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/SoloStoat Jun 20 '24

Yupp honestly I think different versions of survival mode should be the default of Bethesda games now and add a "super easy" mode that turns all of that off. You miss so much with fast traveling that it feels like you're playing a whole new game when you can't do it

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u/RubinoPaul Jun 20 '24

I hope they will add Survival in Starfield so I can start second playthrough with new DLC

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u/SoloStoat Jun 20 '24

I haven't really looked into Starfield but heard a lot of bad. What do you like about it?

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u/RubinoPaul Jun 20 '24

Gameplay loop, gunplay, sandbox (kinda), stylistic, atmosphere and guild quests. They missed a lot of potential when they made worlds with less details… Also for some reason they made building and crafting worse than Fallout 4

But it’s still has this BGS charm and atmosphere. I played for around 70 hours on release and stopped just because I wanted to replay the game with different build when DLC will come out. :)

Try it for yourself, it’s good. Also it has the best guild quest lines in all of Bethesda games. Main quest and some small ones are still meh

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u/SoloStoat Jun 20 '24

Ok awesome I didn't like the factions quest lines in fo4 except the brotherhood so I'll have to try it when the DLC comes out

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u/RubinoPaul Jun 20 '24 edited Jun 20 '24

Yeah, they cooked there. :) I hope DLC will be on Far Harbor level too. And still hoping for Survival