Fallout 4

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  1. Petrosky
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Outdated subpar graphics, poor animations, unintuitive clunky interfaces, recycled gameplay. Incoherent story (you witness Boston being nuked, yet the entire city is intact? I mean come on seriously...) the ending is carbon copied from FO3. This is a lazy cash grab from beth seriously pathetic.
  2. regalbryant
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    this game **** sucks. i dont care what all the fanboys who will stand by this company just because, if you release a game it should be finished. also wheres the morality system? there's no real consequence for being evil, where just in the year 2008 fallout 3, there was a morality system, you knew you were being bad, and oh it felt so good. this game there is no such thing, just yourthis game **** sucks. i dont care what all the fanboys who will stand by this company just because, if you release a game it should be finished. also wheres the morality system? there's no real consequence for being evil, where just in the year 2008 fallout 3, there was a morality system, you knew you were being bad, and oh it felt so good. this game there is no such thing, just your companion disliking it, by golly im worried. oh yeah you can be "sarcastic"!!! oh the choices!! no amount of fanboyism can just act like this game has no problems whatsoever. even the first 2 fallouts were better.
    10/10 would act like its a god given gift to play this game again    … Expand
  3. Jeffyjoe
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    The UI for this is ridiculous. Remapping keys was very badly done. I'm left handed so I use my mouse with my left hand and tend to use arrow keys or keypad for fingerwork. tried remapping the interact key, most of the things I still need to press E for. I remapped the arrow keys for movement, but now I can't move while I'm in the building mode (you really need to be able to move inThe UI for this is ridiculous. Remapping keys was very badly done. I'm left handed so I use my mouse with my left hand and tend to use arrow keys or keypad for fingerwork. tried remapping the interact key, most of the things I still need to press E for. I remapped the arrow keys for movement, but now I can't move while I'm in the building mode (you really need to be able to move in building mode). I tried remapping the movement keys to the number pad. The game just flat out won't let you. So basically playing this game has become a ridiculous unenjoyable chore. I can't even get around to gameplay because the UI is so terribly setup I hate playing it. If Bethesday pulls there head out of there asses and makes this mess playable I might change my mind. However the condition this game came out in is a joke. It's like they didn't even care wether this game was in a state to be played on release.… Expand
  4. fakk3
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    This game is simply copy and paste of Fallout 3 but with more shooting, action, explosions and BUGS. Dialogues are castrated to short speeches and are similar to Mass Effect. The character development system is simplified and this looks like not in true cRPG. And Where is RON PERLMAN in intro?! How dare you remove so important and canonical voice for this series?!
  5. 731
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    Finally, it has happened. Bethesda has finally realized how bad they are at making RPG's so they go all-out with this post-apocalyptic Far Cry. Skyrim with guns? Ha, you wish. At least in Skyrim you had the desire to find out something interesting despite the **** design. In Fallout 4, your desire to vomit stops you even from laughing at the bland characters, HORRIBLE writing, crappyFinally, it has happened. Bethesda has finally realized how bad they are at making RPG's so they go all-out with this post-apocalyptic Far Cry. Skyrim with guns? Ha, you wish. At least in Skyrim you had the desire to find out something interesting despite the **** design. In Fallout 4, your desire to vomit stops you even from laughing at the bland characters, HORRIBLE writing, crappy voice-overs, dumbed down systems and retarded AI.

    Everything in this game is a step down from New Vegas and even Fallout 3 and Skyrim. Gone are the Fallout skills systems, reactivity and robust dialogue. They way Bethesda bastardized such an important core of Fallout is just baffling to me.

    Bethesda has never known how to properly write their games, and Fallout 4 is the ultimate testament to this. The new dialogue wheel is simply atrocious and I don't even want to guess how much ganja was consumed when the storyline was written. The opening is the ultimate cringe, even by Bethesda's standards. Main quest doesn't matter ? Guess neither do characters, side quests and dialogue. Because they are all garbage too.

    So, the legendary Bethesda performance? As expected, the game runs like **** and I've encountered more bugs than I care to list. Modders are going to have to work triple shifts to make this console port even semi-playable.
    I don't even care about the graphics that much, sure they are quite lame considering it's 2015 but art direction is actually alright at times. The lighting makes for some moody environments and gunplay actually feels improved but I am kinda past caring at this point.

    Bethesda, you sure never change. You won't even bother to improve the biggest shortcomings and bugs of your previous games. But hey, it's okay when Bethesda does it because their bugs are "heheheh so funny".

    GOTY 2015    … Expand
  6. diendjap
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    A very mediocre game by all standards. Gameplay is a straightforward FPS with some role-playing elements, RPG elements are dumbed down significantly even compared to Fallout 3, dialogue is really bad, graphics look fine if you look at something from far away, but once you get close, Creation Engine really 'shines' with its horrible textures, audio is pretty good, animations are terrible.A very mediocre game by all standards. Gameplay is a straightforward FPS with some role-playing elements, RPG elements are dumbed down significantly even compared to Fallout 3, dialogue is really bad, graphics look fine if you look at something from far away, but once you get close, Creation Engine really 'shines' with its horrible textures, audio is pretty good, animations are terrible. Story is really bad, especially the ending (which is binary, by the way). Some of the dialogue is B-movie tier, some of it is C-movie tier. That's about it. PC port also crashes a lot for me, so 4/10 for me.… Expand
  7. peikko
    Nov 11, 2015
    2
    Played nine hours and asked for a refund from steam (which was refused) even though most of the time was spent trying to get the game to run and reloading due to glitches.

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

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

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

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

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

    The final nail in the coffin for me is the total lack of atmosphere in the game, at no point in the nine hours did I feel as engaged as I did in NV.    … Expand
  8. ayylmao420
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    -Dumbed down
    -Idiotic dialogues with limited dialogue options (previous games had 10 or 15 well crafted dialogue options, this one always has 4 and mostly "Ok", "No" "What?" etc. what a joke.
    -Graphics are bad
    -Invisible walls everywhere and world is small
    -Less rpg, more shooting and action
    -Not much improvement from 3
  9. ysiwnb
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    Realy bad game. Hard to control your character and the world does not help. Apart from the glitches, the game suffers due to bad optimization. People say story>graphics. Well this game has both bad story and bad graphics. I would not recommend this game.
  10. kurter
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    This is without a doubt one of the worst games I've ever played and that's no exaggeration.

    Almost EVERTHING is bad. There's no fun at all. The combat is tedious. Yes shooting is improved but everything just jumps you. Some of the first raiders in the game throw molotov cocktails at you which is basically an instakill. Playing on Surival makes everything into a bulletsponge. The    This is without a doubt one of the worst games I've ever played and that's no exaggeration.

    Almost EVERTHING is bad. There's no fun at all. The combat is tedious. Yes shooting is improved but everything just jumps you. Some of the first raiders in the game throw molotov cocktails at you which is basically an instakill. Playing on Surival makes everything into a bulletsponge.

    The dialogues are completely stupid and make no sense. People don't introduce themselves, you magically know them, because maybe another character is supposed to introduce them. It doesn't matter if you hear the name you just know it all of a sudden. There are no choices. You can either say YES in 3 different ways or NO and leave. Then the game will wait until you say YES.

    The fact that it's voiced makes it even worse because it effectively ruins any role playing you might have had intended. I want to be a moronic brute who couldn't care less about any living being yet I have to look for my infant son and love my dog (who chooses to sit on his lap whining after he takes some hits. Then I have to option to heal him with a stimpack but why the **** would I do that when I can just wait 10 seconds and he's happily jumping around again?).

    Quests? Can't say because I haven't gotten anything yet. Only quest I got was go there kill the raiders. But that's out of the question because I only have like 200 bullets and there's about 30+ enemies. There's no indication where to go so you just stumble on through the wasteland but you'll come across some tough eniemies right from the bat. There's no pacing of story or gameworld.

    The perk system is laughable. Of course it gives you some kind of individuality but in the end it doesn't matter. And even the oh so praised crafting system turns into hoard everything to get adhesive (because you know when you want to harden that metal armor you need some glue...).

    You can't kill people that annoy you which in Fallout 4 is EVERYONE. I came across two totally random characters (a woman and her Jet Junkie son) and they were killable. But the first big town and people SIT ON THE GROUND after you hit them. But of course everyone is hostile then and kills you.

    I've played through the complete Fallout 3. Not the add-ons but the main game. I was frustrated like everyone else about what they did to our Fallout but damn I took it for what it was, and I even enjoyed it to a degree. But there's absolutely nothing redeeming about Fallout 4.

    The graphics are fine since I don't care that much, but the framedrops in certain areas are unbelievable. My system ran Witcher 3 on highest settings.

    I am not even mad but rather shocked at how incompetent and uncaring Bethesda really is. Apparently a big sum of the money usually used for development went straight into the pockets of gaming journalists. There's no other explanation for the oustanding praise this pile of **** has garnered so far.

    You are embarassing liars.    … Expand
  11. ObliviousAdobo
    Nov 13, 2015
    2
    The writing in this game is the typical abysmal writing we've come to expect from Bethesda, actual gameplay is good I guess but it's not Fallout. This game isn't a RPG it's some linear sandbox shooter game and has little to none of the original charm and personality that made the previous ones good. If you're unfamiliar to the series then you'll probably enjoy this game with no issue otherThe writing in this game is the typical abysmal writing we've come to expect from Bethesda, actual gameplay is good I guess but it's not Fallout. This game isn't a RPG it's some linear sandbox shooter game and has little to none of the original charm and personality that made the previous ones good. If you're unfamiliar to the series then you'll probably enjoy this game with no issue other than the occasional bug that will probably be patched given time and probably not care about how unbalanced the game is since part of what makes a sandbox game fun is all the broken things you can do in it. Also while I disagree with giving it a zero, don't be rating a 10 to cancel it out please because you're just skewing the rating and that making the user score unreliable.… Expand
  12. Hendricks
    Nov 30, 2015
    0
    Bethesda completely gutted their franchise, sacrificing the soul of their franchise in exchange for a quick pay day. The things that make Fallout what it is have been removed from this game. This is not a Role Playing Game, this is an open world shooter. You do not play a role, you are a designed character. The game has completely lost it's immersion and the world feels cold and empty, itBethesda completely gutted their franchise, sacrificing the soul of their franchise in exchange for a quick pay day. The things that make Fallout what it is have been removed from this game. This is not a Role Playing Game, this is an open world shooter. You do not play a role, you are a designed character. The game has completely lost it's immersion and the world feels cold and empty, it is impossible to forget you are playing a game. The worlds of Fallout New Vegas and Skyrim felt like they were alive, the characters had wants and needs, they had worries, they had motives, I cared about their stories and was able to base my further decisions in the game on those stories and those lives that felt like they really were being affected. The characters in Fallout 4 are a joke, they never feel authentic, though that may be due to the fact that Bethesda took away ALL decision making in this game. There is no choice in dialogue, just different ways of saying the same thing, seriously, your responses do not change anything, at all, ever. There is no weapon repair, there is no skills, SPECIAL doesn't matter, the closest RPG element is the fact that you level up and get "perks" (just stat increases, not really perks). You, of course, cannot play a "role" as there is no decision making or different between your character and everyone else for the most part., you cannot role play in this game. I could go on and on, but I've been clear, this is not Fallout as you would expect a sequel, this is an open world shooter that takes place in the Fallout world, but this game should not be Fallout 4.… Expand
  13. Bondagga
    Nov 10, 2015
    5
    So... I don't know, man. You start the game and everythng feels great. Back in Fallout. Feels like a 10/10 game. It has a great, great buildup.
    After that, it all goes downhill. You start noticing how atrocious the writing and overall story are. You notice how bland the characters are, and how empty the world is. There are barely any interesting NPC's or stories, especially if you compare    So... I don't know, man. You start the game and everythng feels great. Back in Fallout. Feels like a 10/10 game. It has a great, great buildup.
    After that, it all goes downhill. You start noticing how atrocious the writing and overall story are. You notice how bland the characters are, and how empty the world is. There are barely any interesting NPC's or stories, especially if you compare FO4 to games like New Vegas or The Witcher 3. Bethesda's writers are simply bad at their job, they can't write a single inspiring quest.
    Most of the quests are fetch quests, and the dialogue wheel doesn't help either (it feels like they told a few different people to write responses and they had no idea what the other's prepared, only the general idea of it). It's insulting and depressing how dumbed down it is, with choises that basically don't matter at all.
    Combined with the skills having been removed, and the fact that there are only perks and SPECIAL now, you can easily see how streamlimed they've made it. I felt like I played an FPS game, not an RPG.

    I won't even start talking about graphical side of the game, because Bethesda is stuck in the year 2011.    … Expand
  14. Jeek
    Nov 15, 2015
    3
    I love Fallout 3 and New Vegas so much that it feels very weird to say there is Fallout game i don't like. Fallout 4 is buggy mess and made the game completely different than Fallout 3 and NW. Question is why? Dialogues are now a lot worse, so is leveling up. And am i the only one who doesn't give a **** about building your own HQ?

    This is just not a good game. How is it possible for    I love Fallout 3 and New Vegas so much that it feels very weird to say there is Fallout game i don't like. Fallout 4 is buggy mess and made the game completely different than Fallout 3 and NW. Question is why? Dialogues are now a lot worse, so is leveling up. And am i the only one who doesn't give a **** about building your own HQ?

    This is just not a good game. How is it possible for Bethesda **** up Fallout game so badly? I'm not sure anymore do i even want new Elder Scrolls...    … Expand
  15. maxpaint
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This is a total scam. It's not even a Fallout game. It makes Fallout 3 and New Vegas look like perfect continuations to the original RPG titles, which it's anything but. I want my time and money back. And shame on you Bethesda for ruining the series.

    I don't want to waste any more of my time complaining so I'll list the problems as a warning to those of you who were thinking of getting    This is a total scam. It's not even a Fallout game. It makes Fallout 3 and New Vegas look like perfect continuations to the original RPG titles, which it's anything but. I want my time and money back. And shame on you Bethesda for ruining the series.

    I don't want to waste any more of my time complaining so I'll list the problems as a warning to those of you who were thinking of getting it:

    - Bugs, bugs, bugs and more bugs. Models and textures glitch, broken game physics, doesn't work with SLI. Bad framerate on a gaming spec system that runs everything maxed out.
    - Zero RPG element with no dialogue. Uses the console styled "wheel" with vague responses that do nothing for the story.
    - Bad storyline. Boring and generic and you're dragged on a linear path. Your choices don't matter.
    - Bad interface. A pain to use with the keyboard and mouse.
    - Field of vision too small. Hard to see anything especially with the weapon blocking half the screen.
    - Bad graphics. It looks like FO3. And FO3 modded looks better than this 2015 release.
    - The map and world is tiny and restrictive. Unimaginative. Nothing unique scattered around to pique your interest. Feels like they hired mappers who made the rest of the top budget generic corridor shooters.
    - Boring gameplay. Shoot random enemies that come straight for you or stand in the open firing their weapons at you like there wasn't an AI programmed. And do more of the same.
    - The world building they hyped up was so preset it felt like grinding to make things appear. Doesn't hold a candle to the Real Time Settlers mod.

    I'm never preordering a game ever again. They'll break all promises to make a quick buck.    … Expand
  16. Yajuu
    Nov 17, 2015
    0
    Bethesda killed Fallout.

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

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

    The good:

    + Weapon crafting
    + Improved gunplay
    + Detailed character creator

    The bad:

    - No traits
    - No skill points
    - No karma
    - No faction reputation
    - Dumbed down dialogue: Yes / No / Sarcastic / I dont understand
    - No weapon/armor degrading
    - No optional hardcore mode (Needing water/food/rest)
    - Awful writing and uninspired story
    - Bad voice acting
    - Very little choice and consequence
    - Extremely buggy
    - Bad performance on all platforms    … Expand
  17. TommyTheITGuy
    Nov 12, 2015
    3
    It was a mistake to let Bethesda handle this franchise. They don't understand what a postapo game should look like. This game looks like a FPS game with more dialogues, has an unbalanced loot system, 80% of your enemies are raiders and ghouls, the story is pretty average tbh and tons of other things gone wrong, like for example, F4 still has the same bugs that were present in Oblivion,It was a mistake to let Bethesda handle this franchise. They don't understand what a postapo game should look like. This game looks like a FPS game with more dialogues, has an unbalanced loot system, 80% of your enemies are raiders and ghouls, the story is pretty average tbh and tons of other things gone wrong, like for example, F4 still has the same bugs that were present in Oblivion, showing us that Bethesda can't patch 9-year old bugs in their engine. The UI is just copy-pasted from the console version and looks awful. The graphics are pretty mediocre as well, remove some effects and it will look worse than in F3. The SPECIAL and Perks systems were literally DESTROYED in this game - they just tried to make a Skyrim in a postapo world. And really Bethesda, you give us only two radios? And one with classical music - what's up with that? No references from F1/F2/FNV in F4. The game doesn't support 5:4, 4:3, 21:9 monitors, which is pretty bad. The game is overall also absurdly easy to play, there are no challenges even at hardest difficulty, regardless of your stats.

    3/10, would not bang.    … Expand
  18. Spartank45
    Nov 15, 2015
    3
    This shouldn't even be considered a Fallout-- compared to its predecessors in the series, it is a massive step in the wrong direction. Removal of skills, simplified/cringe-worthy dialogue, no innovation in freedom of choice, uninteresting NPC's and quests, and an incredibly linear story line. The only decent thing about this 'Fallout" is the customization and gunfights-- everything else isThis shouldn't even be considered a Fallout-- compared to its predecessors in the series, it is a massive step in the wrong direction. Removal of skills, simplified/cringe-worthy dialogue, no innovation in freedom of choice, uninteresting NPC's and quests, and an incredibly linear story line. The only decent thing about this 'Fallout" is the customization and gunfights-- everything else is a large letdown. I waited 7 long-ass years to play this game, and when I saw the trailer footage for the first time, tears of joy came to my eyes; thanks Todd for a 60$ disappointment. Never pre-ordering a Bethesda game again, fml.… Expand
  19. redcoatzygote
    Nov 16, 2015
    3
    I have to say before writing this that I am a hardcore fallout fan. I played the first fallout game back in '03 and it was a truly amazing experience.

    Then I played 2, and I loved it even more than the first. I was not a massive fan of tactics or BoS, but then again not many people were. Then came Fallout 3, which at the time I enjoyed but whenever I play it now I struggle to enjoy    I have to say before writing this that I am a hardcore fallout fan. I played the first fallout game back in '03 and it was a truly amazing experience.

    Then I played 2, and I loved it even more than the first. I was not a massive fan of tactics or BoS, but then again not many people were.

    Then came Fallout 3, which at the time I enjoyed but whenever I play it now I struggle to enjoy it. I think the main reason for this was the fact that most decisions did not seem meaningful, and the world seemed like it heavily revolved around the player character, and did not have their own motivations/lives behind the scenes e.g. how you can just do a couple missions, being with a faction for less than a week and become the leader of the faction, which would obviously never happen to anyone but the player.

    After that was New Vegas, which is now tied with 2 for my favorite game of all time. It had the new FPS elements but did not sacrifice it's identity as primarily an RPG. It had interesting characters that did not react to the player as the magical center of the universe. Everything was explained, and not only were the dialogue/missions rich in quantity, but they were also rich in quantity. I was also a big fan of the new setting and not to mention, the DLCs were all fantastic (with the exception of Honest Hearts).

    Then Fallout 4 was announced, and naturally, I was very excited for it, even though Bethesda made it, and I had not been impressed with any of their recent work. The countdown went down until it reached 0 and the teaser trailer was released. Overall, I liked the new art-style and thought the combat that they showed looked good. At E3 though, they showed the game in much more detail and revealed that they had removed skills, given the player character a pre-defined personality/life, as well as a voice. All of these things were OK with me though, because they could easily be worked around with mods. The thing that really pushed me over the edge was the fact that there are only ever 4 dialogue options now, and they are always pretty much just "Yes, no, sarcastic or a question". They even put them always in the same position e.g. Yes is always at the bottom, no on the right, etc. This, coupled with the fact that I already knew that Bethesda really struggled with making interesting stories, meant that this game was going to be an primarily an FPS and secondarily an RPG.

    Now that the game has come out and I have sunk 60 hrs into it, I can safely say that I was right. The optimization is awful 90% of the locations are just **** dungeons that you go into, kill some raiders and get some ammo from a crate at the end. The story is terrible, and you get shoehorned into the concerned parent role no matter what you do. These are only the few things wrong with the game that I can be bothered to list.

    If you are a fan of 1, 2 and New Vegas, this game is certainly not for you. If you want a really, really dumbed down version of Fallout 3 with better combat then you will probably like it.

    The fact that users give this game an average of 5.1 compared to critics with 8.6, shows that critics are not your friends when looking to buy games. I think if you were to compare only the in-depth reviews that talk in detail about all aspects of the game, the average would be between 2 and 4.

    tl;dr Don't pay money for this pile of garbage.    … Expand
  20. CNGA
    Nov 23, 2015
    3
    I gave it a 3 only cause it's a pretty world. This is so disappointing, I'm actually cut, I even per-ordered the pip-boy edition. My expectations were high. Simply put, this is not a good RPG, this is an adequate open world shooter though (No Shadow of Chernobyl though). As for choice, dialogue and subsequently immersion are the cornerstones of a good modern RPG, in this it simply does notI gave it a 3 only cause it's a pretty world. This is so disappointing, I'm actually cut, I even per-ordered the pip-boy edition. My expectations were high. Simply put, this is not a good RPG, this is an adequate open world shooter though (No Shadow of Chernobyl though). As for choice, dialogue and subsequently immersion are the cornerstones of a good modern RPG, in this it simply does not deliver. Dialogue is simply non-existent, the intro is the worst I've seen Bethesda do... it's overly hammed up tripe.... It's bad... like Poltergeist 2 or 3 bad... I'm being spoon fed everything, there is nothing to discover, no mystery, no sense of being in a Falloutesque world.

    I feel it's Fallout for a CoD audience.

    Maybe I'm fussy, but the intellectual stimulation of a good modern RPG simply isn't here. I honestly feel more immersion in the combat based Dark Souls 1 & 2 than I do this game. AND THERE'S NO DAMN DIALOGUE IN THOSE!! It really does feel like it's been dumbed down so much all immersion has been lost.

    Again, I may be a fussy gamer, I still think VTMB is the hallmark of 3d RPGs and I do believe good dialogue makes an RPG... and Fallout 4 has all but done away with dialogue as an in-game mechanism, this isn't a design choice, this is lazy, dialogue trees are hard, and hard to make entertaining, it's easier just not to do them.

    The only reason I've persevered thus far is because it's Fallout, and cause I hope it gets better. But I'll be honest, I would have binned this long ago if it were anything else.

    So disappointing.

    Doom 4 you'd better be good.    … Expand
  21. tibs2403
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    The voice acting hinders on role-playing. The dialogue options are abhorent. Most of the time you can't make out what the MC might say beforehand. Note that I'm calling him the Main Character. and not "you". This is no longer an RPG. Animations have been recycled from Fallout 3 and Skyrim. The graphics are last-gen. They lied about minimum requirements. They lied about no loading screensThe voice acting hinders on role-playing. The dialogue options are abhorent. Most of the time you can't make out what the MC might say beforehand. Note that I'm calling him the Main Character. and not "you". This is no longer an RPG. Animations have been recycled from Fallout 3 and Skyrim. The graphics are last-gen. They lied about minimum requirements. They lied about no loading screens anywhere. Fetch quests. The settlement system is mundane and gets real boring real quick. "Taken" story with a sub-par twist.
    Let. Obsidian. Make. A. Good. Game. Again.    … Expand
  22. smoothietime
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    This game plays much more like a Call of Duty or Halo game. Those games are fine in their own right, but this isn't what I wanted when I was told I'd be playing an open world RPG...

    I hate modern gaming **** me
  23. Doombeldore
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    Very disappointing, genuinely feels like they have added nothing new to this game in terms of mechanics, AI and story. It will no doubt sell fantastically based on peoples previous experiences with Fallout but this is the last time I personally buy a Bethesda game so blindly.
  24. anon6076
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Awful, simply awful.
    Quests - idiocy, you've just got out of hibernation: 'hi man, we got fusion core down there, power armor and minigun, go grab it and kill some people, right. Go kill some raiders, kill them more. Plant some food, you did already? Doesn't matter go do it. Hey, we have a junkie with prophetic powers, really.
    Characters: absolutely boring
    Role playing: you can be worrying for Shawn parent, or worrying for Shawn parent, and of course - worrying for baby.
    Dialogues: Yes, no, joke, what=yes.
    Crafting: go collect some garbage and make more beds, more, we need more.
    Physics: cathedral with foundation of wooden stair
    Graphics: awful everything - **** textures, melted plastic faces, plastic hair, no mirror images, seriously, doom 1 had them, but no, it's 20 years of progress - no mirrors for you.
    Interface: throw garbage on the floor, enter workshop mode, point, press R), now press Enter. You cant recycle from inventory, everything is separated, unsorted inventory lists, HUGE pip boy and hand with tiny letters of 15 per line.

    What the hell was Bethesda doing for 7 years? It's looks like a product of one modder's work for year with F3 editor.    … Expand
  25. Purukinho
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Gráficos ultrapassados e taxa de quadros oscilantes, alem do preço absurdo que foi sobrado na steam para um jogo que não tem nem MP.
    Creio eu que a parte dos gráficos estarem abaixo é por conta dos consoles atrasando como ja é de costume.
  26. JoonMoon
    Nov 23, 2015
    0
    84. Well, I guess no bonuses, right? LMAO!

    Bethesda, you failed so much. Why you even bought this franchise? Just give it to Obsidian. They know what is Fallout, unlike you.
  27. naxilo
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    (TL;DR AT BOTTOM)

    We're this a game by another other name not known as an Rpg First before anything else, it would have gotten a 5/10. It gets zero from me as it's yet again another half effort attempt to cash in on a franchise that has gained immense popularity by tailoring it to as many different people as possible since the release of Fallout 3. This is an Rpg in name only, much    (TL;DR AT BOTTOM)

    We're this a game by another other name not known as an Rpg First before anything else, it would have gotten a 5/10. It gets zero from me as it's yet again another half effort attempt to cash in on a franchise that has gained immense popularity by tailoring it to as many different people as possible since the release of Fallout 3.

    This is an Rpg in name only, much of what made Fallout an actual rpg has been thrown out for the sake of keeping it "simple" to the point the game expects most of its players to be at best children. Mindless action with admittedly superior gunplay are the only things keeping this amusing, with the character models being improved over the hideous ones from the previous 2 games as another bonus.

    However the story is as predictable as it is simple, with the writing probably being of the worst quality akin to a B movie script at best. Dialogue is at times cringe worthy, with few characters being in any way interesting to those requiring more than a laser pointer to entertain them. Some characters however I've noted have lots of potential but quickly drop off what with the restrictions of having such a small amount of dialogue present in the game.

    And that really sums up Fallout 4 for me; It had so much potential yet dropped the ball in near every way.

    You'll see many reviewers giving this title a 10/10 as it diverts further away from what made Fallout great, Rpg elements, grand story and a plethora of well built content to explore. It may be fine as an every gamer kind of game but for true fallout fans, this is one disappointing title.

    To rate it as high as far more respectable games such as Witcher 3 or MGS 5 is a notion most would find laughable.

    **TL;DR : You like CoD? Hate good story and RPGs? Get this. Other wise, Rent it or wait for Obsidian to do another Fallout. 0/10**    … Expand
  28. Advocater
    Nov 18, 2015
    0
    I'm sorry but it needs to be said: This game can't be reviewed because in my opinion it is unpolished...unfinished...and basically a post-nuclear Skyrim. Out of all the big AAA game releases this year, Fallout 4 spits in the face of its own hype. The across the board glitches, late PS2/early PS3 textures, and the dull storyline clearly indicate that this 'game' did not spend enough timeI'm sorry but it needs to be said: This game can't be reviewed because in my opinion it is unpolished...unfinished...and basically a post-nuclear Skyrim. Out of all the big AAA game releases this year, Fallout 4 spits in the face of its own hype. The across the board glitches, late PS2/early PS3 textures, and the dull storyline clearly indicate that this 'game' did not spend enough time in the oven. It is my contention that Bethesda released this disaster with full expectation of a horde of modders descending on it to fix its many and gratuitous faults. (Hooray, for the modders...Boo for Bethesda for using you as a resource for free labor).

    In the wake of The Witcher 3 and yes, even GTA V this can't be the "masterpiece' that Bethesda wanted to gift the gaming world. The fact that the major review sites can even give it such high scores has permanently damaged my opinion of their objectivity and increased my possibly paranoid belief in a behind the scenes payola scheme.

    Avoid this at all costs... or at least until the talented modders have transformed it into the game it SHOULD be a year from now.    … Expand
  29. Fran_cisco
    Nov 22, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. RPG elements core to the franchise are close to non existant

    SPECIAL is meaningless pretty much everywhere

    The controls are a nightmare to use, it's obviously badly ported from console. A PC game with **** mouse controls? Yeah they actually screwed that up too. Want to use the mouse wheel on some menus? Nope!

    The story is way too streamlined, few choices, with mostly no consequences.
    Terribly written story.

    Performance: Never stable 60 FPS, some times as low as 10. Even in monster computers the performance sinks.

    This lump of crap isn't worthy of the Fallout name.    … Expand
  30. Whadafug
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    All I will say is: Bethesda. Bethesda never changes.

    I'm not really sure how or why they think this is an acceptable release in today's world? It is utterly and totally outclassed by games like Dragon Age: Inquisition and The Witcher 3. Fallout New Vegas is a vastly superior game from a gameplay stand point. The game world lacks charm and often doesn't give you enough reasons to mesh    All I will say is: Bethesda. Bethesda never changes.

    I'm not really sure how or why they think this is an acceptable release in today's world?

    It is utterly and totally outclassed by games like Dragon Age: Inquisition and The Witcher 3. Fallout New Vegas is a vastly superior game from a gameplay stand point. The game world lacks charm and often doesn't give you enough reasons to mesh with it emotionally. Case in point: the start of the game is too short to have anything resembling a meaningful emotional impact, despite wife, baby and dog. The graphics aren't even true next gen (again, The Witcher 3 makes it look like a late XBox 360 title).

    I won't go any further; don't want to spoil the awful for you.

    Then again, we have to remember that this is a game from a company that thought it would be "cool" to profit off modifications that have traditionally been free, so expecting them to actually invest in and make a game that moves the franchise on in any meaningful way is a tall order.

    Bethesda won't be enjoying their lofty position for much longer if this is the best they can manage. Along with Blizzard, it seems all my favourite developers of yore have become greedy, self-congratulationist corporate gits. Frankly.    … Expand
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#31 Best PC Game of 2015
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Metascore
84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

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