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Fallout 4 Getting Polarizing User Reviews On Metacritc

The critics seem to all agree that Fallout 4 is a very good game. However, users on Metacritic haven’t been too kind to Bethesda’s biggest game of 2015.

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jon_snow3114d ago ShowReplies(6)
Germany73114d ago

That's how it works user scores, there are only 0 and 10 scores.
Some people just give a 0 because the game it's not for their platform or they are fanboys of another series.

jon_snow3114d ago

Well that's true but Fallout is Multiplat so no fanboy hate in this one but mutual disappointment from gamers.

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Kribwalker3114d ago

Liquid you make no sense. Xbox fanboys wouldn't be the ones giving it low reviews as Xbox had the marketing deals, exclusive bundles ect ect for this game. Don't go trying to play it like that. On topic though, if people are reviewing it with crappy scores just to be idiots then it's pretty stupid. And childish

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jznrpg3114d ago (Edited 3114d ago )

Fanboys. Fanboys never change .

Dont doubt that they rate the ps4 version poorly if they like xbox or vice versa.

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Corpser3114d ago

You know some fanboys are giving it 0 because it's a Goty candidate and they only want their exclusive to win

frostypants3113d ago (Edited 3113d ago )

@Chameleon77, Metacritic historically has had a consistent habit of "just happening" to have a higher meta score for the Xbox edition of games, sometimes even disregarding a poor multi-platform review for the Xbox but incorporating it for other platforms.

StrawberryDiesel4203113d ago

Since this is allegedly a disappointment overall as was MGS5 for a majority of the gaming community, I guess that makes Bloodborne an inevitable GOTY winner. Not that it wasn't my GOTY already, though I could see some make a claim for The new Tomb Raider or Black Ops 3. I personally haven't played Fallout 4 yet but I will be soon enough. Then I will judge.

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Kalebninja3114d ago

The game deserves neither a 0 nor 10 its not a horrible game but its not so amazing it deserves a 10 especially with all the issues people are having.

jznrpg3114d ago

Games are personal taste. It may be a 10 to me and lower to others but 0 is E.T or Superman 64 and maybe they were even a 1 or 2.

garrettbobbyferguson3114d ago

jznrpg:

Yes, they are personal taste. However, you would have to be extremely inexperienced to the point that this is your first ever video game to think something like this could be worthy of a perfect score.

frostypants3113d ago (Edited 3113d ago )

People aren't having all that many issues...they just keep complaining about the same few. In any event, I'd give it a 9.0 at this point. Some little things could be better. But it's still the most fun I've had in a game this year and the best RPG I've played in several.

Polarizing user reviews on Metacritic are also a total non-story and I can't believe someone tried to make an article out of it. Half the reviewers on either side probably haven't even played it yet. Amazon is a much better source for game reviews, since you can see verified purchases.

Whymii3113d ago

@jznrpg

You're right about ET to a point, however I think Superman deserved negative numbers.

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jerethdagryphon3114d ago

Fallout 4 suffers from the same. Problem as elder scrolls does its also drawing parrellels to dead space 2 3.

Morrowind was the first decent fidelity es game oblivion improved and skrim was lovely to look at but the core gameplay is similar yes tweaks were made and crafting added.

But like dead space 2 wasnt as scary fallout 4
Is the 3rd 3d fallout fallout 3 took it from top down isometric to fpa. (first person action) newvegas improved and while improvmentd will be in fallout 4 is more of the same.

thekhurg3114d ago

So why is the witcher 3 at 8.9 user review?

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Spenok3114d ago

I wouldn't say all, as I've seen fair user reviews before. However it does happen very frequently, which is very annoying.

showtimefolks3113d ago

This game is neither a 10 nor a zero

This at its current situation is a 7.7.5 to 7.8

When will we stop saying well its Bethesda games. Didn't cs project red release an amazing huge open world game?

I am a huge fallout fan but I tired of fallout or Bethesda fanboys. Bethesda have a history of releasing broken games

Games with major frame rate issues

Game freezing bugs and glitches

How is fallout world smaller than past fallout games? All it takes is 11 minutes to travel from one end to.the other end

It's time we stop treating Bethesda like they are R*, ND or cd project red

Here is another thing

Bethesda have a history of releasing patches slowly so don't expect Bethesda to fix fallout 4 anytime soon. Mote like 4 to 6 months

It's time for them to start using a brand new engine for next Gen consoles. Also how about hiring some talent who can optimize the fame better

assdan3113d ago

That is so true. That's why I don't like user reviews. Most of the negative reviews are a 0 out of ten because of one stupid thing that should maybe subtract half a point.

wsoutlaw873113d ago

why the hell are they writing about the metacritic user reviews? I can go read them my self, and they are the most useless things out there.

Baba19063113d ago

well im loving it so far. i dont understand why the scores are an issue. just enjoy it and lets be honest games this big allways have some bugs. they will get fixed and there is allways a way to get past them. =D

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sullynathan3114d ago

Metacritic user scores are useless (heh get it)
The Metacritic score of Fallout 4 is the lowest for a main Bethesda game. I wonder if Bethesda is going to look at this and actually pay attention to the criticism lobbed at them about dumbing down, simplifying, bugs, glitches and subpar graphics? or will all the money and sales make them ignore this?

Yui_Suzumiya3114d ago

I will agree that the perk system isn't as good as Fallout 3 but at least you can infinitely level up until everything is maxed.

sullynathan3113d ago

That is very very poor as an rpg. Infinite leveling that is unchecked that allows you to max out every single skill or perk or whatever is bad rpg design.

jznrpg3114d ago

I am playing on Survival so it isnt simple .

Masterchief_thegoat3114d ago

n4g why post this crap .you don't have to own the game, and you can the game a 0.

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Fallout 4 – Next Gen Update 2 Notes

A new update is now available for Fallout 4. This update adds the ability to manage your control over graphic fidelity or performance and addresses some further stability and visual issues.

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Tacoboto8d ago

How nice of them to give us more control over graphical settings as a way to *completely* avoid taking accountability for the broken Xbox settings.

bondsmx7d ago

Well, I still crashed like 5 times last night within two hours. So there’s that.

anast7d ago

I had to stop. The game is not good. I'd rather play Skyrim and that game isn't that good either.

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I Think It's About Time We Realize Fallout 4 Wasn't That Bad

Ahmed from eXputer: "2015's Fallout 4 received harsh criticism upon launching, but I think it was unwarranted and the game deserves more praise than it got."

helicoptergirl13d ago

It was totally that bad. I couldn't finish the campaign it was so bland and boring as I recall. Got so sick of it. 1000 stimpaks on hard. It is very rare that I play half a game and then just quit. I usually always finish it. But i was so bored with this game I just stopped and never went back and never regretted it. Just thinking about that game makes me shudder

Furesis13d ago

That's exactly what happened to me too lmao
Fallout 4 is not a fallout game period it's a bethesda game

Vits13d ago

The comparison with Skyrim is mind-boggling. Yes, Skyrim has streamlined many of the systems that Morrowind introduced. However, it did not tamper with the core of the Elder Scrolls franchise; it did not diminish the freedom and sense of exploration that made Bethesda RPGs famous. Fallout 4, on the other hand, did exactly that to the Fallout series. It eliminated what made Fallout such a beloved series to play. There are no consequences for your choices, no reason to explore, and barely any interesting set pieces in the game.

It's not terrible, but it's a painfully mediocre game in a franchise that typically doesn't produce such mediocrity. So that is why people see it as bad, the bar is just much higher.

anast13d ago

They both feel the same because they are, it's just that one has swords and magic and the other has swords and guns.

anast13d ago

I'm replaying it now. It sucks. I'm about 30 hours in and thinking about quitting again. I am so tired of the dialogue I just spam a random button because it doesn't matter. The upgrade just feels like a graphical mod, everything else is not good.

Good-Smurf13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

I couldn't play the game as-is it was insanely boring and grindy and the grind itself are not fun at all.
Mods helped me stomach the game a bit better but after a while I just stopped playing and uninstalled it because the game did nothing after the first few hours to give me any motivation to keep playing it, it just became a mindless looter shooter with obsession in settlement building and defending.
Compared to F3 and FNV, F4 was barely a mediocre game it wasn't bad but it's also very forgettable entry.

MrDead13d ago

It's not that bad after 300+ mods that fix it's issues and make the game fun... but lets not talk about mods right now as they are f****d.

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Interview on Fallout 4 with the Actor for Nick Valentine, Codsworth & Mr Handy (Stephen Russell)

Interview with Stephen Russell, Actor for (Nick Valentine, Codsworth, My Handy) in Fallout 4 which is a vast open world role playing game set in the apocalyptic wastes of Boston, the Commonwealth. The career goes further with other Bethesda games from Starfield to Prey to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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