Current Events > Anyone else find melee boring in Fallout 4?

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Never tried it until now, but it seems pretty boring. Seems like it's just steadily swinging.
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Melee isn't even fun in vanilla elder scrolls, and it's worse in fallout
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at least 4 lets u have a gap closer via vats which helps make it more usable
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literally everything is boring in failout 4
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I never found melee that fun in any of the Fallout games. That one perk in 4 that knocks heads off at random is kinda cool though.
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Monkhood posted...

literally everything is boring in failout 4

ugh came to post this
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Hexenherz posted...

Monkhood posted...

literally everything is boring in failout 4

ugh came to post this

It's more shallow that previous games, but it's still fun.
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Monkhood posted...

literally everything is boring in failout 4

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thats only build i liked. zipping around in vats pummelling people was pretty fun for 100 or so hours
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Divinehero posted...

at least 4 lets u have a gap closer via vats which helps make it more usable

Wait, really? I never tried but that sounds like something I need to try.
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It's only fun with stealth. I've been playing the same Fallout 4 character for about two years now, I think I'm around level 180.
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I didnt even know melee was a thing in Fallout lol
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It's fun with that irradiated 2H weapon from Far Harbor.
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tbh the only time melee fallout has been fun was OP unarmed builds in new vegas
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You didnt like suplexing people and having their head explode from the impact?
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I don't really like melee in any FPS type of game
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gunplagirl posted...

Divinehero posted...

at least 4 lets u have a gap closer via vats which helps make it more usable

Wait, really? I never tried but that sounds like something I need to try.

yea i don't remember if it's avail out the gate or to be unlocked tho
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Divinehero posted...

gunplagirl posted...

Divinehero posted...

at least 4 lets u have a gap closer via vats which helps make it more usable

Wait, really? I never tried but that sounds like something I need to try.

yea i don't remember if it's avail out the gate or to be unlocked tho

You can get it right away, the perk is called "Blitz"

Chicken posted...

You didnt like suplexing people and having their head explode from the impact?

Huh?
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BaiusGaltar posted...

Hexenherz posted...

Monkhood posted...

literally everything is boring in failout 4

ugh came to post this

It's more shallow that previous games, but it's still fun.

whole thing felt like a chore after ten hours. Stealth was broken for me, scripted dialogue for quests was broken, there was no enemy variety - they took the "Draugr idling in crypts until you walk by" thing to an extreme with the ghouls on the ground.
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Hexenherz posted...

BaiusGaltar posted...

Hexenherz posted...

Monkhood posted...

literally everything is boring in failout 4

ugh came to post this

It's more shallow that previous games, but it's still fun.

whole thing felt like a chore after ten hours. Stealth was broken for me, scripted dialogue for quests was broken, there was no enemy variety - they took the "Draugr idling in crypts until you walk by" thing to an extreme with the ghouls on the ground.

Stealth worked fine for me. Dialogue wasn't as rich as before, but wasn't broken for me.
Sounds like you had somethings go wrong. Mods? When has Fallout had enemy variety? The ghouls waiting to attack often led to being overwhelmed by a group, instead of just picking them off.
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I didn't use any mods at all, just played vanilla FO4. I haven't seen anyone else complain about the stealth issues I had which is really curious to me, but I also don't go to a lot of Fallout discussion boards so.

When I talk about the dialogue, I mean I had straight up missions referencing people and events I hadn't even encountered yet.

And yeah that was the premise of the ghouls but in practice you just got to an area and popped them all in the head before they even got up.

I had more fun in visceral cleanup detail :\
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Monkhood posted...

literally everything is boring in failout 4

Never had any technical issues with the game, just hated how everything turned into a gunfight. Started choosing perks for combat halfway through the game because there was no need for others
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Stealth Melee/Unarmed in NV is awesome. Makes Dead Money fun as hell too.
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Yeah, I never had any dialogue referencing things that hadn't happened yet. What stealth problems were you having?
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Its too fucking slow, especially compared to the insane speeds you can reach in NV.
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PoopPotato posted...

Never had any technical issues with the game, just hated how everything turned into a gunfight. Started choosing perks for combat halfway through the game because there was no need for others

This is an issue with the game. Can't wait for Outer Worlds. Obsidian doing a Fallout meets Borderlands thing? Yes, please!
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BaiusGaltar posted...

Yeah, I never had any dialogue referencing things that hadn't happened yet. What stealth problems were you having?

The fact that enemies instantly honed in on my position regardless of the weapon I used or the distance at which I used it. Made certain parts really difficult, especially when they could launch mininukes from blocks away.

There were other technical issues that people *did* experience on a massive scale, such as the fact that if you unlocked perks in the "wrong" order you would miss out on percentage boosts.
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Hexenherz posted...

BaiusGaltar posted...

Yeah, I never had any dialogue referencing things that hadn't happened yet. What stealth problems were you having?

The fact that enemies instantly honed in on my position regardless of the weapon I used or the distance at which I used it. Made certain parts really difficult, especially when they could launch mininukes from blocks away.

There were other technical issues that people *did* experience on a massive scale, such as the fact that if you unlocked perks in the "wrong" order you would miss out on percentage boosts.

They will take pot shots in the direction that you are in, but won't shoot at you. I think that's what you're thinking of.
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The potshot thing is true, and you can still occasionally register sneak attack crits while in Caution mode. However, along those lines, enemies are ridiculously accurate in FO4. Junkie raiders can chuck molotovs right on top of your head from a hundred yards away and a hundred feet below again and again without fail, a frustation compounded by enemy NPCs having unlimited explosives as long as they have one in their inventory.
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BaiusGaltar posted...

Hexenherz posted...

BaiusGaltar posted...

Yeah, I never had any dialogue referencing things that hadn't happened yet. What stealth problems were you having?

The fact that enemies instantly honed in on my position regardless of the weapon I used or the distance at which I used it. Made certain parts really difficult, especially when they could launch mininukes from blocks away.

There were other technical issues that people *did* experience on a massive scale, such as the fact that if you unlocked perks in the "wrong" order you would miss out on percentage boosts.

They will take pot shots in the direction that you are in, but won't shoot at you. I think that's what you're thinking of.

Bro, I got 100% achievements in the base game and logged over 143 hours in the game. I'm talking about enemies automatically locking on to me and hunting me down when I killed their friend with a silenced sniper rifle from a mile away.
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Hexenherz posted...

BaiusGaltar posted...

Hexenherz posted...

BaiusGaltar posted...

Yeah, I never had any dialogue referencing things that hadn't happened yet. What stealth problems were you having?

The fact that enemies instantly honed in on my position regardless of the weapon I used or the distance at which I used it. Made certain parts really difficult, especially when they could launch mininukes from blocks away.

There were other technical issues that people *did* experience on a massive scale, such as the fact that if you unlocked perks in the "wrong" order you would miss out on percentage boosts.

They will take pot shots in the direction that you are in, but won't shoot at you. I think that's what you're thinking of.

Bro, I got 100% achievements in the base game and logged over 143 hours in the game. I'm talking about enemies automatically locking on to me and hunting me down when I killed their friend with a silenced sniper rifle from a mile away.

It's strange that you're the only one experiencing this
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I agree entirely. I'm used to stealth being broken the other way in Bethesda games, where you'll just sit in a pit with six enemies bumping into you and never doing anything.
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