Fallout 4

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  1. Zessu
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    The game is lacking in every aspect. The most letdown is the enviroment. Map is linary, far from an open world, as well its small. Its clear to see that they didnt put any effort in map creation. The graphic itself is ugly, yet resourcefull. I didnt complete the main story yet but from what I played its very boring, you dont have any choices and its not rewarding, when getting a quest IThe game is lacking in every aspect. The most letdown is the enviroment. Map is linary, far from an open world, as well its small. Its clear to see that they didnt put any effort in map creation. The graphic itself is ugly, yet resourcefull. I didnt complete the main story yet but from what I played its very boring, you dont have any choices and its not rewarding, when getting a quest I dont feel like doing it, I do it only to progress the story. In Skyrim even doing small secondary quests was way more fun and interesting.… Expand
  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. Xiggs
    Nov 12, 2015
    4
    With Fallout 4 Bethesda has just pulled off its Dragon age 2 of the fallout series. By doing this they have shown EA that they are ripe for picking and soon it might read something like "Bethesda Soft Works, A Division of EA". You know what, if EA acquires Bethesda, the quality of their games might actually improve (not just polishing of their finished products)

    All the negative reviews    With Fallout 4 Bethesda has just pulled off its Dragon age 2 of the fallout series. By doing this they have shown EA that they are ripe for picking and soon it might read something like "Bethesda Soft Works, A Division of EA". You know what, if EA acquires Bethesda, the quality of their games might actually improve (not just polishing of their finished products)

    All the negative reviews here actually give the underlying reasons for such a review...but almost 90% of the positive (9+/10 score reviews) don't list down the positives of the game but only bash the criticism dished out by the fallout fans and experienced RPG players. IMHO, all those positive reviews are done by 'PAID SHILLS'

    Fallout 4 looks like it was conceived by the foursome of Borderlands, RAGE, TES 5:Skyrim and Minecraft. All the good work put in by Obsidian in FO:NV has been stripped off to show the ugly inside of Bethesda's consolization of the game. a BIG middle finger to Obsidian and the fallout fans and a finger pointing towards the pockets of the console gamers "More moolah....because we spent million on creating 'The Hype'!".

    *Wooooooosa....WOOOOOOOSSSA....calm down!*

    I got my first shock on the indifferent emotional state of the Protagonist when he/she lost a family member "oh! I'm going to avenge you!" that's it?? this is how people behave when they lose a loved one? Geez! Facial expressions and lip sync is so 2005. Can't say much about the story but the initial side-quests are mostly go fetch or kill tasks.

    A person who just came out of a 210+ years of Cryo-slumber starts using energy weapons, power armors as if using a butter knife for breakfast or putting on clothes for work. Starts modding equipment as if he was the greatest blacksmith the world has ever known. who needs training for all that? heck! they should have atleast made the protagonist upload training disks to his mind like Neo did in Matrix.,,,it wouldn't have seemed as inappropriate.

    Ok! I get it! the PC doesn't need training, he was born trained....but WE do need tutorials for Bethesda's version of Minecraft. I created a bed for some settler but it is lying there near the workbench and I don't know how to move it to its appropriate place? All I can do is bang my head on the bench and then take a nap on that bed when get tired. It seems everything has been left to the modding community to fix, while Bethesda counts cash...NIAH NIAH NIAH!!! time to get ready for 'TES VI: MoreMoney'...."All your money are belong to us"

    there is so much I could write about, but lets just say I don't want to hurt myself more : P I give a rating of 4/10 just for the efforts of the people working in Bethesda (like us...just doing their jobs) who must have worked tirelessly to put together this game for what it's worth. I wish I could give Todd -4/10 (yes! that's a negative 4) for forcing this big technical glitch upon us and Bethesda employees.

    *WOOOOSSA!! WOOOOOOOOOSA    … Expand
  4. Fallout4sucks
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game is totally awfull. This is not a Fallout at all. It's just a Sims with guns. No RPG, no dualogues, no spirit of Wasteland, nothing.Just Sims with guns. It's an aAn absolute disgrace, not worth a penny. Don't even think to buy this trash.
  5. Brunchfox
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    An absolute letdown in every sense of the word, I refunded this garbage. I expect better from a company like Bethesda.

    The developers should be ashamed to release this trash in 2015.
  6. Remembrancer
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    As a long time fallout fan this is very disappointing. The textures are subpar, the interface is poorly designed and the controls are janky (this has always been the case in the series however.)
    To make matters worse the plot is nonsensical and the dialogue...well perhaps it's best you see for yourself. Let's just say the switch to the dialogue wheel has not benefited the game, neither    As a long time fallout fan this is very disappointing. The textures are subpar, the interface is poorly designed and the controls are janky (this has always been the case in the series however.)
    To make matters worse the plot is nonsensical and the dialogue...well perhaps it's best you see for yourself. Let's just say the switch to the dialogue wheel has not benefited the game, neither has the skill removal.

    Even with those flaws is it not an OK game? The answer is no in its current state unfortunately. Its utterly bug ridden and suffers from instability. A rig that can run Witcher 3 smoothly on max settings should not be struggling with this graphically inferior game, but it is...    … Expand
  7. CHrIsObRiAn
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Such a overhyped game. Buggy, boring story, **** graphics, **** animations, . I really hoped that Fallout 4 would be a good game but it's the same as Skyrim, it just sucks without mods.
  8. Hubbubble
    Nov 10, 2015
    2
    The game was advertised as an RPG, but is actually an adventure shooter.

    Gameplay is alright but mislabeled. Please do not make the same mistake, if you intend to buy an RPG look somewhere else.
  9. lightbetsoin
    Nov 13, 2015
    2
    first problem, the immersion.
    you play as a married father. the character you play is not "you". you are playing him, but its definitely not you. When he talks, he have this responsible dady voice, this remind you everytime how far this guy is from you.
    if it was not enought, his dialogue lines are dull, like almost every people in this game. the dialogue weel... in a game like mass    first problem, the immersion.
    you play as a married father. the character you play is not "you". you are playing him, but its definitely not you. When he talks, he have this responsible dady voice, this remind you everytime how far this guy is from you.
    if it was not enought, his dialogue lines are dull, like almost every people in this game.

    the dialogue weel... in a game like mass effect, very cinematic, close linear game, it makes sence. in fallout? nope, not even close baby.
    most of the time you have 4 choices. yes, no, sarcastic ( sometimes playfull, sometimes agressive, you cant know before trying ) and the what is '"this word" question. and basically, saying no will just refuse a quest, so most of the time, you'll be forced to say yes. this is so basic and at light years of the quality dialogues you get in fallout games.

    quests... i am 15 hours into the game, right now it just feels like fetch this, go kill this guys... nothing great really.

    there was improvements on the gunplay, but it was at the expense of the rpg side, so for me thats also a bad thing.

    in the end, we get a game that looks more like farcry than fallout. oh i am sure some people like it, but its really sad for the others, who were expecting a fallout game.

    and a big WTF to the professional critics, 70/100 beeing the worst they can give, really shows the lack of independance they have.    … Expand
  10. CirclesofJerk
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    Terribly balanced and coded game. You can get the most powerful equipment in the game effortlessly within the first hour of play. The game engine is directly tied to framerate, so good luck running it at 120fps because everything will zip by at twice the intended speed. Storyline is a huge downgrade from Fallout :NV. Your choices all result in the same railroaded ending, so there is littleTerribly balanced and coded game. You can get the most powerful equipment in the game effortlessly within the first hour of play. The game engine is directly tied to framerate, so good luck running it at 120fps because everything will zip by at twice the intended speed. Storyline is a huge downgrade from Fallout :NV. Your choices all result in the same railroaded ending, so there is little replay value to be had.… Expand
  11. Kazimierz3000
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I just returned this game after less than two hours of gameplay, my reasons are as follows

    Story-Interesting early on, however not very gripping, engaging, or new conpared to previous games. Graphics-Awful, this game looks 10 years old with muddy/blurry textures with poor performance, no SLI enabled at launch, and requires modification of the .ini files in order to remove things like    I just returned this game after less than two hours of gameplay, my reasons are as follows

    Story-Interesting early on, however not very gripping, engaging, or new conpared to previous games.

    Graphics-Awful, this game looks 10 years old with muddy/blurry textures with poor performance, no SLI enabled at launch, and requires modification of the .ini files in order to remove things like vsync or change field of view to be higher than the console 60fov. The animation quality is really disappointing, it reminds me of Pinocchio. The fps cap of 60 is another letdown that isn't able to be adjusted in game and if left affects your mouse controls (as does vsync.)

    Sound-Solid for the most part

    Controls-The biggest complaint is the mouse control, it initially feels like mouse smoothing of some sort and not raw input, some have changed ini files to remove the fps cap to make it more responsive and if you don't disable vsync the mouse borders on a laggy unplayable mess. Terrible menu system makes navigating clunky, Console treatment here.

    Presentation-Mostly good, a nice, steaming, polished turd.

    Bethesda dropped the ball, hard. It's sad when Skyrim runs much smoother and is arguably just as good looking, if not better, even while highly modded it runs at double to triple the framerate.

    I would reconsider buying this game later if the problems are addressed, the modders will have their hands full with this for awhile before it's playable/enjoyable.    … Expand
  12. abortedfetusofj
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    By far my biggest disappointment.
    A few issues before my long rant:
    -The AI is too dumb; Enemies for some reason turn 360° before shooting you or they just run away then come back, for no reason at all, as if it is scripted "the enemy must come out of this door" so that's what the enemy does, he runs away from me, get past the doorway then turn back and run at me. -THE AI IS TOO DUMB;    By far my biggest disappointment.
    A few issues before my long rant:
    -The AI is too dumb; Enemies for some reason turn 360° before shooting you or they just run away then come back, for no reason at all, as if it is scripted "the enemy must come out of this door" so that's what the enemy does, he runs away from me, get past the doorway then turn back and run at me.
    -THE AI IS TOO DUMB;
    -The voice acting is bad even from Courtney Taylor (who I loved in Mass Effect), this is probably the dialogue's fault because the dialogue feels like it is written by someone who never talked to another person;
    -No variety in armours at all;
    -The game is too easy even in Survival Mode;
    -The animations are really bad;
    -The graphics are what you expect from an indie game;
    -It runs badly despite having an empty world and ugly graphics;
    -Uninteresting characters, shallow world and boring gameplay;

    When you create a railroaded role-playing game you should at least make the story great, the characters interesting, the world alive and with a good writing, but Fallout 4 lacks all these things.
    You are railroaded in an uninteresting world where 30% of the enemies are zombies (they're not feral ghouls anymore, they are just zombies), 30% of the enemies are raiders, 20% of the enemies are Super Mutants. 10% of the enemies are Mole-Rats with different skins, 5% are Deathclaws and the other 5% are Bloatflies with different skins.
    It is an open-world game where there is only one city.

    First thing I did after leaving the Vault was meeting Codsworth, who was immortal, and it sent me to the Concord.
    In the way I met Dogmeat who was also immortal and was forced upon me. I choose the option "You're a mutt" and all my character said was "You're just a flea-bag, huh? Let's go, boy". And then Dogmeat was forced on me, but I still could send it away. The thing is that even after being sent away I still couldn't kill it because Dogmeat is immortal.

    Then I met Preston, I killed all the raiders easily despite being in Survival Mode because the AI is very, very dumb. I said no to helping Preston but I still got the same quest as if I said yes. Then I tried killing them and guess what? Each one of them is immortal.
    So I got out and got the Power Armor. Then I killed every raider easily, then the Deathclaw came and got stuck in the sewer where it came from. Despite being in Survival mode, the Deathclaw died easily.

    That's when I decided to quit the game. But I got back to it after a while and went exploring instead of doing quests.
    The world was empty. There are tons of marked locations indeed, but these locations are empty. You loot some things here and there, but they're generic ruins with nothing to do in them.
    So now I uninstalled it.    … Expand
  13. Grisha99
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game is bad. My computer don't may run this game. Bad repack and game. Texture from the 20000000 years under H.X. Dialogue so casual. I very angry.

    0/10
  14. painor
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    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 . 'Dialogue wheel' ? 'immortal NPC?' 'Graphics from 2009 for an AAA game?' 'Good quests? nah' '11 min map ?' JUST remember This game took 7 YEARS to make . And even though it's **** the so called game journalist are giving it 90+ so be sure that something fishy is going onI 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 . 'Dialogue wheel' ? 'immortal NPC?' 'Graphics from 2009 for an AAA game?' 'Good quests? nah' '11 min map ?' JUST remember This game took 7 YEARS to make . 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 .… Expand
  15. vapko
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    Low production quality across all boards, not only ps3 graphics and animation from ps2 era.
    Good gameplay with buggy AI running in circles? I wonder how you see it as good.
    And great god that writing is horrendous.
  16. scrinARN
    Nov 10, 2015
    2
    Fallout is my favourite game series of all time but this game just feels dumbed down. Alot of the cool rpg features have been removed and the classic dialouge system has been replaced with a mass effect style wheel. This limits replayability since you can only really play as one character that just able to say different things and even that is limited, you only have 4 options at a time.Fallout is my favourite game series of all time but this game just feels dumbed down. Alot of the cool rpg features have been removed and the classic dialouge system has been replaced with a mass effect style wheel. This limits replayability since you can only really play as one character that just able to say different things and even that is limited, you only have 4 options at a time. The perfomance is also shameful for 2015, I can mod Fallout 3 to have better graphics than this.… Expand
  17. Hagaloro
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Bad graphics, atrocious story, horrible gunplay, boring gameplay and basicaly broken perfomance wise. What kinda of game is so garbage that crashes if your fps is above 60? This gotta be one of the greatest disapointments in the history of video games
  18. Inductionist
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Terrible letdown. Fallout 1 and 2 fans will hate this game. Random first person shooter fans might like it.
    - Ridiculously dumbed down character development system: Most attributes have NO consequence, you can have 1 in intelligence and still hack computers or have most dialogue options, Perks have been messed up
    - Skills are GONE (yes, you read right: GONE) - You can use all weapons    Terrible letdown. Fallout 1 and 2 fans will hate this game. Random first person shooter fans might like it.
    - Ridiculously dumbed down character development system: Most attributes have NO consequence, you can have 1 in intelligence and still hack computers or have most dialogue options, Perks have been messed up
    - Skills are GONE (yes, you read right: GONE)
    - You can use all weapons regardless of type right from when you find them (no more specialisation requirements)
    - No hardcore mode (basically all improvements Obsidian made on Fallout 3 in New Vegas are gone)
    - OK graphics, but terrible face animations
    - Pointless build and craft system
    - OK story    … Expand
  19. screamshield
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    Character creation and the perk systems are ok.But after that the game is complete garbage.The dog...oh god don't get me started on this **** Unoptimised game like any other console port garbage out there.

    I give it 3/10 for the character creator. Do not buy unless you plan on going for nude mods cus everything else is Skyrim tier.I never thought i'd miss Fallout 3 and think of how    Character creation and the perk systems are ok.But after that the game is complete garbage.The dog...oh god don't get me started on this **** Unoptimised game like any other console port garbage out there.

    I give it 3/10 for the character creator.

    Do not buy unless you plan on going for nude mods cus everything else is Skyrim tier.I never thought i'd miss Fallout 3 and think of how much better it is than any game out there but thanks to bethesda now we have this piece o crap.    … Expand
  20. Kriss_A
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    They call this an RPG, really?

    I mean, literally: - Can't have your own backstory. - Stats barely matter - There are no skills - The world is bland as hell - Clunky Minecraft gimmick - Guns don't appear on your character model - Writing is ridiculous - PC is voice acted so you can't even roleplay as your own character at all - Can't play it non-lethal - Unarmed has no unique    They call this an RPG, really?

    I mean, literally:
    - Can't have your own backstory.
    - Stats barely matter
    - There are no skills
    - The world is bland as hell
    - Clunky Minecraft gimmick
    - Guns don't appear on your character model
    - Writing is ridiculous
    - PC is voice acted so you can't even roleplay as your own character at all
    - Can't play it non-lethal
    - Unarmed has no unique moves
    - Horrible graphics for a game of this budget
    I can go on for hours like this, it's one of the worst high-profile games I've played next to Dragon Age: Inquisition and that's really saying something.    … Expand
  21. OHSB
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    Doesn't live up to it's predecessor in a lot of significant ways. Despite being a step up from Fallout 3 and improved in a lot of ways, it really fails to match the game in between the two:Fallout: New Vegas. The companions and their quests aren't as interesting, the perk and skill system is inferior, despite having a fun modding system, the variety of weapons pales in comparison to Vegas,Doesn't live up to it's predecessor in a lot of significant ways. Despite being a step up from Fallout 3 and improved in a lot of ways, it really fails to match the game in between the two:Fallout: New Vegas. The companions and their quests aren't as interesting, the perk and skill system is inferior, despite having a fun modding system, the variety of weapons pales in comparison to Vegas, there is less meaningful choice, and the focus on a forced "emotional narrative" seems like a step back compared to the faction based quest line from the previous title.

    Overall, the game plays better, with improved gunplay and a superior crafting system, which is nice if this were an FPS or an Elder Scrolls title, but in almost every aspect relating to RPGs it fails, in some ways it manages to be inferior even to Fallout 3.(Worse leveling system, speech/skill/stat/perk checks, dialogue options, shoehorned in voice Protag, invulnerable npc, etc.)

    Despite what could have been learned and adapted, it seems Fallout 4 opts instead to take as little of the improvements as possible from it's predecessor.(It also leaves out any mention of any of the interesting lore from the west coast. Though I suppose that can be forgiven, given the distance)

    Overall a mediocre title that doesn't live up to the hype, out of all the things I've said, the real nail in the coffin is just how boring the game manages to be. Goes to show that big budget + hype =/= great game.    … Expand
  22. GLACIERBOY
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Cringeworthy story and dialogue, bad art direction, complete removal of all RPG elements, gameplay oversimplified to the point of extreme blandness, graphics that would have just been okayish 10 years ago, etc.
  23. AlyssaX
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Fallout 4 starts slow and takes its time to build up, but when it does... it's not impressive. It's a game like the previously titles FO3 and New vegas, it's a huge exploration game where you can join factions, have companions to be with you wherever you go, where you make some choices about who you want to be and it gives you enough freedom to choose your own play style.

    The main quest    Fallout 4 starts slow and takes its time to build up, but when it does... it's not impressive. It's a game like the previously titles FO3 and New vegas, it's a huge exploration game where you can join factions, have companions to be with you wherever you go, where you make some choices about who you want to be and it gives you enough freedom to choose your own play style.

    The main quest isn't very interesting (I won't spoil anything for you), for a fallout game I was expecting something epic that wasn't "predictable" and that kept me hooked the entire time, and that wasn't the case at all, I found myself a lot of the time pushing myself to complete certain objectives. It drags on waaaay too much without giving you any satisfaction in the end like it should. You'll feel like you've been grinding so much for nothing.

    On the other hand, the side quests are vast and lets you choose the path you want to take, however the choice system isn't very deep and it always ends up with positive, negative and neutral responses which many times leaves you unsatisfied for something that always were a big complex part of fallout, which made it great.
    To sum it up, it doesn't give you much to read, instead you hear it. Which is not necessarily bad but it makes it tedious at times when you don't know exactly how your character is going to express him/herself. Which for a fallout game isn't a very in depth system and breaks the immersion a lot.
    Still, the side quests end up being far more interesting than the main story itself.

    The down side with the quests is the bugs/glitches. Yup, you heard me, it's Fallout New vegas all over again (before the patches) where 1 in each 4/5 quests have very annoying and sometimes BREAKING bugs that will make you go insane for not being able to complete them. Not to talk about all the crashes where some of them can even corrupt the save files. So save often to avoid bitter situations.

    The graphics of the game are nothing S.P.E.C.I.A.L on ultra at 1080p. Don't get me wrong, I like FO graphics the way they are (on ultra) because I'm not very picky about it, but comparing to other titles out there already, it's very outdated...

    This is where things get complicated.. because the game is poorly optimized, even on consoles where you get 30 fps (not acceptable at this point) and in some areas 25... expect A LOT of random bugs on the map and CRASHES.
    The game looks WORSE than fallout 3 (a game that came out almost 8 years ago) on low and medium graphics. The thing is the graphics on low and medium are LITERALLY broken on the minimum specs, especially with the shadows and textures out of place. which is just unacceptable and it will need some patches to fix that. The lock fps being a problem too.

    Gameplay, it's similar to the other (3D) previously titles, nothing especial but it works, it has more animations and a fluid gameplay if you can run it on high with no problems, otherwise be prepared for stutters frequently.

    All that said, this game needs a lot of work. It wasn't properly tested and now it needs some serious patches to fix this mess.
    It's not impressive for a Fallout game and it drags a lot of the quests way too much, kinda like MGSV.
    Satisfying,neat gameplay, with more animations and an innovative vats system that slows time instead of just freezing it.
    Good, fun and solid crafting system where you'll spend hours on it. One of the best I've seen.
    About the lvl up system, it's different but not necessarily better. Just... different. And I personally preferred the old one, it was more closely-knit.
    It's still worth playing, but it will only be worth buying once it gets properly fixed. However old fallout fans will be disappointing with this one.

    This game would be a solid 7.5, but dull main quest, some broken secondary quests and crashes (even on consoles!) are just unacceptable at this point. No game is perfect, but this is way too much, and it's not the first time happening either.
    So for that it gets a 6 out of 10 for releasing an untested, poorly optimized and badly polished game to the public.

    Edit: I tried, I really did. But after playing some more time I can now say that this isn't a game, it's an abomination! I've never seen such a grinding game in my entire life, it's so bad and the BUGS/GLITCHES aren't helping at all. Let alone the CRASHES.
    I was generous with the 6 before, after some more hours in it and getting as far as the game to be truly unplayable, this alpha V0(zero) game gets a 0.    … Expand
  24. tillyho1
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    An absolute let-down. The whole experience is hollow and dull. Only worth buying if you enjoy games that are only intended to make money, and not to give you a good quality experience.
  25. HitIerDidNuffin
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game is a mess. Not only they made the dialogue a Mass Effect mixed with Life is Strange, but Lite, they also recycled Fallout 3 and added a few mod features that are useless.

    I don't care about the graphics, but the game got a bad action movie plot and a childish gameplay. It's like they didn't want to make it an RPG, but a CoD with an inventory. The dialogue is also more    This game is a mess. Not only they made the dialogue a Mass Effect mixed with Life is Strange, but Lite, they also recycled Fallout 3 and added a few mod features that are useless.

    I don't care about the graphics, but the game got a bad action movie plot and a childish gameplay. It's like they didn't want to make it an RPG, but a CoD with an inventory. The dialogue is also more disappointing when you noticed that from the "13k lines recorded for each sex your character have", they made sure those lines were very very short.

    Fallout 3 was a huge step back from New Vegas and even 3, and I hope Bethesda don't do it with the next Elder Scrolls or Fallout. Worst Fallout since the one that did not get released.    … Expand
  26. epeternally
    Nov 10, 2015
    2
    A poor port of a barely there, phoned in effort from Bethesda that is blatantly unfinished, relying on the hype train to drive sales. In six months to a year, this could have been a great game, but as it stands it's small, bland, buggy, feels incomplete, has ridiculously major pacing issues, lacks adequate explanation for the base building mechanics, and is completely devoid of soul. I'mA poor port of a barely there, phoned in effort from Bethesda that is blatantly unfinished, relying on the hype train to drive sales. In six months to a year, this could have been a great game, but as it stands it's small, bland, buggy, feels incomplete, has ridiculously major pacing issues, lacks adequate explanation for the base building mechanics, and is completely devoid of soul. I'm not a Fallout diehard, I loved Fallout 3 with all its flaws, but this is just too bad to overlook.

    The port is a mess too - performance issues, defaults to a controller if you have one plugged in, FOV can only be changed in ini files and still doesn't work perfectly, mouse acceleration can only be disabled in ini files, most graphical options (save for draw distance) can only be changed within the launcher. About the only thing I can say for it is that the graphics are not bad. Out of the box they're decent and with some SweetFX thrown on they become quite nice indeed. It's just a shame that the actual game is an unmitigated disaster. This is the poster child for rushed development ruining a game (bizarre since Bethesda at least claims it's been in the works for years, but regardless it obviously wasn't going to meet their release date without cutting more corners than I'd have thought was realistically possible).    … Expand
  27. Biss
    Nov 10, 2015
    2
    Good graphics, but extremely poor and down goofed Game-Design: No Skills, No traits, No Hardcore, No Weapon-Armor-Durability and a very medium-sized game-world.

    Disappointing... just disappointing
  28. sodanexus
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    Bad story line, poorly graphics, bad physics, boring.... If you want a fix, go to fallout new Vegas or fallout 3... they are much better. it's for casual gamer.
  29. SalesDonkey
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    I'm a big fan of fallout saga.
    But after some time i realized something went wrong with that title.
    First warning was there when salesman was talking about customized buttons in consoles and crafting. Its is related to RPG ? It is the essence of the playability ? Maybe for him but he is a wrong person in wrong place. For me that was obvious they have big problem with that title.    I'm a big fan of fallout saga.
    But after some time i realized something went wrong with that title.
    First warning was there when salesman was talking about customized buttons in consoles and crafting.
    Its is related to RPG ? It is the essence of the playability ?
    Maybe for him but he is a wrong person in wrong place.

    For me that was obvious they have big problem with that title.
    Big enough to say the only way to sell this is pray to good.

    Because of people like him today true successor of fallout 2 is "fallout shelter" not fallout 4.
    It is best game ever made by Bethesda studio , small enough to deal with bugs and enough funny to provide entertainment of monkeys from sales.

    Rest of the money from fallout 4 budget was used to "craft" of lives a few "chosen one " people.
    For me this is fail 4 not fallout 4.    … Expand
  30. likaq
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    1. Words cannot describe how buggy this game is.
    2. Totally abysmal dialogue system is totally abysmal .
    3. Writing is so bad even compared to fallout 3 that it makes writing in fallout 3 looks good
    4. $60 pricetag? Beth are you insane?
    5. this gfx in AAA game released in 2015? Is this a joke?
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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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