Fallout 4

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5.7

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  1. junkgunk
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    The dialogue system of past fallout games was one of their best attributes. The new system blows and ruins the whole game. Hopefully Bethesda will realize their mistake and avoid migrating the new system to future fallout and elder scroll games.
  2. alekseymazgo
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    The dialog system is terrible,the game doesnt have any variation in the dialogues.Compared with the first and second part of this game it has developed into an ordinary shooter for stupid freaks.Вevelopers have taken all the worst aspects of the fallout 3 and made them much worse.
  3. Cuttooth
    Nov 10, 2015
    2
    Unbelievably disappointing addition to the franchise. So much of the core mechanics that made for the immersive RPG experience of previous games have been stripped out reducing it to an uninspiring first person shooter.

    It's truly bizarre to see so many critic reviews praising this complete gutting of the character and narrative systems essential to Fallout as 'streamlining'. I've    Unbelievably disappointing addition to the franchise. So much of the core mechanics that made for the immersive RPG experience of previous games have been stripped out reducing it to an uninspiring first person shooter.

    It's truly bizarre to see so many critic reviews praising this complete gutting of the character and narrative systems essential to Fallout as 'streamlining'.

    I've actually attempted my first ever steam refund after 12 hours when I realised this was not the game I had been sold... fans of the series avoid at all cost.    … Expand
  4. Jesterk23
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game is so bad that after the lengthy download, and playing it for 12 hours, I wept. I looked back on how much of my life I would never get back, how many opportunities could have come and gone in that time. This game made me sad. The hype was vomit inducing like an exciting showground ride, but playing it was like having a golf club stuck up my ass with no Vaseline whatsoever. RoleThis game is so bad that after the lengthy download, and playing it for 12 hours, I wept. I looked back on how much of my life I would never get back, how many opportunities could have come and gone in that time. This game made me sad. The hype was vomit inducing like an exciting showground ride, but playing it was like having a golf club stuck up my ass with no Vaseline whatsoever. Role playing? No. Game? Hardly. Get your money back, the game's case isn't even worthy or holding my ball-hair shavings.… Expand
  5. gameworm
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    Like what is wrong with these false marketing these days? game looks like a playstation 2 port and poor fps poor animation, lack of atmosphere, boring missions, bad gun fight. Like really? mediocre fps at its' best.
  6. Ezio21
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    What the hell is wrong with You bethesda? This game is a significant downgrade from Skyrim and FNV. It's a FRICKIN' CRAP. Quests are boring, story is boring, weapons are boring, graphics are good but optimization IS TOTAL FAILURE
  7. Tain
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    Fallout 4 feels like a shooter instead of a RPG, Beth butchered the Fallout franchise they should of passed development to Obsidian for writing.

    Beth has been cutting out RPG elements in their games since Oblivion no surprise here. If your a RPG fan then stay away from Fallout 4, but F: NV if you don't have it or buy Witcher 3. Witcher 3's storytelling is 100 times better than    Fallout 4 feels like a shooter instead of a RPG, Beth butchered the Fallout franchise they should of passed development to Obsidian for writing.

    Beth has been cutting out RPG elements in their games since Oblivion no surprise here. If your a RPG fan then stay away from Fallout 4, but F: NV if you don't have it or buy Witcher 3.

    Witcher 3's storytelling is 100 times better than Fallout 4's.

    With that said, last purchase from Beth from here on out. BYE BETH!    … Expand
  8. Drakensangs
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    Mediocre gameplay, insultingly bad story and characters, a horrible dialogue wheel and last gen graphics that make you wonder just why the game is running so bad.
  9. kabel_od_pilota
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Huge hype and huge dissap so far.
    - no FOV slider
    - damn you godrays!
    - some resolutions aren't supported (forget about 16:10)
    - bad mouse acceleration
    - game was built with a controller in mind
    - most keys are presets, im left handed
    - bad ingame performance (no SLI/CF support)
    - bad optm. ( huge areas on 390x 25 - 40 fps on HD)
    Steam copy returned, thanks bethesda.
  10. Nikkolette
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Dumbed down piece of disappointmet. Awful witing, absolutely perimitive dialogue system. dumbed down leveling, axed skills, dumbed down perks, dumbed down EVERYTHING. Bethesda caters to the lowest common denominator among the gamers - action Call of Duty crowd, to whom reading more than a single paragraph is an affront. Complex sentences makes their head hurt, so Fallout 4 is ideal forDumbed down piece of disappointmet. Awful witing, absolutely perimitive dialogue system. dumbed down leveling, axed skills, dumbed down perks, dumbed down EVERYTHING. Bethesda caters to the lowest common denominator among the gamers - action Call of Duty crowd, to whom reading more than a single paragraph is an affront. Complex sentences makes their head hurt, so Fallout 4 is ideal for using simple phrases.… Expand
  11. nikitademkin
    Nov 22, 2015
    0
    This is the disappointment of the year
    They cut off all rpg elements, freedom of choice, dialogs, decisions.. All new that they brought is sims/minecraft elements.
    This is shooter with tweaks like levels and building. This is not fallout, this is not rpg, this is not even decent game. Boring story (mix of fallout 3 and RAGE), repetitive quests
  12. koval321
    Nov 21, 2015
    0
    Most recognizable parts of game seem to be watered down, simplified and some gizmos extended. Am not play Fallout to be garbage hoarder I played it to have interesting adventure with solid RPG parts.
  13. folhadelfia
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Uninspiring gameplay, with vague and bad gun feeling. Quests are broken, graphics and art style are appalling and a true shame to Bethesda, and a Bethesda game having bad graphics or art style coming as a surprise is saying a lot. About the plot: lol. About the dialog: a bad joke. Avoid at all costs.
  14. Malaith
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    I have over 200 hours in fallout NV. so I am not new to the fallout series and this is by far the worst game so far . And even though it's **** the so called game journalist are giving it 90+ so be sure that something fishy is going on and this isn't the first time . The game crash constantly!
  15. Gumba1989
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    No matter how much you look at it, this is not the product of "7 years in the making"
    Unless those 7 years were spent with todd grabbing fallout 1 2 and 3 once a year, and asking himself "what can I strip away and casualize now?"
  16. Nyriel
    Nov 17, 2015
    4
    I am an old fallout player starting in 1997 with F1.I have played all falout titles .
    F4 is far far the worst.
    I don't have problem neither with graphics nor with the UI. My problems are: Voiced protagonist:This forced simplified dialogue lines and choices.Also immersion.hardly to imagine ourselves speaking as the US actor does . Story:Look Bethesda we play Fallout games cause we    I am an old fallout player starting in 1997 with F1.I have played all falout titles .
    F4 is far far the worst.
    I don't have problem neither with graphics nor with the UI.
    My problems are:

    Voiced protagonist:This forced simplified dialogue lines and choices.Also immersion.hardly to imagine ourselves speaking as the US actor does .

    Story:Look Bethesda we play Fallout games cause we want to be lone wanderers not papas with kidds.Geez.
    Quests:The few vaults in this game are dull.No good written quests.

    Main story plot:reached level 30 entered intitute ,father spoke to me ,he said i will now do quests for them.Never said to me what Institute is ... :/

    Armor:20-30% of Fallout playerbase plays with PA.Here you are forced to play woith power armour from first hour.

    Armor:Only 4 (!) yes 4 armors in the game.Leather,Metal ,raider,,combat.LMAO!!!Talking about rushing the game.

    Map:map is not small however in pip boy it looks small and all the landmarks are clattered causing comfusion.

    No cover system in 3rd person view.

    In 3rd person view animation at aimed scoping are not good.Bethesda look at FNV....

    Survival has been removed as a perk/skill.

    different ammunition from FNV have been removed.
    Armor/weapon repair has been removed.

    Rewards in game such as different armor/weapon/chems/food recipes have been removed.From day one,you the cheerfull papa knows to do chems,craft all food and nearly all armor.Dump dump dump.

    There is no sense of exploration.landmarks are swallow.Deathclaws do not live inside caves just behind rocks....Yao guais are in the bushes..LMAO.

    removal of iconic weapons /armours of F3/FNV.Chinsese stealth suit is gone.rabnger armor is gone.Assasin suit is gone.etc......

    What i liked:Animations are good,far better than in F3/FNV.
    Combat is overall better.
    Graphics:Graphics in environments is marvellous.Graphics in weapons .characters is mediocre.

    Verdict:A rushed casualized dump down streamlined fps sooter with rpg games in an post apocalyptic enironment.Average target age of the product:12-17 year old teenagers.
    As for the statements that they developed this game for 5 years...lol.Lies .The game has a development cycle less than 3 years and it shows it clearly.No metro no armors no vaults simplified story.

    Overall:A bad mediocre game.Stay out utill geck is out and we can mod the damn thing.Pitty.    … Expand
  17. S3R6i0
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I can't believe how many of you just ran out and bought this game. I survived the Watch Dogs hype train, duped into buying AC: Unity, and now here I am. I almost bought this game. Almost. Then I thought about it for a second and realized, "every game I bought in the last 5 years was garbage". Guess Wall Street took advantage of Fallout's good reputation.
  18. INgUSRune
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    Pile of crap this scale I've never seen... Forget the brand atmosphere, gameplay balance, role-playing system and all that you know about the fallout - a farm simulator crossed with titanfall
  19. Nick_Zinoviev
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game is tastless. More like a cardbox than a sandbox, and just a waste without a land in it really - empty, meaningless and dull. No hopes for Charisma-based characters, no pleasure for explorers, sixty bucks for a high promises. Badly executed trickery, well played on community nostalgic feelings.
  20. Privateer
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Console crap. Nice strategy for PC "Eat this oblivionskyrimcrap, fanboys... and maybe someday modmakers will make it playable". Guys, check this "game" in 2017 on nexusmod site. Maybe you're lucky
  21. AngryDweller
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    Interesting quests? No, just go and kill a few raiders. man... Deep characters? Exciting story? Not in this game, absolutely no emotions. Bethesda once again gave us the framework for mods so users perhaps will be able to ensoul this game. The only thing I liked is the crafting system although sometimes I feel myself like a garbage collector.
    Would not recommend to buy this game.
  22. wasd123
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    A ridiculously bad game, how Bethesda gave birth to this abomination after quite good and innovative Fallout 3 or very good AND visually impressive Skyrim, is beyond my understanding. It's a Kickstarter quality game.Everything is bad about it:gameplay, graphics, interactions, immersion, you name it.Not recommended, but regrettfully it will have a good sales, marketing is of immense qualityA ridiculously bad game, how Bethesda gave birth to this abomination after quite good and innovative Fallout 3 or very good AND visually impressive Skyrim, is beyond my understanding. It's a Kickstarter quality game.Everything is bad about it:gameplay, graphics, interactions, immersion, you name it.Not recommended, but regrettfully it will have a good sales, marketing is of immense quality ironically...… Expand
  23. abk815
    Nov 10, 2015
    5
    wth! I thought i would buy an RPG not a SHOOTER? Are you kidding me? Words cant really even describe my disappointment atm. Crashes at every occasion, cant rebind certain keys, graphics look horrible, cant search drawers and objects anymore, it just displays the content in on overlay, REALLY??!?, the voice acting is horrid....... i could go on and on... first time i am really speechlesswth! I thought i would buy an RPG not a SHOOTER? Are you kidding me? Words cant really even describe my disappointment atm. Crashes at every occasion, cant rebind certain keys, graphics look horrible, cant search drawers and objects anymore, it just displays the content in on overlay, REALLY??!?, the voice acting is horrid....... i could go on and on... first time i am really speechless about the poor quality of a Game. Holy **** Fallout franchise is dead now, epic stuff. I don't know, who is responsible for those blatant bad design decisions, but you better fire him (or them). This is not a Fallout Game, its a generic indie shooter. Last game i purchased from Bethesda.… Expand
  24. elg133
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Very disapointing nothing works like it should, a lot of bugs like textures not loading (i have gtx 980ti its not the pc), game doesnt look good and that would be all right if the game was to compensate with a good story, but it doesnt, 0/10 tires of console ports
  25. EnerTomasino
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    This game looks like they just took Fallout 3, added new lights and scenery. Maybe its great for players with low pc specs or a big FANS of Fallout, but this can't be sold for 60 BUCKS. I don't see any work. Just routine gameplay. Only plus is the beginning of the game, its interesting and intriguingly...
  26. Enshia
    Nov 15, 2015
    4
    Summary: Not a fallout game by any stretch. If you can live with that, then it's a fine game. However, if you're looking for a game that will hit the levels of FO3, you're not going to see it. If you were hoping of something as good as FO:NV not a chance. You're better off spending the $10 to buy both, and install the Tales of Two Wastelands mod, which combines both places into theSummary: Not a fallout game by any stretch. If you can live with that, then it's a fine game. However, if you're looking for a game that will hit the levels of FO3, you're not going to see it. If you were hoping of something as good as FO:NV not a chance. You're better off spending the $10 to buy both, and install the Tales of Two Wastelands mod, which combines both places into the FO:NV engine. That will let you enjoy a lengthy game, with better game play, story, and graphics options.

    Other people have covered everything else in more detail, so there's no point in making this larger.

    Story/VO: There is no real story here. It's an abysmal piece of writing that would have had your grade 9 English teacher tell you to rewrite it. If you were expecting an option where your choices changed the outcome or gave you variable choices, it's not going to happen. Since your PC is now voiced, many actions also have a very wooden feeling to them.

    Controls/UI: Terrible, no other way to put it. Your dialog choices are determined by your cursor keys, the pipboy system is a mess. Perk tree is beyond simplistic, and in some cases doesn't clearly state what it does.

    Graphics/Textures are...washed out, no other way to put it. It looks like someone took the texture palette, smeared in some brown and yellow, photocopied it, re-imported into PS then made it into a 128x128 sized texture block.

    Game play elements/Dialog: There are no skills, which are replaced by a perk system. The perk system itself is a complete joke of any previous FO game. Dialog doesn't exist, it's a story on rails. Karma? No karma for you, that's too difficult for people to grasp apparently.

    Crafting: Probably the only redeeming part of the game. Takes the best options of previous games, adds them altogether and lets you do whatever you want with those 300 pencils you've been carrying around.    … Expand
  27. Kovil1402
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game in not the game Fallout fans deserve.Now,there is even less choice than in Skyrim,the world is filled with not interesting,dull characters....It just doesn't feel exciting at all after playing Fallout 3 and Fallout:New Vegas(which is my favourite game by the way).For the first 12 hours of gameplay I literally never have made a real choice.After that it got a little better,butThis game in not the game Fallout fans deserve.Now,there is even less choice than in Skyrim,the world is filled with not interesting,dull characters....It just doesn't feel exciting at all after playing Fallout 3 and Fallout:New Vegas(which is my favourite game by the way).For the first 12 hours of gameplay I literally never have made a real choice.After that it got a little better,but just a little.The main story is ok,but he side quests are horrible.I don't think it is the right direction for Bethesda to develop their games.I just feel they can do so uch more...In my opinion we shouldn't tolerate this,because if we do,we will recieve something even worse next time.I find weapon customisation nice,but it doesn't complement the missing choice and quests and dialogues...etc.… Expand
  28. Toddler
    Nov 10, 2015
    2
    Huge disappointment after New Vegas, then again we're talking about Bethesda here:
    - Story is bland and stale as a week old coffee
    - Graphic style looks like a mixture between Sims and claymation - No more Traits or Skills, just the same simplified idiotic "character building" as Skyrim. - Plays more like CoD than First Person RPG. Why not add cover system & rebounding Health meter    Huge disappointment after New Vegas, then again we're talking about Bethesda here:
    - Story is bland and stale as a week old coffee
    - Graphic style looks like a mixture between Sims and claymation
    - No more Traits or Skills, just the same simplified idiotic "character building" as Skyrim.
    - Plays more like CoD than First Person RPG. Why not add cover system & rebounding Health meter while you're at it Bethesda?    … Expand
  29. Criticalsynical
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I bought the physical copy because I have limited amount of bandwidth usage a month. To my dismay, I have to download most of the game even after installing it with the physical copy.
    Thanks for making my purchase pointless.
    If I wanted to download it, I would have pirated. Thanks Bethesda.
  30. falloutfanboy
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    To start of this review; I've played all previous fallout games in the past, though i am partial to liking F1 and F2 better than Bethesda versions. This sums up my experience with F4, the dialog is really really boring, the people in this game are really really boring, the dog is really really boring, the quests are really really boring. Everything in this game is so incredible boring. TheTo start of this review; I've played all previous fallout games in the past, though i am partial to liking F1 and F2 better than Bethesda versions. This sums up my experience with F4, the dialog is really really boring, the people in this game are really really boring, the dog is really really boring, the quests are really really boring. Everything in this game is so incredible boring. The fps (shooter) part of the game has become a lot better, but that's not what i wanted from an RPG-classic like the fallout franchise!

    This has in essence become a very poor version of Skyrim (even some of the animations look like those from Skyrim) and even worse dialog then the game that took the arrow to the knee.    … Expand
  31. AlderEinsatz
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    The good
    + open world to explore
    + nice weapon customization + good character creation + nice side quests + finally iron sight (altough they just took this from Obsidians Fallout New Vegas) + nice setting and atmosphere The bad - hardly an RPG - no skill points - no actual role playing since they put you in a movie like character position - dialog has become as dull as it gets    The good
    + open world to explore
    + nice weapon customization
    + good character creation
    + nice side quests
    + finally iron sight (altough they just took this from Obsidians Fallout New Vegas)
    + nice setting and atmosphere

    The bad
    - hardly an RPG
    - no skill points
    - no actual role playing since they put you in a movie like character position
    - dialog has become as dull as it gets
    - (again) a standart vanilla main story
    - ''dungeons'' all feel the same
    - embarrassing graphics and animations for a 2015 AAA game
    - combat is again mediocre at best
    - difficulty sucks: it's either way too easy or way to hard (bullet sponge enemies don't make the game harder Bethesda... rather improve the way they act)
    - base building is a dissapointment and is more annoying than fun
    - annoying physic
    - Bethesda didn't care about the lore again (which is also disrespectful for the creators of FO1 and 2)
    - buggy as hell. any other developer would get insane amount of hate for this amount of bugs and failures

    Overall it's more of the same.
    If you didn't like FO3 or NV you wont like this game since not much has changed. Not even the non gameplay stuff like story or graphics will help you.
    If you enjoyed FO3 or NV you don't have to buy this game. It's more of the same and NOT worth 60$ since it does not add anything new but even manages to feel less fun than New Vegas.    … Expand
  32. NovaDeluxe
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    Эта игра зашквар года. А еще, это самый успешный финансово экономический проект беседки за последние 10 лет. Сотворить такой кошмар с моей любимой серией игр и при этом прогнозируемо получить, скорее всего, самые большие продажи в истории издателя это достойно восхищения. Те кто защищает эту игру, либо не знакомы с серией (им простительно), либо врут сами себе, пытаясь оправдать 2к рублей,Эта игра зашквар года. А еще, это самый успешный финансово экономический проект беседки за последние 10 лет. Сотворить такой кошмар с моей любимой серией игр и при этом прогнозируемо получить, скорее всего, самые большие продажи в истории издателя это достойно восхищения. Те кто защищает эту игру, либо не знакомы с серией (им простительно), либо врут сами себе, пытаясь оправдать 2к рублей, отданные, по сути, на новенькое Ламборджини Тодда Говарда.

    А что с игрой то собственно? Да ничего. Реклама у Fallout 4 была грандиозная. Настолько грандиозная, что Беседка забыла сделать игру. Вы ждали некст гена? Нет, мы лучше сделаем вам мультяшную графику. Вы хотели бесшовного мира?(на дворе 2015год). Нет, вот вам здания с отдельной загрузкой на каждый этаж. Хорошая РПГ система? Нет, вот вам кастрированый обрубок от предыдущих частей с минимумом перков и прокачкой характеристик s.p.e.c.i.a.l вместо нормальных навыков. Интересные разветвленные диалоги? Нет, давайте лучше поместим в игру плод инцеста Dragon Age 2 и Mass Effect, который вобрал от родителей только самое худщее и уберем из него возможность использовать характеристики своего персонажа (кроме 1). Сюжет? Не интересный и плоский, как и заведено у беседки.

    Наиболее обидно мне от того, что эта игра могла стать лучшей чуть ли не во всей серии. У нее был на это огромный потенциал, в ней были идеи. Крафт, например, отличная задумка. Просто если бы разработчик делал игру, а не чесал жопу в ожидании денег, то все могло получится.
    По факту, даже со всеми минусами это не плохая игра. Но это ОТВРАТНЫЙ Fallout. Это просто плевок в лицо всех фанатов и просто уважающих себя людей.

    В итоге 3 из 10, Беседка в очередной раз доказала, что не может сделать хороший Fallout и что они просто до сих пор паразитируют на отсуженных у Interplay правах на эту серию. У меня нет слов, что бы полностью выразить то чувство обиды и огорчения, которое у меня вызвал данный продукт. Я очень сильно рад, что не сделал глупость и не предзаказал эту игру.    … Expand
  33. ComicBookGuy
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    I am a very big fallout fan. With that said the overwhelming disappointment I feel while playing Fallout 4 makes me hurt even more. There is a major issue with companies misappropriating development funds and placing them into their marketing team and not the actual game. I haven't seen a game marketing department this saturated since Halo and Mountain Dew. Their adverts are everywhere, soI am a very big fallout fan. With that said the overwhelming disappointment I feel while playing Fallout 4 makes me hurt even more. There is a major issue with companies misappropriating development funds and placing them into their marketing team and not the actual game. I haven't seen a game marketing department this saturated since Halo and Mountain Dew. Their adverts are everywhere, so you would hope for something that they were building to be this massive would be at LEAST as good as Fallout 3 or New Vegas.

    Sadly this is no where near Fallout 3, let alone the improvement of its successor NV.

    Negative points:
    -Weapons clunky and unaimable
    -Removal of immersion and customization
    -Perk system just a number improvement across everything (They should have looked at what made More Perks mod for NV/F3 so interesting)
    -The stolen mod idea taken from Wasteland Settler by Akooka for F3/NV is one of the key selling points of the game, but they didn't really improve on his work - in fact they somehow made a worse version of it.
    -Lips are not synced to voice actors, which they somehow managed to do with F3NV but not F4?
    -Story seems really poorly paced, even with forced drama nothing 'draws' you in like it did in the last two Bethesta Fallouts
    -Power armor at level 2
    -Feels more like an arcade shoot'em up than an immersive RPG
    -

    Neutral points
    : Graphics naturally improved over predecessors, not to 2015 level (Thanks consoles) but to about a 2011 level

    Positive points
    + House interiors are finally part of the worldbox in most cases ( - however there are still mostly boarded up houses everywhere)

    In summary, Bethesda should have what made NV so great and built on that. They did the right thing with taking the Wasteland Settler Mod and using it as part of the core game, HOWEVER, they should have seen what else people were using and included those mods, rather giving another lowest common denominator cash-in that feels and plays like they spent $1 million on development and $20 million on marketing.    … Expand
  34. Brain_Pill
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    The problem with this game isn't the graphics. The problem is the terrible writing, stupid dialogue system and ruined SPECIAL/Skill system and as a cherry, Ron Pearlman isn't even the narrator anymore. It's like Bethesda wanted to take everything that made Fallout out of Fallout. It wouldn't be far fetched to call this Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2
  35. msibley313
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Don't go on reddit and ask people what they think about this game. Reddit is full of normie casual **** who make anything bethesda **** out of their lazy **** **** sound like the second **** coming of christ. If you care about the gaming industry don't support this trash. Lazy developers like Bethesda and retarded game designers like Todd Howard are the cancer of this industry, the game isDon't go on reddit and ask people what they think about this game. Reddit is full of normie casual **** who make anything bethesda **** out of their lazy **** **** sound like the second **** coming of christ. If you care about the gaming industry don't support this trash. Lazy developers like Bethesda and retarded game designers like Todd Howard are the cancer of this industry, the game is barely improved since FO3 and has so many reused assets and animations from Skyrim it's unbelievable. So many re used sound effects and gameplay systems as well. This is literally skyrim with guns on a smaller map and with terrible shooting mechanics DO NOT BUY!… Expand
  36. Crikhry
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Fall Out

    A serious **** without Rpg elements, ****ty quest, etc...
    Bethesda had already pissed over the license with F3, he's doing worst with F4
    Bye Fallout 4, you were a good dream but the reality is a nightmare

    The worst Fallout ever
  37. gentlemanorcus
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    What a joke. This isn't even an RPG, just a bad FPS with a few tacked on RPG elements. It's pretty sad that this is the state of mainstream RPGs nowadays: walking simulators with voiced protags that by association ruin any sort of dynamic role-playing, that focus more on aping FPSes and third person action games than actually being RPGs. Play Wasteland 2 instead.
  38. axiom2321
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Take a billion dollar game developer -- give them a 150 million dollar budget, a project that allows for unlimited creative and design freedom, and as much time as they need to ship a strong product. What do ya get?

    You get a game built on an engine that was breathing its last four years ago. You get characters and animations that were surpassed in quality a decade ago. You get    Take a billion dollar game developer -- give them a 150 million dollar budget, a project that allows for unlimited creative and design freedom, and as much time as they need to ship a strong product. What do ya get?

    You get a game built on an engine that was breathing its last four years ago.
    You get characters and animations that were surpassed in quality a decade ago.
    You get immersion breaking or game wrecking bugs and glitches that only the world's least competent QA team would permit.

    They expect the mod community to clean up the world-class mess they leave in every game they ship -- last year, they even tried to charge us for this. We've got to stop giving them the impression that this stuff is okay.
    Hard pass.    … Expand
  39. masakrator
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    outdated graphics, lots of bugs and glitches, fps drops, bad animations, overhyped, poor quest, pure disappointment, most of this 10 out of 10 are trolls or fanboys
  40. Jason71
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    This is not Fallout, but Fallout Cry. Really disappointing game for older players of Fallout. They removed the skills, simplified every aspect of the game, removing the wear of objects and the effect of SPECIALThey are fully commercialized.
  41. zaedas99
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    Huge disapointment vs. new vegas / fallout 3. Expected much more than that.

    They removed everything that made the franchise unique, starting with the skills (which is a huge factor into replayability). I see people complaining about the graphics, however i don't think they were that bad. I actually liked them. My main gripe is that i've had fps drop across my entire playthrough...    Huge disapointment vs. new vegas / fallout 3. Expected much more than that.

    They removed everything that made the franchise unique, starting with the skills (which is a huge factor into replayability).

    I see people complaining about the graphics, however i don't think they were that bad. I actually liked them. My main gripe is that i've had fps drop across my entire playthrough... (outside + inside). This is a huge letdown considering i have quite a decent rig... (see my profiles for specs). What i mean by fps drop is that it couldn't stay "locked" at 60 fps. i.e if you have an explosion and you zoom on it it drops a little bit... If you're on a roof with a lot of enemies and you start shooting at them, depending on how you look at them, it drops a little bit.. etc

    Also, the interface is a pure nightmare. Can't believe they released that on the PC. Luckily we'll have mods but for now it makes every interaction with it a disgrace and an annoyance, preventing me from enjoying the game.

    In other words, i do not recommend this game and only buy it when it goes on sale. Wait for mods to enhance it.

    It's a complete let down...    … Expand
  42. Aaaaha
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Everything is boring. The quests are boring, the NPCs are boring, the story is boring, the dialogues are boring, the locations are boring and often annoying (having to "clear" every raider in a maze like factory is a pain). And you know what else is boring: Raffling through thousands of containers to looting everything not nailed to the ground because you need every piece of junk forEverything is boring. The quests are boring, the NPCs are boring, the story is boring, the dialogues are boring, the locations are boring and often annoying (having to "clear" every raider in a maze like factory is a pain). And you know what else is boring: Raffling through thousands of containers to looting everything not nailed to the ground because you need every piece of junk for crafting materials. If feels so incredibly tedious.… Expand
  43. Enlade
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Well, ok, the game itself deserves 6/10 rating, but THIS SHOULD BE FALLOUT. Just because it isn't, i'll give it only 1/10.
    Thank you, Bethesda, for killing the dream!
  44. svyat
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Worst fallout game ever. It is not rgp, it is like a shooter game. There is a quest - move out raiders from the base and you can finish it only kill all raiders. It is not fallout game. It is some another action.
  45. Satisfaction
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    Terribly overhyped with lots of issues. Bad writing, horrible dialogues, visible glitches/bugs. Gunplay is better than in F3/FNV, but I don't know if this is a merit, because this game was supposed to be a RPG, not half-assed sandbox with RPG elements. This game shouldn't be a successor to F1/F2 - hell, even F3 and FNV. Remember to refund it on Steam and do not pre-order uncertain games,Terribly overhyped with lots of issues. Bad writing, horrible dialogues, visible glitches/bugs. Gunplay is better than in F3/FNV, but I don't know if this is a merit, because this game was supposed to be a RPG, not half-assed sandbox with RPG elements. This game shouldn't be a successor to F1/F2 - hell, even F3 and FNV. Remember to refund it on Steam and do not pre-order uncertain games, otherwise they will continue to make crap like this and make it a standard.… Expand
  46. Widgez
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    It's Fallout in name only. It's now just a watered down version of a great series. Gone are Karma/reputation, the traditional skill point system, the old dialogue options, SPECIAL system is useless, Dogmeat is now immortal an on and on.
    Graphics are dated and glitchy, buggy but not as bad as FO3 at it's release. Gunplay is better but since this now basically a FPS instead of an RPG it had    It's Fallout in name only. It's now just a watered down version of a great series. Gone are Karma/reputation, the traditional skill point system, the old dialogue options, SPECIAL system is useless, Dogmeat is now immortal an on and on.
    Graphics are dated and glitchy, buggy but not as bad as FO3 at it's release. Gunplay is better but since this now basically a FPS instead of an RPG it had better be. UI is TERRIBLE with locked hotkeys and no consideration for lefties. Ai is below average as well.
    I tried to like it, I really did. I'm a huge fan of the series but after about 5 hours in I just sighed and gave up. There was nothing to compel me to play anymore as the main story was lame and the dialogue was boring and pointless. The game may actual be good after a year or so when the modders work their magic but until then I would stay away. Sad day.    … Expand
  47. waltz
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    -outdated graphics
    -no reputation system
    -wonky plot
    -poor optimalization on a pc
    -bugged
    -simplified character development and rpg aspects
    -no memorable characters
    This game is piece of crap made for casual, mass audience not for a hardcore rpg fans.
  48. sonofdad
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    Its stripped down rpg elements make this the worst Fallout of the series. I like a lot of what Bethesda has done with the game but limiting the player's choice in character creation and dialogue is a huge misstep. They've made a ton of improvements since Fallout 3 but for whatever reason completely neutered what makes the franchise so great to begin with.
  49. Somethingya
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    It runs like trash and it looks like trash. Who the hell optimized this game?

    And why is Bethesda still using their terrible engine after 7 years?
  50. Woohoohoo
    Nov 11, 2015
    3
    After painfully lengthy introduction, a game starts. Then you encounter radroaches, token rat creature in every Bethesda game. 10-15 into the game, you have more junk that you can carry and little idea if you ever need it. Why does this exist in 2015 game (while games like Pillars of Eternity handled this elegantly), I'm don't know. Few more minutes later, you're wielding a minigun whileAfter painfully lengthy introduction, a game starts. Then you encounter radroaches, token rat creature in every Bethesda game. 10-15 into the game, you have more junk that you can carry and little idea if you ever need it. Why does this exist in 2015 game (while games like Pillars of Eternity handled this elegantly), I'm don't know. Few more minutes later, you're wielding a minigun while in big metal suit. And then you leave it, because it's almost impossible to explore while wearing it. Then there's some caves and forts, just like in Skyrim. That give no challenge whatsoever, just like Skyrim. And when cleared, give random, usually useless loot, just like - you guessed it - Skyrim. Jerky animations, half-finished physics, ugly textures and horrible gunplay, not to mention terrible UI and game design choices make whole thing feel like Unreal Tournament mod from 2004, badly hidden under modern shaders and Ambient Occlusion. Well, and a bit higher polycount.
    As desperately as I didn't try to get into it, I found that I just don't care. I don't care about 60's style (that feels more like a gimmick than art direction), annoying robots with British accent (which Portal 2 did much better), empty landscape that has dungeon or quest at every step (but of which none matters) and gunplay that is just nowhere as solid and elegant than other games do, say - Half-Life 2 from 2007 or even Call of Duty.

    In general, it's the same stupid game with exactly same content and horrible, unmanageable UI (that has no place in PC game to start with) that Bethesda has been making for years. While being Dragonborn and shout people off cliffs was entertaining for a while, collecting scrap metal just doesn't have the same feel.

    €60 is waaay overpriced for what is generally a crappy Skyrim mod.    … Expand
  51. Treboras
    Nov 11, 2015
    2
    This is the biggest disappointment in gaming for me in years!
    - The UI is horrendously complicated. It reacts slow and does not make good use of space! Everything is too big and you don't have enough information on the screen at once.
    - the story is dull and lifeless - the animations are sometimes quite creepy to watch - character customization is extensive but complicated and badly    This is the biggest disappointment in gaming for me in years!
    - The UI is horrendously complicated. It reacts slow and does not make good use of space! Everything is too big and you don't have enough information on the screen at once.
    - the story is dull and lifeless
    - the animations are sometimes quite creepy to watch
    - character customization is extensive but complicated and badly ported from console
    - weird mouse acceleration (can be turned off via config tweak)
    - not enough role-play elements; seems like an FPS

    + graphics are okay but outdated
    + the beginning was nicely done
    + good voice acting!    … Expand
  52. lafouboy
    Nov 12, 2015
    3
    Fallout 4 is really not that great. It's not terrible, but it's not as good as a "Fallout" game. The storyline is an utter crock of crap with completely unlikable characters as your leaders (whom you have to choose one of them to progress the story). You can't be your own leader (like in New Vegas, with Yes Man [my favorite ending]) and the voiced character interactions force the characterFallout 4 is really not that great. It's not terrible, but it's not as good as a "Fallout" game. The storyline is an utter crock of crap with completely unlikable characters as your leaders (whom you have to choose one of them to progress the story). You can't be your own leader (like in New Vegas, with Yes Man [my favorite ending]) and the voiced character interactions force the character to completely align themselves with the faction you are following to finish the game no matter how much you don't agree with their teachings. I agree with certain things and disagree with others with factions, yet my character is 100% gung-ho with the faction's mindset (no matter how **** up it is). The four choices you have to choose from almost always are just you saying the same thing in a different way (either in a nice way, a snarky way, a passive aggressive way, or you just ask a question to get more info). Also, no matter what you choose the response from the NPC is the same; your decisions carry literally no weight in 90% of interactions. And because you character speaks beyond what the text is, a lot of the time they say things that you didn't want to say at all. This is also contributing to the character's ridiculous attitude that goes into one of the three faction's beliefs like a puzzle piece during dialogue; which for me, who is cycling through the 3 factions at the moment, my guy goes from an extreme stance on something to the complete opposite extreme within just a few minutes from different conversations with different faction leaders. It completely breaks the immersion to have such a ridiculous character that I can't relate to in the slightest. His reactions are inhuman and stale as **** during the somewhat emotional scenes, goofily stupid and unbelievable during the extremely emotional scenes, and bland as can be during normal dialogue (with constantly changing morals and beliefs based on who he is speaking to, literally like changing from one character to another).

    While I could go on about the travesty that is Fallout 4's dialogue and story, I feel like going any further would just be rambling. I could also go on to talk about how unbalanced Power Armor is and how it feels like a mundane task to deal with it now, or I could talk about the terrible town crafting mini game that is worse to use than Halo 3's Forge mode (something from many years ago), or how all of the comedy has been sucked out of the game and replaced with terrible soap opera levels of stupid drama and its slightly cartoonish feel/look replaced with something straight out of Gears of War's rectum levels of brown, or I could even go on to speak about the terrible new perk system and how inconsequential/creative the perks feel; I literally don't even notice them anymore during gameplay. I could.. but instead I'll just say:
    "If you want a Fallout game like 3 or New Vegas, buy Fallout 3 or Fallout New Vegas. Don't buy Fallout 4. It's a heap of trash compared to those two games. It compares to a more bland, ridiculous, boring, and stupid version of Mass Effect; where the acting is terrible, your character doesn't give a **** about what you them to act like as a player, and every moment of the game is about as enjoyable as the ending of Mass Effect 3. Bethesda saw that everyone was enjoying First Person Shooters many years back and decided to turn Fallout 4 into that. It's not a good game anymore. It's combat is worse than the more popular FPS games on the market and it's generally mediocre to absolutely terrible as an RPG."

    If you're just looking to kill some time with a game that will get you addicted, then wait until this game isn't so ridiculously priced. It's worth about $15, so buy it once you can get it for that price or cheaper.

    Also, as expected from a Bethesda game, Fallout 4 is littered with bugs and glitches. Not even fun or funny ones like in Skyrim, but just really annoying/game-breaking ones.    … Expand
  53. Wolfsorg
    Nov 13, 2015
    2
    This is by far my most disappointing game of the year. Maybe I was stupid for assuming that Bethesda would be able to provide a quality game rather than a buggy Fallout 3 face-lift. Coming after the amazing game that New Vegas was, Fallout 4 is actually an embarrassment. Play if you want less RPG and more "Dude Bro COD No Scope"
  54. Singion
    Nov 15, 2015
    3
    Its such a step back from the previous fallouts. The story is very dull, the ending is a few seconds long and not interesting at all.

    The choices of weapons and gear is severly limited. the map size is far smaller than previous games. The Shooting is far better, but the overall game created does not compare and does not live upto expectations. its a small short game over hyper by    Its such a step back from the previous fallouts. The story is very dull, the ending is a few seconds long and not interesting at all.

    The choices of weapons and gear is severly limited. the map size is far smaller than previous games.
    The Shooting is far better, but the overall game created does not compare and does not live upto expectations. its a small short game over hyper by bethesda.

    And it hurts me to say this given how much i enjoyed the previous two    … Expand
  55. iluvcheat
    Nov 17, 2015
    0
    The good:
    - Graphics are pretty
    - Environment feel post-apocalyptic - Exploring is fairly fun - Customization / base building is fun The bad: - Enemy encounters are tedious at best, not fun at all, combat wasn't fixed from previous games - Story is average, you're forced into a role - Dialogue options isn't as good as other Fallout games - Game was numbed down for casuals -    The good:
    - Graphics are pretty
    - Environment feel post-apocalyptic
    - Exploring is fairly fun
    - Customization / base building is fun

    The bad:
    - Enemy encounters are tedious at best, not fun at all, combat wasn't fixed from previous games
    - Story is average, you're forced into a role
    - Dialogue options isn't as good as other Fallout games
    - Game was numbed down for casuals
    - Where are the military grade weapons
    - Character customization is good but very annoying to do
    - No pre-purchase little bonus

    Not worth full price at all, wait for 2-3 months when it goes on sale on steam or something ( if you're on PC ).    … Expand
  56. Berkerd
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Dumbed down, empty, soulless stupid sandbox PoS. I can't believe they turned this legendary game into a console kiddie christmas gift.

    Damn you bethesda.
  57. sinister9
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I've never been so disappointed in a release before, this game is a disgrace for carrying the Fallout brand,
    it has been stripped down purely to cater to a broader audience, no longer does it feel organic and true to it's origins. They got rid of the meaningful choices in dialogues and the perks that comes along with it. There's four brief options in total when it comes to choosing what    I've never been so disappointed in a release before, this game is a disgrace for carrying the Fallout brand,
    it has been stripped down purely to cater to a broader audience, no longer does it feel organic and true to it's origins. They got rid of the meaningful choices in dialogues and the perks that comes along with it. There's four brief options in total when it comes to choosing what you wish to say and you'll spend most of the time second guessing since your character is voiced now. No longer do you have a hardcore mode and skills that directly affects your percentage bonus of your attributes. No karma and reputation system to screw up and care about. Instead, you're stuck with a typical casual shooter experience. There's no level cap whatsoever, as you can max out every SPECIAL stats and perks that comes along with the game, (which is mostly combat related and crafting, not that you'd want to anyway since you'd be long bored by then.) Not only is your character voiced now but they also have a defined story, he/she is married with a children. Years passes and a tragedy happens, you're now out for revenge. I'm not gonna spoil the story but it's extremely predictable and cliché, not to mention tiresome. You'll be spending most of your time doing fetch quests and kill x stuff, the rest is spent on crafting (which we'll get into later). Now that we got this out of the way, what about the PC performances? Well for starter this game still runs on the creation engine, so physics will go **** if you decide to play any higher than 60 fps, (not that it matters anyway since there's no SLI/Crossfire support and good luck to anyone with a high refresh rate monitor) it also sports extremely outdated visuals for a game that's nearly released in 2016. Mouse acceleration and sensitivity out of the wazoo, and forced on you. You'll have to manually sort through tons of files just to disable them manually (because they couldn't bother enough to include them in the options menu). The controls are extremely bad and awkward, some keys aren't even rebindable (Trust me when you get to building your own settlements, you'll see what I mean.) and the dialogue is a mess. An absolute disservice to loyal fans of the franchise, this game isn't even half what Fallout used to be, it's actually the direct opposite. This should teach me for pre-ordering games and getting hyped up on what seems to be a clear ploy to cash in some more dough.    … Expand
  58. Ogi79
    Sep 22, 2017
    1
    OMG! After 30 hours in Fallout instead of enjoying it i feel as if i was kicked in the balls , and while i was lying on the ground i kept receiving kicks.I persenoly on PC cant play normaly more then 30 min because stuttering starts and its slide show!.I have to exit game and reload and start new 30 min of normal play, i mean WTF?! (i play Witcher 3 on ultra high ).Game is fullOMG! After 30 hours in Fallout instead of enjoying it i feel as if i was kicked in the balls , and while i was lying on the ground i kept receiving kicks.I persenoly on PC cant play normaly more then 30 min because stuttering starts and its slide show!.I have to exit game and reload and start new 30 min of normal play, i mean WTF?! (i play Witcher 3 on ultra high ).Game is full of bugs ! like i have cow on my roof! Story is BOOORIIINGG! Console ported sistem to PC is HORRIBLE! Building settlements is pointless .And yes , F4 is like time mashine ! You will see graphics and engine from 2009 ! RPG elements are simplified to the bone , game is made for casual no brain idiots.Nothing in game exist for hard core RPG FAllout fan!NOTHING!… Expand
  59. TwoEars
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    I'm sorry but this doesn't feel like a finished game, it feels more like a beta version and shouldn't have been released in its current state. There are bugs galore, no FOV slider, mouse interface is horrible with a laggy feeling to it, I can't remap keys, it runs like crap and there is no SLI support.

    Also - what I saw of the story and interface feels incredibly dumbed down, it doesn't    I'm sorry but this doesn't feel like a finished game, it feels more like a beta version and shouldn't have been released in its current state. There are bugs galore, no FOV slider, mouse interface is horrible with a laggy feeling to it, I can't remap keys, it runs like crap and there is no SLI support.

    Also - what I saw of the story and interface feels incredibly dumbed down, it doesn't feel like a game made for RPG enthusiasts. I'm going to have to refund this, it's simply not worth the money. I could make a longer review, but this short review better reflects the amount of effort that Bethesda put into making Fallout 4.

    Back to The Witcher 3 it is.    … Expand
  60. bocksy
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    The story just doesn't make any sense, you can't go into any buildings, the dialogue is severely limited and immortal NPCs . This isn't an RPG, it's a sandbox with some RPG-like elements, unless you want to role play the way Bethesda has set the game up. Not to mention the talking protagonist and attempts at forced emotions. The whole game is so bizarre because of the poor writing, evenThe story just doesn't make any sense, you can't go into any buildings, the dialogue is severely limited and immortal NPCs . This isn't an RPG, it's a sandbox with some RPG-like elements, unless you want to role play the way Bethesda has set the game up. Not to mention the talking protagonist and attempts at forced emotions. The whole game is so bizarre because of the poor writing, even the most delusional fans will see it's faults. I did give it 3 points because exploring, while extremely limited, does give it a little bit of play-ability. It's sad to see another great franchise ruined by poor developers.… Expand
  61. ryanrobot
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    I expected it to be bad and I was still disappointed. It looks bad it plays bad it has a bad story you can't kill any named NPCs almost no player freedom and you get power armor plus legendary weapons a few minutes into the game
  62. DamianV
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    Of course I could start off my review by pointing out all the terrible design choices that Bethesda made. However, this would be redundant since all the other reviewers that gave the game a score of 2 or less have already got it right. No need for me to repeat how shamefully dismal this piece of crap of a game is.

    So instead I'll simply give an example of a further aspect of the game    Of course I could start off my review by pointing out all the terrible design choices that Bethesda made. However, this would be redundant since all the other reviewers that gave the game a score of 2 or less have already got it right. No need for me to repeat how shamefully dismal this piece of crap of a game is.

    So instead I'll simply give an example of a further aspect of the game that is so laughably terrible that it is actually nearly entertaining again: companions and their AI, combined with the fact that they cannot die.

    So here's my story: I started out as usual in a vault, explored it, looted it and finally left for the great wasteland (which is actually tiny, only about 8-10 minutes of walking to get from one side to the other).
    At the second location I meet a dog which then starts following me around without me really wanting it (likely due to the terrible pseudo-RPG dialog system which seems to be designed for people that can't actually read).
    Ok, ok, so now I have a Dog companion, whatever. So I continue down the road and come to a run-down town and think "yay, loot!" and proceed to loot and ramsack every house I can see, one after the other.
    After about the third house I noticed that my worthless companion was no longer blocking my movements (yay) and was no longer in sight (yay again). Ok, whatever, didn't want a stupid dog in the first place. But then I suddenly start hearing gun shots an shouts in the distance but I couldn't actually see any hostiles so I decided to simply ignore the noise and continue looting the town. So after about 10 or 15 minutes I finished looting most buildings and come up to a larger building in the middle of the town which obviously triggers some kind of quest: dudes start shouting about evil raiders attacking and that I should come inside so I don't get shot. I think "yeah, whatever" and continue walking around and then suddenly notice that a few dead bodies are strewn across the street ahead of me. I go and explore and loot the bodies and start finding more and more dead raiders - probably the "evil super dangerous raiders" from the quest that were successfully putting pressure on a group of armed people inside the house. The next moment I see my damn dog companion running around the corner and join me again (read: start blocking my movements again).

    So long story short: the dog companion (that I didn't want in the first place) and follows me around (while always getting in my way and blocking my movements) has suddenly gone AWOL while I was looting the town and single-handedly defeated a group of armed raiders that were strong enough to suppress a group of 4 or 5 armed people. So basically the game played itself. The game is so terribly designed that you don't even need to play the game to progress. Seemingly the target demographic that Bethesda chose has such a low IQ that they literally had to add a "faceroll" mode where user input is totally irrelevant and you simply win by default. So in future I'll simply walk into a new area with my invulnerable dog companion, go to the bathroom for a good dump and then come back and loot (probably I'll feel less dirty after playing wit the contents of the toilet after taking my dump then after giving my money to a company like Bethesda). And that's basically Bethesdas idea of a great RPG game.

    One word for you Bethesda quacks: refund. Oh, and please go DIAF.    … Expand
  63. Michu2
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    Is this what we have been waiting for ?! No this is not a mere shadow what we were expecting. This is old generic cheap way of making games. Everything here is from last generation or even before.
  64. golibethesda
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    Typical Bethesda game - weak graphics, many bugs and glitches, retarded AI are their trademarks. But it also has weak plot, non-existent dialogues, copy-pasted locations and a very, very slow pacing. In other words this game is boring and really has no quality. A late 2015 game that looks like crap with conversations that must have been written by a 5 year old is not something that shouldTypical Bethesda game - weak graphics, many bugs and glitches, retarded AI are their trademarks. But it also has weak plot, non-existent dialogues, copy-pasted locations and a very, very slow pacing. In other words this game is boring and really has no quality. A late 2015 game that looks like crap with conversations that must have been written by a 5 year old is not something that should be allowed on shelves. Heck, even mirrors do not reflect the image lol. It's also way too easy and character system is a joke. You can max out your character without much effort. What's the point of the character system if you can max it out with any character and see all content in 1 playthrough?… Expand
  65. dkeppens
    Nov 12, 2015
    2
    Two points. Because i've played at least some stuff worse than this, but, let's face it. This is not fallout, and it's not even an RPG. It has now completely bridged the gap and turned into a full blown First person shooter game where all the elements still remaining from the glorious fallout days (fallout 1 and 2) are no completely defunct. Stimpacks, ammo, guns and substances are nowTwo points. Because i've played at least some stuff worse than this, but, let's face it. This is not fallout, and it's not even an RPG. It has now completely bridged the gap and turned into a full blown First person shooter game where all the elements still remaining from the glorious fallout days (fallout 1 and 2) are no completely defunct. Stimpacks, ammo, guns and substances are now found all over the place, to the point your pockets will be stuffed with them from the beginning. You'll also need them in abundance because the number of enemies has also been stepped up considerably. This makes VATS kind of meaningless, since you'll never have enough action points to kill more than a few inside VATS, leaving you playing a shooter for the rest of the time.
    As others have mentioned before, the added voice for your character also subtracts from the immersion, unless you want to play your character as a sniveling moral upright do-gooder. When you choose the more sinister sounding replies, it all just sounds very hokey with the voice they used.
    Also, almost nothing you choose in the dialogue wheel still has any impact on how everything plays out. It's all just fake as hell. Thank god i didn't buy this game. It's a terrible, emptied shell of what used to be awesome games.    … Expand
  66. Nezerroth
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    This game gets a solid zero. Eventually this attitude must have stop, I'm so tired and fed up on all of this. And then, and only after or if all the crap that was advertised will work properly and won't make me google and dance around it for 40 minutes just so that it merely gets to main menu, it will recieve it's deserved 6.5 out of 10.
    i5, R9 380, 16gb ram.
  67. CJswordplay
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This is by far one of the most disappointing ports and games of the year. Bethesda's PC versions are what keep their games alive, and to give them such a horrid port is something they should really be ashamed about. Poor optimization in addition to a 30fps lock make for a painful experience for anybody who is used to playing the likes of Fallout 3/NV on PC. This is in addition to theThis is by far one of the most disappointing ports and games of the year. Bethesda's PC versions are what keep their games alive, and to give them such a horrid port is something they should really be ashamed about. Poor optimization in addition to a 30fps lock make for a painful experience for anybody who is used to playing the likes of Fallout 3/NV on PC. This is in addition to the game's speed being locked to the framerate, which is an issue a seasoned developer like Bethesda should not have, and let's not forget the fov, which is borked beyond belief. While in previous games the fov could be adjusted properly through the use of the console this game's attempt at simulating that is poorly implemented at best.

    This, coupled with a game that touts 'total freedom' yet yanks on your chain for straying from the pre-determined path out of fear you'll get bored and or frustrated and you've got a game that meets only the bare minimum of what we'd consider an RPG. A dialogue wheel that is incredibly vague at best is key to shattering my immersion every time I get into a conversation, and NPCs who, in addition to being immortal, once again restricting my choice as a roleplayer, are poorly voice acted/animated and badly written. None of the dialogue choices I make come out the way I want, and I feel like the voiced PC was implemented less to be an immersive and interesting feature and more to cover up the railroading the game forces you down to give you it's 'emotional' and 'intense' plot. Which, though I won't spoil, is hilariously poorly implemented and just flat out cliche. The game has potential to do interesting things with it's quests and story, but scrapes the bottom of the barrel, both boring the player who is interested in that sort of thing and shattering previously established Fallout lore in the process.

    The only positive I can really give the game is that the shooting is better, but even then, this is meant to be an RPG, not an FPS. The guns are still hilariously weak sounding and not terribly fun to use, even when fully customized.

    This is by far Bethesda's lowest effort production, I cannot recommend this at full price, or at any price really.

    Please, if you love what Bethesda used to be, do not buy this game. If they see a hit in profits, it might just be what they need to turn themselves around.    … Expand
  68. Pentagon
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    What absolute garbage.

    This is no longer a roleplaying game: there is no roleplaying to have here.
    This is no longer a fallout game: it is a worse version of Borderlands
    This is just a literal meme game for a reddit audience.

    Todd Howard broke my heart. Please Bethesda, let Obsidian make Fallout again. They're just so much better than you.
  69. Cleglaw
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    im not gonna forgive huge technical issues/bugs preventing us(me&my brother) from playing the game. huge price for terrible optimisation aswell. i am really furious. first, might and magic heroes 7, and now fallout 4... same issues same ridicilous high end needs for not-so-good graphics.. i dont think this is all by luck: it looks like some kind of politics to make us buy super-high endim not gonna forgive huge technical issues/bugs preventing us(me&my brother) from playing the game. huge price for terrible optimisation aswell. i am really furious. first, might and magic heroes 7, and now fallout 4... same issues same ridicilous high end needs for not-so-good graphics.. i dont think this is all by luck: it looks like some kind of politics to make us buy super-high end gaming equipments... sorry but F.U.! a big zero point from me. dont ever buy.… Expand
  70. kartonio
    Nov 10, 2015
    2
    The portage to PC is just plain pathetic, in fact it is so badly done that any PC player will feel insulted at some point.

    from WASD keys that DO NOT REMAP FOR DIALOGUES AND CRAFTING... to the console oriented character creation, crafting, dialogues... EVERYTHING is downgraded on PC thanks to xbox/PS4 versions. I feel insulted, not surprised (they started this kid of behavior wth    The portage to PC is just plain pathetic, in fact it is so badly done that any PC player will feel insulted at some point.

    from WASD keys that DO NOT REMAP FOR DIALOGUES AND CRAFTING... to the console oriented character creation, crafting, dialogues... EVERYTHING is downgraded on PC thanks to xbox/PS4 versions.

    I feel insulted, not surprised (they started this kid of behavior wth Oblivion) and they count on the PC modding community to compensate for they shortcomings... pathetic.    … Expand
  71. theodoreschmai
    Nov 10, 2015
    2
    If you were one of the people like me who were over hyped for this game, I am sorry. Here are some reasons that I am dissapointed.

    First, the story is abysmal. Without going into too much detail, it is a bland linear plot with boring characters and poor progression. The dialogue options are terrible and don't effect really anything. Compared to the Witcher 3, your choices really do not    If you were one of the people like me who were over hyped for this game, I am sorry. Here are some reasons that I am dissapointed.

    First, the story is abysmal. Without going into too much detail, it is a bland linear plot with boring characters and poor progression. The dialogue options are terrible and don't effect really anything. Compared to the Witcher 3, your choices really do not matter at all.

    The quests in this game are the worst of any Bethesda game, especially the side quests. They are all "go here kill this" or "go here fetch this". There is an absurd amount to do but very little worth doing. Its progression for the sake of progression.

    The new construction system doesn't "just work" as advertised and is actually really buggy and annoying. Fences are stuck to going awkward directions that never work, structures don't snap to 90 degrees and are impossible to get right. Scrapping materials seems like a waste of a lot of time. Providing for the people in the settlements is tedious and unrewarding. Basically everything about it is disappointing.

    Gameplay is the worst of any modern shooter. I know VATS is pushed heavily, but it seems weird that the game never introduces it in any way shape or form. Also, VATS now slows down time instead of stopping it, ridding of the series turn based roots, though actually one of the few changes I enjoy. Overall combat is terrible and seems like just another obstacle in every quest rather than creating an experience. With modern games such as the Witcher (I know I've already mentioned it) making combat into something that is really unique and challenging, Fallout ops instead to make it boring and almost unusable.

    Graphics in the game look like Skyrim with some extra lighting and slightly improved textures. In fact, modded Skyrim is far better looking than Fallout 4 on ultra. Also, Fallout is incredibly unoptomized and cripples even the best rigs (I am running it on a 980 and intel 6700k with 16 gigs of memory and still can barely run 45 on ultra and still am less than 60 on high with frequent dips below 20).

    I was a huge fan of Skyrim and Fallout 3, but unfortunately just as war never changes, neither do Bethesda's games. It has been a pretty bland and unmemorable experience so far, and the game is increasingly frustrating and feels like it is from over a decade ago. If you are considering buying the game, please wait until it is further optomised or just don;t at all. It is a mess.    … Expand
  72. ametist_pro
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    PC version that is:
    1. NO optimization for old computers (buy new hardware kid!)
    2. Graphics like as F3...little bit better.
    3. Dialogs like horrible console-like circle with "yes", "no", "i don't understand", etc...
    4. RPG part? F4 is NOT a RPG. Only perks, half of which - meaningless
    5. You MUST BUILD! That is the Sims, not Fallout.
    6. A.I. - he is absent

    Summary: worst Fallout ever!
  73. Coalman
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Unfinished game that has visuals that are not groundbreaking shooting that is not groundbreaking and a limited conversation line set than ever before in a Bethesda game.
  74. nightia
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    It could have been so much better. I have just spent three hours playing it, decided I'd had enough, exited out, it just wasn't working for me. Putting it mildly, it feels like it was thrown together with little if any thought.

    Massively disappointing, especially when you look at something like the incredible Undertale. I think the Bethesda staff needs to enroll at the local community    It could have been so much better. I have just spent three hours playing it, decided I'd had enough, exited out, it just wasn't working for me. Putting it mildly, it feels like it was thrown together with little if any thought.

    Massively disappointing, especially when you look at something like the incredible Undertale. I think the Bethesda staff needs to enroll at the local community college for some courses on creating engaging plots and imaginative story lines. This is 2015 not 2005.

    I wouldn't recommend this game, I didn't find it entertaining. I don't often agree with negative User Reviews on metacritic, but they are almost 100% correct in this instance.

    Its frustrating, since it had the potential to be a true classic. It gets a zero score because someone at Bethesda needs to wake up and realize the Fallout franchise has lost its direction.    … Expand
  75. Jantje
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Low texture quality. Plastic flat facial expression.Linear story. Everything feels cheap. Gets boring fast. Looting and shooting. Nothing amazing nothing new. Would be nice if release 4 years ago. Now other games on the market are more interesting.
  76. spagetor
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    This game is the final nail in the coffin of Bethesda's open world RPG formula. A lot of completely unnecessary changes to working systems like the dumbed down dialogue wheel and reworked perk system make this game a chore to play.

    Stay away from it if you expect a Fallout game or an RPG for that matter. Almost every single quest is a variation of killquest with very little choices to    This game is the final nail in the coffin of Bethesda's open world RPG formula. A lot of completely unnecessary changes to working systems like the dumbed down dialogue wheel and reworked perk system make this game a chore to play.

    Stay away from it if you expect a Fallout game or an RPG for that matter. Almost every single quest is a variation of killquest with very little choices to make. Voiced protagonist doesn't add anything to the game and the story was never Bethesda's strong suit anyway and that doesn't change in Fallout 4 as well. The only redeeming factor will probably be the mods that will be released in a few months from now.    … Expand
  77. MartianInvader
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    Not much to say about Fallout 4. It's playable alright - if you ignore glitches and bugs that is. But why would anyone want to play it is beyond me. This game is Bethesda's Sacred 3 moment. It was supposed to be an RPG Lite like their previous games. Instead it's a poorly made FPS with clumsy gimmicks like VATS still glued to it for no reason. You get to choose your attribture scores butNot much to say about Fallout 4. It's playable alright - if you ignore glitches and bugs that is. But why would anyone want to play it is beyond me. This game is Bethesda's Sacred 3 moment. It was supposed to be an RPG Lite like their previous games. Instead it's a poorly made FPS with clumsy gimmicks like VATS still glued to it for no reason. You get to choose your attribture scores but they don't really affect anything except which perks you can take.

    If you want to play an open world FPS, get Far Cry 3 instead. Ironically it's also a better RPG than Fallout 4 - at least you'll see some character development there and meet some interesting characters.    … Expand
  78. weirdcryo
    Nov 20, 2015
    3
    Remember the song they used to promote the game "The Wanderer", after playing the game makes more sense cuz the only fun thing to do in this game in wander around.

    Story sucks, characters suck, the writing is really cheap and the rpg elements are almost non existent but you can still spend lot of hours wandering around killing stuff and "helping" random people till you get bored and    Remember the song they used to promote the game "The Wanderer", after playing the game makes more sense cuz the only fun thing to do in this game in wander around.

    Story sucks, characters suck, the writing is really cheap and the rpg elements are almost non existent but you can still spend lot of hours wandering around killing stuff and "helping" random people till you get bored and stop playing for a while.
    The map is huge, has some couple of interesting places, the game play isn't that different from F3 and the "game improvements" are all in the wrong places (like building).
    Then we have a lot of weird decisions like the new SPECIAL system that only matters in the beginning, somehow they manage to make dialogue worst, the story, like already say, it's really cheap and try to feed of some nostalgia and to force feelings that don't emerge because they use the wrong elements, we can build stuff, mod weapons and armor but forget about building ammo.

    It's a really mediocre game, to me it feels like F3 with lot of mods, a bigger map full of details but a poor story with awful restrictions in dialogue and RPG elements. At least with F3 they tried to keep some RPG stuff, now they just give up and went full casual explorer shooter.

    If Fallout weren't in the name I would give it a 5 or a 6, maybe a 7 because it gave me lot of hours of wandering and I'm still far from finishing all the side quests.    … Expand
  79. derpaherpa
    Nov 16, 2015
    1
    Bethesda is the new Electronic Arts.

    This is the Dragon Age 2 of Fallout games. It's like playing Borderlands alone - an MMORPG grindfest. The writing in Borderlands is somehow BETTER than this game. Fallout 4 has the emotional maturity of an adolescent. The writers should be absolutely ashamed that they accepted money in exchange for this drivel. It is an insult not only to fans and to    Bethesda is the new Electronic Arts.

    This is the Dragon Age 2 of Fallout games. It's like playing Borderlands alone - an MMORPG grindfest. The writing in Borderlands is somehow BETTER than this game. Fallout 4 has the emotional maturity of an adolescent. The writers should be absolutely ashamed that they accepted money in exchange for this drivel. It is an insult not only to fans and to the Fallout series but to videogames in general.

    Bethesda is the new Electronic Arts.
    I'm sorry. I tried to like this change with the dialogue wheel. But this is a bunch of crap.

    Fallout was a role playing game, and whoever thought this was the right direction for dialogue options should have been laughed out of the room, not embraced and allowed to develop an FPS and pretend it's a role playing game. Trying new things is important, but this voiced-protagonist and dialogue wheel is RIDICULOUS.    … Expand
  80. dikiyKOPEK
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    I can't believe the Gaming Press is giving this 90% and above across the board. And the negative that they say is its too similar to FO3 or NV. I wish it was similar to those games. New Vegas still outdoes it in every area except graphics. I actually prefer the gunplay in new vegas to be frank, I can at least aim the gun when I want and put it down when I want. Its not a good game. YouI can't believe the Gaming Press is giving this 90% and above across the board. And the negative that they say is its too similar to FO3 or NV. I wish it was similar to those games. New Vegas still outdoes it in every area except graphics. I actually prefer the gunplay in new vegas to be frank, I can at least aim the gun when I want and put it down when I want. Its not a good game. You can't even walk correctly in third person which at least Skyrim was able to do. The UI is just tons of flashing **** in your face, no way to customize, no way to get rid of it without making the game impossible to play. Millions of customizable modded guns? based on a few ****ty generic guns and you cant even holster them or put it down when you want to. This isn't an rpg in any way anymore. I am done with Bethesda. I took the week off of work, and I bought a new pc 6 months ago for Fallout 4. It just makes me want to play new vegas or fallout 3. I'm really disgusted by basically every decision.… Expand
  81. titan357
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oh boy, where to begin? Having playing Every fallout so far, yes even tactics and BOS and having the collectors edition of New Vegas and Fallout 3 I feel I can safely say I am a fan of the series.

    So, lets start off where I started off.
    Launch the game, stuck to the left "wing" dispaly of my triple 23's. No matter what I tried I was unable to move it center screen, nor was I able to find a 5760X1080 option. I disable eyefinity start over.

    Character creation, done, FOV looks off and FPS isnt that great despite my I7 4770K, R9 390X and 16 gb ram wiht FO4 on a SSD, I got all the bases covered here.
    Ttalk to "vault guy" game CTD, restart, CTD again when swapping to female character.
    Start game, locks up and I have to force close with task manager several times.
    End up verifying game with steam and it fixes it.

    Get to pick special stats, only 21 points instead of normal 39 from Fallout 3 and NV 1 and 2. Really? So you can have a balanced start of all 4s? On the games own scale of 1-10 a 4 is below average.

    Try to change FOV with ini tweaks since the game doesn't have a FOV slider and Bethesda thought 75ish FOV would be swell but it doesn't stick and keeps reverting.

    Finally get to Vault 111, and here is where the story is already falling apart, your spouse is killed and your son is taken. Who cares about an NPC we have known for all of 15 minutes?
    Zero motivation to care about the story.

    Terrible FPS drops inside and outside.
    Power armor is now a limited use thing powered by fuel cells.
    Dialog wheel is complete trash. Mostly the four options are, yes, no, maybe and "sarcastic". Once you advance dialog you cant go back to ask other questions.
    PC UI is troublesome to navigate and the keybinds are horrendous. Especially for the base building and conversation selection.
    Voice acting is flat and lines are often repeated over and over.
    Graphics are sub par for a 2015 game.

    Its not all bad, the new weapon and armor customization are neat, power armor customization is pretty good and while flawed controls hinder the base building its still a nice adaptation from the modders work on earlier titles.
    Power armor hud is pretty slick, but mods for NV/3 do it better.

    Gun play is vastly better now, but the AI isnt much better than what we seen in Skyrim already, especially apparent in stealth despite making loads of noise kicking stuff around when moving.    … Expand
  82. AlKappaccino
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    The game overall does not meet my expectations. Heck not even 21:9 support. Let's wait until our greatful mod community fixes things and smooth the game up
  83. Kelu
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    † The resolution options being limited to 16:9 and 16:10 speaks volumes about how this game is a poor PC port developed primarily with consoles in mind. Since F4 is basically a reskin of Skyrim, there's no excuse not to include options for 4:3 and 5:4 monitors. You can edit .ini files to force it to run the resolution you want, but then you can't pick locks. Yeah, the minigame won't show† The resolution options being limited to 16:9 and 16:10 speaks volumes about how this game is a poor PC port developed primarily with consoles in mind. Since F4 is basically a reskin of Skyrim, there's no excuse not to include options for 4:3 and 5:4 monitors. You can edit .ini files to force it to run the resolution you want, but then you can't pick locks. Yeah, the minigame won't show up at all. And the power armour HUD will be partially invisible.
    † The game physics are tied to the framerate. What is this, 2004?
    † No skills. No karma. Indestructible weapons. No hardcore mode (thirst/hunger/sleep/etc.). If Bethesda keep simplifying their games, the next TES will make Candy Crush look like Hearts of Iron in comparison.
    † The game manages to look terrible and run terrible at the same time. I don't mind ugly graphics that much, but why isn't the game optimized at all?
    † Bethesda's writing has been consistently terrible since Oblivion, but they seem to want to outdo themselves this time. You tell the minuteman that you've just been to a nearby vault and instead of settling his group there, he'd rather have have them inhabit a tough to defend row of ruined pre-war houses. Seriously, who wrote this ****
    † The shooting is ok, but melee combat is abysmal, awkward and unresponsive.

    Overall, the game is a mess that shouldn't have been released yet. It really shows that Bethesda don't give a **** anymore. They've become another Ubisoft. Look at the critic reviews and you'll see the gaming press is your enemy as a customer. Anyone who gave this product a positive review is the reason why the industry is going to ****

    I give it a 0 not out of spite, but because it doesn't function on 5:4 monitors, a fact that is mentioned nowhere on the steam page.    … Expand
  84. DDVIL
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    This is truly one of the biggest disappointments of the year. I've heard it all, from the "the reason Skyrim has 60 companions and Fallout 4 has 12 is because Bethesda wanted to make them unique" to the "Bethesda using last gen assets from an 8 year old game is perfectly acceptable because it speed up development time". But none of these excuse bethesda's laziness. After all they are aThis is truly one of the biggest disappointments of the year. I've heard it all, from the "the reason Skyrim has 60 companions and Fallout 4 has 12 is because Bethesda wanted to make them unique" to the "Bethesda using last gen assets from an 8 year old game is perfectly acceptable because it speed up development time". But none of these excuse bethesda's laziness. After all they are a multi billion dollar company, with development teams bigger than most industry leading companies out there, it is a shame that a triple A company with 4 consecutive game of the year awards and a budget so large it would put most triple A games to bed releases yet another unfinished product to the market.

    Glitches:
    The game has countless problems, from AI path-finding glitches, falling through the ground, areas not loading properly, constant freezes (specially on consoles), re-used animations from skyrim and Fallout 3, the list goes on. Like many reviewers (who GAVE IT A 10/10) POINTED out, it is a Bethesda game, and they still haven't figured a way to release a properly working game. How can someone admit that the game is unplayable at times yet give it a 10/10 is beyond me *cash in sound plays in the background*.

    The player model often finds itself stuck around the world, from invisible walls (the countless videos about it on the internet) to not being able to pass through areas because there's a small rock on the ground obstructing it's path.

    Story:
    It's more of the same, Bethesda has this ability to make interesting stories, that are only good on concept. I enjoyed it at times, but when you have games like Witcher 3 in which most side quests affect the world around you and the main quest has a lot of diverging paths that will ultimately affect the outcome of the story, playing fallout, despite being an open world, feel like an scripted experience.

    Graphics: It's laughably ugly. From armors not being fully 3d rendered, with the majority (80%) of details being illusions caused by normals/bumpmaps generated from baking much much higher poly meshes. Even the shirt sleeve tears are not rendered this time, they are hand drawn (actual meshes) to avoid using high quality texture work with proper alpha channels. It's an ugly technique that makes things such as ripped cloth look like a lego set piece. Shadows stop being rendered 5 meters way from you. LOD is reduced to a minimum, even on max settings on PC so that the engine can keep itself from CTD.

    Gameplay: In short, It's better than fallout 3. Shooting mechanics actually have feel to them now, there is actual recoil to some weapons. Enemies drop like flies, disembodiment looks great... the hit detection has been improved. The vats system is as great as Fallout 3. The gameplay is definitely the highest point in the series, but it's not enough to justify everything else that's going on.

    Will you like this game? Depends, are you the type of person who blindly wastes your money on DLC, micro-transactions and browser games with bait pictures of hot females? Do you have nothing else better to play? Are you a Fallout die-hard who will threaten people with decapitation over observable facts? Then this is the game for you.

    For the rest of us. No, Wait for the game to be patched, DLCs to come out and it to drop in price. This game is not worth 70 bucks.    … Expand
  85. razvanalbu
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    I had very high hopes for Fallout 4 and was disappointed. I have played Fallout 1 & 2 and finished them countless times. Fallout 3 and New Vegas strayed from the depth of Fallout 1 & 2, and Fallout 4 took it even further and transformed the game into an 3rd1st person shooter with some RPG elements. Another example of how major companies can destroy a perfect game.

    - skills are gone -    I had very high hopes for Fallout 4 and was disappointed. I have played Fallout 1 & 2 and finished them countless times. Fallout 3 and New Vegas strayed from the depth of Fallout 1 & 2, and Fallout 4 took it even further and transformed the game into an 3rd1st person shooter with some RPG elements. Another example of how major companies can destroy a perfect game.

    - skills are gone
    - perks are destroyed by mixing them with skills
    - zero-perk influence in-game: without investing in anything I can play 'sniper' with a machine gun :)) A machine gun!!!! Sniper!!! WTF?!
    - no more dialogues with many options that immerse you in the world
    - no chance for charisma characters
    - dumbed down quests like in WoW Vanilla or Burning Crusade: go there, kill that, return, profit, rinse, repeat
    - town building which gives absolutely nothing (no one dies of hunger or thirst or sleep deprivation, no one attacks you etc.)
    - too easy to play now. I can jump in the middle of 10 foes and kill them all with a simple gun. I wasn't able to do that in fallout 2 not even in the end, wearing power armor and best weapons :)

    On the plus side: the graphics are pretty good.    … Expand
  86. itstonytime
    Nov 13, 2015
    4
    What I find most damning is that this is another AAA game where the user ratings are pretty negative overall, while the critics who get paid by the site can't stop talking about how amazing and innovative and fun the game is. It's this kind of selling out that's ruining gaming. If we can't get an honest rating, how are we supposed to trust you?

    But enough about the future of gaming.    What I find most damning is that this is another AAA game where the user ratings are pretty negative overall, while the critics who get paid by the site can't stop talking about how amazing and innovative and fun the game is. It's this kind of selling out that's ruining gaming. If we can't get an honest rating, how are we supposed to trust you?

    But enough about the future of gaming. Let's talk Fallout 4.

    This game is essentially a remake of Fallout 3, which makes sense, since the same people made it. You've got essentially the same storyline- your family member disappears under mysterious circumstances and you've got to trek through an unfamiliar wasteland to find him, all the while fighting random monsters and adventuring through a setting best described as a "Fourth of July Dystopia." Personally, I don't know how you follow New Vegas with Boston- who cares about Boston? Was that something people were clamoring for?

    Most important, Bethesda has focused heavily on things I could not care less about (first-person shooting, graphics, this weird settlement-building game, voice acting, min-games) and left out what matters. What I love about New Vegas is how you feel immediately immersed in the story and can write it however you want. You feel in control, as if your choices matter. With Fallout 4, I felt like I was playing someone else's story, able to make some choices, but ultimately just playing a First-Person Shooter game with some RPG elements tossed in for fun. Kind of like Mass Effect without all the great writing.

    My advice? Borrow it, play it once, and then get back to New Vegas.    … Expand
  87. Nichtswisser
    Nov 12, 2015
    4
    The writing is probably the worst in the whole series. It makes b-movies and fan fiction look like Shakespeare level material in comparisson. And it makes talking with people a real chore since it's never interesting. The stupid Mass Effect like dialoge wheel does not help either. And of course the characters are just as bland and uninteresting as the dialogues. Sadly this time around evenThe writing is probably the worst in the whole series. It makes b-movies and fan fiction look like Shakespeare level material in comparisson. And it makes talking with people a real chore since it's never interesting. The stupid Mass Effect like dialoge wheel does not help either. And of course the characters are just as bland and uninteresting as the dialogues. Sadly this time around even the world seems bland and uninspired. It just feels like something a single dude playing around with the Fallout 3 editor for around a year put together. It really does!

    The UI is the worst piece of crap I've seen in a long time. Organizing your inventory and comparing items is a nightmare! And the controls with K&M are a slap in the face. The whole building structures part might well be the most clunky thing I ever had to deal with in a video game!

    The Roleplaying aspects of Fallout 4... Oh my god they killed Kenny! I really don't even know where to start...

    - They dumbed down the character development
    - Killed dialog choices with the Mass Effect Wheel
    - Removed the ability to roleplay your character
    - Pretty much removed most choices from the game altogether

    This game can not even be called an RPG anymore in my opinion. Skyrim was at least still an RPG Light, this game is a true travesty. I read somewhere that this supposedly was in development for 6 years... I really don't know what to say to that. This game is an abomination.

    Without the Fallout name and sold as a survival FPS about running around in a Wasteland and shooting zombies, I guess this could be considered an OKish game (not good mind you!). Yet as both an RPG (cringe) as well as a Fallout game (cringe even more) it's an abomination! It really is terrible and this time around even mods might not be able to fix it. There is just too much wrong with this game.    … Expand
  88. Smilomaniac
    Nov 19, 2015
    3
    There's little more to be said than the fact that Bethesda butchered an amazing setting for the sake of making a gimmicky sandbox shooter.
    For what it is, the game is decent with a lot of work put into details, however there is no point of playing beyond shooting and looting. I recommend any of the Bioshock games as much cheaper and better alternatives.
    For people who specifically want a    There's little more to be said than the fact that Bethesda butchered an amazing setting for the sake of making a gimmicky sandbox shooter.
    For what it is, the game is decent with a lot of work put into details, however there is no point of playing beyond shooting and looting. I recommend any of the Bioshock games as much cheaper and better alternatives.
    For people who specifically want a sandbox game, both Fallout New Vegas and Skyrim are vastly better games with a huge modding community behind both.

    I give this game a score of 3 based on the fact that it does not live up to being a Fallout game - Not just what I personally want from a Fallout game, but what should be expected.
    The lack of meaningful impact you have on the world as well as a dreadful dialogue system equates to having a racing game with roller skates instead of cars. The game just doesn't work beyond the gimmicks.    … Expand
  89. SMIICE
    Nov 12, 2015
    1
    So here is the review after playing for 28 hours.

    Let’s start and say Fallout and Fallout 2 was and will be my favorite games of all time (now I can add Witcher 3 to that list) I did not like Fallout 3 for lack of being Fallout and being Oblivion with guns, but I enjoyed Fallout New Vegas a lot. I love TES series, but it’s not TES series we will be talking about here. Character    So here is the review after playing for 28 hours.

    Let’s start and say Fallout and Fallout 2 was and will be my favorite games of all time (now I can add Witcher 3 to that list)

    I did not like Fallout 3 for lack of being Fallout and being Oblivion with guns, but I enjoyed Fallout New Vegas a lot.

    I love TES series, but it’s not TES series we will be talking about here.

    Character System:

    We don’t have skill anymore just perks.
    The SPECIAL system became even more casual then Fallout 3.

    Combat:

    It not interesting and very outdated.
    Combat stopped being tactical.
    Super mutants don’t feel threatening at all. I play on hard.

    Dialogue system:

    There is no need to invest points into speech (there is not speech skill). Dialogue has only 4 options.
    1) Yes
    2) No
    3) Question?
    4) Sarcasm

    There is no writing involved. Dialogues are not fun. You dot need to use your brain at all.
    I like to hear my name in the game that was a nice touch.

    Quests:

    Side quest are go fetch that item and go kill everyone at the specified location.
    To join the BOS in the first game it was so hard but afterword’s it felt amazing.
    Completing side quest without killing anyone (never happened so far and I played 28 hours).

    There is a quest where it feels like there should be a peaceful solution, but there is none you should kill one side or the other. There is no third option in this game.

    Equipment:

    I like how power armor is designed in Fallout 4. But it stopped being special it need no skill. Everyone can use it. You can find it everywhere.
    Good thing all equipment is customizable (I like it a lot).

    Building:

    I don’t like micromanagement part at all. I would love to have the ability to gather resources and tell settler to build walls and everything else. At least have that option in addition to Farmville simulator. It’s not Sims it is fallout. Upgrading settlement is a great concept but very poorly implemented.

    Graphics:

    Graphics is not an issue for me since I like Fallout 2.
    I do have GTX 980TI and the rest of the good components so I would have appreciated having better graphics and physics like Witcher 3. Recycling old engine is just so... have no words but lazy and greedy. If was Bethesda I would be ashamed to release such product. Bugs: Never ending glitches. This game has 10’s of it. But it's ok, I don’t mind. All bugs can be fixed. Open world: Need to load game every time I enter a large building if super annoying for me and game breaking. I’m tired of never-ending loading screens. Gameworld is so small I would have been ok if there was something to do besides: * Killing everything * Retrieving objects and * do Minecraft things. Verdict: If you like Minecraft and FPS, in general, this is definitely game for you and must buy and most probably the game of the generation. If you like true RPG experience and you fan of fallout universe please stay away and don’t make the mistake like I did. Bethesda destroyed Fallout series with Fallout 3 and Fallout 4, thank god there was Fallout New Vegas (thank you Obsidian for that). Bethesda it was last time I trusted you to make real Fallout but no more. Score: 1 out of 10 (not 0 because robot can sit my name and original art style of Fallout Series is back)    … Expand
  90. metsfan1
    Nov 12, 2015
    2
    tried to give this game a fair shake, and 9 hours in i can say i am very dissapointed with what bethesda brought to the market.

    its an inferior game to New vegas in alot of ways - no karma system - no hunger or thirst or hardcore anymore - AI is still fallout 3 teir bad and extremely buggy, watched a super mut walk into a wall for 20 minutes straight... - dogmeat is kinda    tried to give this game a fair shake, and 9 hours in i can say i am very dissapointed with what bethesda brought to the market.

    its an inferior game to New vegas in alot of ways

    - no karma system

    - no hunger or thirst or hardcore anymore

    - AI is still fallout 3 teir bad and extremely buggy, watched a super mut walk into a wall for 20 minutes straight...

    - dogmeat is kinda ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

    -The graphics are nowhere near the quality in the trailers even on max setting.

    -the textures are awful

    - no weapon degradation, I picked up like 5 pistols and tried to repair it to make it better but realized I cant

    - mass effect dialogue wheel with generic same responses to everything. it gets painfull to listen to very quickly

    - clearly a console port, pipboy navigation is annoying and the crafting controls are awkward

    - the majority of the RPG elements are gone, now its a FPS game with RPG elements rather than the other way around

    -mods will make this a playable, its just a waiting game until the authors fix what bethesda didnt bother with. i feel bad for the console players

    -every outpost mission is an assassination mission to kill raiders, thats it...

    -map is a decent size but empty, its pretty lonely. Comparing the maps of New Vegas and Fallout 4 is just pathetic.

    -i miss my SKILLS

    i would not recommend this game untill the modders sort it out or bethesda patches it into the a stable state    … Expand
  91. Krefchenko
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    Pure garbage, horribly optimized and horrible looking, unsatisfying gunplay and controls in general, companion AI is broken and insanely annoying in tight places, AI in general is broken, the quests are boring (like 5 quests in a row had me going to different places just to kill every single raider there, my character literally had the option to respond with: "great, more raiders" IFPure garbage, horribly optimized and horrible looking, unsatisfying gunplay and controls in general, companion AI is broken and insanely annoying in tight places, AI in general is broken, the quests are boring (like 5 quests in a row had me going to different places just to kill every single raider there, my character literally had the option to respond with: "great, more raiders" IF YOU'RE AWARE YOU'RE DOING THIS DON'T DO IT PLEASE), dialogue is never interesting, dialogue options have been severely limited and dumbed down to just "sarcastic" or "no" most of the time. When I was making my character, while disappointed in the options available to me I was very pleased with the character I made for myself. A gritty sort of woman with messed up hair and tired eyes, I was excited to roleplay as this kind of person roaming the wasteland, doing everything for my own good, not caring much about others, etc.. However, the devs felt that roleplaying was unnecessary and so they have introduced this new thing where your character talks a lot. So this character of mine was a completely insane person that went from being totally uninterested and cold in conversations to a completely different personality outside of them. Also the game crashed 4 times over 10 minutes of gameplay. All in all, I'm giving it 1/10 because I really like this character I made and would like to play her in a game that's good, there isn't anything good to say about this game.… Expand
  92. user2
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Registered here just to post my opinion. First of all THIS IS NOT A RPG. GTA San Andreas has more RPG elements than this game.
    Pros:
    + cities and some buildings are now part of the world (not separate locations which must be loaded after entering the door); + Morrowind-like armour sets where you need to collect pieces of armour for both left and right hand/leg; Cons: - Completely    Registered here just to post my opinion. First of all THIS IS NOT A RPG. GTA San Andreas has more RPG elements than this game.
    Pros:
    + cities and some buildings are now part of the world (not separate locations which must be loaded after entering the door);
    + Morrowind-like armour sets where you need to collect pieces of armour for both left and right hand/leg;

    Cons:
    - Completely retarded "RPG" part of the game: no skills, useless and dumb perks, 1 point/perk per level. Intelligence does not affect anything. SPECIAL attributes (just like books) became another kind of perks. As the result you cannot increase any ability at the beginning of the game (for instance in previous games you could invest all initial points in lock-picking at the beginning and be able to open advanced locks).
    - There is NO dialogues. Because the communication in this game cannot be named a dialogue. Forget about speech skill, forget about numerous dialogue options and skill checks. Here you will only see: "Yes", "No", "What do I need to do?" and "Sarcastic". In Arroyo (Fallout 2 first location) you have more dialogue options and side quests than in Fallout 4 after 3 hours of game-play.
    - Awful map. World map can be useful sometimes but local area map is just a joke.
    - VATS just slows down the time i.e. you must act quickly because moving targets will dynamically update your hit chances. For me its bad because now there is no tactics involved in the process: you must mindlessly shoot targets.
    - As some people already reported: power armour, death claw and machine gun after 1 hour of gameplay.
    - Game was made with console-kids in mind and as a result everything is simplified and not user-friendly for PC users.
    - Immortal NPCs. I remember, in Morrowind there are couple of quest-related NPCs that cannot be killed. But here almost all of them (that have names) cannot be killed. Forget about "run and kill 'em all".
    - No karma. Your actions do not have any effect.
    - Stupid story line. "They took my kid, I must revenge" DFQ is this Bathesda?
    - Music. Well, they mostly just took songs from Fallout 3 and that's all.

    Conclusion:
    This is no a RPG you waited (if you have been waiting for Fallout). Its not a bad game, but it is not a RPG. It is just a good shooter with immortal dog that follows you while you are shooting. Probably will start playing Fallout 2 again today...    … Expand
  93. aristophocles
    Nov 14, 2015
    5
    "It just works" -todd howard. No todd, nothing in this broken buggy mess works. I'm sorry that all you guys had to do was not dumb everything down and the game would have been fine. But exusing the usual bethesda broken game **** and the retardation that this game is, just isn't reasonable. Todd, go to hell.
  94. batmaster
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Terrible graphic and animations (not for today game), Skyrim clone :( . Not fallout at all! Big disappointment. :( Boring. First town-Power Armor-killing of DeathClaw. They must by kidding us. :( Please sell this licence to someone else. You are not competent to make FALLOUT games at all!
  95. Sinius
    Nov 10, 2015
    1
    BGS lied, it,s not RPG. Role-playing system does not exsist in f4, dialogs, storyline are poor. Principless exploitation of the name of Fallout. This is the way to the end of rpg-gaming, if games like fallout 4 will win the market.
  96. Zewp
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Bethesda: The Game 4. Boring, uninspired, tedious, shallow. Take your pick. You would honestly expect better from Bethesda in 2015, but you'd be expecting wrong. Meanwhile the gaming press is fawning over it and making Bethesda think they struck gold, so don't expect any significant improvements in the next Elder Scrolls either.
  97. drone_fo
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    SPECIAL role system is so simplified that it is not nearly role-playing system anymore (no distinguishable skills/perks, everything is a set of base perks that you get to upgrade each level - including SPECIAL attributes themselves - one point per level), looks more like shooter with perks (see e.g. Wolfenstein: New Order).
    Shooting without VATS proves to be far worse than shooting in    SPECIAL role system is so simplified that it is not nearly role-playing system anymore (no distinguishable skills/perks, everything is a set of base perks that you get to upgrade each level - including SPECIAL attributes themselves - one point per level), looks more like shooter with perks (see e.g. Wolfenstein: New Order).
    Shooting without VATS proves to be far worse than shooting in real-time.
    4 dialogue options!! Only 4 in Fallout! Not only that, but also they do not reflect what are you going to say. Like "Yes"/"No"/"Maybe"/"Sarcastic" - completely out of context.
    The UI is terrible, lots of people noticed that. It is struggling to get used to all the different keys used to fly through different menus. Plus sometimes mouse over doesn't work properly. Stuff like you comparison to your current weapon is very informative (like ++/-- instead of showing real values), and this applies not only to the inventory but also for crafting.
    Dog steals kills from you.
    Quests are poorly written, very typical bravado/cliches.
    Graphics is outdated, however animations seem fixed at last, better facial animation and some modern stuff like Physically Based Shading seems present.
    However, guns updating looks quite interesting, village building/maintaining looks a bit interesting too, but in my opinion, completely out of place.    … Expand
  98. daanelf
    Nov 10, 2015
    3
    Pro
    - character creation.
    - seems like you can play this game for hundreds of hours.
    - replayability
    - great setting to shoot stuff and do whatever you want. Dont take it serious and have fun.

    Con
    - graphically it looks like a console port. Not impressed. Even when this game came out 4 years ago.
    - buggy
    - crappy AI
    - mediocre story
  99. thenthomwaslike
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    Forced mouse acceleration, mouselook has higher sensitivity horizontally than it does vertically, uninteresting dialogue, overall conversation system with the exception of the good persuasion system is not very good, with awful cinematography and a penchant for pulling you out of the scene if you even touch your mouse. broken quests, and bloated and reused content. And this is just from 2Forced mouse acceleration, mouselook has higher sensitivity horizontally than it does vertically, uninteresting dialogue, overall conversation system with the exception of the good persuasion system is not very good, with awful cinematography and a penchant for pulling you out of the scene if you even touch your mouse. broken quests, and bloated and reused content. And this is just from 2 hours of play. I'll update the review after i rebuy it after seeing proof that its issues have been resolved. But dont pay 60 dollars to be a beta tester.… Expand
  100. NBT
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Disappointing.

    Yes that's my first word, because i am very disappointed. first of all. i started the game , hyped up. immediately i noticed mouse lag .. real bad mouse lag in the menu. Having trouble even hitting menu items .. my fps was steady at 144( that's my v sync) so it was not a pc performance issue. ignoring that for now i went right ahead trying to create a new game, i was meed    Disappointing.

    Yes that's my first word, because i am very disappointed. first of all. i started the game , hyped up. immediately i noticed mouse lag .. real bad mouse lag in the menu. Having trouble even hitting menu items .. my fps was steady at 144( that's my v sync) so it was not a pc performance issue. ignoring that for now i went right ahead trying to create a new game, i was meed with the new and stylish character creator.(similar to eve online) But my frustration just started to increase her it became very clear right her that this game is a console port. wonky controls with key binds that make no sense , cant be changed. managing finally to finishing the character creator i got finally into the game. but her was the turning point for me .. mouse lag again.. how can you play a game with that much mouse lag?... i immediately saved the game.. went out and tried to find a solution to this issue. after several hours and nothing working to resolve the issue i gave up.. it seems some nvidia card user wont a playable game because of the bad choice of forcing a broken mouse smoothing Technic on players. i know it has been bad in the old fallout games , but never as near , since i hasen't been fixed i just requested a refund and uninstalled the game.

    The game got hyped to much up its a joke .. they bragged about there new physics engine that now makes the hair move naturally in the wind . the bushes move in the wind and so on . Well there is no hair tech that can move in the wind. that was just a basic lie (no really hair is just a single mesh. witcher 3 has real hair engine but not fallout 4) reading now after i got my refund and with my 20 minutes ingame time that i spent in game to see if i resolved the mouse lag issue and several hours outside searching for a way to fix it , i am glad i just got my refund .. because from other negative review ( where people haven't been brainwashed) i can see clearly that this game wasn't worth my money or time    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 4, 2016
    80
    After terrible first couple of hours Fallout 4 pulled itself together and ultimately was almost as fun as The Witcher 3. There’s a huge chasm between these two games in terms of technology (F4 looks like a X360 game), but their open worlds are equally good and Bethesda did a better job with crafting. [01/2016, p.42]
  2. PCWorld
    Jan 19, 2016
    70
    This isn’t the step forward I expected, though. Here we are, the first Bethesda game on a new hardware generation, and I can’t help feeling like we’ve regressed—like Fallout 4 really is Oblivion-with-guns. A decade later, it certainly makes many of the same mistakes.
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  3. Pelit (Finland)
    Jan 4, 2016
    92
    It’s easy to get carried away by Fallout 4’s massive open world. While the gunplay is much improved and the quests fun, I found the UI lacking on the PC. The inventory and build menus are really tedious to use. [Dec 2015]
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