Fallout 4

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  1. TrueReviewer1
    Mar 31, 2016
    0
    Terrible Game I cant believe that this game has an 84 "professional" review score. the game is horrible in all aspects its neither a good Shooter nor a RPG game. this is the last Bethesda game I will buy as they are incompetent in making games true to what they should be. if you like to be guided in every single way with no freedom and enjoy no challenges or anything difficulty while beingTerrible Game I cant believe that this game has an 84 "professional" review score. the game is horrible in all aspects its neither a good Shooter nor a RPG game. this is the last Bethesda game I will buy as they are incompetent in making games true to what they should be. if you like to be guided in every single way with no freedom and enjoy no challenges or anything difficulty while being over simplificated a monkey could play this game then this "fallout" 4 is for you.… Expand
  2. Aelita
    Apr 8, 2016
    0
    Well, my first language is Russian and I appologize for my grammar mistakes. But I'll try to explain my opinion. Now I'm replaying Fallout 1 and 2. I don't know why I'm doing that, there are a lot of new games with perfect graphics and etc. But, you know, this games has something...unusal. I mean, you have already passed the game, you know endings, but you are play again and again. It'sWell, my first language is Russian and I appologize for my grammar mistakes. But I'll try to explain my opinion. Now I'm replaying Fallout 1 and 2. I don't know why I'm doing that, there are a lot of new games with perfect graphics and etc. But, you know, this games has something...unusal. I mean, you have already passed the game, you know endings, but you are play again and again. It's like reading a good science fiction. Like watching Stanley Kubrick's films. It's classic. You are not wasting your time. You are enjoying the game. It has a good story, music, atmosphere. It's all perfect. I feel sorry for Interplay. They could make a good games. But what we have now? Ok, I won't say about Fallout 3 and New Vegas, it's not bad at all. We are talking about Fallout 4. I am really disappointed. What happens with dialogues? I feel like a stupid, when I'm try to choose the answer. It's same, only intonation changes. And where is atmosphere? I only start a game and I already have power armor and minigun. And people call me a "general". What about the construction of the buildings? Forget physical science. You can build in the air! Where is the logic? Most of all I hate main plot. It's horrible. It's like a cheap and snotty novel. And I don't know, but I have a feeling of deja vu. No, really? How many years have passed since Fallout 3? And the only thing you did just replaced children and parents. And now motherfather save the child. Huh? Santa Barbara. Why Bethesda doesn't use plot from canceled game Fallout Extreme? I find it very cool! And much more gorgeous. Just google it. Why reinvent the wheel, when you already have one? Just imagine how Fallout looked like! Travel the world to stop chinese army! Visit Pacific Northwest, Bering Strait, Northeast Asia and China. See? It's open world. A big one. And an interesting one. You can see Fallout World from the other side. But it's only a dreams. A dreams that some day Fallout would be a great game just like old times.… Expand
  3. littlesushiboxj
    Apr 21, 2016
    0
    Basically it's a blank slate. It could be a game but it isn't. If only they let obsidian use this engine to make a game it could be great. It's basically call of duty and not an rpg. There are like 4 side quests and there's no choice in what you do. You can choose a faction but after that no choice.
  4. HALtheDuke
    May 19, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Only a blind gamer can say that this is a good game. This is the worst episode of the fallout series. Nothing to add at the previous bad comment. Very sad...… Expand
  5. Indigetes
    May 20, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fallout 4 is disappointing at best. In my honest opinion, it feels like they are getting lazier and lazier. There are plenty of problems in the game, leaving the bugs aside because they would need to invest money to fix them and we cant have a company doing that nowadays.
    The story could have being great, and that is a mayor point. They just took a great idea and implemented it in the worst possible way. There are plenty of choices for the player to do which seems to be important for the main plot but, ultimately, do nothing, being there for the sake of button smashing. In short, most of your “choices” don't matter at all.
    There are quest were you are sent to a combat zone, but you can literally walk through them, while naked and unarmed, but no one will pay you any attention.
    Half of the perks are simply useless, and, once you got the power armour (minute 10?), you have won.
    Once you have some levels, and you craft a good weapon of choice, most legendary enemies will go down in 4-5 hits while playing in survival (legendary deathclaw with two headshots? really?)
    Most heavy weapons are useless.
    Armour is useless because: power armour.
    I wish I could give it a -10.
    At least, you can blow the brotherhood's ship up. It's something.    … Expand
  6. Mmollle
    Jun 12, 2016
    0
    A piece of crap game. Many people say "a bad RPG, a good game" but i say its a bad RPG and a bad game. Its an embarrasment to the whole Fallout franchise and the biggest dissapointment of a game Ive ever experienced.
  7. electric_blue
    Jun 10, 2016
    0
    I honestly do NOT believe for one second that the positive and negative reviews even out or represent players real feelings about FO4. I don't think it's a mistake to dislike this game because it is the worst in the Fallout series. Some people are saying, "well, it's a bad Fallout game, but it's a great game otherwise!" Baloney. If I wanted to purchase and play "it's a great gameI honestly do NOT believe for one second that the positive and negative reviews even out or represent players real feelings about FO4. I don't think it's a mistake to dislike this game because it is the worst in the Fallout series. Some people are saying, "well, it's a bad Fallout game, but it's a great game otherwise!" Baloney. If I wanted to purchase and play "it's a great game otherwise," I would purchase and play "it's a great game otherwise."

    It's not just a bad Fallout game, it's a bad, and broken game. But not broken in the charming New Vegas kind of way. It's broken in the gameplay mechanics, the new combat system is bad, the character has a VOICE! That is total crap. Takes me right out of the RPG feeling. I'm not at all interested in the "story" as I was with the Lone Wanderer or the Courier, or Chosen One or Vault Dweller for that matter.

    Everything's already been said. It is truly an awful game, a chore all the way around, dumbed down to some ridiculous level for what reason I do not know why. Skip it and buy a case of good beer instead.    … Expand
  8. BZibi
    Jul 8, 2016
    0
    Bethesda killed Fallout series, I hope it's clear for everybody now, from a epic game, with fantastic mechanics, advanced char building, superb dialogues, story and political incorrectness, we now have a first-person shooter with minimal story + Sims, but you can't build a big settlement even if you have quad GeForce Titan X in your PC, because the game engine is old, buggy and inefficientBethesda killed Fallout series, I hope it's clear for everybody now, from a epic game, with fantastic mechanics, advanced char building, superb dialogues, story and political incorrectness, we now have a first-person shooter with minimal story + Sims, but you can't build a big settlement even if you have quad GeForce Titan X in your PC, because the game engine is old, buggy and inefficient and it will still lag and your frames will drop to 2 FPS, so there's no endgame. The storyline for base game and the DLC's (Automatron and Far Harbor) is very short, you can finish the base game in one day. I'm not counting "Contraptions" or Wasteland Workshop" as a DLC's because that would be a bad joke, Bethesda focused on quantity of DLC's, not their quality. And one of the funniest things is that the modders realeased tons of stuff for free before Bethesda's pseudo-DLC's, like elevators more than three months before the "Contraptions DLC" was released.… Expand
  9. Inyuasha
    Jul 20, 2016
    0
    What a disappointing game, so disappointing I registered for metacritic just to leave this review. After playing and thoroughly enjoying Fallout 2,3 and New Vegas, I was eagerly awaiting this game. But boring, so boring it has turned out to be. Best of luck getting me to buy another one of your games Bethesda.
  10. LonelyPenguin
    Aug 13, 2016
    0
    Worst bethesda game. I was fanboy of bethesda, and I still cant believe how far have they fallen...

    thi is not an rpg anymore, its just a casual shooter, with no depth. There are a lot of location, but they are all filled with same mobs and uninteresting loot. The thing that they seize all development on this game after 8 months shows that they know they **** up big. u dun goofed,    Worst bethesda game. I was fanboy of bethesda, and I still cant believe how far have they fallen...

    thi is not an rpg anymore, its just a casual shooter, with no depth. There are a lot of location, but they are all filled with same mobs and uninteresting loot.

    The thing that they seize all development on this game after 8 months shows that they know they **** up big.

    u dun goofed, bethesda.    … Expand
  11. Brooderz
    Sep 3, 2016
    0
    Absolute ****. Okay ive never loved these games as much as others but at least they had something this was just a boring action game passing off as something better but its no better than a CoD game. Story absolute rubbish and i wonder if the critics were paid to write good reviews for this one.
  12. Yennefer
    Sep 23, 2016
    0
    when i die, have bethesda lower my coffin into the ground so they can let me down one more time. The game is bland, boring, badly written, badly optimized and full of bugs. They didnt event patch it properly and leave it to the modders to patch (after only 9-10 months!). DLCs over priced and comprised of mostly stuff that you hate.
  13. russianmetacrit
    Nov 24, 2016
    0
    This game is a disgrace to all fallout canons. How come we came to the same son/father **** again? Ripping off plots of previous installments almost completely.... Way to go Bethesda. Why dont you bother to work with Obsidian again? You cant go an inch without them!
  14. Fusie
    Sep 12, 2017
    0
    Fallout 4 is more or less a bugs and issues riddled game since release, and even up to this very day, there are still more then enough problems around, that should have priority over introducing an item shop called "Creation Club" to the game.
    And while Bethesda was busy with selling more "content" through a few half-finished DLCs, modders did the heavy lifting by providing the community    Fallout 4 is more or less a bugs and issues riddled game since release, and even up to this very day, there are still more then enough problems around, that should have priority over introducing an item shop called "Creation Club" to the game.
    And while Bethesda was busy with selling more "content" through a few half-finished DLCs, modders did the heavy lifting by providing the community with inofficial bug fixes, mods that improved the gameplay a lot, and in some cases even mods that could stand right beside any of the official DLCs.
    Instead of supporting those modders with some kind of recognition, Bethesda chosed to release the "Creation Club" for Fo4, which is nothing else then a rather tasteless atempt on trying to cash in on all the work the modders did for the game.
    The Creation Club isn't an option like any other paid DLC, it's forced upon every player instead, there is currently no official way to uninstall the CC and then play Fo4 as we were used to.
    A future update for the CC will probably get rid of the paid mods archives, but in the end, we'll still have to download every update for the CC that pushes another round of paid mods into the game.
    And those paid mods are really expensinve... and of course filled with bugs and issues like the game itself. So much for their advertised "quality control".
    Not to mention that this first update and installment of CC even broke free mods in the process, and that this will probably happen again with the next patch too.
    My guess, this is only the beginning, at some point they will probably turn the Creation Club into a Gatekeeper program for all mods, and you won't be able to use mods that aren't on their "list".    … Expand
  15. LoudBridge5284
    Jan 11, 2017
    0
    This game is an example of terrible design, storytelling and convenient, shallow plot.

    Nothing you do in this game means anything - no faction you join (out of the limited 4 that even exist) ever does anything or makes any amount of sense. Choice is completely obliterated, destroyed for the purposes of brainless gunplay. There are no interesting characters here - all facades are    This game is an example of terrible design, storytelling and convenient, shallow plot.

    Nothing you do in this game means anything - no faction you join (out of the limited 4 that even exist) ever does anything or makes any amount of sense. Choice is completely obliterated, destroyed for the purposes of brainless gunplay.

    There are no interesting characters here - all facades are easily and instantly seen through, as is the plot, which is about as cliche as literally any D- grade movie ever made.

    The graphics are quite terrible as well, limited by the ageing engine.

    Once again, there is no choice - you get to be the good guy, and only the good guy. While some may argue you can roleplay as either, this is false as there is no roleplay in the game from the start.

    The brainless fetch/kill quests are also a disgrace and an embarrassment to whoever had the inclination to decide upon this approach.

    This should never have been released. It is an insult to the artistic medium of interactive media.    … Expand
  16. MaddMike
    Feb 2, 2017
    0
    This is not a Fallout. This is not a RPG (probably, the worst Bethesda's rpg). This is a mediocre fps; you cant shoot through objects, **** aim, etc. And this "game" is even **** Sims. can you imagine? You may ask me: what the God is good in that **** To be honest - nothing. This bramin's **** is not even a game. -10/10.
  17. GarlDeathHand
    Apr 2, 2017
    0
    It is the first time i was ever so disappointed by Bethesda. All the things that make fallout what it is are gone.
    Special system, gone.
    Karma system, gone. Decisions affecting game world and different outcomes to a situation, GONE. Dialogue has been reduced to something i could only describe as boring and idiotic. They managed to turn a beautiful RPG game into a pre-written shooter    It is the first time i was ever so disappointed by Bethesda. All the things that make fallout what it is are gone.
    Special system, gone.
    Karma system, gone.
    Decisions affecting game world and different outcomes to a situation, GONE.
    Dialogue has been reduced to something i could only describe as boring and idiotic.
    They managed to turn a beautiful RPG game into a pre-written shooter adventure.
    Not a fallout game.    … Expand
  18. Firefly009
    Apr 22, 2017
    0
    DO NOT PURCHASE. Seriously, do not. I've played Bethesda games for many years and have put up with the incessant bugs, but Fallout 4 is over the top. The random frame rate drops on an Alienware make the game completely unplayable. After trying absolutely every tweak possible - including editing the .ini files which I should not have to do - I'm done with Bethesda. No, that's not just emptyDO NOT PURCHASE. Seriously, do not. I've played Bethesda games for many years and have put up with the incessant bugs, but Fallout 4 is over the top. The random frame rate drops on an Alienware make the game completely unplayable. After trying absolutely every tweak possible - including editing the .ini files which I should not have to do - I'm done with Bethesda. No, that's not just empty words until the next game comes out. I cut EA Games off, and I'm doing the same with Bethesda.

    Considering Witcher 3 and other major titles run PERFECTLY with superior graphics, performance and gameplay, it makes it clear Bethesda has no excuse - zero - for the state of this game. Dishonored 2 suffers the same exact fate. The common denominator is Bethesda. With so many people lodging complaints and nothing getting fixed, we should all learn a very simple lesson here: STOP SUPPORTING THIS COMPANY. They should be embarrassed and ashamed to be charging money for their ineptitude.    … Expand
  19. dEviL666
    May 4, 2017
    0
    Это не фаллаут,это call of duty с крафтом,скучные диалоги,казуальный геймплей.Все это уже надоедает на первом часу игры.
  20. TheBurninatorX
    Jul 4, 2017
    0
    What Metacritic fails to tell you about this game (mainly due to receiving incentives from gaming companies) is that this game has MAJOR FLAWS on the pc version! If you have a high end system, don't even think about buying this. First of all, the game will not even launch on ANY resolution above 1080. Secondly if you have a FPS above a certain threshold, EVERYTHING in the game will beWhat Metacritic fails to tell you about this game (mainly due to receiving incentives from gaming companies) is that this game has MAJOR FLAWS on the pc version! If you have a high end system, don't even think about buying this. First of all, the game will not even launch on ANY resolution above 1080. Secondly if you have a FPS above a certain threshold, EVERYTHING in the game will be massively sped up. All the conversation will be trashed, movement will be like the roadrunner on pcp. This is the first pc title I've played that penalizes you for being able to run at a high end capacity. Another note, even if you tweak your system to be able to run the game, it will spontaneously crash on you, with no cause or error codes or anything. This game has been out for almost TWO YEARS now, and if you read forums else where you will see that these issues have been continuous since nearly since it's release with nearly NO support from bethesda!

    If you want a good FPS or RPG shop elsewhere, giving this greedy company money for shipping out a knowingly flawed product is far becoming an industry standard, and only by boycotting their company can we send a message to them in the only way they'll notice...in their revenue.    … Expand
  21. LuckyMia
    Jul 8, 2017
    0
    This action RPG starts with a large action sequence where you kill a very powerful enemy and are awarded the strongest weapons at the start. You can do random generated mostly fetch quests, and save the EXACT SAME darn survivor kidnapped from your village the 30th time. Or blitz through the average generic main story that is 5 hours if you don't do side quests. You can level till like 300This action RPG starts with a large action sequence where you kill a very powerful enemy and are awarded the strongest weapons at the start. You can do random generated mostly fetch quests, and save the EXACT SAME darn survivor kidnapped from your village the 30th time. Or blitz through the average generic main story that is 5 hours if you don't do side quests. You can level till like 300 though because everything is split into tiny skills and stats allowing you to level every 5 minutes and feel special. It is The resident Evil 5 of the franchise; they jumped the shark with this one.… Expand
  22. realangrygamer1
    Aug 20, 2017
    0
    Fallout 4 Review from a Fallout gamer
    Fallout 4, is Duke Nukem meets Sim City, it is not the R.P.G. we were promised, it fails to deliver anything even close to the Fallout series, other than in name. Bethesda had 7 years to make this game, one of the best games ever and failed miserably. The following is a short list of why Fallout 4 is a terrible game.
    1) Same bugged game engine as    Fallout 4 Review from a Fallout gamer
    Fallout 4, is Duke Nukem meets Sim City, it is not the R.P.G. we were promised, it fails to deliver anything even close to the Fallout series, other than in name. Bethesda had 7 years to make this game, one of the best games ever and failed miserably. The following is a short list of why Fallout 4 is a terrible game.
    1) Same bugged game engine as Fallout 3, & Fallout NV. All Bethesda has done was add on to the game engine to support Fallout 4, they still have not bothered to fix the Crashing to Desktop, Hard Lock Up Crashes, and lagging issues.
    2) Broken Lore, Examples : T-60 power armor, and Jet. To name two, many more exist.
    3) Lack of choice, bad dialogue, bad writing, and ripping out the SKILLs system, replacing it with just Perks, that are mostly useless.
    4) Weapons, are mostly the same, Combat Rifle, Combat Shotgun, Combat Sniper Rifle, all the same look, and Sounds are all the same, Laser and Plasma Rifles that sound like a ballistic weapon. (Unlike any previous Fallout Titles!)
    Fallout 4 is the worst Fallout game in the series, and that is saying something since I do own every single game in the series with the acception of Fallout 4, which I played on a friends gaming PC. A P.C. that has a 4.2 Ghz 8 Core Processor, 32 Gb of Ram, and a very expensive 12 Gb Graphics card, on Windows 10. Still got the same crashes, as Fallout 3 & Fallout NV!!1 Bethesda has left the Budget PC Gamer out in the wasteland, with the overly high System requirements. (A PC that meets their "Minimum requirements" won't play Fallout 4 very well. Leaving those that can't afford $400 + to upgrade their PC's out of ever playing Fallout 4.
    To me the whole game looks like it was lazily slapped together inside a few months instead of the 7 years they had to really make it a great game. I for one won't be buying this game, I can't see wasting my money, on an FPS, when I wanted a Fallout RPG.    … Expand
  23. confector
    Aug 30, 2017
    0
    Having supported this developer since Elder Scrolls: Arena, here is my review.

    This persistent model of trying to move to a microtransaction system and forced downloads of content that you do not want, cannot opt out of, and break your game if you have already taken steps to mod (correct/fix) it in the first place. Stop it. I have spent a good chunk of my free time in life    Having supported this developer since Elder Scrolls: Arena, here is my review.

    This persistent model of trying to move to a microtransaction system and forced downloads of content that you do not want, cannot opt out of, and break your game if you have already taken steps to mod (correct/fix) it in the first place.

    Stop it. I have spent a good chunk of my free time in life specifically patronizing your titles because of the enjoyment offered, the modding opportunities at MY direction and choice, NOT YOURS, were my ideal way of passing free time.

    No longer.    … Expand
  24. Riwean
    Sep 4, 2017
    0
    Paid mods... Again. Paid mods... Again. Paid mods... Again. Paid mods... Again. Paid mods... Again. Paid mods... Again. Paid mods... Again. Paid mods... Again.
  25. swiffty
    Sep 12, 2017
    0
    Garbage developers are a pitiful paid mods are you **** kidding me I hope they learn a lesson greedy bastards like honestly Bethesda used to be good but now there just turning into EA don't buy!
  26. ntblood
    Oct 2, 2017
    0
    Creation Club is a greedy money-grab, making the game we paid full-retail for into bloat-ware with microtransactions. No to paid mods! The suits will try to kill free modding.
  27. FluttershysPet
    Oct 3, 2017
    0
    This game was never good I played through it once and said why bother and moved on, but now it has paid mods and that never sits right with me. I am all for mod authors making money for what they are doing but this is a scummy way that Bethesda has come up with that actually screw over the mod makers. So in short do not support this title and buy something else. Simply put it is a ok gameThis game was never good I played through it once and said why bother and moved on, but now it has paid mods and that never sits right with me. I am all for mod authors making money for what they are doing but this is a scummy way that Bethesda has come up with that actually screw over the mod makers. So in short do not support this title and buy something else. Simply put it is a ok game if you have never played a Fallout game before but if you had it is ****… Expand
  28. TFOFB
    Sep 4, 2022
    0
    Беседка не умеет делать фаллауты или же просто не хочет их делать
  29. NoirDetectiv
    Dec 7, 2017
    0
    I played the Fallout series for a long time, I always liked the atmosphere that prevailed in that post-nuclear world, the World that you could believe in, because there were certain rules of the world that he did not violate, there were a lot of thoughtful stories, there I could decide the fate of the whole wasteland, earlier the elections were not divided into good and bad, they wereI played the Fallout series for a long time, I always liked the atmosphere that prevailed in that post-nuclear world, the World that you could believe in, because there were certain rules of the world that he did not violate, there were a lot of thoughtful stories, there I could decide the fate of the whole wasteland, earlier the elections were not divided into good and bad, they were divided into bad and terrible ones, this world wanted to come back again and again ... But one day everything changed.Bethesda that was famous for thoughtful worlds made with obvious love, refers to Fallout to to crap without thinking in Laura not interfacing, and basic interest side quests. They scored on interesting quests for the sake of creating a weak shooter with elements of urban development, which might be liked by gamers of a new show. I do not want to see how the series that I loved under the pressure of major studios turns into a project designed for casual players who have not gotten out of their mother's womb ...… Expand
  30. ter0liu
    Dec 9, 2017
    0
    this is not fallout, this is stupid shooter.

    In this game there is no RPG component of the word at all, the most lame dialogues and uninteresting quests, here you can not play any role, you're either a good warrior or a good housewife, quests are not memorable, except that quest where you are traveling on the mind of Kelog, the ending is just horror, this fallout breaks the story of the    this is not fallout, this is stupid shooter.

    In this game there is no RPG component of the word at all, the most lame dialogues and uninteresting quests, here you can not play any role, you're either a good warrior or a good housewife, quests are not memorable, except that quest where you are traveling on the mind of Kelog, the ending is just horror, this fallout breaks the story of the series completely, New Vegas turned out much better. (If there are any errors in the text and some nonsense is written, say thank you to Google translator)    … 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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