Fallout 4

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6.8

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  1. HiddenName
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    The game is not intuitive, it is not a game for casual players. Here guides do not exist, you'll be tired half a day to move the game forward. PS4 is declines frames per second. The story is as simple as tripe with oil, literally the moment we are in the apocalypse. Nothing special.
  2. Hilmi
    Dec 6, 2015
    4
    I recently beat the game and I felt that I had to write a review.

    Fallout 4 is not a bad game. There are moments in the game where you lose yourself in hoarding objects, building settlements, or exploring new locations. That actually can be very fun. But it gets boring quickly. You talk to people and they tell you to go to such location and get a certain item or clear a number of    I recently beat the game and I felt that I had to write a review.

    Fallout 4 is not a bad game. There are moments in the game where you lose yourself in hoarding objects, building settlements, or exploring new locations. That actually can be very fun. But it gets boring quickly. You talk to people and they tell you to go to such location and get a certain item or clear a number of enemies. This is basically the whole game. Even during end-game quests, you go to a location and kill all the bad guys. The game occasionally gives you the option of peaceful resolution but mostly you are forced to kill every moving thing. This gets really boring and really brakes immersion.

    The game has instances of severe framerate drops on the ps4.

    I had fun playing the game but overall I felt that it reused the old formula and abused it. I would have given it a 6 were it not for the framerate issues.    … Expand
  3. PuckMan
    Nov 24, 2015
    4
    About 8 hours into my first character I go into someones shack and steal an empty cola bottle when no one is looking. Unknowing that everyone has psychic powers the entire town teleports through the door and guns me down. Following a load screen I respawn in the same place with everyone shooting me I die again. This repeats until eventually my PS4 crashes and I'm forced to start the gameAbout 8 hours into my first character I go into someones shack and steal an empty cola bottle when no one is looking. Unknowing that everyone has psychic powers the entire town teleports through the door and guns me down. Following a load screen I respawn in the same place with everyone shooting me I die again. This repeats until eventually my PS4 crashes and I'm forced to start the game from scratch. So far on my second character and much further into the game nothing game breaking has happened yet but I feel like I have to be very careful which is not a problem I should be having.

    So Fallout 4 is a buggy mess and I would have awarded a higher score if it hadn't been however, probably not that much higher as the game itself isn't really very good.

    The game has a very stupid and intrusive 'government took ma be-beh' storyline. The worst thing about this is every time you speak with an NPC your character insists on telling them something that you already know and don't care about for the entire game.

    Dialogue choices that don't matter is something that really annoys me about modern games and Fallout 4 does it all the time which is a massive problem for an RPG with so many of them.

    The game world is massive and exploring it is probably the most fun thing to do in the game. There are loads of missions and side quests but unfortunately everything you do feels like busy work. There is so much busy work in Fallout 4 I had to quit my job in real life just to figure out how base building works as there is no real tutorial or explanation for it in the game.

    The combat aspect is weak. Shooting is not satisfying. You don't really feel like your hitting anything unless you use VATS which is essential when the dumb enemy AI just runs at you and there's nothing you can do about it.

    Far too much inventory management, constantly having to drop items because I'm over my equip burden. Ultimately though it's all the load screens which really puts me off. Dying, fast travel, going into buildings. Every few seconds a load screen is there to break the immersion and illusion of the open world.

    Fallout 4 just looks and feels old, in it's bland missions, uninspired level design and creaky game engine. Some people may be able look past these flaws and throw themselves into all the busy work. I am not one of them.    … Expand
  4. pikachuyann
    Feb 12, 2016
    4
    This game might be promising on the content offered, but it suffers too much of its developer difficulties to have a stable game. Between out-dated shot accuracy with a controller, random crashes, and technical limitations, the feel of the game vanishes way too early.

    Still, to someone liking post-apocalyptic scenes it is still a game with quite a lot of content to offer; but it's not    This game might be promising on the content offered, but it suffers too much of its developer difficulties to have a stable game. Between out-dated shot accuracy with a controller, random crashes, and technical limitations, the feel of the game vanishes way too early.

    Still, to someone liking post-apocalyptic scenes it is still a game with quite a lot of content to offer; but it's not for everyone. Be careful when buying this game.    … Expand
  5. ringontherail
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    Thank you, Bethesda, for providing us the clearest picture yet of the "professional critic" landscape. Between the obvious lack of heart involved in this cash-grab glorified Fallout 3 DLC, the use of a tired, buggy engine and the "streamlined" dialog one realizes that 90% of these review web-sites or magazines are clearly in Bethesda's pocket.
    We consumers need to do each other a favor,    Thank you, Bethesda, for providing us the clearest picture yet of the "professional critic" landscape. Between the obvious lack of heart involved in this cash-grab glorified Fallout 3 DLC, the use of a tired, buggy engine and the "streamlined" dialog one realizes that 90% of these review web-sites or magazines are clearly in Bethesda's pocket.
    We consumers need to do each other a favor, and stop visiting web sites that continue to rain 8's 9's and 10's on every high-profile, large studio release.    … Expand
  6. cammilo
    Dec 8, 2015
    4
    It's a very fun game, but as this is a USER SCORE, i have to write this review as a fallout series player, which is why i give the game a 4, i want it to be RED.

    The game has an interesting setting, and the combat and open world aspect is great. The initial story concept works very well, this ends quickly after some time, when you realize it's all about killing looting modding. There's    It's a very fun game, but as this is a USER SCORE, i have to write this review as a fallout series player, which is why i give the game a 4, i want it to be RED.

    The game has an interesting setting, and the combat and open world aspect is great. The initial story concept works very well, this ends quickly after some time, when you realize it's all about killing looting modding. There's no character creating apart from the physical aspects, your character doesn't feel "yours" . There's almost no quest with complex story writing; in general, the script aspect of conversations and general dialogue is POOR by any standards. What i want to express is that Fallout is an RPG, but Fallout 4, in my honest opinion, Is NOT.

    I hope they can fix something in any of their DLC's    … Expand
  7. kenmil
    Nov 19, 2015
    4
    I played this game for 4 hours and that was more than enough for me to remove the disc and list it on eBay. A clunky control system and a menu that has to be one of the worst I have seen, took their toll on my patience. If Bethesda spent 7 years making this piece of junk, they should all do the right thing and resign.
  8. Setandugal
    Nov 13, 2015
    4
    This is hands down the buggiest game i've played in recent memory. I can't believe their QA department passed this game as a sellable product. You can't go 20 minutes without encountering a significant bug. The graphics are also inconsistent, There are some parts that look so next gen, others look like a ps2 game. Gameplay is decent, pretty good at best, the story will hook you at times,This is hands down the buggiest game i've played in recent memory. I can't believe their QA department passed this game as a sellable product. You can't go 20 minutes without encountering a significant bug. The graphics are also inconsistent, There are some parts that look so next gen, others look like a ps2 game. Gameplay is decent, pretty good at best, the story will hook you at times, but the bugs so insane that will make you forget the greatness of this game.… Expand
  9. JackKasket
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    Quite disappointing. Don't believe the positive "professional" reviewers. This game, again, showed what a bunch of paid-off hacks they are.

    A lot of the things that made the previous Fallouts so fun are just dumbed down or broken in this latest instalment. The dialogue system is just pure garbage. I don't see any point in RPG style charisma play through what-so-ever, which is something    Quite disappointing. Don't believe the positive "professional" reviewers. This game, again, showed what a bunch of paid-off hacks they are.

    A lot of the things that made the previous Fallouts so fun are just dumbed down or broken in this latest instalment. The dialogue system is just pure garbage. I don't see any point in RPG style charisma play through what-so-ever, which is something I did in all previous Fallouts.

    The S.P.E.C.I.A.L. is also dumbed down to a point where your choices don't even matter. You can just upgrade your base stats at level-up, so your initial "character" does not affect your play style at all. Not that it would anyway, because I don't see any effect of the stats on the game play apart from being able to carry more ****

    The story so far, well, it's the same beginning as in every other Fallout really. However, the story progression and the NPC's you meet are extremely one dimensional and I actually feel like murdering them all rather than having to suffer through the painfully uninspiring dialogues.

    I personally do not care for the graphics that much, which seems to be a major gripe for a lot of people, but this game is just not up to par in next gen gaming. What's worse is that it is actually VERY difficult to spot enemies without using VATS due to the "improved" graphics, particularly when compared to New Vegas.

    At launch, it is filled with bugs and **** The framerate is at times abysmal. The character gets stuck on invisible obstacles, and so forth. If it wasn't a Fallout game, I would have quite playing after the first 4 hours.

    Final word:
    Am I going to finish the game? Abso-fcking-lutely.
    Am I going to replay it? No.
    Is this the GOTY? NO!

    (Hopefully there will be patches lined up pretty soon or the broken game play and engine might force me to put this on the shelf until I'm tired of SW:BW)    … Expand
  10. SURYASHEKHAR
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    Average at its best to be honest. The game looks a bit dated and a bit boring but overall, again, pretty average. I had high expectations from fallout 4 considering all that pre-release hype it had.
  11. Kazuma-Kiryu
    Dec 20, 2015
    4
    Negative:

    -The quests are lackluster and repetitive. The endings are pretty much all the same and feel meaningless. -The voice acting was a cool addition but limited the dialogue options. Also, if you quicksave right before a charisma attempt, you'll notice that whether you fail or not, the character's delivery is EXACTLY the same. -The pathing of enemy AI is very poor. By that, I    Negative:

    -The quests are lackluster and repetitive. The endings are pretty much all the same and feel meaningless.

    -The voice acting was a cool addition but limited the dialogue options. Also, if you quicksave right before a charisma attempt, you'll notice that whether you fail or not, the character's delivery is EXACTLY the same.

    -The pathing of enemy AI is very poor. By that, I mean that I can jump back and forth over a 2 foot guard rail and a deathclaw will be forced to run all the way around instead of just hopping over
    .
    -Companions are a huge PITA and will often walk right in front of you as you're throwing a grenade or taking a stealthy shot from afar.

    - Radio is boring. ThreeDog, or even Mr. New Vegas from previous games are much better than Travis,

    -The new settlements were fun and contributed to at least half of my playtime, but once the release hype faded, I realized I was playing a souped up Farmville. A majority of gameplay is reduced to filling up on junk, fast traveling home and repeating.

    -No Soul.The time I left vault 101 in Fallout 3, Bethesda had already taken me on a magic carpet ride of emotions. From birth, my birthday party, my first crush, dealing with bullies, and ultimately leaving the shelter, by the time the intro was over, I had already established the fundamentals of my character’s identity. Fallout 4 takes that level of character building and attachment to narrative and flushes it down the toilet. I found myself completely unmoved by the elimination of specific main characters, and change of circumstances because I had not been given a reason to care. In Fallout 3 I wanted so badly for my girlfriend (Amata) to follow me into the wasteland, and felt so sad that she didn’t want to leave with me.

    No Karma Sytem -My biggest complaint about Fallout 4 in general was the removal of the Karma system. The karma system was exchanged for a faction system in New Vegas. Many of us hoped that maybe it was just an Obsidian thing and that as soon as Bethesda made a new Fallout that the Karma system would make its triumphant return. Unfortunately this was not the case. In fact when trying to just be evil in Fallout 4 there were absolutely no repercussions other than angry NPCs. In the main quest, it is impossible to be a bad guy. No matter what you say the plot moves forward the same way with little to no difference had you chose the ‘nice guy’ dialogue options. I’m not saying that this is a deal breaker for me, but I believe it’s a big talking point for those who really loved the ‘play your own way’ aspects of Bethesda games.

    - Graphic looks outdated but this is less important than story / quests or gameplay.

    Positve:

    +Gameplay.While the game did leave me with a bad taste in my mouth, I can say that I really enjoyed flying over enemies, landing on them and proceeding to decapitate some fools with my Chinese officer's sword. Also, the shooting quality was a huge step up from past games.

    +The weapon upgrade system is nice However, there isn't as much available for armor

    I started playing the Fallout series with Fallout 3 on PS3, and I loved it. It got me into the Elder Scrolls games too, and I played both Oblivion and Skyrim. I bought New Vegas, loved it and played the hell out of it. I'm now playing Fallout 4, and to be honest its not a good game, maybe a "OK" game but very bad a Fallout 4 game.i give 4 out of 10 im very dissapointed :( *sniff*    … Expand
  12. oliver70
    Dec 18, 2015
    4
    I am stuck at a part where I am supposed to grow pomatoes, wheat and whatnot. I spent half an hour looking for vegetables then I fall asleep in front of my TV. My dog disappeared. What kind of game is that?
    Do you need a PhD to play this game?
  13. Lillo
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    No "Hardcore mode", no weapon/armor degradation, no reputation system, no "traits", and the plot and characters are flat.
    But you can build weapons, houses and interact with the "real" pip-boy, so who cares?

    If you enjoyed New Vegas, DON'T BUY IT.
    It's FarCry with Skirym features.

    Thanks Bethesda for ruining the Fallout series.
  14. Landy77
    Dec 2, 2015
    4
    The game is disappointing. The story is very predictable, missions are boring and do not make sense most of the time. Regardless of decisions or path you take the ending is the same. Very disappointing.
  15. joker0314
    Dec 8, 2015
    4
    Nice game,but I met fatal crash and there's no Chinese version update yet.And I'm afraid it will not have any Chinese version update.Every time I go in the police and the picture will crash.
  16. Chucklenut
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    It hurts to give such a hyped game such a mediocre score, but that's just how it goes.
    The animations are still Bethesda quality (cringeworthy), the voice work is very bland, the story is even blander, and the entire game is a mess of glitches that should never have made it past playtesting.
    The beginning of the game does not set up any long time Fallout fan to be excited. You jump in a    It hurts to give such a hyped game such a mediocre score, but that's just how it goes.
    The animations are still Bethesda quality (cringeworthy), the voice work is very bland, the story is even blander, and the entire game is a mess of glitches that should never have made it past playtesting.
    The beginning of the game does not set up any long time Fallout fan to be excited. You jump in a suit of power armor with 0 experience, take down a deathclaw without having even encountered one prior, and tear raiders up with a minigun you should by all means not even know how to use.
    The game is very streamlined for casual players, and the story isn't an exception. I won't spoil the ending, but if you didn't like Fallout 3's ending pre-Broken Steel, you're going to hate this one.    … Expand
  17. liveAndLetLive
    Feb 28, 2016
    4
    I thought I was going crazy. This game is just as awkward to play as MGSV. Thank you to other reviewers who shared this opinion. I am very upset at this game plus Bloodborne and MGSV. I feel robbed of about $180, wait The Order Of 1886 makes $240.

    2015 was pathetic and I lost hope in gaming.

    Thank You God for THE WITCHER 4 & RISE OF THE WOMB RAIDER.
  18. Jpwr39
    Mar 24, 2016
    4
    My issue with the game is that it doesn't bring anything really new or interesting to the franchise. It's just a re-skinned F3/FNV with slightly better graphics. I'm pretty sure they re-used a ton of assets from those two games as well. The story is retarded. The facial animations on the NPCs when they are talking and interacting with you look ridiculous. They look like wooden dummies.My issue with the game is that it doesn't bring anything really new or interesting to the franchise. It's just a re-skinned F3/FNV with slightly better graphics. I'm pretty sure they re-used a ton of assets from those two games as well. The story is retarded. The facial animations on the NPCs when they are talking and interacting with you look ridiculous. They look like wooden dummies.
    The quests are boring as hell and I have zero interest in finishing them or the game so I returned it.    … Expand
  19. ps4gamerdudexx2
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    Fallout 4 with upscaled textures, same resolution. Graphically it's a shame, it does not look like a current-gen game. It looks like someone ripped Skyrim and upscaled the textures a bit. Almost no shadows anywhere and framerates routinely drop below 20 FPS in heated battles.

    Gameplay, it's more Fallout 3 with building mechanics. Nothing really new to the table.
  20. Rest1peace
    Nov 10, 2015
    4
    This game is a huge dissapointment.

    I was really looking forward to this game but its tedious, repetative and the quests feels like an mmo.

    Would not waste my money if i could do it over agian...
  21. o1o1o
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    Ни одну игру так не ждал, как fallout 4...лучше бы не ждал. Как по мне, так это провал года! Ни атмосферы, ни диалогов, ни нормальной прокачки персонажа - вообще ничего. Средненький шутер с элементами RPG, но не fallout...не тот fallout который все ждали.Ни одну игру так не ждал, как fallout 4...лучше бы не ждал. Как по мне, так это провал года! Ни атмосферы, ни диалогов, ни нормальной прокачки персонажа - вообще ничего. Средненький шутер с элементами RPG, но не fallout...не тот fallout который все ждали.
  22. TribeMeladee
    Nov 12, 2015
    4
    I pre-ordered this ... what a mistake.

    I find it difficult to believe, with the new generation consoles, that i have to put up with clunky graphics. I reload Witcher 3 and then go back to Fall out 4 and wonder if the people at Bethesda are watching their competition. Why doesnt my hair move ... The narrative gets lost. I am supposed to be searching for my baby but why don't i    I pre-ordered this ... what a mistake.

    I find it difficult to believe, with the new generation consoles, that i have to put up with clunky graphics. I reload Witcher 3 and then go back to Fall out 4 and wonder if the people at Bethesda are watching their competition.

    Why doesnt my hair move ...

    The narrative gets lost. I am supposed to be searching for my baby but why don't i care?

    Why do i look like someone put varnish on my face ...

    The UI is hard to handle with no improvements to inventory and the map. Frame rates, when there are too many people on the screen, are intolerable. I have even encountered areas free of NPCs, that i have frame rate issues ... seriously disappointing.

    Immortal NPCs ..... nuff said. They should have given the dog a cape and painted a huge "S" on it. One of the things that was set as a feature was all of the voice acting but it doesnt help me engage with the characters. When i played Witcher 3 i felt i was part of the story and it didnt matter minor the quest was. The dialogue and how the dialogue was introduced by my character made me feel as though i was a part of the story and that i was important. Fallout in contrast is quite the opposite in that i just dont care and i am having difficulty connecting to the story.

    Best thing about this game is that its new and i can sell it to someone at work, probably at a loss. Bethesda, i am going back to replay Witcher 3 +mode.    … Expand
  23. Roccoco
    Nov 12, 2015
    4
    Fallout 4. The sequel to Fallout 3, which could be considered a spin-off of the main series (Being 1, 2 and New Vegas) by the true fans.
    The game has been so extremely over hyped it is now a major crime to talk crap about it. But this is exactly the problem. This happens every time a game gets over hyped by dumb wannabe-fans.
    Everything was dumbed down from past Fallout games, hell,    Fallout 4. The sequel to Fallout 3, which could be considered a spin-off of the main series (Being 1, 2 and New Vegas) by the true fans.
    The game has been so extremely over hyped it is now a major crime to talk crap about it. But this is exactly the problem. This happens every time a game gets over hyped by dumb wannabe-fans.

    Everything was dumbed down from past Fallout games, hell, even Fallout 3 (which was pretty dumb) had better RPG elements. If you're a fan of the real Fallout games, you will hate this. If you are a fan of the RPG genre, you will despise this.
    Not only the RPG elements were dumbed down, but a lot of the aspects of difficulty, like the lifespan of your weapons. Bethesda excels in taking the Fallout franchise, where Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 were considered some of the greatest, greatest RPG games ever made, and turn it into a generic shooter.

    Then we start with the dumb stuff (no spoilers):
    -Dialog wheel. Who the hell thought this was a good idea? The dialog wheel's only purpose is to kill the immersion with the character and also to dumb down your character's dialog.
    -Voiced main character: Sucks because of the same reasons as dialog wheel. Zero immersion with your character. Imagine a voiced Gordon Freeman.
    -Combat: Even though it is not bad at all to have shooting elements in a Fallout game, Fallout 4 forces those elements in. 20 minutes into the game and you get yourself involved in a scripted shooting mission, then you unlock the power armor, get back in the scripted scene with a scripted Deathclaw.
    -Difficulty: You can change the difficulty at any given time (very stupid for any video game). Also power armor at 20 minutes into the game. Also immortal dogmeat.
    -Writing: It is known by everyone that Bethesda sucks at writing a coherent story and or dialogs.
    -Writing: Remember the multiple story lines, nonlinear main story and freedom of story flow, faction cooperation and all that sweet stuff from Fallout 1, Fallout 2 and New Vegas? Well, all that stuff is gone.
    -More writing: Remember the gray moral system of New Vegas? Well, welcome back again to Fallout 3's black or white moral system.
    -More writing (ending) (no spoilers): Bethesda can't come up with an original story, so they had to rip it off the original Fallout 3 Van Buuren. Only dumbing it down to choosing either A or B. Way to go guys.

    Not to mention the frame rate drops and ugly graphics.

    The game is just plain bad. Bethesda managed to ruin every single improvement Obsidian made on New Vegas. It's a shame honestly. The real fans can only hope that some day Bethesda green lights Obsidian to make another Fallout game. If that never happens, then we can agree that Fallout is dead.    … Expand
  24. AlexLas95
    Nov 14, 2015
    4
    *First of all, to all the people giving this game a 0, 1 or 2 rating... really? You have no idea what a 0, 1, or 2 rating game really is... Now my impressions of the game:

    Bethesda what happened? I'm so disappointed by this game. The graphics are just meh... but that doesn't matter, but then with the mediocre graphics the game has, how is it that the game has some FPS drops? HOW?!?!    *First of all, to all the people giving this game a 0, 1 or 2 rating... really? You have no idea what a 0, 1, or 2 rating game really is... Now my impressions of the game:

    Bethesda what happened?

    I'm so disappointed by this game. The graphics are just meh... but that doesn't matter, but then with the mediocre graphics the game has, how is it that the game has some FPS drops? HOW?!?!

    The story is not really interesting neither but that didn't catch me as a surprise to be honest (Haven't finished it yet though, I have played it like 24 hours or so). The problem is that not only I have to deal with the mostly dumb dialogues this game offers, I also have to suffer the worst voice acting I have heard on a huge triple A game. Spanish voice actors I mean, don't know how the English voice acting is for the game, but I wish I could, because guess what, I CAN'T CHANGE THE F***ING LANGUAGE OF THE GAME!! WHYYY!!!

    And the decisions you make on the game are:
    Option 1: YES
    Option 2: NO
    ^ That's exactly the kind of decisions you are going to find on this game. Awesome right?...

    It took me quite some time to get used to the controls of the game because they are not what you would consider good...

    I'm not going to play the game right now any longer, I'm going to wait for some patches because the game needs them. So right now I give the game a 4, when they release some patches maybe it will go up to a 6 or even more. I hope so...

    So this is not a review since I haven't finished it yet, just my impressions.    … Expand
  25. mreel
    Nov 15, 2015
    4
    Played the game for 10 hours, and I've got enough. The game unfortunately has suffered a serious dumb-down. What I hate most is that it could even be a decent game. Some of the changes aren't even really that bad. Sure the new leveling system might hurt a bit at first, but it's a good attempt to balance the incredibly broken skill system (I mean does anybody miss Survival, really?).Played the game for 10 hours, and I've got enough. The game unfortunately has suffered a serious dumb-down. What I hate most is that it could even be a decent game. Some of the changes aren't even really that bad. Sure the new leveling system might hurt a bit at first, but it's a good attempt to balance the incredibly broken skill system (I mean does anybody miss Survival, really?). Crafting system means instead of going to a vendor, you will scrap useless weapons of your enemies and modify your own. Radiation matters and it matters much. But well, that's it for the advantages of this game.

    Main issue of this game? You go to the nearest location of your vault and hear shooting raiders. Not thinking much you go shooting them, a obvious quest-giver hero figure shows and thanks you because you had a choice to go away. Oh, really? My only real choice there was to start a mission or not start a mission. I couldn't shoot him in the face, I couldn't just tell them to run away with me to the sanctuary, since I wanted to make a pacifist run. No the only real choice I had was to mow down Raiders with a minigun in a power suit, or go away. I couldn't even make a choice about how my character would behave. It was mostly yes, no, question and sarcastic, which half of the time is playful, half is annoyed. Which brings us to another great issue: lack of character creation. Sure I could sculpt faces of both of them however I wanted, but it was still a person capable of having a family. No psychopaths, no antisocial nerds. Wonder how he got such a good wife with one point of charisma. Part of what makes Bethesda recipe games good is how we forget about main quest while exploring surroundings, each having it's own story. No such thing in Fallout 4. You will constantly remind everybody (and game will for you) that you have a son you don't care about to rescue. The settlement mechanic is slapped on the game and provides you no reason to use it. Do you really care about some unnamed settlers who provide no reason to fight for them, only demanding really useful and rare resources like military grade circuit board, for some radiated fruits?

    Game isn't even immersive, does not make you care about what goes on the screen, only to push your armor to protect you against more damage. No illusion of autonomy, you either go a one specific way designers expect you to, or you don't go at all. It's worst sin is that unlike Skyrim, which had many similar problems, it's also unengaging of all things.    … Expand
  26. Boneywasawarior
    Nov 15, 2015
    4
    Oh dear! The game has lots of great ideas, but on a technical level this is a really shoddy game. First off the install. I downloaded the game from psn in 30 min, but when I started the game it ran an install that took more than 2 hours. Wtf! Not exactly a good sign, and was followed by just really poor, and very inconsistent error acne. The game should not be running this poorly.

    Come    Oh dear! The game has lots of great ideas, but on a technical level this is a really shoddy game. First off the install. I downloaded the game from psn in 30 min, but when I started the game it ran an install that took more than 2 hours. Wtf! Not exactly a good sign, and was followed by just really poor, and very inconsistent error acne. The game should not be running this poorly.

    Come on Bethesda, sort yourselves out    … Expand
  27. fuzzyy
    Nov 16, 2015
    4
    It's sad. I made a metacritc acc just to do this, sad release, sad game. How critic reviews are so high? That is impossible that a professional human, evolved in all context that's this game represent give it a 7+. It is a 7 on max, for a fps with crafting.
    How could Bethesda said that's the most ambition game ever? It is completely a lie, theres no point in game that's flag his ambition.    It's sad. I made a metacritc acc just to do this, sad release, sad game. How critic reviews are so high? That is impossible that a professional human, evolved in all context that's this game represent give it a 7+. It is a 7 on max, for a fps with crafting.
    How could Bethesda said that's the most ambition game ever? It is completely a lie, theres no point in game that's flag his ambition.
    The game is fallout new vegas on a upside down perspective,
    just about everything is wrong. It has MINOR improvements from Fallout 3 and is just that. Seven years later, seven.
    Total shame. Be good with you and go play Witcher 3.    … Expand
  28. KingMiky1994
    Nov 17, 2015
    4
    This game feels like Fallout 3.5, Fallout HD Remaster or whatever you want to call it.
    The story is predictive and okay at best. Storytelling has never been Bethesda's strength , but i expect more in 2015 in terms of Animation, writing as The Witcher 3 has really set the bar for RPG's.
    Every Character seems Soulless, boring and the AI is straight outta 2009. When i try to sneak around    This game feels like Fallout 3.5, Fallout HD Remaster or whatever you want to call it.
    The story is predictive and okay at best. Storytelling has never been Bethesda's strength , but i expect more in 2015 in terms of Animation, writing as The Witcher 3 has really set the bar for RPG's.
    Every Character seems Soulless, boring and the AI is straight outta 2009.
    When i try to sneak around enemies my Companion chooses to just facetank everything and give up my stealth advantage. They block paths and pick up random stuff no one told them to do.
    Quests are "Go there and kill" in short or "go there, kill and bring back"
    Map size has been reduced and its filled with Locations without any meaning where u just face hordes of enemies. The new dialogue system is a joke, u don't really have any options except Yes,No,not sure and a dumb question. After playing the main story and a few sidequests u begin to realize that there's not much to do at all. Combat system has improved but still has a long way to go before I can call it decent.
    The game is filled with countless (old) bugs and framerate issues which i cant understand because the graphic is far from being anywhere near GTA 5 or The Witcher 3.
    All in all just a huge disappointment of a Game that in the end doesn't deserve a rating higher then 6/7
    or all this hype. too bad i didnt buy the retail version of this game to refund it. i hope people don't pre order Bethesda's next TES to make them work for their money.
    I do have hope tho if Bethesda makes it able to mod this game for ps4. Until then just wait for the game to drop to about 30 €.    … Expand
  29. Congratulations
    Nov 30, 2015
    4
    *the last part of my entire entry* I found some BOS guys who had a quest for me but were fighting off ghouls that spawned infinitely into existence. I ran inside of a building only to see that the ghouls were punching me through the walls. Which they can do without glitching out. A man appeared and helped us out but the BOS guys started attacking him. He was invincible though, so the BOS*the last part of my entire entry* I found some BOS guys who had a quest for me but were fighting off ghouls that spawned infinitely into existence. I ran inside of a building only to see that the ghouls were punching me through the walls. Which they can do without glitching out. A man appeared and helped us out but the BOS guys started attacking him. He was invincible though, so the BOS guys just chased him down and have been crippling him from then on. I haven't seen any of them since. Quest gone. That was the quest to join the brotherhood. And it's gone. At that moment I realised that "sloppy and not-entirely-planned out" summed up this game perfectly and I've happily not played it since. There's usually a time frame for a game to be this unstable and unfinished and it's called the 'beta phase'.… Expand
  30. prazdnick
    Nov 19, 2015
    4
    Great game! Spent 5 hours building my new house, good thing is that nothing can distract: no interesting quests, no complicated dialogues, no role based system in this game! Waiting new DLC with swimming pool!
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 58 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 58
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 58
  3. Negative: 0 out of 58
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 16, 2015
    80
    A strong return for the franchise, boasting incredible customisation, a fascinating world and brutal yet brainy shooting, slightly tarnished by lacklustre AI and tedious inventory management. [Christmas 2015, p.88]
  2. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Dec 15, 2015
    90
    Feral Ghoul ugly in many ways, but beneath its iffy exterior beats the heart of one helluva great RPG. Get past the graphics deficiency, and the sheer thrill of Fallout 4’s combat, crafting options, and exploring will hold your attention for months. [January 2015, p64]
  3. GameOver.gr
    Dec 11, 2015
    70
    Fallout 4 leans to the Shooting side of things. It strips down the gameplay from the actual RPG elements and offers a meta-nuclaer shooting gallery which of course keep its charm and gameplay wealth but also feels a little too friendly for the new comers. The Base builder mode is unnecessary, boring and irritating. Unfortunately, overall, there are no steps forward for this Nuclear Holocaust Behemoth of the video games industry. Only steps sideways.
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