8 Things We Want to See in Fallout 4

Praise the atom, it’s finally, finally happening. OUR FAITH IS REWARDED.

Our most wanted wish, a real, 100% official release trailer for Fallout 4 has confirmed that Bethesda’s virginal E3 presentation will be Fallout 4 related. As the community fires itself to new levels of zealotry, I’ve been talking to some other wasteland veterans about what we’d like to see in Fallout 4.

1. Dual-Wielding
Imagine blasting dual submachine guns into the face of an incoming Cazadore. How righteous would that be? Most righteous indeed, fellow wanderer – those little bastards HATE that shit. Well, probably, because no-one knows. Seriously though, this would be an awesome feature to have and it’d please many, many Fallout Vets

2. More Mutants/Monsters/Creatures
I’m sure we’re all agreed that new enemies in Fallout 4 is a given. There’ll likely be all the classics – ghouls, super mutants, raiders, deathclaws etc, but the question is, what new beasts will be on offer this time round? The long suffering Fallout zealots demand newer, more irradiated, even deadlier monsters to do battle with.

We’re all hoping for a cornucopia of insanity to blow to bits in the new wasteland, and personally, I don’t think we’ll be disappointed.

3. Vehicles
Although a massive point of contention within the community, you’ve got to look at how large and well-populated sandbox games are now. As much fun as aimlessly stumbling across the wastelands was, I think vehicles will be vital to getting the most out of what could well be a map two or three times larger than New Vegas’.

4. Return of the Bobbleheads
I loved searching for the bobble heads in the Capital Wasteland. I didn’t even bother getting all the snow globes in New Vegas, not once, not even for the achievement. Seeing a return of those bobbly-headed bastards would be a great feature in the new wonderland, especially if it’s for a real reward and not, you know, caps. That you can do literally anything else to collect. Just sayin’.

5. Less Glitches
‘Nuff said? Yeah, I thought so too. Seriously. Just, please, no one needs that. We’ve waited so long. Do it right.

6. Creating Your Own Faction
New Vegas, while heavily criticised by Fallout 3 fans for a number of (not unreasonable) reasons, brought an entirely new feature to the Mojave in the form of factions. Whilst equally loved and reviled, it brought a new, intense element to the courier’s escapades, drawing a far clearer line of cause and effect in the wastes.

Imagine creating your own faction and deciding its karmic alignment. An almost unimaginable myriad of features could be worked in to affect your story across (hopefully) The Commonwealth.

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7.Return of the King(s)
The Lincoln Repeater. A3-21’s Plasma rifle. A Light Shining In The Dark. That Gun. All amazing and all resplendent, I can’t help but get the sense every shade of fallout fan wants to see his/her favourite piece returned to them in glorious 1080p. Realistically I doubt this will happen in a big way, but we can all hope for some sort of crafting system or some such to incorporate this into Fallout 4.

8. LITERALLY ANYTHING, AT ALL, JUST RELEASE THE GAME AND WE CAN CREATE NEW, POINTLESS ARGUMENTS ABOUT FRESH CONTENT
A bit of a cop out, granted (see 5) but seriously, ANYTHING that’s added or removed or jury-rigged into Fallout 4 will be awesome. Honestly, after such a long wait, it’s good to see the community elated in their zealotry, rather than considering martyrdom.

People are (obviously) already pissing and moaning about this or that from the trailer, but if you remove ‘teh interwebs’ from the hype formula, you’ll find so many happy gamers, utterly fucking dying for E3.

Well played Bethesda. Well played.