Fallout 4

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  1. Tjackson31692
    Dec 2, 2015
    6
    First thing I'm going to said it a decent game but I would like to say is that I am fan of Fallout New Vegas and I enjoyed it much more than Fallout 3 for many different reasons, such as: Multiple ways to finish the game, likeable and believable characters, multiple ways to do quests, reputation, karma etc. Overall Fallout New Vegas was superior to Fallout 3 in many ways and I a regret toFirst thing I'm going to said it a decent game but I would like to say is that I am fan of Fallout New Vegas and I enjoyed it much more than Fallout 3 for many different reasons, such as: Multiple ways to finish the game, likeable and believable characters, multiple ways to do quests, reputation, karma etc. Overall Fallout New Vegas was superior to Fallout 3 in many ways and I a regret to inform you that Fallout 4 is nowhere near that level. In fact, I consider Fallout 4 one of the weakest entries in the franchise, even worse than Fallout 3, but I will explain below why.

    I will start of with the fact that Fallout 4 doesn't let you roleplay too much, if at all. You always start of as a concerned father/mother who is looking for his/her son. Now, having a set background wouldn't be bad if it was designed properly, but unfortunately it is not. The player is forced into being a goodie-to-shoes good guy or sarcastic guy. The game does not allow you to play as, for example: Crazy Maniac, Sir talks a lot (can avoid almost every combat, by talking), Evil Emperor, or something in between. You can decide to not do a quest, but that is it. Either way it is still waiting for you and you can pick it up at any time. Of course there are times when you can be little bit evil, but they are far and between. So replayability and roleplaying were cut down a lot, which for RPG fans is a great deal, especially since most of them prefer to play as a someone they imagine rather than someone designed for them.

    Of course there are games that are exceptions such as: Mass Effect or Witcher 3, but those games have got preset protagonist, while Fallout franchise never had one. Of course you would be: Vault Dweller, Chosen One, Lone Wanderer, Courier, but those are just titles and it is up to player to decide who they are and how they act. In Fallout 4 we do not get that freedom.

    Now onto the characters. Most of the NPCs in the game are boring as hell. Even companions are hardly interesting and the way the react to your actions and how long it takes is poorly designed. For example, there is Curie, who you can impress by being nice, siding with Railroad, etc. But even after I did many things like that it takes ages to romance her, so no easy way with it I am afraid. The only companions I like so far are Dogmeat and Cadsworth, but other than that I want to shoot some of them in the face.

    And here we get to another stupidity of Fallout 4- essential characters, they are almost everywhere. Basically, You are connected to the quest, I can't kill you. It breaks immersion and is annoying when there are some NPCs, like Mama Murphy who you want to shoot in the face, but you can't. The only thing you can do about her is to build her a chair, somewhere where no one will ever find her.

    Now let's talk a bit about character progression and how inferior it is compared to Fallout NV or even Fallout 3. In both of those games you had to pick your special carefully, otherwise your build would be flawed and you would suffer a lot. They were RPGs that punished players for making stupid builds and mistakes. You could not become a Jack Of All trades because levels and perks were limited so you had to be careful what to choose. In Fallout 4 though, there isn't such thing. You can become 10 across all special, or even 11 if you pick boobleheads just by leveling up. There are very few builds that will make player miserable, such as the one focused on Charisma so it much less punishing than previous games. It is more streamlined, which for me is not a good thing.

    Anyway, as you level up you can either boost your special or take a perk, which sounds good on paper but in practise it takes away from the game, because the most important thing in this game is to get you damage and let you build weapons. Other builds are much less optimal. It wouldn't be that bad, but because Bethesda cut out Skills, karma and reputation there almost no alternate ways to do quests. The only instance that required high int and nothing more was found by me after 40 hours of playing the game, which is just bad.

    Now onto the quests and main storyline. The main quest takes the player through the ruins of commonwealth in order to find Shaun, the son of the Protagonist. Unfortunately it is quite predictable, and does not allow too much flexibility. In the end we find him and we have to decide which faction to support. So the main quest is bad, but it has never been great in most Bethesda games or even the most important. Side quests were the most important part of playing Fallout games. For example in New Vegas, there was a quest in Goodsprings, where you could side with either the town or the powder gangers. Doesn't seem impressive, does it? HOWEVER, you could join one of those sides whenever you wanted or even back stab the one you supported, for example: Side with powder gangers, but lay mines on the road and kill them all before they come to the town or just murd    … Expand
  2. Mikimax
    Dec 2, 2015
    5
    What can i say but - big disappointment.
    It's the same old Fallout 3 with "newer" graphics and new maps. Same old style, guns, gameplay, etc. Feels like a glorified DLC for F3.
    Oh, and ghouls are stupidly fast.
  3. SmokingDog
    Dec 2, 2015
    0
    Bug infested mess in a dead world. Overrated mainstream trash. Buy Xenoblade X for a better open world experience. Bethesda has to leave it up to players to fix their mess of a game through mods, which is a disgrace.
  4. spambox
    Dec 2, 2015
    4
    Bethesda They were always good at creating large worlds maps and interesting locations and could not done anything else interesting or innovative. Sadly they never made game with good RPG mechanic nor balanced fun game as whole. I think people are getting finally feed with that. Fallout 4 is even below tiers standard in lot of aspects. If you are small kid of average intelligence whoBethesda They were always good at creating large worlds maps and interesting locations and could not done anything else interesting or innovative. Sadly they never made game with good RPG mechanic nor balanced fun game as whole. I think people are getting finally feed with that. Fallout 4 is even below tiers standard in lot of aspects. If you are small kid of average intelligence who likes to consume shiny packaging and well marketed hype you will have fun. Everyone else who has at least some taste and standards stay away.
    Whole game quality like made by some cheap offshore team in Africa or India. Defensively not someone
    with passion and love for his work.

    +game has nice 2d art
    +its fallout

    - - -totally unbalanced. Power armor obtained nearly at start of the game and that is just tip of the iceberg
    (loot suxed with all games I think like oblivion skyrm ...)

    --inventory/loot system is dumb and basic.

    -Dog is an idiot will block you
    -dog works as grande decoy. This is really stupid but I believe lot of kids find is super cool.
    -dog can be used to cary items he, fits more than I can put in my car. (again I bet that dumb kids love that)
    -not even story is fun
    -skills and leveling element still crap but bit better than Skyrm.
    --world is not believable and far fetched. It seems like city got bombarded by few small boms.
    its like made by 15 year old boy.
    -all new features like settlement that tries to be innovative are actually not adding much fun to game.
    --- I could continue for another page of negative points :(

    what I dont understand is reviews. Its probably that they got no balls to rate such hyped AAA tile less than 8 and wanted to stay palls with gaming companies to keep getting games before release or nice xmass presents.
    Unless is total obvious screw up like batman or sim city no one got balls to rate.    … Expand
  5. himynameiswill
    Dec 2, 2015
    7
    The first Fallout I played was 3 and I enjoyed it a lot. New Vegas was even better. Fallout 4 has gone in a new direction and in many ways has taken steps back.

    Firstly, the gunplay is the best it's been. Nothing spectacular, but it is fun. The graphics are out of date, yes, but personally I feel this whole outrage regarding the graphical fidelity has been blown out of proportion, as    The first Fallout I played was 3 and I enjoyed it a lot. New Vegas was even better. Fallout 4 has gone in a new direction and in many ways has taken steps back.

    Firstly, the gunplay is the best it's been. Nothing spectacular, but it is fun.
    The graphics are out of date, yes, but personally I feel this whole outrage regarding the graphical fidelity has been blown out of proportion, as it doesn't look too bad.
    The story, quests and characters have got a lot better from Fallout 3, a major reason why people didn't like Fallout 3 has been resolved.

    What I have an issue with is how far Bethesda have taken this towards a simple action shooter from and action RPG. With the exclusion of skill points, the game lacks build diversity. Many traits are simply boring passives.

    In all, the game is good. I really enjoy it, but I was let down. Would recommend when it comes down in price a little bit.    … Expand
  6. silverghost
    Dec 2, 2015
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the worst games I've paid for. Graphics-horrible (kill your character and watch some Nintendo grade graphics). Gameplay - good grief! (Spend 5 minutes building the wife a face, only to watch her die a few minutes later). ( Or, walk for 10 minutes-literally- to get from point A to point B. Or, spend hours collecting bottle caps and rubber bands so you can build your own weapons. Or, once you die, watch the screen for minutes while they reload the game. Or, strike out to find yor kidnapped baby, but totally forget that's what your mission is. Of, get into a conversation with a game character. Your side of the discussion goes like this-you get a choice of dialog, choose 1 of 4 answers, the last choice Always being the only logical one. Or, if you choose to have a dog, you can't name him-his name is Dogmeat, which is appropriate. Ever few minutes he gets attacked by people or creatures, and if you don't stop what you're doing and rescue him, he will be killed. Is this fun or what? Don't know if you can have a name either, mine was called 'Player'. How original! Seriously, don't waste your money on this 1990-looking trash.… Expand
  7. pecks
    Dec 2, 2015
    10
    Loving the game, best one in the series so far. An expansive open world with so many side quests I am not sure you could ever find them all, let alone complete them. Plus some new in game mechanics, companions & settlement building.
  8. rafifar
    Dec 2, 2015
    0
    Stay away! Totally waste of money. This is not Fallout. Bad story, Bad dialogues, Bad graphics. It's not a RPG game. Disappointment of the year! And the bugs...
  9. CoreDave
    Dec 2, 2015
    4
    Okay well I'll try and be as fair as possible. Fallout 4 is a fun action adventure game with plenty going for it. But I'm not rating it as an action adventure game. I'm rating it as a Bethesda open world role playing game.

    So let's just start with a 10 (a fair assumption based on how much I've enjoyed past Bethesda games). -1 For the over simplified and restrictive perk system. It's    Okay well I'll try and be as fair as possible. Fallout 4 is a fun action adventure game with plenty going for it. But I'm not rating it as an action adventure game. I'm rating it as a Bethesda open world role playing game.

    So let's just start with a 10 (a fair assumption based on how much I've enjoyed past Bethesda games).

    -1 For the over simplified and restrictive perk system. It's not a massive issue for me but it's a step in the wrong direction and it's worth at least a point being knocked off.
    -3 For the voiced protagonist. This is a HUGE failure and the single biggest thing ruining the experience. It's simply not possible to define your own character and personality anymore, you have two choices, both defined by Bethesda. It's like roleplaying with a GM who keeps telling you what your character thinks says and does. I know other games the the "RPG" label do it but to me this is at odds with the fundamental principle of creating a character and playing a role. Voiced protagonist's work in games like tomb raider or even Mass Effect because those are not really role playing games, they are story's they you watch and take over for the action bits. Fun but not what I was looking for here as all.
    -2 for the dialogue wheel, 4 options, often the same with what you are actually choosing wreathed in mystery. It's just bad through and through and is another sing that Bethesda wanted to make a cinematic action story rather than a role playing game.

    That leaves me with a 4 which I'm going to stick with. I could add points here and there and I could detract points here and there but overall Fallout 4 is a game that could easily of been amazing but by trying to be a different genre and forcing a questionable story and personality on my undermines most of the "live another life" feeling that I look for in Bethesda games. That 4 reflects my overall disappointment well.    … Expand
  10. Derpin
    Dec 2, 2015
    2
    Pretty terrible overall, every single thing got simplified, making a character isnt fun anymore its just
    time consuming. To get certain Perks you gotta be pretty high level (46+) and theres no character level limit.
    There are no decisions to be made, you kill a few more monsters and do whatever you want. The weapons are boring, customisation might be great but unique weapons are    Pretty terrible overall, every single thing got simplified, making a character isnt fun anymore its just
    time consuming. To get certain Perks you gotta be pretty high level (46+) and theres no character level limit.

    There are no decisions to be made, you kill a few more monsters and do whatever you want.

    The weapons are boring, customisation might be great but unique weapons are bland, very few have new models or even textures.

    The writing isnt good and the way the conversations work is terrible.

    If the game wants you to do something it will get you to do it: 4 different awnsers, all 4 mean yes in the end, its literally impossible to have a conversation with a character and not start its quest.

    MOST IMPORTANT TO ME:

    The game more or less forces you to do stuff for the minutemen, if you then do alot for them you will realize
    that there is now acknowledgement for your archivements whatsoever. The guy giving you the quests doesnt know where he lives, a guy you already did 3 quests for will ask whether you are with the minutemen etc.    … Expand
  11. StrongHarm
    Dec 1, 2015
    10
    Superb! This is in the top 5 games I've ever played. I'm floored there are so many bad reviews. I sincerely believe that the people giving it negative reviews tried to play through it fast like any other game they've played in the past. I could see how the complex nuances would escape you if you went about it this way. As for me; I've spent a lot of time building my settlements up.Superb! This is in the top 5 games I've ever played. I'm floored there are so many bad reviews. I sincerely believe that the people giving it negative reviews tried to play through it fast like any other game they've played in the past. I could see how the complex nuances would escape you if you went about it this way. As for me; I've spent a lot of time building my settlements up. There's a bar in each one with ceiling fans, jukeboxes, smokes a brews on tables, etc. I've researched and refined the best defensive strategies and employed the standard at each location. Each settlement is a creative masterpiece. Although I've sank a lot of time into that, I don't feel like I've skimped on questing and fighting. It's easy to put time into both since there's no time limit on quests and tasks. As for graphics I'm really impressed with the godrays and the artillery in particular. The story line is engaging and fun.. and these devs have a great sense of humor. Besides the very few bugs I've encountered (understandable for a game so new and so vast) I really can't think of how it could possibly be better than it is. I don't know if I've ever been so immersed in a game before, and I've been at this since the 90s. Bravo Bethesda!!… Expand
  12. GenXY
    Dec 1, 2015
    10
    Jesus Christ, these negative reviews are absurd. Giving it a 10 to balance out the total insanity of people giving out red scores to this magnificent video game. You all should be ashamed of yourselves, this is a prime example of why no one trusts user reviews on here anymore.
  13. CerberusGate
    Dec 1, 2015
    4
    After playing Fallout 4 for 50+ hours, I developed my own opinion about Fallout 4. It's not that great of a game nor is it that bad either. It falls in the middle and here's some of the reasons I've come up with while playing.

    Pro: + Improved gun-play (but points docked for bullet sponge enemies) + Gun customization was a good step in New Vegas and Fallout 4 implements it properly.    After playing Fallout 4 for 50+ hours, I developed my own opinion about Fallout 4. It's not that great of a game nor is it that bad either. It falls in the middle and here's some of the reasons I've come up with while playing.

    Pro:
    + Improved gun-play (but points docked for bullet sponge enemies)
    + Gun customization was a good step in New Vegas and Fallout 4 implements it properly. Being able to alter a lousy sniper rifle to a spear of death is rather gratifying.
    + Fun settlement mechanics (some points docked for it feeling like a last minute addition rather than being substantial)
    + Improved Power Armour usage

    Flaws
    - Dialogue system. It is awful here as the decision to give voice acting to the player character winds up limiting dialogue options down to 4 that are usually lead to the same outcome. There are too few dialogue options that radically alter the sequences of events after. Also, whoever thought that brief descriptions of dialogue options was a good idea should be shot or given a broken nose because words like sarcastic or mere one liners do not convey enough about the intent or tone of the dialogue option. I will pick a sarcastic response sometimes only to have it progress the dialogue and making me sound like a complete **** without lasting effect on the other NPCs. It does not help that the only relevant stat to have for dialogue is charisma now unlike previous games that had skill checks to deliver differing results. This is Fallout 4's biggest misstep for me as a good part of the Fallout series involves dialogue with other NPCs with the potential of changing the outcome (this is the series known for being able to talk down the final bosses).
    - No real role-playing potential as a result of the dialogue system. The problem with the dialogue system and the lack of consequences is that the protagonist only comes across as a yes man with varying degrees of acceptance towards his position in life.
    - Main story being lackluster is typical of Bethesda games and Fallout 4 is one of these games. The initial premise and motivator for the story starts out engaging but loses focus when the open world comes it. Since your character has some form of personality due to unprompted dialogue, it is rather jarring to see him forget his main goal to start a farm. The end game is a complete mess of quests for dull and underdeveloped factions (save for one pre-existing group) since it is possible to end-up as friends of 4 factions that oppose each other somehow (rather than New Vegas's well-implemented faction system)
    - Lousy companion AI and far too few companion quests. The number of times Preston and Dogmeat have ruined my stealth runs by moving too close to enemies, blocking my shots or triggered traps will take a calculator to fully quantify. It does not help that only a few of these companions will have quests to begin with which keeps people invested in keeping them around.
    - The removal of skill trees for redundant perks. This is most prominent in the perk for unlocking advanced locks or hacking advanced terminals. The perk simply exists to substitute these removed skills. They do allow for more specialized characters though so it's not all bad. Just disappointing due to the redundant additions.
    - Overly rapid progression (especially with loot) in the game. After the first 1-3 hours, you will start off with Power Armour and a minigun. You then kill a late game deathclaw with your equipment. 3-7 hours later after exploring, you will find a Fat Man/Missile Launcher with more than enough legendary gear to keep you in the game for a long time. I think Bethesda forgot about gradual progression here.
    - Poor graphics for a 2015 triple-A release. When certain textures resemble textures from Skyrim, Fallout New Vegas or Fallout 3, something has gone wrong somewhere. Also, lip sync is both terrible and horrifying (Piper's gaping abyss haunts my nightmares). Nice weather effects though.
    - Bugs that pop up too often should stop being a typical thing in a Bethesda game. We should stop giving Bethesda a free pass so often especially when their official fixes take a long time to be implemented and more reliance is placed on independent modders instead. If they could not play-test enough to catch these bugs, at least respond to these issues as quickly as companies like CD Projekt Red who gave pretty quick responses to bugs in Witcher 3. My own list of bugs includes slow switching of weapons with hotkeys, invisible guns when switching at times, crazy ragdoll physics with corpses (corpses should not be capable of doing a horizontal Cossack dance), disappearing textures, companions being incapable of going back to their original home bases, and an occasional hard crash to desktop.
    - Dull sidquests with few locations.

    While the game is fun and will probably fill up your time, it does not really pay off like a Fallout game should. Bethesda really dropped the ball here when making a Fallout game but at least made an okay gam    … Expand
  14. boaterman
    Dec 1, 2015
    9
    Good game with lots of content, great game-play.

    Loses a point for bugs as well as the poor dialog options.

    Its ridiculous to see so much bad press from users giving this game a 0 and low marks. That's just silly. There is more than enough content to get your money's worth in the game.
  15. Nezchrynliir
    Dec 1, 2015
    8
    So Metacritic ate my last review so I will keep this one simple. Yes I reccomend this game and I rate it a 8 (7.9 rounded up) as it still has it's flaws, here are the points I am judging it by.

    Pro's (8/10) - Graphics are good for the engine and they are not too demanding even on mh GT 630 2 GB DDR3 card at a modified Ultra. - Storyline while spaced out is decent, and there is plenty    So Metacritic ate my last review so I will keep this one simple. Yes I reccomend this game and I rate it a 8 (7.9 rounded up) as it still has it's flaws, here are the points I am judging it by.

    Pro's (8/10)
    - Graphics are good for the engine and they are not too demanding even on mh GT 630 2 GB DDR3 card at a modified Ultra.
    - Storyline while spaced out is decent, and there is plenty to explore and discover as well as a lot of side quests.
    - Crafting system and settlement building system are great additions, and I think they nabbed some of the people who worked on New Vegas for the crafting system.
    - Interactions are more human and the animations are far better than previous games.
    - Power armor, it works so much better and feels much more realistic than before.
    - Weapon and armor variety, and armor system.
    - Map, size is nice and locations are really well placed.
    - Gunplay, much improved and more intuitive.
    - AI enemy tactics, they are smarter and more adaptive than previous games.
    - Cleanest release on my end, I have run into very few major bugs and most of them are minor and not game breaking. Plus no major CTD issues too, unlike 3 and NV which CTD randomly on me without warning even after mod based fixes.

    Now for the negative points (2/10)
    - The odd bug that gets in the way but nothing too serious, except for one quest involving MacCready where he will not move.
    - Game UI in some places is clunky, especially in settlement building mode
    - A lot of troubles assigning settlers to places in settlement mode, again the clunky settlement UI
    - Horrible companion AI, can they please STOP blocking doorways and getting under foot!
    - Too addicting and taking up too much of my time! KIDDING, this is not a real con this is a joke one, dang you Fallcrack!

    Graphics: 8/10
    Gameplay: 10/10
    Companions: 6/10
    UI: 7/10
    Funfactor: 10/10
    Replayability: 9/10
    Music/Radio: 9/10
    Challenge: 10/10

    So in the end I give this game 8/10 and it could use some UI streamlining in places, and an improvement to companion AI, as well as some bug fixes but overall this is one of the least buggy and glitchy initial releases by Bethesda.    … Expand
  16. heretikeen
    Dec 1, 2015
    9
    Haters gonna hate, but sometimes you'd wish they were a little more creative. Moaning about a lack of story and quitting because they've "seen everything" is nothing more than childish bashing of a game they haven't probably played at all. You don't like Fallout because you're a Witcher guy? Fine then, don't play the game. But don't make up stupid troll reviews in order to "drag down theHaters gonna hate, but sometimes you'd wish they were a little more creative. Moaning about a lack of story and quitting because they've "seen everything" is nothing more than childish bashing of a game they haven't probably played at all. You don't like Fallout because you're a Witcher guy? Fine then, don't play the game. But don't make up stupid troll reviews in order to "drag down the enemy".
    Yes, F4's graphics are weak on consoles (don't know about PC, my friends tell me it's better there). Yes, the controls suck donkey ass on consoled (much better on PC, I've been told). But you know what? I enjoy the game regardless because it doesn't take me by the hand like a little girl and leads me along the rails.
    From beginning to end, you're completely free in your actions and decisions, something that's become a lost art in games nowadays. And no, the story isn't "epic" in the sense that it always claps the player on the shoulder because he's a mighty, irresistible white-haired mage-warrior that everyone in the game seems to revere and/or crave. You're an average Joe that somehow gets thrown in between the battle lines.
    Some love this game, some hate it, but I still get the feeling 75 % of the guys kicking this game are just copy-pasting the other guys' bad reviews without ever having played the game. Their loss.    … Expand
  17. 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
  18. Jordwilson82
    Dec 1, 2015
    9
    I've been reading quite a few "User reviews" on Metacritic.com for Fallout 4 and I can't help but feel the need to defend Fallout 4, because I found the user opinions on this particular game are ridiculous and unwarranted.

    First off I would like to note that i've put about 100 hours on the game and can safely say that this game deserves to be recognized for its ambitiousness. Value    I've been reading quite a few "User reviews" on Metacritic.com for Fallout 4 and I can't help but feel the need to defend Fallout 4, because I found the user opinions on this particular game are ridiculous and unwarranted.

    First off I would like to note that i've put about 100 hours on the game and can safely say that this game deserves to be recognized for its ambitiousness.

    Value of the game:
    I can understand in some cases why some people don't get the hype surrounding the game when they have not yet played past the introduction and put at least 5 hours into the world of fallout 4. The creators were smart about not presenting all the features and content of the game up front, they allow the player to discover it all for the first time on their own. Believe me there is more then meets the eye when it comes to what this game really offers. Some game developers like to tease everything you can do within the marketing of the game and when it comes to actually playing the game it can leave the player a little underwhelmed. but Bethesda on the other hand takes the risk of players missing out on certain content in the game and allows the player to discover it all on their own time, this makes for a more surprising game, full of content and things to discover. I'm 100% sure that the reason why people are so unimpressed with the game is because they have not played enough of the game yet to realize how massive it is.

    Graphics:
    I have to admit the graphics are clearly running on an older engine. However the Lighting and Shadow effects make up for lost detail and I prefer the artsy style over realism if it means It will run great on my machine. That being said, does it really matter that much when all the game-play mechanics are improved and run just fine.

    Story:
    When people say that the story is no good, I have no idea what they are referring too, because Ive encountered plenty of story character stuff in the game and I can honestly say the dialog and characters are some of the best i've ever seen in a game. I'm always excited to find the next quest characters, because the quality in writing and story is engaging.

    Gameplay:
    This is not Call of duty, so you shouldn't be expecting a fast paced shooter like that. This is an Action RPG and a very good one at that. I my self could not even begin to complain about the gameplay and anything else ive talked about thus far.. My one complaint is that there are some random bugs that bother me, like my companion sometimes require a little more then a simple command to get them to go where I want, but these kinds of things can be fixed through patches.

    Over all experience of the game after 100 hours is that I think Fallout 4 will go down in history as one of the greatest open world RPG's ever made.

    If I had one thing to say to those who gave the game a 0 rating, which is just stupid to begin with is that they should really give the game another shot because the game is slow to open up to you.

    also post your reviews after you have finished the bloody game.    … Expand
  19. muyfresco
    Dec 1, 2015
    6
    Gran shooter y un mal RPG....

    Para los amantes de la saga una pequeña decepción y para todo aquel que se une en este ha sido todo un descubrimiento.... Que decir tiene que las conversaciones no llevan a ninguna parte... solo voy por el yermo pegando tiros y de vez en cuando me paro charlo con alguien pero da igual lo que elija (no es relevante) vamos que sirve para poco... En una    Gran shooter y un mal RPG....

    Para los amantes de la saga una pequeña decepción y para todo aquel que se une en este ha sido todo un descubrimiento.... Que decir tiene que las conversaciones no llevan a ninguna parte... solo voy por el yermo pegando tiros y de vez en cuando me paro charlo con alguien pero da igual lo que elija (no es relevante) vamos que sirve para poco...

    En una palabra lo han casualizado... pero hasta tal extremo que en muchas partes del juego pierde su esencia. También hay que decir que las mecánicas de disparos han mejorado mucho y le sientan muy bien, detrás de esta afirmación hay un gran trabajo sobre todo después de leer que solo un estudio de 100 personas han llevado a cabo esta obra en gran parte titanica. Las dimensiones del mapa, su densidad relativa.. porque no nos olvidemos de que aunk veamos algo en el mapa no significa que lo pase sea relevante.. parece un juego pasillero pero con un pasillo muy grande tanto que lo llaman de mundo abierto. Falta profundidad toma de decisiones relevantes que el mundo cambie que mi partida sea diferente a la tuya y al ponerlo en comun la gente viva experiencias diferentes tanto que apetezca repetir...

    :(    … Expand
  20. Paylyha
    Dec 1, 2015
    10
    Can't understand those who Fallout 4 did not like! Personally, I believe that it is a masterpiece in its class...the only graphics are not pleased..and the plot just not the top!) in Fallout just felt to play)!
  21. CoromWTF
    Dec 1, 2015
    7
    The problem with fallout is not that it is a terrible game, far from it; but it is also not a perfect game. It seems to be plagued with minor graphical glitches, mechanical inconsistencies, and a overall lack of basic features everywhere.

    In a game about shooting, you would think a glitch that prevents you from pulling the trigger or being able to reload would be something the QA team    The problem with fallout is not that it is a terrible game, far from it; but it is also not a perfect game. It seems to be plagued with minor graphical glitches, mechanical inconsistencies, and a overall lack of basic features everywhere.

    In a game about shooting, you would think a glitch that prevents you from pulling the trigger or being able to reload would be something the QA team would have caught and ironed out long ago. The sad part is, Bethesda probably knew about every glitch and error, but chose to release it anyways, knowing full well that they would still make a killing from this game's release. I could probably end it like that, "Fallout 4: good enough to not hurt our sales". And that's truly what this feels like, a calculated game from upper management where the errors were left to the modding community to fix. If they could get away with not putting it into the game, they didn't. Why waste resources when you know other will do a better job and for free.

    It's very difficult to explain why, for example, a player cannot see their own weapon holstered, like they could in fallout 3, New Vegas, Oblivion, Skyrim, etc. etc. etc. Yes, the weapons are configurable and so you can literally start with a gun the size of a pistol and mod the thing into a full sized sniper rifle, which would look ridiculous if it was holstered on the leg, but you can't tell me they couldn't figure out some algorithm where the engine looks at what mods are on a given weapon to determine the size and placement when not in your hand? Modders will figure that out ASAP as soon as they are given the tools. And this isn't just a minor oversight, something where you can just configure a .ini file to show holstered weapons, it flat outs doesn't exist! Bethesda didn't even bother to make the sheathing animations for characters!

    It is ridiculous, for example, that on the character select screen there is no 'randomize' feature for the character creation! Indeed it will ALLWAYS default to white male. A few years ago, this would have been acceptable as the 'normal' for this industry, but in this day and age with this level of technology? Really? Can't do it? I can't make the girl the war vet? Ok, what about inconsistencies, such as if I step on a landmine and immediately reload my save, the trap is now gone. What about basic game settings, such as a gamma slider in the options menu so I can adjust the darkness, so that I can actually see something at night? That seems like a somewhat major oversight, the ability to change the darkness/brightness settings in the game! Maybe it's some setting in the .ini file, a number I can adjust? NOPE, DOESN'T EXIST! I had to download a retexture mod to overhaul the entire engine to make everything visible to me, because even at max brightness/contrast settings on my screen it was still too dark!

    The most glaring of problems in this game seem to be the overall LACK of features, simple fixes and small changes that should have been in this game at launch. Witcher 3 showed us that massive worlds can exist with little to no loading screens and Call of Duty plays smooth with weapon cycling and doesn't leave the player foundling air, waiting for a gun to spawn before being able to return fire. If the old engine can handle it, make a new engine! If this game had come out 4 years ago, would have been groundbreaking! As a AAA game today? It's sad.

    Fallout 4 is still a good game and you can read other reviews for all of the positive parts. I would still pay full price for it, but I this should be a warning to Bethesda. The next time, they will not be so lucky.    … Expand
  22. islander1
    Dec 1, 2015
    8
    This is a very fun game, but I think the biggest problem for critics of the game is it gets too far away from its roots. It's too dis-similar from Fallout 3 and New Vegas and this is going to get all of the series fanboys oout to rage review the game.

    The RPG aspect of this game is not what it could be. In fact, if you look hard at it, it's pretty gutted. You automatically get in with    This is a very fun game, but I think the biggest problem for critics of the game is it gets too far away from its roots. It's too dis-similar from Fallout 3 and New Vegas and this is going to get all of the series fanboys oout to rage review the game.

    The RPG aspect of this game is not what it could be. In fact, if you look hard at it, it's pretty gutted. You automatically get in with every faction almost right at the start of the game. I suppose this is done in order to unlock more quests so you can level appropriately.
    It's more like Skyrim in game mechanics and execution than Fallout 3. A mile wide, an inch deep. This is not what Fallout gamers are used to, or wanting. Thus, the crazy low scores which are more rage than logic. This game's not a 0, or a 1, or a 2.

    Other negatives: It looks like the PC version was ported from console edition (it should be the other way around). The chat wheel is a freaking embarrassment alone. The graphics are very pedestrian. Certain SPECIALS are near pointless (perception, intelligence to a lesser extent), while others are borderline OP (Charisma). No skills, just pick a perk every level.
    Blacksmithing is one of the lamest perks there is, as a melee combatant my crafting options are remarkably lame and limited. Even worse, I get a shiskebab only to found out it's grossly inferior to what I already have. What?
    Finally, a fair amount of bugs that Bethesda likely just said "no worries, modders will fix the game for us". Hey, unpaid labor? What's not to like.

    Positives: Combat is fun, reasonably challenging if you don't put it on easy mode. The companions are by and large cool, and you have many of them to choose from. Crafting in the game is fun for the most part, but without console commands to give yourself resources, I don't see how you can possibly build up more than one or two settlements organically. It would take hundreds of hours to do so (I'm about 70 in).
    Exploring is still fun, it IS Fallout. I like what they did with the various factions of adversaries, even if how you react to them doesn't really matter.

    In the end, it's still Fallout. I'm still quite addicted to it, I've come to grips with what it its and accepted it accordingly. I can't reconcile giving it any lower than an 8 based on the time I've spent on it, and honestly it's being penalized for not being the Fallout RPG I was expecting. If they had kept the focus on RPG, it'd be 10/10.    … Expand
  23. ace99
    Dec 1, 2015
    1
    Very bad game is very bad. The gameplay is just awful and very boring. Sad to see how much Bethesda has mutilated the series. Fallout is now a pure first person action game set in a theme park like world.
  24. meno0_
    Dec 1, 2015
    5
    Probably the most disappointing game I've played in YEARS. Why did they not let Obsidian make this game? The story is underwhelming, the characters are literally blank pages of paper, the game is full of bugs, and the missions are boring. Don't buy it, pirate it.
  25. WTFallout
    Dec 1, 2015
    2
    This game is an overhyped joke.

    The gameplay is mediocre, the loading times are eternal, the graphics are SO BAD and yet the game demands you to have a NASA computer.
    I don't have much to say about the story because I just played 7 or 8 hours. This game is dissapointing.
  26. Metric_Thread
    Nov 30, 2015
    0
    It is a decent game, and I would give it 7-8 points, but 0 points is for ruining the Fallout series and claiming to be RPG.

    This is more like Borderlands 3.
  27. Saratosa75
    Nov 30, 2015
    5
    The near 10 year old Gamebyro engine (Oblivion, Fallout,Skyrim) never looked this good, but its also shows its shortcomings.
    The game looks great - compared to what Bethesda previously has done. Fact, although there still plenty of muddy/low resolution textures, but this isn't only about the graphics.
    The gameplay isn't much different from Fallout 3. You go out and kill everything in    The near 10 year old Gamebyro engine (Oblivion, Fallout,Skyrim) never looked this good, but its also shows its shortcomings.
    The game looks great - compared to what Bethesda previously has done. Fact, although there still plenty of muddy/low resolution textures, but this isn't only about the graphics.
    The gameplay isn't much different from Fallout 3.
    You go out and kill everything in sight, collect and loot everything down to the last spoon and tin can. Both Skyrim and Oblivion and FO3 had the same. You spend half of your gameplay staring at your inventory and trying to decide what to keep, what to throw away. You can write this in stone: Your inventory will be full almost all the time. We have all got to this in Oblivion and Skryim and FO3 too.
    The engine has familiar downfalls, that Bethesda was never able to conquer over 2 decades.
    Anyone, who played Oblivion or Skyrim immediately feel right at home, regarding the problematic areas of this open world engine. If an NPC attacking a hostile NPC..you can't really do anything. VATS help but you gonna end up shooting your friendly too.
    Getting into a conversation while others pushing you around is annoying. Sometimes it's hard to initiate a conversation, because the NPC is trying to walk away or turn away. Sometimes you are "stuck" in a conversation and you keep turning around, even if you are happened to be under attack. This is all familiar.
    Strange physics sometimes ...things can get stuck in other objects and shake violently.
    The crafting mechanics is good...this is surely adding some extra gameplay no doubt.
    The menus and the interface is awful. This is worse than Skyrim. There is no way to have a clear well categorized menu option for the items. Especially when transfering . It's hard to tell what is worth to pick up. Surely, this game has the most horrendous menu system I have ever seen. Imagine 200-300 items you look through..and it's in line..like in a notepad format and you barely get any clue about what is what or which is better. Now, imagine, you have to look through over and over, as you pick up new things. Assigning to numbers while keeping an eye on your type of ammo and the amount, it gets really old an annoying.
    Even if you don't want to, you gonna end up carrying 7-8 types of weapons, because they all need different ammo. 7-8 types of weapons with multiple configurations...it gets really confusing and wasting a lot of time, due to the menu system being so inefficient and unnecessarily hard to sort. Imagine, if they would have just a copy of a spreadheet from Excel, that would have been a 100 times better. That's how awful it is.

    Missions.
    If you have played FO3 or Skyrim, well you gonna feel right at home. Go here, kill them, come back. Go there kill them, come back. You get the idea. The new recruiting stations is a good idea though. Once you figure out the - once again- God awful menu system, you gonna be building bases and managing the people you recruited. It's a good way to break up the monotone fetch and loot missions.
    Also, it's gonna take several hours, until you figure out how things work with the crafting and building..since there is hardly any explanation for anything. You either watch youtube videos, or you just go on and you figure it out as you play. It will take several hours. It took me several hours, but i also didn't watch any youtube videos, neither read any guides. I'm still not entirely know everything, even after 15 hours, I have questions regarding buildings, bases, crafting.
    Despite the good entertainment value and refreshing extra elements, I can't give more than 5. The bugs and glitches remain, the structure of the missions remain, the repetition and garbage collecting remain, just as it was in FO3, Skryim or Oblivion. Deep down, you gonna feel like, this game is a blast of the past despite its new shiny coating of graphics, and while things improved, there are decade old problems remained.    … Expand
  28. Eisaderfrau
    Nov 30, 2015
    10
    Currently 100+ hours in. And it's awesome. I've played Fallout 2, Fallout 3 and Fallout NV. I loved all of them and this is on the exact same level.

    Everything has a purpose and the building aspect is great. Also, you aren't forced into doing it... you can do as much or as little as you want. People saying you "have" to do it obviously haven't played a Bethesda game before. Same goes    Currently 100+ hours in. And it's awesome. I've played Fallout 2, Fallout 3 and Fallout NV. I loved all of them and this is on the exact same level.

    Everything has a purpose and the building aspect is great. Also, you aren't forced into doing it... you can do as much or as little as you want. People saying you "have" to do it obviously haven't played a Bethesda game before. Same goes for people who say "I don't know what to do / no clear instructions / no path". Do what you want. That's the point.

    People saying it's 0/10 and horrible must be on the good stuff.    … Expand
  29. Coakis
    Nov 30, 2015
    6
    While the gameplay has been improved and attention to physical detail is noticeably better than the past two iterations, the plot seems Hollow, and contrived with very noticeable plot holes, cliche and not well thought out plot twists and not whole lot of options to deviate from the set storylines.

    On the whole your hand is held the entire length of the game, and for being the "savior"    While the gameplay has been improved and attention to physical detail is noticeably better than the past two iterations, the plot seems Hollow, and contrived with very noticeable plot holes, cliche and not well thought out plot twists and not whole lot of options to deviate from the set storylines.

    On the whole your hand is held the entire length of the game, and for being the "savior" or "Demon" of the commonwealth you end up as neither, as most of the endings are the virtually the same no matter who you side with. I understand realistically you can't make everybody happy in every story but ffs you're basically a god by the end of the game, YOU should have say in what happens. Not just " hey leader of faction i joined up with do whatever the hell you want."

    Its an open world game, you should be allowed to do what you want, Mind you Fallout NV (obsidian) seemed to Nail this almost perfectly.

    Honestly the best parts were the addition of the crafting and settlement management, and it has his limitations, and it was addictive enough to get me through the game.    … Expand
  30. VladiMatt
    Nov 30, 2015
    7
    The graphics are fine - not amazing, not terrible. The gameplay is awesome, and the story is decent. Sure, it has bugs, but 90% of AAA titles do, and very few of them are gamebreaking. The claims that it's horribly bugged are a bogus circlejerk stemming from how every bug anyone encounters, no matter how small or rare, is posted online and added to "the pile".

    It does NOT deserve a 5.4,    The graphics are fine - not amazing, not terrible. The gameplay is awesome, and the story is decent. Sure, it has bugs, but 90% of AAA titles do, and very few of them are gamebreaking. The claims that it's horribly bugged are a bogus circlejerk stemming from how every bug anyone encounters, no matter how small or rare, is posted online and added to "the pile".

    It does NOT deserve a 5.4, it deserves at least a solid 7. These countless negative reviews are mostly from people who never played the game, because I've read a bunch and a LOT of them are absolute bull.    … Expand
  31. jon_philippi
    Nov 30, 2015
    9
    Wow! What a game this turned out to be. I write this review a 110 hours into what is equating to the most engrossing single-player game that I have ever enjoyed. The story, gameplay, and every other aspect as related to the previous games was improved x10 over. I see that many idiots have graded it a ZERO (0), that always shocks me and just brings to light that people are notWow! What a game this turned out to be. I write this review a 110 hours into what is equating to the most engrossing single-player game that I have ever enjoyed. The story, gameplay, and every other aspect as related to the previous games was improved x10 over. I see that many idiots have graded it a ZERO (0), that always shocks me and just brings to light that people are not interested in a true review and Metacritic needs to limit user reviews to poor-fair-grea-fantastic....even the worst of games aren't worthless.....what a bunch of immature people.… Expand
  32. shadesofme
    Nov 30, 2015
    8
    THE BAD:
    Reading negative reviews of this game is interesting. Far from all but quite a few say this game was partially disappointing or point out some feature (graphics) that wasn't up to snuff and then give it a ZERO. I may be new to this site but usually when a game is slightly disappointing or doesnt do exactly what i want i don't say **** it and give it a three two one or zero. This    THE BAD:
    Reading negative reviews of this game is interesting. Far from all but quite a few say this game was partially disappointing or point out some feature (graphics) that wasn't up to snuff and then give it a ZERO. I may be new to this site but usually when a game is slightly disappointing or doesnt do exactly what i want i don't say **** it and give it a three two one or zero. This game is very far from perfect i will freely admit, my biggest complaints by far are the dialogue system which lists options that do a piss poor job at telling me what the heck my character is going to say (seriously, all they write for some of my favorite AND least favorite lines is "sarcastic") and the fact that i can't see my damn gun on my back! i mean for ****'s sake who thought to leave that out? It's like half of our character aesthetics. Also yes. graphics could be better. It's true, Get over it, and actually play the damn game. ALSO GLITCHES: I've made it through morrowind, oblivion, skyrim, fallout 3, (not fallout new vegas sorry) with almost no problems but my fallout 4 wants to crash sometimes. Also your companions are dance masters which they choose to do instead of walking half the time. also the minutemen are boring... very boring. I'd imagine half the people who thought the story was terrible played the minutemen...

    THE GOOD:
    HOWEVER! I have gotten more good times, laughs and adrenaline highs from this game than every other game I'VE PLAYED (DA inquisition, star wars battle front, black ops 3, blood borne, every piece of destiny to say a few) thats come out in the past two years. All of which have much batter graphics. Now before you turn off you're computer in disgust let me explain. I can't seem to group fallout 4 next to any of those because the game is different than just about any title that's come out. It's clunky and glitchy but you can pick up anything in the entire world, talk to hundreds of colorful NPCs all of which operate on their own schedules. It's about the closest thing to a living breathing world in all of gaming. In terms of innovation the crafting (which you may EXTENSIVELY do on weapons, armor, power armor, and settlements-settlements can be very clunky at times though-) is the largest, most expansive and generally most pleasing to use system in any game to date. And now these weapons all look and feel great to use. The combat has been improved greatly as well, as a result you will so bigger and more epic fights just about everywhere you go, especially into the campaign. Speaking of the campaign, while not the best in any fallout game it is far from the worst and offers some potentially emotional moments while giving you a substantial platform to go off into the world. The endings are unfortunately lackluster though. The real star of this game is the world which is BY FAR the most detailed, overwhelming and expansive one of all the fallouts and indeed any bethesda has made. It is colorful, positive at times, and if you play in it for more than an hour vastly different than fallout 3. The factions are also much more active than in fallout 3 or new vegas (read they actually do stuff) Your faction that you choose will really exist in the common wealth and will fight beside you randomly or when called (all of the factions allow for this). .Companions are extremely glitchy and that could be in the bad but they are strangely charming and hilarious at times. AND THE LOOT IS AMAZING. because of the crafting system allowing for so many possibilities the loot is also extremely varied as are the enemies that drop it. It never gets old hunting legendary enemies one for their loot and two to prove how much more legendary i the player am. Power armor also feels like power armor. It's more like a walking tank instead of just some more **** clothes like in fo3 or foNV. This results in the brotherhood truly being monsters to take down!. All of this plus the fact that I've spent over 50 hours and have seen maybe a third of the map and actually explored so much less than that. There are still guns i haven't seen and TONS of enemies i haven't fought. I've literally only broken the surface of fallout 4 and all i want is more.

    THE VERDICT:
    Fallout 4 a clunky glitchy game with very clear weaknesses that are easy to point out and get caught up on. But it is also a massive world with a ridiculous amount of things to do and places to explore. No other game on the market can even touch that, the closest probably being the witcher 3 but fallout 4 is much more detailed. If you liked fallout 3 buy it. if you liked skyrim and want to see what would happen in you dropped a few nukes on a bethesda game, buy it. If you are a classic fan and think vegas is that much better than three because reasons this game is not what you're looking for. If you want a seamless gaming experience and have no patience for anything less than a baby's ass in terms of smooth gameplay this game will piss you the hell off.

    t's different    … Expand
  33. thedigitalwolf
    Nov 30, 2015
    10
    Okay, so I'm going to just do my duty as a decent human being and write a solid 10 review here, because there are tons of people giving this game ridiculously low scores for reasons that don't even make any sense. I have been a big fan of Bethesda's open-world sandboxy role playing games ever since I picked up Morrowind back in the early aughts, and I genuinely believe that Fallout 4Okay, so I'm going to just do my duty as a decent human being and write a solid 10 review here, because there are tons of people giving this game ridiculously low scores for reasons that don't even make any sense. I have been a big fan of Bethesda's open-world sandboxy role playing games ever since I picked up Morrowind back in the early aughts, and I genuinely believe that Fallout 4 represents a particularly well thought out leap forward in the evolution of these games in general. It's huge, and I could talk about it for a long time, but that would be lame, and could get weird, so I will keep it as concise as possible.

    First, yes, they completely redid the format used to deal with player stats. Gone is the big, long screen full of 0-100 player ability scores for like fifty different skill categories or whatever. No, they didn't get rid of the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes (Strength, Perception, etc.) Those are still present. And they didn't actually do away with the complexity and customization-rich character building system made possible by those stats. Not really. In the place of these stats is a perk interface that sort of rolls it all into one big system that is... different, and a little more user-friendly. You could say it's been dumbed down a bit for the masses, but I don't think that's actually the case, and I certainly don't think that the game really suffered because of these changes, and neither should you unless you're just super married to the more pencil-and-paper rpg feel that the old system produced.

    Also, yes, they did remove weapons and armor degradation, which results in there no longer being a repair system, or a repair skill for that matter, and yes, to be honest, at first glance this does look like a step back from role playing in general and perhaps something of an advance into more action/shooter territory. Actually, it's weird that I'm not exactly faulting them for this particular change because I was pretty bummed out with Skyrim at release for this very reason...

    ...but that's honestly about it as far as anything that could potentially appear to be dilution or simplification.

    And here is the deal:

    They've added SO much more to the game's complexity than they've taken away. These additions come chiefly in two forms, these being 1) the player's ability to design, build, and manage survivor settlements, and 2) a truly robust crafting system.

    To me, it also seems like the design of the whole wasteland itself was done so, so, so much more painstakingly than it was in previous titles. They somehow manage to make the environments diverse, colorful, and vibrant, despite the entire game taking place in a post-nuclear-apocalyptic mess of rubble and body parts. Also, there is weather. I mean, honestly...it's a really, really good game. If you liked Fallout 3 and New Vegas, then you should like this. A lot.

    Sorry, I ran out of desire to keep writing.    … Expand
  34. Hendricks
    Nov 30, 2015
    0
    Bethesda completely gutted their franchise, sacrificing the soul of their franchise in exchange for a quick pay day. The things that make Fallout what it is have been removed from this game. This is not a Role Playing Game, this is an open world shooter. You do not play a role, you are a designed character. The game has completely lost it's immersion and the world feels cold and empty, itBethesda completely gutted their franchise, sacrificing the soul of their franchise in exchange for a quick pay day. The things that make Fallout what it is have been removed from this game. This is not a Role Playing Game, this is an open world shooter. You do not play a role, you are a designed character. The game has completely lost it's immersion and the world feels cold and empty, it is impossible to forget you are playing a game. The worlds of Fallout New Vegas and Skyrim felt like they were alive, the characters had wants and needs, they had worries, they had motives, I cared about their stories and was able to base my further decisions in the game on those stories and those lives that felt like they really were being affected. The characters in Fallout 4 are a joke, they never feel authentic, though that may be due to the fact that Bethesda took away ALL decision making in this game. There is no choice in dialogue, just different ways of saying the same thing, seriously, your responses do not change anything, at all, ever. There is no weapon repair, there is no skills, SPECIAL doesn't matter, the closest RPG element is the fact that you level up and get "perks" (just stat increases, not really perks). You, of course, cannot play a "role" as there is no decision making or different between your character and everyone else for the most part., you cannot role play in this game. I could go on and on, but I've been clear, this is not Fallout as you would expect a sequel, this is an open world shooter that takes place in the Fallout world, but this game should not be Fallout 4.… Expand
  35. MadclownJack
    Nov 30, 2015
    8
    I'm not gonna lie, i rode the "hate train" at first. The developer had reinvented a lot of the things familiar from the last two games, most of which weren't very accessible and clear at first glance. The new perks system seems a lot less "RPG" than the last one, the Map is smaller but more dense than the ones before and i can't really find a purpose for the new "minecraft" system they gotI'm not gonna lie, i rode the "hate train" at first. The developer had reinvented a lot of the things familiar from the last two games, most of which weren't very accessible and clear at first glance. The new perks system seems a lot less "RPG" than the last one, the Map is smaller but more dense than the ones before and i can't really find a purpose for the new "minecraft" system they got going on, at the moment. Also, same as any other game these days, there are bugs of all sorts and sizes, though the game was stable even without the updates. The main story line is a bit flimsy and anticlimactic, but what are you gonna do. The graphics aren't all that stunning, but i'm sure the mods will take care of that in the near future. There were a couple of things done better here, than in the previous games like the battle and crafting systems, better animations and movement (Skyrim level, maybe a bit better) there are a lot more open buildings which lessens the need for loading, essentially making the gameplay a lot smoother. The battle system i especially like because it seems more realistic than the ones in F3 and NV. In the previous games i felt as if the hit box and enemy reaction to taking damage (or lack thereof) were somewhat weird, which prompted use of VATS, in turn making the game a bit "distant". The crafting is also nice, armor and weapon creation is similar to Skyrim, but with more depth. I found the fact that the character is an established person, rather than a blank slate, in the game world, a tad impersonal to the player, but it's not a deciding factor in the gameplay so i guess it doesn't matter. The game world seems more alive, although i think the AI would benefit from some more development.

    In summation, there is a lot to be seen and experienced in Fallout 4, especially to new players. That said, if i were a new player, i'd do some review reading before i decide if this is what i really want.

    My opinion is that it's a good, if not great, game. Though i secretly hope that future DLC is free, because the price seems a bit steep for the current game content. Maybe try and get it on a dicount?    … Expand
  36. 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
  37. nabbone
    Nov 30, 2015
    5
    No innovation of any kind, infinitely sad, as always when there is no risk.
    Not to disappoint anyone has made a clone of fallout 3.
    This is an old way of thinking about video games; I expected more from Bethesda.
    Bethesda, if you are working on a new The Elder Scrolls, know that if you spoil it as you did with Fallout 4, I come to visit you with a bat.
  38. nitekpl
    Nov 30, 2015
    1
    I do not recommend buying it. YET. The game has no 21:9 support, no SLI support which is a crime for an AAA title. Performance is really bad on anything better than 1080p.
    Missions are boring, quests are mostly - go there and clear the area. No karma mechanic, simplified for consoles. A really bad Consolitis example.
    Wait a couple of months and buy with discount. For now I had to    I do not recommend buying it. YET. The game has no 21:9 support, no SLI support which is a crime for an AAA title. Performance is really bad on anything better than 1080p.
    Missions are boring, quests are mostly - go there and clear the area. No karma mechanic, simplified for consoles. A really bad Consolitis example.
    Wait a couple of months and buy with discount. For now I had to uninstall and wait for fixes that are necessary.    … Expand
  39. babis8142
    Nov 30, 2015
    7
    It's not a bad game but it's a mediocre fallout game. Things I didn't like: no evil character possible except you can shoot ppl in the face, no multiple ways to finish a quest, no skill checks in quests, no skills, bad optimization (half the times 60fps with 50% gpu usage and sometimes 20-30 fps with gpu usage all over the place, bugs and voiced protagonist.
    Things I like: gun and armour    It's not a bad game but it's a mediocre fallout game. Things I didn't like: no evil character possible except you can shoot ppl in the face, no multiple ways to finish a quest, no skill checks in quests, no skills, bad optimization (half the times 60fps with 50% gpu usage and sometimes 20-30 fps with gpu usage all over the place, bugs and voiced protagonist.
    Things I like: gun and armour customization, power armour (it's like a mech, big, clunky, heavy and "stompy" also requires fusion cores so you can't use it early so it's still balanced), exploration (like a typical Bethesda game the world feels fleshed out and you can read all sorts of short stories on terminals), combat, animations (other games have much better animations but Bethesda has made leaps imo, although lip sync is still bad characters move their hands around when they talk and maybe nod their heads).
    Everything else is kinda meh    … Expand
  40. Sergi
    Nov 30, 2015
    4
    "Война никогда не меняется" - повторяется из части в часть игры. Да только игра сама меняется. Изменилась четвёртая часть не в лучшую сторону.
    Безусловно, оформление игры визуально улучшилось. Но это касается лишь общей картинки. А вот человечков нарисовали просто убого. Уж больно они пластмассовые все, синтетические. В Скайриме нарисованы лица получше будут. И раз уж в игре очень много    "Война никогда не меняется" - повторяется из части в часть игры. Да только игра сама меняется. Изменилась четвёртая часть не в лучшую сторону.
    Безусловно, оформление игры визуально улучшилось. Но это касается лишь общей картинки. А вот человечков нарисовали просто убого. Уж больно они пластмассовые все, синтетические. В Скайриме нарисованы лица получше будут. И раз уж в игре очень много синтов, которые якобы выступают угрозой всему населению сообщества, то представляются все человечки в игре как раз выходцами из института. Все как куклы. Смотреть страшно. А мимика вообще ужасная.
    Музыкальное сопровождение не изменилось практически со времен 3 части. Много песен мы слышали в ней. Поэтому лучше не стало.
    Диалоги нам обещали улучшить, вариативности в них добавить и персонаж говорящим сделать. Но лично я не вижу в этой части улучшений, а только хуже. Вариативность в диалогах условная. По сути всё сводится к 4 вариантам. Один из которых практически завершает диалог. Строчка сарказм в диалоге лично у меня смеха не вызывает. Уж больно всё примитивно.
    С учётом, что дублежа русского нет, а строки диалогов в субтитрах не все переведены или не всегда корректно, своевременно отображаются, то людям плохо владеющим английским многое будет не понятно. Я считаю, это вообще не уважение к русскоговорящим геймерам. Сделали перевод на "отвали", для галочки.
    Теперь о главном, о сюжете. Он как таковой глубокий отсутствует. Задумка может быть была. Да вот воплощение её подвело. А может быть и не было её вовсе. Так всё поверхностно. Хотя начало было интригующим. А вот дальше... Сюжет теряется в череде второстепенных заданий, в большинстве своём однообразных, однотипных.
    По сути, влияния игрока на сюжет нет. Нет в нём таких трогательных, волнующих, ключевых, стержневых моментов, в которых проявляется влияние игрока, в которых игрок участвует, которые заставляют задуматься, волноваться или испытывать иные эмоции. Всё как-то ровно.
    Системы отношений с спутниками или иными НПС нет.
    И еще, от сюжета сильно отвлекает боевая система. Она безусловно стала лучше. И это плюс и минус игры. Быть может, разработчики упор основной сделали именно на боевую составляющую, а про сюжет, ролевую составляющую забыли.
    Про разные баги, глюки не буду писать. Их поправят, думаю. И таких страшных, которые бы мешали играть, нет в игре.
    В итоге, кто ждал хорошую или даже высокого качества ролевую игру будет разочарован. Кому нравится просто стрелять будет доволен. Любителям РПГ не могу рекомендовать данную игру.    … Expand
  41. Egofidelis
    Nov 30, 2015
    0
    What the fck is that?! o.O This isnt Follout! This is no brain, boring crapy shooter.... If u want to feel what fallout IS hust try fallout New Vegas or 1/2
  42. FairFight
    Nov 29, 2015
    10
    The best way to enjoy the game is to ignore all this negativity train.
    Just install it and play it like the old days when there was not much info on internet and you used to explore whole game by yourself (well most of it).
    Yeah I'm talking about Fallout 1/2 days. I missed F3/NV and when I tried it, I didn't really enjoy it much. There was no feeling of vault-13 survivor who were left    The best way to enjoy the game is to ignore all this negativity train.
    Just install it and play it like the old days when there was not much info on internet and you used to explore whole game by yourself (well most of it).

    Yeah I'm talking about Fallout 1/2 days. I missed F3/NV and when I tried it, I didn't really enjoy it much. There was no feeling of vault-13 survivor who were left the safe place to explore the whole new world.

    This is all different in Fallout 4. It feels like series is finally back to it's roots.
    Game sucks you in and don't let go. Just like in 90's.
    Thanks Bethesda for a finally good sequel of an old game.    … Expand
  43. Aeroisticon
    Nov 29, 2015
    2
    If any other developer tried this stunt they would be instantly **** crucified

    +VATS is still fun
    +gunplay has improved

    -boring 2-d story
    -uninteresting characters
    -bug central
    -god awful voice acting
    -2010 graphics
    -0 innovation
    -dumbed down dialogue
    -ridiculously stupid perks
    -terrible optimization
    -clunky pc controls
  44. Voukras
    Nov 29, 2015
    4
    To put it shortly, the game is extremely buggy with low performance. The engine is a mess. I think i would be no exaggeration to say that Metal Gear Solid V looks better and runs twice as fast.

    The gameplay has huge problems, inheriting everything from previous games with zero improvement. There are only two options: Either the game can be too easy or enemies become time wasting bullet    To put it shortly, the game is extremely buggy with low performance. The engine is a mess. I think i would be no exaggeration to say that Metal Gear Solid V looks better and runs twice as fast.

    The gameplay has huge problems, inheriting everything from previous games with zero improvement. There are only two options: Either the game can be too easy or enemies become time wasting bullet sponges, depending on the difficulty you choose.

    The storyline is uninspired. The motivations of the characters are simple and boring at best, paling in comparison to characters like John Henry Eden from the previous iteration. Even characters from New Vegas that I thought were boring such as Boone now seem like complex and well done characters when compared to the characters in Fallout 4.

    The only remotely good things about the game are the weapon modding and base building. But even the base building is incredibly rudimentary and clunky. It is inherently fun because of its concept but it's implemented in a very throw away way.

    The game is not an improvement on Fallout 3 or NV. It is merely different in a few regards. Worse in many, better in a few. Very disappointing.    … Expand
  45. ShadowTitan
    Nov 29, 2015
    10
    BEST GAME EVER!!! 10/10 THE GRAPHICS ARE AMAZING I THINK THIS SHOULD BE GOTY 2015.....................................................................
  46. Ixoziel
    Nov 29, 2015
    6
    My feelings about this game are mixed. It certainly doesn't deserve anything less than a 4-5, though.

    Pros: -Graphics are gorgeous. -Some of the NPCs are genuinely funny. A lot of the quests are very interesting. -Building a town can be fun. Modifying weapons is very entertaining. -Power armor rocks, especially compared to older games. Brotherhood of Steel intro is amazing. -Calling    My feelings about this game are mixed. It certainly doesn't deserve anything less than a 4-5, though.

    Pros: -Graphics are gorgeous.
    -Some of the NPCs are genuinely funny. A lot of the quests are very interesting.
    -Building a town can be fun. Modifying weapons is very entertaining.
    -Power armor rocks, especially compared to older games. Brotherhood of Steel intro is amazing.
    -Calling in a vertibird is sweet.

    Cons: -There's a LOT less customization when you level up. This is, hands down, my biggest complaint. Before you got to spend points on skills and you got a perk every other level. Now, you start the game with FAR less S.P.E.C.I.A.L stats and have to invest perk points into them. A large number of the good skills relies on having high SPECIAL attributes, but since you start with VERY low SPECIAL, you end up spending a massive number of levels dumping them into stat points. In Fallout 3 / 4, a lot of the sweet perks didn't have SPECIAL requirements, or they were very low. In this game, a ton of them require 9-10 points, and it's VERY hard to get that many. This ties into the next problem.
    -You level up much, much slower, even with a ton of points in intellect. I can NOT stress this enough. I regularly get 13 exp points for picking MASTER locks, compared with 50/60 from the last games. You regularly need to do 4-5 quests for a single level later in the game. When you combine this with the fact that you have to dump so many of your points into SPECIAL, it feels like a massive waste.

    -Remember the passive benefits you got from skill points in the previous games? Like being able to pick tougher locks, doing more damage with guns, and sneaking? Well, that's exclusively tied to perks now.

    -Repeatable quests ad nauseum. Some of the main quest lines (looking at you, minutemen) REQUIRE repeatable quests. This isn't an MMO, we don't need to log-in for our daily grind.

    -So we have repeatable quests, you level far slower, and when you level up you often have to dump your points into SPECIAL points, and the developers saw fit to not only massively reduce your starting SPECIAL, but also increase the SPECIAL you need for perks. In combination, this makes the game very, very tedious.

    -Some weapons scale horribly into the late game. In previous games, you could use a 10mm for the entire game if that's what you wanted to do. Now, it sucks pretty bad after the start because the mods are all low level. In comparison, a ton of the plasma weapons are flat out better than everything else.

    -Building a settlement can be a MASSIVE PAIN IN THE ASS. First, you have to pickup junk everywhere which fills your inventory. Now, you can deposit that junk at any settlement. Oops, that only gives those the materials at THAT settlement, when there are 20ish in the game. See where I'm going here? Playing "fast travel to transport junk 100x to my new settlement" isn't fun. This is somewhat fixed, although not entirely, with supply caravans. Unfortunately, you need 6 charisma and a point in a perk just to make the settlement building not completely infuriating. Why not just make caravans a given and give them shared inventory? Sure, it's not completely realistic, but it's such a huge pain in the ass gameplay wise to haul junk around between 20 different settlements.

    -Some of the NPCs are incredibly boring and stupid. Preston is so boring that I almost fall asleep when he starts talking. Paladin Danse is a massive walking stereotype. It's ironic, because the first thing I thought about him was, "Is this guy a robot?". Little did I know how true that would turn out to be. Piper is a goody-goody two shoes that would NOT survive in the wasteland, although she's more interesting than a lot of the rest of the cast. Dog shows up out of nowhere, somehow knows how to do elaborate tricks, and decides to worship you for no apparent reason. The Railroad is retarded.

    Honestly, for me the saving grace of this game was the Brotherhood of Steel and power armor. BoS is extremely awesome in this game and actually has a valid goal, however ruthless it may be.    … Expand
  47. 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.
  48. stimpy77
    Nov 28, 2015
    9
    I greatly enjoy this game and have invested tens of hours so far. Very well done. Immersive and goes on and on and on. Graphics are great. Dialog and voice acting are incredible and polished. Only complaint about that is that dialog options are not clear, typically two-word descriptions for what will be a full sentence of spoken word, but not considered broken. Lots of missions in thisI greatly enjoy this game and have invested tens of hours so far. Very well done. Immersive and goes on and on and on. Graphics are great. Dialog and voice acting are incredible and polished. Only complaint about that is that dialog options are not clear, typically two-word descriptions for what will be a full sentence of spoken word, but not considered broken. Lots of missions in this game, lots of activities. There's this unique settlement building detail added to this game that I have mixed feelings about. On one hand it adds an interesting new dimension to the game, kind of like a component of strategy games like how in Starcraft where you set up a base and gather up all the resources and build stuff (that tiny tidbit is where similarity ends). On the downside, settlement maintenance seems like a time-consuming distraction from everything else in the game. You do get minutemen support, but you can't do a lot with them; both artillery smoke grenades and flare guns are always out reach for minutemen support. I haven't run into any glaring bugs, just a few inconvenient design choices. Like, I wish I could do more with "Home Plate", like connect settlement resources to my own home out there or hold a Diamond City party. I'm having a hard time seeing some sort of ultimate goal, other than finding the protagonist's son--like maybe the search for a mega-G.E.C.K. that would turn the whole planet into a radiation-free Amazon jungle :) Nothing's perfect in this world, and this game is short of a 10. But it came close.… Expand
  49. 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
  50. Zer0TheHer0
    Nov 28, 2015
    1
    terrible.dumb dialogue options,especially when you compare it to witcher 3,bad quests,terrible interface,stupid force shoudler camera on third person,boring as hell.
    and the worst of all it's that you can't ever rebind all the keys,some are hard coded and the game won't let you,leading to a very frustrating experience......an not a single reviewer pointed this out in their    terrible.dumb dialogue options,especially when you compare it to witcher 3,bad quests,terrible interface,stupid force shoudler camera on third person,boring as hell.
    and the worst of all it's that you can't ever rebind all the keys,some are hard coded and the game won't let you,leading to a very frustrating experience......an not a single reviewer pointed this out in their reviews.incompetent shills.    … Expand
  51. Kennethbj
    Nov 28, 2015
    3
    The story, the dialog and general writing is terrible. The voice acting is terrible, maybe because of the writing, but it's emotionless, NOT engaging and extremely shallow. The NPCs you meet are lifeless. The dialog wheel is horrible. The base building is nothing short of bonkers, should have been done via an overview-type UI, the current one is just a mindless minecraft wanna-be feeling,The story, the dialog and general writing is terrible. The voice acting is terrible, maybe because of the writing, but it's emotionless, NOT engaging and extremely shallow. The NPCs you meet are lifeless. The dialog wheel is horrible. The base building is nothing short of bonkers, should have been done via an overview-type UI, the current one is just a mindless minecraft wanna-be feeling, and it simply takes too long to do simple things. And the general UI, dear actual old man in the sky, it is poor and NOT intuitive. The shooting is mediocre, but it could be a lot worse. The music is actually pretty decent, captures a good atmosphere, but they manage to spoil any potential in it due to the lack of engagement from the story and characters in it. The protagonist, despite what he goes through at the start of the game makes me feel NOTHING for him. The start of the game greatly misuses the setup. A setup that should have taken way more time as to allow for the player to build some empathy with the involved parties, but alas it just assumes that because of what happens surely the player MUST empathize. Guess what, I don't in the slightest. It's frankly the worst AAA game I've played this year.… Expand
  52. justjj
    Nov 28, 2015
    9
    Great game overall. just a few issues that I suspect are being worked on now, inlcuding lack of FOV settings, and the dialog options are clunky right now. so much to explore and enjoy though.highly worthwhile.
  53. 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
  54. phwaap
    Nov 28, 2015
    8
    No, this was not the game I expected either. But I'm also not wedded to the idea that game series need to remain the same. After 120 hours I was pretty pleased with the overall experience, though there's definitely a lot of room for criticism.

    Some positives: * It makes you want to explore. * Combat was excellent, better than the previous two. * Some entertaining side quests *    No, this was not the game I expected either. But I'm also not wedded to the idea that game series need to remain the same. After 120 hours I was pretty pleased with the overall experience, though there's definitely a lot of room for criticism.

    Some positives:

    * It makes you want to explore.
    * Combat was excellent, better than the previous two.
    * Some entertaining side quests
    * The settlements were interesting, though rudimentary

    Not up to snuff:

    * The graphics were terrible. I kept thinking of MoH:AA for some reason.
    * The main quest line was less than satisfying.
    * Most of the factions were one-dimensional
    * Controls were awful. Never quite got used to them even after customization.    … Expand
  55. crazyrussian65
    Nov 28, 2015
    6
    Some of the graphics are plastic looking.
    Gameplay can get repetitive quick when you try to do other missions other than the main story.
    The companion mechanics are wierd... They can often blow your cover and get themselves hurt a lot.
    Pretty fun to build a new settlement and create some fresh guns.

    so... not bad. I wouldn't pay $60 though.
  56. smild
    Nov 28, 2015
    7
    i know that a lot of people are complaining about the mediocre graphics and are going do decide if you're going to buy it or not just because of the graphics then you're missing out on an good game. dont get me wrong i the graphics should be better but there little you can do about that. since fallout 4 was my first fallout game i didn't know what i would get, but it almost ended up as myi know that a lot of people are complaining about the mediocre graphics and are going do decide if you're going to buy it or not just because of the graphics then you're missing out on an good game. dont get me wrong i the graphics should be better but there little you can do about that. since fallout 4 was my first fallout game i didn't know what i would get, but it almost ended up as my best spent 60 bucks.

    but there are som bugs that are annoying as hell, like you're dog standing in a door blocking it in a mission and you can't make him move. spoiler alert: or like not giving any damage to a skinny Malone ( a guy you need to kill): but they are not game breaking.

    the story could have been better, its a bit washed out and i dont feel anything for the main character.
    but over all i like the game and would definitely recommend it.    … Expand
  57. Anerkas
    Nov 28, 2015
    0
    I have literally created a metacritic account just to let potential unaware buyers of my disappointment.
    To all fans of the Fallout series, stay away, this is not the game we were waiting for, as someone who played hundred of hours in New Vegas i was very disappointed: the RPG elements have been completely stripped to make room for the FPS centric, this game has been streamlined in order    I have literally created a metacritic account just to let potential unaware buyers of my disappointment.
    To all fans of the Fallout series, stay away, this is not the game we were waiting for, as someone who played hundred of hours in New Vegas i was very disappointed: the RPG elements have been completely stripped to make room for the FPS centric, this game has been streamlined in order to appeal to the mass of casual players and has basically become a (mediocre) linear story driven open world shooter, sure there are good things in it and it's not a terrible game, quite the opposite it's enjoyable for the first hours, but don't think you can play it over and over and still find it amusing like past FO games trust me.
    It's pointless to list everything that is wrong here, just go look at the user score reviews, if so many people complains about the same things be sure that there is a valid reason behind.
    P.S. I'm giving it such a low score to compensate to all the fanboys 10/10 and balance the score overall i think it would be a 6-7/10 game but i would rate it 5 because of the name it bears and how over hyped it was.    … Expand
  58. Blackfalcon501
    Nov 28, 2015
    7
    Fallout 4; it's a well done game with a large attention to detail, nice visuals, great gun play and a soundtrack to match thanks to Inon Zur. BUT the game is seriously struggling in the RPG element sacrificing much of this element in exchange for a somewhat linear pathway of the "worried parent" which seems to be the forced path with the poor cutdown of dialogue choices and the overallFallout 4; it's a well done game with a large attention to detail, nice visuals, great gun play and a soundtrack to match thanks to Inon Zur. BUT the game is seriously struggling in the RPG element sacrificing much of this element in exchange for a somewhat linear pathway of the "worried parent" which seems to be the forced path with the poor cutdown of dialogue choices and the overall lack of choices to create your own character.

    Overall it's a great game but a bad RPG in my opinion 7/10    … Expand
  59. MGSPhilly
    Nov 28, 2015
    3
    After Fallout New Vegas, Oblivion, and Skyrim I am outrageously disappointed as if the floor caved in, with Fallout 4. I feel that Bethesda has lost its touch and path to continued glory. Big sandbox game, relatively few quality quests, and the graphics seem like they have taken a step backward. People look unreal as if made of plastic or rubber. All that money on pre-releaseAfter Fallout New Vegas, Oblivion, and Skyrim I am outrageously disappointed as if the floor caved in, with Fallout 4. I feel that Bethesda has lost its touch and path to continued glory. Big sandbox game, relatively few quality quests, and the graphics seem like they have taken a step backward. People look unreal as if made of plastic or rubber. All that money on pre-release marketing...I hope Bethesda learns a big lesson here. Forget Fallout 4, stick with New Vegas and revel in the glory of game-making that puts Skyrim in a legendary class.… Expand
  60. GarvielLoken
    Nov 28, 2015
    0
    Bethesda has ruined a legendary franchise. This is NOT an RPG. Not by a longshot. Call of Duty has more RPG elements than this. And probably more dialogues.
    This game has nothing in common with Fallout. I have forced myself to finish this turd of a game and i have never been so dissapointed.
    There are THREE dialogue options: YES NO SARCASM Every NPC's reply to "SARCASM" in the    Bethesda has ruined a legendary franchise. This is NOT an RPG. Not by a longshot. Call of Duty has more RPG elements than this. And probably more dialogues.
    This game has nothing in common with Fallout. I have forced myself to finish this turd of a game and i have never been so dissapointed.

    There are THREE dialogue options:

    YES
    NO
    SARCASM

    Every NPC's reply to "SARCASM" in the entire game is "yeah yeah, you're a really funny guy".
    I can write better dialogues by repeatedly smashing the keyboard with a shoe.

    Side quests dont exist:
    "Raiders are in location A, fast travel there and kill them for 50 caps plz".----- This is the idea of a side quest for Bethesda.

    Witcher 3 had side quests so huge and massively narrated i had problems recognizing if they're side quests or main quests. That's how you're supposed to write a game.

    What else....
    Oh, yeah.

    Music is literally copy/pasted from Fallout 3.
    The game runs on the same prehistoric engine, all Bethesda did was slap on a poopton of motion blur and god-rays.

    Waste of money, waste of time.
    Dont buy this trash.    … Expand
  61. MCHammerTime
    Nov 27, 2015
    9
    Awesome, game in the Fallout tradition. Looking forward to the DLC as an addition to the game now fixes and unfinished pieces. New settlement mechanics is a very good new feature set that will be hopefully improved upon.

    -The gun-play feels nice and tight, and you now have the option to melee attack with firearms. -There's tons of crafting in the game from cooking to chemistry to    Awesome, game in the Fallout tradition. Looking forward to the DLC as an addition to the game now fixes and unfinished pieces. New settlement mechanics is a very good new feature set that will be hopefully improved upon.

    -The gun-play feels nice and tight, and you now have the option to melee attack with firearms.
    -There's tons of crafting in the game from cooking to chemistry to upgrading gear to building.
    -Different armor is available for each limb, it's not just bodysuits like in Fallout 3.
    -The perk chart is well done and perks have requirements before they can be leveled up.    … Expand
  62. thorn6
    Nov 27, 2015
    3
    It is a sad game. Good polished presentation, but empty inside. Dialogues, story and characters are badly executed. It feels like epitaph of game industry, where all that money can produce such boring and shallow experience.
  63. Munkey
    Nov 27, 2015
    1
    At the start I will just say that I'm a Fallout vet. Played the original Fallout and Fallout 2. Enjoyed Tactics. Fallout 3 base game was ok but with the DLC it really was great. New Vegas was something more similar to the old and classic Fallouts. With all this in mind I really wanted to like this game. Really do but this game is no Fallout in the mechanical and RPG elements. It's a gameAt the start I will just say that I'm a Fallout vet. Played the original Fallout and Fallout 2. Enjoyed Tactics. Fallout 3 base game was ok but with the DLC it really was great. New Vegas was something more similar to the old and classic Fallouts. With all this in mind I really wanted to like this game. Really do but this game is no Fallout in the mechanical and RPG elements. It's a game in the Fallout universe which just feels like Skyrim with guns.
    Graphic wise the game engine is showing it's age. Graphics look just a little bit better then New Vegas. But the thing that looks worse is the character models and facial expression are terrible. For a 2015 release and a 40£ price tag this is not acceptable. The textures and foliage isn't that impressive. The only thing that looks good is during character creation when you make your self. That looks impressive. The followers you can have as companions in your travels also look good but that's it.
    The RPG element just ins't there. Four possible answer in any dialogue that are YES/NO/SARCASTIC/PERSUADE. And even if you try to be evil or role play in any way it's just impossible. It's always the same outcome. No Karma system as well. The character progression is dumbed down or idiot proof. This is not an RPG it's more like a FPS with some elements of an RPG.
    Story well it's just not there for me. Beginning is very slow and after the Concord missions it's more like managing Sanctuary and doing quest for people then finding your son and taking revenge. Te story just isn't there. The quests are just repetitive. The companion quests are a lot better but that is it.
    But even with all this negative there is a good game there. The open world, the character creation, the companions, the weapons and the wastelands of Fallout. I wanted to give it a 6 out of 10.
    But one more thing that was game breaking for me. The bugs and the glitches. I've encountered several game breaking bugs like corrupt save game files, story NPC glitching out. My character glitching out of the game world. Crashes and strange insta deaths from nowhere. I've lost countless hours to re do the same quests and clear the same areas because I've lost a save file or a NPC glitched out.
    I've tried to make the game work. Read several forums or guides to fix the game but it just doesn't run.
    That's why I have to give it a 1 out of 10.
    Really, really sad...    … Expand
  64. JimCorbett
    Nov 27, 2015
    7
    Fallout 4 is certainly disappointing, but I don't think it deserves all the 0's it's getting. It is without a doubt a step back from New Vegas is just about every way other than texture quality and gunplay. The story, characters, and setting are all generally uninteresting. There are a few good characters and quests here and there but they are few and far between. The big thing that theyFallout 4 is certainly disappointing, but I don't think it deserves all the 0's it's getting. It is without a doubt a step back from New Vegas is just about every way other than texture quality and gunplay. The story, characters, and setting are all generally uninteresting. There are a few good characters and quests here and there but they are few and far between. The big thing that they hyped up prior to release was the settlement building. This mode is tedious and frustrating. It is impossible to create anything original since there are only a few preset structures to create and the way that things have to clip to each other makes it a pain to make something that the developers didn't envision. On top of this, the mode serves no purpose in the overall game. You build a settlement that looks like crap (because there are no nice looking options) and then it sits there and has no effect on anything. It's very disappointing. The world is not interesting and other than a few landmark buildings, it doesn't even look like Massachusetts. New Vegas has more interesting things going on and it was in a desert! I could live with all these problems, but they also decided to tear out the core RPG skills. I'm not even a huge fan of RPGs, in fact I prefer shooters, but this was a lame idea. When you level up you can pick one "perk" to get or you can level up one of your SPECIAL skills. Most of the perks are painfully boring or just plan useless. This means that you don't feel your character getting more powerful, and you have little control over them. You also can't be a bad guy. In NV you could choose multiple paths to take, NCR, Legion, Mr. House, etc. There is none of that here and it is very much a linear game which kills any interest I have in replaying it. I normally don't mind linear storylines, but this is Fallout and frankly the story isn't any good. Despite all these issues, I still enjoyed the 40 hours i put into the game. It's not bad, but it's not great. I feel like if i tried to play longer, or starting a new character then my score would go down, but i don't plan on playing this again. I'm also not looking forward to the next game by Bethesda Game Studios.… Expand
  65. Gamehoarder
    Nov 27, 2015
    5
    Bethesda has joined Ranks with George Lucas!!!!! Might as well have thrown a Jar-Jar in there with the "Wanderer"... Oh wait they did all of your immortal companions who annoy the crap out you.

    Disappointed in this game that I waited years to get to play. Looks like commercialism and greed have gotten to this franchise. This is a watered down video game that tried to take on too much    Bethesda has joined Ranks with George Lucas!!!!! Might as well have thrown a Jar-Jar in there with the "Wanderer"... Oh wait they did all of your immortal companions who annoy the crap out you.

    Disappointed in this game that I waited years to get to play. Looks like commercialism and greed have gotten to this franchise. This is a watered down video game that tried to take on too much and appeal to such a broad audience that it lost all of it's style and flavor. The game can't decide if it is an FPS or RPG or Sims Game. The story is horribly generic and lacks any staying power. Like the little kid who puts all of the sodas in his cup at burger king... the result is horrible tasting sugar water.

    Bethesda needs to understand what made the Fallout Franchise interesting in the first place. The art style, the soundtrack and overall feel of the game. There is a difference between Post Nuclear-apocalypse and Boston after a hurricane with a lot of rusty things.

    The game has improved on some aspects of Fallout 3. Slightly smoother VATS, sprinting ability, etc... but they are mostly game play related mechanics and are trumped by the watered down blandness of every other aspect in the game.

    This is the end of Fallout for me. I will not get excited about anymore Bethesda games in the future.    … Expand
  66. sharnrock
    Nov 27, 2015
    8
    The game is about what you would expect. It's Fallout 3 with tweaks. Bigger map, better graphics, a few more features, but the game itself is very much the same. I had a lot of fun playing. I thought the story was pretty good.

    There are quite a lot of bugs and the game doesn't feel polished. I've had the game crash probably 3 times in my 80 hours of gameplay. The settlement UI is    The game is about what you would expect. It's Fallout 3 with tweaks. Bigger map, better graphics, a few more features, but the game itself is very much the same. I had a lot of fun playing. I thought the story was pretty good.

    There are quite a lot of bugs and the game doesn't feel polished. I've had the game crash probably 3 times in my 80 hours of gameplay. The settlement UI is not intuitive at all, and most of the time I had to resort to looking up how to do things on the internet. I was looking forward to crafting weapons and found I had to invest heavily in the modding perks and scavenging perks to be able to do anything useful with a weapons bench. As an example, there are 4 levels of armor crafting, 4 levels for guns, 4 levels of science for energy stuff, 4 levels of blacksmith for armor and melee, then you can't craft anything without parts, so you'll need to invest into the scavenger perk. You can actually finish the game before lvl 20, so that's a significant investment just to mod your equipment. A lot of the side quests become very repetitive (especially the minutemen quests).

    But, if you put all the problems the game has aside, I really had a lot of fun playing it. I started up successful settlements to generate scrap and money, the power armor is totally OP now (it's not just another piece of armor; it's like a tank), there are goofy quests, and some great characters.

    I based my score on how much fun I've had compared to other games I've bought recently. If you like fallout 3 and exploring the wasteland, you're going to enjoy this. I would ignore the people giving this game a zero; it's just fallout.. nothing more nothing less.    … Expand
  67. ruperstinsky
    Nov 27, 2015
    9
    In short... If you liked Fallout 3, NV or TESV as much as I did, then buy this game, it's a worthy successor and will bring you hours and hours of exploration and quests with the freedom to go wherever you want to go, to do the quests whenever you want. If you want a revolutionary game that will show a new way to make rpg's then don't buy this game. Just for the love of god, don't listenIn short... If you liked Fallout 3, NV or TESV as much as I did, then buy this game, it's a worthy successor and will bring you hours and hours of exploration and quests with the freedom to go wherever you want to go, to do the quests whenever you want. If you want a revolutionary game that will show a new way to make rpg's then don't buy this game. Just for the love of god, don't listen to the kids complaining to this game trying to look cool af. It's a really good game, just in line with Fallout 3 an NV nothing more.… Expand
  68. Ericius
    Nov 27, 2015
    10
    I was kind of scared I would not like this game because of all the (very) negative reviews. But curiosity and my love for the open fallout world moved me to buy it anyway. I'm a discount man and I hardly buy full price games. For Fallout I made an exception which made the gamble even bigger. After 25 hours of play I can say the game has progressed on all levels. It runs smooth on highI was kind of scared I would not like this game because of all the (very) negative reviews. But curiosity and my love for the open fallout world moved me to buy it anyway. I'm a discount man and I hardly buy full price games. For Fallout I made an exception which made the gamble even bigger. After 25 hours of play I can say the game has progressed on all levels. It runs smooth on high quality, everything is very beautiful. Combat is challenging and runs very smooth. I can imagine people who want to play a straight forward shooter or traditional RPG are disappointed (as we can read here as well). But I am thankful to Bethesda they do let the games they make evolve. First hour I thought that Fallout 4 was a prettier, smoother and faster version of New Vegas. Until the super expended crafting system was unveiled and after that the village building. Great stuff!… Expand
  69. Pitonas
    Nov 27, 2015
    7
    Good think about fallout is that it's fallout and after waiting for eight years I was counting days before it's release. Now when I finished it I am very much disappointed. It does improve over fallout 3 but is lacking atmosphere of Fallout. Like fallout and fallout2 had. Removing dialogues is a big mistake, I am happy that it's voiced but YES,NO,SARCASTIC is just... Story line is shortGood think about fallout is that it's fallout and after waiting for eight years I was counting days before it's release. Now when I finished it I am very much disappointed. It does improve over fallout 3 but is lacking atmosphere of Fallout. Like fallout and fallout2 had. Removing dialogues is a big mistake, I am happy that it's voiced but YES,NO,SARCASTIC is just... Story line is short and ending is incredibly disappointing. Especially that linearity in last missions. All an all it's 8 but would be 6 be it some other game and not Fallout franchise.… Expand
  70. Askoto
    Nov 26, 2015
    10
    Some of these reviews the people must have played the game for all of one hour. Graphics look great coming from "New Vegas". Soundtrack amazing! Game play with the mod system very cool. I was not a fan of "New Vegas" at all. I found the factions very boring and the graphics poor. Coming to Fallout 4 much better game. Reading some of these reviews it is for sure much cooler to be aSome of these reviews the people must have played the game for all of one hour. Graphics look great coming from "New Vegas". Soundtrack amazing! Game play with the mod system very cool. I was not a fan of "New Vegas" at all. I found the factions very boring and the graphics poor. Coming to Fallout 4 much better game. Reading some of these reviews it is for sure much cooler to be a hater than a fan. Only reason I made a review. Great game for the value.… Expand
  71. chrisr2112
    Nov 26, 2015
    9
    I can't believe the extent that this game is getting shat on in here. It definitely has its problems, and it isn't necessarily a "pure" RPG like the first couple Fallout games, or New Vegas (to an extent), but FO: 4 does many things very well. To keep things brief, I will list the pros and cons I've noticed in the 40 some hours I've played.

    Pro's: - The gunplay is fantastic, and    I can't believe the extent that this game is getting shat on in here. It definitely has its problems, and it isn't necessarily a "pure" RPG like the first couple Fallout games, or New Vegas (to an extent), but FO: 4 does many things very well. To keep things brief, I will list the pros and cons I've noticed in the 40 some hours I've played.

    Pro's:

    - The gunplay is fantastic, and definitely a step up from FO: 3 and NV. It is comparable to Bioshock: Infinite.
    - The world is fun to explore, and is on par with 3 and NV. There is no shortage of cool easter eggs, and there are hundreds of areas to visit (some much bigger than others)
    - The diversity of creatures/enemies to fight is FAR better than in 3 and NV. There are still new variations that I am running into.
    - Weapon customization is interesting, and adds to the experience.
    - Yes, I am going to put the story in the "pros" section. It is interesting, enjoyable, and I feel that it has good replay value.
    - MOD FRIENDLY

    Neutral
    - Some followers are interesting enough, but I feel Bethesda could have added a bit more depth to them. They can also prove useful in the wasteland (eg. One follower can pick almost all locks, another can hack most computers). Once you have "befriended" a follower, they also grant you a unique perk. However, most followers can be relatively buggy at times.
    - Base building is a cool feature, but it is relatively shallow and doesn't add much to the base experience of the game. It seems to be just another optional feature that you could either pour dozens of hours into, or ignore entirely.
    - Many of the base RPG elements in the game are dumbed down. For example, the levelling and stat allocation has been simplified. I've put this in the neutral area because this isn't necessarily a bad thing. The game feels more user friendly and is likely more accessible to more casual gamers.

    Cons
    - The speech aspect of the game has been significantly dumbed down to the point where it is a step below FO: 4 and NV.
    - Doesn't seem to be as decision based as I had hoped. I haven't really encountered any game changing decisions yet after 40 hours of gameplay. This could however change as I progress further into the game.

    Overall, FO:4 should be taken for what it is. A great exploration based shooter with a decent story, which incorporates RPG elements. The game is a blast, and I would recommend it to most gamers. Just a side note to anyone considering giving this game a 0 rating, consider that 0 is literally the lowest you can rate something. It means that the game has literally no redeeming qualities, and should have never seen the light of day. An example of a true zero is "Big Riggs: Over The Road Racing".    … Expand
  72. smith
    Nov 26, 2015
    0
    В целом за игру можно поставить 5 баллов. Но как за фаллоут даже балла не поставлю, игра уг, полное уг, нет ничего связанного с серией фаллоут. Бессмысленная система крафта и строительства, что это за бред. Квесты... сюжет... их здесь просто нет, как и системы диалогов. Можно часами перечислять недостатки, но смысл... бефезда все равно и дальше будет делать угВ целом за игру можно поставить 5 баллов. Но как за фаллоут даже балла не поставлю, игра уг, полное уг, нет ничего связанного с серией фаллоут. Бессмысленная система крафта и строительства, что это за бред. Квесты... сюжет... их здесь просто нет, как и системы диалогов. Можно часами перечислять недостатки, но смысл... бефезда все равно и дальше будет делать уг
  73. MrSubjective
    Nov 26, 2015
    5
    This Fallout is really mediocre at all stages and worst of all series.

    I'll start with cons first, because it's important to know about: So so graphics, huge numbers of not-even-changed items in-game (consoles, cabinets, mutants, you name it), pale story, pale characters, repeatable boring quests (place the same camera on different places 11 times, help some settlements 15 times, clear    This Fallout is really mediocre at all stages and worst of all series.

    I'll start with cons first, because it's important to know about:
    So so graphics, huge numbers of not-even-changed items in-game (consoles, cabinets, mutants, you name it), pale story, pale characters, repeatable boring quests (place the same camera on different places 11 times, help some settlements 15 times, clear the same factory you just complete).

    And some pros to be objective:
    Customizable weapons are nice, but not smart. Just cap your damage and recoil - get your top gear. Well, nothing else to mention.

    And here it is, there is nothing to hook you up with. Story, characters, dramas - no, skipped, forget about it. Where are all these junkies here and there? Where's all that depression flying over you, when you have nowhere to go? Where's cults and false faith? Where are really tough choices you have to made? They flew away, man. They flew away.

    Long story short: it does not worth your money and time. Time especially. Wasted.    … Expand
  74. Days
    Nov 26, 2015
    0
    I belive it is useless to repeat the facts offered in the previous reviews, but to be honest what got me off the most about this game is that it cannot be considered a game like any of the previous fallouts, some may like a shooter more then an rpg and dont' care about flaws becouse with time "mods" will fix them, but in the end fallout 4 is a very limited story driven shooter with fewI belive it is useless to repeat the facts offered in the previous reviews, but to be honest what got me off the most about this game is that it cannot be considered a game like any of the previous fallouts, some may like a shooter more then an rpg and dont' care about flaws becouse with time "mods" will fix them, but in the end fallout 4 is a very limited story driven shooter with few paths, missing components and some rpg elements. Comparing Fallout 3 or NV is impossible becouse they are totally different games at this point, in fact they get rid of some of their best mechanics that some might argue that they were not up to their taste (like karma, yeah we got no karma now, most of the story flagged npc cant' be killed and we got no mechanic to compensate) I'm a player that play the game for a sense of immersion, if i wanted a shooter or an hack and slash there are way better games, most of fallout players love the lore, and not a rushed beginning, of like 5 minutes, we were supposed to see a glimpse of world before the war, but the begin was just too rushed to make people grab pipe guns and pew pew from the start. Tradeskill conversation (becouse yeah, the new voiced dialogue with absolutely no understanding of what the dude or the chick will say is such a step forward) are removed, we got a perk style now similiar like skyrim, and we miss a lot of those small things that make a game worth it, most ignore them, but playing new vegas and hearing the comment of the old man about my start allocation was cute almost as the challange of building an high educated character with low combat skill just to have charisma and tradeskill options, "To see" where the game would react to the character. To conclude Fallout 4 is the son that came out wrong when you mix a shooter with minecraft elements and a bit of mass effect 3 magic, "pun intended."… Expand
  75. Metallicaman
    Nov 26, 2015
    10
    Well the game performs exactly the way its been expected. The gameplay its really addicted, the story plays very nice, with a nice plot, but hey with games like metal gear v there’s no way I can complaint about the fallout 4 story. The MODs are something, me for example, I’m playing with damage mod with survivor difficulty ands its just awesome. I would recommend for sure.
  76. Alexbattledust
    Nov 26, 2015
    3
    The problem with this game is most highlighted by removal or revamps of three systems. The karma system, the perk system, and the dialogue system. First the karma system. With it's removal, they didn't need to add any truly evil acts to remove karma. Without this the developers didn't have any incentive to add very many evil actions. Even choosing the be rude option in dialogue nets theThe problem with this game is most highlighted by removal or revamps of three systems. The karma system, the perk system, and the dialogue system. First the karma system. With it's removal, they didn't need to add any truly evil acts to remove karma. Without this the developers didn't have any incentive to add very many evil actions. Even choosing the be rude option in dialogue nets the same response half the time. Second is the redo of the perk system. Because you can potentially unlock any first level of a perk, they made most of them combat oriented, but unnecessary. Since there are no skills, there are very little ways perks play into missions. Finally the dialogue system is just confusing.… Expand
  77. Luck1N
    Nov 26, 2015
    0
    After playing it for about 15 hours, I finally decided to delete it. After amazing New Vegas, this game is looong step back. I'm not talking about graphics (however, leaving all the work on graphics to moders is just lazy), but the gameplay is average at best (with all the simplifying of character progression system) and the story is just plain dumb.

    I was hyped to get this game, and    After playing it for about 15 hours, I finally decided to delete it. After amazing New Vegas, this game is looong step back. I'm not talking about graphics (however, leaving all the work on graphics to moders is just lazy), but the gameplay is average at best (with all the simplifying of character progression system) and the story is just plain dumb.

    I was hyped to get this game, and right now I really miss my 60€. Totally not worth it. And totally not worth being called a successor to New Vegas.    … Expand
  78. 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
  79. Bobk
    Nov 26, 2015
    7
    Story is short and generic, it took me under 1 week to complete the story which is sad. Also after you finish the game, it feels boring. It took me 3 weeks to finish Witcher 3 and then I played the game for 2 more weeks (DLC took me 3 days). But the game still has some good moments and average visuals.
  80. master7291
    Nov 26, 2015
    4
    Short version:
    Boring game, bad graphics for a 2015 (even ~2013) released game, mundane gameplay, low quality animations, bad voice acting, nothing really exciting, frustrating city-building, only good aspect is the short-lived feeling of wanting to explore the world.
    Long version: Fallout 4 is the typical Bethesda open-world RPG, albeit a bit more boring this time around. You have a    Short version:
    Boring game, bad graphics for a 2015 (even ~2013) released game, mundane gameplay, low quality animations, bad voice acting, nothing really exciting, frustrating city-building, only good aspect is the short-lived feeling of wanting to explore the world.
    Long version:
    Fallout 4 is the typical Bethesda open-world RPG, albeit a bit more boring this time around.
    You have a somewhat large map, with very little actual content.
    The main problem with Fallout 4, as compared to previous Bethesda RPGs, is that it's kinda boring.
    With Skyrim and Fallout 3, you still felt quite a lot of excitement by exploring the world and experiencing the story.
    With Fallout 4, the story is largely uninteresting, the gameplay doesn't feel new and exciting, and the world itself seems boring. The only positive aspect is that you do feel some short-lived feeling of excitement when you first start exploring the world.
    I almost always prefer gameplay over graphics, but the graphics of this game are unacceptable for a game released in 2015. They would probably be unacceptable even for a game released a few years ago.
    The city-building aspect is way too frustrating to use, especially since they expect safe-house-building to be a major part of the game.    … Expand
  81. SomeName
    Nov 26, 2015
    5
    Fallout 4 is not a terrible game, but it has some glaring issues, partially because of the design choices the developers made and partially because of their renowned sloppiness when it comes to quality. I personally find parts of the game enjoyable and others dull to the point of me preferring chores.

    --The Good-- -Decent graphics. No big wows in terms of the view, but acceptable to    Fallout 4 is not a terrible game, but it has some glaring issues, partially because of the design choices the developers made and partially because of their renowned sloppiness when it comes to quality. I personally find parts of the game enjoyable and others dull to the point of me preferring chores.

    --The Good--
    -Decent graphics. No big wows in terms of the view, but acceptable to the scenario.
    -Combat is fun and never so easy, as that one can get completely reckless.
    -The plot is all right and some of the characters can be quite fun.
    -Crafting system works and there is finally a purpose for all those junk items.

    --The Bad--
    -The voicing of the protagonist:
    --Strongly limits dialogue options (there are at most 4 and they are very similar in every situations). Also low intelligence no longer lets you say stupid things.
    --If you don't play as Fallout's default character, the voice and body do not match at all and it at times is quite immersion breaking.
    -The absence of humour. Fallout 3 & New Vegas both had some very funny moments, but Fallout 4 has rarely made me chuckle or laugh.
    -Bethesda's usual facial animations leave much to be desired.
    -The game has extremely advanced robots/systems, but no everyone travels on foot? I have not seen any bicycles, cars or anything. My guess this is Bethesda's laziness with adding an actually interesting/useful mechanic.
    -The settlement management is just awful. First, one has to liberate a dump and then nanny all the settlers to get a trickling of resources and money over time. It is neither interesting, nor worth it.

    --The Ugly--
    -There is just not enough inventory space, especially when you want to carry more than just a few peashooters.
    -The game has too many bugs, even after being patched. Some of these have forced me to reload older saves or try really obscure things.

    In the end I just find it offending to pay money where I can tell that the game's creators really didn't try too hard in making it good/playable.    … Expand
  82. mortendc
    Nov 26, 2015
    8
    The game is great and I enjoy playing it very much. For me it gives the same reward as playing Fallout 3 and new vegas when you scavenge places and collect (hoard) stuff back to you "base". The thrill of discovering and exlporing new places is great and all the negative reviews are hard for me to understand. The are minor bugs and glitches but nothing that can take away the joy of playingThe game is great and I enjoy playing it very much. For me it gives the same reward as playing Fallout 3 and new vegas when you scavenge places and collect (hoard) stuff back to you "base". The thrill of discovering and exlporing new places is great and all the negative reviews are hard for me to understand. The are minor bugs and glitches but nothing that can take away the joy of playing a great open world game… Expand
  83. 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
  84. NotToddHoward
    Nov 25, 2015
    10
    Don't mind the haters fellas Fallout 4 is the best Fallout game yet.
    This game is so good if it were eligible for winning the Nobel peace prize it would.
  85. ImSedated
    Nov 25, 2015
    10
    I really enjoy Fallout 4. So much to do and see. My favorite game this year. Bethesda hits it out of the park once again for delivering hours upon hours of exploration, creation and murder. My only complaint is that it's not hard enough even on highest setting... but it's still a fun and addictive game to play. Writing this is keeping me from playing.. .cya.
  86. Magicpickle
    Nov 25, 2015
    3
    It's a lousy first-person shooter trying to be a mediocre RPG. The best part of the game was the intro, and it went all downhill from there. Boring, tedious, and all-around shallow, Fallout 4 is the most disappointing title Bethesda has ever released.
  87. Janey222222
    Nov 25, 2015
    5
    Loved FO3/NV, had fun building settlements when first starting, couldn't put it down. Then started doing quest, between long loading times and reloading from bugs, I really lost the drive to play anymore. Doing the big dig quest was ridiculous, so buggy. Trying to interact with characters or skip there same convo is a pain as well. Will have to wait for them to finish the game withLoved FO3/NV, had fun building settlements when first starting, couldn't put it down. Then started doing quest, between long loading times and reloading from bugs, I really lost the drive to play anymore. Doing the big dig quest was ridiculous, so buggy. Trying to interact with characters or skip there same convo is a pain as well. Will have to wait for them to finish the game with patches before I play again.… Expand
  88. Cpt_Jstank
    Nov 25, 2015
    7
    Fall Out 4 is Bethesda's latest entry into their now mega popular Fall Out series. They have sold over 2 million units in just 2 days! But are hard core gamers really impressed? Here at Vault Tech, we think not!

    1. No Player Choice Fear not Vault dweller, here at Vault Tech we have simplified your life by making sure that you always do the right thing! We hope you love being a lawful    Fall Out 4 is Bethesda's latest entry into their now mega popular Fall Out series. They have sold over 2 million units in just 2 days! But are hard core gamers really impressed? Here at Vault Tech, we think not!

    1. No Player Choice

    Fear not Vault dweller, here at Vault Tech we have simplified your life by making sure that you always do the right thing! We hope you love being a lawful good hero because that's what you’re going to do for the next 30 hours of your life! Don't worry about becoming a nasty raider who can go anywhere, do anything, kill anyone, and make a general mess of the waste, Vault Tech has taken care of that for you! You can't kill your friends, because the good people of Vault Tech have made them immortal! You can even shoot them and they will always be your best friend! So get out there vault dweller, and become the goodie tu shu your mamma always wanted you to be!

    2. Nerfed Dialog

    Do you like having deep conversations with your companions about life, love, and the pursuit of horrific amounts of violence? Not if Vault Tech has anything to do with it! Here at Vault Tech we despise deep intelligent conversations, and meaningful dialog! Even if you have 1 intelligence we will make sure that fart sounds don't come out of your mouth and be sure that nothing you say will have a bearing on your own personal story! Afraid of making others mad with your words? Never fear! We also made sure that what you say won't result in your death or bodily injury! Don't know what to say? Now you can only say yes, no, ask a question or be a smart ass! Vault Tech has neatly mapped these options to your D pad. Don’t have a D Pad? Naughty, Naughty vault dweller, nobody likes a PC Supremacist! Be a good Vault Tech rep today and make sure the person you’re talking to completely ignores what you are trying to say so they can get back to telling you how bad the waste really is and how you can help!

    3. Invulnerable NPC's

    Are you tired of your friends constantly dying in the wasteland? Never fear vault dweller, here at Vault Tech we made sure to make your friends invincible to bullets! If you get frustrated with the way your friends are acting, go ahead, use them as a punching bag, or target practice. Like your loyal friend Dog Meat, your wasteland buddies will never get mad at you for trying to bash their heads in with a Super Sledge! Our patented invulnerability implant makes them impervious to enemy fire and yours! Don't be tempted to steal their loot because they don't have anything! Rest assured that we will make every effort to keep them alive so your experience in the waste makes absolutely no sense if you try to murder them horribly!

    4. Underdeveloped and tacked on Settlement System

    Are you trying to be just like PEW DIE DIE, and is your channel Inundated with silly Minecraft videos? Never fear vault dweller, Vault Tech has an alternative for you! Here at Vault Tech our engineers have designed a system where annoying Mine craft lets players such as yourself can create their very own dream house! Do you like holes in your walls and ceilings? Do you like dirty and grimy looking textures with random bits of grass and junk poking through your floors? Do you hate windows? Do you like only being able to build three stories? Do you have an aging YouTube channel devoted completely to Minecraft?! Never fear, Our Vault Tech engineers have worked hard to make sure the crafting system is designed to attract the viewers who already love your channel and that it is so confusing that they will have to come to you for help! Get out there vault dweller and teach em’ how to build the city of their dreams!

    5. Lack of Multiple endings

    Some people think that a good story always ends based on the decisions you make in life. Here at Vault Tech we have a different philosophy! Our Vault Tech representatives have made sure that your travels through the wasteland always arrive at the same conclusion because the conclusion that we have decided on is and always will be the best! We heard a story where a competitor used a technique that utilized multi colored explosions to indicate different endings. We here at Vault Tech have ensured that the ending to your story will be a fantastic disappointing Technicolor mess!    … Expand
  89. 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!
  90. FogCityRoller
    Nov 25, 2015
    1
    What do you know, a AAA title that was grossly overhyped and underperformed. Why do I keep setting myself up for disappointment by buying into this garbage? I actually thought Fallout 4 would be "the one" to actually live up to the hype, but holy lol. The graphics are inexcusably dated and gross, the interface is awful, the story is boring. I can't believe people think the graphics areWhat do you know, a AAA title that was grossly overhyped and underperformed. Why do I keep setting myself up for disappointment by buying into this garbage? I actually thought Fallout 4 would be "the one" to actually live up to the hype, but holy lol. The graphics are inexcusably dated and gross, the interface is awful, the story is boring. I can't believe people think the graphics are acceptable, it's on the Creation engine from LAST GEN. Seriously wtf?? That's the same engine they used for Skyrim! Just marginally improved. The fact that they try to call it "a next gen version of last gen's engine" is pathetic and sad. How fanboys defend this crap is beyond me.… Expand
  91. Bakgrind
    Nov 25, 2015
    5
    This game would be fun but I'm finding myself getting hit by annoying bugs. Having gotten to the 50 hour mark I find that my some of my quests do not update so as to let me continue them on a quest chain. Not only that but my game crashes frequently even though my pc exceeds minimum specs.

    I created another character an was going to compare and it wouldn't not let me get past the    This game would be fun but I'm finding myself getting hit by annoying bugs. Having gotten to the 50 hour mark I find that my some of my quests do not update so as to let me continue them on a quest chain. Not only that but my game crashes frequently even though my pc exceeds minimum specs.

    I created another character an was going to compare and it wouldn't not let me get past the "opening sequence as I it is frozen to where I have no keyboard and mouse movement input. This is very of putting and doesn't make for an enjoyable experience. I would rate the game higher but it's bugs cast a long shadow over the story and game play for my liking.    … Expand
  92. LiZaL
    Nov 25, 2015
    3
    This game isn´t that great. It´s nothing special but a mediocre, generic follower of Fallout 3 and New Vegas without significant improvements. I encountered so many major glitches, it was a hell of a mess. Blocking Dogmeat/other NPCs, Jumping issues and other weird control malfunctions just went way too far... The control with Keyboard and Mouse is ridiculous - using the crafting systemThis game isn´t that great. It´s nothing special but a mediocre, generic follower of Fallout 3 and New Vegas without significant improvements. I encountered so many major glitches, it was a hell of a mess. Blocking Dogmeat/other NPCs, Jumping issues and other weird control malfunctions just went way too far... The control with Keyboard and Mouse is ridiculous - using the crafting system properly is impossible and makes no fun at all. I also disliked you were thrown into the game world without any "tutorial" and stuff and the character development just started to suck as soon as you exit Vault 111. The Graphics quality of this game is embarrassing and doesn`t belong to 2015 anymore. It looks awkward and outdated, Bethesda didn´t even attempt to match up their game to current standards. The Story itself is ok to me, although a bit too mainstream. The VATS System didn´t satisfy that much anymore, the FPS Mode simply sucks and the dialogue options are a bad joke. At least tell me what sarcastic comment the character is about to express, not simply "sarcastic", this is just stupid. In conclusion: Good Ideas (crafting, companions, rebuilding some settlements and stuff...) but at the end Fallout 4 misses the opportunity to be good, instead it´s unfinished and already outdated. Take a look at The Witcher 3 to see how it´s done right.… Expand
  93. dervel
    Nov 25, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was gonna write a list about the negatives of this game but you can just read the comments from other people. Bethesda said "it's not meant to be the most stunning RPG ever" however they ended up making the most crappy game because they didn't even tried at the first place. The only reason this game sold the copies was because of the marketing and the fact that is was a fallout series. Had it been not, none would have played this garbage. And for the people expecting modders to fix it, i hope they(modders) don't even bother with this trash game. The only thing Bethesda could do worse, would be an in-game store to buy fuse cores to use the power armor.

    And one last thing "We want this massive interactive world, where you can talk to people, choose your own path and everything in the world has meaning and is an actual object.". Just because you have 2 different endings which u choose based one line selection (at the very end) doesn't mean the world is interactive.    … Expand
  94. ChosenOne
    Nov 25, 2015
    2
    Fallout 4 has a lot of expensive content, it kills time like noting else, it has pretty interesting house building system. But overall - it is a total mess. It feels like developers doesn't knew what they was doing.
    It is like low quality version of Saints Row 4 without humor.
  95. Roxian
    Nov 25, 2015
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I finished the game with a save file of + 4 days. There were many good things, some very bad. Enjoy.

    People say the story is boring. Imo up until you arrive at the Institute and things become a bit more "clear", it was very intriguing. After that I noticed I found myself facing a moral dilemma; all the factions seemed to dabble in this "grey area". It made me question my whole journey so far and the people I had been interacting with. I had this with the previous games too, so it was a nice thing to experience.

    Crafting was a nice change and everyone seems to agree on that. I never bothered in New Vegas because it was so tedious and hard to keep track from, unlike in Fallout 4 where you can track mats and the crafting stations have a clear overview.

    People say they turned the game into a mindless shooter without rpg elements. I beg to differ. Companions have been reworked into more then an npc that carries your **** for you. They join in conversations, they have different opinions, personal quests that are befitting. They all have unique dialogue lines towards what is happening to you ingame.

    People say the quests are boring. The only quests I found boring after a long time were the settlement quests and the dialogue of the settlers. I have to admit those became to tedious for me when I was close to endgame. I ended up not bothering anymore. But aside from that there are many hidden quests that are pretty damn entertaining. Often it starts with finding a holotape or just talking to a random npc. Roam, explore and you will be suprised.

    People complain about perks and special beeing destroyed. It is not gone. It is presented to you in a different manner. I can see why people don't like change, but this is no reason to rate the game badly. I saw many familiar perks and I liked how they handled the collection of books and magazines. Damn it Picket Fences, where you at! Simply because it is not the exact same way as the previous games, doesn't mean it's bad.

    Dialogue. Fantastic that our character has a voice now, I loved them both, very fitting and easy to listen to for a long time. But the dialogue wheel was confusing at first. I often found myself trying to "guess" what my character was actually going to say. As someone who likes to roleplay this wasn't the best change.

    "Most of the buildings are sealed off" is simply a lie. There are indeed residential houses that are barred off at the front door, but I found many houses, factories or other buildings I could enter without having a quest to go there. It's like people that claim this only visited Concord (where a lot of them are sealed off) at the start, then quit the game to nag about this.

    Technical issues : well it *is* a Bethesda game that has just released. I know, it's absolutely no excuse. I didn't had any gamebreaking bugs (like I heard people say they were unable to advance in main story), but I had my fair share of ctd's, especially when leaving a place, right after it had loaded. Happened like +-10 times during my playthrough. Let's see... the clipping issues at settlemends drove me mad more then once. The carpet trick and tlc commands shouldn't be the best option, they should've just made it better. Period. And lastly eventhough my pc wasn't strong enough op paper (the can I run it website have me red flags for CPU and graphical card), I was able to smootly run it all on medium. I never had lagspikes or stutter.

    So what did I miss? I missed the Karma options. Really, really sad they removed it. I don't care about the fact that weapons don't "break", but oh the Karma system. I loved that so much. They didn't "replace" it too. I guess if you want some sort of indicator of your actions, the like/dislike/admire/hate system of the companions is a filler for it, but then again, not really.

    The epilogue, although it brought a little tear to my eye, was missing some elements for me. I was hoping to see an overview of all the damn settlements I had build; or a notion of how I rebuild the Minutemen, or helped the BoS at the end. I loved those crazy endings in the previous games. Alas...

    +10 for the radio stations, Travis wasn't a Treedog but it fitted the story. I liked his quest and I liked the tracks he played. The classical music station was an awesome addition, but that is ofc personal taste. I was sad it was gone after my BoS ending, but roleplay wise it made sense.

    I guess to conclude my report; most people say it's a copy paste of Fallout 3 with some new dumb down features, but many people say Fallout 3 was superior. I don't get that comparison then. Imo it was yet another different setting in this post apocalypse world, with different factions and their little stories. It felt like a true Fallout game, with hidden easter eggs, crazy encounters, straight up weird people and questlines and a lot more and reworked features. I didn't rate it 10 because of the ctd's, the clipping in settlements and I try not to be an obnoxious fanboy.    … Expand
  96. RimKello
    Nov 25, 2015
    2
    I will not be long.
    Bethesda make another game that have nothig similar with fallout.
    It's some sort of postapocaliptic sandbox whith awful gameplay in any aspects of the game. Uncomfortable construction mod Dumb action Totaly ruined role system Repetitive, monotonous and irritating quests. Terrible, unfinished dialogues This always happens with games, that do not have a clear    I will not be long.
    Bethesda make another game that have nothig similar with fallout.
    It's some sort of postapocaliptic sandbox whith awful gameplay in any aspects of the game.
    Uncomfortable construction mod
    Dumb action
    Totaly ruined role system
    Repetitive, monotonous and irritating quests.
    Terrible, unfinished dialogues

    This always happens with games, that do not have a clear concept. And they wanted to cram in game as much ideas as it possible. Even without asking questions: Do we need all these things in the game? What effect will this bring?

    And yes, to be honest.
    I'm an oldschool player, and everything that happens with the series after the second part of the game ...    … Expand
  97. lux114
    Nov 24, 2015
    10
    Hey! Think I'll complain that the graphics are "outdated" ... and simultaneously talk about how great Fallout 1 and 2 were and how this ruined the franchise!

    Hey! I think I'll gripe that I have been shoehorned into being this guy who is on a quest for his son, come on Bethesda, I don't want to be a guy in search of my son -- I want quality RPG... like you did in Fallout 3 when I was    Hey! Think I'll complain that the graphics are "outdated" ... and simultaneously talk about how great Fallout 1 and 2 were and how this ruined the franchise!

    Hey! I think I'll gripe that I have been shoehorned into being this guy who is on a quest for his son, come on Bethesda, I don't want to be a guy in search of my son -- I want quality RPG... like you did in Fallout 3 when I was this guy looking for his dad!! And I mean, in this game you don't even explain why this guy is such a great survivalist.. like you did in fallout 3... when you were a toddler who then walked around in a vault underground - and came out as a badass.

    Hey! I think I'll gripe about the lack of a karma system... even though Fallout 3's karma system was fundamentally pointless (steal 5 things, kill 10 random creatures to get karma back) -- And actually THIS karma system (trying to not look like a pathetic jerk in front of your companions) makes a heck of a lot more sense.

    Hey! I think I'll complain that this is just a shooter.. when fallout 3 and new vegas were just shooters.

    I just cannot get over how every single criticism leveled against this game could also be said of Fallout 3... which was apparently so incredible that this sucks...

    What is wrong with you people -- I've read page after page of your criticism... and it makes no real sense.

    I've spent a good 100 hours in the game -- it's been a really good game. Story isn't quite as good as the others... but that's about my only complaint - and I'm not done with the story yet. Always looking forward to getting how and playing some more..... so that would mean = a good game.    … Expand
  98. 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
  99. gozerHozer
    Nov 24, 2015
    2
    I played over 200 hours of Fallout 3 and NV and loved it, I even bought the Deluxe FO3 with Lunch box and Bobble-Head, my 9 year old son took the lunch box to school and blew all the teachers minds.
    (I still have the Bobble-head on my desk)
    Fallout 4, wow what a letdown, Unless you liked playing the SIMs. I swear one or more of the SIMs Developers worked on this game, but they could not    I played over 200 hours of Fallout 3 and NV and loved it, I even bought the Deluxe FO3 with Lunch box and Bobble-Head, my 9 year old son took the lunch box to school and blew all the teachers minds.
    (I still have the Bobble-head on my desk)
    Fallout 4, wow what a letdown, Unless you liked playing the SIMs.
    I swear one or more of the SIMs Developers worked on this game, but they could not even pull that off nicely.
    Yes it’s a bit better than Fallout 3, this game engine is old even for a shelved 2010 MMOG.
    What a lazy production of a game.
    I have a high end PC with dual Vid cards and 144hz monitor and cranking up the Res just makes the feeling of disgust even worse.
    Bethesda was so lazy they were playing the SIMs when they made this game and I think played the Sims more than Fallout 4.
    Then I see PS4 and Xbox graphics on these youtube vids, what an embarrassment Bethesda, SIM quality graphics.
    This is just the Fallout 4 MMOG rumored in 2010.
    Let the MODDERs fix?? really???
    Its shows Bethesda could not do it, they could not pull it off; MODDERS make a better games.
    LAME=Wait for the MODs.
    Should we be so thankful for a new Fallout? maybe if this was 2010.
    Digital pre-sales should be banned in a legal way.
    If there were no Pre-orders, I bets my $80 FO4 sales would not be even half they were after the first week.
    My son said it best when I asked him if he wanted my FO4---Meh..    … Expand
  100. victorator
    Nov 24, 2015
    4
    Biggest disappointment of the year.

    My worst complaints:

    -boredom
    -quests offer nothing interesting to do
    -BAD shooting mechanic
    -absolutely worst AI ever in a game
    -terrible user interface
    -game looks like crap on my 4k screen with a 980Ti, loading times are completely unjustified
    -dont buy unless youre a hardcore fallout fan
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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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