Fallout 4

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  1. Stelf
    Nov 13, 2015
    9
    If there were less bugs the game would be a perfect 10 but for 20h of playing finding more then 20 bugs that are very bad (like dialog boxes not showing up) Overall the game still feels and plays like fallout. the FP gameplay has been improved but that also was necessary for the game because of the added sprint feature which for me was very useful but used action points. Quite a fewIf there were less bugs the game would be a perfect 10 but for 20h of playing finding more then 20 bugs that are very bad (like dialog boxes not showing up) Overall the game still feels and plays like fallout. the FP gameplay has been improved but that also was necessary for the game because of the added sprint feature which for me was very useful but used action points. Quite a few textures also look muddy but thats to be expected from a Bethesda game what matters here is the gameplay and fallout 4 gets it right.… Expand
  2. Smoothrunner
    Nov 13, 2015
    5
    A typical game from Bethesda. If you do not expect impossible from it (under no circumstances do not compare it with "The Witcher 3" and thus do not expect exquisite graphics, good story, ingenious dialogues or deep characters), it is ok. Music sometime reminiscent of the good old second "F". Graphics is lightly brushed up (well, yes, it is pathetic by the modern standards, but bearable).A typical game from Bethesda. If you do not expect impossible from it (under no circumstances do not compare it with "The Witcher 3" and thus do not expect exquisite graphics, good story, ingenious dialogues or deep characters), it is ok. Music sometime reminiscent of the good old second "F". Graphics is lightly brushed up (well, yes, it is pathetic by the modern standards, but bearable). Animation is traditionally (for Bethesda) terrible. The style is respected - "retro-future" in the point of view of the 1950th. Player from the start is puzzled by the "detective" story with the murder of his wife and baby kidnapping - the goal and the mystery are there (if you are not older then 15, otherwise you will laugh from the beginning). Nothing revolutionary, of course, but quite fit in Bethesda's game style (story level for mentally retarded, dialogues level for complete idiots and "wooden" characters without spark of life in them). For those who like an "open world" in general, crafting and building and don't give a **** about story it seems to be a decent find. As for the others... For me the last Fallout was Fallout 2. The "things" which are now called by the name of «Fallout» (starting from the 3rd and including NV) are curious misunderstandings. From this point of view F4 is primitive SciFi Skyrim shooter in the "open world" with crafting and "minecrafting". If you do like crippled shooters with "go fetch it" kind of quests then Fallout 4 is your game. If not, just keep in mind that Fallout 4 is not an RPG and definitely have no relation to genuine Black Isle's Fallout.… Expand
  3. roberttrufant
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    It's clearly not done yet. In standard Bethesda fashion, they've released a product which presents a huge opportunity for the modding community to finish it up. The graphics are half baked, with some of the textures being good and some of them being poor in quality. The roleplaying aspect of the game has been extremely simplified and dumbed down, most likely to appeal to a largerIt's clearly not done yet. In standard Bethesda fashion, they've released a product which presents a huge opportunity for the modding community to finish it up. The graphics are half baked, with some of the textures being good and some of them being poor in quality. The roleplaying aspect of the game has been extremely simplified and dumbed down, most likely to appeal to a larger audience and generate more revenue. This is most unfortunate and I have seen it so many times, but I did not expect this from Bethesda. Only twice in my life have I paid full price, and this was one of those times. It is also the last time. I am officially back to my original decades long position of waiting at least 6 months after a game's release to see the truth about what's really going on. The game needs more content, it needs the graphics cleaned up, it needs the UI redone, as, once again, they simply ported it over from the console version. I don't mind this too much except for the fact that it would be nice if they would recognize the PC market a little bit more than they do. After all, it all started with us and ends with us, doesn't it? Game desperately needs real quests with real quality and the main story needs some alternatives; I pray that the modding community provides some really good stuff. I have faith here. If you have not yet purchased this game, I would hold off for quite a while, and be advised: it is not an RPG in the Fallout sense; it would be more accurate if it were to be named: Fallout: Action.… Expand
  4. pixel_geist
    Nov 13, 2015
    10
    the best fallout ive ever played,

    I think that the people complaining about frame rates and stuttering are using inferior hardware, because my MSI laptop can run this game with a Nvidia 860M video card.... The crafting is more streamlined, bethesda took out everything I hated in New Vegas, added base building and crops and I have had the best times building forts and farms.... The    the best fallout ive ever played,

    I think that the people complaining about frame rates and stuttering are using inferior hardware, because my MSI laptop can run this game with a Nvidia 860M video card....
    The crafting is more streamlined, bethesda took out everything I hated in New Vegas, added base building and crops and I have had the best times building forts and farms....
    The looting now has a purpose, and I feel that this is the game Fallout 3 should have been.    … Expand
  5. Mwallace1695
    Nov 13, 2015
    9
    Story: The story is involving, but you will quickly be distracted by the sheer number of quests and map markers you can run into. You will find that in talking to wastlanders mid quest they will often have something to do or have something to provide you.

    Side Quests: For the most part side quests flow and appear naturally. Fallout 4 borrows from Skyrim in that settlements that join    Story: The story is involving, but you will quickly be distracted by the sheer number of quests and map markers you can run into. You will find that in talking to wastlanders mid quest they will often have something to do or have something to provide you.

    Side Quests: For the most part side quests flow and appear naturally. Fallout 4 borrows from Skyrim in that settlements that join your cause will never run out of raider outposts for you to take care of. Some of the sidequests go a lot deeper than I though and I often find some of the best gear doing them.

    Graphics: Look, people have become so attached to the concept that we are in 2015 and you should be able to count the individual scrotum hairs on the dog running past the irradiated ditch across the valley while looking through a long range scope made out of an alarm clock and a toy car. Did we forget that video games are art, and that some of the most famous artists throughout history were not focused with the concept of "how close to real life can we make this". The graphics are great. Attention to detail is amazing. Its a game, if you have fun, who cares if you can't spot the ants dragging bits of dead caterpillar up the stem of that tiny flower in the middle of a field that has nothing worth looking at.

    Map: This map is very organic. Farmland and factories in the north. Cities and heavy urban sections in the center, oceanfront property in the east, more farmland and factories in the west, and tons of places to die in the south. The actual map is smaller than I would have liked, but you never get bored. Its a great balance of stuff to do and travel time.    … Expand
  6. Rahn1908
    Nov 13, 2015
    4
    Went on a killing spree in vault 81 when they caught me stealing. I'd kill 'em all and close it for good with none being the wiser. The Overseer along with some other named npc's cant be killed... A true gamebreaker when it comes to Fallout. Its not a bad game its just not fallout...
  7. niesse
    Nov 13, 2015
    7
    this didnt live up to the expectations. the game is full of bugs and the story is kind of meh. i just finished the game and i got to say that it has a very short main storyline. yes, i know there are alot of sidequest too. but i want a really rich main story. i hope that bethesda atleast can fix the problems. first of all the game engine is tied to your framerate. so if you have like 200this didnt live up to the expectations. the game is full of bugs and the story is kind of meh. i just finished the game and i got to say that it has a very short main storyline. yes, i know there are alot of sidequest too. but i want a really rich main story. i hope that bethesda atleast can fix the problems. first of all the game engine is tied to your framerate. so if you have like 200 fps, everything will be going twice as fast as the normal speed. which is capped on pc.… Expand
  8. 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
  9. itstonytime
    Nov 13, 2015
    4
    What I find most damning is that this is another AAA game where the user ratings are pretty negative overall, while the critics who get paid by the site can't stop talking about how amazing and innovative and fun the game is. It's this kind of selling out that's ruining gaming. If we can't get an honest rating, how are we supposed to trust you?

    But enough about the future of gaming.    What I find most damning is that this is another AAA game where the user ratings are pretty negative overall, while the critics who get paid by the site can't stop talking about how amazing and innovative and fun the game is. It's this kind of selling out that's ruining gaming. If we can't get an honest rating, how are we supposed to trust you?

    But enough about the future of gaming. Let's talk Fallout 4.

    This game is essentially a remake of Fallout 3, which makes sense, since the same people made it. You've got essentially the same storyline- your family member disappears under mysterious circumstances and you've got to trek through an unfamiliar wasteland to find him, all the while fighting random monsters and adventuring through a setting best described as a "Fourth of July Dystopia." Personally, I don't know how you follow New Vegas with Boston- who cares about Boston? Was that something people were clamoring for?

    Most important, Bethesda has focused heavily on things I could not care less about (first-person shooting, graphics, this weird settlement-building game, voice acting, min-games) and left out what matters. What I love about New Vegas is how you feel immediately immersed in the story and can write it however you want. You feel in control, as if your choices matter. With Fallout 4, I felt like I was playing someone else's story, able to make some choices, but ultimately just playing a First-Person Shooter game with some RPG elements tossed in for fun. Kind of like Mass Effect without all the great writing.

    My advice? Borrow it, play it once, and then get back to New Vegas.    … Expand
  10. Pletter
    Nov 13, 2015
    7
    Do you get bang for your buck? Yes absolutely, the game is filled to the brim with content.
    Is the perk system in-depth? No, progression happens through the mod system which is conveniently locked behind a level wall which is a shame. Some drops are pre-modded though so you can get them that way, but crafting is just far superior.
    Is exploring worth it? It wouldn't be a Bethesda game if    Do you get bang for your buck? Yes absolutely, the game is filled to the brim with content.
    Is the perk system in-depth? No, progression happens through the mod system which is conveniently locked behind a level wall which is a shame. Some drops are pre-modded though so you can get them that way, but crafting is just far superior.
    Is exploring worth it? It wouldn't be a Bethesda game if it wasn't, and I find it just as satisfying as Skyrim.
    How is progression/endgame? Have not reached it yet so cant say anything about that.
    Graphics? Nothing impressive but it does the job nicely just like skyrim.

    Is this a bad game? No, it is not. It is un-optimized at launch. Since you are looking at the PC section that is exactly what I am reviewing, and it runs poorly on PC. 10 hours in however the only bug I found was a random teleport into the air, otherwise this game is pretty ok.

    I would suggest to wait a little while and don't jump on the hypet rain, it worked wonders on skyrim and it will here as well    … Expand
  11. Syadin
    Nov 13, 2015
    10
    10/10. This is an amazing game.

    I have been a Fallout/Elder Scrolls fan since the start and have sunk countless hours into all Bethesda games. Fallout 4 is a massive improvement and people who are giving negative reviews are mostly arguing that the graphics are terrible and some people are just arguing non-sense. In terms of the graphics, the graphics are AMAZING, I can't even max    10/10. This is an amazing game.

    I have been a Fallout/Elder Scrolls fan since the start and have sunk countless hours into all Bethesda games.

    Fallout 4 is a massive improvement and people who are giving negative reviews are mostly arguing that the graphics are terrible and some people are just arguing non-sense.

    In terms of the graphics, the graphics are AMAZING, I can't even max it 100% with 60fps with my GTX 980. The VAST majority of people who are complaining about bad graphics or terrible optimization either don't have powerful enough hardware and need to upgrade (how can you expect with play a "next-gen game" with "last-gen hardware."

    In terms of the RPG elements, everything is there that has always been in Bethesda games, just in a more efficient and smarter way. I found that my decisions and how I played my character in Fallout 4 mattered more than in any other Fallout/Elder Scrolls game I have ever played.

    All in all there is much more I could say, however, myself and others have not written reviews because we are too busy playing the game.

    I give Fallout 4 a 10/10, mods haven't even come out yet.    … Expand
  12. Wolfgrin
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    Do not buy! You know Fallout 3? Well its like that but with some copy and paste from Skyrim and ALL the things you hated in Fallout 3 but even worse. The game feels like they left in unfinished with the plan that the modders will do all the work for them. At most its worth 20$ but over that you will find better games. If you want a good game that you feel the love and time they had putDo not buy! You know Fallout 3? Well its like that but with some copy and paste from Skyrim and ALL the things you hated in Fallout 3 but even worse. The game feels like they left in unfinished with the plan that the modders will do all the work for them. At most its worth 20$ but over that you will find better games. If you want a good game that you feel the love and time they had put into it buy Witcher 3, at least you will get what you pay for.

    This will be the last Fallout game I buy, this IP is dead. They killed it and I will never forgive them for it.    … Expand
  13. JJUSA12
    Nov 13, 2015
    8
    My only real gripe with the game is they way dialog is handled. Only four choices available for a dialog is not enough. The game is though beautiful and really fun to play.
  14. hein
    Nov 13, 2015
    5
    The game is an unoptimized mess, which isn't anything new for a Bethesda game. They generally get a pass because of the worlds that they create and the stories that they create. They also get a pass because they allow the modding community a lot of freedom. But the thing that Bethesda cannot be forgiven for in a post Witcher 3 world is essentially repackaging Fallout 3 with slightlyThe game is an unoptimized mess, which isn't anything new for a Bethesda game. They generally get a pass because of the worlds that they create and the stories that they create. They also get a pass because they allow the modding community a lot of freedom. But the thing that Bethesda cannot be forgiven for in a post Witcher 3 world is essentially repackaging Fallout 3 with slightly upgraded graphics. The game you see is not representative of a modern game. Besides the bugs, glitches, jaggies, fov...I am sick and tired of having to mess around with ini files. This game will probably be fixed down the road and the modding community is already doing wonderful things, but for the time being the game is not worth buying. We deserve better.… Expand
  15. Hyaon13
    Nov 13, 2015
    4
    Somehow, Bethesda has taken a step back from what New Vegas achieved plotwise rather than learning and building upon what Obsidian did. I absolutely hate the dialogue which is dumbed down for the console crowd and you can tell consoles were considered first before the PC in graphics, gameplay and options. The skill system has been murdered and is unsatisfying with it all lobbed onto oneSomehow, Bethesda has taken a step back from what New Vegas achieved plotwise rather than learning and building upon what Obsidian did. I absolutely hate the dialogue which is dumbed down for the console crowd and you can tell consoles were considered first before the PC in graphics, gameplay and options. The skill system has been murdered and is unsatisfying with it all lobbed onto one screen and 'stream lined', I even enjoy Skyrim leveling up more than this. I dislike being unable to max a skill due to not having the level requirement which means until I hit that level, I am stuffed. The weather effects are cool and atmospheric. The Role Playing does not exist anymore, I cannot refuse/be an utter **** to NPCs such as those bloody NPCs hogging my base space. I enjoy building bases but I'd rather be a loner. Overall, I don't understand how Bethesda has got it SO wrong when F1 to F3 NV has all the ingredients required, they effectly set a bowl of cornflakes on fire.

    Love Fallout 1,2,3, NV and enjoy complexity/role playing? This is not the game for you.
    Enjoy action, not thinking and just blasting foes away? This is for you.

    4/10    … Expand
  16. Commandant
    Nov 13, 2015
    10
    Please no attention to the people who gave this game anything below a 7.To call fallout 4 unemotional,dull,bug ridden and a failure is an abysmal review.Yes there is the minor bug but is it game breaking or does it destroy the immersion no it doesn't.Think of the graphics what you will,I think there great fantastic even we all have our own perspectives.The game however has so much depthPlease no attention to the people who gave this game anything below a 7.To call fallout 4 unemotional,dull,bug ridden and a failure is an abysmal review.Yes there is the minor bug but is it game breaking or does it destroy the immersion no it doesn't.Think of the graphics what you will,I think there great fantastic even we all have our own perspectives.The game however has so much depth and soul into it that it just becomes amazing.For Gods sake it even caused pornhub activity to fall as soon as it came out,people took day off work,people postponed exams.I eagerly sat at the door waiting for the delivery guy.This is truly in my opinion the best game I have ever played and I've only got 40hours into it so far.… Expand
  17. Oersted
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    Bad game, bad design decisions, Beth failing at making games again.

    Armor and gear don't break

    Dialogue wheel

    Crappy level scaling

    World doesn't feel too filled.

    Bodies of dead NPC's glitch through the ground half out half under map.

    Immortal companions. Really Todd you don't want us to re-load if a companion dies? Do you think I'm stupid?

    All in all upset at Beth and Todd.
  18. TheHoleDigger
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    I'll get straight to the point.

    Fallout 4 is terrible. -1 Removal of Armor-&-Weapons durability -1 Addition of the dialogue wheel -1 :Addition of level scaling again +1 Improved A.I. +1 Improved combat +1 Improved crafting +1 Improved settlement building +1 Mods The -1 top the +1 because the dialogue wheel is just a disaster and so is removal of armor-&-weapons    I'll get straight to the point.

    Fallout 4 is terrible.

    -1 Removal of Armor-&-Weapons durability
    -1 Addition of the dialogue wheel
    -1 :Addition of level scaling again

    +1 Improved A.I.
    +1 Improved combat
    +1 Improved crafting
    +1 Improved settlement building
    +1 Mods

    The -1 top the +1 because the dialogue wheel is just a disaster and so is removal of armor-&-weapons durability. Beth you failed with Fallout 4. MASSIVELY.    … Expand
  19. JasonCDaniels
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    I really tried to like this game, but it's just awful. To say i dislike it would be an understatement.

    Why? #1. All of the mechanics take too long to assess ... this should have been a red flag... but I persisted anyways. #2. This is not an RPG. This is a FPS piece of twitchware... which would be fine if it had been categorized correctly on Steam, but it was not. So I made the    I really tried to like this game, but it's just awful. To say i dislike it would be an understatement.

    Why?

    #1. All of the mechanics take too long to assess ... this should have been a red flag... but I persisted anyways.

    #2. This is not an RPG. This is a FPS piece of twitchware... which would be fine if it had been categorized correctly on Steam, but it was not. So I made the mistake of buying it. An RPG includes consequences for actions, dialogue trees tied to character attributes, skills, or other traits, and allows the player to hand craft a very details set of characteristics to meet what they imagine. And no single character can assume all roles in an RPG. None of this was evident within the 19 hours of play time I've put into the game.

    My qualifications: I've played pen and paper as well computer RPGs for over 30 years. I've also designed a very detailed pen and paper system of my own, and used it with friends.

    #3. This is NOT Fallout -- in spirit. Sure it's in the name. Sure it has the same critter names. Sure they use the same attributes. Sure they use the term perks, but pervert its original usage. Sure it's a post apocalyptic setting with a pip-boy. That's where the significant similarities to all prior Fallout end. Note: these are superficial. The spirit of Fallout, since version 1, has been: choices have consequences, but you are free to choose as you like, even if that means being worse than raider scum. Also, not evident in this game is that "Life finds a way" civilization will still revive in the absence of the old (hi-tech) world.

    #4. Most of the gameplay mechanics I've looked at are broken or infuriatingly unpolished. Other metacritic user reviews are a great source of the blow by blow on these -- negative and mixed. Even the "mixed" reviews are rather hard on the game, and deservedly so.

    #5. The story is rubbish. It's trite. There is no STORY LEVEL motivation to do anything. I really don't care if the settlers live or die. In fallout 1 you started by trying to save your Vault, then were pulled into a regional conflict which you could resolve many ways, including joining "The Master." The MacGuffin here, in FO4, is handed to you once, and weakly alluded to in select interactions, none of which you have any choice in how to handle.

    #6. The game was NOT designed to be played on a PC. The port was a mindless effort resulting in frustrating, difficult to use UI that eventually drives a person to drink. Others with more console gaming experience here on metacritic have also voiced concerns over the UI as applied to consoles. I find this greatly concerning.

    #7. The game performance, in many categories, is just horrid. Again other metacritic user reviews are a great place to get a breakdown on these details. When people with rigs that are about $1K more expensive (justifiably!) than mine, and mine is not a piece of junk by any stretch, have noticable, and cumbersome, performance issues, that says I will not be able to afford to run this game in a manner I consider acceptable. (I'm not putting $1K into my box to run a bleedin' game with a story that I don't even care about!)

    #8. Item placement for settlement/home building is frustrating, and there is no in game tutorial to assist. You learn by trial and error. Many people have incorrectly claimed that you can't make a perfectly 90 degree corner. It took me about 8 hours of playing with the mechanics to figure it out.

    #9 Mediocre voice acting, even the nerd at Diamond City radio. Its uninspired delivery coupled with unimaginative writing is just dull.

    For these reasons above, and more, I've asked Steam, for the first time ever, for a refund. This is not the first game I've bought and disliked. However, it is the first I've requested a refund on!

    Why ask for a refund on this and not other titles that I've bought that I disliked?

    The ads lied. Bethesda lied.

    Largely false advertising was used to acquire our hard earned dollars for this title. Steam helped perpetrate the lie by categorizing this game as an RPG. It is not an RPG, it's a FPS game. And it is Fallout only in name and superficial theme.

    How is this different from other titles I disliked? Let's look at what were my least two favorite purchases up until this point:

    Mass Effect 2
    Ads for Mass Effect 2 did not lie about what it was, and unlike FO4 it has a compelling story. The mechanics and the fact that it's a piece of twitchware just drove me batty and I stopped playing. I have watched the story as posted on youtube and absolutely love the story. I just hate playing shooters. They're not my scene. It's OK if you love them. I still won't, tho.

    Wastelands 2
    The ads for Wastelands 2 did not outright lie. It is a tactical RPG. It just has an awful story with juvenile writing. Oh and ALL of your rangers are jerks. It's grating. But WHEN the mechanics work it's what I wanted out of Fallout: Tactics. So it's still got some value for me.    … Expand
  20. dajarvi
    Nov 13, 2015
    9
    Fallout 4 is a step forward compared to the previous titles. I have played Fallout 3 and New Vegas, but the innovation behind Fallout 4 is much more immersive and streamlined. I enjoy the new system of character development and interaction with the world. Fallout 4 plays more like a simulator compared to its predecessors. The graphics are better, but nothing compared to 2015 standards.Fallout 4 is a step forward compared to the previous titles. I have played Fallout 3 and New Vegas, but the innovation behind Fallout 4 is much more immersive and streamlined. I enjoy the new system of character development and interaction with the world. Fallout 4 plays more like a simulator compared to its predecessors. The graphics are better, but nothing compared to 2015 standards. Hopefully, modding will come down the pipeline sooner than later. Glad I bought this at full price. It has been worth it.… Expand
  21. LittleMacca
    Nov 13, 2015
    10
    Looking at this game after just playing Fallout 3 it's a vast improvement in every way. Let's face it Fallout 3 looked awful (graphically not stylistically) and Fallout 4 looks like a seven year advancement on that. The shooting is solid and feels really good, compared to Fallout 3s spray and pray. I'm very impressed by how much has gone into this game. My only real gripe is the fps dropsLooking at this game after just playing Fallout 3 it's a vast improvement in every way. Let's face it Fallout 3 looked awful (graphically not stylistically) and Fallout 4 looks like a seven year advancement on that. The shooting is solid and feels really good, compared to Fallout 3s spray and pray. I'm very impressed by how much has gone into this game. My only real gripe is the fps drops despite having 2 x GTX 970s. I'm disappointed that the only people who take the time to write reviews are complaining about the game, everyone who loves it is playing it now. This game is NO WAY below a 7 in any stretch of the imagination, I feel bad that Bethesda is a victim of its own success and has people like this for fans.… Expand
  22. Celtillus
    Nov 13, 2015
    10
    ~30 Hours in and I feel like I've barely scratched the surface. I played and finished Fallout 1 and 2 long before Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas came out. Fallout 4 captures the very best of Fallout better than the previous 2 games, and in my opinion, surpasses even the originals in so many ways.

    The people who say there is no story don't really understand Fallout or the types of games    ~30 Hours in and I feel like I've barely scratched the surface. I played and finished Fallout 1 and 2 long before Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas came out. Fallout 4 captures the very best of Fallout better than the previous 2 games, and in my opinion, surpasses even the originals in so many ways.

    The people who say there is no story don't really understand Fallout or the types of games that Bethesda develops. The player makes his/her own stories in these games. Bethesda makes the sandbox and lets you play in it. Console players get only a very small portion of the experience, because they don't have access to mods, which really make the sandbox come alive and allow you to customize the game into whatever you want it to be. It seems like they might be able to get a few small relatively simple mods this time around, though.    … Expand
  23. Gingergamer
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    It was kinda suspicious when the "Preorder" button appeared immediately after they announced the game, EA style. But I still hoped for better, I thought that fallout can never be bad, all while cautiously being reluctant to preorder it - there was that annoying feeling that something's not right if a company already wants to take your money before any presentation. Well, now we have theIt was kinda suspicious when the "Preorder" button appeared immediately after they announced the game, EA style. But I still hoped for better, I thought that fallout can never be bad, all while cautiously being reluctant to preorder it - there was that annoying feeling that something's not right if a company already wants to take your money before any presentation. Well, now we have the reason.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    The graphics are a shame for 2015, and there is no big world to compensate for the lack of detail. Lazily done modification of an old engine. Bad animations, bad textures, bad facial detail.    … Expand
  24. Mercarcher
    Nov 13, 2015
    10
    I'm 60 hours into the game and closing into the end game on my first playthrough. Let me first say in my 60 hours I have run into only 2 bugs both of which are very minor and were resolved by a restart of the game. There isn't a massive problem with the game engine as the 0's who probably haven't even played the game will make you believe.

    Don't mind the circlejerk hate brigade about    I'm 60 hours into the game and closing into the end game on my first playthrough. Let me first say in my 60 hours I have run into only 2 bugs both of which are very minor and were resolved by a restart of the game. There isn't a massive problem with the game engine as the 0's who probably haven't even played the game will make you believe.

    Don't mind the circlejerk hate brigade about this game, it is fantastic. The new perk system really makes you choose how you want to play your character, a lot more so than previous fallout games where you could literally become master of everything relatively quickly. The story also has you make some hard choices when choosing your faction because they all have valid goals that can not overlap. The gun modding system is by far the best addition to the series though. I'm constantly looking around for scrap items so I can customize my guns. Combine that with the legendary weapon perks and you have an extremely fun way to hope for an amazing gun. I personally got lucky and got a hunting rifle with the perk "Does double damage if the target is at full HP" and I modded it to becomes a .50 sniper rifle with a silencer so I can sneak around picking off full HP targets stealthy from a distance. Its just amazing how much you can tailor your experience to how you want to play.

    So far from the Elder Scrolls and Fallout series I rate this below Morrowind, but above New Vegas, Skyrim, Oblivion, and Fallout 3. Its a fantastic game.    … Expand
  25. BurningRed
    Nov 13, 2015
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game as expected. Although, i feel it didnt improve that much from Fallout 3 which was released 7 years ago! Dialogues aren't that impressive, some bugs with walls block who make me go back like a lag spike. I think the interaction between objects should be so much improved. In the first scene when you need to drink the coffee you dont see any interaction with the cup. You just press drink and its done. Its just an example. Was expecting more. The last negative thing i need to say is the 1000 bullets needed to kill a guy on a suit. Well... cmon! We all know in the games one bullet doesnt kill someone but 1 shot in the head should kill someone without armor. I waste 3 reloads sometimes to kill a guy without armor. Apart from that is the game we all expected i guess.… Expand
  26. Nicobernd
    Nov 13, 2015
    10
    Fallout 4 has such a nice old school feeling , that why i give it a 10/10

    Also i cant understand all the 0-5 reviews because even if u dont like a game its never a 0/10 because that would be unplayable
  27. CodeJerry
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    This game was by far the worst of fallout series. Only because you can tell how lazy the developers were. . Honestly a few times I thought i was playing Borderlands, Which ain't bad except imagine playing borderlands without friends. The quests are now all becoming escort/get this/kill this. I just beat it and the ending was well.. predictable. . Maybe it will grow on me but the wholeThis game was by far the worst of fallout series. Only because you can tell how lazy the developers were. . Honestly a few times I thought i was playing Borderlands, Which ain't bad except imagine playing borderlands without friends. The quests are now all becoming escort/get this/kill this. I just beat it and the ending was well.. predictable. . Maybe it will grow on me but the whole thing of wearing power armor that costs fuel but doesn't have unlimited sprint.. kinda pointless. You will find yourself wishing it didn't so you could actually do some skill combat that requires moving around fast and not just press E or click. It seems like most side quests when in fallout 3 had meaning and could actually change the enviroment you lived in. Also all the weapons in this game are a few good ones that actually work and the rest can look awesome but are crap and unusable in combat. I wish they would of added some sort of delivery system for your power armour since that would make it more bearable instead you need to walk all the way to where you left it and pick it up and walk all the way back adding pointless things to do to waste time and make your think because your spent this long playing a game you must of liked it.… Expand
  28. BPoole
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    Where to begin? Beth has put a great many of us Fallout fans down with Fallout 4. The game is not living up to my expectations of a Fallout game. 6 hours and I just can seem to have fun. The radial dialogue wheel is a disaster. The story seems lacking and it just doesn't feel as good as Fallout: New Vegas. Immortal Dogmeat is stupid.

    Rate 1 and feels like I lost $60. DISAPPOINTED in Beth.
  29. alicedupre
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    I'll give you an unbiased review.

    First - Gameplay: -If you try to play it in third person inside a building, you can't. Trying to pick up an item, pressing a button or shooting an enemy is a chore because of the bad camera; -The settlement building is ok at best. Once you start building stuff you see how shallow it is. Everything you build is rusty and decaying despite being brand    I'll give you an unbiased review.

    First - Gameplay:
    -If you try to play it in third person inside a building, you can't. Trying to pick up an item, pressing a button or shooting an enemy is a chore because of the bad camera;
    -The settlement building is ok at best. Once you start building stuff you see how shallow it is. Everything you build is rusty and decaying despite being brand new. There isn't much variety in what you can do with the settlement building and if you try to build walls on any terrain that isn't completely flat you will see the disaster, you will see how rushed and shallow this gimmick is. It is a great idea that suffers from poor execution.
    -The weapon crafting is the same as settlement building. Great idea that suffers from poor execution. Not only the weapons are ugly, but they look like something straight out of Borderlands. They don't look like real pipe weapons at all. Just compare them to the Bosnian-war homemade weapons.
    -Power Armor suffers from the exact same problem as weapon crafting and settlement building: Poor execution. 10 minutes into the game you get the power armor. Another 10 minutes and you are swimming in fusion cores. The Power Armor in the Fallout franchise is supposed to be a really rare and end-game armor, not something you get in the first 10 minutes. This completely undermines it.
    -It is cool that enemies take cover now, but their AI is still as bad as it was in Fallout 3.
    -No sense of self-preservation, the enemy who is wielding a bat sees you in a power armor with a minigun and he/she still runs towards you and tries to kill you with his/hers bat.
    -Melee is still the same bad thing from Skyrim. Enemies standing still while hitting each other. Piper was just there gun-butting the Super Mutant in the head while the Super Mutant was hitting her with a piece of wood.
    -Bullet sponges. I played the game on Survival and there is no difficulty except for artificial difficulty a.k.a. bullet sponges. The enemies aren't clever, their AI is not improved, they are just turned into bullet sponges. Then there are some that are LEGENDARY bullet sponges that can "mutate" and restore their healths fully.
    This is not difficult at all. This is boring and turns the gameplay into a chore.
    I love when enemies outsmart me and I have to outsmart them, this is difficulty, but turning a dumb enemy into a bullet sponge is not difficulty. It is a really bad gameplay design.

    Second - The World and Lore:
    -If you ever played Fallout 1, 2 or New Vegas you probably understand how wrong the world of Fallout 4 is in the setting. If not, then there is no point explaining it here since it would take more than 5000 characters, but just a quick thing:
    Fallout is a post-apocalyptic game not focused on the destruction of the wasteland, but on the people rebuilding, the world being rich culturally and society going back to the way it was. You don't have that in Fallout 4. You have an empty world devoid of content (unless you call content the same copy-pasted ruins with the same ghouls or raiders, which I don't). And, oh yeah, plastic and micro-electronics in Fallout 4, both of them shouldn't exist because of the petrol shortage in the setting.
    -And why is the BoS destroying technology? They are hoarders, they want technological supremacy and to do that they hoard every piece of technology so their scribes can study them and make advancements. But in Fallout 4 they want to destroy technology.

    Third - The Characters and Interactions:
    -Fallout was always a game with charming characters, clever dialogue, dark humour and good voice acting.
    But no single character in Fallout 4 ever acts, speaks or thinks like a human being.
    -Courtney Taylor who amazingly voiced Jack in Mass Effect 2 and 3 (one of my favourite video-game characters) was bad in Fallout 4, same as the male voice actor. If you can make a competent voice actress like Courtney Taylor sound bad, then you have a huge problem with the dialogue of your game.
    -The only good character was Nick Valentine. He was a easy one to write, just a copy-pasted noir detective, but still I have to give props to Bethesda for including him.

    Last - The plot:
    -After the intro happens, you say "I'll find whoever did this", then 2 minutes after that you see a Cryolator Pistol locked in a case and says "Nice! I'm coming back for you later!". Then five minutes after that you find Codsworth and says "B-but it's all... dead...". Then five minutes later you are already cracking jokes ("SARCASTIC" option in dialogue).
    -You are supposed to care about your family but you don't spend even 3 minutes with them. There is no bonding moment, nothing. The game forces you some strangers, say that they are your family and you're supposed to care.
    -No roleplaying possibility. You can either say yes, say yes in a sarcastic manner or says no that leads to the same thing as saying yes. No evil choices. Only flavours of saying yes.

    So I have to give the game a 1/10 because I liked Nick.    … Expand
  30. PhilGPT
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    Terrible, terrible game. I have no idea what Bethesda thought to accomplish? Maybe to make me not buy games from them anymore?

    Cons: -Removal of armor & weapons degradation -Addition of the dialogue wheel. 4 choices? What? BGS go back to your old dialogue system. -Level scaling. It's 2015 remove this abomination, Witcher 3 did it right with no level scaling enemies. Beth take it    Terrible, terrible game. I have no idea what Bethesda thought to accomplish? Maybe to make me not buy games from them anymore?

    Cons:

    -Removal of armor & weapons degradation
    -Addition of the dialogue wheel. 4 choices? What? BGS go back to your old dialogue system.
    -Level scaling. It's 2015 remove this abomination, Witcher 3 did it right with no level scaling enemies. Beth take it one step further and remove it from both enemies and loot.

    Pros:

    -Mods: Yay, I can add what I want and remove the bad features like the dialogue wheel.
    -Graphics: Looks ok, no idea why so many are complaining about them.
    -Crafting: It's actually fun.
    -Combat: Feels improved thanks to iD with their help.

    All in all this game gets a 1 from me due to the 3 cons I described, I can't stand the dialogue wheel and armor & weapons not breaking is annoying I want to maintain them.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

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