowing players to experience a little more freedom when it comes to exploring and combat. Another confirmed feature that allows even more explorational freedom is that, also confirmed by Bethesda's Twitter, is that even if the game 'ends' you may continue playing, a feature returning from Broken Steel, which allows players to experience the aftermath of their decisions. In addition, a new weapon system will allow a wide variety of customization.

Fallout 4's release date has been confirmed by Bethesda to be November 10, 2015 at their 2015 E3 press conference. It will release on Steam, PS4 and Xbox One.

Trailers

For more information:
Fallout Wikia
Official Website of Fallout 4

Fallout 4 Perks

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