Fallout 4 Reviews

Fallout 4 is ranked in the 98th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
8.3 / 10.0
Mar 23, 2021

Fallout 4 is a damned good video game. It has its fair share of problems, and the engine really does feel dated now, but with a robust modding community and a compelling narrative it’s an easy recommendation through Xbox Game Pass. Without the ability to mod away many of the issues I wouldn’t be as quick to recommend it, and if you care more about achievements then you may want to hold off. Overall though I loved my time with game, and I’m incredibly excited to see what they do next with Starfield.

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8.5 / 10.0
Oct 5, 2018

What can I say? Fallout 4 is the game everyone should play, because there is something interesting in it for everyone to find.

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Apr 2, 2017

Fallout 4 represents a huge leap forward from Fallout 3 in terms of visuals and combat, but it somehow delivers an even worse story, and the reduced role-playing mechanics mean that a Fallout game has never been this shallow. Bethesda Studios Games needs to completely revise how it approaches stories in its games or Fallout 5 won't be worth playing.

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GameSkinny
Top Critic
Jul 27, 2016

The mad science experiments are amazing, although the rest of the DLC is a bit of a let down.

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8.2 / 10.0
May 25, 2016

The main storyline of this game is excellent. Lots of twists, hard decisions, and factions to choose from. As with previous Fallout games there are tons upon tons of side missions to complete.

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9.4 / 10.0
Mar 28, 2016

Fallout 4 is the game you've been waiting for months (maybe years?) which will give you fun for weeks

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Jan 8, 2016

The meal hasn't been perfect, but it's been very memorable. The waiter keeps coming by with the dessert cart, and I keep waving him away.

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B. Chambers
Top Critic
Jan 3, 2016

The problem with Fallout 4 is not that it doesn't live up to its hype, but that it doesn't live up to the Fallout name

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Dec 29, 2015

It can be rough around the edges and it takes a while to gel, but once it does this is as gripping an RPG as Bethesda has ever produced. We'll handle disappointments like the lengthy loading times, poor facial animation and minor bugs because Fallout 4's world is so rich, strange and beautiful, and because the stories you can make in it are so compelling. Buy it, then dig in for the season.

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6.7 / 10.0
Dec 27, 2015

If one approaches Fallout 4 expecting not an RPG but a "survival simulator" where the core mechanic is to salvage practically any and everything, defend one's loot with near-FPS style gunplay, and participate in pithy character interactions, then the game delivers. For those looking for a game with memorable character development and interactions, meaningful plot devices, and wondrous discoveries, then Fallout 4 disappoints in what matters.

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7.5 / 10.0
Dec 17, 2015

Fallout 4 retreads far too much old ground to really justify its existence. Even the potential withing this sprawling map is not enough to entice a player enough to toy with wonky A.I. or repeat mundane tasks endlessly.

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9.2 / 10.0
Dec 15, 2015

I'd be lying if I said that there wasn't anything left for me to do within the game, and I'm sure that statement will stand for quite awhile as well. A good game and an even better experience.

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9 / 10.0
Dec 9, 2015

You can praise them for all the wonder and beauty they have created, then damn them for the illogical or irrational design choices they make elsewhere, but it is yet another diamond in the rough from Bethesda.

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Ken Barnes
Top Critic
9 / 10
Dec 5, 2015

Fallout 4 isn't perfect by any means, but the sheer scope of the game as a whole and the incredibly well-structured world means that should you dare to take the plunge, you'll be swimming around in these waters for dozens, if not hundreds of hours. The bugs may threaten to spoil the show, but every time one rears its head and makes you want to stop playing, you'll feel the pangs within the hour to go back and give things another go. Many people will fail to see everything that the wastelands have to offer, but that absolutely shouldn't stop you from trying to take it all in. Just as in life, your journey won't be the same as anybody else's.

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9.4 / 10.0
Dec 2, 2015

Finally Fallout 4 is here, in its new Boston location with huge mission and customisation variety means one thing, say goodbye to your real-world life fellow Vault Dweller!

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Dec 2, 2015

But hiccups and glitches however, in a game so generous in size and adventurous in ambition, are forgivable – for every minute of raised eyebrows at floating dogs or the spasming corpses of the long-dead, there are tens upon tens of wonder and excitement as you trek from one unbelievable wasteland landmark to the next.

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gameranx
Top Critic
Unscored
Dec 1, 2015

With the suffocating burden of rehabilitating the Wastelands, the unique weapons and armor now cheapened to random drops (not to mention the removal of Confirmed Bachelor/Cherchez Le Femme) I no longer feel myself in a universe I once called home.

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9.6 / 10.0
Dec 1, 2015

Fallout 4 is a knockdown, drag-out experience that let's the player play how they want. It's fun, engaging, and full of insane (and random) moments that will make you gasp. Fallout 4 is, without a doubt, the best IP Bethesda has made thus far.

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Dec 1, 2015

While there may be bugs everywhere, it's hard not to be in awe of the extensive open world Bethesda have created with the Commonwealth. Streamlined progression, an improved narrative, and extensive customisation make Fallout 4 a serious contender to the RPG throne.

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10 / 10
Dec 1, 2015

An amazing experience from start to…well not finish as I am not there yet. But I know I will love the rest of the journey, just as much as I love what I have played thus far.

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