Fallout 4

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  1. jamdud22
    Jun 16, 2016
    7
    This could have been another capstone for Bethesda but they decided to just throw everything against the wall to see what would stick. This game has nothing on Fallout 3 and especially not Fallout New Vegas. I hope the addons add some depth to this game because there is none. It's all a hot mess with no substance and no story. I wonder did Bethesda fire all their writers or what happened.
  2. kingofworld
    Jun 16, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yeah, i spent more than 8 hrs per day on this game the first 3 months it released. have to say i really enjoyed digging up every junk i can find or shooting enemies with 12 new companions (every one of them has their own stories now, seems almost good as Serana in Skyrim) at first, even spending hours just trying to get a legendary minigun or fat man could be fun.

    But later i realized that i just wasted my 5 month time on endless repetitive crappy nonsense. Some awful game experience also started to sick me. i played TESV again and found out that Skyrim is a goddamn masterpiece. Bethesda only take half or less efforts on Fallout 4 than they did in Skyrim!

    I think Preston Garvey and his minutemen are totally garbage. They don't have any meaningful tasks for you, just bossing you around and making you play nice. I feel like a slave when forced to do their endless crap. I HATE PRESTON GARVEY. He is TOO good to be true, he seems fake to me. The guy has NO sense of humor, you can't even have a joke on him. Even worse, he asks player to be as Mr. Goody as he. You are the general? Sure. When people bump into him, he always says: YEAH, I AM THE PRESIDENT **** GARVEY. He NEVER Introduces ME, THE GENERAL to anyone, even once. HEY WHERE'S THE GRATITUTE? It's ME who safe their sorry asses from those scary little bugs or being kidnapped by hungry green-skin monsters LOL!

    And why the hell should i help those low life farmers? I build them houses, make them beds, give them food and water, hell i even set missile turrets all around the whole damn village, i **** did everything they asked, and what did they do? They steal my delicious deathclaw steaks, they steal my fat man and gatling laser, they steal my X-01 power armor and wouldn't get out, they sleep on the bed that is supposed shared only between Piper and me. Wait, there's more. They still think you are a dangerous figure who is looking for trouble, they still suspect you to be the synth spy sent by the evil institute, they still complain about their filthy fingernails filled with mud to ruin your dinner. And the best part is that these idiots love bossing you around. When i beat one place and about to loot legendary miniguns, a dude sit on the ground next to the treasure chest and yell at me: Hey you, i was kidnapped by these scary little bugs, take me to my house 100 meters from here or i won't get up and you are an **** WTF??? These kinds of kidnapping **** even happens before the task is activated. I dare say these cute bugs are the world's best bodyguards for those hostage cosplay lovers because the dude "kidnapped" will stay in that place forever if you just ignore them. Once i used console command to summon that idiot back to his house and guess what? He just walked back to the place where he was "kidnapped"!

    The companions are dull. Most of their stories are boring after all, losing girls, losing mommy and daddy, all the same stuff. You know, this is wasteland, i don't really care about some miserable pass, too common in this **** commonwealth. i want something new, something that can really hook my mind, some adventurous type story. This game has no totally badass followers. All humanoid companions dislikes murder. Why the hell? You gotta trust our judgement. We killed this son of **** because we have a DAMN GOOD REASON, that's why, and that's that. All companions except Hancock dislike chem use at last, even include Cait after helping her rid of drug addict and MacCready if romanced. What's wrong with chem anyway? Yeah we know drug is bad in real life but this is Fallout 4!

    BUT these are not the most disgusting thing. The worst **** is, why the hell is everybody just shoot player if they get pissed by a even accidental or minor mistake? I remember once i got caught when stealing a BOBBY PIN in Diamond City, the guard just shoot on sight, and the whole city turn hostile immediately. WTF is wrong with these people? Petty crime is different from capital offence, you know. The faction setting in this game is totally ****. NPCs solve problems only by killing and violence, they never talk or negotiate first. This is goddamn barbaric! NPCs in fallout 4 never understand the difference between friendly fire/collateral damage and intentional murder, the whole bunch of people just shoot you without warning first if you accidentally hit them. I remember in Skyrim friendly NPC would usually say I AM ON YOUR SIDE or DON'T DO THAT if you hit them by accident. The city guards will always try to ask for fine first before attack in TESV.

    The faction setting also makes companions can easily turn against you. Most companions will become immediately hostile in many cases. Where the hell is loyalty then? Sure, they have your whatever good point, but they shouldn't stab me on the back. That's treason, and I HATE TRAITORS. And i can't revenge on damn traitors because this game set companions as essential characters and they are invincible!    … Expand
  3. BMWfan
    Jun 15, 2016
    6
    Game with a crappy graphics and an old man and full of bugs and glitches graphics engine sometimes very marked and can jeopardize the missions in progress. I was really disappointed and the maximum is one that deserves enough.
  4. Myon-Neutrino
    Jun 15, 2016
    4
    Bethesda can´t do anything special anymore. I´ve played Fallout 3 and NV before and I loved it. But Fallout 4 still offers the same old ugly graphics as its predecessors and delivers an unfinished release-version where the modders have to fix basic problems and basically do bethesda´s job once again. The new action-oriented gameplay style sucks (VATS FTW), the dialoge-options have gotten aBethesda can´t do anything special anymore. I´ve played Fallout 3 and NV before and I loved it. But Fallout 4 still offers the same old ugly graphics as its predecessors and delivers an unfinished release-version where the modders have to fix basic problems and basically do bethesda´s job once again. The new action-oriented gameplay style sucks (VATS FTW), the dialoge-options have gotten a huge downgrade which results in the fact that this game isn´t a RPG anymore in my opinion. And what the hell were they thinking with the PC-controls - it´s the most embarrassing controls for a PC game i´ve ever seen, especially when it comes to build houses and stuff. The whole construcional funcionality may be a good idea, but it´s not intuitive at all. In 2016 there should´nt be any problems developing a simple system to lay electrical conduits and stuff. Instead we got crap at it´s finest. The story is shallow, boring and monotonous. I honestly don´t understand the hype and the "official" high ratings of this bad game.… Expand
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. Crazyferret
    Jun 10, 2016
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. At first I was excited to play a new Fallout. I thought it looked amazing and the gunplay was good. As I kept playing though, I found that was about it. I saw that it was actually very shallow and became boring quickly.

    The voiced character is a mistake in my opinion, as it really restricts the dialogue. The dialogue choices rarely even mattered. For example, in the quest The whole yes, sarcastic (yes), No (yes), speech check (yes) is very true. Really makes the choices seem worthless, and they certainly are most of the time.

    The story wasn't really good. It came down to two things. They want you to care about this story by making you chase after a son you don't get to know. They make it seem like the story is urgent while wanting you to explore. Quest weren't that great either. some were interesting, but most fell flat. A lot ended with just killing everything in a certain area. Lots of unnecessary radiant quests that add nothing. Places you clear out will just spawn more raiders or super mutants for you to kill for your next quest.

    The roleplaying aspect is severely crippled. You don't get to build your own character but play their character. The voiced dialogue is part of the problem. You are always going to be the concerned parents. You aren't really able to be evil so much as just an **** sometimes. If you want to play like the exact character you are given, then you'll be okay. Anything else just doesn't fit. Really kills replayability. Fallout has always been about making your own character and acting like that character would. That shouldn't be taken away from a Fallout game or open world sandox RPGs.

    Fallout games should be a RPG first and a shooter second. This game is a FPS first with leveling and some perks on the side, and most of that seems meaningless anyway. It's closer to Farcry than previous Fallout games. The leveling doesn't have a cap, so you will get all the perks at some point. Skills were removed and SPECIAL is the only thing that affects stats, but you can max these out as well. Many of the perks are damage buffs, crafting, skills like lockpicking/hacking, and useless ones like less rads from food (which cooking removes from most things.) Weapons seem to be more important than anything else. I played on survival (the original with the bulletsponge enemies) without taking the damage buff perks for weapon, and I had no problems. the RPG elements are minimal and take a backseat to the gunplay.

    That's just a few things I found wrong. I've already rambled so I'll give my finale review.

    TL;DR Very dissapointing. Seems fun at first until you get into it. If you want Fallout, this isn't it. If you want an RPG, this isn't. If you want to go around shooting thing in an open-world FPS with some quests and a small story, then this is an okay game for that. There are games that do that better though. (Farcry, Borderlands, etc.)

    4/10 - No Ron Perlman intro/outro    … Expand
  8. esece93
    Jun 10, 2016
    4
    As a Fallout fan, I write this review for other Fallout fans. They destroyed the game. I give a 4 so just people know that, despite being a good game (and I say a GOOD game, which means that IS NOT a VERY GOOD GAME) is not a real Fallout.
    The perks and leveling system is now a sh** where you choose perks every time you level up, instead of the classic system in which you distribute 15    As a Fallout fan, I write this review for other Fallout fans. They destroyed the game. I give a 4 so just people know that, despite being a good game (and I say a GOOD game, which means that IS NOT a VERY GOOD GAME) is not a real Fallout.
    The perks and leveling system is now a sh** where you choose perks every time you level up, instead of the classic system in which you distribute 15 points and you choose a perk each two levels.
    Remember the satisfaction of completing a quest with a good charisma and hilarious conversations? Forget about that. Now this is all about shots, and more shots, and no really strong decisions, just more shots. Ah, and the conversation system is a failure (you can't even see what you are actually answering, just two words that more or less describe it).

    But this is what happens when you try to reach a more "casual" or bigger group of people, you kill the magic, and create a product that does not satisfy the fans, but the new generation of gamers.

    Such a disappointment, I trusted you Bethesda, but for the last time.

    We will miss you Fallout.    … Expand
  9. Biggjake93
    Jun 9, 2016
    8
    this game was quite good! I don't really have any problems with it but It also does not have any lasting effects on me. Pick up the game if your slightly curious but please remember that this game might be the weakest of the recent installments.
  10. SirFrolo
    Jun 8, 2016
    9
    Brilliant and fun game, amazing story, amazing environment, so much fun, over 100+ hours invested so far. Gave it a 9 because i just wish Bethesda would use a updated engine.
  11. Udrakan
    Jun 6, 2016
    8
    Fallout 4... Fallout 4 is finaly here. I have finished Fallout 3+all DLCs, Fallout: New Vegas+all DLCs because I was on a hype train. Here I will tell you my experience from Fallout 4. This game had potential to be better, sure but there wasn't a single thought of dissapointment in my gameplay. I am lvl 106 now and this is my 2nd most favourite Fallout game after New Vegas. The game is soFallout 4... Fallout 4 is finaly here. I have finished Fallout 3+all DLCs, Fallout: New Vegas+all DLCs because I was on a hype train. Here I will tell you my experience from Fallout 4. This game had potential to be better, sure but there wasn't a single thought of dissapointment in my gameplay. I am lvl 106 now and this is my 2nd most favourite Fallout game after New Vegas. The game is so good I don't go to sleep somedays and just continue playing before I go to work in the morning. There is so much stuff, so many ways to do stuff. This game is just amazing. DLCs are a bit pricey but they will get cheaper in time, they are worth it. The emotion in this game, locations, music... everything is what you would expect from a proper Fallout game. This is definetly a VERY GOOD game. Revolutionary? No, but still a very good and memorable game. Do you need skill to play this? On survival difficulty definetly YES. On lower difficulties even new gamer will enjoy the game. I'd recommend this to every kind of player. Strategist will find his place in building settlements and tactics in combat. Stealth player will enjoy stealth options and different enemy AIs, player who just doesn't care and wants some rampage will find tons of crazy weapons and intimidation dialogue with tons of creatures to slay. This game is legendary.… Expand
  12. Cask_Fix_Sir_Us
    Jun 4, 2016
    5
    Bethesda failed.

    Fallout 4 doesn’t care who you’ve killed, or didn’t kill. It’s like they tried to come up with a formula they could sell over and over. Like a Q-tip or a cotton ball. There were no moral obstacles to overcome, no thought provoking moments about what faction your character should support. There was no world to explore, no towns to discover, no dungeons to explore, no    Bethesda failed.

    Fallout 4 doesn’t care who you’ve killed, or didn’t kill. It’s like they tried to come up with a formula they could sell over and over. Like a Q-tip or a cotton ball. There were no moral obstacles to overcome, no thought provoking moments about what faction your character should support. There was no world to explore, no towns to discover, no dungeons to explore, no magic to be discovered. Just reskinned enemies, and boring old Boston, those one dimensional buildings, shoot, go upstairs, shoot, jump downstairs, OMG please shoot me! Boston was boring! How did Skyrim feel like an entire world, yet all of Boston felt like a small thug’s neighborhood in GTA V?

    Just kill whoever, the world and its results are static, your presence here has no influence. I’m convinced that if someone programmed a barley functioning AI to play this game (a 5-year-old mind), the end would be the same as yours.

    I loved Fallout 3, New Vegas, and Skyrim. Skyrim was the culmination of great RPG writing and descent gameplay. Fallout 4 was tedious and painfully devoid of life. The future of Fallout 4 is frankly grim, just like Skyrim, it will end up just a weird naked porn machine for a very strange audience.

    Bethesda is drunk with cash, unfortunately for them, my cash isn’t going their way anymore.    … Expand
  13. joaodestroyer
    Jun 2, 2016
    7
    Here is the rest of my review. I ran out of characters so I'll continue it here: The map of the game is big enough, yet could have been bigger and more convoluted. I many times find huge, empty chunks of the map that could have been used more efficiently. Finally, I will end my review here since I've been writting this for about thirty minutes now. Fallout 4 is very fun, yet it lacks aHere is the rest of my review. I ran out of characters so I'll continue it here: The map of the game is big enough, yet could have been bigger and more convoluted. I many times find huge, empty chunks of the map that could have been used more efficiently. Finally, I will end my review here since I've been writting this for about thirty minutes now. Fallout 4 is very fun, yet it lacks a motivation to keep playing. As I played it always felt that I was just "wandering around" a sandbox map, almost randomly generated. The main quest is convolutedm yet dull. The gunplay is fun yet can be glitchy at times. The looting system is great. The settlement system is basic, unfinished, and somewhat broken. The companion system is absolutely terrible and laughable. Finally, I would recommend Fallout 4 to a friend, because although it may not feel entirely like a Fallout game, it is still a very fun one, and one which I will probably spend over 150+ hours plahing (I "only" have sixty-one hours so far). War, war never changes...… Expand
  14. rockman909090
    Jun 1, 2016
    6
    The game is unbalanced. 90% of time is fighting.. is it a rpg game? lol. And the map. Boston looks beautiful but exploration involves cleaning the another locations.. It's hard to find a side quest outside the factions. Weak dialogue system .
  15. Arunsun
    May 30, 2016
    10
    Great game worthy of investing quite some time. It has many interesting features unseen on any other RPG game. I hope the community to greatly support this game.
  16. Aven2334
    May 27, 2016
    3
    FFs Bethesda... Just give the Fallout ip to Obsidian. It seems this game was just a big cash grab from the start. Sure, you guys put work in your game, so that you claim, but it wasn't hard work. This game is one of the most lazy AAA titles I've ever played. I could list so much **** about how much you **** your fans over with this, but it looks like that has been said and done thousandsFFs Bethesda... Just give the Fallout ip to Obsidian. It seems this game was just a big cash grab from the start. Sure, you guys put work in your game, so that you claim, but it wasn't hard work. This game is one of the most lazy AAA titles I've ever played. I could list so much **** about how much you **** your fans over with this, but it looks like that has been said and done thousands of times over. I'll just mention a few thing that just annoy the **** out of me with this. The 'cinematic camera' during dialogue why the **** is this a thing? Do we need it? No, it's just annoying, Fallout isn't a movie. Weapons aren't kept on your character, and they pop into existence when you un-holster them. Combat rifle is the same model as the combat shotgun, but with minor tweaks. Power armor isn't unique. Loading screens are bad and show things to you that you haven't even seen yet in game (Que the loading screen with a big fat suit of X-01 power armor that you've yet to see in the actual game yet cus you haven't fount it yet.). Power armor isn't just the only un-unique thing in the game, I might as well say every thing in the game isn't unique, just renamed **** that looks the same as everything else (cryo sledge hammer? wtf is it magic or some **** why does it do frost damage?). The only companions I thought were worth the time were Cait and Nick, everyone else was just ****ty (boring), too stupid, or annoying as **** Dogmeat was even annoying! He doesn't even ****ing talk because he's a dog, and somehow, still annoying. "Hey what's that I hear? A good ending? Oh, you mean it was cut out? Why? You dunno? Ok." I will say this, Automaton and Far Harbor are worth it, cus they were pretty cool. Wasteland workshop could've been a free update or maybe even cheaper than it is. Oh **** I forgot to mention the assault rifle! No not that "assault rifle" I mean the Chinese one that was an actual assault rifle and is the reason why the assault rifle in the game has a quick select icon that looks like an Ak-47, because they couldn't spend just a little bit more time to finish it so the went through the trouble of renaming the, what was supposed to be, LMG to "assault rifle"(again, lazy).… Expand
  17. DAnzalone
    May 23, 2016
    7
    While improving on certain aspects (notably combat), the game is heavily stripped of the RPG elements from its predecessors. With a focus on fighting or story-telling, quests and random encounters are uninspiring. When compared to F3 and New Vegas, Bethesda seems to have taken a step backwards with Fallout 4.

    Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the game and did spend 400+ hours on it. But I    While improving on certain aspects (notably combat), the game is heavily stripped of the RPG elements from its predecessors. With a focus on fighting or story-telling, quests and random encounters are uninspiring. When compared to F3 and New Vegas, Bethesda seems to have taken a step backwards with Fallout 4.

    Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the game and did spend 400+ hours on it. But I could never feel as satisfied as I did in the previous games. I can only hope that the next Fallout game is developed by Obsidian.    … Expand
  18. fallouts
    May 22, 2016
    0
    It's a disaster. The story has many loopholes and the game pretty much is devoid of any RPG elements. Your role is determined from the get go, the quests lack choices, and they completely removed the skill system. The graphics in the world are nice but the character models look terrible with bad lip syncing. There are very few random quests with a good story, and most are just MMOish goIt's a disaster. The story has many loopholes and the game pretty much is devoid of any RPG elements. Your role is determined from the get go, the quests lack choices, and they completely removed the skill system. The graphics in the world are nice but the character models look terrible with bad lip syncing. There are very few random quests with a good story, and most are just MMOish go here and kill this quests. It's just a joke. I hope Bethesda takes their work seriously with ES 6, but they won't be getting my 60 bucks either way in the future. I will hold back and wait for the complete edition on their next game.… Expand
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. Setsuki
    May 19, 2016
    3
    The 3 first things I did when launching the game was :
    1 - enable subtitles
    2 - bind my keys 3 - set my graphical options Then, I launched the game 1 - The game starts a cutscene without subtitles 2 - the character editor doesn't take my binding into account (azerty users will be confused for quite a whie) (also, the interface for the editor is as unintuitive as can be) 3 - the    The 3 first things I did when launching the game was :
    1 - enable subtitles
    2 - bind my keys
    3 - set my graphical options

    Then, I launched the game
    1 - The game starts a cutscene without subtitles
    2 - the character editor doesn't take my binding into account (azerty users will be confused for quite a whie) (also, the interface for the editor is as unintuitive as can be)
    3 - the game runs at 20 FPS during the entire intro sequence. (went from ultra to medium/low settings, didn't change a thing)

    But this was still the best part.

    I can't really explain what it is, but there is something about the controls that feels wrong. Oh yeah, they're sluggish and terrible.
    If you're playing with a controller, most of those issues will probably disappear, but for me, I tried, I played a bit of the "real" game, but when simply moving and looking around is a chore, there's nothing you can do...    … Expand
  22. dkaizer
    May 19, 2016
    8
    A good game with a rather robust crafting and base building system if you are able to overlook the bugs common in a the Fallout and Elder Scrolls series. The ability to support custom user mods raises the fun factor. The story line is average and the ending was quite a letdown for me.

    The one thing I cannot stand in this game is the ATROCIOUS HORRENDOUS GOD-AWFUL WEAPON SOUND EFFECTS.    A good game with a rather robust crafting and base building system if you are able to overlook the bugs common in a the Fallout and Elder Scrolls series. The ability to support custom user mods raises the fun factor. The story line is average and the ending was quite a letdown for me.

    The one thing I cannot stand in this game is the ATROCIOUS HORRENDOUS GOD-AWFUL WEAPON SOUND EFFECTS. Who in their right mind would approve the weapon sound templates in the game?!?! Eagerly awaiting custom weapon sounds from the modding community.    … Expand
  23. chefino
    May 19, 2016
    1
    As a true fan of F1, F2, (not so much of Fallout: Tactics), F3 and New Vegas (although I didn't finish NV) I also took the hype-train and got F4 for my PC. Luckily a month or two after release and via a discounted coupon. Lucky me, would bash my head against the wall otherwise.

    As many have said, shallow story, no RPG elements, uninteresting characters, no real dialogue options, crappy    As a true fan of F1, F2, (not so much of Fallout: Tactics), F3 and New Vegas (although I didn't finish NV) I also took the hype-train and got F4 for my PC. Luckily a month or two after release and via a discounted coupon. Lucky me, would bash my head against the wall otherwise.

    As many have said, shallow story, no RPG elements, uninteresting characters, no real dialogue options, crappy crafting and useless base building. The performance is sub par and every time I had to stare at the freaking loading screen, just to exit a 1 room house, then forgot something inside, only to stare at that sh*t again for several seconds... made me loose all that was left of the appetite to play more. If GTA can do it, why can't they and still recycle this 10 year old engine (yeah Oblivion, I remember you).

    Stay away. You have been warned.    … Expand
  24. lippy77
    May 18, 2016
    0
    - Utterly non immersive. It feels like they came up with some areas and then just slammed them into a bland openworld map
    - Dull story
    - Dire graphics. The game is simply not fit to be called a AAA game in 2015 looking as it does - Shoddy performance - Same bugs as Skyrim. It's nice to know these idiots are learning from past games...oh wait... - 7 years waiting for this junk? What a    - Utterly non immersive. It feels like they came up with some areas and then just slammed them into a bland openworld map
    - Dull story
    - Dire graphics. The game is simply not fit to be called a AAA game in 2015 looking as it does
    - Shoddy performance
    - Same bugs as Skyrim. It's nice to know these idiots are learning from past games...oh wait...
    - 7 years waiting for this junk? What a joke. This game could have easily come out 4 years ago.
    - Far too easy. Within an hour you have power armour and have killed a Deathclaw. Within 3 hours I had killed a legendary deathclaw and got my hands on a Fatboy.
    - Still walled/loading screen separated towns. GTA doesn't need them so why the **** does this shoddy game?

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

    If this game didn't have Bethesda or Fallout stamped on it, it would have gone straight to bargain bins    … Expand
  25. Gohenko
    May 15, 2016
    8
    Performance issues, bugs and glitches, simplified RPG elements, improved FPS mechanics that are still not quite on the same level as proper first-person shooters, absolutely abysmal dialogue wheel and everything is running on an engine that really needs to go away.

    But it's still Fallout.

    Fallout NV > Fallout 4 > Fallout 3
  26. Brackzillar
    May 13, 2016
    2
    If you thought Bethesda learned anything from Obsidian and user feed back on Fallout 3 you will be disappointed.

    Almost all RPG elements have been removed it mine as well be a Farcry expansion with 4 options to talk to people. Only reason I'm giving it a 3 is because settlements and they still managed to screw that up
  27. LightlySalted
    May 13, 2016
    6
    In many regards Fallout 4 is still a fun an interesting game to explore, but it lacks the depth and choice of its predecessors. The graphics are great and the game play is smooth, but the quests and dialogue are boring. There appears to be some major balance issues in the game, such as melee doing substantially lower damage than guns, that I hope get remedied in some patches or by usersIn many regards Fallout 4 is still a fun an interesting game to explore, but it lacks the depth and choice of its predecessors. The graphics are great and the game play is smooth, but the quests and dialogue are boring. There appears to be some major balance issues in the game, such as melee doing substantially lower damage than guns, that I hope get remedied in some patches or by users when Bethesda gets around to releasing the GECK 2.0. I think the game had potential and I certainly hope Bethesda hears our complaints for future installments.

    My recommendation if you're thinking about buying this game is to try and find it on sale.    … Expand
  28. lordaeron1
    May 13, 2016
    3
    Started playing the game with hopes that it's going to be better than Fallout 3 (spent months playing that one) but sadly after an hour or so i fell sick. I have never experienced Sea sickness (even on a Boat) but this game made me very sick. as a gamer i must say that i never thought that there will be a game that can make me sick but this one win's. i have only played it 1 hour and iStarted playing the game with hopes that it's going to be better than Fallout 3 (spent months playing that one) but sadly after an hour or so i fell sick. I have never experienced Sea sickness (even on a Boat) but this game made me very sick. as a gamer i must say that i never thought that there will be a game that can make me sick but this one win's. i have only played it 1 hour and i needed a week to get well again. after that i tried to play the game for about 5-10 minutes for few times before i gave up. the only think that drove me to try again knowing that i will feel sick is the Hype... it's not worth it.

    after researching the problem, i found that i am not the only one and many people get sick from this game.

    I choose feeling well than playing a Game!.

    giving it a score of 3 because the game looked pretty good until it made me Sea Sick.    … Expand
  29. Kevanoovitch
    May 12, 2016
    10
    I like this game. why?
    Well for 50 euro it has alot of content with the basic quest and small details and the "official content offer alot of play time. But when you also add mods,survival mod you get a load of content for 50 euro and if you hunger for more there is the dlc. But is it fun? Well yes it is fun to always strive for better gear or to uncover de story behind that secret    I like this game. why?
    Well for 50 euro it has alot of content with the basic quest and small details and the "official content offer alot of play time. But when you also add mods,survival mod you get a load of content for 50 euro and if you hunger for more there is the dlc. But is it fun? Well yes it is fun to always strive for better gear or to uncover de story behind that secret military compound. And the dialogue and characters feel great even thought some can feel a bit childish. I love this game but I haven´t played through fallout 3 and NV so I can see if people where disappointed over the change form fallout 3 and 4    … Expand
  30. CorvusMetus
    May 10, 2016
    7
    Fallout 4 is a mixed bag. It does a lot of good and it does a lot of bad. Over all, I find it enjoyable (and if I didn't, I wouldn't still be playing it almost six months after release) but its not without its flaws, so of which are pretty glaring. So let's start the review.

    First the good. The /good/ quests the game offers are great. While most are linear (more on that later)    Fallout 4 is a mixed bag. It does a lot of good and it does a lot of bad. Over all, I find it enjoyable (and if I didn't, I wouldn't still be playing it almost six months after release) but its not without its flaws, so of which are pretty glaring. So let's start the review.

    First the good.

    The /good/ quests the game offers are great. While most are linear (more on that later) , they are made interesting via the locations they are set or the events happening. And when they actually decide to give you some choice, they /really/ shine. As someone who has a been playing role-playing games since the early 90's, quests like "Last Voyage of the U.S.S. Constitution", "Human Error", and even "Reunions" are some of the most memorable.

    Bethesda actually handled moral choices /brilliantly/. This might be a controversial one, since a lot of people seem to be convinced you're stuck playing a good guy all the time but that's the real wonder of it. Gone are the clear cut good and evil choices that most role-playing games have. Instead, almost ever choice seems to be some shade of grey. While, yes, its true Fallout 4 doesn't allow you to be as big of a monster as you could have been in previous games its equally impossible to be the big damn hero and savior of the wasteland. And as far as I'm concerned, that's great. And its especially shocking coming from Bethesda, a company whose never really been good at that.

    The world is also well designed. There a a lot of memorable locations, some great ambient dialogue if you take your time and listen, and unlike Fallout 3, things feel less random. Everything goes together well.

    Most characters are likable and well-written. Some of them, such as Nick Valentine and Kellogg, are some of my favorite characters in the Fallout universe. And the Brotherhood of Steel's portrayal in the game is a brilliant evolution the controversial portrayal in Fallout 3. I was actually impressed and again, Bethesda has to do a lot to do that.

    Now the bad.

    Most of the quests are far to linear and violence is far to often the solution to everything. The options to make peace, to solve a lot of quests without gunning everything down are gone. This is especially disappointing in the endgame, when your choices lead to bloody results no matter what you do. And while there are some genuinely great quests, the vast amount of running and gunning can overshadow it, especially to a more cynical mind.

    The dialogue wheel is crap in almost every role-playing game and Fallout 4 is no exception. The worst part of it is the inconsistency, especially with the "sarcastic" option.

    And perhaps worst of all, there's quite a few points in the game where you feel like a great idea is wasted for more running and gunning... And so much more could have been done. Over all, that's the real fault of Fallout 4. It is a good game, with a lot of disappointing elements because while if feels more than complete... It also feels rushed.

    Over all, I'd say its a 7.5 game.    … Expand
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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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