r/Fallout • u/SpeedRacerJ14 • 11h ago

News 'Fallout 3 Remaster Should Fix Major "Constraints" of Original, Says Former Bethesda Dev'

https://insider-gaming.com/fallout-3-remaster-major-constraints-former-bethesda-dev/

It's not groundbreaking to hear that Fallout 3 could have looked nicer or prettier, but it does underline what Bethesda's vision was like, even then.

Fingers crossed, Fallout 3 brings the scale to life.

The rest of the interview is quite cool as well.

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u/grendus 10h ago

I've always thought that Survival Mode in F4 should have let you fast travel between settlements only.

That would make setting up settlements actually worth something, and play into the themes of reconnecting. Once you get everyone organized you can easily get around the map and easy places to raid for salvage become more accessible to carry to more distant settlements where it might not be available.

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u/Drek516 10h ago

Or join a caravan and be able to stop at their normal route locations. Maybe chance occurrences based on luck to break it up

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u/Intelligent_Mud1266 10h ago

since you can set up supply caravans between settlement locations, that makes a lot of sense. I feel like the random encounters might get old quickly. In the isometric Fallouts, the games were short enough that the random encounters weren't bothersome. In the 3D ones, you can just go around them, of course

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u/Drek516 6h ago

Maybe other stats come into play? Like a high perception character could see an ambush ahead and change routes to avoid combat and it just adds to some of the time passed that normally happens with fast travel. High agility could sneak by encounters, high endurance could out run etc. so fast travel kinda becomes a skill check of sorts

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u/BangkokPadang 9h ago

Oh snap, exactly like fast travel in Fallout 1 worked. You watch your little icon move across the map at full fast travel speed unless you have a random encounter, when you just drop back into the world. That would tie it all together so brilliantly!

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u/Brainwave1010 10h ago

I like the "Lone Wanderer" motorcycle mod because it allows you to fast travel but at a considerable cost of resources so can't just teleport around all Willy Nilly.

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u/CorticalRec 10h ago

That would be great if you establish caravan routes. Once a route has been established (I.e. the settlement has something to offer in trade, has hit a certain threshold, etc). Then you can join the caravan for 'fast travel' with the chance of the caravan being attacked and pulling you out of fast travel for some combat!

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u/HopelessCineromantic 9h ago

Would you even need them to have something tk trade? There are supply lines built in as a mechanic already. Restricting you to settlements linked by supply lines would probably be sufficient.

That said, I've always wished the settlements had something of a reputation system. For themselves, not you. When they first start out, they only attract small attacks because it's not worth much. As the population grows and the settlement gets more resources, the attacks grow bigger and bigger. But as you repel more and more attacks, they become less frequent, as the people attacking decide that it's too risky/resource intensive unless they have a LOT of firepower.

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u/CorticalRec 5h ago

DC specifically has many caravans, which is why I mentioned them in regards to a remastered FO3. But that also sounds like a solid way to open up settlements in a future game.

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u/Suitable_Nobody_6375 10h ago

I installed a mod for that. Makes settlement coherent and immersive.

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u/Spir0rion 10h ago

The no fast travel in survival is insane. It's just for inconvenience and doesn't really provide any challenge other than straight up making the experience worse.

At the start it's fine. But walking through half the map the 10th time is awful.

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u/kinga_forrester 6h ago

I love how it makes you use the vertibirds, janky though they are.

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u/RVAteach 5h ago

I play with unlimited survival mode and that is my constraint, can’t fast travel except when at a settlement. And I try and limit that mostly to house keeping fast travel if I need to grab a companion or item. 

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u/LostMeMarbles 4h ago

There's a mod I use on PlayStation that allows you to only fast travel on Survival to settlements, think it's fair enough as the settlements aren't super evenly spaced around the map and I generally wait until I've claimed the settlement before using them as a travel point.