Apesar de toda dor eu ainda te amo Bethesda
There are so many things wrong with this game and I have tried 5 times since 2015 to actually finish it and then be able to shit on it with sufficient data. But it has proven to be impossible.
After watching the Fallout TV show, I felt like playing a Fallout game, so I decided to play Fallout 4 since I already owned it. However, it turned out to be the worst decision I made this entire week. The game is nearly a decade old, yet it still has many issues. My game froze after trying to stop the baby from crying, which happened only 10 minutes into the game. Additionally, my character got stuck in an infinite animation after trying to activate the terminal for one of the missions, which was around 30 minutes into the game. I had to reload the game and lost my progress because the game didn't save. Also, every time the characters talk, their lips move in some of the weirdest ways possible. The movement feels really janky, and every time I run, my character would randomly stop even though my stamina wasn't low.
Fallout 4 sucks! the TV show is 100x better. I have no plans to play the older Fallout games since if Fallout 4 is this janky, I cannot imagine how much worse the older games could be.
Fallout 4 sucks! the TV show is 100x better. I have no plans to play the older Fallout games since if Fallout 4 is this janky, I cannot imagine how much worse the older games could be.
This review contains spoilers
There's a lot that I adore about this game and then there's a few criticisms I have. Namely, the endings. I didn't really like any of the endings to the base game. I love the Brotherhood of Steel and all, but I feel like they should've been a bigger presence in one of the DLCs or something. I wish they spent more time fleshing out the Minutemen and the Railroad factions because they just weren't that interesting in the game. I like the idea of their factions, but there's just something missing from both of them. For the Minutemen, it's the first faction you become acquainted to in the game. But after that first mission, they just don't feel like as big a presence in the Commonwealth as they should. Even when you do start gaining more followers in the faction. Their quests boil down to just saving "x" settlement and develop it. The Railroad just feels too one dimensional. I feel like if they just cut the Brotherhood out, or gave them a smaller role, they could've allocated more resources to fleshing out these two new factions. There are amazing things too about this game, I wouldn't give it a 3 if not. I love the combat. My favorite in any Fallout game and the settlement creator is really fun. The side quests are also great. It's just hard to overlook some glaring story issues.
Felt in the mood to replay this after finishing New Vegas again (I was put in the mood for that after finishing the show). While I'm not finished this playthough, I highly doubt my opinions will change as I know this game pretty well.
This playthrough is heavily modded, using the Welcome to Paradise Wabbajack list as a base. I added the Be Exceptional progression rework, as well as True Damage and SCOURGE to re-balance the combat. I also installed miscellaneous weapons and armors from the previous games.
I think it's important to preface with this because I think this Fallout 4 is the best example of Bethesda's games getting exponentially better through mods.
What Bethesda is consistently amazing at with their games is world and atmosphere, and they have always been world class in this regard. I haven't played Starfield so I can't comment on it, but Skyrim and Fallout 3 are both incredible at developing a setting. Both those games are carried by this.
Why I love this game despite its myriad of notable flaws is that it combines their deftness at creating worlds with their best gameplay loop. An unusual quirk of Bethesda games is that almost every item in the world is interact-able in some way. In Fallout 4 this is given a new purpose, as literally every item that can be picked up can be used in crafting. Quests often revolve around completing dungeons, like all Bethesda games, but the new crafting system adds so many more personal sub-objectives to the dungeon crawling. If you're eyeing a particular upgrade for your power armor or your favourite gun you can just tag the required parts and go hunting.
The exploration is also boosted by the beautiful world and music. This is a great example of art direction > graphical fidelity. Even without graphics mods the game still looks good, and with a few tweaks it can look legitimately breathtaking. The soundtrack is also great. As always with Fallout, the radio stations add great classic songs from the 1930s-60s. My favourite in this game is probably "End of the World". The original score is also great. My favourite ambient track is easily "Rebuild, Renew". It just sounds incredibly soothing and hopeful, a powerful contrast against the destroyed world around you.
I won't deny the games main story is heavily flawed, especially compared to New Vegas' complexity, but there are still bright spots worth commending.
Nick Valentine might just be my favourite fallout character. His inner struggle with what it means to be a digital copy of a dead man is very compelling, and his voice performance is perfection. He's also a sick ass android detective.
I truly love this game, warts and all. New Vegas zealots can suck a fat one.
This playthrough is heavily modded, using the Welcome to Paradise Wabbajack list as a base. I added the Be Exceptional progression rework, as well as True Damage and SCOURGE to re-balance the combat. I also installed miscellaneous weapons and armors from the previous games.
I think it's important to preface with this because I think this Fallout 4 is the best example of Bethesda's games getting exponentially better through mods.
What Bethesda is consistently amazing at with their games is world and atmosphere, and they have always been world class in this regard. I haven't played Starfield so I can't comment on it, but Skyrim and Fallout 3 are both incredible at developing a setting. Both those games are carried by this.
Why I love this game despite its myriad of notable flaws is that it combines their deftness at creating worlds with their best gameplay loop. An unusual quirk of Bethesda games is that almost every item in the world is interact-able in some way. In Fallout 4 this is given a new purpose, as literally every item that can be picked up can be used in crafting. Quests often revolve around completing dungeons, like all Bethesda games, but the new crafting system adds so many more personal sub-objectives to the dungeon crawling. If you're eyeing a particular upgrade for your power armor or your favourite gun you can just tag the required parts and go hunting.
The exploration is also boosted by the beautiful world and music. This is a great example of art direction > graphical fidelity. Even without graphics mods the game still looks good, and with a few tweaks it can look legitimately breathtaking. The soundtrack is also great. As always with Fallout, the radio stations add great classic songs from the 1930s-60s. My favourite in this game is probably "End of the World". The original score is also great. My favourite ambient track is easily "Rebuild, Renew". It just sounds incredibly soothing and hopeful, a powerful contrast against the destroyed world around you.
I won't deny the games main story is heavily flawed, especially compared to New Vegas' complexity, but there are still bright spots worth commending.
Nick Valentine might just be my favourite fallout character. His inner struggle with what it means to be a digital copy of a dead man is very compelling, and his voice performance is perfection. He's also a sick ass android detective.
I truly love this game, warts and all. New Vegas zealots can suck a fat one.
Utterly mediocre, at best. Horrendous writing, technical issues and a glaring absence of RPG mechanics makes Fallout 4 one of the worst entries in the series.
for starters, I did install mods to just be a menace to society so I'm not exactly playing the game as intended on my first playthrough. now for the actual review, I'm confused on whether or not I'm doing the actual story or just the longest string of side quests I've ever encountered. The minute men stuff is good but I don't know if it's the main campaign of the game or not, but the game play's fun and somewhat fluid, and the design of the wasteland or commonwealth as the game calls it is very detailed. graphics are insane for a bethesda release. good game so far, just need some direction.
He intentado jugar Fallout 4 2 o 3 veces y siempre lo dejaba al principio, no me terminaba de enganchar. Al fin he conseguido terminarlo, y aunque me lo he pasado muy bien, no creo que sea un gran juego.
Prácticamente todo lo nuevo que aporta con respecto a las anteriores entregas no me ha gustado nada (La power armor, los asentamientos o la manera de buscar materiales), es un juego mucho más de acción que de rol, y las misiones y decisiones en las mismas son algo pobres.
Me ha gustado porque al fin y al cabo sigue siendo de base un Fallout. Es muy divertido explorar, lootear, ir pillando y mejorando armas y poniéndote algún perk chulo. Esto y que el gunplay es mejor que en los otros juegos es lo que más me ha mantenido enganchado.
Si esperas una experiencia parecida al 3 te puedes decepcionar: Fallout 4 me parece más un juego de disparos y mundo abierto que un juego de rol, y creo que ese es su mayor problema.
Por ahora creo que voy a descansar y pasar de los DLCs, pero si en algún momento me apetece los probaré.
Prácticamente todo lo nuevo que aporta con respecto a las anteriores entregas no me ha gustado nada (La power armor, los asentamientos o la manera de buscar materiales), es un juego mucho más de acción que de rol, y las misiones y decisiones en las mismas son algo pobres.
Me ha gustado porque al fin y al cabo sigue siendo de base un Fallout. Es muy divertido explorar, lootear, ir pillando y mejorando armas y poniéndote algún perk chulo. Esto y que el gunplay es mejor que en los otros juegos es lo que más me ha mantenido enganchado.
Si esperas una experiencia parecida al 3 te puedes decepcionar: Fallout 4 me parece más un juego de disparos y mundo abierto que un juego de rol, y creo que ese es su mayor problema.
Por ahora creo que voy a descansar y pasar de los DLCs, pero si en algún momento me apetece los probaré.
If you like this game, ok. It is a good game. However, if you think its better than any of the previous games, you are WRONG, and a dummy head. thanks for listening.