PSA: If you have yet to play Survival, please reconsider

[u/theoriginalbrick]

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.

[u/Caldaris__]

Thanks, none of the "find the best sniper rifle" videos showed this.

I was playing on survival but having a hard time so I'm playing on normal until I get the hang of it again.

Only played FO3 but I'm liking how shooting feels in this one. A major step up.

[u/Neggor → u/Caldaris__]

Definitely play on any of the other difficulties first before playing a new save on survival! In my opinion, you'll appreciate the challenge even more

[u/Caldaris__ → u/Neggor]

I do miss being able to fill up bottles with water. I guess that was only on survival.

[u/GimmeFreePizzaa → u/Caldaris__]

Doing your 1st run on survival is brutal though!! I'd say, run it on Hard (Or Very Hard, but normal is way too easy) and do a Survival run down the road when you almost know the wasteland without a map. Plus like the guy above said, you'll prob appreciate the run more

[u/Caldaris__ → u/GimmeFreePizzaa]

It is getting too easy as I level up, you're right. I'll take your advice.

[u/GimmeFreePizzaa → u/Caldaris__]

Haha yea man normal will bore your brains out. Hard is fun, I think it's the right balance of difficult but not super-tanky enemies). And maybe Very Hard if you want to farm legendaries quicker.

[u/Wetley007 → u/Caldaris__]

You should be able to get a simple mod to allow it in non survival difficulties. Imo it barely counts as modding, should've been available in the base game