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Re: Fallout 4

#21

Post by angersock »

MrTortoise wrote: post #14
angersock wrote: post #7

One wonders if it's going to be idTech5, or if it's going to be the final gasps of the Gamebryo engine.

looks like idtech in the vid. Hope they have kept working on it since rage. I'd perhaps argue even that idtech 5 is behind the times compared to things like unreal 4.

Well, from a tech standpoint, id pretty much rolled their own whenever given the chance--Epic was more than happy just to buy middleware and slap it onto their tech.

There's also a different focus: Epic put a lot of work into making their engine accessible and well-tooled to other parties (though at times it didn't seem like it). Id? Not so much.

Re: Fallout 4

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Post by Rifu »

Xylemon wrote: post #11
jmkni wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a browser add-on which forces everything over SSL where possible, and it breaks some websites, including this one. Incognito mode works for me.

Could you or someone provide a screenshot? I can't get the website to load.

Here is a direct link to the trailer[0] and the preorder page[1]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE2BkLqMef4

[1] http://fallout4.com/

Re: Fallout 4

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Post by faizmokhtar »

UserRights wrote: post #8

All I can see is the gear turning around, nothing else happens. It is not fair to present a site in such a premature test stage to the public and title it ironically as "really well". This site will be certainly really good after some professional designers will have worked on that prototype, so why exposing it while still in this early state?

same goes for me. Even when I've disable the adblock, it just redirect me to the /null page.

Re: Fallout 4

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Post by nickysielicki »

Meta comment: I really dislike that this is on my HN frontpage.

If you're sharing/upvoting this because you think the web design is cool (or in this case, decidedely awful), then that's cool with me. This site is god awful. It required me to unblacklist 6 domains to merely load, and that's especially terrible because it ended up becoming just a wrapper for a youtube video. I wish web designers would stop assuming I want to run their javascript. Clearly there's some HN-relevant discussion to be had from this post.

I will say that if you're sharing it as an example of a terrible or great site, I wish that posters would indicate it in the title or in a comment. Because as it stands right now, my gut reaction is that was shared because you're a fan of the video game, and that makes it advertising. Now, I don't mind people advertising their own things on HN, I love to see what people are making. What I don't enjoy is seeing people plug multi-million dollar funded AAA games.

Probably the biggest reason I don't visit reddit anymore is because there is far too much native advertising. It makes me weary of give anyone the benefit of the doubt.

Re: Fallout 4

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Post by markbnj »

nickysielicki wrote: post #26

Meta comment: I really dislike that this is on my HN frontpage. If you're sharing/upvoting this because you think the web design is cool (or in this case, decidedely awful), then that's cool with me. This site is god awful. It required me to unblacklist 6 domains to merely load, and that's especially terrible because it ended up becoming just a wrapper for a youtube video. I wish web designers would stop assuming I w…

>> If you're sharing/upvoting this because you think the web design is cool (or in this case, decidedely awful), then that's cool with me.

I think it's safe to assume that people are sharing it and upvoting it because they are Fallout fans who have been waiting for some word on the 4th title in the series. The website is sorta... well absolutely... not the point. I guess we all can't wait for the chance to open thousands of containers full of useless loot. I know I can't!

Re: Fallout 4

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Post by stupidcar »

MrTortoise wrote: post #14
angersock wrote: post #7

One wonders if it's going to be idTech5, or if it's going to be the final gasps of the Gamebryo engine.

looks like idtech in the vid. Hope they have kept working on it since rage. I'd perhaps argue even that idtech 5 is behind the times compared to things like unreal 4.

Looks a lot like the Creation Engine from Skyrim to me. It looks good, but not as much of a leap graphically as I maybe expected given the shift in console generations. Hopefully that means they've concentrated their efforts on improving other areas like physics and quests.

Re: Fallout 4

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Post by stestagg »

nickysielicki wrote: post #26

Meta comment: I really dislike that this is on my HN frontpage. If you're sharing/upvoting this because you think the web design is cool (or in this case, decidedely awful), then that's cool with me. This site is god awful. It required me to unblacklist 6 domains to merely load, and that's especially terrible because it ended up becoming just a wrapper for a youtube video. I wish web designers would stop assuming I w…

The flood of negativity in this post made me sad for a bit, then I thought of kittens, and I was happy again
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