Why I'm Done With Fallout 4

From Cinelinx:

After spending plenty of time in the wasteland, harvesting crops, developing a settlement and surviving all manner of things meant to kill me, I'm done with Fallout 4. No, not the story, not even close to all the side quests...but I'm done nonetheless.

[DarkOcelet]

Hopefully one day you get back to it and love it, because it is a pretty good game.

[darklordzor]

I'm not necessarily saying it's a bad game, and there are parts of the story I'm enjoying. But if I've sunk in more hours than entire other AAA games, and still not "hooked", I can't keep going.

[DarkOcelet]

Then its not a game for you unfortunately. but you see, that same thing happened to me when i was playing Final Fantasy XII. I hated that game so much even after playing 20 hours. Then two months later, BAM! i bought it again and sunk over 1300 hours in it. FFXII became my favorite game of all time.

I am saying maybe you should give it a second chance later on. Maybe you will love it :).

[moegooner88]

Understandable tbh. Loved New Vegas but can't get into FO4, game is repetitive and the difficulty spikes are irrational. Moving on as well.

[nX]

Other than disagreeing with your opinion I'm also here to tell you what a horrible read this was. Your article uses the word "things" more than 20 times and it was painful to read through it.

"Fallout 4 does a lot of things okay, but nothing stands out above any other gaming title out there"

Yeah, right...

[andydalum]

I'll start this off by saying this is my first fallout game to date. With that being said I think one reason people get out of touch with these kinds of games is they don't focus on certain story lines.

For me personally the minutemen and building a city is my main objective and after that i want to get the minutemen back on the map. It's easy to just quest away for no reason the trick is getting invested in one thing at a time and exploring for all the hidden goodies when your bored.

[thekhurg]

It's not a very good game if you've played something like the witcher 3.

The graphics are worse. The animations are worse. The combat is worse. The voice acting is worse. The story is worse. The enemy AI is worse. Enemy variety is worse. The quests are worse.

I honestly can't think of anything fallout 4 does that's better when it comes to being a RPG.

[Halo2ODST2]

I've kinda got bored of it as well, & I'm only halfway through the story, as the game is kinda boring, the Settlements are bare bones, lots of the side quests are , petty (not talking about miscellaneous btw) - Kill raiders at X, kill a pack of Ghouls in a former mission location, persuade the same farmer a million times to help the Brotherhood, it just makes me loose interest. so far i have played 2 days & 3 hours, but I think that's all i can stomach.

[objdadon]

Why no one gives a $#!t

[AudioEppa]

Now you got more time for games you might enjoy, no big deal. As long as you're happy gaming, do you.

[whyisthehorsestaring]

The only negative about the game I feel is the recycled missions.

[gamejediben]

It's definitely a lesser game than Fallout 3 and New Vegas in my opinion.

I really miss the karma system and the different perks I'd get for playing good, evil or neutral. I miss being able to throw grenades in VATS. And I especially miss the humor from F1, F2 and New Vegas. F4 is so dull by comparison.

The graphics and gun mechanics are better but I'd take the storytelling and humor from New Vegas any day of the week.

[Cra2yey3]

Throwing grenades in V.A.T.S - hold the cook/throw button, then press V.A.T.S button.

[FullmetalRoyale]

Then what...

[PS4XBOXONEPC]

bye! you won't be missed lol

[shadowknight203]

Only reason im done with Fallout 4 is because I beat it! Level 42. Now im just gonna take a breather and then go back into it for the remaining trophies.

[Jayszen]

You beast! You must have been playing it night and day. Either that or you are that good. Damn! (me on Level 14)...

[shadowknight203]

Haha I will admit I've taken a lot of days off work to play the game. I just love Fallout!

[TriangleOffense]

Im about 7-8 hours in and i can feel the disconection to the world. I am nowhere near as engulfed in this game as I was in FO3 and most of what is stated in the article pretty much nails how I feel. Im not even close to done with the game just a little upset that it wont hold as much value to me as 3 did

[Jayszen]

At first I also felt the same, comparing it to FO3 and New Vegas but stay with it, it did get better for me and I am enjoying it now.

[Halo2ODST2]

I'm 2 days & 3 hours in (halfway through story) but it didn't get better for me, I'm enjoying it less & less the more I play it.

[fenome]

Just keep trudging along, it takes a little while, but after everything starts sinking in it's actually really addicting (for me anyways). But to each their own, maybe it just won't hold the same appeal to you as it did to me. For some people the nostalgia just runs too deep with Fallout 3, which is understandable, but this one definitely does bring some new tricks to the table.

I love the weapon mods, I always wished Borderlands would incorporate some kind of weapon modification. There's actually a lot to do in this game and some of the areas I was exploring took me by surprise. I'm like 35 hours in right now and just got to the first major city the other day.

I've just been taking my time checking everything out and looting everything and getting used to the aspects of settlement building and how some of the new systems work.

[darklordzor]

And I get that. I get the story part and have enjoyed that aspect. My issue with the "keep trudging" mindset though, is that if a game can't genuinely hook me at more than 15 hours, then it's failed in some fundamental way.

[fenome]

Very understandable. I didn't have to "trudge", personally, it got me from the get-go. I've been totally addicted myself, but it didn't really start opening up until I started getting more perks and I started getting used to how some of the new elements of the game worked. That's when it really hooked me hard.

But that's just me personally, not everybody's going to have the same experience. This has been an awesome year for games though, I'm stoked on it! Can't wait to see what next year brings!

[Dyldog69]

Your A.D.D doest make F.O.4 A BAD game

[darklordzor]

Yes, that's why I dropped more than 80+ hours into Dragon Age last year...ADD. Gotta be it. Hit the nail on the head.