Fallout 4

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  1. Alvord12
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Lies, Lies, more Lies. Todd Howard never changes.

    Played this for about an hour. Textures are extremely horrible, performance is atrocious and the story... oh dear lord! The story is completely bland and boring. You have no emotional attachment to your family, 5 minutes later the wife/husband dies and the baby is stolen. You are then given power armor by people who you meet five minutes    Lies, Lies, more Lies. Todd Howard never changes.

    Played this for about an hour. Textures are extremely horrible, performance is atrocious and the story... oh dear lord! The story is completely bland and boring. You have no emotional attachment to your family, 5 minutes later the wife/husband dies and the baby is stolen. You are then given power armor by people who you meet five minutes ago. I just stopped playing at that point. This game is not worth it.

    Bethesda, if you're reading this ENOUGH WITH THE GAMEBRYO ENGINE. KILL IT WITH FIRE! Stop using this **** engine for games in 2015! And to the Bethesda fanboys, get a life. Fallout 4 is a soulless game with plastic looking character models, dumb AI, shallow fanfiction level story and side characters who you don't give a rats ass about.

    Those who have not yet bought the game, do yourself a favour and keep the money with you. Don't give this lazy, greedy company any more money. They don't deserve it.    … Expand
  2. BlueBangkok
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Bethesda. Bethesda never changes.

    Yet there are still millions of people that pre-order their **** That is nothing short of mind-boggling. Thanks to people like those we get games like Fallout 4. The cycle never ends.
  3. 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.
  4. Bas92
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Bethesda has learned nothing from F:NV and instead further dumbed down FO3. The Witcher 3 shows how far behind FO4 is in terms of world building, interwoven quests and graphics and of course FNV shows what a true cRPG should look like. The writing, voice-acting, companions, main quest and lore are again terrible in this game. Bethesda still has no clue what the old Fallout games were allBethesda has learned nothing from F:NV and instead further dumbed down FO3. The Witcher 3 shows how far behind FO4 is in terms of world building, interwoven quests and graphics and of course FNV shows what a true cRPG should look like. The writing, voice-acting, companions, main quest and lore are again terrible in this game. Bethesda still has no clue what the old Fallout games were all about (really? synthetics all over the place?) Bethesda should have given FO4 to Obsidian and I am giving this a 0 purely for their treatment of Obsidian where they missed a bonus because FNV didn't reach the Metascore target (85/100) by 1 point (and FNV ended up beating FO3 in terms of Steam popularity and user scores everywhere).… Expand
  5. MrJambalaya
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    This game is a dumbed down console port with performance problems.The gameplay feels unfinished and cheap and gameworks makes it even worse this game can't be called an rpg
  6. Ghostmaker66
    Sep 4, 2017
    0
    The creation club is poorly executed and fills up your hard drive with gigs of data weather or not you purchase the content. Don't buy this game until the issues with Creation Club have been resolved.
  7. barbie
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    nothing wrong with the game itself. it is just that compared to other recent open world games (Skyrim, witcher II & III, GTAV, DAI) this one feels ugly and glitchy.

    Witcher III especially set a new standard for video games, and in comparison to that Fallout4 falls flat.
  8. OldSocks
    May 4, 2016
    0
    Game is a bug fest. The latest patch turned it into a grind fest on top of it.. Save your money, its extremely repetitive and not fun. The quests are boring. Expect most of the gameplay to involve collecting junk for crafting, endless hours of it.
  9. SpaceNinja
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    No mouse acceleration option, the X and Y mouse sensitivity is different on default settings, no FOV setting in game. Garbage port. How should i enjoy a game in which not even the mouse basic stuff is working, like the mouse?
  10. ItaJohnson
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    0 is just to cancel out the IDIOTIC 10's. really this game deserves about a 4. im going to put as much effort into this review as bethesda did into the game. sadly i cant recycle 70% of the assets like they have, fortunately i CAN half ass it. if you want details read all the other reviews that arent 10's.
  11. Ernestei
    Feb 6, 2016
    0
    Probably the worst game I've ever played.

    Simple as that.

    When you play it you have the feeling of playing an alpha, it doesn't feel finished. Pure rubbish.
  12. eroeru
    Jan 21, 2016
    0
    Dumbed down to an insult. Exactly what Dragon Age 2 was for DA:O, a braindead mess of a game that not only disappoints but rather insults the fan. Even the dialogue system that used to have lots of different RP options in DA2ised - every option comes down to the exact same effect in the game, said in a badly voice-acted cringe-inducing voice (voiced protag goes against the genre itselfDumbed down to an insult. Exactly what Dragon Age 2 was for DA:O, a braindead mess of a game that not only disappoints but rather insults the fan. Even the dialogue system that used to have lots of different RP options in DA2ised - every option comes down to the exact same effect in the game, said in a badly voice-acted cringe-inducing voice (voiced protag goes against the genre itself really, besides the bad quality). With dialogue and effect that would be thouught out by a 6-year old. The story is bad. No immersion to the world.

    All in all, it's a shooter for the COD fanboy, set in a wasteland. Nothing to do with the original series anymore. Plus, quests have degraded to a MMO standard.

    An absolutely horrible game by a funding/quality standard.    … Expand
  13. BigJimmy1234
    Dec 21, 2015
    0
    - Utterly non immersive. It feels like they came up with some areas and then just slammed them into a bland openworld map
    - Dull story
    - Dire graphics. The game is simply not fit to be called a AAA game in 2015 looking as it does - Shoddy performance - Same bugs as Skyrim. It's nice to know these idiots are learning from past games...oh wait... - 7 years waiting for this junk? What a    - Utterly non immersive. It feels like they came up with some areas and then just slammed them into a bland openworld map
    - Dull story
    - Dire graphics. The game is simply not fit to be called a AAA game in 2015 looking as it does
    - Shoddy performance
    - Same bugs as Skyrim. It's nice to know these idiots are learning from past games...oh wait...
    - 7 years waiting for this junk? What a joke. This game could have easily come out 4 years ago.
    - Far too easy. Within an hour you have power armour and have killed a Deathclaw. Within 3 hours I had killed a legendary deathclaw and got my hands on a Fatboy.
    - Still walled/loading screen separated towns. GTA doesn't need them so why the **** does this shoddy game?

    - No actual choice. Again, this game isn't fit for 2015. Unlike every other rpg out there this game still gives you no choice on how you want to play it. You have to be the good guy and go down the linear storyline. It's horribly dated.

    If this game didn't have Bethesda or Fallout stamped on it, it would have gone straight to bargain bins.    … Expand
  14. Nikkolette
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Dumbed down piece of disappointmet. Awful witing, absolutely perimitive dialogue system. dumbed down leveling, axed skills, dumbed down perks, dumbed down EVERYTHING. Bethesda caters to the lowest common denominator among the gamers - action Call of Duty crowd, to whom reading more than a single paragraph is an affront. Complex sentences makes their head hurt, so Fallout 4 is ideal forDumbed down piece of disappointmet. Awful witing, absolutely perimitive dialogue system. dumbed down leveling, axed skills, dumbed down perks, dumbed down EVERYTHING. Bethesda caters to the lowest common denominator among the gamers - action Call of Duty crowd, to whom reading more than a single paragraph is an affront. Complex sentences makes their head hurt, so Fallout 4 is ideal for using simple phrases.… Expand
  15. iamawesome
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Apparently my review has been deleted.

    Okay. I'll keep it simple this time: dumbed down shooter, unjustified system requirements, dumbed down shooter, unjustified system requirements, dumbed down shooter, unjustified system requirements

    Still 0/10
  16. Ogog
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Do not guy the hard copy of the game, of 25Gig only 5 are on the Dvd. the rest need to be downloaded, costing you more than the price of the game.

    I have asked Bathesda repeatedly for this information, and they ignored me, no doubt a tad guilty over ripping off the fanbase like this.

    combat piracy!? - I'm never buying from them again.
  17. KRHamilton
    Sep 3, 2017
    0
    Bethesda has betrayed their customers by adding extremely overpriced micro-transactions to Fallout 4. This must be opposed, and I urge all game consumers to boycott all ZeniMax and Bethesda games to help stop the proliferation of micro-transactions in full priced games. Fallout 4 is a scam now, don't play it or buy it for the good of our future games.
  18. Luck1N
    Nov 26, 2015
    0
    After playing it for about 15 hours, I finally decided to delete it. After amazing New Vegas, this game is looong step back. I'm not talking about graphics (however, leaving all the work on graphics to moders is just lazy), but the gameplay is average at best (with all the simplifying of character progression system) and the story is just plain dumb.

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

    I was hyped to get this game, and right now I really miss my 60€. Totally not worth it. And totally not worth being called a successor to New Vegas.    … Expand
  19. Kor-Skarn
    Sep 22, 2017
    0
    Paid mods : Bethesda changed and became a greedy company by putting crappy paid mods in the game, mods that you have to download even if you don't want them... do like me, don't bother with their games anymore and boycott them !
  20. MatureGamer
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I know the game has guns, but I didn't know this was an FPS. What happened to this game? Fallout 3 -- Excellent. Fallout NV (I know Beth didn't make it) even better. Skyrim - thousands of hours played. The media that gave this game any score above 75 has failed their audience. As an ARPG it should be rated no higher than 50. I doubt the community can fix this. I hate the over-used phraseI know the game has guns, but I didn't know this was an FPS. What happened to this game? Fallout 3 -- Excellent. Fallout NV (I know Beth didn't make it) even better. Skyrim - thousands of hours played. The media that gave this game any score above 75 has failed their audience. As an ARPG it should be rated no higher than 50. I doubt the community can fix this. I hate the over-used phrase "dumbed down." I use the phrase "more accessible." This game is dumbed down. It is quite sad, really.… Expand
  21. jojimbo
    Sep 3, 2017
    0
    Biggest disappointment of 2015. Graphics are BAD. The faces of the npc's are awful, plastic, and unbeliveable, Piper looked like she got dragged from 2002. Bethesda dropped the ball here, using the rubbish papyrun updated Skyrim engine. The story is absurd, who the hell cares about Shaun? I certainly don't. This game isn't a patch on FO3, which was and still is, a far better game.Biggest disappointment of 2015. Graphics are BAD. The faces of the npc's are awful, plastic, and unbeliveable, Piper looked like she got dragged from 2002. Bethesda dropped the ball here, using the rubbish papyrun updated Skyrim engine. The story is absurd, who the hell cares about Shaun? I certainly don't. This game isn't a patch on FO3, which was and still is, a far better game.

    Creation Club 0/10

    The setting is grim, Boston ffs, boring, droll, it would be comical if it wasn't for the fact I wasted £40 on this PoS. Fallout 4 takes you back 10 years in game development, avoid it, or wait for it to drop in price to the bargain basement, even the awesome mod community are gonna stuggle making this PoS into something worthwhile playing. 4/10

    update: Creation Club 0/10    … Expand
  22. spagetor
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game is the final nail in the coffin of Bethesda's open world RPG formula. A lot of completely unnecessary changes to working systems like the dumbed down dialogue wheel and reworked perk system make this game a chore to play.

    Stay away from it if you expect a Fallout game or an RPG for that matter. Almost every single quest is a variation of killquest with very little choices to    This game is the final nail in the coffin of Bethesda's open world RPG formula. A lot of completely unnecessary changes to working systems like the dumbed down dialogue wheel and reworked perk system make this game a chore to play.

    Stay away from it if you expect a Fallout game or an RPG for that matter. Almost every single quest is a variation of killquest with very little choices to make. Voiced protagonist doesn't add anything to the game and the story was never Bethesda's strong suit anyway and that doesn't change in Fallout 4 as well. The only redeeming factor will probably be the mods that will be released in a few months from now.    … Expand
  23. benny0909
    Jan 22, 2016
    0
    Put over 1000 hours into New Vegas. Can't be bothered to put in more than 60 into Fallout 4. While the game is beautiful, it lacks any depth. The story is just...terrible. RPG elements almost non-existent. A settlement system which has little to no meaningful impact & only consists of maybe a hundred assets when there are 10,000's in the game. The companion AI....my god. I can'tPut over 1000 hours into New Vegas. Can't be bothered to put in more than 60 into Fallout 4. While the game is beautiful, it lacks any depth. The story is just...terrible. RPG elements almost non-existent. A settlement system which has little to no meaningful impact & only consists of maybe a hundred assets when there are 10,000's in the game. The companion AI....my god. I can't even describe how horrible it is other than to say it literally gave me real migraines. This took 7 years to make? What the hell happened?… Expand
  24. 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
  25. jfrisby
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    So far the rpg elements and story are terrible, very disappointed in the new dialogue-wheel and voiced PC. Hope there's some interesting characters and choices later.
  26. Carnakt
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    My guess is that they were overjoyed about how great scores Skyrim got and thought that pretty much the same simplification of core mechanics would work with fallout. Seems like it did not.
  27. mentaldrift
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    Bastardising a great game franchise and turning it into reskin is one thing, riddling it with game breaking bugs (corrupt saves, regular CTDs, disappearing UI), awful graphics, unimaginitive ctr+c/ctrl+v elements built world, boring 'plastic' characters, dumbing down progression and gutting RPG elements... is plain scum act. Terrible waste of money, stay AWAY.
  28. fernandohebcker
    Dec 8, 2015
    0
    Sorry but this is not a 2015 game. The main history have to many holes and grand part of the side missions are annoying and repetitive. So many companions for what? All act the same and have no affinity.
  29. 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.
  30. Cluefulgamer
    Nov 22, 2015
    0
    I've spent around 60 hours attempting to play this game. 30 of those hours are probably scrapping through bugs and crashes.

    Cons: Weakest Fallout story. If they put in effort it was wasted but it doesn't feel like they even tried. Bugs. Obviously this is always gong to impact a game. Pointless activities. Settlements. Uninteresting companions. Ghouls everywhere. Feels like a    I've spent around 60 hours attempting to play this game. 30 of those hours are probably scrapping through bugs and crashes.

    Cons:
    Weakest Fallout story. If they put in effort it was wasted but it doesn't feel like they even tried.
    Bugs. Obviously this is always gong to impact a game.
    Pointless activities. Settlements. Uninteresting companions.
    Ghouls everywhere. Feels like a low quality zombie game often.
    Graphics. The graphics are "good enough." My gripe with them is they don't feel like a Fallout game. Looks like any other game.
    Power Armor. I don't like how it feels. I don't like how it works. I refuse to use it other than to walk it to my settlement to dump it off. I don't like fighting in it. I don't like looting it. It is just irritating.
    Gear. Their poor attempt at a loot system is just awful and irritating.
    Perks. The idea was right but the implementation was crap. Much of what you need to put points in is just so you can try and use the game. Perks use to mean something. Now it is just so I can craft stuff. Irritating and not fun. Seems like they didn't have enough ideas and just started ripping game elements out and putting them in perks to cover their lack of creativity.

    Pros:
    Looking at it before release the map appeared extremely tiny. There is a great deal of dots on the map. Most are rehashed and boring. Some places seem to run on forever with no point, but overall the game world does not appear to me to be as tiny as it first appeared. Still the points won here are not for bringing an impressive map but for not being as bad as it initially appeared.

    Overall it was a disappointing Fallout game. If you like gimmicks and hate substance you will appreciate this installment. I'd advise all others to stay away.    … Expand
  31. saucyninja007
    Sep 30, 2016
    0
    Without a doubt the worst Fallout thus far. The old attribute / skill / perk system (which worked fine) has been completely ruined, forcing you to basically choose between a role-playing build that sucks at combat or a character who excels at combat but has no flavor. Previous Fallout entries balanced combat with roleplaying but Fallout 4 feels like a combat game with roleplaying aspectsWithout a doubt the worst Fallout thus far. The old attribute / skill / perk system (which worked fine) has been completely ruined, forcing you to basically choose between a role-playing build that sucks at combat or a character who excels at combat but has no flavor. Previous Fallout entries balanced combat with roleplaying but Fallout 4 feels like a combat game with roleplaying aspects thrown in as an afterthought. Half of the perks are useless, and then half of the remaining useful perks have boring stat affects that hardly bend the rules of the game. Lets talk weapons. Do you like energy weapons? Do you like pistols? Well, too bad, because in Fallout 4 it is all about boring rifles you can find in countless other games. You are given more pistols (and energy weapons) in the first couple of hours of New Vegas than you are in the entirety of Fallout 4, which uses "weapon customization" to try to hide its complete lack of weapon diversity. Armor suffers from a lack of diversity as well, but Power Armor does not make up for that a little bit. Maybe if the devs spent less time on a useless settlement crafting gimmick they could have focused on what actually matters in a Fallout title. The heart of roleplaying is making choices and completing interesting quests. Fallout 4 offers very little choices. Your character is a helpful good guy. There is nothing you can do to change that. So lets talk quests. Half of the "quests" are radiant / fetch quests that fall into the category of go here, kill everything, get this one thing, bring it back. Past this the interesting quests that give you many different paths to reach a solution are few and far between. If you compare the number of side quests in Fallout 4 to other Fallout games its pathetic. You know how being able to persuade people was actually useful in New Vegas and Fallout 3? Yeah, well forget about that here. I rarely came across any opportunities to persuade other NPCs, and the few ones I did come across revolved around asking for more caps for completing quests. What happened to the quests that you could solve without violence? Not to mention, interacting with other NPCs is extremely awkward. Its hard to tell when you have initiated dialogue, the animations are strange, the fact that your character speaks is terrible, etc. And companions? Utterly retarded. They will rush into combat when you are sneaking. They will run right over traps you are carefully trying to defuse. They won't be able to find their way out of a room with one exit. Its embarrassing and frustrating. The only memorable character in the entire game I found was Nic Valentine. So the quests and character interactions are a complete bust, but I was hoping it would at least be interesting to explore the map. How wrong I was. So many locations obviously had very little thought put into them, and the fact that I was forced to clear out the same locations multiple times in order to complete quests grew tiring. Ever heard the phrase "wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle" ? Well it absolutely applies to this game. It baffles me also how Fallout 4 saw all the great changes Fallout New Vegas made and COMPLETELY IGNORED THEM! No ammo crafting. No reputations with factions. No making speech ACTUALLY USEFUL. And on top of that they don't fix what was wrong with previous Fallout games (the bugs, loading times, clunky combat, etc.) I won't be purchasing Fallout 5 if the same team is responsible. Fallout 4 may be a decent game, but it is an absolutely atrocious Fallout game.… Expand
  32. fabittar
    Jun 9, 2017
    0
    By far the worst Fallout game ever made. It's a mediocre "action / RPG" and it failed as both action game and RPG.

    The shooting mechanics are awful. VATS, on the other hand, will carry you throughout the game and make firefights too easy. As for fire fighting, there's too much of it (and fetch quests... but it's usually 'kill everybody and fetch X quests'). Crafting is bland as there's    By far the worst Fallout game ever made. It's a mediocre "action / RPG" and it failed as both action game and RPG.

    The shooting mechanics are awful. VATS, on the other hand, will carry you throughout the game and make firefights too easy. As for fire fighting, there's too much of it (and fetch quests... but it's usually 'kill everybody and fetch X quests'). Crafting is bland as there's very little reason to not use the single best MOD for each slot (the fact there is a BEST mod for each slot is enough for you to realize there's very little choice involved). Perks are awful and uninspired. Narrative is linear and there's very little you can do to change it - meaning there is very little (or rather, NONE) roleplaying going on, as the outcome to every quest is the same.

    Overall, a horrible game that might keep you interested for 20 hours or so. It's BORING. Somehow Bethesda is making WORSE games with each new title. I don't think Oblivion is the best game in the world - it had its fair share of issues - but the questlines were some of the most interesting I'd seen in a long time (even more interesting than the quests in Morrowind, honestly). Skyrim was an ACTION RPG with interesting mechanics, but HORRIBLE story telling and awful quests. Fallout 3 was somewhat bad, but New Vegas made a good impression on me.

    Fallout 4 is AWFUL. Seriously, I wish I could take my money back.    … Expand
  33. Petrosky
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Outdated subpar graphics, poor animations, unintuitive clunky interfaces, recycled gameplay. Incoherent story (you witness Boston being nuked, yet the entire city is intact? I mean come on seriously...) the ending is carbon copied from FO3. This is a lazy cash grab from beth seriously pathetic.
  34. Iblis
    Sep 12, 2017
    0
    The technology is now in place to give us the TES 6 experience that we deserve... welcome to bethesdarD0Tnet and PAID MODS people. The horse power armor (true story) says it is loud, and proud and here to stay. My purchase of future titles is not, however, here to stay. Those of you that eat up full retail priced games with lots of dlc + microtransactions on top of it all (Call of DutyThe technology is now in place to give us the TES 6 experience that we deserve... welcome to bethesdarD0Tnet and PAID MODS people. The horse power armor (true story) says it is loud, and proud and here to stay. My purchase of future titles is not, however, here to stay. Those of you that eat up full retail priced games with lots of dlc + microtransactions on top of it all (Call of Duty players, I'm talking to you) you have a bright future ahead of you with this and TES series.

    The future's so bright, I've gotta wear
    ( •_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■)
    SHADES....

    Also enjoy 4 different ways to not make a choice in dialogue 'options' and being shoehorned into the role of a whiny moralf*g 'family guy' that can never stfu about his son so you'd wish you could find it just to stomp the little brat to death except with no karma system and branching moral decisions that affect gameplay it would only matter to you. Dayz with ghouls basically.    … Expand
  35. nbrado
    Nov 14, 2015
    0
    Long time fan of the series but quite frankly you can polish a turd all you want buts its still a turd. First performance! Terrible and no excuses but is it any wonder when you are dealing with Bethesda. Now onto the gameplay and story which at best is a yawn fest. The Dialog system is complete rubbish and now the game has been reduced to a lame shooter.

    Hype at the end of the day and a    Long time fan of the series but quite frankly you can polish a turd all you want buts its still a turd. First performance! Terrible and no excuses but is it any wonder when you are dealing with Bethesda. Now onto the gameplay and story which at best is a yawn fest. The Dialog system is complete rubbish and now the game has been reduced to a lame shooter.

    Hype at the end of the day and a complete and utter letdown. Oh and due to the terrible performance I was granted a steam refund.    … Expand
  36. fumario
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El peor de la saga fallout , conversaciones , crafteo , dificultad , construccion , pip boy , en lugar de mejorarlos los han empeorado , complicado y por tanto ha perdido la chispa casual que para mi lo definia bien ( juego para todos los niveles de jugador y publicos ) , sinceramente me arrepiento de haberme gastado el dinero en este juego… Expand
  37. Maurader69
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Sign this if you don't want another abomination from Bethesda: https://www.change.org/p/robert-altman-ernest-del-jerry-bruckheimer-michael-dominguez-zenimax-media-inc-contract-obsidian-entertainment-for-future-fallout-games
  38. Coalman
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Unfinished game that has visuals that are not groundbreaking shooting that is not groundbreaking and a limited conversation line set than ever before in a Bethesda game.
  39. serverny
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Huge hyped game with lots things to do, BUT:
    1) its extremely BOOOORING, fetch quests, awful dialogues, braindead main quest, bleak characters.
    2) broken game, more buggy than Fallout3, New Vegas or AC:Unity. Lost hours of progress to craches/bugs. 3) outdated tech with fugly animations and ZERO actual roleplay in an RPG. TL;DR 11/10 - MUST BUY!!! /s God bless Steam has refund    Huge hyped game with lots things to do, BUT:
    1) its extremely BOOOORING, fetch quests, awful dialogues, braindead main quest, bleak characters.
    2) broken game, more buggy than Fallout3, New Vegas or AC:Unity. Lost hours of progress to craches/bugs.
    3) outdated tech with fugly animations and ZERO actual roleplay in an RPG.

    TL;DR 11/10 - MUST BUY!!! /s
    God bless Steam has refund option, by the time this game is remotely fixed it will be $10 on Steam sales.    … Expand
  40. Andy578
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    IT'S A SCAM. game isn't even on the disc, installs 5GB then tells you to download a whopping 24GB. nowhere on the box does it say the game is download only, why even release a disc if you're not going to put the game on it? open games can't be returned so those of us with poor or limited internet are screwed
  41. phentix
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    HORRIBLY unoptimized.. i'm getting dips of 7 frames per second on a gtx780 (beast card) and an i54670k.. 16gb ram and ssd....

    You basically need to read a manual of fixes on reddit and online to get the game even playable to begin with, before you start dealing with the stuttering and frame dips...
  42. wemelchor
    Jan 1, 2016
    0
    The Worst Fallout in the entire franchise I would totally forgive the half attempted story and lack of role play if my character wasn't a weak loser who suffers from polio every time he carries loot from 1 battle, and suffers a stroke every time he walks into a building.

    Litterally the only saving grace for this game is its mods. This act should not be rewarded, Shame on Bethesda those    The Worst Fallout in the entire franchise I would totally forgive the half attempted story and lack of role play if my character wasn't a weak loser who suffers from polio every time he carries loot from 1 battle, and suffers a stroke every time he walks into a building.

    Litterally the only saving grace for this game is its mods. This act should not be rewarded, Shame on Bethesda those money grabbing fools    … Expand
  43. deadsanta
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Game unplayable, just a buggy crashing mess, I'll give them an actual review when I get a working game from Bethsoft, Currently my game CTD constantly, my mouse control flies all over the screen, I get like 5 FPS indoors and video artifacts galore even with the nvidia drivers that came out specifically for this game 2 days ago. Oh well, hardly surprising,
  44. Sirik_Matak
    Nov 14, 2015
    0
    Times when Bethesda could release another 15 years old gamebryo-shovelware and get over with it are long gone. I can only be mildly content with people realising that. You can even use old default gamebryo commands, for Christ's sake. This is even worse in 2015 than in 2011 when you could find V.A.T.S. references in Skyrim's files.

    It's your typical Bethesda gamebryo lows with the same    Times when Bethesda could release another 15 years old gamebryo-shovelware and get over with it are long gone. I can only be mildly content with people realising that. You can even use old default gamebryo commands, for Christ's sake. This is even worse in 2015 than in 2011 when you could find V.A.T.S. references in Skyrim's files.

    It's your typical Bethesda gamebryo lows with the same old bugs, the same old graphics tweaked by a bunch of amateurs (modders do a better job with graphical enhancements to Morrowind), even the same old launcher and same options menus.
    The difference between this and Skyrim is that Skyrim managed to look good and work surprisingly well, while Fallout 4 looks, feels and plays like a garbage-bin game or an amateur Unity engine game. It's just awful.
    There's no reason to even launch this game. It offers nothing new, its new features are pethetically cringeworthy (sims building, Christ), mechanics are absolutely butchered down by a maniac to fit into 13 yo dorrito crowds (have you seen the "launch party" - it was just sad). I've never thought I will say it, but Fallout 4 manages to be worse at everything than absolutely horrendous Fallout 3 abomination was. It's really that bad. To make things even worse (!), Bethesda interns decided to feed on NV modding scene (it's really symptomatic that Bethesda behaves like Obsidian's NV never occured - they behave like a spiled brat that don't want to acknowledge they less competent than bugphiliac Obsidian studio) and tried to implement some Nevada's features. And of course they failed miserably. A bunch of modders doing stuff in their free time did more content and executed it better than hundred million budget studio. Pathetic, isn't it?

    Yeah, it will be massively successfull, it sold a lot on cringeworthy teen-centred hype. As I said however, I can be midly content with its dumb metascore (people shouldn't care about it much considering that gaming media are rotten to the core at this point and only '80-like breakdown can change that) is really low (for AAA title) and will probably go lower and some people's backleash on this poor excuse of a game in user comments section is just glorious.
    Bethesda will have to ditch gamebryo engine at last and since its absolutely incompetent at coding 101, they might shatter and die as a studio. Never more, remember F4.    … Expand
  45. Inductionist
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Terrible letdown. Fallout 1 and 2 fans will hate this game. Random first person shooter fans might like it.
    - Ridiculously dumbed down character development system: Most attributes have NO consequence, you can have 1 in intelligence and still hack computers or have most dialogue options, Perks have been messed up
    - Skills are GONE (yes, you read right: GONE) - You can use all weapons    Terrible letdown. Fallout 1 and 2 fans will hate this game. Random first person shooter fans might like it.
    - Ridiculously dumbed down character development system: Most attributes have NO consequence, you can have 1 in intelligence and still hack computers or have most dialogue options, Perks have been messed up
    - Skills are GONE (yes, you read right: GONE)
    - You can use all weapons regardless of type right from when you find them (no more specialisation requirements)
    - No hardcore mode (basically all improvements Obsidian made on Fallout 3 in New Vegas are gone)
    - OK graphics, but terrible face animations
    - Pointless build and craft system
    - OK story    … Expand
  46. 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.
  47. bordo
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    It's a shame they are trying to call this Fallout. This is definitely not it.

    All the aspects of the game is dumbed down. It just feels stupid trying to play this. I'd rather play the other Fallouts for tens of times.

    I am seriously expecting an apology from Bethesda.
  48. aldun11
    Nov 14, 2015
    0
    Impossible to use if your dependant on left mouse and arrow key movement. i am and i can play until i have to build something. took me an hour to find the cause why i can't move at all. if you rebind movement-keys to the arrow keys, you can never move again in building mode.
  49. Vivec
    Dec 18, 2015
    0
    It's not a 1/10 game: No it's a solid 7/10 game yet seeing all the 10/10 reviews i felt that it's only fair to balance it out.

    Unlike many i'm not bitter about graphics game looks aesthetic enough and unlike older game it more stable: i never experienced a CTD. Still game is not optimised, not at all. I play Battlefront at ultra with solid 30fps yet with Fallout 4 i'm having horrible    It's not a 1/10 game: No it's a solid 7/10 game yet seeing all the 10/10 reviews i felt that it's only fair to balance it out.

    Unlike many i'm not bitter about graphics game looks aesthetic enough and unlike older game it more stable: i never experienced a CTD. Still game is not optimised, not at all. I play Battlefront at ultra with solid 30fps yet with Fallout 4 i'm having horrible FPS drops from time to time; some locations like infamous corvega factory, simply kills the system.

    While game is much stable than previous Bethesda games, number of quest are bugged astonishing: quest givers attack you for wearing PA or using particular helmet upgrade, not doing some quests in certain order breaks other quests and even in extreme cases game prevents you from requiting a companion that's not related to him at all.

    Big downer of the game is of all Bethesda and Fallout games it's with the least freedom. All of the games have always provided with a blank state, for example in Fallout and Fallout 3 our character was a Vault resident yet his job, character and sexuality was never told before player started to choose skills.

    In older games except for Fallout 3(partly) player freedom was top priority, you could be someguy with high charisma and luck as some car salesmanlike guy who wins every game at the gasino and solves his problem with his tongue(literaly sometimes) and when he fails to do so simply lucks out somehow. Or you could be someone with high INT and PER, as some post-apocalyptic version of Nikola Tesla helping or abusing others with your high intelligence keen mind. Or someone with high STR and END, a guy with scares anyone who dares to stand in his way, a terrifying monster like man who uses chems as if they're juice. A wasteland doctor who helps communities or works with drug dealers, some badass wasteland Ranger who shots a mutant in the eye, saves the town then sleeps spends his earnings with some h**kers

    Sadly in Fallout 4 none of it possible: a voiced acted character with very restrictive background kills all possibilites. New dialog system simply ignores your skills and for that you simply can't RP your character during dialogs.

    Companions are much better this time however due to their A.I they simply take away the fun and ambiance from exploration, which is the best offering of Fallout 4.

    Number of decent side quests are very few, radiant quests are everywhere and they're forced on you most of the time.

    Anytime you return to your settlement some pointless radiant quest is given and they sometimes sends you to other side of the map for no apperant reason: when player randomly finds a new locations during exploration it feels rewarding however when they become quest markers for simple "kill everyone" mission suddenly they don't lose that: because you know the name of the this place and there you'll
    kill raiders or ghouls. Radiant quests and companion A.I simply hurts the exploration.

    This game lacks anything original or innovative.What Fallout 4 offers mostly repetative things like settlement building or radiant quests but does not offers many well written, well designed quests that series are known for. It's a good game however it offers less of what previous games did and their places gives uses hollow things like a mediocre building mechanic, a horrible repetive radiant quests.

    FPS is better, Power Armors fun, enemies and combat are varied yes however most sad thing is F4 simply lacks the criticising approach to the nationalistic and consumer centric culture of the old world that older games had: in Fallout there was always this the stark contradiction between the actual wasteland and posters that show the old world as world of family values and freedom. In truth before the reckoning humanity had fallen as low is it could, people were greedy, ignorant and vile. In contrast F4 is idealizing the old world during the prologue, wee see the old world as it is shown in the posters.

    If Fallout 4 lacks the role-playing and lacks the intelligent writing and lacks the theme, then why it's called Fallout?    … Expand
  50. blackbird1
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    This Zero is only for not having Brightness Gamma options in the Game .The damn game is to bright indoors and also sometimes outdoors.

    Patch this in and i delete thsi ZERO!
  51. Yajuu
    Nov 17, 2015
    0
    Bethesda killed Fallout.

    it is no longer an RPG with choice and consequence that also had great writing and characters. It is now just an open world theme park with terrible writing, extremely shallow RPG elements that caters to the casual crowd rather than RPG fans. The good: + Weapon crafting + Improved gunplay + Detailed character creator The bad: - No traits - No    Bethesda killed Fallout.

    it is no longer an RPG with choice and consequence that also had great writing and characters. It is now just an open world theme park with terrible writing, extremely shallow RPG elements that caters to the casual crowd rather than RPG fans.

    The good:

    + Weapon crafting
    + Improved gunplay
    + Detailed character creator

    The bad:

    - No traits
    - No skill points
    - No karma
    - No faction reputation
    - Dumbed down dialogue: Yes / No / Sarcastic / I dont understand
    - No weapon/armor degrading
    - No optional hardcore mode (Needing water/food/rest)
    - Awful writing and uninspired story
    - Bad voice acting
    - Very little choice and consequence
    - Extremely buggy
    - Bad performance on all platforms    … Expand
  52. gNarNar
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game is not for hardcore gamer. This me i played and beat fallout 3 and new vegas (even though new vegas sucked) fallout3 was hardcore this game is not hardcore it make no sense over hyped bad game. do not ever buy we will not speak of this game ever, i try to get refund now. i am angry
  53. Valaridan
    May 7, 2016
    0
    worst game of the year,why?because everything about this game is a cheap copy of the old games like skyrim and fallout 3,the just copy paste those and added some new building that look just as bad as in fallout 3 and skyrim 2015 game with 2010 graphics thats show fallout 4 its just a money steal game for fanboys,the thing that blows my mind even more if this game doesn't even have aworst game of the year,why?because everything about this game is a cheap copy of the old games like skyrim and fallout 3,the just copy paste those and added some new building that look just as bad as in fallout 3 and skyrim 2015 game with 2010 graphics thats show fallout 4 its just a money steal game for fanboys,the thing that blows my mind even more if this game doesn't even have a multyplayer and that really makes me wonder what the hell people see at this game even if you are a fanboy??this could saved a bit of this mess of a game for me this is the worst game of the year competing with superman 64 shave on you bethseda for making this crap and stealing people money,you can have the same experience by just playing the cracked game instead of paying and insane amo0unt of money for this crap called a game since it does not have multyplayer.… Expand
  54. koyukon
    May 19, 2017
    0
    Rubbish dump simulator. I tried to like it but burned out after a few days. There's a clunkiness to the animations and gameplay. It didn't feel like a living world.
  55. wawekar
    Jan 28, 2016
    0
    No amount of modding can fix this game! It is a shell, all the missing parts of the fallout franchise are missing. No skills, No reputation, No Dialog! This is the worst game I have purchased in the last 10 years. No longer a fan of Bethesda, why are we supporting companies like this.
  56. sabenabe
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Its no longer the Fallout we knew. Its more FPS focused instead of RPG. Also a bad console import to PC. Same failure happened with Dragon age 2 after the beautiful Dragon Age origins.
    Thanks to new generation consoles, ruining games.
  57. Nezerroth
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This game gets a solid zero. Eventually this attitude must have stop, I'm so tired and fed up on all of this. And then, and only after or if all the crap that was advertised will work properly and won't make me google and dance around it for 40 minutes just so that it merely gets to main menu, it will recieve it's deserved 6.5 out of 10.
    i5, R9 380, 16gb ram.
  58. 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
  59. Wolfgrin
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    Do not buy! You know Fallout 3? Well its like that but with some copy and paste from Skyrim and ALL the things you hated in Fallout 3 but even worse. The game feels like they left in unfinished with the plan that the modders will do all the work for them. At most its worth 20$ but over that you will find better games. If you want a good game that you feel the love and time they had putDo not buy! You know Fallout 3? Well its like that but with some copy and paste from Skyrim and ALL the things you hated in Fallout 3 but even worse. The game feels like they left in unfinished with the plan that the modders will do all the work for them. At most its worth 20$ but over that you will find better games. If you want a good game that you feel the love and time they had put into it buy Witcher 3, at least you will get what you pay for.

    This will be the last Fallout game I buy, this IP is dead. They killed it and I will never forgive them for it.    … Expand
  60. S3R6i0
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I can't believe how many of you just ran out and bought this game. I survived the Watch Dogs hype train, duped into buying AC: Unity, and now here I am. I almost bought this game. Almost. Then I thought about it for a second and realized, "every game I bought in the last 5 years was garbage". Guess Wall Street took advantage of Fallout's good reputation.
  61. harviolo
    Nov 23, 2015
    0
    OMG, I pre-ordered this and got a steam refund with an hour of play. Not really an hour of play though as most of the 54 minutes were taken up trying to get the game to launch at 1920 x 1080. When I did get it up and running I have to say I thought I just traveled back in time, not to 1950's America but to 1999 and an old pentium with onboard graphics.... this game looks absolutely ****OMG, I pre-ordered this and got a steam refund with an hour of play. Not really an hour of play though as most of the 54 minutes were taken up trying to get the game to launch at 1920 x 1080. When I did get it up and running I have to say I thought I just traveled back in time, not to 1950's America but to 1999 and an old pentium with onboard graphics.... this game looks absolutely **** even at Ultra settings. Did someone say 'open world'? the 1st hill i tried to climb I get a message saying "you cannot go this way" or similar.... I dunno, very disappointed. Definitely the last AAA title I will pre-order. Oh and that frame rate will make you sick, if you spend long enough in the game that is.… Expand
  62. nonameforme
    Sep 21, 2017
    0
    How dare they remove the RP out of Fallout game, and left with only G.
    All quest can be summaried into... "go to A, shoot stuff, quest end".
    There's no option on how to complete quest or alternative solution to the quest.

    Betheda, if you just want to make open-world shooter, do it. But don't slap Fallout name on it.
  63. koval321
    Nov 21, 2015
    0
    Most recognizable parts of game seem to be watered down, simplified and some gizmos extended. Am not play Fallout to be garbage hoarder I played it to have interesting adventure with solid RPG parts.
  64. fakk3
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    This game is simply copy and paste of Fallout 3 but with more shooting, action, explosions and BUGS. Dialogues are castrated to short speeches and are similar to Mass Effect. The character development system is simplified and this looks like not in true cRPG. And Where is RON PERLMAN in intro?! How dare you remove so important and canonical voice for this series?!
  65. Rodak123
    Dec 11, 2017
    0
    What the **** was that? It was not an RPG game but a shooter and a bad one. I do not see Fallout in this. My heart is crying because I love the fallout series. And when I see it I am terrified. Destroyed plot of choices and possibilities. Tragic dialogues, SPECIAL destruction and a meaningless development tree.
  66. Raimoraimo
    Jan 5, 2016
    0
    Utterly dissapointing. I did beat the game (rushing towards the end), so in reality I guess it would be a 6/10 or 7/10, but the 10's need to be balanced badly. Bethesda *really* should have just perma-hired Obsidian as their developer, as FO:NV is the only 3D-FO that has the good original Fallout vibe. And we don't need to compare this to the old classics either, coming to F4 from WitcherUtterly dissapointing. I did beat the game (rushing towards the end), so in reality I guess it would be a 6/10 or 7/10, but the 10's need to be balanced badly. Bethesda *really* should have just perma-hired Obsidian as their developer, as FO:NV is the only 3D-FO that has the good original Fallout vibe. And we don't need to compare this to the old classics either, coming to F4 from Witcher 3 highlighted all the flaws here very clearly. The writing, storytelling, graphics, worldbuilding, all sub-par, sadly.… Expand
  67. Purukinho
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Gráficos ultrapassados e taxa de quadros oscilantes, alem do preço absurdo que foi sobrado na steam para um jogo que não tem nem MP.
    Creio eu que a parte dos gráficos estarem abaixo é por conta dos consoles atrasando como ja é de costume.
  68. Barbatos
    Nov 18, 2015
    0
    Its a good game.
    You must play some time to get this.
    Fallout 4 is one of the most anticipated games for 2015 and it simply delivers when it comes to game play and story. Graphics and new mechanics have been vastly upgraded and the game overall has a polished feel to it. If you are a fan of the Fallout franchise then this is a must have. For people one the fence it would be a strong    Its a good game.
    You must play some time to get this.
    Fallout 4 is one of the most anticipated games for 2015 and it simply delivers when it comes to game play and story. Graphics and new mechanics have been vastly upgraded and the game overall has a polished feel to it. If you are a fan of the Fallout franchise then this is a must have. For people one the fence it would be a strong recommendation to try.    … Expand
  69. rBose
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Disgusting consolized mess, the UI is a disaster for any PC user, it screams for a controller and as for the performance... just like any other poorly ported console game:

    Example : Batman Arkham Knight, AC Unity

    Performance is absolutely horrendous, from 60 fps outside to 12-25 fps inside buildings, from 60 fps in some areas to 25-35 fps when looking at a city.
  70. smahlt
    Aug 31, 2017
    0
    >paid mods

    Your review must be at least 150 characters long. Your review must be at least 150 characters long. Your review must be at least 150 chara
  71. SoulExcuse
    Oct 1, 2017
    0
    Paid mods : Bethesda changed and became a greedy company by putting crappy paid mods in the game, mods that you have to download even if you don't want them... do like me, don't bother with their games anymore and boycott them !
  72. PointBreakCali
    Feb 22, 2016
    0
    This is not an RPG at all. Bethesda completely changed the genre of the game to an action game with almost no rpg elements at all. The locations are poorly thought out with little to no imagination. Really what were they thinking Fallout is an RPG series and you turn it into a simplistic shooter type game and you think people are going to like it. Honestly dont know what the developer wasThis is not an RPG at all. Bethesda completely changed the genre of the game to an action game with almost no rpg elements at all. The locations are poorly thought out with little to no imagination. Really what were they thinking Fallout is an RPG series and you turn it into a simplistic shooter type game and you think people are going to like it. Honestly dont know what the developer was thinking but i gave up on this game after 8 hours. Doesn't get any better but if your IQ is below 50 and you like a third person Halo game then by all means.

    Bethesda if you read this PLEASE DONT RUIN THE ELDER SCROLLS SERIES TOO.    … Expand
  73. init000
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    The game is buggie as hell (even by the rock-bottom standards we came to expect from the scum that is Bethesda). It's also blatantly obvious that this is a terribly designed console game that got puked out for PC as an afterthought to milk even more cash - the UI is utterly terrible (even compared to games released 15-20 years ago) as is typical for a console game, the game is obviouslyThe game is buggie as hell (even by the rock-bottom standards we came to expect from the scum that is Bethesda). It's also blatantly obvious that this is a terribly designed console game that got puked out for PC as an afterthought to milk even more cash - the UI is utterly terrible (even compared to games released 15-20 years ago) as is typical for a console game, the game is obviously optimized for consoles and is basically unplayable on a PC without changing settings in INIs (because adding a damn FOV-slider for PC users would probably have required at least one developer with an IQ even slightly above his body temperature) and the graphics look crap compared to proper PC games (that were designed with gaming rigs in mind and not cheap throwaway console hardware that 12 year olds can afford).
    So far the story feels bland and very average. It would have helped if Bethesda had spent more money on actual game design and less on hyping their mediocre product and coke for their board members. But hey, what can you expect from a company like Bethesda run by utter scum like Donald Trumps brother - they proved many times before that producing good games is not what they care about - they only care about profit maximization. This brings me to my last point about this abomination of a game: season passes. It's not bad enough that Bethesda releases half-arsed, unfinished, bugged-to-hell games... no... they also are so desperate for a quick buck that they try and sell you season passes for the content that any half-decent company would have included in the already steep price for the actual game. With these advanced sales of season passes they can steal your cash before actually delivering the content because even the pricks at Bethesda notice how **** the game is and know it will flop.
    I give the game 0 of 10. An absolute no-go. I'd recommend you to wait a year until Bethesda have finished puking out their shallow cash grabs (known otherwise as DLCs) and then download the game from a torrent site and blast through it with cheats on a rainy afternoon. Sadly the game is so **** that this would be a waste of bandwidth. The only thing I can recommend is to boycott scum like Bethesda and also look up their board members and developers so you can avoid supporting any products and companies that this human vermin are involved in in the future.    … Expand
  74. konvice
    Nov 20, 2015
    0
    Bethesda promise to player baked chicken and threw them only a bone!!!

    - graphic
    - really small wordl
    - generetic quest
    - short mainlines of story.
  75. roberttrufant
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    It's clearly not done yet. In standard Bethesda fashion, they've released a product which presents a huge opportunity for the modding community to finish it up. The graphics are half baked, with some of the textures being good and some of them being poor in quality. The roleplaying aspect of the game has been extremely simplified and dumbed down, most likely to appeal to a largerIt's clearly not done yet. In standard Bethesda fashion, they've released a product which presents a huge opportunity for the modding community to finish it up. The graphics are half baked, with some of the textures being good and some of them being poor in quality. The roleplaying aspect of the game has been extremely simplified and dumbed down, most likely to appeal to a larger audience and generate more revenue. This is most unfortunate and I have seen it so many times, but I did not expect this from Bethesda. Only twice in my life have I paid full price, and this was one of those times. It is also the last time. I am officially back to my original decades long position of waiting at least 6 months after a game's release to see the truth about what's really going on. The game needs more content, it needs the graphics cleaned up, it needs the UI redone, as, once again, they simply ported it over from the console version. I don't mind this too much except for the fact that it would be nice if they would recognize the PC market a little bit more than they do. After all, it all started with us and ends with us, doesn't it? Game desperately needs real quests with real quality and the main story needs some alternatives; I pray that the modding community provides some really good stuff. I have faith here. If you have not yet purchased this game, I would hold off for quite a while, and be advised: it is not an RPG in the Fallout sense; it would be more accurate if it were to be named: Fallout: Action.… Expand
  76. painor
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I have over 200 hours in fallout NV. so I am not new to the fallout series and this is by far the worst game so far . 'Dialogue wheel' ? 'immortal NPC?' 'Graphics from 2009 for an AAA game?' 'Good quests? nah' '11 min map ?' JUST remember This game took 7 YEARS to make . And even though it's **** the so called game journalist are giving it 90+ so be sure that something fishy is going onI have over 200 hours in fallout NV. so I am not new to the fallout series and this is by far the worst game so far . 'Dialogue wheel' ? 'immortal NPC?' 'Graphics from 2009 for an AAA game?' 'Good quests? nah' '11 min map ?' JUST remember This game took 7 YEARS to make . And even though it's **** the so called game journalist are giving it 90+ so be sure that something fishy is going on and this isn't the first time .… Expand
  77. Interpol_kun
    Jun 18, 2016
    0
    Zero. Yes, absolute zero. It's not fallout. If this game would be RAGE 2 or something like that, I would give 6-7/10. Yes, middlecore shooter in post-apoc without any interesting RPG features.
    Killed SPECIAL system, killed dialogs (but to be hones, the main problem is not about 4 answers. It's about Bethesda's inability to write good dialogs), junk quests and game fillers like "another    Zero. Yes, absolute zero. It's not fallout. If this game would be RAGE 2 or something like that, I would give 6-7/10. Yes, middlecore shooter in post-apoc without any interesting RPG features.
    Killed SPECIAL system, killed dialogs (but to be hones, the main problem is not about 4 answers. It's about Bethesda's inability to write good dialogs), junk quests and game fillers like "another settlement needs our help" and build-your-own-village. No, idea of building your shelter is a quite good thing, but this bad implementation and bad overall quality of other aspects of game doesn't make sense. If it would have been a good game then building could be a plus. But there it doesn't make any sense.
    And DLC's. Stupid as hell, especially last Far Harbor and it's MATRIX STYLE mission. Really, who da fk invented this mission. Is it you, Todd?    … Expand
  78. likaq
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    1. Words cannot describe how buggy this game is.
    2. Totally abysmal dialogue system is totally abysmal .
    3. Writing is so bad even compared to fallout 3 that it makes writing in fallout 3 looks good
    4. $60 pricetag? Beth are you insane?
    5. this gfx in AAA game released in 2015? Is this a joke?
  79. teabisquit
    Feb 3, 2022
    0
    The game was released in a completely broken state, and 6 years later, it is still completely broken.
  80. NBT
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Disappointing.

    Yes that's my first word, because i am very disappointed. first of all. i started the game , hyped up. immediately i noticed mouse lag .. real bad mouse lag in the menu. Having trouble even hitting menu items .. my fps was steady at 144( that's my v sync) so it was not a pc performance issue. ignoring that for now i went right ahead trying to create a new game, i was meed    Disappointing.

    Yes that's my first word, because i am very disappointed. first of all. i started the game , hyped up. immediately i noticed mouse lag .. real bad mouse lag in the menu. Having trouble even hitting menu items .. my fps was steady at 144( that's my v sync) so it was not a pc performance issue. ignoring that for now i went right ahead trying to create a new game, i was meed with the new and stylish character creator.(similar to eve online) But my frustration just started to increase her it became very clear right her that this game is a console port. wonky controls with key binds that make no sense , cant be changed. managing finally to finishing the character creator i got finally into the game. but her was the turning point for me .. mouse lag again.. how can you play a game with that much mouse lag?... i immediately saved the game.. went out and tried to find a solution to this issue. after several hours and nothing working to resolve the issue i gave up.. it seems some nvidia card user wont a playable game because of the bad choice of forcing a broken mouse smoothing Technic on players. i know it has been bad in the old fallout games , but never as near , since i hasen't been fixed i just requested a refund and uninstalled the game.

    The game got hyped to much up its a joke .. they bragged about there new physics engine that now makes the hair move naturally in the wind . the bushes move in the wind and so on . Well there is no hair tech that can move in the wind. that was just a basic lie (no really hair is just a single mesh. witcher 3 has real hair engine but not fallout 4) reading now after i got my refund and with my 20 minutes ingame time that i spent in game to see if i resolved the mouse lag issue and several hours outside searching for a way to fix it , i am glad i just got my refund .. because from other negative review ( where people haven't been brainwashed) i can see clearly that this game wasn't worth my money or time    … Expand
  81. Kriss_A
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    They call this an RPG, really?

    I mean, literally: - Can't have your own backstory. - Stats barely matter - There are no skills - The world is bland as hell - Clunky Minecraft gimmick - Guns don't appear on your character model - Writing is ridiculous - PC is voice acted so you can't even roleplay as your own character at all - Can't play it non-lethal - Unarmed has no unique    They call this an RPG, really?

    I mean, literally:
    - Can't have your own backstory.
    - Stats barely matter
    - There are no skills
    - The world is bland as hell
    - Clunky Minecraft gimmick
    - Guns don't appear on your character model
    - Writing is ridiculous
    - PC is voice acted so you can't even roleplay as your own character at all
    - Can't play it non-lethal
    - Unarmed has no unique moves
    - Horrible graphics for a game of this budget
    I can go on for hours like this, it's one of the worst high-profile games I've played next to Dragon Age: Inquisition and that's really saying something.    … Expand
  82. Bitmouse
    Aug 2, 2016
    0
    Just watched the intro to Fallout 4 on Youtube - writers must be sociopaths.

    So you start off a video game with the protagonist watching their partner being shot....

    Wtf is wrong with you people.
  83. Variag01
    Nov 20, 2015
    0
    Game of the year ! Year 2008. Dont get me wrong. Its a good shooter but the worst Fallout Ive ever played included F3. Two steps forward after NV and about a mile back(( Well done Bethesda !
  84. gongal
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    I was expecting RPG not a shooter mixed with Sim Sheety mini game. Let Fallout die, Howard... Stop raping the great franchise you talentless hack. The game is so plain and emotionless, story so bland and boring, characters are basicaly blank slates, to make player focus on more action and durpy gunplay. Dialogue system is a travesty and should be killed before it lays more eggs.
  85. jurofaro
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    Major disappointment,

    No skills, only perks and now you get one every level. Easy to max out your basic stats. Perk distribution confusing, missing perks. I like new VATS but the new crafting system is confusing, If I wanted to gather materials all day I would have play State of Decay. Dialogue - you guys killed the game. Stop trying to please console players with dumbed down games.    Major disappointment,

    No skills, only perks and now you get one every level. Easy to max out your basic stats. Perk distribution confusing, missing perks. I like new VATS but the new crafting system is confusing, If I wanted to gather materials all day I would have play State of Decay.

    Dialogue - you guys killed the game. Stop trying to please console players with dumbed down games. I hope this is a wake up call, but than again 12 mil copies sold already so who cares about leaving behind a decent successor to an amazing game series. Let's keep the assembly line moving, right?

    Another major annoyance, I got the power armor withing an hour of gameplay. WTF, are you serious? You took all the building up to better gear away from the game, and any strength character can wear it apparently.

    I was really looking forward to this game and now it is all for nothing, going back to Wasteland 2.    … Expand
  86. aslan06
    Jan 18, 2016
    0
    Even mоre dumbed-dоwn than Skyrim,i was thinking that it impоsibIe...and this game shоw exacIy hоw Iazy bethesda is.I can't beIive peоpIe stiII defending this cоmpany.
  87. Lostframe
    Jun 28, 2016
    0
    Greedy people ruin my favorit game...R.I.P. Fallout 4
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  88. Immorta
    Nov 14, 2015
    0
    Game panders to Call of Duty crowd and isn't very enjoyable as a RPG experience anymore. Bethesda sells out their long time fans for more money.

    The world feels lifeless and void of any kind of emotion, Every quest ends up in "Fight through X level and Kill Y guy".. The new Legendary system is horrible The items, uninspiring. This game is a huge let down after Skyrim. Spend less    Game panders to Call of Duty crowd and isn't very enjoyable as a RPG experience anymore. Bethesda sells out their long time fans for more money.

    The world feels lifeless and void of any kind of emotion, Every quest ends up in "Fight through X level and Kill Y guy".. The new Legendary system is horrible

    The items, uninspiring.

    This game is a huge let down after Skyrim. Spend less money on banners and advertisement and more on your game please.    … Expand
  89. Mystic_Quest
    Nov 14, 2015
    0
    This game is a huge step backwards as an RPG. I am very saddened to say that It feels more like an open world COD.

    Dialog options are severely limited. Instead of borrowing elements from FNV, they took a completely different direction. There is no room for rp here. There are no consequences in the world, different options usually lead to the same exact result and answer, the npcs are    This game is a huge step backwards as an RPG. I am very saddened to say that It feels more like an open world COD.

    Dialog options are severely limited. Instead of borrowing elements from FNV, they took a completely different direction. There is no room for rp here.
    There are no consequences in the world, different options usually lead to the same exact result and answer, the npcs are soulless and half of them are... immortal.

    Skills are gone for good. Bethesda, instead of improving a system which worked for two decades, they "streamlined" it to a more simple version in order not to "confuse" its more fps-oriented customers.
    Unfortunately not even the most elaborate mods will manage to cure these.

    While they did add a settlement building system (which ultimately is meaningless as well) and improved FPS elements/combat, few things are left here to remind us of the fallout series. A terrible shame.    … Expand
  90. gibsmedat
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    it's clear bethesda doesn't care about its pc user base anymore. there's no excuse to have these physics tied to frame rate like this. it's lazy coding is what it is. i shouldn't have to lower my refresh rate on my monitor so the game doesn't bug out and i shouldn't need to cap my fps because it's running too high. that's ridiculous. my first five minutes of actual game play and i'mit's clear bethesda doesn't care about its pc user base anymore. there's no excuse to have these physics tied to frame rate like this. it's lazy coding is what it is. i shouldn't have to lower my refresh rate on my monitor so the game doesn't bug out and i shouldn't need to cap my fps because it's running too high. that's ridiculous. my first five minutes of actual game play and i'm getting stuck at the terminals and am unable to progress. so far what i have seen and heard is awful animations that were the same as skyrim.. and fo3 and oblivion. the voice acting is simply atrocious and i don't imagine that getting better at all. not only is it sub par quality, but voices seem to skip like they are being played from a poorly maintained record player. i'm also thoroughly disgusted with the new dialogue wheel. a lot of these response options are so ambiguous that you might not know exactly what you're selecting. the game just feels like a really shallow experience so far and the same bugs that plagued bethesda games are ever present that make me completely unable to play this game. i'm done with this company. go buy a console if you want to buy bethesda crap these days because they don't care about us. enjoy paid mods eventually.… Expand
  91. Noremac258
    Dec 17, 2015
    0
    Very poorly optimized, locked to 60fps, boring story, how can I even attempt to enjoy a game if my frame rate drops to 30 or bellow. It's very hard to recommend this game to anyone but a fallout fanboy.
  92. grimsfield
    Apr 7, 2019
    0
    So I see the good people of metacritic decided to post a fake score of 9 for me on this game when in reality I never even scored it. For that reason I'm filling up the required text box and giving a 0. Not cool metacritic.
  93. Kado_Sarat
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    The 100s of hours of meaningless questing that doesn't make you feel any different as you progress is garbage. Also, graphics that look like a minor upgrade from Fallout 3.
  94. Vanillablue
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    its pretty much like mass effect except not remotely fun.
    This isn't what a fallout game is
    This is basic linear garbage with a horrible generic point-blank story and characters that are naturally insufferable you have no choice in regards to pretty much anything the map is ridiculously small and empty so you are simply unable to do much other then the cliché main quest. The perk    its pretty much like mass effect except not remotely fun.
    This isn't what a fallout game is
    This is basic linear garbage with a horrible generic point-blank story and characters that are naturally insufferable
    you have no choice in regards to pretty much anything
    the map is ridiculously small and empty so you are simply unable to do much other then the cliché main quest.
    The perk system is complete garbage and building your character is pointless because the game hands out weapons like its black friday
    and combat is easy & awkward to say the least and no karma system makes everything just a little bit more pointless
    also your characters predetermined personality is banal and unrelatable
    not to mention that frame rate issues even on extremely strong systems make the game unplayable at times

    this is a grand disappointment
    especially since fallout 3 and new Vegas were some of my all time favorite games.    … Expand
  95. alanwake94
    Nov 17, 2015
    0
    Repetitive and boring side missions. Boston feels empty and lifeless, nothing interesting there to explore, only sometimes raiders and mutants come etc... dialogue system is totally crap, not as cool as in fallout 3 or new vegas. Uninteresting characters...
  96. 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
  97. JediMasterRadek
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    Failure as a rpg. Butchered dialogue system, butchered character creation system. Game without a heart made by people believing the more dumbed down a game is the better.
  98. game2002
    Sep 21, 2017
    0
    8/10 a really good game. The graphics aren't the best, but it's still good and mods will of course come out sooner or later for pc. Avoid all the trolls playing the game on their mothers laptop, the game is optimized and runs at 70fps maxed on a gtx 970!

    Edit: Over a year after, this game wasn't exactly the game I'd hoped for. The RPG elements are bland and the game felt small/short. I    8/10 a really good game. The graphics aren't the best, but it's still good and mods will of course come out sooner or later for pc. Avoid all the trolls playing the game on their mothers laptop, the game is optimized and runs at 70fps maxed on a gtx 970!

    Edit: Over a year after, this game wasn't exactly the game I'd hoped for. The RPG elements are bland and the game felt small/short. I changed the score to a 8/10 and hope Bethesda will deliver on their next Elder Scrolls game instead.

    Edit 2: Paid mods, go to hell Bethesda!    … Expand
  99. Tylaris
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    Apocalyptic amusement park of shallow mediocrity.

    + Excellent equipment customization and crafting system...best junk collection simulator out there + More vibrant "old world" art style that provides nice contrast to the wasteland, leaving stronger impression about the state of the world (in comparison to previous titles) + High quality soundtrack ( despite some recycling)...non    Apocalyptic amusement park of shallow mediocrity.

    + Excellent equipment customization and crafting system...best junk collection simulator out there
    + More vibrant "old world" art style that provides nice contrast to the wasteland, leaving stronger impression about the state of the world (in comparison to previous titles)
    + High quality soundtrack ( despite some recycling)...non intrusive on the experience, while strong enough to leave an impression
    + Good Atmosphere, loot and exploration
    / Solid first person shooting mechanics, nothing exceptional, but a definite step up from previous games
    / Decent visuals and sounds
    / Settlement crafting...nice idea, but feels in an alpha stage, "tacked on" and without any ties to main story or quests
    - Classical issues with Performance, bugs, glitches...very poor optimization which is completely inexcusable when done by a studio of this size, considering it's an engine they should be VERY familiar with
    ( Funny note: Their engine is probably older than those here, who give this game a high score)
    - Horrid UI design, floaty movement, lack of game customization options, keybinding problems, poor controls
    - Retarded companion and enemy AI
    - Clumsy Melee combat, little enemy variety, unbalanced difficulty ( bullet sponges, grenade spamming...)
    - Character progression ( through both story line and game mechanics), loss of distinctive Fallout rpg elements (karma, skill checks, traits, New Vegas hardcore mode...)
    - Lore inconsistency, lack of witty humor...game has none of that Fallout "charisma"
    - Main story( cross over between Star Wars and Terminator porn, but without sex ), pacing and presentation
    - Poor Side quest design, almost all in line with Skyrim/ MMO "quality"
    - Low quality Voice acting ( even with Courtney Taylor), dialogue, characters, lip sync and animations

    Personal rant:

    After finishing Last of Us and Wild Hunt recently, there is a jarring, absolutely non subjective drop in quality you'll notice immediately when jumping into Fallout IV ( and No, it goes far beyond just texture resolution or flow of animations)...almost like going from Oscar winner or a great HBO drama to low budget porn.

    Fallout IV is neither bad or good, but flat out feels unimpressive, uninspired, unpolished and outdated.

    If this was done by a small, emerging studio, fair rating would be somewhere between 4-6, but this kind of blatant laziness and incompetence should not be rewarded.
    This game was done by a company that relies on massively influential PR to sell, while it's left to the modding scene to add any real quality to their games ( on whose efforts they also tried to cash in, since they were going bankrupt at the time).

    Show some integrity and intelligence people... and instead support developers that are far more deserving of our time and money.    … Expand
  100. PSz
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    This game is so bad it's gonna make kids play F1 and F2 in a desperacy act.
    Pros:
    -Kids are finally gonna play a good Fallout game.
    Cons:
    -Fallout is officialy dead.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

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