Fallout 4

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  1. dfwmikey74
    Nov 13, 2015
    8
    I have put 50 hours into FO:4 and these are a few things I've seen in the game.

    Graphics: Better than Skyrim, not nearly as good as they should have been, with a company as big as Bethesda they could have done a lot more with the graphics. Gameplay: A lot of fun, most of the elements that people have come to love about the fallout series are present, with the addition of settlements.    I have put 50 hours into FO:4 and these are a few things I've seen in the game.

    Graphics: Better than Skyrim, not nearly as good as they should have been, with a company as
    big as Bethesda they could have done a lot more with the graphics.
    Gameplay: A lot of fun, most of the elements that people have come to love about the fallout
    series are present, with the addition of settlements.
    Settlements: More could have been done here, it's enjoyable but feels very constrained
    compared to the rest of the game.
    Crafting: A nice improvement over earlier games, however many parts of the armor layer system
    feels inadequate.
    Conversation: This area was obviously meant more for the console crowd, talking with NPC's
    should've been expanded upon from previous games, not condensed.
    Combat: This hasn't really changed much from previous games and is one of my few true joys
    of this game.
    Junk: A VAST IMPROVEMENT, the mass quantities of junk in the world and now have one, this
    goes towards settlements and crafting and is a nice addition.
    Enemies: An improved A.I. over earlier games, higher difficulties feel more challenging instead
    of just being more difficult.
    Bugs: There seemed to be a lot of them early on in the game, CTD's and FPS problems mostly,
    but it seems that most of this was caused by resolution disparities between monitor and
    game, once those were synced up the problems disappeared. I have heard of many other
    quest related bugs that I have not personally come across, but it still seems that the game
    was released early without necessary fixes.
    All in all it is a really good game, unfortunately far from expectations.    … Expand
  2. nilsy
    Jan 16, 2017
    8
    This is a hyper ambitious AAA game with huge amount of content.

    Think that while it has a large and i do mean LARGE amount of badly designed systems even flawed as hell this stands heads above most other games and i still manage to have great fun. My biggest gripe with the game is the perk system which i feel could have been done better. If i were impartial id likely rate it lower    This is a hyper ambitious AAA game with huge amount of content.

    Think that while it has a large and i do mean LARGE amount of badly designed systems even flawed as hell this stands heads above most other games and i still manage to have great fun.

    My biggest gripe with the game is the perk system which i feel could have been done better.

    If i were impartial id likely rate it lower then 8/10 but im just a private person and im not a machine, i like this or i dont based on emotions and the whole fallout-mood managed to grip me yet again and pull me into the world.    … Expand
  3. Robobob
    Nov 24, 2015
    8
    First off. Fallout 4 is a great game. Don't listen to all the hateful gamers on here who pined for a sequel to Fallout 3 and when it wasn't perfect they slam it with a ridiculous low score. Look more at the professional reviewer's scores and you'll get a better idea of what this game is like. I'll guarantee that half of the gamers haven't played the game or played very little beforeFirst off. Fallout 4 is a great game. Don't listen to all the hateful gamers on here who pined for a sequel to Fallout 3 and when it wasn't perfect they slam it with a ridiculous low score. Look more at the professional reviewer's scores and you'll get a better idea of what this game is like. I'll guarantee that half of the gamers haven't played the game or played very little before reviewing the game.

    The number of locations to explore is one of the biggest Bethseda has ever created. I don't know if the map is bigger, but once you get close to the couple of towns or cities there are so many points of interest so close together it seems mind boggling. I think the level design is amazing in that each building seems like a realistic remnant of a what was once a full functional home, business, factory etc. There is something fun, cool or unique to find hidden away in each location as well so exploring never gets old. The number of weapons you can wield is amazing. 100 hours in and I'm still finding cool different weapons to punish enemies with like the a freezing gun, a gun that shoots syringes and strange ancient artifacts fused with technology to become powerful weapons. Crafting is the best I've ever seen it in any game. You can actually modify any weapon or armor at least a couple levels. Anything in the game's world can be picked up and broken down for use in modding. I find my inventory constantly maxed because I'm constantly grabbing old phones and microscopes for their copper and other useful elements. The companions are numerous and varied and spending enough time with one grants you a unique perk which gives special bonuses, so this makes me want to play with each companion long enough to get that bonus. BTW, the companion Deacon has some of the funniest lines in the game. There are at least 3 factions to play with with different side missions and bonuses to each. Settlements can be founded and rebuilt with the build tool which uses the game's crafting elements some more. This system is fun but was a little dumbed down for consoles. Hopefully patches to this will be made soon. Speaking of dumbed down, the game was obviously designed for consoles and ported to PC, which is frustrating that it doesn't have a better menu system or inventory management but didn't deter me from enjoying the main game. If this is a reason to give a game a ZERO than you need to grow up a little. haha

    At first I was frustrated with the enemies ability to instantly spot me and start attacking before I could spot them, but I just started sneaking more often and used the VATS system to spot enemies that are hidden behind steal grates, buildings and bushes so that solved that grievance.People have complained about bugs, and I've only seen 4 in 100 hours of playing. 1 crash to desktop. 2 load screen hangs wher I rebooted and a funny glitch where my companion was swimming through the commonwealth. That's it. That's about average for a PC game so I don't see the big deal.

    There are a few issues I did have with the game. I have a 4 year old gaming rig PC and the Fallout doesn't look too hot. Last year I could play Tomb Raider on near maxed out settings yet Fallout looks too similar to Fallout 3. Herein lies the problem: Bethseda keeps using the exact same system which it used for Oblivion, Fallout 3 and Skyrim. You can tell because some buildings require loading times and the NPC animations are still as stiff and bugged. Time to create a new system for your games, Bethseda, because you are starting to look dated compared to GTA V and the Witcher. Maybe the user scores will help drive Bethseda to make some major changes.

    So, if you haven't tried this game, maybe wait a good month for some patches or modders to fix a few issues, or maybe even wait until the game comes down in price. I don't regret my purchase at all and after 100 hours am looking to probably spend 100 more. There's a few dozen buildings left to loot and I'm halfway through the main story and I'm having a blast.    … Expand
  4. Hroderick
    Dec 2, 2015
    8
    I had the urge to register just to give my impression of a fair review given all the unfortunate 0/10 scores which make absolutely no sense (to be fair, some 10/10 are overly enthusiastic). Particularly since many of those "reviews" are focused on whining about the graphics, FPS mechanics (in an ACTION RPG game) and a story that I feel these players did not understand. At the same time,I had the urge to register just to give my impression of a fair review given all the unfortunate 0/10 scores which make absolutely no sense (to be fair, some 10/10 are overly enthusiastic). Particularly since many of those "reviews" are focused on whining about the graphics, FPS mechanics (in an ACTION RPG game) and a story that I feel these players did not understand. At the same time, there is a total disregard for many innovative gameplay features like the weapon and stronghold crafting systems (which rightfully puts the DA:I crafting choices at a subpar level), a wonderful, huge map which I honestly never felt like it was boring.

    In my opinion, the positives start with the fact that it feels like a Bethesda game. Plenty of places to explore, lot of little quests and fun side trips aside from the main missions, decent enough fighting and shooting engine for an ACTION RPG. This is not Call of Duty, nor it should be, and while it is indeed a bit flawed, it is completely appropriate for the type of game. Add up that Bethesda did learn something from Obsidian and decided to create an entire crafting system that actually makes you scrounge for junk in the wasteland (something could be expected in a postapocalyptic game). It offers many options to use your weapons and armor, combined with several perks in the leveling system to tailor your "class" to your needs (I like the high INT, PER shooter build, but I see many are having a blast with the high END, STR tank builds and the high AGI sneaky dudes). It also offers the ability to create and shape new settlements, a feature that has taken me at least 20% of my time. This settlement feature granted its not for everyone, but unlike the Batmobile in Arkham Knight you can totally disregard it if you want your gameplay concentrated on other matters.

    I am totally in disagreement with those who think the story was bland. Maybe because I have played plenty of Pen & Paper RPGs, but I honestly don't need 10 minute introduction concentrated in your background to get in character. I felt that the introduction was enough to become the Sole Survivor and make the quest for his family my quest. Given that, I enjoyed the story, the plot twist and the moral choices presented to you particularly in the final act. My impression is that the story was awesome, and a good way to measure is to ask which faction did people initially decided to side. The fact that many get the moral quandaries and/or can become outraged at other people "wrong" choices should tell you Bethesda played its cards right. The game includes several silly quests that can be highly amusing ("calling the Silver Shroud!") and homages to Lovecraft, 1950s alien sci-fi, the Salem Trials, etc. The detail, IMHO is in the right places, even if in the end the graphics are not at the same level as EA's Frostbite engine.

    As for the negative, the reason why I didn't give this game a 10/10 is because I dock one point off due to the outdated graphics and the many minor bugs, particularly with the AI scripts. I feel this is not a major issue, and honestly, the last thing I want Bethesda to do is to become EA and release a SW:Battlefront game that looks amazing but has a deficient gameplay and story. At the same time, we should not pretend this issue does not exist. I hope Bethesda invests in a new, true next-gen engine for future Elder Scroll and Fallout games.

    The second point goes off due to the features that the previous Fallout got right and Bethesda removed in an attempt to copy Bioware (and for the life of me, I will never understand). I am talking about the godforsaken, awful, hateful dialog wheel for idiots (I despise it with all my heart and what it represents) and the lack of the karma wheel which really helped you choose an angel or devil path in the Wasteland (were they emulating Dragon Age???). The dialog wheel actually lowers your IQ, and as the Witcher has proved, it is not even necessary for full speech to your character. Honestly, Ultima IV had better dialog options 30 years ago with "Name", "Job" and "Bye".

    All in all, this game is totally worth it for Bethesda fans and people looking for a fun, and immersive action RPG. If Call of Duty, Destiny and or SW:Battlefront are your thing, this game will probably bore you and look like it was from 3 years ago.    … Expand
  5. Theutus2
    Nov 10, 2015
    8
    I love the graphics, sound and gameplay. The only bug I have run into so far in several hours of play is the PIP boy menu not showing and first person view weapons not showing. These minor bugs can be remedied by a quick restart, until they patch it.
  6. Nubec
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    I think Fallout 4 is very funny. Hours and hours building my own settlement. The game has several changes but... I don't understand all bad scores, it's Fallout yet.
  7. gaynorvader
    Nov 19, 2015
    8
    I was tempted to give this a 10, just to offset some of the petulant zeros that have been tossed down, but I restrained myself to what I thought the game deserved.
    I sank hours into this game. I'd say 90-99% of those were bug free. It's ridiculous to expect a studio Bethesda's size to create anything of this scope with 0 bugs (for any studio it's a long shot). Even then, I enjoyed a few    I was tempted to give this a 10, just to offset some of the petulant zeros that have been tossed down, but I restrained myself to what I thought the game deserved.
    I sank hours into this game. I'd say 90-99% of those were bug free. It's ridiculous to expect a studio Bethesda's size to create anything of this scope with 0 bugs (for any studio it's a long shot). Even then, I enjoyed a few of the bugs and none of them actually stopped me from playing. Most were cured by a quicksave and quickload. Even when I fell through a building (damn you jet pack) I was able to fast travel outside of it and resume. GTA V had much worse bugs. Nearly the whole time I was playing I was having fun, it was Fallout. A little different, sure, but still Fallout and fun is primarily what I look for when I play a game.
    The graphics were solid, a little dated looking maybe, but they are smooth and do their job. A big improvement on previous Fallouts and Elder Scrolls games (unless you include mods). Whatever, I was never spending time brooding over them anyway, I was off shooting irradiated creatures and collecting bottle caps.
    The companions. Man, the interaction with them is good, I like that they can disapprove of things you do and throw a strop and leave you, but I feel making them solid was a mistake from a gameplay perspective. I had more fun just wandering the wastes without them because they had a habit of getting in the way, or blowing me up in place of their intended target. A pity, but not a huge issue with the game, I always preferred being a lone wolf and one of the perks specifically boosts your stats when you are companionless.
    The crafting system was awesome. I had a lot of fun playing with the various upgrades on the different guns, I was a little disappointed the sniper rifles weren't more powerful (my .44 did more damage than a .50 cal) but other than that it was a really nice system. As was the armour upgrades and Power armour upgrades (I really wanted more than one of them on each piece!)
    The settlement system is a neat idea, horribly implemented. Honestly, this is my biggest gripe with this game, and why it's an 8 and not a 9. It's cool being able to build a settlement, and manage its needs, see it attacked, defend it, populate it, make custom houses, etc. The problem is there's no tutorial for it. There's a tutorial for the combat (which we've seen before) and a short one for the Pipboy, but for the workshop the game just kinda occasionally throws up cryptic pop ups and hopes you figure it out. Once you learn how it all works, how to wire things up (spacebar) and how to wire lights (a powered pylon nearby), you quickly realise that it's incredibly limited and shallow. 6 stories max, no you can't have a balcony, no you can't create a solid wall if there's not precisely enough space for the wall between 2 points, no you can't have anything besides 4 generators and 3 types of pretty much everything else. The worst part of the settlements however is that everything has to be done in person. Want to allocate someone to the defensive tower you built? Well off you go searching through your town to find them then. Want to set up a trade route with another town? Find someone to do it and hope they weren't your farmer or your food production will go down. There's no way to access information on who's doing what and it can take an indefensible amount of time to find who you need to accomplish a task. It's such a faff, I don't think I'll bother with it when I decide to play through the game again. Which is a real pity.
    The real guts of this game lie in the gameplay. The Bioware-style 4 response system has been criticised, and I can see why people don't like it, but it doesn't really interfere as much as you'd think and I've yet to be surprised by something my character has said. The gunplay is fast-paced and fun, the slowdown for VATS over the old pause mode is a good change, it makes the combat feel more fluid though I think the targeting ui needs a bit of work as it's a pain with a mouse when the targets are near one another. The exploration is truly rewarding with a metric ****-ton of stuff to see and do. The factions are interesting with brilliantly fleshed out backstories and you'll launch the game to "just do one quest" and shut it down to find yourself in the small hours of the morning dreading your alarm clock's inevitable squeal in a few short hours.

    If someone were to ask me if I recommend buying this game, I'd give them a resounding yes. If they asked me was it a perfect game, it'd be a resounding no. But really, what game is perfect? In the end all that matters is if you can eke out enough fun to justify the money spent on a game, and in Fallout 4s case you don't even need to eke, it supplies it in spades.    … Expand
  8. doogs
    Dec 16, 2015
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A great game. Fun and entertaining. However there's two types of Fallout players...

    1. You like Fallout 1-3: Choice driven to a degree but still relatively linear with it's story approach. Karma played a role somewhat but ultimately didn't affect the players decision too much. Your character had a set goal, that was in a sense 'noble' and ultimately in most player's cases ended nobly. The game rewards more for positive karma so naturally most people chose the high ground. Exploration is very fun, as with any Fallout game but it kind of held your hand a little in terms of game play.

    2. You like Fallout NV: Very very choice driven, heavily story focused, decisions held weight right through til the finale. The world felt very much somber, at war and quite depressing. You had no set goal rather than revenge, simple. This method allowed people to take either side of the karma aspect which provided more an experience in story telling. It just felt more open.

    This being said. I love all of the aforementioned deeply but how does this reflect on Fallout 4?

    Fallout 4 has gone back to the 1-2 approach of giving you something noble (SPOILER: finding your child and avenging your dead partner). This isn't necessarily bad at all. The overall experience of Fallout 4 is fun. Which after all is what I'm all about; having fun! But I just felt it spread itself a little too thin in terms of story development and really motivating me to follow the main quest when there's so much else Id rather do. Sorry but I'd rather build settlements than find my stolen child. Hopefully DLC will flesh out the world a little more so I can feel more invested in this installment. If you want fun this is for you but if you're looking for more feeling and emotion then go play New Vegas.

    I can recommend if you have a PC get it on that as the modding community creates a lot more playable value and depth to the world.    … Expand
  9. Jarvis
    Nov 14, 2015
    8
    It's amazing how much bad press this game has gotten, especially when you look at the actual complaints.
    Fallout 4 is pretty similar fallout 3, just with some changes, most good, some a little disappointing.
    I'm Gonna try and get the negatives out of the way first. -Some environments are too big, causing the frame rate to drop. It's not constant, and only happens in certain areas, and    It's amazing how much bad press this game has gotten, especially when you look at the actual complaints.
    Fallout 4 is pretty similar fallout 3, just with some changes, most good, some a little disappointing.
    I'm Gonna try and get the negatives out of the way first.

    -Some environments are too big, causing the frame rate to drop. It's not constant, and only happens in certain areas, and it doesn't drop too far either, just enough to be annoying.

    -During conversations with NPC's, you only have four options to pick from at a time.
    Each option usually gives you four more to choose from so you can continue the conversation, But fallout three had much more options than this.

    -this game has less survival elements. Stimpacks can't be administered to specific limbs, and weapons cant break.

    -And now, the con that irks me the most,
    The skills have been assimilated into perks. Unlike in previous installments, Instead of gradually upgrading your skills as the game goes along, all the skills are now perks as well, meaning you cant customize your character quite as much as would be desired.

    And now for the pro's,
    -The games appearance is very enthralling. Their is a lot of detail put into practically everything.
    I have heard a lot of criticism branching from people claiming the graphics are terrible, which is contrary to the truth.
    The game has a very bright color scheme,
    (Yes, this is an apocalypse game witch acknowledges the existence of color's other than brown and grey.)
    This can highlight some of the poorer parts of the game (such as a few noticeable decals on objects instead of details on the 3D model,)
    Overall, the bright colors makes the games graphics look... different?
    Whatever the word you wanna go with, it doesn't look bad, just unusual.
    And the game makes up for this with many beautifully constructed environments.

    -Weapon modification gives a wide variety of possibilities for different status and affects, making your load out more personal.

    -The town building feature is a nice way to spend time and immerse yourself in the games universe.
    You don't need to constantly check on the town, just occasional, so if you don't care for it, you only need to have an adequate town made.

    -The combat is much more advanced than in previous installments.
    V.A.T.S is now in slow motion instead of stopping time entirely,
    This sounds like it would make it more difficult to use, but time still moves very slowly in this version, so its really doesn't make much difference.
    Melee attacks are actually fun to use now as most blows from a melee attacks will either push an enemy back or even knock them over,( you can also whack enemy's with your gun) compared to how in fallout 3, in which they basically just did damage, and occasionally made an enemy stumble, which kind of killed immersion.
    Similarly, the way your dog act's in combat is more realistic.
    Instead of working exactly like a melee weapon with wheels, your dog usually will either restrain enemy's by biting their hands or feet, or tackle them to the ground and bite them.
    Basically, your dog attacks enemy's the way a real dog would.
    Finally, you're power armor (which is now customizeable) works less like an equippable item, and more like a vehicle, each specific part has it's own health and can brake, you can't carry it around with you, you find a place to keep it, and when you use it, it has basically the same affects as previous games (enhanced strength protection etc,)

    Overall, I really enjoy fallout 4, and really don't understand why people are acting like it's the worst game ever made.
    I am disappointed in a few regards, but not enough to make me hate it, It is still a very fun game, And definitely worth a buy if you're a fan of fallout or the open world genre.    … Expand
  10. GamesBeatAll
    Nov 10, 2015
    8
    The complaints by other users confuse me - yeah it is slightly buggy but FAR less so than equivalent games on launch. Moaning about the graphics - this IS Fallout - who plays Fallout for fancy graphics? The UI does take some getting used to - not the comfortable transition as from F3 to NV, and Perks instead of skills, well why not? Let's give it a chance, we may even prefer it. I'm only 6The complaints by other users confuse me - yeah it is slightly buggy but FAR less so than equivalent games on launch. Moaning about the graphics - this IS Fallout - who plays Fallout for fancy graphics? The UI does take some getting used to - not the comfortable transition as from F3 to NV, and Perks instead of skills, well why not? Let's give it a chance, we may even prefer it. I'm only 6 hours in and more than happy to give it time and see where it takes me. And to those complaining about price - how much did you spend in ONE evening in the pub, takeaway or cinema? Value for money is unquestioned in my book. To summarise my first impression, it is very much the same and very much different. I think I'm going to love it (the curse of having an open mind).… Expand
  11. vault2wasteland
    Jan 5, 2016
    8
    Just spent 7 days in the Commonwealth and it was a great experience. I've made friends, saved a bunch of folks, crafted, base built, taken on deathclaws and assaultrons, traded a ton, perked up and loaded up with junk. Days disappear when I play this one. For me this is a sign of a good value game. But Fallout 4 is not for everybody.

    PROS -weapon and armour customization -companions    Just spent 7 days in the Commonwealth and it was a great experience. I've made friends, saved a bunch of folks, crafted, base built, taken on deathclaws and assaultrons, traded a ton, perked up and loaded up with junk. Days disappear when I play this one. For me this is a sign of a good value game. But Fallout 4 is not for everybody.

    PROS
    -weapon and armour customization
    -companions are stealthy, entertaining and useful if you give them good gear
    -base building option gives xp
    - VATS and shooting from the hip improved
    -more streamlined action
    -option to use power armour for difficult battles
    -Don't need to choose between energy weapons and small guns
    -Loot is actually useful
    -Buildings often have exits to the outside so you can fast travel without having to backtrack once you've cleared them
    -Bobbleheads are back

    CONS
    -sometimes buggy (but not even nearly as bad as fallout 3). Pip boy and gun disappear, occasionally stuck in doorways and have to console command to get out. Some missions have to be reloaded because they won't progress. I wouldn't recommend playing on console for this reason
    -Repetitive fetch quests to locations already visited rather than new ones I haven't
    -Very vague about what you are supposed to do
    -Settlers can run off with your power armour

    Notable differences
    -no more skills like small guns/big guns/energy weapons
    -skills unlock as perks in the perk tree
    -No real option of evil run
    -Most choices don't matter very much    … Expand
  12. elandroid
    Aug 30, 2016
    8
    Es un gran shooter, es un gran juego de mundo abierto, es un gran juego de aventuras, la ambientación y el mapa son brutales. Pero no es un Fallout, no hay rol, las decisiones que puedes tomar son estúpidas, el juego está bien, joder, pero dista mucho de ser el puto juegazo que fue el 3.
  13. JDM90
    Mar 4, 2016
    8
    Wow a lot of harsh criticism here, seriously people who give games a 0 need to to get out more.

    I've put about 200 hours in to Fallout 4 and it's becoming a bit boring... that's because it has entertained me for over 200 hours. This is a great game, the main story, the side quests all are fantastic however they could have made more from the settlement building, it seems a little    Wow a lot of harsh criticism here, seriously people who give games a 0 need to to get out more.

    I've put about 200 hours in to Fallout 4 and it's becoming a bit boring... that's because it has entertained me for over 200 hours. This is a great game, the main story, the side quests all are fantastic however they could have made more from the settlement building, it seems a little pointless in it's current form. My biggest criticism of this game however is the almost unusable UI, it's dreadful! did anyone even play test this on a PC first? Fallout 4 doesn't quite know what it's supposed to be, a shooter or an RPG and gets neither of them right but both aspects are fun and I've enjoyed my time with it.    … Expand
  14. joepingaiada
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    Esse jogo é muito bom. Eu não sei porque a Metacritic fica apagando meus comentários em Português! É muito preconceito contra o Brasil.
    O jogo vale a pena ser jogado e quem é fã da franquia vai adorar. Não é nada novo, mas o jogo é muito bom.
  15. tsakiym
    Dec 14, 2015
    8
    nice game. nice graphics..but is that all? nop. excellent exploring but falls a bit at the quest and the story.. but still a very nice game. i felt guns armor and clothing items was nothing special. but its an another one game that honor well this title
  16. Bribarian
    Jan 2, 2016
    8
    I'm about 30 hours into this game. I'd have to say it's a solid addition to the franchise.

    Everything about it, besides maybe the storyline/writing, was improved upon. The UI and combat feel much better compared to the previous titles. A bit smoother if you will. I'm not a huge fan of VATS, but I will use it ocassionally for a slow mode kill. The map is somewhat small as many    I'm about 30 hours into this game. I'd have to say it's a solid addition to the franchise.

    Everything about it, besides maybe the storyline/writing, was improved upon.

    The UI and combat feel much better compared to the previous titles. A bit smoother if you will. I'm not a huge fan of VATS, but I will use it ocassionally for a slow mode kill.

    The map is somewhat small as many have pointed out. Let's think quality over quantity in this regard. The areas in this small map have a lot of character, lots of polish, and a lot of loot.

    The intro to the game was a bit lackluster, I think I was more amazed with Fallout 3's intro and emerging for the vault.

    The crafting and modding of weapons/armor are both nice additions. I've spent lots of time already building up Sanctuary, the first settlement you're given. It's the first time I've personally seen a single player RPG do something like that and it's pretty cool to be able to craft the world you're playing in.

    Anyways, it's a fun game and is really content rich, even if many of the quests are a bit shallow.

    8/10    … Expand
  17. Doozie
    Nov 18, 2015
    8
    Old fallout player here and I've been enjoying Fallout 4 a lot but it's not without it's caveats. People who are putting a 1-4 obviously have some kind of axe to grind unless they're just furious users who can't get the game to run for one reason or another.

    I'm rating it an 8 at this point because it has a ton of emergent and just downright random goodness that happens as you go    Old fallout player here and I've been enjoying Fallout 4 a lot but it's not without it's caveats. People who are putting a 1-4 obviously have some kind of axe to grind unless they're just furious users who can't get the game to run for one reason or another.

    I'm rating it an 8 at this point because it has a ton of emergent and just downright random goodness that happens as you go about. It's fun, but it's also buggy as all get-out as we all know. It's not perfect but it's not terrible either. If you want some good random fun give it a try, and take all the salty reviews with a grain of salt (go figure).    … Expand
  18. ErobererZim
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    First impressions after 10 hours of gameplay - this game awesome. It's even better then I imagined, no doubt the best game I have played for years, and I'm not even a Fallout fanboy, I'm just a regular fan of the Fallout franchise. Like, this game is the **** there is a reason why 400k people played it day1 on Steam (which is a new record and even bet GTA5). Now let's start with the goodFirst impressions after 10 hours of gameplay - this game awesome. It's even better then I imagined, no doubt the best game I have played for years, and I'm not even a Fallout fanboy, I'm just a regular fan of the Fallout franchise. Like, this game is the **** there is a reason why 400k people played it day1 on Steam (which is a new record and even bet GTA5). Now let's start with the good stuff, shall we?

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

    The bad stuff
    -dialogues and characters could have done better, it's still an improvement over Skyrim
    -it appears that the map is a bit smaller then Skyrim, can't imagine I'll need actually 400 hours to finish everything    … Expand
  19. AuKosS
    Nov 21, 2015
    8
    I'm doing this review cause i can't accept and believe Fallout 4 is getting a 5.3 score from users. I can totally understand that some people don't like the game and from the negatives reviews i have read some of them makes total sense and are completely understandable. But others, just plain ****
    First off, the graphics. No, Fallout 4 is not a bad looking game but it is not a very good    I'm doing this review cause i can't accept and believe Fallout 4 is getting a 5.3 score from users. I can totally understand that some people don't like the game and from the negatives reviews i have read some of them makes total sense and are completely understandable. But others, just plain ****
    First off, the graphics. No, Fallout 4 is not a bad looking game but it is not a very good looking game either. It is a visually decent looking game with some nice effects like volumetric lightning. And this is on the technical side, meanwhile, on the art direction Fallout 4 is a delight for the eyes. Where Fallout : New Vegas was a great game it was also deeply lacking what Bethesda knows best, WORLD BUILDING. The Mojave desert was just a horrible place to visit, completely dull and bad looking on almost every side. Even Vegas was a pain for the eyes by times. Here the world seems real and is interesting in it's construction. A pleasure to explore and to discover.

    The combat, usually Bethesda games are not well known for their combats. But this time, it's top notch. It has true fps mechanics, the feedback is really good and the gunfeeling is excellent (special mention for the laser guns). The hand to hand & co combat is also interesting but lacks a little something. Where Skyrim combats were just okay with some very fun moments, Fallout 4 tries another approach where you can no longer just keep blocking like a retard and have to time your blocks and attacks just like a game such as Dark Souls. As i'm a big fan of Souls i get a bit of that Souls vide in Fallout with the close combat at Survival difficulty. Yeah, pain is my thing...

    Dialogue and Story wise, Dialogue might indeed seem dumbed down with four choices and sometimes actually feel like it and actually be on occasions. But the no & yes is still here, and you can be an absolute dick if you want... People saying you can only play the "good guy" are dumb, they usually also yell at the fact that there is no karma system anymore. But let me say this. THE KARMA SYSTEM WAS THE MOST IDIOTIC SYSTEM FALLOUT 3 HAD. A world such as fallout is so much more interesting being all gray, defining it with good and evil is just stupid and dumb down you character and the world around to "Oh, i'm the bad guy !" or "I'm the good guy, love me!". No, Fallout is a world where you should make choices and live with it. I hate to do something i think is the right thing for me and somebody else and have the game tell me i'm a bad boy or good guy for it.
    With that said, back to the dialogues. So no you still have options and possibilities, and you get new dialogue options IF you get your charisma higher. If you don't have the right charisma level some options will not show up.
    So for the story, since this could be pretty long and i've already typed a lot of **** i'm gonna do quick. The story is slow paced and almost **** for the first half of it. But the last part, oh boy. If you've been paying attention and didn't just rush but actually took your time to explore and meet the "right" people out there you'll see that you will get many new and different option in the main story line. There's a few different endings with different choices to make depending on your actions with the different factions of the game and i got my hart torn appart because of those choices. I had to chose to kill npcs i didn't want to kill and that made me feel bad... In a good way. A way i felt i got really into it... And wasn't the hero nor the bad guy. Just a man, who had to make choices...

    and that's just bits of the game, the settlements are a very good addtion to the recipe of Bethesda games but lack polishing at some point but is still guite fun and give lots of posibilites (and the mods that are gonna come... oh boy...), crafting is complete and nice, character creation is incredible and dogmeat rules. (with the glitches, especially with the glitches. Beth', let Dogmeat keep his glitches please...)

    Also to the "fan boys" of Fallout 1 & 2. Understand that Bethesda is giving their interpretation of Fallout (Fallout 1/2/NV = West Coast & Fallout 3/4 = East Coast).    … Expand
  20. Rexy
    Nov 16, 2015
    8
    I can understand the backlash this game has received and the users leaving very poor scores make valid points at the lack of choice and customisation this game has. Certainly it seems that the moral choices are very black and white and there is less of a specialised feel to the character progression. That being said, the game doesn't force you to specialise but you can still create uniqueI can understand the backlash this game has received and the users leaving very poor scores make valid points at the lack of choice and customisation this game has. Certainly it seems that the moral choices are very black and white and there is less of a specialised feel to the character progression. That being said, the game doesn't force you to specialise but you can still create unique builds if you want to. Why not be creative and impose your own restrictions? Just because you could theoretically max out special and access all the perks doesn't mean you have to.

    As a personal opinion, having also loved 3 and new Vegas, I really love playing this. I think what's been culled and unecessarily streamlined is outweighed by the improved gun play, the modding system, the base building and the wealth of tightly designed side questing. Specifically the dungeons that aren't even scripted quests. One of my favourite examples was clearing out super mutants from an office building. Whilst doing this the computer logs, audio recordings and dungeon design told an entertaining story of a dispute between the partners of the company. It seems to me that there's a story everywhere and quite often the story told outside the quests is more entertaining than those in the quests.

    If you have an open mind and actually look at where the work went in this game I think you'll find plenty of satisfying content.    … Expand
  21. Ragnarokdel
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    While not the best game ever released, this is a solid game in it's own. Whoever complains that it's not the same as previous games because it's lighter on RPG elements needs to decide whether they want a call of duty or assassin's creed game or something that changes over time. The crafting system is great. My only issue with it is that I wish I could use a satellite camera when placingWhile not the best game ever released, this is a solid game in it's own. Whoever complains that it's not the same as previous games because it's lighter on RPG elements needs to decide whether they want a call of duty or assassin's creed game or something that changes over time. The crafting system is great. My only issue with it is that I wish I could use a satellite camera when placing objects on the ground. I like that monsters use the world instead of just being there (Molerats coming out of the ground or ghouls sneaking up on you in from ventilation) What holds this game back is the incredible amount of bugs it's plagued with for that reason, I would suggest waiting a few weeks before buying it but it'll definitely be worth picking up once bugs get fixed.… Expand
  22. sefrabu
    Nov 12, 2015
    8
    I'm starting to believe that most of Metacritic user reviewers are a bunch of paid haters, considering how much acid comes out of them on the very day of the release, especially from those listing what the game lacks after, probably, an hour of gameplay. So I will do the same, but quite opposite: I'll write my first GOOD impressions.

    After around 15 hours of gameplay I'm catching myself    I'm starting to believe that most of Metacritic user reviewers are a bunch of paid haters, considering how much acid comes out of them on the very day of the release, especially from those listing what the game lacks after, probably, an hour of gameplay. So I will do the same, but quite opposite: I'll write my first GOOD impressions.

    After around 15 hours of gameplay I'm catching myself thinking how to manage my free time to spend as long as possible in this postnuclear wasteland. It's worth notifying that 15 hours is probably the total time I devoted to Fallout 3 and New Vegas alltogether, as they didn't work with me. I spent a number of (satisfying) hours with the first two Fallouts, so I'm not a complete stranger to the series.

    The graphics are medicore indeed (switching from Witcher 3 was a bit painful), and the third person perspective is predictably inferior, but I'd say these are the only drawbacks of this game. The artstyle and the atmosphere is perfect. The perk system works nice. The crafting system can draw lots of your attention. The settlement creator feels like a game in a game. The story, at least so far, is interesting enough to keep going, although it's hard to skip sidequests, which, though interesting as always, have the tendency to dilute the primary experience.

    All in all, I highly reccomend it and can hardly wait for the next Elder Scrolls.    … Expand
  23. Biggjake93
    Jun 9, 2016
    8
    this game was quite good! I don't really have any problems with it but It also does not have any lasting effects on me. Pick up the game if your slightly curious but please remember that this game might be the weakest of the recent installments.
  24. Adalaide78
    Nov 18, 2015
    8
    I'm not done with the game yet, so I may have more to say later. I really don't understand why people dislike this so much.

    I wasn't thrilled with the change to VATS when I heard about it. I'm not an FPS player, and rely on VATS probably too much. But in action it isn't bad at all, just a little different and it forces me to make quick decisions. Not a bad thing. I do love the option to    I'm not done with the game yet, so I may have more to say later. I really don't understand why people dislike this so much.

    I wasn't thrilled with the change to VATS when I heard about it. I'm not an FPS player, and rely on VATS probably too much. But in action it isn't bad at all, just a little different and it forces me to make quick decisions. Not a bad thing. I do love the option to hold your breath when using a sniper rifle, that was a great addition that I'm really enjoying. It is so much easier to shoot someone right in the face now.

    The crafting is... weird. I suppose maybe it doesn't seem that much different or unusual for those who used the crafting options extensively previously. I didn't and it's mostly all new to me. I am enjoying the ability to mod my guns and armor as I see fit for my play style. The building and managing settlements may be a bit much. I don't dislike it exactly, I just think it may be a little overkill.

    I have a lot of mixed feelings about the changes to the power armor. I understand how it makes sense. It needs to be powered, and that power is limited. It makes even more sense since the power armor is available so early in the game. So I do understand why it is like it is. I simply preferred the slap it on and be awesome of previous games.

    So far the actual gameplay seems pretty standard. Kill raiders and mutated crap, collect piles of junk and useless crap and become a hoarder on a level to contend with those on reality shows. Make friends. Make enemies. Plenty to do on the side while focusing on a main goal. In the end, I've enjoyed Fallout since I played the first one and am enjoying it still. As long as I'm having fun, I'll keep on playing. And the one thing I think is absolutely best so far is the soundtrack. The way the music fits whatever your doing is perfect. And the first time it launches into the theme is very epic.    … Expand
  25. maverick3681
    Nov 15, 2015
    8
    Before writing a review I want to make 2 things clear:-
    1) I am a Fallout fan. been waiting for this game since first playing Fallout 3 in 2010.
    2) This is based on initial impressions. I've only made it to Sanctuary hills out of the Vault. Will write another review once the games finished. I'll try to keep it short by just listing the pros and cons:- Cons:- 1) Weird Interface- The    Before writing a review I want to make 2 things clear:-
    1) I am a Fallout fan. been waiting for this game since first playing Fallout 3 in 2010.
    2) This is based on initial impressions. I've only made it to Sanctuary hills out of the Vault. Will write another review once the games finished. I'll try to keep it short by just listing the pros and cons:-

    Cons:-
    1) Weird Interface- The dialogue wheel's very confusing. The option to walk away in the middle of dialogue is causing a headache. If i just move my Mouse around during dialogue come out of the dialogue screen. this does not add Immersion just gives a headache.
    2) Weird Key settings- Why in the World did they remove VATS from V and assign it to Q.
    3) unsatisfactory tutorial- It does too much in too little time (or tries to). Not all keys are explained satisfactorily.
    4) Very small prologue- Establishes almost no connection to the protagonist.
    Pros-
    1) Graphics- dunno why every one is criticising the games graphics. To me at least the environments look absolutely gorgeous and even though I have just 4 GB RAM and a GTX 650 the games running well enough (till now anyways).
    2) Dialogue- Admittedly I am just 2 hrs in, but the dialogues good. This will need more time to judge though.
    3) Radio Stations- Some of the songs seem re cycled but well it's nothing mods won't fix right?
    4) Humor- The ability to put on a red nightdress on my Male character. I believe Fallout 4 will carry over the charm and Dark humor of previous fallout games.
    5) Optimization- As I said it's running pretty well on my below par rig so far. Remains to be seen how she will do during gun fights though.
    Overall I know I haven't played enough to give the game a rating but will do so just to counteract the fools who have a habit of giving it a 0. A 0 seriously??/    … Expand
  26. Heaves
    Dec 30, 2015
    8
    I really don't understand some of the reviews on here. Some of the people who have given it a negative score have done so after 100+ hours of playing so it can't be that bad. Yes, the game could be better (if it was all that was promised, it would have got a 10) and, as usual with bethesda games, there are a few annoying bugs but the game is enjoyable nonetheless. If you want a game thatI really don't understand some of the reviews on here. Some of the people who have given it a negative score have done so after 100+ hours of playing so it can't be that bad. Yes, the game could be better (if it was all that was promised, it would have got a 10) and, as usual with bethesda games, there are a few annoying bugs but the game is enjoyable nonetheless. If you want a game that achieves everything that it sets out to do then fallout 4 is not for you. If you can look past a few bugs and one or two other features (the morality system for example is great in theory but poorly executed) then you will thoroughly enjoy this game.… Expand
  27. Chickendoodles
    Nov 23, 2015
    8
    Let me begin to say how I have not played any other Fallout game other than 4 but I have played many of Bethesda's Elder Scrolls games. I have a degree in game design and I will speak about how this game plays out. I have about currently 30 hours in playing so far so I feel I have a good grasp on everything. I will not be speaking about the story because A) I haven't played through it allLet me begin to say how I have not played any other Fallout game other than 4 but I have played many of Bethesda's Elder Scrolls games. I have a degree in game design and I will speak about how this game plays out. I have about currently 30 hours in playing so far so I feel I have a good grasp on everything. I will not be speaking about the story because A) I haven't played through it all yet B) wanted to focus more on the game play anyway

    Okay with that intro out of the way I want to say how much I enjoy this game. From the start there are so many different paths you can take and go about playing it out. Everywhere you go you can find something new. You can shape how you want to play by choosing what makes you S.P.E.C.I.A.L. and not get penalized for how you play and that's great. You can have a large pool of companions that you can choose to drag around with you and help you go about the wasteland. One thing I will emphasize about this game is the CHOICES!

    Something I see many people complain about is that that world is "Small." Sure if you look at world size it kinda is however looking at how they designed it, it is very vertical. You can go into a majority of buildings, go onto the roofs, or delve into the basements of these buildings. So the game is more built up then wide which isn't always a bad thing.

    There is a lot of lore in the game, I actually find myself a bit overwhelmed with all that you can read with every dungeon. You can hack terminals and read their logs or find different holotapes to listen to that give you interesting insights on different back stories.

    All the mechanics are relatively simple and easy to understand. The only thing that took me a bit to catch on was finding out how much radiation you have and how to trigger a critical strike when using V.A.T.S other than that it is pretty solid.

    There is a system where you can manage different settlements throughout the map and build your own towns. I have spent a lot of time on this and there are many benefits that translate into the exploration phases. So here is how it goes. You go out and explore, while you explore you gather materials that allow you to expand your settlements. You build up and go out again, coming back upgrading each settlement more and more.Then it gets to a point where you can make money off them which makes buying stuff easier. However, If you don't place defenses then your settlements get attacked and you will have to go defend it. My only gripe with this system is how annoying the building can be. Sometimes it locks where you don't want it to or just doesn't want to place even though there is nothing in the way. All in all, still a fun thing to do especially if you aren't exactly the best at shooting.

    So far, for me, bugs have been few and minor. (I'm on PC) The most 'major' bug I run into is when I tab out sometimes the HUD gets all weird and off centered and I have to restart the game to fix it. Other than that, nothing major has happened. Other bugs I have run into are bouncy water that flings you about 80 feet in the air. Me and Dogmeat were having a grand ol' time bouncing around though. All I had to do was reload my save and it fixed itself. Terminals sometimes don't show text and you have to fiddle with it a bit for it to show. That is all I have run into in terms of bugs.

    If I could praise anything about this game the most it has to be the level design. It is EXTREMELY good. I have studied level design and that crap is hard, but they nailed it here. The areas you go through seamlessly and subtly guide you through itself and gets you to where you need to go. I found it really difficult to get lost in any dungeon and that is a good sign. If you wonder off the path they have for you, you can find something cool, probably have to fight something for it but that is a good system of reward and punishment.

    People have complained about the speech wheel thing which I can understand, sometimes not fully knowing what you are gonna say is not the most helpful but I see what they were trying to get at with streamlining it. I don't mind the wheel system but the full chat screen that I have seen in previous fallout games wouldn't have hurt either.

    All in all, a great game. Certain aspects of it could have used tweaking but still all around solid. A pat on the back to you Bethesda.    … Expand
  28. nnlocke
    Nov 15, 2015
    8
    Does not deserve the level of hatred it is getting from the community. Definitely some areas could have been improved, but it's incredibly fun. The weapon/armor modding system is fantastic, and I enjoy the legendary monsters (and gear). The perk tree is certainly different than skill points, but I don't know that it's WORSE, per se, just different.

    I think it's nice they tried something    Does not deserve the level of hatred it is getting from the community. Definitely some areas could have been improved, but it's incredibly fun. The weapon/armor modding system is fantastic, and I enjoy the legendary monsters (and gear). The perk tree is certainly different than skill points, but I don't know that it's WORSE, per se, just different.

    I think it's nice they tried something different (even though I don't agree with some of the choices) - if developers all made the same game over and over, we'd have nothing but CoD, Battlefield, and Madden clones, where no risks are taken and the same game gets re-released every year.

    A lot of people are complaining that 'this is not Fallout', however Fallout 3 and New Vegas were not really Fallout either. Fallout and Fallout 2 were isometric, slow paced, tactical games with a strong focus on dialogue and non-combat skills (though, to be fair, Tactics was pretty combat oriented). Everything from 3 onward represents a significantly different take on the franchise, and now this is a NEW direction for the franchise.

    Not perfect, but worth playing. 8/10, would pre-order again.    … Expand
  29. PhobosUndDeimos
    Nov 15, 2015
    8
    My score for Fallout 4 is 8/10. Yeah, it's an amazing game, yet we should never forget that this is the year of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Personally, I think (and hope) that The Witcher 3 will win GOTY at VGA. CD Projekt has definitely set a mark in RPGs' creation.
  30. RevMaillet
    Nov 15, 2015
    8
    On my computer the graphics are much better than Fallout 3 or New Vegas. I think the physics glitches are funny and I need a good laugh after a big shoot out sometimes. I have played over 20 hrs so far and have had no crashes or problems. My main complaint is the talking.. there isn't the diversity that the others had nor can you command your companions as easily.
  31. SirSponge
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    This is clearly a 0/10 for so many reasons:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    It's a good game, if you are someone who is able to play a game without getting upset by the fact that its not got everything from previous installments. If you are a die hard Fallout fan then I would understand maybe a 3 or 4, but a 0 is just a sad attempt to reduce the overall user score and Fallout 4 does deserve a bit better.    … Expand
  32. cameleonclyde
    Nov 10, 2015
    8
    Not a bad game, but seriously, the dialogues are **** "Yes", "No" "Maybe" "Sarcastic". What the hell is that Bethesda ? This is a fake rpg. The game is still good tho, I really like it !
  33. Dukeface
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    (Review from perspective ~13.5 hours in).

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

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

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

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

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

    I give fallout an 8.9/10    … Expand
  34. Windom_Pixis
    Nov 10, 2015
    8
    It's really sad to see so many negative reviews, for a game that I think is actually quite enjoyable.

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

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

    Fallout 4 may very well be the most hyped up game I've ever experienced, and with good reason. However, when a game garners this much hype, one can't help but feel disappointed when waiting for the games release and sitting down and playing it after all the waiting. I truly believe it's unfair to essentially say the game is sh*t. By no stretch of the imagine is this true. I was, myself, overhyped, felt the disappointment, realised that the game would never be infallible, and started to enjoy myself. This is the problem with instant reviews, nobody has really had time to make a safe assessment on how they feel about the game. Please consider what I have said here if you do not currently enjoy the game and give it some time, I'm sure a lot of you will change your minds.    … Expand
  35. dtechno
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    If you liked Fallout 3, you'll like this, if you didn't, you won't. The game takes a couple of major leaps forward from F3, mainly in the combat system, and a couple of steps backward from Fallout New Vegas, mainly in the story/character development. The world-building and exploration element remains superb.

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

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

    Overall though, it's a very good open world exploration FPS+RPG.    … Expand
  36. Vallarion
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    Я отлично понимаю, откуда такие кардинально различающиеся оценки среди юзеров (либо 0, либо 8-10) и откуда такая разница между оценками игровых изданий и игроков. Все потому, что народ хотел увидеть Фолл 2, ну или хотя бы 3, и испытать при этом такие же эмоции как в далекое светлое время, когда они были молоды и невинны, а игровые издания подошли более объективно (опустим проплаченныеЯ отлично понимаю, откуда такие кардинально различающиеся оценки среди юзеров (либо 0, либо 8-10) и откуда такая разница между оценками игровых изданий и игроков. Все потому, что народ хотел увидеть Фолл 2, ну или хотя бы 3, и испытать при этом такие же эмоции как в далекое светлое время, когда они были молоды и невинны, а игровые издания подошли более объективно (опустим проплаченные оценки). Это. Другой. Фаллаут. Со своими плюсами, минусами и широкими возможностями для мододелов. Категорически противны люди, выставляющие этой игре, например 0 или 1 - эта игра хороша. Очень хороша. Атмосферна, и в ней есть чем заняться, но хэйтерство в интернете абсолютно и вездесуще - люди либо любят что-то в интернетиках, либо абсолютно ненавидят. Всем не угодишь. Все негативные оценки этой игре выставлены мечтательными людьми, которые "уж они бы сделали свой Фолл с блэкджеком и шлюхами", но ненавистная Беседка срубает их последние кровно заработанные, которые они откладывали полгода деньги.
    А если по игре: то тут можно строить домики, выращивать метафрукты и варить мет! Беседка заставила меня ходить и подбирать алюминиевые банки с пола, собирать за нариками Даймонд-сити бутылки из-под ядерколы! Хосспади, 10 бомжей из 10! Теперь весь тот мусор, на который вы не обращали внимания в предыдущих частях - нашел себе применение, а это огромный потенциал для допиливания, модов и ДЛЦ. Тут как в казино: если у Вас есть лишние деньги, от которых не обеднеет семейный бюджет - покупайте смело, Вы проведете тут немало задротских часов.    … Expand
  37. Micalica
    Dec 17, 2015
    8
    A lot of people will give this game a bad review without playing it, just like every Call of Duty game.

    It's a good game. Not fantastic, not amazing, not perfect, not the amazing sequel we wanted. But at the very least, it's a good game.
  38. Masked_One7240
    Nov 14, 2015
    8
    TL;DR version near bottom.

    After having waited a good 4 years, I can say that I was really excited for this game. Many people are talking about this game saying things like it crashing on start-up or just being a really bug-ridden game. I will actually have to say that I have only encountered one bug so far (weapon disappearing from hands). Other than that I have found the performance    TL;DR version near bottom.

    After having waited a good 4 years, I can say that I was really excited for this game. Many people are talking about this game saying things like it crashing on start-up or just being a really bug-ridden game. I will actually have to say that I have only encountered one bug so far (weapon disappearing from hands). Other than that I have found the performance brilliant.

    First I'd like to get all of the bad stuff out of the way. As many of you have heard Fallout 4 has taken the RP out of RPG. Yes this is the case. In previous games you had your S.P.E.C.I.A.L attributes (which range from 1-10) and a set of skills (ranging from 0-100 which you could increase when you level up). You could also choose a perk every level in Fallout 3 and every two levels in Fallout: New Vegas. This has been changed so that when you level up you get a single perk point which you can use to invest in either a single S.P.E.C.I.A.L attribute to rank it up by 1 or you can use it to get a perk. I honestly dislike this due to the fact that this doesn't allow for Role-Playing, where you might boost up your speech and barter to create a smooth-talker or you could boost your melee weapons and survival to role-play a tribal. Another thing I'm not quite a fan of is the voiced protagonist. Honestly I would like to commend Brian T. Delaney and Courtney Taylor (the male and female voice actors) for doing such a good job with the voices, but the reason I don't like the voiced protagonist is due to the fact that once again I can't role-play. The last factor which I dislike is the far too early retrieval of the Power Armour. In previous games you used to have to do a bunch of quests or get a special perk in order to use Power Armour. However, in Fallout 4 within about half an hour of starting the game (supposing you don't take three whilst creating your character) you are given both a suit of T-45d Power Armour and a mini-gun. I will have to say though that they have managed to try to balance this out by limiting the use of the Power Armour with Fusion Cores, which you insert in the Power Armour and then are drained whilst using it. Unfortunately this was poorly done and I found myself with 6 of them within about 5 hours of the game.

    Now onto the positives. As I have said before I disliked the new levelling system, however, what quickly made up for it was the abundance of perks with 70 base perks, each with multiple ranks. Now the graphics. Many people are saying that the graphics aren't the greatest and I will have to agree with them, although what they are is an improvement from Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, and this is what matters. The settlement building was one of the features I was quite interested in and I have found it to be quite good, with various areas you can discover and build on. I haven't used it too much (mainly because I'm horrible at designing buildings) but from what I have built I can say that it was very well implemented. Now the dialogue wheel. Many people are saying that it has been dumbed down and once again, I have to agree. But instead of complaining about it, I think that we should be asking Bethesda in possibly a future DLC to include an option to switch between the New Vegas/3 style of dialogue and the new Fallout 4 style. The combat has also been greatly improved. In previous Fallout games most people had to rely upon V.A.T.S in order to be able to actually hit enemies. In Fallout 4 however, this is not the case. Fallout 4 has added various FPS mechanics such as a grenade hot-key, a bash key and weapon iron sights, vastly improving the experience. The open world is (in my opinion) what really made this game amazing. From the moment you leave Vault 111 you can do anything you want.

    TL;DR version:
    Fallout 4 is filled with various great gameplay features, improved graphics and things to do. Only negatives are lack of RPG aspects and voiced character. Definitely deserves a play.

    Graphics 7/10
    Gameplay 8/10
    Story 7/10

    Overall 8/10    … Expand
  39. Kazren
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    I'm more of a fantasy type player so I never got into Fallout much, but FO4 is pretty fun so far. I can only compare my experience to FO3 since I never played NV.

    There is no way that this game should be rated a 0. I feel like people who rate that low also hate their favorite bands new albums, because the first album was the best. It's silly. FO4 is not leaps and bounds different than    I'm more of a fantasy type player so I never got into Fallout much, but FO4 is pretty fun so far. I can only compare my experience to FO3 since I never played NV.

    There is no way that this game should be rated a 0. I feel like people who rate that low also hate their favorite bands new albums, because the first album was the best. It's silly. FO4 is not leaps and bounds different than FO3 but I think if they did change it that much there would be another type of backlash. You can never win.

    Also comparing this game to The Witcher 3 is weird to me. I see everyone mentioning it. I love The Witcher 3, but the feel is totally different. While fun, The Witcher's greatest asset was the story. The combat was easy mode and the environment was pretty, but you couldn't really interact with anything in it.

    I think FO4's improved weapon feel and expansive exploration puts it in a different sort of game from The Witcher. I actually like the exploration and combat more than story some time. I mean, Bethesda's stories have never really been that epic to me, but I hardly play the main quests anyway because the world around me is more fun.

    Pros for me:

    - The environment is dreary as it should be, but the colors aren't de-saturated like in FO3
    - Aiming/weapons feel more responsive and on target
    - Crafting/modding is fun
    - Player built houses and settlements are a good option, although it could be improved such as constructing buildings should take time to complete instead of insta-plop.
    - Looting is simplified, so much quicker, but the option to "open" containers is still there
    - Physical character creation was great
    - The prologue was short and simple, quicker to get to the real game.
    - Foliage picking a la TES
    - Huge open world, tons to explore
    - You don't have to wait so long for power armor
    - Power armor is customize-able
    - Armor acts more like Morrowind's armor system where you can layer items on top of each other and each arm can have different pieces.
    - Bethesda has said that modding tools will be released.

    Cons for me:
    - Graphics, but this is typical with Bethesda and fixed by the community over time
    - I am still having a hard time figuring out how to scrap things for resources (I'm not the type to Google things in games, I'm old skool like that)
    - Not a fan of the Pip-boy UI
    - The traits menu feels so out of place and is a bit hard to see where your character customization is going
    - I wish the character creation gave more info as to what each trait helps, such as agility helps small guns for example. Since I'm not a huge FO fan, I didn't really know what did what beyond the super basic description shown
    - Dialog has been simplified to 4 choices. I'm sure this is done because of the protagonist being voice acted, but I was a huge fan of Morrowind dialog. Way better than FO4 by far.    … Expand
  40. Nickisnick4
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    People who are complaining are people who like fallout 3...did you play fallout 3? its legit exactly the same? Yea the graphics arent great but who cares? they took some rpg elements out, but nothing drastic. the game is very fun to play and you can easily get into it, worth the purchase.
  41. TickleMyFickle
    Nov 17, 2015
    8
    Definetly decent, no way a bad game. Yea, the graphics and animation and bugs and glitches are all pretty bad, but it becomes fun as soon as you get over it.
  42. madflyingduck
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    Let me start by saying this game is not the best of all time, however it is certainly not nearly as bad as the 0/10 reviews everyone is giving it. Let's be honest, how bad does a game have to be to be rated 0/10. Most of these reviews are simply overly critical, just because the games main plot is a bit bland and it isn't the best optimized game in existence doesn't take away from theLet me start by saying this game is not the best of all time, however it is certainly not nearly as bad as the 0/10 reviews everyone is giving it. Let's be honest, how bad does a game have to be to be rated 0/10. Most of these reviews are simply overly critical, just because the games main plot is a bit bland and it isn't the best optimized game in existence doesn't take away from the highly intricate world that Bethesda have created. All in all I haven't played enough yet to leave more a review but I can tell you one thing, do not make your decision over this game over these highly biased reviews. Try it yourself for an hour on steam, and if you don't like it, refund it.… Expand
  43. NuclearManx
    Dec 21, 2015
    8
    Fallout 4 is a great game but certainly not outstanding and not really comparable to maybe one or two other games that came out this year. None-the-less, it's still a very solid game.

    Positives: -lively and enjoyable gameplay -interesting companions -great lighting -good mod support -concept of settlements is nice idea -weapon mod system -power armour -female protagonist voice    Fallout 4 is a great game but certainly not outstanding and not really comparable to maybe one or two other games that came out this year. None-the-less, it's still a very solid game.

    Positives:
    -lively and enjoyable gameplay
    -interesting companions
    -great lighting
    -good mod support
    -concept of settlements is nice idea
    -weapon mod system
    -power armour
    -female protagonist voice acting is fairly good
    -the side quests are satisfying

    Negatives:
    -main story is a little dull
    -awful animations
    -lacking texture quality
    -poorly optimized
    -male protagonist voice acting is terrible
    -difficult to use UI    … Expand
  44. Lython
    Nov 11, 2015
    8
    A wise person judges their entertainment not for what it tries to do, but for how well it accomplishes what its trying to do. It's absolutely fair to miss the mechanics characteristic of the previous games, but you should accept change with grace, rather than judge based on absence. The combat is better than any open world game ever, and the new skill system allows extended developmentA wise person judges their entertainment not for what it tries to do, but for how well it accomplishes what its trying to do. It's absolutely fair to miss the mechanics characteristic of the previous games, but you should accept change with grace, rather than judge based on absence. The combat is better than any open world game ever, and the new skill system allows extended development without long-term purposeless restriction. Is it as subjectively good to me as New Vegas? No. New Vegas is, and most likely will remain my favorite FPS and RPG of all time. Now, this is a VERY different game to New Vegas. Yet despite its differences, I can appreciate the craftsmanship at hand, and applaud the choices this game makes as interesting and engrossing. Perfect? No. Great? Yes.… Expand
  45. ninjamyles
    Jan 28, 2016
    8
    Jesus christ the anger and fan boy rage in this section is beyond and compression. no this aint a perfect game, but a 0? really? 0? you think this is a "ride to hell retribution" level bad?

    simply put this game is great, with a great world, great gameplay, and great characters and a central narrative that is actually physiologically interesting and morally grey. the RPG elements have    Jesus christ the anger and fan boy rage in this section is beyond and compression. no this aint a perfect game, but a 0? really? 0? you think this is a "ride to hell retribution" level bad?

    simply put this game is great, with a great world, great gameplay, and great characters and a central narrative that is actually physiologically interesting and morally grey. the RPG elements have taken more than their fair beatings, but the gamepaly more than holds up for what was lost.

    by no means a perfect game, but one you should really pick up sooner or latter.    … Expand
  46. c0mmanderKeen
    Nov 12, 2015
    8
    First of all, unlike many of the reviewers, I was not able to miraculously discover all of the quests yet to grade them. I will focus this review on what I have seen after playing the game for ~4 hours. I was compelled to create an account for this purpose as the "0" ratings that flood the dataset are absolutely ridiculous and show that people are unable to use a scale from 0-10, whereFirst of all, unlike many of the reviewers, I was not able to miraculously discover all of the quests yet to grade them. I will focus this review on what I have seen after playing the game for ~4 hours. I was compelled to create an account for this purpose as the "0" ratings that flood the dataset are absolutely ridiculous and show that people are unable to use a scale from 0-10, where both 10 and 0 would be incredibly hard to justify.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Closing remarks - This game is big, and complex. The new characters system is in my opinion IMPOSSIBLE to be judged so quickly, we have to try it out and play with it some more. A game this big should be explored thoroughly, then judged. And change isn't automatically bad. At first I thought I wanted to play 3 and mostly NV while playing 4 - then realized that all playthroughs I started there in the last 2 years were left unfinished despite the gazillion cool mods simply because those games are a bit stale now. The combat is terrible once the novelty of the guns wears off, and you have to create artificial difficulty for yourself. Quests are often tedious. So let's wait and see how this one fares after we have really tried to use the new system and to really explore the world. 8/10 overall, which I consider an excellent score. Compared to the Witcher 3, I do agree that it falls short - IMO, the Witcher 3 is special and absolutely phenomenal. The comparison is unnecessary, however, as the games play dramatically different.    … Expand
  47. MAEHE3
    Nov 12, 2015
    8
    Если это тренировка перед выходом новой TES, то она не удачная. С таким успехом его никто не купит.If this training before the release of the new TES, it is not successful. With such a success nobody will buy it.
  48. DorisOrange
    Nov 12, 2015
    8
    Fallout 4 delivers. Yes, there are bugs. No, you shouldn't be surprised.

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

    Give it a try, if you like 3 and NV, you will love it.
  49. dmcfadden
    Nov 12, 2015
    8
    As a fallout game Fallout 4 falls short of giving that full RPG experience, but goes above and beyond giving an immersive open world Story driven Action game. Is it your typical Fallout or even Bethesda game? No its not hugely in depth when it comes to character building you are very much limited to the writing in terms of character personality but its a trade off. While the VA is notAs a fallout game Fallout 4 falls short of giving that full RPG experience, but goes above and beyond giving an immersive open world Story driven Action game. Is it your typical Fallout or even Bethesda game? No its not hugely in depth when it comes to character building you are very much limited to the writing in terms of character personality but its a trade off. While the VA is not Bioware impressive its still enjoyable and well written enough to keep me engaged and not spamming threw dialog like I had a habit of doing in previous Bethesda Titles. It also gives the main character more depth, in Fallout 3 or even skyrim I really didn't care about my character I did what ever, because there was no way to connect with them they had no voice, granted it was up to you to imagine that voice but i never did i usually skipped threw the one sided conversations and blew up megaton. The gun play feels smooth while the Melee combat is a hit or miss a lot of the time. Im not as huge of a fan of the power armor system as i originally thot i would be but that is only becasue it feels like im boxed in. Anyway id say if you arnt stuck on wanting the original and are open to a solid fun action romp threw Fallout Boston then Fallout 4 is great.… Expand
  50. jcpshd
    Nov 12, 2015
    8
    I'm usually quite critical of recent games and movies, these days everything just feels dumb, rushed and done without love. I like and play Bethesda games, but I recognize that they sometimes drop the ball and create bad products. I was gladly surprised to find out that this wasn't the case with Fallout 4.

    In general the game is good, a solid 8. I've been playing it 9+ hours a day for    I'm usually quite critical of recent games and movies, these days everything just feels dumb, rushed and done without love. I like and play Bethesda games, but I recognize that they sometimes drop the ball and create bad products. I was gladly surprised to find out that this wasn't the case with Fallout 4.

    In general the game is good, a solid 8. I've been playing it 9+ hours a day for the last 3 days and I'm having a lot of fun. Some points worth mentioning are:

    - People complain about the graphics and it's true, the models do look outdated and I was kinda disappointed at the beginning. On the other hand, the more I played I started to really like the world; the weather effects and geography are great. I also found the general artwork fantastic, the color palette contrasting wasteland with colorful buildings was a great idea and it infused the game with an unique identity. Sort of what Dishonored has. Play it for a while and you'll see what I'm talking about. Lighting is very, very good too.

    - Crafting system: I found it very engaging. It's complicated and interesting, I really feel like collecting all that junk to build stuff at my settlements. While playing I also think a lot about how much effort they put to make all weapons and armor variations, good job guys. The unique weapons that you can craft are very well designed too, sort of like the rail-gun in Fallout 3.

    -Gun play and shooting feel really smooth and V.A.T.S has also been improved with more info such as resistances. Definitively an upgrade here.

    - Companions: their movement is a bit clunky and they're always getting into trouble, especially the dog. I built him a house sent him there to chew his toys early in the game. However, I liked the friendship developing system with your other companions, it reminded me of Dragon Age or Mass Effect.

    - Plot: starts a bit cheesy, but it soon gets interesting. I really care about what is going to happen. Much much less cringe by time unit compared to recent movies and other games' plots and dialogues (I'm looking at you Blizzard)

    - Bugs: I haven't found anything important yet.    … Expand
  51. Dulkkan
    Nov 13, 2015
    8
    I'm a huge fan of Fallout series, played all of the main games and I really liked this game, it was just as I expected it to be from my experience with Bethesda games and what was being told by the news and previews. I would like more if the game was foccused on building only a central of operations for the player (like the Gas Station) or foccusing just on one of the settlements. TakingI'm a huge fan of Fallout series, played all of the main games and I really liked this game, it was just as I expected it to be from my experience with Bethesda games and what was being told by the news and previews. I would like more if the game was foccused on building only a central of operations for the player (like the Gas Station) or foccusing just on one of the settlements. Taking care of a lot of settlements can be a bit annoying, but it's not that bad. The story seems consistent and I really liked the new Power Armor system. The new skill system doesn't seems to be that bad too. I liked the old one a bit more too but the new one is not THAT bad. Also, it's Bethesda, bugs ARE expected. If you give them a bad rating because of that you must be new to they games. I've also liked the new dialogue system. The graphics are well done on PC, can't see why some people are complaining too much about it. There is some games with better graphics for sure but this one pretty well done.

    I can understand if some people liked Fallout 3 or New Vegas more, or even if disliked some of the changes and all... but giving a ZERO as it was Ride to Hell: Retribution, Rambo: The Game or Alien: Colonial Marines, like it were an unplayable monster is exagerating things a bit too much. At least be fair scoring it, because the game may not suit your taste, but is not bad that at all.    … Expand
  52. DaccoTacco
    Nov 13, 2015
    8
    This game is really really good. I've not played any of the other Fallout games, but i'm loving this! Spent about 40h.
    I don't understand why people are complaining. I always used to read the user-score on every game before buying, but i learned that you should try it yourself first. Don't believe everything people say.

    :) Buy it and enjoy this big wasteland with a twist of sci fi stuff! :D
  53. lux113
    Nov 18, 2015
    8
    I disagree with most everything I read in these poor reviews, except for a few small criticisms.

    I also disagree with this tendency of rating things 0 / 10 because you want to affect the overall score. That's not what a review is --- you are doing it wrong. My review is my honest assessment , thus = A REVIEW. First, responding to many of the criticisms: " lets take all context    I disagree with most everything I read in these poor reviews, except for a few small criticisms.

    I also disagree with this tendency of rating things 0 / 10 because you want to affect the overall score. That's not what a review is --- you are doing it wrong. My review is my honest assessment , thus = A REVIEW.

    First, responding to many of the criticisms:

    " lets take all context away from the choices the player will make"
    "No choice on how to develop your character"
    "No character development"

    What was the "character development" in Fallout 3? Oh right, you could either blow up Megaton, or not blow up Megaton. You had that ridiculous karma system (I stole 5 items, but I want to stay as a "saint".. so I just have to kill 10 creatures to make the karma back...) People apparently have some strange rose colored glasses looking at the past. No game EVER has had a very good karma system, and I'm talking this problem goes all the way back to the first games that tried it like Ultima 4. It's not an easy thing to do. Fallout 3 was a fake 'which way' book that only had 2 endings, the plot was entirely linear with little variation based on your actions. That's true of every RPG game that attempts it. On that note, I'd say this version of Fallout tried a little less than those games to make you PRETEND your choices have an effect. I'll give you, blowing up megaton is a pretty major change to the game / storyline - but that was the only major change. In this version there's actually quite a few directions your character can go as far as following specific quest lines - but the outcome is going to end up the same in the end --- and it did in fallout 3 and New Vegas and as I said EVERY RPG I can think of. I'll give you that the good guy / bad guy aspect is slightly diminished in this version (such as not killing off the whole town.. something I personally haven't found to be thrilling since I was 13.. but ok, true) but all the criticisms leveled above in quotes could also have gone for Fallout 3 or any RPG.

    As far as the criticisms about the perk system / skills. Funny that everyone flips out, they condensed all of the same skills that Fallout 3 had in the form of a percentage score, and instead turned them into perks. Smart move, in my opinion - they just consolidated it into one.

    Example -- you may before have had lockpicking that went from 0 to 100% -- now you have 5 ranks. The old lockpicking skill that was a percentage was STILL actually just 5 levels of lockpicking disquised as a 0 to 100%... the effect of that was, you could have a score of say 70 and be short of making the next level... it was in other words, rather broken. But now, they changed it to a perk system, and fallout fans think they lost something. All the skills you had, big guns, commando, etc - they are almost all represented in the same way as before - even with the same names in many cases - but instead of a skill - it's a perk. It's not that confusing people... it's the same - actually they've just added a lot of skills / perks you didn't have before -- bonus.

    Other criticisms

    "That silly wheel with only 4 choices"

    ... I honestly don't understand you people. Again, how many choices in dialog did you have with fallout 3? Do you guys have some false memory where you typed in your responses to the dialog or something? It's the same, except the dialog gives a summary of what you are saying rather than word for word - I prefer the short version.

    Criticism made "It's more of a shooter than an RPG"

    Fallout 3 was a first person shooter - and not any different really, except they've improved the shooting - and now VATS doesn't pause completely (also an improvement in my view, you shouldn't be able to pause indefinitely in the middle of a fight while targeting, but... hey, it's a targeting system - so maybe. Whatever the case, I like that it continues to move in slo-mo, I think it's a nice touch.)

    You know, there's a lot of different criticisms, and I think most are about some romanticized version of fallout that never existed.

    my positives and negatives.

    + Crafting system - great improvement
    + The graphics are improved - yet admittedly dated in comparison to other titles
    + The settler aspect is a great new addition -- but feels unnecessary to overall story. That doesn't bother me tremendously, when adding new features the first time this often is the case. This was Bethesda realizing how much people enjoy having "their house" so they built it into the game. Could use improvement as far as fitting it in better with the overall game.
    + I like the changes that have occurred with the perk system -- it's simple, consolidated and has a lot more options.

    - Biggest issue: I'm about 35 hrs in, and the story isn't as good as the others but there are bright points. Sometimes characters are flat - but again, true for Fallout 3 and all RPG's I can think of.

    - Bethesda physics glitches occur (not a big bother to me) -    … Expand
  54. TheBigBoy
    Nov 14, 2015
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fallout 4 here it is! We wait so long for this game. Someone says it`s a Fps Game and someone says it a Rpg game like Fallout 3. The guys which says its a rpg like the old Fallout`s is right!!! I have 20-30 hours game time in fallout 4 it makes much fun i cant stop playing this game the quest are very good, the building mode makes fun too i play 4 hours in the building mode because it is cool!! I don`t understand this guys who dislike fallout 4! They say the graphic is bad wow i will play fallout 4 too when it have the graphic from fallout 3. Ok the dialog system is..... bad but they need to try something new so i give 8 from 10.… Expand
  55. HankBoon
    Nov 14, 2015
    8
    I really cannot agree with all the bad reviews! This game is really good!!! I have played all the Fallout Games except for Tactics and I have to say that in almost every aspect this game is at least better than FO3 and New Vegas. I dont dare to compare this game with FO1 and FO2 because it is an totally different feeling in terms of Gameplay.
    Outstanding for me is the wealth of detail    I really cannot agree with all the bad reviews! This game is really good!!! I have played all the Fallout Games except for Tactics and I have to say that in almost every aspect this game is at least better than FO3 and New Vegas. I dont dare to compare this game with FO1 and FO2 because it is an totally different feeling in terms of Gameplay.
    Outstanding for me is the wealth of detail with which the world is created plus there is so much to do and to discover! It really does not get boring to wander the wasteland because it does not feel generic at any point.
    Further Points (after 50 hours of Gameplay):
    -Housing is fantastic but could be even better when there would be some more strategic aspects to it.
    -Almost no bugs: I had one graphical bug. Also the game did crash a few times.
    -the dialogs are not the greatest!    … Expand
  56. Leviadragon99
    Nov 14, 2015
    8
    Having played for 17 hours, I still barely feel I've scratched the surface, but I think I've seen enough to get a general feel for the mechanics, stability and the general narrative quality, at least going by sidequests.

    First off, is Fallout 4 a flawed game? Definitely, this is Bethesda we're talking about, some bugs are lingering, though speaking only from my own experience, my    Having played for 17 hours, I still barely feel I've scratched the surface, but I think I've seen enough to get a general feel for the mechanics, stability and the general narrative quality, at least going by sidequests.

    First off, is Fallout 4 a flawed game? Definitely, this is Bethesda we're talking about, some bugs are lingering, though speaking only from my own experience, my playthrough has thus far been more stable than my first run at most other Bethesda games in recent memory, so make of that what you will. The graphical fidelity is also below what many would prefer or demand, but this isn't really an issue for me, they make damn good use of what they have, the aesthetic design makes up for any losses in raw power, though your mileage may well vary.

    Fallout 4 is not a zero-star game, this page and the trolling scores inspired me to make a metacritic account, because yes, some things have been streamlined, weapons no longer degrade (something for which I am actually grateful) and stats/skills/perks have been revamped substantially (which I have more mixed feelings on) but ultimately I feel that what has been lost is more than made up for with new things.

    For example, the town-building system may be fairly rough, but there's still enough nuance, interesting systems and purpose to it for me to be engaged, it is a weirdly Zen feeling to clear away tree stumps and house debris so that I can make new crops and buildings, and the ability to set up shops in these places means you have greater options for unloading your surplus gear, you really do feel like a community leader after a while, even if most settlers are too gormless to figure out how to help themselves.

    Another new system that I very much enjoy is the weapons and armour customization, almost all modifications alter the appearance of the weapon in some way, and many dramatically affect performance rather than just staple on a few extra points of damage or range, there are the expected scopes and stocks for sighting and stability, but there's also adding a lens to your laser pistol to turn it into a sawn-off laser shotgun, or wrapping your Minigun's barrels in barbed wire and blades.

    But at the end of the day, it's the little things that make me love Fallout 4, the way Feral Ghouls move disturbingly, charging and tumbling, playing dead, instead of just screaming a bit and swiping at you, the way that they've made Power Armour a lot more than just top-tier standard armour, the way that pipe weapons exist, these cobbled-together improvised weapons that raiders prefer, because they don't always have access to pre-war assault rifles.

    People may be sad that Fallout is different to what they've enjoyed previously... but that doesn't make it a bad game, just a different one.    … Expand
  57. Rairz
    Nov 15, 2015
    8
    I think that people are being way too harsh on this game. The new "having a voice" aspect to the game is not actually a bad thing for me, I'm glad that they brought that into the game. And also when it comes to immersion, Fallout 4 brings us a more realistic version of the wasteland than we have seen before, the dynamic sounds and distant shooting are amazing when you are roaming around inI think that people are being way too harsh on this game. The new "having a voice" aspect to the game is not actually a bad thing for me, I'm glad that they brought that into the game. And also when it comes to immersion, Fallout 4 brings us a more realistic version of the wasteland than we have seen before, the dynamic sounds and distant shooting are amazing when you are roaming around in the Commonwealth. There is so much to do in this game, and giving it a 0/10 is really just being a butt hurt douche bag. Its not a perfect game, and the storyline might be a bit weak, but I am surely having tons of fun with it. So stop being a bunch of dicks and give it the score it really deserves!… Expand
  58. Llyander
    Nov 16, 2015
    8
    I genuinely don't understand the hate being leveled at Fallout 4 right now. I'm having a ball in it, meanwhile message boards are drowning in pure, unadulterated BILE, not just from PC users but all across the board.

    Does it have some problems? A few. I've been lucky enough not to encounter any hard crashes or major glitches, but as with all of Bethesda's big open world games, the edges    I genuinely don't understand the hate being leveled at Fallout 4 right now. I'm having a ball in it, meanwhile message boards are drowning in pure, unadulterated BILE, not just from PC users but all across the board.

    Does it have some problems? A few. I've been lucky enough not to encounter any hard crashes or major glitches, but as with all of Bethesda's big open world games, the edges are a bit rough and ready in places.

    I think the problem is that, once again, people bought into the hype machine. Fallout 4 is a good game, don't get me wrong. The combat is much improved, the story is interesting, the NPC companions engaging, but at its core it's just more Fallout. So if you loved Fallout 3 and Fallout NV, there's a lot to love here.

    But if you're expecting something revolutionary? You're going to be disappointed.

    Adjust your expectations, boys and girls. It's just another Fallout game, and that's a bloody good thing because I, for one, have missed tromping around the wastelands shooting Super Mutants in the face (from a very safe distance away, I might add, because some of those buggers now suicide charge you with Fat Man mini-nukes) and have already sunk nearly a day and a half of solid play into this game.

    Because Fallout. Fallout never changes.

    And I, for one, am glad of that.    … Expand
  59. Shinjetsu8
    Nov 16, 2015
    8
    Not entirely sure why some people here are giving the score so low. This is a good solid game. It was never going to reinvent the wheel. Since Morrowind Bethesda has used this platform for telling their story, this type of engine, these types of factions and choices. You may think they're cliched but the reality is, there's some rather inspired writing involved here. The visuals are great,Not entirely sure why some people here are giving the score so low. This is a good solid game. It was never going to reinvent the wheel. Since Morrowind Bethesda has used this platform for telling their story, this type of engine, these types of factions and choices. You may think they're cliched but the reality is, there's some rather inspired writing involved here. The visuals are great, not astounding but certainly a leap forward. There are occasions where the immersion is lost, things like hanging vines and some of the floral textures are grainy and weak but overall the graphics are decent. The game runs well on ultra, there are frame rate dips on occasion but nothing that ruins the experience. I'm not the type that demands 60fps at all times.

    The mouse acceleration was a mistake from Bethesda - as was the FOV but they're editable if you find the .ini files. Not something you should have to do, but bear in mind we have had a game delivered we didn't really expect in a short time frame. Expecting absolute perfection is juvenile.

    I'm a fan of the series, found myself enjoying the outcomes of the missions, the visuals are strong without being game changing, the sounds are good - usual Bethesda bugs such as raining cars, companion blocking and people walking away when talking to them about the mission, but overall a good solid game.    … Expand
  60. the_Wellman
    Nov 16, 2015
    8
    A SOLID 8 / 10 from me:

    I've put 1000s of hours into multiple titles and I believe this is a solid 8/10 game or at best 8.5. It is not as good as people hoped but it is definitely not a dog or an abomination. Wait until the GOTY comes out or it is a bit too expensive at this time (November). I am up to about 10 hours of gameplay, and 2/3rds through the story. I backlashed against the    A SOLID 8 / 10 from me:

    I've put 1000s of hours into multiple titles and I believe this is a solid 8/10 game or at best 8.5. It is not as good as people hoped but it is definitely not a dog or an abomination. Wait until the GOTY comes out or it is a bit too expensive at this time (November).

    I am up to about 10 hours of gameplay, and 2/3rds through the story. I backlashed against the backlash against this game, which is partly a reaction to the overhyping of the title and the disappointment felt by fans. Personally, this is a better title than Dishonored which I feel IS overrated, and while Its definitely not a better title than FNV (Fallout New Vegas) or Fallout 3 I think it's debatable to say that it is worse.

    First:

    A lot of the irritation caused (myself included) against the game are because of the bugs, the poor UI and some of the banal dialogue. I don't dispute any of this although the bugs will fly off over time and the UI will hopefully be modded quite soon.

    Features:
    The storyline is decent. Is it replayble? Well maybe once, giving two run throughs but there are additional areas of exploration and hidden easter eggs.

    The world is nice, on my value for money machine, I enjoy running around looking at funguses and getting attacked by glow in the dark mole-rats. There are some nice touches like a garden run by gardening robots.

    There are in-depth interesting characters, and the AI on companions works reasonably well. Most of the companions are more interesting than Skyrims, which were particularly bland but less interesting than for instance, Mass Effect, FNV, or more character rich RPGs.

    You...get used to the lack of skills, the poster with the perks is sort of un-needed. Like Skyrim, you aren't tied to particular builds but that also means that there is a bit of a 'meh' feeling with character development, it is like there is really only one character anyway, be it the male or female protagonist.

    The customization on weapons - one of the lauded features. It's actually irrelevant. They drop so often you don't need to craft, and as you don't need to craft, why bother. Similar to Skyrim you can invest your time in this or just look for legendary weapons one of which you see at the start but can't access. Again, the fact that the choice doesn't matter means that having an open choice is kind of ruined, if the choice is of no consequence.

    The base building. I saw this and went, "yup, minecraft". I have Subnautica which I prefer and haven't tried this feature...because I don't care. I may try it on a replay. So far I haven't needed it for the storyline.

    Puzzles, challenges; Navigating some of the buildings is interesting, in a FPS way, in terms of puzzles about the hardest is mixing green paint (it's yellow and blue kiddies). They do indeed feel dumbed down.

    Conclusion:
    People that like FPS with role-playing elements will probably like this, people without pre-conceived notions (i.e. new to Fallout universe). Hardcore role-playing types, fanatics, probably move along. I fall in-between. Enjoyable but I too could've pictured a better sequel.    … Expand
  61. TehGuy
    Nov 16, 2015
    8
    As an old time Fallout fan, having played them all from Fallout 1 to this, including Fallout tactics and wasteland, the inspiration for Fallout, I can honestly say I was worried with this game.

    First off, the big thing, no skills, at first I was mortified, Fallout with no speech or barter? You're kidding. But after a few hours the new perk system grows on you, you can see how it    As an old time Fallout fan, having played them all from Fallout 1 to this, including Fallout tactics and wasteland, the inspiration for Fallout, I can honestly say I was worried with this game.

    First off, the big thing, no skills, at first I was mortified, Fallout with no speech or barter? You're kidding. But after a few hours the new perk system grows on you, you can see how it streamlined game play and progression.

    Graphics are A-ok, I don't see what everyone is complaining about.

    The story is not the greatest I'll admit, but I prefer it to Fallout 3 in that regard.

    The fact that they give you a preset, pre voiced character was also a bit worrying, until I started to treat it as more of a CRpg, then it made sense and I grew to like the character that you play, while still having freedom to make your own choices.

    Gunplay is massively improved, and the weapon and armor customisation is great.

    The settlement management is new and a great deal of fun, it's great to see your own little version of shady sands grow into a thriving settlement.

    The world map is a bit small, but it makes up for it by being superbly detailed.

    This is also the only modern Fallout to do power armor right, in the first 2 it was big and bulky and made the wearer 7 feet tall, it felt imposing, in Fallout 4 they manage to get it perfect.

    Overall this is a big departure from previous Fallouts, and it is not without its problems, but all in all a solid new entry and something Bethesda can be proud of.    … Expand
  62. LAZYB
    Nov 17, 2015
    8
    Ok, so I'm gonna compare this to the Oblivion-Skyrim evolution.

    Oblivion was similar to Fallout 3 in many ways (as it was the same engine). When Skyrim came in they changed a lot of features and added more. Mainly character development and crafting. I believe this was to appeal to a greater number of players. In Fallout 4 is not exactly the same case. They removed a few features (as    Ok, so I'm gonna compare this to the Oblivion-Skyrim evolution.

    Oblivion was similar to Fallout 3 in many ways (as it was the same engine). When Skyrim came in they changed a lot of features and added more. Mainly character development and crafting. I believe this was to appeal to a greater number of players.
    In Fallout 4 is not exactly the same case. They removed a few features (as weapon degradation), changed others (like player conversations) and added or improved a few others (like combat, animations, building that I'm not particularly fond of...).

    Being said all this, my opinion is that this game wants appeal to a greater number of players. Even so, I think is a great game. A lot of reviews are giving really low rankings just because it wasn't everything they hoped for. Heck! Look at all those other games from this generation that caused this sensation due to the hype created. Did you look? Now look back, not such a bad game isn't it? No micro-transactions, rich story, dense open world, great atmosphere and more Fallout. I just wanted to play another Fallout and they delivered, as it happened with The Elder Scrolls before.

    So please, don't use bad rantings to show your ideal Fallout 4. There's plenty of games out there that really should get those low points, so the companies stop milking users (no need to say names).

    I think is a great game and I'm having a lot of fun playing it.    … Expand
  63. sinoodle
    Nov 17, 2015
    8
    Let me just say, I've played all the Fallouts, so I have some history under my belt. Currently I have 66 hours in on FO4 and I'm guessing I'm about 50% through the main quest, not really sure.

    Does the game deserve a 0 score, no. Does it deserve a 10? Nope, its probably somewhere in between, depending on your tastes. I still think FO NV is peak of Fallout ( remember how buggy it was    Let me just say, I've played all the Fallouts, so I have some history under my belt. Currently I have 66 hours in on FO4 and I'm guessing I'm about 50% through the main quest, not really sure.

    Does the game deserve a 0 score, no. Does it deserve a 10? Nope, its probably somewhere in between, depending on your tastes. I still think FO NV is peak of Fallout ( remember how buggy it was on release??).

    I'm not going to complain about graphics, because in general, huge sprawling RPG's usually look a bit dated. It tells you were the devs spent most of their time.

    The Good:
    1. Huge Sprawling World to Loot & Explore
    2. Combat is Challenging ( I'm a stealth char ).
    3. You can play how you want, you don't have to craft ect..
    4. Locations Reset, More loot!
    5. Most locations have a hand crafted feel to them.
    6. Iron Site Aiming ( Like FO NV )

    Neutral:
    1. Legendary Creatures & Items
    2. Weapons / Armor can have all sorts of mods now, feels a bit like Borderlands
    3. Dialog, lots of folks complaining about this, doesn't really bother me too much.
    4. The skill system, again this doesn't seem to bother me, this is FO4, not FO3.
    5. Settlements, I could see how some folks could really focus on this, but I haven't.
    6. Crafting. You don't have to craft, but its there if you want to.
    7. Enemy AI, most times its OK, Sometimes its just silly.

    The Bad:
    1. The UI is just awful when you need to get something done. In some cases its 'ESC' to leave a menu
    while other times its 'TAB'. Sometimes, its a mix of both...hell you may even have to hit "ENTER".
    2. Inventory is a bit messy, sorting helps, but finer control needed.
    3. Some things just aren't clear, try assigning a settler to job, without using Google.
    4. Lots of cringe worthy dialog from NPC's
    5. Frame rate can drastically drop in some areas ( < 10 FPS ).
    6. The suicide enemies really rub me the wrong way
    7. Some actions can kill you, and there's no warning or hint other than trying it once.
    8. FO NV had a neat ammo crafting bench, I miss that!    … Expand
  64. jimrod25
    Nov 17, 2015
    8
    I have to give this game a decent score because well it's been about 10 hours of gameplay and I have barely scratched the surface. I played Witcher III for about 5 hours and I have to say it bored me to death. At least with this one I'm going to finish the story. I, also, have to mention I'm not a big RPG fan so I understand some of the low scores because of the lack of determining one'sI have to give this game a decent score because well it's been about 10 hours of gameplay and I have barely scratched the surface. I played Witcher III for about 5 hours and I have to say it bored me to death. At least with this one I'm going to finish the story. I, also, have to mention I'm not a big RPG fan so I understand some of the low scores because of the lack of determining one's fate, but usually I play the good guy anyways so none of that really matters to me anyway. I don't go back through and beat games multiple times to see the different outcomes. I go through one time and that's good enough for me. With that said the reason an 8 is because of the bugs and glitch's and well the graphics are a little dated and it runs kind of crappy even with e a high end PC. Don't by this game if you don't have a beast of a computer. I'll update this as I get further along. Maybe if the story gets better I'll increase the score.… Expand
  65. HonestReviewers
    Nov 18, 2015
    8
    ~~Warning this is my opinion!!!
    Fallout 4 will have you riding the nostalgia train as you beat raiders heads into a gory pulp while you hear butcher pete choppin that meat. Fallout 4 is a impressive game with a decent amount of flaws, a diamond in the rough as it is. I shall now list its pro's and con's.
    Pros ~huge weapon customization you can pretty much make a gun, melee, or energy    ~~Warning this is my opinion!!!
    Fallout 4 will have you riding the nostalgia train as you beat raiders heads into a gory pulp while you hear butcher pete choppin that meat. Fallout 4 is a impressive game with a decent amount of flaws, a diamond in the rough as it is. I shall now list its pro's and con's.

    Pros
    ~huge weapon customization you can pretty much make a gun, melee, or energy weapon to fit any play style.
    ~likable companions, theres a follower for everbody
    ~dense open world, this map is filled to the brim with stuff for you to do. Do you want to build your very own town you got it, do you want to looking for rare and deadly weapons its there, want to go explore destoryed yet majestic ruins or pre war locations its there.
    ~The gun play is pretty good nothing to write home about but it gets the job done, melee needs some tweaks though.
    ~The main character is pretty well voiced i can feel the words most of the time, but facial animation which will be a con needs alot of work.
    ~enemies dont feel weak and are challenging, execpt super mutants they feel nerfed to all hell.
    ~story is well written when you start and when it ends, the middle gets kinda grindy but pays off near the end.
    ~soundtrack, its the best fallout soundtrack to date, but the radio host can get annoying.

    Cons
    ~facial animation, some of the expression are down right silly, ive had emotional moments that didnt hit home because my guy looked like he hadnt tooken a **** for a month
    ~power armor, the time you get the armor is not the problem the first type you get sucks, you step on a landmine half your armor is gone. The main problem is the fusion core, the item you need to run the suit. These fusion cores can be found by the dozen in one place, not a dark cave lurking with deadly enemies but at a allies base. I was able to use the power armor pretty much the whole game.
    ~npcs, not enough unique npcs
    ~story isnt really for newcomers, to really make a meaningful decisions you must know the lore of fallout. Without this you couldnt care less about the factions.
    ~Bosses, most arent challenging just alot of bullet sponges
    Ai, this is what made the game sometimes awful, my followers get stuck and have horrible path finding a portion of the time.
    ~ui, janky and hard to navigate at first but i got used to it.
    ~ performance, Im running this on a gtx 550 ti 8gbs of ram, outside the city i could get a somewhat steady 30 to 40 fps but in the dense cities lag was a promise, this needs to be fixed or maybe i just need to get a better pc.

    P.S if you give this game a 0 your a **** point blank and **** .    … Expand
  66. SmithyD
    Nov 18, 2015
    8
    Having played FO3 and NV I can totally agree with my fellow wastelanders that this game doesn't feel like a Fallout game. That being said many are complaining about issues like optimisation or crashing which New Vegas was terrible for, as were it's companions. I enjoy the game for its Sandbox element but it's definitely a poor RPG. I'm giving it a positive score because I believe it's aHaving played FO3 and NV I can totally agree with my fellow wastelanders that this game doesn't feel like a Fallout game. That being said many are complaining about issues like optimisation or crashing which New Vegas was terrible for, as were it's companions. I enjoy the game for its Sandbox element but it's definitely a poor RPG. I'm giving it a positive score because I believe it's a step in the right direction, fixing fps, game crashes, adding base building all deserve to be in the fallout series and fit in well. It's fun building for sure. How the likes of Dragon Age Inquisition can rank higher on user score than FO4 is beyond me. The game will give you hours upon hours of fun, but improvements are required swiftly. Very close to giving this a 7 already.… Expand
  67. Yiyas
    Nov 19, 2015
    8
    Fallout 4 is an improvement to almost every mechanical aspect of the Fallout franchise. While that has left less time to fulfil some parts of the game, it is far from 'betraying the franchise'. I believe it is a huge step forward to progress the franchise as the game plays far better than before.

    The changes to VATs combat, critical attacks, container handling, loot rewards, puzzles,    Fallout 4 is an improvement to almost every mechanical aspect of the Fallout franchise. While that has left less time to fulfil some parts of the game, it is far from 'betraying the franchise'. I believe it is a huge step forward to progress the franchise as the game plays far better than before.

    The changes to VATs combat, critical attacks, container handling, loot rewards, puzzles, random situations and environment are all improvements. Compared to all the other games I am having more fun playing the game than before and have not looked at the game once and said "you know what, this needs to be modded so much it's not even the original anymore". The major additions I'd say for the game are the Power Armour (which I don't use and haven't needed to but will create another character to play with), the weapon modifications and the Settlements. Each one is a fantastic feature of the game and the sheer level of customisation from them is really rewarding and gives that brilliant sense of 'this is MY game'.

    I would say the only feature lacking is the dialogue. Dialogue has been simplified into 4 options and there is rarely a SPECIAL or Skill based check in conversations. While this does mean a very charismatic character will cheese their way through almost every conversation it does leave you feeling that your character is not really the expert of science or the cunning survivalist. While it doesn't cater as much to hardcore players (now I say hardcore but really only those who are obsessed with RP) it does cater for a majority of players. Yes your character is voiced. It is an amazing feature, to hear the emotion in your player, to actually hear yourself interacting with the environment. There is no choice in voice or pitch but for the first ever voiced FO game I am not complaining as the blank and empty lines of text are pretty depressing.

    In addition, Karma is removed. It's great. No longer does some magical sound dictate whether what you are doing is right or wrong. Instead your companions influence your actions, while some promote drug addiction and stealing, others promote lawfulness, selfishness, haggling, hacking, lockpicking, etc, nobody says what is actually good or evil. When it comes to that crossroads of who you will side with there is really no good or evil answer. You pick who you want to be and you can be the good guy in all of them because, and here's my favourite the part, if you think its the right thing to do then that's all that matters.

    The only reason I wouldn't give this game any more than 8 is because of the dialogue. It's obvious that dialogue is more important to others, and that one flaw means a score of 0, but for me I thoroughly enjoyed the game. Perhaps it is because I liked the voice itself and enjoyed the personality of my character but if you are on the wall about playing the game you should watch some Let's Plays to see if that one downside is worth rating the game with angst.

    P.S. my favourite feature: the game hasn't crashed once for me, and I can easily alt-tab during loading screens in borderless.    … Expand
  68. LenaW
    Nov 19, 2015
    8
    The game looks nice, has a few bugs and inconsistencies, relatively recently started to play it so many more may be, but as yet it draws me a lot of pleasure.

    Sorry for my English: P
  69. derakk
    Nov 20, 2015
    8
    If Skyrim and Minecraft had a baby, and were cryogenically frozen together until after the nuclear apocalypse, and then that baby was kidnapped, that baby would be Fallout 4.

    8/10 because of console control optimization.
  70. advertise_this
    Nov 21, 2015
    8
    Now normally I don't like to discuss other reviews, but you must have seen the sheer volume of hatred directed at this game. Before you take their word for it, have a look for these phrases "not what it's supposed to be like" "Not what I was expecting" "not what I want from an RPG" or "The worst game of all time". Does this sound like fair and balanced criticism to you? Or the sheep-likeNow normally I don't like to discuss other reviews, but you must have seen the sheer volume of hatred directed at this game. Before you take their word for it, have a look for these phrases "not what it's supposed to be like" "Not what I was expecting" "not what I want from an RPG" or "The worst game of all time". Does this sound like fair and balanced criticism to you? Or the sheep-like whining of cynical, overly entitled gamers who talk of old games in hushed tones, with a tear in their eye and anything that came out this year in a manner usually reserved for infectious diseases?

    But never fear - this game is actually fantastic. Lots of bugs, but mostly just funny little quirks that'll get ironed out. For the $60 price tag, you get at a minimum 100hrs of gameplay, even if you don't really deviate from the main story. All of it enjoyable and varied. One minute you'll be a caped-crusader tackling organised crime, the next a bank robber pulling off a daring heist. You can explore countless buildings to discover the fate of their previous inhabitants, or get to know their newest residents. Just don't be surprised if they don't all like you. I'm not exaggerating either. In the largest settlement, there isn't a single building which isn't populated.

    Some features from previous games are gone though. Imagine, a game company attempting to try new things and innovate. The sheer audacity. You may have noticed the same 'missing' features come up time and again in negative reviews, so lets run down the most popular:

    Karma: In Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, you were only rewarded if you did everything wrong (stealing, lying, intimidating) or everything right (helping, healing, giving). You were Pol Pot Or Gandhi. Martin Luther King or Adolf Hitler. So what's your motivation now? Your travelling buddies. They all have different morals and will reward you with a helpful perk if they like the cut of your jib sufficiently. I can only assume those criticizing this are basement dwellers to whom friends are an alien concept.

    Repairing stuff: The most IRRITATING feature added in New Vegas by independent developer obsidian, thankfully not carried over to this game by Bethesda. For the sake of 'realism', this meant every gun and piece of armor got steadily worse until it broke or you repaired it. So tough luck if you're stuck in a dangerous area without your chosen weapon, you'll just have to reload an old save. How very immersive.

    NPCs can't die in this game: They can take enough damage that they will no longer fight for you until the battle is over though. Bethesda have given a good reason for this. In play tests, they noticed people getting frustrated with their companions constantly dying. They kept reloading old saves until they could get through tricky bits, eventually opting to just travel alone. This compromise makes them more useful, less irritating and more fun to be around. But 9 times out of 10, if you're getting your ass handed to you, so are they, so don't expect them to win the fight for you single-handed either.

    Character backstories/ lack of RPG elements: This is one criticism I can't get my head around at all. Apparently all RPGs up until this point allowed you to play as any conceivable character. Just think about this for a second. Can you think of any RPG where you weren't at least partly expected to accept a certain amount of backstory? There you go. But you can decide if you want to be a super genius, or a simpleton. A charismatic Lothario, or a socially inept recluse. Do you outsmart your enemies or outgun them? Charge in head first, or sneak around through the back entrance, picking a lock or hacking a computer terminal?

    Lack of conversation options: The onyl difference between this and New Vegas is you have four distinct options, rather than five ways to say the same thing. No, you can no longer see exactly what you are going to say before you say it. This is actually quite fun. Choose to intimidate, be sarcastic or persuade and you are treated to a unique bit of dialogue for every option (something which was entirely missing from previous games in the franchise).

    Story/voice acting: Possibly the strongest aspect of the game. Better than any Bethesda game to date by a mile. I have no idea where the hate is coming from on this front. You won't be spoon fed anything though. You have to hunt the best stories out, which only makes them more rewarding. You tend to find out more about stories as you venture further into locations, often only discovering the full story at the very end. Avoiding spoilers as much as possible: find a lake in the southwest of the map. Find a cabin. Access the terminal. One of the saddest tales in gaming will greet you. By far my favourite thing though is the visual stories. There are just so many, some hilarious, some sad and some disturbing. All entertaining.    … Expand
  71. Zenarchist
    Nov 21, 2015
    8
    The game is good, not fantastic, maybe great (but not in my opinion), but definitely not terrible. But there are a few things that let it down. First of all, the fact that it's a console port is glaringly obvious from the start. The UI sucks, the controls are sluggish, and the game engine itself has massive framerate drops and a few bugs (nothing game-breaking in my experience). But theThe game is good, not fantastic, maybe great (but not in my opinion), but definitely not terrible. But there are a few things that let it down. First of all, the fact that it's a console port is glaringly obvious from the start. The UI sucks, the controls are sluggish, and the game engine itself has massive framerate drops and a few bugs (nothing game-breaking in my experience). But the path finding... oh my god, I haven't seen path finding this bad since I got lost in the bush for 2 days when I was a teenager. Just terrible, downright broken. The story is again good, maybe great, but not excellent. There's a few plot twists that I didn't see coming which was a nice surprise, and they didn't seem tacky. The gameplay itself was fun, I sunk 50 hours into it before I finished the game story and started to get a little bit over it. The settlement building is a brilliant idea, but the execution leaves a bit to be desired. Most of these problems can be fixed by modders and bethesda patches so I give it a solid 8 despite all these mostly minor flaws.

    Worth playing, but don't set your expectations too high. It is basically a Fallout 3 version 2, which some people will love and some people will hate. Personally, I stand in the middle.    … Expand
  72. VermonterBill
    Nov 22, 2015
    8
    I heitated at first getting this game. What put me off initially was all the negative reviews vs the positive. I finally decided to go for it. Its definitely worth it. Sure there are changes and differences from prior Fallout games, but, overall its a great game. Ive only played 5 hours so far and I have barely scraped the surface. Looking forward to many more hours of gameplay and exploration.
  73. Quake2992
    Nov 22, 2015
    8
    Don't tell me you're disappointed in this game after spending 300 hrs plus on it. If you want to compare this game to what it was in the past then yea its watered down a bit in certain areas. Graphics and fps are ok, its not gonna get that wow factor like battlefront. I have no problem playing this game though. There is so much content and so many awesome things to do that I just loveDon't tell me you're disappointed in this game after spending 300 hrs plus on it. If you want to compare this game to what it was in the past then yea its watered down a bit in certain areas. Graphics and fps are ok, its not gonna get that wow factor like battlefront. I have no problem playing this game though. There is so much content and so many awesome things to do that I just love it. A lot of the game play as been improved with the mechanics in shooting and fighting. The crafting system will send you down a black hole to never see the light of day again. Everything in fallout now has a reason to be there. Finding screws is just as important as finding a military circuit board. So yea, not a complex review. I have had a lot of fun with this game and shouldn't stop people from trying it out. If I compared Halo 1,2 with what it is now yeah, its a **** disaster. Its a piece of **** but this is not that scenario. There is no scamming going on here just choices they thought would be good for the experience of the old and new players coming to the franchise. I have a gtx 680 8gb of ram with a 4770K intel processor, and a 850 evo 1tb ssd.I run this all on 1080p. I have no problems with loading times which Ive heard form others. I have fps drops usually firefights but I have found no bugs that are game breaking yet in the game. I just recommend you do some reading before you start or your gonna be like WTF am I supposed to do with this building workshop or your SPECIAL perks and stuff. So **** you to all the people that are acting like bethesda is a secret Nazi organization trying to ruin your lives. Get over the past and try to give "Constructive" criticism. Yes there are problems but it didnt stop me from sinking my life into this game. Last thing if anybody even reads this and sorry for the review being all over the place. This is a First Person Shooter with crafting on the side and a world that has so much mind boggling content that you will easily get distracted trying to do your main-quest. I guarantee you that you wont be able to do a quest from beginning to end without starting another quest and then get distracted with finding the correct material to fix your power armor, guns, drugs, and settlements. This game is still a great value worth every penny. Im taking two points off because of the graphics which I think shouldn't this sub-par but I'm not a game designer so I wouldn't know if there were technical reasons to it and the ending. Yea you gotta find that out yourself.NO REGRETS!!… Expand
  74. star-lord
    Nov 22, 2015
    8
    I can not put the controller down this game is so over whelming with things to do and craft im lost in fallout 4.
    visuals are ok the game suffers from inconsistent fps in random spots one minute I have 60 the next 24 on a high end system.
  75. AlJarwani
    Nov 23, 2015
    8
    This game uses a new shooting engine which improved the game in my eyes, but in others it might have made it worse? Which is weird since it improves the game not make it worse.

    Still this game uses decent building mechanics which needs a bit of improving and fixing, but what do you expect from a open world RPG with a build system. What brings this game down is it's performance,    This game uses a new shooting engine which improved the game in my eyes, but in others it might have made it worse? Which is weird since it improves the game not make it worse.

    Still this game uses decent building mechanics which needs a bit of improving and fixing, but what do you expect from a open world RPG with a build system.

    What brings this game down is it's performance, loading time and the graphics, let's start with graphics; the game uses decent graphics but contains many blurry texture which will hopefully be fixed in the next update, the performance issue mostly comes from the huge textures used and the VSync that is always on for some reason and last but not least the loading time which is supposedly improved? but isn't IMO.

    Summary
    -Game has many Bugs and Glitches
    -Has bad graphics
    -Performance issues
    +Has a great shooting system
    +Semi-immersive experience (Unlike FO3)
    +Has a huge open world
    +Uses new engines to better improve the game
    +Is constantly worked on (There will be a lot of fixes and items added to the game)    … Expand
  76. Nezchrynliir
    Dec 1, 2015
    8
    So Metacritic ate my last review so I will keep this one simple. Yes I reccomend this game and I rate it a 8 (7.9 rounded up) as it still has it's flaws, here are the points I am judging it by.

    Pro's (8/10) - Graphics are good for the engine and they are not too demanding even on mh GT 630 2 GB DDR3 card at a modified Ultra. - Storyline while spaced out is decent, and there is plenty    So Metacritic ate my last review so I will keep this one simple. Yes I reccomend this game and I rate it a 8 (7.9 rounded up) as it still has it's flaws, here are the points I am judging it by.

    Pro's (8/10)
    - Graphics are good for the engine and they are not too demanding even on mh GT 630 2 GB DDR3 card at a modified Ultra.
    - Storyline while spaced out is decent, and there is plenty to explore and discover as well as a lot of side quests.
    - Crafting system and settlement building system are great additions, and I think they nabbed some of the people who worked on New Vegas for the crafting system.
    - Interactions are more human and the animations are far better than previous games.
    - Power armor, it works so much better and feels much more realistic than before.
    - Weapon and armor variety, and armor system.
    - Map, size is nice and locations are really well placed.
    - Gunplay, much improved and more intuitive.
    - AI enemy tactics, they are smarter and more adaptive than previous games.
    - Cleanest release on my end, I have run into very few major bugs and most of them are minor and not game breaking. Plus no major CTD issues too, unlike 3 and NV which CTD randomly on me without warning even after mod based fixes.

    Now for the negative points (2/10)
    - The odd bug that gets in the way but nothing too serious, except for one quest involving MacCready where he will not move.
    - Game UI in some places is clunky, especially in settlement building mode
    - A lot of troubles assigning settlers to places in settlement mode, again the clunky settlement UI
    - Horrible companion AI, can they please STOP blocking doorways and getting under foot!
    - Too addicting and taking up too much of my time! KIDDING, this is not a real con this is a joke one, dang you Fallcrack!

    Graphics: 8/10
    Gameplay: 10/10
    Companions: 6/10
    UI: 7/10
    Funfactor: 10/10
    Replayability: 9/10
    Music/Radio: 9/10
    Challenge: 10/10

    So in the end I give this game 8/10 and it could use some UI streamlining in places, and an improvement to companion AI, as well as some bug fixes but overall this is one of the least buggy and glitchy initial releases by Bethesda.    … Expand
  77. Roxian
    Nov 25, 2015
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I finished the game with a save file of + 4 days. There were many good things, some very bad. Enjoy.

    People say the story is boring. Imo up until you arrive at the Institute and things become a bit more "clear", it was very intriguing. After that I noticed I found myself facing a moral dilemma; all the factions seemed to dabble in this "grey area". It made me question my whole journey so far and the people I had been interacting with. I had this with the previous games too, so it was a nice thing to experience.

    Crafting was a nice change and everyone seems to agree on that. I never bothered in New Vegas because it was so tedious and hard to keep track from, unlike in Fallout 4 where you can track mats and the crafting stations have a clear overview.

    People say they turned the game into a mindless shooter without rpg elements. I beg to differ. Companions have been reworked into more then an npc that carries your **** for you. They join in conversations, they have different opinions, personal quests that are befitting. They all have unique dialogue lines towards what is happening to you ingame.

    People say the quests are boring. The only quests I found boring after a long time were the settlement quests and the dialogue of the settlers. I have to admit those became to tedious for me when I was close to endgame. I ended up not bothering anymore. But aside from that there are many hidden quests that are pretty damn entertaining. Often it starts with finding a holotape or just talking to a random npc. Roam, explore and you will be suprised.

    People complain about perks and special beeing destroyed. It is not gone. It is presented to you in a different manner. I can see why people don't like change, but this is no reason to rate the game badly. I saw many familiar perks and I liked how they handled the collection of books and magazines. Damn it Picket Fences, where you at! Simply because it is not the exact same way as the previous games, doesn't mean it's bad.

    Dialogue. Fantastic that our character has a voice now, I loved them both, very fitting and easy to listen to for a long time. But the dialogue wheel was confusing at first. I often found myself trying to "guess" what my character was actually going to say. As someone who likes to roleplay this wasn't the best change.

    "Most of the buildings are sealed off" is simply a lie. There are indeed residential houses that are barred off at the front door, but I found many houses, factories or other buildings I could enter without having a quest to go there. It's like people that claim this only visited Concord (where a lot of them are sealed off) at the start, then quit the game to nag about this.

    Technical issues : well it *is* a Bethesda game that has just released. I know, it's absolutely no excuse. I didn't had any gamebreaking bugs (like I heard people say they were unable to advance in main story), but I had my fair share of ctd's, especially when leaving a place, right after it had loaded. Happened like +-10 times during my playthrough. Let's see... the clipping issues at settlemends drove me mad more then once. The carpet trick and tlc commands shouldn't be the best option, they should've just made it better. Period. And lastly eventhough my pc wasn't strong enough op paper (the can I run it website have me red flags for CPU and graphical card), I was able to smootly run it all on medium. I never had lagspikes or stutter.

    So what did I miss? I missed the Karma options. Really, really sad they removed it. I don't care about the fact that weapons don't "break", but oh the Karma system. I loved that so much. They didn't "replace" it too. I guess if you want some sort of indicator of your actions, the like/dislike/admire/hate system of the companions is a filler for it, but then again, not really.

    The epilogue, although it brought a little tear to my eye, was missing some elements for me. I was hoping to see an overview of all the damn settlements I had build; or a notion of how I rebuild the Minutemen, or helped the BoS at the end. I loved those crazy endings in the previous games. Alas...

    +10 for the radio stations, Travis wasn't a Treedog but it fitted the story. I liked his quest and I liked the tracks he played. The classical music station was an awesome addition, but that is ofc personal taste. I was sad it was gone after my BoS ending, but roleplay wise it made sense.

    I guess to conclude my report; most people say it's a copy paste of Fallout 3 with some new dumb down features, but many people say Fallout 3 was superior. I don't get that comparison then. Imo it was yet another different setting in this post apocalypse world, with different factions and their little stories. It felt like a true Fallout game, with hidden easter eggs, crazy encounters, straight up weird people and questlines and a lot more and reworked features. I didn't rate it 10 because of the ctd's, the clipping in settlements and I try not to be an obnoxious fanboy.    … Expand
  78. sharnrock
    Nov 27, 2015
    8
    The game is about what you would expect. It's Fallout 3 with tweaks. Bigger map, better graphics, a few more features, but the game itself is very much the same. I had a lot of fun playing. I thought the story was pretty good.

    There are quite a lot of bugs and the game doesn't feel polished. I've had the game crash probably 3 times in my 80 hours of gameplay. The settlement UI is    The game is about what you would expect. It's Fallout 3 with tweaks. Bigger map, better graphics, a few more features, but the game itself is very much the same. I had a lot of fun playing. I thought the story was pretty good.

    There are quite a lot of bugs and the game doesn't feel polished. I've had the game crash probably 3 times in my 80 hours of gameplay. The settlement UI is not intuitive at all, and most of the time I had to resort to looking up how to do things on the internet. I was looking forward to crafting weapons and found I had to invest heavily in the modding perks and scavenging perks to be able to do anything useful with a weapons bench. As an example, there are 4 levels of armor crafting, 4 levels for guns, 4 levels of science for energy stuff, 4 levels of blacksmith for armor and melee, then you can't craft anything without parts, so you'll need to invest into the scavenger perk. You can actually finish the game before lvl 20, so that's a significant investment just to mod your equipment. A lot of the side quests become very repetitive (especially the minutemen quests).

    But, if you put all the problems the game has aside, I really had a lot of fun playing it. I started up successful settlements to generate scrap and money, the power armor is totally OP now (it's not just another piece of armor; it's like a tank), there are goofy quests, and some great characters.

    I based my score on how much fun I've had compared to other games I've bought recently. If you like fallout 3 and exploring the wasteland, you're going to enjoy this. I would ignore the people giving this game a zero; it's just fallout.. nothing more nothing less.    … Expand
  79. shadesofme
    Nov 30, 2015
    8
    THE BAD:
    Reading negative reviews of this game is interesting. Far from all but quite a few say this game was partially disappointing or point out some feature (graphics) that wasn't up to snuff and then give it a ZERO. I may be new to this site but usually when a game is slightly disappointing or doesnt do exactly what i want i don't say **** it and give it a three two one or zero. This    THE BAD:
    Reading negative reviews of this game is interesting. Far from all but quite a few say this game was partially disappointing or point out some feature (graphics) that wasn't up to snuff and then give it a ZERO. I may be new to this site but usually when a game is slightly disappointing or doesnt do exactly what i want i don't say **** it and give it a three two one or zero. This game is very far from perfect i will freely admit, my biggest complaints by far are the dialogue system which lists options that do a piss poor job at telling me what the heck my character is going to say (seriously, all they write for some of my favorite AND least favorite lines is "sarcastic") and the fact that i can't see my damn gun on my back! i mean for ****'s sake who thought to leave that out? It's like half of our character aesthetics. Also yes. graphics could be better. It's true, Get over it, and actually play the damn game. ALSO GLITCHES: I've made it through morrowind, oblivion, skyrim, fallout 3, (not fallout new vegas sorry) with almost no problems but my fallout 4 wants to crash sometimes. Also your companions are dance masters which they choose to do instead of walking half the time. also the minutemen are boring... very boring. I'd imagine half the people who thought the story was terrible played the minutemen...

    THE GOOD:
    HOWEVER! I have gotten more good times, laughs and adrenaline highs from this game than every other game I'VE PLAYED (DA inquisition, star wars battle front, black ops 3, blood borne, every piece of destiny to say a few) thats come out in the past two years. All of which have much batter graphics. Now before you turn off you're computer in disgust let me explain. I can't seem to group fallout 4 next to any of those because the game is different than just about any title that's come out. It's clunky and glitchy but you can pick up anything in the entire world, talk to hundreds of colorful NPCs all of which operate on their own schedules. It's about the closest thing to a living breathing world in all of gaming. In terms of innovation the crafting (which you may EXTENSIVELY do on weapons, armor, power armor, and settlements-settlements can be very clunky at times though-) is the largest, most expansive and generally most pleasing to use system in any game to date. And now these weapons all look and feel great to use. The combat has been improved greatly as well, as a result you will so bigger and more epic fights just about everywhere you go, especially into the campaign. Speaking of the campaign, while not the best in any fallout game it is far from the worst and offers some potentially emotional moments while giving you a substantial platform to go off into the world. The endings are unfortunately lackluster though. The real star of this game is the world which is BY FAR the most detailed, overwhelming and expansive one of all the fallouts and indeed any bethesda has made. It is colorful, positive at times, and if you play in it for more than an hour vastly different than fallout 3. The factions are also much more active than in fallout 3 or new vegas (read they actually do stuff) Your faction that you choose will really exist in the common wealth and will fight beside you randomly or when called (all of the factions allow for this). .Companions are extremely glitchy and that could be in the bad but they are strangely charming and hilarious at times. AND THE LOOT IS AMAZING. because of the crafting system allowing for so many possibilities the loot is also extremely varied as are the enemies that drop it. It never gets old hunting legendary enemies one for their loot and two to prove how much more legendary i the player am. Power armor also feels like power armor. It's more like a walking tank instead of just some more **** clothes like in fo3 or foNV. This results in the brotherhood truly being monsters to take down!. All of this plus the fact that I've spent over 50 hours and have seen maybe a third of the map and actually explored so much less than that. There are still guns i haven't seen and TONS of enemies i haven't fought. I've literally only broken the surface of fallout 4 and all i want is more.

    THE VERDICT:
    Fallout 4 a clunky glitchy game with very clear weaknesses that are easy to point out and get caught up on. But it is also a massive world with a ridiculous amount of things to do and places to explore. No other game on the market can even touch that, the closest probably being the witcher 3 but fallout 4 is much more detailed. If you liked fallout 3 buy it. if you liked skyrim and want to see what would happen in you dropped a few nukes on a bethesda game, buy it. If you are a classic fan and think vegas is that much better than three because reasons this game is not what you're looking for. If you want a seamless gaming experience and have no patience for anything less than a baby's ass in terms of smooth gameplay this game will piss you the hell off.

    t's different    … Expand
  80. islander1
    Dec 1, 2015
    8
    This is a very fun game, but I think the biggest problem for critics of the game is it gets too far away from its roots. It's too dis-similar from Fallout 3 and New Vegas and this is going to get all of the series fanboys oout to rage review the game.

    The RPG aspect of this game is not what it could be. In fact, if you look hard at it, it's pretty gutted. You automatically get in with    This is a very fun game, but I think the biggest problem for critics of the game is it gets too far away from its roots. It's too dis-similar from Fallout 3 and New Vegas and this is going to get all of the series fanboys oout to rage review the game.

    The RPG aspect of this game is not what it could be. In fact, if you look hard at it, it's pretty gutted. You automatically get in with every faction almost right at the start of the game. I suppose this is done in order to unlock more quests so you can level appropriately.
    It's more like Skyrim in game mechanics and execution than Fallout 3. A mile wide, an inch deep. This is not what Fallout gamers are used to, or wanting. Thus, the crazy low scores which are more rage than logic. This game's not a 0, or a 1, or a 2.

    Other negatives: It looks like the PC version was ported from console edition (it should be the other way around). The chat wheel is a freaking embarrassment alone. The graphics are very pedestrian. Certain SPECIALS are near pointless (perception, intelligence to a lesser extent), while others are borderline OP (Charisma). No skills, just pick a perk every level.
    Blacksmithing is one of the lamest perks there is, as a melee combatant my crafting options are remarkably lame and limited. Even worse, I get a shiskebab only to found out it's grossly inferior to what I already have. What?
    Finally, a fair amount of bugs that Bethesda likely just said "no worries, modders will fix the game for us". Hey, unpaid labor? What's not to like.

    Positives: Combat is fun, reasonably challenging if you don't put it on easy mode. The companions are by and large cool, and you have many of them to choose from. Crafting in the game is fun for the most part, but without console commands to give yourself resources, I don't see how you can possibly build up more than one or two settlements organically. It would take hundreds of hours to do so (I'm about 70 in).
    Exploring is still fun, it IS Fallout. I like what they did with the various factions of adversaries, even if how you react to them doesn't really matter.

    In the end, it's still Fallout. I'm still quite addicted to it, I've come to grips with what it its and accepted it accordingly. I can't reconcile giving it any lower than an 8 based on the time I've spent on it, and honestly it's being penalized for not being the Fallout RPG I was expecting. If they had kept the focus on RPG, it'd be 10/10.    … Expand
  81. HappyTofu1234
    Dec 3, 2015
    8
    I am a simple person.

    I do not wish to rate a game based on who made it, how great or terrible games in a series were, how it 'isn't a true rpg' or wether it's 'a modern classic' or whatnot. I simply rate a game based on how much I actually enjoy it. I have 216 hours in this game as of now. 216 hours I enjoyed to the fullest. I realise this might be one of the less usefull reviews    I am a simple person.

    I do not wish to rate a game based on who made it, how great or terrible games in a series were, how it 'isn't a true rpg' or wether it's 'a modern classic' or whatnot.

    I simply rate a game based on how much I actually enjoy it.
    I have 216 hours in this game as of now. 216 hours I enjoyed to the fullest.
    I realise this might be one of the less usefull reviews around.. But I felt like I needed to say something in defense of a game I like enjoy a great deal, when it is being bashed for 'not containing X feature from Y game'.

    So.. instead of being a proper objective and constructive critic or whatnot.. I would just like to say that I have used just aobut all of my free time up to this point on 'Fallout 4'. And I want to recommend this to anyone who is just looking to have a great bit of fun rather than look for the perfect rpgready to blow you away, with new innovations and modern revolution, at a moment's notice nor take you for a ride back to the old days where everything was better.

    So, 216 hours of enjoyment for 60 dollars/euros/whatnot is well worth an 8/10    … Expand
  82. coolcatsavesthe
    Dec 6, 2015
    8
    Somewhat disappointing if you were hoping for something like New Vegas or the first two Fallouts, but definitely a good game.

    Although the dialogue and plot is significantly worse than it's predecessors I feel that the improved gunplay(seriously, it's so much better) and the modding and settlement systems make this a great game, although maybe not what fans of the fallout franchise wanted.
  83. Lanceypoo
    Dec 22, 2015
    8
    Fallout 4 is definitely a great game, but its definitely lacking. Unfortunately it has the same problem that New Vegas held, there is just not that much that is different from Fallout 3. The new mod system and town creation is great, but beyond that, the game is average. As everyone else has stated, most of the map just feels small with only ~3 "full" towns, where Skyrim had 9 and theyFallout 4 is definitely a great game, but its definitely lacking. Unfortunately it has the same problem that New Vegas held, there is just not that much that is different from Fallout 3. The new mod system and town creation is great, but beyond that, the game is average. As everyone else has stated, most of the map just feels small with only ~3 "full" towns, where Skyrim had 9 and they all were much larger. The main quest starts out pretty interesting, but by the end is also lacking and you no longer feel like you are a part of it. Overall, just basically more fallout. Its a great game but no real new ideas… Expand
  84. marcantoineg
    Nov 15, 2018
    8
    Decent graphics. Decent story. Good gameplay. If we forget about horrible fps in boston, you can get a lot of fun from this game.
  85. Kohlins
    Dec 26, 2015
    8
    After reading many of the reviews here it's hard to say anything that hasn't been said already and it seems that players either love or hate this game and either give it a ridiculously low or high score, none of which it should deserve. First of all, I want to emphasize that it is not a bad game, I spent quite a lot of time with it and pretty much enjoyed it, but I was still disappointedAfter reading many of the reviews here it's hard to say anything that hasn't been said already and it seems that players either love or hate this game and either give it a ridiculously low or high score, none of which it should deserve. First of all, I want to emphasize that it is not a bad game, I spent quite a lot of time with it and pretty much enjoyed it, but I was still disappointed in the end. I simply expected more of such a title.

    The game provides a really good atmosphere. The post-apocalyptic world of Boston is truly fascinating, full of small details and easter eggs worth exploring. I found myself spending far more time exploring the world than doing quests and yet, after watching Youtube videos I had to realize how deep the content is and how many things I simply hadn't noticed.
    I think the combat has improved since Fallout 3. VATS is still fun and provides many bonuses, but no longer absolutely necessary to use. Aiming in general is much easier but it also means that is no longer that dependent on character abilities, you can easily headshot every opponent with any sort of character. The enemies disappointed me a bit, as there's no real variety, especially if you already know the series. You'll be fighting pretty much the same raiders, super mutants, animals, feral ghouls and robots you've already encountered in the previous games with synths being the only main exception. Sure there are variants of each type, but still gets boring pretty soon. I also have to mention that the AI is quite bad with many opponents getting stuck. There aren't many weapons in the game as well, although they can be modified which is a nice new feature compared to previous Fallout games.

    The graphics were... fine. That's the correct word for that. Nothing spectacular, but as a fan of the series I couldn't care less. Yet it could disappoint some people. Certain things look nice, and it's more colourful than the third game. However the character animations, especially the facial expressions during dialogues are just horrible. As if the developers didn't care about it, it's just not synchronized with the audio. Speaking of the audio, I liked the voice acting, think it's better compared to the previous games and we also have a voiced protagonist here. The radio stations were fine but not as enjoyable as in Fallout 3. The DJ was quite the opposite of Three Dog, yet the music was almost the same with very few new tracks. Couldn't the developers find anything new from that era or what?

    Now a few words about the role-playing aspects of the game. As if the developers forgot that Fallout is indeed an RPG where you can shoot guns and not an action game with some RPG elements. Those who expect it to be an FPS-like game will be disappointed because combat (although improved) doesn't match that of a real action game. Those who expect an RPG will also be disappointed because of the really simplified RPG elements. It's a simplified hybrid that exceed neither as an FPS or RPG. The main story starts promising but in the end it turns out to be nothing more than a simple faction war with few possible choices. The writing is bad, you have very few dialogue options and your responses don't seem to alter the story. This is not acceptable for an RPG I think. I also didn't like the ending. I don't want to add spoilers, but don't quite understand why a faction which wants to preserve technology would destroy something more advanced in such a post-apocalyptic scenario. It's just not logical to me among many other things.

    The skill system is gone, every time you level up, you simply gain one perk point which adds a certain bonus (such as the ability to pick more advanced locks). The perk tree is interesting at first, but the character development is way too simplified in my opinion. Those who liked Fallout, pretty much liked it because of its character customization, you had to plan your build. Here your levelling is not limited, the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats can be improved as perks, so theoretically you can have everything useful unlocked with a single character. Way too bad for an RPG. Seriously. As I mentioned before the main attributes don't affect much of the gameplay neither, you can shoot as accurate as you want even with low perception for instance, the latter only affects accuracy in VATS.

    Settlements are a completely new feature of the game. I guess they realized how successful Minecraft was and simply wanted to add something similar where players can use their creativity and build anything they can imagine. Or at least that was the idea. Fortunately, the game doesn't force you to use it, it's just a bonus and can be fun, but it's not a revolutionary change.

    Besides all the errors, Fallout 4 is a good game and really enjoyable. Yet it has serious faults and I haven't even mentioned its bugs, many of which are quite annoying, though I have to admit that some are funny as hell. Good, but definitely not the game of the year as expected.    … Expand
  86. zitrux
    Dec 27, 2015
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good game overall only complain really had about was that power armor was available too early allthou i didint really affect the gameplay. Main story was bit short but for me wide world to explore has been best thing in fallout games.… Expand
  87. An00b1s
    Dec 29, 2015
    8
    I found Fallout 4 to be fun. I think the background soundtrack in the game is great. The radio station is ok. I liked the intro and in general enjoyed the story line. There just need to be more to do and see. The settlement building is entertaining, but seems to have little effect overall.

    There just is a lack of people, settlements, cities, things to see and do. It has a big    I found Fallout 4 to be fun. I think the background soundtrack in the game is great. The radio station is ok. I liked the intro and in general enjoyed the story line. There just need to be more to do and see. The settlement building is entertaining, but seems to have little effect overall.

    There just is a lack of people, settlements, cities, things to see and do. It has a big map, just its either empty, has bandits or mutants. I feel that is a shame. In the past Skyrim and Fallout 3 seemed huge there was always something to discover or see. Fallout 4 just lacks this.

    The mod system is fun. The graphics are decent but some textures are surprisingly lacking. I'm hoping that when the new creation kit comes out all the modders will "fix" all these issues but that itself is a sad thought.

    Final thoughts. I enjoyed it, it just seems to be missing that spark that everyone would hope it would have. I'm hoping that the DLC will add some more real content into the game but I think that will just rub folks the wrong way.    … Expand
  88. DouglasT
    Jan 2, 2016
    8
    Everything in this game is what I always wanted from a Fallout franchise game, from gameplay to graphics. I'm giving a 8 because the story is not that good.
  89. blackett511
    Jan 11, 2016
    8
    Hardcore RPG fans will be a little disappointed. The problem is that the game gives you the veneer of choice but then denies you any true storytelling elements. As most reviewers have noted, the world is huge and the game is relatively fun. The quests seem unrelated and meander a lot. You'll find yourself wandering across a barren landscape, performing arguably the same quest over andHardcore RPG fans will be a little disappointed. The problem is that the game gives you the veneer of choice but then denies you any true storytelling elements. As most reviewers have noted, the world is huge and the game is relatively fun. The quests seem unrelated and meander a lot. You'll find yourself wandering across a barren landscape, performing arguably the same quest over and over ad infinitum: Shooting, looting. The combat system is pretty good--better than in the Elder Scrolls games at least. But the quest system is worse. The crafting system is okay: It's a little overwhelming and dependent on you carrying tons of objects. The settlements seem like a pointless distraction.
    Since Oblivion, Bethesda has been driven by this idea of providing a bigger and bigger world, as though that's what players truly want. What Skyrim and New Vegas and Fallout 4 don't seem to realize, though, is that gamers don't want a bigger world, we want a world in which our characters have an impact in shaping. Oblivion was redeemed by a Main Quest that was actually pretty solid. Skyrim's sheer beauty helped compensate for a completely limp storyline. Fallout 4 is a good game in Bethesda's pantheon, but it lacks the intimacy of Oblivion and the epic quality of Skyrim. For the first few hours, you'll have a blast scavenging nuclear irradiated rivers and sniping Super Mutants from afar. But then the fetch quests start. The Brotherhood of Steel even has two infinitely recycling fetch quests, which undermines the sense of meaning in the world. Soon, after you've spent hours building settlements that do nothing and interacting with people in meaningless exchanges, you realize the biggest problem of Fallout is its purported strength. It is too open. Bethesda wants to give you so much that none of it really matters. One of the reasons I was so engrossed in BioShock was because they realized that, in order to drive home a powerful and emotionally eviscerating story, you sometimes have to eschew choice. Bethesda gives us mountains and mountains of inconsequential moments. By the time you've slapped around the fiftieth iteration of the same enemy, by the time you've cleared the same version of a similar raider-infested hideout, you get tired and bored and--what's worst--uninvested in the game. But that doesn't mean it's not fun. It is. And it's a brilliant game. It just doesn't connect emotionally or resonate on anything other than an aesthetic level, which is a hard bullet to bite from Bethesda.    … Expand
  90. Daymarus1337
    Jan 16, 2016
    8
    Бесят олдфаги засирающие эту игру.Им что,заняться нечем?Пусть идут и играют в свой Fallout 2!
    Мне лично игра очень понравилась,приятная глазу графика,крутой и большой открытый мир,интересные квесты.Однозначно стоит своих денег!    Бесят олдфаги засирающие эту игру.Им что,заняться нечем?Пусть идут и играют в свой Fallout 2!
    Мне лично игра очень понравилась,приятная глазу графика,крутой и большой открытый мир,интересные квесты.Однозначно стоит своих денег!
  91. BleedTechBlue
    Jan 26, 2016
    8
    This game is entertaining. Bethesda has always laid great groundwork, then people come in behind them to flesh it out. Overall the game is very good.

    Pros: The setting is fantastic. It's full of memorable locations, and overflowing with the dark humor well known in the Fallout universe. The combat is fantastic, with both melee and gunplay very smooth and enjoyable. The voiced acting is    This game is entertaining. Bethesda has always laid great groundwork, then people come in behind them to flesh it out. Overall the game is very good.

    Pros: The setting is fantastic. It's full of memorable locations, and overflowing with the dark humor well known in the Fallout universe. The combat is fantastic, with both melee and gunplay very smooth and enjoyable. The voiced acting is new, and uncomfortable for many, yet can add to the immersive experience with a bit of imagination. The story is quite good and well thought out. It's concepts have been done before, but not to this extent, with as many options, or in a Fallout game. Plus the crafting, while rudimentary, is brilliant. The bugs are minimal for a Bethesda open-world rpg, though some do crop up.

    Cons: The conversation wheel is lacking in choice, and when an option is chosen, it can take you by surprise what is said. The persistence of the same quests. While a great way to earn xp, they get old quick. Lack of a F:NV hardcore mode was disappointing aspect for many, including myself.

    Overall, this game is a must play. It continues to hit home the "looking to the future" aspect. Sure it has it's problems, but we as gamers must be objective. Is this game better than Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas? Not by a long shot. Are those games better than this iteration? No. This game brings change, for better or worse. People hate change, just look at some of the other reviews. I cannot wait to see what the future holds for this game, and the franchise as a whole.

    Enjoy!    … Expand
  92. TheOvershear
    Jan 26, 2016
    8
    First, let's get this out of the way: Fallout 4, mechanics-wise, is closer to Skyrim. So for the love of god, stop comparing it to Fallout 3 or New Vegas.

    Fallout 4 was, in aspect, Bethesda Softworks trying new things. From the gun play to the crafting, there's so much new here that it becomes very hard to compare this sequel to.. well.. anything! Is Fallout 4 worth the money?    First, let's get this out of the way: Fallout 4, mechanics-wise, is closer to Skyrim. So for the love of god, stop comparing it to Fallout 3 or New Vegas.

    Fallout 4 was, in aspect, Bethesda Softworks trying new things. From the gun play to the crafting, there's so much new here that it becomes very hard to compare this sequel to.. well.. anything!

    Is Fallout 4 worth the money? Absolutely.
    Is it as good as it could have been? Of course not.
    Game of the year material? Compared to Witcher, unfortunately, not quite.

    Gameplay is fun. Killing enemies is extremely satisfying. The only issue lies in the game's difficulty- or lack thereof. While the game has no level limit, and tons of character build potential, your character becomes so easily overpowered at level 30ish that it lacks any clear and necessary strategy. A few bugs also plague gameplay, and makes some situations irritating.

    Story is terrible. While some missions are fun, a few quest lines can make you laugh, the overall plot is laughable and poorly done. Bethesda is known for good story, and this isn't it. Endings are, in all, terrible.

    Building is amazing. Clipping issues are irritating, and it's clearly a skeleton for future updates, but it's a great new feature.

    Crafting is nice- but at the cost of little to no unique weapons. Legendary item system is poorly done.

    Graphics are FINE. People are forgetting how long this game has been in production. To top it off, the level design makes crappy graphics totally acceptable.

    Over all, it was the easiest $60 I've ever spent. Could've been much better, and Bethesda needs to step up their game for the next title- but this is still a good game.    … Expand
  93. MikeWhitfield
    Feb 4, 2016
    8
    First, the good. The game is incredibly stable for a large, open world game. It's reasonably pretty, especially outdoors, without terribly noticeable pop-in. Combat mechanics are great, especially with guns. Nick is a great companion. Some of the map is very nice, unique and often beautiful. The game has weather, often spectacularly, and while there are radiation storms andFirst, the good. The game is incredibly stable for a large, open world game. It's reasonably pretty, especially outdoors, without terribly noticeable pop-in. Combat mechanics are great, especially with guns. Nick is a great companion. Some of the map is very nice, unique and often beautiful. The game has weather, often spectacularly, and while there are radiation storms and radioactive zones, Bethesda has finally figured out that radioactivity is not making everything green. There is some humor, and plenty of interesting little side stories told in notes and on CRTs. Weapon crafting is decent, although a dearth of pre-war military and civilian weapons makes zero sense in a world full of perfectly edible pre-war food. Settlement building is nice for those who like it, although it's often crippled by arbitrary limits and most of the pieces don't snap together. Factions are reasonably varied (four) and are not completely caricatures.

    Now the bad. Enemy AI is pretty bad for a 2015 game, and companion AI is ludicrously bad. The role playing aspects have been dumbed down to the point of being largely useless, little more than yes/no/sarcasm/huh? buttons, and often what your character says is not what you expect since the choices, to accommodate consoles, are just short summaries. Bethesda's work on character models, textures and animations are still far behind the best of the modders, much less the AAA competition. Guns are not well thought out (26 pound 5.56mm assault rifles) although they do function well. The settlement crafting is crude and often the arbitrary limits make no sense - why am I jury rigging housing when just beyond the glowing green line are perfectly good buildings and houses? Why am I making a settlement on a tiny mud island in the middle of a swamp? The map is way too small, so antagonistic groups live virtually on top of that be another, with zero thought given to how they eat, and firefights often become three-way affairs. The voice acting for the player is supposed to allow emotion, but that is hardly used. Companions have far too little dialog for the programmed amount of chatter. Many of the side quests are extremely repetitive. And the main quest is, um, not very inspiring.

    Overall I like it a lot, but I had hoped for more. However, the revised engine is decent and we are promised a G.E.C.K. So Bethesda's biggest strength, its unmatched modder support, will eventually allow us to tailor the game to our individual preference. In the mean time, it's a pretty good game out of the box. Just be aware that it is more an atmospheric shooter than an RPG.    … Expand
  94. saintbrew
    Mar 21, 2016
    8
    I will be quick about it, the game is not a fallout game, at least not a fallout 1, 2 & tactics game, i now a lot of fan base is really mad about the fact the game is not a RPG anymore, or that the game doesn't have the fell of the Fallout franchise that the originals had, but, it is a good game, fallout 3 too was not a game with great RPG elements but it was a good game, When Bethesda gotI will be quick about it, the game is not a fallout game, at least not a fallout 1, 2 & tactics game, i now a lot of fan base is really mad about the fact the game is not a RPG anymore, or that the game doesn't have the fell of the Fallout franchise that the originals had, but, it is a good game, fallout 3 too was not a game with great RPG elements but it was a good game, When Bethesda got the IP for Fallout the game was going for a more FPS type of game to catch up with the necessity of the time, when FPS games were more appealing for the gamers, at least for the new gamers, but maintaining its RPG elements in your own way, i now its a dam shame that the game is not anymore the same RPG story driven game that was, but we have to take risks in these times we have to sacrifice and bet on new ways to improve, i don't see this game as 0 or a 4 but i can see that is a 5 6 or 7, but for me is a 8, not for the pieces that made me happy or the ones that made me mad, but for the total product that gave me 200 hrs of play, and is still a hell 'a of game with content to the brim that i have not seen it all, i just hope that yourself view the game for all of it and not just for the things that make you sad, and i say this:

    The game is WORTH BUYING in its full price for a FPS with a little bit of RPG elements, but its NOT WORTH BUYING for a RPG game, but all in all it still a GOOD GAME.    … Expand
  95. Vroix
    Apr 4, 2016
    8
    This game is like your girlfriend. Sometimes it annoys you, sometimes it entertain you so much that you forget that you have a life.
    Anyway, from my point of view:
    What I liked: + Major improvement on combat (enemies actually take cover, not charging and shoot while running like before). + Shooting is smoother and more fun. + Power Armour system is awesome. + Weapon modification is    This game is like your girlfriend. Sometimes it annoys you, sometimes it entertain you so much that you forget that you have a life.
    Anyway, from my point of view:

    What I liked:
    + Major improvement on combat (enemies actually take cover, not charging and shoot while running like before).
    + Shooting is smoother and more fun.
    + Power Armour system is awesome.
    + Weapon modification is awesome.
    + Building settlement is cool. Really feels like I'm rebuilding the wasteland.
    + Several piece of armour is cool, reminds me of morrowind.
    + Each companion has their own interesting story and quest.
    + Exploring the wasteland is fun.
    + I haven't encountered major bug or glitches so far. No CTD either. It's a good thing for me. Sure there are minor issues like enemies stuck in the wall but that's not a major issue.

    What I'm not sure whether to like or dislike:
    ? I like the new real-time conversation system, but the response I get to choose is kinda meh. Limited to only 4 options.
    ? Removal of skill and integrate it to S.P.E.C.I.A.L and perks.
    ? Graphic is not really fancy, but personally I think it's still acceptable.
    ? Animation is not really smooth.
    ? Voiced protagonist. Often the problem on game with voiced protagonist is, they said things that I was not meant to say.
    ? I thought the world will be truly open, but there are still interior cells. I guess it's still not possible for that to happen with current Engine.

    What I disliked:
    - No Hardcore mode like in New Vegas (perhaps the survival update will make it happen).
    - The Prologue is too rushed.
    - Weapons came out of nowhere. No longer you can see weapons holstered. It's just magically appear :D
    - So far, I haven't see special dialogue that checks our perks/ skill (since skill is gone).
    - No Companion Wheel :(
    - Should've use New Vegas Companion system where you're limited to only use 1 non-human companion and 1 human companion instead of limit all to 1 companion (But mod will fix it soon).
    - Romance system is kinda meh.
    - Too few side quest (compared to TES V side quest).
    - Long loading times (fixed it by turning vsync off)
    - Story, The way Bethesda design the choices and consequences of faction sometimes doesn't make sense to me.    … Expand
  96. neves
    Apr 7, 2016
    8
    A great open-world game. Lives up to the franchise. Bethesda did a good job. The graphics are somewhat lackluster as it is painfully obvious in places that they reused character assets from Skyrim. The story is somewhat trite and stilted. Overall, though, a fun gaming experience with decent replayability. A decent buy, but buy it on sale for great value.
  97. JLindemann
    Apr 10, 2016
    8
    Greate game but not a great fallout game! I found myself playing this game for 100 hours and completing the story. Then there was nothing more to do. If you just want 100-200 hour of great gameplay this game is for you. If you want a great fallout game this is not for you!
  98. Tagirix
    Jul 3, 2016
    8
    Many people tell me that Fallout 4 is **** But I disagree. The point why they think so is that 4 game is pretty similar to the previous ones. Maybe. But as I haven't ever played any Fallout games, I really enjoyed playing Fallout 4. Yes, sometimes the game makes you angry, but eventually you start loving it. Interesting quests (with the except of sidequests), pretty good combat system (aMany people tell me that Fallout 4 is **** But I disagree. The point why they think so is that 4 game is pretty similar to the previous ones. Maybe. But as I haven't ever played any Fallout games, I really enjoyed playing Fallout 4. Yes, sometimes the game makes you angry, but eventually you start loving it. Interesting quests (with the except of sidequests), pretty good combat system (a lot of weapons and stuff). The con is lack of unforgettable soundtrack. Whatever people and journalists say, I'd definitely recommend trying Fallout 4, especially if you haven't ever played Fallout.

    P.S. Currently I have got 70 hours played, and I haven't completed any DLCs fully.    … Expand
  99. Udrakan
    Jun 6, 2016
    8
    Fallout 4... Fallout 4 is finaly here. I have finished Fallout 3+all DLCs, Fallout: New Vegas+all DLCs because I was on a hype train. Here I will tell you my experience from Fallout 4. This game had potential to be better, sure but there wasn't a single thought of dissapointment in my gameplay. I am lvl 106 now and this is my 2nd most favourite Fallout game after New Vegas. The game is soFallout 4... Fallout 4 is finaly here. I have finished Fallout 3+all DLCs, Fallout: New Vegas+all DLCs because I was on a hype train. Here I will tell you my experience from Fallout 4. This game had potential to be better, sure but there wasn't a single thought of dissapointment in my gameplay. I am lvl 106 now and this is my 2nd most favourite Fallout game after New Vegas. The game is so good I don't go to sleep somedays and just continue playing before I go to work in the morning. There is so much stuff, so many ways to do stuff. This game is just amazing. DLCs are a bit pricey but they will get cheaper in time, they are worth it. The emotion in this game, locations, music... everything is what you would expect from a proper Fallout game. This is definetly a VERY GOOD game. Revolutionary? No, but still a very good and memorable game. Do you need skill to play this? On survival difficulty definetly YES. On lower difficulties even new gamer will enjoy the game. I'd recommend this to every kind of player. Strategist will find his place in building settlements and tactics in combat. Stealth player will enjoy stealth options and different enemy AIs, player who just doesn't care and wants some rampage will find tons of crazy weapons and intimidation dialogue with tons of creatures to slay. This game is legendary.… Expand
  100. Hyde_333
    Feb 7, 2023
    8
    My favourite Fallout game to date.

    Why? Because I can basically make whatever experience I want with this game. Survival? Check. Shooter? Check. Base Builder? Check.

    It's not even that buggy, especially with the amazing modding community fixing stuff Bethesda can't be bothered to.

    Is it perfect? No. Is it fun? Yes.
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  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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