It didn't take me long to get invested in my character and my quests-probably two hours. I certainly did find it difficult to stay on one course because I was constantly running off one direction or another to check out a weird playground, an abandoned house, a cave, a really loud explosion, or whatever other strange phenomenon the game would throw my way.
AdvertisementĪs for the story, I think it's great. The graphics could be better, sure, but nothing about the game's visual design has diminished my enjoyment. I've read reviews that say that the new graphics are unacceptable, but I can't agree. The world of Fallout 4 is massive compared to Fallout 3, and Fallout 3 was breathtaking in its expanse. I can't think of any game this packed with content that doesn't reuse textures and buildings to some degree, and I'd rather have 100+ hours of repeatable gameplay than a world constrained by new art. But I think that's an acceptable trade-off. As for what won't be changed, yes, some of the scenery is bland and some of it is repetitive. The visual glitches that pop up don't bother me much, in part because I expect they will be fixed quickly. Downtown Boston is more colorful than the Capitol Wasteland, and its outskirts have more foliage. The environment exhibits changing weather, from storms to fallout to fog. Once, I got stuck in a pile of car parts while in Power Armor. I was saved from being totally annihilated by a Sentry Bot simply because it got stuck on a rock and I ran away.
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Playing on the Xbox One, I tested Fallout 4 on both a 48-inch HD Samsung TV (five years old) and a 78-inch 4K Samsung TV (brand new).įurther Reading Fallout 4 review: Check your next-gen expectations at the vault doorPerformance is better than Fallout 3 was at its release, but Fallout 4 is not without its glitches, particularly in the clipping department. A winnerįallout 4 looks and plays significantly better than Fallout 3, which is not a knock on Fallout 3 (now seven years old).
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But if you're a Fallout series fan, it's time to clear some serious space on your calendar. The two games are built around the Fallout pillars of random wasteland events, wild side quests, challenging character development, and a wide-open post-nuclear apocalyptic world. As such, I will look at the game only as it relates to Fallout 3 and to New Vegas, with no regard for how it stacks up to other titles in the RPG genre.īottom line: if you did not like Fallout 3, you are not going to like Fallout 4.
That is, how it feels to a Fallout fanboy-which I'm proud to be. We've already run our review of the new game, but I wanted to offer a slightly different perspective: how Fallout 4 feels to someone who is deeply invested in the Fallout universe. Others hoped for something more evolutionary, something that didn't just add to the Fallout universe but deeply improved upon it. For that sort of game, fans had to wait for Fallout 4.
Some loved "West Coast Fallout," replete with motorcycle gangs, delusional wannabe Romans, and one super-depressed kid named Boxcars. When I finished Fallout 3, the game left me with one desire: please let there be another installment soon.įallout New Vegas tried to fill the need, but opinions among Fallout fans were split. Yessssssss, now I finally have a Game Boy!