Fallout 4

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who doesn't love some fallout

i have literally put so many hours into this and i cannot stop playing. the gameplay is just so addicting and there are so many possibilities for what you can do with your character. the gameplay loop is literally pure dopamine. Fr though, they completely fixed the gunplay in this one. In New Vegas you basically had to use VATS or your shots would miss, but in FO4 the shooting actually feels like a modern FPS. Plus, the power armor is sick. You don't just wear it like regular clothes anymore; you literally step into a mechanized mech suit and smash through walls. Building up your own settlements is also weirdly addicting, even if Preston Garvey won't stop breathing down your neck about another farm needing help. The Weapons are actually insane. Modding a big boy (legendary fat man) into a better nuke launcher that shoots 12 mini nukes at once and being able to watch the fireworks from it or just shredding through ghouls with a minigun feels so incredibly satisfying and fun. You can build your character however you want this is a rpg none the less and It is so fun to experiment with different perks. If you have Far Harbor DLC or want to buy it you have to try a Radiation build. Walking around totally immune to rads while doing insane extra damage with the Atom's Judgement hammer or the Kiloton Radium Rifle just makes you a walking power house. You feel like an actual god. The Downside is the story. Yeah... it's pretty mid. It completely lacks that depth and forces you into choices that don't really matter. But we HAVE to talk about the 4-option dialogue wheel. It is so trash compared to New Vegas Every single option is basically just "Yes," "Yes but sarcastic," "What's that?", or "No (but actually yes later)." Not to mention the game completely stripped away all the cool skill checks. In New Vegas, if you had high Intelligence, Science, or Medicine, you could unlock completely unique, genius dialogue paths to trick people or solve quests peacefully. Or, if you made your Intelligence 1, your character literally talked like a complete caveman and everyone reacted to you being an idiot. Fallout 4 completely threw all of that roleplaying in the garbage just to have a voiced protagonist. It’s still fun as hell to play, but the RPG elements got heavily neutered. Look, if you want a masterpiece story, go play Fallout 3 or New Vegas because both of those are way better RPGs and it's not even close. that's not an opinion its a fact. The information is right there on google of how much better the mechanics are in those games. But if you want fun ass gunplay this is your game,

The game doesn't take itself seriously. Characters live in diners with litter, broken windows and skeletons in the booths for hundreds of years. None of the characters are remotely interesting or compelling and the attempts at comedy are pathetic. The sarcasm button is there for masochists. There is so much to be said about this failure of a story and setting. The level progression mechanics themselves are boring and mostly stat buffs. The enemy strength progresses alongside you so nothing you do in this game has any weight. The only thing improved in this Fallout over the previous entries is the shooting.

Curie

Fallout 4 is a great game, but a flawed Fallout game. If you play it as a post-apocalyptic scavenging and survival sandbox, the settlement mechanics and combat loop make it incredibly fun. The crowning achievement of Fallout 4 is its innovative settlement building system. By allowing you to scrap the wasteland and rebuild society, Bethesda added a profound layer of purpose to open-world exploration. Despite how amazing the concept is, the settlement mechanic suffers from a critically weak implementation. It often feels like a sprawling feature that lacks proper integration into the core RPG. The radiant quest system constantly bombards you with endless, identical requests to save settlements, quickly turning a fun feature into a tedious chore. Where Fallout 4 falters most is in its weak, poorly written main storyline. It sacrifices the roleplaying freedom of previous entries for a rigid, emotionally forced narrative. By forcing a highly specific backstory the game clashes severely with the urge to wander off and build settlements. The central conflict between the factions lacks nuance, leading to a rushed, predictable climax that lacks emotional weight. If you are looking for a deep, narrative-driven RPG with impactful storytelling, the shallow writing will likely leave you disappointed. 6/10