Tom's Hardware Giveaway - Fallout 4!

[Johan Kryger Haglert]

I loved reading through all the responses, and I hope everybody else did, too! Some were great, many were dark, most were silly, and a few were just overly inappropriate (those were removed; you know who you are!). All in all, the turnout was great and we're thrilled that so many people participated!

For our randomly selected winners: rtware923 & papaspud!

And for our staff-selected winner, chosen for his awesome little short story: Ihmhi6!

You can find his entry here and you all should totally give it a read because it is really quite good! Very "Black Mirror"-esque, and we all loved the details and backstory provided before he ended with what he wanted to do after emerging from a Vault. Great job on this, Ihmhi6!


All winners will receive a PM from me shortly with instructions on how to claim their prize. Thank you, everybody, for participating! We'll be back next week for another giveaway. Have a great weekend!

Hum, so it ended 22 hours ago? Guess I got that wrong then.

I've seen this contest when it was posted but I wanted to write a decent answer (even though I wouldn't be able to and just getting something in rather than nothing in was much better. I wasn't sure whatever one could edit the story but I guess one could) so I've waited and waited and then checked the date and time some time ago and I'm up here in Sweden at 05:52 finally doing something for it. Or well, so I thought =P.

Oh well, as you can see from my answer about I'm totally aware of what to do if that was bound to happen!
(Not really. In old Sweden it would be littered with vaults in the mountains and lots of my own people but now I no longer feel at home really in my own city and country.)

 

[Hong Lam]

What would you do immediately after emerging from a Vault?
I would looking for shelter first because it is important to find a safety place at night.

 

[SmokyBallz]

I would probably try shoot something like my dog haha

 

[theblade]

Watch out for deathclaws.

 

[Marty_Avatar]

You'd have to ask my user.

 

[Ihmhi6]

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to quote multiple people, and believe me I've tried.

Let me first open with THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! When I found out I won I uttered what can only be described as an incredibly varied string of excited expletives!

Thanks to Tom's Hardware! I've always used your site but this was the first time I've popped up on the forums! I 100% shameless admit that I signed up for the Fallout 4 contest, but I'll stick around now for sure!

Thank you SherbetAddict and Dom_79 for your kind words! I'm gonna file those compliments under 'I should probably start writing that book I've been meaning to a little sooner now!"

I cannot believe this! I rarely ever win anything!

 

[Johan Kryger Haglert]

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to quote multiple people, and believe me I've tried.

Let me first open with THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! When I found out I won I uttered what can only be described as an incredibly varied string of excited expletives!

Thanks to Tom's Hardware! I've always used your site but this was the first time I've popped up on the forums! I 100% shameless admit that I signed up for the Fallout 4 contest, but I'll stick around now for sure!

Thank you SherbetAddict and Dom_79 for your kind words! I'm gonna file those compliments under 'I should probably start writing that book I've been meaning to a little sooner now!"

I cannot believe this! I rarely ever win anything!

Sometimes it work for me (or at least quoting one), sometimes not, the forum isn't very good in that regard (Forum vs news post?)

 

[SherbetAddict]

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to quote multiple people, and believe me I've tried.

Let me first open with THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! When I found out I won I uttered what can only be described as an incredibly varied string of excited expletives!

Thanks to Tom's Hardware! I've always used your site but this was the first time I've popped up on the forums! I 100% shameless admit that I signed up for the Fallout 4 contest, but I'll stick around now for sure!

Thank you SherbetAddict and Dom_79 for your kind words! I'm gonna file those compliments under 'I should probably start writing that book I've been meaning to a little sooner now!"

I cannot believe this! I rarely ever win anything!

I knew you'd win the moment I saw your engaging story!
Oh, and have fun with your game! I've played it a little myself and even tho the engine is the same as fallout 3, the game looks amazing.


P.S. I'm addicted already.

 

[Supporter]

they made the weapons too big they cover up a huge portion of the screen so often i cant see where i am getting hit from. they should have made the weapons at least semi transparent so you could see the weapon fire so you are able to react better. and also hated that they force you to perform actions you do not want to take and cant change your mind or cant go back and change your mind after performing some actions. i always want to come out the winner not the bad guy in the end and this only forces one to go through the entire game and make other choices to take the story in another direction. it just seems like a bit of a grind and becomes a constant blur instead of enjoyment