This weekend you can explore everything a post-nuclear Boston has to offer with the first-ever Fallout 4 Free Weekend. From May 25 to 28, Xbox Live Gold Members and Steam users will be able to play all of Fallout 4's base content and try out Mods for free.
In tandem, Steam, PlayStation Store and Xbox Live will offer savings for Fallout 4's base game and Season Pass, with discounts up to 67% off.
Xbox Offer: Offer only available from 5/25/2017 at 12:01 AM PT through 5/28/2017 at 11:59 PM PT. Xbox Live Gold subscription (sold separately) required; broadband Internet required (ISP fees apply).
Steam free period will run from 5/25/2017 at 10 AM PT through 5/28 at 1PM PT. Steam discount period runs 5/25/2017 through 5/29/2017 at 10 AM PT.
Overwatch AND Fallout in the same weekend? :face_with_monocle:
drummerdickens
24 May 17#2
If you blitz through the main story and have nothing on this weekend you could complete it in that time I reckon.
cribert
24 May 17#3
In my top 5 games of all time. Considering I've played probably 100 games it's a good un
Rookiereece100
24 May 17#4
could finish All the Endings aswell if you put Some time and effort in :sunglasses:
Gert.Leetma
24 May 17#5
Thanks for this, my weekend sorted :smile:
CapriciousZephyr
24 May 17#6
Season pass sale sounds promising!
colganraz
24 May 17#7
Those are rookie numbers
maddogb
24 May 17#8
only if you ignore three quarters of the game, done 180 hrs no repetition and not finished a single ending, this is a huge game if you partake in "all" of it.
Deetea
25 May 17#9
Worth the download size. Go over to Nexusmods for extra enjoyment.
waxwobbler
25 May 17#10
If you are trying to blitz through it keep your settlement building to an absolute minimum. worth googling it,you only need to build one. There are other choices which will help you finish it quicker but really this is a 100+ hour game which I loved.
wibble
25 May 17#11
Yeah, but he's only 7 years old.
gavin1
25 May 17#12
Fallout4 was £6 preowned at Game recently, if you play at the weekend and get addicted.... :smile:
m.ad
25 May 17#13
But General, there is a settlement that needs our help!
waxwobbler
25 May 17#14
F em :smile:
EndemicAlarm
25 May 17#15
30Gb and you can't preload it?
moonspook
25 May 17#16
Preloads are ingenerally only available for games that aren't released yet, I believe?
Edit: I'm talking about Steam here, no idea how consoles work :smile:
moonspook
25 May 17#17
Having just declared myself "done" with Fallout 4, I highly recommend it. It mostly is more of the same from the previous games (even the engine is the same buggy one, despite what the screenshots may try to say), but it is HUGE. I mean, HUGE. I did all the sidequests I could in my playthrough, along with all of the DLC, and my playtime was a little over five days (about 122 hours). However, that doesn't include doing much exploring of the many locations I never discovered, and I barely touched settlement building beyond what was needed to complete quests.
DLC wise, I had the Season Pass, but the standout one for me was Nuka-World. It's massive, there's lots to do and they've really done well with developing the post-apocalyptic theme park idea. Far Harbor is.. ok, but I found the atmosphere pretty depressing so I didn't enjoy it all that much. The other DLC is mainly settlement-building fluff - good if you like that kinda thing.
So, if you want a game to occupy you for a long stretch and can't afford to keep buying new ones, go for it. Obviously the free weekend will help you decide if it's your kind of game, but it's worth it if you do.
iwo
25 May 17#18
At 66 hours logged and not a single settlement built I have only the final mission left to do in this before I'm done with it. It's quite easy to ignore the majority of the boring side quests and I gave the cold shoulder to most of the factions (the Brotherhood of Steel are total jerks anyway). Good game not great.
maddogb
25 May 17#19
it makes me laugh these guys who have done only a tiny fraction of the game stating "it's soso" the joy of FO4 is not how fast you can do it but "what" you can do with it The settlement building and all the side quests are what makes the game so special, i have my own beach front 5 story mansion with a cellar full of slaves to do the farming scavenging etc, the top floor is a nighclub complete with bar, dance floor, fancy lighting etc(i know too much free time :grin: ) i did about 30hrs then started again with the "sim settlements" mod but about 50hrs in I realised that mod was limiting things i could do better without it. As stated now done over a couple of hundred hours, in comparison to my dalliance with Bioshock Infinite which took me 20hrs and Wolfensteins the neworder/old blood which took about 30hrs combined all at normal difficulty levels
proudgace
25 May 17#20
How much is it through Xbox Live then? It says there's discounts on Xbox Live
m.ad
25 May 17#21
£16.50, or £36 with the Season Pass. Closest price for the Complete/GOTY edition :stuck_out_tongue:
Orinoco1
25 May 17#22
Played this for over 8 days before completing the main storyline recently, and that was without any DLC. An excellent game to get absorbed in though some of the bugs were irritating meaning some side stories could not be completed. My Mrs loves Far Cry and was gutted that this was taking me so much time and so she couldn't watch me do Primal which she bought me in October. Have now started that along with Battlefield which also took a back seat. She was even more upset as I did FO4 straight after FO3 as that came as a free game in the pack I got.
Rukanau
25 May 17#23
good or bad is for you to judge, but this is objectively the worst fallout game
Khorium
25 May 17#24
Got it for PS4 but hardly play it to be honest. It just never grabbed me like New Vegas. Still £40 on Steam which is shocking! Heat anyway for people who fancy a shot over the weekend.
whoop_de_do_basil
25 May 17#25
Isn't this game free in every bag of walkers crisps now anyway?
G0OSE
25 May 17#26
Steam free period will run from 5/25/2017 at 10 AM PT I may be wrong (and probably am) but 10am PT is 5pm here? but it's not live, or if it is I can't see it. oO
amitkg
25 May 17#27
probably 6. daylight saving time and all that
G0OSE
25 May 17#28
Yep live now
maddogb
25 May 17#29
so as amazon have put their pc version disk up from £12to £20 that leaves cdkeys cheapest on the season pass £19 and close on the main game @14
colganraz
25 May 17#30
If your mrs ever becomes not your mrs any more let me know
misa426
25 May 17#31
I've just completed the opening sequence, really stunning visuals. Then I entered the "vault" and felt mortified to leave that amazing world behind and into the same decade old boring environment where all the rooms and walls look the same. What do I even do now? And they shot my wife and took my baby omg????!
J_D
26 May 17#32
fitgirl repacks
nuff said
Ronnyjoz
26 May 17#33
This probably says more about me than it does about the game, but I sat throught the intro sequence until "war never forgets" or "War never changes" or whatever it was (I genuinely can't remember and I watched it five minutes ago) and uninstalled it.
It's gong to be Skyrim with guns instead of swords, and by the way America stopped the war, guys, as if that really has any bearing (tbh, that's when I really stopped listening).
maddogb
26 May 17#34
eh...
colganraz
28 May 17#35
Skyrim with guns ? Sounds awesome
Ronnyjoz
29 May 17#36
Er.... Got a bit drunk on Friday night. Sorry peeps :neutral_face:
Opening post
Xbox: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/store/p/fallout-4/c3kldkzbhncz
This weekend you can explore everything a post-nuclear Boston has to offer with the first-ever Fallout 4 Free Weekend. From May 25 to 28, Xbox Live Gold Members and Steam users will be able to play all of Fallout 4's base content and try out Mods for free.
In tandem, Steam, PlayStation Store and Xbox Live will offer savings for Fallout 4's base game and Season Pass, with discounts up to 67% off.
Xbox Offer: Offer only available from 5/25/2017 at 12:01 AM PT through 5/28/2017 at 11:59 PM PT. Xbox Live Gold subscription (sold separately) required; broadband Internet required (ISP fees apply).
Steam free period will run from 5/25/2017 at 10 AM PT through 5/28 at 1PM PT. Steam discount period runs 5/25/2017 through 5/29/2017 at 10 AM PT.
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Edit: I'm talking about Steam here, no idea how consoles work :smile:
DLC wise, I had the Season Pass, but the standout one for me was Nuka-World. It's massive, there's lots to do and they've really done well with developing the post-apocalyptic theme park idea. Far Harbor is.. ok, but I found the atmosphere pretty depressing so I didn't enjoy it all that much. The other DLC is mainly settlement-building fluff - good if you like that kinda thing.
So, if you want a game to occupy you for a long stretch and can't afford to keep buying new ones, go for it. Obviously the free weekend will help you decide if it's your kind of game, but it's worth it if you do.
The settlement building and all the side quests are what makes the game so special, i have my own beach front 5 story mansion with a cellar full of slaves to do the farming scavenging etc, the top floor is a nighclub complete with bar, dance floor, fancy lighting etc(i know too much free time :grin: )
i did about 30hrs then started again with the "sim settlements" mod but about 50hrs in I realised that mod was limiting things i could do better without it.
As stated now done over a couple of hundred hours, in comparison to my dalliance with Bioshock Infinite which took me 20hrs and Wolfensteins the neworder/old blood which took about 30hrs combined all at normal difficulty levels
My Mrs loves Far Cry and was gutted that this was taking me so much time and so she couldn't watch me do Primal which she bought me in October. Have now started that along with Battlefield which also took a back seat. She was even more upset as I did FO4 straight after FO3 as that came as a free game in the pack I got.
I may be wrong (and probably am) but 10am PT is 5pm here? but it's not live, or if it is I can't see it. oO
nuff said
It's gong to be Skyrim with guns instead of swords, and by the way America stopped the war, guys, as if that really has any bearing (tbh, that's when I really stopped listening).