Fallout 4

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  1. Ekchuah
    Dec 4, 2015
    3
    Having finished the game:

    It's honestly the least moving, most formulaic ending I've seen in years. Despite the attempt at pathos, there's ... none. There's nothing. 'I'M READY. BECAUSE WAR... WAR NEVER CHANGES.' It sums up the game, but not in a good way. It's unintentionally a great way of driving home that you in fact have no agency as a player when it comes to the story, at    Having finished the game:

    It's honestly the least moving, most formulaic ending I've seen in years. Despite the attempt at pathos, there's ... none. There's nothing. 'I'M READY. BECAUSE WAR... WAR NEVER CHANGES.'

    It sums up the game, but not in a good way. It's unintentionally a great way of driving home that you in fact have no agency as a player when it comes to the story, at least. Is this not how "your" character would react? Well, you don't actually have a character. You customize your appearance, but in no meaningful way are you actually making a character. You're Joe Soldier or Jane Lawyer. The people defending this - I don't know. Part of it's blind fanboyism, some of it's this weird drive to maintain the letters 'RPG' because the original Fallout games have them, and I strongly suspect some of it's ignorance from never having played an actual CRPG - just iterations of The Bethesda Game and maybe some JRPGs.

    A lot of people defend it on the basis that the combat is better. But "better" in no way means "good". Despite positioning itself as a shooter, Fallout 4 fails as thoroughly as an FPS as it does as an RPG. The combat is simplistic, the weapon balance is a joke, the much-touted mod system is largely just upgrades to damage and scope range and is used to justify a tiny number of base weapons, and one of the only pair of RPG mechanics Fallout 4 retains makes it all the more annoying - enemies are bullet sponges, soaking up dozens of .308 or .50 bullets to go down if they spot you and remove the stealthed damage bonus.

    It's the summer blockbuster of games. It's formulaic, it's flashy, and it's enormously dumb. If you turn your brain off, it can be fun - until the threads start to unravel, until the endless inconsistencies of the world become impossible to ignore, until the tedium of combat mounts, etc, etc, etc.

    It's a game that's going to be utterly forgotten. Almost 20 years later, people still talk about Fallout.

    Nobody's going to talk about Fallout 4.

    Not in a positive way, and not even in a negative way. It's going to leave absolutely no impact whatsoever.    … Expand
  2. bolt007
    Dec 4, 2015
    3
    I have never written an online review until now. This game sucks! It is so boring its not even funny. Its not an RPG, its not an FPS, its some awful mix between the two and does both extremely poorly. After 17 hrs I cant bare to play it anymore. What an over-hyped lump of crud. All there is to do in this game is shoot things with guns in broken buildings. There is no difference from 1 hrI have never written an online review until now. This game sucks! It is so boring its not even funny. Its not an RPG, its not an FPS, its some awful mix between the two and does both extremely poorly. After 17 hrs I cant bare to play it anymore. What an over-hyped lump of crud. All there is to do in this game is shoot things with guns in broken buildings. There is no difference from 1 hr gameplay to 17hrs gameplay. Very disappointed.… Expand
  3. Ragemage
    Jan 31, 2016
    3
    How I feel about this game and Bethesda right now can be summed up by one of Rose of Sharon Cassidy's classic Fallout New Vegas lines, with a couple of changes:

    "You ever had a brother? Some dumbass younger brother, say, who knocked up the pastor's daughter, can't hold a job, and his home-away is a jail cell? That's "Bethesda". Their compass is spinning, all the time. They try to put    How I feel about this game and Bethesda right now can be summed up by one of Rose of Sharon Cassidy's classic Fallout New Vegas lines, with a couple of changes:

    "You ever had a brother? Some dumbass younger brother, say, who knocked up the pastor's daughter, can't hold a job, and his home-away is a jail cell? That's "Bethesda". Their compass is spinning, all the time. They try to put their "casual game marketing" in everything they see. Nobody's ♥♥♥♥ is that long. Not even Long ♥♥♥♥ Johnson, and he had a ♥♥♥♥ing long ♥♥♥♥. Thus the name. So "Bethesda" tries to hold on to everything. They can't, because it's too big for them to get their arms around. ... Look, don't get me wrong. I wouldn't want "Black Isle" or the "Obsidian" families running the "Franchise", all of them are a different kind of ♥♥♥♥-up. So what's the alternative? "Bethesda" just has some shaping up to do. Maybe "the fans" kicking them in the nuts is a nice wake-up call, is all I'm saying."    … Expand
  4. saarmae
    Dec 17, 2015
    3
    It's a Fallout game that threw out every aspect of Fallout for mediocre shooting mechanics.
    No RPG elements, panders to the ''play for 15 hours and not play it again'' crowd, no point in making builds since you can eventually get all the perks and SPECIALs and become god of the wasteland, no RPG elements, no point in replaying the game since it will always be the same **** runs like ****    It's a Fallout game that threw out every aspect of Fallout for mediocre shooting mechanics.
    No RPG elements, panders to the ''play for 15 hours and not play it again'' crowd, no point in making builds since you can eventually get all the perks and SPECIALs and become god of the wasteland, no RPG elements, no point in replaying the game since it will always be the same **** runs like **** in urban areas, lack of weapons, useless time-sink settlement system. Bethesda, once again, puts half the effort into their game and expects their modders to finish the rest for them.    … Expand
  5. Interpol_kun
    Jun 18, 2016
    0
    Zero. Yes, absolute zero. It's not fallout. If this game would be RAGE 2 or something like that, I would give 6-7/10. Yes, middlecore shooter in post-apoc without any interesting RPG features.
    Killed SPECIAL system, killed dialogs (but to be hones, the main problem is not about 4 answers. It's about Bethesda's inability to write good dialogs), junk quests and game fillers like "another    Zero. Yes, absolute zero. It's not fallout. If this game would be RAGE 2 or something like that, I would give 6-7/10. Yes, middlecore shooter in post-apoc without any interesting RPG features.
    Killed SPECIAL system, killed dialogs (but to be hones, the main problem is not about 4 answers. It's about Bethesda's inability to write good dialogs), junk quests and game fillers like "another settlement needs our help" and build-your-own-village. No, idea of building your shelter is a quite good thing, but this bad implementation and bad overall quality of other aspects of game doesn't make sense. If it would have been a good game then building could be a plus. But there it doesn't make any sense.
    And DLC's. Stupid as hell, especially last Far Harbor and it's MATRIX STYLE mission. Really, who da fk invented this mission. Is it you, Todd?    … Expand
  6. Beery
    Nov 14, 2015
    3
    Sadly, the series has devolved, with all the worst problems with earlier games coming back with a vengeance. I won't go into detail on issues that others have mentioned, but one thing always stands out for me as a lost opportunity with all the Fallout games - the scriptwriting and the voice acting. Bethesda made a great decision going with a 1950s inspired future world, but the dialogueSadly, the series has devolved, with all the worst problems with earlier games coming back with a vengeance. I won't go into detail on issues that others have mentioned, but one thing always stands out for me as a lost opportunity with all the Fallout games - the scriptwriting and the voice acting. Bethesda made a great decision going with a 1950s inspired future world, but the dialogue and voice acting never seems to reflect this. It's a great pity that they just won't hire the talented writers or actors necessary to really get the player immersed in the wonderful graphical world they create, and for me, it's become a critical flaw. I really want to like Fallout, but Bethesda never seems willing to help me to like their games. There are too many great games out there for me to be satisfied with mediocrity, and Bethesda is no longer on the cutting edge. These days they just aren't trying hard enough.… Expand
  7. fallouts
    May 22, 2016
    0
    It's a disaster. The story has many loopholes and the game pretty much is devoid of any RPG elements. Your role is determined from the get go, the quests lack choices, and they completely removed the skill system. The graphics in the world are nice but the character models look terrible with bad lip syncing. There are very few random quests with a good story, and most are just MMOish goIt's a disaster. The story has many loopholes and the game pretty much is devoid of any RPG elements. Your role is determined from the get go, the quests lack choices, and they completely removed the skill system. The graphics in the world are nice but the character models look terrible with bad lip syncing. There are very few random quests with a good story, and most are just MMOish go here and kill this quests. It's just a joke. I hope Bethesda takes their work seriously with ES 6, but they won't be getting my 60 bucks either way in the future. I will hold back and wait for the complete edition on their next game.… Expand
  8. Schwarzspuk
    Nov 19, 2015
    4
    Verstümmeltes Dialogsystem, Skillsystem runtergedummt, gestrichene Karmapunkte, Inventar aus Oblivion, veraltete Grafik, Gesichtsanimationen, Lippensynchronität usw.
    Trauerspiel !
    Meine Entäuschung des Jahres.
  9. anvirtu
    Nov 23, 2015
    4
    Positives:
    +char creator
    +shooting is less clumsy +good realisation of power armor Negatives: -casual gameplay [ where is my hardcore-mode from New Vegas? Survival difficulty, srsly? ] -sandbox gameplay [ empty locations, millions of enemies ] -it's not rpg, it's a shooter, very bad shooter -plot [ another family-story - srsly, Todd? ] -dialog wheel -graphics/animation -AI    Positives:
    +char creator
    +shooting is less clumsy
    +good realisation of power armor

    Negatives:
    -casual gameplay [ where is my hardcore-mode from New Vegas? Survival difficulty, srsly? ]
    -sandbox gameplay [ empty locations, millions of enemies ]
    -it's not rpg, it's a shooter, very bad shooter
    -plot [ another family-story - srsly, Todd? ]
    -dialog wheel
    -graphics/animation
    -AI
    -atmosphere

    4/10
    Total degradation. Empty, bad-made shooter, not even action-rpg.    … Expand
  10. konjiki7
    Apr 8, 2017
    4
    Fallout 4 has great mod support and thanks to the modders this game can be alot of fun. On its own the game performed pretty bad and there was the weird Nvidia workshop shenanigans which crippled all amd gpu's until amd mad patch specifically for this game.

    The dialog and variety is what made past fallout games great because you could basically play the game again as a different    Fallout 4 has great mod support and thanks to the modders this game can be alot of fun. On its own the game performed pretty bad and there was the weird Nvidia workshop shenanigans which crippled all amd gpu's until amd mad patch specifically for this game.

    The dialog and variety is what made past fallout games great because you could basically play the game again as a different character and have completely different experience. After beating the game i've had little motivation to play again.....    … Expand
  11. telefoonboek
    Apr 10, 2016
    4
    The game starts with an intro thats comparable to fallout 3 and fallout New Vegas, I played both of these games. U start in a normal house husband and wife when the nukes start falling and u have to run to the vault shelter. The first 30 minutes are the best the game has to offer, the rest is a huge let down.

    After u wake up and leave the vault, the game feels shallow and I feel no    The game starts with an intro thats comparable to fallout 3 and fallout New Vegas, I played both of these games. U start in a normal house husband and wife when the nukes start falling and u have to run to the vault shelter. The first 30 minutes are the best the game has to offer, the rest is a huge let down.

    After u wake up and leave the vault, the game feels shallow and I feel no connection to the story like I did in the previous games. I simply didnt finish the game by the lack of interest.

    If u really wanna try this game, I suggest u wait untill the prices drop below 30 euros.    … Expand
  12. ZombieTech
    Jun 26, 2017
    3
    Game engine is okay, gameplay mechanics are decent, base-building is fun... but OMG, the storyline has to be one of the worst.

    You wake up after seeing your son kidnapped and your wife murdered (not really spoilers, it's the opening to the game FYI)... you then prance all around the wasteland doing everything else except finding your son... however, when you do finally find your son,    Game engine is okay, gameplay mechanics are decent, base-building is fun... but OMG, the storyline has to be one of the worst.

    You wake up after seeing your son kidnapped and your wife murdered (not really spoilers, it's the opening to the game FYI)... you then prance all around the wasteland doing everything else except finding your son... however, when you do finally find your son, the story and explanation behind it are just God awful rubbish! >_    … Expand
  13. LifeHistory
    Jun 11, 2017
    4
    I wont compare it to FO3 because I only played that game few hours and did not like it. The same goes for this one though. The mechanics are boring, the graphics are very outdated and the shooting still sucks very bad. The story are boring as hell and the characters sucks. Its not even a true RPG neither its a good action game like a FarCry game for example. This game is nothing but aI wont compare it to FO3 because I only played that game few hours and did not like it. The same goes for this one though. The mechanics are boring, the graphics are very outdated and the shooting still sucks very bad. The story are boring as hell and the characters sucks. Its not even a true RPG neither its a good action game like a FarCry game for example. This game is nothing but a waste of time and burning money.

    One of the things I learn about Bethesda through out the years. They are the worst developers when it comes to making good combat. Their combat is pure **** in both The Elder Scrolls and the Fallout games.    … Expand
  14. dragonfirees
    Jan 11, 2017
    1
    They've done it again. They have taken a very promising franchise and sent it to hell.
    If Bethesda continues dumbing down their games like they have done with Fallout 4, they're gonna end up releasing a JRPG!
  15. Polarwolf98
    Apr 15, 2017
    1
    If you are looking for a Skyrim with guns this is your game. If you really want a RPG play another Fallout that isn't Fallout 3 or an Elder Scrolls that isn't Skyrim, or Baldurs Gate. But not this nonsensical version of Call of Duty which is a disgrace to one of the best RPG series ever made.
  16. Moarice
    Jun 30, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is the game good? No. Is it as bad as everyone is saying? No. Sure, the story makes no sense, there isn't too much variety of enemies or guns, has a terrible dialogue system and, I'm not sarcastic or exaggerating here, it's literally just Skyrim with guns, but saying that the game has no redeeming qualities is just wrong. Bethesda tried to emulate the things which made Fallout: New Vegas good, and where they failed they failed miserably, but the things they did right they did right. The companions are well made and have very colourful personalities, and even an option to romance some of them was added, even if it's as laughably bad as in most games. There are a lot of collectibles all throughout the Commonwealth, which are very nice mini-rewards after clearing dungeons. The crafting system is one of the best I've seen in an RPG, even if it gets tedious after a while. When it comes to combat, it's without a doubt the most fun game in the series, even if I don't like the fact that V.A.T.S. now slows time instead of stopping it.
    Now for the bad stuff. The "4 options, no more, no less" dialogue system is pointless and shouldn't have been added at all, since it only gives more work to the writers and is terrible for the players. The story makes absolutely no sense and effectively limits your roleplaying abilities. (spoiler) The four factions you can choose are there solely because Bethesda noticed the popularity of the 4-faction system in NV and they are executed terribly. (/spoiler) Voiced protagonist, while seen as devil incarnate by many, I personally didn't mind. There were a few moments when the tone of the actor's voice wasn't like what I thought it would be, but not too many. Almost all quests are "Speak with X/Collect Y/Kill Z" with some twist (e.g. "Find a robot BUT the robot makes beer) that the writers thought would make the quest good on its own. Some would say "Well, if the story, dialogues and quests are the only problems, while all the fun action stuff is good, then what's so wrong?". That is precisely what's wrong. This game is still Fallout - a series where the story, factions and quests are a core of the game. Yet it seems Bethesda thought the game they're making is an Elder Scrolls game in a different setting. If the game was from a series other than Fallout, it could easily have a higher rating. But since it is a Fallout game, there are some expectations about the quality of the game's story, narrative, lore and dialogues - none of which were fulfilled by Fallout 4.    … Expand
  17. extrememuslim10
    May 28, 2018
    0
    Long story short: "I used to love Fallout, but then Bethesda took the RP out of the G"

    Short story long: What the hell has bethesda done to the franchise? Fallout 1, 2, and NV have spectacular RPG elements. For example, in NV you can kill Benny in a million different ways or you can join him in reigning New Vegas. In fallout 4, all you do is help settlements and perform side-quests    Long story short: "I used to love Fallout, but then Bethesda took the RP out of the G"

    Short story long: What the hell has bethesda done to the franchise? Fallout 1, 2, and NV have spectacular RPG elements. For example, in NV you can kill Benny in a million different ways or you can join him in reigning New Vegas. In fallout 4, all you do is help settlements and perform side-quests where it asks you to shoot people. I wish Obsidian would make another spin-off    … Expand
  18. Redmaw69
    Nov 26, 2015
    4
    If I wanted to play a post apocalyptic shooter then I would have played something in the Borderlands franchise..
    If I wanted to play an RPG with shooter styled combat I would have played something in the Mass Effect franchise..
    If I wanted to play a game with resource gathering and base building I would have played a Minecraft mod.. I wanted to play Fallout, I should have gone back to    If I wanted to play a post apocalyptic shooter then I would have played something in the Borderlands franchise..
    If I wanted to play an RPG with shooter styled combat I would have played something in the Mass Effect franchise..
    If I wanted to play a game with resource gathering and base building I would have played a Minecraft mod..
    I wanted to play Fallout, I should have gone back to replay Fallout 1 or 2..
    I understand why Bethesda fan boys like this game, but in my opinion they ruined a good RPG franchise by making a buggy modding platform with hours of bare minimal gameplay at a premium price...
    Only reason I gave this a 4 and not a 0 is that it is playable and some people will get enjoyment out of this.. I'm not one of those people....    … Expand
  19. Harrythevet
    Nov 20, 2015
    2
    Well, wasn't this like getting the hot chick at the club, getting her home, and finding she's packing a meat and two veg between her legs? Basically, it was a glorified FO3 DLC that took them 6 years to make. Gaaaaaay! Let's see, now:
    1) Crappy graphics. I mean, seriously, it's EXACTLY the same at FO3. Even the bugs are the same.
    2) The storylines are lame as hell, and the "quests" are    Well, wasn't this like getting the hot chick at the club, getting her home, and finding she's packing a meat and two veg between her legs? Basically, it was a glorified FO3 DLC that took them 6 years to make. Gaaaaaay! Let's see, now:
    1) Crappy graphics. I mean, seriously, it's EXACTLY the same at FO3. Even the bugs are the same.
    2) The storylines are lame as hell, and the "quests" are just rinse and repeats of "go here, kill some dudes, come back for some crappy-ass reward of 100 caps"
    3) There is ZERO RPG quality to this. As with Skyrim (which was massively overrated IMHO) it doesn't matter what line of dialogue you choose, it is all going to end up going largely, if not entirely, the same way.
    4) The base-building stuff? Todd Howard made such a big deal about it, but it serves no function and is pretty boring. Do they test this stuff on real gamers or on girls who want to play house? Jeez
    5) It feels this game was made for a mass market that appeals to people who like mindless Quake-style FSP, rather than using their brains.

    I don't know if another Elder Scrolls is in production, but if it is then they need to raise their game MASSIVELY. Also, I think the FO franchise is over. I think they need to think of a new setting/story and make new RPGs in the way they USED to make them.    … Expand
  20. Uriel99
    Nov 13, 2015
    4
    Well, it's not fallout. The game design is great, visually it's ok. However this was supposed to be Fallout game and it's not. There is no roleplaying element to it. Dialogues are joke - Yes, No and Maybe 90% of the time. Quests are repetitive (Fedex and Go Kill variety most of the time), AI is rather retarded.

    It's nice to roam the wasteland and find nice little stories but beside    Well, it's not fallout. The game design is great, visually it's ok. However this was supposed to be Fallout game and it's not. There is no roleplaying element to it. Dialogues are joke - Yes, No and Maybe 90% of the time. Quests are repetitive (Fedex and Go Kill variety most of the time), AI is rather retarded.

    It's nice to roam the wasteland and find nice little stories but beside that? Not much to do.

    And don't even get me started on Sims mechanics. You are supposed to build beds for people now and set up trade roites between your towns. Why? What for? Probably to cover the fact that there is not much of a story in this game.

    I might return to adjust my score later on. The sad part is, if this was some generic game it might have been ok. It just won't do to take Fallout brand and make game without proper RPG element or story.

    Did I mention that UI is a consolized garbage? Sometimes you have to press enter to close window, sometimes ESC and sometimes TAB.    … Expand
  21. aldun11
    Nov 14, 2015
    0
    Impossible to use if your dependant on left mouse and arrow key movement. i am and i can play until i have to build something. took me an hour to find the cause why i can't move at all. if you rebind movement-keys to the arrow keys, you can never move again in building mode.
  22. Screwdrivervasy
    Nov 15, 2015
    2
    Disgusting **** Fallout? Were is the Fallout? Take away the rights to Fallout from Bethesda. By the way, how the skill affects the damage of a firearm? He that increases the caliber? **** go to such games. Excuse us, Black Isle, we all screwed up
  23. Wolfgrin
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    Do not buy! You know Fallout 3? Well its like that but with some copy and paste from Skyrim and ALL the things you hated in Fallout 3 but even worse. The game feels like they left in unfinished with the plan that the modders will do all the work for them. At most its worth 20$ but over that you will find better games. If you want a good game that you feel the love and time they had putDo not buy! You know Fallout 3? Well its like that but with some copy and paste from Skyrim and ALL the things you hated in Fallout 3 but even worse. The game feels like they left in unfinished with the plan that the modders will do all the work for them. At most its worth 20$ but over that you will find better games. If you want a good game that you feel the love and time they had put into it buy Witcher 3, at least you will get what you pay for.

    This will be the last Fallout game I buy, this IP is dead. They killed it and I will never forgive them for it.    … Expand
  24. Atomicbulldozer
    Nov 18, 2015
    4
    The combat, the graphics, the music are all excellent. However, WTF is up with this retardedly short mainstory? 10 freaking quests... no depth whatsoever in either the characters or the story.

    Bioware did it - da:i, CD Projekt red did it - TW3 and now bethesda. They're milking people with their franchises: throw an open world with boring garbage to do, with no depth whatsoever in    The combat, the graphics, the music are all excellent. However, WTF is up with this retardedly short mainstory? 10 freaking quests... no depth whatsoever in either the characters or the story.

    Bioware did it - da:i, CD Projekt red did it - TW3 and now bethesda. They're milking people with their franchises: throw an open world with boring garbage to do, with no depth whatsoever in characters, and throw an incredibly short and boring mainstory. You people seriously disgust me.    … Expand
  25. waltari
    Nov 16, 2015
    2
    Horrible port of a horrible game, that's about all. Empty story with nothing worth remembering for longer than 10 minutes inside.
    - Hilarious game progress (getting powerarmor after about 12-ish minutes of playing)
    - No motivation (getting into BoS in about 25 minutes) - Horrible voice acts, i mean seriously HORRIBLE - Absence of anything even remotely close to possible RPG element -    Horrible port of a horrible game, that's about all. Empty story with nothing worth remembering for longer than 10 minutes inside.
    - Hilarious game progress (getting powerarmor after about 12-ish minutes of playing)
    - No motivation (getting into BoS in about 25 minutes)
    - Horrible voice acts, i mean seriously HORRIBLE
    - Absence of anything even remotely close to possible RPG element
    - As for story, well i don't know how to express it, lets say even F3 story was somewhat better
    - Missing the postapo feel.
    - Many more

    + 2 points for the effort put into advertisements (apparently better than the game itself)

    Summary: Wasted resources adn opportunity, badly ported shooter, everything from Fallout world is taken away, you can finish this game even if you are braindead.
    * If you love singleplayer shooters, this is game you may like.
    * If you are RPG and/or Fallout fan do not touch this game even with 50 meters stick    … Expand
  26. Hyaon13
    Nov 13, 2015
    4
    Somehow, Bethesda has taken a step back from what New Vegas achieved plotwise rather than learning and building upon what Obsidian did. I absolutely hate the dialogue which is dumbed down for the console crowd and you can tell consoles were considered first before the PC in graphics, gameplay and options. The skill system has been murdered and is unsatisfying with it all lobbed onto oneSomehow, Bethesda has taken a step back from what New Vegas achieved plotwise rather than learning and building upon what Obsidian did. I absolutely hate the dialogue which is dumbed down for the console crowd and you can tell consoles were considered first before the PC in graphics, gameplay and options. The skill system has been murdered and is unsatisfying with it all lobbed onto one screen and 'stream lined', I even enjoy Skyrim leveling up more than this. I dislike being unable to max a skill due to not having the level requirement which means until I hit that level, I am stuffed. The weather effects are cool and atmospheric. The Role Playing does not exist anymore, I cannot refuse/be an utter **** to NPCs such as those bloody NPCs hogging my base space. I enjoy building bases but I'd rather be a loner. Overall, I don't understand how Bethesda has got it SO wrong when F1 to F3 NV has all the ingredients required, they effectly set a bowl of cornflakes on fire.

    Love Fallout 1,2,3, NV and enjoy complexity/role playing? This is not the game for you.
    Enjoy action, not thinking and just blasting foes away? This is for you.

    4/10    … Expand
  27. itscalledalance
    Nov 20, 2015
    1
    I will revisit this score sometime never. Releasing something with such a blatant flaw is inexcusable. Especially when games 10 years older did far far better!

    The dialog -from the words, down to the models movements, and eyes- HOLY FAK! its....its...TERRIBLE! why is this dudes arms hover-wiggling while looking at my crotch and talking in odd pauses and inflections!? so so bad! it    I will revisit this score sometime never. Releasing something with such a blatant flaw is inexcusable. Especially when games 10 years older did far far better!

    The dialog -from the words, down to the models movements, and eyes- HOLY FAK! its....its...TERRIBLE! why is this dudes arms hover-wiggling while looking at my crotch and talking in odd pauses and inflections!? so so bad! it literally wrecks this game for me! i can't watch the damn conversations.    … Expand
  28. TheHoleDigger
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    I'll get straight to the point.

    Fallout 4 is terrible. -1 Removal of Armor-&-Weapons durability -1 Addition of the dialogue wheel -1 :Addition of level scaling again +1 Improved A.I. +1 Improved combat +1 Improved crafting +1 Improved settlement building +1 Mods The -1 top the +1 because the dialogue wheel is just a disaster and so is removal of armor-&-weapons    I'll get straight to the point.

    Fallout 4 is terrible.

    -1 Removal of Armor-&-Weapons durability
    -1 Addition of the dialogue wheel
    -1 :Addition of level scaling again

    +1 Improved A.I.
    +1 Improved combat
    +1 Improved crafting
    +1 Improved settlement building
    +1 Mods

    The -1 top the +1 because the dialogue wheel is just a disaster and so is removal of armor-&-weapons durability. Beth you failed with Fallout 4. MASSIVELY.    … Expand
  29. neon14501
    Nov 15, 2015
    4
    hmmm... Game is realy bad. If this game would be released on 2008 it would be good game. But now its not worth buying . Just lame shooter . Run and shoot. Thats all. Its shooter not RPG. BG bethesda.
  30. rsklnkff
    Nov 15, 2015
    2
    Far from any game which can be called Fallout. Expected Fallout 3/NV with improved crafting and housing, got a game with gun crafting and housing, but without Fallout
  31. FormerlyKnown
    Nov 16, 2015
    2
    There is no opinions (except the factions part ) in this review, i will simply tell you what is missing or was "dumbed down" aka streamlined since Fallout 3 or NV.

    Let me preface this by saying that this game was and is the most expensive game ever sold on the Brazilian section of Steam, so if i seem to be angry it is because indeed i am. What do you expect from a Fallout game?    There is no opinions (except the factions part ) in this review, i will simply tell you what is missing or was "dumbed down" aka streamlined since Fallout 3 or NV.

    Let me preface this by saying that this game was and is the most expensive game ever sold on the Brazilian section of Steam, so if i seem to be angry it is because indeed i am.

    What do you expect from a Fallout game?
    -Challenge
    -Freedom
    -Risk/reward type deals
    -backstabbing,stealing,killing annoying npcs
    -multiple endings
    -interesting factions

    Is any of that in the game? Well, even on very hard the enemies are easy, the AI is a throwback to 1998 and will do the absolute worst shooting you ever saw in a game, paradoxally will grenade your candy bottom from 2 miles away with pinpoint precision. There is no alternative way to complete any quest, what you are ordered to do you do and that's that, so forget about speech, sneak, science or any other such way you are able to employ in previous Fallout games, those simply do not exist anymore.

    Freedom comes in the form of free roaming but the wasteland, that remains, but any feeling of accomplishment is taken away by the fact that minutes into the game, if you go where the game wants you too you will be given power armor by people who do not know you, who just watched you kill raiders because reasons and apparently have no use for power armor themselves, if you go off the rails prepare to be carrying 50 pipeguns which are the ugliest guns ever in any Fallout game, and one or two other guns, maybe a few melee which by the way, now require you to press another button to perform a power attack. Since i estabilished that there is no freedom on side-quests, "what about the main quest?" you may wonder, well, there is no freedom at all, you do what you are told and you do it in this specific way and that's it.

    With the removal of speech options and skills altogether it becomes apparent that there is no risk reward anymore, any "build" will max everything and the only hindrance you're going to find are locks with higher levels in the early game, you lose nothing by choosing a particular play style, but win nothing, after 200 hundred years frozen, not knowing jack about **** i was about to be a master engineer, operate high tech weaponry, understand the concept of bottle caps as money, granted these are all reocurring tropes in the Fallout universe, but i expected more from this, they could've easily made it so one of the vault technicians wandered outside and came back, so he/she/it tells you what's up or leaves personal logs on any of the many useless terminals you're bound to find inside the vault.

    Most NPCS in towns and settlements are unkilable just like children, most of them have no personality and no depth, they serve no purpose other than spew expository lines at random to each other, a lot of them feel like that guy from Whiterun "do you get to the cloud district very often?" except in this one you cannot kill them, and if you do there's no consequences to it. Remember there is no Karma system. You cannot backstab you cannot double cross you cannot keep nothing to yourself, you either do the quest like a good boy or skip it, there is no other way.

    There's no multiple ending in the scope or depth that New Vegas had[FACT], you do this evil thing or this good thing and that's that[FACT]. See for yourself it's abolutely anti-climatic.{OPINION]

    The factions are bland, black and white good guy/bad guy mush, no depth no passion, you meet them for 5 minutes and they wanna make you their leaders, the **** from the brotherhood who despised the common rabble are few and far between and the good old days where the brotherhood did not claim to be good or evil, just in the business of acquiring tech are long gone. We saviours now.    … Expand
  32. Gbraga
    Nov 17, 2015
    1
    Game is not good at all, lacks RPG elements. Beth totally messed up on Fallout 4. It should of had CND, it would of been great if there was no level scaling, and the dialogue wheel is just terrible. I hope Beth removes the dialogue wheel in a update. Then I will actually enjoy playing Fallout 4. So for all of these Fallout 4 gets a 1 from me.
  33. rlilewis
    Dec 31, 2016
    0
    This game made me commit virtual genocide...

    When I finally reached the Institute for the "big reveal" I immediately executed my son and then proceeded to purge the Institute of any life form be they natural or synthetic. Such was the utter stupidity of the plot that I felt compelled to exterminate every one of these imbeciles to stop their idiocy from infecting the rest of the    This game made me commit virtual genocide...

    When I finally reached the Institute for the "big reveal" I immediately executed my son and then proceeded to purge the Institute of any life form be they natural or synthetic. Such was the utter stupidity of the plot that I felt compelled to exterminate every one of these imbeciles to stop their idiocy from infecting the rest of the wasteland. Not that the people in the wasteland were any better but they've been exposed to high levels of radiation so their brain damage is understandable. Oh and I had to download a mod in order to kill almost anything not a raider or a ghoul in this damn game.

    Despite the gross dumbification that has occurred in the Elder Scrolls series, this game actually made me appreciate Skyrim for the factions and guilds that you can join. Believe it or not in that game you can actually *drumroll* roleplay a **** character!

    This game is comprised of two things - shoot and loot.

    Don't get me wrong I quite like running around in the GITS suit shooting stuff with an M14 or sneaking around stabbing raiders but you quickly realise that it's all for nothing. Just a big sandbox full of things to shoot but nothing to actually invest you in the world. Bethesda appears more interested in creating gimmicky theme parks than they do a realistic living breathing world.

    The BoS are you're stereotypical good guys now, unlike New Vegas where they were struggling with the growing realization of themselves becoming totally redundant, overshadowed by the NCR. In this game they have access to a massive airship, untold numbers of vertibirds, power armour suits and soldiers - I thought these guys were supposed to be a close knit group of secretive cultists who lived in bunkers?

    Even with mods that show you what your character is going to say the dialogue is still atrocious. Upon meeting the BoS and completing the mandatory "go there kill everything" mission (get used to them!) I was asked if I wanted to join them. The guy said he expected me to follow their tenants - I asked them what they were and it was "honesty and respect" - really... is that it!?

    It's an average looting/shooting game but hands down the worst Fallout game ever made and probably the worst RPG ever made.    … Expand
  34. atharoon
    Nov 19, 2015
    4
    Fallout 4 is a game somewhere in between fantastic and horrible.
    Its world as well as its various mechanics (crafting, building) is great fun to explore. The story is nice, not witcher-like presented, but entertaining. The graphics are, though not spectacular, nice to look at and well put together.
    After 50 hours of all but rushed playthrough, I started to head deep into Boston Center.    Fallout 4 is a game somewhere in between fantastic and horrible.
    Its world as well as its various mechanics (crafting, building) is great fun to explore. The story is nice, not witcher-like presented, but entertaining. The graphics are, though not spectacular, nice to look at and well put together.
    After 50 hours of all but rushed playthrough, I started to head deep into Boston Center. And out of nowhere Fallout showed its other, technically broken face. In those areas the game performance is drastically worsening. Obviously, those areas contain a high amount of object and detail, but a drecrease of FPS like 50% and worse with additional stuttering, no matter what I tweak via driver or ini files, is just not acceptable at all. And I have to mention that even when playing in the outskirts of the map now, the performance keeps behaving nervous with stutterings in between. To be fair: it helps to reduce shadow distance to the lowest setting, but this heavily affects the graphical fidelity.
    VERDICT: gameplay wise a ton of quality entertainment, unfortunately packed with severe technical issues. From my point of view Fallout 4 needs quick repairs.    … Expand
  35. Oxicleen
    Dec 11, 2015
    3
    Crafting system is okay, but its lacking. There's only maybe 10 total base guns to mod off of, and even then they really fall off in terms of damage compared to some of the goofy guns you find while exploring.

    they shouldn't have removed ammo from the workbench, as there is ammo scarcity in this fallout. The settlements are broken, you can build bases but sometimes they won't ever    Crafting system is okay, but its lacking. There's only maybe 10 total base guns to mod off of, and even then they really fall off in terms of damage compared to some of the goofy guns you find while exploring.

    they shouldn't have removed ammo from the workbench, as there is ammo scarcity in this fallout.

    The settlements are broken, you can build bases but sometimes they won't ever get attacked, and that's lackluster. Still couldn't manage to get npcs to come to my settlement to sell things, so it looks like they shipped half a game feature.

    There's tons of bugs, some of them showstoppers -- one of which made me have to restart the game after 20 hours in.. I had to restart 4 times to get the "ideal" special stat build so I wouldn't get locked out of stuff and story/plot.

    The companions will piss you off and get in your way.

    the dialogue is boring, previous bethesda games did it better.

    The characters are bland and forced, you don't really feel an emotional connection to them

    The artillery, flare, etc, systems are kinda broken, you have to invest a lot of dumb time farming certain crafting materials to get it set up to be useful, and by the time you do that, you've already cleared out the city

    map is tiny compared to previous fallouts and elder scrolls maps

    game humor went from quirky and funny to weird backwood inbred circus humor    … Expand
  36. skystaff
    Jul 21, 2018
    4
    Map is incredibly small.Dialog sistem is an disaster.World is not interesting to explore like in previous games.Game runs extremely bad and needs a ton of optimization.Side quests are boring as hell and after 70 hours in i see that there is no other storyline except the main storyline.Only one setlement called Diamond city in the game while in Skyrim you had a bunch of them.Rpg elementsMap is incredibly small.Dialog sistem is an disaster.World is not interesting to explore like in previous games.Game runs extremely bad and needs a ton of optimization.Side quests are boring as hell and after 70 hours in i see that there is no other storyline except the main storyline.Only one setlement called Diamond city in the game while in Skyrim you had a bunch of them.Rpg elements are gone and although i am having some fun with the game i think it is the worse game bethesda game studios have ever made,It feels like they did not put almost any effort in making of this game.I am not meeting anyone while i am exploring this world,all in all they took a lot of steps back with this game… Expand
  37. Rahn1908
    Nov 13, 2015
    4
    Went on a killing spree in vault 81 when they caught me stealing. I'd kill 'em all and close it for good with none being the wiser. The Overseer along with some other named npc's cant be killed... A true gamebreaker when it comes to Fallout. Its not a bad game its just not fallout...
  38. sircouto
    Nov 20, 2015
    1
    Many bugs, graphics not up to the standards of nowadays games, scavenging is boring, settlements are ok at the beginning but after a while you simply don't care about it, too much time in getting junk and improving it, not worth, quests look always the same: "please help" you go somewhere and kill all raiders, that's it.

    I regret I bought the game, not worth buying, I love the Fallout    Many bugs, graphics not up to the standards of nowadays games, scavenging is boring, settlements are ok at the beginning but after a while you simply don't care about it, too much time in getting junk and improving it, not worth, quests look always the same: "please help" you go somewhere and kill all raiders, that's it.

    I regret I bought the game, not worth buying, I love the Fallout series, this one it's a big disappointment.
    If this is the result of 7 years of development then something it's wrong.    … Expand
  39. Turulo
    Nov 28, 2015
    2
    I didn't expect much of this game, as I know Bethesda and their lack of commitment in quality. Let's be honest they are reusing the same engine that they used in Morrowind (2002) and it has not been improved much since Skyrim. But I bought it anyway because I like to experiment with mods.

    Well the game is exactly what I expected, pretty lame story-wise, the gun-play is better and    I didn't expect much of this game, as I know Bethesda and their lack of commitment in quality. Let's be honest they are reusing the same engine that they used in Morrowind (2002) and it has not been improved much since Skyrim. But I bought it anyway because I like to experiment with mods.

    Well the game is exactly what I expected, pretty lame story-wise, the gun-play is better and checking out the skills can get you entertained for a few days. But graphically is a game that should have been released in 2007, just looking at the animation and character models makes you want to shut the game down. I expect this to change eventually with the help of mods.

    I would have rated it better but I think Bethesda is making money at the backs of the modding community.    … Expand
  40. BeanBuster
    Jan 5, 2016
    3
    The very simplest way i can explain how average the game is with a choice:
    If you want a fun, well made shooter, this game is very good
    If you want a RPG with good dialouge, lots of ways to build your character, this game is bad. This game has taken out lots of the things that made it a fallout game. Skills, good dialouge, diplomatic solutions, all of it has been ripped out to make    The very simplest way i can explain how average the game is with a choice:
    If you want a fun, well made shooter, this game is very good
    If you want a RPG with good dialouge, lots of ways to build your character, this game is bad.

    This game has taken out lots of the things that made it a fallout game. Skills, good dialouge, diplomatic solutions, all of it has been ripped out to make the game easier for console gamers.

    This game is WORSE than 3 and NV. Please, buy NV. It is a much better game in every aspect.    … Expand
  41. Demonidze
    Nov 17, 2015
    2
    after 20 hours of play I can say that this is not a Fallout game. the only way so far to solve problems is to kill stuff. there is no more skill checks. this is just a call of duty wonna be game with quests.. and lots of leading screens... all i did was go there kill raiders and fetch some item.. oh and play that facebook game they called settlements where you have to collect all the trashafter 20 hours of play I can say that this is not a Fallout game. the only way so far to solve problems is to kill stuff. there is no more skill checks. this is just a call of duty wonna be game with quests.. and lots of leading screens... all i did was go there kill raiders and fetch some item.. oh and play that facebook game they called settlements where you have to collect all the trash in the world and make a use out of it. it really gets boring after some time.

    one could expect that Bethesda will look at the success of FO:NV and FO3 take the positive and make eve better game next... somehow they failed.. on both ends. this game is a strong contender for biggest disappointment of 2015.    … Expand
  42. johnangel
    Nov 20, 2015
    2
    A mediocre action game.
    A terrible rpg game.
    A disaster as a fallout sequel. The worst bethesda game I played and one of the worst experiences in an rpg game I had. The good : The gun/armor customization is very well done. The power armor. The shooting mechanics are mediocre but I expected worse. The bad : No dialogue choices. The story , need I say more ? Ghouls and    A mediocre action game.
    A terrible rpg game.
    A disaster as a fallout sequel.

    The worst bethesda game I played and one of the worst experiences in an rpg game I had.

    The good :
    The gun/armor customization is very well done.
    The power armor.
    The shooting mechanics are mediocre but I expected worse.

    The bad :
    No dialogue choices.
    The story , need I say more ?
    Ghouls and supermutants are RARE, supermutants are practically extinct as a species.
    It's been 200 plus since the bombs fell , humanity is in the process of starting to prosper again,
    bethesda clearly has no idea of the fallout universe.
    Bugs the game is full of them. Two gamebreaking bugs that happened to me :
    1st - Deathclaw uncounter early in the game bugged had to restart lost 1-2 hours of game.
    2nd - Could not join the brotherhood, had to restart lost 10 hours of game.    … Expand
  43. Noremac258
    Dec 17, 2015
    0
    Very poorly optimized, locked to 60fps, boring story, how can I even attempt to enjoy a game if my frame rate drops to 30 or bellow. It's very hard to recommend this game to anyone but a fallout fanboy.
  44. MrLeeSmith
    Nov 16, 2015
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad graphics to much bugs,glitches, few crashes and The unplayeble 3person makes this game rather strangely bad, even worse than bad, unplayable! The story isn't intriguing! The voice acting is off rather poor, the NPC get in your way and give more trouble than they are worth the dogs is the most buggy! He is useless, but sill in the game, the monsters in the game seem slightly off, the power armor makes this game a bit easy, and the shooting just feels like a game from 2001, the game doesn't have the impact that it should can't even burn a house down or blow something up! My rating is 2 cuz i don't believe the game can cost so much for sow bad content! The graphics look like from 2007 and you ask us 60bucks? while Witcher 3 or skyrim offer a lot more for the same price?… Expand
  45. NescientWolf
    Nov 20, 2015
    1
    Playable, but barely. Very disappointing. Sick and tired of developers treating gamers like idiots. I can read and reallly want to. The text system burns me up, the perk system is oversimplified, other things... basically if you can't take a step forward with a new product don't release. Putting lipstick on a pig (crafting/base building system) doesn't make it right.
  46. dk3d
    Nov 17, 2015
    1
    Skyrim was basically the last Bethesda game I played and haven't played in 2 years or more but most recent open world was Far Cry 4 so these are my basis of my review. I have only played this game about 6 hours but already I'm not even interested in continuing it that much. By comparision I played Skyrim hundreds of hours and then played it again. Far Cry 3 was also hundreds and Far Cry 4Skyrim was basically the last Bethesda game I played and haven't played in 2 years or more but most recent open world was Far Cry 4 so these are my basis of my review. I have only played this game about 6 hours but already I'm not even interested in continuing it that much. By comparision I played Skyrim hundreds of hours and then played it again. Far Cry 3 was also hundreds and Far Cry 4 ditto.

    Fallout 4? 6 Hours and it's not doing it for me.

    First of all, given the story, the world doesn't feel or look right or really make sense in my mind.

    It's feels tiny, you travel from one "location" or town(?) to the next by basically taking about 100 steps in any direction and boom! You're in a new location.

    Open World? Pretty loose use of the term in my opinion.

    By comparison Skyrim "felt" immense. Far Cry 3 and 4 felt huge. There were caves and waterfalls and hidden paths and nooks and cranies scattered all over the place, but each one felt quite a ways from the other. Miles it felt like. In Fallout 4 it seems like everything is crammed together. There's no sense of vast nuclear devastation, long straight roads into the distance with no one around.

    Granted, I haven't seen much or played much but then, I almost don't really want to.

    2nd, the World doesn't feel right given the story of this being 200 years after the blast. You're telling me 200 years in, not a single tree has grown back?

    Bugs have mutated to dog size in just 200 years? Really? Even mutant ones?

    And yet, buildings and stuff is still standing 200 years in?

    Sorry, it's all feeling wrong. It all looks wrong.

    Graphics wise, as others have said, it basically feels like a repurposed Skyrim, not that this is bad, but hey, it's like 4 or 5 years later now and granted it's a different environment (one has trees and the other should but doesn't), but FarCry 4 makes this game look really bad by comparison.

    I'm sorry I spent $60 on this game.    … Expand
  47. lakired
    Nov 13, 2015
    2
    For those whose 'Fallout' experience began with Bethesda's resumption of the franchise (III), expectations of what it is to earn the 'Fallout' title will differ grandly from those of us old folk who first cut their teeth on the brilliant and charming wit of the originals. For us, Fallout III was a rather lackluster mimic of its titular predecessors, lacking the charisma and depth thatFor those whose 'Fallout' experience began with Bethesda's resumption of the franchise (III), expectations of what it is to earn the 'Fallout' title will differ grandly from those of us old folk who first cut their teeth on the brilliant and charming wit of the originals. For us, Fallout III was a rather lackluster mimic of its titular predecessors, lacking the charisma and depth that defined the previous games. Viewed in a vacuum, however--other than the absurd and baffling end scene--it was still a remarkably entertaining game. Yet by adopting the Fallout moniker, Bethesda took on the burden of comparison, and cannot fairly be excused from it. As such, I will begin by saying that Fallout IV is unique in its ability to bring both fans of the original and the new version together in decrying its deviations from what made the franchise so beloved.

    Many critics have maligned the title as no longer being housed within the 'RPG' genre. While this isn't in itself strictly true, it is accurate to say that it is now a 'predetermined' RPG, which is to say, you do play a role, but it is one that is decided for you. In a vacuum, this is not necessarily a bad feature. Countless games have had profound success telling linear stories. However, it is simply not what 'Fallout' has ever been at its heart. Do you want to be a hardened scavenger, killing for caps? A silver-tongued rogue manipulating others to their own gain? A stoic hero of 'civilized' society mercilessly ridding the wasteland of mutant scum? Or maybe you've been itching to play a concerned (and occasionally snarky) parent? I hope it's the latter, because that's your only option in Fallout IV.

    In conjunction with this, Bethesda chose to strip down the character customization process. While it may be somewhat a matter of preference, I think overall it was a step back. In its previous incarnations, your SPECIAL stats really defined you as a character, and perks were always interesting and unique. The new system feels watered down and generic in comparison.

    While some may have been uneasy or antagonistic about the inclusion of the entirely new 'settlement construction' aspect, I personally was full ready to embrace it. While it may be new territory for the game, I'm not averse to innovation if it supplements and adds to the rest of the game. That said, the implementation of this feature was clunky, to be as polite as possible. I do have hope however that these infant stumblings will reap a fuller reward in future expansions.

    Graphically, Fallout IV is utilizing the same damn engine that's now near a decade old, while somehow not managing to escape any of the sins of those who've come before it. Even more baffling, despite leaning on older tech, its system demands are not even close to reasonable. If we can't get next-gen graphics, couldn't we at least have gotten better clipping and frame rate?

    As I mentioned before, viewed through the lens of expectation, Fallout III was a disappointment. However, removed from those expectations, it was still an exceptional game that stood on its own merits. So does Fallout IV do the same?

    As it shifts from an RPG focus to more of an Action-FPS, it does so with at least some grace in that its combat system is fluid and tense. The change to VATS is more aligned with the type of game Bethesda has produced. Oh, and there's sprinting! Finally!

    The addition of an in-depth crafting system may seem rather ho-hum given its ubiquity in the current gaming environment, however it really does add to the gritty environment of a scavenged wasteland. With that in mind, its own system is somewhat undermined by the ease of access to high-caliber weaponry and armor from the get-go. Rather than painfully scrounging the desert wasteland for materials to patch together a unique and haphazard arsenal, you'll be stumbling upon miniguns and powersuits so fast that the pipe-pistol and leather duster you found are just more junk to be scrapped and sold, rather than a meaningful and exciting progression.

    While the voice-acting is solid (as is the sound quality in general), the story line--highlighted by clumsy dialogue radial 'options'--is lackluster at best. What's even more damning about this design decision is that it severely impairs the ability of modders to 'save' the game from its own awful and uninspired writing. Quests are soulless and forgettable. The world map is beautiful, but too small to not have greater interactivity (why so few encounters, and so many boarded up filler buildings?).

    All said, even ignoring the long shadow cast by its progenitors, this is not a game that offers enough to justify its price tag. While even Bethesda couldn't ruin its cash-cow to the point of unplayability (when is roaming the wasteland blasting holes in raider skulls not fun?), Fallout: New Vegas with a slew of community mods is still a far better game. So if you're feeling the itch, pull out an old save file from that instead.    … Expand
  48. bull3271
    Nov 14, 2015
    2
    The game is very deceiving. The dialogue are not interesting at all and become very boring fat making the story unappealing. The navigation trough pip boy is becoming really annoying fast. The AI is buggy and stupid. Not a recommended buy
  49. Barny
    Nov 25, 2015
    4
    With all deep RPG elements finally eliminated from the game, it feels fairly bland. The main problem are the conversation choices: 4 possibilities, not one more. The side quests are, repeat over and over again of the same stuff. So apart from the neat appearance and music, this is a disappointment of great magnitude. The crafting however, kind of make sense, but with the rest of the gameWith all deep RPG elements finally eliminated from the game, it feels fairly bland. The main problem are the conversation choices: 4 possibilities, not one more. The side quests are, repeat over and over again of the same stuff. So apart from the neat appearance and music, this is a disappointment of great magnitude. The crafting however, kind of make sense, but with the rest of the game it does not so much. And why obtaining a power armor so early in the game ?… Expand
  50. socialist6
    Nov 25, 2015
    1
    One thing that would be very interesting to know about :
    How many of the critics reviews are bought ...

    I was certainly going to buy this, Fallout has always been a big thing for me, gamewise ... but reading the reviews from the "not sponsored" gamers ... have made me change my mind.
    The "dumbing down" is an epidemic in the gaming industry!
  51. Artorias_Win
    Nov 14, 2015
    4
    Война...война никогда не меняется, но игры меняются. То, что раньше было одной из лучших РПГ в истории "эволюционировало" в обычный шутер. Это больше не суровый постапокалипсис с интересными и мрачными историями, где каждый твой выбор влиял на дальнейшее его развитие и последствия. Это больше нет. Как нет и системы диалогов, которая превратилась в "Да", "Нет (но может да)", "Уточнить",Война...война никогда не меняется, но игры меняются. То, что раньше было одной из лучших РПГ в истории "эволюционировало" в обычный шутер. Это больше не суровый постапокалипсис с интересными и мрачными историями, где каждый твой выбор влиял на дальнейшее его развитие и последствия. Это больше нет. Как нет и системы диалогов, которая превратилась в "Да", "Нет (но может да)", "Уточнить", "Сарказм". Изредка появляются строчки связанные с красноречием, но они являются аналогом "Уточнить", только приносят опыт и требуют навык. Интересных заданий практически нет, ибо обычно всё сводиться к миссии тип "Зачисти лагерь рейдеров", "Зачисти лагерь супермутантов", "Убей гулей" и т.п. Т.е. то, за что игру любили: за какие-то микроистории, интересных персонажей, хорошо работающую систему прокачки, теперь этого просто нет... Зато есть красивые пейзажи, тонна ржавого и некрасивого огнестрельного оружия, миллионы врагов и на десерт - "Построй свою деревню"... Возможны фанаты этого и хотели: строить дома, фармить ресурсы, убивать бесконечных мобов, но раз так, то купили бы Minecraft, а не покупали бы это, чтобы назвать потом шедевром и молиться на игру, как на что-то сверхвыдающееся .___.… Expand
  52. letaltrigger
    Nov 20, 2015
    2
    Good:
    The first few minutes of the game are really nice. The atmosphere created in the house is what the entire game should have been like.
    At least when you first encounter Piper she has some good lip sync talking to the gate guard. Bad: No RPG mechanics. They removed Karma, they removed faction popularity (replaced with "This action will make you a permanent enemy to XXXXX. Do you    Good:
    The first few minutes of the game are really nice. The atmosphere created in the house is what the entire game should have been like.
    At least when you first encounter Piper she has some good lip sync talking to the gate guard.

    Bad:
    No RPG mechanics. They removed Karma, they removed faction popularity (replaced with "This action will make you a permanent enemy to XXXXX. Do you wish to continue?" and removed skill checks. Now everything is charisma based which is a huge step back.

    Gun modding could have been MUCH better. The skill progression requiring you to level up is only there to piss you off I guess, but there are already mods getting rid of it.

    Character talks. At first I liked this, until I realised how RAILROAD-ed this game was.The plot is really weak. MUH Shaun... MUH he's still alive. MUH revenge. Awful plot. Oh no we have to free the synths! They are people! Oh no, villagers need help, let's go! Build a beacon for settlers! On New Vegas you can just and kill Benny, but here you cannot skip to the "late game" because you need the Courser **** and build some crap.

    So few guns! Did anyone else notice how it's all Pipe gun/rifle, Plasma pistol/rifle, one sniper rifle, submachine gun, 10mm gun and then the bigs like Fatman? I know you can customize them, but they are still the same thing and only a few NPCs use something other than pipe/plasma (i.e. only those at the quest in which you rescue Valentine use the submachine guns). I have only found one or two melee weapons (if you count a baseball bat...) and absolutely NO unarmed weapons like the mechanic punch-thingie. What?!?    … Expand
  53. easilydone
    Nov 22, 2015
    1
    What a horribly soulless game :( I'd really been looking forward to another fallout and really thought with vast improvements NV made over 3 that I'd get to play something special, or at least an enjoyably distraction. However, this a big step back from fallout 3 even; there's just so little to it. The only thing this bares in relation to the name Fallout is the setting; the game itself isWhat a horribly soulless game :( I'd really been looking forward to another fallout and really thought with vast improvements NV made over 3 that I'd get to play something special, or at least an enjoyably distraction. However, this a big step back from fallout 3 even; there's just so little to it. The only thing this bares in relation to the name Fallout is the setting; the game itself is less an RPG then Mario Galaxy.

    I'm playing some bland father with a stolen baby that obviously is going to turn out to be older than me, or some other nonsense, I seem to understand wasteland survival better than any pf the tiny amount of NPCs I've met, who look to me to lead them in their unimagined lives.
    See somewhere to explore; could there be a fun quest? Nope it's a group of raiders in a closed space. I'll just mash them with my machete, yep they're all dead now, onwards to the next pointless 'room'. 7 hours and not one quest with any deviation from the go kill that formula yet; no skills checks bar a retarded charisma based one (same text, coloured slightly); no intelligent alternative routes or alternative counter quests. Just nothing :(
    The whole thing feels like an exercise in mundanety, they've taken Day-Z, made it infinitely easier and put on some terribly generic quests over the top of it.The world design in of itself also seems a step back from 3, it's just lots of closed houses with the odd raider 'arena' thrown in.
    Maybe it opens up a bit and improves but after 7 hours the most interesting thing is a threadbare base design section, the actual game itself is terrible.    … Expand
  54. mava314
    Dec 11, 2015
    4
    Played over 100 hours, might be all I do for a while though. This review contains nothing related to bugs. Every game has bugs, and considering how huge this game is, i'm amazed at how few bugs there are. And my game has never crashed.

    I'm so sad that this is the game i've been so hyped up about. I've loved every bethesda game ever made until now. Fallout 4 doesn't come close to    Played over 100 hours, might be all I do for a while though. This review contains nothing related to bugs. Every game has bugs, and considering how huge this game is, i'm amazed at how few bugs there are. And my game has never crashed.

    I'm so sad that this is the game i've been so hyped up about. I've loved every bethesda game ever made until now. Fallout 4 doesn't come close to anything previous.
    What I like:
    -Graphics aren't that bad, not 2015, but not bad. Better than all previous bethesda games.
    -The potential. I think mods can do a lot to save this game. I'm just glad they didn't change their view on modding.
    -Exploration is pretty good. The world is huge, lots going on. Very well done ruined city, tons of buildings to explore. Can't imagine how much time was put into creating this world.
    -Crafting is good. I don't like how every single item can be used. A pack of cigarettes gives the same amount of cloth as an area rug... but hey, it doesn't have to be perfect. Crafting is powerful, and fun.
    -Power armor is cool. I really enjoy it, even if i feel a bit OP. Ok way OP. But cranking the difficulty changes that.

    What I don't like, too many thing to list, here are the top ones:
    -Removal of old features like weapon repairs and skill system.
    -Level progress is totally consistent throughout gameplay. It takes the same amount of effort to go from level 1 to level 2 as it takes to go from level 44 to level 45. WTF, thats not normal for rpgs.
    -Settlements are annoying, they break immersion, and make fast travel required. The feature feels unfinished, and unrewarding. It could be so much more than it is. I plan to make a mod to improve this.
    -The wasteland doesn't feel desperate. People seems to be doing just fine, like nukes never destroyed the earth. The environment says otherwise, but it fails to maintain the feeling in some areas as well.
    -Dialogue is a total joke, might as well not give the player a choice in conversation at all.
    -Not very immersive. But i think mods can fix this. All bethesda games need mods for total immersion, but fallout 4 is far worse than usual.
    -Enemies can take a lot of bullets, have way too much health. I'm sure this will be addressed by mods eventually.

    Why did bethesda think changing all this stuff was going to be a good thing? They have such a huge following now, they can release anything and make tons of money from the preorders alone, and they did. They clearly had a working formula for good games, beloved games. But instead of keeping the traditional elements alive, they ruined the game with stupid ideas. I will NEVER pre-order a bethesda game again. I wish i could get my money back, as i feel they don't deserve it. My only hope is that mods will fix this game.    … Expand
  55. DDtoujours
    Dec 18, 2015
    2
    Everything is smaller in scale, no more sense of wonder for exploerers.
    In games like skyrim, fallout, huge open environment where you can wander around and explore is half the fun. In fallout 4, everything got smaller, cramp packed in one small city. No more joys of exploring vast underground subway stations filled with ghouls, no more exploring interesting, sometimes downright    Everything is smaller in scale, no more sense of wonder for exploerers.
    In games like skyrim, fallout, huge open environment where you can wander around and explore is half the fun. In fallout 4, everything got smaller, cramp packed in one small city. No more joys of exploring vast underground subway stations filled with ghouls, no more exploring interesting, sometimes downright sinister vaults ; FO4 has several vaults but they all are smaller and uninteresting compared to FO3.
    Some shills from bethesda will always claim that when indoors and outdoors are combined, FO4 is bigger than FO3. But hey, most of the indoor area is smaller, too, no more sense of wonder, no more vast world out there for you to explore, everything is smaller and packed in a small area.

    You basically goes from street to street where endlessly respawning same 'ol radiers, gunners, mutants in a very familiar area since you've been there more than 40 times!

    Forced, overexaggerated presence of settlement
    This time around building settlement takes a rather big part of fallout gameplay. They say it's completely optional but I can't help but feeling that good chunks of explorable area got reduced or omitted to give ways to this settlement management.

    Really bad optimization
    FO4 apparently focuses heavily on first person shooting this time around. Shooting foes became much more smooth, and feels and handles a lot like any other modern shooters on the market.
    One thing bestheda forgot to realize in the game is that you need a smooth framerate for smooth first person shooting experience. In this regard, FO4 pc version surely dropped the ball. Introduction of nvidia only features like godrays, which btw is the main cause of stuttering and FPS drops even on very beefy machines. Shadow bugs in the city area that can knock out FPS like nobody's business. Pay a visit to corvega assembly plant, and you'll know what it is like to play a FPS with 13~20 FPS.

    One thing you should know is that bestheda along with microsoft, intel HD, nvidia optimus seems to cut off their support for full screen mode on windows 8.1. Basically if you're using a laptop with windwos 8.1 + intel HD graphic card + nvidia optimus card especially GT800M and GT900M series, you can never run the game in full screen and forced to play only on borderless window mode, which introduces another 10 to 15 FPS drop. There is no way to really tell which companies are really responsible or which combination of them are resopnsible, but if there is one thing clear, MS is refusing to update windows 8.1 denying basic functionality like able to play the game in full screen mode for the aforementioned setup. Intel driver department has admitted that this is an issue with the driver, yet couldn't, maybe don't want to come up with the solution for about 2 years now, since dragon age inquisition has the same problem reported by countless users on EA forum, intel forum, nvidia forum alike.    … Expand
  56. Menshawy
    Jul 12, 2018
    1
    So still no interactive dynamic world, no live active cities, no interesting NPCs, no good faction system, no innovative not kill-fetch quests, no decent main story, no choice and consequence system, no vehicles, graphics are still not good, animations feel so much artificial and not natural, factions are just there to either be friendly or - like raiders and super mutants - to attack onSo still no interactive dynamic world, no live active cities, no interesting NPCs, no good faction system, no innovative not kill-fetch quests, no decent main story, no choice and consequence system, no vehicles, graphics are still not good, animations feel so much artificial and not natural, factions are just there to either be friendly or - like raiders and super mutants - to attack on sight for no reason and then get killed - even gun for hire gunners mercenaries somehow still attack on sight though I could pretty much be a possible client -, animals and wild life do not act like wild life and are just there to attack on sight for no purpose, forced to be the good guy all the time, followers and companions are not interesting and all the same in combat, AI is non at all existent neither for friends or foes. It's so sad it took them 7 years to come up with.....that. They even removed a very good elements like the karma system. The only improvement was in the combat system so I gave it only 1 and I feel I was too generous… Expand
  57. MaddMike
    Feb 2, 2017
    0
    This is not a Fallout. This is not a RPG (probably, the worst Bethesda's rpg). This is a mediocre fps; you cant shoot through objects, **** aim, etc. And this "game" is even **** Sims. can you imagine? You may ask me: what the God is good in that **** To be honest - nothing. This bramin's **** is not even a game. -10/10.
  58. TheBurninatorX
    Jul 4, 2017
    0
    What Metacritic fails to tell you about this game (mainly due to receiving incentives from gaming companies) is that this game has MAJOR FLAWS on the pc version! If you have a high end system, don't even think about buying this. First of all, the game will not even launch on ANY resolution above 1080. Secondly if you have a FPS above a certain threshold, EVERYTHING in the game will beWhat Metacritic fails to tell you about this game (mainly due to receiving incentives from gaming companies) is that this game has MAJOR FLAWS on the pc version! If you have a high end system, don't even think about buying this. First of all, the game will not even launch on ANY resolution above 1080. Secondly if you have a FPS above a certain threshold, EVERYTHING in the game will be massively sped up. All the conversation will be trashed, movement will be like the roadrunner on pcp. This is the first pc title I've played that penalizes you for being able to run at a high end capacity. Another note, even if you tweak your system to be able to run the game, it will spontaneously crash on you, with no cause or error codes or anything. This game has been out for almost TWO YEARS now, and if you read forums else where you will see that these issues have been continuous since nearly since it's release with nearly NO support from bethesda!

    If you want a good FPS or RPG shop elsewhere, giving this greedy company money for shipping out a knowingly flawed product is far becoming an industry standard, and only by boycotting their company can we send a message to them in the only way they'll notice...in their revenue.    … Expand
  59. SoulExcuse
    Oct 1, 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 !
  60. Hakrit
    May 4, 2017
    1
    i just want to stab whoever made this piece of filth
    you call that a fallout game?
    well then i call you an idiot, mate
    do yourself a favor and just buy New Vegas...
  61. GreenIsTheBest
    Apr 10, 2016
    4
    More fallout 3 - nice ... they dont add good stuff from nv.... Lore ? Power armor fusion core is connected to ur spine there is no texture there. RPG side is dying. I would like to see more synergy in perks with vats and non-vats side settelments was probobly added just before E3. There is around 30 weapons types still u get only 1 type for 44 ammo. Pipe weapons wierd... Weapon modding isMore fallout 3 - nice ... they dont add good stuff from nv.... Lore ? Power armor fusion core is connected to ur spine there is no texture there. RPG side is dying. I would like to see more synergy in perks with vats and non-vats side settelments was probobly added just before E3. There is around 30 weapons types still u get only 1 type for 44 ammo. Pipe weapons wierd... Weapon modding is something fresh but still we cant see ap cost of shot of mod. Beth just add modding weapons and forget about SMG, HMG. Still most ppl uses pipe weapons instead of crossbows/bows. Laser muscet sounds fun and fresh but ... they make it look like laser beam is gathred inside glass tube ? Still hope modders will mod sheet out of fallout 4 and make that game great again ;)… Expand
  62. Laer
    May 11, 2017
    3
    Este análisis está creado por una persona critica amante de los juegos de rol, y por ende de rolear.

    Fallout 4 es sin duda uno de los mayores desastres en cuanto a rol se refiere por un motivo que se nota en menos de media hora de juego, querer llegar a todos los públicos. El juego está simplificado a su mínima expresión en prácticamente todos los aspectos. Uno de los principales    Este análisis está creado por una persona critica amante de los juegos de rol, y por ende de rolear.

    Fallout 4 es sin duda uno de los mayores desastres en cuanto a rol se refiere por un motivo que se nota en menos de media hora de juego, querer llegar a todos los públicos.

    El juego está simplificado a su mínima expresión en prácticamente todos los aspectos.
    Uno de los principales fallos está en la opción de diálogo, y es que las respuestas posibles están simplificadas hasta tal punto que resultan absurdas, siendo posibles respuestas tan superficiales como "Sarcasmo", "Si", "No"... por no hablar de que la rama carismática no sirve prácticamente para nada. En muy pocas ocasiones ha cambiado realmente el rumbo de una conversación tener a nivel máximo esta característica.

    La facilidad para conseguir balas, para disparar, la cantidad de enemigos que habitan supuestamente un yermo muerto, han convertido a un juego de supervivencia en un juego más de disparos.

    Los asentamientos no me parece una mala idea del todo, pero no está bien pensada, ya que nuevamente rompe el sentido de supervivencia. La exploración en busca de cosas interesante pasa a ser una recolección de basura de todo lo que encuentres para poder hacer una nueva casa, defensa, generador…

    La servoarmadura es sin duda otro caso de buena idea mal llevada a cabo. Técnicamente es una de las herramientas más potentes del yermo, supuestamente escasa y difícil de mantener. En menos de una hora de partida encuentras dos, y de la cantidad de núcleos (necesarios para su funcionamiento) que encuentras a lo largo del camino, podrías mantener, no una, si no dos servoarmaduras operativas al mismo tiempo.

    No valoraré la historia como tal, ya que esto entra a juicio de cada uno, pero quiero destacar que el lore (la historia más allá de la principal) sigue estando presente como algo interesante.

    Doblaje al Español, el único punto positivo real que tiene el juego. Y es que, no se puede desmerecer el trabajo que lleva detrás un doblaje completo y no solo una traducción.

    Los bugs... eterno compañero de Bethesda del que nunca se separa. Aun siendo un juego con su recorrido ya terminado (han finalizado todos los DLCs y con ello dudo que actualicen más el juego) sigue teniendo una cantidad de errores descomunal, algunos tan enormes que llegan a romper la ambientación en cuestión de medio segundo. Uno de los mayores errores de los juegos de esta compañía es el sistema de colisión, siendo que puedes derrotar a los más fieros enemigos con un simple tronco o subiendo a una roca. Por no hablar de caídas brutales de FPS o craseos.

    Una decepción en cuanto a rol se refiere lo mires por donde lo mires. Un juego que no vale como individual, y menos aún como continuación de una saga con tanto renombre.

    Solo puedo recomendar este juego a un tipo de personas, los que quieran un juego de disparos con un montón de dianas móviles.    … Expand
  63. kikkkz
    Apr 8, 2017
    4
    Fail out.
    Probably the worst thing I've ever played, the stupid plot, the dull gameplay, [sarcasm] and other flawed dialogues and quests, well, no, never had interesting quests from Bethesda, but there the game pushed both to wagering and studying the world ... So here it is not, just a **** shooter.
  64. Gor1945
    Apr 8, 2017
    3
    Унылый градостроительный симулятор с чего то назвавшийся великим именем, это не Фаллаут и не РПГ вообще - хотя допиленный строительными модами становиться вполне себе годным - строить затягивает.
  65. MrJoeJoe
    Jul 24, 2017
    3
    I really really wanted to like Fallout 4, and i expected that Bethesda would have created one after 5 years of full development, but they did not. They created a half-arsed money grabber with much less effort than was put into New Vegas with only a year in development. Fallout 4 is a shooter with RPG elements, not something a Fallout game should be and it probably the biggestI really really wanted to like Fallout 4, and i expected that Bethesda would have created one after 5 years of full development, but they did not. They created a half-arsed money grabber with much less effort than was put into New Vegas with only a year in development. Fallout 4 is a shooter with RPG elements, not something a Fallout game should be and it probably the biggest disappointment i have ever experienced in gaming after waiting a painful 5 years for a new Fallout, only to put the game down after about a month once i got bored. In short i would not say Fallout 4 is a bad game, only that it is an extreme disappointment considering the amount of time Bethesda had to develop it and with the evidently low amount of effort and passion being put into the project as show by, for example, the half arsed ending screens and low number of quests. To finish, Obsidian made a far better Fallout game in one year than Bethesda made in five, and that is what is a disappointment.… Expand
  66. Arvenduin
    Jul 29, 2017
    3
    Fallout 4. I have never played a fallout game in my life before this one and went into the game with zero expectations. I have to say that Fallout 4 is a terrible game. It is not the worst game ever, but that does not say much. The game has awful graphics. Terrible engine. Insultingly long loading screens. Hands down one of the most terrible main stories in a video game to date. Brain-deadFallout 4. I have never played a fallout game in my life before this one and went into the game with zero expectations. I have to say that Fallout 4 is a terrible game. It is not the worst game ever, but that does not say much. The game has awful graphics. Terrible engine. Insultingly long loading screens. Hands down one of the most terrible main stories in a video game to date. Brain-dead AI. Also the newest addition into the game "village building" is extremely clunky, limited and pointless. Talent system is one of the worst I have ever seen and the game is painfully boring. The game is just a technical and gameplaywise mess. The only redeeming value I can think of is exploration and not completely bad shooting. If this game wasn't published by Bethesda and didn't have Fallout 4 name slapped on it, then nobody would give a better score than 4/10. Fallout 4 is one of the worst games I have ever touched and fans of the series should sit down and think if this is what they want in the future, since anyone who doesn't give this game at least 8/10 gets attacked by fans with mindless accusations.… Expand
  67. CooperK1ng
    Aug 2, 2017
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bethesda's Fallouts is the worst fallouts.
    And this because why:
    Bad story.
    Bad characters.
    Bad main character.
    Bad Fractions.
    World is not realy bad, but not pefect.
    Locations repeats.
    Guns are good, even modifications are useful and interesting.
    Sounds are good, but not perfect.

    Fallout is **** sometimes (90%), and good in some things (5%), and realy not bad in guns, modifications and sounds (5%).
    Kappa 4/10;    … Expand
  68. joeskb7
    Oct 21, 2018
    0
    It's not Fallout anymore... Let's be fair, Fallout series ended on Fallout 2. Bethesda is just making money on its name, nothing more. "New Vegas" was so-so approximation. But next games are just shooters. It would be fine game if they rename it to something else. But if they call it "Fallout", then the rating is 0/10, because it's too bad by Fallout 1/2 standards.
  69. mookem
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    I call it Fallout 3.5, New Vegas was better.
    Basically:
    - Sub standard graphics
    - Same old gameplay
    - **** dialog
    - Crap AI
    - Boring quests
    - Crafting system is kinda cool

    4/10, spend $20 on it tops
  70. Jazzmin
    Jan 5, 2016
    0
    Im sorry but I just don't understand the hype behind these games. The graphics look like late 90's games at best. I know its a RPG but I have definitely seen better than this especially in the PC market.
  71. Lostframe
    Jun 28, 2016
    0
    Greedy people ruin my favorit game...R.I.P. Fallout 4
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  72. Tillakanesis
    Nov 14, 2015
    4
    I'm not gonna bother spending an hour writing a review because almost everything wrong with the game you can find on all the other deserved LOW scores. But basically Bethesda **** over true fans of the series to invite over casuals.

    They rid the game of the Karma System, Reputations, and Stat leveling. The Dialogue is so **** bad it's funny. And never have I seen a fallout game where    I'm not gonna bother spending an hour writing a review because almost everything wrong with the game you can find on all the other deserved LOW scores. But basically Bethesda **** over true fans of the series to invite over casuals.

    They rid the game of the Karma System, Reputations, and Stat leveling. The Dialogue is so **** bad it's funny. And never have I seen a fallout game where dialogue has absolutely no impact. The story flat out sucks. And Bethesda chose your character for you. This isn't an RPG, it's COD open world with some pathetic excuses for RPG elements.

    Don't 'but' this game if you loved previous installments. Don't 'but' this game anyway, Bethesda can **** off if it wants to screw over it's fans for more money. This is ridiculous. This doesn't even reach the amount of WOW Bethesda usually create with their games, it feels like they ripped the code straight from Fallout 3 but made it HD, and also stripped the game to a skeleton. It is Bad.    … Expand
  73. Kraminator
    Nov 28, 2015
    4
    I'm not a veteran of the Fallout franchise like most reviewers here. I really enjoyed Skyrim and was hoping for an even better experience. What a disappointment. I just finished my first play through of Witcher 3 before starting Fallout 4. Fallout 4 suffers mightily by comparison. If I had to describe Fallout 4 in a few words, they would include "boring" and "ugly". My regard forI'm not a veteran of the Fallout franchise like most reviewers here. I really enjoyed Skyrim and was hoping for an even better experience. What a disappointment. I just finished my first play through of Witcher 3 before starting Fallout 4. Fallout 4 suffers mightily by comparison. If I had to describe Fallout 4 in a few words, they would include "boring" and "ugly". My regard for Bethesda has taken a major hit.… Expand
  74. Psy_pmP
    Nov 22, 2015
    1
    It has been 12 days since release. But I do not see any movement to rectify the game. It did not work at all of the patch. Thousands of bugs. Every time playing I think I have to start all over again. AutoSave is done badly and overwrite themselves. I again unplayable bug, and all 5 autosave made in the interval of 1 minute.
    And normal save made 6 hours ago.
  75. nospam9000
    Nov 29, 2015
    3
    Deinstalled the game after playing 10+ hours. Storyline is boring and difficulty is just random. The character animations would be great for 2005. Loved Fallout 3, but this is just a joke.
  76. Johnman
    Nov 22, 2015
    2
    I first I liked it. As time went on, however I started to see a lot of flaws that show the franchise is moving in a bad direction. Artistically and mechanically there are a lot of improvements, but immersion and writing are uninspired and frankly amateurish in places. I played the heck out of it and I think I got my money's worth. But I don't want the next Fallout to continue on this path.I first I liked it. As time went on, however I started to see a lot of flaws that show the franchise is moving in a bad direction. Artistically and mechanically there are a lot of improvements, but immersion and writing are uninspired and frankly amateurish in places. I played the heck out of it and I think I got my money's worth. But I don't want the next Fallout to continue on this path. They seem to be trading graphics, good voice acting, marketing and wide audiences for a well written story and an immersive and coherent game world. Please don't go that way Bethesda.… Expand
  77. Brabizon
    Nov 24, 2015
    2
    With the truckloads of money generated by this game in its opening weeks Bethesda needs to do some serious quality control that was absent on release. In great contrast to the other games I've played this year Fallout 4, in the 12 hours I've played it, has been riddled with game breaking bugs ranging from appalling graphical glitches to frustrating key control issues. Add to this theWith the truckloads of money generated by this game in its opening weeks Bethesda needs to do some serious quality control that was absent on release. In great contrast to the other games I've played this year Fallout 4, in the 12 hours I've played it, has been riddled with game breaking bugs ranging from appalling graphical glitches to frustrating key control issues. Add to this the lacklustre and antiquated graphics (those textures!), bland story and braindead gameplay means I'm giving this a miss and going back to complete Witcher 3, a vastly better RPG, which is head and shoulders above it in terms of quality, innovation and playability.… Expand
  78. LeftZer0
    Nov 30, 2015
    4
    TL;DR: Disappointing. Decent-to-bad Far Cry-like open-world shooter, horrible wRPG.

    The good: +The FPS mechanics have been greatly improved. It's not nearly as good as a true shooter like Counter-Strike, but it's passable - much better than the horrible FO3 mechanics. +Modding guns and armor is fun. +Graphics are good enough. Not the best ones around, but enough with decent textures,    TL;DR: Disappointing. Decent-to-bad Far Cry-like open-world shooter, horrible wRPG.

    The good:
    +The FPS mechanics have been greatly improved. It's not nearly as good as a true shooter like Counter-Strike, but it's passable - much better than the horrible FO3 mechanics.
    +Modding guns and armor is fun.
    +Graphics are good enough. Not the best ones around, but enough with decent textures, good lightning and some beautiful locations.
    +Animations have been greatly improved. They're still bad for today's standards, but better than the last ones and, again, enough to convince.
    +Less bugs than the standard Bethesda release.

    The bad:
    -Tiered perks. Those that give you +X every time you level them up. That's extremely lazy character building.
    -Gun variety is low. Yes, you can mod guns for hundreds of combinations, but ultimately there are very few "base guns".
    -Scavenging for rarer components is annoying and feels like grinding.
    -Enemy and companion AI is still terrible.
    -The game is easy even at the hardest setting.
    -Settlement building interface is horrible. You have to walk around to place stuff. You have to manually assign settlers. You can't check if a settler is already assigned unless you mark them somehow (usually giving assigned settlers specific clothing). Functionally there's almost nothing, it's shallower than Fallout Shelter.
    -The world is smaller than the last ones, which is made up by well-done locations, which is destroyed by every location being the same linear Raider/Super-mutant/Ghoul-invested area that you clean to get **** loot.
    -An absurd number of the quests involve going somewhere, killing everything in your way and either killing a specific enemy or taking something. They were added just to mark a location in your map and give you a reason to go there - to the same linear Raider/Super-mutant/Ghoul-invested area that you clean to get **** loot.
    -The wRPG elements are gone. Your options are almost none. Almost every dialog option is limited to Yes/No/Tell me more/Sarcastic Yes, with No being in almost every case "I'll take this quest later". I thought Bethesda would learn from FO: New Vegas on how to create a 3D wRPG, but instead they decided that the players are too stupid to have options and create their own path and restrained them to what they wanted. The result is a game that has nothing to do with the previous Fallout except for the setting, being closer to Far Cry 3 and 4 - while not being nearly as good.    … Expand
  79. ariansand
    Nov 20, 2015
    2
    Where to begin?
    I was expecting a great game to say the least. I rode the hype train pretty heavily. However this game was an absolute disaster on so many levels. Just trying to come with it all will be a huge challenge so I am not even going to try. I am just going to list the good and the bad in the game and that's it.
    The good: The character creation system was really good. However I    Where to begin?
    I was expecting a great game to say the least. I rode the hype train pretty heavily. However this game was an absolute disaster on so many levels. Just trying to come with it all will be a huge challenge so I am not even going to try. I am just going to list the good and the bad in the game and that's it.
    The good:
    The character creation system was really good. However I must say that it was pointless creating the look of the other character as that character will not matter at all in the game.
    Crafting system was generally good, at least for the weapons and armor.
    Combat was improved but it is not nearly as good as other titles which focuses more on combat.
    VATS was improved although I think that time goes too fast in VATS and it kind of destroys its purpose. Previous VATS was better, however still a nice feature.
    The bad:
    Leveling up. It was just plain horrible, there is no point leveling up anymore since all you get are these perk points. You can't increase your SPECIAL points when you level up!
    Perks. What the hell, mainstreamed like crazy. Most of these perks are pointless. None of the perks are essential for the game!
    Combat. Especially the stealth combat does not work. There is absolutely no reason to put on a suppressor on a gun as the enemy will still find you even if you shoot from 200 meters away and have all the necessary perks and everything. Also the hip firing is just horrendous, the targeting grid is so huge that it becomes overly changeling to even get a single hit on the other character. In fact I would suggest everyone to just use melee weapons, they are m,much better. Just run up to the enemy and slash their throats.
    Dialogue. Lacking very much, I do enjoy the voice acting and everything but dialogue is such a mess that it is pointless to talk to people. Many characters say the exact same **** often it does not matter what the hell you are saying and sarcasm can go either way.
    Story and quests. Also very lacking, the story was not all that intriguing and felt quite shallow to be honest. But that was still the best part of this section as the quests were absolutely horrendous. What you did was all the same thing, as minuteman you just helped some settlement and as a brotherhood of steel you just went and picked up artifacts and killed every enemy in a location. It was repeated forever, nowhere did it say that, hey stupid progress with the main quest and then the brotherhood of steel quest will also progress. In short quests were awful! Also to note that the story progressed very quickly! Also the ending was basically the same for every faction. The only difference was who was left alive and who roams the commonwealth afterwards as NPCs(boring as hell!).
    Settlements and crafting for those settlements. The worst feature ever! I tried to make my settlement a safe haven for the settlers. I barricaded them with huge fences just like in some kind of concentration camp, I built them a nice place to live with many beds fitted closely together. I put turrets left and right to shoot any and all attackers. I made a single entrance in the form of a gate and put huge defenses both in front of it and behind it. It was secure as hell and I provided them with all their needs, water, food, security, power, beds. They were happy but they were stupid. When there was an attack these people opened the gate and ran outside so that they could fight when they could just have stayed inside and let the turrets take care of the raiders. So they got killed en mass.
    Stupid AI, both the NPCs and especially your companions.
    Graphics. Horrendous graphics and it barely looks better than fallout 3.
    Loading time. What the hell so many loading times(especially in game!). I have a great PC and it still loads forever even through I have specifically put this game on my Intel SSD drive. Also I have the latest i7 6700K CPU and gtx 980 ti in sli config and 32 Gigs of DDR4 RAM. It shows one thing, old and bad engine!!!!
    Radio. The same songs playing over and over again. I just got a headache when listening to it. Bad choice!
    Bugs everywhere! Some bugs were game breaking. I encountered a bug where I did not take with me danse to the supermutant location and he just appeared there. But he appeared as a hostile despite me not firing a single shot at him. That made the whole brotherhood of steel hostiles for no god damn reason.
    This game sucks rotten horse testicles and it was not worth my buy.
    Rating of 2/10 seems to be a rating which is fitting for the current state of the game.    … Expand
  80. BraXzy
    Nov 18, 2015
    1
    Bethesda has cheapened out more than ever and doesn't care about the PC.

    Fallout 4 cannot have stable FPS or physics past 60FPS. I have a 144hz monitor and everything flies or spirals like a tornado. There is no FOV slider in the options menu either. Now lets talk about the bad. Bethesda has turned Fallout 4 into an abomination it's Frankenstein 4 instead. The dialogue wheel sucks    Bethesda has cheapened out more than ever and doesn't care about the PC.

    Fallout 4 cannot have stable FPS or physics past 60FPS. I have a 144hz monitor and everything flies or spirals like a tornado.

    There is no FOV slider in the options menu either.

    Now lets talk about the bad. Bethesda has turned Fallout 4 into an abomination it's Frankenstein 4 instead. The dialogue wheel sucks I wish it to be removed in a patch, add at least 100 more quest Bethesda please, the removal of armor and weapons breaking is a HUGE let down too, Immortal companions? What is this? Be a god and never die and have your allies never die and win battles for you?

    Never buying games from Bethesda ever again for as long as I live they make horrible games now. It most definitely started with Skyrim.    … Expand
  81. Sawatramani
    Nov 19, 2015
    1
    Many reviews here have covered the salient defects of Fallout 4 when compared to Bethesda's previous incarnations. Before offering my take on what I think are the most important defects, let me offer credit where credit is due by pointing out where Bethesda went right.

    Firstly, while many people complain about the graphics quality, I find it to be refreshing, detailed, and overall an    Many reviews here have covered the salient defects of Fallout 4 when compared to Bethesda's previous incarnations. Before offering my take on what I think are the most important defects, let me offer credit where credit is due by pointing out where Bethesda went right.

    Firstly, while many people complain about the graphics quality, I find it to be refreshing, detailed, and overall an implementation beyond my expectations. Bethesda clearly listened to customer feedback with regard to the dreary green tint in Fallout 3, and noted the improvement in color palette offered by Obsidian in New Vegas. Secondly, while not perfectly implemented, the base building aspect of Fallout 4 is a welcome feature.

    These two points earn this game two points, but compromising the fundamentals of what made Fallout Fallout subtract the other eight.

    The majority of my complaints center around the indisputable fact that Fallout 4 can hardly be described as an RPG. RPGs require more than just a perk every level. Removing the skills system which had been in place in some form since 1999 was the first undeniable mistake Bethesda made with Fallout 4. While Bethesda likes to present their games as a bastion of player choice, it makes no sense to do so when they diminish the player's ability to customize his or her character to anything beyond a shallow extent.

    And following the lack of player choice, we find immediately upon starting the game that the "role" of our character is barely determined by our choices. No longer can we create our own back story, determine our own personality, decide whether we want to be family people or murderous villains, because Bethesda has chosen our role for us. Not only do they do this by deciding upon the aforementioned characteristics and forcing us into a very specific story, but they have done so by voicing our characters with a voice that represents *their* vision, not ours.

    Fallout 4 is a world of clear black and white, good and evil. No longer is there a moral grey area in the wasteland. No longer are there multiple perspectives of right and wrong. Instead, Bethesda has intellectually compressed itself into a simple, clear world with little depth and which can appeal only to the shallow.

    This is, in essence, the Bioware model. Without Bethesda to compete with this model, the time of the RPG has died. Bethesda was the only AAA developer on the market that seemed to be a resistance against the homogenization of games; beyond the shallow offerings that rake in millions of dollars. Bethesda did something special, and occupied a special, unique place in the gaming landscape, and they eschewed this for...profit perhaps? But this answer doesn't satisfy me, because ultimately Fallout 4 would have gone on to make millions regardless of what kind of game they made. So no, I don't think profit explains the hollow shell of Fallout that Bethesda has offered us. I find the only reasonable explanation left over to be that Bethesda has simply lost sight of their goal and failed to understand what made their product great in the first place.

    This lost sight culminates ultimately in a pretty product with no depth. A game with little replay value. A solid disappointment.

    This game was not made for Fallout fans, this game was made for Call of Duty and Rage fans. Players who don't want to deal with complexity, reading, moral questions, or choices. Players who want their choices lain out for them. There is nothing inherently wrong with this mode of gaming. There is something inherently wrong with this mode of gaming when you call it Fallout.    … Expand
  82. xX054Xx
    Dec 19, 2015
    4
    I personally don't know what Bethesda was thinking when they released this, but it couldn't be anything less then a "cash grab".

    I haven't played the previous Fallouts, nor do i plan too after playing this. So with that being said onto the Pros and Cons. Pros: -Some lighting effects (Some shadows, along with AO and rain effects look decent, if not better then the majority of the    I personally don't know what Bethesda was thinking when they released this, but it couldn't be anything less then a "cash grab".

    I haven't played the previous Fallouts, nor do i plan too after playing this. So with that being said onto the Pros and Cons.

    Pros:
    -Some lighting effects (Some shadows, along with AO and rain effects look decent, if not better then the majority of the game)
    -Minecrafting (can be abit of fun once you play around with it.)
    -Upgrading/ customizing weapons
    -Vats is also pretty good (Again, haven't played a fallout previous to this)
    -Soundtrack (Menu ost is amazing)

    Cons:
    -The Story
    It's bad, there is no real thing to explain here. Without including any spoilers, its quite possibly the most cliche script i've ever seen. (Apart from multiple factions, which is the only decent portion of it. Even then it still fails because some faction's storylines just F***ing suck compared to the rest. I'm looking at you whoever made the Minutemen Questline....) Endings are also pretty similar.

    -Gameplay
    Again, its the first fallout i've played so far. I've looked at videos of the previous fallout entries, and while fallout 4 has much better gameplay (from the videos that is) than the previous titles, its still extremely slow paced for my taste.

    Difficulty
    AI doesn't become smarter, they become giant bullet sponges while dealing more damage to you. Challenge is pretty much just off-set by better gear.

    Weapons
    While weapon customization is good, most options (And a good majority of weapons) are completely useless. After a while your down to extremely generic weapons that pretty much take up your entire inventory.

    (Some gun models don't even have triggers on them, though i won't really include that in the cons)

    Graphics
    It's bad. Really bad. This game is quite possibly the worst looking game i've played within the last 7 years.
    (Wtf is that foggy white light indoors?)

    Optimization
    My specs:
    Gtx 960 (2g)
    FX 6300
    8G ram

    Lowest AVG FPS :29 (Outside, Inside 35)
    Highest AVG FPS : 49 (Outside, Inside 57)
    Settings (High, Godrays off, Shadows are all at high, view distance maxed as well)
    I understand that i could tinker with my settings for more FPS, and i understand that i don't have a beast gaming PC, and i understand that I'm not using an intel processor (in the mist of upgrading in a week)
    But for a game that came out LATE 2015, and even if its rendering at a decent distance, this game runs and looks like horse S***. There is no reason why this game is optimized as it is. None. You can't defend this game at any level when it comes to optimization or graphical quality (Other than a few lighting effects of course). I get it, graphics aren't everything, but i shouldn't be playing a game that looks like it came out in 2007 in 2015.

    Voice Acting

    Some Voice actors sound much better than others, however alot of the voices sound as if there coming from B rated actors (Hell even C rated sometimes). Enemy voice acting is pretty decent however.

    Side Quests
    90% of them are generic fetch quests. (However some random encounters are much better than others).

    Mixed opinions on subjects are as followed:
    Exploration: While the world is decently sized, alot of it just feels empty. Locations are mostly closed off, and most locations are pretty much just for taking screanshots and have no real purpose. Which again, is pretty weird considering how hyped-up this game was. Teammates/Companions While some of the features of the AI are great (ie, dialog, background, customization). The biggest problem is that its pretty much pointless to have one. The story doesn't change, the AI depending on the situation just likes or hates you for your choice. Along with the fact that they don't die completely, takes the little realism that this game has, out the window. Perks: While the concept is pretty good, it's pretty much the same as any RPG. Put X stat in X skill and get X bonus. No real skill tree's or gameplay changes. Random encounters: While some do add abit of style to it (The fridge man lol) most are again pretty pointless, aside from getting legendary weapons. They don't add anything to the story the majority of the time, and the ones that do are just really small details. I don't know if i missed anything but, at this point im just going to call it a night. All in all, while the game is not a 1, its certainly not worthy of anything over a 5. This is one of the games that you play when your bored, and like to have mindless fun. I personally don't know what game the other reviewers (The ones getting 8-10s especially) are playing, but i guess i might be playing a completely different version. My final score is a 4.5/10.    … Expand
  83. james2003
    Jan 12, 2016
    4
    I have played every Fallout game ever made and Fallout 4 is the worse. It started with mixed feelings from the get go and ended with numerous game looping bugs that left me with no option but to leave it. Or until a patch, but the last one was early December and still no major fixes to the game. I suggest leaving this game until it’s been resolved… You have been warned.
    The main    I have played every Fallout game ever made and Fallout 4 is the worse. It started with mixed feelings from the get go and ended with numerous game looping bugs that left me with no option but to leave it. Or until a patch, but the last one was early December and still no major fixes to the game. I suggest leaving this game until it’s been resolved… You have been warned.
    The main impression I have of the game is the tedious nature of the missions. From constantly being harassed by your settlers as they somehow manage to let themselves be captured again. The annoyance of try to figure out how the game mechanics and how missions work as explanations are incredibly vague at times.
    But the worse crime is the blatant standing on the shoulder of giants. You can see influences of Mass Effect with its character romances and dial spinning dialog options. Minecraft and is building of settlements and structures. As well as other new improvements that have been fully borrowed and half implemented.
    It’s a shame as there are some small glimmers over shadowed by major game coding flaws and underutilised concepts. Like for example you get to build your own bases with scrap found from the wasteland, nice concept… liking it. Yet there are some blindly obvious things Fallout missed, making this ultimately a huge fail.
    First and foremost is no mass way to arm settlers, you literally have to talk to everyone and trade with them independently. Also why not have a base test, throw some raider at the walls, and let me see my settlement defences working out?
    A huge mistake was to allow you to own more than one settlement to be built in the wasteland. It means three quarters of the game is wasted just picking up junk and transporting it back to feed your settlements. Ironically you do this in the hopes that your one of many settlements will leave you alone, defend themselves for a change, but it doesn’t happen. It’s a vicious circle that gobbles up your time and will eventually leave you with a bitter taste in your mouth.
    The story really highlights how bad it has become. I methodically play the game destroying evil and rise to become the leader of the faction I choose. But at some point, really close to the end, you lose all choice. You are pointed down a few roads, none you feel particularly happy about, but you have to take without deviation. Why... because fallout endings have always sucked just a little just like war and war never changes.    … Expand
  84. pfyfe441
    Dec 1, 2015
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok so, I don't normal do reviews and created an account just for this. This game sucks. I was one of the many people waiting for years for this game, I have played all the Elder Scrolls and previous Fallout games and when it came to this I was shocked to see how lazy Bethesda has become.

    1. The graphics are horrible. Yes most people argue graphics aren't everything and I agree, they aren't, but when the graphics are a have minor improvements to the previous game made on old gen hardware, something is seriously wrong. Many would argue that for an open world game the graphics will need to be downgraded to run but just look at the Witcher 3.

    2. Gameplay. Yes this is an improvement from the previous games however it feels like a cheap Call of Duty rip off.

    3. Story is awful. I normal don't look for amazing stories in RPG's (this isn't an RPG) however they are always a plus. The story in Fallout 4 is awful. It feels fine and well past after the first 4 missions then it speeds up to an unoriginal mess of a story with characters no one cares about. It tries to play on old players nostalga bring back characters such as Doctor Li, Liberty Prime and Arthur Maxson. This annoyed me greatly as instead of making new and interesting characters they bring a robot, an up tight **** and a spoil child who thinks he's a man. There is no real choices in this game. Let the Institute live or blow a big hole in the ground. WOW! Also part of the final battle has you holding hands with a giant robot as it is incapable to walk on its own, sound familiar?

    4. UI and dialogue. Dialogue is bad. Real bad. Here are you options. The friendly option, the sarcastic option, the **** option, a question option and sometimes an awful persuasion attempt to get and extra 25 caps to go fetch some random farmer his carrots back from some Super Mutants. Stop trying to copy Mass Effect, Bethesda. UI is so poor, so bland and plain.

    5. Crafting. The crafting was a welcome feature for me when it came to this game. However there is no tutorial at all guiding you, showing you how to build this and that. Once I figured it all out and began enjoying it.... then it became repetitive and boring.

    Here are some-things I would also like to note. Bad animation, horrible performance on consoles and sometimes on PC, buggy and has not been patched since release, some horrible voice acting, honestly quite a boring location, perk chart is a horrible idea, lip sync is so annoying, Bethesda are too dependent on modders to fix their game for them, has no RPG elements to it apart from character creation and Bethesda, please don't ever have a voiced protagonist again.

    All in all this is a bad game. Without the Fallout name in front of it, it's nothing more than a poor shooter copying Call of Duty. Bethesda, you should be ashamed.    … Expand
  85. taylist
    Dec 11, 2015
    4
    I was really exited when I started playing Fallout 4. Graphics looked good. Combat was great. Having a dog for a companion was a nice touch. And don't get me started on the power armor. Everything seemed lined up for a great gaming experience. Except there was no story at all. No memorable characters or interactions. It just doesn't have a soul. So when the initial excitement of shinyI was really exited when I started playing Fallout 4. Graphics looked good. Combat was great. Having a dog for a companion was a nice touch. And don't get me started on the power armor. Everything seemed lined up for a great gaming experience. Except there was no story at all. No memorable characters or interactions. It just doesn't have a soul. So when the initial excitement of shiny newness left, I was left wondering why I should even bother. So many memories from New Vegas, and none from this little gem surely born from market research instead of passion. I can only hope Elder Scrolls wont meet the same fate. Oh, and lack of native Steam controller support is really annoying.… Expand
  86. Arseniy_Cat
    May 10, 2016
    1
    This game is so really bad! **** save don't working! SAVES! I lost 5 hours of my gameplay because they is not SAVE MY GAME. I can only say this "Bethesda,Bethesda do only ****
  87. MatureGamer
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I know the game has guns, but I didn't know this was an FPS. What happened to this game? Fallout 3 -- Excellent. Fallout NV (I know Beth didn't make it) even better. Skyrim - thousands of hours played. The media that gave this game any score above 75 has failed their audience. As an ARPG it should be rated no higher than 50. I doubt the community can fix this. I hate the over-used phraseI know the game has guns, but I didn't know this was an FPS. What happened to this game? Fallout 3 -- Excellent. Fallout NV (I know Beth didn't make it) even better. Skyrim - thousands of hours played. The media that gave this game any score above 75 has failed their audience. As an ARPG it should be rated no higher than 50. I doubt the community can fix this. I hate the over-used phrase "dumbed down." I use the phrase "more accessible." This game is dumbed down. It is quite sad, really.… Expand
  88. Orishii
    Nov 21, 2015
    2
    Don't buy this product. Don't pirate this product. If you are a Fallout and a RPG fan stay away from this, its just a lazy game with no soul. No RPG elements at all. This product isn't coherent at all, if you don't follow game script and go to explore at beginning you'll see why. EG you are frozen for 200 and when you wake up world is changed (not much ) there is a city and your premadeDon't buy this product. Don't pirate this product. If you are a Fallout and a RPG fan stay away from this, its just a lazy game with no soul. No RPG elements at all. This product isn't coherent at all, if you don't follow game script and go to explore at beginning you'll see why. EG you are frozen for 200 and when you wake up world is changed (not much ) there is a city and your premade character cant know that city after 200 years of sleep but in conversation (dumped down ) talks like he know that city, but when you go back and follow the script, when that city its mentioned he ask : ''What city ? I don't know that city'' and demand more info about city. Game is scripted as **** and stupid. F4 its just a shooter. Very low textures to most of clutter and objects. Stupid AI, you fire a MINI NUKE at them and after 5-10 seconds they act like nothing happened. Ui is atrocious, for console, they didn't change it for PC. No FOV slide bar ( weapons cover half of screen ), no graphics settings IN GAME. Now we have Farmville in a ''Fallout'' product. Survival difficulty is a joke, to easy, only change is that stimpaks heal slower, that's all. No degradation, no repair, very few types of enemies ( nothing new ), boring quests, no alternative choices of doing quests ( just shooting all time ). You can mod a pistol into a sniper early in the game, Power armor in 30 mins of game. F4 is a lazy and unfinished product.… Expand
  89. rinner23
    Nov 12, 2015
    2
    This game is Trash. Coming from a long-time fallout fan from the very first, and I even loved Fallout 3.

    Bethesda have basically dumped a terrible console port onto the laps of PC Gamer's everywhere. To do that in itself is bad enough, but to do it with so beloved a franchise is unforgivable. There was a reason for the strict review embargo - this game is trash through and through.    This game is Trash. Coming from a long-time fallout fan from the very first, and I even loved Fallout 3.

    Bethesda have basically dumped a terrible console port onto the laps of PC Gamer's everywhere. To do that in itself is bad enough, but to do it with so beloved a franchise is unforgivable.

    There was a reason for the strict review embargo - this game is trash through and through. It's designed for consoles and even then doesn't come close to 'Next-Gen'. You can't even re-bind all the keys, change the FOV (WTF!), or equalize the horizontal/vertical mouse sensitivity.

    Aside from all the atrocious bugs, the awful face textures, crappy animations, and poor performance this game is just so DULL, DULL, DULL and BORING.

    This game is a horrible, shameful mess, and Bethesda have just lost a customer for life.

    AVOID.    … Expand
  90. SubStandard
    Nov 13, 2015
    2
    Plays like a clunky FPS with some basic RPG elements. The game engine is showing its age, and the story seems like a last minute thought.

    This is not the Fallout you are looking for.
  91. kingplain
    Dec 18, 2015
    2
    This incarnation throws out all the elements that made the series: The lore, Humor, RPG elements, immersiveness, ability to tackle objectives in numerous way, a blank slate main character turn into whoever you please.

    You take all that away and what you're left with is a series that never would have had a following to begin with. It's a linear 1st person shooter that's dated and    This incarnation throws out all the elements that made the series: The lore, Humor, RPG elements, immersiveness, ability to tackle objectives in numerous way, a blank slate main character turn into whoever you please.

    You take all that away and what you're left with is a series that never would have had a following to begin with. It's a linear 1st person shooter that's dated and mediocre to poor across the board.

    I don't know who's playing and enjoying this. I don't know if people who think this game is great are actual people and not just an overzealous social media ads. Anyone who's played the last game or is a fan of series would have been disappointed. Anyone who hadn't, probably wouldn't think anything of the brand and would instead gravitate to other games that are far superior in terms of gunplay, RPG, collecting, crafting, story, etc.

    I played it for 10 hours and just uninstalled it. I tried to like it, but it was too much of a chore. I remember one in-game moment where I killed a guy's wife. He walked over, looked at her dead body and went "hm" before walking away. How he feels about his wife is how I feel about this game.

    Hopefully obsidian will make a Fallout 4.5 (like the did with New Vegas.) Either way, I'm not buying before I see user reviews ever again.    … Expand
  92. kozhura
    Nov 21, 2015
    2
    Bethesda muddled while releasing this game. There is no atmosphere of the universe, which had been before. Awful dialog system like in Mass Effect. Futhermore, everything you doing is shooting everywhere. There is no balance in game. Too poor.
  93. LanceVanceDance
    Aug 23, 2016
    0
    Bethesda didn't give any f*cks about this game, why should YOU?

    If you see Fallout 4 on a store page, stay away. It doesn't deserve a cent of your money. And there are a lot of OTHER games that do, so why not make a GOOD choice instead? You wonder why? Well then, get some popcorn and relax, here it comes! Fallout 4 is a mediocre, lame, uninspired experience. It's something you    Bethesda didn't give any f*cks about this game, why should YOU?

    If you see Fallout 4 on a store page, stay away.
    It doesn't deserve a cent of your money. And there are a lot of OTHER games that do, so why not make a GOOD choice instead?

    You wonder why?
    Well then, get some popcorn and relax, here it comes!

    Fallout 4 is a mediocre, lame, uninspired experience. It's something you will regret playing, it's something that will loose your interest like a goldfish, and it's something you just wish was done better. It's an experience that leaves you with a bitter shovelware aftertaste.

    Every single core aspect of this game feels underdone, rushed and primitive. From rudimentary RPG elements and artless voice acting, to mediocre graphics and terrible, TERRIBLE optimization.

    Ever wondered what an RPG would look like if stripped of most RPG elements? If you guessed "sh*t", then you're pretty close to getting the core idea behind Fallout 4. Progression is absolutely trashed, with butchered skills and meaningless SPECIAL the experience is bland and doesn't differ much from play-through to play-through. It simply doesn't matter - no matter what you do, every time you will end up with the same bloody character. Forget being specialized in a weapon class. Forget deep character customization, there's none of that here.

    Game mechanics are so ironed, so simplified and so pre-digested that it makes you wonder whether Bethesda treats you like a brain amputee or the game was in fact designed for baby seals.

    Writing is a special subject with this one as it hits all the records of triviality and stupidity, even by the very low standards of Bethesda. Fallout 4 is easily the dumbest and the blandest story from Bethesda so far. And perhabs the biggest issue here is cold, under-thought world with NO depth to it. All of the characters are absolutely superficial, they don't have anything to them - not even the main ones!

    It feels like you wander across a ghost town with uncanny robots all over you, nobody of them ever feels like a real human.

    For instance, NOBODY in this game ever WANTS anything. Nobody ever expresses any wish for anything. Nobody ever makes any plans whatsoever. They are quite literally like goldfish with no own will, they only exist as a means to your quest, and distinguish themselves little from the furniture or the scenery.

    Only the main characters have some simple personal traits, but even they function without any kind of motive or will. This makes them feel like brainwashed cultists who's sole reasoning seems to be "because cthulhu commands so". All characters act according to the ideologies of their faction(there are only 3), with no personal incentive or interest. All other non faction npcs and raiders don't have a will and a point to their lives.

    "Good writing."

    The Institute makes androids just because why not. The Brotherhood hates androids just because "it's technology". You will never even remember the characters once you're done with the game. They are meaningless, and they will be gone.

    The Institute itself is a freaking joke. It's a major plot device and perhaps the biggest letdown in the story. It's a token of how old, rusty and unimaginative the writers of Bethesda have become.

    Throughout the game's exposition you're immensely hyped to finally meet the institute.
    And when you do finally get there, what f*cking mysteries do you discover?

    They make androids. That's it.

    You know they've been doing androids SINCE FALLOUT 3! This isn't even spoilers cause there's nothing to spoil. They don't make nothing else. No awesome super-weapons, no mind-boggling experiments, NOTHING.

    And what about he story itself? Guess what's it about. If you said it's about searching your dad, you're almost right. It's about searching your son.

    Player choices, a token of the Fallout series, are a joke. There is either A or B, often you aren't given even that, and frequently both A and B result in the same thing.

    The dialogue is shrunk, so are your choices as well. It's either "Tell me more", "Yes", "No" or "Goodbye". Genius. Do you remember dialogues from the previous games?

    Voiced protagonist my *ss. And the voice acting is mostly mediocre, with only small sparks of good acting.

    Bethesda has done nothing to improve on the game and the genre, there is no innovation and even the basic mechanics are just poor and limited. The core pillars of a fallout experience - progression and writing - are a f*cking shame in this game, cut, butchered mess with no proper concept. What were those greedy bastards thinking?    … Expand
  94. DarmaniLink
    Nov 21, 2015
    1
    A disgrace to the fallout series. This game contains so many glitches that the game is almost unplayable. The story is is like that of a JRPG, minus the gameplay, which is actually good in those. One big streamlined story that you follow with a few sidequests that lack any effects other than you getting more money. That was the whole point of fallout 4. To get more money.

    In its current    A disgrace to the fallout series. This game contains so many glitches that the game is almost unplayable. The story is is like that of a JRPG, minus the gameplay, which is actually good in those. One big streamlined story that you follow with a few sidequests that lack any effects other than you getting more money. That was the whole point of fallout 4. To get more money.

    In its current state, the game is unplayable. It contains too many glitches, the story is awful, and the mechanics are horribly made. This is not an RPG with guns, this is an FPS with a storyline.

    They attempted to make a PC port, and they failed, miserably. They even managed to **** up mouse controls.

    Wait for patches to come out for the game to be in a stable state. At this point, it shows absolutely no effort, at all. They released an alpha stage game and expected people to spend $60 on it.

    Only reason it gets a '1' is because it actually runs and the graphics render correctly most of the time.    … Expand
  95. cosmitz
    Dec 2, 2015
    3
    I'm done.

    I'm 130 hours in the game. I'm close to level 70. I'm also close to finishing the game. But i'm done, tired, and disgusted with the game beyond all reason. This has been said but it needs underlining with a bold marker. THIS IS NOT AN RPG. It's a glorified shooter, and even that, it does semi-competently. You might think that if i spend 130 hours in the game it must be    I'm done.

    I'm 130 hours in the game. I'm close to level 70. I'm also close to finishing the game. But i'm done, tired, and disgusted with the game beyond all reason.

    This has been said but it needs underlining with a bold marker. THIS IS NOT AN RPG. It's a glorified shooter, and even that, it does semi-competently. You might think that if i spend 130 hours in the game it must be good, and i must have enjoyed myself... but that'd be false.

    I played it because it was easy, and casual, and not a hassle. It didn't challenge me in any way, shape or form, and i even played on Survival. And when i mention easy i'm not just talking difficulty, i'm talking being comfortable. I got in the game and just shot my way through another few dungeons. I could have done anything in that time in any other game, but Fo4 was just easy and comfortable.

    That should be on the box.

    I tried my best, i really did, to immerse myself and role play this, but the game cut me off at each path, and it did a horrible job of presenting its world, of allowing me into it, and in allowing myself to act in that world in the way that i thought was proper.

    Let's bullet point this instead of me ranting.

    - No dialogue trees, no grays, no morality, just acceptance and denial, oh, and charisma checks for more money
    - Horrible pacing
    - Bad story arching
    - No memorable sidequests
    - TWO entire skill-checks in the entire game. TWO.
    - Poor execution of story-threads
    - Half-arsed settlements mechanics
    - Horrible FPS hiccups even on a 980
    - Shoddy game balance and design

    + Cool crafting system

    So, after all this, you might ask why am i done?

    Because after multiple transgressions, the game doesn't want to 'play' with me, and allow me to make a major role-playing choice.    … Expand
  96. Sszrysn
    Nov 13, 2015
    2
    If you're never played any Fallout games before then you might want to consider buy New Vegas instead. Because this is pretty mediocre FPS/TPS with dumbed-down RPG elements, awful storyline, badly-implemented dialogue wheel and bad voice acting.
  97. CataclysmCyber
    Nov 23, 2015
    0
    Graphic 2009 year level +1
    Casual +1
    Crafting +1
    3D SHUTAR +10
    = 13/1000000
    it's isn't fallout at all
    Even multi-threaded optimization don't make this game good, bcase graphic in fallout 4 looks like graphic in Stalker Call of Pripyat with better shadows and High Res. Textures.
    And there is a Question Why in fallout 4 my fps lover than in STALKER FROM 2009????!!
  98. sendkeys
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    As of the release date its very disappointing. The PC versions feels like a bad console port. A lot of the keep features in fallout3/vegas were removed. The textures on the PC are very bad for a 2012+ game. The controls are 100% made for a console and not for a keyboard/mouse. There is a lot of negatives and less positives after 20 hours into the game. Over all if i had to do it again iAs of the release date its very disappointing. The PC versions feels like a bad console port. A lot of the keep features in fallout3/vegas were removed. The textures on the PC are very bad for a 2012+ game. The controls are 100% made for a console and not for a keyboard/mouse. There is a lot of negatives and less positives after 20 hours into the game. Over all if i had to do it again i would wait 6 months until the modders could fix this game.… Expand
  99. Gaghar
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Можно так сказать, я являюсь огромным фанатом игр серии The Elders Scrolls и Fallout, причем фол я узнал уже в бетездовском исполнении. Начиная с Моровинда я "заиграл" все их последующие игры до дыр, совершил наверное миллионы установок модов за многие разы перепрохождений. Сказать что я ждал новую игру с нетерпением - ничего не сказать. Но к моему разочарованию я получил совсем не то чего так долго ждал. Чтобы все было понятно задам себе тут вопрос: "Что я хотел увидеть в новой части игры?" Думаю с ответом на него со мной согласятся многие игроки. Я хотел увидеть развитие наработок Вегаса, все хорошее старое вместе с новыми возможностями, увлекательный сюжет, проработку персонажей и диалогов, и мир который хотелось бы изучать. ВСЕ. А получил я в итоге: выпиленное все то хорошее что было в Нью Вегасе (крафт патронов и оружия, хардкор режим, далее подробней); убитую систему диалогов; тупорылую озвучку главного героя; жену и ребенка (на которых мне наплевать потому что я их вижу в игре 5 минут, но как не странно они являются движущей силой всего сюжета); порезанную систему прокачки, абсолютно несуразную и дибильную, которая ограничена уровнем персонажа; новый крафт, идея которого неплоха, но выполнена плохо (крафт, каким он был в NV убили, вместо того чтобы добавить новые возможности к отличным старым фишкам они все выпилили. В игре пропало чувство "полные штаны радости" от того что нашел в какой то трудной локации отличную винтовку, которая в магазине стоит больше тебя, просто потому что оружия тупо НЕТ. Вместо этого есть дибильные пистолеты которые можно улучшить до вундервафель, разнообразия это нисколько не принесло. Зато теперь единственный стимул лезть в какие то дыры, логова рейдеров и супермутантов это МУСОР, да мусор, из которого мы клепаем заборы и прицелы для пушек. Ожидал увидеть глубокую кастомизацию стволов, а не улучшение пистолета до снайперской винтовки 50го калибра, писал бы про этот крафт вечно, но надо идти дальше); куда уж в отзыве про Фол4 без жалобы на силовую броню в первом квесте? Вместо того чтобы показать новые возможности брони и "сюжетным" способом отобрать ее у игрока, например сломать ее в бою с Когтем смерти, нам дарят самую имбовую штуку в игре, и вся игра превращается в симулятор силовой брони. Скажете можно отказаться же.. конечно можно, но ведь она продается у торговцев, просто так валяется во многих местах, дается по сюжету несколько раз. По силовой броне можно было сделать целую квестовую цепочку, чтобы достать ее из самых опасных подземелий по кусочкам, и тогда игрок ощутил бы всю радость от того, что НАКОНЕЦ ТО он оденет этот божественный доспех. Само собой чтобы это был единственный способ получить силовую броню. Но увы; вся бронь, кроме силовой, выглядит убого, одеть реально нечего, кроме СБ; отсутствие хардкорного режима вообще возмущает. Зачем строить дом, кровать, место для готовки еды если спать и есть в принципе то не обязательно?; отсутствие репутации и кармы; не развитая толком система постройки, для галочки, где можно сделать промышленную водоочистную установку, мощные электрогенераторы, турели, но нельзя сделать нормальный дом без текущей крыши и дырявых стен. Поселения статичные и мертвые, кроме игрока никто ничего не делает, только если пальцем ткнуть мол иди поли грядки итп. А если занять ту же бензоколонку то на нее тупо нельзя поставить двери (вообще эта фича с постройкой поселений изначально мертвая, но можно было сделать толково, раз такой упор на нее сделали); разнообразия ноль, везде натыканы рейдеры и супермутанты, локации красивы внешне, но уровни это копипаста из лесниц и этажей; и наконец то, самое главное - сюжет! Сюжета нет. Главная сюжетная ветка настолько тупорылая, что слов нет... Сайд квесты генерируемая копипаста, сходи убей, сходи принеси. Если многое из вышесказанного можно исправить модами, то сюжет не исправить ни как. Игра пустая, безжалостно тупая, порезанная, упрощенная до не могу. Очень жаль выливать столько говна на Бетезду, действительно жаль. Как я писал выше я провел уйму времени в TES и Fallout, верный так сказать фанат их творчества. Надеюсь эту игру зальют таким количеством негатива, что в будущем они даже не подумают выкатывать на рынок такой огрызок. Хватит все упрощать, вместо того чтобы делать игры глубже и сложнее вы делаете поверхностное кинцо для дибилов с наивным сюжетиком и собачкой. И чтобы добавить в конце соли на рану так сказать, маленькое обращение: уважаемая Bethesda Game Studios, МАМОНТ игровой индустрии, мастера рпг, посмотрите на своих коллег из CD Projekt Red. То творение которое они недавно выпустили в виде Ведьмака 3 настолько крутое, что в сравнении с ними, исходя из качества вашего последнего продукта, вы кажетесь просто кучкой недоучек вместе с друзьями из Bioware которые не годятся даже полы мыть в их студии. The Witcher 3 игра года, Fallout 4 провал года.

    PS: что за сложный прекол с манекенами?

    PSS: псс, Bethesda, позови Obsidian, пусть ребята сделают нормальный фолыч.    … Expand
  100. superuser
    Nov 15, 2015
    2
    Ridiculous, how can this game getting 9/10 rating? I think the most reasonable rating is ard 4/10. Character design is weak, look at that **** face, poor animation, boring game plot. Not worth it !
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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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