Fallout 4

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  1. Vlad777
    Nov 12, 2015
    3
    This game does not live up to my expectations.The beginning of game quite good, but after passing of the first city where give power armor... It becomes boring to play.
    Also I want to note lag of dialogues in the Russian version when some characters speak.
    As a result: game not failure, but also and also doesn't show something outstanding, fascinating.
  2. Prommy
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    It was soo bad it forced me to create an account. (just a small info: i already refunded the game and not planning to play it ever again)
    To start I was greatly dissapointed by the pile of crap which was presented to me as a fallout 4 BUT i try to remain calm as there are some good things in new fallout soo:
    + The "minecraft villagebuilder" is great, soo is weapon modifications i really    It was soo bad it forced me to create an account. (just a small info: i already refunded the game and not planning to play it ever again)
    To start I was greatly dissapointed by the pile of crap which was presented to me as a fallout 4 BUT i try to remain calm as there are some good things in new fallout soo:
    + The "minecraft villagebuilder" is great, soo is weapon modifications i really like that part
    + finnaly someone thought about fallout characters sprinting
    - companion
    - super weak main story (So Chliché WITHOUT ANY F. CHOICES TO MAKE)
    -stupid power armor
    -stupid perks and oversimplification of special and perks
    -I cried during dialogues ass they dont matter at all, because dubbing a proper dialogue would cost more right? Soo lets point a middle finger at players, i mean they already pre-ordered it

    and one small + : I laughed my ass off when Codsworth said to me at the start: Hello mr. ****    … Expand
  3. ieatllamas
    Nov 12, 2015
    10
    Everything you expect, and more. The world is extremely densely populated with things to do. People spamming "1" ratings probably haven't spent more than 5 hours playing the game, if that. Gunplay feels better, the crafting system is awesome, and settlements are a huge time sink. Easiest 10 I've ever given.
  4. skreamed
    Nov 12, 2015
    10
    This game is... good. Its not awesome, but it's not terrible either. You should read my rating as a 7.5, but to be honest, the user rating is being skewed by 95% of the reviews on here, mine included. Unfortunately, by giving a score of zero, when the game deserves at least a 7, maybe more, is skewing the score far too much to the low end.
    Its a good game, but the (over)hype for it seems    This game is... good. Its not awesome, but it's not terrible either. You should read my rating as a 7.5, but to be honest, the user rating is being skewed by 95% of the reviews on here, mine included. Unfortunately, by giving a score of zero, when the game deserves at least a 7, maybe more, is skewing the score far too much to the low end.
    Its a good game, but the (over)hype for it seems to have killed everyones enthusiasm for it. A shame :-/    … Expand
  5. Minghe
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    This isn't Fallout, this isn't good, this isn't A-RPG, this hasn't nothing in common with Fallout. This is ****.

    I quote someone under this comment Complete garbage.
    "**** console port, **** graphics, **** story, **** gameplay. This is not fallout, this is first person farmville."
    ...with a lot of shooting
  6. Thraktor
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    What a disappointment Fallout 4 is. Bethesda has taken their writing to a whole new terrible level. The settlement building and scrapping of items is fun, but the quests? That dialogue wheel is a terrible design decision and your armor & weapons not breaking? Come on Bethesda this is a post-apocalyptic world where you have to scavenge and maintain items you have in order to survive whatWhat a disappointment Fallout 4 is. Bethesda has taken their writing to a whole new terrible level. The settlement building and scrapping of items is fun, but the quests? That dialogue wheel is a terrible design decision and your armor & weapons not breaking? Come on Bethesda this is a post-apocalyptic world where you have to scavenge and maintain items you have in order to survive what the world throws at you.

    A Hardcore Mode like from F: NV that Obsidian added would of also been nice Bethesda! PLEASE include a Hardcore Mode with the need of sleep and thirst to survive in the Wasteland. Otherwise this is my last game bought from you.    … Expand
  7. metalmat
    Nov 12, 2015
    6
    So much hype and so much disappointment. Now I will say that I do not agree with the reviews giving this game a flat out bad rating, it is still a decent game. That said I really really expected more than just a slightly upgraded version of Fallout 3. New Vegas came out only 2 years after Fallout 3 and brought WAY more to the table than Fallout 4.

    Positives: The new power armor    So much hype and so much disappointment. Now I will say that I do not agree with the reviews giving this game a flat out bad rating, it is still a decent game. That said I really really expected more than just a slightly upgraded version of Fallout 3. New Vegas came out only 2 years after Fallout 3 and brought WAY more to the table than Fallout 4.

    Positives: The new power armor mechanics are fantastic. Sound is great. Graphics, in particular the atmosphere. Lots of customization in the crafting system

    Negatives: Plot is a HUGE letdown. The UI is awful. AI, while improved, is still bad. Side quests are not interesting at all. Performance issues & bugs.

    It feels like Bethesda knew this game was going to sell well so they just took the money and ran with it.    … Expand
  8. Discusguy
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    Bethesda what are you doing? Dialogue wheels do not belong in your games those belong in BioWare's games. Your storytelling has become worse and worse with each game you make. Next time hire Obsidian to write your stories for a Fallout made by them and ES 6 and Fallout 5. This game makes me sad I spent $60 on it, never again until I see Obsidian's writing from here on out.
  9. Thunder5555
    Nov 12, 2015
    6
    Not too bad. Bethesda level of bugginess, but as always, fans will fix the game eventually.
    Other than that, it's not half bad. Focus has been shifted more to gunplay instead of roleplaying and everything seems bit more simplified than before. Not that it's a bad thing.
    Enjoyable, even more when the bugs have been fixed. Announced requirements and recommended specs are bit high compared    Not too bad. Bethesda level of bugginess, but as always, fans will fix the game eventually.
    Other than that, it's not half bad. Focus has been shifted more to gunplay instead of roleplaying and everything seems bit more simplified than before. Not that it's a bad thing.
    Enjoyable, even more when the bugs have been fixed.
    Announced requirements and recommended specs are bit high compared to what the game actually seems to work with. So no need to worry about computer being up to the required specs. Core2 Quad Q6600 is good enough CPU to run the game nicely when paired with decent GPU.
    Overall a good experience.    … Expand
  10. NakSup
    Nov 12, 2015
    5
    Many things are wrong with this game such as:

    Bethesda lied about the frame rate being unlocked, it's locked to 60 and higher frames cause the games engine to speed up. The UI is copied straight from the console versions with no thought in mind for PC users with many controls being locked and building mode using a key layout that requires 3 hands. Many many performance issues and    Many things are wrong with this game such as:

    Bethesda lied about the frame rate being unlocked, it's locked to 60 and higher frames cause the games engine to speed up.

    The UI is copied straight from the console versions with no thought in mind for PC users with many controls being locked and building mode using a key layout that requires 3 hands.

    Many many performance issues and crashes and no Sli support.

    The game feels rushed and unfinished a more suitable name for this title would be rage 2.    … Expand
  11. xoma262
    Nov 12, 2015
    10
    First of all, I'll say that I've played TES: Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim. In Fallout series I played Fallout 3, New Vegas and off course Fallout 4. They share the same game engine and Fallout 4 just continue it.
    I was really surprised by graphics part. Bethesda Softworks are well known for lack of graphic quality in their games. Just look at the Skyrim. It's awful, despite that, game    First of all, I'll say that I've played TES: Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim. In Fallout series I played Fallout 3, New Vegas and off course Fallout 4. They share the same game engine and Fallout 4 just continue it.
    I was really surprised by graphics part. Bethesda Softworks are well known for lack of graphic quality in their games. Just look at the Skyrim. It's awful, despite that, game still awesome.
    Yes, I know graphics is not the best. It's not like "Crysis 3" or Call of Duty, or whatever you expected. For the open world game graphics is really good.

    System Requirements:
    Before writing this review I saw some people complaining that requirements too high ...
    . . . Really?!
    I found only one "high" requirement: 30 Gb on hard drive. Done!
    I'm assuming that no one trying to run game on old Pentium with 32 Mb of GPU memory...
    And there is a nice Metacritic review, telling us that guy has rig for 20 000 Euro and he has 10 Fps in game ... Nice joke. This review has to be deleted.

    Gameplay:
    I like Fallout 3. Who feels same - you will like Fallout 4 too. It's fully expand and upgrades everything we had in F3 and now you can do a lot of things and spend a lot of time just trying to settle. Nothing really more to say than just other positive reviewers.

    P.S. About ratings. here. I don't understand why people giving 0, 1, 3 as a rating. This rating mean that you really hate this game and comparing to the 100% trash. Really? I'm pretty sure that you don't know how to evaluate games.
    I'm giving 1010 just to raise user score, which is unjustified.

    My more honest grade would be 8.5-9 out of 10.
    Good Luck!    … Expand
  12. Hohum
    Nov 12, 2015
    6
    I've come to the conclusion that the games Bethesda roll out are so detailed and immense in scale that they can't be bothered to pay anyone to play test them any more. That would explain a lot of things.

    Things, such as, my first encounter with a Deathclaw at the very start of the game. Round one - I open my Pip-Boy to use a Stimpack, and can't close it. Deathclaw stands, bemused, next    I've come to the conclusion that the games Bethesda roll out are so detailed and immense in scale that they can't be bothered to pay anyone to play test them any more. That would explain a lot of things.

    Things, such as, my first encounter with a Deathclaw at the very start of the game. Round one - I open my Pip-Boy to use a Stimpack, and can't close it. Deathclaw stands, bemused, next to my motionless body. Re-load. Round two - I decide to hide in one of the buildings which is working quite well. Deathclaw runs away and doesn't come back. Eventually I go in search to find that he's stuck on a pile of rocks. Shoot him a couple of times before he teleports around behind me and rips my limps from my torso. Re-load. Round three...well, you get the idea.

    Like all Bethesda releases, there are a ton of bugs at launch. Some are minor annoyances, some are immersion-breaking, and others require you to load the game from your most recent save. This may have been more acceptable seven years ago in the days of Fallout 3, but we've seen so many super-polished games with massive worlds since then, eg: Witcher 3, GTA5, etc. The bar has been raised for all open-world games recently, and Bethesda ran right into it and bumped their head.

    The Creation Engine is really starting to show its age. I'm normally in the "graphics don't matter" camp, but when I actually recognize objects and textures which were lifted right out of Fallout 3 and implanted into 4 without even so much as a re-skin, it irks me. Overall the graphics and presentation is a mixed bag. The exterior views/landscapes are actually great in my opinion. Character models are average. Building interiors and many of the item models/textures are significantly below par by today's standards. Animations are poor and lip-syncing often attains kung-fu-movie levels of awful. This engine has been powering all of their open-world games since the stiff-legged Khajiits of Morrowind floated across screens 13 years ago. It really needs to go.

    Ranting out of the way, it's definitely not all bad. When all of the bugs are fixed, I would happily update my review score to a solid 7/10. Improved graphics/textures via modding would hit an 8/10. Sadly nothing will ever fix the awful "speech wheel", wooden dialog and an in-game menu which was invented somewhere in between the discovery of fire and the first wheel.

    An overall disappointing experience, especially given all the hype.    … Expand
  13. GRANITsalvo
    Nov 12, 2015
    7
    15 Hours played.
    Running an AMD A-10 6800K at 4.7Ghz, 16GB RAM, Radeon R9 280X, SSD, Win7UE.
    7/10 summary: While it's not exactly like Fallout 3, I really enjoy some of the changes and that Bethesda did not fall to the dark side with micro-transactions. It's not what I expected, but I am having a lot of fun with it, which is good enough for me. Also, in 15hrs of play I have encountered    15 Hours played.
    Running an AMD A-10 6800K at 4.7Ghz, 16GB RAM, Radeon R9 280X, SSD, Win7UE.

    7/10 summary: While it's not exactly like Fallout 3, I really enjoy some of the changes and that Bethesda did not fall to the dark side with micro-transactions. It's not what I expected, but I am having a lot of fun with it, which is good enough for me. Also, in 15hrs of play I have encountered only one bug, which was during dialogue, but it was solved by walking away and trying again. Oh, and currently GodRays kill my FPS.

    Things that I liked:
    + No micro-transactions.
    + Pip-Boy app (don't have the plastic, but use my phone next to me.)
    + Improved animations, especially with Dogmeat take-downs.
    + "Pick and choose" perks let me get to my ideal character quickly.
    + Each Attribute feels useful.
    + Gunplay feels better.
    + Good gun customization and making Gun-nut a useful perk.
    + Less perks, but they are all useful.
    + Improved faces and hair. (finally)
    + Dialogue is not as boring as Skyrim.
    + Relationships and relationship freedom are not forced down your throat like the Dragon Age games ("Look how progressive we are") and you are not locked down by your choices. (not seen first-hand yet, based on a friend's playthrough)

    Things that bothered me.
    - Only 4 dialogue options per step. Yes,No,Sarcasm,Maybe. And you can't see what your character says ahead of time. If it turns out to not be what you wanted....tough. Major step backwards.
    - While the UI and buttons are streamlined, it still feels worse than before using M+K. Mainly with this 4-way dialogue.
    - I don't agree with the power armor up front. Yes it felt cool, but now it just sits in the garage because it really eats fusion cores. If I wanted a "heavy" character, I would dislike the battery search. Also...it's a fusion core that powers large turbines for 200 years, but powers your suit for 2 hours?
    - While base building is nice, it seems like a gimmick (almost forced), and wouldn't fit at all when I do a "evil" play-through. IDK, maybe they wont go to sanctuary when I do that play-through.
    - Weak opening goal....seriously, the gunshot they chose is like a cheap jump-scare in horror games. Is that the best you could do? A cheap tug at human instincts?

    Side thoughts on the fusion cores: I wonder if there are enough cores in the default world to roleplay a heavy character through an average play-though. I bet not. If someone told me Bethesda almost went to micro transactions with fusion cores as the forerunner, I would believe it. It explains the "giving" of the armor rather than earning, and the short lifespan of the cores. If that happened, it would shoot my score down to a 4/10, as it would kill my immersion on any play-though.

    Performance: At first I gave a test on Ultra. I averaged 40-60 FPS with some dips to 26FPS when large groups popped-in. After turning off God Rays and scaling back some distances, mainly shadows (biggest impact), I rarely drop below 50FPS. Then again, AMD hasn't released any drivers yet and it was built for NVIDIA gameworks. This could change in the future. I did not unlock the Framerate Cap.

    Had to open .ini for FOV change and removing mouse acceleration.

    I am disappointed in the Config screen....missing a ton of options. It's now all Low-Medium-High-Ultra.

    ==Lessons Learned===
    - The 'missing perks' are now magazines scattered about the wastes. I think this is better than generic +5 boosts of previous games.

    - You can move mods from one weapon to the other without paying the rare resources again: 10mm #1 has a scope and you want it on 10mm #2. Customize 10mm #1 and switch out the scope for ironsights. This makes the scope a 'mod item' in your inventory. Go to 10mm #2 and give it the scope....no resources needed.    … Expand
  14. hemmo1986
    Nov 12, 2015
    9
    Fallout 4 while not a technical marvel, nor a step in any new direction from previous entries. it is however still a superb title just like the previous games that came before it.

    Its safe to say Bethesda has taken the safe path and stuck to doing what they do best. Making great open world RPG's with hours of content. While the game lacks inspiration and at times feels more like an    Fallout 4 while not a technical marvel, nor a step in any new direction from previous entries. it is however still a superb title just like the previous games that came before it.

    Its safe to say Bethesda has taken the safe path and stuck to doing what they do best. Making great open world RPG's with hours of content. While the game lacks inspiration and at times feels more like an updated version of Fallout 3 running in the Skyrim engine with a few technical flaws. But anyone who delves into this game will find it easy to overlook these issues due to the superb gameplay, story, quests and all the other enriching values this game has to offer.

    Another standout entry into the fallout series. Lets just hope Fallout 5 manage a bigger leap in creativity.    … Expand
  15. Santahahaha
    Nov 12, 2015
    10
    Okay, i'm sick of the bad reviews, especially since one person complained that the mayer of diamond city called him/her piper's "little sister" even though clearly that player didn't listen because he was talking about pipers little sister.. anyways, the game in my opinion is great, so it doesn't have as much choice as fallout 3 but it does have choice and besides that practically everyOkay, i'm sick of the bad reviews, especially since one person complained that the mayer of diamond city called him/her piper's "little sister" even though clearly that player didn't listen because he was talking about pipers little sister.. anyways, the game in my opinion is great, so it doesn't have as much choice as fallout 3 but it does have choice and besides that practically every aspect is better than fallout 3(don't get me wrong, fallout 3 is still one of the greatest games). The customization in fallout 4 is unbelievable you can turn any gun into something you want and it makes it your weapon, you will feel more comfortable with the weapons, also you can build settlements which is weird but really interesting. I'm not going to go into depth with that, but some of the quests are miles better than fallout 3 quests for instance the quest with dogmeat, when he tracks the guy who we think has shaun, that mission was awesome, and of course just the story and wandering around feels like fallout 3 nothing about fallout 4 feels worse than any of the fallout games except for the choice, I understand that a lot of us want to try being bad in the game and we can't really do it and that sucks but why are people giving the game a zero because of it, it doesn't make sense, there have also been reviews saying the game sucks because your companions can't die, the reason bethesda did this was because a lot of fallout fans hated that they died, annnndddd also people are complaining that dog meats hair doesn't look good... are you serious.. thats not even the game that is hair on a dog i the game... holy **** The graphics are not bad either, Maybe I'm just a fanboy of fallout but this game seems amazing and I've barely scratched the surface. Also the combat in the game feels a lot more fun than any of the fallouts, especially the melee is really awesome. I actually feel like I am killing things in the game, The game truly is amazing

    pros:
    -Awesome missions
    -a somewhat intriguing story (although fallout 3's story wasn't very intriguing either in my opinion but was still good)
    -good graphics
    -Extremely fun combat
    -Awesome Customization
    -companions don't die :D
    -Extremely fun in general
    -Wandering is still as fun as all of the fallouts especially with all the beauty of the game
    -amazing

    Cons:
    -Not much of a choice throughout the game (although you still have the choice to join what ever group you want, Brotherhood of steel, Minutemen, and more.)
    -story can be bland at times (deserves to be on cons and pros)

    Stop complaining everyone just enjoy the game!    … Expand
  16. Nichtswisser
    Nov 12, 2015
    4
    The writing is probably the worst in the whole series. It makes b-movies and fan fiction look like Shakespeare level material in comparisson. And it makes talking with people a real chore since it's never interesting. The stupid Mass Effect like dialoge wheel does not help either. And of course the characters are just as bland and uninteresting as the dialogues. Sadly this time around evenThe writing is probably the worst in the whole series. It makes b-movies and fan fiction look like Shakespeare level material in comparisson. And it makes talking with people a real chore since it's never interesting. The stupid Mass Effect like dialoge wheel does not help either. And of course the characters are just as bland and uninteresting as the dialogues. Sadly this time around even the world seems bland and uninspired. It just feels like something a single dude playing around with the Fallout 3 editor for around a year put together. It really does!

    The UI is the worst piece of crap I've seen in a long time. Organizing your inventory and comparing items is a nightmare! And the controls with K&M are a slap in the face. The whole building structures part might well be the most clunky thing I ever had to deal with in a video game!

    The Roleplaying aspects of Fallout 4... Oh my god they killed Kenny! I really don't even know where to start...

    - They dumbed down the character development
    - Killed dialog choices with the Mass Effect Wheel
    - Removed the ability to roleplay your character
    - Pretty much removed most choices from the game altogether

    This game can not even be called an RPG anymore in my opinion. Skyrim was at least still an RPG Light, this game is a true travesty. I read somewhere that this supposedly was in development for 6 years... I really don't know what to say to that. This game is an abomination.

    Without the Fallout name and sold as a survival FPS about running around in a Wasteland and shooting zombies, I guess this could be considered an OKish game (not good mind you!). Yet as both an RPG (cringe) as well as a Fallout game (cringe even more) it's an abomination! It really is terrible and this time around even mods might not be able to fix it. There is just too much wrong with this game.    … Expand
  17. DocBrown
    Nov 12, 2015
    10
    Basically Skyrim in the Wasteland. Improved shooting mechanics, robust base building, improved character creator, beautiful score from Inon Zur...need I go on. Just go buy the game!
  18. mwak
    Nov 12, 2015
    7
    It's a good game if you're seaching for a sandbox post apo shooter. A bad one if you're seaching for a RPG.

    Fallout 3 had its drawback from the first Fallout RPGs. Then came Fallout:NewVegas that was pretty good. Now we have Fallout 4 and it's not a RPG anymore, it's more like a shooter with pre-made choices. Visualy, The environment is gorgeous and more beliviable than ever but the    It's a good game if you're seaching for a sandbox post apo shooter. A bad one if you're seaching for a RPG.

    Fallout 3 had its drawback from the first Fallout RPGs. Then came Fallout:NewVegas that was pretty good.
    Now we have Fallout 4 and it's not a RPG anymore, it's more like a shooter with pre-made choices.

    Visualy, The environment is gorgeous and more beliviable than ever but the lack of dialogues options make it empty and frustrating.
    The major drawback is that you can't be the person you want. You are forced on some choices that are not the one you'd take. So you don't attach to your character because it doesn't feel like the one you'd play.
    Eventually you can do some side quests but even there it's really poor in story writtings and globally lack of fun.

    The funniest part are :
    - the exploration and find all the eastereggs and the attention to details.
    - the construction workshop

    I just hope some mods will do the trick and make it a good RPG game.

    I should have waited for the goty version :)    … Expand
  19. Rhesyk
    Nov 12, 2015
    9
    The graphics are fantastic, not sure why people hate them - they are vastly improved over FO3 and NV. The main problem people have is a graphics/performance issue, but I am not sure whats causing this and I am unaffected so I am not dropping points (especially as this will be fixed soon enough).

    Bought a new R9 380 4GB (on i5-2500k, 16GB Ram) and can run on ultra @ 1080p smoothly with    The graphics are fantastic, not sure why people hate them - they are vastly improved over FO3 and NV. The main problem people have is a graphics/performance issue, but I am not sure whats causing this and I am unaffected so I am not dropping points (especially as this will be fixed soon enough).

    Bought a new R9 380 4GB (on i5-2500k, 16GB Ram) and can run on ultra @ 1080p smoothly with no stuttering or glitches.

    I think the intro/character creation was excellent, makes sense with the plot but allows us to have a glimpse at the pre-war/fallout aspect which was a nice addition (albeit brief).

    At first I thought the lack of skills was dumbing down - its not, its all been consolidated into the SPECIAL/Perks system with the perks. (if you have max charisma but zero persuation games normally fail you, but under the new system its the max charisma that matters which makes more sense - and perks can be taken to make this more succesful).

    On the map size, it may appear smaller but I have found its not just a case of being densely packed but there is less "dead" or "inactive" space, and lots of small buildings are open in the world (not needing you to enter tiny shacks like before which was annoying).

    My only gripe so far is the controls/ui so I am knocking this down to 9 but I am sure I will get used to it. Actually I don't like the lack of control over the characters voice (many games use EQ/pitch effects to customise a voice actors recorded lines) but this is a personal preference it doesnt make the game bad so I wont knock a point off for it. (nothing wrong with the voice btw - I just like to customise things).

    For what its worth I am not new to the series or Bethesda being an older gamer who still plays FO1,2 (and tactics since im a pervert apparently - its actually a great tactical rpg) and Morrowind etc.

    Biggest tip to enjoy the game - drop all preconceptions, just take it as a game in its own right and you will be pleased if you like open world exploration, the fallout settings and humour and especially the SHENANIGANS. No game has shenanigans like FALLOUT!    … Expand
  20. Ostrypwns
    Nov 12, 2015
    4
    Only played enough to get some first impressions, and I doubt I will have the resolve necessary to play it anymore. All the way form the very beginning the game is overly pompous/pathetic - combine this with 7-year-old writing and a bunch of logic holes and basically that's Fallout 4 for you.

    Want more? Overly simplified mechanics - traits and perks gone, the S.P.E.C.I.A.L system    Only played enough to get some first impressions, and I doubt I will have the resolve necessary to play it anymore. All the way form the very beginning the game is overly pompous/pathetic - combine this with 7-year-old writing and a bunch of logic holes and basically that's Fallout 4 for you.

    Want more?

    Overly simplified mechanics - traits and perks gone, the S.P.E.C.I.A.L system devoid of nearly all relevance compared to older titles of the franchise; no hardcore mode which I loved in New Vegas. Graphic engine about 10+ years old only rehashed slightly - for the second time now - and the developers have the audacity to tell us the engine is something brand new... Seriously, this game looks only slightly better than Skyrim. Almost nonexistent dialog options, and if you manage to find them they are almost irrelevant. The voice acting is so sloooow and bland it hurts my ears - combined with HILARIOUS facial expressions and poor childish writing the only feelings it brings up in me are that of embarrassment and amusement so more often than not i would just skip the dialog. But don't worry - should you ever want to skip entire conversation the extremely dumb dialog wheel has it easy for you as most often the only things you can say are 'yes', 'no', 'bad', 'good'.

    To sum up, In a new age of games like Witcher 3 and Pillars of Eternity Fallout 4 is not only laughable but also the worst of Bethesda's games to date. Fallout 3 fanboys should have plenty of fun though, so I imagine Todd Howards will keep lying to himself and everyone else around him as he always does.    … Expand
  21. rile
    Nov 12, 2015
    6
    Fallout 4 is a game that does many things, but at a shallow level and is often flawed, yet it's the larger picture of the puzzle that comes together that makes the game a fun time.

    The game sets out by introducing the player to a time before the war, where tensions between america and russia is at an all-time high, as you'll immediately hear it on the news. You're allowed to play either    Fallout 4 is a game that does many things, but at a shallow level and is often flawed, yet it's the larger picture of the puzzle that comes together that makes the game a fun time.

    The game sets out by introducing the player to a time before the war, where tensions between america and russia is at an all-time high, as you'll immediately hear it on the news. You're allowed to play either a male or a female character, (a tradition of the Fallout franchise), the husband or the wife. Shortly after, you're introduced to your infant son, in hopes that you'll bond with him. You won't. After a few minutes of exploration the alarms are set off, public service announcements are sent out on the radios and you make your way to a vault, shelter for humans to outlive the radiation of the nuclear bombs and the wasteland, for a while.

    This solidifies the suspicions that the writers of Bethesda fundamentally do not understand the concepts and themes the previous installments explored. It's meant to be a morbid but comedic insight into the reestablishment of society, where various ideas on how it's meant to be done are tackled. Yet Fallout 4 chooses an on-the-nose approach without much conceptual exploration. You escape your icy prison back to the surface 200 or so years later. Only to discover that not much has happened for two centuries and people are still stuck culturally in the time you left behind. Odd, given that we as a species develop and establish fast. Do you remember what happened that long ago? Chances are you don't. At the very least, Boston is a joy to explore and the attention to detail is what sets it apart from other games, and unlike previous titles in the franchise, it features a lot of vertical exploration.

    Boasted as new features to the franchise, settlements and customization of armor and weapons, albeit only to consoles. PC players has had these features /since/ Fallout 3, thanks to the modding community. Albeit, Bethesdas implementation is much more elaborate and /workable/. A common thing you'll be seeing throughout the game for all new additions to the game have been previously available as a mod.

    A staple of the Fallout games /skills/ has been removed, in favor of solely focusing on perks and S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats. A total of 70 perks are in the game, each of them can be expanded upon by sinking more points into. Yet, one will find that the perks are by-the-numbers and that the developers lacked imagination when it came to shaping your character, as gameplay features are entirely taken out with some, and other simply give boring damage increase or reductions.

    Now, let's talk about dissonance between player and character. For there is a -lot- of it this time around, due to two new implementations. A voice for the character, and the popular but hated dialogue wheel. The VO is often overacted, lacks emotion and subtlety, and the stale facial animations rarely expresses the topic at hand. The wheel, clearly /taken/ from the Mass Effect franchise and solidified by the works of Telltale, reduces the broad set of options one would have in previous Fallouts, and dialogue /used/ to be a big part of the franchise, now taken a backseat in favor of the more guts galore combat. Rarely are the choices given to the player representative of what the character will say or do.

    At the very least, shooting bullets, scrap and lasers, chucking grenades, planting mines and firing of mini-nukes has never been this satisfying in a Bethesda game. The developers obviously drew inspirations from Destiny - last years noteworthy multiplayer shooter, a highly criticized product. You'll be get to obliterate humanoids, beasts, mutants, robots and all manners of foes. Most notable addition the the array of target practices, are legendary foes. They're tougher, and deal more damage - but they always guarantee you a unique drop. You'll waste a lot of resources taking them down, shooting them in head or heels /over and over/ while going through your stimpaks (healthpacks) quickly, unless you're exploiting the ridiculously dumb AI.

    In a year in which The WItcher 3, developed by a much smaller studio than Bethesda and for an even lower budget, comes out with highly praised graphical fidelity, it's inexcusable for a triple A game developer to come out with such supbar looks. Fallout 4, as quoted by Miller himself, looks like how you /remember/ Fallout 3, behind a veil of rose-tinted goggles, even so, it is a massive improvement over previous games, just not up to modern standards. It's subjective, however, and I found myself enjoying the aesthetic, which seemed to be a mix of retro Fallout and recent Bioware products.

    Something that must be noted, and to be expected by a Bethesda game, is the state in which it was released. It's riddled with bugs, broken quests and performance problems. With /many/ players reporting the game taxing their minds and not just their hardware.    … Expand
  22. Asinann
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    The game might be good, it might be bad: I never got the chance to play it because it wouldn't stop crashing when I hit the play button. Great job Bethesda, bet you expect the modders to fix your screw ups again.
  23. DorisOrange
    Nov 12, 2015
    8
    Fallout 4 delivers. Yes, there are bugs. No, you shouldn't be surprised.

    The gunplay has improved. The new perk system is new and interesting.

    Give it a try, if you like 3 and NV, you will love it.
  24. bajjycom
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    Totally useless crafting, boring explorations.
    Every dialog — crude piece of commonness.
    Graphics — Drake face.
    Jolly wasteland... JOLLY WASTELAND, CARL.

    Either past 7 years Bethesda did nothing, or their employees are complete f*cktards.
  25. victorvic0
    Nov 12, 2015
    3
    summary. this is a casual game to build a settle, this is not fallout NV or 3,

    i've played this game for 13 hours until i said, it's enough, i don't have any reason to keep playing because all quest are boring and the only thing is kill guys, mutants and big rats. ->The dog is stupid and inmortal, comeon ->the enemies are more stupid than my dog, he only know how to shot me and in    summary. this is a casual game to build a settle, this is not fallout NV or 3,

    i've played this game for 13 hours until i said, it's enough, i don't have any reason to keep playing because all quest are boring and the only thing is kill guys, mutants and big rats.
    ->The dog is stupid and inmortal, comeon
    ->the enemies are more stupid than my dog, he only know how to shot me and in some cases, hide form me behind a corner.
    ->full of bethesda bugs, but this time is worse.
    ->my power armor is amazing but i can't find power so it's useless
    (spoiler)
    what about my daughter? someone kidnap her and i'm wasting my time looking for cooper in the ruins to build up a generator or something else.    … Expand
  26. Reddi
    Nov 12, 2015
    10
    Textures and chracter animations not so good but athmosphere is best of best.

    Base building is very interesting and fun. Min every 5 minutes i found new content it is fantastic. FPS system is gain smooth action to the game and it is bestly fits the an RPG game. New RPG star system is better than classical boring skill point system. It is future of the RPG games because old    Textures and chracter animations not so good but athmosphere is best of best.

    Base building is very interesting and fun.

    Min every 5 minutes i found new content it is fantastic.

    FPS system is gain smooth action to the game and it is bestly fits the an RPG game.

    New RPG star system is better than classical boring skill point system.

    It is future of the RPG games because old school RPG system become boring.

    Easy understandable conversation system than epic hard, non understandable english language.    … Expand
  27. Kandihed
    Nov 12, 2015
    9
    Fallout 4 is an enjoyable game. I have no idea what all the graphics complaints are about, this is surprising. Personally I believe the graphics look rather nice. The game play is fun, particularly the enhanced building/crafting abilities

    I believe the graphical textures are set to roughly where they are to help those who have less money to spend on a super graphics card. I don't    Fallout 4 is an enjoyable game. I have no idea what all the graphics complaints are about, this is surprising. Personally I believe the graphics look rather nice. The game play is fun, particularly the enhanced building/crafting abilities

    I believe the graphical textures are set to roughly where they are to help those who have less money to spend on a super graphics card. I don't believe it is Bethesda being lazy as all the graphics kids seem to think. Yes they could be better but already an HD texture set is available just needs one of the highly skilled modders to be able to apply it to the game. However, the brightness of the Fog is annoying, but good old mods will fix that. There are already some wonderful presets which make the game look vibrant.

    My FPS throughout has been between 50/60 even the larger battles. However the large battles generally hit your processor quite hard, so a good one is essential.

    The gun play is so much better now, they nailed that and the melee is just as easy too.

    The game is by no means perfect, but what game is? And before you say anything comparing this to TW3 (which everyone seems to do) is irrelevant, also that game is not perfect either.

    I am sure all the haters gonna call me a fanboy or whatever, but in my eyes the game is good and really handy that it is pick up put down especially when you have a family. It's also nice to be able to use a female protagonist rather that the generic middle age man (yawn).

    I am still trying to work out why people complain about the controls which are fine to me and yes I use a mouse and keyboard.

    So overall the game is good, but needs a little work (like most), the AI can be rather dumb, followers included. Anyway disappointing score on here, but highly rated on steam    … Expand
  28. BoiledMonkey
    Nov 12, 2015
    3
    Complete and utter abuse of the company's cherished reputation, as was the case with ESO.

    Story is completely uninspired, and as predicted the voiced protagonist means quests and dialogue are paper-thin in terms of plot and gameplay. Entire character motivation is based around a 15 minute cutscene at the start of the game that does nothing to establish a narrative beyond rely on    Complete and utter abuse of the company's cherished reputation, as was the case with ESO.

    Story is completely uninspired, and as predicted the voiced protagonist means quests and dialogue are paper-thin in terms of plot and gameplay. Entire character motivation is based around a 15 minute cutscene at the start of the game that does nothing to establish a narrative beyond rely on pre-established lore (which gets completely disrespected immediately after). Could not care less about my shoe-horned 'family' that im supposed to care about.

    After playing for 15 hours I'm yet to find a quest that isn't 'go here, kill x and return'. Game hits a huge wall around the 10 hour mark, where you realize you've seen all the content you're getting - its just reiterations after that. Those claiming the game is decent are simply yet to hit this wall, or blinded by hype.
    Quest environments are predictable and linear, with little opportunity for straying from the beaten path or using character traits to explore new opportunities. 90% of scenarios are indoor, path driven experiences that only support the run-and-gun tactic.

    Weapon and armor customizations are a joke, differences between customized versions are often completely arbitrary (e.g 5-10% range damage drop off improvement with NO difference in base damage between pistols and SNIPER variants). Ammunition sub-types are completely abolished, and weapon variety is hilariously small compared to previous games - coupled with above mentioned lack of impact from customization, weapons rarely feel any different.

    RPG elements are completely missing, this is an FPS by anyone's standard. Only semblance of RPG is the perk system, which is boring and uninspired compared to previous games. Removal of skills TRIVIALIZES character progression and makes levelling up and making a 'build' a complete waste of time. Unless you're the type that enjoys cracking out a spreadsheet and calculating that extra two damage or ten caps you're saving because of those uninspired perks you spent hours grinding out, prepare to be very disappointed.

    Progression is terrible - power armour is found an hour into the game that makes you nearly invulnerable, and you're also given a minigun and 700 rounds at the same time. Perks are separated in ranks by huge level gaps that make no sense and restrict creativity in building your character. Many rank 10 perks will require level 1 for the first rank, then level 20+ (??!?!?!?) for the second. Many of the seemingly end-game legendary items have trivially easy methods of collection, when compared to some of the massive effort you had to put in to find them in previous games.

    Companions and general AI are PLAGUED with issues, from obvious things like teleporting into elevators and suddenly turning against their own factions at a moments notice, to subtle things like blocking doorways when you're under fire or walking infront of thrown grenades. Enemy AI is completely predictable and does not change at ALL regardless of difficult settings, despite promises that 'higher difficulties wont just turn enemies into sponges' during E3. Enemies will consistently hide behind cover that offers laughable protection and have no concept of how they are placed as a group (I've seen groups of five all trying to use the same doorway as cover...)

    Finally, the world feels empty and barren compared to other games. You don't feel as though you're part of a living, breathing world - you just stumble into an area and everyone is immediately willing to accept this total stranger into their ranks for the most insignificant stuff. Things like being allowed into diamond city or joining the brotherhood of steel after a 30 second encounter just completely devalue the role they play in the world.

    You had seven years Bethesda, what the hell. Obsidian wrote half of this **** for you, all you had to do was pretty it up and create a different looking world for us to exist in. Why would you just cut the franchise to pieces? Why take everything that made the games good and just throw it to the wind in the pursuit of casual FPS appeal?    … Expand
  29. Armis
    Nov 12, 2015
    8
    It's a Bethesda game, what can I say. Some things have changed, much has stayed the same. It's a massive world to explore with all sorts of kooky places to find.

    - You can build settlements. It's OK. A bit slow and fidgety, but I guess some people enjoy that sort of thing. - You can modify gear extensively. It's fun, if a bit annoying to hoard up the required components. This goes for    It's a Bethesda game, what can I say. Some things have changed, much has stayed the same. It's a massive world to explore with all sorts of kooky places to find.

    - You can build settlements. It's OK. A bit slow and fidgety, but I guess some people enjoy that sort of thing.
    - You can modify gear extensively. It's fun, if a bit annoying to hoard up the required components. This goes for the above as well.
    - The dialogue system has changed. I think it's a downgrade from earlier Bethesda games, but it gets the job done.
    - Skills are gone, there are only perks now. I miss the skills, but it doesn't ruin the game.
    - The story is competent. Nothing new here.
    - Worst negative so far: I had a quest fail due to the time running out, I guess. Bad Bethesda! No timers on quests! (Especially invisible timers).

    Bottom line: It's another Bethesda open world time sink.. and I LOVE it.    … Expand
  30. MAEHE3
    Nov 12, 2015
    8
    Если это тренировка перед выходом новой TES, то она не удачная. С таким успехом его никто не купит.If this training before the release of the new TES, it is not successful. With such a success nobody will buy it.
  31. Chomag
    Nov 12, 2015
    7
    This game is, astonishingly, a step backwards from Skyrim. Starting with the graphics, which are pretty average tbh.

    The game world feels empty, there are extremely few towns and for hours at the beginning of the game you won't find any npc to sell your loot to and when you do it's one of those roaming caravans and you can't sell much to it because you're not running around the wastes    This game is, astonishingly, a step backwards from Skyrim. Starting with the graphics, which are pretty average tbh.

    The game world feels empty, there are extremely few towns and for hours at the beginning of the game you won't find any npc to sell your loot to and when you do it's one of those roaming caravans and you can't sell much to it because you're not running around the wastes bent under the weight of the loot, so your loot will likely be in a container back at the base, and then you can't find the vendor anymore. And no, there are no carriages that take you to other towns, like in Skyrim.

    The power armor...I don't see its purpose. You can't use all the time because it runs on batteries which are pretty rare, so you can only fire it up when you have a hard combat zone to get through. Hell, if it was permanent, it would have made all other armors in the game pointless anyway.

    Stealth gameplay appears to be very frustrating as even with high agility mobs can still easily detect you. Add to this the fact that many areas are FILLED with mobs, such as ghouls, that pile up on you once discovered. Add to this the fact that the game world is teeming with hostiles and you can't really run from one threat without hitting another threat. Add to this the fact that you simply won't see most mobs until they jump you. Add to this the fact that ammo is pretty scarce and you can't use your best stuff on random dogs and ghouls or you will run out of ammo before you even reach that cave you need to quest in.

    The UI and controls are horrid on the PC. However, they don't interfere in combat like those from, say, Witcher 3 which imo is unplayable with kb&mouse. Still, looting (why the hell do we need two separate keys for looting, one for looting a chest/corpse and one for looting stuff off the ground?) and menu selecting are uncomfortable.

    The story is meh, nothing mind blowing, just the regular cliches and stuff and could have been written by a 6th grader.

    Also lots and lots of corner cutting such as very simplistic dialogue system, run of the mill kill X quests, etc etc etc

    Final rating: slightly above average.    … Expand
  32. ASD039
    Nov 12, 2015
    10
    Great game with good intentions, but there's a lot of problems and things that haven't been rectified from the previous games.

    First off, Fallout 4 is not an RPG, it's an open world FPS game with RPG elements with skills you can unlock when you level up. Almost every single quest is solved by shooting people and speech checks are practically non existent. After the countless factions    Great game with good intentions, but there's a lot of problems and things that haven't been rectified from the previous games.

    First off, Fallout 4 is not an RPG, it's an open world FPS game with RPG elements with skills you can unlock when you level up. Almost every single quest is solved by shooting people and speech checks are practically non existent. After the countless factions you could choose to side with in New Vegas, Fallout 4 instead gives you 2.

    Aside from this there is no weapon degradation, the map seems a lot smaller, very few unique quests, bad facial animation, inconsistent visuals and the assorted bugs and glitches you get with every new Bethesda game. There is a fun time to be had here and I've already got lost in the wasteland for hours, but it's not quite the sequel Fallout fans might have been hoping for.    … Expand
  33. janki
    Nov 12, 2015
    4
    I don't like that with each release they are going away from the RPG and turning the series more and more into an fps. That's not what it should be about. While the story so far is decent im not a fan of the game play. Graphics aren't all that great either.

    This game has also a lots of bugs. Some of which can break the game.
  34. c0mmanderKeen
    Nov 12, 2015
    8
    First of all, unlike many of the reviewers, I was not able to miraculously discover all of the quests yet to grade them. I will focus this review on what I have seen after playing the game for ~4 hours. I was compelled to create an account for this purpose as the "0" ratings that flood the dataset are absolutely ridiculous and show that people are unable to use a scale from 0-10, whereFirst of all, unlike many of the reviewers, I was not able to miraculously discover all of the quests yet to grade them. I will focus this review on what I have seen after playing the game for ~4 hours. I was compelled to create an account for this purpose as the "0" ratings that flood the dataset are absolutely ridiculous and show that people are unable to use a scale from 0-10, where both 10 and 0 would be incredibly hard to justify.

    A quick overview of my first hours. I am thus far very unsure on how to take the lack of skills here. In fact, I was positively upset when I saw how they have changed SPECIAL (e.g how you can add points every level. So far, I think it's a terrible decision. BUT(!) it is way to early to judge, and this is where in my opinion reviewers are letting initial disappointment getting the best of them. It's a big change, yes. As was the jump from F1&2 to F3. And I was sceptical there as well. So I will not judge the character building here until I have created and "finished" at least 2 distinct builds.

    Moving on, the presentation is fantastic. People are bashing the graphics because it's what you do these days, I agree on the stiff animations, but the world and its atmosphere are amazing thus far. Comparisons to the witcher 3, which are abundant here, are difficult in my opinion: I have not looked at that world from a first person perspective. There are (presumably) less NPC's that you will have up close in your face which could explain the huge difference in facial animations. This is definitely the weak point of f4. Oh, and the music is fantastic.

    The shooting mechanics are fine, vast improvements over f3 and nv. I haven't seen many weapons yet but the pipe rifles and 10mm and shotties so far are satisfying to use. I am sceptical about perk specialization but I cant be sure until I have tried to specialize.

    The dog companion (refusing to call him dogmeat) is rather annoying, I ditched him ASAP as I prefer to explore alone and only bring companions when the battle mood of the quest permits it.

    The voiced character issue - so far I don't like it that much, I preferred 1 / 2 / 3 / NV dialogue to this, a lot. In the end, however, I thought dialogue had only declined in quality since F2, and the exploration and immersion of the newer titles makes up for it somewhat.

    I'll comment on the first 2 quests I did; they were fine, remiscent of TES and F3 style mysteries. I'm ok with that. The first impression overall was bad and then steadily improved.

    Closing remarks - This game is big, and complex. The new characters system is in my opinion IMPOSSIBLE to be judged so quickly, we have to try it out and play with it some more. A game this big should be explored thoroughly, then judged. And change isn't automatically bad. At first I thought I wanted to play 3 and mostly NV while playing 4 - then realized that all playthroughs I started there in the last 2 years were left unfinished despite the gazillion cool mods simply because those games are a bit stale now. The combat is terrible once the novelty of the guns wears off, and you have to create artificial difficulty for yourself. Quests are often tedious. So let's wait and see how this one fares after we have really tried to use the new system and to really explore the world. 8/10 overall, which I consider an excellent score. Compared to the Witcher 3, I do agree that it falls short - IMO, the Witcher 3 is special and absolutely phenomenal. The comparison is unnecessary, however, as the games play dramatically different.    … Expand
  35. DamianV
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    Of course I could start off my review by pointing out all the terrible design choices that Bethesda made. However, this would be redundant since all the other reviewers that gave the game a score of 2 or less have already got it right. No need for me to repeat how shamefully dismal this piece of crap of a game is.

    So instead I'll simply give an example of a further aspect of the game    Of course I could start off my review by pointing out all the terrible design choices that Bethesda made. However, this would be redundant since all the other reviewers that gave the game a score of 2 or less have already got it right. No need for me to repeat how shamefully dismal this piece of crap of a game is.

    So instead I'll simply give an example of a further aspect of the game that is so laughably terrible that it is actually nearly entertaining again: companions and their AI, combined with the fact that they cannot die.

    So here's my story: I started out as usual in a vault, explored it, looted it and finally left for the great wasteland (which is actually tiny, only about 8-10 minutes of walking to get from one side to the other).
    At the second location I meet a dog which then starts following me around without me really wanting it (likely due to the terrible pseudo-RPG dialog system which seems to be designed for people that can't actually read).
    Ok, ok, so now I have a Dog companion, whatever. So I continue down the road and come to a run-down town and think "yay, loot!" and proceed to loot and ramsack every house I can see, one after the other.
    After about the third house I noticed that my worthless companion was no longer blocking my movements (yay) and was no longer in sight (yay again). Ok, whatever, didn't want a stupid dog in the first place. But then I suddenly start hearing gun shots an shouts in the distance but I couldn't actually see any hostiles so I decided to simply ignore the noise and continue looting the town. So after about 10 or 15 minutes I finished looting most buildings and come up to a larger building in the middle of the town which obviously triggers some kind of quest: dudes start shouting about evil raiders attacking and that I should come inside so I don't get shot. I think "yeah, whatever" and continue walking around and then suddenly notice that a few dead bodies are strewn across the street ahead of me. I go and explore and loot the bodies and start finding more and more dead raiders - probably the "evil super dangerous raiders" from the quest that were successfully putting pressure on a group of armed people inside the house. The next moment I see my damn dog companion running around the corner and join me again (read: start blocking my movements again).

    So long story short: the dog companion (that I didn't want in the first place) and follows me around (while always getting in my way and blocking my movements) has suddenly gone AWOL while I was looting the town and single-handedly defeated a group of armed raiders that were strong enough to suppress a group of 4 or 5 armed people. So basically the game played itself. The game is so terribly designed that you don't even need to play the game to progress. Seemingly the target demographic that Bethesda chose has such a low IQ that they literally had to add a "faceroll" mode where user input is totally irrelevant and you simply win by default. So in future I'll simply walk into a new area with my invulnerable dog companion, go to the bathroom for a good dump and then come back and loot (probably I'll feel less dirty after playing wit the contents of the toilet after taking my dump then after giving my money to a company like Bethesda). And that's basically Bethesdas idea of a great RPG game.

    One word for you Bethesda quacks: refund. Oh, and please go DIAF.    … Expand
  36. LordDoberman
    Nov 12, 2015
    2
    Ok, let's review this game as it's supposed to be : an open-world solo adventure post-apo RPG.

    Graphics (ultra settings) : Props are meh at best. Textures are disgusting (sorry, no other word). Character models are rigid, unexpressive, poorly balanced. Let's be honest, this is not what we can expect from a 60$ solo adventure game in 2015. Don't expect this game to have half the graphic    Ok, let's review this game as it's supposed to be : an open-world solo adventure post-apo RPG.

    Graphics (ultra settings) : Props are meh at best. Textures are disgusting (sorry, no other word). Character models are rigid, unexpressive, poorly balanced. Let's be honest, this is not what we can expect from a 60$ solo adventure game in 2015. Don't expect this game to have half the graphic awesomeness "The last of us" had two years ago.
    Bad graphics ? Ok at least it will run smoothly ... Guess what ? It doesn't ! Inconsistent framerate etc ..

    Gameplay : I won't go into details right here, because this game has been made for console players. Terrible design for keyboard/mouse players. My crosshair is moving faster horizontally than vertically ? No problem, let's get to the settings ! Ok, I can't change that ...
    The VATS system looks like a console player tool made to help them aim the body parts they want. It even fails at doing cool micro-cinematic shoot.
    Gameplay is driven by general objectives like : go there, kill that, loot this ... boring as hell.
    Perks/skills are a letdown. You won't need your brain building your character.

    IA : No IA. Not even a try.

    UI : Probably one of the worst UI I have ever seen. Completely console oriented. Nothing to discuss ... not pc-friendly.
    Loot interface is not intuitive, no drag and drop ...
    Character/weapons/skill interface is a nightmare (click / click / click / click and more clicks for a simple task).

    Storyline and quests : If you are looking for an immersive game with good interactions between the different characters ... look elsewhere ! Because the story is trash and not well written.
    Supposed emotional cutscenes are hilarious ... because there's no emotion at all !
    The thing is, even with emotionless faces like this game have, the game should at least try to make you feel something ... well, it doesn't ... why bother ?
    As I said before, boring tedious repetitive quests ...

    My Fallout 4 experience was like I was playing a F2P korean shooter game but with really bad graphics, bad optimization and an attempt to do some kind of RPG out of it.
    It was so painful I wanted to stab my brain with a q-tip ... multiple times.    … Expand
  37. qaz24
    Nov 12, 2015
    3
    Basically no story. Buggy. Boring atmosphere and gameplay, half the time is spent in menus and the other half running from point A to point B whilst shooting endless enemies with various guns. Bethesda clearly didn’t put much effort into this game, and are just preying on blind fan loyalty to make some easy money.
  38. Kalantris
    Nov 12, 2015
    7
    After thirty hours spent in Commonwealth I must say, that there is something to this game. I can't really pinpoint it, because if you break the game apart you see mostly bad design, bugs and oversimplification of important elements. When you combine them together though... it just sucks you in. I can't recall the last game, that kept me chained to my PC for so long.

    Graphics: nothing    After thirty hours spent in Commonwealth I must say, that there is something to this game. I can't really pinpoint it, because if you break the game apart you see mostly bad design, bugs and oversimplification of important elements. When you combine them together though... it just sucks you in. I can't recall the last game, that kept me chained to my PC for so long.

    Graphics: nothing special compared to some titles this year in visuals department, but they do create a certain climate, which keeps you playing. Props to the game designers for not copy-pasting everything everywhere. Locations look different, they all have their style.

    Story: You can clearly see moment, when story designers tripped over their own legs. Four options dialogues are acceptable, but sometimes the choices you pick have nothing to do with what the character says. Your character has a voice! A nice one too... :) I like the way story unravels and the plot twists. I'm so swamped in side quests however, that I didn't really push that forward too much. I hate the idea of repeating quests (like for the BoS), but they keep pointing me to new locations, which is nice. I wonder if they ever run out of them and I'm inclined to check :).

    Building: This is actually the boring part. Yes, it's fun to build your own house. Even if it has to look like a shed (because there's no normal parts). Even if it's bugged and sometimes you have to redesign everything, because pieces, that should fit together just don't. It's not fun to run around all the encampments and keep building crap to make people happy. What kind of settlers are they if they can't even build themselves a bed? :)

    Crafting: That's how you do it. It's really awesome.

    Power armor: We all know how important that part is in every Fallout. I hated Power armor designs in F3 and FNV, they basically looked like jackets. Power armor should look like a tank on foot. We finally got it. A power armor, that looks like a tank. The fusion core system, which limits Power Armor usage is also very nice... but I'll end the game with a hundred cores left, because I'll hoard them till the end. Obviously ;).

    Map: The map is really nice, even though it's small. I wouldn't complain about a bigger and emptier map. Sometimes things are right on top of each other and you have to zoom in to choose the proper location to fast travel to.

    Companions: Not much to say yet, I spent most of my time with Codsworth the family robot. I really like Nick Valentine thouth. Then there's this lady from Combat Zone, which seems interesting, but I heaven't had the chance to meet her properly yet. The dog despite getting so much publicity is useless.

    Character development: I like the new system. I liked the old system more. I liked F1-FT system even better. I started playing Wasteland 2 Director's Cut two days before I got F4 in my hands and it made the difference even easier to see. The new system is oversimplified. Also I found out you can actually choose any perk in the tree around level 24 and there's no respec. I grinded my way down the perk vault through skills I'm never gonna use. Thanks for the pro-tips Bethesda :).

    In general there's nothing special about any part of the game, but as a whole it has its purpose and gives you a lot of fun.    … Expand
  39. harmattan
    Nov 12, 2015
    7
    Firstly, it's worth stating a "7.5" is my honest, "non-group-think" score, if FO4 had been released without predecessor or massive expectations therefrom.

    As for the game, Bethesda cannot expect to get away with releasing a game with middling graphics, AI and bugs (I hit two quest bugs in my first couple hours of play as well as a number of graphical glitches) like this in this day and    Firstly, it's worth stating a "7.5" is my honest, "non-group-think" score, if FO4 had been released without predecessor or massive expectations therefrom.

    As for the game, Bethesda cannot expect to get away with releasing a game with middling graphics, AI and bugs (I hit two quest bugs in my first couple hours of play as well as a number of graphical glitches) like this in this day and age, especially after we've seen such recent stellar entries in the genre such as DA:I and Witcher 3. This sort of half-hearted effort just won't pass nowadays for a AAA title. Where is the envelope-pushing Bethesda of the past, makers of Fallout 3, Morrowind and Oblivion?    … Expand
  40. fuwaneko
    Nov 12, 2015
    4
    First 5-6 hours the game feels enjoyable. But when you want to dig deeper, there's nothing to dig. To that time you've already done and seen everything game has to offer. Building is atrocious. Props look horrible (will people REALLY live in those dirty shacks with holes in walls even after apocalypse? doubt it), snapping is horrible, controls are horrible and WASD stops working from timeFirst 5-6 hours the game feels enjoyable. But when you want to dig deeper, there's nothing to dig. To that time you've already done and seen everything game has to offer. Building is atrocious. Props look horrible (will people REALLY live in those dirty shacks with holes in walls even after apocalypse? doubt it), snapping is horrible, controls are horrible and WASD stops working from time to time, fences hang in sky, corner props stick to wrong walls, and there's really no point in building except for the defense turrets.

    I don't even want to start talking about quests, characters and story. Other people have already said it multiple times. This is an emotionless piece of concrete that feels way outdated. When you look at other games which came 2014-2015 you see castles, mansions and cute huts. When you look at F4, you see dirty shack with holes in walls and rain coming through the ceiling.

    Bethesda... Bethesda never changes.    … Expand
  41. amampathak
    Nov 12, 2015
    6
    Fallout 4 isn't what everyone was dreaming of and I knew it ...i knew it from the start but no one agreed ...now face this ...I knew it would be the same copy paste over skyrim and fallout 3 ...nothing really revolutionary here...its a good fun game no need to hate it but no need to scream fallout 4 is the best also
  42. Rastrelly
    Nov 12, 2015
    7
    It's Fallout 3 the way it should be. But after New Vegas what adequate person would ever want Fallout 3, even if it's done properly? It has bad dialogs, it has poor roleplaying system, it has poor level balancing and leveling, all that stuff - as usual. Again, it's perfectly playable. It's just not a good Fallout game. Just like Fallout 3.
  43. dkeppens
    Nov 12, 2015
    2
    Two points. Because i've played at least some stuff worse than this, but, let's face it. This is not fallout, and it's not even an RPG. It has now completely bridged the gap and turned into a full blown First person shooter game where all the elements still remaining from the glorious fallout days (fallout 1 and 2) are no completely defunct. Stimpacks, ammo, guns and substances are nowTwo points. Because i've played at least some stuff worse than this, but, let's face it. This is not fallout, and it's not even an RPG. It has now completely bridged the gap and turned into a full blown First person shooter game where all the elements still remaining from the glorious fallout days (fallout 1 and 2) are no completely defunct. Stimpacks, ammo, guns and substances are now found all over the place, to the point your pockets will be stuffed with them from the beginning. You'll also need them in abundance because the number of enemies has also been stepped up considerably. This makes VATS kind of meaningless, since you'll never have enough action points to kill more than a few inside VATS, leaving you playing a shooter for the rest of the time.
    As others have mentioned before, the added voice for your character also subtracts from the immersion, unless you want to play your character as a sniveling moral upright do-gooder. When you choose the more sinister sounding replies, it all just sounds very hokey with the voice they used.
    Also, almost nothing you choose in the dialogue wheel still has any impact on how everything plays out. It's all just fake as hell. Thank god i didn't buy this game. It's a terrible, emptied shell of what used to be awesome games.    … Expand
  44. gongal
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    I was expecting RPG not a shooter mixed with Sim Sheety mini game. Let Fallout die, Howard... Stop raping the great franchise you talentless hack. The game is so plain and emotionless, story so bland and boring, characters are basicaly blank slates, to make player focus on more action and durpy gunplay. Dialogue system is a travesty and should be killed before it lays more eggs.
  45. fakk3
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    This game is simply copy and paste of Fallout 3 but with more shooting, action, explosions and BUGS. Dialogues are castrated to short speeches and are similar to Mass Effect. The character development system is simplified and this looks like not in true cRPG. And Where is RON PERLMAN in intro?! How dare you remove so important and canonical voice for this series?!
  46. init000
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    The game is buggie as hell (even by the rock-bottom standards we came to expect from the scum that is Bethesda). It's also blatantly obvious that this is a terribly designed console game that got puked out for PC as an afterthought to milk even more cash - the UI is utterly terrible (even compared to games released 15-20 years ago) as is typical for a console game, the game is obviouslyThe game is buggie as hell (even by the rock-bottom standards we came to expect from the scum that is Bethesda). It's also blatantly obvious that this is a terribly designed console game that got puked out for PC as an afterthought to milk even more cash - the UI is utterly terrible (even compared to games released 15-20 years ago) as is typical for a console game, the game is obviously optimized for consoles and is basically unplayable on a PC without changing settings in INIs (because adding a damn FOV-slider for PC users would probably have required at least one developer with an IQ even slightly above his body temperature) and the graphics look crap compared to proper PC games (that were designed with gaming rigs in mind and not cheap throwaway console hardware that 12 year olds can afford).
    So far the story feels bland and very average. It would have helped if Bethesda had spent more money on actual game design and less on hyping their mediocre product and coke for their board members. But hey, what can you expect from a company like Bethesda run by utter scum like Donald Trumps brother - they proved many times before that producing good games is not what they care about - they only care about profit maximization. This brings me to my last point about this abomination of a game: season passes. It's not bad enough that Bethesda releases half-arsed, unfinished, bugged-to-hell games... no... they also are so desperate for a quick buck that they try and sell you season passes for the content that any half-decent company would have included in the already steep price for the actual game. With these advanced sales of season passes they can steal your cash before actually delivering the content because even the pricks at Bethesda notice how **** the game is and know it will flop.
    I give the game 0 of 10. An absolute no-go. I'd recommend you to wait a year until Bethesda have finished puking out their shallow cash grabs (known otherwise as DLCs) and then download the game from a torrent site and blast through it with cheats on a rainy afternoon. Sadly the game is so **** that this would be a waste of bandwidth. The only thing I can recommend is to boycott scum like Bethesda and also look up their board members and developers so you can avoid supporting any products and companies that this human vermin are involved in in the future.    … Expand
  47. Celeritous
    Nov 12, 2015
    10
    This game immediately pulled me in to the story line and made me feel deeply for my character. It managed to do this during the opening sequence, all prior to even getting the pip boy. Beyond that I have had nothing but fun and been thoroughly impressed by the graphics. The choice to fully voice the main character is fantastic and makes me feel more in sync with my character than anyThis game immediately pulled me in to the story line and made me feel deeply for my character. It managed to do this during the opening sequence, all prior to even getting the pip boy. Beyond that I have had nothing but fun and been thoroughly impressed by the graphics. The choice to fully voice the main character is fantastic and makes me feel more in sync with my character than any Fallout game has, to date. 10/10 from what I've played, so far.… Expand
  48. Varnol
    Nov 12, 2015
    5
    Well, they are making money with it. People still gonna buy just because it's FALLOUT. Would I recommend it to a friend? Hell no. No reason whatsoever.
    It's not a BAD game, really. It's much better then some other games you can find out there (if you look long enough). But it is not EPIC. Not AMAZING. Not even noteworthy were it not for the title.
    Ok, so it has a dog, cool facegen,    Well, they are making money with it. People still gonna buy just because it's FALLOUT. Would I recommend it to a friend? Hell no. No reason whatsoever.
    It's not a BAD game, really. It's much better then some other games you can find out there (if you look long enough). But it is not EPIC. Not AMAZING. Not even noteworthy were it not for the title.

    Ok, so it has a dog, cool facegen, improved battle dynamics and fully voiced dialogs.
    Does it make it immersive or, like, cinematic, at least?
    Hell no. The visuals, animation, story, voice acting is nowhere near, not even close. The intro, while not perfect, at least TRIES, it really felt good for about ten minutes. But it's all over once you're on the surface again. Empty-stupid-wasteland, and not the kind you want to explore, either, because there's hardly a few decent stories to scrap together once you start playing.
    The main storyline is supposed to get me engaged, but it totally fails. Ok, who the hell wants a story in sandbox rpg, point taken, but, but, i swear by gods, GTA 5 feels more of an RPG than THIS game, I am dead serious here.

    I believe younger audience might find this game enjoyable, might seem fun if you drink enough beer while you play, too. But I just don't think I am at lux to waste my time at this.    … Expand
  49. metsfan1
    Nov 12, 2015
    2
    tried to give this game a fair shake, and 9 hours in i can say i am very dissapointed with what bethesda brought to the market.

    its an inferior game to New vegas in alot of ways - no karma system - no hunger or thirst or hardcore anymore - AI is still fallout 3 teir bad and extremely buggy, watched a super mut walk into a wall for 20 minutes straight... - dogmeat is kinda    tried to give this game a fair shake, and 9 hours in i can say i am very dissapointed with what bethesda brought to the market.

    its an inferior game to New vegas in alot of ways

    - no karma system

    - no hunger or thirst or hardcore anymore

    - AI is still fallout 3 teir bad and extremely buggy, watched a super mut walk into a wall for 20 minutes straight...

    - dogmeat is kinda ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

    -The graphics are nowhere near the quality in the trailers even on max setting.

    -the textures are awful

    - no weapon degradation, I picked up like 5 pistols and tried to repair it to make it better but realized I cant

    - mass effect dialogue wheel with generic same responses to everything. it gets painfull to listen to very quickly

    - clearly a console port, pipboy navigation is annoying and the crafting controls are awkward

    - the majority of the RPG elements are gone, now its a FPS game with RPG elements rather than the other way around

    -mods will make this a playable, its just a waiting game until the authors fix what bethesda didnt bother with. i feel bad for the console players

    -every outpost mission is an assassination mission to kill raiders, thats it...

    -map is a decent size but empty, its pretty lonely. Comparing the maps of New Vegas and Fallout 4 is just pathetic.

    -i miss my SKILLS

    i would not recommend this game untill the modders sort it out or bethesda patches it into the a stable state    … Expand
  50. gpxpnd
    Nov 12, 2015
    6
    Honestly this is a good game if you never never played Fallout 3/The Witcher 3. I think these 2 games story-telling system much more detail for player.
    Sad to notice Fallout 4 is not my cup of tea. Due to its simple dialogue / character build-up point ability system are not in my expectation. Gosh =( That 4 up/down/left/right communicate system ruin the whole story-telling, it's    Honestly this is a good game if you never never played Fallout 3/The Witcher 3. I think these 2 games story-telling system much more detail for player.
    Sad to notice Fallout 4 is not my cup of tea. Due to its simple dialogue / character build-up point ability system are not in my expectation. Gosh =( That 4 up/down/left/right communicate system ruin the whole story-telling, it's definitely a disaster for the Fallout series.
    I appreciate that the combat experience working great, but except these enemies throw instant-explosive matter. You have NO chance to DODGE it. [Quake 3/Quake Live is my best speedy FPS-shooter game]    … Expand
  51. svyat
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Worst fallout game ever. It is not rgp, it is like a shooter game. There is a quest - move out raiders from the base and you can finish it only kill all raiders. It is not fallout game. It is some another action.
  52. TheCrocodoom
    Nov 12, 2015
    9
    The dialogue simplicity was a mistake - but upon playing the game, it genuinely is tolerable. The setting of this game is rich and deep, and Bethesda put a lot of effort into this game.
    It is a wonderful game - and I advise you do not hesitate to look into it - but it does need a few patches.
  53. knallfix
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    The game: You get what you expect from Bethesda, just a little more less than the last times.
    But: No preorder bonuses, no ingame shop, no day 1 dlc. It has a concole, cheats. etc.
    Everything other Publisher throw at you or took away..
    Big props for this.
  54. krieg29
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    Very good game for me, running all on ultra with a 670 jetstream and i never be low than 45fps. The dialogue are **** but u will find a lot of paper and text that explain what are happening in the world
  55. EE061003
    Nov 11, 2015
    2
    It is evident that no effort was put in this so called RPG. Bethesda is a big name and such a mediocre title as "Fall out 4 " at this stage when legendary title like CDPROJEKT's RED WITCHER 3 has left a huge mark on gaming industry, is totally unacceptable. i have no idea why critics are giving it a perfect score. Shabby pc port, dated graphics , boring story, boring side quests , poorIt is evident that no effort was put in this so called RPG. Bethesda is a big name and such a mediocre title as "Fall out 4 " at this stage when legendary title like CDPROJEKT's RED WITCHER 3 has left a huge mark on gaming industry, is totally unacceptable. i have no idea why critics are giving it a perfect score. Shabby pc port, dated graphics , boring story, boring side quests , poor face animations, lip sync is missing in many segments and the list goes on. Hard to believe its a AAA title, i am sorry Bethesda but you're no longer a king of RPG open world anymore. Back to you Geralt..… Expand
  56. Xani_
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    Good game, solid 8 points of 10. Name "Fallout" is the main reason why the game has bad rating on metacritic. Make your own opinion on game, don't listen the others.
  57. kylerstorms
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I literally just finished fallout 3 for the first time. Sold my ps3 and all my games to get fallout 4 and a ps4. Played it and absolutely hated it. Boring as hell. They made things overly complicated and strenuous with the weapons systems and gutted things that were well functioning and enjoyable in the old game that (if they were going to be this lacking in creativity or making anyI literally just finished fallout 3 for the first time. Sold my ps3 and all my games to get fallout 4 and a ps4. Played it and absolutely hated it. Boring as hell. They made things overly complicated and strenuous with the weapons systems and gutted things that were well functioning and enjoyable in the old game that (if they were going to be this lacking in creativity or making any changes or improvements) they should have left the **** alone! Created an account just to warn you not to waste your time. I'm heartbroken. I'm even more sad that I can't finish the add ons that I bought but never got to play because I sold the game in time to get this piece of ****. I think my desire to buy fallout 3 again and replay my 100 hours already spent (now that I don't have my saves) rather than spend 1 more second playing this **** speaks for itself.… Expand
  58. Hellion
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    So far so good. If you're a fan of the Fallout series you should feel at home. It's every bit as exciting as Fallout 3. Especially the environment, attention to detail, and atmosphere. I don't know why everyone is complaining about the graphics. The engine does a fine job and improves the aesthetic of Fallout 3. Gun play is sharper. Power suit is a blast. Lot of improvement in menu designSo far so good. If you're a fan of the Fallout series you should feel at home. It's every bit as exciting as Fallout 3. Especially the environment, attention to detail, and atmosphere. I don't know why everyone is complaining about the graphics. The engine does a fine job and improves the aesthetic of Fallout 3. Gun play is sharper. Power suit is a blast. Lot of improvement in menu design and the pipboy menu is a lot smoother. Crafting and building is fluid to use with a good amount of options. Lot of people mentioning the bugs and frames. Noticed some bugs with the wrong dialogue displaying, lips not moving, slow reaction from NPCs. Bethesda hopefully will fix these issues. It would be nice if the PC version didn't have to use Steam to install. Include the content on the disc. Will stick with consoles until that changes.… Expand
  59. N3V3R
    Nov 11, 2015
    5
    Pros : Gunplay - For an FPS/Shooter fan like me, It's the best gunplay of all fallout series .

    Cons : Almost everything else . Just Boring as hell , dated graphics - post apocalyptic world doesn't means you need to make it like an desert - a little touch of vegetation (look at COD GHOST , CRYSIS 3 ) would have done wonders - but that requires intense graphical work so it's filled    Pros : Gunplay - For an FPS/Shooter fan like me, It's the best gunplay of all fallout series .

    Cons : Almost everything else . Just Boring as hell , dated graphics - post apocalyptic world doesn't means you need to make it like an desert - a little touch of vegetation (look at COD GHOST , CRYSIS 3 ) would have done wonders - but that requires intense graphical work so it's filled with dull dead trees.    … Expand
  60. JOGRS
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    The game simply doesn't deserve more than a 4.
    It's decent at best.
    The game play has been streamlined to the point of treating you like you're mentally slow.
    The specs listed are far higher than they even should be which only shows bad optimization.
    This will be yet another game from Bethesda, that modders have to fix.
    I plan to finish it then do all I can to get a refund steam.
  61. SirSponge
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    This is clearly a 0/10 for so many reasons:

    1) I'm a hardcore fanboy who hates innovation yet I'll also be the first one to complain when AAA games fail to innovate. This game has tried to innovate and failed...... 0/10! 2) The dialogue wheel has changed? What is this? You mean in order to try and immerse players with a fully voiced character they had to reduce the overall speech    This is clearly a 0/10 for so many reasons:

    1) I'm a hardcore fanboy who hates innovation yet I'll also be the first one to complain when AAA games fail to innovate. This game has tried to innovate and failed...... 0/10!

    2) The dialogue wheel has changed? What is this? You mean in order to try and immerse players with a fully voiced character they had to reduce the overall speech options......are you kidding me?!?! 0/10!

    3) The game failed to start on my $400 Toshiba Laptop........clearly a poorly optimized port, I have an Intel Chipset I should at least be able to run on medium - high!........ 0/10!

    4) Settlement building?......This new feature is clunky and does not work well, the pieces don't click together the right way.......I don't care if Bethesda have tried to add a new creative building feature, if it does not work perfectly then....... 0/10!

    5) Errr 2010 called they want their graphics back......am I right? Why does this game not have Uncharted 4 level visuals like for realz?.....Is this an art choice to reflect the retro feel?....... well I don't like it..... 0/10!

    6) They tried to changed the shooting mechanics!!! WTH is this, they should have stayed with the old stale shooting mechanics so I could have complained that the game still had old stale shooting mechanics and given them a 0/10 for failing to change that, but instead now I have to give them a 0/10 for changing the mechanics......0/10!

    7) I got some stuttering whilst exploring Boston......what is this a Kickstarter Game or something? Totally unacceptable!......... 0/10!

    8) I GOT THE POWER ARMOUR TOO EARLY!!!!!!!! 0/10

    9) Whats this? I have to search for my son or something? Are you kidding me? That's awfully dull, I expect Davinci Code level story complexity in my Fallout games....... 0/10!

    10) I had to reassign some of my keyboard keys! Console Port!!!!! Console Port!!!!! Console Port!!!!!! and of course...... 0/10!

    Overall Score: 0/10 Worst game ever created, no effort put in by anyone to design effective entertainment, they clearly slapped this together in a week, this game is unplayable in this state and therefore worthy of a 0/10! Back to Counter Strike for me, gunna buy my third Huntsman knife!

    If you did not notice the review was satirical in nature in response to what I feel is a complete overblown reaction to Fallout 4's Release. I am by no means a fanboy and I to have found quite a few flaws with the game, however I do not think it is justifiable to give it a 0/10 based off some of the ridiculous points I outlined above which I have read in the Metacritic reviews panning this game and giving it 0's.

    Overall Fallout 4 itself would fall around an 8 for me, and yes I have played previous Fallout Games (Fallout 1, Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas).

    Pros Include:
    + Great new gun play, a lot more enjoyable with added Iron Sights for all weapons.
    + A nice art design.
    + The Settlement building is a nice new addition.
    + The world is quite dynamic with a lot of unique locations.
    + Fully voiced main character is quite an accomplishment considering the sheer amount of scripted responses.
    + Great new crafting.
    + A vast amount of content.

    Drawbacks:
    - Leveling skills are gone (Yes I am with people on this, I don't quite understand why Bethesda did it).
    - If you've got an AMD card prepare for some stuttering.
    - Weird new looting mechanic which I found a bit odd.
    - The worst radio announcer ever (or maybe I just don't like his humor).
    - Some character models are pretty bad.

    It's a good game, if you are someone who is able to play a game without getting upset by the fact that its not got everything from previous installments. If you are a die hard Fallout fan then I would understand maybe a 3 or 4, but a 0 is just a sad attempt to reduce the overall user score and Fallout 4 does deserve a bit better.    … Expand
  62. Jaka
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Ahhh cd project red why don't you's steal fallout of Bethesda they've turned into cash grab dogs like ea games I'll tell you what ya thieving possums c...ts you's get the everyone hyped than everyone buys and you's sit there with your dollar bills laughing at us this isn't fallout looks an Atari game 4 years to make a game and you's still can't do it omg story's gamin don't make sense dogAhhh cd project red why don't you's steal fallout of Bethesda they've turned into cash grab dogs like ea games I'll tell you what ya thieving possums c...ts you's get the everyone hyped than everyone buys and you's sit there with your dollar bills laughing at us this isn't fallout looks an Atari game 4 years to make a game and you's still can't do it omg story's gamin don't make sense dog gets in your way can't move enemies fall through the ground and attack yar with there legs ahhh this is **** house aye it's beyond a joke prob take 40 g to fix everything and it still will be crap Bethesda mate should retire aye should start making Pokemon games they'll be good at that let other game developers come in that care about us and our money this is nothing but a glitch hole eviroments empty no life city's are dull guns and weapons ahhhh I'll stop there… Expand
  63. Widgez
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    It's Fallout in name only. It's now just a watered down version of a great series. Gone are Karma/reputation, the traditional skill point system, the old dialogue options, SPECIAL system is useless, Dogmeat is now immortal an on and on.
    Graphics are dated and glitchy, buggy but not as bad as FO3 at it's release. Gunplay is better but since this now basically a FPS instead of an RPG it had    It's Fallout in name only. It's now just a watered down version of a great series. Gone are Karma/reputation, the traditional skill point system, the old dialogue options, SPECIAL system is useless, Dogmeat is now immortal an on and on.
    Graphics are dated and glitchy, buggy but not as bad as FO3 at it's release. Gunplay is better but since this now basically a FPS instead of an RPG it had better be. UI is TERRIBLE with locked hotkeys and no consideration for lefties. Ai is below average as well.
    I tried to like it, I really did. I'm a huge fan of the series but after about 5 hours in I just sighed and gave up. There was nothing to compel me to play anymore as the main story was lame and the dialogue was boring and pointless. The game may actual be good after a year or so when the modders work their magic but until then I would stay away. Sad day.    … Expand
  64. braindamage
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    witcher 3 was lame , dragon age inqustions was mundane e pile of fecal matter ,

    even though this game was probably idealized in a time for power pc based console architectures , and I have some dog that follows me I don't like that much compared to the dog in dragon age origins, and a crappy frame rate in certain areas in my light year beyond pc, , this game is better the other crap    witcher 3 was lame , dragon age inqustions was mundane e pile of fecal matter ,

    even though this game was probably idealized in a time for power pc based console architectures , and I have some dog that follows me I don't like that much compared to the dog in dragon age origins, and a crappy frame rate in certain areas in my light year beyond pc, , this game is better the other crap like mgsv and other piles of crap getting high ratings as of late , a lot of these games I wouldn't even complete them if you gave me a copy for free ,

    sorry to the fans of the game who missed the role playing as I did with dragon age but I guess that's the way it is, and btw I have shot up some people in a diner , and activated talking robot that killed a bunch of enemies for me , so dont tell me nothing son    … Expand
  65. MihneaCalin
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    Can't believe how bad this game is, at least in terms of being an RPG. I hate to bash down on anything, but the storytelling and the pacing, as well as the bland characters, really watered down the experience for me to a point where, 20 hours in the game, i have major trouble convincing myself to go forward. After the great New Vegas story, i really hoped Bethesda would finally deliver inCan't believe how bad this game is, at least in terms of being an RPG. I hate to bash down on anything, but the storytelling and the pacing, as well as the bland characters, really watered down the experience for me to a point where, 20 hours in the game, i have major trouble convincing myself to go forward. After the great New Vegas story, i really hoped Bethesda would finally deliver in the story department, especially since they pretty much suggested they took some hints from Obsidian in terms of the good bits of that game. But no, apparently not. Time for me to move on...… Expand
  66. nightia
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    It could have been so much better. I have just spent three hours playing it, decided I'd had enough, exited out, it just wasn't working for me. Putting it mildly, it feels like it was thrown together with little if any thought.

    Massively disappointing, especially when you look at something like the incredible Undertale. I think the Bethesda staff needs to enroll at the local community    It could have been so much better. I have just spent three hours playing it, decided I'd had enough, exited out, it just wasn't working for me. Putting it mildly, it feels like it was thrown together with little if any thought.

    Massively disappointing, especially when you look at something like the incredible Undertale. I think the Bethesda staff needs to enroll at the local community college for some courses on creating engaging plots and imaginative story lines. This is 2015 not 2005.

    I wouldn't recommend this game, I didn't find it entertaining. I don't often agree with negative User Reviews on metacritic, but they are almost 100% correct in this instance.

    Its frustrating, since it had the potential to be a true classic. It gets a zero score because someone at Bethesda needs to wake up and realize the Fallout franchise has lost its direction.    … Expand
  67. martindn
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    Hey i have an idea, lets take all context away from the choices the player will make and railroad him into them while we are at it. God the dialogue what a step down from even Fallout 3 nevermind New vegas. I can get over graphics, i can even get over the removal of skills, the simple perks and the same loot over and over and over in varied modified states (in really cool locations), butHey i have an idea, lets take all context away from the choices the player will make and railroad him into them while we are at it. God the dialogue what a step down from even Fallout 3 nevermind New vegas. I can get over graphics, i can even get over the removal of skills, the simple perks and the same loot over and over and over in varied modified states (in really cool locations), but to dumb down the dialogue in such a big way after it has been a staple in the series since the first one is a game breaker.

    https://youtu.be/6PqMe7fydq4?t=43s Compare this from 1998 to 4, the interactivity and dialogue quality just isn't close. This one random Enclave soldier is more interesting than any ive met so far.

    There is no role playing your character any more, no using skills and diplomacy to find alternate solutions you are left with a simplistic system of good/bad/sarcastic that offers no real investigation or world/character building and no other route but to shoot your way out of most situations.

    There is a quest in covenent to go rescue a caravaneer's daughter, you explore around the town picking up clues, hacking computers, talking to the citizens trying to weed information and eventually end up at a secret location. At this location where they keep the prisoners you are told they are dangerous you arent allowed to speak to any of them, do your own investigation, hell maybe look at their evidence to help make the choice. No, you talk to only one person who again gives you vague details. Its either take the bribe or fight a base full of guards. Who wants to play a 100 hour shooter? Not me. Collapse    … Expand
  68. DexterC2D
    Nov 11, 2015
    9
    First impressions can be misleading, after 15 hours of play, I can tell you that the number of possibilities and the feeling of freedom is great, the game gives a lot of fun. However, the game has many bugs, and poor performance on AMD graphics cards, I hope they quickly refine those elements.
  69. REEDCHRA
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I have been waiting for Fallout 4 since it was first revealed.Just to make sure that's the same old Fallout we love so much:with outstanding dialogues,interesting character progression,and of course it's post-apocalyptic atmosphere,which is a keystone in the whole series. Well,the point is, it's all gone in the 4'th. So,please,Bethesda, give your engine to the Obsidian Ent. and watch theI have been waiting for Fallout 4 since it was first revealed.Just to make sure that's the same old Fallout we love so much:with outstanding dialogues,interesting character progression,and of course it's post-apocalyptic atmosphere,which is a keystone in the whole series. Well,the point is, it's all gone in the 4'th. So,please,Bethesda, give your engine to the Obsidian Ent. and watch the birth of the true masterpiece.… Expand
  70. Maurader69
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Sign this if you don't want another abomination from Bethesda: https://www.change.org/p/robert-altman-ernest-del-jerry-bruckheimer-michael-dominguez-zenimax-media-inc-contract-obsidian-entertainment-for-future-fallout-games
  71. pinky90
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I hate the weapons music weapon mods the graphics where terrible music terrible & the
    institute wasn't futuristic not enough weapons music gun mods & worst of all no threedog or Moira Brown
  72. Egyptic
    Nov 11, 2015
    5
    For the most part the game is fairly average, gameplay follows the previous two titles without any real changes, and as with any Bethesda game contains a lot of bugs. The story felt very bland and was not compelling enough to foster any kind of immersion or motivation. Guns did improve from the previous titles, which is about the only real improvement outside of updated graphics. The gameFor the most part the game is fairly average, gameplay follows the previous two titles without any real changes, and as with any Bethesda game contains a lot of bugs. The story felt very bland and was not compelling enough to foster any kind of immersion or motivation. Guns did improve from the previous titles, which is about the only real improvement outside of updated graphics. The game would probably be a 6 or 7 out of 10 if there weren't so many bugs. The default config reals poorly and it shouldn't be up to the user to modify the config files to get decent at best performance. You would think playing on a high end PC would improve the game, but since you need to lock the fps o 60 so you don't get bugs you also get stuck with long loading screens you would except from a console game. Controls are also wonky with keyboard and mouse which made me switch to using a controller instead.

    Overall it is unfortunate that the game did not improve upon much from previous titles and released with a plethora of bugs which leads to a mediocre experience.    … Expand
  73. MikeBurke
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Never expected myself to rate this negatively, but wow, this game is HORRIBLE. Poor story, counter-intuitive controls, no sense of achievements, karma and all skills GONE -- yes that's right GONE -- worse graphics than Skyrim... Honestly, the list goes on and on and on and on and on... I'm totally flabbergasted this game was received well by reviewer, honestly totally aghast, it's a HUGENever expected myself to rate this negatively, but wow, this game is HORRIBLE. Poor story, counter-intuitive controls, no sense of achievements, karma and all skills GONE -- yes that's right GONE -- worse graphics than Skyrim... Honestly, the list goes on and on and on and on and on... I'm totally flabbergasted this game was received well by reviewer, honestly totally aghast, it's a HUGE step backwards from the last two in the series.… Expand
  74. DustinOrion
    Nov 11, 2015
    9
    Takes a lot of getting used to but once you do its a great game. The voice acting seems a bit unnecessary considering how much effort they put into it.
  75. bloodtherover
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I could write pages on just the technical failures of this game at release, let alone all the problems with mechanics and writing.

    To be short: I regret my purchase. This isn't a Fallout game, it's hardly even an RPG. I was quickly bored of it and have no desire to play it anymore. If you like shooters, you have better options. The same goes for RPGs. Yes, they added a boring base    I could write pages on just the technical failures of this game at release, let alone all the problems with mechanics and writing.

    To be short: I regret my purchase. This isn't a Fallout game, it's hardly even an RPG. I was quickly bored of it and have no desire to play it anymore. If you like shooters, you have better options. The same goes for RPGs.

    Yes, they added a boring base design minigame. Other games do that far better. Okay, weapon and gear modification. Too bad all the weapon designs are awful and Bethesda thinks that adding adjectives and attachments to a limited selection of guns means variety. Power Armor is ruined if you like wearing it a lot, and made a major point of the game even to people like me who never liked using it.

    They actually took away features. No karma system. No weapon/gear condition. Do you remember complaining about either of these things? Yeah, Bethesda had trouble getting the whole "moral grey area" thing in Fallout 3, but removing the concept entirely from 3D Fallout? SPECIAL and perks are completely ruined, they just act as FPS style buffs rather than anything that would really effect your play style. Skills don't even exist anymore... Is any of this at all excusable because of better shooting mechanics and a kinda cool layered armor system?

    The setting's awful. Boston was probably always gonna be pretty boring compared to most major American cities (we honestly could've had a Fallout in the Deep South instead of Fallout 3.5 minus any recognizable landmarks...), but the map is tiny and the world is boring. I walked to Diamond city without anything attacking me. Even worse, I walked to Diamond city without feeling compelled to explore or investigate a single damn thing in this open world. Bethesda uses some cartoonish character designs/animations and colors that really stand out as absolutely terrible in a series that's supposed to look gritty and talk clever.

    Dialogue's ruined. The wheel doesn't even accurately tell me what my character will say. You only ever have four options, which are almost always "nice response", "mean response", "sarcastic", or "question/speech check/lie". It's an absolute joke to call a game this simplified a real RPG. Oh, and Bethesda created a character with a backstory, set motivations, and A SINGLE VOICE ACTOR (per sex). I can't roleplay in this roleplaying game...

    If I still haven't convinced you not to play this game (please pirate it if you have to), consider how terribly it's written. Yes, all of dialogue is contrived and boring, but the train doesn't stop there! So the main plot, with the son and spouse. Cool, I'm glad the character that Bethesda created for me cares about them, but why should I? The prewar sequence is kinda cool in a lot of ways, but it's so short and contains nothing that would make me remotely attached to the would be female player character or an extremely bad looking baby that you literally never see do anything but scream and get kidnapped. God damn, I even care more about James from FO3... Oh yeah, Bethesda started working on the concepts for the game about the father from the vault finding his son in the wasteland right after we finished the game about the son from the vault finding his father in the wasteland. Bravo, it's like poetry. I guess Bethesda really wants to waste a postapocalyptic setting on personal family stories instead of, you know, significant geopolitical developments influenced by you and your companions a la 1, 2, and New Vegas... Yet, the pacing is the most glaringly obvious problem. Within the first hour, you have power armor, a companion, a minigun (THAT DOESN'T DETERIORATE), and a few hundred caps if you aren't stupid. That "immersive" voiced player character has a pretty interesting nonexistant reaction to being thrown into the apocalypse and having to fight a ton of radioactive monsters only a few hours after he woke up and got ready. This isn't Fallout. This isn't even a good game. For anything else, a 6/10 at best. For a AAA title from one of my favorite series that was hyped up to be a real game changer, a 0 is the closest justice (next to a refund) that is deserved.    … Expand
  76. Ensemble23
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    I just wanted to say the great is great for Fallout Veterans who understand at least how the Perks system works. For every 7 people that complain about the "dialogue wheel lack of options" 3 other Wastelanders are laughing because they know if they place points in Charisma that unlocks up to 5 different dialogue options for EVERY named character/questgiver. It unlocks, new responses, newI just wanted to say the great is great for Fallout Veterans who understand at least how the Perks system works. For every 7 people that complain about the "dialogue wheel lack of options" 3 other Wastelanders are laughing because they know if they place points in Charisma that unlocks up to 5 different dialogue options for EVERY named character/questgiver. It unlocks, new responses, new questions, even allows you to ask for pay UPFRONT before even starting a quest. I get 300 caps from side missions just by asking them to give them to me. When I see a random Brahim Trader in the wasteland, I know that I can walk up to them trade, pay like 40% less for stuff because of my Charisma. When I'm doing buying, I can extort them and threaten them, because of my Charisma gives me 3 new options to speak to them. Learn to play the game before you say it is broken/flat/boring. Bethesda has always been "light" on the story/dialogue in the Fallout Series because they don't want to spoon feed you hundreds of quests and dialogue options for every NPC. It has always been up to the player to figure out their game style. Learn to walk before you can run. Take perks that enhance your global gameplay, not just making you a walking killing machine.… Expand
  77. Gagleonardo
    Nov 11, 2015
    6
    This is not a trashing score.I don't think Fallout 4 is this horrible thing people are labeling it. Far from that, the game is cool, it's fun and have it's own personality. This is a low score 'cause for now, the game desearves it.

    For the ones wanting simple pros and cons, there it goes: Pros: - Locations are awesome, many of them having Quests or story on their own. They really    This is not a trashing score.I don't think Fallout 4 is this horrible thing people are labeling it. Far from that, the game is cool, it's fun and have it's own personality. This is a low score 'cause for now, the game desearves it.

    For the ones wanting simple pros and cons, there it goes:

    Pros:
    - Locations are awesome, many of them having Quests or story on their own. They really managed to give life to this scorched Boston.
    - Light is the best I've seen in any game (including The Witcher 3)
    - It's a Fallout game. Live, explore, Kill/talk, get paid is rarelly a mix that fails.
    - Settlement system, once you have access to abundant materials, is really fun.
    - Some characters are really, REALLY interesting.
    - Map is so full you can't walk a straight line for 1 minute without finding something (even things not marked, Like the Bartender on the west end of the map)
    - Power Armor was boring to some people, to me it's like something I use when I prepare for some more difficult quests, and it REALLY makes all the difference (Like potions on The Witcher and Dragon Age series).
    - The modding system on Weapons is really awesome and creates character for every piece you buld.
    - Dogmeat.
    - There's a sattelite storm once in a while (like the one from Gravity movie - Look at the sky at night when not clouded)
    - Even with the low graphics, the game is beautiful.
    - Probably the best ambient soundtrack on any Fallout game.

    Cons

    - GTX 900 series owners: This game is your random fps drop nightmare. For bethesda, our GPU power souldn't give us better performance.
    - Remember I've said some character are really interesting? Well, the 4 choices dialogues NEVER lets you really dig on those layers not previouws games had.
    - Characters animations, except for some more important characters, sometimes seems worse than Skyrim (and sometimes worse than Fallout 3.
    - Hoarding everything gets boring really fast. And since you depend of it for 2 core mechanics of the game, you HAVE to deal with it.
    - Some enemies act as if they've came straight out of Fallout 3 (Supermutants, I'm looking at you).
    - Extremely boring loadscreens after some events of the game (Roof of the buldings for those who played the game already).
    - It's a Fallout game. JUST a Fallout game. Everything added to it feels like a mod. The settlements, the modding of guns, even the Power Armor. The new things are cool, but I often cought myself wandering how all of those things look like some early access to a mod. Not cool for a far from cheap game.
    - You'll see lots of bugs. LOTS. Not even on Skyrim I've got so many. Some are easy to ignore (being an oldschool Fallout and Bethesda fan), but some are completely dealbreakers: Cows walking on a road to the sky, companion vanishing, enemies stuck everywhere.
    - Quests often feel like the same of the same of the same: Go there, Kill, Get, Come Back. Ok when they are well scripted, not ok when you scripting doesn't compels you to do them.
    - Quests are really short. I wanted to just throw myself into them, but they are like a shot of tequila when what you want is a very degustating bottle of wine (Or 8 bottles of Sunset Sarsparilla).
    - For now I'm staying away from the main quest: I can feel it's going to be, like many others really short.
    - The modding system on ARMOR could have been beautifull and authentic. It's just ok.
    - As a PC gamer, I feel really betrayed for having more comfort playing this with my XBox controller. Poorly optimized interface (The previous games where not that bad now, hun?) and AWFUL mouse optimization.
    - The game feels flat: everything, every place seems to be resolved really, really lightspeed fast, and I have ADHD, things can get boring very often, but this game fails on making me feel like deep on that specific quest. The Frying Pan quest on The Witcher 3 or the Disarming Megaton Bomb in Fallout 3 felt deeper than any quest I've made so far.
    - Except for Charisma, none of your traits have ANY impact on conversations. I feel like I'm just playing a 'yes/no' game on reciving quests. No deeper relevance for any NPC.
    - Some quests seems to solve themselves, even really cool ones (U.S.S Congretional quest, for exemple).
    - It was cool when 'that fallout tune' played for the first times , but the really should put on new songs. Felt like a copy/paste of prewious Fallout games with some few additions.
    - Underwater Armor: BAD IDEA.

    Please note that I'm liking the game, the dealbreaker here is performance. How can my naighbour get 60pfs on a lower end PC than mine? On every aspect I suprassed the reccomended requirements, but a GTX 770 with a I5 runs better than a GTX 970 with I7. Bethesda AND NVidia are guilty here, and I'm not recomending the game to ANYONE until those things are corrected.    … Expand
  78. Austinomical
    Nov 11, 2015
    5
    Okay, this is going to be a short and sweet review from a Fallout enthusiast. I will start with the most obvious thing to discuss; the bugs and performance. I have SLI 970's and a new i5 for reference.

    Negatives: ~Locked at 60 or 30 FPS (though you can manually unlock it). NOTE: doing so causes hyperspeed in the game, making everything faster and faster the higher the FPS ~Frame    Okay, this is going to be a short and sweet review from a Fallout enthusiast. I will start with the most obvious thing to discuss; the bugs and performance. I have SLI 970's and a new i5 for reference.

    Negatives:

    ~Locked at 60 or 30 FPS (though you can manually unlock it). NOTE: doing so causes hyperspeed in the game, making everything faster and faster the higher the FPS

    ~Frame rate is all over the place, very choppy

    ~Terrible graphics and textures, I know I know, but but...graphics don't beat game play. Cry me a river.

    ~Built in mouse acceleration (LOL, really, like wtf why?!)

    ~No FOV slider (this is 2015 Bethesda, get your **** **** together)

    ~ Perk system is retarded, just plain old retarded, dumbed down version for all the mindless FPS players out there

    Pros:

    ~Okay story
    ~exploring is fun and exiting
    ~A lot of guns
    ~good customizeation
    ~keeps you busy for hours and hours

    TLDR:

    Please, for the love of god, do NOT buy....yet. Maybe in a year if they fix all the issues it would be worth it. To many bugs and common things that are missing in the game. Dumbed down version of Fallout for a more FPS shooter. This is no RPG, and it's full of bugs.    … Expand
  79. Styke
    Nov 11, 2015
    2
    I'm debating a refund because the issues with the game run so deep, I don't think mods will be able to bring it back or finish the game. It is painfully clear the target audience is younger than Fallout 3s, and the "season pass" adds more proof to this horrifying conclusion.
  80. Hoodude
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Disappointment of the year. This game is not worth your money, your time, or the hard drive space it takes. I loved Fallout 3, New Vegas too. Fallout 4 makes me sick. This is a sloppy console port of a Fallout 3 expansion pack made on the Skyrim engine. Puke. I will never buy another Bethesda game. This is getting a refund on steam. Let me sum up my thoughts on it for you:

    -Buggy. At    Disappointment of the year. This game is not worth your money, your time, or the hard drive space it takes. I loved Fallout 3, New Vegas too. Fallout 4 makes me sick. This is a sloppy console port of a Fallout 3 expansion pack made on the Skyrim engine. Puke. I will never buy another Bethesda game. This is getting a refund on steam. Let me sum up my thoughts on it for you:

    -Buggy. At first it wouldn't load, then it had graphical errors.
    -Not optimized for PC: requires editing of the .ini files to fix the field of view and turn off mouse acceleration.
    -Sloppy console port: UI is terrible, laggy, obviously designed for use with a controller and no effort has been made to polish it for the PC version.
    -Horrendously dated graphics, yet still extremely taxing! (I have two R9 290x in crossfire and only get 40 fps in 4K)
    -Terrible, awful, disjointed, badly stitched together voice acting. Sentences composed of words hacked from several other recordings makes it sound terrible. Immediately breaks any immersion you might have been getting.
    -Facial animations are awful.
    -Storyline is dry as sand.
    -No instruction or help whatsoever as to how things work in the game. VATS is not introduced, crafting is not introduced, nothing.
    -The looting system is frustrating, requiring to you pick up everything in order to get the one thing you actually want.
    -The dialog system is dumbed down
    -Gunplay is bad. Firefights feel dull and forced.
    -Dog gets in the way and body-blocks you.
    -Blood and gore effects do not look realistic.
    -The gameplay elements we'd come to know in Fallout 3 and New Vegas (SPECIAL and the Perks system) have been stripped away and replaced with a much simpler unexciting system.

    This game is just bad. Just all around bad. These positive professional reviews are completely fake and paid for. Anyone with a set of eyes and 2 brain cells can see what a steaming pile of excrement this is.    … Expand
  81. sonofdad
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    Its stripped down rpg elements make this the worst Fallout of the series. I like a lot of what Bethesda has done with the game but limiting the player's choice in character creation and dialogue is a huge misstep. They've made a ton of improvements since Fallout 3 but for whatever reason completely neutered what makes the franchise so great to begin with.
  82. AfterNov10
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    Notice that critic reviews are before the game even released.

    This is the most down hill development I have ever seen from a popular business, next to Stronghold 3. I've played the game Fallout 4. I've played past the character creation. I've seen most that people are still trying to find out. But most importantly I'm not giving this a 10 out of 10 just because I'm delusional about it    Notice that critic reviews are before the game even released.

    This is the most down hill development I have ever seen from a popular business, next to Stronghold 3. I've played the game Fallout 4. I've played past the character creation. I've seen most that people are still trying to find out. But most importantly I'm not giving this a 10 out of 10 just because I'm delusional about it being a fallout game that can do nothing wrong, and if it had good graphics at the start.

    There's complaints about how the game doesn't support computer as much and the bugs. But that's not where I'm going with this. This game has even less content than its original series. Most of what you knew from the open world fallout series is completely gone: There's no fractions. People aren't piss about you shooting them (Nor do they die.)."Levels" are gone. Perks are turned into skill trees. Most things are scripted. And so on.

    Graphic-wise. It's decent but the lighting doesn't make sense at times. The application for map, ammo and so on looks completely lazy and abysmal. The ammo looks like someone took front from Microsoft word and colored it.

    As for over all feeling it feels anything but serious. Everything you do is met with happy dramatic orchestrated music. Everything looks bright and sunny even with unnatural lighting. Struggles of the war aftermath is only implied via story. Hardly anyone is dirty like they should be. For example: There's a skeleton of a dead man that's been dead for years in the vault you start in, but hot damn his lab coat is white and clean from his body decaying.

    You want to know what I think this game is? An open world Call of Duty with weapon mods.    … Expand
  83. Zachf510
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    Let me start by saying I had medium to high hopes for this game. I was expecting a mix between Fallout 3 and Skyrim but I was very disappointed.

    The game plays way better than fallout 3. For example the first person shooter mechanics are very good. However, I was not compelled to do any exploring or side missions like I was in Skyrim. Skyrim had the College of Winterhold and the Dark    Let me start by saying I had medium to high hopes for this game. I was expecting a mix between Fallout 3 and Skyrim but I was very disappointed.

    The game plays way better than fallout 3. For example the first person shooter mechanics are very good. However, I was not compelled to do any exploring or side missions like I was in Skyrim. Skyrim had the College of Winterhold and the Dark brotherhood to name a couple of the extremely entertaining main side quests but Fallout 4 does not deliver on any emotional drive to play the game. If you only want to go to a location and shoot people, then maybe get a semi useful perk, you will be happy. If you expect anything like a compelling story or an important leveling system you will be let down.

    The graphics in this game were very poor. The lighting is improved from Skyrim but the textures are terrible. My fallout actually looks worse than Skyrim because I had a few mods to improve Skyrim. This game will definitely look better in the future with mods, but to be so similar to a game as old as Skyrim is disrespectful to customers.

    I will finish by noting I only played for 13 hours so maybe the game's story improves but the core mechanics and game play were not enough to keep me interested.    … Expand
  84. jugo
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    Game came out as everything I expected it to be. Graphics are amazing and gameplay feels mostly polished. The gunplay has been MASSIVELY improved from NV which is a huge plus for me. RPG elements are similar to NV but no visible karma system and skill points have disappeared and everything corresponds to your SPECIAL stats. Honestly though, if you don't like something about the game,Game came out as everything I expected it to be. Graphics are amazing and gameplay feels mostly polished. The gunplay has been MASSIVELY improved from NV which is a huge plus for me. RPG elements are similar to NV but no visible karma system and skill points have disappeared and everything corresponds to your SPECIAL stats. Honestly though, if you don't like something about the game, eventually someone will make a mod to fix it so sit tight.… Expand
  85. EarlGreyDrinker
    Nov 11, 2015
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When you buy a RPG, what do you buy it for? Here's my five categories for FO4. TLDR FO4 is a major disappointment for a me. I expected a lot more from a 2015 game, coming from a veteran in Open world RPG.

    Graphics: 6/10 - very low resolution textures, occasional bugs, not @ 2015 level.
    Audio: 4/10 Really good at times (when entering areas for the very first time, but rehashing radio songs is no good). Lipsync is utterly unacceptable for a AAA game.
    Story: 3/10 - Absolutely lack of pacing and emotions in dialog and voice acting. The UI for the dialog system has been butchered into 3 words or less, and is always to same formula. Good, bad, Sarcastic, more information.

    SPOILERS alert! Basically in the vault you see you baby son get captured by some guys. You find out its 200 years later when you get out of the vault, and you're just adjusted right into killing hundreds of human beings + monsters. I expected the MC to go "wow, what the **** is that thing?" when he sees a yao guai and death claw. I expect the MC to negotiate with the Raiders the first few times he's seen them. I expect it from a normal white 30ish male who's lived in a suburb and just woken up from cyro sleep, instead of a killing machine. I literally killed an entire building full of raiders within the first 20 minutes out the vault, and my guy shrugs it off like it's no biggie.

    Gameplay: 6/10 Here is where is earns some points. The FPS system is more fun and engaging then previous FO3, but the Inventory management is the biggest ****ing cluster**** I've ever seen. One of the design constraints of a console port on PC, the UI looks good in principle, but **** when picking up a lot of items and trying to find the ones you need to sell. Still, it's a game engine they used from 7 years ago, a lot of mechanics are copy paste from FO3. Even if it's a sequel, it needs to be improved. Otherwise why don't I just keep playing FO3.

    World building: 5/10. World feels dead, the Cities feels dead. A lot of stuff just doesn't make any sense. For example, the insane amount of ammo that you can loot in the game, versus actually having to scavenger like the desperate wanderer/survivor you are, you never have to buy ammo in this game. I know "it's just a game" but for a 2015 RPG, it's not good enough. I expected an experience, not just a FPS.    … Expand
  86. Azuran
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    This game is no fun at all it's just boring. I like all of the previous ones, but Fallout 4 just doesn't tick for me.

    Beth failed to deliver what I liked playing in the older games and if this continues I won't be buying their games anymore.
  87. Prismacat
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    The story is lackluster, the dialogue options are terrible, the writing itself is sub-par. Essentially if you've gotten more than 2 hours into the game you've played enough to know that's exactly how the rest of the game is. There's a significant lack of side-quests or well.. quests with any kind of merit other than "go kill these and/or retrieve the object they have".

    $60 for this game    The story is lackluster, the dialogue options are terrible, the writing itself is sub-par. Essentially if you've gotten more than 2 hours into the game you've played enough to know that's exactly how the rest of the game is. There's a significant lack of side-quests or well.. quests with any kind of merit other than "go kill these and/or retrieve the object they have".

    $60 for this game is nowhere near worth it. This is not a AAA quality title by any means. We're trying to get a refund, because honestly this game is not worth more than $20 in my personal opinion.    … Expand
  88. Lython
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    A wise person judges their entertainment not for what it tries to do, but for how well it accomplishes what its trying to do. It's absolutely fair to miss the mechanics characteristic of the previous games, but you should accept change with grace, rather than judge based on absence. The combat is better than any open world game ever, and the new skill system allows extended developmentA wise person judges their entertainment not for what it tries to do, but for how well it accomplishes what its trying to do. It's absolutely fair to miss the mechanics characteristic of the previous games, but you should accept change with grace, rather than judge based on absence. The combat is better than any open world game ever, and the new skill system allows extended development without long-term purposeless restriction. Is it as subjectively good to me as New Vegas? No. New Vegas is, and most likely will remain my favorite FPS and RPG of all time. Now, this is a VERY different game to New Vegas. Yet despite its differences, I can appreciate the craftsmanship at hand, and applaud the choices this game makes as interesting and engrossing. Perfect? No. Great? Yes.… Expand
  89. Nayatrei
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    Well, many of the reviewer said Fallout 4 is nothing more than graphically enhanced Fallout 3, I kinda agree and think it is not a bad thing. Fallout 4 has new features like building new settlements which enables useless ingame objects to be more useful. and also by enhancing perk tree and weapon mods it does enhance the game features that Fallout 3 didn't had it.

    There is room for    Well, many of the reviewer said Fallout 4 is nothing more than graphically enhanced Fallout 3, I kinda agree and think it is not a bad thing. Fallout 4 has new features like building new settlements which enables useless ingame objects to be more useful. and also by enhancing perk tree and weapon mods it does enhance the game features that Fallout 3 didn't had it.

    There is room for improvements, like bit more narrative tutorial like fallout 3 and immersing story-line with various choice you make as in Skyrim. but for first 10 hours of game play, I got more than what other games offer for $60 gameplay. Looking forward for great DLCs and minor patches to enhance gameplay further    … Expand
  90. Zuggtmoiz
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    This game called Fallout 4 is the poor mans version of a true role-playing game. From what I garnered from many reviews on Youtube, the game is basically an FPS, and does not require much intellect to enjoy. It is most certainly NOT in the league of excellent, more challenging RPGs like Baldurs Gate, Eye of the Beholder, Ganbare or Ultima IV. Or evidently Bards Tale (the 1986 version,This game called Fallout 4 is the poor mans version of a true role-playing game. From what I garnered from many reviews on Youtube, the game is basically an FPS, and does not require much intellect to enjoy. It is most certainly NOT in the league of excellent, more challenging RPGs like Baldurs Gate, Eye of the Beholder, Ganbare or Ultima IV. Or evidently Bards Tale (the 1986 version, obviously) which I still very much enjoy today. For these reasons, Fallout gets a well deserved 0 out of 10 in my book. As an alternative, my mother (who has excellent taste in gaming) very much liked Divinity - Original Sin. And I tend to agree with her. Thank goodness, the RPG domain is not all lost ... yet ! And Yes yes, I am Old school, and proud of it! Have a great day… Expand
  91. Razor66
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    Great game. More of the same if compared to Fallout 4, but still a great game. Can't understand this load of hate people show against Fallout 4, it's the same superb action rpg.
  92. Datamari
    Nov 11, 2015
    9
    FANTASTIC!
    Fallout 4 is the game that everybody has been excited for, and since Fallout 3 is one of my favorite games of all time, I was pretty hyped for this game. It brought the hype, it really did. I can easily say that this game, while flawed is worth it. It has a huge world, and almost everything you do in this game impact the story, which is something I really enjoy. The characters    FANTASTIC!
    Fallout 4 is the game that everybody has been excited for, and since Fallout 3 is one of my favorite games of all time, I was pretty hyped for this game. It brought the hype, it really did. I can easily say that this game, while flawed is worth it. It has a huge world, and almost everything you do in this game impact the story, which is something I really enjoy. The characters are good, and almost no character feels bland or boring. The story is strong, and I really liked the crafting system. The main reason why people don't like this game is because it's buggy. Let me ask you a question: do you expect games to be perfect? Did you go up to this game and think that it would be the best game you've ever played? Of course not. Fallout 4 is not perfect, it never will be, but the amount of good in it makes it all worth while. Fallout 4 is a fantastic game, but in it's current state, it's full of glitches that will be fixed. It brought the hype, and V.A.T.S the truth.

    Fallout 4 gets a 9/10.    … Expand
  93. Zessu
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    The game is lacking in every aspect. The most letdown is the enviroment. Map is linary, far from an open world, as well its small. Its clear to see that they didnt put any effort in map creation. The graphic itself is ugly, yet resourcefull. I didnt complete the main story yet but from what I played its very boring, you dont have any choices and its not rewarding, when getting a quest IThe game is lacking in every aspect. The most letdown is the enviroment. Map is linary, far from an open world, as well its small. Its clear to see that they didnt put any effort in map creation. The graphic itself is ugly, yet resourcefull. I didnt complete the main story yet but from what I played its very boring, you dont have any choices and its not rewarding, when getting a quest I dont feel like doing it, I do it only to progress the story. In Skyrim even doing small secondary quests was way more fun and interesting.… Expand
  94. mrclopes
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    Welcome to Fallout 4. The graphics looks good, the dialog looks good, the story looks good, the gameplay looks good... But not!

    GRAPHICS The graphics are technically good. It have high-res textures, terrain tesselation, up-to-date shaders and last-gen video card effects. But they weren't able to use that in their favor to deliver stunning scenarios or polished graphics, in other words,    Welcome to Fallout 4. The graphics looks good, the dialog looks good, the story looks good, the gameplay looks good... But not!

    GRAPHICS
    The graphics are technically good. It have high-res textures, terrain tesselation, up-to-date shaders and last-gen video card effects. But they weren't able to use that in their favor to deliver stunning scenarios or polished graphics, in other words, it lacks artistic quality. I've played older games were artistic teams were able to deliver much more beautiful and polished graphics with much less in terms of technology.

    DIALOGS AND NPCS
    After I saw the "wheeled" dialog choices and the player character speaking in trailers. Mass effect came to my mind, but it's not even close in terms of immersion. I didn't feel attached to any of the characters in Fallout 4, and the dialogues were very unsatisfying, boring, uncreative, and the worst of it - DOESN'T MATTER AT ALL - No choices are really made.

    STORY
    The plot is so unimaginative that I never really felt involved or the urge to persuit something. And the side quests are ridiculous kill and fetch chores which doesn't add anything to the game or it's lore. I don't think the people who "wrote" this quests play games at all. I really felt intellectually offended.

    GAMEPLAY
    To simple put, it's a mess, the controls are laggy due massive drops in FPS for no apparent reason. The VATS feel more like a cheap "fix" for a broken and boring gameplay mechanics than a feature. It's neither a 3rd person tactical combat, nor a realtime first-person-shooter. A tactical combat would have something like cover, slow thinking combat or even a semi turn-based system, and a FPS would have bold physics, stable fps and well designed levels to guide a player trough them. Fallout 4 fails as much as a gameplay engine as in terms of level design. After few hours, combat were nothing but a chore.

    VEREDICT
    I always thought Bathesda games lacked quality in many aspects, specially artistically compared to other well-founded companies. But their games were ambitious and had unique concepts to get my attention. But in my opinion, they never really delivered top-quality products for me to consider their games an "A" quality. However, after Skyrim seemed to me that they took some criticism serious and tried to improve, but Fallout 4 proved me I was wrong, they don't give a s**t about quality.

    However, I'm giving a 3/10 because bashing enemies heads with a melee weapon still fun, and the construction mechanics still have potential (if you like sandbox games). But other than that, Fallout 4 have nothing else to offer.    … Expand
  95. StudlyAdams
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    I love this game. A lot of people **** because it's not NV. I like the main character, I think the dialogue selections work. A lot of things where narrowed down to only what needed to exist in order to make room for a whole breadth of society building options. you are now the leader of a group of people as opposed to a lone wanderer or a vengeful wrath coming back from the dead.
  96. Mendoras
    Nov 11, 2015
    7
    The game is fun.

    BUT: The graphic was known, especially in comparison with a Witcher 3 it is extremely dowdy and dreary, but graphics are not everything. Much worse are the problems on PC. Who goes to a terminal of more than 110 FPS stuck to 90%. On my 144 Hz GSync monitor only remains for me to hrottle by hand to 85 Hz, because otherwise he would just always trying to reach    The game is fun.

    BUT:

    The graphic was known, especially in comparison with a Witcher 3 it is extremely dowdy and dreary, but graphics are not everything.

    Much worse are the problems on PC.

    Who goes to a terminal of more than 110 FPS stuck to 90%. On my 144 Hz GSync monitor only remains for me to hrottle by hand to 85 Hz, because otherwise he would just always trying to reach the 144 Hz. If I keep the FO4 FPS Lock, it runs only on ~ 10 FPS.

    The control has been even worsened compared to FO3 and Skyrim. How can such a system release on the PC is a mystery to me. Alone the "Quick Bar" is bad, the whole navigation just as cruel as in FO3.
    When building, it is a single seizure and there was just 0.0 thinking how possibly could better transpose on the PC.

    Who can come to terms with who can also buy the game and will probably have fun, but you should be absolutely aware of it.

    Before the developers do improve here MASSIVELY I can not fully recommend, as sorry as I am..    … Expand
  97. GroinyGroin
    Nov 11, 2015
    7
    It's just okay. Everything is okay. The settlement building (which is a grind) is a bit more fun than the rest of the game... I am not even butt hurt about the bugs (we all knew there would be bugs).
  98. Fuzi0n
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    Take Fallout 3, minimally improve the graphics, dumb down the RPG elements even more, create a wonky dialogue system, add in some kind of MMO resource collecting BS system and otherwise keep everything exactly the same. Then shove it out the door in an unfinished state.

    That is Fallout 4. And it is boring as heck. Avoid this drive at all costs.
  99. Null_Code
    Nov 11, 2015
    7
    First of all this is my first review... and english is not my native lenguaje...
    Fallout 4 is NOT A BAD GAME... just is a game that fails trying to be what we all ( fallouts fans) were expected.
    This game is far than never from what a rpg should be and close than never to be a COD. Im enjoying the game ... only becouse i like every thing related to a post    First of all this is my first review... and english is not my native lenguaje...
    Fallout 4 is NOT A BAD GAME... just is a game that fails trying to be what we all ( fallouts fans) were expected.
    This game is far than never from what a rpg should be and close than never to be a COD.
    Im enjoying the game ... only becouse i like every thing related to a post apocaliptic world...(wasteland)
    but im not enjoying it becouse is a fallout game.
    I going to make a list abput the really big absences.

    *A extensive and diverse dialogue contempt
    *Degradation in gear and weapon
    *Diverse side quest ("Insert generic "go and clena rider camp" here)
    *HARDCORE MODE (A huge miss here)
    *No karma sistem

    Im still trying to find the reasons behind this desicions and hoping that is not another attemp to attrac "casual gamers".
    Again "THiS IS NOT A BAD GAME" just is really bad comparing to expectations .    … Expand
  100. Derbis_101
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    -Get to Diamond City
    -See the newspaper woman everyone is talking about
    -Her voice is really annoying -Be a total asshat to her -Completely agree with everything the Mayor says about how the newspaper sucks to spite her -The conversation ends with the Mayor calling me her "little sister" as if I had sided with her -She asks me to come by her office to help her with her newspaper that    -Get to Diamond City
    -See the newspaper woman everyone is talking about
    -Her voice is really annoying
    -Be a total asshat to her
    -Completely agree with everything the Mayor says about how the newspaper sucks to spite her
    -The conversation ends with the Mayor calling me her "little sister" as if I had sided with her
    -She asks me to come by her office to help her with her newspaper that I just said I didn't support

    And I thought ff13 was the hallway    … Expand
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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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