They had me at Mass Effect style player character dialogue.  You complete me, Fallout 4.



I couldn't be happier about it, personally. I can't stand silent protagonists in games - so a player character that speaks/etc Mass Effect-style + their open worlds and moddability? Please and thank you, Bethesda. Yes, I'll have seconds.

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IT'S COMING OUT 8 DAYS FROM MY BIRTHDAY!!! HYPE!!! I can't wait for this game. 7 YEARS!!!

i THINK Todd said something about it being an option. i might be wrong, but im pretty sure they might make it optional.

I have to agree with Tesvixen, its a great new feature for fallout.

As a person who was against it initially, I can't be happier. I'm glad Fallout is getting a somewhat an established character because it needs it, I'm tired of hearing about said character and never seeing them again. One more thing, the character just feels right with a voice, without a voice he'll just be a generic wanderer from a Vault.

I think the main reason people are unhappy about it Tes is because they're used to imagining how their character would sound in their head - this removes that and forces a little bit of personality on your character, aside from the usual what you say now there's also how you say.

I understand fully why it bothers people, Ceane... my point was that it doesn't bother me.

Heck, I've literally posted on their forums asking for a speaking player character in their future games, so this is wonderful as far as I'm concerned. Besides, assuming they release mod tools, it will be easy to 'silence' the PC... replace their dialogue with silent.ogg files, problem solved.

Dude what got me hyped was the tower building and the fact that bandits will actually come and attack your home/base! It just makes the world seem more alive. also the graphics were better than I expected even tho it seemed to be on the xbox so I might need upgrade my pc lol. Also the Crafting system in general for guns and armor was crazy good looking!

Also might I talk about the V.A.T.S? the seemeless switch from normal gameplay to VATS was just so good!!

The voiced character does bother me a little bit, but then again the character is you and you could make and name your character the you want to.. Hope fully NPCS will be able to voice your name. EDIT: THEY DO VOICE YOUR NAME!!!! if your name is one of the 1000 chosen popular names lol and its supposedly your robot codsworth.

Last thing that got me hooked were the animations and how they resized certain things such as monsters and power armor. The animations were amazing especially how you get into the power armor and the bug biting/sucking you. The Deathclaws and Mutants actually seem intimidating now!!!!! WOOT FALLOUT 4

I'm with you @Tesvixen, I'm pleased as punch about the voiced character. Also pleasing is that even the default female character looks really nice, I can't wait to play with that character editor.


I am so far beyond hyped it's crazy. My ability to even has up and left completely. I can't find it anywhere.


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Yep.. the default characters look great IMO. And its nice that they squashed the stupid 'you can only play a male' rumor.

I dont mind,, i will admit when he first started talking it really threw me off balance and i wasnt getting a fallout vibe at all but as soon as he walked outside and everything i was floor'd by the end, i dont care if he talks, im really really excited, and like others have said there will be mods to adjust things.

Gotta say, I thought the 'Fallout Shelter' was a bit of a gimmick to distract us from a lack of gameplay footage.... Boy was I wrong. They came right back at us with the house building and base defence. Oh my. If there's one thing we know, it's that Bethesda watches the mod community - Weapon mods in New Vegas, wasteland defence in Fallout 4.

THERE'S NO BRAKES ON THE HYPE TRAIN, CHOO CHOO

Yeah that "male only character" rumor was like "NOOOOOOOOO" for me. I was legitimately worried for a bit.

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I imagine there are a lot of voice options they haven't shown. If not, we can mod them. My only hang up is that it will make role playing as other characters less immersive. Otherwise it looks awesome.

There's only the two voice options (Well, two if you count each gender as one). The post-show chat with Todd Howard said the two voice actors have been working 2 years voicing everything.

Well, that doesn't mean there aren't voice effects that can be placed on the files to alter tone, pitch, etc.

Like i wrote, The character will be yours. Youll make him/her look the way you want and name him/her whatever you want. That said I personally like the silent character and it would be cool for modder to mod the voice or just make a silent character like the original fallouts.

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Yeah that "male only character" rumor was like "NOOOOOOOOO" for me. I was legitimately worried for a bit.

Same here. I never bought into it, but that would be a dealbreaker for me.

I'm absolutely in love with the armor and gun customization. It gives a feel of you using what you choose, rather than just using whatever you find, and what the devs made to be the best. It's going to be amazing testing out all the different combinations to see what fits my playstyle.