Fallout 4

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  1. Glao
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    I'm not sure what all these 0 scores are about. I have been enjoying this game quite a bit. It has all I look for in a Bethesda game. There are minor glitches here and there, but nothing noteworthy. I am enjoying the game-play, the story, and the interactions. It gives me that sense of exploration I crave, and gives me a use for all that junk littering the world. I still get excited when II'm not sure what all these 0 scores are about. I have been enjoying this game quite a bit. It has all I look for in a Bethesda game. There are minor glitches here and there, but nothing noteworthy. I am enjoying the game-play, the story, and the interactions. It gives me that sense of exploration I crave, and gives me a use for all that junk littering the world. I still get excited when I see screws or adhesives… Expand
  2. Kardox
    Nov 11, 2015
    6
    My review is based on around 20 hours in the game.
    And so far this game reminds me an MMO. I guess the same people who worked on the Elder Scrolls online have also worked on Fallout 4 (and I have spent 1 month in ESO on its release in 2014 so I can compare). I am a huge fan of the Elder Scrolls series but the ESO was a disappointment to me. Unfortunately Fallout 4 is also a    My review is based on around 20 hours in the game.
    And so far this game reminds me an MMO. I guess the same people who worked on the Elder Scrolls online have also worked on Fallout 4 (and I have spent 1 month in ESO on its release in 2014 so I can compare). I am a huge fan of the Elder Scrolls series but the ESO was a disappointment to me. Unfortunately Fallout 4 is also a disappointment. Here is why.

    The main plot in Bethesda's RPGs has always been dull. But this has always been compensated by absolutely fantastic side quests. In Fallout 4 the side quests are a total disappointment and all are MMO like. They are all about: go kill those guys, bring this, bring that. There are no stages. What an npc tells you to do is exactly what will need to be done. There are no unexpected twists or anything intriguing.

    The settlement building feels like an MMO time sink. This all reminded me the garrison building in World of Warcraft. There are several settlements that you can build in the game. For each of them you need to collect tons of resources. Reading the reviews of the critics I guess there are plenty of people who enjoy this part of the game but for me this Minecraft/World of Warcraft copying got old very soon. It's all very repetitive and pointless really. Feels like mindless grind.

    The graphics is nothing to write home about if you played the Witcher 3. I would say that it's year 2012 quality. And in general if you give the Witcher 3 a 10 then the Fallout 4 is a 6. People play single player RPGs for the story and the immersion. Bethesda again confused the priorities. In the Elder Scrolls online they made a single player RPG with MMO elements. As a single player ESO was weaker than previous installments. But the MMO part also felt alien. It's the same thing with the Fallout 4. A lot of MMO elements but now in a purely offline game. What's the point? Why not make a Fallout online instead?

    I really wanted to write something positive about this game but it's average in every respect. I was totally blown away by the Witcher 3 storyline, the open world and the graphics. Fallout 4 is just meh...    … Expand
  3. sasukeuch
    Nov 11, 2015
    9
    From what I've played of the game, it's excellent. Graphics, though not the best, are certainly reasonable (which is to be expected with Bethesda). The combat has been redone to feel far bother, VATs is now more of a tool than a necessity to properly aim as it was in previous games. The world is lively, fun to explore, and just as expansive as other hit Bethesda titles. Weapon and armorFrom what I've played of the game, it's excellent. Graphics, though not the best, are certainly reasonable (which is to be expected with Bethesda). The combat has been redone to feel far bother, VATs is now more of a tool than a necessity to properly aim as it was in previous games. The world is lively, fun to explore, and just as expansive as other hit Bethesda titles. Weapon and armor modifications are a fun addition, and add plenty of depth to an already long list of gear. The base-building, while finicky at times, is a welcome addition, and serves as a fun distraction to the main game (though I can see myself and others doing far more with it, the chances to make elaborate basis with high-tech defenses are almost endless). There were a few problems however. The new dialogue system, while more streamlined, takes away a bit of the charm of previous games' dialogue systems. Rather than choosing a specific sentence to say (many of which were crammed full of classic "Fallout" humor), the new dialogue system feels bland. The options are woefully untelling of what your character will actually say, and your character may spout words that you never intended them to say. This kind of system make work fine in other games, but it removes something that made Fallout just that little bit more interesting. The glitches are still abundant (though the vast majority of them hardly hamper the experience). What is a problem though are the framerate issues, which can turn an intense firefight into a battle against the choppiness of the game. While these issues technical issues are being worked on, they must be taken into account. This game, in my opinion, still lives up to the Fallout Name. Its vast array of strengths outshine its few weakness, and I can feel the traditional Bethesda charm oozing in every inch of this game. Not that I'm trying to invalidate other people's reviews, but quite honestly I can't see what the huge problem is. As a fan of Fallout 3 and New Vegas, I really enjoyed this game. Anyway, in my opinion, this game was certainly a worthy successor to both of these games, and is certainly going to keep my occupied for months to come.… Expand
  4. Dukeface
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    (Review from perspective ~13.5 hours in).

    Fallout 4 is an evolution of the Fallout formula that is mostly welcome, some things could use some revision such as the new VATS system that I personally am not a huge fan of. Stopping time in New Vegas and F3 was amazing and kept the turn based element from F1 and F2 intact in the new generation. Some story lines also progress too fast such    (Review from perspective ~13.5 hours in).

    Fallout 4 is an evolution of the Fallout formula that is mostly welcome, some things could use some revision such as the new VATS system that I personally am not a huge fan of. Stopping time in New Vegas and F3 was amazing and kept the turn based element from F1 and F2 intact in the new generation.
    Some story lines also progress too fast such as the Minutemen and BoS, and forcing the construction element was not well received by me because base building was something I never intended to do.

    The graphics are no point of concearn for me and the game looks great all the time, I have experienced not a single crash of major bug, small AI bugs (such as dismissing a companion to a certain location only to find out they are not there) are present on occassion. Small frame rate drops do occur on my PC but these are few and far between.

    This game does a tremendous job at making you feel powerful all the time and I never felt like fights were unfair. The new power armour is handed to you right at the beginning and that feels a bit cheap, it does however become necessary in the main story line.

    Remember I am not even 15 hours in. and this is basically a first impressions review.

    I give fallout an 8.9/10    … Expand
  5. KollegeMostrich
    Nov 11, 2015
    9
    Ausgezeichnetes Spiel! Ich finde dass es den Vorgängern in nichts nachsteht. Mir gefällt die große Freiheit von Fallout und auch die Grafik finde ich sehr gelungen. Ich spiele mit dem Notebook mit einer GTX 760m und kann das Spiel mit 1080p zwischen Mittel und Hohen Details anständig flüssig spielen. In der Sache bin ich Froh das meine Hardware reicht ;-) Was die Steuerung für den PCAusgezeichnetes Spiel! Ich finde dass es den Vorgängern in nichts nachsteht. Mir gefällt die große Freiheit von Fallout und auch die Grafik finde ich sehr gelungen. Ich spiele mit dem Notebook mit einer GTX 760m und kann das Spiel mit 1080p zwischen Mittel und Hohen Details anständig flüssig spielen. In der Sache bin ich Froh das meine Hardware reicht ;-) Was die Steuerung für den PC angeht ist sie wirklich nicht optimal, allerdings habe ich einen Xbox360 Controller am Pc und daher ist es für mich nicht weiter tragisch. Diese und die Tatsache dass ich erst 23GB bei einer Retail--Version auf CD runterladen muss sind für den Punktabzug verantwortlich. Trotz dieser 2 Schwächen 9 Punkte weil ich finde dass es ein Super Spiel mit viel Potenzial ist.… Expand
  6. Gumba1989
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    No matter how much you look at it, this is not the product of "7 years in the making"
    Unless those 7 years were spent with todd grabbing fallout 1 2 and 3 once a year, and asking himself "what can I strip away and casualize now?"
  7. derefsdfsfsdfsd
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Simply the best Fallout. Ignore all the people with negative reviews! The game will be fixed soon enough and mods will add onto this great game. I'd wait for the game to be patched before buying though, but don't let the metacritic reviews influence your decision to buy the game.
  8. DRJMC
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    When you hype up a game this badly you're really gonna want to follow through with an actually good game. This sadly isn't the care for fallout 4. It's literally Fallout 3 with mods. The good news is that Fallout 3 doesn't play on most PC's so now you can waste over $50 to play fallout 3 without any plot and 'slightly better' graphics instead!

    There are a lot of fanboys who haven't even    When you hype up a game this badly you're really gonna want to follow through with an actually good game. This sadly isn't the care for fallout 4. It's literally Fallout 3 with mods. The good news is that Fallout 3 doesn't play on most PC's so now you can waste over $50 to play fallout 3 without any plot and 'slightly better' graphics instead!

    There are a lot of fanboys who haven't even played the game yet because their parents haven't got it for Christmas. Avoid this game and play The Witcher 3 if you want an RPG experience.. Hell even MGS:5 is better than this game since it has zero **** bugs and a 'slightly better' story.

    I'm giving this a 1/10 because I feel sorry for the people who worked to try and make this game great. I'm pretty sure any innovation for this game was killed as quickly as possible.

    All in all: This is a copy pasted fallout 3, avoid.    … Expand
  9. Speech
    Nov 11, 2015
    7
    A pretty good game. It has its share of issues, but so did Skyrim. For me, the biggest issue is the use of combat instead of non-combat roleplay. I had a similar problem with Skyrim, where every quest involves fighting your way through a horde. Though Fallout 4 disguises the hordes well, they're still hordes. Morrowind and Oblivion were much better at story, because it's the thing theyA pretty good game. It has its share of issues, but so did Skyrim. For me, the biggest issue is the use of combat instead of non-combat roleplay. I had a similar problem with Skyrim, where every quest involves fighting your way through a horde. Though Fallout 4 disguises the hordes well, they're still hordes. Morrowind and Oblivion were much better at story, because it's the thing they could do best. As Bethesda becomes better at developing combat systems, they forget to develop on their story telling.

    It's a good game. But it's one of the few Bethesda games that will never be a 'classic'.    … Expand
  10. epistm87
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Amazing gun/armor customization. Glad they added in layered armoring. Good AI, improved companion AI. This is another point of contention Fantastic character customization. Even without more detailed controls,
  11. vaultttec
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    Great game, huge jump from fallout 3, they did a wonderful job. Vivid color, awesome atmosphere and amazing environment. Enemies are unforgiving and I Love It! Weapon modding is very different and new but I really enjoy it so far. Super easy to play on keyboard and with a mouse, I honestly prefer it compared to using my controller for this. It's a pretty awesome game, can't wait to spendGreat game, huge jump from fallout 3, they did a wonderful job. Vivid color, awesome atmosphere and amazing environment. Enemies are unforgiving and I Love It! Weapon modding is very different and new but I really enjoy it so far. Super easy to play on keyboard and with a mouse, I honestly prefer it compared to using my controller for this. It's a pretty awesome game, can't wait to spend an unholy amount of time on it.… Expand
  12. meloji
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    I have played Fallout since the beginning, and even enjoyed the new style in Fallout 3 & New Vegas, but this version is trash. I have never written a bad review - because how can anyone speak ill of the Fallout brand? Sadly, this game is clunky, even though I have a solid computer. The engine just isn't designed to provide you with a good, clean experience. If you have played a BlizzardI have played Fallout since the beginning, and even enjoyed the new style in Fallout 3 & New Vegas, but this version is trash. I have never written a bad review - because how can anyone speak ill of the Fallout brand? Sadly, this game is clunky, even though I have a solid computer. The engine just isn't designed to provide you with a good, clean experience. If you have played a Blizzard game, you probably have been spoiled by what is possible and will find that this game does not live up to a modern standard. The sad part is that I REALLY want to play it, but sitting down and actually spending time on the game is painful - it just HURTS. The designers give you zero orientation about how to play, how to use VATS, etc. One of the very first quests bugs and forced me to use reedit to complete it. The explanation of the building system is weak. Bethesda is just careless. I don't go around writing bad reviews, but seriously, it is 2015 and people should expect more. The only good thing about this game is that it came out at the same time as Legacy of the Void so that I can distract myself from how disappointed I am with a game that actually makes me feel immersed in and has a story I give a crap about. Unbelievable how cowed game critics are to provide us with such lies about the play-ability of this game. Please.… Expand
  13. CaptainDldo
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    Game blows....

    boring
    clunky
    cringeworthy dialogue
    tedious dialogue wheel
    nothing new here, move along
    never pre order a game again
    graphics make it unplayable. just awful. solid game for 20$, not a penny more
  14. gamereviewerr
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Lets begin with the biggest flaw of this game... The mechanics and the game are horrible programmed and optimized and It is a nightmare of glitches. The graphics look extremely poor, and the animations look horribly done. Can someone please explain why this game wasn't released on ps3 or 360 because it looks absolutely horrible. The game is boring and unimaginative. It tried but completelyLets begin with the biggest flaw of this game... The mechanics and the game are horrible programmed and optimized and It is a nightmare of glitches. The graphics look extremely poor, and the animations look horribly done. Can someone please explain why this game wasn't released on ps3 or 360 because it looks absolutely horrible. The game is boring and unimaginative. It tried but completely failed please stop making games bethesda… Expand
  15. GodofGeckos
    Nov 11, 2015
    9
    I'd like to start this off by saying that I suspect all the negative scores are the result of repeat accounts, or of people who haven't actually played the game. If you've seen gameplay, or played it yourself, you should know this to be true. The bugs are hardly game breaking, especially if you take steps to prevent them, and the graphic, while nothing marvelous, are an obvious improvementI'd like to start this off by saying that I suspect all the negative scores are the result of repeat accounts, or of people who haven't actually played the game. If you've seen gameplay, or played it yourself, you should know this to be true. The bugs are hardly game breaking, especially if you take steps to prevent them, and the graphic, while nothing marvelous, are an obvious improvement over FO3, FO:NV, and Skyrim. The optimization could be better, but I feel as if this is a problem not to just for PC, but for console as well.

    Whatever my thoughts may be, please just take that into consideration. I've played the game for well over twenty hours at this point, and have been playing Fallout since 1999: I know what I'm talking about. The fact that the user rating is lower than New Vegas is **** absurd, and should be disregarded.

    Pros:

    - Gameplay is far better than it has been in previous titles, with mechanics that actually allow for a 'no V.A.T.S' play through. It obviously isn't destiny, but for an RPG, especially one made by Bethesda, it's a refreshing change.

    - You're not going to find better graphics than Witcher 3 in this game, but this highly stylized version of Boston is still gorgeous. Bethesda has reached the apex of world design here, pulling out all the stops - a new story is hiding behind every corner.

    - Voice acting is incredible. Whether or not you're a fan of the silent protagonist (which I am, to some extent) is irrelevant; Brian DeLaney and Courtney Taylor have both put a lot of passion into this, as well as the entire supporting cast. Everyone is giving their all, and it's wonderful to listen to.

    - Companions are diverse and well thought-out. Everyone has a backstory, and none disappoint in complexity. The friendship/romance system is also a welcome addition.

    - The soundtrack... wow. Just... just wow. Not just the radio stations: Inon Zur is at his very best here.

    - The new leveling system is far better than any previous installment of the 3d series. It add a level of depth and customization that would be extremely hard to top. Don't let anyone else fool you, this makes the game far more engaging. Speaking of which...

    - It's far more difficult. I could have put this as a con as well, but I despised the easy nature of both NV and FO3. While the lack of a hardcore mode is irritating, this is made up by the fact that ammo is scarce, and enemies are tough. The challenge, however, is usually well worth it.

    - Finally, the story - what can I possibly say about it that hasn't already been said? It's dynamic, it's engaging: it's a work of art, frankly. The moral choices are difficult and game-changing, the scope is incredible, and the writing is award worthy. The third act is truly what stands out, though this is not to diminish just how fun the first two parts are - I won't spoil anything, but you're all in for a very special treat. The replayability alone is just incredible.

    Cons:

    - The bugs are numerous, as one would expect. If you don't download the beta update and (if you're playing in NVIDIA) disable streamer, then you'll not only find that your frame rate is practically non-existent, but you'll experience crashes that should've been patched day one of development. While almost everything is fixable in one way or another, it's still a very notice inconvenience that needs to be rectified as soon as possible.

    - The animations, especially facial, are improved, but that isn't really saying much. It still looks like garbage when someone is trying to speak, and while we all sorta expected it, it's a shame to see that our fears were legitimized.

    - The pacing at first is... wonky. As I said before, I'm not going to spoil anything, but it just seems like it's trying to haphazardly rush you into the wasteland as fast as possible. It'll probably be fixed by the modding community, but that's certainly no excuse.

    Verdict: 9/10

    A gem of a game, and easily one of the best, if not the best, games to come out of BGS since Morrowind. Everything is diverse, dynamic, and engaging; truly world design at it's finest. While the bugs can be a nuance and the pacing is off at the beginning, they hardly constitute a low score. You can see every ounce of passion and love that was put into this project, and the picture it paints is absolutely breathtaking.

    My advice? Buy as quickly as you can and jump right in. This is one hell of a treat, and you won't be disappointed.    … Expand
  16. nirax
    Nov 11, 2015
    9
    wow im surprised by all those bad reviews.
    let me tell you one: I played Oblivion, Fallout3, Fallout NV, i heavily modified them and wrote mods for them.
    As with all titles of this series there are some nasty bugs still present before further refinement in form of patches fixes them eventually. I make it short as i want to play and only write this review as i guess most ppl that are    wow im surprised by all those bad reviews.
    let me tell you one: I played Oblivion, Fallout3, Fallout NV, i heavily modified them and wrote mods for them.
    As with all titles of this series there are some nasty bugs still present before further refinement in form of patches fixes them eventually.

    I make it short as i want to play and only write this review as i guess most ppl that are pleased are playign the game instead writing long reviews about it which hits the score pretty badly.

    So pros:
    + the open world experience i expected
    + characters feel vivid belivable
    + dogs, companions etc feel "real"
    + high customization of guns, homes, everything. (who writes there is none simply didnt found how to do it yet..
    +cool perks
    + combat, vats etc is fun
    + great immersion and atmosphere
    + worht the buck

    negative:
    - characters look worse than before. thats similar to DA:I.
    - partially the textures (but on pc we´ll fix that)
    - AWFUL CONSOLE INSPIRED CONTROLS. (will be surely fixed but atm this is extremly anoying)
    - usual bugs (ie hack a console and get bugged when shutting it of because you were in sneak or 1st person mode, or same with entering a power suit etc)
    - partial disconnect between character and you as player (harder to "roleplay" it) as the char expression through voice or even action (like banging the pitboy against the wall) may be outchar for the character you would like to play. same thing about a too much railroaded start story for my taste which suffocates starting possibilities and imgaination.

    all in all: if you liked previous titles you will like this one.    … Expand
  17. TwoEars
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    I'm sorry but this doesn't feel like a finished game, it feels more like a beta version and shouldn't have been released in its current state. There are bugs galore, no FOV slider, mouse interface is horrible with a laggy feeling to it, I can't remap keys, it runs like crap and there is no SLI support.

    Also - what I saw of the story and interface feels incredibly dumbed down, it doesn't    I'm sorry but this doesn't feel like a finished game, it feels more like a beta version and shouldn't have been released in its current state. There are bugs galore, no FOV slider, mouse interface is horrible with a laggy feeling to it, I can't remap keys, it runs like crap and there is no SLI support.

    Also - what I saw of the story and interface feels incredibly dumbed down, it doesn't feel like a game made for RPG enthusiasts. I'm going to have to refund this, it's simply not worth the money. I could make a longer review, but this short review better reflects the amount of effort that Bethesda put into making Fallout 4.

    Back to The Witcher 3 it is.    … Expand
  18. RainXH11
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    this game is not optimized for PC, FX-8350 & R9 280 & 8GB RAM, but somehow it keep stuttering like hell it runs @60fps but hit 0 every 5~10 seconds it's completely ruining the experience
    seriously why's that it's not that graphically intensive to justify that, hell the textures are crap at ultra, default fov made me headaches, the game crashes at start for no reason i thought it was    this game is not optimized for PC, FX-8350 & R9 280 & 8GB RAM, but somehow it keep stuttering like hell it runs @60fps but hit 0 every 5~10 seconds it's completely ruining the experience
    seriously why's that it's not that graphically intensive to justify that, hell the textures are crap at ultra, default fov made me headaches, the game crashes at start for no reason i thought it was sweetfx(i tried sweetfx to sharpen the game so it's looks more acceptable) but even without interfering files i need to launch it several times crashes before it works
    now to the core game: the dialogue choices are stupid and always just 4 choices no less no more sometimes there's choices that are forced to fit this FOUR **** design
    the UI navigation is pain in the ass & clearly designed for console
    to change a **** gun i have to go to the pip boy, use stimpack go to pip boy god damn it it's pc we have more than enough keyboard keys, that's something i hated since fallout 3, and it's still confusing when i want to get out of pip boy i always press ESC instead of TAB Grrrr, & i dont think you can be evil in this game & kill everyone you see like before
    i won't touch this game until it's properly fixed cuz im sure it's fun, shame that we pc gamers have to suffer whenever a big new game come out & it's broken as **** in someway or another    … Expand
  19. Daelda
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    Excellent game! The game is massive, very enjoyable, and runs extremely well! I have had almost no glitches in my game since installing it, and not a single glitch that caused me to be unable to play or that caused a CTD.

    The settlement system is excellent, if a bit daunting and has a bit of a learning curve to it. The new Power Armor actually FEELS like Power Armor, instead of just    Excellent game! The game is massive, very enjoyable, and runs extremely well! I have had almost no glitches in my game since installing it, and not a single glitch that caused me to be unable to play or that caused a CTD.

    The settlement system is excellent, if a bit daunting and has a bit of a learning curve to it. The new Power Armor actually FEELS like Power Armor, instead of just another suit of armor, similar to steel-colored leather.

    The graphics are beautiful, and, while not "photo-realistic" or anything, they are still very beautiful. I enjoy the voice acting and while the voiced name is mostly a "gimmick", hopefully it can be used by modders and expanded upon by Bethesda in future updates/DLC and upcoming games.

    I was a bit frustrated with the keyboard command layout - I did not like how it was set up, and changing it could be difficult, if not impossible.

    The game's potential, once modders get a hold of the necessary tools, is enormous! I look forward to seeing just what the community does with the game.

    I am old enough to remember playing Fallout when it originally cam out. Is this the same game? No. Does this game fit in the same universe? Sure! As much as Fallout 2 did, and Fallout 3 and New Vegas. If you are a "purist", then really, the only "true" Fallout" game was the original, because the others began drifting from that original vision starting with Fallout 2.

    Oh, and if your complaints are about the lack of an FOV slider, or godrays - this is why they have an ini file. It's easy enough to change them. I set my FOV to 110 in the ini, and used the Bethesda launcher to set the godrays to low. Easy as pie.    … Expand
  20. Sill
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Sry for my English, but i really want to complain about Fallout 4. I even registered right now to do that.

    I was Fallout fan since the first part, as many others. And 1 and 2 parts are soo cool becase they have mb the best RP part in the games. And User Score agrees with me, that players wants good RPG games, rather than bad FPS with some perks. And i better chose one single quest from    Sry for my English, but i really want to complain about Fallout 4. I even registered right now to do that.

    I was Fallout fan since the first part, as many others. And 1 and 2 parts are soo cool becase they have mb the best RP part in the games. And User Score agrees with me, that players wants good RPG games, rather than bad FPS with some perks. And i better chose one single quest from such games as Vtm: Bloodlines, Arcanum, Planescape and New Vegas, rather then 20 quest to kill raiders for some unnamed dummies. I dont want to kill 100 gules in one single canalization copied from F3. But that is the only thing you will get in F4... and some bad sims game. Dialogs and voice acting just like in polish shooters (yes, no, may be, sarcastic). Not even one interesting npc in the game (i played about 20 hours). Bad animation. Bad .... arrrrrrrr this game is bad, thats all. Dont buy it. Like someone said, it's worst than F3 with a few mods.

    And WTF with 87 vs 4.7? Really? Critics?    … Expand
  21. Treus
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Horrible, just horrible. I read on the internet someone saying New Vegas was still better, and thought "ha, that's funny" Turns out it wasn't a joke, New Vegas is leagues above this abomination. This is just Fallout 3, but now worth 60 bucks. And I dare to say, it's even worse than Fallout 3, with all the things they took away to make it even more casual.

    Fallout 4, not even a 4/10
  22. kru_
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    I expected a RPG. I received a FPS-lite with some perks. Play Borderlands instead of this if FPS with character building is your thing. Stay far away if you want a RPG.
  23. titan357
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oh boy, where to begin? Having playing Every fallout so far, yes even tactics and BOS and having the collectors edition of New Vegas and Fallout 3 I feel I can safely say I am a fan of the series.

    So, lets start off where I started off.
    Launch the game, stuck to the left "wing" dispaly of my triple 23's. No matter what I tried I was unable to move it center screen, nor was I able to find a 5760X1080 option. I disable eyefinity start over.

    Character creation, done, FOV looks off and FPS isnt that great despite my I7 4770K, R9 390X and 16 gb ram wiht FO4 on a SSD, I got all the bases covered here.
    Ttalk to "vault guy" game CTD, restart, CTD again when swapping to female character.
    Start game, locks up and I have to force close with task manager several times.
    End up verifying game with steam and it fixes it.

    Get to pick special stats, only 21 points instead of normal 39 from Fallout 3 and NV 1 and 2. Really? So you can have a balanced start of all 4s? On the games own scale of 1-10 a 4 is below average.

    Try to change FOV with ini tweaks since the game doesn't have a FOV slider and Bethesda thought 75ish FOV would be swell but it doesn't stick and keeps reverting.

    Finally get to Vault 111, and here is where the story is already falling apart, your spouse is killed and your son is taken. Who cares about an NPC we have known for all of 15 minutes?
    Zero motivation to care about the story.

    Terrible FPS drops inside and outside.
    Power armor is now a limited use thing powered by fuel cells.
    Dialog wheel is complete trash. Mostly the four options are, yes, no, maybe and "sarcastic". Once you advance dialog you cant go back to ask other questions.
    PC UI is troublesome to navigate and the keybinds are horrendous. Especially for the base building and conversation selection.
    Voice acting is flat and lines are often repeated over and over.
    Graphics are sub par for a 2015 game.

    Its not all bad, the new weapon and armor customization are neat, power armor customization is pretty good and while flawed controls hinder the base building its still a nice adaptation from the modders work on earlier titles.
    Power armor hud is pretty slick, but mods for NV/3 do it better.

    Gun play is vastly better now, but the AI isnt much better than what we seen in Skyrim already, especially apparent in stealth despite making loads of noise kicking stuff around when moving.    … Expand
  24. IGNsus
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    "It just works."

    Yes, releasing a linear "RPG" on a 10 year old engine, with uncountable bugs, while your company and you rake in millions in profit.

    It sure as hell does work. For you.
  25. GunnarGudbjorns
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After great open world and gorgeous story in Witcher 3, i will not recommend Fallout 4 for any gamer, especially Fallout series fan. To be honest, this game is not Fallout, it's more like Call of Duty with power armor (by the way, you can find your first power armor literally at the beginning).… Expand
  26. wfletchb
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    12 game hours in to playing this game without a glitch or disappointment. Given almost all PC games have issues and Bethesda's track record for buggy games, I am very pleased. An awesome continuation of the Fallout line.
  27. Blackcompany
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    An ancient engine, terrible graphics, a total lack of role playing features. And to add insult to injury the game contains ALL of the same bugs that make Bethesda notorious. They learned nothing, changed nothing and improved absolutely nothing. Do not buy this game.
  28. Shylocke
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    A perfect fallout game, those that are disappointed I have no idea why. I've been a fallout fan since I was young and this is every bit the game I was looking forward to. I have nothing negative to say about this game.
  29. kellboy
    Nov 11, 2015
    7
    After seeing all the reviews for this game i felt i needed to sign up and write my own review. Now i dont have an issue with negative reviews. My issue is giving something a 0 or 1 just because it didnt fulfill their every expectation. In absolutely no circumstance is this game a 1 or 0/10. And similarly while I understand people want to raise the metascore it is also no way a 10/10 andAfter seeing all the reviews for this game i felt i needed to sign up and write my own review. Now i dont have an issue with negative reviews. My issue is giving something a 0 or 1 just because it didnt fulfill their every expectation. In absolutely no circumstance is this game a 1 or 0/10. And similarly while I understand people want to raise the metascore it is also no way a 10/10 and both are misleading and do no justice in helping people make a decision to buy this game.  

    Its worth mentioning at this point I am not a die hard fallout fanboy although i have played both 3 and new vegas. I Hope this will help give any reader the impression i can deliver a fair review.  

    Ill start with the bad and get it out the way!  

    As others have mentioned the graphics are quite poor and more importantly the performance and frame drops should be better considering they are not up to standard. While i agree graphics are not everything we are indeed consumers and in no other industry would you pay top money for an out of date product ( think mobile phones etc )  

    Bugs- during my 16 hours I have had no game breaking bugs or hard crashes . However they are present and can at times break immersion or be frustrating.  

    Dialogue wheel - A great device in bioware titles where games usually give you a defined character . But Bethesda titles are usually more about creating your own character with motives and so it just doesn't fit in well here. The topics are extremely vague so it is also hard to know what your character is going to say.

    The mediocre  

    Story telling and characters. - While i have not completed the main story I have played enough to not feel emotionally attached to the centre plot. The character voice acting to go with it is also neither bad or good and just rather does it's job then actually impress.  

    The good.  

    Combat- Improved over previous titles without losing that fallout touch. VATS is even better now that it does not freeze time. Depending on the situation this can be a blessing like as an enemy dives out of cover. It can also be a curse when your forced to make decisions quick. In all it adds more depth to the combat system.  

    Perks- a marmite subject atm. Some believed the new system has been dumbed down. I Disagree which I will cover in the next point. I personally felt there was a alot of trash perks in the older games. The new perk system gives you a good amount of freedom to make your favourite arch types but enough restriction to make you invest points carefully.  

    Weapon and armour modding- Not only do both weapon and armour mods have cosmetic changes, they drastically change how your character plays. Thus still having strong rpg elements. How you build your armour and guns should reflect your play style and if they dont. You will notice your combat abilities suffer. The entire crafting system across the game is fantastic and there is alot of variety for making grenades , food, and the meds etc.  

    shelters- The new craftable towns amd shelters does not really serve a purpose at the moment but that doesnt stop them being fun to use and building on an all ready good sandbox game.  

    Environment- The strongest thing about this game. Tonnes of areas to explore, you will want to spend a lot of time just wandering the wasteland! New dynamic weather affects are cool like the radiation storms!

    If you want to see what a 1 out of 10 game is. Watch angry joes review of ride to hell. Use this to learn what a really bad game looks like.    … Expand
  30. TheSimulacra
    Nov 11, 2015
    9
    This game is exceptional. As someone who played Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas to death, this game feels every bit like an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" evolution of those great games. They kept the core gameplay concepts that were great in Fallout 3/NV/Skyrim, they improved on basically everything in the game, and they got rid of things that quite frankly didn't work. ForThis game is exceptional. As someone who played Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas to death, this game feels every bit like an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" evolution of those great games. They kept the core gameplay concepts that were great in Fallout 3/NV/Skyrim, they improved on basically everything in the game, and they got rid of things that quite frankly didn't work. For instance, the "karma" system was a weak gameplay mechanic that just overcomplicated your decision-making in the game and it's thankfully gone. I honestly don't understand why anyone felt like that system was valuable. It wasn't like the Mass Effect Paragon/Renegade system that affected your abilities and was based entirely on how you made decisions (not dumb stuff like, did you pickpocket that homicidal maniac). It was silly and distracting and thankflly it's gone. The consequences of your devious actions will be dealt with in the real world, not a theoretical one full of inscrutable algorithms.

    The weapon/armor crafting system is fantastic. It's deeper and more interesting/flexible than what New Vegas offered without getting too complicated at all. The scrap/junk system is also great once you get the hang of it, and I say this as someone who doesn't usually play survival crafting games. It's far less complicated than those games, so you won't spend all of your time obsessing over harvesting the right materials; basically the interface is so streamlined it makes what could've been an extremely cumbersome part of the game very easy.

    The combat is still similar enough to Fallout 3/NV that you won't be lost, but they made minor improvements that make a huge difference. First of all, being in VATS only slows the game down a little bit, so you still have to move pretty quickly, but you have enough extra time to queue up a few actions before executing your plan. Enemies still have pretty bad combat AI, but it's much improved over previous Fallout/Elder Scrolls games. Combat is still fun, even if it's not exactly the best FPS experience you've ever had, it's still better than the prior games. Guns definitely have a better feel to them than in prior games. It's more challenging to get critical hits staring down the iron sights than it was in previous games, so combat feels a lot more engaging and not just a matter of pointing at someone's head and clicking.

    As far as bugs, I haven't encountered anything significant at all after many hours with the game. No crashes, no freezes, no corrupted save files and no quest-breakers or /stuck issues. Granted I'm running a 970M 6GB machine but in all honesty having a powerful rig never stopped GameBryo games from breaking before. I'm running on High settings at 1920x1080 and it's really smooth for me. I turned down AA and sampling a little just to alleviate some of the minor stuttering I was getting sometimes, but I was able to get through the entire big battle in Concord (loads of enemies, long draw distances, lots of physics stuff going on) without any framerate issues. I'm sure others are having their own experiences, but for me this game is smooth as hell, and smoother than any other GameBryo game has ever been at launch for me.

    This is absolutely a Fallout game as much as Fallout 3 or New Vegas were Fallout games. I honestly don't feel like I'm playing the same game as some of these "0/10" and "2/10" reviewers here. I think some people just blew up the hype wayyyyyyyy too much in their minds and seem to be disappointed that it isn't some Elysian paradise of video games.

    Ultimately, if you liked Fallout 3/New Vegas, I think you're going to love this game. If you kind of liked those games but felt maybe they were a bit too clunky for you, it's worth giving this game a shot for you because they've done so many excellent improvements to those systems that it could make the difference for you.    … Expand
  31. gentlemanorcus
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    What a joke. This isn't even an RPG, just a bad FPS with a few tacked on RPG elements. It's pretty sad that this is the state of mainstream RPGs nowadays: walking simulators with voiced protags that by association ruin any sort of dynamic role-playing, that focus more on aping FPSes and third person action games than actually being RPGs. Play Wasteland 2 instead.
  32. BlackEdelweiss
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    I got a refund.

    Why? I played it for three hours and it was one of the most boring three hours of my life. I jumped in enthusiastic, ready for a revamped, improved experience that would trump the fun I'd had with New Vegas and FO3. Instead, I find a comparatively barren, uninteresting world, a downright frustrating 3rd person experience, a severe lack of customization due to the SPECIAL    I got a refund.

    Why? I played it for three hours and it was one of the most boring three hours of my life. I jumped in enthusiastic, ready for a revamped, improved experience that would trump the fun I'd had with New Vegas and FO3. Instead, I find a comparatively barren, uninteresting world, a downright frustrating 3rd person experience, a severe lack of customization due to the SPECIAL system being butchered (no perks, skills, etc). NPCs are slow to respond and dialogue is mostly mindless, with no real choices or impact to your actions. Karma is gone. You could slaughter everyone if you want. The UI is somehow even more frustrating to navigate due to mouse lag. Speaking of lag, movement and combat is even more jarring, sluggish and troublesome due to laughable pathing, giant hitboxes, and a hackneyed environment. Camera angles too are god-awful and are constantly zooming in and out inappropriately. I found myself forced to FIND the VATS hotkey because shooting otherwise was a miserable experience (I had no trouble in NV/FO3 and enjoyed it), and yet the game doesn't even introduce VATS as a feature.

    Overall, it's a huge disappointment. I made an 8 CHR 8 INT character, ready to pump points into Guns/Speech/etc only to find that entire feature was GONE and I'd basically wasted points that could have actually opened up useful SPECIAL traits, and created a character that was more or less useless at anything other than meaningless speech checks that gave me slightly more caps for a job.

    Oh yeah, the quests? Already a MMO-esque experience in the few first hours. Go here, go there, kill these people, kill that person, pick this up, pick that up. No substance or emotion behind any of it. The NPCs themselves are bland and generic, the story lacking, weak.    … Expand
  33. Enlade
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Well, ok, the game itself deserves 6/10 rating, but THIS SHOULD BE FALLOUT. Just because it isn't, i'll give it only 1/10.
    Thank you, Bethesda, for killing the dream!
  34. spider_
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    If you liked fallout 3 or fallout new Vegas than you will like this.

    Pros- Power armour now has a purpose and feels how a mechanised suit of armour should Weapon customisation lets you play the game how you want and is far more in depth than new Vegas Voiced player while odd at first is pretty good and adds to the story (can only Speak about male one) Base customisation give a nice    If you liked fallout 3 or fallout new Vegas than you will like this.

    Pros-
    Power armour now has a purpose and feels how a mechanised suit of armour should
    Weapon customisation lets you play the game how you want and is far more in depth than new Vegas
    Voiced player while odd at first is pretty good and adds to the story (can only Speak about male one)
    Base customisation give a nice rest after questing for hours.
    World is full of the same tiny details that made the other fallouts and elder scrolls games great
    World is full of things to do, even though the world is smaller than Skyrim there is less empty space.
    Perk sheet while different is pretty cool.

    Neither pro or con -
    Felt the need to loot everything in sight b cause it had a use, you need to get over this compulsion
    Story is the same tier as all Bethesda games, don't expect as masterpiece

    Cons-
    Occasional frame drops from 60 to about 40, though this could just be my pc overheating.
    Codsworth can't say my surname, only my first :C

    Disclaimer - I am only 25 ish hours I to the game so I can't speak for late game stuff.    … Expand
  35. seanb1979
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    The GUI is horrible. Clicking on menus is unresponsive. You can tell they put the majority of effort into developing for consoles. This also shows on the graphics - they don't look any better than they did in fallout 3. Fallout 3 is actually a better game since the controls and GUI are much better designed. I guess we'll have to wait for the modding community to make a service pack to makeThe GUI is horrible. Clicking on menus is unresponsive. You can tell they put the majority of effort into developing for consoles. This also shows on the graphics - they don't look any better than they did in fallout 3. Fallout 3 is actually a better game since the controls and GUI are much better designed. I guess we'll have to wait for the modding community to make a service pack to make it better for PC.

    Also, it takes 10-15 minutes to get past the intro, and you can't skip it. I want to play a game, not watch a badly made CGI movie.    … Expand
  36. Dreavus
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    Absolutely disaster of a game, does NOT feel like a RPG, Witcher 3 blows BGS out of the water.

    I lost 60 bucks on a game with less RPG elements than ever before. extremely boring to play.
  37. Hack_Ferrari
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    horrible story seems they were uncreative

    robotics gameplay

    graphs horrible for 2015 game

    It is just the same game in 2008 with a sweetFX

    lousy job of producers

    my fps drops from 60 to 15 constantly

    not worth 10 cents
  38. Jazinto
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Promised was freedom and customization, yet you play a predefined character in this game with a set voice which is further limited by only ever having 4 dialog options designed around the consoles 4 buttons (ABYX, Cross Circle Triangle Square) which for the most part end up as Yes, No, Question, Maybe/Sarcastic. Those are as much information as the game will give you. Often your characterPromised was freedom and customization, yet you play a predefined character in this game with a set voice which is further limited by only ever having 4 dialog options designed around the consoles 4 buttons (ABYX, Cross Circle Triangle Square) which for the most part end up as Yes, No, Question, Maybe/Sarcastic. Those are as much information as the game will give you. Often your character will end up saying something you did no intend.

    As shown in various trailers and demos you start as either husband or wife, both from a military background, with a son and whether you want or not your character will genuinely love their spouse. No option is given in this regard. Lead writer Emil Pagliarulo said in an interview this set story and the voice were created to deepen the story. No Fallout before has ever limited who your character was so severely.

    All values of the original two games and Fallout New Vegas are discarded. Quests are only solvable in the one specific way spoon fed to you. Situations where a person is scripted to be killed cannot be altered or prevented in any way. There is no reputation system, not even the Kharma system returns.

    The characters are one-dimensional. They are cliches. The loyal Paladin, the lawful sheriff, the greedy hired gun, the stupid strongman. They do what you expect and nothing else. The vast majority are defined by a single characteristic. They love old baseball paraphernalia and give you a quest to collect a bat, a glove and a card or they love to paint and send you out to get some. Those are the interesting ones. There are dozens of people sending you to kill raiders, mutants and ghouls.

    Alongside those you meet the synths. Those are the four types of enemies you'll spent fighting in almost every dungeon right from the start. Supermutants are no longer end game enemies. They give as much experience as raiders or ghouls. There are elite and legendary versions of everything. They do a lot more damage and soak a lot of damage but their tactics do not change at all from normal versions.

    This game is essentially just a reskin of Skyrim. You crawl linear dungeons, skinned as buildings and vaults rather than caves and forts to kill and loot items from enemies to sell them for money. Pretty easily you end up with more money than you can ever spend and you only run through the dungeons to get the one item you were asked to retrieve or sometimes the one enemy you need to kill, which almost all quests amount to apart from those asking you to speak with someone.

    The crafting and building system is awful. All crafting is locked behind various perks as is installing shops and doctors to your settlements. Instead of just looting valuable weapons and armor in Fallout 4 you are encouraged to collect rare junk items for scrapping as well. However there is no autoscrap function. All items have to be dropped into the world and scrapped one by one in the building mode adding more to the routine of selling and storing after visiting a dungeon. Apart from the horrible console oriented controls the build mode offers very limited options. It is not possible to build a real house. Even if it's newly build 200 years after the apocalypse it still looks like a badly thrown together shed.    … Expand
  39. Tain
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    Fallout 4 feels like a shooter instead of a RPG, Beth butchered the Fallout franchise they should of passed development to Obsidian for writing.

    Beth has been cutting out RPG elements in their games since Oblivion no surprise here. If your a RPG fan then stay away from Fallout 4, but F: NV if you don't have it or buy Witcher 3. Witcher 3's storytelling is 100 times better than    Fallout 4 feels like a shooter instead of a RPG, Beth butchered the Fallout franchise they should of passed development to Obsidian for writing.

    Beth has been cutting out RPG elements in their games since Oblivion no surprise here. If your a RPG fan then stay away from Fallout 4, but F: NV if you don't have it or buy Witcher 3.

    Witcher 3's storytelling is 100 times better than Fallout 4's.

    With that said, last purchase from Beth from here on out. BYE BETH!    … Expand
  40. NoMoreTrolls
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    I got excited for the Fallout 4 announcement in June. I was excited to get more information. E3 videos looked like game would be fun, as more info started coming out I grew a bit less excited.

    Game releases yesterday played it for 10 hours. It's EXTREMELY BORING.

    Feels like Beth went the cod route, no more games to be bought from Beth any longer from me. Sad...
  41. Cipher007
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    Really horrible Console Port. Did not even try to hide that fact. The game released on PC so horribly buggy that its not playable for me and lost of others. Here I sit waiting for a patch to fix a game that is supposed to be release ready but by far is not.
  42. peikko
    Nov 11, 2015
    2
    Played nine hours and asked for a refund from steam (which was refused) even though most of the time was spent trying to get the game to run and reloading due to glitches.

    After Fallout New Vegas this game feels subpar on so many levels. The only new feature I like is the non-deteriorating weapons which prevents accidently using a favourite weapon as spare parts. The focus on modding    Played nine hours and asked for a refund from steam (which was refused) even though most of the time was spent trying to get the game to run and reloading due to glitches.

    After Fallout New Vegas this game feels subpar on so many levels. The only new feature I like is the non-deteriorating weapons which prevents accidently using a favourite weapon as spare parts.

    The focus on modding / manufacturing turns the game into a scavenger hunt. I got bored building the first settlement and gave up after beds. This is an RPG you are meant to develop your character, if I wanted base building I would play C&C or Minecraft.

    The weapons and armour are brutal - pipe guns look horrible and the amount of weapons is sparse compared to New Vegas. Armour similarly looks pretty crap and to be honest I couldn't be bothered with the system as due to the Pipboy interface you cannot tell what you are wearing half the time.

    One thing no one has mentioned in their reviews is that in Oblivion they removed the complexity of armour (i.e. there was something like 7 pieces in morrowind as opposed to 4 in Oblivion) due to the load on GPU / CPU. Now they have reintroduced it in this game for some reason?

    The final nail in the coffin for me is the total lack of atmosphere in the game, at no point in the nine hours did I feel as engaged as I did in NV.    … Expand
  43. Valosar
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    I will start by saying that I did not strictly enjoy Fallout 3 as the game was drab and boring from the get go and never really hooked me. Fallout New Vegas on the other hand hooked its claws into me and took me for a long ride which sadly ended due to the instability of the game far before I got to the end. I still had a great deal of fun with the game but in the end I couldn't put upI will start by saying that I did not strictly enjoy Fallout 3 as the game was drab and boring from the get go and never really hooked me. Fallout New Vegas on the other hand hooked its claws into me and took me for a long ride which sadly ended due to the instability of the game far before I got to the end. I still had a great deal of fun with the game but in the end I couldn't put up with the constant crashes and nothing I did fixed it. Enter Fallout 4, a lot of people are complaining that it is a dumbed down non-RPG console shooter but I have to disagree. Yes the skill system is gone, but no the perk system is not a more simple system that replaced it. Rather the skills and perks have been combined to make things easier to visually absorb while having the exact same effect as the previous skill system. How many times in New Vegas or Fallout 3 were you really putting 1 point into this and 1 point into that. If you are anything like me you were dumping all 5 points into the skill you needed improved the most at that moment in the game, and fit your ultimate goal for the end game.

    Imagine this scenario, you come across a chest, you cannot unlock it because your skill is too low. Which game are we talking about here the great RPG New Vegas or Fallout 4 the non-rpg shooter? BOTH! In new vegas you have to pump your skills to get those chests unlocked as soon as possible, or use a magazine to try and crack open that chest with the loot you want early. In Fallout 4 you simply pick the lock picking perk and gain the ability to unlock the chest. In a way it is a bit more RPG as it is not so prone to min maxing. Nothing you can do will allow you to access the higher level of that perk without leveling up first. The pacing is over all the same, I'll get that computer later, I'll come back to that chest later when I've got the skills to pay the bills!

    Going on lets consider the skills in weapons, now instead of putting 1 point into your rifle (Which I'm sure you never really did) you simple choose a rifle perk that increases the damage you do with them, very little if any difference in the over all flow of the game play. It is still an RPG, there is still progression up a system of ever increasing powers and abilities it is simply different.

    Fallout 4 feels like Fall Out New Vegas to me, but in addition to the incredible landscape, interesting characters, and involving quests we also have what Gun Runners tried to create, the ability to customize your weapons in great detail. The weapon customization system allows you to take a gun and make it your own, mold it to your needs as you see fit. No longer are you bound to what the game devs deemed fi to place in the game, if you want a sniper rifle with night vision and full auto with a long barrel and fold stock and bayonet on it by God you can make it ! This system also finally makes all the junk you find in Fallout games useful for once!

    Couple this with the outpost system which allows you to build your own home and you've got a very deep RPG That allows you to play the way you want to. Yes the dialogue options are limited but it is always very clear which option is going to have the response you want it to. How much time do you really want to spend talking to NPCS any how? I just want the story to progress so I can get on with what I really want to be doing at that point in time. I don't remember a thing that doctor at the start of new vegas said, or anything anyone else said in that game, but I do remember sneaking around in the Vaults reading the documents and computer logs revealing the game lore for myself. THAT is still in Fallout 4 and it is just as rich as ever.

    Don't let these cry babies ruin an experience for you , go into it with an open mind and I believe you will find that the game is worth the price and then some. Regarding technical issues I've got a rather low end PC and I run the game at medium settings perfectly fine The graphics are beautiful, the faces are better than any previously in a Fallout game , better than Skyrim by a large margin. With a radiation storm blows in I believe you will be blown away as I was by the smooth and creepy change in the weather, it does not suddenly begin to rain. Rather lightning flashes in the distance, the wind picks, and the sun is covered by black clouds as lightning flashes near the player cause radiation damage.

    I've yet to experience any game breaking bugs, the worst I've seen so far is a mole pop up under my dog and send it flying into space. These kinds of things are to be expected in a Bethesda game and they always have been. Ever since I saw a main quest character in Morrowind float into the ceiling and disappear forever before allowing me to complete my quest I've known to expect these sorts of things. They were in Fallout New Vegas as well!

    Play the game for yourself, watch a live stream! Don't take some sour persons word for it!    … Expand
  44. Basilone
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    There are a couple of things I don't like about the game, but a 4.7 user is definitely undeserved. The major complaint is the skill systems and linear story. The skill increases at level up is gone and has been replaced with a Skyrim-like talent system which combines some distinctly Fallout perks in to a skill tree. The main story (disclaimer I haven't beaten it) is supposedly linear,There are a couple of things I don't like about the game, but a 4.7 user is definitely undeserved. The major complaint is the skill systems and linear story. The skill increases at level up is gone and has been replaced with a Skyrim-like talent system which combines some distinctly Fallout perks in to a skill tree. The main story (disclaimer I haven't beaten it) is supposedly linear, but that has been the case in every Bethesda game except for New Vegas. And there is a lot of hate about the graphics, but I don't have a problem with them. Its not setting a new standard for sure, but it is satisfactory and my 970 handles the game pretty well except for one or two locations that have stuttered a bit.

    Gameplay is great. Bullets actually go where you are aiming instead of sometimes going off on a tangent because of your skill. I prefer the new VATs system slow mo, stealth seems more viable than in previous Fallouts (it feels like Skyrim, you can even take people out with guns from a good location without being instantly detected). Your pip boy can be used as a flashlight, sprinting is a welcomed feature, preserving your power armor fusion cores is a nice mechanic, and exploring is fun as always.

    The bad: early bugs typical of every Bethesda game, NPCs getting annoying in doorways. I won't dock the game any points for those, since those have also been issues in every other Bethesda game I loved, but its disappointing it wasn't improved on. The areas where I feel like the game really regressed is the 4 choice dialogue and no faction reputation system. People like or dislike you on an individual basis, which isn't very well explained how that works. IMO everyone except for maybe a half dozen super characters should be killable, and it seems like this game doesn't let you RP the evil guy as much as before. Another problem is the settlements aren't very well explained. I have built up sanctuary a bit so that I can have a good place to stow my gear and have some merchants there, but the game doesn't try to tell you why it is important to maintain the other settlements.    … Expand
  45. Doombeldore
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    Very disappointing, genuinely feels like they have added nothing new to this game in terms of mechanics, AI and story. It will no doubt sell fantastically based on peoples previous experiences with Fallout but this is the last time I personally buy a Bethesda game so blindly.
  46. davinhi00
    Nov 11, 2015
    7
    The game itself i thought would be trash. I played and I'm kinda hooked into it. Yes, it's got a lot less "cells" with loading screen doors, but there's still a large amount of them. It's a bit bland, and needs some mods to freshen things up, because, without them, this game isn't too great. Although I'm loving the game so far, it's got its flaws like: "Welp I gotta save x, but let'sThe game itself i thought would be trash. I played and I'm kinda hooked into it. Yes, it's got a lot less "cells" with loading screen doors, but there's still a large amount of them. It's a bit bland, and needs some mods to freshen things up, because, without them, this game isn't too great. Although I'm loving the game so far, it's got its flaws like: "Welp I gotta save x, but let's do a bunch of y"… Expand
  47. Yedroel
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    FallOut is now a ruined franchise. So, you are thinking: - "Lets sell **** at $59,99 with a good title (FallOut 4), it will works, money rain!". So, I am thinking you will love this 0.
  48. batelkom
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The failure of the year( (… Expand
  49. skulltula
    Nov 11, 2015
    5
    Fallout 4 is a huge let down in regard to its rpg aspects. The voiced character, and infuriating dialogue wheel will pull you out of any sense of immersion that you had, and frustrate the hell out of you. The dialogue wheel often gives a single word describing what your character is about to say. In addition speech checks were rather pointless.

    In previous Fallout games your could often    Fallout 4 is a huge let down in regard to its rpg aspects. The voiced character, and infuriating dialogue wheel will pull you out of any sense of immersion that you had, and frustrate the hell out of you. The dialogue wheel often gives a single word describing what your character is about to say. In addition speech checks were rather pointless.

    In previous Fallout games your could often find peacefull or alternative resolutions to quests so long as your could pass speech checks, or had a high enough skill in some other skill category. This is non existent in Fallout 4. Most quests simply have you go into a massive maze like factories and shoot up everyone inside.

    The changes to power armor are also very aggravating. You are given a full suit of powere armor within the first 30 minutes ruining any sense of progression in the early game. In addition your constantly having to fast travel to your power armor just to kill an enemy or two due to the new fuel requirements of it.

    My last biggest disappointment is with the graphics and performance. On my 750 ti (heavily overclocked) I can easily play Skyrim heavly modded on Ultra settings at 50-60 fps no problem. Fallout 4 which runs off the same engine, and looks worse, I can barely snag 30 fps during some combat situations on the low graphics preset. It's an absolute joke.    … Expand
  50. kingofpol
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    its a terrible game in general. Removed everything good about fallout then add **** AI and tie FPS with ENGINE SPEED and you have yourself fallout4.

    DO NOT BUY THIS
  51. longneck
    Nov 11, 2015
    5
    5/10, It's not a horrible game that deserves a 2/10 like duke nukem forever, but like duke nukem forever it fell into the same overhyped but underwhelming game release.

    First off what the game gets right - Shooting/combat, FO4 is light years better than NV or FO3 in this regard. HOWEVER, Fallout games have never been primarily FPS arcade shooter; Bethesda **** the bed on any RPG-like    5/10, It's not a horrible game that deserves a 2/10 like duke nukem forever, but like duke nukem forever it fell into the same overhyped but underwhelming game release.

    First off what the game gets right
    - Shooting/combat, FO4 is light years better than NV or FO3 in this regard. HOWEVER, Fallout games have never been primarily FPS arcade shooter; Bethesda **** the bed on any RPG-like aspects of the game. Everything else is sadly pretty much a disappointment.

    First off: Optimization. I play skryim with a TON of mods, and it still gets a smooth 60fps and it looks nicer than fallout 4. Why the constant dipping between 30 and 60? My PC plays pretty much any other game, including witcher 3, on ultra with 60fps.

    Secondly - The controls are AWFUL. I gave up and resorted to playing with an xbox controller, as the PC controls were simply too awkward and clunky. This should not be happening with any game, period. Especially a RPG.

    Thirdly - The gameplay. Please give Fallout back to Obsidian. The perk system / leveling up is more call of duty than fallout in nature, what was a fantastic system has been heavily reduced to this oversimplified, scape-goat of a leveling system. Voice acting, while heavily hyped by media, turned out (surprise surprise) to be a huge negative. Immersion is wrecked, and the dialogue choices are seriously **** pathetic. You're answers for pretty much everything is **** "please, tell me more" "yes" or "no." That along with a voiced protagonist more or less kills any immersion. In Fallout NV and Fallout 3, a lot of people, myself included, liked the role playing aspect. I would play first as a cowboy with a heart of gold, then replay as a savage heavy artillery warlord. Fallout 4 removed any aspect of this, and replaced it with... well... lazy voice acting at best?

    Lastly, the story. Just stop Bethesda, please for the love of god, please just leave Fallout alone. Story has never really been Bethesda's strong suit, but this games lack of it is... well... astounding for a new AAA release. If they decide to continue making RPG like games, they need to REALLY hire some decent writers, or contract out the story part to another studio.

    I rated the game 5/10 because while not a horrible game on its own, it stands up to absolutely nothing fallout has ever been as a franchise. Seriously, if you're a fallout fan, just wait and buy it on when its on sale. If you're a huge fan of meaningless sandbox FPS's, ala RAGE, then give it a try, sure, but be prepared to be disappointed.    … Expand
  52. TheVindelator
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    Did you like Fallout 3? Do you want more of that? If the answer is yes, this game's for you. I don't think it revolutionizes anything but it does make small improvements upon the original.
  53. Kutanoid
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Fallout ? This is Fallout ???? This is some kind of joke. I've played Fallout 1, 2, 3 , 3 NV and i admire that some parts was better, some was worse but now it's hard to call this piece of crap a Fallout.
  54. kamgeforce
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    Disappointing. Like a casual mode for Fallout 3, pretty much everything was simplified, some mechanics are gone completely, like reputation system. Doge is nice, but wont save it. Plot is weak, dialogues are even weaker. I am really sorry I didnt wait and bought the game for full price, if Witcher 3 is worth 60 bucks with all the content, this game should cost 15 at max.
  55. TheDutchTexan
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I am a big fan of the FallOut franchise, but this game has given that a huge black eye. I have tried all the known fixes, yet it continues to crash as soon as I hit "new game". This leads me to believe that not my hardware, but the games software into blame, otherwise the engine wouldn't have run from the get go. I run a 4790k, 16Gb RAM, XFX 280 3Gb DD and Win7 Ultimate. More than enoughI am a big fan of the FallOut franchise, but this game has given that a huge black eye. I have tried all the known fixes, yet it continues to crash as soon as I hit "new game". This leads me to believe that not my hardware, but the games software into blame, otherwise the engine wouldn't have run from the get go. I run a 4790k, 16Gb RAM, XFX 280 3Gb DD and Win7 Ultimate. More than enough horsepower to run the game. The auto config even set it to ultra when I first started it. I still remember how exited I got when I read that. That excitement has understandably been replaced by resentment.

    If you have this problem I would suggest refunding the game before you hit your 2 hour play limit. I went over due to the fact I wanted to try everything to get it to work, and as such my refund is still pending and might be denied by Steam for having to much playtime. "Playtime" that only got me exited once, when I saw that power armor in the shop, and the camera panning around it. Once I hit "new game" it was all done.

    I wish I could give it a 10/10. But it being a non starter deserves the 0.0 score.    … Expand
  56. Treboras
    Nov 11, 2015
    2
    This is the biggest disappointment in gaming for me in years!
    - The UI is horrendously complicated. It reacts slow and does not make good use of space! Everything is too big and you don't have enough information on the screen at once.
    - the story is dull and lifeless - the animations are sometimes quite creepy to watch - character customization is extensive but complicated and badly    This is the biggest disappointment in gaming for me in years!
    - The UI is horrendously complicated. It reacts slow and does not make good use of space! Everything is too big and you don't have enough information on the screen at once.
    - the story is dull and lifeless
    - the animations are sometimes quite creepy to watch
    - character customization is extensive but complicated and badly ported from console
    - weird mouse acceleration (can be turned off via config tweak)
    - not enough role-play elements; seems like an FPS

    + graphics are okay but outdated
    + the beginning was nicely done
    + good voice acting!    … Expand
  57. racer999
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    A huge disappointment is how I would word my feelings after seeing what has become of the Fallout series.

    - Rather lacking graphics for a 2015 game (just look at Witcher 3 - that's how an AAA title should look like) - Dumbed down Mass Effect lookalike dialog system (the "Sarcastic" option deserves an additional mention as choosing this option can cause unpredictable results) -    A huge disappointment is how I would word my feelings after seeing what has become of the Fallout series.

    - Rather lacking graphics for a 2015 game (just look at Witcher 3 - that's how an AAA title should look like)
    - Dumbed down Mass Effect lookalike dialog system (the "Sarcastic" option deserves an additional mention as choosing this option can cause unpredictable results)
    - Character progression has also been dumbed down,
    - Poor enemy and NPC AI.
    - Story writing is probably the worst one of all of Bethesda's games.
    - All the bugs you can or cannot handle.

    All in all it sits somewhere between F:3 and F:NV and after seeing what a HUGE improvement Skyrim was over Oblivion as well as the fantastic marketing campaign for F:4 I expected this to be the much sought improvement as well. Instead it is overall barely a slightly better F:3 (a 2008 game!!!). By today's standards it is a failure.

    PS. How on earth did the "official" critics not notice all these flaws?    … Expand
  58. oumajgad
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    Take Fallout game. Remove Fallout from it and put Borderlands in that place. This would be perfect description of what Fallout 4 is and what it isn't.
    As a shooter it's decent. But as next game from Fallout franchise which supposed to be RPG it's a joke. Many people already pointed out lack of skills, karma, items degradation, hardcore mode. Every great thing from Fallout 1,2 and NV was    Take Fallout game. Remove Fallout from it and put Borderlands in that place. This would be perfect description of what Fallout 4 is and what it isn't.
    As a shooter it's decent. But as next game from Fallout franchise which supposed to be RPG it's a joke. Many people already pointed out lack of skills, karma, items degradation, hardcore mode. Every great thing from Fallout 1,2 and NV was removed and replaced with mechanics taken from other games: we got Borderlands-ish perks, Sims - Wasteland and graphics from 2009 games.

    There are more flaws. Everything is needed. Good thing isn't it? Well, not exactly. Everything can be broken down which basically means there is no thrill that happens when You find something cool. Remember when You first picked Gauss Rifle in F2? Not gonna happen in F4 because here You already build yourself better gun with 100 coffee cups and 50 tin cans.

    Next terrible thing will be UI. It's one huge mess designed with consoles in mind. You are lefty and You want to rebind numkeys? Good luck. You are right handed and You want to use keyboard to choose dialogue options? Use arrows instead of WSAD. Basically everything about UI and controls is made in worst possible way.

    Graphics. Well, good RPG doesn't need good graphics. Problem is that F4 isn't good RPG. It also lacks good graphics. It's basically refreshed F3. Still, in my opinion it's simply wrong to release game in late 2015 with graphics on 2010 level.

    And my biggest issue. Game is simply boring. No arguments here. It's just personal feeling.    … Expand
  59. R_LEE_ERMEY
    Nov 11, 2015
    5
    This is not ground breaking. The engine is clearly dated, character animations are extremely poor and its basically skyrim in the future. The controls are dumbed down console based controls that make you want to scream. That being said the gameplay and what makes the open world genre so fun. It still is just dang fun! It sticks to the winning formula and slightly improved on it. I wasThis is not ground breaking. The engine is clearly dated, character animations are extremely poor and its basically skyrim in the future. The controls are dumbed down console based controls that make you want to scream. That being said the gameplay and what makes the open world genre so fun. It still is just dang fun! It sticks to the winning formula and slightly improved on it. I was hoping for a bigger more interesting play area. They really need to develop a next generation engine similar to ARMA 3 so the scale is realistic and allow for some open world encounters.

    But all the negativity aside, they did stick to what they did best and so far it provides plenty of exploration, gunplay, dialog and interesting stories to engage in.

    The price in Canada was very steep for a AAA game. I'm hoping modders will take the building aspect of this game to the next level so it makes it worth the investment of almost $100 for a GAME.    … Expand
  60. Pormon
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    Le pongo un poco un 10 no porque se lo merezca, con 8,5 estaba bien, sino por ver que llevaba un 4,7. Totalmente lamentable con un montón de 0 injustificables.
    Si un avión fuese un 10 en la escala de medios de transporte, un 0 se le da a viajar encima de una piedra.
  61. spacemoses
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    I was initially overwhelmed with all of the features in the game such as the armor/weapon modding and settlement building. I also felt a little overwhelmed on some of the first quests, getting that "slow the f*ck down" feeling. This gave way soon after getting accustomed to everything and now the more I play it, the more I am enjoying it. I have about 12 hours on it now .

    What I    I was initially overwhelmed with all of the features in the game such as the armor/weapon modding and settlement building. I also felt a little overwhelmed on some of the first quests, getting that "slow the f*ck down" feeling. This gave way soon after getting accustomed to everything and now the more I play it, the more I am enjoying it. I have about 12 hours on it now .

    What I like:
    - The gunplay is fantastic
    - The world design is fantastic
    - The character models for armor and clothing are fantastic (minus the holstered weapons, which I don't really care about but some do)
    - The crafting system in general, how items are composed of basic components you use for mods and structures
    - The music is great

    What could use improvement
    - The character facial graphics, they just aren't as good as one might expect
    - Survival difficulty is not the NV hardcore mode    … Expand
  62. CMur
    Nov 11, 2015
    7
    I was a huge fan of all of the games in the series. This game is not in the spirit of it's predecessors but is still a pretty decent game. It's probably closer to a Borderlands type game than a Fallout game. The graphics are allright, definitely an improvement over fallout 3. Weapon customization is cool but not nearly as in-depth as you may have been lead to believe. I've only set up aI was a huge fan of all of the games in the series. This game is not in the spirit of it's predecessors but is still a pretty decent game. It's probably closer to a Borderlands type game than a Fallout game. The graphics are allright, definitely an improvement over fallout 3. Weapon customization is cool but not nearly as in-depth as you may have been lead to believe. I've only set up a single settlement so I can't comment too much on that.… Expand
  63. foxsipher
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    great game, don`t mind witcher fan boys trying to talk **** about the game
    Fallout 3 already was moving the series away from an RPG and I think the majority would agree it was the right decision. New Vegas was more of a shooter than Fallout 3 was and I enjoyed it more. Just felt more natural.
    The label of the game doesn't really matter. Fallout works very well as an action game and    great game, don`t mind witcher fan boys trying to talk **** about the game
    Fallout 3 already was moving the series away from an RPG and I think the majority would agree it was the right decision. New Vegas was more of a shooter than Fallout 3 was and I enjoyed it more. Just felt more natural.

    The label of the game doesn't really matter. Fallout works very well as an action game and Bethesda isn't trying to shoehorn in arbitrary RPG gameplay mechanics that are not a natural fit. If this means less of an RPG feel then so be it.    … Expand
  64. ErobererZim
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    First impressions after 10 hours of gameplay - this game awesome. It's even better then I imagined, no doubt the best game I have played for years, and I'm not even a Fallout fanboy, I'm just a regular fan of the Fallout franchise. Like, this game is the **** there is a reason why 400k people played it day1 on Steam (which is a new record and even bet GTA5). Now let's start with the goodFirst impressions after 10 hours of gameplay - this game awesome. It's even better then I imagined, no doubt the best game I have played for years, and I'm not even a Fallout fanboy, I'm just a regular fan of the Fallout franchise. Like, this game is the **** there is a reason why 400k people played it day1 on Steam (which is a new record and even bet GTA5). Now let's start with the good stuff, shall we?

    -very polished, only 2 locations with minor framerate drops, otherwise 60fps 24/7 and I encountert only one single glitch, where a raider refused to stop bleeding
    -big and dense map to explore
    -story had a good entertaining start
    -shooting mechanics have improved significantly (without neglecting other aspects of the game)
    - the violence is delicious
    -difficultys are well balanced, I'm playing on hard right now, and got oneshoted a couple of times by mines and grenades
    -powerarmour, holy cow this thing is fun. Not only is the armour very fun to use, it is also very strong, yet you can't abuse it for it's running on some fusion cores that are very rare. Also it's destroyable and even has a damage modell.for it's different parts
    -modding is crazy, you're just picking up all the junk you find in the world and craft some cool chems or mods from it, like MacGyver, lol
    -voiced protagonist, new dialogue system and new (Bioshock like) lootsystem are improving the flow of the game, without dumbing it down. I hardly can remember a dialogue where I wasn't able to convince, persuade or force a person to give me more onformations and/or rewards. Charisma is viable now.
    -animations have improved as well, no longer will npcs just stand infront of you while you're talking to them, they are always doing something, always moving
    -little things like the waterdrops on your Powerarmor-HUD, animations when you drink from a river or when your character hacks sucksessfully a terminal he's always respondig to it, and to other actions.
    -weathersystem is great as well, you have rain, fog and even radiated storms

    The bad stuff
    -dialogues and characters could have done better, it's still an improvement over Skyrim
    -it appears that the map is a bit smaller then Skyrim, can't imagine I'll need actually 400 hours to finish everything    … Expand
  65. Number213
    Nov 11, 2015
    2
    Bethesda is one of the worst game developers ever. Why bother with optimisation, graphics, innovation and stability? Let's take Fallout 3, dumb it down, remove half of features, improve graphics a little bit (while **** up game performance) and sell it as a new game.
  66. Psychotrip
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Are there trolls out there posting zeroes for no reason? Of course! But there are also trolls posting 10's for no reason. This happens with EVERY popular game.

    There's a reason Fallout 4 has such a low user score: a lot of people just don't like it. Does that mean others can't like it? Of course not. But too many people are writing off our criticisms as trolling. PLEASE: stop    Are there trolls out there posting zeroes for no reason? Of course! But there are also trolls posting 10's for no reason. This happens with EVERY popular game.

    There's a reason Fallout 4 has such a low user score: a lot of people just don't like it.

    Does that mean others can't like it? Of course not.

    But too many people are writing off our criticisms as trolling.

    PLEASE: stop pretending the only people who don't like this game don't like Fallout or bethesda games. This is closed-minded thinking and doesn't lead to a substantive discussion. I've been a Bethesda fan my entire life, but I'm getting tired of these same problems popping up over and over. A lot of people are angry at SPECIFIC perfectly valid things,

    -like the game crashing on startup
    -like frame rate being tied to simulation speed (which is impossible to fix without working from the ground up)
    -things like the dialogue system
    -things like the terrible AI (which was in previous games sure, but don't you think games should improve?)
    -the cliche story
    -uninspired characters

    There's a lot of legitimate complaints here.

    We are just as devoted as fans as you. We just don't like something you like. That's it.    … Expand
  67. icextend
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Pros
    +character creation
    +the name
    +nice Fallout 4 S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Video Series

    Cons
    -poor graphics, blurry textures, nothing more than a moded fallout 3
    -clunky animations at the level of 2007
    -extremely small map size of 1.2 square miles
    -RIP skill points and RPG system
    -console peasant style dialogues
    -tries to be a Witcher 3, but fails to reach Witcher 1
  68. XmasonX
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    I thought game would be great, BOY was I WRONG. BGS removed a lot of features which made Fallout Fallout and what made me enjoy BGS games like Fallout 3 and F: NV was armor breaking and at least companions can die. NOW? Whoa BGS disappointed me.

    I have 1 pro for this game, MODS! I don't think mods will make me buy BGS next game too much automatic features playing the game for you. Like    I thought game would be great, BOY was I WRONG. BGS removed a lot of features which made Fallout Fallout and what made me enjoy BGS games like Fallout 3 and F: NV was armor breaking and at least companions can die. NOW? Whoa BGS disappointed me.

    I have 1 pro for this game, MODS! I don't think mods will make me buy BGS next game too much automatic features playing the game for you. Like the unkillable companions.    … Expand
  69. Cransoon
    Nov 11, 2015
    7
    Fallout 4 is one of those games that is enjoyable to play in spite of itself. A PC port lacking fundamental options (I had to edit 2 separate .ini files to change the FOV and turn off Mouse Acceleration), a UI optimized for consoles, and a LOT of bugs all try desperately to make it so you won't have a good time. In my first 6 hours of play, I lost at least an hour of progress due to aFallout 4 is one of those games that is enjoyable to play in spite of itself. A PC port lacking fundamental options (I had to edit 2 separate .ini files to change the FOV and turn off Mouse Acceleration), a UI optimized for consoles, and a LOT of bugs all try desperately to make it so you won't have a good time. In my first 6 hours of play, I lost at least an hour of progress due to a mixture of bugs that locked up the game (always quicksave before using a terminal), and a horribly sporadic autosaving system. Additionally, the movement feels extremely dated. The AP you use to activate VATS also serves as a stamina meter that you use up while running (a la Skyrim). That's right, a stamina meter that gates how long you can run, in an open world game where 90% of your time is going to be spent running. I didn't like the mechanic in Skyrim, and I like it even less now.

    But despite all of that, I find myself about 10 hours in, and wanting to play more of it, once I finish writting this review. The fundamental exploration is solid, the crafting system is interesting, and actually gives me a justification to pick up literally everything I possibly can, and the settlement system seems to have a decent amount of potential. The shooting is actually serviceable, compared to Fallout 3, but you'll still likely find yourself going into VATS on certain enemies with erratic movement patterns to try and conserve ammo.

    Basically, I think that if you didn't like Fallout 3, there's almost no way you'll like Fallout 4. If you wanted to like Fallout 3, but couldn't because of the shooting mechanics/VATS, then you'll probably have a good time here. If you loved Fallout 3, and want more, then this is the game for you, but just know what you're getting yourself into. This is not a perfect game, or even a fantastic game in the year 2015, despite what many reviewers have said. Go back to 2011 or 2008, and my opinion would likely be different, but in 2015 I think this is a really solid exploration FPS/RPG with a lot of problems. If you're on the fence about this game, then don't get it now. I don't think I'd have a hard time recommending the game for $40, but $60 is just a bit steep (imo) for how many problems it has    … Expand
  70. senopah
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    I had a little bit of trouble getting it to work properly at the start but I've just played the last 10 hours straight and this game is fantastic.

    Yes, they've changed some things from the last go-around but despite all of the complaints on here, it's a great game that still very much has that Fallout feel. I think it comes in right behind The Witcher 3 on my favorite games of 2015.
  71. Jenron
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    I love this game. I haven't been able to put it down. The graphics are phenomenal and so much detail has gone into them. I'm looking forward to the DLC in the future, but for now I'm captivated with this. The quest line is engaging and fun and the scenery is just beautiful
  72. help
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    basically **** meme trash. waste of money. will take it back and use the money to kill myself, consoles have so many glitches, the crafting is cancer, guns are weak and yeah all round 10/10 meme, good work todd meme lord.
  73. zxj4k3xz
    Nov 11, 2015
    9
    Absolutely amazing game. The gun-play is much better than old fallout games, the perks system is much improved, the graphics are gorgeous, and the crafting system is fantastic. If some bugs get squashed, I'm giving this a 10, but until then, the game is a solid 9.
  74. ekolet
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Complete garbage.
    **** console port, **** graphics, **** story, **** gameplay. This is not fallout, this is first person farmville.
    I don't even know why I expected anything good from these guys when the last good game they made was morrowind.
  75. mike87
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Clunky controls
    Interface design isn't the best
    Outdated graphics (like really outdated, I mean come on it's almost 2016) Doesn't really feel like a RPG (both story and dialogues are the worst in the series, also boring NPCs) Skill system - gone Boring side quests AI is pretty bad For an openworld game the map is really small and dull In general this game feels like brainless    Clunky controls
    Interface design isn't the best
    Outdated graphics (like really outdated, I mean come on it's almost 2016)
    Doesn't really feel like a RPG (both story and dialogues are the worst in the series, also boring NPCs)
    Skill system - gone
    Boring side quests
    AI is pretty bad
    For an openworld game the map is really small and dull
    In general this game feels like brainless shooter with Fallout name slapped on it
    Overhyped title exploiting once great franchise
    Even bigger disappointment than FO3 (I am not saying FO 3 is better, but NV actually is way way better than FO4)
    If you are fan of a Fallout games better stay away from this one and go back to NV until modders find a way to fix this one
    I can't believe Bethesda screw it up so hard    … Expand
  76. Eero94
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Unfortunately this game is major disappointment after Fallout: New Vegas (made by Obsidian) which was vastly superior in quests, dialogue and storytelling. Bethesda doesn't make RPGs anymore they make sandboxes, I wish Obsidian would have made this game instead. Optimization is bad I get weird stutters all the time in city area with i5 and GTX 970 and there is no excuse when Witcher 3Unfortunately this game is major disappointment after Fallout: New Vegas (made by Obsidian) which was vastly superior in quests, dialogue and storytelling. Bethesda doesn't make RPGs anymore they make sandboxes, I wish Obsidian would have made this game instead. Optimization is bad I get weird stutters all the time in city area with i5 and GTX 970 and there is no excuse when Witcher 3 looked better graphics wise and ran a lot better than this title.… Expand
  77. BigBoss60
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    The most overhyped piece of **** i've ever seen in video game history.

    Where are the bethesdrones to defend this crap? This is pure cash grab. Horribly optimized, boring quests, useless building construction, useless companion and one of the worst AI of this generation. The story is generic, there's only 4 choices per situation,which have no real impact on the game. There is no karma    The most overhyped piece of **** i've ever seen in video game history.

    Where are the bethesdrones to defend this crap?

    This is pure cash grab. Horribly optimized, boring quests, useless building construction, useless companion and one of the worst AI of this generation. The story is generic, there's only 4 choices per situation,which have no real impact on the game. There is no karma system, everything that made Fallout identity is gone to oblivion...Eh, talking about oblivion, did you know that this piece of dirt use the SAME engine as Oblivion and other bethesda games between them, like Skyrim? The Gamebryo engine since 2006! Yeah, ladies and gentlemen, two-thousand and **** six. AND STILL, the optimization, people.
    This is like the Bethesda optimization team was made of a bunch of monkeys smashing the keybord of their goddamn PC. I have a 120hz monitor on my PC. And when i have a 120hz monitor, you understand that i want to play in 120fps, right? The problem is, of course i can play beyond 60fps, there is no 60fps cap...BUT...a better framerate in this doesn't mean a smother game, no, it means a SPEEDED UP game, and yes it also means that console 30fps versions runs SLOWED DOWN because the normal speed is 60fps. Like a emulated game, damn it. Lip-scyncing is bad, animations are bad, the voice acting is bad.
    The quests are boring are repetitive, the NPCs have no personality. And the ending...

    No, don't pre-order games anymore guys, don't be that idiot. I'm not buying Bethesda games anymore.    … Expand
  78. ChaffToxicS
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    Game is not fun at all. It just doesn't feel right without you're gear breaking and maintaining for repairs. Companions being immortal is bad too. Bethesda has entered the COD realm, my last purchase from now.
  79. pleksivolokno40
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Pile of crap this scale I've never seen... Forget the brand atmosphere, gameplay balance, role-playing system and all that you know about the fallout - a farm simulator crossed with titanfall [2]
  80. nanabas
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    I have been a long time Fallout fan, and this iteration did not disappoint. Many are saying that it is just an action shooter, and not an RPG. I disagree. Now, has the series changed since the original game? Sure it has! The difference between the early Fallout games and and the restart of the serious with Fallout 3 immense. Though, Fallout 3 was an incredible game. Change isn't alwaysI have been a long time Fallout fan, and this iteration did not disappoint. Many are saying that it is just an action shooter, and not an RPG. I disagree. Now, has the series changed since the original game? Sure it has! The difference between the early Fallout games and and the restart of the serious with Fallout 3 immense. Though, Fallout 3 was an incredible game. Change isn't always bad, and the changes made in Fallout 4 represent a further evolution of the game, not a ruining of a series. This has been the first game in a long time that has not disappointed me at release.… Expand
  81. edwardblack
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    I am not going to talk about the technical aspects at all since this is a bethesda game and the fact that it runs at all on release is a small miracle in itself (though to be fair the engine seems promising,i am sure it will be playable and enjoyable even in 4-6 months,give or take), i am going to focus on what i personally consider important, namely gameplay, atmosphere and other suchI am not going to talk about the technical aspects at all since this is a bethesda game and the fact that it runs at all on release is a small miracle in itself (though to be fair the engine seems promising,i am sure it will be playable and enjoyable even in 4-6 months,give or take), i am going to focus on what i personally consider important, namely gameplay, atmosphere and other such unneeded things which bethesda tried to "streamline".
    First of all,this is not an rpg in any sense,its a mediocre shooter with (light) rpg elements set in the fallout universe designed for consoles with the pc "port" feeling as an afterthought. Everything we loved in previous game is gone (yes,i am one of the masochists who actually enjoyed FO3), no skill system, no 100s of perks to personalize our character, no survival mode.What we get instead is a half baked building system ,a new power armor system (which is one of the few good things in this abomination imo) and (finally!) cats.
    The dialogue has been replaced by a choice system (namely yes no maybe sarcasm) without any effect on gameplay , not that you actually want to talk to any of the npcs,mind, everyone and everything is mind-numbingly boring without the personality and stories we were used to.
    Atmosphere-wise this is one of the worse games i've seen this decade, there are a ton of places to explore but you don't have any reason to (at ~12 hours in game most of which was spent hoarding junk and planting carrots i have enough stuff to build a megacity and enough weapons to invade russia) ,gone are the little stories you discovered in previous games by looking around,everything (with the notable exception of the airship) is a generic lootfest with enemies spawing out of the ether, magical mutating bosses and... i am sure you get the idea.
    tl;dr if you were smart enough to not preorder (unlike yours truly,i even got the season pass) stay as far away as possible and get it next Christmas on sale.    … Expand
  82. AlexChauvin
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    Fallout 4 was a good game but, it did not live up to the hype surrounding it. As the follow up to two fantastic RPGs it was always going to be a difficult task and with the whole Fallout fan base waiting this only made it more difficult. I found the graphics to be okay, they were very similar to the graphics of 3 and NV but they felt new and fresh. The locked framerate, although unstableFallout 4 was a good game but, it did not live up to the hype surrounding it. As the follow up to two fantastic RPGs it was always going to be a difficult task and with the whole Fallout fan base waiting this only made it more difficult. I found the graphics to be okay, they were very similar to the graphics of 3 and NV but they felt new and fresh. The locked framerate, although unstable at times, was mostly consistent and I rarely noticed when it struggled. The story wasn't too bad either although predictable at times. To conclude, Fallout 4 is a good game but not necessarily a good Fallout game.… Expand
  83. Mannhorse
    Nov 11, 2015
    9
    Minus one for a few bugs here and there. Fallout 4 is an amazing game, and don't ever let the red color of the user score steer you from purchasing this game! The companions are more interesting than ever, almost reaching Bioware levels. The graphics are nice to look at, although a bit cartoony.
  84. madflyingduck
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    Let me start by saying this game is not the best of all time, however it is certainly not nearly as bad as the 0/10 reviews everyone is giving it. Let's be honest, how bad does a game have to be to be rated 0/10. Most of these reviews are simply overly critical, just because the games main plot is a bit bland and it isn't the best optimized game in existence doesn't take away from theLet me start by saying this game is not the best of all time, however it is certainly not nearly as bad as the 0/10 reviews everyone is giving it. Let's be honest, how bad does a game have to be to be rated 0/10. Most of these reviews are simply overly critical, just because the games main plot is a bit bland and it isn't the best optimized game in existence doesn't take away from the highly intricate world that Bethesda have created. All in all I haven't played enough yet to leave more a review but I can tell you one thing, do not make your decision over this game over these highly biased reviews. Try it yourself for an hour on steam, and if you don't like it, refund it.… Expand
  85. miker00lz
    Nov 11, 2015
    7
    The game is fairly good. I was a huge fan of Fallout 3. New Vegas not so much. This is a step in the right direction compared to NV. However, compared to FO3, the story/dialogue/quests are on the dull side. That said, I'm only about 2 hours of gameplay in. It may improve later on. I have noticed the companion AI can be a little glitchy, but it's generally not too bad.

    The graphics    The game is fairly good. I was a huge fan of Fallout 3. New Vegas not so much. This is a step in the right direction compared to NV. However, compared to FO3, the story/dialogue/quests are on the dull side. That said, I'm only about 2 hours of gameplay in. It may improve later on. I have noticed the companion AI can be a little glitchy, but it's generally not too bad.

    The graphics though? Oh man, the graphics... they are absolutely unacceptable for a PC game in 2015. Hell, they're unacceptable for a PC game in 2012. GTA 4 and Dead Space from 2008 look far better. Luckily, I don't care and can look past it, but too many people can't these days since we have been spoiled in recent years. This really needs to be fixed in the next Fallout game, Bethesda. Did you even try? Hardly any better than Fallout 3.

    Not sure what the deal is with people saying the game is instable though, I've had zero stability issues and it's lightning fast. Try upgrading your video drivers? I don't know what else to say. That's always a risk for developers making PC games. The hardware, unlike a game console, can be considerably different from system to system and you can't always account for every configuration so there are bound to be some people with problems that later get patched. Comes with the territory.    … Expand
  86. vichart1
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    Stepping into Power armor, ripping a mini gun from a down chopper and using it to mow down a deathclaw... how can you not love that! Ok the graphics are a little dated, but I'm sure when the mod tool is released the PC version will look even better. I've played for about 7 hours and this game is very much inline with Fallout 3 and New Vegas. The atmosphere and game play are great! The UIStepping into Power armor, ripping a mini gun from a down chopper and using it to mow down a deathclaw... how can you not love that! Ok the graphics are a little dated, but I'm sure when the mod tool is released the PC version will look even better. I've played for about 7 hours and this game is very much inline with Fallout 3 and New Vegas. The atmosphere and game play are great! The UI is a little clunky to begin with but is fine after a few minutes of play. The RPG aspect is similar to the other games. Not huge character building like Skyrim, but a slimmed down perk based system. Creating/crafting settlements is a great new feature that I'm really enjoying. It finally makes picking up all that junk in the wasteland worth it!

    Overall I feel if you liked Fallout3/NV, this is a good continuation set in Boston with slightly modified leveling system and a "slow motion" VATS targeting system. AI, voice acting, linear main quest, are all very similar. I'm having fun and enjoying the game so far. And like Skyrim, Fallout3/NV, I can't wait to start loading some mods!    … Expand
  87. Shmorgan
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    Terrible game, invincible companions armor and weapons don't break. Not worth the purchase. I thought it would be fun to play, boy was I wrong removal of gear being able to break does not make if fun. Invincible companions is the worst design decision EVER by BGS. You thought Skyrim's protected companions was worse? Think again. No more purchases from BethSoft from me.
  88. farrellj0814
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    No need to go into detail here. We were expecting an RPG game but instead we got a FPS with a few perks to unlock. Dialog sucks. Graphics suck (for 2015). Don't Buy it.
  89. Sean_Alexander
    Nov 11, 2015
    2
    Fallout 4 might be great for console players who are used to a lack of playable depth and simplified controls. However, it is a big disappointment for us PC enthusiasts because it lacks the depth of New Vegas from several years ago. Fallout 4's underwhelming graphics and dumbed-down complexity make it a clear miss compared to previous Bethesda gems like New Vegas and Skyrim. Fallout 4Fallout 4 might be great for console players who are used to a lack of playable depth and simplified controls. However, it is a big disappointment for us PC enthusiasts because it lacks the depth of New Vegas from several years ago. Fallout 4's underwhelming graphics and dumbed-down complexity make it a clear miss compared to previous Bethesda gems like New Vegas and Skyrim. Fallout 4 reminds me more of ESO than Fallout, and that's a real bummer.… Expand
  90. Dalz
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    constant crashes with a nvidia 970
    SPECIAL rework is **** compared to old
    No more karma system

    This is just a fps game (with boring plot and npc) and very far away from F1 F2 and even F3NV

    Maybe Bethesda like trolling and should have named F4 CoD edition or Farcry edition
  91. epoc1337
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    A huge disappointment. Pre-purchased the Game, installed and boom. It doesnt even launch. Even after several clean installs of several driver settings, nothing. I got meanwhile my money back from Steam support. Never again Bethesda.
  92. tibs2403
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    The voice acting hinders on role-playing. The dialogue options are abhorent. Most of the time you can't make out what the MC might say beforehand. Note that I'm calling him the Main Character. and not "you". This is no longer an RPG. Animations have been recycled from Fallout 3 and Skyrim. The graphics are last-gen. They lied about minimum requirements. They lied about no loading screensThe voice acting hinders on role-playing. The dialogue options are abhorent. Most of the time you can't make out what the MC might say beforehand. Note that I'm calling him the Main Character. and not "you". This is no longer an RPG. Animations have been recycled from Fallout 3 and Skyrim. The graphics are last-gen. They lied about minimum requirements. They lied about no loading screens anywhere. Fetch quests. The settlement system is mundane and gets real boring real quick. "Taken" story with a sub-par twist.
    Let. Obsidian. Make. A. Good. Game. Again.    … Expand
  93. Kaapa123
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    Just your average Bethesda release riddled with bugs and disappointment. This reminded me of Skyrim's pc release all over again. Awful bugs, awful performance, awful UI and pc support. Game is fine, nothing ground breaking, graphics are okay ish, combat is good, dialogue is mediocre at best, crafting, building and the story are all good. Wasteland looks ugly, and the lighting in someJust your average Bethesda release riddled with bugs and disappointment. This reminded me of Skyrim's pc release all over again. Awful bugs, awful performance, awful UI and pc support. Game is fine, nothing ground breaking, graphics are okay ish, combat is good, dialogue is mediocre at best, crafting, building and the story are all good. Wasteland looks ugly, and the lighting in some places looks really off to me. Most of these issues can easily be fixed with mods, so theres definitely potential for a great game. In the meantime its just a terrible release.… Expand
  94. Ivan
    Nov 11, 2015
    7
    Mi aspettavo molto di piu' e non dico solo graficamente. La versione PC soffre di molti problemi. Gli fps a 1440p sulla mia GTX 970 passano da 80 a 45 in alcune zone. Spesso le conversazioni si bloccano e sono costretto a ricaricare la partita. Lo sli non e' compreso, c' e' una guida esterna per attivarlo ma sulla gtx 970 porta solo piu' problemi e crash. Le animazione sono le stesse diMi aspettavo molto di piu' e non dico solo graficamente. La versione PC soffre di molti problemi. Gli fps a 1440p sulla mia GTX 970 passano da 80 a 45 in alcune zone. Spesso le conversazioni si bloccano e sono costretto a ricaricare la partita. Lo sli non e' compreso, c' e' una guida esterna per attivarlo ma sulla gtx 970 porta solo piu' problemi e crash. Le animazione sono le stesse di fallout 3, il gioco e' lo stesso di fallout 3 ma molto meno originale . I progressi fatti con New Vegas a livello di reputazione,karma e la famosa modalita' duro tutto perso. Adesso abbiamo le conversazioni simili a Mass Effect, un personaggio parlante e la modalita' costruisci. Tutte cose molto belle a dirsi, peccato che le animazioni legnose e le texture in bassa risoluzione non aiutano certo il coinvolgimento nella trama. Gli sarebbe bastato essere fallout 4 per spiccare invece di avvicinasi ad altre produzione e ai nuovi arrivati che si volevano avvicinare alla serie. Poteva anche riuscirci con un motore di gioco corretto e rivoluzionato, ma in questo si e' solo persa parte della liberta' generale che si respirava nei titoli precedenti. Ci sono anche cose che invece mi stanno piacendo come la possibilta' di modificare armi e armature, molti piu' compagni da cercare, tutti con abilita' uniche ( anche se non tutti carismatici). L' editor del personaggio permette creazioni davvero soddisfacenti. Alcune citta' sono davvero realizzate bene, cosi come le conversazioni con alcuni npc. ( il problema e che con altri npc non appare nemmeno la finestra di dialogo, stanno li tnt per) Passeggiare in giro x il mondo di gioco e' sempre molto divertente. Spaccare la testa a mostri leggendari e tnt cose da raccogliere in giro sulla mappa rimane qualcosa di molto gratificante.. Voto 8 non appena fixano i problemi di fps e aggiungono il supporto sli. Per ora non consiglio il gioco su PC.

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    I expected a lot more. The PC version suffers from many problems. Fps in 1440p on my GTX 970 rose from 80 to 45 in some areas. Often conversations get stuck and I have to reload the game. Sli not 'inclusive.. The animation are the same fallout 3, then play 'the same fallout 3 but much less original. Advances with New Vegas in terms of reputation, karma and the popular mode 'hard all lost. Now we have conversations like Mass Effect, a talking mode and the 'build city system. All very nice things to say, but too bad animations and woody textures in low resolution do not help the involvement in the plot. It had only to be fallout 4 to stand out instead of get near to other productions and newcomers who wanted to bring to the series. He could also succeed with a new game engine and revolutionized correct, but in this you only lost part of freedom' general we breathed in previous titles. There are also things that are willing instead I like the possibility 'to change weapons and armor, many more' comrades to look for, all skilfully 'unique (although not all charismatic). L 'character editor allows creations really satisfactory. Some cities' are really well made, as well as conversations with some NPC. (The problem and that with other NPC does not even appear the dialog box) Walking around the game world and 'always very funny. Their heads bashed in legendary monsters and many things to gather around on the map is something very rewarding .. Rating 8 when they fix issues fps and add support sli.    … Expand
  95. dikiyKOPEK
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I can't believe the Gaming Press is giving this 90% and above across the board. And the negative that they say is its too similar to FO3 or NV. I wish it was similar to those games. New Vegas still outdoes it in every area except graphics. I actually prefer the gunplay in new vegas to be frank, I can at least aim the gun when I want and put it down when I want. Its not a good game. YouI can't believe the Gaming Press is giving this 90% and above across the board. And the negative that they say is its too similar to FO3 or NV. I wish it was similar to those games. New Vegas still outdoes it in every area except graphics. I actually prefer the gunplay in new vegas to be frank, I can at least aim the gun when I want and put it down when I want. Its not a good game. You can't even walk correctly in third person which at least Skyrim was able to do. The UI is just tons of flashing **** in your face, no way to customize, no way to get rid of it without making the game impossible to play. Millions of customizable modded guns? based on a few ****ty generic guns and you cant even holster them or put it down when you want to. This isn't an rpg in any way anymore. I am done with Bethesda. I took the week off of work, and I bought a new pc 6 months ago for Fallout 4. It just makes me want to play new vegas or fallout 3. I'm really disgusted by basically every decision.… Expand
  96. TrevMizer
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This game had the potential to be GOTY. Now I'm not too sure. To many things have been removed, and not enough added. For what reason do the devs have for using the same engine from morrowing if not just pure laziness?
  97. alekseymazgo
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    The dialog system is terrible,the game doesnt have any variation in the dialogues.Compared with the first and second part of this game it has developed into an ordinary shooter for stupid freaks.Вevelopers have taken all the worst aspects of the fallout 3 and made them much worse.
  98. sovietpop
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Generic and soulless, this is how i can describe this game. I am sorry but Bethesda is incompetent about game design. Insignifiant dialog, shallow NPC, just bad design. Comparing Fallout 4 to the original Fallout is like Comparing the Movie Transformer to Solaris from Tarkovski.
    If you like FPS i guess you could like this game but if you are looking for an RPG put your money on :    Generic and soulless, this is how i can describe this game. I am sorry but Bethesda is incompetent about game design. Insignifiant dialog, shallow NPC, just bad design. Comparing Fallout 4 to the original Fallout is like Comparing the Movie Transformer to Solaris from Tarkovski.
    If you like FPS i guess you could like this game but if you are looking for an RPG put your money on : Wasteland 2 , Divinity Original Sin, Pillar of Eternity, The Witcher etc. I wish they just sell the Ip to some other developper.    … Expand
  99. EvilTerrorizer
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    Update:

    So I looked over at Steam reviews.. you know of people that actually played the game, and right now it's 8.8k likes, 2.3k dislikes, which on a strick +1, 0, rating would equal to roughly 8/10. I used to trust Meta-critic, but it seems so wildly detached from reality here that I'm shocked. Anyhow... seems Steam reviews are more reliable. I played the game another 10 hours    Update:

    So I looked over at Steam reviews.. you know of people that actually played the game, and right now it's 8.8k likes, 2.3k dislikes, which on a strick +1, 0, rating would equal to roughly 8/10. I used to trust Meta-critic, but it seems so wildly detached from reality here that I'm shocked. Anyhow... seems Steam reviews are more reliable.

    I played the game another 10 hours past the original review and I like the game even more. The crafting system with regards to Armor, Weapons, City Building (yeah awesome), is just amazing. Stlll no bugs, no slowdown, etc. everything on Ultra quality.

    Character interactions are good, story is interesting so far, and I'm looking forward to playing more.

    Original:

    I have a Win 7-64bit, GTX 970, quad-core i7, 16GB RAM. The game runs as smooth as a hot knife through butter. I've played the Prologue and several hours after that so far. Graphics are great, no stuttering, no issues at all, no bugs ,etc.

    The perk tree is huge, so I'm looking forward to leveling that up. Playing on Survival difficulty. Anyway, if you think I'm just a fanboy then take notice that I hated Fallout NV. I'll update more when I get more game time in, but so far it's what I expected.    … Expand
  100. Slevin310
    Nov 11, 2015
    6
    Giving this game a 3 or lower just seems insane. Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 would be worth a 3. Some broken game that fails to provide enough content to make the game worth the price and considering THPS5 is a full priced game it looks to be a massive failure for even a $10 Arcade game.
    Does Fallout 4 excel beyond its predecessors? No... Fallout 2 and 3 will remain as the highlight of the    Giving this game a 3 or lower just seems insane. Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 would be worth a 3. Some broken game that fails to provide enough content to make the game worth the price and considering THPS5 is a full priced game it looks to be a massive failure for even a $10 Arcade game.
    Does Fallout 4 excel beyond its predecessors? No... Fallout 2 and 3 will remain as the highlight of the series. The reason it falls short is due to the stripped down RPG elements. The game feels more like a FPS action adventure rather than an Open World RPG. Dialog choices rarely have more than 3 words. You get longer dialog chat in Mass Effect 3 than you do in Fallout 4. The perks have been streamlined and it seems characters are less reliant on skills. The story falls short compared to the cinematic experience of Fallout 3 and NV. The game is also severely hindered by bugs and glitches (but that has always been a problem for Fallout).

    Some good aspects would be the shooting, it has more action which is nice and all but the option to go without killing is no longer an option. Charisma is worthless cause you rarely get to persuade people and the story won't make you care much to want to see the different outcomes (if there are any). The weapon modding and crafting system is amazing though! You can completely customize weapons and change their ammo loads too. You can take a gun and tool it around to be a completely different weapon. The exploration is rewarding and the side quest are fun yet simplistic "go shoot these people" which can get repetitive. If this was called something else, if this wasn't tied to Fallout this game might even be considered a great game. But we're fans, we can't help but compare and Fallout 4 just does not live up to that comparison.

    Graphics? Fallout fans should not be whining about graphics, Fallout has never been a series which delivers extremely high end visuals. The Fallout code is simply "gameplay over graphics" so if the gameplay doesn't compensate then yeah I understand.... but where were you all when Fallout 3 came out with rather poor visuals and textures? Didn't care about it huh? Cause the game made up for it.

    This is NOT a 3 out of 10 or lower because 3 usually means a really poorly designed indie game like Day One Garry's Incident or Slaughtering Grounds. It's definitely not a 10 either. If you're a fan of Fallout you might not call this a great game but it still provides a lot of fun entertainment. If the game was bad I could stop playing it but I can't put it down. Although I highly recommend you wait for a GOTY edition where they've fixed the bugs and added in more content.    … Expand
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#31 Best PC Game of 2015
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84

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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