# Fallout 4: Now Playing **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [November 9, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122 "2015-11-09T18:01:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/181 "2015-11-13T17:40:11Z")
I keep hearing Garrus everywhere, as well as Chloe and Principle Wells from _Life is Strange_. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/182 "2015-11-13T17:42:35Z")
Garrus is all over the place. I kept expecting the dude trying to drain that quarry to say that the pump needed to be calibrated. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/183 "2015-11-13T18:17:49Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Am I the only one for whom it took three days to realize that my Sole Survivor is Subject Zero? > > Now I want a mod to insert “I will destroy you!” audio clips into combat. Valentine is so obviously lots of people in Skyrim, including Mercer Frey. And Garrett from Thief. ETA: and he’s Codsworth as well apparently, though that one wasn’t immediately obvious to me. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/184 "2015-11-13T19:29:16Z")
since I don’t have it yet. But Make: made a [functioning FO4 Shishkabob](http://makezine.com/2015/11/12/we-built-the-flaming-sword-from-fallout-4/). I am both terrified and intensely jelly. :mad: (And also, they whipped together a Vault costume. Because they could.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/185 "2015-11-13T22:32:02Z")
And Elder Maxson is voiced by Mark Jefferson’s VA?! This game is a rollercoaster of emotions for _Life is Strange_ fans. If he asks me to attend any photography sessions I’m jumping off the _Prydwen_. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/186 "2015-11-13T22:40:23Z")
I do have to say that I’m finding stealth to be more useful than it ever has been in any Bethesda game to date. I just finished the Brotherhood mission to track down the missing recon team, and two of the stops along the way were blocked by super mutants that seriously outgunned me - the first ones had high ground, and the second group had rocket launchers (which are pretty much a one-shot kill for NPCs). In both occasions I was able to stealth around them despite not having invested any points in the stealth perks. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/187 "2015-11-13T23:27:46Z")
I’m a bad boy. I’m trying to spend money very cautiously at the moment, but I bought Fallout 4 nevertheless. Probably shows that I like this franchise more than most if not all others, since I had no difficulties avoiding buying other games that I love (like the witcher 3). I even suspect that my graphic card will be under minimum specs. Dowloading for the next 4 hours, seemingly ETA : forgot to post the message for several hours ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/188 "2015-11-14T01:48:44Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Am I the only one for whom it took three days to realize that my Sole Survivor is Subject Zero? I don’t think I’ve heard the phrase “Subject Zero” at all. I am a little disappointed that the character name isn’t used more, since I used one from The List (“Alice”). Occasionally, Codsworth says it, and only when I use him as a companion - he didn’t say it in any of the early sequences, nor has any other character said it yet. Other total vanity-related gripe: I liked seeing my character’s beautifully sculpted face and hair before, but then I got a helmet that covers the entire thing. There doesn’t seem to be an option not to show the helmet and still have it equipped. I’m not going to gimp my character’s stats just to see it though. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/189 "2015-11-14T02:02:13Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > I don’t think I’ve heard the phrase “Subject Zero” at all. I am a little disappointed that the character name isn’t used more, since I used one from The List (“Alice”). Occasionally, Codsworth says it, and only when I use him as a companion - he didn’t say it in any of the early sequences, nor has any other character said it yet. > > Other total vanity-related gripe: I liked seeing my character’s beautifully sculpted face and hair before, but then I got a helmet that covers the entire thing. There doesn’t seem to be an option not to show the helmet and still have it equipped. I’m not going to gimp my character’s stats just to see it though. You wouldn’t have heard the phrase in Fallout as I was talking about Subject Zero, aka Jack, from Mass Effect 2 & 3. A somewhat memorable character if you’ve played that series, and voiced by the same actress as the female Sole Survivor. She also does the stock female raider voice, and those I’d noticed sounded like Jack right away. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/190 "2015-11-14T08:24:55Z")
I must say, they really did make the crafting and the sniping fun. When I realized I could press a button to hold my breath, and then that the Sniper perks allowed me to hold my breath better, hoo boy! I can’t wait. And tweaking my guns everytime I unlock a new level of tinkering power is fun and profitable. I currently maintain a sniper rifle tuned for damage, accuracy and range, a shotgun with a bayonet, high damage and high magazine capacity for close encounters. I recently got the laser rifle from the Brotherhood quest, and when I’m out of shotgun shells it’s also a great dealer of damage when sniping is out of the question and right now I have hundreds of fusion cells. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/191 "2015-11-14T10:21:14Z")
So I just found a way to make unlimited xp. There are some safes that you can open through lock-picking or hacking a terminal. Now once you’ve opened the safe you can then re lock it through the terminal and then lock-pick it again and again until you run out of hairpins. Not really the best use of your time as the xp gain is small. There’s a novice terminal and safe combo in: Trinity tower ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/192 "2015-11-14T13:33:53Z")
I feel like this guy: [Poor guy. - Imgur](http://imgur.com/gallery/eJvgTnT) Some concept art: [http://i.imgur.com/FL4Cyr6.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/FL4Cyr6.jpg) (does anyone know what kind of shading/material could be used to reproduce the look on middle and bottom pictures of the right page?) [![](https://i.imgur.com/ZdljUPr.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ZdljUPr.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/84uqlls.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/84uqlls.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/aeGTRq3.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/aeGTRq3.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/JPu2UgQ.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/JPu2UgQ.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/07koV2K.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/07koV2K.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/OVXqFC3.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/OVXqFC3.jpg) Some of the early graphics mods: [![](https://i.imgur.com/ILyd51o.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ILyd51o.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/lhNPXKd.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/lhNPXKd.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/X7eCXEN.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/X7eCXEN.png) [![](https://i.imgur.com/7QGATDD.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/7QGATDD.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/7MF53Fr.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/7MF53Fr.jpg) Is it true that if you get rid of the 60 fps V-sync limit, the physics go faster? What’s the best average fps and best minimum fps you’re getting with your GPU & CPU? Is there anything non-spoilery that you now know that you wish someone had told you before you started playing? Some things are better discovered by oneself but others really aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/193 "2015-11-14T14:24:29Z")
I downloaded the game yesterday and was able to play for an hour and a half. It’s pretty fun, so far, although I don’t really know what I’m doing. I’ve shied away from “hints” and stuff, going in blind. I couldn’t get the pipboy app to work, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/194 "2015-11-14T17:00:27Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I downloaded the game yesterday and was able to play for an hour and a half. It’s pretty fun, so far, although I don’t really know what I’m doing. I’ve shied away from “hints” and stuff, going in blind. > > I couldn’t get the pipboy app to work, sadly. Maybe missed the Windows Firewall pop-up to give the game permission to talk? ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/195 "2015-11-14T17:58:16Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Maybe missed the Windows Firewall pop-up to give the game permission to talk? That’s what it was. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/196 "2015-11-14T18:13:22Z")
Cleaned house with my power armor. Ate up half a battery though. I’m finding that my current guns, even though a bit upgraded suck. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/197 "2015-11-14T18:28:25Z")
Yeah, I’ve had some issues with weapons being weaksauce even after upgrading. I wish you could see the actual level of enemies - instead you just get a skull if it’s “several” levels above you or more. Could be 3 levels higher, could be 20, who knows! However, my Righteous Authority (the laser gun you get from Brotherhood of Steel) is pretty awesome, and I’ve upgraded it to the max that I’m currently able to. I’ve just about spent all my fusion cells though - time to find some more Synths to scavenge from. Although I put a weapons vendor in my Castle settlement, and he sells some ammo, he wants 7 caps _ **PER ROUND** _ to sell it to me. I gave the guy a _job_, you would think he’d be grateful and cut me a little slack. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/198 "2015-11-14T20:44:16Z")
Just finished the fight with the queen mirelurk after going through my entire stash of rocket launcher ammo and several grenades. Wasn’t expecting a fight like that or I’d have brought the power armor with me. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/199 "2015-11-14T21:22:37Z")
Did you not play FO3? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/200 "2015-11-14T21:52:56Z")
I just got a new monitor. Things are much better at 1920 x 1080. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122.md?page=11)