Fallout 4

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  1. Staeni
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Simply put, this is NOT a finished game. But not only is it unfinished, it's built on a broken foundation. The Creation Engine (based on Gamebryo) has fundamental flaws that have been around since the get-go. Mainly being the physics and many aspects of game logic being tied to the framerate. It's also an engine known for poor CPU utilization, and extremely poor SLI / Crossfire support,Simply put, this is NOT a finished game. But not only is it unfinished, it's built on a broken foundation. The Creation Engine (based on Gamebryo) has fundamental flaws that have been around since the get-go. Mainly being the physics and many aspects of game logic being tied to the framerate. It's also an engine known for poor CPU utilization, and extremely poor SLI / Crossfire support, Last but not least; a vast array of bugs. And of course all of this applies to Fallout 4.

    Problems so far:
    -Character gets stuck after acessing a terminal, can't progress the game
    -No FOV slider
    -Forced mouse acceleration
    -Mouse sensitivity and physics tied to framerate
    -No SLI support even with the newest game ready driver
    -Changing stuff in the .ini files has no effect on anything (tested and tried MANY times)
    -No in-game developer console

    Pathetic attempt at porting a console game. And from what I've seen not only the PC version has problems. Xbox One and PS4 seem to have performance issues and freezes aswell.

    Other than that, the game and story looks decent, but I simply can't give any positive score because the game is unplayable.

    It's a bug ridden mess built on top of a broken foundation, a pretty clear indicator that these bugs will not be fixed any time soon, if at all. And it doesn't help that Bethesda's fanbase rushes in for damage control and defending such a broken and unfinished game. Yes; it's normal for Bethesda games and open world RPGs in general to have some bugs. But it's not excusable, and this is getting beyond ridiculous. Why do people still accept this trend? If the developers and publishers won't give us a finished product, WHY do we still support them? This is why the game industry has gone downhill.

    Do not buy this game. If you already have, refund it.    … Expand
  2. downwire
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    A tired, recycled, over-hyped, overpriced farce. The textures look like they were made in MS Paint for Windows 3.1, and the core has been dumbed down to suit the gullible target audience (hype train commuters). More money was likely spent on marketing than actual development from what I see.
  3. Ilaris-Berdaris
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Простой обыватель, и любитель TES.
    Как ничего не знакомый с серией Fallout, я решил по пробовать новейшую и столь громкую игру 2015 года. И какая моя реакция? Какое впечатление я получил от игры? Вроде всё летает, не зависает, но тут мне игра вначале понравилась... и даже очень.
    Как-то вроде фаллаут, а вроде бы калл оф дюти, да реально похоже на калл раздутый, и графика то очень даже    Простой обыватель, и любитель TES.
    Как ничего не знакомый с серией Fallout, я решил по пробовать новейшую и столь громкую игру 2015 года. И какая моя реакция? Какое впечатление я получил от игры? Вроде всё летает, не зависает, но тут мне игра вначале понравилась... и даже очень.

    Как-то вроде фаллаут, а вроде бы калл оф дюти, да реально похоже на калл раздутый, и графика то очень даже красивая на ультра, тут всё хорошо.
    Но насчет игрового мира... Ладно бы маленький но заполненный и продуманный, здесь я этого не почувствовал, и не воспринял как масштабный мир "нового поколения" как говорили беседка.
    Локации и вправду пустые, и ощущение города не дает, тупо пустая локация с кучей неюзабельных домиков, которые из них 2-3 домика можно поковырять.
    Насчет Сюжета, он здесь хороший но я не сторонник таких сюжетов, ибо я фанат древних свитков и что означает сюжет это мое слабое место.
    Ощущение будто бы играю в Early-Acces, и в этот... Dead Island.
    Вердикт: Максимум 4 из 10.
    Вообщем разочарован. Не повторите судьбу TES 6, посмотрите на морровинд    … 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. sthomson22
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    You may have fooled me this time, Bethesda, but I assure you it will be the last time you ever do!

    Let's start with the dialogue system, which is nothing other than an abomination. Not only is it a literal cut and paste of the Mass Effect wheel, Bethesda have spectacularly managed to make this system even WORSE than it is in Mass Effect games.. There is no choice, there is no ability to    You may have fooled me this time, Bethesda, but I assure you it will be the last time you ever do!

    Let's start with the dialogue system, which is nothing other than an abomination. Not only is it a literal cut and paste of the Mass Effect wheel, Bethesda have spectacularly managed to make this system even WORSE than it is in Mass Effect games.. There is no choice, there is no ability to roleplay, you are absolutely a set character with 4 dialog choices, two of which basically amount to "yes" and "no". What's even worse is that these characters are as typically bland and grating as any a character Bethesda has ever written, and the voices themselves incredibly irritating (and you will be hearing them a lot!). In fact the writing itself is just cringeworthy for the vast majority of the game, I found my eyes rolling into the back of my skull within the opening 5 minutes.

    And Bethesda had the AUDACITY to market this game still as a "be whoever you want/do whatever you want", it is bordering on fraudulent.

    Now we move onto the technical issues, which STILL plague this game. Despite the visuals being clearly sub-par, despite the game not being any larger or denser than even Skyrim (arguably less so in both fields), despite the massive leap in available memory and other hardware, IT CANNOT EVEN MAINTAIN 30FPS FOR HUGE SECTIONS OF THIS GAME!!! This is almost unbelievable..

    These things could all be overlooked in the past, when Bethesda was a big fish in a small pond, but this is no longer the case and what Bethesda is offering in Fallout 4 pales in almost every aspect to several big competitors out there, which remarkably have far smoother and more stable games to boot.

    This game is like some mutant offspring from an unholy union of Minecraft and Destiny, it's insulting to Fallout fans, it's insulting to Bethesda fans. This game is a PURE CASH GRAB and it's absolutely disgusting.

    The reason it gains even 4 points is because AT TIMES (few and far) there are still glimmers of that old Bethesda in there, there are some tiny things for the RPG fans, but any brief joy at the inclusion of these is soon crushed by the unforgiveable butchering of almost all depth and RPG elements in this game. I'm honestly so angry I can't even form it into a coherent review on this game, I just **** hate this piece of **** and I am **** done with AAA gaming..

    **** you, Bethesda, you **** pieces of **** Go shove Fallout 4 up your **** asses you mother****ers!    … Expand
  6. HLXen
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Bethesda shot one last bullet into the head of a once great game series. Rest in piece fallout.
    If I was the original creator of the fallout franchise I wouldn't want this game to be even associated with my game series.
  7. exeeter702
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Id love to give an honest review of this game, if only the buggy POS would work properly on my PC.

    At launch i spent more time diving into the games various .ini files and various 3rd party tools to force the game to simply function on the most basic level for someone that has decent PC hardware. When i realized i had spent more time online reading guides and forums posts on how to    Id love to give an honest review of this game, if only the buggy POS would work properly on my PC.

    At launch i spent more time diving into the games various .ini files and various 3rd party tools to force the game to simply function on the most basic level for someone that has decent PC hardware.

    When i realized i had spent more time online reading guides and forums posts on how to get the god damn game to perform as advertised, than actually playing the game itself, i simply submitted a refund request from steam and called it a night.    … Expand
  8. sinister9
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I've never been so disappointed in a release before, this game is a disgrace for carrying the Fallout brand,
    it has been stripped down purely to cater to a broader audience, no longer does it feel organic and true to it's origins. They got rid of the meaningful choices in dialogues and the perks that comes along with it. There's four brief options in total when it comes to choosing what    I've never been so disappointed in a release before, this game is a disgrace for carrying the Fallout brand,
    it has been stripped down purely to cater to a broader audience, no longer does it feel organic and true to it's origins. They got rid of the meaningful choices in dialogues and the perks that comes along with it. There's four brief options in total when it comes to choosing what you wish to say and you'll spend most of the time second guessing since your character is voiced now. No longer do you have a hardcore mode and skills that directly affects your percentage bonus of your attributes. No karma and reputation system to screw up and care about. Instead, you're stuck with a typical casual shooter experience. There's no level cap whatsoever, as you can max out every SPECIAL stats and perks that comes along with the game, (which is mostly combat related and crafting, not that you'd want to anyway since you'd be long bored by then.) Not only is your character voiced now but they also have a defined story, he/she is married with a children. Years passes and a tragedy happens, you're now out for revenge. I'm not gonna spoil the story but it's extremely predictable and cliché, not to mention tiresome. You'll be spending most of your time doing fetch quests and kill x stuff, the rest is spent on crafting (which we'll get into later). Now that we got this out of the way, what about the PC performances? Well for starter this game still runs on the creation engine, so physics will go **** if you decide to play any higher than 60 fps, (not that it matters anyway since there's no SLI/Crossfire support and good luck to anyone with a high refresh rate monitor) it also sports extremely outdated visuals for a game that's nearly released in 2016. Mouse acceleration and sensitivity out of the wazoo, and forced on you. You'll have to manually sort through tons of files just to disable them manually (because they couldn't bother enough to include them in the options menu). The controls are extremely bad and awkward, some keys aren't even rebindable (Trust me when you get to building your own settlements, you'll see what I mean.) and the dialogue is a mess. An absolute disservice to loyal fans of the franchise, this game isn't even half what Fallout used to be, it's actually the direct opposite. This should teach me for pre-ordering games and getting hyped up on what seems to be a clear ploy to cash in some more dough.    … Expand
  9. animalzivot
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game might entertain a 12 year old, 14 at best. I guess this is the demographic it was aimed for to maximize sales.
    The bogus PC optimization is the icing on the cake.
    RIP Bethesda.
  10. wayrwayr
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Almost the same game as fallout 3. It is already 2015 and Bethesda thought it's enough to let them earn enough money. Awful graphics and terrible bugs... Really want my money back!
  11. A_verycool_guy
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I can not think of an adjective to describe how terrible this game is. So instead I'll use analogy. If 9/11 were a video game it would be Fallout 4. THIS GAME IS A **** EMBARRASSMENT.

    First off it barely runs. It struggles to get out of the launcher without having issues, I had to reinstall it 4 times. Then once I got it running it would barely run 10 minutes without dropping to below    I can not think of an adjective to describe how terrible this game is. So instead I'll use analogy. If 9/11 were a video game it would be Fallout 4. THIS GAME IS A **** EMBARRASSMENT.

    First off it barely runs.
    It struggles to get out of the launcher without having issues, I had to reinstall it 4 times.
    Then once I got it running it would barely run 10 minutes without dropping to below 40fps.
    I have more than adequate hardware to be able to run this game and I can barely maintain a steady 60 fps on the lowest settings. HORRIBLE OPTIMIZATION.
    This is worse than that **** show that was Batman Arkham City.

    Second of the dialogue is a **** JOKE.
    Its like it was written for a sitcom. I'm expecting laughtracks after every line a character says. I would suspect that if you took the dialogue from this game and passed it off as a script you would have an episode of "The Big Bang Theory". And thats not a **** good thing, if you even crack a smile while watching that show you should seriously contemplate walking in front of a subway car.

    Third the voice actors are even worse than the lines they are reading which I didn't even think could be possible but these acting school dropouts managed it.
    Where the hell did they find these guys ?
    Did all the "talented" voice actors go out on that "voice actor" strike ??? PFFFFFT.
    They are just terrible but than again maybe they read the lines themselves and were thinking the whole time "They really don't plan to sell this to people ???? Do they ??", maybe the actors aren't to blame.

    4th.
    Gamplay. It is atrocious its a **** travesty.
    I mean the Fallout3 and FNV gameplay were pretty **** terrible considering the majority of it took place through VATS, but this game takes **** to a whole new level.
    Its some horrible hybrid of Borderlands(also terrible) and Mass Effect(literally the worst game ever) mashed together for the game that nobody wanted but every moron is going to by because the TV and Internet told them too.
    I thought this was supposed to be an RPG ?
    How do i level up my skills ?
    Do I even have skills ?
    Where the **** are the RPG elements ?
    Where are the leveling points ? perks ? traits ?? SOMETHING that involves building a character for better or for worse SOME TRAIL AND ERROR.
    I see no skills or even purpose for the trivial level system that there is.
    I was able to kill a Deathclaw which is normally a pretty end game type enemy at level 1.
    Yeah got to make sure we have this scripted action sequences to entertain the idiots.

    If you bought this game and don't demand a refund as I have than you deserve everything you get.
    The next time a big company is going in raw on your **** I don't want to hear you complain, I want you to smile , look up at them and make eye contact and than thank them for railing you so good because you **** asked for it and did nothing to stop it.

    In short, Metacritic does not allow my rating to lower than 0/10 and that is a damn shame.    … Expand
  12. sanicrivls
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Awful graphics that have no distinct art style awful story line that is as predictable as it is cringey the loot is unbalanced giving you the best weapons and armour within the first hour of the game and awful performance on pc I came into this game expecting it to be bad and was still disappointed I hope that Bethesda does fix there game this time rather than leaving the community to fixAwful graphics that have no distinct art style awful story line that is as predictable as it is cringey the loot is unbalanced giving you the best weapons and armour within the first hour of the game and awful performance on pc I came into this game expecting it to be bad and was still disappointed I hope that Bethesda does fix there game this time rather than leaving the community to fix there hot mess of a game… Expand
  13. leugim696
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    dumbed down rpg mechanics, horrible voice acting, atrocious graphics, a story that seems like it was written by a grade-schooler, and that fps. wait for the GOTY version, at least then you'll get the full story with less bugs.
  14. idodabs
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    absolute horse trash i can't believe this is 89 dollars canadian, with taxes. the graphics engine is many years old, no effort was done on the graphics part. Steam refund in process.
  15. mamamelaverga
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I cant believe how bad it is
    its like they released an alpha instead of the final version of the game, now we have to wait for the modders to fix this mess.
    lets hope that bathesda doesn't try to push paid mods again
  16. Hock
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I am pretty sure New Vegas looked better than this mess that has the audacity to lag. Not to mention the writing feels like it was done by a toddler, with the rpg semblance of "choice" meaning absolutely nothing as your choices have no impact on the endings. Don't waste your money on this game, wait for it to be >5$ if you really wanted, maybe then it will have mods that will make it tolerable.
  17. stickypete
    Nov 17, 2015
    0
    Guess I'm not the only one who thinks that "Fallout" 4 spits on all that fallout once was. I own borderlands; if I was looking to play it, I would have done so instead of paying for a game in a series known for its (sometimes) industry leading *RPG* elements.

    Bethesda can do better and has done better (e.g. morrowind and fallout 3
  18. Dolfann23
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    An absolutely terrible game. The revamped dialogue wheel sucks, and makes the game much worse than its predecessor. The graphics are terrible for a AAA game as well. It is filled with tons of game breaking bugs that will crash the game. The story was dumbed down and all RPG elements were removed essentially destroying the franchise.
  19. sendkeys
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    As of the release date its very disappointing. The PC versions feels like a bad console port. A lot of the keep features in fallout3/vegas were removed. The textures on the PC are very bad for a 2012+ game. The controls are 100% made for a console and not for a keyboard/mouse. There is a lot of negatives and less positives after 20 hours into the game. Over all if i had to do it again iAs of the release date its very disappointing. The PC versions feels like a bad console port. A lot of the keep features in fallout3/vegas were removed. The textures on the PC are very bad for a 2012+ game. The controls are 100% made for a console and not for a keyboard/mouse. There is a lot of negatives and less positives after 20 hours into the game. Over all if i had to do it again i would wait 6 months until the modders could fix this game.… Expand
  20. Rst123
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game is terrible.
    Bad graphics, horrible dialogs, boring gameplay, a lot of bugs. I expected fallout, but got sims.
    I have never been so disappointed about the game.
  21. dimasik
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Это какой-то паршивый шутан, а не постапокалиптическая рпг с продвинутой системой прокачке, интересными квестами и хорошо проработанными диалогами.
  22. TastesOfRegret
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Less content than any previous fallout game.
    When the last game we got was New Vegas, this is completely unacceptable. Every new Bethesda game is more dumbed down, stripped down, and hyped up to be better than ever when every single time it has less features.
    And what little content they DID add only served to make the game more unbearable and sever it's ties to the older games. The    Less content than any previous fallout game.
    When the last game we got was New Vegas, this is completely unacceptable. Every new Bethesda game is more dumbed down, stripped down, and hyped up to be better than ever when every single time it has less features.

    And what little content they DID add only served to make the game more unbearable and sever it's ties to the older games.

    The writing is abysmal, the pacing is all over the place and the gameplay is a bug-infested skeleton of it's former self.

    I refunded my purchase, and wouldn't even pirate this game now.    … Expand
  23. KATBERT
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    There is no FALLOUT. Its just Rage 2 or castrated FAR CRY 3/4. Charisma, now total useless. U now... Far Cry 3 had much cool RP. Can u imaged that? FAR CRY 3 is much better Role Playing game then Fallout. GOD!!!!
  24. BUTTERING
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    1 Bad graphics
    2 Bad optimization
    3 Bad physics/animation etc
    4 Bad story line
    5 Terrible, primitive RPG system
    6 Small dead world

    Good job Bethesda, you killed Fallout series.
  25. bigfoot
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Move over Big Rigs Over The Road Racing and Daikatana. We have a new contender for worst PC game of all time. Everyone at Bethesda should be tarred and feathered for this travesty.
  26. Densito
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    There is no choice and consequence, no reputation changes from your actions, and no feedback to anything you do. "Freedom" means nothing in an RPG when none of your available actions mean anything. I find this particularly disheartening since it saps me of any motivation to do anything when the narrative provided for those actions is not only weak, but nothing I do matters. What's trulyThere is no choice and consequence, no reputation changes from your actions, and no feedback to anything you do. "Freedom" means nothing in an RPG when none of your available actions mean anything. I find this particularly disheartening since it saps me of any motivation to do anything when the narrative provided for those actions is not only weak, but nothing I do matters. What's truly astounding is that Bethesda actually regressed in this area since the days of Morrowind or even Oblivion where at least a basic reputation system existed and guards hailed me as the Champion of the Arena or something.… Expand
  27. ItzAPILLOWPET
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This game is a complete insult to the human intelligence and the RPG genre. This is the furthest thing to an RPG with completely dumbed down dialouge, no choices and consequences, no skills, and all the quests are "mmo" kill this group or get this item **** The settlement builder is a clearly shoe horned mess that is a damn chore to get anything to work right. The worst part about it isThis game is a complete insult to the human intelligence and the RPG genre. This is the furthest thing to an RPG with completely dumbed down dialouge, no choices and consequences, no skills, and all the quests are "mmo" kill this group or get this item **** The settlement builder is a clearly shoe horned mess that is a damn chore to get anything to work right. The worst part about it is that Bethesda really thought they could use this as an excuse to not add any real settlements to the game, "You **** can do the work for us!". The story is most shallow **** there is in the game. Feeling like a Fallout 3 redux(it's like poetry, it rhymes), that's not a good thing. Fallout 3's story was already a nonsensical mess that was nothing like Fallout. Fallout isn't about Daddy/Son "Emotionally Driven!" **** The dialogue is also completely shallow and is probably the worst thing about the game, why even have the characters talk at all? The companions and factions in this game are also completely shallow and uninteresting. It's almost like Beth completely ignored New Vegas(We know they did). In almost every category, New Vegas is still the king over the rest of the Bethesda "RPGs". Fallout 4 is nothing more than a shoot and loot, hobo simulator. I am truly saddened that such a great franchise must go through such butchery from a company that just doesn't care/understand.

    R.I.P. Fallout    … Expand
  28. Metric_Thread
    Nov 30, 2015
    0
    It is a decent game, and I would give it 7-8 points, but 0 points is for ruining the Fallout series and claiming to be RPG.

    This is more like Borderlands 3.
  29. Berkerd
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Dumbed down, empty, soulless stupid sandbox PoS. I can't believe they turned this legendary game into a console kiddie christmas gift.

    Damn you bethesda.
  30. sataricon
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    1-Railroaded progression through the world and map early on.

    2-SPECIAL Stats are kneecapped in terms of effectiveness 3-Unkillable NPCs 4-Too much shooting, too little quality dialogue or roleplaying. AKA, Borderlands Syndrome. 5-Quests are at least 75% kill quests. 6-No Ron Perlman for the intro/outro videos. 7-Endings have been hacked down to nubs, and showcase no    1-Railroaded progression through the world and map early on.

    2-SPECIAL Stats are kneecapped in terms of effectiveness

    3-Unkillable NPCs

    4-Too much shooting, too little quality dialogue or roleplaying. AKA, Borderlands Syndrome.

    5-Quests are at least 75% kill quests.

    6-No Ron Perlman for the intro/outro videos.

    7-Endings have been hacked down to nubs, and showcase no acknowledgement of things you've done outside of one major choice.

    8-Skills are gone, which were a staple of the CRPG genre, especially Fallout.

    9-Karma is also gone.

    10-Dialogue is wretched, and leaves no room for nuance. Speech challenges no longer branch out from Speech alone into Skills.

    11-At least 10 Perks are unlocks of things unrelated to your avatar, while the rest are blase percentage increases, sometimes with overlap in some places.

    12-Getting Power Armor, something that took time and effort to get in past games, within five minutes of leaving the Vault, and a Minigun.

    13-Having Sprint, Grenade and Bash mapped to one button.

    14- Glitches out the ass, including installation glitches and PC crash/freeze bugs.    … 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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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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