hello everybody and welcome to bull technology fallout 4 was released over seven years ago
and is easily one of my favorite games of all time
as a matter of fact i have almost 300 hours of recorded gameplay on steam for fallout
4. but how has this game aged and is it still worth playing today let's find out
fallout 4 is a post-apocalyptic survival role-playing game developed by bethesda
and released in 2015. it is the fourth game in the fallout franchise but no knowledge of the previous
games are required to play and enjoy fallout 4. fallout 4 is available for the playstation 4
and 5 consoles the xbox one and series consoles and windows 10. fo4 currently retails for 19.99
on most platforms fallout 4 begins with a short intro video and then it's on to character creation
it's very easy to create a character that looks almost any way you wish though the ui is
definitely a bit quirky after you've sculpted the character of your choice you then briefly spend
some time in pre-war fallout and this is when you assign your given starting perk points but more on
that later suddenly the bombs fall and you and your family head to a nearby vault for shelter
upon entering the vault you are cryogenically frozen and several hundred years pass after
awakening and leaving the vault you are given the liberty to explore and conquer the apocalyptic
wasteland and this brings me to fallout 4's map fallout 4 is set in apocalyptic boston
and man the world is absolutely incredible it's a relatively small map but it's also incredibly
dense almost everywhere you walk is littered with things to do speaking of things to do the in-game
creatures are excellent raiders super mutants scavengers mutated insects robots and ghouls
occupy much of the nuclear wasteland and it'll be your job to defeat them it will also be
your job to complete quests and storylines and thankfully there are endless quests to complete
like most bethesda games there are tons of sidequests to complete as well as the main
story quest and various other faction storylines this is one of my main criticisms of fallout 4.
many of the quests and storylines lack depth and creativity and possibly the worst offender
is the main storyline which is often lacking in any real continuity from quest to quest
another complaint i have with fallout 4 is the conversation and dialogue system while interacting
with npcs you're only ever given four dialogue responses and most of the time these options are
very shallow and again lacking in any depth all dialogue is also 100 voice narrated which rubs me
the wrong way a dialogue system similar to skyrim would have been a much better system in my opinion
speaking of npcs the array of friendly characters in fallout 4 is fantastic also fantastic are the
companion options in fallout 4. unlike former fallout games 4 allows for the player to develop
relationships with your companions and there are an array of awesome companion specific quests
available and when your companions aren't with you you'll want to build a base where they can stay
yes that's right base building is a huge aspect of fallout 4 and it's something that i've spent
dozens of hours doing in certain locations on the map you'll be permitted to build a
settlement in these settlement locations you can start whole towns build bases for yourself
or create trading hubs and almost everything in a settlement location can be scrapped and built on
building in fallout 4 is an incredible addition to the game however there are quite a few issues
with the settlement building functionality for starters the build limit in settlements
is annoying i've had several settlements where i couldn't build anymore even though i had available
space and this is just limiting i also find it annoying that not all things are scrappable
why can't i remove the piles of rubble inside existing structures for example
all things considered though the building system is pretty good for what it is what's more than
pretty good though is the looting scrapping and upgrading functionality in fallout 4.
while you're out exploring a variety of junk items can be collected and then broken down later for
parts you'll need these parts and components to not only construct items in your base but also
upgrade your weapons and armor almost all weapons and armor can be upgraded in fallout 4 and there
are endless upgrades that can be applied want higher storage capacity add pockets to your armor
want your pistol to do more damage add a better receiver this level of customization is excellent
and it allows for hours of additional gameplay something else that allows for hours of additional
gameplay is the leveling and perk system in fallout 4. every time you level up you'll
have the ability to assign a new perk point and these can be spent on any number of skills want
to get better at hacking simply put a perk point in hacking running low on cash put a perk point in
the cap collector perk it's that simple while i do love the level of customization and specialization
the perk system can at times be overwhelming and is definitely a little disorganized there's also
no level cap in fallout 4 meaning that eventually you'll unlock everything finally we'll discuss the
game's graphics and music and even though the game is seven years old it still looks pretty good it's
not cutting edge or even beautiful but the atmospheric lighting and decent graphics
still look pretty good today though the pc version of the game does suffer from many
frame rate issues when it comes to fallout 4's music it's absolutely superb it's fitting for a
post-apocalyptic game and i have no complaints about the audio in fallout 4. there are many
things that i have left out of this review but let me finish with this there's a reason why i've
sunk almost 300 hours into this game the level of things to do and the incredible replayability and
customization makes this game endless fun do i have issues with the game of course but overall
it's an incredible amount of entertainment for the price so if you haven't played fallout 4 or
any of the other fallout games for that matter definitely consider picking up fallout 4. so be
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