Fallout 4

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TheWretch wrote:

I was in a similar situation while in school. Get an Xbox One at that point, it will do the job for less.

They even have a Fallout 4 bundle

It doesn't matter how much it costs for the most part. Unless I can scrap a computer than will run minimum flawlessly for like 100 bucks, there is simply no way to afford it anyway until I have a stable job that is paying off my student loans and rent without issues. Even though its cheaper than a brand new computer, its still like what ~400 bucks? That's still 4/5ths of my rent that I have to admit to myself that the money has to go there. If I can safely afford an Xbox one, I'd rather just wait the extra time to afford a decent computer at that point.

While I hold the position that people do need entertainment in their life in some form in order to maintain proper mental health, I cannot afford that luxury right now. I'm only bummed about the likely outcome of not having the proper entertainment source of my expectations for however long it takes to scrap the money together. Sure I will get to play eventually but I'm dealing with the fact that I have to push this game away from myself for an additional year more or less after waiting 7 years already. I just had the bad timing of pinning all of my hopes of stress relief on this game and it is unlikely to happen now. 4 more days I have to wait and see.

I get all that. However, if it was me, and I HAD to play a game and it was that or nothing, id go with whatever I could afford. I bought a 360 to play Fallout 3 at the time, I've been there.

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TheWretch wrote:

I get all that. However, if it was me, and I HAD to play a game and it was that or nothing, id go with whatever I could afford. I bought a 360 to play Fallout 3 at the time, I've been there.

I'm just looking ahead and the Xbox bundle is roughly the same price range as a bare minimum computer so its a mute point because I am not willing to go that far as to say I need to play it. I want to. Maybe if I was still living at home I could justify it to myself but not now. I just need to wait, plan and save up.

Another TL;DR rant so sorry but it makes me feel better even if nobody bothers to read the rest:

I still think a barebones One at 299$ would get the job done. No barebones 300$ PC would run it, your call. So really, you could play it but you're consciously waiting to play it on better hardware. While understandable, I don't feel as bad

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TheWretch wrote:

I still think a barebones One at 299$ would get the job done. No barebones 300$ PC would run it, your call. So really, you could play it but you're consciously waiting to play it on better hardware. While understandable, I don't feel as bad

I will admit, mostly have that whole short-term vs long-term goals struggling in my head. Essentially as it stands because I have no money freed up for this besides the 60 for the actual game, any significant amount of money in my mind needs to automatically go to living expenses and prepping to pay off at least the bare minimum of my monthly loan payments. Now I do realize if I actually find myself with any significant amount of money, my mind is going to be screaming to do the most irresponsible thing I could do and use it in some fashion towards playing 4, even if that means grabbing a console for no other purpose. I won't know until I actually have any money. Until then, console or pc, doesn't really matter either way not happening if I'm starting from a baseline of $0. :P

Turning in for the night. Like I said, at least rambling about this makes me feel good enough to seek enjoyment out of non-game related things for a time at least.

If you have money problems you really shouldn't be playing vidya. Damn I sound like my dad right now I'm getting old.

If you are doing well in your classes, maybe you could offer your services as a tutor. Otherwise, there is the pawn shop. Or aomethhing like reccruiting for a we need fallout 4 car wash.

On the darker side of morality you could try some panhandling or collecting for 'charity' at an intersection.

Getting some seed money and flipping on ebay, list yourself on back pages of craigs list, poker, throw a party and charge a slight cover. Work study

Pleaiades: If your circumstances force you to defer playing FO4 until an unspecified later date, console yourself with the fact that it'll be a far superior game by the time that you do. Meanwhile, take care of life, first.

As for short-term vs. long-term goals, it can be hard to see clearly, but long-term goals can come to fruition sooner than we expect, especially if we just do what needs to be done and don't dwell on them. It's harder when you're young, because you've never really had the opportunity to experience accomplishing anything in that time frame, but those sorts of things can sneak up and surprise you.

Meanwhile, just dun give up. Keep plugging, pay your bills, first, and make something of yourself.
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Xavderion wrote:

If you have money problems you really shouldn't be playing vidya. Damn I sound like my dad right now I'm getting old.

I can agree to those kind of sentiments to an extent. It's why I admitted that ultimately if being prepared to play video games was in my list of goals for the future I probably shouldn't have even bothered with college. Hindsight lets me realize that that a hobby playing video games does not mix whatsoever with being lower-middle class going through college in the United States. You look at all the countries with free college paid through higher taxes and it seems like a beautiful dream. But of course the US sees 'higher' and 'taxes' in the same sentence and collectively shit themselves because you just suggested to the wealthier citizens to invite Satan over for dinner. I could be working 1-2 part time jobs on top of classes and be running on ~4 hours of sleep or less a night but it only would have made my debt half what it is if that at all. Rather spend the effort mastering the content I'm learning than skim by as average.

So I realize that if being able to game was an absolute priority I have no real right to complain. But to be fair, everybody was going on about Bethesda said it was an updated Skyrim engine so I assumed my laptop which was absolutely fine for high-ultra settings for skyrim would maybe be knocked down to the medium to high range. I think not just me but a lot of people were in shock that they needed at least a decent pricey upgrade if the minimum specs are accurate. Kind of dropping the ball to give out the requirements a month out from the release and risk a chunk of pre-orders being canceled due to certain people definitely not being able to play with their own financial situation let alone me.

@RayCheetah

I know. I'm getting there. I've needed this week to catch up to reality after being in denial is all. Feeling better but the comparison to now versus being a kid who could just ask my mom for anything I wanted in order to have the most fun I could in both short and long term is jolting. Think there is a strong issue of not ever being prepared for this change of pacing properly earlier in life.

There is also the annoying fact that I will have to avoid anything whatsoever that talks about Fallout 4 come Tuesday if I can't play. I want absolutely nothing story spoiling before I get to play and I'm going to go out on a limb and say that b the time I'm financially stable I'll have picked up the entire main story line just by existing in a post-hype world.

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LostForm wrote:

If you are doing well in your classes, maybe you could offer your services as a tutor. Otherwise, there is the pawn shop. Or aomethhing like reccruiting for a we need fallout 4 car wash.

On the darker side of morality you could try some panhandling or collecting for 'charity' at an intersection.

Getting some seed money and flipping on ebay, list yourself on back pages of craigs list, poker, throw a party and charge a slight cover. Work study

I honestly probably have a enough things that I could sell off in order to foot most of the bill but definitely not enough, nor do I have the time to worry about the process of doing it all in the near future. Just look at my family's last attempt to have a garage sale, took 3 years of postponing to finally do it and when we finally did we ended up with only 4 hours a day all that weekend to have it open. Can't really pawn things if you don't even have time to assess what you want to pawn.