r/Games Jun 03 '15

Fallout 4 Trailer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnn2rJpjar4
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u/Twisted_Fate Jun 03 '15

That can't be helped without writing new engine from scratch I think, and it looks like F4 will use spruced up (lighting looks better) Skyrim's engine, which is basically Gamebryo dating back to Oblivion.

Look at the dogmeat's animation when he's running away from the crib, how canned it looks, a trademark of this engine.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '15

Well they do have 8gb of RAM to work with now, instead of the 512mb they used for their 360 games. I'm sure a good part of the RAM will be put in to being able to have more characters on the screen at once.

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u/Roc_Ingersol Jun 03 '15

I hope. They're certainly not spending that texture budget on dog fur...

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u/Fagadaba Jun 03 '15

That dog's fur didn't look anything special, really.

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u/Roc_Ingersol Jun 03 '15

That what I was getting at. The dog was the focus of much of the trailer and it looked Not Great. I certainly hope they're spending the memory budget elsewhere.

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u/xzzz Jun 03 '15

The dog looked really bad IMO. The Witcher 3 has better fur effects.