Fallout 4

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  1. Tain
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    Fallout 4 feels like a shooter instead of a RPG, Beth butchered the Fallout franchise they should of passed development to Obsidian for writing.

    Beth has been cutting out RPG elements in their games since Oblivion no surprise here. If your a RPG fan then stay away from Fallout 4, but F: NV if you don't have it or buy Witcher 3. Witcher 3's storytelling is 100 times better than    Fallout 4 feels like a shooter instead of a RPG, Beth butchered the Fallout franchise they should of passed development to Obsidian for writing.

    Beth has been cutting out RPG elements in their games since Oblivion no surprise here. If your a RPG fan then stay away from Fallout 4, but F: NV if you don't have it or buy Witcher 3.

    Witcher 3's storytelling is 100 times better than Fallout 4's.

    With that said, last purchase from Beth from here on out. BYE BETH!    … Expand
  2. Dreavus
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    Absolutely disaster of a game, does NOT feel like a RPG, Witcher 3 blows BGS out of the water.

    I lost 60 bucks on a game with less RPG elements than ever before. extremely boring to play.
  3. meloji
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    I have played Fallout since the beginning, and even enjoyed the new style in Fallout 3 & New Vegas, but this version is trash. I have never written a bad review - because how can anyone speak ill of the Fallout brand? Sadly, this game is clunky, even though I have a solid computer. The engine just isn't designed to provide you with a good, clean experience. If you have played a BlizzardI have played Fallout since the beginning, and even enjoyed the new style in Fallout 3 & New Vegas, but this version is trash. I have never written a bad review - because how can anyone speak ill of the Fallout brand? Sadly, this game is clunky, even though I have a solid computer. The engine just isn't designed to provide you with a good, clean experience. If you have played a Blizzard game, you probably have been spoiled by what is possible and will find that this game does not live up to a modern standard. The sad part is that I REALLY want to play it, but sitting down and actually spending time on the game is painful - it just HURTS. The designers give you zero orientation about how to play, how to use VATS, etc. One of the very first quests bugs and forced me to use reedit to complete it. The explanation of the building system is weak. Bethesda is just careless. I don't go around writing bad reviews, but seriously, it is 2015 and people should expect more. The only good thing about this game is that it came out at the same time as Legacy of the Void so that I can distract myself from how disappointed I am with a game that actually makes me feel immersed in and has a story I give a crap about. Unbelievable how cowed game critics are to provide us with such lies about the play-ability of this game. Please.… Expand
  4. Vaultboy47
    Nov 15, 2015
    1
    "Press X to be Sarcastic."

    Huge disappointment. I think I understand the direction Bethesda is trying to go with Fallout, however I disagree with the limited dialogue wheel. If you want a voiced protagonist, fine, but please make the dialogue as deep and branched as previous games. I miss talking endlessly with people like Moira in Megaton, and I haven't had such an experience after 20    "Press X to be Sarcastic."

    Huge disappointment. I think I understand the direction Bethesda is trying to go with Fallout, however I disagree with the limited dialogue wheel. If you want a voiced protagonist, fine, but please make the dialogue as deep and branched as previous games. I miss talking endlessly with people like Moira in Megaton, and I haven't had such an experience after 20 hours in the game. The dialogue wheel and lack of actual conversation ruins the role-playing experience for me. Let me use an example: Dragon Age: Origins was considered one of the greatest RPGs ever made with its cleverly crafted dialogue which you could read in your own voice and play how you wanted. Then, Dragon Age 2 decided to throw all of that out the window and introduce a dialogue wheel and a voiced protagonist. It was a resounding flop and alienated a large portion of RPG fans.

    The weapons, crafting, and FPS aspects are a great improvement, but this is overshadowed by the fact that the dialogue options are now limited to nothing more than Yes No Maybe Sarcastic with a very limited number of characters you can talk to. Having really good gun mechanics and weapon crafting with a lack of dialogue and RPG elements makes you Borderlands 3, not Fallout. And I do not like the Borderlands series, because it is clearly that - a boring, repetitive first person shooter pretending to be an RPG.

    If you want an RPG with great writing and dialogue, see Fallout 1, 2, 3, New Vegas, Wasteland 2, Pillars of Eternity, Morrowind, Oblivion, and so on. This dialogue wheel bollocks is pushing the Fallout series dangerously close to generic FPS interactive movie territory, and to see such a great universe go to waste is heartbreaking. Fallout 4 is a good, even great game on its own, but as a Fallout fan it feels like they listened too much to the people complaining that Fallout 3 and New Vegas had bad combat FPS characteristics, and not enough to the people who like RPGs. In other words, the balance between RPG and FPS has shifted a bit too much towards standard FPS. The voiced protagonist also limits role playing and player agency, and I think it simply is not a good idea. That said, none of these things are making the game unplayable or unenjoyable, just a disappointment since I know what Fallout 1, 2, 3, and New Vegas were like with better dialogue and more characters to talk to.

    Bethesda has done a wonderful job of recreating the atmosphere of the Fallout world, it is just the lacking dialogue and character interaction that really, really miffs me - I'll be enjoying the world one moment and the next this awful voice acting and writing breaks immersion and reminds me I'm playing this badly written character instead of my own as in previous games. I hope this decision to go to a wheel is reversed but all other changes seem good.

    In summation, if the dialogue and conversation wasn't completely gutted and awful relative to the previous games I'd probably give this game a 10 out of 10. If this really was Borderlands 3 I'd say it was a great improvement over the originals. But this is a Fallout game, and I was expecting an engrossing, well-written dialogue system with characters to talk to and instead was stuck with a dialogue wheel. The dialogue wheel and voiced protagonist are incredibly disappointing as a longtime Fallout fan, but it is definitely worth a look and undeserving of the red review scores.

    If you are new to this series, you will find a lot to enjoy. If you are a previous fan, I think you to will find the dialogue system and lack of NPCs that will talk to you quite sad. It holds its own as a game if you do not compare it to previous installments, but therein lies the problem - this is Fallout, and the thing RPG fans fear the most is their beloved, deep role playing games being distilled to a very generic, on-rails experience where they are being told a story instead of creating their own story with branching dialogue and alternative paths.

    TL;DR: Worth a look if you like MMORPG/Borderlands type grindfests with no dialogue; disappointing dialogue system for fans of the previous games. New players will find a lot to enjoy and think this is a "deep" game, older fans will have to compromise and accept the questionable decision to pull a Dragon Age 2 and move to a dialogue wheel and voiced protagonist and greatly limit the amount of conversation you can have with people. All other aspects of the game are so greatly improved that it is disappointing that someone was paid for this insanely bad writing.

    I predict Elder Scrolls VI will have only one race you can choose from and it will be horribly voice acted with "Press X to be Sarcastic."    … Expand
  5. Zessu
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    The game is lacking in every aspect. The most letdown is the enviroment. Map is linary, far from an open world, as well its small. Its clear to see that they didnt put any effort in map creation. The graphic itself is ugly, yet resourcefull. I didnt complete the main story yet but from what I played its very boring, you dont have any choices and its not rewarding, when getting a quest IThe game is lacking in every aspect. The most letdown is the enviroment. Map is linary, far from an open world, as well its small. Its clear to see that they didnt put any effort in map creation. The graphic itself is ugly, yet resourcefull. I didnt complete the main story yet but from what I played its very boring, you dont have any choices and its not rewarding, when getting a quest I dont feel like doing it, I do it only to progress the story. In Skyrim even doing small secondary quests was way more fun and interesting.… Expand
  6. Azuran
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    This game is no fun at all it's just boring. I like all of the previous ones, but Fallout 4 just doesn't tick for me.

    Beth failed to deliver what I liked playing in the older games and if this continues I won't be buying their games anymore.
  7. DamianV
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    Of course I could start off my review by pointing out all the terrible design choices that Bethesda made. However, this would be redundant since all the other reviewers that gave the game a score of 2 or less have already got it right. No need for me to repeat how shamefully dismal this piece of crap of a game is.

    So instead I'll simply give an example of a further aspect of the game    Of course I could start off my review by pointing out all the terrible design choices that Bethesda made. However, this would be redundant since all the other reviewers that gave the game a score of 2 or less have already got it right. No need for me to repeat how shamefully dismal this piece of crap of a game is.

    So instead I'll simply give an example of a further aspect of the game that is so laughably terrible that it is actually nearly entertaining again: companions and their AI, combined with the fact that they cannot die.

    So here's my story: I started out as usual in a vault, explored it, looted it and finally left for the great wasteland (which is actually tiny, only about 8-10 minutes of walking to get from one side to the other).
    At the second location I meet a dog which then starts following me around without me really wanting it (likely due to the terrible pseudo-RPG dialog system which seems to be designed for people that can't actually read).
    Ok, ok, so now I have a Dog companion, whatever. So I continue down the road and come to a run-down town and think "yay, loot!" and proceed to loot and ramsack every house I can see, one after the other.
    After about the third house I noticed that my worthless companion was no longer blocking my movements (yay) and was no longer in sight (yay again). Ok, whatever, didn't want a stupid dog in the first place. But then I suddenly start hearing gun shots an shouts in the distance but I couldn't actually see any hostiles so I decided to simply ignore the noise and continue looting the town. So after about 10 or 15 minutes I finished looting most buildings and come up to a larger building in the middle of the town which obviously triggers some kind of quest: dudes start shouting about evil raiders attacking and that I should come inside so I don't get shot. I think "yeah, whatever" and continue walking around and then suddenly notice that a few dead bodies are strewn across the street ahead of me. I go and explore and loot the bodies and start finding more and more dead raiders - probably the "evil super dangerous raiders" from the quest that were successfully putting pressure on a group of armed people inside the house. The next moment I see my damn dog companion running around the corner and join me again (read: start blocking my movements again).

    So long story short: the dog companion (that I didn't want in the first place) and follows me around (while always getting in my way and blocking my movements) has suddenly gone AWOL while I was looting the town and single-handedly defeated a group of armed raiders that were strong enough to suppress a group of 4 or 5 armed people. So basically the game played itself. The game is so terribly designed that you don't even need to play the game to progress. Seemingly the target demographic that Bethesda chose has such a low IQ that they literally had to add a "faceroll" mode where user input is totally irrelevant and you simply win by default. So in future I'll simply walk into a new area with my invulnerable dog companion, go to the bathroom for a good dump and then come back and loot (probably I'll feel less dirty after playing wit the contents of the toilet after taking my dump then after giving my money to a company like Bethesda). And that's basically Bethesdas idea of a great RPG game.

    One word for you Bethesda quacks: refund. Oh, and please go DIAF.    … Expand
  8. Discusguy
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    Bethesda what are you doing? Dialogue wheels do not belong in your games those belong in BioWare's games. Your storytelling has become worse and worse with each game you make. Next time hire Obsidian to write your stories for a Fallout made by them and ES 6 and Fallout 5. This game makes me sad I spent $60 on it, never again until I see Obsidian's writing from here on out.
  9. Thraktor
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    What a disappointment Fallout 4 is. Bethesda has taken their writing to a whole new terrible level. The settlement building and scrapping of items is fun, but the quests? That dialogue wheel is a terrible design decision and your armor & weapons not breaking? Come on Bethesda this is a post-apocalyptic world where you have to scavenge and maintain items you have in order to survive whatWhat a disappointment Fallout 4 is. Bethesda has taken their writing to a whole new terrible level. The settlement building and scrapping of items is fun, but the quests? That dialogue wheel is a terrible design decision and your armor & weapons not breaking? Come on Bethesda this is a post-apocalyptic world where you have to scavenge and maintain items you have in order to survive what the world throws at you.

    A Hardcore Mode like from F: NV that Obsidian added would of also been nice Bethesda! PLEASE include a Hardcore Mode with the need of sleep and thirst to survive in the Wasteland. Otherwise this is my last game bought from you.    … Expand
  10. Minghe
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    This isn't Fallout, this isn't good, this isn't A-RPG, this hasn't nothing in common with Fallout. This is ****.

    I quote someone under this comment Complete garbage.
    "**** console port, **** graphics, **** story, **** gameplay. This is not fallout, this is first person farmville."
    ...with a lot of shooting
  11. Prommy
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    It was soo bad it forced me to create an account. (just a small info: i already refunded the game and not planning to play it ever again)
    To start I was greatly dissapointed by the pile of crap which was presented to me as a fallout 4 BUT i try to remain calm as there are some good things in new fallout soo:
    + The "minecraft villagebuilder" is great, soo is weapon modifications i really    It was soo bad it forced me to create an account. (just a small info: i already refunded the game and not planning to play it ever again)
    To start I was greatly dissapointed by the pile of crap which was presented to me as a fallout 4 BUT i try to remain calm as there are some good things in new fallout soo:
    + The "minecraft villagebuilder" is great, soo is weapon modifications i really like that part
    + finnaly someone thought about fallout characters sprinting
    - companion
    - super weak main story (So Chliché WITHOUT ANY F. CHOICES TO MAKE)
    -stupid power armor
    -stupid perks and oversimplification of special and perks
    -I cried during dialogues ass they dont matter at all, because dubbing a proper dialogue would cost more right? Soo lets point a middle finger at players, i mean they already pre-ordered it

    and one small + : I laughed my ass off when Codsworth said to me at the start: Hello mr. ****    … Expand
  12. Vault121
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    If they left the dialogue system from previous games I might be able to give this a 10 out of 10. This is an insult to everyone who loved New Vegas, Fallout 3, and even 1 and 2. The dialogue wheel and voiced main character are so limiting that I cannot believe after 18 hours of playing this game I have yet to have a real in-depth conversation with someone in the game. There is no cleverIf they left the dialogue system from previous games I might be able to give this a 10 out of 10. This is an insult to everyone who loved New Vegas, Fallout 3, and even 1 and 2. The dialogue wheel and voiced main character are so limiting that I cannot believe after 18 hours of playing this game I have yet to have a real in-depth conversation with someone in the game. There is no clever conversation/dialog option in this game. It is not a role-playing game anymore, and this decision ruined the experience for me. I'm sorry, I really tried to like it as a long-time Fallout and Elder Scrolls fan, but this feels extremely insulting to RPG fans everywhere.… Expand
  13. affablebloke
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    Even with mediocre expectations, this game is worse.

    First off, the controls feel really clunky and when walking around your character has no sense of weight. It just feels like you're floating. The controller mapping also seems weird. Graphically this game feels dated. It looks as good as Skyrim on my PS3, which isn't a good looking game at all. The only thing good about this    Even with mediocre expectations, this game is worse.

    First off, the controls feel really clunky and when walking around your character has no sense of weight. It just feels like you're floating. The controller mapping also seems weird.

    Graphically this game feels dated. It looks as good as Skyrim on my PS3, which isn't a good looking game at all.

    The only thing good about this game is the weapons crafting system, yet that isn't enough to make me want to keep playing.

    Bethesda should do us all a favor and sell the rights of Fallout to a company who truly wants to make a good game.    … Expand
  14. Suplexer
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    Sigh... once again Bethesda remioves a lot of features from their games and ruins franchises. I should of seen it coming a mile away with what we have heard about Fallout 4 and it should of been known since Skyrim.

    So Beth ruined their Elder Scrolls franchise and now ruined the Fallout franchise. Dialogue wheels? Seriously? Four choices? This is the worst ever in a Beth game. Don't get    Sigh... once again Bethesda remioves a lot of features from their games and ruins franchises. I should of seen it coming a mile away with what we have heard about Fallout 4 and it should of been known since Skyrim.

    So Beth ruined their Elder Scrolls franchise and now ruined the Fallout franchise. Dialogue wheels? Seriously? Four choices? This is the worst ever in a Beth game. Don't get me on level scaling of enemies. Should of done it like Witcher 3 with no level scaling at all.

    Total disappointment. I don't think I can give Beth money anymore.    … Expand
  15. Con64
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    Another disappointed PC gamer...yet another console (sole-less) piece of crap game!
    Tried it for 29 gruelling hours before I could take no more. Really Bethesda???
    6-7 Years working on this? Ui for PC = BAD! Locating voices/A.I in a buildings = They all sound like they are right behind you. (Not so immersing) Graphics on players face and other textures = Not up to scratch for a game    Another disappointed PC gamer...yet another console (sole-less) piece of crap game!
    Tried it for 29 gruelling hours before I could take no more. Really Bethesda???
    6-7 Years working on this?
    Ui for PC = BAD!
    Locating voices/A.I in a buildings = They all sound like they are right behind you.
    (Not so immersing)
    Graphics on players face and other textures = Not up to scratch for a game released 2015
    Intelligence level of the whole game = Definitely under par
    Yes.... I enjoyed playing Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas very much. Fallout 4 not so much!    … Expand
  16. VandalSilin
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    > 2015
    > Fallout 4
    > the main topic of discussion on forums - how and where to collect the different kind of garbage in the game and how to grow plants

    I was willing to forgive Bethesda for everything, but not the destruction of RPG system
  17. KittenMitten
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    If a griefer spent a year modding Skyrim to release a fake Fallout 4 to make fans cry like girls, then Fallout 4 is what you would have. EA could have made this game. EA could have made it better, that's how bad it is.

    No more role-playing. The target audience is people who think role-playing is to select one choice in dialogue of four options to get exactly the same outcome regardless    If a griefer spent a year modding Skyrim to release a fake Fallout 4 to make fans cry like girls, then Fallout 4 is what you would have. EA could have made this game. EA could have made it better, that's how bad it is.

    No more role-playing. The target audience is people who think role-playing is to select one choice in dialogue of four options to get exactly the same outcome regardless of choice. The linear story is forced on you because Bethesda for some reason wanted to tell their own story even though they don't have any story worth telling. The writing is so horrid it would have been better to hire a random stranger off the street to write for them.
    I could write a better story right now and so could you. It requires anti-talent to write such cringeworthy tripe as the dialogue and main quest for Fallout 4. They removed player freedom so they could force their victims, a.k.a customers, to suffer through their abysmal lack of talent for writing.

    The map is the size of DLC content. They did not want players to have anything to do except to suffer their story. That is the whole point of Fallout 4. The only good thing is that the 10mm pistol looks better now. The modding community will not be able to save this disaster.    … Expand
  18. 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
  19. TheDigitalComa
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    Not a bad game... But it is not a fallout game. It is also not a great fps game. Its sad they have torn all the special out of a good game. It's now just a watered down version of a great series. Gone are Karma/reputation, the traditional skill point system, the old dialogue options, SPECIAL system is useless, Npc's are now immortal It not a bad game... Its not a fallout game,
  20. Manetad
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    Its not Fallout... Pile of crap this scale I've never seen... Forget the brand atmosphere, gameplay balance, role-playing system and all that you know about the fallout - a farm simulator crossed with CoD
  21. Azverin
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    Simsout 4. 3d

    Это что угодно, но это не фаллаут.

    -квесты
    -диалоги
    -интерфейс
    -баги
    -строительство
    -спутники
    -скиллы
    и ещё много чего.

    Rip.
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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.
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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.
  28. Jeffyjoe
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    The UI for this is ridiculous. Remapping keys was very badly done. I'm left handed so I use my mouse with my left hand and tend to use arrow keys or keypad for fingerwork. tried remapping the interact key, most of the things I still need to press E for. I remapped the arrow keys for movement, but now I can't move while I'm in the building mode (you really need to be able to move inThe UI for this is ridiculous. Remapping keys was very badly done. I'm left handed so I use my mouse with my left hand and tend to use arrow keys or keypad for fingerwork. tried remapping the interact key, most of the things I still need to press E for. I remapped the arrow keys for movement, but now I can't move while I'm in the building mode (you really need to be able to move in building mode). I tried remapping the movement keys to the number pad. The game just flat out won't let you. So basically playing this game has become a ridiculous unenjoyable chore. I can't even get around to gameplay because the UI is so terribly setup I hate playing it. If Bethesday pulls there head out of there asses and makes this mess playable I might change my mind. However the condition this game came out in is a joke. It's like they didn't even care wether this game was in a state to be played on release.… Expand
  29. laicik
    Nov 14, 2015
    1
    It's like Sims + Oblivion. Waste of time and money. Map is so small that it's hard to believe it took 5 years of making. Graphic - 2/10 for AAA game. It's just terrible...
  30. 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
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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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