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  1. Jun 17, 2018
    10
    I'm giving it a 10/10 not because it's a masterpiece (far from it) but because so many dissatisfied fan abuse the rating system with zero scores... you didn't get what you wanted?! Fine, but it won't make it a bad game, just because you are offended.
    Yes the RPG elements are a bit weaker then in the previous installments, but the lore is still great! The world is simply gorgeous! In none
    I'm giving it a 10/10 not because it's a masterpiece (far from it) but because so many dissatisfied fan abuse the rating system with zero scores... you didn't get what you wanted?! Fine, but it won't make it a bad game, just because you are offended.
    Yes the RPG elements are a bit weaker then in the previous installments, but the lore is still great! The world is simply gorgeous! In none of the previous Fallout games have I ever felt that I kinda want to see it in it's prewar state, full of life... And all the stories that the city of Boston has to offer makes you realize that the prewar America was just as **** up under the surface as the wasteland is.
    As I said it's not a 10/ 10 but rather a solid 8 or 9
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  2. Jul 15, 2018
    10
    Love the fallout games. Can't wait for 76. Love the Far Harbor DLC. Don't really like the other one except for Nuka World.
  3. Jul 20, 2018
    10
    Great shooting game with a fantastic world to discover but not the best RPG game nor Fallout game
  4. Aug 7, 2018
    10
    Fallout 4 is a good game.
    Even though it differs quite considerably from the two previous FPS titles of the franchise, it is still a very solid game. Sure, there are some issues with the approach Bethesda chose. The perk system is average at best, the RPG side is nonexistent and the timeline differs considerably from what was established in the previous Fallout games.
    Yet it is
    Fallout 4 is a good game.
    Even though it differs quite considerably from the two previous FPS titles of the franchise, it is still a very solid game. Sure, there are some issues with the approach Bethesda chose. The perk system is average at best, the RPG side is nonexistent and the timeline differs considerably from what was established in the previous Fallout games.

    Yet it is definitely worth playing if a Skyrim in a post-apocalyptic world is what you're looking for.
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  5. Aug 13, 2018
    10
    This Game Is Amazing From it's World To All Of It's Gear. Even Though The Story Is Not Bad But it Could Have Used Some Work And More Choices, Other Than That It An Amazing RPG, And If You Are Starting A New Character And You Don't Want To Have To Go Through The Kind of Boring Just Get The Start Me Up Mod.
  6. Aug 24, 2018
    10
    Gave it a 10 just to offset the scrubby 0 reviews. Realistically its like a 7 vanilla, 8 with mods.
  7. Nov 14, 2018
    10
    Best Fallout game of 2015. The only way Bethesda could top Fallout 4 is if they make a better game.
  8. May 29, 2019
    10
    10, just to trying to balance an unfair total score of 5.5... A fair score should be like 7
  9. Dec 31, 2018
    10
    It's an amazing game, really. Sure the quests might not be what you'd expect but they're still great quests. The graphics? Great unless you're playing on Windows 95. All of the youtubers that say this game is terrible are wrong. For others that say it's terrible, you guys have just played better on a beefy PC. If you actually give this game a chance and explore, you'd find that it's a lotIt's an amazing game, really. Sure the quests might not be what you'd expect but they're still great quests. The graphics? Great unless you're playing on Windows 95. All of the youtubers that say this game is terrible are wrong. For others that say it's terrible, you guys have just played better on a beefy PC. If you actually give this game a chance and explore, you'd find that it's a lot better than you give it credit for. Maybe it's not as good as Fallout 76, which came out earlier this year, but this game still has good graphics compared to a lot of games now. Expand
  10. Jan 11, 2019
    10
    Игра очень хорошая, Геймплей топ, Оптимизация хорошая. Такой маленький бал из за того то-что ее заср*ли олдфаги если вам не нравится идите играйте в свой fallout 1 и 2 на своем старом ноутбуке а так игра норм
  11. Apr 1, 2019
    10
    Only after playing other similar games, I realized how good this game is! P.S I also played in the previous parts, each episode is good in its own way.
  12. Oct 21, 2020
    10
    Graphic is fantastic gameplay is great and story is very good . I recommend you play this game on 1440p resolution or higher
  13. Jun 28, 2023
    10
    Despite the low user score, I actually enjoyed this game a lot for hundreds of hours. So **** you guys.
  14. Jun 17, 2019
    10
    Sure it has bugs but when you look at how much fun I had those bugs dont matter.
    Ad Victoriam
  15. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    I love this game, I enojoyed making fly some super mutant faces. And the final is very unexpected.
  16. Sep 6, 2023
    10
    При грамотном моддинге нереальная имба
    Тодд Говард мой кумир
  17. Nov 30, 2019
    10
    At first seems to be quite a nice game, but that soon changes after hiting level 20 or 30.
    1.Bagspace is a pain in the as, and will slow you down most of the time
    2.after clearing the first 3 zones you are stil not strong enough to go further,since level in zones are from 30 up to 99
    3. You ca not in a easy way comunicste with others
  18. Jan 6, 2020
    10
    Best game i have played thank you Bethesda thank you Todd Howard you must play Fallout 4
  19. Apr 24, 2020
    10
    Boy oh boy this one is just fun while the glitches are bad and performance may be a little on the downside youll have the time of your life i myself have over 2600 hours in game the mods is what gives this game an extra oomph 10/10 would recommend
  20. Aug 18, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

    Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

    But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Fallout fans are soy
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  21. Jun 10, 2020
    10
    If you think of this game as vanilla only, it's 6/10 or 7/10. But with modding Fallout 4 is one of the greatest games of all time.
  22. Aug 22, 2020
    10
    After years, this game is still too enjoyable. With mods, graphics looks very cool. If you start it to just try, you may not like. Start to enjoy it, not just play. Make it your own game.
  23. Dec 4, 2022
    10
    Gameplay, Graphics, Characters, story...this game had everything and was revolutionary. Few games are as iconic and masterfully conceived and produced.
  24. Aug 1, 2020
    10
    Балдёжная игра. Не на десятку конечно, но ставлю её для повышения общей оценки, а то игра заслуживает явно большего, чем 5.5.
  25. Jul 23, 2022
    10
    No way do I think this game is a 10. But it's damn sure much closer to a 10 than it is to a 0. I think the game has many flaws, but is too solid to be even lower than a 7. I think the perfect score for this game is an 8 to 8.5.

    + The levelling system is no Elder Scrolls but I'd reckon it's above average. I think the way they implemented S.P.E.C.I.A.L in this entry is unique, but still
    No way do I think this game is a 10. But it's damn sure much closer to a 10 than it is to a 0. I think the game has many flaws, but is too solid to be even lower than a 7. I think the perfect score for this game is an 8 to 8.5.

    + The levelling system is no Elder Scrolls but I'd reckon it's above average. I think the way they implemented S.P.E.C.I.A.L in this entry is unique, but still great.
    + VATS is much better compared to 3 & New Vegas. The time not stopping may take away some strategy, but it adds a lot more stress to an encounter as you don't have all the time in the world to target a person/body part.
    + The game, at least compared to previous titles, has an amazing world in terms of things like immersion. Exploring feels rewarding in this game.
    + Gameplay is just a major step up from previous titles.

    - The main issue is the story, and how you really define RPG. For the most part, if you want to categorise this game, then it's safer to call it an RPG rather than something like a first person shooter. However, while this game does have large decisions for the player to make, it's somewhat lacking for the smaller ones that you'd find in previous titles, or even in other RPGs like The Witcher 3.
    - Also weapon variety.

    You could always go deeper, but it's not really worth it for this type of review. I definitely shouldn't be giving this a 10, but I hate the way the majority of people rate games on these sites. They either give it something extremely low, or a 10. No way in hell is this game lower than a 6 or a 10. It's at least a 7, and I'm not gonna budge. I'm only giving this a 10 because I'd rather iron out the reviews.
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  26. Aug 6, 2020
    10
    people are too stupid not to reject the false feeling of the old games, I was disappointed in these people, the game deserves more.
  27. Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Largement meuilleur fallout 4 et ce qui dise que new vegas est mieux je les comprends vraiment pas
  28. Nov 10, 2020
    10
    Amazing Game. Hundreds of Hours worth of content, exploration, questing, combat, etc. Only criticism i can give the game is voice acting and lack of dialogue choices. Everything else about the game is perfect. Gunplay, perks, SPECIAL, good and interesting factions to join and help.
  29. Feb 21, 2021
    10
    Todd - GENIUS.
    In the near future this game will become a classic. Better than WitcherDAOFO 1-2 and other overrated games. I LOVE THIS GAME.
  30. Dec 26, 2020
    10
    Played 1300+hours and this is great!Building is great, world is interesting and good to explore.Yep, as RPG this is worth, than F:New Vegas, but not so bad.There's interesting quests and storyline.
    BUT DAMN OPTIMIZATION...It's verrrryyyy bad
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 38
  2. 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. 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.
  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]