Fallout 4: Live. Die. Repeat.

"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
05/11/2016 at 11:44 • Filed to: games

Photo Credit: Bethesda

Just when I thought Fallout 4 couldn’t get any better, Bethesda recently released their Oregon Trail Survival Mode update to Fallout 4. Turns out, it wasn’t anything like I expected.

I was introduced into open world post-apocalyptic games with Mad Max...a game that promised a whole lot, then delivered on almost none of it. At least it was intensely pretty.

Mad Max was a fun game for all of about two weeks...the lack of a truly hard difficulty and the complete and entire exclusion of a procedurally generated wasteland with dwindling resources sapped the fun out of what could’ve been an absolutely awesome game. One could only have but so much fun racing across the barren desert in a jalopy that seemingly can go 100 miles on a jerry can of petrol.

With that disappointment, I put down Mad Max and looked for the next game to capture my heart. Unexpectedly, that game became Fallout 4...a game that sort of started out being a garbage pickup simulator. So, fans complained, and Bethesda delivered (hell, they delivered to Forza too)

Sold, I want Forza 6 now.

Survival mode is the most frustratingly satisfying things I’ve ever witnessed in a game. No Fast Travel, you can (and will) get a disease, you have to eat, you have to drink, you have to sleep, no quicksaving, no regular saving (the only way to save is to send your character to sleep), your immune system sucks, and your health is a LOT more realistic now (read, a Radroach can rock your world now). The list of what Survival Mode does is a mile long.

Basically, what this did was turn Fallout 4 into The Edge of Tomorrow laced with...infection?

Killing a beast? Your infection spread.
Fighting a boss? Your infection spread.
Building a settlement? Your infection spread.
Walking down the road? Fuck you, your infection spread.

Try to sleep only 4 hours? Ha, you’ll still be tired.
Sleep more than 8? You’ll wake up hungry, thirsty, and lethargic!
Stimpack? Well now you’re hungry, dehydrated, and your AP is reloading slower.

I’ve started a fresh game...I’ve played for four hours so far and I’ve only just saved the Minutemen from Concord.

It’s so terrible, I godddammned love it! What’s better is that Survival Mode actually forces you to use elements of the game you didn’t care about before. Now you HAVE to eat irradiated food, you HAVE to build settlements (or at least, beds everywhere), you HAVE to make antibiotics and cook food. Every decision you make will advance you 5 minutes forward...or kill you again, again, again, and again.

Bravo Bethesda, bravo....

DISCUSSION (15)

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Mercedes Streeter
05/11/2016 at 11:53

I suppose I’m going to have to try survival mode now... My GF has already been asking when she would “get me back”... this is going to be bad for my relationship...

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Mercedes Streeter
05/11/2016 at 11:53

All I know, is that Bethesda needs to re-release Morrowind exactly as it was just with updated graphics. Hands down the best Elder Scrolls game.

Also, where the hell is my PC/platform based Pokemon RPG?! Bethesda, get with Nintendo and make this happen!

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Mercedes Streeter
05/11/2016 at 11:54

No thank you lol. I havnt touched it since I beat it through once and don’t plan on going back. I’ll stick to me rocket league and NHL and Battlefront till Battlefield 1 comes out in octobet

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
05/11/2016 at 11:59

That’s happening by a third party. Look up Skywind.

Decay buys too many beaters > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
05/11/2016 at 11:59

This on both counts!

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Decay buys too many beaters
05/11/2016 at 12:04

Right?!

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
05/11/2016 at 12:04

That’s awesome

Decay buys too many beaters > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
05/11/2016 at 12:08

I would play the shit out of a modern Pokemon RPG (Hell, I still bust out the blue version when I’m stuck waiting at airports lol)

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Decay buys too many beaters
05/11/2016 at 12:10

Exactly.

I’ve got Blue on my phone. haha They are apparently re-releasing Yellow for 3DS. I might just have to buy a 3DS.

But can you imagine a modern RPG version that’d be compatible with VR rigs? I’m pretty sure I’d never get anything done again, but I would’t care because I’d be “out” becoming a Pokemon Master!

Decay buys too many beaters > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
05/11/2016 at 12:12

Oh god, they would have to program in time caps, people would literally spend their entire lives in there.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Mercedes Streeter
05/11/2016 at 13:43

the chryslus rocket is a horrible car to drive. no acceleration and a massive top speed with no brakes and no steering.

Mercedes Streeter > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
05/11/2016 at 14:40

Sounds like your average muscle car from before the oil crisis...obscenely fast, bad at everything else lol

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Mercedes Streeter
05/11/2016 at 14:43

it will top out around 250 something on the full back straight of lemans with much room to spare.

Frank Grimes > Mercedes Streeter
05/11/2016 at 20:07

I wish they would make it so I can cure this stupid mole rat disease.

Frank Grimes > Mercedes Streeter
05/11/2016 at 20:07

bad compared to what?