Fallout 4

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  1. Crazyferret
    Jun 10, 2016
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. At first I was excited to play a new Fallout. I thought it looked amazing and the gunplay was good. As I kept playing though, I found that was about it. I saw that it was actually very shallow and became boring quickly.

    The voiced character is a mistake in my opinion, as it really restricts the dialogue. The dialogue choices rarely even mattered. For example, in the quest The whole yes, sarcastic (yes), No (yes), speech check (yes) is very true. Really makes the choices seem worthless, and they certainly are most of the time.

    The story wasn't really good. It came down to two things. They want you to care about this story by making you chase after a son you don't get to know. They make it seem like the story is urgent while wanting you to explore. Quest weren't that great either. some were interesting, but most fell flat. A lot ended with just killing everything in a certain area. Lots of unnecessary radiant quests that add nothing. Places you clear out will just spawn more raiders or super mutants for you to kill for your next quest.

    The roleplaying aspect is severely crippled. You don't get to build your own character but play their character. The voiced dialogue is part of the problem. You are always going to be the concerned parents. You aren't really able to be evil so much as just an **** sometimes. If you want to play like the exact character you are given, then you'll be okay. Anything else just doesn't fit. Really kills replayability. Fallout has always been about making your own character and acting like that character would. That shouldn't be taken away from a Fallout game or open world sandox RPGs.

    Fallout games should be a RPG first and a shooter second. This game is a FPS first with leveling and some perks on the side, and most of that seems meaningless anyway. It's closer to Farcry than previous Fallout games. The leveling doesn't have a cap, so you will get all the perks at some point. Skills were removed and SPECIAL is the only thing that affects stats, but you can max these out as well. Many of the perks are damage buffs, crafting, skills like lockpicking/hacking, and useless ones like less rads from food (which cooking removes from most things.) Weapons seem to be more important than anything else. I played on survival (the original with the bulletsponge enemies) without taking the damage buff perks for weapon, and I had no problems. the RPG elements are minimal and take a backseat to the gunplay.

    That's just a few things I found wrong. I've already rambled so I'll give my finale review.

    TL;DR Very dissapointing. Seems fun at first until you get into it. If you want Fallout, this isn't it. If you want an RPG, this isn't. If you want to go around shooting thing in an open-world FPS with some quests and a small story, then this is an okay game for that. There are games that do that better though. (Farcry, Borderlands, etc.)

    4/10 - No Ron Perlman intro/outro    … Expand
  2. bmt11
    Dec 13, 2016
    3
    Upgraded graphics, a better in game console, game play that's a massive step back from Fallout New Vegas and a voiced protagonist that destroys any opportunity to role play in this role playing game, one that limits your response in any conversation to: "Yes", "No", a lame joke or "Why?".
    If you've ever dreamed of being a lame wise cracking mother or father in a post apocalyptic    Upgraded graphics, a better in game console, game play that's a massive step back from Fallout New Vegas and a voiced protagonist that destroys any opportunity to role play in this role playing game, one that limits your response in any conversation to: "Yes", "No", a lame joke or "Why?".
    If you've ever dreamed of being a lame wise cracking mother or father in a post apocalyptic wasteland this is the game for you.    … Expand
  3. Iblis
    Sep 12, 2017
    0
    The technology is now in place to give us the TES 6 experience that we deserve... welcome to bethesdarD0Tnet and PAID MODS people. The horse power armor (true story) says it is loud, and proud and here to stay. My purchase of future titles is not, however, here to stay. Those of you that eat up full retail priced games with lots of dlc + microtransactions on top of it all (Call of DutyThe technology is now in place to give us the TES 6 experience that we deserve... welcome to bethesdarD0Tnet and PAID MODS people. The horse power armor (true story) says it is loud, and proud and here to stay. My purchase of future titles is not, however, here to stay. Those of you that eat up full retail priced games with lots of dlc + microtransactions on top of it all (Call of Duty players, I'm talking to you) you have a bright future ahead of you with this and TES series.

    The future's so bright, I've gotta wear
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    SHADES....

    Also enjoy 4 different ways to not make a choice in dialogue 'options' and being shoehorned into the role of a whiny moralf*g 'family guy' that can never stfu about his son so you'd wish you could find it just to stomp the little brat to death except with no karma system and branching moral decisions that affect gameplay it would only matter to you. Dayz with ghouls basically.    … Expand
  4. Greywolf2001ca
    Aug 22, 2016
    2
    Bethesda disguised their next Elder Scrolls game as a Fallout. This game is just Hack'n'Shoot and has little role-playing in it. It's more of an action-adventure game... you explore, you kill and loot. You sometimes have puzzles and a bit of interaction with some npcs, but your choices in the conversations have little or no impact on the game. The choices are like Knight of the OldBethesda disguised their next Elder Scrolls game as a Fallout. This game is just Hack'n'Shoot and has little role-playing in it. It's more of an action-adventure game... you explore, you kill and loot. You sometimes have puzzles and a bit of interaction with some npcs, but your choices in the conversations have little or no impact on the game. The choices are like Knight of the Old Republic's near the end where you choose your ending, no plot tree, just a boring Elder Scrolls linear story with three to four almost identical endings (like massacre these guys, or kill those guys, etc. No diplomacy, no bargaining, no let's be a happy family with everyone happy, etc.).

    Bethesda are hypocrites. This game ain't part of the Fallout series. If they would have called it like Bloodshed in the Commonwealth, an action-adventure game in the Fallout univverse, I would have given this game a 10 / 10, it would have been a kickass FPS with adventure elements on top of the building of bases.

    Speaking of building bases/hamlets, this aspect of the game is completly useless. Nothing happens with these communities aside from random "go kill X to protect Y" missions. No missions to improve the community, no internal strife, no seek out new colonists for this hamlet, nothing!

    Bethesda has missed the mark for sure. They call this game Fallout 4, but it has nothing of the series aside from the game world. At least the old company had the intelligence of naming their game another way when they tried something else when Fallout Tactics came out. They did not called it Fallout 3.

    They spent too much time and money on graphics and not enough on the game itself. And don't tell me and others that this was what the fans wanted, that is total BS! We want a game like Fallout 1, 2 or New Vegas, at the limit like Fallout 3, but that game was too linear and I won't play anymore. Unlike Fallout 1, 2 and New Vegas which I play each year once, sometimes all the way through to the end.

    PLEASE BETHESDA, GIVE BACK THE RIGHTS OF FALLOUT TO OBSIDIAN and the others who worked on the 2 first Fallouts! Please!    … Expand
  5. smahlt
    Aug 31, 2017
    0
    >paid mods

    Your review must be at least 150 characters long. Your review must be at least 150 characters long. Your review must be at least 150 chara
  6. cyllan
    Aug 16, 2016
    3
    meta critic has stopped being any kind of benchmark...........it is another paid up propaganda tool to sell ......

    i dont use it anymore....except the user reviews........the last game i trusted and i ignored the users was wastelands 2.......wont be making this mistake anymore. 60% of reviews are negative/neutral........but for metacritic it was an 84%.......sorry no........ the    meta critic has stopped being any kind of benchmark...........it is another paid up propaganda tool to sell ......

    i dont use it anymore....except the user reviews........the last game i trusted and i ignored the users was wastelands 2.......wont be making this mistake anymore.

    60% of reviews are negative/neutral........but for metacritic it was an 84%.......sorry no........

    the rpg elements are simplified........eveyrthing is dumbed down "special" is gone ......check steam user reviews check user reviews.....dont ever rely on media....

    pc gamer originally scored drafon age 2 a 94%.........rome 2 high 80's on RELEASE!!!!!......

    enough manipulation    … Expand
  7. calderra
    Oct 22, 2018
    0
    Garbage. The only people who like this game are people who still think loot boxes are okay, seriously.

    The story? The entire emotional setup of the opening chapter lasts about 30 seconds, so by the time the "big plot event" happens you barely have any idea who these characters are and you certainly don't have any reason to care about them. No build-up, no payoff. The RPG mechanics?    Garbage. The only people who like this game are people who still think loot boxes are okay, seriously.

    The story? The entire emotional setup of the opening chapter lasts about 30 seconds, so by the time the "big plot event" happens you barely have any idea who these characters are and you certainly don't have any reason to care about them. No build-up, no payoff.

    The RPG mechanics? Hilariously bad. I hadn't been sufficiently warned by other reviews so here's the deal. You only get a few points to put into your SPECIAL stats at the start. This is because at any level up, you can put that point into any SPECIAL stat- OR IN ANY PERK IN THE ENTIRE TREE! This means that by Level 3 you could already have every single perk you really need for a super-overpowered build that will destroy combat for the rest of the game. In older fallouts, many perks were gated by level or by other perks so you had to build things on top of each other. That system was way more rewarding. Like the plot there's no build-up, so there's no pay-off. You don't feel like you earned anything on the entire tree- because you can get the "best" perk in the game at Level 1. Seriously.

    The shooting mechanics? This engine is old, ugly, buggy, and clunky. There's not getting around this. So even though the shooting is much more like "Caller Doody" than in past entries, it's still bad. So they sacrificed all the RPG elements, for mediocre-at-best- shooting. Not worth it.

    The time sinks? Base building / settlements are an MMO-style time sink. You really have to look up tips online for almost everything because the interface is awful and poorly described in-game. The materials are absolutely a time-waster. Trying to craft settlements, weapons, and armor will add literally tens of hours to your game- not by increasing the fun you'll have- but by making you pick up every freaking thing you run across to throw it into the recycling bin and turn it into crap. Bo-ring. Luckily, you can skip almost all of it. Deposit your normal armloads of crap into the bin, and combined with the easy game and overpowered perk system, you don't really have to worry about crafting good stuff to complete the game. Ever.

    The settlements? I'm not doing them except for the main story. Period. It's absolute bullcrap MMO-style time sinks. And the system behind the settlements is useless- anyone who actually cares about this part of the game has to mod it heavily to make it behave in a sane way. Short version- even if you arm your best settlement with way too many defenses, the game caps out at something like 80% chance they'll lose when they get attacked. It's stupid. There is no point.

    The business practices? Creation club is horrible business. They tried to make you pay money for community-developed mods. So people in the community improve the game, and Bethesda wants to profit off them. Absolutely greedy.

    Worst entry in the Fallout series, save for the "Fallout Shelter" mobile game. It's that bad. Do not buy at full price, ever. Maybe worth $15 if you're a hardcore fan. But 5 minutes in you may get a loading screen that spoils the biggest reveal in the entire plot since they're randomized. Non-spoiler.. the "new kind of robot" in the game was my second-ever loading screen. Now the whole second half of the game is spoiled for me. Who the hell decided that was okay?    … Expand
  8. Iplayedthegame
    Aug 11, 2016
    3
    Fallout 4 is by far the most disappointing game purchase of 2015. In the 25 hours I spent in Fallout 4 I found hardly anything to be excited about. Give the choice, I would rather play New Vegas or even Fallout 3. I'm glad I didn't buy the season pass as I have no desire to revisit the Boston wasteland. Skip this one entirely. Opening a box of Hot Pockets™ offers more immersion and freedomFallout 4 is by far the most disappointing game purchase of 2015. In the 25 hours I spent in Fallout 4 I found hardly anything to be excited about. Give the choice, I would rather play New Vegas or even Fallout 3. I'm glad I didn't buy the season pass as I have no desire to revisit the Boston wasteland. Skip this one entirely. Opening a box of Hot Pockets™ offers more immersion and freedom of choice than this game.… Expand
  9. hero665
    Aug 30, 2016
    3
    I've played the game for 200 hrs the game is a slightly more open game then farcry 3. Wide as the ocean, deep as a puddle. I can only remember one location and its diamond city and again i've played for 200 hrs. fallout NV had so many memorable locations like good springs camp mccarran The Strip and more so did fallout 3 and skyrim. fallout 4 is Bethesda's attempt of copying minecraft andI've played the game for 200 hrs the game is a slightly more open game then farcry 3. Wide as the ocean, deep as a puddle. I can only remember one location and its diamond city and again i've played for 200 hrs. fallout NV had so many memorable locations like good springs camp mccarran The Strip and more so did fallout 3 and skyrim. fallout 4 is Bethesda's attempt of copying minecraft and in my opinion i think they failed at that attempt. If you look at the steam charts website you can see more people playing skyrim then fallout 4 it has very little replayability and no feel of mystery and adventure since you have to build your own locations.
    There's a lot of criticism about the graphics but you can ignore them bethesda rpgs never had very good graphics any way. If you're looking for a zen game about collecting resources and building things i'd suggest save your money and play minecraft. If you're looking for a cathartic experience going around killing things and blowing stuff up i'd suggest playing just cause 2.
    Buy fallout 4 when it's on a discount and avoid the dlc    … Expand
  10. gta8b
    Sep 15, 2016
    4
    This game is not a PC game ! Horrible gameplay ! It is not acceptable for PC player to buy a game that is so much unoptimized ! The inventory/controls are made for Xbox/Playstation but not for PC. It could be much better ! Very disappointed ... Also, in comparison, Fallout 3 lvl-up system was much better. Waiting for nice mods to correct that, but I think it should be a developer issue andThis game is not a PC game ! Horrible gameplay ! It is not acceptable for PC player to buy a game that is so much unoptimized ! The inventory/controls are made for Xbox/Playstation but not for PC. It could be much better ! Very disappointed ... Also, in comparison, Fallout 3 lvl-up system was much better. Waiting for nice mods to correct that, but I think it should be a developer issue and not consumer issue.

    Users rating are always lower than general rating ... --> Because general ratings are obviously fake !    … Expand
  11. FreddaKiko
    Nov 14, 2016
    3
    Writing, story, and world building take a back seat to brand recognition and flashy graphics (which aren't that good, mind you). The world is fairly interesting to explore, which is the only thing the game is really good for, considering most of the quests in the game are unsatisfying to say the least, most of them giving you little in the way of any real agency. There are too many jarringWriting, story, and world building take a back seat to brand recognition and flashy graphics (which aren't that good, mind you). The world is fairly interesting to explore, which is the only thing the game is really good for, considering most of the quests in the game are unsatisfying to say the least, most of them giving you little in the way of any real agency. There are too many jarring lapses in the established lore to ignore.

    The game's alright if all you want to do is run around mindlessly shooting stuff with your guns for about 3 hours and then quit. Sometimes I'll be high and consider launching it up before I realize I uninstalled it and own KillingFloor.

    If you're looking for a good RPG, go play New Vegas. I hope Bethesda lets Obsidian make the rest of the fallout games, since they know how to make a much better game with a fraction of the time and resources. I know that won't happen, but a man can dream.    … Expand
  12. Fusie
    Sep 12, 2017
    0
    Fallout 4 is more or less a bugs and issues riddled game since release, and even up to this very day, there are still more then enough problems around, that should have priority over introducing an item shop called "Creation Club" to the game.
    And while Bethesda was busy with selling more "content" through a few half-finished DLCs, modders did the heavy lifting by providing the community    Fallout 4 is more or less a bugs and issues riddled game since release, and even up to this very day, there are still more then enough problems around, that should have priority over introducing an item shop called "Creation Club" to the game.
    And while Bethesda was busy with selling more "content" through a few half-finished DLCs, modders did the heavy lifting by providing the community with inofficial bug fixes, mods that improved the gameplay a lot, and in some cases even mods that could stand right beside any of the official DLCs.
    Instead of supporting those modders with some kind of recognition, Bethesda chosed to release the "Creation Club" for Fo4, which is nothing else then a rather tasteless atempt on trying to cash in on all the work the modders did for the game.
    The Creation Club isn't an option like any other paid DLC, it's forced upon every player instead, there is currently no official way to uninstall the CC and then play Fo4 as we were used to.
    A future update for the CC will probably get rid of the paid mods archives, but in the end, we'll still have to download every update for the CC that pushes another round of paid mods into the game.
    And those paid mods are really expensinve... and of course filled with bugs and issues like the game itself. So much for their advertised "quality control".
    Not to mention that this first update and installment of CC even broke free mods in the process, and that this will probably happen again with the next patch too.
    My guess, this is only the beginning, at some point they will probably turn the Creation Club into a Gatekeeper program for all mods, and you won't be able to use mods that aren't on their "list".    … Expand
  13. Khalazza
    Mar 20, 2017
    2
    Wait for a sale or torrent it. Fallout 4 is not worth a buy IMO and i regret that i got caught up in the hype and bought it before reading reviews. Its a decent shooter with minor prg elements and if i was rating it based on that alone, i would probably score it 6/10. But its very clear that Betesda doesn't give a **** about the franchise, or the fans and are catering to casual gamers. ifWait for a sale or torrent it. Fallout 4 is not worth a buy IMO and i regret that i got caught up in the hype and bought it before reading reviews. Its a decent shooter with minor prg elements and if i was rating it based on that alone, i would probably score it 6/10. But its very clear that Betesda doesn't give a **** about the franchise, or the fans and are catering to casual gamers. if you want an RPG experience, go back and play modded skyrim, fallout 1,2,3, or wasteland 2. IF you want a good dystropian shooter, play metro 2033 and last light. This feels like the worst of both worlds.

    Also the graphics looks several years old    … Expand
  14. realangrygamer1
    Aug 20, 2017
    0
    Fallout 4 Review from a Fallout gamer
    Fallout 4, is Duke Nukem meets Sim City, it is not the R.P.G. we were promised, it fails to deliver anything even close to the Fallout series, other than in name. Bethesda had 7 years to make this game, one of the best games ever and failed miserably. The following is a short list of why Fallout 4 is a terrible game.
    1) Same bugged game engine as    Fallout 4 Review from a Fallout gamer
    Fallout 4, is Duke Nukem meets Sim City, it is not the R.P.G. we were promised, it fails to deliver anything even close to the Fallout series, other than in name. Bethesda had 7 years to make this game, one of the best games ever and failed miserably. The following is a short list of why Fallout 4 is a terrible game.
    1) Same bugged game engine as Fallout 3, & Fallout NV. All Bethesda has done was add on to the game engine to support Fallout 4, they still have not bothered to fix the Crashing to Desktop, Hard Lock Up Crashes, and lagging issues.
    2) Broken Lore, Examples : T-60 power armor, and Jet. To name two, many more exist.
    3) Lack of choice, bad dialogue, bad writing, and ripping out the SKILLs system, replacing it with just Perks, that are mostly useless.
    4) Weapons, are mostly the same, Combat Rifle, Combat Shotgun, Combat Sniper Rifle, all the same look, and Sounds are all the same, Laser and Plasma Rifles that sound like a ballistic weapon. (Unlike any previous Fallout Titles!)
    Fallout 4 is the worst Fallout game in the series, and that is saying something since I do own every single game in the series with the acception of Fallout 4, which I played on a friends gaming PC. A P.C. that has a 4.2 Ghz 8 Core Processor, 32 Gb of Ram, and a very expensive 12 Gb Graphics card, on Windows 10. Still got the same crashes, as Fallout 3 & Fallout NV!!1 Bethesda has left the Budget PC Gamer out in the wasteland, with the overly high System requirements. (A PC that meets their "Minimum requirements" won't play Fallout 4 very well. Leaving those that can't afford $400 + to upgrade their PC's out of ever playing Fallout 4.
    To me the whole game looks like it was lazily slapped together inside a few months instead of the 7 years they had to really make it a great game. I for one won't be buying this game, I can't see wasting my money, on an FPS, when I wanted a Fallout RPG.    … Expand
  15. jlaw88
    Aug 30, 2017
    2
    "I was going to put a brilliant review up for fallout 4. But Bethesda just released a new patch with a Paid mod system that makes you pay for mods you can get for free on nexusmods, and it broke all the free mods.

    The game is good, the publisher seems to only want money.

    Don't support it."
  16. Wineneeder
    Aug 5, 2018
    0
    Truth be told, this game actually gets a 3 from me, but I give it a 1 because Bethesda deserves that. Now, there's a lot of prettiness here, some excellent art design at points, and also modelling. Stuff just looks good!

    Now, does a lot of it make sense? Well, no. The Commonwealth looks closer to a particularly bad Earthquake than it does a living world 210 years after global nuclear    Truth be told, this game actually gets a 3 from me, but I give it a 1 because Bethesda deserves that. Now, there's a lot of prettiness here, some excellent art design at points, and also modelling. Stuff just looks good!

    Now, does a lot of it make sense? Well, no. The Commonwealth looks closer to a particularly bad Earthquake than it does a living world 210 years after global nuclear apocalypse and also need I mention, TWO HUNDRED AND TEN YEARS. Brick and wood houses are still standing, bottles are still upright, skeletons are still boning it up and clothed, .. there's a lot of little problems like this.

    It seems, again, Bethesda's design really was thinking a world 5 or maybe 10 after the bomb, but wanted to have a time frame including the events of the first two Fallouts when designing Fallout 3. So this is a holdover

    The gameplay isn't really good. I do admit, I had some fun early on walking through the world conserving power armor energy, praying my next encounter would yield a fusion core. Popping out to snipe targets and stealth around, running back to the frame when I got caught. This worked, this was fun for a while.

    But then it just got too easy. By the time I had met the Brotherhood proper, I had 37 fusion cores, combat had gotten laughably easy despite me leveling non combat, social and settlement traits and having a charisma/int build.

    I couldn't find a single enemy worth cheesing or even cheating over and I know all the console commands. And I was still 21 levels from the goddamn jet pack. Oh and the writing was making it clear it wasn't going to get better on a storytelling or characterization front.
    I cannot believe how bad the main character is and how dumb and hysterical. Your lines are terrible. the dialog wheel choices are worse than Mass Effect, often don't matter or make no sense, and they rarely lead to different outcomes. This becomes extremely blatant if you get a "full dialog choice" mod and you can actually see what you'll say. Or more often they just railroad you into their outcome after a snide remark.

    I am tired of ranting so I am just going to say I cannot believe this is in the same family tree as Fallout 1 and 2. I am aghast. They were roleplaying games in the original sense. You could design a character, your character, and you had so many more ways to be it.

    Now what do we have? This is pretty much the same plot line as Fallout 3, only this time the guy with the beard and white lab coat is technically your son, but they still call him father. Man I don't even know the ethos and doctrine of the Institute, and I just did their questline.. aye yai yai.

    I know and understand the Master's points and maneuvers. I get Gizmo's philosophy even if i disagree with it. I understand the FO1 Brohood and sympathize with them, even if they are wrong. Even the Vault City and the Enclave from FO2 make sense, although they are evil.

    I wish I could get a refund, I wish I could summon back the world where Kirkbride and others did Bethesda's writing or better yet revive the real Black Isle Studios, people who knew how to make a goddamn game and did make the best of them    … Expand
  17. tar73
    Oct 7, 2017
    0
    Creation Club is just another way for Bethesda to take more money from their players from content that already exist for free. They can come up with fancy new names for mods and make some changes, but basically what they do is to replace free mods with paid mods, and push the free mods out of the way with updates that include all paid mods even if you dont use them. Just look at what comesCreation Club is just another way for Bethesda to take more money from their players from content that already exist for free. They can come up with fancy new names for mods and make some changes, but basically what they do is to replace free mods with paid mods, and push the free mods out of the way with updates that include all paid mods even if you dont use them. Just look at what comes from the creation club, its just normal mods, nothing special. I can get hundred of awesome weapons and armor mods for free.

    If they wanted to add a new paid mods system they should have waited for next game, not implement it on a game that have been kept alive by the modding community for years.

    In my opinion what they do is a disgrace for the community and it is morally questionable at best. For more than 10 years I loved Bethesda and their products, but the way they act have sadly shattered my trust and value for the company.    … Expand
  18. Nautilus
    Jan 25, 2018
    0
    The FPS is locked at 72, force disabling Vsync will ruin in game mechanics. Bethesda seems to forgot there are high refresh rate monitors up to 144Hz for 1440p and up to 240FPS for 1080p. It's inexcusable to bring out a game in late 2015 without support of high refresh rate monitors. The engine is an archaic mess and still relies on Direct X 9.0c API. No tesellation, no multithreadedThe FPS is locked at 72, force disabling Vsync will ruin in game mechanics. Bethesda seems to forgot there are high refresh rate monitors up to 144Hz for 1440p and up to 240FPS for 1080p. It's inexcusable to bring out a game in late 2015 without support of high refresh rate monitors. The engine is an archaic mess and still relies on Direct X 9.0c API. No tesellation, no multithreaded rendering. But Bethesda just can't let that modded Gamebryo engine because all their tools are based on it. It must be rather insulting to be Bethesda Game Studios employee these days, as they are seemingly aren't capable to code and level design anything with other than outdated engine and its tools. Think of all those millions of dollars Zenimax and its investors gained from Skyrim sales alone and they still don't license a half decent engine for next titles? That must be the definition of greed.… Expand
  19. Ghostmaker66
    Sep 4, 2017
    0
    The creation club is poorly executed and fills up your hard drive with gigs of data weather or not you purchase the content. Don't buy this game until the issues with Creation Club have been resolved.
  20. KRHamilton
    Sep 3, 2017
    0
    Bethesda has betrayed their customers by adding extremely overpriced micro-transactions to Fallout 4. This must be opposed, and I urge all game consumers to boycott all ZeniMax and Bethesda games to help stop the proliferation of micro-transactions in full priced games. Fallout 4 is a scam now, don't play it or buy it for the good of our future games.
  21. Kor-Skarn
    Sep 22, 2017
    0
    Paid mods : Bethesda changed and became a greedy company by putting crappy paid mods in the game, mods that you have to download even if you don't want them... do like me, don't bother with their games anymore and boycott them !
  22. B2BigAl
    Apr 23, 2017
    3
    This was a great game...once the mod community fixed and added all the crap the useless tools at Bethesda dropped the ball on. This is one of the laziest, buggiest games I've ever played, Bethesda didn't even try on this one. I can't count how many times I had to use the console to get around game breaking bugs, I seriously don't know how console gamers could even play this. BethesdaThis was a great game...once the mod community fixed and added all the crap the useless tools at Bethesda dropped the ball on. This is one of the laziest, buggiest games I've ever played, Bethesda didn't even try on this one. I can't count how many times I had to use the console to get around game breaking bugs, I seriously don't know how console gamers could even play this. Bethesda kmows the mod community will finish their games for them, so why even bother, right? I had to load 52 mods to make this the game it should have been at release, that is beyond absurd! Thank you to all the modders out there, and screw you Bethesda. I'm glad I only paid $10 for this, though they don't even deserve that. Instead, I donated to the modders out there who actually deserved compensation and recognition for their hard work.… Expand
  23. dmcimo
    Sep 10, 2017
    1
    Bethesda's Paid Mods That Aren't Paid Mods But Are Paid Mods, Fallout 4 Creation Club is a LIE and nothing but a money grab and they have destroyed this game with it. I will never buy or support anymore Bethesda games, I have a bunch.... they are even pulling this in Skyrim. AMAZING paying full price now for games, and they want to include microtransactions and these are KILLING GAMES
  24. stz322
    Mar 30, 2017
    2
    Having original Fallouts in mind, this game is a joke. I thought Bethesda Fallouts were going to get better after New Vegas (which was OK with mods, but still far far worse than Fallout 1/2), but Fallout 4 can't even be called an RPG game - dialogue choices are non existent, side quests are copy and paste "go there and kill x", there is no way to solve anything peacefully, perk system isHaving original Fallouts in mind, this game is a joke. I thought Bethesda Fallouts were going to get better after New Vegas (which was OK with mods, but still far far worse than Fallout 1/2), but Fallout 4 can't even be called an RPG game - dialogue choices are non existent, side quests are copy and paste "go there and kill x", there is no way to solve anything peacefully, perk system is as dumb as it could be and they even managed to kill the exploration aspect - you won't find anything interesting here, only bandit/monster camps - also main story line is Fallout 3 copy, except this time more predictable and with worse writing.
    There is not a single enjoyable thing in this game - weapon modifications were supposed to be cool, but since there is no diversity and every weapon have "best in slot" mods, adding anything else is pointless. Base building, which was another big feature, is a failure. Bethesda even managed to ruin VATS system, while all they should do is copy it from their previous games.
    Worst Fallout game BY FAR. I thought things couldn't be worse after F3, but Bethesda proved me wrong. I have no idea how is this game getting praised by critics. They either got paid by studio or are extremely incompetent and shouldn't be able to review any more games ever.    … Expand
  25. Phaeron
    Aug 24, 2017
    3
    They simply ripped out the rpg elements and made an open world looting game without any consequences or any choices.Story is below average and a 20 years old cliche, go play some open survival game like 7DTD, because this game fails to deliver anything besides looting and base building, and these two aspects doesn't worth the price. This game wouldn't be anything of importance if itThey simply ripped out the rpg elements and made an open world looting game without any consequences or any choices.Story is below average and a 20 years old cliche, go play some open survival game like 7DTD, because this game fails to deliver anything besides looting and base building, and these two aspects doesn't worth the price. This game wouldn't be anything of importance if it didn't have Fallout name on it.… Expand
  26. swiffty
    Sep 12, 2017
    0
    Garbage developers are a pitiful paid mods are you **** kidding me I hope they learn a lesson greedy bastards like honestly Bethesda used to be good but now there just turning into EA don't buy!
  27. ntblood
    Oct 2, 2017
    0
    Creation Club is a greedy money-grab, making the game we paid full-retail for into bloat-ware with microtransactions. No to paid mods! The suits will try to kill free modding.
  28. FluttershysPet
    Oct 3, 2017
    0
    This game was never good I played through it once and said why bother and moved on, but now it has paid mods and that never sits right with me. I am all for mod authors making money for what they are doing but this is a scummy way that Bethesda has come up with that actually screw over the mod makers. So in short do not support this title and buy something else. Simply put it is a ok gameThis game was never good I played through it once and said why bother and moved on, but now it has paid mods and that never sits right with me. I am all for mod authors making money for what they are doing but this is a scummy way that Bethesda has come up with that actually screw over the mod makers. So in short do not support this title and buy something else. Simply put it is a ok game if you have never played a Fallout game before but if you had it is ****… Expand
  29. retard6897468
    Nov 1, 2018
    0
    No story, no dialogue, stupid quests, but shooting is much better. It is a shooter for kids.
  30. SneakyBasterd
    Nov 20, 2018
    0
    Very shallow game, shooter for kids. Only worth of playing because of camping mode. Otherwise very empty and stupid. Map is quite small and your character decisions dont mean anything. Bethesda just want money from teenagers, they dont care for fans.
  31. vasistha
    Mar 17, 2020
    0
    Disappointing for all the reasons cited by others. Should have been marketed as an inspired by game specifically targeting a lighter form of play. Would like to see the publisher lose this IP and pass it on to others who would bring something interesting in the original idea of retrofuturism.
  32. Fanaro009
    Nov 18, 2018
    3
    Beyond mediocre. Completely out of tune with what Fallout is. Fallout 4 is just a cash cow for Bethesda, a buch of generic quests and lazy map design. Why not follow the good examples of Fallout New Vegas - which was developed by another company? Because, to Bethesda, it doesn't matter, their reputation won't go down due to the legion of blinded fanboys and the hypocritical reviewBeyond mediocre. Completely out of tune with what Fallout is. Fallout 4 is just a cash cow for Bethesda, a buch of generic quests and lazy map design. Why not follow the good examples of Fallout New Vegas - which was developed by another company? Because, to Bethesda, it doesn't matter, their reputation won't go down due to the legion of blinded fanboys and the hypocritical review websites, and they can just milk our money without consequences.

    Thank you Bethesda for killing my love for your games and showing once more that the gaming industry has become one with the movie industry, spitting out an infinite stream of special effects garbage to rob the more ignorant side of the audience their money.    … Expand
  33. blackztt
    Jan 1, 2021
    0
    one of the worst rpgs I've ever played. The game is very tiring, you spend hours and hours playing and want to sleep, the story is very boring and poorly written, you spend the entire game going from one end of the map to the other in search of a kidnapped kid, the system combat is terrible, the weapons seem to be airsoft because they seem to take little damage from enemies, I played thisone of the worst rpgs I've ever played. The game is very tiring, you spend hours and hours playing and want to sleep, the story is very boring and poorly written, you spend the entire game going from one end of the map to the other in search of a kidnapped kid, the system combat is terrible, the weapons seem to be airsoft because they seem to take little damage from enemies, I played this game shortly after hours of skyrim and this game looks like a bad joke close to skyrim in all aspects.… Expand
  34. qm3
    Jul 24, 2016
    3
    +3 points for the shooting mechanics and simulation.
    -7 for the oversimplified storyline, quests, decision making rip-off and the lack of details.

    Imagine the feel when you flirt with Paladin Danse just by jerking in and out of your power armor a few times.
  35. ShakeY
    Aug 26, 2016
    4
    It's like somebody made a Fallout game without realizing what makes a Fallout game good.

    What does make a Fallout game good is a world with stories behind every area, interesting vibrant characters, lots of player choice ,strong storylines and quests that can be approached from different angles depending on how you've levelled your character. Fallout 4, does none of this. It strips    It's like somebody made a Fallout game without realizing what makes a Fallout game good.

    What does make a Fallout game good is a world with stories behind every area, interesting vibrant characters, lots of player choice ,strong storylines and quests that can be approached from different angles depending on how you've levelled your character.

    Fallout 4, does none of this. It strips away everything you like about a Fallout game, chucks in some one-dimensional characters and some guns and leaves it at that. The world's boring, the areas genuinely seem like they were made as replicas to real life counterparts rather than focusing on story depth and good gameplay, stats barely matter and there is no player choice.

    A very poor entry in the Fallout series and a very average (at best) game. When Fallout: New Vegas, a Fallout game that's not even made by the company that traditionally make the game is a way better title , you know there's a problem.    … Expand
  36. ReReFLEX
    Mar 5, 2017
    3
    This game is pretty much Fallout 3 but worse. Much, MUCH worse!
    To be fair though it's the game that got me into the series and the weapon and armor modding system isn't terrible but it"s just a way for Bethesda to include less unique weapons and armors and make the already existing "unique" weapons complete garbage with THE SAME SKIN as the original one, but still, compared to other    This game is pretty much Fallout 3 but worse. Much, MUCH worse!
    To be fair though it's the game that got me into the series and the weapon and armor modding system isn't terrible but it"s just a way for Bethesda to include less unique weapons and armors and make the already existing "unique" weapons complete garbage with THE SAME SKIN as the original one, but still, compared to other Fallout games this game is ABYSMALLY bad so if you're planning on playing it please, please, DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME. Just go play Fallout New Vegas or even Fallout 3 if you want.Trust me, you'll have a better time.    … Expand
  37. BathroomSync
    Jul 17, 2018
    3
    Fallout 4 is a slap in the face to those who have cherished the series for its amazing narrative and attention paid to player freedom.

    Fallout 4 places you into the shoes of one of two predetermined characters and pulls you through a shallow narrative in which you have an abysmal impact on the world. It doesn't allow you to flesh-out your character with an intuitive skill system like    Fallout 4 is a slap in the face to those who have cherished the series for its amazing narrative and attention paid to player freedom.

    Fallout 4 places you into the shoes of one of two predetermined characters and pulls you through a shallow narrative in which you have an abysmal impact on the world. It doesn't allow you to flesh-out your character with an intuitive skill system like previous games, and after reaching maximum level, literally every character will play the same. You don't have to carefully invest skill points to tailor your character to your play style.

    The dialog system is a disaster. Bethesda coded themselves into a wall by making it so that the conversation UI only allows for four options. That often means that you don't have enough things to say, or you have four ways of saying the exact same thing. Skill checks are gone. In their place is an occasional RNG persuasion option that is affected by your charisma, but it's pointless due to the fact that you can quicksave and quickload during conversations, so you can just keep reloading until you get the outcome you desire.

    Fallout 4's graphics are really poor for 2015. The world is dull, the textures are muddy (moreso due to the poor quality than the presence of actual mud), and human characters look like they're made of clay and plastic. Even worse, it runs quite poorly, in spite of its low fidelity. Bloated texture files and poorly-optimized lighting and shadows are mainly to blame. Also, the engine is running on outdated code with a few recent additions. It may as well be a modded Morrowind engine. Actually, that's literally what it is.

    Fallout 4 focuses more on maintaining a repetitive gameplay loop than good storytelling and characterisation. Most of the quests just boil down to "go there, shoot the enemies, grab something". Most of the locations in the game are just full on enemies. There aren't many towns because of the settlement system, and when you make some towns, they're never full of interesting characters. It even throws out the idea that Power Armour is rare by having it randomly spawn in the wasteland, PLUS giving a full set of it to players within the first hour of gameplay. Power armour is no longer a powerful late-game item, it's just another game mechanic now. People seem to praise the combat mechanics, even though they're just passable at best. There are no different ammo types for each weapon, and there is a small variety of weapons. Sure, there's a lot of weapon customisation, but it's mostly just linear upgrading and doesn't allow for very unique weapons.

    Now, about the weapons, so many of the designs make no sense. First, they're all left-handed. The bolts and ejection ports are all on the left sides of the guns, so the hot spent casings just fly in front of your face. Second, the assault rifle and combat rifle are really poorly thought-out. The assault rifle is extremely bulky and looks more like a LMG. The combat rifle has an extremely similar model to the combat shotgun and uses .45 rounds. That's a pistol caliber, not a rifle caliber. The lever-action rifle in Far Harbour is really weird. It has a magazine capacity of five rounds, but when you fire two of them and hit your reload key, the character shoves five back in every time and works the lever, ejecting a live round from the chamber. Even Obsidian was able to avoid this in New Vegas. They had to jury-rig the engine to do it, but they made sure that the courier only reloads as many rounds as he or she needs to.

    The institute weapons are bad as well. The models are massive and take up a whole third of your screen. They do abysmal damage for laser weapons made by the most technologically advanced faction in the game. They were also designed so that Bethesda could re-use the regular laser weapon animations, which is really lazy when you think about it.

    Bethesda disregards the lore on multiple occasions. The first offender is T-60 suddenly appearing as a new set of pre-war power armour when it was clear that T-51 was the latest set before the bombs fell. Second is pre-war terminal entries about Jet, when its invention is part of a large subplot in Fallout 2. Next is the fact that a ghoulified child survived in a fridge without food and water for 210 years, when ghouls would previously die without water in Fallout 1. One more breach of the lore is the fact that there is a full set of Nuka Cola Quantum-themed X-01 (The Enclave's Advanced Power Armour) sealed in a pre-war case in Nuka World, when the Enclave's armour was first made in 2215.

    A lot of people hate the Creation Club system with a burning passion, but it's not very malicious in practice. It's just an overpriced microtransaction system with crappy items. Just look at the Doomguy armour. That's the worst offender.

    Overall, Fallout 4 isn't just a bad Fallout game, it's also a bad game.    … Expand
  38. thomaddox4
    Sep 21, 2017
    4
    Like Fallout 3, this game is an absolute joke as an RPG, and a slap in the face to everyone who enjoyed the original games. There is no variety in choice, and I do mean NO VARIETY, no skill checks, no meaningful decisions, a story that appears to have been written by the same middle schoolers who did Fallout 3, and plentiful bugs and performance issues to go along with the BethesdaLike Fallout 3, this game is an absolute joke as an RPG, and a slap in the face to everyone who enjoyed the original games. There is no variety in choice, and I do mean NO VARIETY, no skill checks, no meaningful decisions, a story that appears to have been written by the same middle schoolers who did Fallout 3, and plentiful bugs and performance issues to go along with the Bethesda tradition. However, at least they got the shooting right this time: They must have realized that since combat is the only option you will ever have in the entire game, they should try to make it fun. And it is pretty fun, at least for a few hours. The settlement building was pretty well implemented, and the weapon customization was fantastic, but these things don't even come close to making up for all the ways this game fails.… Expand
  39. dokdoh9
    Nov 14, 2017
    2
    This game is an insult to the franchise, everything that was good was stripped to be replaced by a boring rpg shooter, where your only task is to kill and collect loot. The campaign is horribly written as well as the sides quests and the dialogue system gives you little to no choice, consisting in a variation of manner to say "yes". Lastly there is paid mod and although a ton of freed modsThis game is an insult to the franchise, everything that was good was stripped to be replaced by a boring rpg shooter, where your only task is to kill and collect loot. The campaign is horribly written as well as the sides quests and the dialogue system gives you little to no choice, consisting in a variation of manner to say "yes". Lastly there is paid mod and although a ton of freed mods exists it's still a shame there is paid mods on top of a 60 dollars game + 40 dollars season pass.… Expand
  40. markjohnson7861
    Jun 24, 2018
    3
    I'm writing this review on 24.06.2018. The hype is dead - new fallout 76 was announced. It's the best time for me to grab this one and try it. And you know what? I won't buy next one. If you ever wanted to play any of this series, don't pick 4, it's just not right. The brand keeps people interested, but if it were Random Title Triple A it would be a disaster. You see those 3k positiveI'm writing this review on 24.06.2018. The hype is dead - new fallout 76 was announced. It's the best time for me to grab this one and try it. And you know what? I won't buy next one. If you ever wanted to play any of this series, don't pick 4, it's just not right. The brand keeps people interested, but if it were Random Title Triple A it would be a disaster. You see those 3k positive reviews? It's only because of the brand. The game as a product is bad, really bad. Experience is just dull.There are better games about post-apo than this. Go and buy something else.… Expand
  41. Nagita
    Nov 20, 2018
    2
    In Fallout 4, the name is what is left of the Fallout RPG franchise.

    Most RPG mechanics has been stripped away alongside any attempt of writing an engaging story. Choice no longer matter, as you fasten your seat belts for the bland tale that paints out the world of the game. Instead we have a clunky and awkwardly tacked on base building simulator, and a watered down first person    In Fallout 4, the name is what is left of the Fallout RPG franchise.

    Most RPG mechanics has been stripped away alongside any attempt of writing an engaging story. Choice no longer matter, as you fasten your seat belts for the bland tale that paints out the world of the game.

    Instead we have a clunky and awkwardly tacked on base building simulator, and a watered down first person shooter experience.

    It seem to me, that Bethesda is striving for mediocrity. Aiming to capture every demography of gamer there is within one, watered down wasteland.

    And so the game turned out a jack of all genres, but master of none.    … Expand
  42. Psiraphim
    Mar 21, 2019
    0
    Вы действительно можете это хвалить? В этой игре неплохие только первые два часа, чтобы потом вы не успели вернуть за нее деньги. И то - они НЕПЛОХИЕ, но это не значит что они Хороши.
    Игра ОЧЕНЬ плоха. Это надо было понять сразу и не давать возможности Беседке делать 76-ой. А теперь ее вообще надо бойкотировать во всех играх - Беседка должна понять свою ошибку! Лучший способ - наказывать    Вы действительно можете это хвалить? В этой игре неплохие только первые два часа, чтобы потом вы не успели вернуть за нее деньги. И то - они НЕПЛОХИЕ, но это не значит что они Хороши.
    Игра ОЧЕНЬ плоха. Это надо было понять сразу и не давать возможности Беседке делать 76-ой. А теперь ее вообще надо бойкотировать во всех играх - Беседка должна понять свою ошибку! Лучший способ - наказывать рублем.    … Expand
  43. Mr_Robot
    Mar 5, 2020
    3
    Прошёл за 17ч, прошёл квесты Минитменов и института,который вынудил меня уничтожить подземку и братство стали, на братство всё равно, а вон подземку уничтожать я не хотел, игра не дала выбора. И так большую часть игры, вроде тебе дают 4 варианта ответа, только вот они ничего не значат. Выбор без выбора...

    Моя оценка 3 не только из за системы выбора, она за баги и дерьмовый сюжет. Эта    Прошёл за 17ч, прошёл квесты Минитменов и института,который вынудил меня уничтожить подземку и братство стали, на братство всё равно, а вон подземку уничтожать я не хотел, игра не дала выбора. И так большую часть игры, вроде тебе дают 4 варианта ответа, только вот они ничего не значат. Выбор без выбора...

    Моя оценка 3 не только из за системы выбора, она за баги и дерьмовый сюжет. Эта первая игра серии фаллаут в которую я когда либо играл, если предыдущие части похожи на это то я совершенно не понимаю откуда у этой серии игр столько фанатов...    … Expand
  44. almax
    Apr 23, 2020
    0
    a total disappointment: i played the game for 20 hours and was disgusted by insignificant story, terrible dialogues, bad controls and non sense recycle mechanism. do not waste money and time and stay away from this game
  45. TheTownDrunk
    Jan 19, 2021
    3
    FALLOUT 4 is a huge step BACKWARDS from FALLOUT 3 and especially FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS. Where to start?
    - Graphics. They are seriously outdated. It feels like a mod for FALLOUT 3. Bethesda, it's time to ditch that graphics engine!
    - Controls: terrible! It's a lazy console port with horrible menues and non-rebindable keys - Story: complete garbage. But then again you don't play Bethesda's    FALLOUT 4 is a huge step BACKWARDS from FALLOUT 3 and especially FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS. Where to start?
    - Graphics. They are seriously outdated. It feels like a mod for FALLOUT 3. Bethesda, it's time to ditch that graphics engine!
    - Controls: terrible! It's a lazy console port with horrible menues and non-rebindable keys
    - Story: complete garbage. But then again you don't play Bethesda's games for the story, now do you. Still worth mentioning.
    - AI: enemy and follower AI is braindead
    - Quest: tedious and repetitive kill X & fetch X amounts of X quests.
    - Shooting: better than FALLOUT 3, but still nothing to write home about at all
    - Settlement system: you either love it or hate it. I hate it. Fortunately it's not mandatory
    - Skill/Perk system: dumbed down even further from FALLOUT 3. There's no trade-off perks like in FALLOUT 1/2 & NEW VEGAS. You can raise SPECIAL skills or pick a perk at every level up and end up with a 10 in every SPECIAL skill.
    - Open World: basic typical Bethesda-like

    Overall, it's below average. It's bad. If you're not burnt out with Open World games and love the series, get it. Otherwise there's far better open world post-apocalypse games out there.    … Expand
  46. 1SUN3
    Jan 26, 2021
    0
    Скучный сюжет. Необходимый нудный гринд, 0 рпг. Все это в сумме выдало продукт под названием Fallout 4. Не советую
  47. ChompySays
    Nov 9, 2021
    2
    Extremely boring, with a world that feels lifeless other than synths and automatron encounters. Infinite resources drag the game down, and nothing feels special or unique. Especially the weapons and armor.
  48. Objeto704
    Mar 6, 2022
    1
    Я щас и тут напихаю полную коробку! Вы чё думаете, что всё так просто - захотели и морду отвернули. Нет, я щас в эту морду плюну. Ну что, решили тоже в политику влезть? Ах, CDPR такие молодцы, как они лихо макнули рожей в говно всех этих россиян и беларусов! Мы тоже хотим! Так вот что я вам скажу - все ваши игры будут покупаться мною по скидке и это в самом лучшем случае. Думаете прямЯ щас и тут напихаю полную коробку! Вы чё думаете, что всё так просто - захотели и морду отвернули. Нет, я щас в эту морду плюну. Ну что, решили тоже в политику влезть? Ах, CDPR такие молодцы, как они лихо макнули рожей в говно всех этих россиян и беларусов! Мы тоже хотим! Так вот что я вам скажу - все ваши игры будут покупаться мною по скидке и это в самом лучшем случае. Думаете прям обрубили все возможности? Давно я не заходил в одну гавань, под названием Торрентуга!
    P. S. И снова я чувствую морской бриз. Старые доски палубы под ногами приветствуют скрипом, который я давно забыл. Сегодня отлив, да и ветер дует в сторону горизонта. А что ещё надо старому моряку? Старпом, свистать всех наверх! Шевелитесь, псы помойные! Поднять паруса! Рулевой, курс на уходящее солнце и дальше. И где, чёрт возьми, моя большая шляпа?!
    P. P. S. Там-там тара-дам-там тара-дам-там тара-дарам!
    Йо-хооо, встанем вместе
    Флаги поднимем ввысь
    Грррязная шайка бесов морских
    За жизнь теперь не держись...    … Expand
  49. inverguy
    Dec 9, 2017
    3
    ONLY WITH MODs!

    I'm a huge Fallout fan and do not confuse it with 'fanboy', as such I was extremely disappointed with Fallout 4. There were multiple reviews and attempts to compare F4 map size with F3 and I won't even comment on this. One thing for sure, this is not a Fallout game. This game is like a wolf in Fallout skin. It looks like fallout, it uses the same phrases, but it's not    ONLY WITH MODs!

    I'm a huge Fallout fan and do not confuse it with 'fanboy', as such I was extremely disappointed with Fallout 4. There were multiple reviews and attempts to compare F4 map size with F3 and I won't even comment on this. One thing for sure, this is not a Fallout game. This game is like a wolf in Fallout skin. It looks like fallout, it uses the same phrases, but it's not fallout. For someone playing this for the 1st time in their life I'm sure you'll be very happy with the purchase... BUT as PC gamer I was discussed by this poor attempt of a game. I made a mistake and pre-purchase it (I think) and when I launched it for the 1st time I played for 1.5 hrs and then uninstalled the game for about a year or so.

    After that 12 months I heard about multiple MODs for Fallout4 PC so I decided to give it a go and I had the best time ever!

    If you are a Fallout fan, do not buy this. The map feels small, the loot system alongside weapon building is... very console like and the RPG system and the main story feels shallow.

    If you are looking for a game to fool around... you don't want to treat this seriously, then you will enjoy this. mods mods mods

    Pros: decent graphics and sound
    Cons: small map, shallow story, few bugs (you won't be able to complete some missions - require early save game)    … Expand
  50. Lexis
    Nov 30, 2017
    2
    Low quality game that could only insult the good old name of epic Fallout franchise. Don't give your money to these greedy monsters. They destroyed my dream after i tried this trash (sims+farcry parody (I played it for 10 hours, so I couldn't receive refund)). 2/10 only for the best game franchise ever created, in my opinion. Maybe they could make any good game in future but it looksLow quality game that could only insult the good old name of epic Fallout franchise. Don't give your money to these greedy monsters. They destroyed my dream after i tried this trash (sims+farcry parody (I played it for 10 hours, so I couldn't receive refund)). 2/10 only for the best game franchise ever created, in my opinion. Maybe they could make any good game in future but it looks unbelievable while bethesda in charge... I hope they would make some conclusions....… Expand
  51. Idiolized
    Oct 5, 2019
    2
    The game in itself is good, no doubt about it, even though it's sad the options becomes more and more limited for each game in the franchise..

    However the Fallout franchise is known (apparently only Bethesda is not aware) of the bugs and crashes, wich wikia sites of quest bugs and other forums clearly bare witness too.. And there are alot of them.. you can even die from hit collision by    The game in itself is good, no doubt about it, even though it's sad the options becomes more and more limited for each game in the franchise..

    However the Fallout franchise is known (apparently only Bethesda is not aware) of the bugs and crashes, wich wikia sites of quest bugs and other forums clearly bare witness too.. And there are alot of them.. you can even die from hit collision by crouching backwards in to a car.. the game is riddled with weird bugs in all areas, and none get fixed unless it's by modders (The unofficial Fallout 4 patch is essential to have).

    If you enjoy some extra challenge in the game and go through survival mode, you're ensured to loose hours on not being able to save before sleeping, and then the game crashes, you die by walking in to a car, you getting stucked in a rock/tree stump etc.

    The game is fun for a casual playthrough, but if you want to achieve something within the game, bugs in quests and the game mechanics itself makes this game quite terrible.. Especially considering they keep doing it over and over and over.    … Expand
  52. RobotoMr
    Dec 12, 2017
    3
    The phrase "One step forward, two steps back" comes to mind when thinking of how to sum up Fallout 4.
    My mayor problems with it:
    - Forced back story - Voiced protagonist - Removal of skill checks or skill based dialog - Graphics over content - No imagination when making quests - Paid mods - Base building that is buggy and un-usable without mods and console commands In summary,    The phrase "One step forward, two steps back" comes to mind when thinking of how to sum up Fallout 4.
    My mayor problems with it:
    - Forced back story
    - Voiced protagonist
    - Removal of skill checks or skill based dialog
    - Graphics over content
    - No imagination when making quests
    - Paid mods
    - Base building that is buggy and un-usable without mods and console commands

    In summary, the game is nothing but a graphical update with all RPG elements removed... just what Fallout fans didn't want.    … Expand
  53. Lebaguette101
    Nov 2, 2017
    1
    the game is like skyrim a shallow sea, they removed what made fallout work and regressed from the masterful entries that made fallout new vegas a much deeper game, its now a shooter littered with never ending fetch quests and directly contradicts previous games, its still a fine game, shooting mechanics are fine but the butchering of one of my favorite series has caused the game to no end,the game is like skyrim a shallow sea, they removed what made fallout work and regressed from the masterful entries that made fallout new vegas a much deeper game, its now a shooter littered with never ending fetch quests and directly contradicts previous games, its still a fine game, shooting mechanics are fine but the butchering of one of my favorite series has caused the game to no end, i cannot play it without getting a bit frustrated at how long we waited for the underwhelming product we got, if bethesda are going to keep dumbing down the games they make i can say that they have lost many a customer. the creation club that they claim is not paid mods is a business practice i hoped they would never stoop down to, adding microtransactions from a once respected company. **** you todd howard… Expand
  54. Ashenpotato
    Oct 2, 2017
    3
    Ever since paid mods were introduced in this game. they deserved what's coming to them(Zenimax studios). I highly recommend do not support creation club.
  55. Barmaglott
    Oct 5, 2017
    2
    Creation Club will ruin everything in next Beth's games. Microtransactions in AAA singleplayer games should be gone and paid mods as well. Nothing else to say.
  56. agrippakc
    Dec 3, 2017
    2
    This game has all the high stakes of a game of go-fish. Its weak story and weird dialogue interaction that gives the illusion of choice is garbage. The entire commonwealth is just sort of there; with everyone under enough stress from other factions to be in full blown riot mode, but they just bumble around. I was thankful for the Brotherhood for landing and shaking things up now andThis game has all the high stakes of a game of go-fish. Its weak story and weird dialogue interaction that gives the illusion of choice is garbage. The entire commonwealth is just sort of there; with everyone under enough stress from other factions to be in full blown riot mode, but they just bumble around. I was thankful for the Brotherhood for landing and shaking things up now and then because otherwise this was a snooze fest.… Expand
  57. JavierTaco
    Jan 17, 2018
    3
    This game is bad. As a sandbox shooter loot-fest, it is great. However, as a dark RPG set in a post-post-apocalyptic world where your choices help shape the future, it is extremely pathetic. It has practically ruined the world of Fallout and completely missed the point of what Fallout is about. It's as wide as an ocean, but deep as a... I think you know the rest.
  58. chingchangwalla
    Mar 3, 2018
    3
    An epic game ruined by bugs which mean you cannot complete tasks, some two years after the game's release. I can only imagine professional game reviews were posted immediately after leaving the vault.
    Has the clunkiest user interface I've encountered and you will end up with arthritis continually scrolling down your itinery as even a scroll bar is emitted. Another crap story ending (see    An epic game ruined by bugs which mean you cannot complete tasks, some two years after the game's release. I can only imagine professional game reviews were posted immediately after leaving the vault.
    Has the clunkiest user interface I've encountered and you will end up with arthritis continually scrolling down your itinery as even a scroll bar is emitted. Another crap story ending (see Fallout 3) when you are ironically railroaded into "choices" you might not take. Contrived. At least VANS helps overcome another useless unfathomable map (without using mods).

    Most irritating of all is enemies giving themselves away with moronic chatting.    … Expand
  59. harisoharos
    Nov 27, 2018
    2
    The only fun thing about this game is the exploration and the crafting, they improved combat a little. Other than that the game is bland, the story lacks depth and the writer didn't bother to develop it. The dialogues are usually boring, a couple of followers have a good stories to say but that's the exception. Rpg elements have been stripped away and game mechanics oversimplified to theThe only fun thing about this game is the exploration and the crafting, they improved combat a little. Other than that the game is bland, the story lacks depth and the writer didn't bother to develop it. The dialogues are usually boring, a couple of followers have a good stories to say but that's the exception. Rpg elements have been stripped away and game mechanics oversimplified to the point that it inhibits character customisation. Full of radiant quests which are go kill - go fetch, there is very little choice and consequence mechanics to the point this is no more Rpg than Diablo. Most of the textures look ugly and it is still full of bugs, even with the unofficial patches. 3 dlcs just with stuff to craft for mostly aesthetic purposes. Sloppy work not deserving of the full price.… Expand
  60. John_Gamerson
    May 14, 2020
    0
    best game ever made 10/10
    todd howard has blessed us again with his magnum opus.
    truly a masterpiece.
  61. Your_Muza
    Jun 5, 2019
    4
    Terrible game. Bad graphics, bad gameplay, everything is bad, except for the plot. I tried to end this too quicly and i suffered. I don't like Bethesda's games and i didn't like Fallout 4.
  62. PHDIKOULAS
    Jan 7, 2020
    4
    review after 80 hours in(according to save file)

    Pros -Great visuals -great combat system Cons -where the Flying F to start. No special or perk tied actions in the game,like in fallout 2 you could tackle each quest if you had either high science or repair or whatever. Also in fallout 2 if you had intelligence 1 the dialogues where hilarious,Fallout 4 dosent have that.    review after 80 hours in(according to save file)

    Pros

    -Great visuals
    -great combat system

    Cons

    -where the Flying F to start. No special or perk tied actions in the game,like in fallout 2 you could tackle each quest if you had either high science or repair or whatever. Also in fallout 2 if you had intelligence 1 the dialogues where hilarious,Fallout 4 dosent have that.

    -dialogue options are either yes or no. FFS in the very first area concord if you talk to preston garvey and say no i wont help you the game will force you to accept his quest and help him oO

    -easy to miss half the game due to interesting stuff being in holotapes.Sadly when you pick the holotapes they dont autoplay so if you missed the name of the holotape good luck finding it in your inventory. No sort by last added either.

    -When you try to sell stuff you dont know what you gave the seller.Mega fail the selling system is going backwards at least 50 steps.

    -Game encourages exploration but if you arent meticulous you might skip interesting areas and miss upgrades to your attributes and skills. Or you could alt tab

    -Guess what bethesda dosent alt tab,you game will get messed and you will need to alt f4 yay

    -Hacking is useless in this game,If its something important theres a key nearby.Also to hack robots you not only need a perk,you also need to find a book in the wasteland and even then its totally useless. Boggles the mind how they did some stuff :/

    -Also some stuff cant be done while in power armor which means you must get out do your stuff get back in. Not a lot but enough to make one angry. Talk about shooting ones self in the leg here

    -Last but not least the option to make your town is good but would be better if you just got the materials and someone else handled it. Theres a mod for that but it the whole town feels like it was slapped in the game at the last second just cause

    -ghouls walk and act like they came from Doom,they re fast and also dodge,Not how ghools are supposed to work in the fallout universe

    so what grade to give this game.I d say a 4.If you gind a goty at 30 bucks or less its a good purchase.Otherwise stick with fallout 2.Those guys knew how to make a game, or try new vegas way better than fallout 3 or 4.    … Expand
  63. Blet
    Jun 5, 2019
    3
    Fallout 4 gets a 3 because it improves on the gunplay of previous entries into the fallout universe while achieving little else. The plot, interesting side quests and customisation are largely gone, replaced with a bland fps experience rather than the richer rp elements the franchise is known for. Fallout 4 was a warning sign of the direction Bethesda was taking the franchise. This isFallout 4 gets a 3 because it improves on the gunplay of previous entries into the fallout universe while achieving little else. The plot, interesting side quests and customisation are largely gone, replaced with a bland fps experience rather than the richer rp elements the franchise is known for. Fallout 4 was a warning sign of the direction Bethesda was taking the franchise. This is fallout 76's sad progenitor… Expand
  64. KITR
    Jul 15, 2019
    3
    Why it's called fallout. It should be called rage 2. There's no any sign of rpg. No dialogs, no rpg combat system, no intresting quests. If you put brotherhood of steel in rage 2, you can't call it fallout. It's and ok shooter, and I score it 7, if it was called rage 2
  65. Roared
    Aug 9, 2019
    2
    If you compare this game to fallout new Vegas and fallout 3, this game has nothing much to offer. By the time you are 40 hrs into the game you start to get bored quest will be like head to this area kill this kill that. Nothing much going on aside from the improve vats, shooting and building your own settlement. But who has time to build your settlement when Preston is always being a lilIf you compare this game to fallout new Vegas and fallout 3, this game has nothing much to offer. By the time you are 40 hrs into the game you start to get bored quest will be like head to this area kill this kill that. Nothing much going on aside from the improve vats, shooting and building your own settlement. But who has time to build your settlement when Preston is always being a lil b***h whining about his Minuteman's cause?… Expand
  66. Admiral_makke
    Apr 28, 2020
    0
    Пропадающие лица? Зависающие диалоги? Застрял в текстурах? Это фаллаут, детка!
    Такое ощущение что эту игру сделали за неделю. Место фракций кучки шизов со своими идиотскими идеями, вместо сюжета пропал сынуля, похоже Тодда Говарда в детстве украл мародер и надругался над ним в поле, так он и придумал сделать спустя время Выпадать 4,худшая игра, полная дрисни    Пропадающие лица? Зависающие диалоги? Застрял в текстурах? Это фаллаут, детка!
    Такое ощущение что эту игру сделали за неделю. Место фракций кучки шизов со своими идиотскими идеями, вместо сюжета пропал сынуля, похоже Тодда Говарда в детстве украл мародер и надругался над ним в поле, так он и придумал сделать спустя время Выпадать 4,худшая игра, полная дрисни
  67. Trey82
    Feb 28, 2020
    2
    Its a great shooter. Terrible RPG.
    Immersive story. That it doesnt let you play. (GENERAL WE HAVE A SETTLEMENT THAT NEEDS HELP)
    Funny, dramatic, nice, mean, great. Barely. The social options are severely lacking. Things you choose do not translate well to what actually gets said. NOR does it have the intended effect, if you've been in that conversation and picked .. ya know what, this    Its a great shooter. Terrible RPG.
    Immersive story. That it doesnt let you play. (GENERAL WE HAVE A SETTLEMENT THAT NEEDS HELP)
    Funny, dramatic, nice, mean, great. Barely. The social options are severely lacking. Things you choose do not translate well to what actually gets said. NOR does it have the intended effect, if you've been in that conversation and picked .. ya know what, this game has already been reviewed a million times so instead of an objective review I'll just be honest.
    This game isnt fallout. The social aspects dont matter at all, the companions are fluff and garbage, for the most part, the enemies look great, shoot great but are craptastic ~ too easy or too hard, cant make up its mind.

    Music is ripped from older games, sound effects belong in call of duty. Visuals are nice, but now its no longer an RPG with half a$$ed action elements, its action with half a$$ed RPG elements.
    The game doesnt let you play it and when you get hyped for any.. ANY part of it, you get shat on. The settlement building is useless, they wont defend themselves, and whether you actively try to 'break' the game by overgrowing cash crops... crisscrossing the wasteland with your unkillable transports to act as random infantry backups.. or just want extra places to store your gear, it makes it insanely easy. At least on the upper half of the map. You FINALLY get some decent difficulty once you get downtown, but by then you've spent SO much time up north and doing sidequests that it honestly makes the story pretty stupid. You jumped out of your cryochamber in the future to find your son but you got sidetracked for days.. WEEKS at a time doing go-fer fetch-me-everything-AND-KILL-THOSE-GUYS quests for people not worth your time.
    Even if you get over the fact that settlements dont dfend themselves, and you have all the DLC.. you'll find the settlement size limit to be pretty obnoxious, and the game breaking/ IMMERSION breaking bugs are EVERYDANGITWHERE.    … Expand
  68. nurfedx
    Nov 19, 2021
    4
    Mediocre Game and an Insult to every Fallout-Veteran. Still better than F76 tho. DONT BUY!
  69. Firansoll
    May 11, 2020
    0
    В целом на 5 из 10, сделано плохо. Графика, эти мини анимации миссий в пип-бое, создание города могло бы увлечь сильно, но мир на "отвали".
  70. Elysium82
    Nov 28, 2020
    0
    I hated every moment of this game. I was expecting a game filled with action, but instead it is an adventure game with lame quests and dialogues. It was also a freaking mission to do basic things like setting the resolution. Terrible game. I'll only trust the user scores from now on. I know that for sure.
  71. Sarge198
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    One tiny step forward from Fallout 3, one GIANT leap back from Fallout New Vegas. The hype has completely worn off, I can clearly see Fallout 4 for what it is. Dull.

    Fallout 3 made the world fun to explore. Fallout New Vegas made the world fun to be part of. Fallout 4 made the world shallow, repetitive, generic, and boring. Do you want a shallow, shoot 'em up, generic, dull (but    One tiny step forward from Fallout 3, one GIANT leap back from Fallout New Vegas. The hype has completely worn off, I can clearly see Fallout 4 for what it is. Dull.

    Fallout 3 made the world fun to explore.
    Fallout New Vegas made the world fun to be part of.
    Fallout 4 made the world shallow, repetitive, generic, and boring.

    Do you want a shallow, shoot 'em up, generic, dull (but vibrant game world), game lacking any depth where everyone wants you dead? *sigh* Fallout 4 is for you!
    Do you want a clunky but memorable experience? Fallout 3 GOTY and Fallout New Vegas UE are for you! Install Tale of Two Wastelands, profit. Play a game of caravan, stop by Agatha's house and say hi, that crazy lady in Girdershade wants all the Quantums? Moira wants you to do what in Minefield? FULLY-ERECT HAND PENISES! "You got lives in you, hard to kill. Storm, bullets, sand and wind, yet still you walk. For now." GARY!

    The Good:
    The Colors and the general atmosphere look so much better than Fallout 3 and NV.
    Huge vastly detailed and dense game world.
    Gun play is better.
    No Level cap.
    Easy Looting.
    Junk is now somewhat useful.
    3 of the companions are somewhat memorable. The rest are just boring.
    Dynamic Weather, shadows, lighting, and Physical Based Rendering.
    Beautiful animations

    The Bad:
    Ron Perlman does not say: War. War Never Changes.
    No FOV controls in game.
    No way to disable Head Bobbing.
    No visible holstered weapons like in previous games.
    Advanced graphics options have been completely gutted
    Quests are pretty much this: Go here, kill everything, take loot, return. What is this an MMO?!?
    Radio stations are pretty much meh. I miss Three Dog.
    You have to be the good guy, not the bad guy or the neutral/independent guy like in Fallout New Vegas.
    Oversimplified dialog system, you now have 4 options to choose from. With no indication of exactly what you’re going to say.
    Oversimplified RPG mechanics. Violence was often avoidable depending on your skills.
    Survival difficulty. No Console, saving is disabled. UGH.
    Almost all the NPCs are essential. In Fallout NV you had that fear of losing a companion during a battle.
    Settlement building is meh. It’s clunky and hard to place objects.
    Lots of boarded up nonexplorable buildings.
    Only one or two memorable fun quests that don’t feel like a grind.
    Why does everything want me dead?

    The Ugly:
    Complete lack of interesting locations with quests and unique named NPCs that have a story to tell.
    Fallout 4: Diamond City, Covenant, Vault 81, and Goodneighbor. Everywhere else just feels empty and lifeless.
    Fallout 3: Megaton, Rivet City, Arefu, Little Lamplight, Bigtown, Paradise Falls, Andale, Oasis, The Republic of Dave, Temple of the Union, Girdershade, The Citadel, Hell even downtown DC: The Washington Monument, Underworld, Lincoln Memorial. *Takes deep breath* Did I miss any? Yup, Ranger Compound, Grayditch, Dokov's Place, Tenpenny Tower, Meresti Metro, Canterbury Commons, Regulator HQ, Minefield, Vault 108, GARY!
    All of these locations have at least a population of 1, a quest, a story, a NAMED NPC, an NPC that doesn’t want you dead on sight, and most important of all depth. OK, ok yes GARY and Arkansas both want you to be very dead. The important thing to remember here is both those locations are memorable in some way shape or form.
    Fallout 3 has all these great locations with NAMED NPCs that have a backstory or a quest to give you.
    Forced to use the settlement system.
    Raiders! Raiders everywhere.
    Perk system overhaul and removal of skills.
    Fallout 3 has really beautiful water reflections and refraction. The water in Fallout 4 is flat and dull.
    Interior lighting is completely meh…. I see lots of round low poly shadow caster lights. Lights that don’t match the fixture. Ugly directional lights. Lights bleeding. Phantom lights.
    Tone Mapping. Adds an overexposed look and washes out some colors.
    The Season Pass. Fallout 3 has 5 DLCs, ALL good. Fallout New Vegas has 4 DLCs ALL good. Fallout 4 has what? 2 story based DLCs. Far Harbor: good. Nuka World: Raiders? Settlement DLC? Nope, just noooope. DO NOT WANT. Build a settlement, now what? Look at it, take screenshots, post on reddit? There is nothing to do, no one interesting to meet. ANOTHER SETTLEMENT NEEDS YOUR HELP! UGH, what is it this time? Raiders on the other side of the map stole your socks?!? K thx bye. In Fallout New Vegas you could have a pet AND a human companion follow you around. It makes sense that you could have let's say Piper and Dogmeat follow you around. But NOOOOO you only get one. Graphically, Fallout 4 is a TES5 reskin with a crappy ENB thrown in. YUCK! TAA looks god awful. Obsidian’s writing is better than Bethesda’s. Obsidian could do it better in half the time it took Bethesda. Just like with Fallout New Vegas, they made it in what 18 months? Imagine for a minute if Obsidian had 4 years to work on Fallout New Vegas… OMG.    … Expand
  72. KingPink
    Jul 10, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love fallout, all of them, and sadly 4 is my least favorite, it's not by dar a bad game it's a good game but the only thing that reminds you of fallout is the lore and some weapons. The game scraps a lot of features that defined fallout being the more notable the fact that our protagonist speaks and he has already a background. Courier 6 has a background but it's one you discover while playing and it's enough that you get and idea of his past but no who he is, bc in NV you are the courier and you decide who is the courier, that can't be said about NATE/NORA bc whe alredady now they are a Housband/Wife from before the bombs fall who lived almost all theyre lives without nedding to survive or make hard decisions, that already tons down the role possibilities but when in top of that, the dialogue is a joke, we don't now what the protagonist is gonna say bc we only have 4 options that are always: Sarcastic, Agrresive, Question, Affable. To add to the problem of this game the story is really meh, in the new factions we have the Minutemen or well A Minutemen Preston you can at least decide if you want to help him regroup the minute men. The railway has more importance in this game wich is really cool and we finally see the institue : D. And it's really lame sadly, you can predict whats gonna happen the moment you enter Diamond city, i really didn't care about Shaun but even if i didn't care about him Nate/Nora does and that was a role killing feature really. Its really funny seeing how Fallout 76 has a more interesting questiine thanks to Wastelanders. Next time whe see a fallout, probably in 2028? or even more i hope they learn from what works in the old fallout games, and take some things from the new ones, but definetly please don't repeat this mess.… Expand
  73. JACOB171w
    Jul 25, 2020
    4
    Fallout 4 is a bad Fallout game and it not that good of a game in general. Fallout 4 is mostly a FPS game with a few RPG mechanics. the game have a lot of bugs. I don't like that there's no level cap.
  74. ReviewMachine
    Aug 3, 2020
    2
    This game was garbage. I couldn't even get half way through the main quest before quitting permanently. What little good that was left in the older Fallout games was gutted.
  75. wadroid
    Dec 4, 2020
    1
    Watered down rpg mechanics. Pretty average action game, but awful as a Fallout game.
  76. Rusgamecon
    Dec 14, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ок, что мы имеем? Репка, красить силовую броню, ну и вполне нот бэд мир с предысторией и не такой уж и фиговой стрельбой. Из плюсов это пожалуй открытые инструменты сообществу и то что перечислено выше. Минусы: Баги игре уже 5 лет но баги всё ещё раздражают время от времени. Персонажи ну такое се не сильно запоминаются. Сюжет... Я должен что-то говорить? Он до офигевания банален, Твоего пездюка спиздили и ты его пытаешься найти и выясняется что он твой враг фактически(Запоздалый спойлер алёрт, но к добавлению вы можете пройти за институт) так что сюжет на отъебись. Сайд квесты полная дичь без разнообразия. иди убей или найди. Рекомендую ли я поиграть? Как песочницу да, как в игру по фоллычу нет.… Expand
  77. gerardiph
    Dec 25, 2020
    0
    The most prominent video game industry failure for me lately was Fallout 4. They eliminated all the RPG components and transformed it into a shallow dumbed-down shooter looter.

    How many FPS games and shooter looters are there on the gaming market? Approximately a billion, and they offer more invariably. How typical are post-apocalyptic RPGs? These games are very sparse, yet they still    The most prominent video game industry failure for me lately was Fallout 4. They eliminated all the RPG components and transformed it into a shallow dumbed-down shooter looter.

    How many FPS games and shooter looters are there on the gaming market? Approximately a billion, and they offer more invariably. How typical are post-apocalyptic RPGs? These games are very sparse, yet they still had to take Fallout from us and make it into a stupid game for idiots.

    For example, Fallout 3 significantly altered the F1 and F2 isometric 2D engine to a complete 3D powerhouse. Bethesda did a satisfactory job with F3, and I nevertheless go back to it occasionally. I've remained a die-hard Fallout enthusiast since I learned about the game (many believed they would adopt a GURPS based system at the moment) in a publication back in the mid-90s. However, the disappointment of how poorly Bethesda did with Fallout 4 has made me never want to play another Fallout game ever again.    … Expand
  78. benny0909
    Jan 22, 2016
    0
    Put over 1000 hours into New Vegas. Can't be bothered to put in more than 60 into Fallout 4. While the game is beautiful, it lacks any depth. The story is just...terrible. RPG elements almost non-existent. A settlement system which has little to no meaningful impact & only consists of maybe a hundred assets when there are 10,000's in the game. The companion AI....my god. I can'tPut over 1000 hours into New Vegas. Can't be bothered to put in more than 60 into Fallout 4. While the game is beautiful, it lacks any depth. The story is just...terrible. RPG elements almost non-existent. A settlement system which has little to no meaningful impact & only consists of maybe a hundred assets when there are 10,000's in the game. The companion AI....my god. I can't even describe how horrible it is other than to say it literally gave me real migraines. This took 7 years to make? What the hell happened?… Expand
  79. dharc
    Jan 18, 2016
    0
    yet another example of the gaming industry treating its audience as idiot, taking away any choice in the game apart from whether you accept a quest or not. the game has been dumbed down to the point where there you have no ability to chose a play style.
    its just another case of "lets make a game that's all action because that's fun". which it is, for ten minutes. but after that ten    yet another example of the gaming industry treating its audience as idiot, taking away any choice in the game apart from whether you accept a quest or not. the game has been dumbed down to the point where there you have no ability to chose a play style.
    its just another case of "lets make a game that's all action because that's fun". which it is, for ten minutes. but after that ten minutes you start seeing the lack of story or character creation (i mean who your character is, not what they look like.

    Lame/10    … Expand
  80. Jerusalem9769
    Jan 28, 2016
    4
    Let me start by saying all the fan boys that rated this 10/10 within a couple of days of release are just plain wrong (or so blinded by loyalty they outright lied)

    This is not an RPG, this is a FPS, a FPS with a very very short life span. Once you have completed the extremely short main story there are only very very very boring repeat fetch quests to level up with or settlement    Let me start by saying all the fan boys that rated this 10/10 within a couple of days of release are just plain wrong (or so blinded by loyalty they outright lied)

    This is not an RPG, this is a FPS, a FPS with a very very short life span. Once you have completed the extremely short main story there are only very very very boring repeat fetch quests to level up with or settlement building (which is engaging for a couple of hours until you remember you didn't buy f*cking minecraft)

    Following are some of the poorer aspects of the game -

    Speech is terrible, (the voices, the choices, the script are all awful)
    Repetitive fetch quest, go here, kill everything, come back
    Weapon upgrades are in the main worthless, the same upgrades are almost essential for any weapon
    The perk system is useless, you will never need at least two thirds of them and you will still be over powered.
    Enemy AI is horrendous. Stand there while I pump bullets into you.
    Karma, the one absolutely excellent thing Bethesda did in FO3? Gone, it matters not anyway as you have to be a variation of a good character anyway, you are simply not allowed to kill certain NPC.
    Power armour is a waste of time except as a self styled quest to collect them. It is simply not needed 95% of the time.
    It matters not which faction you 'choose' to side with, the majority of the endings are exactly the same.
    VATS is now completely useless, meaning it's all down the sights COD style shooting.

    I can't be bothered to slate it any more, even though there's more in the tank.

    This could almost be the game that kills the Fallout franchise, it won't because hype beats all, but it certainly could.

    Five years waiting. For this. Shocking. 4/10    … Expand
  81. aslan06
    Jan 18, 2016
    0
    Even mоre dumbed-dоwn than Skyrim,i was thinking that it impоsibIe...and this game shоw exacIy hоw Iazy bethesda is.I can't beIive peоpIe stiII defending this cоmpany.
  82. bigdaddyaggie
    Nov 21, 2015
    4
    Should have waited and read reviews instead of pre-purchase on greenman. Will have to find something else to play. Like the others say here. It is a FPS not RPG. I am not an FPS fan so it is boring to me. I am not a treasure hunter. I need a story/purpose and the quest are just not interesting. Go clear this area or go fetch this ring. Just doesn't engage me.
  83. Fearls1
    Jan 12, 2016
    1
    Sadly this is the route AAA games have gone in the past 5 years. Simplify and sale as many copies as possible to the ignorant masses. Due to the amount this game sold, you can bet your ass that Bethesda "knows" what gamer's want.
  84. Solantus
    Dec 23, 2015
    4
    Disappointed of the year,

    People waiting for a fallout game, but they find a mine craft mixed with Sims. I start to play the game after the 3 hours suddenly realize ı just build beds and walls for My Sims. Where is my explore, story, quests. skills most important them all what type of "V.A.T.S" is that ? it is not useful you have to play whole game like a play FPS but this game must be    Disappointed of the year,

    People waiting for a fallout game, but they find a mine craft mixed with Sims. I start to play the game after the 3 hours suddenly realize ı just build beds and walls for My Sims. Where is my explore, story, quests. skills most important them all what type of "V.A.T.S" is that ? it is not useful you have to play whole game like a play FPS but this game must be a RPG right ?    … Expand
  85. Monoliithic
    Jan 7, 2016
    2
    Bad story telling, bad character design, bad writing (minus one specific character) and outside of that it's the exact same incredibly buggy Bethesda game we keep getting. There is 0 innovation, and the one thing they added thats new (the sims knockoff) is slipshod at best. But the shooting is better. It's not good, but it's better. So there's that. This game should've been 30 dollars.
  86. Jedien
    Dec 24, 2015
    2
    If you are a real Fallout 1 - 2 fan do not buy this game !
    Bethesda said it is the biggest game project ever - if yes I am scarred for the future games - honestly.
  87. eldandy
    Dec 14, 2015
    2
    worst fallout ever. actions and dialogue don't matter. you can only play as a goody two shoes. they have destroyed one of the best series in gaming history. to be fair it looks better than fallout 3, a 10-11 year old game. Molerats look better, every other creature looks worse. even the radio guy is the worst in a fallout game. the main character? good actor but feels so... forced, notworst fallout ever. actions and dialogue don't matter. you can only play as a goody two shoes. they have destroyed one of the best series in gaming history. to be fair it looks better than fallout 3, a 10-11 year old game. Molerats look better, every other creature looks worse. even the radio guy is the worst in a fallout game. the main character? good actor but feels so... forced, not genuine. like this game, which is a dumbed down version created to appease mainstream gamers by badly emulating certain aspects of much better games instead of standing on its own merits. never been so heartbroken by a game before. Not terrible, but just not enjoyable. wanted to love it, but it is boring, unoriginal, rushed, unpolished. it is a half breed, the bastard child of greats but keeping only the worst of the gene pool. this is the most disappointing game of the decade, and we are not even half
    way there. it will ruin lives.
    I dont even care about the bugs. a disgrace    … Expand
  88. Junthor
    Jan 1, 2016
    2
    I was going to give this game a 4 for effort. Up to this point in time it has been a mediocre experience, but I carried on playing though regardless. Pretty much all negative reviews on here are correct, I didn't really feel like I needed to add my opinion to the thousands people voicing their disappointment.
    However I have encountered a serious bug with a main character called Desdemona    I was going to give this game a 4 for effort. Up to this point in time it has been a mediocre experience, but I carried on playing though regardless. Pretty much all negative reviews on here are correct, I didn't really feel like I needed to add my opinion to the thousands people voicing their disappointment.
    However I have encountered a serious bug with a main character called Desdemona and I now cannot progress through the story so I now give this game 2 and now feel compelled to review it.

    I think the user score of 5.4 is generous. Pretty terrible effort from Bethesda, this bland mess simply has no soul and is ridden with bugs. Avoid.    … Expand
  89. new_age_retro
    Jan 11, 2016
    0
    Esto no es Fallout. Todo elemento RPG característico de la franquicia fue eliminado por Bethesda y el resultado es un juego que es más un Far Cry que un Fallout. Creo que el juego en sí no es malo, pero lo que hizo Bethesda en este título es el paso equivocado a seguir. Por favor Obsidian, arregla lo que hicieron estos tipos que no tienen idea sobre hacer un RPG.
  90. OldSocks
    May 4, 2016
    0
    Game is a bug fest. The latest patch turned it into a grind fest on top of it.. Save your money, its extremely repetitive and not fun. The quests are boring. Expect most of the gameplay to involve collecting junk for crafting, endless hours of it.
  91. Josphi
    Dec 14, 2015
    2
    Half of game is missing compared to FO3 and FONV: no karma system, awful quests (inc.main story line), terrible dailog system, factions are uninteresting and will recruit you and give you high rank with almost no effort effort on your side. Fallout lore is broken as if nobody on dev team played the orginal. Overall this is nothing but crappy shooter with minecraft elements, you will findHalf of game is missing compared to FO3 and FONV: no karma system, awful quests (inc.main story line), terrible dailog system, factions are uninteresting and will recruit you and give you high rank with almost no effort effort on your side. Fallout lore is broken as if nobody on dev team played the orginal. Overall this is nothing but crappy shooter with minecraft elements, you will find yourself killing enemies then packing whole place up into your bag and making 3-4 trips to your settlement every time what takes loads of time, because of loading times.… Expand
  92. Kapilux
    Dec 22, 2015
    1
    This game is just so bad in every department. And Bethesda actually succeeded in dumbing down their dumbed down games even more. Everything is just bad or awful - the writing, graphics, art design, voice acting, quest design, story/writing, mechanics, user interface EVERYTHING are just AWFUL. Stay away at all costs and save your money for a decent game.
  93. FreeThinker
    Nov 19, 2015
    4
    Fallout 4 is a real disappointment. It seems Bethesda didn't spend any time to make to make the game playable for PC. Instead of testing it by a single PC player, they spend millions on advertising. This is simply unacceptable for a AAA game. That's to bad because it has a lot of potential Hopefully the game will be fixed by Modders, but out of the box, Fallout 4 is simply unplayable. IFallout 4 is a real disappointment. It seems Bethesda didn't spend any time to make to make the game playable for PC. Instead of testing it by a single PC player, they spend millions on advertising. This is simply unacceptable for a AAA game. That's to bad because it has a lot of potential Hopefully the game will be fixed by Modders, but out of the box, Fallout 4 is simply unplayable. I would everyone to avoid it as the plague untill they take PC players serious… Expand
  94. Ma55
    Nov 20, 2015
    4
    After over 80 hours logged and playing on hard or very hard this game may be one of my biggest let downs. The RPG elements and dialogue have been butchered, far worse than what was done to Skyrim. The user interface is trash for anything other than controllers. The story and characters are laughable, upon making it to diamond city I had a hearty chuckle at the "emotion" piper portrays atAfter over 80 hours logged and playing on hard or very hard this game may be one of my biggest let downs. The RPG elements and dialogue have been butchered, far worse than what was done to Skyrim. The user interface is trash for anything other than controllers. The story and characters are laughable, upon making it to diamond city I had a hearty chuckle at the "emotion" piper portrays at the gate.The only redeeming quality is the gun-play and modding of guns/armor.

    And to the big list of problems-
    -The dialogue wheel only approximates what your character will actually say and is limited to 4 choices at a time.
    -The game has a whopping 6 pistols, 2 shotguns, 5 rifles (not counting energy), and custom ammo and grenade launchers have been REMOVED. There is not even an under the barrel launcher mod!?
    -After exploring/clearing an area you are rewarded with a chest ala skyrim. At level 50+ it has pipe weapons. Dredging down a Missile Silo in the glowing sea? Think you will find something cool or unique at the end? Nope, just a basic weapon and it will be in a chest rather than placed in the world.
    - At level 50+ enemies are still using basic pipe weapons that are un-modded.
    - Settlements and building are poorly implemented and lack depth.
    - Skills are gone and lockpicking/hacking is now reliant on perks.
    -Shoddy FPS on decent PC
    -Unkillable characters make their return.
    -Explosive builds/characters have little choice in weapons
    - 80 hours and not much left to do
    The list can go on and on    … Expand
  95. heygetoffmylawn
    Dec 6, 2015
    4
    I started the series from the beginning, so I feel I might be biased, but as much as I want to like it, I feel it's simply mediocre--and sometime outright bad.

    I will start with the things I felt were noteworthy: The gunplay. Shooting the various creatures of the Commonwealth was certainly just as satisfying as it always was in NV or 3, but what was even better was the tuning of VATS.    I started the series from the beginning, so I feel I might be biased, but as much as I want to like it, I feel it's simply mediocre--and sometime outright bad.

    I will start with the things I felt were noteworthy: The gunplay. Shooting the various creatures of the Commonwealth was certainly just as satisfying as it always was in NV or 3, but what was even better was the tuning of VATS. Instead of trying the mimic the pause-the-game turn based combat of 1 and 2, 4 now slows time while choosing a specific target. I feel this was a good choice.

    And that's about sums up my praise for the game. Almost everything else, I didn't care for, or I felt was totally forgettable. Models, sound, the dialog wheel and it's vague choices. The forced, repelling main story line, the fact that they dropped the Notes tab and now we use the Misc tab like a junk drawer. 'Rolling' a character is pointless if you can upgrade their base stats every consecutive level. The settlements (as neat as the idea) don't really fit in the game. How they totally **** on the lore. Why do we have power armor in the beginning, and why is it so goddamn OP? And the balance is off so much that I don't even have to use it! Increasing the difficulty simply makes the AI bullet sponges, no upgrade in speed or actions--there's so many things I could just nitpick this game to death, but ultimately I think it was just trying to be too many games at once; sandbox, RPG, shooter. Quality over quantity.    … Expand
  96. Kodie53
    Dec 12, 2015
    3
    The only way I could have any fun with this game was by cranking the difficulty to max, requiring pixel perfection on every move I made.
    Besides that the cliche story and forced characterization is extremely sub-par for a AAA $60 title, and completely removes any desire for a second play through.
    The overall atmosphere of the game falls flat, compared to the rest of the fallout series.    The only way I could have any fun with this game was by cranking the difficulty to max, requiring pixel perfection on every move I made.
    Besides that the cliche story and forced characterization is extremely sub-par for a AAA $60 title, and completely removes any desire for a second play through.
    The overall atmosphere of the game falls flat, compared to the rest of the fallout series.
    The main character is a cookie cutter 1950's family man/woman with a spouse and kid,and the player is given no real choice in how their story progresses. The only divergence in the path is through charisma based dialog options, and even those choices are completely negligible, only truly mattering to your current companion.
    Speaking of companions, the 'vast array' available in Fallout 4 are all extremely poorly coded, have lazily written dialog, have no affect on the plot/ending, and over all become more of a nuisance than an actual wasteland companion. All of them are like having the 'Adoring Fan' from Oblivion follow you around (nearly identical AI behaviors aside), but they block doorways more often.
    The graphics are decent at best,and the game speed being dependent on frame rate is a pathetic disease that should not plaque games with multi-million dollar budgets.
    The game's engine, Creation Engine, was old in 2011, and it shows in game play.
    Overall as a Fallout game its a 3/10 because it is possible to enjoy this game, and its not the worst game I have ever played.
    That being said, I have played the Fallout series since Fallout 2, and this is by far the least enjoyable, shallowest, and overall weakest game in the entire series.
    However, even taking the game out of Fallout context, and considering it its very own game belonging to no series, it is still a 3/10.
    The extremely heavy FPS focus turns away a lot of players, who aren't big FPS gamers.
    The 'infinite' quests are more redundant than for(;;), and about as interesting.
    The settlements feels like a game all on its own, was poorly implemented, and has nothing at all to do with anything else in the game. you get no ending relating to your settlement, no bonus karma, no army, nothing. At most you get some extra caps and junk materials.
    The AI is absolutely horrendous, beyond outdated, and if it weren't for the lone wanderer perk, it would bring the game down to a 2/10, but the developers obviously knew that they implemented a horrible AI system, so they gave you a perk so you didn't have to deal with followers. At least that is what I've decided to believe.
    And finally, getting back to the Fallout series, the end of the game is so immensely disappointing that I plan to never pick the game up again.
    The end of the game is defined by only 1 factor, with only 4 available endings, dependent solely on which faction you side with, a pathetically low number when you consider that there were:
    6 main endings and 2-4 distinct endings for each faction and companion in NV
    26 different factors in 3
    and in Fallout 2 there are 50+ ending scenes, all effected by your choices in the game.

    TL;DR
    This game is shallow, poorly written, poorly coded, all the 'extra cool features' felt last minute and are all buggy or poorly implemented. The game leaves you disappointed and unfulfilled, yet gives you no incentive to start a new play through.
    3/10 not worth the hype, 150 hours, or $60 dollars I wasted on it.    … Expand
  97. RadicalRic
    Dec 16, 2015
    4
    There's hardly any wow factor in this game. If you close your eyes and try to imagine any generic post-apocalyptic setting, you'll find everything of the concepts you imagined in the first 4 seconds. Sure, there's 50s music and fedoras, but that's pretty much it. The problem is that the Fallout series were all about crazyness, and the predecessor to this particular game was as crazy as aThere's hardly any wow factor in this game. If you close your eyes and try to imagine any generic post-apocalyptic setting, you'll find everything of the concepts you imagined in the first 4 seconds. Sure, there's 50s music and fedoras, but that's pretty much it. The problem is that the Fallout series were all about crazyness, and the predecessor to this particular game was as crazy as a war between cowboys and the roman empire in post-apocalyptic Las Vegas who was now a robot controlled city ruled by an immortal mind connected to a machine. There's none of that interesting uniqueness here, just exploring a wasteland and make your own living out of scrap metal and rubber tires. There's a story somewhere in between that hardly made me involved. Shooting at things is still fun, regardless.… Expand
  98. x_Demonic_z
    Jan 6, 2016
    4
    A 'good' game, terrible Fallout game.

    Fallout, one of my favorite RPG games, has been slaughtered, mutilated and transformed into a hideous mash of random dynamics that only lessened the core of a Fallout game... RPG elements are so watered down, i wouldn't even call this an RPG. The dialogue is less than poor.. Its disgusting.. The simplified dialolgue wheel and the absence of any    A 'good' game, terrible Fallout game.

    Fallout, one of my favorite RPG games, has been slaughtered, mutilated and transformed into a hideous mash of random dynamics that only lessened the core of a Fallout game... RPG elements are so watered down, i wouldn't even call this an RPG. The dialogue is less than poor.. Its disgusting.. The simplified dialolgue wheel and the absence of any special related dialogue options beyond Charisma is a major disappointment, and completely unnessesary. Just... why?

    The lack of character development and choice is an insult to the fallout franchise. Why main protagonist voice acting? Is this mass effect? Why limit character design for only the smallest addition of story telling? What happened to the skills? why is every character the exact same starting off? I remember having a Stupid brute at the start of one playthrough of NV, and a smartass scientist in another... The settlement system is underdeveloped and a waste of time. It literally has zero effect on the game.

    The factions are stale and their quest are all the same repeatable quests taking you to the same area... Not to mention they all lead to the same copy pasta ending scene. If Fallout 4 wasn't a Fallout game, i'd like it more. Just knowing what this could have been, leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

    After all of this, i still think it's a decent game. The world is beautifully crafted, and my only gripe is that it lacks depth. Almost every location is "Kill everything that moves and loot the simi relevent gear". Along with the "Kill everything" scheme, the gunplay has been well done. It really does feel less clunky. However, if i had to choose between gunplay, and RPG elements i'd choose the RPG side.

    To sum it up, If you like open world action shooters, this is a good game for you. However, If you LOVED Fallout 3 and New Vegas as well as their RPG goodness, Don't waste your money.. Wait another year, and maybe the modding community can fix Fallout 4.... or perhaps obsidian will take a crack at it? one can only hope..    … Expand
  99. WahjahEater
    Jun 21, 2018
    1
    Good First Person Shooter. Bad Fallout Game.

    The enjoyment of this title will totally depend on the type of person playing Fallout 4. If you're into Bioshock-esque type of games where the narrative is drawn mostly from the environment, terminals, and notes left behind by "people" of the waste along with a solid FPS system then Fallout 4 might be for you. I see Fallout as a way different    Good First Person Shooter. Bad Fallout Game.

    The enjoyment of this title will totally depend on the type of person playing Fallout 4. If you're into Bioshock-esque type of games where the narrative is drawn mostly from the environment, terminals, and notes left behind by "people" of the waste along with a solid FPS system then Fallout 4 might be for you. I see Fallout as a way different brainchild from Fallout 3, and Fallout: New Vegas. I've been playing the Fallout series starting back in 98' on my old Dell Pentium I (one) during the RPG isometric days. I was intially happy to hear about Fallout's reboot around 2007, but was a bit disappointed in a way to find out it would be done with Bethesda's dated Gamebyro engine, which I was not impressed by ESIV: Oblivion (but you when got to save cash where it matters I suppose it isn't all that bad from a devolper's point of view) nonetheless I was still excited to hear that it would get its reboot, regardless of how it would be released. I'll give Bethesda credit for being able to create interesting worldspaces and level designs, very great at setting up atmospheres and all that it entices. But what I won't forgive them for is the lack of intelligence or effort that they decide to put into their writing for this type of role playing game. The thing that made the early Fallout titles memorable and replayable, was its really interesting story and story arcs although contained within a limited worldspace, it was able to conjure up the idea or illusion of a civilization in shambles. It was able to sustain an interesting type of universe that warded its lore with believable tragedies and at times humorous writing; all without holding the players hand through a well thought out system of dialog choices ranging from good, bad, everything in between and outright goof that would affect or tie-into the endgame story and it's arcs. It would keep you invested enough to get into its sometimes tough RPG Special system and turn based combat. It was something you learned to live with because that was what they could pull off due to technical limitations which was strongly influenced from table top games that relied heavily on the players imagination. A sort of freedom or spark that is lacking from both Fallout 3 and Fallout 4. It's something that Bethesda has failed to recapture with its own iteration's of this IP. So Fallout 4 is a whole different beast in terms of what its pretending to do. It pretends to give you choice through this awfully adopted Mass Effect dialog wheel where none of the choices you choose have any affect in the outcome of the game itself. I would not have mind the voice protagonist had it not lend itself to a linear style. Although I found it's linear narrative annoying, it's a nice post apocalyptic worldspace to look at and it comes with FPS mechanics and graphics you'd come to expect with any modern shooter. Is it a good RPG? No. Is it a good shooter? Yes.    … Expand
  100. Mmollle
    Jun 12, 2016
    0
    A piece of crap game. Many people say "a bad RPG, a good game" but i say its a bad RPG and a bad game. Its an embarrasment to the whole Fallout franchise and the biggest dissapointment of a game Ive ever experienced.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 4, 2016
    80
    After terrible first couple of hours Fallout 4 pulled itself together and ultimately was almost as fun as The Witcher 3. There’s a huge chasm between these two games in terms of technology (F4 looks like a X360 game), but their open worlds are equally good and Bethesda did a better job with crafting. [01/2016, p.42]
  2. PCWorld
    Jan 19, 2016
    70
    This isn’t the step forward I expected, though. Here we are, the first Bethesda game on a new hardware generation, and I can’t help feeling like we’ve regressed—like Fallout 4 really is Oblivion-with-guns. A decade later, it certainly makes many of the same mistakes.
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  3. Pelit (Finland)
    Jan 4, 2016
    92
    It’s easy to get carried away by Fallout 4’s massive open world. While the gunplay is much improved and the quests fun, I found the UI lacking on the PC. The inventory and build menus are really tedious to use. [Dec 2015]
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