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Dan was talking about doing this, on the Bombcast, I think...

You wouldn't be able to use the same account but it might work if you use an alternate account to play it on the Xbox One.

That's just in theory; I don't have an Xbox One so I can't be sure.

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Doom.

Oh wait, that just came out...

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#4  Edited By chrjz

@theht said:

Remember when they made Liam Neesan your dad and had you play through your childhood in Fallout 3?

I actually really liked the set-up for Fallout 3. They added narrative hooks while still maintaining that blank slate by allowing you to shape how your character grows up.

Everyone has a Dad so that didn't seem out of place and they weren't forcing you to be a Daddy's boy/girl.

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Wanted mine to look like she's seen some shit so here's a before and after:

Yes, exactly right. I don't have an original picture but I went with one of the more "suburban housewife" hairstyles.

By the time I got to Diamond City she had really started to embrace the scavver lifestyle and decided to get a haircut...

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She also didn't have the glasses to start because I assume contacts are not common in the wasteland.

You also might notice Piper has an interesting way of carrying her cigarette in the second picture.

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#6  Edited By chrjz

I know there are things left obfuscated, like the lawyer could be a gun nut and the soldier could be a desk jockey, but that's not really what the game sets up for you.

It says, here is a veteran and a lawyer living in the suburbs with a child. To me that doesn't really leave much to the imagination.

The set up for every other modern Bethesda RPG is perfect because there is everything left to the imagination and that's how I like to play these games.

I am having a good time with my character, still, and over time I can see her being changed by the wasteland but that initial set-up is a huge speed bump for me. I still think having the female as a soldier would make it easier to swallow. I can see that some people find it easier to role-play their way out of this than me but I tend to get hung up the little details...

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@zelyre said:

It really sucks that you're very much shoe-horned into a character that's not your's. I can understand the shooting aspect. I have known quite a few ex-military guys and have gone shooting with them. The female PC may have been trained to shoot. The power armor thing though, I don't really get. You're also a parent who, from the first few minutes of the game, shows a strong attachment to their family. It's hard to see this character spending time growing potatos in a metal shack city when their kid is somewhere out there.

Growing up in the Vault in Fallout 3, you had a chance to shape your character into a jerk who'd end up turning into a canibal raider. You're never shown to have any sort of real connection with your dad in Fallout 3. He's an older guy, he chose to leave on his own, he can take care of himself. I'm in no rush to track him down, if I even track him down. Heck, he's the fault mom died. Heck, the only thing he ever did for me was give me a BB gun and walk out on me.

In New Vegas, you're a blank slate. Free to be whatever you want to be, without being shackled down to what you were before you were shot in the head.

In all the Elder Scrolls games, you're a convict. They never say why. You could be a murderer that escaped, or someone in the wrong place, at the wrong time.

Patiently waiting on the Live Another Life Fallout 4 edition mod.

These are all good points. Every other Bethesda RPG has done a good job letting you build your character and their motivations.

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#8  Edited By chrjz

@clush said:

Your son getting abducted and your husband getting shot, after being set up by vault tec, is your motivation.

You being a lawyer has little to do with it.

If you want to roleplay the mother, I guess a high intelligence, high charisma character makes sense.

I understand that aspect of your motivation, but your not being familiar with guns and murder has a lot to do with it...

I also thought about specing a lawyer character but the idea of changing my play style because of gender choice is ridiculous.

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#9  Edited By chrjz

So, I'm the type of person that likes to "role-play" characters in games like this, or at least think about why they're doing what they're doing.

At the start of the game you are either a male, soldier, or female, lawyer. Since I'm playing as a female character I find it very difficult to justify that she immediately picks up a gun and starts wasting raiders and ghouls... The soldier backstory is at least a little easier to understand.

Couldn't Bethesda just have made the player character be a soldier, regardless of gender, and have the spouse be a lawyer?

Does anybody else feel this way?

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Hm... I've played as the Rebels twice and won both times. The second time in a matter of minutes. Activate, defend and then focus fire on the AT-AT.

As long as you're team is doing the same thing it should be fine.