no no no please no co op terrible terrible idea

They should focus on the quality of single player first. Once they've ensured that, I'm definitely all for adding in co-op. I'd absolutely love to start a fresh game with a buddy and go all the way through together.

How will VATS work in coop, I wonder.

I'd like multiple stories. They could factor race into the game and depending on the one you choose, it would place you with an entirely separate main quest. NPCs would treat you differently, etc... Coop would be cool, but I don't know exactly how they could get it to work, unless you choose the person you're cooping with and all of that is done separately from your sp game.

Please god no...it's one of the few good, long single player games left.

Why do people keep thinking playing with a friend will be good on these games, clearly you miss the whole point on playing through your games yourself....if you don't like that then obviously these games aren't for you.

CO op would be great in an open world RPG 2-4 players would be about right. Maybe co op could work like it did in fable 2, where the host is the main character and the co op partner is a bit like a "merc for hire". But that "Merc for hire" could be customized and levelled up just like normal...This would allow the devs to skip having to shoehorn them into the story.

I know Skyrim would have been even more fun if my freinds could have controlled my companion characters instead of the computer!

I love V.a.t.s.

As long as it's only improved upon and not taken away, do what you want.

Maybe using the v.a.t.s. system in co-op turns it momentarily into sort of a turn based thing.

Where my friend uses V.a.t.s. pausing the game. At that time I also have the option to turn mine on and select my target. Say, he targets the right arm and I target the left leg.
After we both select our shot they play our moves.

That wouldn't annoy me because I like seeing my friend get a good kill in other games, though I could see that annoying other people.

But then again I've wanted a turn based rpg to be co-op for a long time. It seems like it would be perfect. Why not have one of those people that you go on this world saving quest with be somebody you actully care about?

I'm in the 'Focus on making sure the game runs well before you add co-op' camp.

I'm not against co-op, but I'd rather have a bug-free singleplayer game than a buggy singleplayer and co-op one. Then there's the whole thing of 'How would it work?' With VATS stopping time while you pick a target I can imagine how obnoxious it would be for 2 people trying to kill monsters constantly being frozen while the other guy shoots. You could always not use VATS(I usually don't), but it's something that has to be considered. Then there's the fact that on PC people could just give themselves shit through commands, join a co-op game and then ruin their world (either by giving them overpowered shit right away and destroying the difficulty or by killing NPCs). That's not to mention what happens when one person wants to go explore a cave and the other just wants to sell some loot at the nearby city. Is the other person forcibly yanked where ever the hosts pleases or does the joinee have some sort of freedom? Things like this need to be thought about.

Offline coop and online coop.

Besides that, make sure the game runs well. No repeats of past Fallout games, I like my games to have less game breaking bugs (I don't me bugs like to get at max money or exp).

I enjoy all the Fallout games, but I hate how buggy they are and sometimes each update seems to make something worst.

Loved Fallout 3...got the platinum on that sucker, passed fallout new vegas... Enjoyed both but man.... THOSE GLITCHES!! other than that awesome. Cant wait for Fallout 4. So just make the game as glitchless ( is that a word?) as possible and i think many of us would be happy

NO!!! Single player games should not waste time with pointless multiplayer that will not get played!!! Please no no no!!

A color Palette that ISN'T brown please. That was a HUGE turn off of Fallout 3, everything was brown, bland and boring causing a distraction and uninterested from the excellent gameplay. UMmmm also a better story too. Coop online and local ONLY if it is drop in/ drop out and no missions require a coop partner. I want the single player experience to be untouched basically but have the option for the times that I want to play with someone (which is less than 1% of the time)

This is essentially the first time FO 4 has actually been officially confirmed, which is pretty news worthy in itself. Rejoice!

Bigger world, more polish and don't change any of the gameplay elements. Besides that, there's not a whole lot more room for improvement. Fallout 3 and New Vegas are awesome games.

Co-op would be neat. Playing split-screen as a companion. It'd be better if you could choose a class like in Skyrim. I want to be a ghoul!

Please no co-op.

Well since it's Fallout fix the shooting mechanics. I'm sorry but when the means of combat is as bad as Fallout 3/New Vegas it's painful to play. Go back to the original Fallout style, or improve the mechanics so it feels like an FPS with heavy RPG elements. You have the story's, DLC, characters, and RPG stuff down every single time, why is the combat never interesting? VATS was just a means to and end. AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GET RID OF CAZADORS!

i love single player because i like to wander and explore n its a good feeling to fink ur the strongest person out there n the wastelands but that's were co op n multiplayer would make a great game as long as they don't compromise the single player campaign

Co-op is a really retarded idea for Fallout. It's all about the lonesome wandering through the Wasteland, so co-op would totally ruin that..... and much would be lost in the way of story-telling. But really, the only thing i wish for specifically in a new fallout game is less bugs..... all Bethesda games have been an absolute technical horror show since forever.......

i love the idea of co-op in fallout

How can you guys say co-op would be bad? Do you know how much funner it would make a game like skyrim? Where the world is so huge that sometimes it gets boring just doing everything by yourself, just look at minecraft, you can accomplish so much with having friends being in your world, and yes we have faggots with tiny dicks, but they can also add host options so that you can remove certain options your friends/randoms can do. A system like this, were it engages adventure with you friends only makes it more worthwhile.

I believe co-op would be great... Sort of like a Dayz type style where you need to survive, or a saints row like style but with more friends available

Bring back freedom with magic (even if exploitable it's fun). Bring back utterly bizarre and memorable characters (starfield felt like theirs were designed by a committee of wet blankets). Bring back actual consequential player choice ie different classes and guilds/houses/etc that can't all be done in the one playthrough. And update or replace that damn engine for more seamless streaming/traversal so dungeons, towns and buildings aren't segmented separate levels. And for the love of god don't dare do that shitty dialog wheel and voiced player again

First of all, they should replace Todd Howard for that to happen.

Starfield could have become an (Xbox) megaseller and critically acclaimed milestone in the Sci-Fi genre.

I would have never let them work with CreationEngine 2 for that, but scrapped it completely.

the Fallout 4 Anniversary edition is a JOKE.. way too expensive.. and its broken.. Bethesda is a joke now..