Fallout 4

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  1. Swagsnegger
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    The blind fanboys just annoy the sh!t out me.How can someone be satisfied with an end product like this.The hype is making me crazy.And the fans personally attack the person who says anything about the game's fault.The game itself is below par.This is totally nonsense.
  2. darksouls2044
    Nov 12, 2015
    7
    This is a good game. But it's not a Fallout game.
    a huge step back from new vegas. wait until it's on sale.
    Any true Fallout fan (including Bethesda Fallouts) Would be hugely disappointed in this game. While there are some great additions, the crafting system, improved combat, building etc. It's one step forward, FIVE steps back. The poor performance on all platforms, optimization and    This is a good game. But it's not a Fallout game.
    a huge step back from new vegas. wait until it's on sale.

    Any true Fallout fan (including Bethesda Fallouts) Would be hugely disappointed in this game. While there are some great additions, the crafting system, improved combat, building etc. It's one step forward, FIVE steps back. The poor performance on all platforms, optimization and bugs are almost game breaking. The main story is extremely uninspired, and is almost a carbon copy of the story of Fallout 3, with a few minor tweaks. The voice acting and writing is extremely poor, for example the Boston accents sound like they were done from people off the street. For SEVEN years of development time, and with so many marks missed, I would not recommend this game, as anyone who has any respect for the RPGs of the past will be sorely disappointed with this.    … Expand
  3. pongkong
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    if you have never played fallout before, by all means play this game maybe youll enjoy yourself. but if youve played fallout i just dont know how you could find this game acceptable. its pathetic really, bethesda should feel embarassed.
  4. valbilken
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    if i were a 12-17 years old boy who is fan of cod i would love this game.But unfortunately im not.

    This is a open world cod with 4 talking options

    sarcasm yes no and enough

    thanks bethesta thank you
  5. dvst11
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    I have been a fan of the series for a long time. This entry is a huge disappointment. A sad day for open world RPG lovers. All of the role playing has been removed from the game via the dialog wheel and voiced character. I tried to look over these things and enjoy the game, but there are countless other huge simplifications made and it feels too shallow.
  6. Vasiliy5000
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Blurry textures primitive AI, flat and empty characters and dialogues , no atmosphere , poor work of artists and game designers, as if the world was created in the generator , a plurality of game bugs unworthy game published in 2015. It was hard to spoil such a universe , but you tried .

    Ruin your hands are not the hands , it is in your heads .
  7. HENCHMAN
    Nov 12, 2015
    2
    This game is bad, and not in a good way. I was offended by the graphics, the mechanics are ridiculous, not in a good way either. I wanted to get rid of it after playing for a few hours. I'm only playing now to justify my purchase. I was hoping this would be a game i kept in my collection but I will be trading this in for star wars come Tuesday. Basically rented a game for $20. This is myThis game is bad, and not in a good way. I was offended by the graphics, the mechanics are ridiculous, not in a good way either. I wanted to get rid of it after playing for a few hours. I'm only playing now to justify my purchase. I was hoping this would be a game i kept in my collection but I will be trading this in for star wars come Tuesday. Basically rented a game for $20. This is my first fallout game an i got it based on reviews of previous fallout games and the supposed hype of what was to come. I got the Nathan Drake collection as i had not previously played the series and the graphics were on par with fallout 4, a d@mn shame considering the time lapse. I am being generous when i say this game is pedestrian, and a pedestrian with no legs. It only gets a two because it get's a point for writing its name and a point for showing up. Thanks for nothing.… Expand
  8. Winters
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Oh good, you made it for the consoles and ported it to the PC. What a pile of dull, linear, repetitive, unimaginative s***. The graphics are truly awful. The movement has that wonderful console "floaty" feeling to it.

    The game might not rate as a zero but that is what I am giving it, as I am comparing it to Fallout 3.
  9. Aetheryn
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    I must say that I take note of how my previous review mysteriously vanished.

    In any case, it won't stop me from voicing my opinions. This game is overhyped trash and I pity the delusional fans buying into Bethesda's latest scam.
  10. axiom2321
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Take a billion dollar game developer -- give them a 150 million dollar budget, a project that allows for unlimited creative and design freedom, and as much time as they need to ship a strong product. What do ya get?

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

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

    They expect the mod community to clean up the world-class mess they leave in every game they ship -- last year, they even tried to charge us for this. We've got to stop giving them the impression that this stuff is okay.
    Hard pass.    … Expand
  11. Gwardion
    Nov 12, 2015
    10
    Lots of reviews out there, just adding my weight. 44 hours after release and I have logged 23 hours. The game has evolved immensely. No, it isn't Fallout 1 and 2, and no, it isn't 3 or Vegas, it is a quantum leap beyond. I have had one freeze in 23 hours, I turned AA and AF off with all other settings on ultra with an FX-6300, 8GB ram, SSD, R9 270 2GB. I have a hard time imagining a betterLots of reviews out there, just adding my weight. 44 hours after release and I have logged 23 hours. The game has evolved immensely. No, it isn't Fallout 1 and 2, and no, it isn't 3 or Vegas, it is a quantum leap beyond. I have had one freeze in 23 hours, I turned AA and AF off with all other settings on ultra with an FX-6300, 8GB ram, SSD, R9 270 2GB. I have a hard time imagining a better game and we haven't even seen the mods or DLCs yet.… Expand
  12. ForewardSlash
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Graphics are nice OK and can be modded - good but from what hear they can be much better. Understandable since they want the game to be playable to a large audience.

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

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

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

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

    the perks and mechanics are good though i liked that and graphics the environment was well made (i think) but again is bland. color was nice. i feel like i give this game a 5 but it really deserves maybe a 6
    rated 0 because its so boring.    … Expand
  13. TommyTheITGuy
    Nov 12, 2015
    3
    It was a mistake to let Bethesda handle this franchise. They don't understand what a postapo game should look like. This game looks like a FPS game with more dialogues, has an unbalanced loot system, 80% of your enemies are raiders and ghouls, the story is pretty average tbh and tons of other things gone wrong, like for example, F4 still has the same bugs that were present in Oblivion,It was a mistake to let Bethesda handle this franchise. They don't understand what a postapo game should look like. This game looks like a FPS game with more dialogues, has an unbalanced loot system, 80% of your enemies are raiders and ghouls, the story is pretty average tbh and tons of other things gone wrong, like for example, F4 still has the same bugs that were present in Oblivion, showing us that Bethesda can't patch 9-year old bugs in their engine. The UI is just copy-pasted from the console version and looks awful. The graphics are pretty mediocre as well, remove some effects and it will look worse than in F3. The SPECIAL and Perks systems were literally DESTROYED in this game - they just tried to make a Skyrim in a postapo world. And really Bethesda, you give us only two radios? And one with classical music - what's up with that? No references from F1/F2/FNV in F4. The game doesn't support 5:4, 4:3, 21:9 monitors, which is pretty bad. The game is overall also absurdly easy to play, there are no challenges even at hardest difficulty, regardless of your stats.

    3/10, would not bang.    … Expand
  14. pablove
    Nov 12, 2015
    6
    Graphics from a Ps3 game more or less. Far Cry 3 on pc has better graphics and im not joking.
    After playing The Witcher 3, this game feels like an old gen game in more senses, not only the graphics. The dialogs, the faces and the expresivity of them, the gameplay and the sensation of inmersion was so much better on TW3 too. And the history seems that its not the big thing...
    Personaly I    Graphics from a Ps3 game more or less. Far Cry 3 on pc has better graphics and im not joking.
    After playing The Witcher 3, this game feels like an old gen game in more senses, not only the graphics. The dialogs, the faces and the expresivity of them, the gameplay and the sensation of inmersion was so much better on TW3 too. And the history seems that its not the big thing...
    Personaly I think Fallout 3 is still a better game than this becasue:
    Graphics: Just a bit better on F4
    History: I've not finished it yet but for the moment I prefer F3 history.
    Gameplay: Better fro me F3 experience too.
    Inmersion: Better F3 version.
    There's a diference of about 7-8 years in both games, don't waste your money on this new Fallout. Download instad of paying for it and if you really like it then buy.    … Expand
  15. SesWhen
    Nov 12, 2015
    10
    Fallout 3 was the best game I ever played and spoiled me for all other games. Fallout 4 is even better! Open environment is the only way to go. You get freedom to play how you want. Any game that forces you to go places and have no choices is not for me. You will never get stuck in Fallout 4 and you can play it again and again and never have it be the same. It is vast. It is damn near perfect.
  16. EduardoMaia
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Those "next gen" graphics give me cancer! Those "next gen" graphics give me cancer! Those "next gen" graphics give me cancer! Those "next gen" graphics give me cancer!
  17. Almostdead
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Really ? Bethesda? You didn't learn anything from flaws of TES? Boring side quest, pointless dialogue, clunky system, ugly UI... There is nothing right in FO4 except gun play and crafting. WTF! If it is not Fallout i might give it 8/10, But you ruin Fallout! You need to learn how to make a RPG from the beginning!
    I beg you Bethesda! Give Fallout 4 to Obsidian!
  18. Carnakt
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    My guess is that they were overjoyed about how great scores Skyrim got and thought that pretty much the same simplification of core mechanics would work with fallout. Seems like it did not.
  19. regalbryant
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    this game **** sucks. i dont care what all the fanboys who will stand by this company just because, if you release a game it should be finished. also wheres the morality system? there's no real consequence for being evil, where just in the year 2008 fallout 3, there was a morality system, you knew you were being bad, and oh it felt so good. this game there is no such thing, just yourthis game **** sucks. i dont care what all the fanboys who will stand by this company just because, if you release a game it should be finished. also wheres the morality system? there's no real consequence for being evil, where just in the year 2008 fallout 3, there was a morality system, you knew you were being bad, and oh it felt so good. this game there is no such thing, just your companion disliking it, by golly im worried. oh yeah you can be "sarcastic"!!! oh the choices!! no amount of fanboyism can just act like this game has no problems whatsoever. even the first 2 fallouts were better.
    10/10 would act like its a god given gift to play this game again    … Expand
  20. rinner23
    Nov 12, 2015
    2
    This game is Trash. Coming from a long-time fallout fan from the very first, and I even loved Fallout 3.

    Bethesda have basically dumped a terrible console port onto the laps of PC Gamer's everywhere. To do that in itself is bad enough, but to do it with so beloved a franchise is unforgivable. There was a reason for the strict review embargo - this game is trash through and through.    This game is Trash. Coming from a long-time fallout fan from the very first, and I even loved Fallout 3.

    Bethesda have basically dumped a terrible console port onto the laps of PC Gamer's everywhere. To do that in itself is bad enough, but to do it with so beloved a franchise is unforgivable.

    There was a reason for the strict review embargo - this game is trash through and through. It's designed for consoles and even then doesn't come close to 'Next-Gen'. You can't even re-bind all the keys, change the FOV (WTF!), or equalize the horizontal/vertical mouse sensitivity.

    Aside from all the atrocious bugs, the awful face textures, crappy animations, and poor performance this game is just so DULL, DULL, DULL and BORING.

    This game is a horrible, shameful mess, and Bethesda have just lost a customer for life.

    AVOID.    … Expand
  21. Kokeshi_Is_Life
    Nov 12, 2015
    4
    No Karma
    No Faction Reputation
    No Weapon Condition
    No Skills
    No clarity in the dialogue wheel
    No option to kill a lot of NPCs
    No respect for the lore
    No Buys
  22. SunnyFrimley
    Nov 12, 2015
    10
    Excellent game. You need to actually play it a while in order to get to grips with the changes since Fallout 3, but once you get used to how the skill system functions now etc it is fine. There is loads of customisation as well, plus the option of building communities etc should you so desire.

    I don't know why this is getting caned so much by some people. I can understand people on slow    Excellent game. You need to actually play it a while in order to get to grips with the changes since Fallout 3, but once you get used to how the skill system functions now etc it is fine. There is loads of customisation as well, plus the option of building communities etc should you so desire.

    I don't know why this is getting caned so much by some people. I can understand people on slow internet connections feeling cheated about not getting the full game on the disk, but the other complaints are just not justified. Play the game and judge for yourself. To me it is everything Fallout 4 should have been.    … Expand
  23. Jman14102
    Nov 12, 2015
    4
    Bethesda told us that they've been secretly working on this game for years, making sure to get everything right. They said they were going to take the best of 3 and New Vegas and improve upon them. They told us that we would be able to do anything we want, be the character we wanted to be. We were lead to believe that this was going to be the best game of 2015, the game that wouldBethesda told us that they've been secretly working on this game for years, making sure to get everything right. They said they were going to take the best of 3 and New Vegas and improve upon them. They told us that we would be able to do anything we want, be the character we wanted to be. We were lead to believe that this was going to be the best game of 2015, the game that would revolutionize the Fallout franchise.

    SO WHAT HAPPENED?
    WHAT THE **** HAPPENED!?
    WHEN DID THINGS GO SO WRONG TODD HOWARD!?
    WHAT HAPPENED TO FALLOUT 4!?    … Expand
  24. DasSauce
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Fallout 4, a phenomenal game, is marked by incompetent developers who focus solely on the console versions just making them playable on it. Whereas us PC users are shafted. The workshop UI is clearly aimed at console users. Extremely unstable FPS lag due to awful optimization. Time and time again random crashes occur. Crashes are so prevalent that I am LITERALLY UNABLE TO PROGRESS IN THEFallout 4, a phenomenal game, is marked by incompetent developers who focus solely on the console versions just making them playable on it. Whereas us PC users are shafted. The workshop UI is clearly aimed at console users. Extremely unstable FPS lag due to awful optimization. Time and time again random crashes occur. Crashes are so prevalent that I am LITERALLY UNABLE TO PROGRESS IN THE MAIN STORYLINE. This is absolutely disgusting and Bethesda I hope the user score of 4.9/10 (hopefully going lower) will open your eyes and let you know we will not accept such a ridiculously buggy game and lackluster performance from a developer we hold to such high esteem. And no, Bethesda, I'm not from 4cha n. Fix your practices or we will stay angry!… Expand
  25. zhypoh
    Nov 12, 2015
    9
    There are a few minor nitpicks I have regarding controls on the PC, and some graphical glitches and scripting errors -- but nothing major or game breaking. A great open-world game with tonnes of freedom to make the game your own.
  26. billybaggggg
    Nov 12, 2015
    6
    It's an ok game... lots of glitches and such... mods usually make Bethesda games for me, and mods will fix and add on the the game. I like modding as well, so this ought to be great!
  27. Andy578
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    IT'S A SCAM. game isn't even on the disc, installs 5GB then tells you to download a whopping 24GB. nowhere on the box does it say the game is download only, why even release a disc if you're not going to put the game on it? open games can't be returned so those of us with poor or limited internet are screwed
  28. sorewin
    Nov 12, 2015
    10
    The world, exploration, crafting, atmosphere, and story of Fallout 4 are all key parts of this hugely successful sandbox role-playing game. Great new reasons to obsessively gather and hoard relics of happier times, strong companions, and sympathetic villains driving tough decisions make it an adventure I’ll definitely replay and revisit
  29. Xiggs
    Nov 12, 2015
    4
    With Fallout 4 Bethesda has just pulled off its Dragon age 2 of the fallout series. By doing this they have shown EA that they are ripe for picking and soon it might read something like "Bethesda Soft Works, A Division of EA". You know what, if EA acquires Bethesda, the quality of their games might actually improve (not just polishing of their finished products)

    All the negative reviews    With Fallout 4 Bethesda has just pulled off its Dragon age 2 of the fallout series. By doing this they have shown EA that they are ripe for picking and soon it might read something like "Bethesda Soft Works, A Division of EA". You know what, if EA acquires Bethesda, the quality of their games might actually improve (not just polishing of their finished products)

    All the negative reviews here actually give the underlying reasons for such a review...but almost 90% of the positive (9+/10 score reviews) don't list down the positives of the game but only bash the criticism dished out by the fallout fans and experienced RPG players. IMHO, all those positive reviews are done by 'PAID SHILLS'

    Fallout 4 looks like it was conceived by the foursome of Borderlands, RAGE, TES 5:Skyrim and Minecraft. All the good work put in by Obsidian in FO:NV has been stripped off to show the ugly inside of Bethesda's consolization of the game. a BIG middle finger to Obsidian and the fallout fans and a finger pointing towards the pockets of the console gamers "More moolah....because we spent million on creating 'The Hype'!".

    *Wooooooosa....WOOOOOOOSSSA....calm down!*

    I got my first shock on the indifferent emotional state of the Protagonist when he/she lost a family member "oh! I'm going to avenge you!" that's it?? this is how people behave when they lose a loved one? Geez! Facial expressions and lip sync is so 2005. Can't say much about the story but the initial side-quests are mostly go fetch or kill tasks.

    A person who just came out of a 210+ years of Cryo-slumber starts using energy weapons, power armors as if using a butter knife for breakfast or putting on clothes for work. Starts modding equipment as if he was the greatest blacksmith the world has ever known. who needs training for all that? heck! they should have atleast made the protagonist upload training disks to his mind like Neo did in Matrix.,,,it wouldn't have seemed as inappropriate.

    Ok! I get it! the PC doesn't need training, he was born trained....but WE do need tutorials for Bethesda's version of Minecraft. I created a bed for some settler but it is lying there near the workbench and I don't know how to move it to its appropriate place? All I can do is bang my head on the bench and then take a nap on that bed when get tired. It seems everything has been left to the modding community to fix, while Bethesda counts cash...NIAH NIAH NIAH!!! time to get ready for 'TES VI: MoreMoney'...."All your money are belong to us"

    there is so much I could write about, but lets just say I don't want to hurt myself more : P I give a rating of 4/10 just for the efforts of the people working in Bethesda (like us...just doing their jobs) who must have worked tirelessly to put together this game for what it's worth. I wish I could give Todd -4/10 (yes! that's a negative 4) for forcing this big technical glitch upon us and Bethesda employees.

    *WOOOOSSA!! WOOOOOOOOOSA    … Expand
  30. sappyguppy
    Nov 12, 2015
    4
    I am surprised and disappointed with this effort from Bethesda. As one of their two flagship games, with five years development time, I was expecting something at least up to the standards of Oblivion, Skyrim, FO3 and FONV - all excellent games in my opinion where I have at least 500hrs invested into each.

    I currently have 8 hours invested into the game, and I will hit 100 hours, but    I am surprised and disappointed with this effort from Bethesda. As one of their two flagship games, with five years development time, I was expecting something at least up to the standards of Oblivion, Skyrim, FO3 and FONV - all excellent games in my opinion where I have at least 500hrs invested into each.

    I currently have 8 hours invested into the game, and I will hit 100 hours, but only because I am praying that if I force myself to play longer, the game will somehow grow on me.

    Game video is laggy, and this is on a high end gamer PC. Movement, combat, scanning the horizons, all are relatively clumsy and unresponsive compared to the experience of Bethesda's other games, causing muscle memory to demand a return to precision and alacrity of an older games.

    The game is further slowed down by the main character voice overs, which require much longer cut scenes, causing frequent and overlong breaks in the game action, removing the player from the game action. I find that voiced characters do not belong to me, but to the game writers; I am merely along for the ride. I enjoy being the silent ventriloquist to my character, and I enjoy believing that my avatar is duplicating my emotional state - things that require my internal dialogue, and are not compatible with an external voice actor.

    With the main character losing my ability to define him, I did expect the story line to improve. But, at least for the first 8 hours I've invested into the game, story telling is nothing more than annoying missions and interactions with NPC I would rather turn my gun on than help out. Story telling has never been a strength of a open world games, player freedom does limit creators ability to author - I accept that, but if Bethesda is going to take my character away from me, I need to get something back!

    A very sorry development, which hopefully doesn't migrate to the Elder Scrolls, is dumbing down of leveling. I hated it in DA:2 and DA:I and never thought Bethesda would blindly mimic Bioware, but they did; just as DA:I only permitted you a special ability upgrade upon leveling, so now does FO4 - are skills are gone and all you get upon leveling is a single perk.

    The Commonwealth (the FO4 world) is small, by Bethesda standards and is well on its way of meeting half-way Bioware (which with DA:I is trending slowly up) in world size. Going from Vault 11, in the upper left corner of the map, to Diamond City, which is roughly the other side of the map, took about ten minutes. Furthermore, much of the world between those two points all looks the same, refusing to demand that I take pause and just look. This comes as a huge disappointment, especially since I just finished the DLC Lonesome Roads, where the artwork brought stunned horror to my soul, causing me to take long timeouts to enjoy panoramas that the artistic team dreamed up.

    I bought the game on DVD because I have a slow internet access. I was okay with some partial downloading - I have done this with other games and it doesn't bother me. But less than 30% of the game was on the DVD, which meant over 72 hours of download time. This is unacceptable. I don't mind an hour or two if it helps counter piracy, but 70% of the game? Let's be honest, this is simply a cost saving maneuver - Bethesda simply did not want to pay for the media necessary to deliver this game.    … Expand
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#31 Best PC Game of 2015
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#2 Most Discussed PC Game of 2015
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#2 Most Shared PC Game of 2015

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84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

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