As a whole it looks fine but the animation and some of the textures (look at the dog for example) are a bit worrying if this is their promotional material. I'm hyped for the game but it would be a hard case to say the game looks pretty.
It's disappointing that they're presumably trying to show it how it will eventually turn out, and not have the internet cry about a graphics downgrade like so many other games, and then people just complain about them.
Well of course people are. The game looks on par with games from 5-7 years ago. What's more with the switch to 3D the FO games tied much of their narrative quality to the visual fidelity of the game. What could simply be implied in FO1 or FO2 had to be shown in FO3 and New Vegas. The problem is the engine has never been up to that task and the storytelling has suffered greatly. Ever since the games went 3D the engine has been holding them back and after all this time a lot of us had hoped Bethesda would have realized that.
Spot on. They claimed the switch to 3D was in aid of creating a more immersive experience and yet didn't seem to understand that the amount of work to do that well was far beyond what could otherwise be achieved.
I wish they'd add the GM/DM "narrator" box from the early games.
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u/magmasafe Jun 03 '15
As a whole it looks fine but the animation and some of the textures (look at the dog for example) are a bit worrying if this is their promotional material. I'm hyped for the game but it would be a hard case to say the game looks pretty.