1. Fallout 4: 10 Things We Don’t
Want From The Previous Games
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Fallout 3 and New Vegas might be exceptionally good games, but they are in no way perfect. With
fan anticipation for Fallout 4 never higher, it’s easy to look back on the last two Fallout games as
infallible masterpieces. Both games certainly did a lot right. Fallout 3 was a dark, moody journey
through the devastated Capital Wasteland, and it introduced the brilliant marriage of first‐person
shooting and the V.A.T.S. system. While some fans felt that it was a step away from the brilliant
writing and tone of the original games, Fallout 3 was proof that the series could work within a full
3D environment. Fallout: New Vegas managed to take what Fallout 3 had done, and put it into a
far more satisfying world that stayed true to the spirit of the first two games. The open‐ended
narrative gave the game a far more exploratory feel, and the survival element was given greater
focus. Despite Fallout 3 and New Vegas being among the best games of last generation, there’s a
lot of stuff that served to damper player enjoyment. This list takes a look at the 10 things that
Fallout 4 really shouldn’t include from the previous games, from outdated features to ugly graphical
elements.
10. Melee Combat

2. This doesn’t mean to suggest that melee combat shouldn’t feature in the game at all, but it’s
certainly in dire need of a rework. While the gunplay worked reasonably well in combination with
the V.A.T.S. system, fighting with a blade or club was totally underwhelming. Attacking an enemy
with a knife was essentially just a case of backing up until your V.A.T.S. came back online. There
wasn’t even an option of where to strike, meaning that systematic mutilation wasn’t possible. Just
spam the attack button mindlessly, and watch your enemies fall. Please note that this doesn’t apply
to the power fist, which is unequivocally one of the best weapons in any game ever.
9. Long Loading Screens
There’s no bigger killer of wasteland exploration euphoria than having a big dirty loading screen
shoved in your face every few minutes. Unfortunately, Fallout 3 and New Vegas were notorious for
their frequent loading screens, which seemed to permeate just about every area of the games.
Each building and new area required a lengthy loading screen, from tiny shack to oversized hotels.

3. Occasionally, a loading screen was even required inside buildings when moving from floor to floor.
The absolute worst feeling though, was when the loading screen would hang for that bit longer
than usual, giving you the dreaded feeling that the game might have crashed. It’s a good job the
auto‐save system was really reliable then. Oh wait.
8. Cazadors
The Fallout series had to get its own version of the dreaded Morrowind Cliff Racers eventually. New
Vegas’ Cazadors are among video game’s most annoying enemies, thanks to their tendency to
travel in large numbers and their ability to simultaneously poison you, do devastating damage, and
dramatically lessen armour durability. It also didn’t help that the Cazadors were prone to some
irritating bugs. The worst was their unintentional ability to fly underground. While under the map,
they couldn’t do any damage, but it did cause any nearby companions to go completely mental in
their attempt to target the untargetable enemy. There are lots of enemies that we’d absolutely love
to see return in Fallout 4, but these flying, venomous pests aren’t one of them.
7. The Game Engine

4. The Gamebryo engine used by Fallout 3 and New Vegas was pretty outdated even when Oblivion
was released. The Fallout games managed to do a lot with the engine considering its constrictions,
but considering the amount of bugs and stiff animations, it’s never been ideal. Fortunately, Skyrim
used Bethesda’s in‐house Creation Engine, which was a vast improvement over Gamebryo. Even
this new engine wasn’t perfect though, and it still featured some confused AI and dodgy animations.
When Fallout 4 comes out, expect it to use a modified version of the Creation Engine, hopefully
with many of the issues seen in Skyrim ironed out. It’d also be nice to see Bethesda moving on
from the ancient Radiant AI artificial intelligence system, used in both Fallout games and the last
two Elder scrolls titles.
6. Karma System
The karma system is a bit of a staple of the Fallout series, but it’s never fit in with the tone of the
franchise whatsoever. Listing every action as either ‘good’ or ‘bad’ completely undermines any

5. notions of grey morality that the games have otherwise explored in depth. The decision of making
certain decisions explicitly named good or bad has also introduced problems with regards to
gameplay and immersion. For example, no matter how sneaky and discrete you are while going on
a crime spree, every theft will add to your negative karma. It makes absolutely no sense that
characters can magically detect whether or not you’re a good person. New Vegas did a slightly
better job of this than Fallout 3 by making it more about reputation between factions, but it still
had the exact same problems.
5. Easy Difficulty
Considering they’re set in nuclear ravaged apocalyptic wastelands, the Fallout games are extremely
easy. A lot of this is thanks to the V.A.T.S. system, which rewards players that run while the metre
is low, before popping back up to fire out another volley of bullets. New Vegas introduced a
‘Hardcore’ mode, with the intention of bringing survival elements to the gameplay. It did make the
game a bit more difficult than before, primarily due to Stimpaks only healing over time and the
need to eat and drink. It still felt very ‘gamey’ though and, with the ease of gaining masses of caps,
stocking up on lots of Stimpaks made death a rarity. The Fallout Wanderer’s Edition mod just about
solves most of the issues with easy difficulty, but it would be great if Fallout 4 had its very own full‐
featured, difficult survival mode.
4. Disjointed Areas

6. Let’s face it. The worst bit about New Vegas was the Strip itself. What should have been the
highlight of the entire game, and an area that players had worked towards reaching for hours, was
instead a collection of small areas joined together by the dreaded loading screens. In fact, unlike
the first two entries, the Bethesda Fallout games have never had a large metropolitan area to
explore, free of loading screens. In Fallout 4, it’d be good to keep the idea of a central city that the
player hears about long before reaching. Instead of the disappointment that was the Strip though,
Fallout 4 needs an open hub that can be properly explored without having to load into each area.
3 The UI
Why doesn’t Bethesda seem to be capable of creating a decent UI? From Oblivion’s horribly
cluttered inventory system to Skyrim’s console‐centric menus that take far too long to get
anywhere, the developers appear to have no regard for player quality‐of‐life improvements. The
same is true of the Fallout games, with the charming but unnecessarily convoluted Pip Boy menu

7. system. It’s clear that the developers wanted to reference the design principles of the 40′s and 50′s,
but this really didn’t need to extend to the archaic navigation of the inventory, quest log and player
status. Worst of all was the barter menus, which made it extremely difficult to find your junk in the
late game, when you were carrying large quantities of just about everything.
2. Inconsistent NPC Behaviour
Despite the developers’ valiant attempts to convince players that they were exploring a living,
breathing world, the NPC behaviour in Fallout 3 and New Vegas was inconsistent at best. Often
going from accusing you of killing their best friend to wishing you a pleasant morning, life in the
wasteland seemed to be filled with schizophrenics. A lot of this was due to the aforementioned
karma system, which would artificially label you as either good or bad in the eyes of certain NPCs.
A lot of the time, once action would temporarily make you appear to them as a friend, before
reverting back to the default attitude of murderous hatred. The NPCs would often be hugely
forgetful too. In New Vegas, it’s possible to kill Caesar, and yet his entire army will barely notice,
and continue to refer to him as their living leader. It’s these things that really break the immersion,
and something that it’s hope Fallout 4 will aim to remedy.
1. Bugs

8. The absolute number one complaint regarding any of Bethesda’s releases are the excessive
amounts of bugs on release. From save files that exponentially grow larger in size, to quests that
are impossible to finish, the developer’s RPG releases are often plagued with issues. New Vegas
was notoriously given a far lower Metacritic average score than it would have otherwise gained,
thanks to the amount of bugs present. Skyrim was a little better, but the Playstation 3 release in
particular was prone to frequent crashes and graphical errors. It’s gotten to the extent that
Bethesda have gained a reputation for releasing games that haven’t been tested thoroughly
enough. If they want to clean up this image, then Fallout 4 really needs to be released as bug and
issue free as is humanly possible. Although in fairness, a couple of unintenional ‘easter eggs’
wouldn’t go completely amiss.
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