Fallout 4

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  1. junkgunk
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    The dialogue system of past fallout games was one of their best attributes. The new system blows and ruins the whole game. Hopefully Bethesda will realize their mistake and avoid migrating the new system to future fallout and elder scroll games.
  2. alekseymazgo
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    The dialog system is terrible,the game doesnt have any variation in the dialogues.Compared with the first and second part of this game it has developed into an ordinary shooter for stupid freaks.Вevelopers have taken all the worst aspects of the fallout 3 and made them much worse.
  3. Cuttooth
    Nov 10, 2015
    2
    Unbelievably disappointing addition to the franchise. So much of the core mechanics that made for the immersive RPG experience of previous games have been stripped out reducing it to an uninspiring first person shooter.

    It's truly bizarre to see so many critic reviews praising this complete gutting of the character and narrative systems essential to Fallout as 'streamlining'. I've    Unbelievably disappointing addition to the franchise. So much of the core mechanics that made for the immersive RPG experience of previous games have been stripped out reducing it to an uninspiring first person shooter.

    It's truly bizarre to see so many critic reviews praising this complete gutting of the character and narrative systems essential to Fallout as 'streamlining'.

    I've actually attempted my first ever steam refund after 12 hours when I realised this was not the game I had been sold... fans of the series avoid at all cost.    … Expand
  4. Jesterk23
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game is so bad that after the lengthy download, and playing it for 12 hours, I wept. I looked back on how much of my life I would never get back, how many opportunities could have come and gone in that time. This game made me sad. The hype was vomit inducing like an exciting showground ride, but playing it was like having a golf club stuck up my ass with no Vaseline whatsoever. RoleThis game is so bad that after the lengthy download, and playing it for 12 hours, I wept. I looked back on how much of my life I would never get back, how many opportunities could have come and gone in that time. This game made me sad. The hype was vomit inducing like an exciting showground ride, but playing it was like having a golf club stuck up my ass with no Vaseline whatsoever. Role playing? No. Game? Hardly. Get your money back, the game's case isn't even worthy or holding my ball-hair shavings.… Expand
  5. gameworm
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    Like what is wrong with these false marketing these days? game looks like a playstation 2 port and poor fps poor animation, lack of atmosphere, boring missions, bad gun fight. Like really? mediocre fps at its' best.
  6. Ezio21
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    What the hell is wrong with You bethesda? This game is a significant downgrade from Skyrim and FNV. It's a FRICKIN' CRAP. Quests are boring, story is boring, weapons are boring, graphics are good but optimization IS TOTAL FAILURE
  7. 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
  8. Drakensangs
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    Mediocre gameplay, insultingly bad story and characters, a horrible dialogue wheel and last gen graphics that make you wonder just why the game is running so bad.
  9. kabel_od_pilota
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Huge hype and huge dissap so far.
    - no FOV slider
    - damn you godrays!
    - some resolutions aren't supported (forget about 16:10)
    - bad mouse acceleration
    - game was built with a controller in mind
    - most keys are presets, im left handed
    - bad ingame performance (no SLI/CF support)
    - bad optm. ( huge areas on 390x 25 - 40 fps on HD)
    Steam copy returned, thanks bethesda.
  10. Nikkolette
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Dumbed down piece of disappointmet. Awful witing, absolutely perimitive dialogue system. dumbed down leveling, axed skills, dumbed down perks, dumbed down EVERYTHING. Bethesda caters to the lowest common denominator among the gamers - action Call of Duty crowd, to whom reading more than a single paragraph is an affront. Complex sentences makes their head hurt, so Fallout 4 is ideal forDumbed down piece of disappointmet. Awful witing, absolutely perimitive dialogue system. dumbed down leveling, axed skills, dumbed down perks, dumbed down EVERYTHING. Bethesda caters to the lowest common denominator among the gamers - action Call of Duty crowd, to whom reading more than a single paragraph is an affront. Complex sentences makes their head hurt, so Fallout 4 is ideal for using simple phrases.… Expand
  11. nikitademkin
    Nov 22, 2015
    0
    This is the disappointment of the year
    They cut off all rpg elements, freedom of choice, dialogs, decisions.. All new that they brought is sims/minecraft elements.
    This is shooter with tweaks like levels and building. This is not fallout, this is not rpg, this is not even decent game. Boring story (mix of fallout 3 and RAGE), repetitive quests
  12. koval321
    Nov 21, 2015
    0
    Most recognizable parts of game seem to be watered down, simplified and some gizmos extended. Am not play Fallout to be garbage hoarder I played it to have interesting adventure with solid RPG parts.
  13. folhadelfia
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Uninspiring gameplay, with vague and bad gun feeling. Quests are broken, graphics and art style are appalling and a true shame to Bethesda, and a Bethesda game having bad graphics or art style coming as a surprise is saying a lot. About the plot: lol. About the dialog: a bad joke. Avoid at all costs.
  14. Malaith
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    I have over 200 hours in fallout NV. so I am not new to the fallout series and this is by far the worst game so far . And even though it's **** the so called game journalist are giving it 90+ so be sure that something fishy is going on and this isn't the first time . The game crash constantly!
  15. Gumba1989
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    No matter how much you look at it, this is not the product of "7 years in the making"
    Unless those 7 years were spent with todd grabbing fallout 1 2 and 3 once a year, and asking himself "what can I strip away and casualize now?"
  16. Nyriel
    Nov 17, 2015
    4
    I am an old fallout player starting in 1997 with F1.I have played all falout titles .
    F4 is far far the worst.
    I don't have problem neither with graphics nor with the UI. My problems are: Voiced protagonist:This forced simplified dialogue lines and choices.Also immersion.hardly to imagine ourselves speaking as the US actor does . Story:Look Bethesda we play Fallout games cause we    I am an old fallout player starting in 1997 with F1.I have played all falout titles .
    F4 is far far the worst.
    I don't have problem neither with graphics nor with the UI.
    My problems are:

    Voiced protagonist:This forced simplified dialogue lines and choices.Also immersion.hardly to imagine ourselves speaking as the US actor does .

    Story:Look Bethesda we play Fallout games cause we want to be lone wanderers not papas with kidds.Geez.
    Quests:The few vaults in this game are dull.No good written quests.

    Main story plot:reached level 30 entered intitute ,father spoke to me ,he said i will now do quests for them.Never said to me what Institute is ... :/

    Armor:20-30% of Fallout playerbase plays with PA.Here you are forced to play woith power armour from first hour.

    Armor:Only 4 (!) yes 4 armors in the game.Leather,Metal ,raider,,combat.LMAO!!!Talking about rushing the game.

    Map:map is not small however in pip boy it looks small and all the landmarks are clattered causing comfusion.

    No cover system in 3rd person view.

    In 3rd person view animation at aimed scoping are not good.Bethesda look at FNV....

    Survival has been removed as a perk/skill.

    different ammunition from FNV have been removed.
    Armor/weapon repair has been removed.

    Rewards in game such as different armor/weapon/chems/food recipes have been removed.From day one,you the cheerfull papa knows to do chems,craft all food and nearly all armor.Dump dump dump.

    There is no sense of exploration.landmarks are swallow.Deathclaws do not live inside caves just behind rocks....Yao guais are in the bushes..LMAO.

    removal of iconic weapons /armours of F3/FNV.Chinsese stealth suit is gone.rabnger armor is gone.Assasin suit is gone.etc......

    What i liked:Animations are good,far better than in F3/FNV.
    Combat is overall better.
    Graphics:Graphics in environments is marvellous.Graphics in weapons .characters is mediocre.

    Verdict:A rushed casualized dump down streamlined fps sooter with rpg games in an post apocalyptic enironment.Average target age of the product:12-17 year old teenagers.
    As for the statements that they developed this game for 5 years...lol.Lies .The game has a development cycle less than 3 years and it shows it clearly.No metro no armors no vaults simplified story.

    Overall:A bad mediocre game.Stay out utill geck is out and we can mod the damn thing.Pitty.    … Expand
  17. S3R6i0
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I can't believe how many of you just ran out and bought this game. I survived the Watch Dogs hype train, duped into buying AC: Unity, and now here I am. I almost bought this game. Almost. Then I thought about it for a second and realized, "every game I bought in the last 5 years was garbage". Guess Wall Street took advantage of Fallout's good reputation.
  18. INgUSRune
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    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 titanfall
  19. Nick_Zinoviev
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game is tastless. More like a cardbox than a sandbox, and just a waste without a land in it really - empty, meaningless and dull. No hopes for Charisma-based characters, no pleasure for explorers, sixty bucks for a high promises. Badly executed trickery, well played on community nostalgic feelings.
  20. Privateer
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Console crap. Nice strategy for PC "Eat this oblivionskyrimcrap, fanboys... and maybe someday modmakers will make it playable". Guys, check this "game" in 2017 on nexusmod site. Maybe you're lucky
  21. AngryDweller
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    Interesting quests? No, just go and kill a few raiders. man... Deep characters? Exciting story? Not in this game, absolutely no emotions. Bethesda once again gave us the framework for mods so users perhaps will be able to ensoul this game. The only thing I liked is the crafting system although sometimes I feel myself like a garbage collector.
    Would not recommend to buy this game.
  22. wasd123
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    A ridiculously bad game, how Bethesda gave birth to this abomination after quite good and innovative Fallout 3 or very good AND visually impressive Skyrim, is beyond my understanding. It's a Kickstarter quality game.Everything is bad about it:gameplay, graphics, interactions, immersion, you name it.Not recommended, but regrettfully it will have a good sales, marketing is of immense qualityA ridiculously bad game, how Bethesda gave birth to this abomination after quite good and innovative Fallout 3 or very good AND visually impressive Skyrim, is beyond my understanding. It's a Kickstarter quality game.Everything is bad about it:gameplay, graphics, interactions, immersion, you name it.Not recommended, but regrettfully it will have a good sales, marketing is of immense quality ironically...… Expand
  23. abk815
    Nov 10, 2015
    5
    wth! I thought i would buy an RPG not a SHOOTER? Are you kidding me? Words cant really even describe my disappointment atm. Crashes at every occasion, cant rebind certain keys, graphics look horrible, cant search drawers and objects anymore, it just displays the content in on overlay, REALLY??!?, the voice acting is horrid....... i could go on and on... first time i am really speechlesswth! I thought i would buy an RPG not a SHOOTER? Are you kidding me? Words cant really even describe my disappointment atm. Crashes at every occasion, cant rebind certain keys, graphics look horrible, cant search drawers and objects anymore, it just displays the content in on overlay, REALLY??!?, the voice acting is horrid....... i could go on and on... first time i am really speechless about the poor quality of a Game. Holy **** Fallout franchise is dead now, epic stuff. I don't know, who is responsible for those blatant bad design decisions, but you better fire him (or them). This is not a Fallout Game, its a generic indie shooter. Last game i purchased from Bethesda.… Expand
  24. elg133
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Very disapointing nothing works like it should, a lot of bugs like textures not loading (i have gtx 980ti its not the pc), game doesnt look good and that would be all right if the game was to compensate with a good story, but it doesnt, 0/10 tires of console ports
  25. EnerTomasino
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    This game looks like they just took Fallout 3, added new lights and scenery. Maybe its great for players with low pc specs or a big FANS of Fallout, but this can't be sold for 60 BUCKS. I don't see any work. Just routine gameplay. Only plus is the beginning of the game, its interesting and intriguingly...
  26. Enshia
    Nov 15, 2015
    4
    Summary: Not a fallout game by any stretch. If you can live with that, then it's a fine game. However, if you're looking for a game that will hit the levels of FO3, you're not going to see it. If you were hoping of something as good as FO:NV not a chance. You're better off spending the $10 to buy both, and install the Tales of Two Wastelands mod, which combines both places into theSummary: Not a fallout game by any stretch. If you can live with that, then it's a fine game. However, if you're looking for a game that will hit the levels of FO3, you're not going to see it. If you were hoping of something as good as FO:NV not a chance. You're better off spending the $10 to buy both, and install the Tales of Two Wastelands mod, which combines both places into the FO:NV engine. That will let you enjoy a lengthy game, with better game play, story, and graphics options.

    Other people have covered everything else in more detail, so there's no point in making this larger.

    Story/VO: There is no real story here. It's an abysmal piece of writing that would have had your grade 9 English teacher tell you to rewrite it. If you were expecting an option where your choices changed the outcome or gave you variable choices, it's not going to happen. Since your PC is now voiced, many actions also have a very wooden feeling to them.

    Controls/UI: Terrible, no other way to put it. Your dialog choices are determined by your cursor keys, the pipboy system is a mess. Perk tree is beyond simplistic, and in some cases doesn't clearly state what it does.

    Graphics/Textures are...washed out, no other way to put it. It looks like someone took the texture palette, smeared in some brown and yellow, photocopied it, re-imported into PS then made it into a 128x128 sized texture block.

    Game play elements/Dialog: There are no skills, which are replaced by a perk system. The perk system itself is a complete joke of any previous FO game. Dialog doesn't exist, it's a story on rails. Karma? No karma for you, that's too difficult for people to grasp apparently.

    Crafting: Probably the only redeeming part of the game. Takes the best options of previous games, adds them altogether and lets you do whatever you want with those 300 pencils you've been carrying around.    … Expand
  27. Kovil1402
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game in not the game Fallout fans deserve.Now,there is even less choice than in Skyrim,the world is filled with not interesting,dull characters....It just doesn't feel exciting at all after playing Fallout 3 and Fallout:New Vegas(which is my favourite game by the way).For the first 12 hours of gameplay I literally never have made a real choice.After that it got a little better,butThis game in not the game Fallout fans deserve.Now,there is even less choice than in Skyrim,the world is filled with not interesting,dull characters....It just doesn't feel exciting at all after playing Fallout 3 and Fallout:New Vegas(which is my favourite game by the way).For the first 12 hours of gameplay I literally never have made a real choice.After that it got a little better,but just a little.The main story is ok,but he side quests are horrible.I don't think it is the right direction for Bethesda to develop their games.I just feel they can do so uch more...In my opinion we shouldn't tolerate this,because if we do,we will recieve something even worse next time.I find weapon customisation nice,but it doesn't complement the missing choice and quests and dialogues...etc.… Expand
  28. Toddler
    Nov 10, 2015
    2
    Huge disappointment after New Vegas, then again we're talking about Bethesda here:
    - Story is bland and stale as a week old coffee
    - Graphic style looks like a mixture between Sims and claymation - No more Traits or Skills, just the same simplified idiotic "character building" as Skyrim. - Plays more like CoD than First Person RPG. Why not add cover system & rebounding Health meter    Huge disappointment after New Vegas, then again we're talking about Bethesda here:
    - Story is bland and stale as a week old coffee
    - Graphic style looks like a mixture between Sims and claymation
    - No more Traits or Skills, just the same simplified idiotic "character building" as Skyrim.
    - Plays more like CoD than First Person RPG. Why not add cover system & rebounding Health meter while you're at it Bethesda?    … Expand
  29. Criticalsynical
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I bought the physical copy because I have limited amount of bandwidth usage a month. To my dismay, I have to download most of the game even after installing it with the physical copy.
    Thanks for making my purchase pointless.
    If I wanted to download it, I would have pirated. Thanks Bethesda.
  30. falloutfanboy
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    To start of this review; I've played all previous fallout games in the past, though i am partial to liking F1 and F2 better than Bethesda versions. This sums up my experience with F4, the dialog is really really boring, the people in this game are really really boring, the dog is really really boring, the quests are really really boring. Everything in this game is so incredible boring. TheTo start of this review; I've played all previous fallout games in the past, though i am partial to liking F1 and F2 better than Bethesda versions. This sums up my experience with F4, the dialog is really really boring, the people in this game are really really boring, the dog is really really boring, the quests are really really boring. Everything in this game is so incredible boring. The fps (shooter) part of the game has become a lot better, but that's not what i wanted from an RPG-classic like the fallout franchise!

    This has in essence become a very poor version of Skyrim (even some of the animations look like those from Skyrim) and even worse dialog then the game that took the arrow to the knee.    … 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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