Fallout 4

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  1. ReviewMachine
    Aug 3, 2020
    2
    This game was garbage. I couldn't even get half way through the main quest before quitting permanently. What little good that was left in the older Fallout games was gutted.
  2. Dersoli
    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.
  3. wadroid
    Dec 4, 2020
    1
    Watered down rpg mechanics. Pretty average action game, but awful as a Fallout game.
  4. UnbiasedSalt
    Dec 13, 2020
    6
    Just to sum it up, it's an "eh" game. Not good, not bad, it's "eh". Story is partially interesting the first time you play it. Graphics are okay I guess, the atmosphere isn't just there, some characters are memorable, side-quests are horrible, combat is actually good, the map is good and all of the endings are basically the same. Also, the "RPG" element is kind of taken away. InJust to sum it up, it's an "eh" game. Not good, not bad, it's "eh". Story is partially interesting the first time you play it. Graphics are okay I guess, the atmosphere isn't just there, some characters are memorable, side-quests are horrible, combat is actually good, the map is good and all of the endings are basically the same. Also, the "RPG" element is kind of taken away. In conclusion, the game is only good the first time you play it.… Expand
  5. InterestingName
    Dec 13, 2020
    8
    Very enjoyable open world game, but it lacks the rpg mechanics that made the other fallouts so good. The main and side quests are good enough to encourage exploration, and the weapons are satisfying to use. It is really good if you look at it from a survival game perspective.
  6. Rusgamecon
    Dec 14, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ок, что мы имеем? Репка, красить силовую броню, ну и вполне нот бэд мир с предысторией и не такой уж и фиговой стрельбой. Из плюсов это пожалуй открытые инструменты сообществу и то что перечислено выше. Минусы: Баги игре уже 5 лет но баги всё ещё раздражают время от времени. Персонажи ну такое се не сильно запоминаются. Сюжет... Я должен что-то говорить? Он до офигевания банален, Твоего пездюка спиздили и ты его пытаешься найти и выясняется что он твой враг фактически(Запоздалый спойлер алёрт, но к добавлению вы можете пройти за институт) так что сюжет на отъебись. Сайд квесты полная дичь без разнообразия. иди убей или найди. Рекомендую ли я поиграть? Как песочницу да, как в игру по фоллычу нет.… Expand
  7. completo3
    Dec 15, 2020
    7
    El juego esta bien, no es el mejor Fallout ni de lejos y tampoco es posible completarlo al 100%, hiperazucarado, el logro mas difícil esta bugueado como otro montón de apartados del titulo, es disfrutable y su mundo esta lleno de cosas para hacer y con un gran repertorio de armas o armaduras para explotar su potencial. El DLC de Automatron y Far Harbor son los mejores, Nuka-World esEl juego esta bien, no es el mejor Fallout ni de lejos y tampoco es posible completarlo al 100%, hiperazucarado, el logro mas difícil esta bugueado como otro montón de apartados del titulo, es disfrutable y su mundo esta lleno de cosas para hacer y con un gran repertorio de armas o armaduras para explotar su potencial. El DLC de Automatron y Far Harbor son los mejores, Nuka-World es bastante pesado y esta bastante bugueado, los demás son ridícilos. El juego se conserva bien a pesar de los 4 años que tiene, recomiendo su compra si lo encuentras a menos de 10€ ya que da bastantes horas y la historia principal entretiene.… Expand
  8. JoelArpal
    Dec 30, 2020
    7
    It has a lot of bad things and i understand why Fallout fans tend to hate it, but i had a good time playing it. That being said, it has the same problems as the other games from Bethesda, so i also ended up droping it.
  9. gerardiph
    Dec 25, 2020
    0
    The most prominent video game industry failure for me lately was Fallout 4. They eliminated all the RPG components and transformed it into a shallow dumbed-down shooter looter.

    How many FPS games and shooter looters are there on the gaming market? Approximately a billion, and they offer more invariably. How typical are post-apocalyptic RPGs? These games are very sparse, yet they still    The most prominent video game industry failure for me lately was Fallout 4. They eliminated all the RPG components and transformed it into a shallow dumbed-down shooter looter.

    How many FPS games and shooter looters are there on the gaming market? Approximately a billion, and they offer more invariably. How typical are post-apocalyptic RPGs? These games are very sparse, yet they still had to take Fallout from us and make it into a stupid game for idiots.

    For example, Fallout 3 significantly altered the F1 and F2 isometric 2D engine to a complete 3D powerhouse. Bethesda did a satisfactory job with F3, and I nevertheless go back to it occasionally. I've remained a die-hard Fallout enthusiast since I learned about the game (many believed they would adopt a GURPS based system at the moment) in a publication back in the mid-90s. However, the disappointment of how poorly Bethesda did with Fallout 4 has made me never want to play another Fallout game ever again.    … Expand
  10. ktoxo4et
    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
  11. Juli01223
    Jan 15, 2021
    7
    Even today fallout 4 for me is one of the most buggy games ... For me fallout tries to be everything but it is not good at anything, it is just average, since he thinks it is a bigger game than really. The game also has performance problems to this day. And unlike skyrim, your world is not at all interesting to me.
  12. Jahidster
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    You all should respect this game, there are no such games as Fallout 4. It is absolutely different game, it has a fantastic atmosphere!
  13. applecookie
    Dec 11, 2022
    7
    It's a shame compared to Skyrim. Fallout 4 is not a bad game
    Compared to other open-world games (Ubisoft`s game), Fallout 4 is a good game and a fully enjoyable game
  14. Naked_Snakee
    Mar 21, 2023
    7
    Just text (crutch) to save the game to the list. Such things. Maybe I'll do a review later.
  15. benny0909
    Jan 22, 2016
    0
    Put over 1000 hours into New Vegas. Can't be bothered to put in more than 60 into Fallout 4. While the game is beautiful, it lacks any depth. The story is just...terrible. RPG elements almost non-existent. A settlement system which has little to no meaningful impact & only consists of maybe a hundred assets when there are 10,000's in the game. The companion AI....my god. I can'tPut over 1000 hours into New Vegas. Can't be bothered to put in more than 60 into Fallout 4. While the game is beautiful, it lacks any depth. The story is just...terrible. RPG elements almost non-existent. A settlement system which has little to no meaningful impact & only consists of maybe a hundred assets when there are 10,000's in the game. The companion AI....my god. I can't even describe how horrible it is other than to say it literally gave me real migraines. This took 7 years to make? What the hell happened?… Expand
  16. dharc
    Jan 18, 2016
    0
    yet another example of the gaming industry treating its audience as idiot, taking away any choice in the game apart from whether you accept a quest or not. the game has been dumbed down to the point where there you have no ability to chose a play style.
    its just another case of "lets make a game that's all action because that's fun". which it is, for ten minutes. but after that ten    yet another example of the gaming industry treating its audience as idiot, taking away any choice in the game apart from whether you accept a quest or not. the game has been dumbed down to the point where there you have no ability to chose a play style.
    its just another case of "lets make a game that's all action because that's fun". which it is, for ten minutes. but after that ten minutes you start seeing the lack of story or character creation (i mean who your character is, not what they look like.

    Lame/10    … Expand
  17. Jerusalem9769
    Jan 28, 2016
    4
    Let me start by saying all the fan boys that rated this 10/10 within a couple of days of release are just plain wrong (or so blinded by loyalty they outright lied)

    This is not an RPG, this is a FPS, a FPS with a very very short life span. Once you have completed the extremely short main story there are only very very very boring repeat fetch quests to level up with or settlement    Let me start by saying all the fan boys that rated this 10/10 within a couple of days of release are just plain wrong (or so blinded by loyalty they outright lied)

    This is not an RPG, this is a FPS, a FPS with a very very short life span. Once you have completed the extremely short main story there are only very very very boring repeat fetch quests to level up with or settlement building (which is engaging for a couple of hours until you remember you didn't buy f*cking minecraft)

    Following are some of the poorer aspects of the game -

    Speech is terrible, (the voices, the choices, the script are all awful)
    Repetitive fetch quest, go here, kill everything, come back
    Weapon upgrades are in the main worthless, the same upgrades are almost essential for any weapon
    The perk system is useless, you will never need at least two thirds of them and you will still be over powered.
    Enemy AI is horrendous. Stand there while I pump bullets into you.
    Karma, the one absolutely excellent thing Bethesda did in FO3? Gone, it matters not anyway as you have to be a variation of a good character anyway, you are simply not allowed to kill certain NPC.
    Power armour is a waste of time except as a self styled quest to collect them. It is simply not needed 95% of the time.
    It matters not which faction you 'choose' to side with, the majority of the endings are exactly the same.
    VATS is now completely useless, meaning it's all down the sights COD style shooting.

    I can't be bothered to slate it any more, even though there's more in the tank.

    This could almost be the game that kills the Fallout franchise, it won't because hype beats all, but it certainly could.

    Five years waiting. For this. Shocking. 4/10    … Expand
  18. aslan06
    Jan 18, 2016
    0
    Even mоre dumbed-dоwn than Skyrim,i was thinking that it impоsibIe...and this game shоw exacIy hоw Iazy bethesda is.I can't beIive peоpIe stiII defending this cоmpany.
  19. howtolevelagirl
    Nov 14, 2015
    6
    I get the 0 ratings. If the 0 ratings were all 5-6, the game overall would get an 8 or 9 that it does not deserve, and the sizeable number of consumers who are dissatisfied with the game would not get heard over the paid-professional reviewers.

    There is a difference in paying $10 for a game, and it's amusing for a few hours and just okay. But let's get serious. I paid $120 for a Pip-Boy    I get the 0 ratings. If the 0 ratings were all 5-6, the game overall would get an 8 or 9 that it does not deserve, and the sizeable number of consumers who are dissatisfied with the game would not get heard over the paid-professional reviewers.

    There is a difference in paying $10 for a game, and it's amusing for a few hours and just okay. But let's get serious. I paid $120 for a Pip-Boy Edition and $40 for a hardbound Survival Guide. And when I went into Best Buy on Tuesday, the first thing they did was offer a $30 Season Pass for future, unreleased game content.

    The problem with Fallout 4 is that I just shelled out $200 and didn't get $200 worth of satisfaction. I paid around about that on Skyrim, and Skyrim was worth every penny. I certainly didn't spend time the weekend afterwards trying to explain online why I didn't find the game... fun.

    And no, I've never posted another review before. I came over here to look after a tweet from AngryJoe.

    So I'd give it a 6-10. I am sorely tempted to hit 0. Why? Buying a AAA game is like an arranged marriage. You shell out the money based on the reputation of the game studio and there isn't any quickie divorce if your spouse turns out to be a broke, alcoholic mess.

    People should go ahead and play the game, but get it used if you haven't already done so. Save your money for a later version where the major bugs have been fixed. And stop telling outraged gamers who feel like they've been conned and robbed that they are trolls.

    Problems:

    1. The plot is horrible. It's Ally McBeal. And it's not an RPG. Beyond that, it's a boring, cardboard and morally devoid non-RPG story. The game fails to make you at all interested in your primary motivation. Besides, the opening sequence was poorly disguised emotional manipulation (though pretty graphics) of kneejerk "Support the Troops!" It wasn't what we were expecting, which was something Epic. Instead, we got a homesick sob-story from some random guy we don't care about.

    2. The voiced main protagonist is as bad as we all feared it would be (unless you are a paid reviewer). I don't mind voiced protagonists per se (Fable, Dead Space, Tomb Raider), but it breaks the particular sort of immersion that an open-world RPG can offer. You end up feeling like you are just giving a makeover to someone else no matter how many rerolls you do. The Wheel system doesn't work, largely because the options don't accurately describe the voiced dialogue. It's a rip-off of the Emotion-Wheel that failed so memorably in Fable 3.

    3. The facial animations are a huge slide backwards. They might be slightly more realistic at the skin level than Skyrim, but the coordination between voice and mouth is consistently off, and the NPCs constantly make physical motions (bobbing heads, etc) at points where it's very unnatural. Worse, they fail at demonstrating an emotional context to the situation or dialogue of the NPC. Every one looks like they are standing in a long check out line at a grocery store, not like they live in a nuclear wasteland.
    (New players note: You can turn off the dialogue camera, which I recommend.)

    4. So many Fallout favorite gameplay mechanics have been stripped out of the game: Karma, Reputation, Repair. That your gear will degrade, that replacements are rare, that upgrades are exceedingly rare, are necessary components of a survival-nuclear wasteland. The gear-candy situation and the instant trust of sheep-like people never make you feel like you are carving out a place for yourself. Instead it's more like being a rich person shopping at a thrift store because its chic.

    5. The zany fun in some of the first few levels were stripped out in favor of making the opening 5 hours of game play a condensed version of a Fallout game. I literally had a sniper-rifle the equivalent of what I used to fight the Second Battle of Hoover Dam after 3 hours. In the rush to throw Power Armor, a minigun, and a Death Claw at critics before they wrote a first day review, the vast majority of players lost out on a few hours of wearing your Vault Suit in combat and killing things with pool cues and baseball bats.

    6. The quests are devoid of real, convincing moral conflict or choices. Everyone hates everyone because... Because! The specifics of a lot of it would require using spoilers, so basically choosing a faction in this game is just choosing one list of different quests for each play through. In Fallout:New Vegas, you spent most of your gameplay (for example if you went NCR), negotiating out how other nonaligned factions responded in the inevitable war over Hoover Dam, thus deciding their fate in the future of the Mojave desert. There's no real moral choice here, just a whole bunch of fetch-or-kill quests for no real end purpose.

    TLDR: Bugs don't make me mad at spending $200 and feel like giving this a 0. A boring, cardboard open world game stripped of any real RPG elements makes me mad that I spent more than $30. YMMV.    … Expand
  20. bigdaddyaggie
    Nov 21, 2015
    4
    Should have waited and read reviews instead of pre-purchase on greenman. Will have to find something else to play. Like the others say here. It is a FPS not RPG. I am not an FPS fan so it is boring to me. I am not a treasure hunter. I need a story/purpose and the quest are just not interesting. Go clear this area or go fetch this ring. Just doesn't engage me.
  21. Fearls1
    Jan 12, 2016
    1
    Sadly this is the route AAA games have gone in the past 5 years. Simplify and sale as many copies as possible to the ignorant masses. Due to the amount this game sold, you can bet your ass that Bethesda "knows" what gamer's want.
  22. Solantus
    Dec 23, 2015
    4
    Disappointed of the year,

    People waiting for a fallout game, but they find a mine craft mixed with Sims. I start to play the game after the 3 hours suddenly realize ı just build beds and walls for My Sims. Where is my explore, story, quests. skills most important them all what type of "V.A.T.S" is that ? it is not useful you have to play whole game like a play FPS but this game must be    Disappointed of the year,

    People waiting for a fallout game, but they find a mine craft mixed with Sims. I start to play the game after the 3 hours suddenly realize ı just build beds and walls for My Sims. Where is my explore, story, quests. skills most important them all what type of "V.A.T.S" is that ? it is not useful you have to play whole game like a play FPS but this game must be a RPG right ?    … Expand
  23. Monoliithic
    Jan 7, 2016
    2
    Bad story telling, bad character design, bad writing (minus one specific character) and outside of that it's the exact same incredibly buggy Bethesda game we keep getting. There is 0 innovation, and the one thing they added thats new (the sims knockoff) is slipshod at best. But the shooting is better. It's not good, but it's better. So there's that. This game should've been 30 dollars.
  24. Jedien
    Dec 24, 2015
    2
    If you are a real Fallout 1 - 2 fan do not buy this game !
    Bethesda said it is the biggest game project ever - if yes I am scarred for the future games - honestly.
  25. Sapistas
    Nov 15, 2015
    6
    Sorry but the game is very boring. Apart from some new gameplay mechanics, it has nothing more to add to the series. Bethesda just dosen't "got it" with Fallout. The story and writing is extremely cheesy. I mean Bethesda was never good with writing but this is their worst effort on the subject. It feels it's written by a 13 year old boy.
    Anyway, if this is your first fallout game ever or    Sorry but the game is very boring. Apart from some new gameplay mechanics, it has nothing more to add to the series. Bethesda just dosen't "got it" with Fallout. The story and writing is extremely cheesy. I mean Bethesda was never good with writing but this is their worst effort on the subject. It feels it's written by a 13 year old boy.
    Anyway, if this is your first fallout game ever or if you enjoy running around in a wasteland shooting stuff than roleplaying and wanting to see how the world advances through the series this might be a game for you. If not, I don't believe you'll stay long.
    There are others (you know who) that know how to handle a Fallout game. Hope Bethesda will have them make another one ;)    … Expand
  26. beerweed
    Nov 17, 2015
    5
    After finishing Fallout 4 choosing to ally myself with the institute i came to the conclusion it doesnt even match up to Fallout: New Vegas, The game is simplified and dumbed down, lacks creativity, lacks wonder, feels rushed. I hated the game, i give it a 6/10 because its barely playable.
  27. eldandy
    Dec 14, 2015
    2
    worst fallout ever. actions and dialogue don't matter. you can only play as a goody two shoes. they have destroyed one of the best series in gaming history. to be fair it looks better than fallout 3, a 10-11 year old game. Molerats look better, every other creature looks worse. even the radio guy is the worst in a fallout game. the main character? good actor but feels so... forced, notworst fallout ever. actions and dialogue don't matter. you can only play as a goody two shoes. they have destroyed one of the best series in gaming history. to be fair it looks better than fallout 3, a 10-11 year old game. Molerats look better, every other creature looks worse. even the radio guy is the worst in a fallout game. the main character? good actor but feels so... forced, not genuine. like this game, which is a dumbed down version created to appease mainstream gamers by badly emulating certain aspects of much better games instead of standing on its own merits. never been so heartbroken by a game before. Not terrible, but just not enjoyable. wanted to love it, but it is boring, unoriginal, rushed, unpolished. it is a half breed, the bastard child of greats but keeping only the worst of the gene pool. this is the most disappointing game of the decade, and we are not even half
    way there. it will ruin lives.
    I dont even care about the bugs. a disgrace    … Expand
  28. Junthor
    Jan 1, 2016
    2
    I was going to give this game a 4 for effort. Up to this point in time it has been a mediocre experience, but I carried on playing though regardless. Pretty much all negative reviews on here are correct, I didn't really feel like I needed to add my opinion to the thousands people voicing their disappointment.
    However I have encountered a serious bug with a main character called Desdemona    I was going to give this game a 4 for effort. Up to this point in time it has been a mediocre experience, but I carried on playing though regardless. Pretty much all negative reviews on here are correct, I didn't really feel like I needed to add my opinion to the thousands people voicing their disappointment.
    However I have encountered a serious bug with a main character called Desdemona and I now cannot progress through the story so I now give this game 2 and now feel compelled to review it.

    I think the user score of 5.4 is generous. Pretty terrible effort from Bethesda, this bland mess simply has no soul and is ridden with bugs. Avoid.    … Expand
  29. new_age_retro
    Jan 11, 2016
    0
    Esto no es Fallout. Todo elemento RPG característico de la franquicia fue eliminado por Bethesda y el resultado es un juego que es más un Far Cry que un Fallout. Creo que el juego en sí no es malo, pero lo que hizo Bethesda en este título es el paso equivocado a seguir. Por favor Obsidian, arregla lo que hicieron estos tipos que no tienen idea sobre hacer un RPG.
  30. OldSocks
    May 4, 2016
    0
    Game is a bug fest. The latest patch turned it into a grind fest on top of it.. Save your money, its extremely repetitive and not fun. The quests are boring. Expect most of the gameplay to involve collecting junk for crafting, endless hours of it.
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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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