The Steam Spring Sale is now in full swing - eviltoast
  • SimplyTadpole@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    I’m VERY tempted to buy Fallout 4: Game of the Year edition due to my hype for Fallout: London (which releases in April of this year), but I’m worried of getting burned if it turns out to be a bad/disappointing mod. :/

    • the16bitgamer@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      If you’re still considering it, you can get it for like $10-$15 on GOG. Same price of steam but DRM Free, and it’s almost always onsale.

    • Wahots@pawb.social
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      8 months ago

      FO4 was…okay imo. It pales in comparison to NV and 3 imo though.

      • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works
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        8 months ago

        As someone who couldn’t tolerate F3/NV because they paled in comparison to 1/2, I actually really enjoyed 4. It lost a lot of the engine jank and felt like a decent FPS with light RPG mechanics, wearing the aesthetics of Fallout.

      • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Imo, FO4 did everything better than FO3, except the plot. But FO3’s plot was already kinda bland to begin with. I mean, back then… It was incredible. But not by today’s standards.

    • swordsmanluke@programming.dev
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      8 months ago

      If you liked FO3 you’ll like 4.

      It’s a lot stronger mechanically than 3 or NV - shooting is a lot less janky and the gun customization adds some great emergent quests.

      The Boston of FO4 has its moments - a certain duck pond stands out to me in particular - but aside from Nick Valentine the questlines are largely forgettable.

      Still, the core game loop is a lot of fun - go here, blow stuff up, scavenge bits to upgrade your stuff.

      As a longtime Fallout fan (came for the isometric apocalypse, stayed for the 3D googie architecture) I still put 80 hours into FO4.

      It’s a good fuckin’ game. It’s just competing with the legacy of a lot of other great games in the series.

      • Dublin112@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Buy it, don’t play it so you keep play time under 2 hours, refund it if it turns out to be a disappointment, keep it if not!

        • Classy Hatter@sopuli.xyz
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          8 months ago

          Or just wait for the reviews, and then the next sale. These Steam sales aren’t one-off special offers, they happen a few times every year.