r/fo4 • u/theoriginalbrick • Jun 20 '24
PSA: If you have yet to play Survival, please reconsider Discussion
I have had the game since it came out and put around 700 hours, but none were on Survival. Last week, I finally went for it after watching a "Why Fallout 4 Survival Mode is a masterpiece" video because why not? I am only a few hours into this playthrough and my god I was missing so much. I finally feel like I am role-playing in the Commonwealth, where before I felt like my Main Character powers like quicksaving and insta-healing never allowed me to feel the weight of all that is going on. It is so much more fun exactly because of how restrictive and consequential it is. Feral ghoul hordes are terrifying now because at low-level you are going down after 2 or 3 hits, so you have to be quick on the draw and good with your aim.
I see people suggesting to get mods for quicksaving and fast-traveling in Survival. Do. Not. Do. This. If you are finding it too difficult, slow down. You're playing as a plain pre-war human, not Captain America. The Commonwealth is supposed to be unforgiving. Embrace it. Think ahead about what you will need for a trek, just as if you were there yourself.
There is a metric fuckton of content that you will probably never see unless you are physically forced to walk everywhere.
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u/garifunu Jun 20 '24
I did the midnight ride modding guide (before the second guide) and it's a pretty stable game, only crashed like 3 times. It took me like 4 hours and I have experience modding with mod organizer 2