Fallout 4

 PC
User Score
5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 9559 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4,044 out of 9559
  2. Mixed: 1,929 out of 9559
  3. Negative: 3,586 out of 9559
Buy Now
Buy on

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. ScienceAdvisor
    Nov 18, 2015
    5
    Most of the mediocrity is already well covered by objective non-professional critics. One thing many do not mention is is the sheer amount of magic they ported over from Elder Scrolls, as well as borrowing from Borderlands (random bosses) and Resident Evil (bosses mutate after being hit - WTF!?!). When added to the magic re-spawn of the same enemies and items at each Point of Interest,Most of the mediocrity is already well covered by objective non-professional critics. One thing many do not mention is is the sheer amount of magic they ported over from Elder Scrolls, as well as borrowing from Borderlands (random bosses) and Resident Evil (bosses mutate after being hit - WTF!?!). When added to the magic re-spawn of the same enemies and items at each Point of Interest, after a few days, you will give up any pretense of calling this a Fallout game. When you get a laser weapon that has the ability to magically poision or frenzy a target, you will forget this is supposed to be Fallout.

    The total lack of immersion in Fallout 4 makes it very easy to stop playing and do something else (like write reviews). Anyone that played F3/FNV cannot say the same thing.

    Total list of lies that Todd promised at E3:

    "It just works" - BS in every regard. Not only for bugs, but for the lazy/haphazard design. Floating platforms is good game making? Settlement happiness arbitrarily dropping, or raiders that magically teleport past the walls and dozens of turrets to constantly kidnap settlers? If this is working, you are fired.

    Volumetric Lights - there is only one (the sun) and it is not fully volumetric, as it just has godrays

    Volumetric Shadows - totally absent

    Physically Based Render Engine (PBRE) - The physically based rendering is mostly deactivated, leaving just a deferred render engine (the same thing they have always been using). They are even using specular maps, which no functional PBRE ever needs.

    Destructible Environments - A few pannels that fall off a few special buildings does not qualify as an environment. When most of the pannels do not even break, just pop-off, it does not even qualify as destructible.

    The best thing about F4 is that all the "professional reviewers" that failed to notice any of these aspects. Whether they are incompetent, or shills, they just burned their organization/site. You need to keep a list of both the reviewer and who they were working for, so that you are never fooled by either of them in the future. This game will be worth $30 in a year after modders fix and finish most of the half-assed gameplay. Until then, stay away from this toxic mediocrity and play FNV again (with mods).    … Expand
  2. ender212
    Nov 17, 2015
    6
    Alright, full disclosure I got into this series with Fallout 3, which I really liked. Fallout 4 is a love/hate, there are really bad things and some things they did well so its kind of a blah type game from standpoint that the terrible things really take away from the enjoyment of exploring this great world Bethesday created.

    First off I want to talk about the controls and inventory    Alright, full disclosure I got into this series with Fallout 3, which I really liked. Fallout 4 is a love/hate, there are really bad things and some things they did well so its kind of a blah type game from standpoint that the terrible things really take away from the enjoyment of exploring this great world Bethesday created.

    First off I want to talk about the controls and inventory system. They should have taken some advice from the modders of skyrim and adjust the pip boy for a better sorting mechanism. Trying the navigate the pipboy is terrible and un-intuitive. Also the controls for speech are clearly not design for PC, when you hand is on WSAD, why would you want to lift and go over to the directional pad to make a selection??. Tabbing to exit on some menu's, while having to press ESC and enter on others is frustrating and hurts the flow of the game. Just seems like it wasn't well thought out for PC. Bethesda always overlooks this, almost expecting modders to take what they give them and make it right down the line.

    Besides those issues, i haven't had many bugs or crashes ... yet, but the complaints about story are a little over reacting. When the story is broken up by hours of side quests, searching etc ...it will suffer a little, you have to know that going in. The dialogue between characters can always be better, you have to go into a game like this understanding that you aren't necessarily playing it for the story but more so for the exploration and adventure (which doesn't mean they get a free pass but know that those aspects probably was not their focus). I do not like the voice acting for the main character... just feels out of place at times, while i can't picture myself as being the person anymore.

    Gameplay is great, shooting mechanics are smooth and response and feel are great.

    Graphics are fine, modders will get them to where they need to be.

    Open world ... is awesome, map isn't crazy big where i feel completely overwhelmed but its big enough to get a sense that is a lot do and places to explore. The amount of towns, "dungeons", layout is well done and I thoroughly enjoyed stumbling through this world.

    TL;DR ... world is great / controls terrible / story/dialogue ok / gameplay/guns are good

    I gave it 6 because the controls are just a huge part of the game for me. The amount of time sorting through inventory, (especially when crafting plays a huge role) and struggling to use the pipboy effectively just killed the experience for me even though the world was well done.    … Expand
  3. ASTALONTE
    Nov 13, 2015
    5
    The game has been dumbed down til a limit where is almost a stroll for the park. No skills, no medic bags, simpler in almost every aspect. The rpg aspect has been diminished and simplified till a limit where is annoyed. THe dialogue system.., oh boy!!. You have no choice anymore in conversation and the charisma eventually gives you a choice with color. And with voice acting the roleThe game has been dumbed down til a limit where is almost a stroll for the park. No skills, no medic bags, simpler in almost every aspect. The rpg aspect has been diminished and simplified till a limit where is annoyed. THe dialogue system.., oh boy!!. You have no choice anymore in conversation and the charisma eventually gives you a choice with color. And with voice acting the role playing aspect is very hard. I feel like using a strange.
    In spite of all this is a fun game with beautiful music, a master piece designed map and ok story.

    But sadly is not a proper rpg anymore.    … Expand
  4. dem87
    Nov 11, 2015
    6
    Fallout 4 has potential. but overall it is mediocre Bethesda game. You have to forgot about dull game play, stupid characters, bugs and wait for mods. If you are looking for a story you might pick another game. If you are looking for something that can keep you occupied for long so that you entertain yourself this is the game. Just don't expect much of this game. I regret buying it nowFallout 4 has potential. but overall it is mediocre Bethesda game. You have to forgot about dull game play, stupid characters, bugs and wait for mods. If you are looking for a story you might pick another game. If you are looking for something that can keep you occupied for long so that you entertain yourself this is the game. Just don't expect much of this game. I regret buying it now and not on sale.

    Graphics and visuals are below mediocre. As a fact game crush 3 time before it started a new game.    … Expand
  5. N3V3R
    Nov 11, 2015
    5
    Pros : Gunplay - For an FPS/Shooter fan like me, It's the best gunplay of all fallout series .

    Cons : Almost everything else . Just Boring as hell , dated graphics - post apocalyptic world doesn't means you need to make it like an desert - a little touch of vegetation (look at COD GHOST , CRYSIS 3 ) would have done wonders - but that requires intense graphical work so it's filled    Pros : Gunplay - For an FPS/Shooter fan like me, It's the best gunplay of all fallout series .

    Cons : Almost everything else . Just Boring as hell , dated graphics - post apocalyptic world doesn't means you need to make it like an desert - a little touch of vegetation (look at COD GHOST , CRYSIS 3 ) would have done wonders - but that requires intense graphical work so it's filled with dull dead trees.    … Expand
  6. BoatLoadOfSeame
    Nov 11, 2015
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the biggest issues I have with this game is how boring and unmemorable all of the characters are.

    I don't care about my wife or my son and why should I? The game is trying to make me care about them, but I just don't. I've spent a total of 10 minutes with my wife and son and I'm supposed to care about them?
    There is no drive to complete the main story which is basically a copy and paste of Fallout 3's story only this time you're looking for your son instead of your father.

    Most side quests are generic and predictable. Fetch x, save y and the reward is caps 95% of the time.

    I also don't like how you become a Minuteman general and a Brotherhood of Steel member just because you didn't attack them on sight and instead helped them kill a few raiders and ghouls. All you have to do is complete a boring quest and bam, you're suddenly a goddamn general. It just doesn't make sense and it feels very rushed. You also get a power armor and a minigun with 1000 bullets literally an hour into the game.

    Graphics are simply ugly for a 2015 AAA title and the game runs surprisingly bad even on fairly good hardware (GTX 970, i5 4690k). There are some very bad textures and models in this game. The game's visuals are inconsistent. Certain areas look somewhat good and some look downright ugly.

    The animations have improved, but not significantly. The game still feels clunky and it's very obviously running on Gamebryo. The only significant improvements over Fallout 3 and NV are character creation and combat (shooting in particular). The dialogue wheel is a huge step back and I'm not a big fan of my character having a voice.

    The good:
    -improved combat and character creation
    -crafting system

    The bad:
    -unmemorable characters and generic quests
    -poor writing
    -voiced protagonist
    -terrible facial animations, bad lip sync
    -vague dialogue options
    -poor visuals and Gamebryo    … Expand
  7. ethanm1834
    Nov 12, 2015
    7
    There are some pretty glaring things about this game that others have spoken too. Some of the systems that people have grown to love are gone.

    It seems people are having frame rate issues, I haven't had them personally or the score would be much lower. Maybe I lucked out who knows. The side quests and characters are pretty fun. I enjoyed the story, and found the game a bit too much of a    There are some pretty glaring things about this game that others have spoken too. Some of the systems that people have grown to love are gone.

    It seems people are having frame rate issues, I haven't had them personally or the score would be much lower. Maybe I lucked out who knows. The side quests and characters are pretty fun. I enjoyed the story, and found the game a bit too much of a shooter.

    At the end of the day for me am I immersed and having fun? The answer is yes. I enjoy the music, while the map seems small, in comparison to say other games. I find that its because things are dense. In terms of how the city itself is Diamond city for example. I enjoy scrapping parts to make new weapons or armor etc. I like exploring and stealing from the settlers I'm supposed to help.

    I want to be fair to this game and I think this score is pretty fair, because I am having fun. However I think the biggest thing about this game that seem to have people angry is it feels like its missing that sense of wonder and soul. Even with its issues, if it still had that sense of dread and survivability of old. I think you wouldn't see 0 scores. Put it this way, if this game wasn't called fall out, I think would see that most would score this from 5-7.    … Expand
  8. Yozzer
    Nov 15, 2015
    6
    I have played all the previous games in the series, so did have high expectations, especially after playing some other PC games this year, but sadly I am disappointed.

    Generally I expected better graphics, lip syncing, animation etc than the previous titles, but in my opinion they are no better than the previous titles of 7 years ago. The bugs are a disgrace, and unless you use the    I have played all the previous games in the series, so did have high expectations, especially after playing some other PC games this year, but sadly I am disappointed.

    Generally I expected better graphics, lip syncing, animation etc than the previous titles, but in my opinion they are no better than the previous titles of 7 years ago.
    The bugs are a disgrace, and unless you use the console, key quests are impossible, unable to get to locations unless you teleport using the console. This is appalling.
    I have grown used to bugs, sadly in many games in recent years, but legally now in the EU, a game which cannot play through the main quest is deemed not fit for purchase, who tested this?
    This is not a RPG, it is an OK FPS, and I will probably continue to play if possible, (as long as somebody cleverer than me can publish the console commands), but I do grow weary at these poor console ports, we deserve better.
    A concern I do have is that the professional critics score the game so high, i can only assume the scores are based on what the game may become if the mod's are made to improve it, but as it is, 6 is a fair score, and a generous one at that, as actually there are too many game stopping bugs.
    I will not pre-purchase again, (though I have said that before, I guess I was taken in by the hype!)    … Expand
  9. sunmores
    Nov 19, 2015
    1
    What a shame ...

    Such a famous title,
    such a recently released game,
    doesn't even Support WQHD resolution.

    That's just beginning.

    Texture sucks, No more dialog amusement, No stats and perks,

    It's not The game we've known, loved, enjoyed ... any more.
  10. Jdankens
    Nov 14, 2015
    6
    Any game with massive expectations is doomed to fail. When you expect it to be leaps and bounds better than a multiple GOTY title, it's gonna be a let down.

    That said, this whole game feels like a cash grab for Bethesda. They could have done so much more, but they didn't. They kept most of the development on this on the content side, which is ok. I'm fairly convinced they spent a    Any game with massive expectations is doomed to fail. When you expect it to be leaps and bounds better than a multiple GOTY title, it's gonna be a let down.

    That said, this whole game feels like a cash grab for Bethesda. They could have done so much more, but they didn't. They kept most of the development on this on the content side, which is ok. I'm fairly convinced they spent a very sizable portion of their

    As far as engine changes from skyrim? Pretty much '0'. AI is dumb as ever, character modeling and diaglogue is meh. It has all the same issues as their Skyrim. Game programming and engines are expensive, art designers and level designing is not. Bethesda looked for a way to basically lazily use their old **** and slap a bunch of content on it, then market it to sell. It worked.

    Per usual, Bethesda releases a relatively broken product. The bugs were surprisingly minimal, but the overall mechanics and optimization were terrible. After a while I've managed to fix most of the graphics and bugs, thanks to the mod community. Does Bethesda even test play their own games anymore?

    It's not a terrible game, but it's not near what it could have been. They have continued to 'dumb down' the RPG elements of the game, probably for the console audience. As many have said, it's a decent good open world FPS.

    I'm playing with a GTX 780 and with a few tweaks the game looks pretty good, although their artists used some really dumb colors that make the world look ugly. Again, the game is broken on release, it's the EXACT SAME ENGINE as Skyrim, so at least modders and .ini tweakers can fix some of the issues.

    Overall, it's still a decent game. it's enjoyable similar to the previous series. It's missing many elements, but you can still have fun in this game.    … Expand
  11. Smuggly
    Nov 20, 2015
    5
    Too many elements are missing for this to be a great game. NV was pretty good and every detail in that game that made it better than F3 has been ignored. Games too easy, to focused around combat, perks are essentially gone, town building is pointless and designed by retards, facial models are from 2002, RPG elements -such as talking people out of a fight are completely random or missing.Too many elements are missing for this to be a great game. NV was pretty good and every detail in that game that made it better than F3 has been ignored. Games too easy, to focused around combat, perks are essentially gone, town building is pointless and designed by retards, facial models are from 2002, RPG elements -such as talking people out of a fight are completely random or missing. The game is fun, and with a lot of modding, patching and DLC may be great one day, but currently it's not.… Expand
  12. Ghost67
    Oct 25, 2016
    7
    I'm having flashbacks to when Dragon Age 2 released and the game was flooded with mixed reviews, many of them angry Bioware fans feeling betrayed by Bioware's design choices. But DA2 wasn't a bad game. It's the same thing with Fallout 4. The thing is this, Fallout 4 is not a bad game, but Bethesda is clearly losing ground with their fanbase and making the wrong decisions in their games.I'm having flashbacks to when Dragon Age 2 released and the game was flooded with mixed reviews, many of them angry Bioware fans feeling betrayed by Bioware's design choices. But DA2 wasn't a bad game. It's the same thing with Fallout 4. The thing is this, Fallout 4 is not a bad game, but Bethesda is clearly losing ground with their fanbase and making the wrong decisions in their games. There has been a disturbing trend of Bethesda continually simplifying their games. This started with Oblivion and now it has made its way to Fallout.

    Of course, theres a bit of hypocrisy here from many fans. Skyrim was certainly dumbed down, yet has stellar reviews and has not received the hatred that Fallout 4 has gotten. Its as if all of a sudden the Bethesda fanbase has woken up to the fact that Bethesda has been dumbing down their games.

    But F4 is not a bad game. The 1 - 4 reviews are completely UNWARRANTED for this title.

    Both the Fallout series and Elder Scrolls are known for deep, complex immersion RPG games where player choice is supposed to matter. If you want to be an evil **** you can. If you want to be a goody two shoes, you can as well. There used to be a choice and consequence system that is sorely absent in F4. Its either friendly factions or raiders. There is little in between - there are a few notable quests that give you some choices, but in general you are forced to be the good guy.

    Bethesda has also once again simplified the character development process, instead of working on both SPECIAL perks and skills from F3, it has now just come down to just SPECIAL perks, and that's it - you also gain 10 HP when you level up. Wow. What happened Bethesda?

    Clearly the time Bethesda spent on development was the crafting system. F4 features a deep crafting system. As you explore, you pick up "junk", (which actually isnt junk at all) and use those parts to craft things, like weapon mods and upgrades, and your power armor. But this is where it gets funky - theres too much focus on crafting. Eventually, you are almost forced to get a "Settlement" - an actual town, so to speak. And you craft it from the down up, we're talking power generators, light poles, walls - etc. The problem is that I dont really want to do this, and clearly theres been plenty of time devoted to this sort of thing. You play Fallout for survival and exploration, not building towns and cities.

    It becomes extremely grindy, because you are constantly picking up junk and storing it. And it gets crazier, because you have other parameters, like town happiness, food, water - this is some complex stuff. Is this a town management game or Fallout 4? What was Bethesda thinking? If they added the complexity of town building to character development the game would have been much better off. Actually, yeah, ok, I see where they were going with this. But it doesn't work for F4.

    Another gripe I have is the fact that there is a bit of a Borderlands feel to it. There is a focus on combat, a bit too much. There are legendary enemies which drop super items akin to Diablo and ARPG suffix's (Pistol of Wounding). These items have special effects which cannot be crafted but are always superior to crafted items. This is cool and all, but adds another element of GRIND. This is not really Fallout. If I want to play Borderlands, I will play Borderlands.

    But F4 is NOT a bad game. Yeah, it has the typical Bethesda bugs - Bethesda is well known for their bugs and glitches, and F4 has plenty of them. But F4's combat system works beautifully. Its thoroughly enjoyable sniping that super mutant or smashing that hound to bits with my sledgehammer. F4's combat is extremely well done, and VATS makes it all the more fun! It was really, really fun exploring the South part of the map, where combat gets really hairy and requires you to stay on your toes. This is where F4 shines.

    F4's musical score is excellent and probably the best out of series and possibly the best out of any Bethesda game. 10/10 for music.

    Overall, F4 is disappointing, and just shows how too much hype can kill a game. I just wish Bethesda would have spent more money developing their game than making cool ads. The disturbing trend of Bethesda dumbing down their games continues. I dont see how they can do go any further, but they might just find a way in Fallout 5. Bethesda, please go back to your roots and make complex immersive RPG's where player choice matters. Please.    … Expand
  13. MrRelyt
    Dec 26, 2015
    5
    Fallout 4 isn't nearly as bad as most people seem to think it is (I'm not saying it's a good game), but it isn't a HORRIBLE game.

    The gameplay is much improved since the previous installments. It's somewhat enjoyable. The sounds guns make is satisfying, and the crafting system is for the most part well developed. The characters are enticing, and usually have something of interest to    Fallout 4 isn't nearly as bad as most people seem to think it is (I'm not saying it's a good game), but it isn't a HORRIBLE game.

    The gameplay is much improved since the previous installments. It's somewhat enjoyable. The sounds guns make is satisfying, and the crafting system is for the most part well developed. The characters are enticing, and usually have something of interest to say.

    The world always invites you to explore it, you never know what you'll find: good loot, a legendary monster, etc. The atmosphere synergies' well with the post-apoc theme. Gloomy, and green tinted. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the graphics... or the UI.

    The graphics are straight-up outdated. The textures are very poor. The UI is among the worst I have ever seen. It's blatantly horrible, delivering very little information while forcing you to scour through it to find a monotonously named item. Horrible. Also, the performance isn't the best (especially for how horrible the game looks.)

    The story is dull. I never gave a single **** about it, nor did I pay attention at all.

    Overall just a very... average game.    … Expand
  14. Whutupribs
    Dec 22, 2015
    6
    I have played this game extensively, having logged four days and thirteen hours on one character. I wanted to start this with the things the game has done well, I really did. However, the more I wrote, the more apparent it became that I wouldn't have room for the short paragraph of good things I wrote about Fallout 4, at least not if I wanted to include everything they did wrong. ThatI have played this game extensively, having logged four days and thirteen hours on one character. I wanted to start this with the things the game has done well, I really did. However, the more I wrote, the more apparent it became that I wouldn't have room for the short paragraph of good things I wrote about Fallout 4, at least not if I wanted to include everything they did wrong. That alone says a lot about the game. So while I wish I could have included a few positive things, these negative things will have to suffice... The biggest issue I had with the game was the gun/ armor crafting system. At first glance, it looks as though there's a hugely in-depth system for customizing your weapons and armor. From the very beginning, Bethesda toted their weapon mod system, and how you could spend hours just setting your weapon up exactly how you want it. However, after a short time in-game, you start to realize that the weapon mods are all very shallow, and that every weapon has a "best possible setup" that can only be reached by dumping points into the associated perk. Rather than having mods that might, say, increase the rate of fire but hurt accuracy, you've got all the top-tier mods that are better than everything else. You'll find yourself deciding to not even mod a weapon until you unlock the best rank in the "Gun Nut" perk, because its a waste of resources to do so. There are really very few actual weapons in the game, which after a while starts to make things extremely dull. One specific, yet major, issue that I noticed is that sniper rifles are completely non-existent in this game. Sure, you can craft one and slap all the appropriate mods on it, but it's still weaker than most other weapons in the game. Considering how many people enjoy playing stealth characters, I feel like this was an enormous oversight. Another major problem you'll run into is the armor system. If you care even a little bit about the way your character looks, this is going to drive you insane. Every last type of layered armor is ugly and bulky, and never seems to provide enough protection. Couple that with the fact that you can't wear armor on top of probably 75% of the clothes in the game, and you get a constant struggle of looks vs. utility. On top of that, the Legendary armor you come across never really seems to be worth using. If you want to use the layered armor, expect to spend most of the game in your vault suit. This may be subjective, but I hated the way they chose to use Power Armor in this game. You're constantly worrying about running out of fusion cores (which power the Power Armor), and they're extremely rare, so you find yourself leaving your Power Armor at your settlement so as to not waste battery. That, in turn, means you never have your Power Armor when you actually want it. The settlement system, though I think it was a good idea, is completely broken. Its extremely difficult to build anything that looks halfway decent, and you find yourself building a lot of boxes and prefabs just because it's such a colossal pain to build anything the way you want it. It's almost as if the settlement system was left in alpha, like it was something they forgot about until the very last minute and then hurried to make usable. It could have been fun, intuitive and useful, but instead it is annoying, frustrating and unimportant. And god forbid you have more than one or two settlements, because you'll constantly be under attack. Every single time I've "waited" in the game, even if it was only for an hour or two, I failed at least one "help defend (insert settlement)" quest. Take that along with the fact that the settlements are unimportant and that there's no lasting consequences for letting one get wiped out, and it becomes more of an annoyance than anything. Of course, the dialogue system and the overall lack of a compelling story have been discussed extensively. The voice-acted dialogue breaks immersion pretty severely, or at least it did for me, and you never really actually have a choice. Dialogue is more or less just choosing how you say "yes". There's no karma or fame system, no lasting consequences for your choices, there are no medicine/repair/science/charisma-type dialogue checks (which makes the whole per system feel dumbed-down and unimportant), no real faction loyalty aside from the single point in the game where you get to choose who to align with. The story is bland and expects you to feel an emotional connection to your son and wife, even though you only spend a grand total of about 15 minutes with them. The fact that your backstory is forced breaks immersion as well. Long gone is the "lone wanderer" feeling, the ability to project yourself unto your character. There is definitely a lot more that can be said about the game, but I'm running out of space. This game is chock-full of great ideas that are only half-executed. You will get some enjoyment out of it, but it's not the Fallout game we had been waiting for.… Expand
  15. Abidos20
    Nov 14, 2015
    5
    Ok , hype aside , this game in not worth 60 dollars in the current state , and , Im sure it will become a 8-9 in my book in the next 3-4 months as soon as modders get their fair share with the game , you CAN NOT ASK FOR 60 dollars and expect modders to bail you out for free. The game has a very short main story if you focus on that , and the writing is decent at best. The action is moreOk , hype aside , this game in not worth 60 dollars in the current state , and , Im sure it will become a 8-9 in my book in the next 3-4 months as soon as modders get their fair share with the game , you CAN NOT ASK FOR 60 dollars and expect modders to bail you out for free. The game has a very short main story if you focus on that , and the writing is decent at best. The action is more streamlined then in the prior games , even tho they just facilitated things that mods already did for New Vegas like sprinting.

    Base Building Game: It is VEERRYY limited , with no tools for teramorphing or angling buildings. The buildings have no physics , making a lot of funky looking houses that float or are held up by a staircase. The Settlement Build Limit is a very bad idea. While yea , putting something like that for defensive buildings might have helped in making the game more challenging with the settlement invasions , it has no reason to exist for things like walls or resource buildings. I litteraly built nothing in sanctuary apart from the Sturges starting mission and wanted to make the Starlight Drive In my big base. I hoarded 13000 steel and 8000 wood , and when i was 40% done i couldn't build anymore , even tho i had no uttilities in place , just the walls and that infuriated me and i had to search the internet for a cheat for their design flaw, as mats are not that easy to come by and you have to ferry everything back to base after each mission. Houses look like they're made out of squares , it feels like building with some cheap lego knockoff . Also , the ammount of settlements is to high , but hey , thats bethesda for you , QUANTITY/QUALITY.

    Weapon Modding System : even tho it was advertised as " There are over (insert high number for dramatic effect and getting the hopes up for people that enjoy costumizable weapons) diffrent combinations" , but you will wave only 1-2 valid options that trump the others outright. For instance , i bought a Legendary Sword for 3.2K caps , went back to the work station to mod it and all i could do was +20 normal damage , +11 Energy Damage or +20 Normal Damage AND +11 Energy Damage. Now , 90% of the players will decide on a build and will pick the perk that allows them to mod their weapons of choice , so the other 2 were obsolete from the get go. Also , the enchantments on Legendary items and the modding of armors are bland , doing **** all to enhance the experience.

    Character Building: I don't enjoy that much the new perk system , allowing you to purchase special points , making all around builds better for the content at hand. I played 3 diffrent builds thus far. First one was a Stealth-Sniper build , that , while one shoting most common and named enemies , struggled against bosses , a stealth headshot doing 40-60% of their HP , vats taking way to much AP to be a viable hit and run strat and unzoomed shots would't be precise at all , leading to me waisting 1-2 magazine to down a boss. Now , i did invest in a decent revolver and the agility perk to make my build more viable , but still , one bad step and i was gone.
    Second build was a melee oriented guy , very ressistant and strong atacks.This was better , but towards the mid to late part of the game , the ammount of enemies out of reach forced me to get a long range weapon that did close to no damage.
    Third build was an all rounder luck build. I survived amazingly well , damage was up there , AP was insane and the OP luck tree worked like a charm , keeping me at Full AP , one shoting enemies , 1 crit every 2-3 shots that did 3.5 times the damage if i remember correctly.

    All in all , it is a hyped unfinished product that i wouldn't have payed anything over 30$ if i didn't knew there was an avid modding community turning this thing around. Bang for the buck its fine at 60$ with the amount of content if you go for the completionist route , but if you just build a bit your settlement , focus on the main quest and a few side missions it wont take you more then 20 hours of gametime , but even if you go for completionist , the quests are so empty that you will get bored before doing all of them.

    I highly recommed buying this game in 3-4 months when big mods hit the nexus , as for now , if you have what to play , don't waiste your money here    … Expand
  16. xJLxMCHammer
    Nov 24, 2015
    5
    Fallout 3 REVISITED! No wait! I mean Fallout 4
    I played a lot of Bethesda games. Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 1-3, Skyrim, almost all of them. You'd think a company after 10+ years of releasing very similar games would finally start ironing out the issues that plague their games. Bugs, glitches, crashes; NAH! It's like the company has found a way to make the consumer think it is okay.    Fallout 3 REVISITED! No wait! I mean Fallout 4
    I played a lot of Bethesda games. Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 1-3, Skyrim, almost all of them. You'd think a company after 10+ years of releasing very similar games would finally start ironing out the issues that plague their games. Bugs, glitches, crashes; NAH! It's like the company has found a way to make the consumer think it is okay. It's like they expect the modders to do the work and if they don't, "that's just part of the experience". Your companions is glitching, "well that's funny". Despite the fact that you are hitting enemy point blank in the head, the damage is not registering. " oh that's because the 3rd person view point is bugged". Quest are bugged, "restart the game, duh!" At this day and age, I just don't find these things acceptable anymore. Bethesda might say they are a small company, but it's because they refuse to hire more permanent employees. This company is taking it millions but refuses to do extra testing; as they said, bug testing does not come close to their millions of consumer testing the game out.

    Is this the only issue? no!. The game has radiant(infinite) quest that actually punish you for not doing them. You can't ignore them either, it has a secret timer, so when it's nearly out of time, it will warn you. Do it, or you will pay. Settlement building was a nice addition...EXCEPT they rushed it. There is really no reason to actually develop your settlements, but again these things are forced on you. You can choose to ignore them but you still get those messages. Lets not forget how they managed to make a fallout game about rebuilding the world that doesn't give you an incentive to do it

    At it's base, the game is fine. It has nice crafting/modding, it's a good shooter, and it's fun to explore. When you dig deeper, even these things are an issue. Crafting/modding is progressive; it offers and illusion of choice. Would you upgrade the armor you are wearing with 50 more armor point or 75? Clearly, it's 75! yet you feel like there are a lot of choice, but in fact there is a clear choice and the idiotic choice. Weapons too! You can get the short barrel or advanced short barrel. Guess which is better? Is there a long barrel? Of course, but you wont be putting that on your 10 mm pistol, right? Are you going ti put long range scope on your shot gun? No! Clearly it's meant to make players feel like there is an illusion of choice

    In fact, the game is filled with these fake choices. There is a path and it will end a specific way regardless of what dialogue option you choose. There is a choice to explore however you want but the game makes it clear to stay in a particular place because it's gated by levels. It's good, it's linear but that illusion is always there.

    The main story has a nostalgic feeling. You get out of the vault and you must find X person. Does it ring a bell? It should! It's identical to fallout 3. The game definitely feels like fallout 3. It doesn't establish anything new. This is not to say a sequel should not be similar to it's predecessor, but when it's too similar there is a clear problem.

    In retrospect, there are plenty of RPG games out there that are better than this game. Look towards Witcher 3. Hell, I can make a comparison between Fallout 3 and Farcry 4    … Expand
  17. Lucaspedri
    Dec 29, 2015
    5
    Lets all be honest here, you can't give a game 0 just because you did not like it, the game is good by itself, you can expend hours and hours on it, yes that is true, it just depend on how you see it and what background you have before you played it.

    I played a lot of games, including all original fallout games and what makes me really sad is the fact that the hype was huge, and the    Lets all be honest here, you can't give a game 0 just because you did not like it, the game is good by itself, you can expend hours and hours on it, yes that is true, it just depend on how you see it and what background you have before you played it.

    I played a lot of games, including all original fallout games and what makes me really sad is the fact that the hype was huge, and the aggressive propaganda was disgusting. Are you in need of medical assistance to stop playing this game? are you addicted to trash grabbing, do you really believe this game gives you unlimited exploration? My god, Kojima is playing it too and took a photo with a PS4 copy, right after announcing his partnership with Sony, he is now addicted to fallout 4, god have mercy on his soul.

    What is fallout 4 actually good at.

    graphics are not that bad, view distance is actually good.

    What is fallout 4 bad at.

    1* Writing is one that comes ahead in my mind, i could not get the feel of the game when you and the NPC's are inconsistent with their lines, i quit the game on multiple occasions, including piper's first talk on diamond city, preston garvey( we can't access the fusion core, only you can, after that we will give you this piece of technological discovery, even if we meet just this moment, convenienty placed before a minigun. The talk with you son, and a few others.

    2* Quests really are just as everyone said, kill this enemies get back, repeat. little monster variety, no memorable characters, useless vendors, no in game economy, stupidly amounts of junk, that should not have existed in fallout 3 and NV to begin with, all materials should have been on vendors, to create a game economy and reserve loot space to actually good and hard to find items, creating a more rewarding exploration feeling. Power armor lost its identity, they throwed away a great quest opportunity, to make crappy mods and paintings. Just like the power armor, they have gone to far with the mod thing, better to have new models for weapons than 200 mods that have 0 gameplay value.

    3* Nobody gives a **** about this, it's just me complaining, but Bethesda have the worst map design i ever seen, they literally just brush things on their map editors, filling it with junk and things without giving it thought or using logic, example, Why there is debris on the flour if the roof is intact, lots of clipping and blurry meshes. Not an RPG game anymore.

    4* And finally, it does not matter if you liked the game or not, stop pre ordering please.    … Expand
  18. nikovitch
    Feb 28, 2016
    6
    Still can t believe my first dialogue in the game: 4 times this guy ask me to follow him, 4 times i say no.. the 5th time, the game force me to follow... it s not a rpg at all...
  19. ter0liu
    Dec 9, 2017
    0
    this is not fallout, this is stupid shooter.

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

    In this game there is no RPG component of the word at all, the most lame dialogues and uninteresting quests, here you can not play any role, you're either a good warrior or a good housewife, quests are not memorable, except that quest where you are traveling on the mind of Kelog, the ending is just horror, this fallout breaks the story of the series completely, New Vegas turned out much better. (If there are any errors in the text and some nonsense is written, say thank you to Google translator)    … Expand
  20. HorseArmor
    Jul 9, 2018
    0
    I made this account after extensively playing Fallout4 on PS4.
    I also played some on PC. (does it matter?)
    To be poignant 13d20hr18m into my latest Survival No kills save It's absolute garbage; Bethesda should be ashamed. As a kid I used to play Morrowind on the PC, Watching your modding community flourish around the Construction Set was beautiful. The game itself didn't need    I made this account after extensively playing Fallout4 on PS4.
    I also played some on PC. (does it matter?)
    To be poignant 13d20hr18m
    into my latest Survival No kills save

    It's absolute garbage; Bethesda should be ashamed.

    As a kid I used to play Morrowind on the PC, Watching your modding community flourish around the Construction Set was beautiful. The game itself didn't need character narration; the game was smooth, the characters were well thought out (Vivec, Dagoth Ur still bring a smile to my minds eye), There was a massive depth to your plot back then it seemed. I could depend on dropping into this RPG for hours at a time; if even just to play around with different cheats or spells for sillies. ( or even better mods from the community)
    With Fallout 4 . . . on Survival. . . I hope you realize your engine's bugs crash the game every 30m - 2 hrs consistently right? yet the game of the year edition came out and i see no updates fixing these issues. . . seemingly you want everyone seeing a loading screen (laments; fast traveling in lower difficulty with a smaller loot tree)
    every 30 min or the game will crash due to zone renderings, or any # of other immersion breaking issues.
    ( i have had cars thrown into me by companions instantly killing me, even discovered running into said cars sitting still can be fatal. . .)
    I am sure every player has noticed falling cars from highways and other needless animations that bug up the engine, when all we did was max-craft our character to run fast through the zones (because minutemen) and here we are, un-immersed, probably broke due to the expansions/skins, and nothing to really show for it except our Bethesda Fandom. . . & all the aforementioned hours spent in a broken game you refuse to spend any time(or $) fixing . . . despite how much money we have literally just thrown at you.
    I can't even fathom how much you probably make off these ripoff's you call creations in your club but it is downright despicable how you went from a Construction Set to a Creation Club. . .
    & you think your better than EA. . . Tsk, tsk.

    Watching the hype following your latest presentation at E3 I am feeling all sorts of deja vu when compared to f4's hype.
    I am not enthused, I am not excited.
    I am mildly disgusted and sad to see a great company brought so low by it's shareholder greed.

    Until you start acting more like Cd Projekt Red
    (you know a responsible game developer that keeps it's audience in mind, doesn't give in to corporate greed, and seemingly loves doing what it set out to do in the first place; creating)
    I won't be buying your games. I am done. You gave up on me. Us.
    & we are legion.
    you?
    Todd Howard, you are Caesar.
    The knives in your back?
    You put them there yourself.
    Suicide.    … Expand
  21. fumario
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El peor de la saga fallout , conversaciones , crafteo , dificultad , construccion , pip boy , en lugar de mejorarlos los han empeorado , complicado y por tanto ha perdido la chispa casual que para mi lo definia bien ( juego para todos los niveles de jugador y publicos ) , sinceramente me arrepiento de haberme gastado el dinero en este juego… Expand
  22. m0rb
    Nov 10, 2015
    5
    just as I feared before launch, it's a Bethesda game - great open-world, really beautiful and big, yet, LIFELESS.
    apart from enemies.
    unfortunately, the story, dialogue, quests and characters are boring and bland. and there are no more strange encounters, no absurd situations... they should have given the game another name, for it's not really a Fallout game. those games have been    just as I feared before launch, it's a Bethesda game - great open-world, really beautiful and big, yet, LIFELESS.
    apart from enemies.

    unfortunately, the story, dialogue, quests and characters are boring and bland. and there are no more strange encounters, no absurd situations... they should have given the game another name, for it's not really a Fallout game.
    those games have been about all the crazy crazy things that happened in the wasteland and the strange people inhabiting it!

    graphics are fine, but they don't make a good RPG.

    so the fact remains, if you want a FPS Fallout, you best play New Vegas!    … Expand
  23. DiegoCastro
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    El juego es malo, no merece el puntaje que las paginas que revisan juegos le han puesto, la historia es mala, las misiones secundarias son pesimas, los graficos malos, la ambientacion mala, todo esto queda mas en relieve cuando ves que si es posible hacerlos mejor, tal como se aprecia en the witcher 3. En resumen, el juego es mediocre
  24. zmetatron
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    Where to start, I played 5 hours of this game and realized very quickly this game was not ready to launch. I've played Fallout 3 (215 hrs), New Vegas (548 hrs.), and Skyrim (500 hrs) all of these games had bugs, most were patched and made playable (some by mods!). There is absolutely no excuse for the bugs that are occurring in a 10+ year old engine, Hands/weapons disappearing, pip boyWhere to start, I played 5 hours of this game and realized very quickly this game was not ready to launch. I've played Fallout 3 (215 hrs), New Vegas (548 hrs.), and Skyrim (500 hrs) all of these games had bugs, most were patched and made playable (some by mods!). There is absolutely no excuse for the bugs that are occurring in a 10+ year old engine, Hands/weapons disappearing, pip boy freezing up, dog constantly under your feet so you can't move, constantly getting stuck on small objects on floor, or having to go back and reload a saved game to continue on.
    I could go on but after reading the reviews here I have to agree, big fail for an RPG Bethesda:
    score 0 of 10    … Expand
  25. xMonkeykingx
    Nov 15, 2015
    2
    Might as well call it an open world on rails shooter without any shooting mechanics. Since I had more enjoyment watching the paint dry. The thing is, with skyrim and fallout 3, I was hooked within minutes. With this game I had to keep playing because I spent 20 GBs of my internet data torrenting it. As with all games, I want to try before I buy, and good thing I did not buy into the ****Might as well call it an open world on rails shooter without any shooting mechanics. Since I had more enjoyment watching the paint dry. The thing is, with skyrim and fallout 3, I was hooked within minutes. With this game I had to keep playing because I spent 20 GBs of my internet data torrenting it. As with all games, I want to try before I buy, and good thing I did not buy into the **** hype because I played it for three hours and it already felt stale. Gone are the days fable style RPG, where a single action can literally kill everyone in the game. The game has one ending and one ending only no matter what you do. Atleast mass effect had different paths to the same ending, this has the same path to the same ending.… Expand
  26. Sigint
    Nov 20, 2015
    6
    The Good and The Bad.

    Good: -Gameplay -Exploration -Music -Companions -Building settlements -Voice acting -Crafting -Guns Bad: -Boring quests (most, not all) -Dialogue options / dialogue wheel in general -Uninteresting MC -Perks / leveling system -Npcs (most, not all) -Main story / quest-line An alright game, definitely not what I expected from the next Fallout    The Good and The Bad.

    Good:

    -Gameplay
    -Exploration
    -Music
    -Companions
    -Building settlements
    -Voice acting
    -Crafting
    -Guns

    Bad:

    -Boring quests (most, not all)
    -Dialogue options / dialogue wheel in general
    -Uninteresting MC
    -Perks / leveling system
    -Npcs (most, not all)
    -Main story / quest-line

    An alright game, definitely not what I expected from the next Fallout game. If Obsidian Entertainment ever creates a new Fallout game, that will be the one I consider a next "true" Fallout game.    … Expand
  27. RM8
    Nov 19, 2015
    1
    Fallout 4 is such a bad game, like really bad. BGS has become a dev with poor design decisions.

    Witcher 3's quests have meaningful choices and consequences, the removal of armor & weapons breaking is dumb CDPR added it in Witcher 3 while BGS has it kept removed since Skyrim. Go figure.

    My last purchase of a game made by BGS devs from now on.
  28. toddlockwood
    Nov 23, 2015
    4
    This is FPS not RPG!
    This is FPS not RPG!
    This is FPS not RPG!
    This is FPS not RPG!
    This is FPS not RPG!
    This is FPS not RPG!
    This is FPS not RPG!
    This is FPS not RPG!
  29. mamamelaverga
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I cant believe how bad it is
    its like they released an alpha instead of the final version of the game, now we have to wait for the modders to fix this mess.
    lets hope that bathesda doesn't try to push paid mods again
  30. pinky90
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I hate the weapons music weapon mods the graphics where terrible music terrible & the
    institute wasn't futuristic not enough weapons music gun mods & worst of all no threedog or Moira Brown
  31. GirlWithBig1s
    Nov 15, 2015
    7
    Intro is male-centred, it would have been better if they had let Ron Pearlman do his thing there. Kept it gender neutral and classic Fallout at the same time. Why they didn't I cannot quite fathom. Then they put us in half-by-half pre-made characters - married with kids. No longer a blank canvas for you to paint on, but either a war veteran if you pick the guy or a lawyer if you pickIntro is male-centred, it would have been better if they had let Ron Pearlman do his thing there. Kept it gender neutral and classic Fallout at the same time. Why they didn't I cannot quite fathom. Then they put us in half-by-half pre-made characters - married with kids. No longer a blank canvas for you to paint on, but either a war veteran if you pick the guy or a lawyer if you pick the gal (thought he gets the intro video, she, uh, indeed, a diploma). Why not both veterans? Or neither? Or better still, a different story altogether that didn't try to force you into the roles they made for you, or half made.

    Being born to 'random' parents is one thing (Fallout 3 and even previous games) is one thing, being given a spouse and kid another.

    Dialogue wheel, oh how I detest thee. It is like a guessing game what your character will say at times. Voice acting is doing this and will do so until it can be replaced with natural sound synthetic voices (synths, ha, yeah...) that can express (user controlled) emotions. As it stands now, it constantly sandbags you in addition to severely limiting the number of options open to you (after all, can't record dialogue for another three years just to add one more option to each encounter, and how would it work on a controllers directional pad any way?).

    Voice acting has, since it entered the RPG genre, served to limit the options in dialogue, even when it was 'only' used for NPCs. RPG sandboxes are not the best genre for it, whereas it works fine in games with a non-sandbox world and a completely pre-set character (by-the-rail-shooters, for instance).

    Personally I cannot wait for 'alternative start' mods to come in. Start as a single neighbour of this couple, or live somewhere else (a few other Vaults out there, after all), giving us this blank canvas again. Or even as a ghoul, for those interested in that, perhaps trapped for 200 years (it happens, you know)?

    But most of all, a mod that turns the wheel into a list with the full dialogue text displayed. That alone would have made me rank this eight (8) instead.

    The artificial 'care-for-me' scenario and shoe-horning into a role that not all may enjoy or desire cost it two stars. The third is lost due to the obvious concession to controller support with half-hearted keyboard+mouse alternative seeming tacked on - and even lacking in clear controls at time (such as scrolling on the mouse doesn't show more text on the terminals, but rather the unannounced Enter key). Bizarre feeling to it, and overly large text for a computer screen. Again, mods will fix it, in time, but it is sad to see this haunt nearly all games these days.

    Also wish I could assign more keys for functions so the did not share the same. Support keyboards properly, please.

    It is also a bit jarring to step out of the vault and turn from grieving to mass killing literally within minutes, yet later in the game you can feel sorrow over killing a mid-level henchman, albeit briefly. Yes, it's Fallout, fighting is part of it, but it is poorly paced and feels jarring. Like all those films where the 'hero' kills countless 'goons' and refuses to kill the Main Bad because 'there's been enough killing'. I say.

    I have not had many bugs, I must say, apart from once when I had to reload a save (save often, make it a habit, not just because of potential bugs) - mostly my bugs have been hilarious air-born bodies upon death and other harmless ones (shot a raider in the head, he launched straight up for, oh, 100 metres or so). I came prepared for worse, but I might have gotten lucky.

    Graphics are fine. It does not strive to be ultra-realistic but to have its own style. It achieves that. What is clumsy are some facial animations, mostly.

    All this said, I enjoy it and will probably keep playing for a long time (I still play Skyrim, with maxed out number of mods), I just hope Bethesda reverts back to the blank canvas and proper RPG dialogue interface. I recommend it, with these reservations in mind.    … Expand
  32. Gagleonardo
    Nov 11, 2015
    6
    This is not a trashing score.I don't think Fallout 4 is this horrible thing people are labeling it. Far from that, the game is cool, it's fun and have it's own personality. This is a low score 'cause for now, the game desearves it.

    For the ones wanting simple pros and cons, there it goes: Pros: - Locations are awesome, many of them having Quests or story on their own. They really    This is not a trashing score.I don't think Fallout 4 is this horrible thing people are labeling it. Far from that, the game is cool, it's fun and have it's own personality. This is a low score 'cause for now, the game desearves it.

    For the ones wanting simple pros and cons, there it goes:

    Pros:
    - Locations are awesome, many of them having Quests or story on their own. They really managed to give life to this scorched Boston.
    - Light is the best I've seen in any game (including The Witcher 3)
    - It's a Fallout game. Live, explore, Kill/talk, get paid is rarelly a mix that fails.
    - Settlement system, once you have access to abundant materials, is really fun.
    - Some characters are really, REALLY interesting.
    - Map is so full you can't walk a straight line for 1 minute without finding something (even things not marked, Like the Bartender on the west end of the map)
    - Power Armor was boring to some people, to me it's like something I use when I prepare for some more difficult quests, and it REALLY makes all the difference (Like potions on The Witcher and Dragon Age series).
    - The modding system on Weapons is really awesome and creates character for every piece you buld.
    - Dogmeat.
    - There's a sattelite storm once in a while (like the one from Gravity movie - Look at the sky at night when not clouded)
    - Even with the low graphics, the game is beautiful.
    - Probably the best ambient soundtrack on any Fallout game.

    Cons

    - GTX 900 series owners: This game is your random fps drop nightmare. For bethesda, our GPU power souldn't give us better performance.
    - Remember I've said some character are really interesting? Well, the 4 choices dialogues NEVER lets you really dig on those layers not previouws games had.
    - Characters animations, except for some more important characters, sometimes seems worse than Skyrim (and sometimes worse than Fallout 3.
    - Hoarding everything gets boring really fast. And since you depend of it for 2 core mechanics of the game, you HAVE to deal with it.
    - Some enemies act as if they've came straight out of Fallout 3 (Supermutants, I'm looking at you).
    - Extremely boring loadscreens after some events of the game (Roof of the buldings for those who played the game already).
    - It's a Fallout game. JUST a Fallout game. Everything added to it feels like a mod. The settlements, the modding of guns, even the Power Armor. The new things are cool, but I often cought myself wandering how all of those things look like some early access to a mod. Not cool for a far from cheap game.
    - You'll see lots of bugs. LOTS. Not even on Skyrim I've got so many. Some are easy to ignore (being an oldschool Fallout and Bethesda fan), but some are completely dealbreakers: Cows walking on a road to the sky, companion vanishing, enemies stuck everywhere.
    - Quests often feel like the same of the same of the same: Go there, Kill, Get, Come Back. Ok when they are well scripted, not ok when you scripting doesn't compels you to do them.
    - Quests are really short. I wanted to just throw myself into them, but they are like a shot of tequila when what you want is a very degustating bottle of wine (Or 8 bottles of Sunset Sarsparilla).
    - For now I'm staying away from the main quest: I can feel it's going to be, like many others really short.
    - The modding system on ARMOR could have been beautifull and authentic. It's just ok.
    - As a PC gamer, I feel really betrayed for having more comfort playing this with my XBox controller. Poorly optimized interface (The previous games where not that bad now, hun?) and AWFUL mouse optimization.
    - The game feels flat: everything, every place seems to be resolved really, really lightspeed fast, and I have ADHD, things can get boring very often, but this game fails on making me feel like deep on that specific quest. The Frying Pan quest on The Witcher 3 or the Disarming Megaton Bomb in Fallout 3 felt deeper than any quest I've made so far.
    - Except for Charisma, none of your traits have ANY impact on conversations. I feel like I'm just playing a 'yes/no' game on reciving quests. No deeper relevance for any NPC.
    - Some quests seems to solve themselves, even really cool ones (U.S.S Congretional quest, for exemple).
    - It was cool when 'that fallout tune' played for the first times , but the really should put on new songs. Felt like a copy/paste of prewious Fallout games with some few additions.
    - Underwater Armor: BAD IDEA.

    Please note that I'm liking the game, the dealbreaker here is performance. How can my naighbour get 60pfs on a lower end PC than mine? On every aspect I suprassed the reccomended requirements, but a GTX 770 with a I5 runs better than a GTX 970 with I7. Bethesda AND NVidia are guilty here, and I'm not recomending the game to ANYONE until those things are corrected.    … Expand
  33. Alexvl1989
    Nov 21, 2015
    2
    Мне игра вообще не понравилась Беседка полностью просрала атмосферу великого фаллаута и сделала линейный шутер с элементами РПГ в открытом мире. В игре нет интересных квестов, нормальных диалогов, убогая графика и маленькая однообразная карта. Короче Fallout 4 полное гавно!Мне игра вообще не понравилась Беседка полностью просрала атмосферу великого фаллаута и сделала линейный шутер с элементами РПГ в открытом мире. В игре нет интересных квестов, нормальных диалогов, убогая графика и маленькая однообразная карта. Короче Fallout 4 полное гавно!
  34. lonewolfevo
    Nov 12, 2015
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well guys this is Fallout 4...

    I really hope bethesda gets around to reading these reviews because this is a video game franchise fans are vet passionate about.

    MY OPINION
    I think people are a little too mad about what this game ended up being I myself am not mad I'm just disappointed as a long time fallout fan I have to be honest with myself as a fan and as a gamer that I feel like fallout fell short of what I have come to expect from a bethesda game. Also I don't understand all the complaining about the graphics bethesda games have never been known for their graphics but the extreme death of the frame rate upon entering a city is unacceptable.

    GAMEPLAY
    Here I feel like bethesda took a few steps forward but not in a good way. The gunplay is a vast improvement from what it used to be and is extremely addictive but I feel like that is the only thing keeping me playing the game and the fact that its fallout. The rpg elements of the game are really dumbed down the new leveling system isn't really anything to be impressed about but I appreciate the fact that there is no level cap. The new dialogue wheel didn't really keep me immersed into the experience of anything it hurt it. I didn't have a real sense of self in my character it kinda felt like I was just along for the ride. Also on you couldn't really tell the chances of successfully persuading anyone. There's also not a whole lot of weapons in the game you just happen to come across different variations of the few weapons that are available buy I do like that the weapons nodding allows you to make it your own. That goes for power armor as well even though there are oly 4 sets of power armor to choose from. I think the power armor was done right this time around though it really makes you feel well... powerful. I don't like the fact that there are now no requirements to get power armor you can literally get power armor 5 minutes into the game, and the fusion core thing is very limiting I'm not a scientist but I know that nuclear fusion would generate enough power for more than 15 minutes of use. The armor layering is also very vague I would find I set of armor and wouldn't be able to layer it like other outfits even though looks lt be able to accept layering the drifter suit is a perfect example. The town build was also very underwhelming after I would establish a settlement I found myself never feeling attached like the settlement truly needed me to survive. There building of settlements is often very finicky as well. There is alsoa total absence of the repair system which was the only thing that kept me hoarding gun and making them feel valuable breaking weapons down for parts for the most part felt like a waste of time so the basic just ended up being junk because of my custom weapons I never really needed the other ones. The legendary enemy's also felt very cheap I would be waking around and find I legendary enemy's and never really feel threatened. I could probably think of more things to cover but I better move on. Also the fact that there were only like 3 unique weapons in the game made me lose interest in exploring.

    STORY
    I could go on all day about the story's short comings but it would be better just to sum it up. The story felt totally underwhelming and re-used. Never did I really feel attached to any of the characters nor did my choic es feel like they had any effect on the world around me. There is a no longer a karma system of a faction system when you join a faction you feel like are just there and not a part of it.

    SUMMARY
    Fallout 4 no longer feels like the game I had expected it to be or what I hoped it would it fell extremely short from expectations. I expect better from bethesda hell we as a fan base expect more from bethesda. I love fallout 4 because it's fallout 4 but I'm afraid that that's the only reason I love it... At some point as a fan you just have to be honest with yourself was the game worth your well earned money that's a question you need to ask yourself. I think my money was well spent ONLY because I'm a long time fallout fan. The best I can give this game is a 6/10... Slightly above average... We all should have hight expectations from triple A game studios and triple A games like this I don't hate fallout 4 I'm just disappointed in bethesda for not delivering a Vetter product...    … Expand
  35. Sealtest
    Nov 19, 2015
    1
    Bethesda dropped the ball with Fallout 4 game is horrible. Well I never bought it because I have lousy internet and the game comes with 4gbs on a single DVD disk. Pete Hines saying it's to combat piracy is an excuse. Also hearing armor n' weapons don't break and companions never dying is a turn off for me.

    Guess what Mr. Hines. I have lousy internet and cannot buy Fallout 4 and I will    Bethesda dropped the ball with Fallout 4 game is horrible. Well I never bought it because I have lousy internet and the game comes with 4gbs on a single DVD disk. Pete Hines saying it's to combat piracy is an excuse. Also hearing armor n' weapons don't break and companions never dying is a turn off for me.

    Guess what Mr. Hines. I have lousy internet and cannot buy Fallout 4 and I will not use Steam, never bought F: NV, Skyrim and now Fallout 4 because of this. You will never see my money if you keep doing this to PC gamer.

    Print some disks of the PC version of Fallout 4 with the whole entire game on it and without Steam and I will buy it, then I will buy ES 6 and Fallout 5 in that same way.    … Expand
  36. Kainanteh
    Dec 9, 2015
    1
    Almost all sections of the game are inferior or ridiculous:

    Dialogues, companions, construction, terminals and locks, history and secondary missions, pipboy (inventory, map), weapons (legendary and modification) and armor, enemies, the extras, the combat, the key assignment, difficulty.

    Conclusion: Fraud || they have not had time || mismanagement || money >>>>> quality
  37. russianmetacrit
    Nov 24, 2016
    0
    This game is a disgrace to all fallout canons. How come we came to the same son/father **** again? Ripping off plots of previous installments almost completely.... Way to go Bethesda. Why dont you bother to work with Obsidian again? You cant go an inch without them!
  38. mirimar
    Nov 13, 2015
    2
    I just applied for a refund. Cant rebind important keys for lefties! WHAT THE **** BETHESDA! The e key and tab key are locked forever. Good luck trying to move in build mode too if you use the arrow keys, because that too is broken. I wanted it to be a good game; I really did.
  39. Gormph
    Jan 16, 2016
    5
    Staring off with the things I liked about this game
    1. Power armor feels like power armor in other fallout games it’s just another set of armor in no way special and requiring more to wear but not always being better, in FO4 it has great benefits and feels like heavy power armor.
    2. Shooting, in other fallouts you almost have to use VATS half the game because shooting controls are    Staring off with the things I liked about this game
    1. Power armor feels like power armor in other fallout games it’s just another set of armor in no way special and requiring more to wear but not always being better, in FO4 it has great benefits and feels like heavy power armor.
    2. Shooting, in other fallouts you almost have to use VATS half the game because shooting controls are subpar, this has been greatly improved upon, I personally only used vats for spotting since enemies don’t show up on the compass at range like they used to.
    3. Every piece of scrap matters, you can turn almost anything into gear making it a real post apocalyptic game where you learn to turn fallen trees into houses and soda cans into submachine guns were as other fallout would have you collect lots of items you would never have a use for.
    4. Receive some benefit from your factions (except useless railroad), flares and mortars from minutemen, vertibirds from BOS, synth grenades from institute, although to be fair to the railroad the vertibirds aren’t very useful ether.

    That’s about it so on to everything I personally found wanting
    1. Boring, this game simply fails to engage on any level, it starts with a strong open someone killing your wife and stealing the baby your wife stole from home economics class that you call your son and thus ends your interest in the game, from that point forward it somehow fails to interest you in anything that happens for the rest of the game, the only other fun or exciting thing that happens is in the very next town you visit, it doesn’t seem possible to do this but…yeah it’s just boring.
    2. Pointless, part of the reason people love fallout is the freedom, want to wander off in the wrong direction and help some guy with his math homework instead of saving the world, or **** the world nuke that **** again, that’s fine go ahead be the bad guy, not fallout 4 not matter what you do it pushes you toward the same goals, short of killing everyone you meet there’s nothing you can do to make anyone thing you’re not the hero and I’m not even sure that would work this makes almost all the choices you make in the game pointless but then lacking the detailed story of JRPG’s to make up for the lack of choice.
    3. Cardboard people, in other fallout game you feel the lives of the npc’s they feel like they matter they all have tons of back story most are involved in multiple quests, in fallout 4 that don’t even feel like zombies, they lack the personality to make it even that far, reducing my interest in them to less than zero.
    4. Settlements, it feels like most of the game was scraped for this feature and it’s not even that good, most of the most interesting places in the game are not connected to it at all and the bulk of places you can build are places that suck. Add to that the insanely low build cap which seems to be a limitation of the old engine the game is based on that quite frankly can barely handle this game I don’t care about graphics or stuff like that but the game is so over burdened its barely functional.
    5. Companions also pointless, they can’t fight, only two can hide at all, they spend most of the time getting you spotted and lying on the ground, they have almost no background and don’t feel like people, they feel like equipment, the useless kind you junk.
    6. Weapon customization is a good idea but the last option on every menu is basically the best choice every time so there is no point picking anything else.
    In closing it’s not really an rpg at all anymore and not a very interesting FPS so there’s really nothing it has to offer if you get it on sale check it out otherwise don’t bother, it’s not a terrible game but it’s not worth the full sale price.    … Expand
  40. JohnConnor333
    Dec 5, 2015
    5
    Could only stomach playing through the game once. When I booted up a second playthrough, the dialogue was exactly the same no matter what I chose to say. So streamlined. I did get about 50 hours out of the game, so it's not terrible, but it's easily forgettable and depressing. I began having fun with side missions, but as soon as I continued story, frustrationan and boredomCould only stomach playing through the game once. When I booted up a second playthrough, the dialogue was exactly the same no matter what I chose to say. So streamlined. I did get about 50 hours out of the game, so it's not terrible, but it's easily forgettable and depressing. I began having fun with side missions, but as soon as I continued story, frustrationan and boredom ensued. "where's my son.....I want my son....I'm trying to find my son....have you seen my son" SHUT UP!… Expand
  41. Sergi
    Nov 30, 2015
    4
    "Война никогда не меняется" - повторяется из части в часть игры. Да только игра сама меняется. Изменилась четвёртая часть не в лучшую сторону.
    Безусловно, оформление игры визуально улучшилось. Но это касается лишь общей картинки. А вот человечков нарисовали просто убого. Уж больно они пластмассовые все, синтетические. В Скайриме нарисованы лица получше будут. И раз уж в игре очень много    "Война никогда не меняется" - повторяется из части в часть игры. Да только игра сама меняется. Изменилась четвёртая часть не в лучшую сторону.
    Безусловно, оформление игры визуально улучшилось. Но это касается лишь общей картинки. А вот человечков нарисовали просто убого. Уж больно они пластмассовые все, синтетические. В Скайриме нарисованы лица получше будут. И раз уж в игре очень много синтов, которые якобы выступают угрозой всему населению сообщества, то представляются все человечки в игре как раз выходцами из института. Все как куклы. Смотреть страшно. А мимика вообще ужасная.
    Музыкальное сопровождение не изменилось практически со времен 3 части. Много песен мы слышали в ней. Поэтому лучше не стало.
    Диалоги нам обещали улучшить, вариативности в них добавить и персонаж говорящим сделать. Но лично я не вижу в этой части улучшений, а только хуже. Вариативность в диалогах условная. По сути всё сводится к 4 вариантам. Один из которых практически завершает диалог. Строчка сарказм в диалоге лично у меня смеха не вызывает. Уж больно всё примитивно.
    С учётом, что дублежа русского нет, а строки диалогов в субтитрах не все переведены или не всегда корректно, своевременно отображаются, то людям плохо владеющим английским многое будет не понятно. Я считаю, это вообще не уважение к русскоговорящим геймерам. Сделали перевод на "отвали", для галочки.
    Теперь о главном, о сюжете. Он как таковой глубокий отсутствует. Задумка может быть была. Да вот воплощение её подвело. А может быть и не было её вовсе. Так всё поверхностно. Хотя начало было интригующим. А вот дальше... Сюжет теряется в череде второстепенных заданий, в большинстве своём однообразных, однотипных.
    По сути, влияния игрока на сюжет нет. Нет в нём таких трогательных, волнующих, ключевых, стержневых моментов, в которых проявляется влияние игрока, в которых игрок участвует, которые заставляют задуматься, волноваться или испытывать иные эмоции. Всё как-то ровно.
    Системы отношений с спутниками или иными НПС нет.
    И еще, от сюжета сильно отвлекает боевая система. Она безусловно стала лучше. И это плюс и минус игры. Быть может, разработчики упор основной сделали именно на боевую составляющую, а про сюжет, ролевую составляющую забыли.
    Про разные баги, глюки не буду писать. Их поправят, думаю. И таких страшных, которые бы мешали играть, нет в игре.
    В итоге, кто ждал хорошую или даже высокого качества ролевую игру будет разочарован. Кому нравится просто стрелять будет доволен. Любителям РПГ не могу рекомендовать данную игру.    … Expand
  42. klille
    Nov 14, 2015
    7
    coming in to it i expected a light version of fallout 3 with a building gimmick tacked on, even then i was slightly disappointment. some of the improvements seem to be that the gunplay is smoother and the graphics are improved (note, still not on par with modern standards, but that was to be expected). however, it seems to suffer in other several other ways, such as dialogue, quests,coming in to it i expected a light version of fallout 3 with a building gimmick tacked on, even then i was slightly disappointment. some of the improvements seem to be that the gunplay is smoother and the graphics are improved (note, still not on par with modern standards, but that was to be expected). however, it seems to suffer in other several other ways, such as dialogue, quests, roleplaying elements, pacing, and simply on how "grand" the entire thing feels. in the end it just simply feels bland compared to the other fallout games.

    one of the biggest direct gripes i got with the game is the new dialogue system, it's gimped (compared to the possibility of much more options with some NPC's and much fewer with others as needed), confusing (sometimes the choices are misleading towards what you are actually going to say) most of the time necessary (i do not want the option of saying "yes" in four different ways) and the sarcastic option which bugs me to no end. what do you mean "sarcastic" i have no way of knowing how the dialogue is going to continue if i have no idea what you are going to say, i only know you're going to say it in a sarcastic tone. this is nothing but a cop out, both for the player that doesn't have to make a real choice and for the developers that can put whatever they want in there.

    overall, it's less of a fallout game and more of yet another open world post apocalyptic fps. mediocre on all accounts.    … Expand
  43. marius5704
    Nov 13, 2015
    7
    Как шутер с элементами VATS по вселенной FALLOUT - смотрится не плохо. Но как полноценная FALLOUT 4 никак нет.
  44. RPGaymer
    Nov 15, 2015
    6
    Score of 7 because the game has minor and major things it excels in, but some minor and major flaws as well.

    Overall it is fun to play and pretty much revives that Fallout 3 experiences we all have been waiting for! But is it enough just to create another clone - or should Bethesda have aimed for more? Lets begin with the positive aspects. ++ World and setting: I simply love the    Score of 7 because the game has minor and major things it excels in, but some minor and major flaws as well.

    Overall it is fun to play and pretty much revives that Fallout 3 experiences we all have been waiting for! But is it enough just to create another clone - or should Bethesda have aimed for more?

    Lets begin with the positive aspects.

    ++ World and setting: I simply love the wasteland. Bethesda did - as expected - a great job at creating a beautiful world to explore, with a lot of humor and an interesting retro-futuristic-50ish look. The feature of being able to build settlements and own houses ingame may be a small one, but it really adds an aspect most Fallout 3 and Elder Scrolls fans have been waiting for, even if they weren't aware of that, at that point. In skyrim, the first Mods I downloaded and loved using were player abodes - now I can create as I see fit. Good Job, poorly introduced though, but good job nevertheless.
    ++ the perk system: In my opinion the new perk system is great. It is intuitive, easy to understand and adds a great level to role playing. Being able to increase stats is a nice thing as well
    + it may be a small thing, but Bethesda thought of it: you are able to change your face and hair ingame. And not just after a year of complains, fifty mods and five add ons, but right in the vanilla game. Its a small feature, but it shows Bethesda learned form experience, at least in that regard.
    + the VATS: is now moving in slow-mo. Some hate it. I like it. It forces you to make a decision and adds just a small degree of difficulty, in my eyes well done.
    + your character finally looks decent, the editor allows for handsome faces - well done.
    + the gunplay has been improved, it feels more natural now, not bad

    But now to the reasons, why this game is not a 10/10.
    - - The depth of story and the characters
    We are writing the year 2015. Had this game been released in 2013 the way it is, it would have been an 8. But now I have seen Dragon Age III. I have seen the Witcher III - I have seen how well a Role Play Game can bring life and depth to characters. Fallout 4 is missing that. The faces still look expressionless and the NPCs move around like puppets. Yes they have a few more animations, but still. That was okay when Skyrim was released, as it was the state of the art. But no more. And also the depth of the characters. Fallout 4 creates one dimensional characters, the story is predictable. Bringing life to characters is not a thing that requires modern game engines or graphics, it is a matter of planning and writing. Dragon Age III has done a superb job of that, it provided me with companions and characters I cared about. Baldurs Gate, Pillars of Eternity, the Witcher - there are many examples to show that Storytelling can be a thing that makes a game great. Here Bethesda failed as it relies mostly on its open world, neglecting a well written storytelling.
    - - Character Identification:
    Bethesda games like the Elder Scrolls Series or Fallout 3 always relied on the players imagination of how they see themselves in the game. Am I a ruthless rogue or a noble paladin, a savior or a villain that just helps for his own gain? In Fallout 4 this choice is taken from you as you are pressed into the corset of a Father/Mother seeking his/her son. During the main campaign all of a sudden you can only watch your player from a third perspective and think - wait - thats not me, who is this guy and what is he doing to my character. This discrepancy between "I see myself as that kind of character" and "what on earth is my character saying there, I wouldn't act like that" really bugged me.
    - the dialogue options:
    are now reduced to four answers that aren't even spelled out. So you just pick one of the few answers the game offers and watch what happens, for most of the time you don't know what that answer really is supposed to mean: Spoiler: "maybe" usually means "no"
    - - - - - The Interface
    I can't put enough Minus marks on that. This game certainly doesn't deserve a below 5 rating, but I can see, why people are tempted to give one. The interface, especially on PC is simply put: CRAP.
    I can see why the programmers liked that pip-boy-green-on-black-look - but it's useless. Bethesda - look at the Number one most downloaded mod for Skyrim: it is a mod for a new UI. Any idea why that is??? You obviously don't. The lists are annoying and don't do the game justice.
    ------ hard coded keybindings
    Also: I have to write it again, since I don't feel the developers have realized that fully: We are writing the year 2015. Why on earth didn't bethesda foresee players using esdf instead of that ridiculous was. (There is a reason why the "F" is always marked on a Keyboard!). The secondary bindings cannot be changed thus creating a mess once you change the primary ones. poor job. Not being able to control and maneuver as I wish really dampens the game experience A LOT and makes it feel like a flight simulator at times.    … Expand
  45. kamen22
    Nov 24, 2015
    1
    I'm gonna keep this short but i'll list off the problems in the game, FRAMERATE ISSUES ON PC, bad graphics for 2015, bad quests, bad writing, so many bugs, costed 80$ for some reason IDK WHY, guess what baby i got a refund TAKE THAT CORPORATION
  46. SURYASHEKHAR
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Average at its best to be honest. The game looks a bit dated and a bit boring but overall, again, pretty average. I had high expectations from fallout 4 considering all that pre-release hype it had.… Expand
  47. IomegaTapeDrive
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    If you purchase this game in store, you still have to download the entire game from the internet. This means that if you have a pay as you go internet plan, it could be hundreds of dollars to download the game, as it is 24 gigabytes total. This is a complete showstopper for a lot of people, and I have to give this game a 0 rating, as it is unplayable.
  48. Vendicator
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    è una cagata pazzesca, piena di bug, glich e via dicendo, inoltre un gioco che nel 2015 sia solo single player non si può sentire. soldi rubati, gioco esclusivo per bimbiminchia e figli di papà
  49. Magmag
    Dec 17, 2015
    0
    Fallout 4, while being a "mature" game, is an A-RPG which targets too many audiences ; young people (yes, I just said mature game), middle-aged people, openworld and sandbox fans, minecraft-like building fans, action shooter fans, and roleplayer.
    Basically, they are targeting everyone, and you can't please everyone. Especially when you keep butchering the lore of a glorious Intellectual    Fallout 4, while being a "mature" game, is an A-RPG which targets too many audiences ; young people (yes, I just said mature game), middle-aged people, openworld and sandbox fans, minecraft-like building fans, action shooter fans, and roleplayer.
    Basically, they are targeting everyone, and you can't please everyone. Especially when you keep butchering the lore of a glorious Intellectual Property which is Fallout, with the stupidity of thousand suns, seriously looking at you lead designer.
    Fallout 3 was garbage too, looking at the same guy who said...
    Quotes from Bethesda's Lead Designer about Fallout 3, their first Beth-Fallout :
    "For the first time, we're allowing Fallout players to fully enter into the universe they love so much."
    "You know, I think there's somewhat of a misconception concerning the original Fallout, and the type of gameplay it offered. Fallout wasn't a turn-based strategy game... it wasn't a turn-based RPG for that matter. It was real-time RPG with turn-based combat."    … Expand
  50. psycros
    Nov 10, 2015
    5
    I won't bother repeating what others have said better than I could myself, but its official - Bethesda isn't even trying anymore. This company is now 100% dependent upon unpaid developers known as "modders" to save their bacon. They should just start releasing a "build your own adventure" kit every other year with import-export tools included and a cash shop for official content. WeI won't bother repeating what others have said better than I could myself, but its official - Bethesda isn't even trying anymore. This company is now 100% dependent upon unpaid developers known as "modders" to save their bacon. They should just start releasing a "build your own adventure" kit every other year with import-export tools included and a cash shop for official content. We would probably get more polished and rewarding adventures than FO4, and you could have Fallout games that weren't R-rated again!… Expand
  51. Chocice
    Nov 12, 2015
    5
    It is not like fallout 3 but it isn't a bad game either its just mediocre.
    A lot of the RPG aspects have been taken out and the game is dumbed down to appeal to a younger audience
  52. Mazdaspeed_3_
    Nov 16, 2015
    2
    I am one who likes content and a long game that is worth my $80, so I understand that content is key. Although I am very disappointed with the sub par PS3 graphics. Seriously, next gen consoles and this is the crap we get. What a cruel joke. I can't enjoy a game if it looks like garbage. Look at Call of Duty or Halo 5, that should be the graphics benchmark!
  53. Zer0TheHer0
    Nov 28, 2015
    1
    terrible.dumb dialogue options,especially when you compare it to witcher 3,bad quests,terrible interface,stupid force shoudler camera on third person,boring as hell.
    and the worst of all it's that you can't ever rebind all the keys,some are hard coded and the game won't let you,leading to a very frustrating experience......an not a single reviewer pointed this out in their    terrible.dumb dialogue options,especially when you compare it to witcher 3,bad quests,terrible interface,stupid force shoudler camera on third person,boring as hell.
    and the worst of all it's that you can't ever rebind all the keys,some are hard coded and the game won't let you,leading to a very frustrating experience......an not a single reviewer pointed this out in their reviews.incompetent shills.    … Expand
  54. stickypete
    Nov 17, 2015
    0
    Guess I'm not the only one who thinks that "Fallout" 4 spits on all that fallout once was. I own borderlands; if I was looking to play it, I would have done so instead of paying for a game in a series known for its (sometimes) industry leading *RPG* elements.

    Bethesda can do better and has done better (e.g. morrowind and fallout 3
  55. Hedasd
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a joke of a Fallout game.

    A bad mix of Borderlands, Mass Effect, Early-access survival games and Fallout 3. Thanks Bethesda!

    Cons
    -Forced dialogue.
    -Bad dialogue system.
    -Really bad writing and quests that dont make any sense.
    -Bethesda even retconned their own game now, not just older games or New Vegas.
    -Power armos are a **** joke now, even raider have them and there are power armor gangs.
    -Difficulty only changes enemy health and damage, nothing more.
    -There are literally no consequences.
    -No faction/settlement/companion ending.
    -Main male character sounds so weak its almost equal to Diamond City Radio host.
    -They didnt even get Ron Perlman

    Pros
    -Power armor feels nice this time(but look at its con)
    -Rust gameplay(I mean settlement builder)
    -Call of Duty gameplay(I mean combat)
    -Early-access survival gameplay(I mean crafting)
    -Alex Maxson leading the Brotherhood the way it should be. Not like that weak idiot Lyons.
    -Both male and female main characters have nice bottoms.    … Expand
  56. Nezeiraz
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Это ужасно.Мерзко.Отвратительно.
    После тотальной рекламы, прущей из всех щелей, хвалебно-восторженных обзоров от критиков, это больше похоже на прикол.
    Зачем запускать такую маркетинговую машину ради этого нечто? Впервые увидел такую ужасную игру. А ведь тысячи людей потратили 60$, хотя за эти деньги можно было два раза купить Ведьмака 3, поддержав тем самым производителя достойных    Это ужасно.Мерзко.Отвратительно.
    После тотальной рекламы, прущей из всех щелей, хвалебно-восторженных обзоров от критиков, это больше похоже на прикол.
    Зачем запускать такую маркетинговую машину ради этого нечто?
    Впервые увидел такую ужасную игру.
    А ведь тысячи людей потратили 60$, хотя за эти деньги можно было два раза купить Ведьмака 3, поддержав тем самым производителя достойных игр.    … Expand
  57. IvanTOPone
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    В 2015 году когда вышел Ведьмак 3 и Ассасин Синдикат, выпускать такую игру это кощунство над всей серией.
  58. Foremost
    Nov 21, 2015
    0
    In general, this's not Fallout ... nor Earth. It's some other planet where instead of nuclear bombs thrown off bombs stupefying. Then there came the Terrans (The Institute), and MC crashed onto the planet several years later.

    The most annoying is a static in-game world where so many small details but they do not linked together + plus a great number of questionable aspects, like this    In general, this's not Fallout ... nor Earth. It's some other planet where instead of nuclear bombs thrown off bombs stupefying. Then there came the Terrans (The Institute), and MC crashed onto the planet several years later.

    The most annoying is a static in-game world where so many small details but they do not linked together + plus a great number of questionable aspects, like this Railroad fraction which is absolutely stupid in the context of a post-nuclear world. Timescale is incorrect - 2 hundred years. The Humanity has jumped into Space since 1815.

    Manual resource collection?! Why not send a group of stalkers to a place after it has been cleared out.

    In general construction is useless, as one builds just a fancy static decoration. When there is an attack AI just runs around ignoring carefully built walls and defense structures.

    Role playing, deep scenario - forget about it. MC has no problem seeing destroyed home and surroundings. At least some flashbacks would do.

    Well... there are tons of issues concerning the Fallout Universe and common sense in general. So again, just do not treat it as Fallout. Yet another shooter with straightforward storyline.    … Expand
  59. Foxtrot13
    Nov 23, 2015
    0
    - графика ужасна. думали что прикрутив движок который не менялся аж с морровинда со свистелками и фанаты схавают. Вот уж нет. Нам такой "некстген" не нужен.
    - квесты для даунов "подай-принеси"
    - нет отыгрыша роли. это ведь по прежнему ролевая игра? - карта мира которую можно пробежать от начала до конца а 15 минут. В общем игра напоминает инди игру на подобие фореста.. абсолютная    - графика ужасна. думали что прикрутив движок который не менялся аж с морровинда со свистелками и фанаты схавают. Вот уж нет. Нам такой "некстген" не нужен.
    - квесты для даунов "подай-принеси"
    - нет отыгрыша роли. это ведь по прежнему ролевая игра?
    - карта мира которую можно пробежать от начала до конца а 15 минут.
    В общем игра напоминает инди игру на подобие фореста.. абсолютная недоделка.    … Expand
  60. silverghost
    Dec 2, 2015
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the worst games I've paid for. Graphics-horrible (kill your character and watch some Nintendo grade graphics). Gameplay - good grief! (Spend 5 minutes building the wife a face, only to watch her die a few minutes later). ( Or, walk for 10 minutes-literally- to get from point A to point B. Or, spend hours collecting bottle caps and rubber bands so you can build your own weapons. Or, once you die, watch the screen for minutes while they reload the game. Or, strike out to find yor kidnapped baby, but totally forget that's what your mission is. Of, get into a conversation with a game character. Your side of the discussion goes like this-you get a choice of dialog, choose 1 of 4 answers, the last choice Always being the only logical one. Or, if you choose to have a dog, you can't name him-his name is Dogmeat, which is appropriate. Ever few minutes he gets attacked by people or creatures, and if you don't stop what you're doing and rescue him, he will be killed. Is this fun or what? Don't know if you can have a name either, mine was called 'Player'. How original! Seriously, don't waste your money on this 1990-looking trash.… Expand
  61. ducksonkrack
    Nov 13, 2015
    6
    Fallout 4 is a decent game. It has a very enjoyable crafting system, combat system, and building minigame...

    Other than that, this game is extremely shallow, and dull. First off is the graphics. While graphics shouldn't be a problem, Fallout 4's low res textures make the world dull and hard to connect to. There are many times where I couldn't separate different objects from each other.    Fallout 4 is a decent game. It has a very enjoyable crafting system, combat system, and building minigame...

    Other than that, this game is extremely shallow, and dull.
    First off is the graphics. While graphics shouldn't be a problem, Fallout 4's low res textures make the world dull and hard to connect to. There are many times where I couldn't separate different objects from each other. Esp in this game where there seems to be low res garbage laying around everywhere. It may be better to spread things out a bit and delete some stuff.
    Second is the lack of unique items. Since this game focuses heavily on crafting, junk is very important. You won't really be able find anything unique anymore. All you will find now is junk, junk, and more junk. Kind of a horrible incentive for exploring.
    Exploring isn't really much fun either. No landmarks, everything looks the same other than diamond city, and that was no breath taker. The low res textures doesn't help either. Everything else feels like copy and paste with garbage laying around everywhere. A complete mess.
    Majority of the quest involves killing x. Dialogue is boring, options are lame yes, no, sarcastic, info and short which is confusing. Perks are basic and have no depth.
    It feels like Skyrim with guns but lacking in everything, lacks all the cool stuff like shouts, spell tomes, artifacts, unique items, cities and towns and etc.
    Very linear story too unlike NV.
    Boring to play after awhile unless if you like looking for junk and crafting stuff.    … Expand
  62. nitekpl
    Nov 30, 2015
    1
    I do not recommend buying it. YET. The game has no 21:9 support, no SLI support which is a crime for an AAA title. Performance is really bad on anything better than 1080p.
    Missions are boring, quests are mostly - go there and clear the area. No karma mechanic, simplified for consoles. A really bad Consolitis example.
    Wait a couple of months and buy with discount. For now I had to    I do not recommend buying it. YET. The game has no 21:9 support, no SLI support which is a crime for an AAA title. Performance is really bad on anything better than 1080p.
    Missions are boring, quests are mostly - go there and clear the area. No karma mechanic, simplified for consoles. A really bad Consolitis example.
    Wait a couple of months and buy with discount. For now I had to uninstall and wait for fixes that are necessary.    … Expand
  63. dEviL666
    May 4, 2017
    0
    Это не фаллаут,это call of duty с крафтом,скучные диалоги,казуальный геймплей.Все это уже надоедает на первом часу игры.
  64. Donstheman
    Nov 10, 2015
    7
    Just of note, this is a three to four hour gameplay review. Most of this play time has been spent doing the first handful of quests and generally wandering around on a high end PC with graphics set to ultra. FPS maxed out at 60 and it's lowest drop was 54.

    Fallout 4 from Bethesda strikes out slightly from what people are used to in their Fallout games, the graphics in comparison to    Just of note, this is a three to four hour gameplay review. Most of this play time has been spent doing the first handful of quests and generally wandering around on a high end PC with graphics set to ultra. FPS maxed out at 60 and it's lowest drop was 54.

    Fallout 4 from Bethesda strikes out slightly from what people are used to in their Fallout games, the graphics in comparison to previous games are clearly a large leap. Compared to other similar games however it is is left wanting, but only by a small margin. The game itself has seemed to take a considerable step back from the RPG element in favor of a more action based theme, thrusting you into a a big confrontation early on.

    On personal taste, this could either be a good thing or a bad thing, and as someone that has played Fallout 3, New Vegas, Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 this felt rather jarring. the fighting, whilst slightly more difficult than before, is messy and far from perfect though exciting. The movement feels almost a little too smooth, as if sliding rather than walking and the view point, though have I have yet to change it, feels condensed.

    That's not to say that the game doesn't have it's positives. Fights are, again, exciting and each kill feels earned, the game looks far better when compared to previous games, the atmosphere can be effective and exploration is, as to be expected, rewarding. As I mentioned, this is an early review so perhaps there will be more to the RPG and story elements as I continue.

    Nit picking, I dislike the four options in conversations, the list of options has always worked well and there was no need to change that. The early burst of action feels like it is going to prep the rest of the game for failure, especially, and spoilers ahead, gifting us the power armour and springing the Deathclaw on us so soon with no real warning. On top of that, the crafting system, whilst promising, made me sigh at the list of items required because now I know I'm going to have to scratch through the dirt to find the right amount of wonderglue. On top of that, the perk system feels dull when compared to previous games as well as being able to specialize and build the exact character you want with skill point placements.

    All in all Fallout 4 is fun but falls short of being great. I have been luckily spared the technical issues that have plaqued many others thus far but that is not a positive, every game now days should be released without major flaws like that and developers should not be congratulated on releasing a game that is not a buggy mess. Fallout 4 is a fun action game but a good RPG it is not and that is a real shame when considering that has been it's main appeal.

    In trying to give us more bang for our buck Bethesda have gutted Fallout 4 of what a this series of games has always gotten by on the most. Its soul.

    Hopefully Bethesda will listen to the calls of their fans and fix this, and if not, hopefully the ever talented modding community will step in, as always, to pick up the slack.    … Expand
  65. masterfox3000
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    It's really odd to say honestly, Skyrim wasn't the best thing but it was addicting and had a decent enough structure to make it accessible, Fallout 4 on the other hand is a draw back and has one of the worst pacing I've ever seen in a WRPG. There are so many few locations, so many few characters, so many few options and I've got to note that In Skyrim it was an easy breeze with multipleIt's really odd to say honestly, Skyrim wasn't the best thing but it was addicting and had a decent enough structure to make it accessible, Fallout 4 on the other hand is a draw back and has one of the worst pacing I've ever seen in a WRPG. There are so many few locations, so many few characters, so many few options and I've got to note that In Skyrim it was an easy breeze with multiple towns to go to... Fallout 4 is nothing but bullet sponges and from what I've seen in this slow pacing only 2 cities.… Expand
  66. zenithtb
    Nov 10, 2015
    5
    As it is, I do not recommend this game.

    They've turned it into a console FPS with VATS. You STILL cannot remap a lot of the keys. Speech check is now a flipping traffic light. No gun degradation Up down left right are your dialogue choices. There is barely any exploring without being shot at every 30 seconds or so. Rarely chance for talking. Almost everything turns into a gun    As it is, I do not recommend this game.

    They've turned it into a console FPS with VATS.
    You STILL cannot remap a lot of the keys.
    Speech check is now a flipping traffic light.
    No gun degradation
    Up down left right are your dialogue choices.
    There is barely any exploring without being shot at every 30 seconds or so.
    Rarely chance for talking. Almost everything turns into a gun fight
    Daytime: Raiders everywhere! You can barely travel at all.
    Night time: Ghouls everywhere! You can barely travel at all.

    I used to love wandering around in FO3 / NV, but this is a completely different game.
    If you want a console-FPS then this is a great game, but you'd find the RPG element annoying.
    If you wanted it like FO3 / NV with no memory patches needed, and better graphics, this is not the game for you...

    Rating is for a Fallout game, not a generic console shooter.    … Expand
  67. Minghe
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    This isn't Fallout, this isn't good, this isn't A-RPG, this hasn't nothing in common with Fallout. This is ****.

    I quote someone under this comment Complete garbage.
    "**** console port, **** graphics, **** story, **** gameplay. This is not fallout, this is first person farmville."
    ...with a lot of shooting
  68. RomaLester
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    When Bethesda made Fallout 3, for original franchise it was like a murder with hight level of violent. When Bethesda made Fallout 4, for original it was like the rape of the rotten corpse. Does it realy so hard just take ideas from the first two original games and improve the graphics part? And that's it! The best game of next 10 years ready! But no! Bethesda, of course, have your ownWhen Bethesda made Fallout 3, for original franchise it was like a murder with hight level of violent. When Bethesda made Fallout 4, for original it was like the rape of the rotten corpse. Does it realy so hard just take ideas from the first two original games and improve the graphics part? And that's it! The best game of next 10 years ready! But no! Bethesda, of course, have your own special retarted way.… Expand
  69. Nehrk
    Nov 18, 2015
    0
    Where is the CATS? FALLOUT? No. Dont buy this .. shooter shooter game based on the Fallout universe. Congratulations Bethesda!
    They totally kill my favorite game.
  70. Penfoldini
    Dec 20, 2015
    0
    I don't own this game but my fried was always raving about the series and I had a go at 4 at his house, he seemed very excited about this. Unfortunately that was as far as the excitement got; I was bored within about 30 minutes, must have spent about 20 minutes running around outside the bunker and found myself hankering for an episode of come dine with me rather than this piece of boringI don't own this game but my fried was always raving about the series and I had a go at 4 at his house, he seemed very excited about this. Unfortunately that was as far as the excitement got; I was bored within about 30 minutes, must have spent about 20 minutes running around outside the bunker and found myself hankering for an episode of come dine with me rather than this piece of boring **** I just didn't care, one bit about any of it. The combat is like a wet fart, the dialogue rather unimaginative and I freaking hate kidnapping plots, it's just LAZY, LAZY, LAZY.... Something tells me the kid will be some kind of saviour but I really couldn't give a toss to find out whether this is true. I may try fallout 3, mainly because of the begging of previously mentioned friend, fingers crossed for a sale on steam, but this? This is a pile of wank, it steals ME's dialogue and from what I've seen on Angry Joe has zero impact on the trajectory of the game, so even implements that atrociously.... Well done Bethesda! Quite frankly, Far cry 4 kicks it's ass, buy that instead and you will have a happy Christmas!… Expand
  71. Ansatsu83
    Nov 14, 2015
    7
    The game is good but it is in NO WAY a 10 out of 10. The main complaints I have is in the combat. Without modding a decent gun you will be decimated. The new difficulty system is a double edged sword for me. Its best to slowly scale up the difficulty as you level your character, which is just odd to me. On top of this, melee weapons are pretty much pointless, right now. They have lots ofThe game is good but it is in NO WAY a 10 out of 10. The main complaints I have is in the combat. Without modding a decent gun you will be decimated. The new difficulty system is a double edged sword for me. Its best to slowly scale up the difficulty as you level your character, which is just odd to me. On top of this, melee weapons are pretty much pointless, right now. They have lots of them in the game, but you will get shot to death before you get close enough to melee the heavier types. Additionally, all 4 endings make me feel like I had no choice in the end, all of which caused me to sacrifice too much... Why cant I just play on a neutral path in the end? I started to lose interest halfway through because the sides are very much defined and I do not really agree with anything any of the factions are trying to accomplish. The other complaint I have is... I SWEAR they got M. Night Shyamalan to created the story as its nothing but obvious twists. 7 out of 10, its good but its not perfect, and it should never receive perfect scores.… Expand
  72. ace99
    Dec 1, 2015
    1
    Very bad game is very bad. The gameplay is just awful and very boring. Sad to see how much Bethesda has mutilated the series. Fallout is now a pure first person action game set in a theme park like world.
  73. Null_Code
    Nov 11, 2015
    7
    First of all this is my first review... and english is not my native lenguaje...
    Fallout 4 is NOT A BAD GAME... just is a game that fails trying to be what we all ( fallouts fans) were expected.
    This game is far than never from what a rpg should be and close than never to be a COD. Im enjoying the game ... only becouse i like every thing related to a post    First of all this is my first review... and english is not my native lenguaje...
    Fallout 4 is NOT A BAD GAME... just is a game that fails trying to be what we all ( fallouts fans) were expected.
    This game is far than never from what a rpg should be and close than never to be a COD.
    Im enjoying the game ... only becouse i like every thing related to a post apocaliptic world...(wasteland)
    but im not enjoying it becouse is a fallout game.
    I going to make a list abput the really big absences.

    *A extensive and diverse dialogue contempt
    *Degradation in gear and weapon
    *Diverse side quest ("Insert generic "go and clena rider camp" here)
    *HARDCORE MODE (A huge miss here)
    *No karma sistem

    Im still trying to find the reasons behind this desicions and hoping that is not another attemp to attrac "casual gamers".
    Again "THiS IS NOT A BAD GAME" just is really bad comparing to expectations .    … Expand
  74. darksouls2044
    Nov 12, 2015
    7
    This is a good game. But it's not a Fallout game.
    a huge step back from new vegas. wait until it's on sale.
    Any true Fallout fan (including Bethesda Fallouts) Would be hugely disappointed in this game. While there are some great additions, the crafting system, improved combat, building etc. It's one step forward, FIVE steps back. The poor performance on all platforms, optimization and    This is a good game. But it's not a Fallout game.
    a huge step back from new vegas. wait until it's on sale.

    Any true Fallout fan (including Bethesda Fallouts) Would be hugely disappointed in this game. While there are some great additions, the crafting system, improved combat, building etc. It's one step forward, FIVE steps back. The poor performance on all platforms, optimization and bugs are almost game breaking. The main story is extremely uninspired, and is almost a carbon copy of the story of Fallout 3, with a few minor tweaks. The voice acting and writing is extremely poor, for example the Boston accents sound like they were done from people off the street. For SEVEN years of development time, and with so many marks missed, I would not recommend this game, as anyone who has any respect for the RPGs of the past will be sorely disappointed with this.    … Expand
  75. bischofs
    Dec 3, 2015
    1
    I was a bit disturbed when I fired up Fallout 4 and the first thing I noticed was the giant blood splotches when I shot at anything - then I switched over to third person and noticed that when I focus aimed at something the character did not bring the rifle up to his eyes - also the gun was not pointing to where the target was. These small but important details illustrate how the priorityI was a bit disturbed when I fired up Fallout 4 and the first thing I noticed was the giant blood splotches when I shot at anything - then I switched over to third person and noticed that when I focus aimed at something the character did not bring the rifle up to his eyes - also the gun was not pointing to where the target was. These small but important details illustrate how the priority has shifted away from realism and immersion to a gimmicky first person shooter set in an "open world." it is amazing how much support and hype this series has and how hard Bethesda would have to try to screw it up - but they did for the sake of money and expanding the base to more stupid console gamers. Another classic gaming series destroyed by the soulless MBAs.… Expand
  76. Lionaeron
    Nov 10, 2015
    2
    This is more like Fallout New Vegas merged with a terrible attempt at mass effect. I played mass effect longer because the premise and story was somewhat engaging, i just couldn't finish it because they put story before game play(3rd person shooter irritates me) which isn't a bad thing just not for me. That said this game is a poor mans mass effect story telling wise as well as suuuuuuperThis is more like Fallout New Vegas merged with a terrible attempt at mass effect. I played mass effect longer because the premise and story was somewhat engaging, i just couldn't finish it because they put story before game play(3rd person shooter irritates me) which isn't a bad thing just not for me. That said this game is a poor mans mass effect story telling wise as well as suuuuuuper lackluster characters(druggy gypsy lady wants some chems to power her visions up eh, how original) as well as cringe worthy atmosphere and aesthetics.

    If you enjoyed New Vegas over Fallout 3 then there's hope for you, if you enjoyed Fallout 3 over New Vegas than skip this and save yourself money. Also as a added bonus you can't disable depth of field unless you disable antialising, so screw you if you suffer with motion sickness, we'll patch it later peasant.    … Expand
  77. FogCityRoller
    Nov 25, 2015
    1
    What do you know, a AAA title that was grossly overhyped and underperformed. Why do I keep setting myself up for disappointment by buying into this garbage? I actually thought Fallout 4 would be "the one" to actually live up to the hype, but holy lol. The graphics are inexcusably dated and gross, the interface is awful, the story is boring. I can't believe people think the graphics areWhat do you know, a AAA title that was grossly overhyped and underperformed. Why do I keep setting myself up for disappointment by buying into this garbage? I actually thought Fallout 4 would be "the one" to actually live up to the hype, but holy lol. The graphics are inexcusably dated and gross, the interface is awful, the story is boring. I can't believe people think the graphics are acceptable, it's on the Creation engine from LAST GEN. Seriously wtf?? That's the same engine they used for Skyrim! Just marginally improved. The fact that they try to call it "a next gen version of last gen's engine" is pathetic and sad. How fanboys defend this crap is beyond me.… Expand
  78. ippiki
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ce jeu n'est pas un Fallout c'est un synthétique ! kill him! il en a le corps mais, pas l'esprit. Donc pour une promenade shoot'm'up dans un univers qui ressemble à un Fallout cela peut le faire mais, pour un jeu acide avec un bon scénario et des rencontres atypiques travaillées on passe son chemin ! Enfin grande déception pour un monde ouvert plein de contenu mais, du contenu creux.… Expand
  79. metacriticforme
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    I give it a 0 because I can't give it negative numbers. Little to no RPG elements in the game basically a shooter mascaraing as an RPG. Compared to the previous titles it is inferior in every way possible. The graphics remind me of Dora the Explorer and the difficulty is appropriate of that age group as well even on survival. The much touted dialogue options are misleading as hell being asI give it a 0 because I can't give it negative numbers. Little to no RPG elements in the game basically a shooter mascaraing as an RPG. Compared to the previous titles it is inferior in every way possible. The graphics remind me of Dora the Explorer and the difficulty is appropriate of that age group as well even on survival. The much touted dialogue options are misleading as hell being as you don't know what your character is actually going to say when you pick an option and could be the exact opposite of what you are wanting to say. Customization on your weapons is a token gesture and a half hearted one at that. There is no love to the environment as in previous games and the dark humor carefully crafted into the world previously is also strangely absent. Hardly any optimization for the PC. This was very clearly created for the consoles and then dumped on a PC market. The settlement gimmick... Oh my god the settlements... when did fallout become the **** sims? I could go on for hours. This is by far the worst fallout entrance in the series and yes that includes tactics.

    Oh and all of this is to say nothing of the enormous number of bugs plaguing the game at launch and still as I write this review over a week after launch.

    Mods may save the game a year from now but it won't save my trust in Bethesda.    … Expand
  80. rafifar
    Dec 2, 2015
    0
    Stay away! Totally waste of money. This is not Fallout. Bad story, Bad dialogues, Bad graphics. It's not a RPG game. Disappointment of the year! And the bugs...
  81. MWSoapMactavish
    Nov 16, 2015
    2
    Major disappointment of the Year, this game feels like it was developed in a hurry from Bethesda to make money, we have Skills tab removed to have to upgrade SPECIAL stats each time we level up, literally there's no Skill limit to do things, this game feels like a Skyrim with Guns, only that is even more disappointing, the new dialogue system didn't come bug-free as it has awkward anglesMajor disappointment of the Year, this game feels like it was developed in a hurry from Bethesda to make money, we have Skills tab removed to have to upgrade SPECIAL stats each time we level up, literally there's no Skill limit to do things, this game feels like a Skyrim with Guns, only that is even more disappointing, the new dialogue system didn't come bug-free as it has awkward angles and sometimes misses lip-sync, sometimes I can't even heard what the characters are saying, also the new Power Armor feels like the Werewolf mode from Skyrim, this game also comes with a plethora of bugs, and FPS issues, even a high-end rig can't run this game optimally, the gun play is better than before, but lacks any difficulty as it doesn't have any skill to depend on, I couldn't really play the game, as of now I have FPS issues with Fallout 4 and there's no fix that worked, this game feels like a lie when Bethesda says that they've spending six years developing this disappointment, apparently Bethesda thinks that their fans are **** retarded or something as they lie without remorse.
    To be honest, this is an example of how overhype does more harm than good.    … Expand
  82. OG_Swifty
    Nov 10, 2015
    6
    Okay, I was really looking forward to F4 because I'm a great fan since the vault opened for the first time and I ventured out to fetch new water chip. Sadly, I cannot recommend this game to anyone like myself.. The game looks almost exactly the same like F3 / F:NV did - not a big issue but not a score either. The main protagonist (player) speaks and I don't like that. All theseOkay, I was really looking forward to F4 because I'm a great fan since the vault opened for the first time and I ventured out to fetch new water chip. Sadly, I cannot recommend this game to anyone like myself.. The game looks almost exactly the same like F3 / F:NV did - not a big issue but not a score either. The main protagonist (player) speaks and I don't like that. All these want-to-feel emotions that ain't emotional anyways are just terrible screenplay. Main thing that has ruined the most is story and dialogs in overall. I will not comment story to unhide any spoiler but dialogs are so poor that even Diablo 3 had it solved better! In every dialog you have about 4 options (4? how convenient..) and no matter how related or not related these options are, you can pick only one and that's it - dialog is over. No additional questions regarding your choices, not additional options based on your charisma or intelligence or strenght, nothing at all. You either say to that stupid robot that your wife's dead or ask him whether he saw killers - no option to tell him the bad news and ask about killer afterwards. I was like what?? It's year 2287 or something, don't tell me people gonna interact with A or B options... the game stinks like PS4 / X1 port as well, inventory is confusing and difficult to organize, crafting ain't anything special and building your own town is nothing I would like to do. All in all - the only good things are animated pip-boy and Fallout 4 sentimental value. Big disappoinment, GOTY award goes to Witcher 3 and it will be mostly deserved.… Expand
  83. Saveus
    Nov 12, 2015
    2
    I would rate this 9/10, but not for a fallout game. Fallout is a RPG before everything, now its more like a action adventure shooter than anything else. Bethesda learn absolutely nothing from the master piece that was Fallout New Vegas, developed by Obsidian, they know how to make a Fallout game. Let me explain.The "NEW" Dialogue system, is lame, only 4 dialogue choice and most of themI would rate this 9/10, but not for a fallout game. Fallout is a RPG before everything, now its more like a action adventure shooter than anything else. Bethesda learn absolutely nothing from the master piece that was Fallout New Vegas, developed by Obsidian, they know how to make a Fallout game. Let me explain.The "NEW" Dialogue system, is lame, only 4 dialogue choice and most of them will not change the discussion at all. There are no dialogue tree in this game they are all linear, they don't use skill/perk
    option, and your voice character don't have the personality of the character you might want to have.    … Expand
  84. Kikojak323
    Nov 23, 2015
    1
    Horribly optimized piece of PC port crap. Buggy, Stuttering yet unimpressive graphics. Toned down the settings to prevent stuttering caused from RAM still same problem. Unplayable
  85. koyukon
    May 19, 2017
    0
    Rubbish dump simulator. I tried to like it but burned out after a few days. There's a clunkiness to the animations and gameplay. It didn't feel like a living world.
  86. MaWo79
    Nov 21, 2015
    5
    Ok, I’m 70 hours into Fallout 4 now and I must admit, that I’m still undecided whether I like the game or not. My feelings toward FO4 went up and down. I found it rather boring in the beginning but it became much better after a few hours. But still…

    Sure, the world is huge, there is a lot to explore, and it is fun roaming around, but the world somehow doesn’t attract me like in the    Ok, I’m 70 hours into Fallout 4 now and I must admit, that I’m still undecided whether I like the game or not. My feelings toward FO4 went up and down. I found it rather boring in the beginning but it became much better after a few hours. But still…

    Sure, the world is huge, there is a lot to explore, and it is fun roaming around, but the world somehow doesn’t attract me like in the previous games FO3/NV. Bethesda made some improvements here and there, like the fantastic crafting system, I even like the graphics, but still I felt more related to game world in all of the past titles.

    I miss interesting quests, exciting stories and noteworthy characters. There are too many dead places in the world with no story or where the story hardly scratches the surface. Compared to its predecessors, the game makes a lot of things different. But I miss improvements in the important areas. I gladly would have traded the “base building” for a real big and interesting city. I would have liked more “Roleplay Game” instead of “Minecraft”.

    FO4 doesn’t live up to my expectations and I must admit that I like FO3/NV more than this one. But the most important thing at last. It is one thing to compare this game to its predecessors but time went on and brought us a game like “The Witcher 3” from CDP which set the new benchmark in terms of open world RPGs. CDP showed that it is indeed possible to combine an open world with an interesting main story, complex side quests and fill it with hundreds of little stories all around. They showed that you can create remarkable characters who grow dear to one’s heart and become friends rather than being simple quest giver. They showed that you can have complex interaction with the world and its inhabitants rather than rushing trough. And they managed to create a game world that feels real and alive. It makes you feel like it could be existing whereas FO4 totally feels… yeah, like a game.

    Bethesda said prior to the release of FO4 that the game would “set new standards in terms of open world RPGs”. I can only say, sorry but these new standards have already been set by CDP and their Witcher 3. And FO4 is far away from this new open world RPG experience.    … Expand
  87. Havoc44
    Nov 17, 2015
    7
    I like the exploration of the game and all the little things you could find in the world. Also the game has some interesting characters. The companions are great and helpful. Enemies are good too. They use cover effectively and have good ai.

    Issues: I found the story not engaging. I felt no real motivation to get back the guy from the vault. Compare to other games, like Witcher 3    I like the exploration of the game and all the little things you could find in the world. Also the game has some interesting characters. The companions are great and helpful. Enemies are good too. They use cover effectively and have good ai.

    Issues:
    I found the story not engaging. I felt no real motivation to get back the guy from the vault. Compare to other games, like Witcher 3 for example where I was engaged and very interested to find Ciri and learn more about her. And Witcher 3 was my first Witcher game as Fall Out 4 is my first introduction into the series. The building system is nice yet incomplete. (feels tack on) The graphics are good, not great. Combat was a mix bag for me.

    Overall, I am having more fun exploring and with a few side quests then the main story. A good game for sure, though for me not a great game.    … Expand
  88. captainkane
    Mar 4, 2016
    6
    I agree with those critics who acknowledge Fallout 4’s biggest shortcoming: It doesn’t push the series forward. The only risk Bethesda took was settlement creation, a poorly implemented mechanic. Fallout 4 can be fun, but its buggy. The story is ho-hum and the perks system is half-baked. If anything, FO4 shows us how lazy Bethesda games have become. It lacks the spark that’ll keep gamersI agree with those critics who acknowledge Fallout 4’s biggest shortcoming: It doesn’t push the series forward. The only risk Bethesda took was settlement creation, a poorly implemented mechanic. Fallout 4 can be fun, but its buggy. The story is ho-hum and the perks system is half-baked. If anything, FO4 shows us how lazy Bethesda games have become. It lacks the spark that’ll keep gamers coming back.

    I enjoyed Fallout 3. It sucks players in with a great intro and then throws them to the wolves. There is so much uncertainty after those beginning moments. Fallout 4 dumbed it all down. Everything is sped up so to keep the attention of impatient tween gamers. I actually had a laugh out loud moment just before my character stepped out of the vault. The sense of awe Bethesda captured with FO3, Oblivion, and Morrowind simply isn’t there. Even Skyrim does a great job instilling a feeling of adventure into axe wielding drifters. Fallout 4 never does that, which is sad given the protagonist’s dilemma.

    The optional companions are hindrances more than aids. Stealth players are better leaving them at home. Companions possess no situational awareness. They walk into ambushes, give aware hidden positions, and pin players against obstacles. Managing them is a pain because there’s no quick menu for issuing commands. Players must actually look at companions, mark them, and then direct them exactly where to go. They habitually ignore orders, or get lost. There are no indicators on the minimap for companions’ locations. If players want to find someone, good luck. I only keep companions around to hold loot.

    Companions don’t contribute to the story either. Unlike Mass Effect, the actions of one companion have no influence on another’s behavior. Dialogue options don’t reflect previous decisions. Conversations are shallow. For completionist, the romance options and companion perks are added benefits. It only takes an hour or two to max a companions affinity meter. Unlike well-constructed RPG’s, FO4 doesn’t emphasize loyalty among companions. I guess that’s a good thing since they suck anyway. Overall, companions are hardly beneficial.

    Like every other Bethesda game, the engine is a wreck. Low framerates, texture pop ins, clipping issues, and long load times are just a few problems. Save often. My character has gotten stuck in midair, fallen thru map, and walked thru all the buildings of Boston Commons. These problems forced me to quit the game and reload. Now I save every few minutes. Bethesda is notorious for releasing buggy games, and FO4 is no exception. Despite using a speedy ssd, load times are slow when entering buildings and dungeons. Character interactions are sometimes delayed as dialogue is loaded. Witcher 3 has its share of problems, but it sets a high bar on performance. No loading screens and impressive frame rates create a seamless, immersive experience, something Bethesda should imitate.

    Graphically, FO4 is unimpressive. Visually, Dying Light on Xbox One blows the PC version of FO4 out of the water. Perch on a skyscraper in each game and the differences are obvious. The Creation engine is unsophisticated and poorly optimized. The problems listed above are bad enough. But it’s also plagued by slow rendering, short draw distances, and muddy textures. Just inferior performance overall. Skyrim has several game breaking bugs that Bethesda refuses to fix, and the same will happen with Fallout 4.

    The VATS system is back, but feels less important now. The SPECIAL attributes are nifty, but unbalanced. Except for Strength and Endurance, attributes primarily benefit VATS users. Charisma requires a hefty investment to be useful. Players must pump 8 points into it if they want to pass speech check or build settlements. Agility and Perception offer no benefits in real time combat. Bethesda offsets the less than stellar attributes by binding them with perks. No skills this time. On low difficulties, perks aren’t even necessary. Unfortunately, sneaky players will have the most difficult times because stealth mechanics are crap, as usual. Boss fights take a page from Dues Ex: HR. They cater to specific playstyles, namely brute force or heavy VATS usage. Other builds are at disadvantages.

    Settlements require valuable upgrade points but offer debatable benefits. They aren’t necessary. FO4 provides zero information in game on building them. The mechanics are cobbled together, so constructing anything from scratch is painstakingly difficult. At best, it’s a shoddy level creator tacked on just before launch.

    Fallout 4 isn’t a bad game. But it feels dated and clumsy. The thin story, shallow characters, and average gameplay remind me of Far Cry games. All the RPGness is gone. Terrible optimization is par for the course. Bethesda is cruising on autopilot and Fallout 4 confirms this. If you’ve played one Bethesda’s game, you’ve played them all. Hopefully its next release offers real innovation instead of pandering to casual kids.    … Expand
  89. itmo
    Nov 20, 2015
    5
    The game hasn't delivered anything innovative, in fact it has taken several steps backwards and shows the level of intelligence of modern game developers,t hat have given fans a dumbed down version of an RPG that gives little choice and little consequence. There are those whom truly believe that this is a game worthy of being called Fallout and being released in 2015, I am not one ofThe game hasn't delivered anything innovative, in fact it has taken several steps backwards and shows the level of intelligence of modern game developers,t hat have given fans a dumbed down version of an RPG that gives little choice and little consequence. There are those whom truly believe that this is a game worthy of being called Fallout and being released in 2015, I am not one of them. Sad to see a series crash and burn with many mindless design implementations. Sack the Project Leader, sack the lot of them.… Expand
  90. Shelledfade
    Nov 14, 2015
    7
    I have played fallout 1, 2 , 3, and new vegas. I've played this game for 39 hours so far on survival difficulty. It's a solid 7 in my opinion. The settlements seem very fun at first, but then you realize that they don't get attacked if you have a good defensive score, so then what exactly is the point? I'm not really sure to be honest. I built stores but they don't seem to be making me anyI have played fallout 1, 2 , 3, and new vegas. I've played this game for 39 hours so far on survival difficulty. It's a solid 7 in my opinion. The settlements seem very fun at first, but then you realize that they don't get attacked if you have a good defensive score, so then what exactly is the point? I'm not really sure to be honest. I built stores but they don't seem to be making me any money, so I'm a bit confused on what the point of settlements are at all. They don't give you money, and they don't get attacked. After you get bored of building; which admittedly was fun for a while, the whole settlement mechanic just seems pointless. Also Building on slopes is a downright painful.

    The game was definitely designed around the power armor and its a major improvement compared to other fallout games, but once you start finding or buying a lot of fusion cores which power the armor, it seems like you're in a constant state of overpowered mode. My companion is even able to use a 2nd power armor suit that I found, without a fusion core lol. I pulled the core and told them to go inside it and they have no problem running around and fighting in it when it has no fusion core. Nice one bethesda.

    There isn't really any "survival" aspect to "survival". Unlike hardcore mode in fallout new vegas, you don't have any food/health or sleep needs. In my opinion Bethesda dropped the ball on that. That was a great improvement that new vegas added to the series and I really don't know why that isn't in fallout 4. I expect mods to fix a lot of the issues with food/water/sleep needs and the settlement issues.

    Shooting has been vastly improved from the previous fallout games which is a major bonus, and I think a lot of people are saying that this isn't an RPG anymore because you don't need v.a.t.s to play this game now. You have way more options when it comes to perks and building a character compared to previous fallout games, and your character is actually voiced which I found an improvement over the previous fallout games as well. I haven't gone to deep into the story yet but so far side-quests have been highly entertaining. The way they made ghouls crawl from random places in the environment is also a major improvement.

    The graphics aren't as bad as people are saying. Yes, textures can be low-res at times but I expect beth may do a high-res pack as they did for skyrim. If not, mods will solve those problems over time.

    I really don't understand all this hate. This game IS a vast improvement over new vegas and fallout 3. The only thing it didn't get right was the actual survival aspect of the food/water/sleep needs which isn't THAT big of a deal. The only thing they really messed up on here are settlements. They don't get attacked which is just boring and they aren't making me money so I don't understand what purpose they have, you don't have any escort caravan type missions either when you make supply lines between the settlements so I really don't understand why something like that isn't there either. I would have gave the game an 8 but these settlements just don't make sense to me so I gave it a 7.

    It's a solid game. It has some problems and issues that may get resolved with mods or with patches from bethesda. It doesn't deserve this level of hate though that I've been seeing.    … Expand
  91. longneck
    Nov 11, 2015
    5
    5/10, It's not a horrible game that deserves a 2/10 like duke nukem forever, but like duke nukem forever it fell into the same overhyped but underwhelming game release.

    First off what the game gets right - Shooting/combat, FO4 is light years better than NV or FO3 in this regard. HOWEVER, Fallout games have never been primarily FPS arcade shooter; Bethesda **** the bed on any RPG-like    5/10, It's not a horrible game that deserves a 2/10 like duke nukem forever, but like duke nukem forever it fell into the same overhyped but underwhelming game release.

    First off what the game gets right
    - Shooting/combat, FO4 is light years better than NV or FO3 in this regard. HOWEVER, Fallout games have never been primarily FPS arcade shooter; Bethesda **** the bed on any RPG-like aspects of the game. Everything else is sadly pretty much a disappointment.

    First off: Optimization. I play skryim with a TON of mods, and it still gets a smooth 60fps and it looks nicer than fallout 4. Why the constant dipping between 30 and 60? My PC plays pretty much any other game, including witcher 3, on ultra with 60fps.

    Secondly - The controls are AWFUL. I gave up and resorted to playing with an xbox controller, as the PC controls were simply too awkward and clunky. This should not be happening with any game, period. Especially a RPG.

    Thirdly - The gameplay. Please give Fallout back to Obsidian. The perk system / leveling up is more call of duty than fallout in nature, what was a fantastic system has been heavily reduced to this oversimplified, scape-goat of a leveling system. Voice acting, while heavily hyped by media, turned out (surprise surprise) to be a huge negative. Immersion is wrecked, and the dialogue choices are seriously **** pathetic. You're answers for pretty much everything is **** "please, tell me more" "yes" or "no." That along with a voiced protagonist more or less kills any immersion. In Fallout NV and Fallout 3, a lot of people, myself included, liked the role playing aspect. I would play first as a cowboy with a heart of gold, then replay as a savage heavy artillery warlord. Fallout 4 removed any aspect of this, and replaced it with... well... lazy voice acting at best?

    Lastly, the story. Just stop Bethesda, please for the love of god, please just leave Fallout alone. Story has never really been Bethesda's strong suit, but this games lack of it is... well... astounding for a new AAA release. If they decide to continue making RPG like games, they need to REALLY hire some decent writers, or contract out the story part to another studio.

    I rated the game 5/10 because while not a horrible game on its own, it stands up to absolutely nothing fallout has ever been as a franchise. Seriously, if you're a fallout fan, just wait and buy it on when its on sale. If you're a huge fan of meaningless sandbox FPS's, ala RAGE, then give it a try, sure, but be prepared to be disappointed.    … Expand
  92. Bobk
    Nov 26, 2015
    7
    Story is short and generic, it took me under 1 week to complete the story which is sad. Also after you finish the game, it feels boring. It took me 3 weeks to finish Witcher 3 and then I played the game for 2 more weeks (DLC took me 3 days). But the game still has some good moments and average visuals.
  93. Warlimont
    Nov 11, 2015
    6
    My experience so far In a word - underwhelmed. My description of the game so far - bland. Bland dialogue, bland characters, bland story, bland graphics. Nancy Drew games have more ambition than does Fallout 4. I will grant there is a lot of content, but the game gives you no real reason to want to do any of it.
  94. skulltula
    Nov 11, 2015
    5
    Fallout 4 is a huge let down in regard to its rpg aspects. The voiced character, and infuriating dialogue wheel will pull you out of any sense of immersion that you had, and frustrate the hell out of you. The dialogue wheel often gives a single word describing what your character is about to say. In addition speech checks were rather pointless.

    In previous Fallout games your could often    Fallout 4 is a huge let down in regard to its rpg aspects. The voiced character, and infuriating dialogue wheel will pull you out of any sense of immersion that you had, and frustrate the hell out of you. The dialogue wheel often gives a single word describing what your character is about to say. In addition speech checks were rather pointless.

    In previous Fallout games your could often find peacefull or alternative resolutions to quests so long as your could pass speech checks, or had a high enough skill in some other skill category. This is non existent in Fallout 4. Most quests simply have you go into a massive maze like factories and shoot up everyone inside.

    The changes to power armor are also very aggravating. You are given a full suit of powere armor within the first 30 minutes ruining any sense of progression in the early game. In addition your constantly having to fast travel to your power armor just to kill an enemy or two due to the new fuel requirements of it.

    My last biggest disappointment is with the graphics and performance. On my 750 ti (heavily overclocked) I can easily play Skyrim heavly modded on Ultra settings at 50-60 fps no problem. Fallout 4 which runs off the same engine, and looks worse, I can barely snag 30 fps during some combat situations on the low graphics preset. It's an absolute joke.    … Expand
  95. niesse
    Nov 13, 2015
    7
    this didnt live up to the expectations. the game is full of bugs and the story is kind of meh. i just finished the game and i got to say that it has a very short main storyline. yes, i know there are alot of sidequest too. but i want a really rich main story. i hope that bethesda atleast can fix the problems. first of all the game engine is tied to your framerate. so if you have like 200this didnt live up to the expectations. the game is full of bugs and the story is kind of meh. i just finished the game and i got to say that it has a very short main storyline. yes, i know there are alot of sidequest too. but i want a really rich main story. i hope that bethesda atleast can fix the problems. first of all the game engine is tied to your framerate. so if you have like 200 fps, everything will be going twice as fast as the normal speed. which is capped on pc.… Expand
  96. Braxmapoutras
    Dec 7, 2015
    3
    Its not a bad game,its a bad fallout and bethesda game though....
    Almost non existent rpg elements,unlimited repeatable and stupid fetch quests,exploration rewarding only until you find the best weapon possible....which by the way you'll get depending on your luck as loot system is rng....and it has the most ridiculous pacing in all of bethesda games...in the first hour you get an OP    Its not a bad game,its a bad fallout and bethesda game though....
    Almost non existent rpg elements,unlimited repeatable and stupid fetch quests,exploration rewarding only until you find the best weapon possible....which by the way you'll get depending on your luck as loot system is rng....and it has the most ridiculous pacing in all of bethesda games...in the first hour you get an OP power armor and a minigun and a laser musket ...all in less than an hour...and not to mention that you also become a faction leader within that time as well....i'm very disapointed in bethesda truly they got realy lazy this timeq..aaaaand teeerible performance and dated **** engine....hope they make it a better game at least though expansion packs and updates...which i doubt but lets hope for the best...    … Expand
  97. Gamed2long
    Jul 5, 2016
    6
    For better or worse, the recipe of what makes a Fallout game has changed. Great strides have been made since Fallout 3 and New Vegas but with a terrible cost. With Fallout 4, some key ingredients that make a fallout game have been cut way back. If you are new to the franchise, you won’t know what you are missing. My first impressions of this game having played Fallout 3 and New Vegas wereFor better or worse, the recipe of what makes a Fallout game has changed. Great strides have been made since Fallout 3 and New Vegas but with a terrible cost. With Fallout 4, some key ingredients that make a fallout game have been cut way back. If you are new to the franchise, you won’t know what you are missing. My first impressions of this game having played Fallout 3 and New Vegas were not great. Goodbye skillpoints and interesting dialogue options. And I’m no graphics snob, but early in the game they were rough. Having completed the game, it becomes apparent there is something fundamentally off preventing this from being a good or even great fallout game, while a few bugs aside it would otherwise be considered a good game.
    Its an attitude really, and a general lack of self consistency that hurts the game. For instance the radio DJ is no 3 Dog, and sounds like a wet blanket in general. That along with a largely filler perk tree, and a very unbalanced difficulty progression seriously hurt the game.
    The good: The central theme, at least in theory. Is it slavery if the robots are self aware and have free will? This could be an interesting idea to play with. But aside from the single mission where SPOILER OMITTED turns out to be a synth, it was largely a botched execution.
    Gunplay is much better than previous games. I focused on rifles for my playthrough and it has now gotten to the point where I would target someone in VATS, ~50% chance to hit, miss 3 times (happens) and then blow them away using a simple scope without VATS and never miss. Other than targeting hard to spot enemies, and the occasional crit I was often better off not using VATS. I also like that grenades could be equipped the same time as a gun. The explosives mechanic in general was much improved.
    There was more variety with enemies, compared to previous games. Fighting Behemoth sized creatures is more fun than it used to be. In general the gameplay was less clunky and a bit better streamlined than previous entries. Voiced dialogue and cinematic camera was also a nice improvement, even if it did hurt creativity.
    The first couple times you use power armor is great fun. Though its not uncommon to ignore it completely until you have a surplus of fusion cores at the end of the game and not much to do.
    The bad: A key roleplay element of fallout games was lost. In previous entries having a high enough stat or ability unlocked different ways to complete missions, yielding different loot and sometimes different outcomes. By folding that into a perk tree, all of the uniqueness was lost. And a lot of the perk tree felt like filler. More than once I had to spent a couple points simply to unlock the ability I was interested in.
    Settlement building was an interesting idea but the execution was terrible. Sims does it better. I was looking forward to building off a fortress and fending off raiders. But bad enemy spawn points, arbitrary settlement limits, and a really rough interface sucked the fun out of that aspect of the game. Additionally it hurts immersion as the settlements you can build look radically different from the rest of the game.
    The level design of interiors is clearly optimized for radiant quests. If you keep doing the radiant quests, great. If not, its a repetitiveness that would have been better left empty. At its best Fallout games could tell a story with a few messages on terminals, oddly scattered loot and a skeleton or 3. This game either hit you over the head with something simple, or had nothing to say with its level design. In general the world felt like loot and enemies got dropped into it and didn’t feel lived in.
    The plot of the game itself, is sci-fi B-movie material. Which doesn’t have to be a bad thing. I kept drawing parallels to the Old World Blues. A series of highly implausible characters were locked in an endless struggle, and it worked on many levels. In this game the institute causes all sorts of problems on the surface because ??? Best answer I have is because plot. Nearly all characters in this game lacked any kind of motivation. What little there was usually came in the form of exposition instead of quests or events.
    Legendary guns started out a great idea. Unfortunately some of the statuses are OP and immersion breaking, while the rest are largely useless. The random drop nature of the weapons was fun at first, but by game end you’ll sift through a lot of terrible gear for anything that might be an improvement.
    The ugly. The view of the ground from a vertibird. Object clipping got really bad.
    Also in my playthrough the dialogue on a few companion quests was bugged. Quests stalled just before completion. If it happens to you, replacing the companion and then talking to them at a settlement allowed the quest dialogue to progress.
    Overall, not a bad game, but not quite the great leap forward from New Vegas we were all expecting prior to launch.    … Expand
  98. yesterdayatnoon
    Dec 18, 2015
    6
    This game won't scratch the RPG itch, but if that's fine with you it's alright.

    I spent a fair bit of time exploring the world and found it very enjoyable. the world looks nice, building towns is fun, the crafting is much better and that's about it. I spent so much time exploring because the main story is pretty awful and the insertion of repeatable quests makes the game feel tedious    This game won't scratch the RPG itch, but if that's fine with you it's alright.

    I spent a fair bit of time exploring the world and found it very enjoyable. the world looks nice, building towns is fun, the crafting is much better and that's about it. I spent so much time exploring because the main story is pretty awful and the insertion of repeatable quests makes the game feel tedious till you discover there's no punishment for skipping them or reward for completing them.

    The main story, writing aside, is a mess. I'm not sure who you're supposed to be in this game, but it sure as heck isn't someone who just saw their whole world nuked to hell. Nuking everything seems to be your go-to for many major plot lines. The few people that should just be executed are protected by plot immunity. And much of the story is delivered through text rather than through objects in the world and interactions in the world. A lesson in avoiding exposition is really needed at the Bethesda offices.

    The plot is... strange. At some point mid game you accomplish your story starting goal and are left sort of spinning. At that point you have the option of progressing the game through a few different paths, all of which involve being the sort of evil born by stupidity. There's no option to be a good person, there's no option to be an evil person, you can't really rebuild civilization, no. It's you choosing which way to screw everything up in a dramatic fashion.

    The world itself is also fairly inconsistent. We have slavers who buy and sell slaves only after they reach our contemporary age of majority. We have whole cars made with steel and no parts. We have a secret group whose existence is doubted despite their easily identifiable minions wandering around.

    All that said, this is the first game I've played where I can stuff a computer nerds home made girlfriend fantasy into someone else's hot new body and make sweet love to it, so it does get some bonuses for weirdness.

    I highly recommend the game if you avoid the main story.    … Expand
  99. Tjackson31692
    Dec 2, 2015
    6
    First thing I'm going to said it a decent game but I would like to say is that I am fan of Fallout New Vegas and I enjoyed it much more than Fallout 3 for many different reasons, such as: Multiple ways to finish the game, likeable and believable characters, multiple ways to do quests, reputation, karma etc. Overall Fallout New Vegas was superior to Fallout 3 in many ways and I a regret toFirst thing I'm going to said it a decent game but I would like to say is that I am fan of Fallout New Vegas and I enjoyed it much more than Fallout 3 for many different reasons, such as: Multiple ways to finish the game, likeable and believable characters, multiple ways to do quests, reputation, karma etc. Overall Fallout New Vegas was superior to Fallout 3 in many ways and I a regret to inform you that Fallout 4 is nowhere near that level. In fact, I consider Fallout 4 one of the weakest entries in the franchise, even worse than Fallout 3, but I will explain below why.

    I will start of with the fact that Fallout 4 doesn't let you roleplay too much, if at all. You always start of as a concerned father/mother who is looking for his/her son. Now, having a set background wouldn't be bad if it was designed properly, but unfortunately it is not. The player is forced into being a goodie-to-shoes good guy or sarcastic guy. The game does not allow you to play as, for example: Crazy Maniac, Sir talks a lot (can avoid almost every combat, by talking), Evil Emperor, or something in between. You can decide to not do a quest, but that is it. Either way it is still waiting for you and you can pick it up at any time. Of course there are times when you can be little bit evil, but they are far and between. So replayability and roleplaying were cut down a lot, which for RPG fans is a great deal, especially since most of them prefer to play as a someone they imagine rather than someone designed for them.

    Of course there are games that are exceptions such as: Mass Effect or Witcher 3, but those games have got preset protagonist, while Fallout franchise never had one. Of course you would be: Vault Dweller, Chosen One, Lone Wanderer, Courier, but those are just titles and it is up to player to decide who they are and how they act. In Fallout 4 we do not get that freedom.

    Now onto the characters. Most of the NPCs in the game are boring as hell. Even companions are hardly interesting and the way the react to your actions and how long it takes is poorly designed. For example, there is Curie, who you can impress by being nice, siding with Railroad, etc. But even after I did many things like that it takes ages to romance her, so no easy way with it I am afraid. The only companions I like so far are Dogmeat and Cadsworth, but other than that I want to shoot some of them in the face.

    And here we get to another stupidity of Fallout 4- essential characters, they are almost everywhere. Basically, You are connected to the quest, I can't kill you. It breaks immersion and is annoying when there are some NPCs, like Mama Murphy who you want to shoot in the face, but you can't. The only thing you can do about her is to build her a chair, somewhere where no one will ever find her.

    Now let's talk a bit about character progression and how inferior it is compared to Fallout NV or even Fallout 3. In both of those games you had to pick your special carefully, otherwise your build would be flawed and you would suffer a lot. They were RPGs that punished players for making stupid builds and mistakes. You could not become a Jack Of All trades because levels and perks were limited so you had to be careful what to choose. In Fallout 4 though, there isn't such thing. You can become 10 across all special, or even 11 if you pick boobleheads just by leveling up. There are very few builds that will make player miserable, such as the one focused on Charisma so it much less punishing than previous games. It is more streamlined, which for me is not a good thing.

    Anyway, as you level up you can either boost your special or take a perk, which sounds good on paper but in practise it takes away from the game, because the most important thing in this game is to get you damage and let you build weapons. Other builds are much less optimal. It wouldn't be that bad, but because Bethesda cut out Skills, karma and reputation there almost no alternate ways to do quests. The only instance that required high int and nothing more was found by me after 40 hours of playing the game, which is just bad.

    Now onto the quests and main storyline. The main quest takes the player through the ruins of commonwealth in order to find Shaun, the son of the Protagonist. Unfortunately it is quite predictable, and does not allow too much flexibility. In the end we find him and we have to decide which faction to support. So the main quest is bad, but it has never been great in most Bethesda games or even the most important. Side quests were the most important part of playing Fallout games. For example in New Vegas, there was a quest in Goodsprings, where you could side with either the town or the powder gangers. Doesn't seem impressive, does it? HOWEVER, you could join one of those sides whenever you wanted or even back stab the one you supported, for example: Side with powder gangers, but lay mines on the road and kill them all before they come to the town or just murd    … Expand
  100. Jappp
    Nov 23, 2015
    5
    Very disappointed. I didn't expect much to be honest but still, this is far worse than I could have ever imagined.
    This isn't in any way a better game than the previous ones and this isn't even on par with most current gen games.
    Pretty much everything is dumbed down; - perks, - stats, - dialogue, - quests, - companion control, - decision impact. This does not feel like a    Very disappointed. I didn't expect much to be honest but still, this is far worse than I could have ever imagined.
    This isn't in any way a better game than the previous ones and this isn't even on par with most current gen games.

    Pretty much everything is dumbed down;
    - perks,
    - stats,
    - dialogue,
    - quests,
    - companion control,
    - decision impact.

    This does not feel like a triple A game from late 2015;
    - graphics are meh
    - performance is even worse
    - AI is absolutely atrocious (still)
    - settlement building is unfinished and seems forced

    The only thing I found enjoyable enough was
    - weapon modification
    - story (although definitely not great)
    - voice acting (I personally don't mind the voiced protagonist)
    - atmosphere/soundtrack

    What is absolutely horrendous though;
    - companions (they can't die but can't shoot either)
    - no karma, no survival mode
    - laughable easy access to Power Armor and Fusion Cores
    - (mini) bosses are just bullet sponges    … Expand
Page:

Awards & Rankings

31
#31 Best PC Game of 2015
2
#2 Most Discussed PC Game of 2015
2
#2 Most Shared PC Game of 2015

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 4, 2016
    80
    After terrible first couple of hours Fallout 4 pulled itself together and ultimately was almost as fun as The Witcher 3. There’s a huge chasm between these two games in terms of technology (F4 looks like a X360 game), but their open worlds are equally good and Bethesda did a better job with crafting. [01/2016, p.42]
  2. PCWorld
    Jan 19, 2016
    70
    This isn’t the step forward I expected, though. Here we are, the first Bethesda game on a new hardware generation, and I can’t help feeling like we’ve regressed—like Fallout 4 really is Oblivion-with-guns. A decade later, it certainly makes many of the same mistakes.
    Read full review
  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]
See all critic reviews »