Fallout 4

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  1. DeanNovelli
    Nov 11, 2015
    7
    Some of these reviewers has never touched Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas, otherwise they would quickly notice that in Fallout 4, many essentual features that helped define them as a rpg, well they're missing.

    - Karma: You remember looking for red items or even trying to avoid stealing from certain factions in Fallout 3 or New Vegas, whatever you decided to do it would have an impact on    Some of these reviewers has never touched Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas, otherwise they would quickly notice that in Fallout 4, many essentual features that helped define them as a rpg, well they're missing.

    - Karma: You remember looking for red items or even trying to avoid stealing from certain factions in Fallout 3 or New Vegas, whatever you decided to do it would have an impact on your reputation.

    - Reputation: it is like taking the vault out of Fallout, you just don't do it. Reputation was one of the things that made the series what it is today and i blindly expected it to be there. Instead of just blasting everything around you without worry like now in Fallout 4. If you desired to stay friendly or the opposite in Fallout3/New Vegas, you often selected your targets more carefully.

    Durability/repairs: i had a discussion on this subject and most people were happy that they no longer had to carry 3 of each item around in order to repair which i can relate to. However they seem to have forgotten that there was alternative methods to repair, like using repair kits that tends to be rare in the beginning or vendors(even more with mods). I still do not see this as a valid reason to strip down something that has always added depth and realism, unless you were expecting to play a modern First Person Shooter.

    Dialogue: In the previous games as i recall Fallout 3 and New Vegas, you could see how much of each special were needed in to progress further in that part of the dialogue, if you had less than that you could simply not pick it or sometimes they would give you a different answer than if you had the special requirements.

    If you prefer the action elements over rpg then this is probably the best game you will touch for a very long time, however i know most of the old timers play it solely for the rpg and for that i have to give it a 7 until i see some or all of the missing features added.    … Expand
  2. CODFANBOY2015
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    This is pretty sad for Bethesda to do this in 2015, I understood why there were bugs in 2008, but 7 years later you would think they would learn? They have not and it's still a mess with everything including story. I can forgive bugs, but not boring stories that are linear that cut the fun of the ARPG it was meant to be.

    Sad honestly.
  3. 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.
  4. c4mpbell
    Nov 11, 2015
    5
    4 hours in. It does not make me want to keep playing. Its like DLC for fallout 3. Very disappointing.

    Plus the facial animation is like something from 2010. Come on Bethesda.
  5. ErwinRommelish
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    Bethesda showed us game-play at E3, we knew what we were going to get, and we got it. Quite frankly, I believe that they've outdone themselves immensely with this game, and I think it's heart-breaking that all these trolls are dragging it's score through the mud in such an unfair manner.

    Again, we knew what Bethesda was making, and they delivered. If you were surprised in a negative    Bethesda showed us game-play at E3, we knew what we were going to get, and we got it. Quite frankly, I believe that they've outdone themselves immensely with this game, and I think it's heart-breaking that all these trolls are dragging it's score through the mud in such an unfair manner.

    Again, we knew what Bethesda was making, and they delivered. If you were surprised in a negative fashion by what you'd seen when first playing this game, it's your own fault.    … Expand
  6. GELU2703
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    No aporta nada nuevo a la saga, parece que estoy jugando en la anterior generación, las mecanicas son las mismas y el argumento es penoso. Lo he jugado 10 horas y lo he dejado por aburrido.
  7. SURYASHEKHAR
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Average at its best to be honest. The game looks a bit dated and a bit boring but overall, again, pretty average. I had high expectations from fallout 4 considering all that pre-release hype it had.… Expand
  8. 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.
  9. MitchyK7
    Nov 11, 2015
    9
    Great game so far, good addition to the franchise. Playing PC and XB1 versions, no issues with either so far! There is a hardcore mode despite what people say. There are some pacing issues early on that may put off newcomers, but if you love this franchise you know what to expect. Slow build until you end up the ultimate adventurer!
    Lighting looks good, design changes for some of the    Great game so far, good addition to the franchise. Playing PC and XB1 versions, no issues with either so far! There is a hardcore mode despite what people say. There are some pacing issues early on that may put off newcomers, but if you love this franchise you know what to expect. Slow build until you end up the ultimate adventurer!
    Lighting looks good, design changes for some of the common enemies are subtle but noticeable. Overall a good step forward, just could have done with less diluting of core elements to appeal to mass crowd. People loved Skyrim as it was, so why dilute the feature set?    … Expand
  10. Trooper123
    Nov 11, 2015
    7
    Bethesda. Bethesda never changes...
    -Bad graphic
    -Engine from the Paleolithic
    -Dialogues... They are disgusting
    -Bad otimization
    -Building as you play indie game

    +Nice palette of colors
    +Normal but still twitching animation
    +Good shooting
    + great editor of characters
  11. selsayed
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    This game has a severe case of consolitis. Yeah it's great that console players can play this game, but we have a situation now where the PC crowd has a screwed up UI(Too big, extremely unwieldly, obviously designed for a game pad), the controls are more often hardlocked than not(Again, obviously designed for a game pad) and we have frame rate caps because the developers weren't botheredThis game has a severe case of consolitis. Yeah it's great that console players can play this game, but we have a situation now where the PC crowd has a screwed up UI(Too big, extremely unwieldly, obviously designed for a game pad), the controls are more often hardlocked than not(Again, obviously designed for a game pad) and we have frame rate caps because the developers weren't bothered developing a game that could run safely beyond 50 frames per second.

    More than anything, this is unbelievably shoddy programming by Bethesda - more than usual, too, which is saying something - with absolutely stupid bugs all over the place. The engine limitations are also fairly obvious with how dated it is at this stage.

    It's also blatantly obvious Bethesda is using the modding community as a crutch for its poor development practices. I appreciate the dedication of modders and like that they're facilitated but this has enabled bad development practices from Bethesda. If you want a smooth game, wait a year and buy it, do not now.

    In terms of concrete game design, it's better in a lot of ways than 3/NV. The crafting system is amazing and has so much depth, and it will really thrive with the modding scene I think.

    The settlement building system has some interesting concepts but in real terms has poor implementation - you can flatten an entire building for scrap in like 10 seconds - but I think this definitely has a lot of potential and I can see it improving(Again, doubly so with mods. See what I mean?).

    The gun play is vastly improved. The Call of Duty hitmarker stuff is a bit unnecessary but I'm not bothered by it. I'm sure there'll be a mod(again) to disable it, though this should have obviously been a game menu option from release. But overall the gunplay has developed into a solid shooter.

    The dialogue wheel, however, is probably one of the worst design choices that nobody ever asked for. Like seriously, I've never sat through a Bethesda game and thought "You know what I want? A vague dialogue wheel which wont give me all the information I need to make informed decisions." It's a bad choice, it needs to go and never see the light of day in any other games. It's bad, bad, bad.

    The character creation system is probably one of the best I've seen, especially from a Bethesda publication. I'm also still coming to grips with the Perk/Skill system but I'm liking it.

    However, all in all, the design choices are massively overshadowed by the terrible bugs and development practices. For that I would recommend a DO NOT BUY. Wait it out for a few months at least.    … Expand
  12. stairmand
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    No FOV or multiscreen support on PC in 2015 is unforgivable. These are things that have been asked for ages.

    Graphically poor, poor animation. Wait for discounts.
  13. ubnsensei
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This game is nothing of an RPG, its a shooter now. Dialogues are just a joke... Game world is extremely small, after 2h of game-play i saw almost half of the map. Joke, joke, joke...
  14. Wraithcat
    Nov 11, 2015
    6
    If you are left handed, or don't use the WASD keys, or have any intention of changing the default keys to ones that you prefer, DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BUY THIS GAME!

    Many keys are "locked", meaning that if you have a particular preference for play (especially if you are left handed and use the number pad for movement), you'll find yourself struggling with an ergonomic    If you are left handed, or don't use the WASD keys, or have any intention of changing the default keys to ones that you prefer, DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BUY THIS GAME!

    Many keys are "locked", meaning that if you have a particular preference for play (especially if you are left handed and use the number pad for movement), you'll find yourself struggling with an ergonomic disaster. I spent several hours trying to get the whole WASD thing happening, but in the end, trying to override decades of habit was a pointless, futile exercise.

    On the positive side, I've had no crashes and am perfectly happy with the graphics running on medium. I like the brighter colours of the game world and the general look of the game.

    I also liked the new VATS, rather much to my surprise, as I expected it to be one of the things I hated. It slows the game to the point where you don't feel completely rushed to assess and decide on your enemies weak spots, but not so slow as to remove any sense of urgency. Indeed, I think they hit the sweet spot with VATS, because whereas in previous games, was a useful time to go make a cup of tea, now it contains a welcome element of danger.

    I thought that the opening sequence was well done and gave me a good sense of atmosphere. I didn't find it particularly hard to put myself in the mind of the protagonist and empathise with her experience of the end of the world and confused reawakening.

    Sadly, the game failed to run with what could have been a really engrossing and RPG filled transition 200 years into the future. Almost as soon as I was out of the vault, I fully acclimatised with morphing from a suburban housewife and lawyer into a sociopathic killer. Within 30 minutes of leaving the vault, it was quite clear that I was just another FPS cardboard cutout.

    Having abandoned a potentially awesome "girl out of time" storyline, for one written by hacks, the devs preceded to abandon the survival and life threatening danger that has made previous games great. The first mistake was giving the player powered armour and a minigun at the very start of the game. Now, if this was just a teaser for things to come, with a storyline removal of the armour and gun, that'd be kinda cool.

    But it isn't. In fact after nine hours of gameplay in which I reached about level 6 I had found a total of three suits of power armour and had three cores to power them. Now, any difficulty is a fast travel away from being eradicated (fast travel didn't seem to use any of the power either). Power Armour is the peak of armoured perfection and should not simply be handed out on a platter. When you get it, you should feel like you've achieved something, not been visited by your drunk fairy godmother.

    Forget roleplaying. Dialogue options in this game are atrocious. with only four selections and no real idea of what your character is going to say. Half the time, one of them seems to be "sarcastic", but you've no idea in advance if that means "douchebag", or "witty rejoinder". In previous games, you could actually see what your character was going to say and you weren't limited to only four options. In any case, most people aren't sarcastic, so making that the only "role playing" choice probably speaks to Devs with significant social and relationship issues. Kind, sympathetic, angry, joyful, or worried would have worked just as well.

    Mind you, given the two dimensional nature of the conversations and NPCs and the fact that all conversations seem to lead to the same outcome, it doesn't really matter what answer you give. Your path has already been pre-ordained and you are going to get on that railroad!

    With respect to NPCs, Fallout 4 lacks the humour and vibrancy of previous titles. Enemies seem generic with little to distinguish one group from the others. Don't expect to find a Moira from Megaton, Sunny Smiles, or even a Gob in this universe. The closest I saw was one character with mystic powers, but the potential was lost through poor voice acting, the crappy conversation wheel and the fact that she only seemed to exist as an accessory to the main story, rather than as a living and breathing person with a will of her own.

    The dumbing down of SPECIAL and perks from previous games is really disappointing. If you want to be able to open locks, or hack computers (and you do), you want perception and agility 4, which means you've eaten up 6 of your 21 SPECIAL starting points.

    While, a mere 3 points in Agility will enable you to take all the perks you need in order to sneak like a pro, many of the high level perks are marginal, (rooted, nerd rage, sniper, ghoulish and solar powered come to mind) or way too specific and pointless for almost any build (Idiot Savant).

    To the extent that I used the settlement building simulation I found it to be tedious, counter intuitive and difficult to navigate. Some RTFM might have helped, but by then I was beyond caring, and left them to starve, while I gave up on the game.    … Expand
  15. wthulmann
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    What to say, I am disappointed.
    - expectations were high, so was price
    - no eyefinitiy support? are you kidding me? I have to play only on one of my lcds. - are you serious with the GUI? I have paid for PC version, this console port makes angry - graphics is ok, for 2010. Have you seen Witcher or at least Stalker? Where is the graphics from presentations? - I was buying RPG, but you    What to say, I am disappointed.
    - expectations were high, so was price
    - no eyefinitiy support? are you kidding me? I have to play only on one of my lcds.
    - are you serious with the GUI? I have paid for PC version, this console port makes angry
    - graphics is ok, for 2010. Have you seen Witcher or at least Stalker? Where is the graphics from presentations?
    - I was buying RPG, but you sold me shooter

    I regret, that I have spent my money in presale and cannot return my copy.

    I like the open world, you have made, but it is not enough, You will never see my money again.    … Expand
  16. Lairdbenton
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    This is the best FPS that was ever made in the PC gaming history.

    Excellent work, Bethesda. As a casual mainstream console gamer, and loyal diehard fans of Call of Duty, and Ubisoft's user-friendly sandbox action games, I never like Bethesda’s Elder Scroll series or Fallout series, because they lack fantastic action elements, have long dialogue with clunky choices, and are too    This is the best FPS that was ever made in the PC gaming history.

    Excellent work, Bethesda. As a casual mainstream console gamer, and loyal diehard fans of Call of Duty, and Ubisoft's user-friendly sandbox action games, I never like Bethesda’s Elder Scroll series or Fallout series, because they lack fantastic action elements, have long dialogue with clunky choices, and are too complicated due to their frustrating attribute and skill system, in which casual gamers don’t know what’s going on in the character level-up mechanism and miss the fantastic gun blazing moments in Call of Duty.

    However, from the significant improvement in this title, I can sense the sincere attitude and respect from my newly beloved Bethesda to cater for our taste. This game has improvement because of the following:
    1. Removal of annoying skill system, replaced by easy-to-learn perks
    2. Addition of Call of Duty FPS mechanics, and introduction of bullet time, both are the best features highly praised by casual FPS gamers
    3. Addition of MineCraft base building, another favorite of casual gamers
    4. Introduction of a simplified dialogue wheel system, inspired from one of the master piece from BioWare, Dragon Age II
    5. Power Armor serves as a cool-looking robot / vehicle, every FPS gamers love vehicle! ;)
    6. Best console interface flawlessly ported to PC, even when playing in PC, I can still feel that it is user-friendly, smooth and fantastic which can only be achieved by the perfect harmony of interface from console

    Although this game is already the best FPS, as a humble supporter of Bethesda, I would still like to contribute ideas for the upcoming DLC / expansions in future, to further satisfy our gamers’ need:
    1. 2-weapon slot only – this is the golden standard of FPS from Call of Duty
    2. Removal of action point system, use kill-streak mechanics to activate bullet time, every FPS fans love this for killing hordes of enemies! ;)
    3. Introduction of cover-based shooting, TPS mode, with frequent switching between FPS and TPS view, and combat / climbing / cover shifting animation playing all the time – think about Deus Ex Human Revolution, every console gamers love to watch the frequent camera switching with combat animation playing on its own!
    4. Removal of weapon mods: please just add the loot-based mechanics from Borderlands, every FPS gamers love to kill enemies / boss for 1000 times or more just to farm the best gear, crafting the best weapon without farming means no fun for FPS fans! ;<
    5. Introduction of online auction house: every casual gamers love this feature, and like to use real-world-money rather than in-game currency to buy rare equipment in an open world of MMO!
    6. Removal of single player mode, enforcement of always-online authentication mechanism and MMO side quests: quest content in single player is still too complex for causal gamers to comprehend, the best solution is to make the game as a MMO, so every quest can be accepted after hearing 1 sentence of quest details from quest giver
    7. Leap of Faith perk, climbing tower to explore map mechanism: the best 2 sandbox feature that has every existed!
    8. Reduce the openness of world: please make the world consist of a large set of linear corridors so that player will never get lost OR just mark all the points of interest on the map just like Ubisoft’s awesome Far Cry series    … Expand
  17. plastus82
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    This is no what i expected. First its a shooter, i wanted RPG. Second, its minecraft. And last but not least, characters are so flat and boring, The Witcher showed us how open word with living characters should looks like. This is not bad game... but its not Fallout that i used to know.
  18. razvanalbu
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    I had very high hopes for Fallout 4 and was disappointed. I have played Fallout 1 & 2 and finished them countless times. Fallout 3 and New Vegas strayed from the depth of Fallout 1 & 2, and Fallout 4 took it even further and transformed the game into an 3rd1st person shooter with some RPG elements. Another example of how major companies can destroy a perfect game.

    - skills are gone -    I had very high hopes for Fallout 4 and was disappointed. I have played Fallout 1 & 2 and finished them countless times. Fallout 3 and New Vegas strayed from the depth of Fallout 1 & 2, and Fallout 4 took it even further and transformed the game into an 3rd1st person shooter with some RPG elements. Another example of how major companies can destroy a perfect game.

    - skills are gone
    - perks are destroyed by mixing them with skills
    - zero-perk influence in-game: without investing in anything I can play 'sniper' with a machine gun :)) A machine gun!!!! Sniper!!! WTF?!
    - no more dialogues with many options that immerse you in the world
    - no chance for charisma characters
    - dumbed down quests like in WoW Vanilla or Burning Crusade: go there, kill that, return, profit, rinse, repeat
    - town building which gives absolutely nothing (no one dies of hunger or thirst or sleep deprivation, no one attacks you etc.)
    - too easy to play now. I can jump in the middle of 10 foes and kill them all with a simple gun. I wasn't able to do that in fallout 2 not even in the end, wearing power armor and best weapons :)

    On the plus side: the graphics are pretty good.    … Expand
  19. Eikast
    Nov 11, 2015
    9
    Now to be fair I have only spent 4-5 good hours on this game so far so I may not be qualified to give it a full review, but neither are the 820 negative ratings -_-
    This game plays well for me at 4K with consistent 60 FPS (if your system can't handle eye candy then you need to use the right graphical settings). I started off playing the first 2.5-3 hours with a keyboard and mouse (I tried    Now to be fair I have only spent 4-5 good hours on this game so far so I may not be qualified to give it a full review, but neither are the 820 negative ratings -_-
    This game plays well for me at 4K with consistent 60 FPS (if your system can't handle eye candy then you need to use the right graphical settings). I started off playing the first 2.5-3 hours with a keyboard and mouse (I tried using an XBO controller and I didn't like it). I ended up getting a steam controller today and after choosing the right config, I love it.

    This game has quite a bit of RPG elements but it's also a FPS/ 3rd person shooter. The game can be unforgiving if you don't plan your attacks, but if you play smart then you will be satisfied with the gameplay. As for the story, I enjoy it so far but to be honest I'm doing all of the side quests that I get the chance to do. I am in no rush to beat this game. I'm giving it a 9 out of 10 simply because I feel that they could've updated the game engine (apparently it's the same as Skyrim).    … Expand
  20. skyhound
    Nov 11, 2015
    2
    This is not a Fallout series game.
    Seriously, no dialogs, no more S.P.E.C.I.A.L system, no interesting quests - just loot' n' shoot. But it is a Bethesda game - actually, it is Buggerfall v.2 with F3-like "HELLO SON" scenario.
    Enjoy your AAA!
  21. sataricon
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    1-Railroaded progression through the world and map early on.

    2-SPECIAL Stats are kneecapped in terms of effectiveness 3-Unkillable NPCs 4-Too much shooting, too little quality dialogue or roleplaying. AKA, Borderlands Syndrome. 5-Quests are at least 75% kill quests. 6-No Ron Perlman for the intro/outro videos. 7-Endings have been hacked down to nubs, and showcase no    1-Railroaded progression through the world and map early on.

    2-SPECIAL Stats are kneecapped in terms of effectiveness

    3-Unkillable NPCs

    4-Too much shooting, too little quality dialogue or roleplaying. AKA, Borderlands Syndrome.

    5-Quests are at least 75% kill quests.

    6-No Ron Perlman for the intro/outro videos.

    7-Endings have been hacked down to nubs, and showcase no acknowledgement of things you've done outside of one major choice.

    8-Skills are gone, which were a staple of the CRPG genre, especially Fallout.

    9-Karma is also gone.

    10-Dialogue is wretched, and leaves no room for nuance. Speech challenges no longer branch out from Speech alone into Skills.

    11-At least 10 Perks are unlocks of things unrelated to your avatar, while the rest are blase percentage increases, sometimes with overlap in some places.

    12-Getting Power Armor, something that took time and effort to get in past games, within five minutes of leaving the Vault, and a Minigun.

    13-Having Sprint, Grenade and Bash mapped to one button.

    14- Glitches out the ass, including installation glitches and PC crash/freeze bugs.    … Expand
  22. Berkerd
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Dumbed down, empty, soulless stupid sandbox PoS. I can't believe they turned this legendary game into a console kiddie christmas gift.

    Damn you bethesda.
  23. TaPPeliNo
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    This is a great game, please ignore the people that are saying otherwise, because it`s most often due to their bad PCs that can`t run the game properly.
  24. stardevil
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    je de bonne qualité poussif dans le housing pour un jeu solo prend de chose a faire et de choix . la gestion de l armure et top car on est face a la realité avec l energie qui n'est pas illimité
  25. Wolverinemetacr
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    If this game was supposed to be a shooter I can understand 7,8,9,10 scores its not supposed to be a shooter guys and gals. Where are the branching paths to this story huh, where are the cool quests huh, where is the dialog with choices that impact the story?

    This is a generic first person shooter an average one at that, there is no replay ability because all you choices lead to the    If this game was supposed to be a shooter I can understand 7,8,9,10 scores its not supposed to be a shooter guys and gals. Where are the branching paths to this story huh, where are the cool quests huh, where is the dialog with choices that impact the story?

    This is a generic first person shooter an average one at that, there is no replay ability because all you choices lead to the same exact thing. I could go on and on I wont why bother. 7 as a shooter 1 as a Fallout game average is a generous 4.    … Expand
  26. Vallarion
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    Я отлично понимаю, откуда такие кардинально различающиеся оценки среди юзеров (либо 0, либо 8-10) и откуда такая разница между оценками игровых изданий и игроков. Все потому, что народ хотел увидеть Фолл 2, ну или хотя бы 3, и испытать при этом такие же эмоции как в далекое светлое время, когда они были молоды и невинны, а игровые издания подошли более объективно (опустим проплаченныеЯ отлично понимаю, откуда такие кардинально различающиеся оценки среди юзеров (либо 0, либо 8-10) и откуда такая разница между оценками игровых изданий и игроков. Все потому, что народ хотел увидеть Фолл 2, ну или хотя бы 3, и испытать при этом такие же эмоции как в далекое светлое время, когда они были молоды и невинны, а игровые издания подошли более объективно (опустим проплаченные оценки). Это. Другой. Фаллаут. Со своими плюсами, минусами и широкими возможностями для мододелов. Категорически противны люди, выставляющие этой игре, например 0 или 1 - эта игра хороша. Очень хороша. Атмосферна, и в ней есть чем заняться, но хэйтерство в интернете абсолютно и вездесуще - люди либо любят что-то в интернетиках, либо абсолютно ненавидят. Всем не угодишь. Все негативные оценки этой игре выставлены мечтательными людьми, которые "уж они бы сделали свой Фолл с блэкджеком и шлюхами", но ненавистная Беседка срубает их последние кровно заработанные, которые они откладывали полгода деньги.
    А если по игре: то тут можно строить домики, выращивать метафрукты и варить мет! Беседка заставила меня ходить и подбирать алюминиевые банки с пола, собирать за нариками Даймонд-сити бутылки из-под ядерколы! Хосспади, 10 бомжей из 10! Теперь весь тот мусор, на который вы не обращали внимания в предыдущих частях - нашел себе применение, а это огромный потенциал для допиливания, модов и ДЛЦ. Тут как в казино: если у Вас есть лишние деньги, от которых не обеднеет семейный бюджет - покупайте смело, Вы проведете тут немало задротских часов.    … Expand
  27. ItzAPILLOWPET
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This game is a complete insult to the human intelligence and the RPG genre. This is the furthest thing to an RPG with completely dumbed down dialouge, no choices and consequences, no skills, and all the quests are "mmo" kill this group or get this item **** The settlement builder is a clearly shoe horned mess that is a damn chore to get anything to work right. The worst part about it isThis game is a complete insult to the human intelligence and the RPG genre. This is the furthest thing to an RPG with completely dumbed down dialouge, no choices and consequences, no skills, and all the quests are "mmo" kill this group or get this item **** The settlement builder is a clearly shoe horned mess that is a damn chore to get anything to work right. The worst part about it is that Bethesda really thought they could use this as an excuse to not add any real settlements to the game, "You **** can do the work for us!". The story is most shallow **** there is in the game. Feeling like a Fallout 3 redux(it's like poetry, it rhymes), that's not a good thing. Fallout 3's story was already a nonsensical mess that was nothing like Fallout. Fallout isn't about Daddy/Son "Emotionally Driven!" **** The dialogue is also completely shallow and is probably the worst thing about the game, why even have the characters talk at all? The companions and factions in this game are also completely shallow and uninteresting. It's almost like Beth completely ignored New Vegas(We know they did). In almost every category, New Vegas is still the king over the rest of the Bethesda "RPGs". Fallout 4 is nothing more than a shoot and loot, hobo simulator. I am truly saddened that such a great franchise must go through such butchery from a company that just doesn't care/understand.

    R.I.P. Fallout    … Expand
  28. Jaguar_Paw91
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    The main problem in this game is that feeling that you dont play game from 2015, we have that MONEY problem again, it is all about that. I cant belive someone can work on something for years and then deliver something like that. Yet again we have unfinished product, and now we have to wait that famous "first week patch" to work out so many problems. A lot of people say how this is based onThe main problem in this game is that feeling that you dont play game from 2015, we have that MONEY problem again, it is all about that. I cant belive someone can work on something for years and then deliver something like that. Yet again we have unfinished product, and now we have to wait that famous "first week patch" to work out so many problems. A lot of people say how this is based on consoles and I must agree, because that brings money, at least in the heads of this "hard working people". Everything becomes fake these days, they spend milions of dollars to advertising the crap. You cant, you just cant go to reduction of game, because that dosent match your master consoles plan. PC today is virtually unlimited, and what we have? Those consoles are made from pc core, and if someone lose pc players that is their unconditional fall. I mean in 2015 we have loading screen for entering the building? When you speak to the people in the game it all feels stretch, even the story isnt something. The game feels out of date, because of smart reducttion of people behind this game. Yes you can build your own settlement, you can craft some most generic weapons I ever see, just dosent seems right. A lot of people say it is a Sykrim, but without dragos, yea, sykrim also had his own reductions for the same reasons, and that game was out 2011, and now what year is it? After 4 years, you deliver the same? Something is fron with game industry, and we need gaming revolution, every game become like sport, non of few changes, another year on cover and voila you have a BRAND NEW game. Very disappointing and poor… Expand
  29. DDVIL
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    This is truly one of the biggest disappointments of the year. I've heard it all, from the "the reason Skyrim has 60 companions and Fallout 4 has 12 is because Bethesda wanted to make them unique" to the "Bethesda using last gen assets from an 8 year old game is perfectly acceptable because it speed up development time". But none of these excuse bethesda's laziness. After all they are aThis is truly one of the biggest disappointments of the year. I've heard it all, from the "the reason Skyrim has 60 companions and Fallout 4 has 12 is because Bethesda wanted to make them unique" to the "Bethesda using last gen assets from an 8 year old game is perfectly acceptable because it speed up development time". But none of these excuse bethesda's laziness. After all they are a multi billion dollar company, with development teams bigger than most industry leading companies out there, it is a shame that a triple A company with 4 consecutive game of the year awards and a budget so large it would put most triple A games to bed releases yet another unfinished product to the market.

    Glitches:
    The game has countless problems, from AI path-finding glitches, falling through the ground, areas not loading properly, constant freezes (specially on consoles), re-used animations from skyrim and Fallout 3, the list goes on. Like many reviewers (who GAVE IT A 10/10) POINTED out, it is a Bethesda game, and they still haven't figured a way to release a properly working game. How can someone admit that the game is unplayable at times yet give it a 10/10 is beyond me *cash in sound plays in the background*.

    The player model often finds itself stuck around the world, from invisible walls (the countless videos about it on the internet) to not being able to pass through areas because there's a small rock on the ground obstructing it's path.

    Story:
    It's more of the same, Bethesda has this ability to make interesting stories, that are only good on concept. I enjoyed it at times, but when you have games like Witcher 3 in which most side quests affect the world around you and the main quest has a lot of diverging paths that will ultimately affect the outcome of the story, playing fallout, despite being an open world, feel like an scripted experience.

    Graphics: It's laughably ugly. From armors not being fully 3d rendered, with the majority (80%) of details being illusions caused by normals/bumpmaps generated from baking much much higher poly meshes. Even the shirt sleeve tears are not rendered this time, they are hand drawn (actual meshes) to avoid using high quality texture work with proper alpha channels. It's an ugly technique that makes things such as ripped cloth look like a lego set piece. Shadows stop being rendered 5 meters way from you. LOD is reduced to a minimum, even on max settings on PC so that the engine can keep itself from CTD.

    Gameplay: In short, It's better than fallout 3. Shooting mechanics actually have feel to them now, there is actual recoil to some weapons. Enemies drop like flies, disembodiment looks great... the hit detection has been improved. The vats system is as great as Fallout 3. The gameplay is definitely the highest point in the series, but it's not enough to justify everything else that's going on.

    Will you like this game? Depends, are you the type of person who blindly wastes your money on DLC, micro-transactions and browser games with bait pictures of hot females? Do you have nothing else better to play? Are you a Fallout die-hard who will threaten people with decapitation over observable facts? Then this is the game for you.

    For the rest of us. No, Wait for the game to be patched, DLCs to come out and it to drop in price. This game is not worth 70 bucks.    … Expand
  30. EnerTomasino
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    This game looks like they just took Fallout 3, added new lights and scenery. Maybe its great for players with low pc specs or a big FANS of Fallout, but this can't be sold for 60 BUCKS. I don't see any work. Just routine gameplay. Only plus is the beginning of the game, its interesting and intriguingly...
  31. commoonist
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    i've only got about 6 hours in this game, but in those 6 hours, i have had an awesome time. fallout 4 is a really well crafted and fun to play game, and although it diverges a bit from previous fallout titles, i don't see all that many problems with it. i love the graphics (the lighting and weather as well as the wasteland itself are gorgeous), the gameplay, and the characters are in myi've only got about 6 hours in this game, but in those 6 hours, i have had an awesome time. fallout 4 is a really well crafted and fun to play game, and although it diverges a bit from previous fallout titles, i don't see all that many problems with it. i love the graphics (the lighting and weather as well as the wasteland itself are gorgeous), the gameplay, and the characters are in my opinion pretty interesting, not to mention the soundtrack, which is amazing. the game is currently pretty buggy but given that this is a day 2 bethesda game i don' think thats much to be concerned about. the only real negative i can think of with this game is the dialogue options, which are very vague when selecting them (and there are only 4 options per dialogue prompt to boot, which isn't exactly optimal), and go into more detail when the character actually says them. this works fine, although i think the old system of being able to tell exactly what your character is going to say before they say it from past games works better. i think a lot of people had this knee-jerk reaction of being resistant to change, but i personally don't find any of the new changes to be annoying, save for the dialogue.… Expand
  32. KoneSide
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    Absolutely stunning, HAS got to be GOTY 2015!
    Recommended def.

    Graphics - 9.5/10
    Gameplay - 9.5/10
    Customization 9/10
    Overall 9.5/10

    Amazing game, Todd Howard has done it again.
  33. Muuvinki
    Nov 11, 2015
    2
    This isn't even close being finished game. What on earth happened to you Bethesda? Did you lost every single remaining braincell you had before? First of all this game lags, glitches and bugs on very high end pc's meaning that the optimization is horrible. Secondly, npc's are like walking corpses among the game world and there seems to be no depth even in single one of them. Storyline isThis isn't even close being finished game. What on earth happened to you Bethesda? Did you lost every single remaining braincell you had before? First of all this game lags, glitches and bugs on very high end pc's meaning that the optimization is horrible. Secondly, npc's are like walking corpses among the game world and there seems to be no depth even in single one of them. Storyline is generic and very boring experience with no improvement at all.

    What is even more unbelievable is that your fanbase defends this horrible s***cake that has no quality to be seen anywhere. This game is not worth 60$, hell its not even worth 20$ because its a big buggy mess that crashes often and framerate sucks.

    Open your eyes people, DO NOT support this kind of failures.    … Expand
  34. msibley313
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Don't go on reddit and ask people what they think about this game. Reddit is full of normie casual **** who make anything bethesda **** out of their lazy **** **** sound like the second **** coming of christ. If you care about the gaming industry don't support this trash. Lazy developers like Bethesda and retarded game designers like Todd Howard are the cancer of this industry, the game isDon't go on reddit and ask people what they think about this game. Reddit is full of normie casual **** who make anything bethesda **** out of their lazy **** **** sound like the second **** coming of christ. If you care about the gaming industry don't support this trash. Lazy developers like Bethesda and retarded game designers like Todd Howard are the cancer of this industry, the game is barely improved since FO3 and has so many reused assets and animations from Skyrim it's unbelievable. So many re used sound effects and gameplay systems as well. This is literally skyrim with guns on a smaller map and with terrible shooting mechanics DO NOT BUY!… Expand
  35. Spectre_Chavez
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    Amazing story, insane atmosphere, nice upgrades from Fallout 4. Didn't encounter any big bugs in the 60 hours I've played so far. Scenery is amazing, characters faces and lipsync are a bit dated but that's just a minor flaw in an otherwise amazing game. Must buy!
  36. dtechno
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    If you liked Fallout 3, you'll like this, if you didn't, you won't. The game takes a couple of major leaps forward from F3, mainly in the combat system, and a couple of steps backward from Fallout New Vegas, mainly in the story/character development. The world-building and exploration element remains superb.

    It has the usual problems Betsheda games have always had: buginess, subpar    If you liked Fallout 3, you'll like this, if you didn't, you won't. The game takes a couple of major leaps forward from F3, mainly in the combat system, and a couple of steps backward from Fallout New Vegas, mainly in the story/character development. The world-building and exploration element remains superb.

    It has the usual problems Betsheda games have always had: buginess, subpar graphics and one infuriating one present in skyrim and FO4: a terrible PC UI. Luckily those problems are usually alleviated by modders after a while.

    Overall though, it's a very good open world exploration FPS+RPG.    … Expand
  37. Ragnarokdel
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    While not the best game ever released, this is a solid game in it's own. Whoever complains that it's not the same as previous games because it's lighter on RPG elements needs to decide whether they want a call of duty or assassin's creed game or something that changes over time. The crafting system is great. My only issue with it is that I wish I could use a satellite camera when placingWhile not the best game ever released, this is a solid game in it's own. Whoever complains that it's not the same as previous games because it's lighter on RPG elements needs to decide whether they want a call of duty or assassin's creed game or something that changes over time. The crafting system is great. My only issue with it is that I wish I could use a satellite camera when placing objects on the ground. I like that monsters use the world instead of just being there (Molerats coming out of the ground or ghouls sneaking up on you in from ventilation) What holds this game back is the incredible amount of bugs it's plagued with for that reason, I would suggest waiting a few weeks before buying it but it'll definitely be worth picking up once bugs get fixed.… Expand
  38. kgersen
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    "text UI" is from the 90s, I guess it's mainly because of console support. PC gaming is dying because of games like this.

    In 2015 a RPG should have full mouse support, click &drag for inventory management and crafting, colorized items : the top weapon is just a green line of text like the lowest junk item...that's just silly. the Pip is just an annoying gimmick. The time wasted    "text UI" is from the 90s, I guess it's mainly because of console support. PC gaming is dying because of games like this.

    In 2015 a RPG should have full mouse support, click &drag for inventory management and crafting, colorized items : the top weapon is just a green line of text like the lowest junk item...that's just silly. the Pip is just an annoying gimmick.

    The time wasted dealing with that outdated UI is just phenomenal.

    Tip for Bethesda: at least provide a customizable UI system with addons (like WoW for instance) if you can't code a decent UI yourself.    … Expand
  39. Densito
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    There is no choice and consequence, no reputation changes from your actions, and no feedback to anything you do. "Freedom" means nothing in an RPG when none of your available actions mean anything. I find this particularly disheartening since it saps me of any motivation to do anything when the narrative provided for those actions is not only weak, but nothing I do matters. What's trulyThere is no choice and consequence, no reputation changes from your actions, and no feedback to anything you do. "Freedom" means nothing in an RPG when none of your available actions mean anything. I find this particularly disheartening since it saps me of any motivation to do anything when the narrative provided for those actions is not only weak, but nothing I do matters. What's truly astounding is that Bethesda actually regressed in this area since the days of Morrowind or even Oblivion where at least a basic reputation system existed and guards hailed me as the Champion of the Arena or something.… Expand
  40. bigfoot
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Move over Big Rigs Over The Road Racing and Daikatana. We have a new contender for worst PC game of all time. Everyone at Bethesda should be tarred and feathered for this travesty.
  41. killsasquatch
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    This game does many things right. The gameplay, graphics, combat have been vastly improved upon, the exploration rewarding and entertaining, the locations and the characters interesting. It is a fun and unique experience. Bethesda has given fallout 4 a massive face lift that was very much needed any true fan of the fallout series would recognize and appreciate that fallout 4 is a hugeThis game does many things right. The gameplay, graphics, combat have been vastly improved upon, the exploration rewarding and entertaining, the locations and the characters interesting. It is a fun and unique experience. Bethesda has given fallout 4 a massive face lift that was very much needed any true fan of the fallout series would recognize and appreciate that fallout 4 is a huge improvment on graphics and gameplay over Bethesda's previous titles also I dont think the graphics are as bad as the trolls say they are you know the ones that give the game 0/10. I feel as if bethesda put alot of emphasis on controls it does not feel janky like bethesdas previous titles and it really pays off. Runs great optimized well getting 60fps at 1080p with every setting maxed no stuttering what so ever would highly recommend 10/10.
    Pc specs:
    -Asus 990 Fx Extreme 4 Motherboard
    -Evga Gtx 980 Sc
    -AMD 8core 8350 4GHz
    -16gb DDR3 1866mhz RAM
    -Operating System Windows 7    … Expand
  42. Thylbanus
    Nov 10, 2015
    10
    PLEASE NOTE: UPDATE YOUR nVIDIA DRIVERS!!!
    CAUTION: Disable SLI until nVidia notifies you of another driver update.
    I would caution anyone reading any of these comments, both positive and negative that it seems a bit... imbalanced. Check Steam, as it is a source for the game that you need to be a confirmed owner to rate. Odd that it is listed as "Very Positive." (80% thumbs up)    PLEASE NOTE: UPDATE YOUR nVIDIA DRIVERS!!!
    CAUTION: Disable SLI until nVidia notifies you of another driver update.

    I would caution anyone reading any of these comments, both positive and negative that it seems a bit... imbalanced. Check Steam, as it is a source for the game that you need to be a confirmed owner to rate. Odd that it is listed as "Very Positive." (80% thumbs up) There seems to be a disparity between Steam reviews and these here.

    To keep things simple, this game is for a person who is interested in open world and mature story. You will need a higher end machine to run this on it's best settings, but make sure you don't have a "special snowflake" machine. As with all first launches, those snowflakes are having a devil of a time with the game. They are working and just did a patch this morning (11/10). I'm sure there will be another the next morning.    … Expand
  43. BUTTERING
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    1 Bad graphics
    2 Bad optimization
    3 Bad physics/animation etc
    4 Bad story line
    5 Terrible, primitive RPG system
    6 Small dead world

    Good job Bethesda, you killed Fallout series.
  44. KATBERT
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    There is no FALLOUT. Its just Rage 2 or castrated FAR CRY 3/4. Charisma, now total useless. U now... Far Cry 3 had much cool RP. Can u imaged that? FAR CRY 3 is much better Role Playing game then Fallout. GOD!!!!
  45. Kvaron
    Nov 10, 2015
    2
    Terrible animation and graphics (facial animation, clothes textures and oblivion rag-dolls force you to facepalm at least once a minute), it's a shame to develop such game in 2015 after GTA and Witcher, lots of bugs, stupid UI. . Story is full of cliche and stereotypes. Steam refused to do money-back, because I spent two hours and 12 minutes in game. The worst cash in ever. NeverthelessTerrible animation and graphics (facial animation, clothes textures and oblivion rag-dolls force you to facepalm at least once a minute), it's a shame to develop such game in 2015 after GTA and Witcher, lots of bugs, stupid UI. . Story is full of cliche and stereotypes. Steam refused to do money-back, because I spent two hours and 12 minutes in game. The worst cash in ever. Nevertheless some arts are very good and impressive, cars with nuclear engine or panoramic views of bridges and post apocalypse landscapes are well drawn. Anyway it doesn't worst buying, save you money. Russian players also have awful localization… Expand
  46. Windom_Pixis
    Nov 10, 2015
    8
    It's really sad to see so many negative reviews, for a game that I think is actually quite enjoyable.

    I believe the reasoning for the vast amounts of negativity comes from not bugs, poor game design etc, but from overhype. Fallout 4 may very well be the most hyped up game I've ever experienced, and with good reason. However, when a game garners this much hype, one can't help but feel    It's really sad to see so many negative reviews, for a game that I think is actually quite enjoyable.

    I believe the reasoning for the vast amounts of negativity comes from not bugs, poor game design etc, but from overhype.

    Fallout 4 may very well be the most hyped up game I've ever experienced, and with good reason. However, when a game garners this much hype, one can't help but feel disappointed when waiting for the games release and sitting down and playing it after all the waiting. I truly believe it's unfair to essentially say the game is sh*t. By no stretch of the imagine is this true. I was, myself, overhyped, felt the disappointment, realised that the game would never be infallible, and started to enjoy myself. This is the problem with instant reviews, nobody has really had time to make a safe assessment on how they feel about the game. Please consider what I have said here if you do not currently enjoy the game and give it some time, I'm sure a lot of you will change your minds.    … Expand
  47. TastesOfRegret
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Less content than any previous fallout game.
    When the last game we got was New Vegas, this is completely unacceptable. Every new Bethesda game is more dumbed down, stripped down, and hyped up to be better than ever when every single time it has less features.
    And what little content they DID add only served to make the game more unbearable and sever it's ties to the older games. The    Less content than any previous fallout game.
    When the last game we got was New Vegas, this is completely unacceptable. Every new Bethesda game is more dumbed down, stripped down, and hyped up to be better than ever when every single time it has less features.

    And what little content they DID add only served to make the game more unbearable and sever it's ties to the older games.

    The writing is abysmal, the pacing is all over the place and the gameplay is a bug-infested skeleton of it's former self.

    I refunded my purchase, and wouldn't even pirate this game now.    … Expand
  48. dimasik
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Это какой-то паршивый шутан, а не постапокалиптическая рпг с продвинутой системой прокачке, интересными квестами и хорошо проработанными диалогами.
  49. leugim696
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    dumbed down rpg mechanics, horrible voice acting, atrocious graphics, a story that seems like it was written by a grade-schooler, and that fps. wait for the GOTY version, at least then you'll get the full story with less bugs.
  50. Rst123
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game is terrible.
    Bad graphics, horrible dialogs, boring gameplay, a lot of bugs. I expected fallout, but got sims.
    I have never been so disappointed about the game.
  51. Kalex25
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    1) The controller is just a disaster. It feels now and more so on, as if the menu has been created for the console and no longer optimized for the PC.
    2) There is no Karma system.
    3) Radiation itself is no real danger more.
    4) The dialogue system greatly simplified. Even there you realize that it is well adapted to the console.
  52. 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.
  53. sendkeys
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    As of the release date its very disappointing. The PC versions feels like a bad console port. A lot of the keep features in fallout3/vegas were removed. The textures on the PC are very bad for a 2012+ game. The controls are 100% made for a console and not for a keyboard/mouse. There is a lot of negatives and less positives after 20 hours into the game. Over all if i had to do it again iAs of the release date its very disappointing. The PC versions feels like a bad console port. A lot of the keep features in fallout3/vegas were removed. The textures on the PC are very bad for a 2012+ game. The controls are 100% made for a console and not for a keyboard/mouse. There is a lot of negatives and less positives after 20 hours into the game. Over all if i had to do it again i would wait 6 months until the modders could fix this game.… Expand
  54. deltakilo
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    This game will be great when the modders get done re-adding all the stuff that should've been there since day 1. It has a poor selection of ugly weapons, the game feels more like a shooter than it ever did an actual RPG, there's not much presented in the way of an immersive choice, and everything about the environment and the story is just a shadow of the retrofuturism that made FO3 and NVThis game will be great when the modders get done re-adding all the stuff that should've been there since day 1. It has a poor selection of ugly weapons, the game feels more like a shooter than it ever did an actual RPG, there's not much presented in the way of an immersive choice, and everything about the environment and the story is just a shadow of the retrofuturism that made FO3 and NV so appealing. I was really hoping this game would be good, or at least FO3 rebuilt on the skyrim engine, but no. It's just a painful slog.… Expand
  55. Dolfann23
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    An absolutely terrible game. The revamped dialogue wheel sucks, and makes the game much worse than its predecessor. The graphics are terrible for a AAA game as well. It is filled with tons of game breaking bugs that will crash the game. The story was dumbed down and all RPG elements were removed essentially destroying the franchise.
  56. skankerveen
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    Being a die hard fallout fan, I just had to write a review on this game.

    This game is not being meta-bombed for no reason. It's a serious flop. The voice acting and dialogue are abysmal, I've seen B-list movies with better acting. It's so bad any immersion into the world is lost as soon as you speak with an NPC. Also why oh why did they have to give a voice to the player? It's not just    Being a die hard fallout fan, I just had to write a review on this game.

    This game is not being meta-bombed for no reason. It's a serious flop. The voice acting and dialogue are abysmal, I've seen B-list movies with better acting. It's so bad any immersion into the world is lost as soon as you speak with an NPC. Also why oh why did they have to give a voice to the player? It's not just unnecessary, it actually ruins the RPG experience. The comparisons to the Mass Effect dialogue wheel are accurate, no more is there a "list" of good responses, but some generic 4-choice option for every single conversation, and almost all of them have the same outcome. The story/acting/dialogue/writing and everything related to that aspect of the game is utter trash. Also the radio host... cringe...

    Combat and exploration is a bit better, but not much. The FPS element is quite fun at first, although you find yourself never using VATS because it's simply not needed. I definitely find the exploration to be a bit too casual, you find a lot of good stuff really early on and it kind of makes the finding/looting a powerful weapon less special (lol see what I did there).

    Perhaps if I was new to the series I would have enjoyed this game, but coming from fallout 3 and NV I am so very disappointed to the point of being downright sad about this game. There's no immersion, and the game rewards you too easily; it just feels cheap.

    Do not buy. I'm literally going to request a steam refund after I write this even though I'm well past the 2 hour mark.    … Expand
  57. Woody0
    Nov 10, 2015
    9
    I am not sure if I just got lucky, but I had one bug in my 10-15 hours of play. I was unable to do anything after I activated a terminal.

    I have been enjoying myself.
  58. olejka
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    People developing Fallout:NV fired?

    Fallaut 4 is a series of degradation. This is what you need to be willing to release the game worse F3?
    Every year, the game makes everything easier for a larger number of persons. Soon you can play with just one button:
    PRESS Y TO WIN.
  59. Hock
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I am pretty sure New Vegas looked better than this mess that has the audacity to lag. Not to mention the writing feels like it was done by a toddler, with the rpg semblance of "choice" meaning absolutely nothing as your choices have no impact on the endings. Don't waste your money on this game, wait for it to be >5$ if you really wanted, maybe then it will have mods that will make it tolerable.
  60. mamamelaverga
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I cant believe how bad it is
    its like they released an alpha instead of the final version of the game, now we have to wait for the modders to fix this mess.
    lets hope that bathesda doesn't try to push paid mods again
  61. mikett66
    Nov 10, 2015
    10
    4.7? Seriously? This game is awesome! And I have played every last Fallout game. You can't say I'm a noob. The crafting system is different. But overall, it's the best Fallout yet. I'll write a full review later.
  62. KRISPEYKREME
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    This is not fallout. It is a dull, high spec'd low quality, unimaginative rpg where you are shoe horned into a broad story of one individual. Dual uninspired dialogue and choices, the most you will get out of this game is using it as a walking simulator and mass murder simulator. It is incredibly non optimized, a strewn mish mash of key bindings that make no sense compared to theThis is not fallout. It is a dull, high spec'd low quality, unimaginative rpg where you are shoe horned into a broad story of one individual. Dual uninspired dialogue and choices, the most you will get out of this game is using it as a walking simulator and mass murder simulator. It is incredibly non optimized, a strewn mish mash of key bindings that make no sense compared to the previous games that worked far better, and a UI in past games that worked far better, but they now have a horrid GUI.

    Fallout 4 is the Oblivion of Morrowind if Morrowind was FO3/NV, they completely missed the mark and made a console game for casuals in this generation. Terrible tacked on building and mod simulator to make money off the crop of recent titles. They just didn't put the heart and feelings of the past games in this, it isn't there, there is no nostalgia to lean upon, go play FO3 and NV and mod them like mad. Mods and dlc cannot save FO4.

    We can only hope they go back to the pure roots and get a developer that actually loves Fallout that in FO5 in 4 years no talking protagonist, more branching storylines, and nothing fancy to hype. Back to skills, back to actual roleplaying, back to an actual working UI, back to something made specifically for PC gamers. Graphics might just be the one semi decent thing it has going for it despite what most say, and that is all imo. It however still deserves a zero for bringing out such vitriol I had after 20 hours of play that I had to spend a day to calm down and play games I actually like, such as FO3 and Payday2 (which I don't agree with certain things such as micro transactions) but I play it because I enjoy it, and I do not in anyway as of this moment like FO4.    … Expand
  63. oversteer
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Alright. I love the series, I absolutely do. These are my impressions 4 hours in. The gun mechanics are fantastic. The gun mechanics just works. Fallout 3 had clunky mechanics, VATs felt at home in this world, FO4 fixes this and I am never clicking Q. The guys are enjoyable and seamless. The radio host is hilarious. The voice acting is good. The lighting looks great. I forgot how much I enjoyed doing the hacking mini-game. Alright, I can stop here. Onto the bad.

    The quests so far have hideous dialogue. Early in the game you meet up with the minuteman. They immediately lead with there being power armor on the roof; they have no reason to trust the main character, they are concerned about getting this power armor but also seem unconcerned with the armor falling into the wrong hands. Weirdness of this nature continues with almost every quest.

    The map is tiny and completely devoid of anything resembling historical new England. Seriously, there are no features of Concord MA that look anything like Concord. The geography isn't even remotely similar. Concord is built around a roundabout, this is missing. This isn't concord. Similarly unrecognizable Bedford, Lexington, and even Boston.

    The game doesn't look good. The textures--while they use 3GB+ video ram--do not look good.

    The AI is quite bad. You can get monsters to glitch into corners and trap themselves, as I did with the first death claw. Monsters will yell that they saw you before turning. Monsters will not see you when you are really close. It is bad.

    The dog is really glitchy and annoying. Sure he can open doors and heals instantly when you travel through load screens. Whatever, companions are just as bad as they were before. No points deducted.

    The game runs like absolute **** This will be fixed, i know. But it really runs worse than my old hardware did on fallout 3 and doesn't look much better/ Not marking down any points for this.    … Expand
  64. stonedblues
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    Thanks to Bethesda we have a railroad-like shooter with a little RPG-elements based on skyrim. Poor optimisation, awful texture quality, horrible Mass Effect-like dialogue system, and a clusterf**k of bugs, what makes this game barely playable. And of course, seven years of one game making method: release new TES game, add guns and post-apocalyptic atmosphere, and new fallout game is done!Thanks to Bethesda we have a railroad-like shooter with a little RPG-elements based on skyrim. Poor optimisation, awful texture quality, horrible Mass Effect-like dialogue system, and a clusterf**k of bugs, what makes this game barely playable. And of course, seven years of one game making method: release new TES game, add guns and post-apocalyptic atmosphere, and new fallout game is done! I'm tired of this bulls**t… Expand
  65. RainDash
    Nov 10, 2015
    10
    People are giving this game lots of hate, honestly I don't know why. People say long boring quests, to me that the fun in fallout. So when the 1 action moment comes, it gives you a real sense of pride. People say its just an improved fallout 3. How is this bad? If it was different people would **** that the game isn't fallout anymore. This game fells like a new fallout game. It lived up toPeople are giving this game lots of hate, honestly I don't know why. People say long boring quests, to me that the fun in fallout. So when the 1 action moment comes, it gives you a real sense of pride. People say its just an improved fallout 3. How is this bad? If it was different people would **** that the game isn't fallout anymore. This game fells like a new fallout game. It lived up to the hype for me. I haven't had a single drop below 60. Also frame rate cap at 60, not a big deal this isn't cs:go where every second counts. The game is smooth and looks nice.

    Pros
    -Feels like fallout
    -Looks nice
    -Maps big
    -Lots of **** to do
    **** hard
    -Runs well(for me im running a 980,I7 4.0Ghz, 32Gb ram)

    Meh
    -The dialog wheel(My one request here is that the options are more specific, I often found them vague and they left me confused but the actual voice and nice camera during the dialog almost balance it out)

    Bad
    -Glitches(I haven't found any thing yet but apparently there in there, THEIRS NOTHING GAME BREAKING)

    Conclusion, if you liker fallout this games for you. If you like call of duty this games not for you. So shut the **** up and stop ****ing.

    This game never fails to amaze me. I once died because i jumped into a railing, and to my surprise the railing was destructible and I went flying down the stair case and died.

    I rate 9.7-10/10    … Expand
  66. offline_n1
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    I really do want to give this game 10/10, i really do cause i'm a fan of FO 3 and FO:NV. But the lack of dialogue option and the removed of karma system make the game like child play -_- a step backward for what bethesda had done before. The game now is more like FPS with RPG than RPG with FPS. And of course, i see no value to replay against for me. And 1 more thing: survival mod not soI really do want to give this game 10/10, i really do cause i'm a fan of FO 3 and FO:NV. But the lack of dialogue option and the removed of karma system make the game like child play -_- a step backward for what bethesda had done before. The game now is more like FPS with RPG than RPG with FPS. And of course, i see no value to replay against for me. And 1 more thing: survival mod not so "survival", the enemy just getting tougher and you getting weaker that's all, no more "has to sleep" or anthing like the hardcore mode in Falout NV.
    IF you are new to fallout series, you will love this game, if you are a fan of this series? Wait until it's half price at least, and you will be disappointed    … Expand
  67. Lionaeron
    Nov 10, 2015
    2
    This is more like Fallout New Vegas merged with a terrible attempt at mass effect. I played mass effect longer because the premise and story was somewhat engaging, i just couldn't finish it because they put story before game play(3rd person shooter irritates me) which isn't a bad thing just not for me. That said this game is a poor mans mass effect story telling wise as well as suuuuuuperThis is more like Fallout New Vegas merged with a terrible attempt at mass effect. I played mass effect longer because the premise and story was somewhat engaging, i just couldn't finish it because they put story before game play(3rd person shooter irritates me) which isn't a bad thing just not for me. That said this game is a poor mans mass effect story telling wise as well as suuuuuuper lackluster characters(druggy gypsy lady wants some chems to power her visions up eh, how original) as well as cringe worthy atmosphere and aesthetics.

    If you enjoyed New Vegas over Fallout 3 then there's hope for you, if you enjoyed Fallout 3 over New Vegas than skip this and save yourself money. Also as a added bonus you can't disable depth of field unless you disable antialising, so screw you if you suffer with motion sickness, we'll patch it later peasant.    … Expand
  68. hoondoil
    Nov 10, 2015
    10
    all is fantastic , no exist game better than fallout 4 , the best game , i played
    , story is bit odd , but let's think fallout 3 and fallout nw is same odd ,
    anyway , i played game almost in game part , i absolutly have confidence , fallout 4 is the best all game part , graphic is best ( ultra ) , sound best , detail ( gun modeling skin~ ) best , chracter customizing best ,    all is fantastic , no exist game better than fallout 4 , the best game , i played
    , story is bit odd , but let's think fallout 3 and fallout nw is same odd ,

    anyway , i played game almost in game part , i absolutly have confidence , fallout 4 is the best
    all game part , graphic is best ( ultra ) , sound best , detail ( gun modeling skin~ ) best , chracter customizing best , create many things best ( tools , mods ~ ) , world size.quest.degihn best ( but smaller than fl3 nv , but enough size )

    do you have ever play game better than fallout4 ? if you have, you liar.......

    the fallout 4 is best , that's absolute    … Expand
  69. TheJayKay
    Nov 10, 2015
    10
    Runs smooth, haven't had any issues yet (and I'm on an ATI card). Looks great, story's pretty good so far, gunplay is a big step up from previous fallout titles. The perks, skills, and whatnot may have been simplified a bit but there's always going to be deliberate malcontents who wet themselves at the notion of any and all change.
  70. BoogityBoo
    Nov 10, 2015
    10
    Fallout 4 is an absolutely brilliant game. There's a lot of complainers from people not smart enough to edit their .ini files, or people playing on potatoes, but really this game is amazing. The RPG elements and gunplay have never been stronger in the series. The story is strong and keeps you playing straight through to the end. Overall, this is the game of the year folks.
  71. idodabs
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    absolute horse trash i can't believe this is 89 dollars canadian, with taxes. the graphics engine is many years old, no effort was done on the graphics part. Steam refund in process.
  72. thenthomwaslike
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    Forced mouse acceleration, mouselook has higher sensitivity horizontally than it does vertically, uninteresting dialogue, overall conversation system with the exception of the good persuasion system is not very good, with awful cinematography and a penchant for pulling you out of the scene if you even touch your mouse. broken quests, and bloated and reused content. And this is just from 2Forced mouse acceleration, mouselook has higher sensitivity horizontally than it does vertically, uninteresting dialogue, overall conversation system with the exception of the good persuasion system is not very good, with awful cinematography and a penchant for pulling you out of the scene if you even touch your mouse. broken quests, and bloated and reused content. And this is just from 2 hours of play. I'll update the review after i rebuy it after seeing proof that its issues have been resolved. But dont pay 60 dollars to be a beta tester.… Expand
  73. BrNone
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Graphics is quite normal. Graphic style more caroonish though. But. They removed skills. They removed meaninful dialogs. Instead dialogs are now 4 button: yes-no-question-joke. Main quest is a joke itself. In the end - there is no joy in this game for Fallout fan. Like at all.
  74. Theutus2
    Nov 10, 2015
    8
    I love the graphics, sound and gameplay. The only bug I have run into so far in several hours of play is the PIP boy menu not showing and first person view weapons not showing. These minor bugs can be remedied by a quick restart, until they patch it.
  75. Pooker107
    Nov 10, 2015
    10
    Game is amazing 10/10. Any **** who says Fo3's combat is better has clearly never played Fo3. Also the main story is way better than Skyrims, I actually wanted to finish it before even touching a sidequest. Combat is much improved also. The crafting system is extensive and the conversations are dynamic and make your character human, not a mute loser. I can't think of a single problem withGame is amazing 10/10. Any **** who says Fo3's combat is better has clearly never played Fo3. Also the main story is way better than Skyrims, I actually wanted to finish it before even touching a sidequest. Combat is much improved also. The crafting system is extensive and the conversations are dynamic and make your character human, not a mute loser. I can't think of a single problem with this game so it hurts me to see so many negative reviews.… Expand
  76. Phataser
    Nov 10, 2015
    2
    Clunky Animations.
    Kindergarten writing.
    Half Life 2 graphics.
    Bug galore.
    Empty and dull map.
    ***** up path finding.
    Is releasing an unfinished game so that modders have to spend months trying to fix it your visiting card now, Bethesda?
  77. lyrica_yuckani
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    pesimo juego, historia malisima y mediocre, lleno de bugs y las graficas pesimas, una pena que se llame rpg, el peor fallout de la historia ni si quiera vale la pena ver los videos, una pena de rpg
  78. sinister9
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I've never been so disappointed in a release before, this game is a disgrace for carrying the Fallout brand,
    it has been stripped down purely to cater to a broader audience, no longer does it feel organic and true to it's origins. They got rid of the meaningful choices in dialogues and the perks that comes along with it. There's four brief options in total when it comes to choosing what    I've never been so disappointed in a release before, this game is a disgrace for carrying the Fallout brand,
    it has been stripped down purely to cater to a broader audience, no longer does it feel organic and true to it's origins. They got rid of the meaningful choices in dialogues and the perks that comes along with it. There's four brief options in total when it comes to choosing what you wish to say and you'll spend most of the time second guessing since your character is voiced now. No longer do you have a hardcore mode and skills that directly affects your percentage bonus of your attributes. No karma and reputation system to screw up and care about. Instead, you're stuck with a typical casual shooter experience. There's no level cap whatsoever, as you can max out every SPECIAL stats and perks that comes along with the game, (which is mostly combat related and crafting, not that you'd want to anyway since you'd be long bored by then.) Not only is your character voiced now but they also have a defined story, he/she is married with a children. Years passes and a tragedy happens, you're now out for revenge. I'm not gonna spoil the story but it's extremely predictable and cliché, not to mention tiresome. You'll be spending most of your time doing fetch quests and kill x stuff, the rest is spent on crafting (which we'll get into later). Now that we got this out of the way, what about the PC performances? Well for starter this game still runs on the creation engine, so physics will go **** if you decide to play any higher than 60 fps, (not that it matters anyway since there's no SLI/Crossfire support and good luck to anyone with a high refresh rate monitor) it also sports extremely outdated visuals for a game that's nearly released in 2016. Mouse acceleration and sensitivity out of the wazoo, and forced on you. You'll have to manually sort through tons of files just to disable them manually (because they couldn't bother enough to include them in the options menu). The controls are extremely bad and awkward, some keys aren't even rebindable (Trust me when you get to building your own settlements, you'll see what I mean.) and the dialogue is a mess. An absolute disservice to loyal fans of the franchise, this game isn't even half what Fallout used to be, it's actually the direct opposite. This should teach me for pre-ordering games and getting hyped up on what seems to be a clear ploy to cash in some more dough.    … Expand
  79. A_verycool_guy
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I can not think of an adjective to describe how terrible this game is. So instead I'll use analogy. If 9/11 were a video game it would be Fallout 4. THIS GAME IS A **** EMBARRASSMENT.

    First off it barely runs. It struggles to get out of the launcher without having issues, I had to reinstall it 4 times. Then once I got it running it would barely run 10 minutes without dropping to below    I can not think of an adjective to describe how terrible this game is. So instead I'll use analogy. If 9/11 were a video game it would be Fallout 4. THIS GAME IS A **** EMBARRASSMENT.

    First off it barely runs.
    It struggles to get out of the launcher without having issues, I had to reinstall it 4 times.
    Then once I got it running it would barely run 10 minutes without dropping to below 40fps.
    I have more than adequate hardware to be able to run this game and I can barely maintain a steady 60 fps on the lowest settings. HORRIBLE OPTIMIZATION.
    This is worse than that **** show that was Batman Arkham City.

    Second of the dialogue is a **** JOKE.
    Its like it was written for a sitcom. I'm expecting laughtracks after every line a character says. I would suspect that if you took the dialogue from this game and passed it off as a script you would have an episode of "The Big Bang Theory". And thats not a **** good thing, if you even crack a smile while watching that show you should seriously contemplate walking in front of a subway car.

    Third the voice actors are even worse than the lines they are reading which I didn't even think could be possible but these acting school dropouts managed it.
    Where the hell did they find these guys ?
    Did all the "talented" voice actors go out on that "voice actor" strike ??? PFFFFFT.
    They are just terrible but than again maybe they read the lines themselves and were thinking the whole time "They really don't plan to sell this to people ???? Do they ??", maybe the actors aren't to blame.

    4th.
    Gamplay. It is atrocious its a **** travesty.
    I mean the Fallout3 and FNV gameplay were pretty **** terrible considering the majority of it took place through VATS, but this game takes **** to a whole new level.
    Its some horrible hybrid of Borderlands(also terrible) and Mass Effect(literally the worst game ever) mashed together for the game that nobody wanted but every moron is going to by because the TV and Internet told them too.
    I thought this was supposed to be an RPG ?
    How do i level up my skills ?
    Do I even have skills ?
    Where the **** are the RPG elements ?
    Where are the leveling points ? perks ? traits ?? SOMETHING that involves building a character for better or for worse SOME TRAIL AND ERROR.
    I see no skills or even purpose for the trivial level system that there is.
    I was able to kill a Deathclaw which is normally a pretty end game type enemy at level 1.
    Yeah got to make sure we have this scripted action sequences to entertain the idiots.

    If you bought this game and don't demand a refund as I have than you deserve everything you get.
    The next time a big company is going in raw on your **** I don't want to hear you complain, I want you to smile , look up at them and make eye contact and than thank them for railing you so good because you **** asked for it and did nothing to stop it.

    In short, Metacritic does not allow my rating to lower than 0/10 and that is a damn shame.    … Expand
  80. Bloodandfury1
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    Utterly wank. And i **** called it. As everyone was getting hyped around me screaming about how amazing this game was going to be i knew Bethesda was yet again going to do what they do best: make a buggy mess with uninteresting characters and a dull story and quests.

    Pros: Power armor actually feels like it should for once that's literally all i can think of Cons: Literally    Utterly wank. And i **** called it. As everyone was getting hyped around me screaming about how amazing this game was going to be i knew Bethesda was yet again going to do what they do best: make a buggy mess with uninteresting characters and a dull story and quests.

    Pros:
    Power armor actually feels like it should for once

    that's literally all i can think of

    Cons:
    Literally everything else.
    Graphics are awful
    Facial animations are some of the worst i have ever seen
    The settlement building is incredibly shallow janky and most of all utterly pointless.
    Gunplay is improved but a polished pile of **** is just a shiny pile of ****
    Every single character i have come across has not been memorable in the slightest. All i can remember is one guy says "outstanding" a ****load.
    Quests mostly boil down to "clear this load of raiders or other type of enemy"
    Voiced protagonist.
    VOICED
    PROTAGONIST
    I have never seen dialogue dumbed down this much, after such a massive step forward with new vegas' writing it's such a shame to see Bethesda being Bethesda.

    And by far, worst of all the utterly terrible PC port. I could of put most of that behind me and enjoyed the game for what it is but this is some of the worst **** i have ever seen. Fps tied to **** animations FOV that can't be changed without ini edits. Mouse acceleration built in that can't be turned off with yet again, ini edits along with countless other things.

    I can't be bothered to continue, i`ll be here all night if i do.

    In closing, i called it you're dumb if you bought into the hype thinking this was going to be better than new vegas next time bethesda ****s out another stinker onto your plate don't blow your chump change on it and don't ask for seconds.    … Expand
  81. herpaderpityder
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game is bad, really bad, usually I dont give 0s even to awful games like this, but this is different, I am actually struggling to think of ANYTHING even decent about it, not excellent, not good but decent, Gameplay has taken a negative turn when it was already bad in Fallout 3, I mean seriously this is worse than Mass Effect 2 and 3, while in terms of mapping its small and shallow IThis game is bad, really bad, usually I dont give 0s even to awful games like this, but this is different, I am actually struggling to think of ANYTHING even decent about it, not excellent, not good but decent, Gameplay has taken a negative turn when it was already bad in Fallout 3, I mean seriously this is worse than Mass Effect 2 and 3, while in terms of mapping its small and shallow I mean its only 9 square kms big, thats significantly less than half the size of Skyrim, on top of bad writing (Kill kid or Nuke Boston) bad interface (Why is the Pipboy so bad) meh music, and its following, what a terrible following, I dont understand the appeal of the game other than 'ITS NOT CAHOOODEEY MAIN, ITS NOT CAHOOODOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEYYY MAAAAIIIIN" and use this in a lot of their praise, they think we are hating on it because we are butt triggered they downboated CAHHOOODOOOEY Black Coks 3, I honestly couldn't give a damn about the game, same for a lot of us doing this, we just don't like this game, it is in all seriousness this is one of the few games that deserve a 0 and Todd Howard really needs to think on how to actually make a proper game not just Morrowind with Guns number 3 and a half, gg do re mi, get triggered fallout tards… Expand
  82. 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.
  83. sanicrivls
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Awful graphics that have no distinct art style awful story line that is as predictable as it is cringey the loot is unbalanced giving you the best weapons and armour within the first hour of the game and awful performance on pc I came into this game expecting it to be bad and was still disappointed I hope that Bethesda does fix there game this time rather than leaving the community to fixAwful graphics that have no distinct art style awful story line that is as predictable as it is cringey the loot is unbalanced giving you the best weapons and armour within the first hour of the game and awful performance on pc I came into this game expecting it to be bad and was still disappointed I hope that Bethesda does fix there game this time rather than leaving the community to fix there hot mess of a game… Expand
  84. sthomson22
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    You may have fooled me this time, Bethesda, but I assure you it will be the last time you ever do!

    Let's start with the dialogue system, which is nothing other than an abomination. Not only is it a literal cut and paste of the Mass Effect wheel, Bethesda have spectacularly managed to make this system even WORSE than it is in Mass Effect games.. There is no choice, there is no ability to    You may have fooled me this time, Bethesda, but I assure you it will be the last time you ever do!

    Let's start with the dialogue system, which is nothing other than an abomination. Not only is it a literal cut and paste of the Mass Effect wheel, Bethesda have spectacularly managed to make this system even WORSE than it is in Mass Effect games.. There is no choice, there is no ability to roleplay, you are absolutely a set character with 4 dialog choices, two of which basically amount to "yes" and "no". What's even worse is that these characters are as typically bland and grating as any a character Bethesda has ever written, and the voices themselves incredibly irritating (and you will be hearing them a lot!). In fact the writing itself is just cringeworthy for the vast majority of the game, I found my eyes rolling into the back of my skull within the opening 5 minutes.

    And Bethesda had the AUDACITY to market this game still as a "be whoever you want/do whatever you want", it is bordering on fraudulent.

    Now we move onto the technical issues, which STILL plague this game. Despite the visuals being clearly sub-par, despite the game not being any larger or denser than even Skyrim (arguably less so in both fields), despite the massive leap in available memory and other hardware, IT CANNOT EVEN MAINTAIN 30FPS FOR HUGE SECTIONS OF THIS GAME!!! This is almost unbelievable..

    These things could all be overlooked in the past, when Bethesda was a big fish in a small pond, but this is no longer the case and what Bethesda is offering in Fallout 4 pales in almost every aspect to several big competitors out there, which remarkably have far smoother and more stable games to boot.

    This game is like some mutant offspring from an unholy union of Minecraft and Destiny, it's insulting to Fallout fans, it's insulting to Bethesda fans. This game is a PURE CASH GRAB and it's absolutely disgusting.

    The reason it gains even 4 points is because AT TIMES (few and far) there are still glimmers of that old Bethesda in there, there are some tiny things for the RPG fans, but any brief joy at the inclusion of these is soon crushed by the unforgiveable butchering of almost all depth and RPG elements in this game. I'm honestly so angry I can't even form it into a coherent review on this game, I just **** hate this piece of **** and I am **** done with AAA gaming..

    **** you, Bethesda, you **** pieces of **** Go shove Fallout 4 up your **** asses you mother****ers!    … Expand
  85. Ocrilat
    Nov 10, 2015
    9
    Game is everything I was hoping it would be...very immersive, full of mystery and wonder. Just make your character and go! You can make your guy any way you want, and do anything you want. Best game of the year hands down.
  86. EliteVox
    Nov 10, 2015
    10
    The proletarian version of an RPG. From what I garnered watching YT reviews, this is more like an FPS. Certainly not in the league of most excellent role-playing games like Baldur's Gate or Lunar ST. Or Bard's Tale (the 1986 version) which I still enjoy today. For this, Fallout 4 gets a well-deserved 0 out of 10.
  87. Erupt50
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    Yeah I had to refund this after a couple hours of play. How anyone could highly rate this game is beyond me. I won't even go into all the bugs I've run into because there has been a ton. Some were not a big deal, some were (like clipping through the environment to textures just not loading at times). But even if we ignore the bugs and assume they will mostly be fixed through patches (whichYeah I had to refund this after a couple hours of play. How anyone could highly rate this game is beyond me. I won't even go into all the bugs I've run into because there has been a ton. Some were not a big deal, some were (like clipping through the environment to textures just not loading at times). But even if we ignore the bugs and assume they will mostly be fixed through patches (which is a big assumption) the game itself is just simple not very good.

    The graphics are absolutely out-dated, barely better than Fallout 3.
    The animations especially are just horrid. These are just unacceptable in 2015.
    The textures look like something you would expect to see in a game 6-7 years ago(when they load of course).

    Of course you will have people saying "it's not about the graphics! I only care about gameplay!" Ok fair enough, let's talk about gameplay.
    First of all the controls are just terrible. Maybe this is better on consoles, but for PC users, the game doesn't control well at all. The UI in general is also a pain to use, especially when using the crafting interfaces, etc. It almost seems like they were purposely trolling with the controls in this aspect.

    The gunplay is also not fun at all. Simplistic, yet frustrating would be how I describe it. Frustrating mainly because of the controls, but there just is no depth at all to the actual gameplay. Very watered-down dumbed-downed gameplay in general. Other than that you have the same basic "open-world exploration" gameplay that we have come to expect from every single AAA game out there it seems.

    The conversation wheels are also very simplistic and uninteresting. The story itself is fairly generic and boring, but pretty much what you would expect from a Fallout game. The characters are extremely boring and make you feel absolutely nothing.
    I will admit that I did only play about 3 hours or so, so maybe there is a chance that this stuff (story, characters, etc.) might get better later in the game but I could not force my way through a game that was not fun at all to find out.

    In conclusion let me say that yes, it may seem that I'm being too harsh on the game, and maybe to an extent that's true. But to see so many people and reviewers singing the praises of this game is baffling. The one thing that Bethesda did do well was hype the crap out of this game and I think that's why. Do yourself a favor and at the very least, wait. Wait until the game is on a good sale somewhere, hopefully after the many many many upcoming patches that will be rolling out to slowly try to put together an actual finished game.    … Expand
  88. wayrwayr
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Almost the same game as fallout 3. It is already 2015 and Bethesda thought it's enough to let them earn enough money. Awful graphics and terrible bugs... Really want my money back!
  89. krosque
    Nov 10, 2015
    10
    loving it so far. sure, bugs exist but love fallout for the freedom it provides. Keeping busy with the settlement system, crafting and exploring. I guess I will eventually do the quests.

    Thank you Bethesda and hope you can provide some fixes in the next updates!
  90. m0rb
    Nov 10, 2015
    5
    just as I feared before launch, it's a Bethesda game - great open-world, really beautiful and big, yet, LIFELESS.
    apart from enemies.
    unfortunately, the story, dialogue, quests and characters are boring and bland. and there are no more strange encounters, no absurd situations... they should have given the game another name, for it's not really a Fallout game. those games have been    just as I feared before launch, it's a Bethesda game - great open-world, really beautiful and big, yet, LIFELESS.
    apart from enemies.

    unfortunately, the story, dialogue, quests and characters are boring and bland. and there are no more strange encounters, no absurd situations... they should have given the game another name, for it's not really a Fallout game.
    those games have been about all the crazy crazy things that happened in the wasteland and the strange people inhabiting it!

    graphics are fine, but they don't make a good RPG.

    so the fact remains, if you want a FPS Fallout, you best play New Vegas!    … Expand
  91. animalzivot
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game might entertain a 12 year old, 14 at best. I guess this is the demographic it was aimed for to maximize sales.
    The bogus PC optimization is the icing on the cake.
    RIP Bethesda.
  92. Sterling_meta
    Nov 10, 2015
    9
    As good as expected, not disappointed at all. My computer runs the game smoothly in Ultra settings. I really love the atmosphere, the level design and how characters' face looks like. Weapons are numerous and each customization or upgrade is fantastic. The only hindrance is my loss of social life so I didn't put 10 but that's alright it's worth-it . ;)
  93. OraTzo
    Nov 10, 2015
    2
    Just a shortish review talking about two things because I don't want to waste words on this game.

    Lets start off with my biggest complaint with the FO4, the dialog system. The move to one based on only four choices is stupid in that reduces the potential for roleplaying. For most conversations the only options are now Yes/No/Sarcastic. Because of only four possible choices you cannot    Just a shortish review talking about two things because I don't want to waste words on this game.

    Lets start off with my biggest complaint with the FO4, the dialog system.
    The move to one based on only four choices is stupid in that reduces the potential for roleplaying.
    For most conversations the only options are now Yes/No/Sarcastic.
    Because of only four possible choices you cannot explore alternatives (at most times) and find out more about the characters (which are boring as they aren't fleshed out), their situation and the world through talking to them. In addition to this, often these four button choices result in dialog thats not evident from what you click and making a morally grey or evil character is now not possible to roleplay due to the narrow writing.
    You'd think Bethesda wouldn't shoot themselves in the foot like this by mangling this core feature of the game, but they did.

    Next up, the UI.
    There has been seven years for Bethesda to create a functioning UI and what they turned in was worse than
    what was given in Fallout 3. Particularly horrid is the workshop as its cumbersome to navigate, as well as the settlement interface.
    The Pipboy now is a smaller screen that a bit more inconvenient to navigate with submenus not being instantly clickable and getting information from it is now fiddlier.

    These two glaring problems have made the game worse than Fallout 3 which is quite an achievement,
    and its very unlikely they'll be fixed by Bethesda.
    I would advise anyone to pass on this and play a heavily modded New Vegas or F3 as they are still a more rewarding experience.

    Oh and I don't expect mods to fix it.
    Fixing the dialog system is not likely to happen and even if it does it'll expose the lack of content in the game.    … Expand
  94. druout1944
    Nov 10, 2015
    8
    This game is a lot of fun; enough fun for me to give it 8/10. But the performance issues are the same as Skyrim/FO3; Besthesda once again has ignored their engine stability problems. Also, there is no excuse for textures this bad in 2015 on a PC.
  95. exeeter702
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Id love to give an honest review of this game, if only the buggy POS would work properly on my PC.

    At launch i spent more time diving into the games various .ini files and various 3rd party tools to force the game to simply function on the most basic level for someone that has decent PC hardware. When i realized i had spent more time online reading guides and forums posts on how to    Id love to give an honest review of this game, if only the buggy POS would work properly on my PC.

    At launch i spent more time diving into the games various .ini files and various 3rd party tools to force the game to simply function on the most basic level for someone that has decent PC hardware.

    When i realized i had spent more time online reading guides and forums posts on how to get the god damn game to perform as advertised, than actually playing the game itself, i simply submitted a refund request from steam and called it a night.    … Expand
  96. kingraptor724
    Nov 10, 2015
    2
    Its funny that people think this trash will beat witcher 3 for GOTY. Completed the game, its very predictable story line and pretty boring. The shooting in the game and combat isnt as clunky as like skyrim etc so it was pretty enjoyable. But the graphics, terrible pacing in story, and very empty feeling world makes this game quite easily to fall asleep playing
  97. HLXen
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Bethesda shot one last bullet into the head of a once great game series. Rest in piece fallout.
    If I was the original creator of the fallout franchise I wouldn't want this game to be even associated with my game series.
  98. horatius83
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I have no sound so Bethesda gets no points. I could wait for a patch to judge the game, but I know they don't care a bit about code quality or QA testing.
  99. Jesterk23
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game is so bad that after the lengthy download, and playing it for 12 hours, I wept. I looked back on how much of my life I would never get back, how many opportunities could have come and gone in that time. This game made me sad. The hype was vomit inducing like an exciting showground ride, but playing it was like having a golf club stuck up my ass with no Vaseline whatsoever. RoleThis game is so bad that after the lengthy download, and playing it for 12 hours, I wept. I looked back on how much of my life I would never get back, how many opportunities could have come and gone in that time. This game made me sad. The hype was vomit inducing like an exciting showground ride, but playing it was like having a golf club stuck up my ass with no Vaseline whatsoever. Role playing? No. Game? Hardly. Get your money back, the game's case isn't even worthy or holding my ball-hair shavings.… Expand
  100. Malaith
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    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 . 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 . The game crash constantly!
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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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