Fallout 4

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5.7

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  1. Alvord12
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Lies, Lies, more Lies. Todd Howard never changes.

    Played this for about an hour. Textures are extremely horrible, performance is atrocious and the story... oh dear lord! The story is completely bland and boring. You have no emotional attachment to your family, 5 minutes later the wife/husband dies and the baby is stolen. You are then given power armor by people who you meet five minutes    Lies, Lies, more Lies. Todd Howard never changes.

    Played this for about an hour. Textures are extremely horrible, performance is atrocious and the story... oh dear lord! The story is completely bland and boring. You have no emotional attachment to your family, 5 minutes later the wife/husband dies and the baby is stolen. You are then given power armor by people who you meet five minutes ago. I just stopped playing at that point. This game is not worth it.

    Bethesda, if you're reading this ENOUGH WITH THE GAMEBRYO ENGINE. KILL IT WITH FIRE! Stop using this **** engine for games in 2015! And to the Bethesda fanboys, get a life. Fallout 4 is a soulless game with plastic looking character models, dumb AI, shallow fanfiction level story and side characters who you don't give a rats ass about.

    Those who have not yet bought the game, do yourself a favour and keep the money with you. Don't give this lazy, greedy company any more money. They don't deserve it.    … Expand
  2. BlueBangkok
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Bethesda. Bethesda never changes.

    Yet there are still millions of people that pre-order their **** That is nothing short of mind-boggling. Thanks to people like those we get games like Fallout 4. The cycle never ends.
  3. Blackcompany
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    An ancient engine, terrible graphics, a total lack of role playing features. And to add insult to injury the game contains ALL of the same bugs that make Bethesda notorious. They learned nothing, changed nothing and improved absolutely nothing. Do not buy this game.
  4. Bas92
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Bethesda has learned nothing from F:NV and instead further dumbed down FO3. The Witcher 3 shows how far behind FO4 is in terms of world building, interwoven quests and graphics and of course FNV shows what a true cRPG should look like. The writing, voice-acting, companions, main quest and lore are again terrible in this game. Bethesda still has no clue what the old Fallout games were allBethesda has learned nothing from F:NV and instead further dumbed down FO3. The Witcher 3 shows how far behind FO4 is in terms of world building, interwoven quests and graphics and of course FNV shows what a true cRPG should look like. The writing, voice-acting, companions, main quest and lore are again terrible in this game. Bethesda still has no clue what the old Fallout games were all about (really? synthetics all over the place?) Bethesda should have given FO4 to Obsidian and I am giving this a 0 purely for their treatment of Obsidian where they missed a bonus because FNV didn't reach the Metascore target (85/100) by 1 point (and FNV ended up beating FO3 in terms of Steam popularity and user scores everywhere).… Expand
  5. MrJambalaya
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    This game is a dumbed down console port with performance problems.The gameplay feels unfinished and cheap and gameworks makes it even worse this game can't be called an rpg
  6. Ghostmaker66
    Sep 4, 2017
    0
    The creation club is poorly executed and fills up your hard drive with gigs of data weather or not you purchase the content. Don't buy this game until the issues with Creation Club have been resolved.
  7. barbie
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    nothing wrong with the game itself. it is just that compared to other recent open world games (Skyrim, witcher II & III, GTAV, DAI) this one feels ugly and glitchy.

    Witcher III especially set a new standard for video games, and in comparison to that Fallout4 falls flat.
  8. OldSocks
    May 4, 2016
    0
    Game is a bug fest. The latest patch turned it into a grind fest on top of it.. Save your money, its extremely repetitive and not fun. The quests are boring. Expect most of the gameplay to involve collecting junk for crafting, endless hours of it.
  9. SpaceNinja
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    No mouse acceleration option, the X and Y mouse sensitivity is different on default settings, no FOV setting in game. Garbage port. How should i enjoy a game in which not even the mouse basic stuff is working, like the mouse?
  10. ItaJohnson
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    0 is just to cancel out the IDIOTIC 10's. really this game deserves about a 4. im going to put as much effort into this review as bethesda did into the game. sadly i cant recycle 70% of the assets like they have, fortunately i CAN half ass it. if you want details read all the other reviews that arent 10's.
  11. Ernestei
    Feb 6, 2016
    0
    Probably the worst game I've ever played.

    Simple as that.

    When you play it you have the feeling of playing an alpha, it doesn't feel finished. Pure rubbish.
  12. eroeru
    Jan 21, 2016
    0
    Dumbed down to an insult. Exactly what Dragon Age 2 was for DA:O, a braindead mess of a game that not only disappoints but rather insults the fan. Even the dialogue system that used to have lots of different RP options in DA2ised - every option comes down to the exact same effect in the game, said in a badly voice-acted cringe-inducing voice (voiced protag goes against the genre itselfDumbed down to an insult. Exactly what Dragon Age 2 was for DA:O, a braindead mess of a game that not only disappoints but rather insults the fan. Even the dialogue system that used to have lots of different RP options in DA2ised - every option comes down to the exact same effect in the game, said in a badly voice-acted cringe-inducing voice (voiced protag goes against the genre itself really, besides the bad quality). With dialogue and effect that would be thouught out by a 6-year old. The story is bad. No immersion to the world.

    All in all, it's a shooter for the COD fanboy, set in a wasteland. Nothing to do with the original series anymore. Plus, quests have degraded to a MMO standard.

    An absolutely horrible game by a funding/quality standard.    … Expand
  13. BigJimmy1234
    Dec 21, 2015
    0
    - Utterly non immersive. It feels like they came up with some areas and then just slammed them into a bland openworld map
    - Dull story
    - Dire graphics. The game is simply not fit to be called a AAA game in 2015 looking as it does - Shoddy performance - Same bugs as Skyrim. It's nice to know these idiots are learning from past games...oh wait... - 7 years waiting for this junk? What a    - Utterly non immersive. It feels like they came up with some areas and then just slammed them into a bland openworld map
    - Dull story
    - Dire graphics. The game is simply not fit to be called a AAA game in 2015 looking as it does
    - Shoddy performance
    - Same bugs as Skyrim. It's nice to know these idiots are learning from past games...oh wait...
    - 7 years waiting for this junk? What a joke. This game could have easily come out 4 years ago.
    - Far too easy. Within an hour you have power armour and have killed a Deathclaw. Within 3 hours I had killed a legendary deathclaw and got my hands on a Fatboy.
    - Still walled/loading screen separated towns. GTA doesn't need them so why the **** does this shoddy game?

    - No actual choice. Again, this game isn't fit for 2015. Unlike every other rpg out there this game still gives you no choice on how you want to play it. You have to be the good guy and go down the linear storyline. It's horribly dated.

    If this game didn't have Bethesda or Fallout stamped on it, it would have gone straight to bargain bins.    … Expand
  14. 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
  15. iamawesome
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Apparently my review has been deleted.

    Okay. I'll keep it simple this time: dumbed down shooter, unjustified system requirements, dumbed down shooter, unjustified system requirements, dumbed down shooter, unjustified system requirements

    Still 0/10
  16. Ogog
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Do not guy the hard copy of the game, of 25Gig only 5 are on the Dvd. the rest need to be downloaded, costing you more than the price of the game.

    I have asked Bathesda repeatedly for this information, and they ignored me, no doubt a tad guilty over ripping off the fanbase like this.

    combat piracy!? - I'm never buying from them again.
  17. KRHamilton
    Sep 3, 2017
    0
    Bethesda has betrayed their customers by adding extremely overpriced micro-transactions to Fallout 4. This must be opposed, and I urge all game consumers to boycott all ZeniMax and Bethesda games to help stop the proliferation of micro-transactions in full priced games. Fallout 4 is a scam now, don't play it or buy it for the good of our future games.
  18. Luck1N
    Nov 26, 2015
    0
    After playing it for about 15 hours, I finally decided to delete it. After amazing New Vegas, this game is looong step back. I'm not talking about graphics (however, leaving all the work on graphics to moders is just lazy), but the gameplay is average at best (with all the simplifying of character progression system) and the story is just plain dumb.

    I was hyped to get this game, and    After playing it for about 15 hours, I finally decided to delete it. After amazing New Vegas, this game is looong step back. I'm not talking about graphics (however, leaving all the work on graphics to moders is just lazy), but the gameplay is average at best (with all the simplifying of character progression system) and the story is just plain dumb.

    I was hyped to get this game, and right now I really miss my 60€. Totally not worth it. And totally not worth being called a successor to New Vegas.    … Expand
  19. Kor-Skarn
    Sep 22, 2017
    0
    Paid mods : Bethesda changed and became a greedy company by putting crappy paid mods in the game, mods that you have to download even if you don't want them... do like me, don't bother with their games anymore and boycott them !
  20. MatureGamer
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I know the game has guns, but I didn't know this was an FPS. What happened to this game? Fallout 3 -- Excellent. Fallout NV (I know Beth didn't make it) even better. Skyrim - thousands of hours played. The media that gave this game any score above 75 has failed their audience. As an ARPG it should be rated no higher than 50. I doubt the community can fix this. I hate the over-used phraseI know the game has guns, but I didn't know this was an FPS. What happened to this game? Fallout 3 -- Excellent. Fallout NV (I know Beth didn't make it) even better. Skyrim - thousands of hours played. The media that gave this game any score above 75 has failed their audience. As an ARPG it should be rated no higher than 50. I doubt the community can fix this. I hate the over-used phrase "dumbed down." I use the phrase "more accessible." This game is dumbed down. It is quite sad, really.… Expand
  21. jojimbo
    Sep 3, 2017
    0
    Biggest disappointment of 2015. Graphics are BAD. The faces of the npc's are awful, plastic, and unbeliveable, Piper looked like she got dragged from 2002. Bethesda dropped the ball here, using the rubbish papyrun updated Skyrim engine. The story is absurd, who the hell cares about Shaun? I certainly don't. This game isn't a patch on FO3, which was and still is, a far better game.Biggest disappointment of 2015. Graphics are BAD. The faces of the npc's are awful, plastic, and unbeliveable, Piper looked like she got dragged from 2002. Bethesda dropped the ball here, using the rubbish papyrun updated Skyrim engine. The story is absurd, who the hell cares about Shaun? I certainly don't. This game isn't a patch on FO3, which was and still is, a far better game.

    Creation Club 0/10

    The setting is grim, Boston ffs, boring, droll, it would be comical if it wasn't for the fact I wasted £40 on this PoS. Fallout 4 takes you back 10 years in game development, avoid it, or wait for it to drop in price to the bargain basement, even the awesome mod community are gonna stuggle making this PoS into something worthwhile playing. 4/10

    update: Creation Club 0/10    … Expand
  22. spagetor
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game is the final nail in the coffin of Bethesda's open world RPG formula. A lot of completely unnecessary changes to working systems like the dumbed down dialogue wheel and reworked perk system make this game a chore to play.

    Stay away from it if you expect a Fallout game or an RPG for that matter. Almost every single quest is a variation of killquest with very little choices to    This game is the final nail in the coffin of Bethesda's open world RPG formula. A lot of completely unnecessary changes to working systems like the dumbed down dialogue wheel and reworked perk system make this game a chore to play.

    Stay away from it if you expect a Fallout game or an RPG for that matter. Almost every single quest is a variation of killquest with very little choices to make. Voiced protagonist doesn't add anything to the game and the story was never Bethesda's strong suit anyway and that doesn't change in Fallout 4 as well. The only redeeming factor will probably be the mods that will be released in a few months from now.    … Expand
  23. benny0909
    Jan 22, 2016
    0
    Put over 1000 hours into New Vegas. Can't be bothered to put in more than 60 into Fallout 4. While the game is beautiful, it lacks any depth. The story is just...terrible. RPG elements almost non-existent. A settlement system which has little to no meaningful impact & only consists of maybe a hundred assets when there are 10,000's in the game. The companion AI....my god. I can'tPut over 1000 hours into New Vegas. Can't be bothered to put in more than 60 into Fallout 4. While the game is beautiful, it lacks any depth. The story is just...terrible. RPG elements almost non-existent. A settlement system which has little to no meaningful impact & only consists of maybe a hundred assets when there are 10,000's in the game. The companion AI....my god. I can't even describe how horrible it is other than to say it literally gave me real migraines. This took 7 years to make? What the hell happened?… Expand
  24. Psychotrip
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Are there trolls out there posting zeroes for no reason? Of course! But there are also trolls posting 10's for no reason. This happens with EVERY popular game.

    There's a reason Fallout 4 has such a low user score: a lot of people just don't like it. Does that mean others can't like it? Of course not. But too many people are writing off our criticisms as trolling. PLEASE: stop    Are there trolls out there posting zeroes for no reason? Of course! But there are also trolls posting 10's for no reason. This happens with EVERY popular game.

    There's a reason Fallout 4 has such a low user score: a lot of people just don't like it.

    Does that mean others can't like it? Of course not.

    But too many people are writing off our criticisms as trolling.

    PLEASE: stop pretending the only people who don't like this game don't like Fallout or bethesda games. This is closed-minded thinking and doesn't lead to a substantive discussion. I've been a Bethesda fan my entire life, but I'm getting tired of these same problems popping up over and over. A lot of people are angry at SPECIFIC perfectly valid things,

    -like the game crashing on startup
    -like frame rate being tied to simulation speed (which is impossible to fix without working from the ground up)
    -things like the dialogue system
    -things like the terrible AI (which was in previous games sure, but don't you think games should improve?)
    -the cliche story
    -uninspired characters

    There's a lot of legitimate complaints here.

    We are just as devoted as fans as you. We just don't like something you like. That's it.    … Expand
  25. jfrisby
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    So far the rpg elements and story are terrible, very disappointed in the new dialogue-wheel and voiced PC. Hope there's some interesting characters and choices later.
  26. 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.
  27. mentaldrift
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    Bastardising a great game franchise and turning it into reskin is one thing, riddling it with game breaking bugs (corrupt saves, regular CTDs, disappearing UI), awful graphics, unimaginitive ctr+c/ctrl+v elements built world, boring 'plastic' characters, dumbing down progression and gutting RPG elements... is plain scum act. Terrible waste of money, stay AWAY.
  28. fernandohebcker
    Dec 8, 2015
    0
    Sorry but this is not a 2015 game. The main history have to many holes and grand part of the side missions are annoying and repetitive. So many companions for what? All act the same and have no affinity.
  29. IGNsus
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    "It just works."

    Yes, releasing a linear "RPG" on a 10 year old engine, with uncountable bugs, while your company and you rake in millions in profit.

    It sure as hell does work. For you.
  30. Cluefulgamer
    Nov 22, 2015
    0
    I've spent around 60 hours attempting to play this game. 30 of those hours are probably scrapping through bugs and crashes.

    Cons: Weakest Fallout story. If they put in effort it was wasted but it doesn't feel like they even tried. Bugs. Obviously this is always gong to impact a game. Pointless activities. Settlements. Uninteresting companions. Ghouls everywhere. Feels like a    I've spent around 60 hours attempting to play this game. 30 of those hours are probably scrapping through bugs and crashes.

    Cons:
    Weakest Fallout story. If they put in effort it was wasted but it doesn't feel like they even tried.
    Bugs. Obviously this is always gong to impact a game.
    Pointless activities. Settlements. Uninteresting companions.
    Ghouls everywhere. Feels like a low quality zombie game often.
    Graphics. The graphics are "good enough." My gripe with them is they don't feel like a Fallout game. Looks like any other game.
    Power Armor. I don't like how it feels. I don't like how it works. I refuse to use it other than to walk it to my settlement to dump it off. I don't like fighting in it. I don't like looting it. It is just irritating.
    Gear. Their poor attempt at a loot system is just awful and irritating.
    Perks. The idea was right but the implementation was crap. Much of what you need to put points in is just so you can try and use the game. Perks use to mean something. Now it is just so I can craft stuff. Irritating and not fun. Seems like they didn't have enough ideas and just started ripping game elements out and putting them in perks to cover their lack of creativity.

    Pros:
    Looking at it before release the map appeared extremely tiny. There is a great deal of dots on the map. Most are rehashed and boring. Some places seem to run on forever with no point, but overall the game world does not appear to me to be as tiny as it first appeared. Still the points won here are not for bringing an impressive map but for not being as bad as it initially appeared.

    Overall it was a disappointing Fallout game. If you like gimmicks and hate substance you will appreciate this installment. I'd advise all others to stay away.    … Expand
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Metascore
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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