Fallout 4

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  1. Staeni
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Simply put, this is NOT a finished game. But not only is it unfinished, it's built on a broken foundation. The Creation Engine (based on Gamebryo) has fundamental flaws that have been around since the get-go. Mainly being the physics and many aspects of game logic being tied to the framerate. It's also an engine known for poor CPU utilization, and extremely poor SLI / Crossfire support,Simply put, this is NOT a finished game. But not only is it unfinished, it's built on a broken foundation. The Creation Engine (based on Gamebryo) has fundamental flaws that have been around since the get-go. Mainly being the physics and many aspects of game logic being tied to the framerate. It's also an engine known for poor CPU utilization, and extremely poor SLI / Crossfire support, Last but not least; a vast array of bugs. And of course all of this applies to Fallout 4.

    Problems so far:
    -Character gets stuck after acessing a terminal, can't progress the game
    -No FOV slider
    -Forced mouse acceleration
    -Mouse sensitivity and physics tied to framerate
    -No SLI support even with the newest game ready driver
    -Changing stuff in the .ini files has no effect on anything (tested and tried MANY times)
    -No in-game developer console

    Pathetic attempt at porting a console game. And from what I've seen not only the PC version has problems. Xbox One and PS4 seem to have performance issues and freezes aswell.

    Other than that, the game and story looks decent, but I simply can't give any positive score because the game is unplayable.

    It's a bug ridden mess built on top of a broken foundation, a pretty clear indicator that these bugs will not be fixed any time soon, if at all. And it doesn't help that Bethesda's fanbase rushes in for damage control and defending such a broken and unfinished game. Yes; it's normal for Bethesda games and open world RPGs in general to have some bugs. But it's not excusable, and this is getting beyond ridiculous. Why do people still accept this trend? If the developers and publishers won't give us a finished product, WHY do we still support them? This is why the game industry has gone downhill.

    Do not buy this game. If you already have, refund it.    … Expand
  2. downwire
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    A tired, recycled, over-hyped, overpriced farce. The textures look like they were made in MS Paint for Windows 3.1, and the core has been dumbed down to suit the gullible target audience (hype train commuters). More money was likely spent on marketing than actual development from what I see.
  3. Ilaris-Berdaris
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Простой обыватель, и любитель TES.
    Как ничего не знакомый с серией Fallout, я решил по пробовать новейшую и столь громкую игру 2015 года. И какая моя реакция? Какое впечатление я получил от игры? Вроде всё летает, не зависает, но тут мне игра вначале понравилась... и даже очень.
    Как-то вроде фаллаут, а вроде бы калл оф дюти, да реально похоже на калл раздутый, и графика то очень даже    Простой обыватель, и любитель TES.
    Как ничего не знакомый с серией Fallout, я решил по пробовать новейшую и столь громкую игру 2015 года. И какая моя реакция? Какое впечатление я получил от игры? Вроде всё летает, не зависает, но тут мне игра вначале понравилась... и даже очень.

    Как-то вроде фаллаут, а вроде бы калл оф дюти, да реально похоже на калл раздутый, и графика то очень даже красивая на ультра, тут всё хорошо.
    Но насчет игрового мира... Ладно бы маленький но заполненный и продуманный, здесь я этого не почувствовал, и не воспринял как масштабный мир "нового поколения" как говорили беседка.
    Локации и вправду пустые, и ощущение города не дает, тупо пустая локация с кучей неюзабельных домиков, которые из них 2-3 домика можно поковырять.
    Насчет Сюжета, он здесь хороший но я не сторонник таких сюжетов, ибо я фанат древних свитков и что означает сюжет это мое слабое место.
    Ощущение будто бы играю в Early-Acces, и в этот... Dead Island.
    Вердикт: Максимум 4 из 10.
    Вообщем разочарован. Не повторите судьбу TES 6, посмотрите на морровинд    … Expand
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. 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!
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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
  16. 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.
  17. stickypete
    Nov 17, 2015
    0
    Guess I'm not the only one who thinks that "Fallout" 4 spits on all that fallout once was. I own borderlands; if I was looking to play it, I would have done so instead of paying for a game in a series known for its (sometimes) industry leading *RPG* elements.

    Bethesda can do better and has done better (e.g. morrowind and fallout 3
  18. 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.
  19. 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
  20. 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.
  21. dimasik
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Это какой-то паршивый шутан, а не постапокалиптическая рпг с продвинутой системой прокачке, интересными квестами и хорошо проработанными диалогами.
  22. 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
  23. 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!!!!
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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
  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. Metric_Thread
    Nov 30, 2015
    0
    It is a decent game, and I would give it 7-8 points, but 0 points is for ruining the Fallout series and claiming to be RPG.

    This is more like Borderlands 3.
  29. 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.
  30. 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
  31. 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...
  32. Foneg
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Come on, ‎Bethesda‬, you took what all we've dreamed of so long, just scrunched it up and threw into your fans' face. This is a total ruination of my beliefs in you. How come that an fps-minecraft-sims game with mass-effect-imbecile dialogue system is now called "An RPG" and a continue for a great ‎Fallout‬ franchise? ‪‎Fallout4‬ is a so huge disappointment for me and I hope that manyCome on, ‎Bethesda‬, you took what all we've dreamed of so long, just scrunched it up and threw into your fans' face. This is a total ruination of my beliefs in you. How come that an fps-minecraft-sims game with mass-effect-imbecile dialogue system is now called "An RPG" and a continue for a great ‎Fallout‬ franchise? ‪‎Fallout4‬ is a so huge disappointment for me and I hope that many other fans will support me.
    Sell the rights on this to those, who really can make a better lore, gameplay and the spirit of good old Fallout.
    The only thing I really liked - the first 15 minutes of setting (yeah, a good old Vault, where something interesting happens), but that's all. Better cooperate with Activision and make a new Fall Of Duty, that surely will be a good game - a mindless shooter with stupid dialogues and setting.    … Expand
  33. Hedasd
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a joke of a Fallout game.

    A bad mix of Borderlands, Mass Effect, Early-access survival games and Fallout 3. Thanks Bethesda!

    Cons
    -Forced dialogue.
    -Bad dialogue system.
    -Really bad writing and quests that dont make any sense.
    -Bethesda even retconned their own game now, not just older games or New Vegas.
    -Power armos are a **** joke now, even raider have them and there are power armor gangs.
    -Difficulty only changes enemy health and damage, nothing more.
    -There are literally no consequences.
    -No faction/settlement/companion ending.
    -Main male character sounds so weak its almost equal to Diamond City Radio host.
    -They didnt even get Ron Perlman

    Pros
    -Power armor feels nice this time(but look at its con)
    -Rust gameplay(I mean settlement builder)
    -Call of Duty gameplay(I mean combat)
    -Early-access survival gameplay(I mean crafting)
    -Alex Maxson leading the Brotherhood the way it should be. Not like that weak idiot Lyons.
    -Both male and female main characters have nice bottoms.    … Expand
  34. Daniil_Vasilyev
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This game is doosha, it is very big and very good. Mom buyed me Fallout 3th in 2008 and I was not disapoint, and so I am not disapoint now. Beseda Studio did a good game, many more best than previus. I LIKE creating my own home with my slaves, I LIKE shooting and I LIKE to do a bad caracter in the start of game. If DLC come I will ask mom to buy me it again!
  35. quaid444
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    The map takes twelve minutes travel across which is pathetic to say the least, most likely they are going to rake money from your pockets for "dlc". The graphics are terrible, the frame rate is terrible and the glitches are terrible. my save was corrupted three times! This may be fixed but the amount of glitches for such a small scale game is unacceptable to say the least. They have spentThe map takes twelve minutes travel across which is pathetic to say the least, most likely they are going to rake money from your pockets for "dlc". The graphics are terrible, the frame rate is terrible and the glitches are terrible. my save was corrupted three times! This may be fixed but the amount of glitches for such a small scale game is unacceptable to say the least. They have spent more on marketing this game than development. Do not fall for the hype from the redditards and fallout 3+ fans! This game is an insult and the guys like me who have been playing fallout for twenty years know this deep down. A month from now no one will be talking about this garbage game that was a cheap cash grab by Ubisoft in training Bethesda.… Expand
  36. user2
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Registered here just to post my opinion. First of all THIS IS NOT A RPG. GTA San Andreas has more RPG elements than this game.
    Pros:
    + cities and some buildings are now part of the world (not separate locations which must be loaded after entering the door); + Morrowind-like armour sets where you need to collect pieces of armour for both left and right hand/leg; Cons: - Completely    Registered here just to post my opinion. First of all THIS IS NOT A RPG. GTA San Andreas has more RPG elements than this game.
    Pros:
    + cities and some buildings are now part of the world (not separate locations which must be loaded after entering the door);
    + Morrowind-like armour sets where you need to collect pieces of armour for both left and right hand/leg;

    Cons:
    - Completely retarded "RPG" part of the game: no skills, useless and dumb perks, 1 point/perk per level. Intelligence does not affect anything. SPECIAL attributes (just like books) became another kind of perks. As the result you cannot increase any ability at the beginning of the game (for instance in previous games you could invest all initial points in lock-picking at the beginning and be able to open advanced locks).
    - There is NO dialogues. Because the communication in this game cannot be named a dialogue. Forget about speech skill, forget about numerous dialogue options and skill checks. Here you will only see: "Yes", "No", "What do I need to do?" and "Sarcastic". In Arroyo (Fallout 2 first location) you have more dialogue options and side quests than in Fallout 4 after 3 hours of game-play.
    - Awful map. World map can be useful sometimes but local area map is just a joke.
    - VATS just slows down the time i.e. you must act quickly because moving targets will dynamically update your hit chances. For me its bad because now there is no tactics involved in the process: you must mindlessly shoot targets.
    - As some people already reported: power armour, death claw and machine gun after 1 hour of gameplay.
    - Game was made with console-kids in mind and as a result everything is simplified and not user-friendly for PC users.
    - Immortal NPCs. I remember, in Morrowind there are couple of quest-related NPCs that cannot be killed. But here almost all of them (that have names) cannot be killed. Forget about "run and kill 'em all".
    - No karma. Your actions do not have any effect.
    - Stupid story line. "They took my kid, I must revenge" DFQ is this Bathesda?
    - Music. Well, they mostly just took songs from Fallout 3 and that's all.

    Conclusion:
    This is no a RPG you waited (if you have been waiting for Fallout). Its not a bad game, but it is not a RPG. It is just a good shooter with immortal dog that follows you while you are shooting. Probably will start playing Fallout 2 again today...    … Expand
  37. vault-tec-rep
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This game does not live up to the expectations, not even close. This is not Fallout anymore. It's a post apocalyptic action game. Had it not been in development for such a long time and being slapped with the Fallout title this game would have been just fine. Not good, not bad. just Fine. But it does come with the name Fallout 4. Certain expectations come with it. Namely it being and RPG.This game does not live up to the expectations, not even close. This is not Fallout anymore. It's a post apocalyptic action game. Had it not been in development for such a long time and being slapped with the Fallout title this game would have been just fine. Not good, not bad. just Fine. But it does come with the name Fallout 4. Certain expectations come with it. Namely it being and RPG. You know. Role playing game! It all goes out the window when you start talking with npc's. Your dialogue options are minimal and i can't for the life of me to relate to the main character. This dialogue system is not new and can be good if done right. I actually liked it in Mass Effect, since ME was basically a playable movie type game it fitted there, you played the hero and the dialogue was befitting for it. It wasn't a real RPG game so it worked. Had they gone fully the ME dialogue route my character would have been a total badass in a good or bad way. But instead we get a dialogue system that is just all over the place. Many times i'm unsure what he is going to say next and the responses just felt flat and uninterested. The Dialogue in Fallout 1&2 was one the best all time and what we get now pales in comparison. I don't mind that they tried to innovate the series with a voiced protagonist since if done right it can be awesome (witcher,mass effect), but they failed.

    Removal of Skills. Again a bad decision. No more character specialization just pump up your s.p.e.c.i.a.l to 10 on everything and pick up every single perk and there you go, you are a god so much fun right? Yeah you can do that just keep lvling.

    The story falls flat and fails to keep me interested in the characters and factions. No surprise there after skyrim. But in Skyrim the gameplay and character building made up for the lack of story. Here nothing holds the game together.

    Companions then? Bad ai, getting in the way, op killing machines, and they cannot die.

    The UI? A clunky mess and not fitted for PC mouse&kb. Same goes for the rest of the game. Not fitted for PC period.

    This game was made for consoles in mind now actually this part doesn't surprise me one bit though i was counting on it.

    The game is pretty stable for a Bethesda game. I only experienced a handfull of ctds. But the glitches and bugs are a plenty.

    I was so happy back when Bethesda started working on a Fallout game. I would finally see another game in my favorite setting. Fallout 3 came and to this day i don't get the game of the year label it got. It was better then Fallout 4 right out the box though. Still i felt like Fallout series as i knew was over up until Obisidian came with New Vegas. My faith was restored. And i bought in to the hype hoping that they learned from the mistakes of FO3 and made improvements to FO4 and took notes from New Vegas. They did not. And apparently they are going on their own way with this series. A direction i don't want to follow anymore. I will not buy another Bethesda game on launch. Maybe after heavy sales and patches&mods have fixed their garbage launch versions. And i will not play another Bethesda Fallout game period. My hope in the series is with Obsidian or another company making them in the future. If Fallout remains with Bethesda the series is dead to me.

    Money talks to Bethesda after the success with Skyrim these are the type of games we can expect them to put forward.

    If you are expecting to immerse yourself in deep story and building your character your own way and taking on the tasks at hand by various different means. Stay away from Fallout 4

    If you are looking for a game to dick around in and shoot mutants and ghouls with funny weapons and build houses and stuff. This is for you.    … Expand
  38. Flaminga
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    You.Can't.Kill.People

    Congrats casual players from Fallout 3, this is your game. Biggest failure since Diablo 3, they **** up everything.

    Time to wait for the mod comunity to fix this failure.
  39. e0068
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Bethesda should be ashamed of this. Crippled role-play system, absolutely ruined dialogues (yes/no/what?/sarcasm) and not a single step towards something better since New Vegas.
  40. Jantje
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Low texture quality. Plastic flat facial expression.Linear story. Everything feels cheap. Gets boring fast. Looting and shooting. Nothing amazing nothing new. Would be nice if release 4 years ago. Now other games on the market are more interesting.
  41. Procyonlotor
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This is some terrible mistake. I bought Fallout 4, but when I try to download Fallout somehow downloaded Sims and Rage. I want to play Fallout!
    Todd Howard, I really hate you!
  42. REEDCHRA
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I have been waiting for Fallout 4 since it was first revealed.Just to make sure that's the same old Fallout we love so much:with outstanding dialogues,interesting character progression,and of course it's post-apocalyptic atmosphere,which is a keystone in the whole series. Well,the point is, it's all gone in the 4'th. So,please,Bethesda, give your engine to the Obsidian Ent. and watch theI have been waiting for Fallout 4 since it was first revealed.Just to make sure that's the same old Fallout we love so much:with outstanding dialogues,interesting character progression,and of course it's post-apocalyptic atmosphere,which is a keystone in the whole series. Well,the point is, it's all gone in the 4'th. So,please,Bethesda, give your engine to the Obsidian Ent. and watch the birth of the true masterpiece.… Expand
  43. BullPower
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This game sux big time ! All the fame of the Fallout merchandise is far gone. This game is not worth more than 5$. Boring, boring, ugly and boring again.
  44. Kadasma
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    First of all, **** EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU THAT LIKES THIS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD TRASH OF A GAME! Ill let you know, I've been playing Fallout since the original, and this is a aborted piece of CRAP, The GRPAHICS are literally PIXELATED, it is STUPID AND simplified compared to other fallout games and there is A ****ING LACK OF SKILLS!! **** YOU! This game sucks DICK! I have played this game forFirst of all, **** EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU THAT LIKES THIS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD TRASH OF A GAME! Ill let you know, I've been playing Fallout since the original, and this is a aborted piece of CRAP, The GRPAHICS are literally PIXELATED, it is STUPID AND simplified compared to other fallout games and there is A ****ING LACK OF SKILLS!! **** YOU! This game sucks DICK! I have played this game for 15 hours and my OBJECTIVE view is this game SUCKS! **** you Bethesda! I CAN CReATe a BetTTer fallout than you can! I bet anyone can!… Expand
  45. Guasimodo
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    The game is horrible compared to Fallout 3, almost all the fun features have been removed or dumbed down.
    All there is a left is a boring, empty world with nothing meaningful to do. Not to mention all the technical glitches and slow downs that make the game nigh unplayable themselves.
    Bethesda really needs to step up their game, or this will definitely be the last game I will ever buy    The game is horrible compared to Fallout 3, almost all the fun features have been removed or dumbed down.
    All there is a left is a boring, empty world with nothing meaningful to do. Not to mention all the technical glitches and slow downs that make the game nigh unplayable themselves.

    Bethesda really needs to step up their game, or this will definitely be the last game I will ever buy from them.    … Expand
  46. IAmAware
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    DISCLAIMER: I've played Fallout 2, 3 and NV extensively and love this series. However...

    No in-game FOV slider in 2015. Are you for real Bethesda? Built-in mouse acceleration - We have to edit an ini file to fix this and the above Horrible key bindings Clumsy, cluttered, poorly designed UI - clearly made with consoles in mind once again Graphics well behind what you would expect for    DISCLAIMER: I've played Fallout 2, 3 and NV extensively and love this series. However...

    No in-game FOV slider in 2015. Are you for real Bethesda?
    Built-in mouse acceleration - We have to edit an ini file to fix this and the above
    Horrible key bindings
    Clumsy, cluttered, poorly designed UI - clearly made with consoles in mind once again
    Graphics well behind what you would expect for a game in 2015
    Same old clunky animations for the same old engine (not to mention awful lip-syncing during dialogue)
    Dialogue wheel and voiced protagonist ruin the RP experience
    Holstered weapons now disappear
    Typically dull Skyrim-esque Bethesda story. In future please leave writing and storytelling to Obsidian.    … Expand
  47. Ezio21
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    What the hell is wrong with You bethesda? This game is a significant downgrade from Skyrim and FNV. It's a FRICKIN' CRAP. Quests are boring, story is boring, weapons are boring, graphics are good but optimization IS TOTAL FAILURE
  48. birdflu
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    II have seen screenshots of this game and by the look of them alone I would never buy it. They make it look dull and boring and I dont like games like this!
  49. Sheev
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This "game" is complete garbage. This was my most anticipated game of the year with MGS V being a complete disappointment but little did I know this was going to end up even worse. First off there's the story which I assume a 5 year old wrote because everything line of dialogue seems like it was meant for Fast and the Furious film. You may be saying "Hey dude the story doesn't matter lmaoThis "game" is complete garbage. This was my most anticipated game of the year with MGS V being a complete disappointment but little did I know this was going to end up even worse. First off there's the story which I assume a 5 year old wrote because everything line of dialogue seems like it was meant for Fast and the Furious film. You may be saying "Hey dude the story doesn't matter lmao the gaming does bro, as long as it's fun dude I'll be OK with Fallout 4 and chill", from my point of view the game play is awful too. This is probably the most dumbed down version of Fallout that exists, as soon as I booted up the "game" I knew something was wrong when I heard the first line of dialogue, but the more I played the more I was able to truly recognize the awfulness. In my few days of playing I have to say there is nothing even halfway redeeming about this game. This game is proof that "game reviewers" are paid off to give as high of a score as possible, and the worst thing is that people will buy it. People will still buy this "game" and maybe even enjoy it because of how casual and easy it is (the game practically plays itself). I don't want to give too much away but the ending is the worst thing to happen to video games since Mass Effect 3 and I'm not even joking. From a certain point of view this game is a master piece but from my point of view this game is evil, and if you like it then it's treason then.… Expand
  50. Crikhry
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Fall Out

    A serious **** without Rpg elements, ****ty quest, etc...
    Bethesda had already pissed over the license with F3, he's doing worst with F4
    Bye Fallout 4, you were a good dream but the reality is a nightmare

    The worst Fallout ever
  51. dikiyKOPEK
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I can't believe the Gaming Press is giving this 90% and above across the board. And the negative that they say is its too similar to FO3 or NV. I wish it was similar to those games. New Vegas still outdoes it in every area except graphics. I actually prefer the gunplay in new vegas to be frank, I can at least aim the gun when I want and put it down when I want. Its not a good game. YouI can't believe the Gaming Press is giving this 90% and above across the board. And the negative that they say is its too similar to FO3 or NV. I wish it was similar to those games. New Vegas still outdoes it in every area except graphics. I actually prefer the gunplay in new vegas to be frank, I can at least aim the gun when I want and put it down when I want. Its not a good game. You can't even walk correctly in third person which at least Skyrim was able to do. The UI is just tons of flashing **** in your face, no way to customize, no way to get rid of it without making the game impossible to play. Millions of customizable modded guns? based on a few ****ty generic guns and you cant even holster them or put it down when you want to. This isn't an rpg in any way anymore. I am done with Bethesda. I took the week off of work, and I bought a new pc 6 months ago for Fallout 4. It just makes me want to play new vegas or fallout 3. I'm really disgusted by basically every decision.… Expand
  52. BigBoss60
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    The most overhyped piece of **** i've ever seen in video game history.

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

    Where are the bethesdrones to defend this crap?

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

    No, don't pre-order games anymore guys, don't be that idiot. I'm not buying Bethesda games anymore.    … Expand
  53. mike87
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Clunky controls
    Interface design isn't the best
    Outdated graphics (like really outdated, I mean come on it's almost 2016) Doesn't really feel like a RPG (both story and dialogues are the worst in the series, also boring NPCs) Skill system - gone Boring side quests AI is pretty bad For an openworld game the map is really small and dull In general this game feels like brainless    Clunky controls
    Interface design isn't the best
    Outdated graphics (like really outdated, I mean come on it's almost 2016)
    Doesn't really feel like a RPG (both story and dialogues are the worst in the series, also boring NPCs)
    Skill system - gone
    Boring side quests
    AI is pretty bad
    For an openworld game the map is really small and dull
    In general this game feels like brainless shooter with Fallout name slapped on it
    Overhyped title exploiting once great franchise
    Even bigger disappointment than FO3 (I am not saying FO 3 is better, but NV actually is way way better than FO4)
    If you are fan of a Fallout games better stay away from this one and go back to NV until modders find a way to fix this one
    I can't believe Bethesda screw it up so hard    … Expand
  54. icextend
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Pros
    +character creation
    +the name
    +nice Fallout 4 S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Video Series

    Cons
    -poor graphics, blurry textures, nothing more than a moded fallout 3
    -clunky animations at the level of 2007
    -extremely small map size of 1.2 square miles
    -RIP skill points and RPG system
    -console peasant style dialogues
    -tries to be a Witcher 3, but fails to reach Witcher 1
  55. JackCarter
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    The very least Bethesda could do is fix the PC porting issues.

    Fix the UI! Free up the key bindings! Add an FOV slider! Fix the mouse X/Y axis issues. They won't even acknowledge it! They'll simply wait for the modders to fix it while they create DLC's that also won't port well to the PC. Stop focusing on the DLC's and fix the PC porting issues first! Focus on the modding    The very least Bethesda could do is fix the PC porting issues.

    Fix the UI! Free up the key bindings!

    Add an FOV slider!

    Fix the mouse X/Y axis issues.

    They won't even acknowledge it! They'll simply wait for the modders to fix it while they create DLC's that also won't port well to the PC.

    Stop focusing on the DLC's and fix the PC porting issues first! Focus on the modding tools so we can fix this garbage.

    We already paid for the game, Bethesda, so do the RIGHT THING FOR ONCE IN YOUR EXISTENCE!    … Expand
  56. pleksivolokno40
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Pile of crap this scale I've never seen... Forget the brand atmosphere, gameplay balance, role-playing system and all that you know about the fallout - a farm simulator crossed with titanfall [2]
  57. TheDutchTexan
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I am a big fan of the FallOut franchise, but this game has given that a huge black eye. I have tried all the known fixes, yet it continues to crash as soon as I hit "new game". This leads me to believe that not my hardware, but the games software into blame, otherwise the engine wouldn't have run from the get go. I run a 4790k, 16Gb RAM, XFX 280 3Gb DD and Win7 Ultimate. More than enoughI am a big fan of the FallOut franchise, but this game has given that a huge black eye. I have tried all the known fixes, yet it continues to crash as soon as I hit "new game". This leads me to believe that not my hardware, but the games software into blame, otherwise the engine wouldn't have run from the get go. I run a 4790k, 16Gb RAM, XFX 280 3Gb DD and Win7 Ultimate. More than enough horsepower to run the game. The auto config even set it to ultra when I first started it. I still remember how exited I got when I read that. That excitement has understandably been replaced by resentment.

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

    I wish I could give it a 10/10. But it being a non starter deserves the 0.0 score.    … Expand
  58. Kutanoid
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Fallout ? This is Fallout ???? This is some kind of joke. I've played Fallout 1, 2, 3 , 3 NV and i admire that some parts was better, some was worse but now it's hard to call this piece of crap a Fallout.
  59. kingofpol
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    its a terrible game in general. Removed everything good about fallout then add **** AI and tie FPS with ENGINE SPEED and you have yourself fallout4.

    DO NOT BUY THIS
  60. Yedroel
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    FallOut is now a ruined franchise. So, you are thinking: - "Lets sell **** at $59,99 with a good title (FallOut 4), it will works, money rain!". So, I am thinking you will love this 0.
  61. batelkom
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The failure of the year( (… Expand
  62. Jazinto
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Promised was freedom and customization, yet you play a predefined character in this game with a set voice which is further limited by only ever having 4 dialog options designed around the consoles 4 buttons (ABYX, Cross Circle Triangle Square) which for the most part end up as Yes, No, Question, Maybe/Sarcastic. Those are as much information as the game will give you. Often your characterPromised was freedom and customization, yet you play a predefined character in this game with a set voice which is further limited by only ever having 4 dialog options designed around the consoles 4 buttons (ABYX, Cross Circle Triangle Square) which for the most part end up as Yes, No, Question, Maybe/Sarcastic. Those are as much information as the game will give you. Often your character will end up saying something you did no intend.

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

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

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

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

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

    The crafting and building system is awful. All crafting is locked behind various perks as is installing shops and doctors to your settlements. Instead of just looting valuable weapons and armor in Fallout 4 you are encouraged to collect rare junk items for scrapping as well. However there is no autoscrap function. All items have to be dropped into the world and scrapped one by one in the building mode adding more to the routine of selling and storing after visiting a dungeon. Apart from the horrible console oriented controls the build mode offers very limited options. It is not possible to build a real house. Even if it's newly build 200 years after the apocalypse it still looks like a badly thrown together shed.    … Expand
  63. Hack_Ferrari
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    horrible story seems they were uncreative

    robotics gameplay

    graphs horrible for 2015 game

    It is just the same game in 2008 with a sweetFX

    lousy job of producers

    my fps drops from 60 to 15 constantly

    not worth 10 cents
  64. Enlade
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Well, ok, the game itself deserves 6/10 rating, but THIS SHOULD BE FALLOUT. Just because it isn't, i'll give it only 1/10.
    Thank you, Bethesda, for killing the dream!
  65. gentlemanorcus
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    What a joke. This isn't even an RPG, just a bad FPS with a few tacked on RPG elements. It's pretty sad that this is the state of mainstream RPGs nowadays: walking simulators with voiced protags that by association ruin any sort of dynamic role-playing, that focus more on aping FPSes and third person action games than actually being RPGs. Play Wasteland 2 instead.
  66. GunnarGudbjorns
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After great open world and gorgeous story in Witcher 3, i will not recommend Fallout 4 for any gamer, especially Fallout series fan. To be honest, this game is not Fallout, it's more like Call of Duty with power armor (by the way, you can find your first power armor literally at the beginning).… Expand
  67. Sill
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Sry for my English, but i really want to complain about Fallout 4. I even registered right now to do that.

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

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

    And WTF with 87 vs 4.7? Really? Critics?    … Expand
  68. RainXH11
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    this game is not optimized for PC, FX-8350 & R9 280 & 8GB RAM, but somehow it keep stuttering like hell it runs @60fps but hit 0 every 5~10 seconds it's completely ruining the experience
    seriously why's that it's not that graphically intensive to justify that, hell the textures are crap at ultra, default fov made me headaches, the game crashes at start for no reason i thought it was    this game is not optimized for PC, FX-8350 & R9 280 & 8GB RAM, but somehow it keep stuttering like hell it runs @60fps but hit 0 every 5~10 seconds it's completely ruining the experience
    seriously why's that it's not that graphically intensive to justify that, hell the textures are crap at ultra, default fov made me headaches, the game crashes at start for no reason i thought it was sweetfx(i tried sweetfx to sharpen the game so it's looks more acceptable) but even without interfering files i need to launch it several times crashes before it works
    now to the core game: the dialogue choices are stupid and always just 4 choices no less no more sometimes there's choices that are forced to fit this FOUR **** design
    the UI navigation is pain in the ass & clearly designed for console
    to change a **** gun i have to go to the pip boy, use stimpack go to pip boy god damn it it's pc we have more than enough keyboard keys, that's something i hated since fallout 3, and it's still confusing when i want to get out of pip boy i always press ESC instead of TAB Grrrr, & i dont think you can be evil in this game & kill everyone you see like before
    i won't touch this game until it's properly fixed cuz im sure it's fun, shame that we pc gamers have to suffer whenever a big new game come out & it's broken as **** in someway or another    … Expand
  69. Treus
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Horrible, just horrible. I read on the internet someone saying New Vegas was still better, and thought "ha, that's funny" Turns out it wasn't a joke, New Vegas is leagues above this abomination. This is just Fallout 3, but now worth 60 bucks. And I dare to say, it's even worse than Fallout 3, with all the things they took away to make it even more casual.

    Fallout 4, not even a 4/10
  70. gamereviewerr
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Lets begin with the biggest flaw of this game... The mechanics and the game are horrible programmed and optimized and It is a nightmare of glitches. The graphics look extremely poor, and the animations look horribly done. Can someone please explain why this game wasn't released on ps3 or 360 because it looks absolutely horrible. The game is boring and unimaginative. It tried but completelyLets begin with the biggest flaw of this game... The mechanics and the game are horrible programmed and optimized and It is a nightmare of glitches. The graphics look extremely poor, and the animations look horribly done. Can someone please explain why this game wasn't released on ps3 or 360 because it looks absolutely horrible. The game is boring and unimaginative. It tried but completely failed please stop making games bethesda… Expand
  71. epistm87
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Amazing gun/armor customization. Glad they added in layered armoring. Good AI, improved companion AI. This is another point of contention Fantastic character customization. Even without more detailed controls,
  72. Hoodude
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Disappointment of the year. This game is not worth your money, your time, or the hard drive space it takes. I loved Fallout 3, New Vegas too. Fallout 4 makes me sick. This is a sloppy console port of a Fallout 3 expansion pack made on the Skyrim engine. Puke. I will never buy another Bethesda game. This is getting a refund on steam. Let me sum up my thoughts on it for you:

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

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

    This game is just bad. Just all around bad. These positive professional reviews are completely fake and paid for. Anyone with a set of eyes and 2 brain cells can see what a steaming pile of excrement this is.    … Expand
  73. Gumba1989
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    No matter how much you look at it, this is not the product of "7 years in the making"
    Unless those 7 years were spent with todd grabbing fallout 1 2 and 3 once a year, and asking himself "what can I strip away and casualize now?"
  74. Derbis_101
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    -Get to Diamond City
    -See the newspaper woman everyone is talking about
    -Her voice is really annoying -Be a total asshat to her -Completely agree with everything the Mayor says about how the newspaper sucks to spite her -The conversation ends with the Mayor calling me her "little sister" as if I had sided with her -She asks me to come by her office to help her with her newspaper that    -Get to Diamond City
    -See the newspaper woman everyone is talking about
    -Her voice is really annoying
    -Be a total asshat to her
    -Completely agree with everything the Mayor says about how the newspaper sucks to spite her
    -The conversation ends with the Mayor calling me her "little sister" as if I had sided with her
    -She asks me to come by her office to help her with her newspaper that I just said I didn't support

    And I thought ff13 was the hallway    … Expand
  75. bloodtherover
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I could write pages on just the technical failures of this game at release, let alone all the problems with mechanics and writing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    If I still haven't convinced you not to play this game (please pirate it if you have to), consider how terribly it's written. Yes, all of dialogue is contrived and boring, but the train doesn't stop there! So the main plot, with the son and spouse. Cool, I'm glad the character that Bethesda created for me cares about them, but why should I? The prewar sequence is kinda cool in a lot of ways, but it's so short and contains nothing that would make me remotely attached to the would be female player character or an extremely bad looking baby that you literally never see do anything but scream and get kidnapped. God damn, I even care more about James from FO3... Oh yeah, Bethesda started working on the concepts for the game about the father from the vault finding his son in the wasteland right after we finished the game about the son from the vault finding his father in the wasteland. Bravo, it's like poetry. I guess Bethesda really wants to waste a postapocalyptic setting on personal family stories instead of, you know, significant geopolitical developments influenced by you and your companions a la 1, 2, and New Vegas... Yet, the pacing is the most glaringly obvious problem. Within the first hour, you have power armor, a companion, a minigun (THAT DOESN'T DETERIORATE), and a few hundred caps if you aren't stupid. That "immersive" voiced player character has a pretty interesting nonexistant reaction to being thrown into the apocalypse and having to fight a ton of radioactive monsters only a few hours after he woke up and got ready. This isn't Fallout. This isn't even a good game. For anything else, a 6/10 at best. For a AAA title from one of my favorite series that was hyped up to be a real game changer, a 0 is the closest justice (next to a refund) that is deserved.    … Expand
  76. MikeBurke
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Never expected myself to rate this negatively, but wow, this game is HORRIBLE. Poor story, counter-intuitive controls, no sense of achievements, karma and all skills GONE -- yes that's right GONE -- worse graphics than Skyrim... Honestly, the list goes on and on and on and on and on... I'm totally flabbergasted this game was received well by reviewer, honestly totally aghast, it's a HUGENever expected myself to rate this negatively, but wow, this game is HORRIBLE. Poor story, counter-intuitive controls, no sense of achievements, karma and all skills GONE -- yes that's right GONE -- worse graphics than Skyrim... Honestly, the list goes on and on and on and on and on... I'm totally flabbergasted this game was received well by reviewer, honestly totally aghast, it's a HUGE step backwards from the last two in the series.… Expand
  77. pinky90
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I hate the weapons music weapon mods the graphics where terrible music terrible & the
    institute wasn't futuristic not enough weapons music gun mods & worst of all no threedog or Moira Brown
  78. kylerstorms
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I literally just finished fallout 3 for the first time. Sold my ps3 and all my games to get fallout 4 and a ps4. Played it and absolutely hated it. Boring as hell. They made things overly complicated and strenuous with the weapons systems and gutted things that were well functioning and enjoyable in the old game that (if they were going to be this lacking in creativity or making anyI literally just finished fallout 3 for the first time. Sold my ps3 and all my games to get fallout 4 and a ps4. Played it and absolutely hated it. Boring as hell. They made things overly complicated and strenuous with the weapons systems and gutted things that were well functioning and enjoyable in the old game that (if they were going to be this lacking in creativity or making any changes or improvements) they should have left the **** alone! Created an account just to warn you not to waste your time. I'm heartbroken. I'm even more sad that I can't finish the add ons that I bought but never got to play because I sold the game in time to get this piece of ****. I think my desire to buy fallout 3 again and replay my 100 hours already spent (now that I don't have my saves) rather than spend 1 more second playing this **** speaks for itself.… Expand
  79. svyat
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Worst fallout game ever. It is not rgp, it is like a shooter game. There is a quest - move out raiders from the base and you can finish it only kill all raiders. It is not fallout game. It is some another action.
  80. Asinann
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    The game might be good, it might be bad: I never got the chance to play it because it wouldn't stop crashing when I hit the play button. Great job Bethesda, bet you expect the modders to fix your screw ups again.
  81. TheExtremeTroll
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    I have one question to ask myself: Why did I buy this crappy piece of junk? Biggest waste of $60 in my life. I have more respect for Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing.
  82. theunrealtrump
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    I don't think Bethesda understands what the franchise is about.

    Fallout 1 was set 84 years after the nuclear apocalypse. There were thriving communities, governments emerging, they had major trading hubs, caravans, barons and everything else. Raiders were a really small minority and had things to raid, they had the communities, the villages, the caravans that they ambushed, they stole    I don't think Bethesda understands what the franchise is about.

    Fallout 1 was set 84 years after the nuclear apocalypse. There were thriving communities, governments emerging, they had major trading hubs, caravans, barons and everything else.
    Raiders were a really small minority and had things to raid, they had the communities, the villages, the caravans that they ambushed, they stole cattle and everything else.
    Ghouls and Super Mutants? Rare. Super Mutants were really rare after the ending of Fallout 1 after the Master was destroyed.
    The technology in Fallout was large and clunky, you had vacuum tubes, reel-to-reel computers, pipes, valves, tons of wires. The robots were large, clunky, just like the technology in Fallout.
    The architecture was inspired by Art Deco, Googie and Raygun Gothic mostly. It was dark, grimy and gothic.
    The world of Fallout is like that because of the Resource Wars due to the oil shortage, that made them use nuclear energy for everything.

    Now let's compare to Fallout 4.

    Fallout 4 is set 210 years after the nuclear apocalypse. The world is dead for some reason.
    There is one community barely surviving, nothing else, ONE COMMUNITY. And it is barely surviving.
    90% of the population is made of raiders. What they raid? Who knows!
    And tons of Super Mutants. Tons and tons. How do they exist? Who knows!
    Ghouls are extremely numerous now again because how would Bethesda make a game without their Draug-I mean, Feral Ghouls.
    And we have completely futuristic androids in Fallout 4, we have integrated circuits that never existed in Fallout.
    We have PLASTIC and PETROL CANS everywhere in Fallout 4 despite the Fallout setting being the wait it is due to OIL SHORTAGE.
    Fallout 4 doesn't have the architecture of the Fallout setting. It now looks like a The Jetsons game.

    If you like the Fallout franchise, you probably won't like Fallout 4 because it **** on everything the franchise is about.    … Expand
  83. Nezeiraz
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Это ужасно.Мерзко.Отвратительно.
    После тотальной рекламы, прущей из всех щелей, хвалебно-восторженных обзоров от критиков, это больше похоже на прикол.
    Зачем запускать такую маркетинговую машину ради этого нечто? Впервые увидел такую ужасную игру. А ведь тысячи людей потратили 60$, хотя за эти деньги можно было два раза купить Ведьмака 3, поддержав тем самым производителя достойных    Это ужасно.Мерзко.Отвратительно.
    После тотальной рекламы, прущей из всех щелей, хвалебно-восторженных обзоров от критиков, это больше похоже на прикол.
    Зачем запускать такую маркетинговую машину ради этого нечто?
    Впервые увидел такую ужасную игру.
    А ведь тысячи людей потратили 60$, хотя за эти деньги можно было два раза купить Ведьмака 3, поддержав тем самым производителя достойных игр.    … Expand
  84. Gingergamer
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    It was kinda suspicious when the "Preorder" button appeared immediately after they announced the game, EA style. But I still hoped for better, I thought that fallout can never be bad, all while cautiously being reluctant to preorder it - there was that annoying feeling that something's not right if a company already wants to take your money before any presentation. Well, now we have theIt was kinda suspicious when the "Preorder" button appeared immediately after they announced the game, EA style. But I still hoped for better, I thought that fallout can never be bad, all while cautiously being reluctant to preorder it - there was that annoying feeling that something's not right if a company already wants to take your money before any presentation. Well, now we have the reason.

    Fallout 4 is a game that tries very hard to be all other popular games, attempting to meet the widest range of tastes, the least average required to gather the biggest audience. As the result, ofcource, the game is average. Everything is done to smear the game like **** in a thin layer across all possible plains. There is an element of building and crafting, because minecraft is popular. There is now a voiced protagonist, because that is popular. An idiot-safe interface for console players. Ridiculously simplified core mechanics to appeal to the widest intellectual range. Because, you know, cutting a whole dimension of depth out from a game is a popular decision.

    None of these changes(except for crafting) were necessary, but were done solely because trends dictate so. And while Bethesda is engulfed heads-over in that wild orgy of people-please for maximum profit, they completely impair a good game to a point where it is nothing but a shadow of its past - a mod-platform in a shell of the great legacy of Interplay.

    But there is a difference between an isolated game being average, and a culmination of an amazing franchise taking a long dip face-down the pavement. A huge difference. Bright minds at Bethesda somehow fail to understand that Fallout is not just an established name - it is a brand, and a brand also bears a set of standards and achievements, which must be upheld. Otherwise there is no reason for the brand to even exist.

    "Professionals" at Bethesda obviously are of a different opinion. This is why we get a voiced protagonist for example. Most people, including Bethesda, don't see a problem with it until they actually play the game. Well, Witcher, for example, had a voiced protagonist. Witcher is also very popular. So lets copy Witcher, amirite?

    None of the them, however, consider that Fallout never was, and never should be Witcher. The difference is their approach to the RPG genre, and while Witcher is an interpretation of a written book, therefore tells the story of a predetermined character, Fallout(and Elder Scrolls aswell), on the other hand, allowed you to experience and write your own story, of YOUR adventures in the world. The character was always determined by you, you created your story, and weren't just following the tale of someone else.

    The voiced protagonist worked in Witcher because it never had that level of immersion in the first place. Taking it and slamming it into Fallout isn't just limitation of the game's potential - its kitsch and mimicry of the lowest grade. The immersion, so vital for a game like Fallout, is irreparably damaged; the franchise is at it's alltime low, but hey, it's familiar to the Witcher fanbase now, so sales are guaranteed, amirite? Bethesda's followers and critics even dare to defend this under the guise of "innovation" - such an amateur, dimwitted argument, used handy all around by studios to hide from their unprofessional decisions. I can bash-in your Cadillac's engine and call it a new model, for the sake of justice.

    The resultant dialogue wheel serves for even more player alienation from the game, now that, just like in Witcher and Mass Effect, your character frequently reacts unparallel to the meaning of your choice and your expectations. A character that has his own will is irritating, annoying and means total death to the immersion.

    Instead of fixing and improving the leveling system Bethesda decided to get rid of a huge chunk of it alltogether - the skills, which were a backbone of character building, are now gone victim of simplification for the average customer. Managing skills and building your character in detail is obviously too hard to brain about. People don't need no **** choice, amirite? Idiots admire a few more perks than before, forgetting that perks are now mixed with usual skill-like traits, which therefore means both less traits and less perks.

    Heck, they wanted to make the game so damn static and predictable, they even replaced normal crits with unleashable criticals(aka crits by button push) - a retardation the likes of which I have never seen before. Because who needs luck factor in a game that features a specific character trait called "luck"... Ooops.

    The plot quality, which was used as explanation for voicing the character, is unsurprisingly nothing special. Without spoilers - you have to search for a member of your family. Yes, again.

    The graphics are a shame for 2015, and there is no big world to compensate for the lack of detail. Lazily done modification of an old engine. Bad animations, bad textures, bad facial detail.    … Expand
  85. RomaLester
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    When Bethesda made Fallout 3, for original franchise it was like a murder with hight level of violent. When Bethesda made Fallout 4, for original it was like the rape of the rotten corpse. Does it realy so hard just take ideas from the first two original games and improve the graphics part? And that's it! The best game of next 10 years ready! But no! Bethesda, of course, have your ownWhen Bethesda made Fallout 3, for original franchise it was like a murder with hight level of violent. When Bethesda made Fallout 4, for original it was like the rape of the rotten corpse. Does it realy so hard just take ideas from the first two original games and improve the graphics part? And that's it! The best game of next 10 years ready! But no! Bethesda, of course, have your own special retarted way.… Expand
  86. Jacksimms91
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    By all means get this game if you want a combine the grindy nature of farmville and the linear storyline of a Time Crisis game.

    What have you done Bethesda? You had such a good launching point to go from with NV and you just decided to throw all of that away to make Call of Fallout.
  87. renferos
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    I am a long time fan of fallout and have played fallout, fallout 2, 3 and new Vegas. If I had to rate them in terms of enjoyment I would say 2>NV>1>3>4. Fallout 4 attempts to be fallout and exploit the best parts of the fallout universe to sell the game to a larger demographic. It lacks choice, depth and any semblance of characters to care about. If this game did not use the falloutI am a long time fan of fallout and have played fallout, fallout 2, 3 and new Vegas. If I had to rate them in terms of enjoyment I would say 2>NV>1>3>4. Fallout 4 attempts to be fallout and exploit the best parts of the fallout universe to sell the game to a larger demographic. It lacks choice, depth and any semblance of characters to care about. If this game did not use the fallout universe it would probably sell moderately, and still be rated as mediocre at best. This game attempted to be much more than it delivered, leaving a bitter taste in my mouth.

    People do not want an RPG's dialogue to consist of YES, NO, SARCASM, MAYBE. This is a joke. I get it the game has to evolve over time and voicing dialogue may be a future evolution, but we aren't there yet. Why? Because when you voice dialogue and make a Mass Effect wheel you create Mass Effect. I didn't buy Fallout 4 to get Mass Effect. Modding will not save this game from the absence of story. Witcher 3 will be the RPG of the year.    … Expand
  88. DasSauce
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Fallout 4, a phenomenal game, is marked by incompetent developers who focus solely on the console versions just making them playable on it. Whereas us PC users are shafted. The workshop UI is clearly aimed at console users. Extremely unstable FPS lag due to awful optimization. Time and time again random crashes occur. Crashes are so prevalent that I am LITERALLY UNABLE TO PROGRESS IN THEFallout 4, a phenomenal game, is marked by incompetent developers who focus solely on the console versions just making them playable on it. Whereas us PC users are shafted. The workshop UI is clearly aimed at console users. Extremely unstable FPS lag due to awful optimization. Time and time again random crashes occur. Crashes are so prevalent that I am LITERALLY UNABLE TO PROGRESS IN THE MAIN STORYLINE. This is absolutely disgusting and Bethesda I hope the user score of 4.9/10 (hopefully going lower) will open your eyes and let you know we will not accept such a ridiculously buggy game and lackluster performance from a developer we hold to such high esteem. And no, Bethesda, I'm not from 4cha n. Fix your practices or we will stay angry!… Expand
  89. Almostdead
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Really ? Bethesda? You didn't learn anything from flaws of TES? Boring side quest, pointless dialogue, clunky system, ugly UI... There is nothing right in FO4 except gun play and crafting. WTF! If it is not Fallout i might give it 8/10, But you ruin Fallout! You need to learn how to make a RPG from the beginning!
    I beg you Bethesda! Give Fallout 4 to Obsidian!
  90. EduardoMaia
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Those "next gen" graphics give me cancer! Those "next gen" graphics give me cancer! Those "next gen" graphics give me cancer! Those "next gen" graphics give me cancer!
  91. ForewardSlash
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Graphics are nice OK and can be modded - good but from what hear they can be much better. Understandable since they want the game to be playable to a large audience.

    Large stretches of land with no enemies. Enemies are too simplistic. only 4 choices for dialogue. UI is clunky. perks are pretty cool but perk ui is clunky. building is cool but UI is clunky. wpns could be more interesting.    Graphics are nice OK and can be modded - good but from what hear they can be much better. Understandable since they want the game to be playable to a large audience.

    Large stretches of land with no enemies. Enemies are too simplistic. only 4 choices for dialogue. UI is clunky. perks are pretty cool but perk ui is clunky. building is cool but UI is clunky. wpns could be more interesting. more mods would be great. wpns are not interesting enough. main storyline is bland. voice actors are great but dialogue lacks kick and is bland. side quests are bland. i havent come across any really fun/weird stuff nothing to peak my interest - side quests are bland. companions have good character but are still bland not enough character imo.

    i like the perks and the mechanics taken from other games thats not that bad it only helps but doesnt help that much as a good story with lots of options and branching consequences. environment "places" dont have much character.

    the game lacks so much story depth its just like playing a boring shooter.

    the perks and mechanics are good though i liked that and graphics the environment was well made (i think) but again is bland. color was nice. i feel like i give this game a 5 but it really deserves maybe a 6
    rated 0 because its so boring.    … Expand
  92. axiom2321
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Take a billion dollar game developer -- give them a 150 million dollar budget, a project that allows for unlimited creative and design freedom, and as much time as they need to ship a strong product. What do ya get?

    You get a game built on an engine that was breathing its last four years ago. You get characters and animations that were surpassed in quality a decade ago. You get    Take a billion dollar game developer -- give them a 150 million dollar budget, a project that allows for unlimited creative and design freedom, and as much time as they need to ship a strong product. What do ya get?

    You get a game built on an engine that was breathing its last four years ago.
    You get characters and animations that were surpassed in quality a decade ago.
    You get immersion breaking or game wrecking bugs and glitches that only the world's least competent QA team would permit.

    They expect the mod community to clean up the world-class mess they leave in every game they ship -- last year, they even tried to charge us for this. We've got to stop giving them the impression that this stuff is okay.
    Hard pass.    … Expand
  93. LedZepp1109
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    Hype culture is here represented by people who would die screaming it's awsome for something which literally kills them, simply because they spent money, fell for good marketing and are emotionally invested (irrationally).
    This backlash Bethesda is getting is natural, they stepped on too many feet and lied to way too many people on the way with the franchise to not end up in such    Hype culture is here represented by people who would die screaming it's awsome for something which literally kills them, simply because they spent money, fell for good marketing and are emotionally invested (irrationally).
    This backlash Bethesda is getting is natural, they stepped on too many feet and lied to way too many people on the way with the franchise to not end up in such situation.

    1) Group of 'old' tactical isometric view RPGs fans, which loved their Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics. Why Bethesda could not create their own postapocalyptic world akin to Skyrim (they helped publishing the series at start but failed in continuation of development)? Why did they feel it is a good idea to gut franchise from one genere and stuff things they think they specialize in?
    People from this group were disappointed in Fallout 3 (again, because of genere and playstyle change) but they were buying into 'trying out the game' out of nostalgia. Some were furiously disappointed some liked it in the end, because it were 'still like Fallout' in it's core character building system... which this time got thrown out and replaced with premade 'talent trees'.

    2) Then there is group of people who enjoyed Fallout 3 and NV and franchise in new genere setting. They are RPG fans, loved the system, world and expected to get more and better version in Fallout 4. What they got instead is again different genere but this time it's an FPS with some story elements and mundane tasks. Missions (now only gun blazing and pick ups), puzzle solving, interaction, character building. It all got cut down or cut out, streamlined if you please for casuals. However this group feels stiffled - Bethesda did not delivered on their promises.

    3) Yet another group are the people who just want to play 'best games'. But it is tricky to define what they consider best. T hey will compare graphics, size of created world, hours of gameplay, stability of the game (lack of bugs etc.) and be very quantitative about it. Bethesda has some fault here and some bad luck as well. Recently published games (not gonna start naming them cause I don't want this to get derailed, what's bigger better discussion this group strives in) that fall into genere they claimed Fallout 4 is had better graphics, larger more vibrant worlds, more bang for the buck and then there are glitches, crashes and save corrupting bugs which Bethesda is known for and let slip to Fallout 4 as well. Outrage? Ofcourse. This group thrives on it but still they are pretty damn self-aware customers. They know what they want, they sing peans when they get it and are complete dicks when they are promised something and then underdelivered.

    My view on what is happening: Bethesda made what they do best with all the shoddy and lose parts included as usual, which fans grew to overlook. However they used franchise they didn't create and never understood (tried to redefine it instead), wound up a huge hype campaign around their product and directed it at the wrong target audience (perhaps to create a new niche they'd fit in, somewhere between FPSs and RPGs) and it all backfired. Game could be o-k and it would definetly be acclaimed if it were a newly created world (franchise) and marketed to fans of FPS and FPS with RPG elements but instead it gets smashed by disapointed, disgruntled customers. Not some mythical 'vocal minority' but majority of customers who found in the box not what was on the cover so to speak. And there's absolutely nothing wrong about it. It's actually great en masse (game industry should learn on this case similar as outrage swatted away abhorent pre-order system for new DeusEx... less marketing, less hype building), if not for few people going over the line in their 'anger'.    … Expand
  94. dvst11
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    I have been a fan of the series for a long time. This entry is a huge disappointment. A sad day for open world RPG lovers. All of the role playing has been removed from the game via the dialog wheel and voiced character. I tried to look over these things and enjoy the game, but there are countless other huge simplifications made and it feels too shallow.
  95. Vasiliy5000
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Blurry textures primitive AI, flat and empty characters and dialogues , no atmosphere , poor work of artists and game designers, as if the world was created in the generator , a plurality of game bugs unworthy game published in 2015. It was hard to spoil such a universe , but you tried .

    Ruin your hands are not the hands , it is in your heads .
  96. pongkong
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    if you have never played fallout before, by all means play this game maybe youll enjoy yourself. but if youve played fallout i just dont know how you could find this game acceptable. its pathetic really, bethesda should feel embarassed.
  97. valbilken
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    if i were a 12-17 years old boy who is fan of cod i would love this game.But unfortunately im not.

    This is a open world cod with 4 talking options

    sarcasm yes no and enough

    thanks bethesta thank you
  98. Swagsnegger
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    The blind fanboys just annoy the sh!t out me.How can someone be satisfied with an end product like this.The hype is making me crazy.And the fans personally attack the person who says anything about the game's fault.The game itself is below par.This is totally nonsense.
  99. korork
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game still uses the buggy Creation Engine and it's abhorrent collision detection that allows bugs such as:
    -walking underwater; not swimming, walking
    -cars clipping into the ground and then exploding
    -falling through the ground because you stood on something and intersected its hitbox so the game teleports you underground
    -Dogmeat bringing you an item only to drop it through the floor
    -You can pick up the engine in the river under the bridge on your way to Concord and use it to fly by jumping with it

    Bethesda still hasn't fixed the issue of companions blocking doors and walkways, you can clip through the floor, but you'll never ever clip through your companion. Maybe they should apply the companion hitbox to the floors and walls.

    The story is a pathetic and clichéd "I must rescue my son, where is my son" story, that's weirdly paced, and your character's motivations don't really match your possible actions actions; you either join Father and help the Institute hide away forever with their robots, or you blow up the Institute. The entire game tells you that the Institute is some sort of bogeyman kidnapping people in the night, but it never actually happens to anyone in the game. This is poor writing, just telling and not showing.

    The game auto-detects controllers and disables mouse and keyboard input while it's plugged in, which really adds to the feel of it's a bad console port, and the controls are weirdly designed i.e. melee/throw grenade/hold breath are the same key, and you can't separate them into different key-binds, leading to many awkward grenade throws after sniping, or throwing a grenade when you wanted to melee someone up close.

    Skills have been change from a levelling up due to use to a more washed out, and casual, perk based skill system. Instead of using a skill to get better at it, every time you level up you just pick a skill to level up with you.

    People are just becoming complacent with Bethesda producing the same low quality game, that cuts more and more corners with every iteration of their games, removing multiple features but adding a shiny new one to distract everyone from what was removed. Removing things like:
    -survival difficulty, where you need to drink, eat and seek doctors to fix damaged limbs.
    -waiting, something you use to change the time of day to a more favourable time to attack, to just limiting it only when you're seated in a chair.
    -multiple conversation choices, to be limited to just 4 possible choices, hardly able to get information out of characters when you can only have 4 questions.

    People have come to expect to fall through the floor in a Bethesda game and no longer even see that as a problem; but it is, it always was.

    The game runs, looks, feels and plays like it was made half-assed in a month using the majority of Fallout 3's code, improving upon nothing but adding in the base building gimmick that was originally just a mod. It plays as a shooter and has barely anything that you could consider classifying as an RPG, other than RPG isn't a properly defined genre and any game could be called one.    … Expand
  100. IvanTOPone
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    В 2015 году когда вышел Ведьмак 3 и Ассасин Синдикат, выпускать такую игру это кощунство над всей серией.
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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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