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Fallout 4 Won’t Have Many Loading Screens, Howard Talks About Map Size

I don’t know if Bethesda took this cue from Rocksteady, but apparently there won’t be many loading screens to deal with in the upcoming Fallout game. As we all know, loading screens are quite a hassle and games such as Skyrim had tons of them.

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Heyxyz3978d ago

Great news, the only thing that stopped Fallout 3 and NV from perfection were the loading screens IMO.

Skate-AK3978d ago

For me it was the horrible crashing on PS3 with both games. Other people on other platforms didn't have the same problems luckily so they might have a different complaint. I would take long loading screens over hourly crashing any day.

TheSaint3978d ago

You could actually do a 'correct install' on PS3 and it worked as well as the 360 version, it was just a little known thing that Bethesda never told us.

Shame really, a lot of people would of quit because of how janky it was.

kreate3977d ago (Edited 3977d ago )

I played it on the 360 and it had load of issues, glitches, and crashes.

Got all achievements except the dlc ones. Check my profile.

The first 10 hours are fine on both systems. But the longer u play, the more issues the game has.

Sketchy_Galore3977d ago

I got a lot of crashes on 360 too. Fallout 3 was also the game I played last on my 360 and one of my ps3s before they broke. I've never been able to figure out if that was because the game did something to my console or because I played that game about 3000 times more than anything else.

Heyxyz3977d ago

I played mostly on PS3 as well, but oddly enough both games never crashed for me. The only time a Fallout game crashed on me was when I played Fallout 3 for a few hours on my 360 (once). I would say I'm lucky, but that's not the case considering my PS4 was stolen a few days ago...

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3-4-53978d ago

* I think the scaling back in graphics allows the loading to be minimal, the game to run smoother, and the creative building aspect to all function properly and non-glitchy within the game.

* Increasing graphics would lead to one of those not be as good as it could be.

Art style is awesome for this game from what I've seen though, and I've never even played a Fallout game.

Reibooi3977d ago (Edited 3977d ago )

The art style looks great. Honestly nice graphics are good and all that but less graphics with great art direction wins pretty much every time.

The use of color in Fallout 4 is miles ahead of what we saw in New Vegas and Fallout 3 and I think that is just awesome.

Plus with the whole modding thing people can make the game look much better if they feel like it isn't already pretty enough.

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KyRo3978d ago

Bethesda seems like they ain't even trying. How can we still have loading in open world games in 2015? Got a feeling this is going to be as over rated at Fallout 3 was.

KyRo3978d ago (Edited 3978d ago )

I know I'm in minority and I ain't here to slate it for no reason like a troll. I just found Fallout 3 one of the greatest let downs ever. Terrible AI, glitches everywhere, unstable frame rate, sub par graphics an animations were laughable (all this could of been from the bad port that Bethesda did with the PS3 version) Yet dispite other games getting ripped apart for them very same things, Fallout 3 got a free pass. Funny thing is I loved Fallout 1&2.

The one thing I do give Bethesda credit for is their DLC. That was done right and still some of the best even today.

Vegamyster3978d ago

@KyRo

"Bethesda seems like they ain't even trying."

Have you not watched all the footage they've put out? Every piece of weapon/armor can be modified heavily, you can build multiple cites and have caravans go between them, combat is reworked/less clunky, consoles will be able to use PC mods, your character is full voiced, even your pit boy has games that you can find to play on it, what else did you want?

"How can we still have loading in open world games in 2015?"

Considering linear games require loading times between levels its kind of expected a dense open world game will have some, The Witcher 3 had them as well.

"Yet dispite other games getting ripped apart for them very same things, Fallout 3 got a free pass."

What large open world games 2008 & prior when Fallout 3 was released were "ripped apart"? Most of the things you brought up were in fact bigger issues on the PS3 version minus the AI/animation.

smolinsk3978d ago

Massive? If it is the same size as skyrim then it's not massive

Yui_Suzumiya3978d ago

Nah, it's the size of Tetris.

Nero21423978d ago

Hah Loading screens ? Im ready, just bought ssd and saving space for this game

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Fallout 4 Switch 2 Graphics Comparison Reveals Performance and Resolution Differences

Fallout 4 on Switch 2 offers 30fps, 40fps, and 60fps modes, with graphics settings differing from PS4 and PS5 versions.

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Fallout 4's anniversary update wasn't as impactful as hoped for, Nexus Mods have assembled their own

Following Fallout 4's anniversary update, Nexus Mods have assebled an Anniversary Collection of existing mods designed to offer a free refresh as an alternative

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Todd Howard on 10 years of Fallout 4 and The Elder Scrolls 6: 'We needed a creative reset'

A decade on from its Game of the Year-winning triumph, Todd Howard reminisces on how Fallout 4 changed Bethesda Game Studios, its TV show adaptation and playtesting The Elder Scrolls 6.

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jznrpg195d ago

They need to look at Morrowind and see what the progression should have been from there instead of the regression we got with the next 2 games. They weren’t horrible games but they could have been so much more.

-Foxtrot195d ago

Fallout 4 just felt too streamlined and accessible to me, the perk system was not as fun as it was in Fallout 3, not saying Fallout 3 didn't have issues but 4 just felt like a complete step back.

mastershredder195d ago

So the part where you just sold the same games for the last 10 years while you focused on 76 and merch, was not a reset from the "creative" aspect eh? How very Todd of you.

lukasmain195d ago

I bought Fallout 4 (I loved Fallout 3) at launch and I couldn't bring myself to finish it or even get close to finishing it. It was soooo damned boring and bland. I played on a very hard difficulty and I had hundreds of stimpaks. One of the only games I've played for a while and not ended up finishing it. I hated it. Just flat out hated it.

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