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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 232.0 hrs on record (125.6 hrs at review time)
Posted: 13 Mar, 2021 @ 7:06pm


Like all Bethesda Games, This game has faults but there are far more Pros to crush the Cons I have poured over 120+ Hours into this game with that said here's my Review.

I am a Huge fan of the Fallout Universe and Lore, but this will not influence my review for I authentically really like this game, the presentation of it is really solid from the UI to the Combat, But I felt a lot of things were missing from this game that was present from the previous fallout titles. Here are things that I have experienced.

Crafting was fun but limiting to a degree sure the DLCs added more functionality to the crafting that makes this more worthwhile but I felt like with the Mods that are out there now there could've been more added to the game. But crafting is fun Nothing makes me more happy than carefully looting the wasteland for Materials that can help me make better guns. A Feature Fallout 4 is missing that was in previous Games was Maintenance for your weapons More Specifically Jury-Rigging on the fly. Anyways I like this system because it saves Caps I instead can use the caps to buy materials instead of Weapons. The best Legendary weapons are found anyways from Special Enemies on Higher Difficulties.

I felt like There was no Evil Option in this game, No Morality like in Fallout 3 and New Vegas. No Sick and Twisted way to get back at enemies, No Rude Interactions everything is Forced Choice. You can go through all the Dialog from a Save Point and you can see there really is no "NO" Option everything has to be done if not right now then later but your character never really declines anyone. Sure you can be sarcastic but no NPC really responds in offense like in Fallout 3 which made your decisions Impactful. In fact the only "Real" Choice you do get is to what faction you're going to join. Still I felt the Story was great from what I can remember. (I deviated off the main story for loong periods of time, Exploring)

Base Building: Lets talk about this for a moment, though the Base building was fun for me. the Limitations on "Where" you can build really bothered me for realistically there were like 4 Locations worth building on. Sanctuary (if you can stand the NPCs Squatting there), Red Rocket (Not Far from Sanctuary, Seriously felt like they added this area to isolate yourself from the annoying NPCs in Sanctuary) The Castle (Nice fortified place to call home, if you can stand the constant violin music...more power to you) and Spectacle Island (My all-time favorite Home...Complete Isolation from everyone, Extremely Large Building area and no annoying NPCs) Just a nice paradise for me and Kate to call Home.

The World felt Dangerous, I played on a much Harder Difficulty because I love the challenge. From Super Mutants to ghouls even the colossal enemies like Swan gave me a shock. The enemies aren't the only thing to look out for, Radiation, Rad Roaches, Mirelurks, Mole-Rats. These things that are small and fight in large numbers can be just as detrimental to your playstyle and then you have the Behemoths, Deathclaws, Yao Guai, Raiders, Synths and Coursers. everything out there is trying to kill you...and that's what makes it fun! :)

Overall I felt like Fallout 4 is a more Streamlined Experience of a game..A Barebones Version of what Future Fallout games will fall on as a Foundation. Fallout 4 makes me happy and I cant wait for the next Adventure. (That's not Multiplayer) I'm looking at you Soldier 76! hahaha...
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