Fallout 4

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  1. strangergv1
    Nov 14, 2015
    9
    This game is the best fallout that I played. Fallout 4 has made massive improvement over new Vegas and fallout 3 there is no copy and pasted environments of textures from Fallout new Vegas and fallout 3. Fallout 4 is high in texture and Detail with a huge atmospheric world realistic lighting and shadows with a huge open world to explore ,atmospheric weather, fallout radiation storms, dayThis game is the best fallout that I played. Fallout 4 has made massive improvement over new Vegas and fallout 3 there is no copy and pasted environments of textures from Fallout new Vegas and fallout 3. Fallout 4 is high in texture and Detail with a huge atmospheric world realistic lighting and shadows with a huge open world to explore ,atmospheric weather, fallout radiation storms, day and night cycle is brilliantly done. There's crafting in the game so you can be creative, a huge selection of Clothing outfits with different armor for each limb. the power armor is awesome. shooting is tight, gameplay mechanics is solid, a good story, graphics is pretty good and a huge option of side missions. I like the perk system, the option to melee attack with firearms is a nice touch.

    Don't pay no mind to those that come here to give this game a 0 they clearly haven't played this game    … Expand
  2. TyLee
    Nov 14, 2015
    2
    Too many problems that I end up dropping the game after a few hours. A lot more bugs than I expected at launch. Dialogue is a huge step backwards from previous games. Loading screens are incredibly long. stuttering most of the time, and so many more problems. Could have been better.
  3. 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
  4. bull3271
    Nov 14, 2015
    2
    The game is very deceiving. The dialogue are not interesting at all and become very boring fat making the story unappealing. The navigation trough pip boy is becoming really annoying fast. The AI is buggy and stupid. Not a recommended buy
  5. CHEFKOCH
    Nov 14, 2015
    4
    contra:
    -poor optimization
    -weak graphics
    -crap story
    -bad dialog system
    -no lipsync, weak character models
    -heavy bugs
    -mediocre skillsystem
    -stupid AI
    -quests are awfully boring
    -weak synchro
    -inconvenient console UI

    Pro:
    -good Loot-System
    -craftsystem
  6. NullBeast
    Nov 14, 2015
    1
    No longer RPG, quests feel like MMO quests and the story is like a can of pea soup watered down with a few bits of "oh ok thats alright". Getting stuck in elevators, jumping over things to find out I cannot jump back over to have to load a save and getting stuck inside a building after an npc used a door outside THE ONLY ONE OUT and they buggered the door so it never closed. A couple ofNo longer RPG, quests feel like MMO quests and the story is like a can of pea soup watered down with a few bits of "oh ok thats alright". Getting stuck in elevators, jumping over things to find out I cannot jump back over to have to load a save and getting stuck inside a building after an npc used a door outside THE ONLY ONE OUT and they buggered the door so it never closed. A couple of things like that and the feeling and atmosphere of the game would shine through but it's such a repetitive thing that it grinds away the real enjoyment of it.
    The game gets a 1 from me only because Dogmeat is back and looking wonderful.    … Expand
  7. Babinski
    Nov 14, 2015
    6
    I played it for a while and it's a great game. My advise, pick the Reshade framework, decrease the saturation, increase the contrast and activate LumaSharpen if you are using TXAA. The graphics are going to look waaaaaay better. I don't get why Bethesda went for this cartoony look. The graphics are awesome, it's just a matter of getting the art style to be more realistic The game is fun,I played it for a while and it's a great game. My advise, pick the Reshade framework, decrease the saturation, increase the contrast and activate LumaSharpen if you are using TXAA. The graphics are going to look waaaaaay better. I don't get why Bethesda went for this cartoony look. The graphics are awesome, it's just a matter of getting the art style to be more realistic The game is fun, and has lots of potential for modding. I'd give it a 9 but had to make it a 10 to counteract these whiny kids who gave it a zero.… Expand
  8. Tillakanesis
    Nov 14, 2015
    4
    I'm not gonna bother spending an hour writing a review because almost everything wrong with the game you can find on all the other deserved LOW scores. But basically Bethesda **** over true fans of the series to invite over casuals.

    They rid the game of the Karma System, Reputations, and Stat leveling. The Dialogue is so **** bad it's funny. And never have I seen a fallout game where    I'm not gonna bother spending an hour writing a review because almost everything wrong with the game you can find on all the other deserved LOW scores. But basically Bethesda **** over true fans of the series to invite over casuals.

    They rid the game of the Karma System, Reputations, and Stat leveling. The Dialogue is so **** bad it's funny. And never have I seen a fallout game where dialogue has absolutely no impact. The story flat out sucks. And Bethesda chose your character for you. This isn't an RPG, it's COD open world with some pathetic excuses for RPG elements.

    Don't 'but' this game if you loved previous installments. Don't 'but' this game anyway, Bethesda can **** off if it wants to screw over it's fans for more money. This is ridiculous. This doesn't even reach the amount of WOW Bethesda usually create with their games, it feels like they ripped the code straight from Fallout 3 but made it HD, and also stripped the game to a skeleton. It is Bad.    … Expand
  9. Ambient
    Nov 14, 2015
    1
    It's Fallout for kids.

    The writing and voice acting are insultingly bad, and you are no longer the protagonist - you play a badly voice acted, badly written character who can only interact with other badly voice acted, badly written characters by saying "Yes" "No" "Maybe" "Why here?" "Sarcastic." So basically your dialogue wheel choices imitate a low-intelligence character from the    It's Fallout for kids.

    The writing and voice acting are insultingly bad, and you are no longer the protagonist - you play a badly voice acted, badly written character who can only interact with other badly voice acted, badly written characters by saying "Yes" "No" "Maybe" "Why here?" "Sarcastic." So basically your dialogue wheel choices imitate a low-intelligence character from the previous Fallout games.

    As a longtime Fallout fan I can see where some of the complaints are coming. Particularly the inclusion of the dialogue wheel. I dislike the dialogue wheel and the lack of conversations. You could have long, in depth conversations with people in previous games and so far I have not see that as much. Other than that, the game is quite good. The gunplay is vastly improved and feels wonderful, exploring is great, Inon Zur did an amazing job with the ambient music, and it's generally a well-put together world that is a pleasure to be back in. But none of that matters because the voiced protagonist and dialogue wheel make Fallout a bland, boring FPS grindfest and it ruins the role playing. Since Fallout was a role playing game, that is what I thought I was getting into. Voiced protagonists and dialogue wheels have no place in this series, they don't fit, and what's worse - there is really no dialogue choice at all in this game after 23 hours of playtime. No matter what you choose, you go down a preset dialogue path and you cannot have a simple conversation. All dialogue is there with the goal of getting the quest rather than asking about the world, about the person you're talking to.

    There's no real depth. I don't know if the writers are to blame or the executives, but someone made the decision to severely limit dialogue and conversation in a Fallout game and that is a large reason for these negative scores. If this was a mediocre grindfest like Borderlands, the lack of conversation might be excusable. It's not here.

    Good things about the game:
    Bethesda captured the aesthetic of the Fallout universe well. The music is as good as always, and weapons, fighting, and crafting are well done. However, this just further exaggerates the lack of RPG characteristics. Developers seem to be confusing MMORPG grinds with singleplayer RPGs which depend on dialogue.

    Conclusion: I wish there was more RPG in this game. That is, better dialogue choices and instead of a wheel, something like previous versions gave us. I think moving to a dialogue wheel and lack of dialogue trees is a step in the wrong direction, while all other changes are a step in the right direction.

    It's a good game in the other aspects and certainly does not deserve all the ZERO scores but this is a massive shame. I am trying to be optimistic about future expansions from Bethesda and even a New Vegas like game where Obsidian once again gets a shot at their own Fallout game. Please get rid of this childish, limiting dialogue which turns this game into an FPS - a good FPS, but an FPS nonetheless.

    All other aspects of this game were great, so it's a shame that this terrible decision to limit dialogue and have a voice actor (which itself limits the amount of available dialogue) ruins my enjoyment. I'm going to finish this game only because I love Fallout and I waited 7 years since Fallout 3 and 5 since New Vegas, but I am disappointed with the decision to make this an FPS first and an MMORPG grind second rather than an actual singleplayer RPG with cleverly written dialogue choices, branching paths depending on those choices, and the ability to make my own story with my own protagonist instead of having a pre-recorded protagonist forced on me by the game. Too many games are beginning to look alike - FPS games with cheap MMORPG grinding that pretends to have depth and role-playing.    … Expand
  10. radishes
    Nov 14, 2015
    0
    This game has only partial keyboard support on PC. It's unplayable with a keyboard if you don't want to use WASD controls. While most keys can be re-bound, some common actions, such as those assigned to the E, R, and Tab keys, are permanently assigned to their respective keys. This is shocking and almost impossible to know about until you have already purchased and installed the game.This game has only partial keyboard support on PC. It's unplayable with a keyboard if you don't want to use WASD controls. While most keys can be re-bound, some common actions, such as those assigned to the E, R, and Tab keys, are permanently assigned to their respective keys. This is shocking and almost impossible to know about until you have already purchased and installed the game.

    Additionally, a large portion of the keyboard is "reserved" and can't be bound to anyway. For example, the entire numpad is off-limits. Huh!?

    It boggles the mind that an AAA game released by a major publisher is lacking such a basic feature as a usable keybinding system in this day and age. I had to return my game, as it is unplayable for me. I'm left-handed and I can't play with WASD. This is a major oversight that is disappointing considering that every other FPS in my collection can properly implement keybinding, even low-budget pre-alpha games. Shame on lazy Bethesda.    … Expand
  11. SirFatPants
    Nov 14, 2015
    10
    Despite of the performance issues, the console UI and the limited dialogue, I think that this game is really really good.
    1. It's huge, lots of quests and an extremely dense world.
    2. Crafting is awesome and lets you customize like never before. 3. Even though the perk system isn't just as RPG-ish, I think it's an improvement. 4. There usually aren't more than 4 dialogue options    Despite of the performance issues, the console UI and the limited dialogue, I think that this game is really really good.
    1. It's huge, lots of quests and an extremely dense world.
    2. Crafting is awesome and lets you customize like never before.
    3. Even though the perk system isn't just as RPG-ish, I think it's an improvement.
    4. There usually aren't more than 4 dialogue options anyway, and it's rare that you say something you didn't mean to.
    5. Protagonist voice makes the game feel more polished, complete and interesting.
    6. Gunplay and animations has improved a lot.
    7. Settlements works well, not super in-deapth, but still really fun.
    8. Lots of locations to explore, lots of them has interesting backsories, if you take your time to read them they often reveal a treasure.
    9. Power armor is awesome.
    10. Lots more!

    There are a lot of people that don't own the game giving negative reviews (hence the bad user metascore and upvoted negative reviews on steam.
    Also, I would have given it 9/10, but because there are lots of idiots giving it 0 just because they don't like the sound your character makes when it is hugged by batman, I give it 10 to try justifying.

    I think Bethesda has done a good job trying to innovate here. They have implemented a lot of new features that are probably going to stick around for later titles. The game is worth the money now, and it will be even better when mods fixes its flaws.    … Expand
  12. howtolevelagirl
    Nov 14, 2015
    6
    I get the 0 ratings. If the 0 ratings were all 5-6, the game overall would get an 8 or 9 that it does not deserve, and the sizeable number of consumers who are dissatisfied with the game would not get heard over the paid-professional reviewers.

    There is a difference in paying $10 for a game, and it's amusing for a few hours and just okay. But let's get serious. I paid $120 for a Pip-Boy    I get the 0 ratings. If the 0 ratings were all 5-6, the game overall would get an 8 or 9 that it does not deserve, and the sizeable number of consumers who are dissatisfied with the game would not get heard over the paid-professional reviewers.

    There is a difference in paying $10 for a game, and it's amusing for a few hours and just okay. But let's get serious. I paid $120 for a Pip-Boy Edition and $40 for a hardbound Survival Guide. And when I went into Best Buy on Tuesday, the first thing they did was offer a $30 Season Pass for future, unreleased game content.

    The problem with Fallout 4 is that I just shelled out $200 and didn't get $200 worth of satisfaction. I paid around about that on Skyrim, and Skyrim was worth every penny. I certainly didn't spend time the weekend afterwards trying to explain online why I didn't find the game... fun.

    And no, I've never posted another review before. I came over here to look after a tweet from AngryJoe.

    So I'd give it a 6-10. I am sorely tempted to hit 0. Why? Buying a AAA game is like an arranged marriage. You shell out the money based on the reputation of the game studio and there isn't any quickie divorce if your spouse turns out to be a broke, alcoholic mess.

    People should go ahead and play the game, but get it used if you haven't already done so. Save your money for a later version where the major bugs have been fixed. And stop telling outraged gamers who feel like they've been conned and robbed that they are trolls.

    Problems:

    1. The plot is horrible. It's Ally McBeal. And it's not an RPG. Beyond that, it's a boring, cardboard and morally devoid non-RPG story. The game fails to make you at all interested in your primary motivation. Besides, the opening sequence was poorly disguised emotional manipulation (though pretty graphics) of kneejerk "Support the Troops!" It wasn't what we were expecting, which was something Epic. Instead, we got a homesick sob-story from some random guy we don't care about.

    2. The voiced main protagonist is as bad as we all feared it would be (unless you are a paid reviewer). I don't mind voiced protagonists per se (Fable, Dead Space, Tomb Raider), but it breaks the particular sort of immersion that an open-world RPG can offer. You end up feeling like you are just giving a makeover to someone else no matter how many rerolls you do. The Wheel system doesn't work, largely because the options don't accurately describe the voiced dialogue. It's a rip-off of the Emotion-Wheel that failed so memorably in Fable 3.

    3. The facial animations are a huge slide backwards. They might be slightly more realistic at the skin level than Skyrim, but the coordination between voice and mouth is consistently off, and the NPCs constantly make physical motions (bobbing heads, etc) at points where it's very unnatural. Worse, they fail at demonstrating an emotional context to the situation or dialogue of the NPC. Every one looks like they are standing in a long check out line at a grocery store, not like they live in a nuclear wasteland.
    (New players note: You can turn off the dialogue camera, which I recommend.)

    4. So many Fallout favorite gameplay mechanics have been stripped out of the game: Karma, Reputation, Repair. That your gear will degrade, that replacements are rare, that upgrades are exceedingly rare, are necessary components of a survival-nuclear wasteland. The gear-candy situation and the instant trust of sheep-like people never make you feel like you are carving out a place for yourself. Instead it's more like being a rich person shopping at a thrift store because its chic.

    5. The zany fun in some of the first few levels were stripped out in favor of making the opening 5 hours of game play a condensed version of a Fallout game. I literally had a sniper-rifle the equivalent of what I used to fight the Second Battle of Hoover Dam after 3 hours. In the rush to throw Power Armor, a minigun, and a Death Claw at critics before they wrote a first day review, the vast majority of players lost out on a few hours of wearing your Vault Suit in combat and killing things with pool cues and baseball bats.

    6. The quests are devoid of real, convincing moral conflict or choices. Everyone hates everyone because... Because! The specifics of a lot of it would require using spoilers, so basically choosing a faction in this game is just choosing one list of different quests for each play through. In Fallout:New Vegas, you spent most of your gameplay (for example if you went NCR), negotiating out how other nonaligned factions responded in the inevitable war over Hoover Dam, thus deciding their fate in the future of the Mojave desert. There's no real moral choice here, just a whole bunch of fetch-or-kill quests for no real end purpose.

    TLDR: Bugs don't make me mad at spending $200 and feel like giving this a 0. A boring, cardboard open world game stripped of any real RPG elements makes me mad that I spent more than $30. YMMV.    … Expand
  13. aristophocles
    Nov 14, 2015
    5
    "It just works" -todd howard. No todd, nothing in this broken buggy mess works. I'm sorry that all you guys had to do was not dumb everything down and the game would have been fine. But exusing the usual bethesda broken game **** and the retardation that this game is, just isn't reasonable. Todd, go to hell.
  14. crashdj
    Nov 14, 2015
    1
    DON'T BUY THIS GAME! Not good. I feel like I'm playing an overpriced DLC for Fallout 3. Move along. There's nothing at all new here - very little about this game that feels new or better than the previous. The graphics might have looked amazing on my PS3 five years ago but on my PS4, they're just ordinary at best. And the bugs... The bugs are so numerous that I almost feel like I'mDON'T BUY THIS GAME! Not good. I feel like I'm playing an overpriced DLC for Fallout 3. Move along. There's nothing at all new here - very little about this game that feels new or better than the previous. The graphics might have looked amazing on my PS3 five years ago but on my PS4, they're just ordinary at best. And the bugs... The bugs are so numerous that I almost feel like I'm standing on an anthill while playing it. I get it. One should expect bugs for a new release but I can't escape thinking that Bethesda just threw this together and released it now because they want to score a mountain of cash from the holidays. They didn't even try to offer a clean release. A few minor bugs would be tolerable but there are massive bugs in this game that prevent me from progressing in this game, really, really massive hindrances. What's even more infuriating, after having done searches about some of the bugs that are preventing me from progressing are being widely report by players on every platform - PS4, Xbox, PC - and yet Bethesda has said nothing to anyone about preparing a fix. We're getting crickets. I really feel cheated having thrown down $60 for this POS. This just may be the last time I throw any money Bethesda's way. Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice... There are too many other deserving game developers who will be getting my cash in stead.… Expand
  15. m0nitor
    Nov 14, 2015
    8
    1.) Graphics/ crashing: My machine is Xeon 1230 v.2 (60w!) paired with Z77 chipset. I built this two years ago with 32GB of ram. I upgraded last Christmas to GTX760. Read what I type next very carefully:

    I have experienced ... no ... crashing and ... no ... graphical corruption. None. Windows 7 x64. Everything looks infinitely better than FONV. Environments are more alive and    1.) Graphics/ crashing: My machine is Xeon 1230 v.2 (60w!) paired with Z77 chipset. I built this two years ago with 32GB of ram. I upgraded last Christmas to GTX760. Read what I type next very carefully:

    I have experienced ... no ... crashing and ... no ... graphical corruption. None. Windows 7 x64.

    Everything looks infinitely better than FONV. Environments are more alive and less depressing. Again, developers listened to the modding community and implemented their own rad storms and left out the green filter.

    People have commented on lack of detail. I noted on starting the game for the first time yesterday that textures in the vault seemed a bit washed. Some textures even seemed outright wrong like a leather texture which glistened like lip gloss. Apart from the vault textures and the glossy leather I experienced once, everything is a lot better looking and I think it's because this time they didn't slap rust on EVERY SINGLE INCH OF EVERY SINGLE THING. That effect got old quickly in FONV.

    2.) Voiced main character: Big mistake but you know what? It's not a canned, hipster-tidal-wave-of-diarrhea voice a la Far Cry 4 so I'm not all that bothered. It's only odd when the dialogue gets corny - mainly during "Family Time" which is any time he's talking to his wife or about his son.

    3.) Actual Power Armour (finally!): You're not jumping into this and playing the rest of the game with it on. You need to keep it powered up and the fusion batteries you need are around but rare enough that the suit won't spoil the game. The power armour hud is glorious. The suit feels (and sounds!!) fantastic. Heavy and it's upgradable with science and certain crafting materials. I also enjoy the way you step in and out of it.

    4.) Speaking of science: what the hell happened?? The skills/perks system is a MESS. I have NO IDEA what the hell is going on and I don't even know how to increase science. This aspect of the game is aggravating.

    5.) People have complained about character animations. With regard to the NPCs, their facial animations while talking are actually interesting. I like the new style. The animation for the running power armour is a joke. lol What's all that about?

    6.) RPG elements: I don't understand how 4 differs in this regard from NV apart from being better. A lot of the things people lament having been removed are things I think the game is better off without. "There are fewer dialogue options!" Really? Seriously - I see FO4 as leaner and meaner in the sense that it does away with a lot of superfluous crap from the previous releases and instead focuses on more enjoyable details. It also gets to the point.

    This world felt so much more real to me. And I'm not taking anything away from NV which was great but this is definitely an improvement and easily the liveliest of the three worlds. One of the things I hated about 3 and NV was how dead the worlds felt despite the fact that they were teeming with life. I think 4 got the global atmosphere right, this time.

    Also technology. The crafting system is so deep now it's incredible. I thought it was VERY smart the way they treated the power armour like a vehicle to the extent that you climb in and out of it and you have to keep it fueled. Really good thinking.    … Expand
  16. 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
  17. Trypsinogen
    Nov 14, 2015
    1
    This is a joke. All the 9.5 and 10's this game is getting is also just a glaring example of why game critics and gaming journalism are a bunch paid scumbags. On a technical level: garbage. Bugs everywhere. Awful graphics. Terrible physics. AWFUL face animations. Awful character models. Ridiculously long load times. Load times every time you want to move more than 20 feet or into a newThis is a joke. All the 9.5 and 10's this game is getting is also just a glaring example of why game critics and gaming journalism are a bunch paid scumbags. On a technical level: garbage. Bugs everywhere. Awful graphics. Terrible physics. AWFUL face animations. Awful character models. Ridiculously long load times. Load times every time you want to move more than 20 feet or into a new building. You compare this side-to-side with The Witcher 3 and the game is an absolute joke.

    And on top of that - garbage story. It's like no one at Bethesda at all played The Last of Us - they know how to make you care about you losing your kid in the introduction. just godawful writing. Awful character development. Awful everything. Setting is just the same old. Nothing improved from previous games. Seriously, watch the intro to The Last of Us - then watch the intro this garbage. Then play The Witcher 3 then play this garbage.    … Expand
  18. Swissbob
    Nov 14, 2015
    10
    Does this game deserve a 10? Eh.... maybe, but probably not. It's likely more an 8 or 9. But I'm giving it a 10 in futile effort to balance the people giving this game 0's or 1's simply on the basis that it isn't as good as previous Fallout games. Okay.... Sure I can even agree with you on that point, but that doesn't mean it deserves a 0. A game that deserves a 0 is a worst game everDoes this game deserve a 10? Eh.... maybe, but probably not. It's likely more an 8 or 9. But I'm giving it a 10 in futile effort to balance the people giving this game 0's or 1's simply on the basis that it isn't as good as previous Fallout games. Okay.... Sure I can even agree with you on that point, but that doesn't mean it deserves a 0. A game that deserves a 0 is a worst game ever contender, and despite all of its flaws, Fallout 4 is still a great game, and no where near actually deserving a 0.… Expand
  19. TheSoleSurvivor
    Nov 14, 2015
    10
    This game is hands down, the best game i have ever played. I have never been as immersed into a game as i am with Fallout 4.So many feautures..I don't know what to begin with..
    From weapon customization( which is HUGE.) to Armor building, to food and chem crafting, to settlement managing , to base building: This game is truly, a masterpiece.
    ALTHOUGH i do agree with some of the rants,    This game is hands down, the best game i have ever played. I have never been as immersed into a game as i am with Fallout 4.So many feautures..I don't know what to begin with..
    From weapon customization( which is HUGE.) to Armor building, to food and chem crafting, to settlement managing , to base building: This game is truly, a masterpiece.
    ALTHOUGH i do agree with some of the rants, be it the graphics issue (however they aren't that disappointing, plus mods exist for a reason) or the complaints about dialogue or about fallout losing its role playing aspect, however despite these minor flaws, i believe that they can be overlooked.
    Nevertheless, Fallout 4 , is , just like its predecessors were, one of the greatest video games ever made.
    Because Bethesda's ability to create massive dynamic and realistic alternate realities never changes...    … Expand
  20. Megaparadox
    Nov 14, 2015
    4
    Like a witcher 3 just epic, but no epic worked , a epic crap.
    What can we draw from the construction of the house, especially after the fallout 3, the developers did not do the work on the bugs.
    The main quest is horrible (when compared to Witcher 3 it's just bad taste), questing out - "Kill, kill, kill" and only those. The main complication is essentially no different from the Fallout    Like a witcher 3 just epic, but no epic worked , a epic crap.
    What can we draw from the construction of the house, especially after the fallout 3, the developers did not do the work on the bugs.
    The main quest is horrible (when compared to Witcher 3 it's just bad taste), questing out - "Kill, kill, kill" and only those.
    The main complication is essentially no different from the Fallout 3, and again all the theme. Well, seriously, to press more on this aspect? That's funny.
    And also a lot of bugs of our favorite engine from Skyrim ...    … Expand
  21. AntediluvianSer
    Nov 14, 2015
    7
    Let me start this review by saying that I have entertained myself for many, many hours in the Fallout franchise, especially New Vegas. I simply adore that setting. When Fallout 4 released, I was naturally happy but also sceptical, since 3 is the least favorite of the games, and after seeing what a good job Obsidian had done in New Vegas, I had to be realistic in my expectations on whatLet me start this review by saying that I have entertained myself for many, many hours in the Fallout franchise, especially New Vegas. I simply adore that setting. When Fallout 4 released, I was naturally happy but also sceptical, since 3 is the least favorite of the games, and after seeing what a good job Obsidian had done in New Vegas, I had to be realistic in my expectations on what Bethesda would do.
    I played this game with very, very low expectations and apparently it turned out well for my experience. I was not as disappointed as many other people, but I still expected to see more.

    In short, Fallout 4's roleplaying elements are the fewest I've seen in the franchise. Your character's background is pretty much established, while the previous protagonists have been more or less blank slates. In Fallout 4, not only do they talk, but their dialogue options are severely limited. This is probably the biggest sin in my opinion. I want to roleplay as whoever I want, a dumb good natured baseball bat-swinging ninja or a malicious post-apocalyptic wooer of people. In Fallout 4 all I can be is a bit sarcastic. That's not player freedom exactly.
    I simply do not understand the dialogue wheel at all. I never liked it, and never will, especially not in games that I want to have total roleplay freedom. Here's hoping that this dialogue system gets forgotten real soon.
    I was also disappointed with the lack of a Hardcore mode like the one in New Vegas. But I'm 100% certain that a mod will include something closely resembling it, so I'm not taking it into account for this review (even though I should)

    Moving on from roleplay to the actual gameplay: That one is the strong point in the game. I liked the gunplay, and the use of the covers. In survival difficulty unfortunately is quite artificial. The enemies are tougher and shoot harder, and healing is nerfed. What I was hoping was high lethality for both sides; you AND the enemies could kill each other with a couple of bullets. Here's hoping that another mod fixes that issue. The settlement building needs a few tweaks in the hotkeys and placement, but it's a fun feature. I liked the perks and haven't noticed the absence of skills that much. Although finding ways to amplify the damage of your weapons is quite difficult, having to rely on magazine and the SPECIAL more than ever before.

    It is quite apparent that Bethesda has borrowed lots of ideas from players mods. The slow time effect some perks have, the way stimpaks heal the settlement building and others have existed in the past as mod projects. It is without doubt that they have been lazy when it came to Fallout 4, and I'm left a bit disappointed. It could have been so much better.

    Still, I don't think it deserves the scorn it has suffered from the more bitter fans. This game is a solid, and I mean SOLID 7/10. Performance-wise it's exceptionally good and I have not crashed to desktop a single time (I'm using a r9 270x).I should add at this point that it feels a bit weird, having to thank a game for not crashing on me.

    Now as far as the story and setting goes, my personal opinion is that I find the Commonwealth quite lovely. I never imagined a morbid wasteland when it came to Boston anyway. The story is as good as you'd expect from a game with dialogue wheels and limited choices. This and the lack of roleplaying freedom cost the game 2 point from me. The other point was removed thanks to limitations in gameplay and apparent console port leftovers.

    It is still 7 as in 'quite above average, but with distinct flaws that keep it from becoming a GOOD game'    … Expand
  22. Jason999
    Nov 14, 2015
    8
    Here's a few Pros:

    (1) The combat is quite enjoyable. The weapons have a decent feel. (2) The environment is desolate, suitable for the post-nuclear world we're dealing with. (3) The graphics, while not stellar or up to 2015 standards - are acceptable. Remember, you were forewarned well in advance what graphics engine they were using and what to expect. Graphics are quite    Here's a few Pros:

    (1) The combat is quite enjoyable. The weapons have a decent feel.

    (2) The environment is desolate, suitable for the post-nuclear world we're dealing with.

    (3) The graphics, while not stellar or up to 2015 standards - are acceptable. Remember, you were forewarned well in advance what graphics engine they were using and what to expect. Graphics are quite important to me and although Todd Howard is full of you know what - the game is perfectly playable and enjoyable to look at.

    Here's my biggest gripes with the game:

    (1) The inventory management is terrible, absolutely horrid. What arse thought they'd torture us with such an antiquated inventory management system, deserves to be fired and slapped around with a wet trout.
    The need (not desire) to pick up anything not bolted to the ground, does get ridiculous. You need the items (junk) to construct other items.

    (2) Conversations - the lip syncing / movement is horrible. Bethesda should be absolutely ashamed - but of course they aren't.

    Remeber - this is what happens when you try to dress up an old graphics engine with a few new lighting techniques. It still doesn't fix the cartoonish mouth movement, that might have looked ok 8 years ago.

    Overall, I recommend the game.
    I've never played the other Fallout games so I cannot compare, but ithere's enough fun to keep your occupied for quite awhile. Just keep in mind - Bethesda did drop the ball in a few areas and if you're ok with the outcome, then give it a try.    … Expand
  23. Mattyboy1509
    Nov 14, 2015
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I never could quite get into the witcher 3.I think maybe I'm just getting too old to be honest when the idea of a threesome just fills you with dread about a large bill from a chiropractor you know your out of the target age group and breaks immersion !
    But 4 hours in and Im loving fallout 4 its all about the stories.
    Heres mine
    The Chair…………
    Wow a post apocalyptic world
    Like everyone else I hooked up with the minutemen in concord and got my first follower in the form of my faithful hound dogmeat.
    I then gave them a hand with their settlement
    Well when I say their settlement I mean it wasn’t like they did anything.
    I wondered for a while what they ate but it didn’t seem to bother them.
    I crafted numerous items and I indeed began to get the place quite palatial.
    I had a sweet rooftop terrace come patio going on.
    However I was trying to get some sort of garden going so decided to venture further afield in search of seeds.
    I travelled past concord into the wilderness with my dog beside me dodging huge flies atomic storms and random gunfire. I found myself a neat scarf thing and some cool goggles.
    Not a lot of vegetables or fruit or anthing I could use as a seed.
    However wandering into a disused mall largely sacked of its contents some 200 years after the event. I came across another small group holed up against the raiders. I informed them that I thought the road back to concord was clear. I was invited to join in their counter attack against the raiders I had a shotgun with maybe 10 shells and maybe 50 .38 bullets.
    However this maybe a chance to stock up a bit on ammo. It started well downing 2 raiders straight off but it turned out i had just woken them up bullets making a small dust storm on the pillar i had ducked behind. I soon ran low on ammo and I was wondering quite what to do then i saw it just sitting there so to speak. High backed lovely carved legs in a kind of slouched configuration. The chair.....
    As chance would have it a sudden drive by my comrades left a small window of quiet. I took the chance and grabbed the chair and made for the exit dogmeat following behind me I could hear the gunfire slowly falter. Should i go back and check who the victor was...
    Instead I headed back across the wasteland clutching the chair (it would look lovely on the patio).
    In order to move the chair i couldnt shoot or defend myself so this involved alot of moving it putting it down shooting bloat flies or ordering my faithfull mutt dogmeat too get em.
    However this slow progress meant spending long nights in what ever shelter i could find.
    By day 5 it was dragging a bit driven indoors due to a severe atomic storm i waited hours sat looking at the sky only 2 miles from base just a short hop over that ridge over there.
    It looked like it was clearing and there was only 2 hours daylight left. I was determined i would not spend another night in some hovel the patio set was calling. A quick whistle to round up dogmeat i grabbed the chair and set off for the ridge trying to avoid the main road for fear of bands of raiders.
    I chose the gentlest route mindful of getting the chair through the undergrowth.
    But then charging out it appeared huge and angry.
    With only 7 bullets left this demanded quick thinking using vats i dived slamming all 7 .38 shells into the monsters left leg. I ordered dogmeat to outflank the creature then ordering him to make back for concorde through the small copse near the rat infested pool we had passed a few moments before. With a furious roar and a slight limp the creature bore down on dogmeat. I turned quickly grabbed the chair and then legged it. Over the ridge down the trail, past the old diner across the river through the abandoned bungalow and into my settlement door thrusting the door forcibly closed. I then rushed with my chair up the stairs to my impromptue veranda that I had created on top of the tin roof. I placed it pride of place next to the barbecue so it was gently shaded by the flapping canvas screen that I had erected just before I went away. I then sat down, to watch the sun set, waiting for the camera to draw out so I could see myself, the last of the sun bringing out my cheek bones the ingrained lines under my eyes softening sitting proudly on the chair !
    But as the camera panned it clipped against the canvas and all I could see was the darkening sky and all I could hear was the sounds of dogmeats death pangs and the screams of dying concordians.    … Expand
  24. twitcheeeee
    Nov 14, 2015
    5
    Professional reviewers will give this game a 9, but THAT'S BECAUSE THEY GRADE EVERYTHING FROM 7 ONWARDS and never use 0-6 at all. If you want the real perspective about whether this game is worth buying, read the user reviews here instead. Now, to be honest, I pirated this game on the PC so I didn't have to spend money on it, but if a friend is asking me whether he should spend hisProfessional reviewers will give this game a 9, but THAT'S BECAUSE THEY GRADE EVERYTHING FROM 7 ONWARDS and never use 0-6 at all. If you want the real perspective about whether this game is worth buying, read the user reviews here instead. Now, to be honest, I pirated this game on the PC so I didn't have to spend money on it, but if a friend is asking me whether he should spend his hard-earned money to buy this game right now, my advice is NO. The game is seriously riddled with bugs, bugs and bugs. It's got poor performance even on top-range PC and exhibit super annoying micro-stuttering, even when you're running at 60 fps. It takes a lot of tweaking and modding and messing around with the .ini files to make it run acceptably.

    Then coupled with the generic and rather uninspiring storylines, the stripped-down RPG element so the game feels a lot like a shooter now, the awkward model and animations in 2015. AND DID I MENTION THE POOR PERFORMANCE? My advice is basically if you want to play the best open world games, go get GTA V or even Skyrim. Buy this game only when it hits the discount shelf 3 - 6 months from now and all the problems have been fixed and patched by Bethesda or the modding community.

    Once again, do not trust professional reviewers. They will give anything that runs 7-8.    … Expand
  25. 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
  26. Ollie999
    Nov 14, 2015
    6
    Same old story with Bethesda. They produce a potentially great game that's ruined by the fact that it's full of glitches and crashes every 5 minutes. Fortunately they've included a quick save feature in this game. Presumably because they expected it would crash a lot and players would need to save often.
  27. expromtcore
    Nov 14, 2015
    0
    Что такое четвертый фолач? Боевка из фаркрая, коридорность из калл оф дюти, и крафт с предметами и захватами земель из дайн лайт. А, еще битва за независимость из асасина третьего. Адский коктель вышел, лишь отдаленно напоминающий третью часть. Эта игра слишком запутана, в ней очень много всякого хлама, скучного и нудного. Кроме того, в ней почти нет никакого постапокалипсиса. Куча врагов,Что такое четвертый фолач? Боевка из фаркрая, коридорность из калл оф дюти, и крафт с предметами и захватами земель из дайн лайт. А, еще битва за независимость из асасина третьего. Адский коктель вышел, лишь отдаленно напоминающий третью часть. Эта игра слишком запутана, в ней очень много всякого хлама, скучного и нудного. Кроме того, в ней почти нет никакого постапокалипсиса. Куча врагов, куча зданий, бомба, упавшая почти рядом с нами, световой волной нас не трогает, а ударной - почти не задевает бостон и здания вокруг него. И дизайн... все это больше напоминает какой-то сай-фай, никакого привычного, простого, живущего по определенным правилам мира здесь нет. Все сумбурно, взбалмошно и уныло. В общем-то можно констатировать факт: в погоне за наполняемостью, масштабностью и детальностью разработчики совсем забыли о главном - об увлекательность. Это касается и сюжета, и миссий, и локаций - всего. Если вспоминать третий, то, помните? В нем хоть и локаций было мало, зато была уникальность. И заданий, и зданий и оружия. Здесь этого нет. Есть лишь мир - ради мира, задания - ради длительность и локации - ради наполняемости.… Expand
  28. jakreacher
    Nov 14, 2015
    10
    This game is amazing. base building will steal your soul and revitalize all the cap hoarding desires you have left over from the earlier fallout.. PLAY IT
  29. TeddieL
    Nov 14, 2015
    9
    I love this game. Many old Fallout-fans hate this game because how different it is compared to the other Fallout games. I've played both 3 and NV and those game were fun, but there was something that I didn't like about those games. With the new Fallout title, Bethesda really wanted to aim for the casual gamers. I don't think that's a bad thing. It really made a game I liked, with a goodI love this game. Many old Fallout-fans hate this game because how different it is compared to the other Fallout games. I've played both 3 and NV and those game were fun, but there was something that I didn't like about those games. With the new Fallout title, Bethesda really wanted to aim for the casual gamers. I don't think that's a bad thing. It really made a game I liked, with a good mix of Action and Sandbox RPG.

    Many people started to get angry when they realized there was only 4 conversation options and how the main character was not you, because there was a voice actor. I felt fine hearing Codsworth actually saying my real name, I don't really know why people got so mad when all they got were 4 options when Fallout 3 and NV had many different options but did lead to the same conversation.

    As i said before, I liked the new Mass Effect like conversation system. I think the voice really added some meaning in the conversation, because you can hear your character say it. I thought the voice acting was good and the writing was also good.

    The story was good, there was alot of different ways to complete the main story, as there is in the other Fallout games with a lot of different factions to join to help their cause and what they believe the wasteland should turn into.

    The combat was fun and satisfying to play with and I loved the new crafting system with the new scraping system. The only problem was that you didn't want to drop any scraps because of the material which resulted in you having to get over encumbered quite often.    … Expand
  30. onlinecrithit
    Nov 14, 2015
    3
    It's not necessarily a bad game - i'm sure 9/10 of people will enjoy. However it feels very outdated compared to recent RPG releases. A poor combat system, boring writing, voice acting, a poorly PC optimised inventory system and graphics that make you cringe. It does not feel like a 2015 game and certainly does not live up to it's hype.
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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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