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."

[helicoptergirl]

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

[Furesis]

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

[Vits]

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.

[anast]

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

[anast]

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-Smurf]

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.

[MrDead]

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.

[SimpleSlave]

As a Fallout game? Pure, Unadulterated Trash. As an Adventure Shooter? Yeah, pretty good.

[P_Bomb]

I just platinumed it. My first Fallout game. Unpopular opinion lol, but I liked it well enough. Had no real expectations going in.

[PRIMORDUS]

Having a frame cap on PC is just plain dumb, and no I'm not going to mod it and make it work beyond 60FPS I'm tired of that shit, being do that for a long time in older games, enough already. This is the devs issue to workout and fix its 2024 man WTF, bring Fallout 4 up to modern standards.

[Shiore2u]

Just cause you like the show doesn't mean you need to toss away any good sense regarding the previous entry. Fallout 4 lacked most of what makes a Fallout game. I put it next to Hitman: Absolution in terms of games completely missing the point of a series formula.

[Chocoburger]

I ran into the quest glitch where if you die on the giant crab boss, it never respawns again, and thus you can not complete the quest, making the platinum trophy or full achievements impossible.

That was extremely annoying, and I straight up quit the game. Bethesda never patched this bug even 3 years after release. What good is such a massive game with tons of quests, if its partially broken?

Bethesda needs to make smaller games with less content, but actually have it be competent. Alas.

[terrorofdeath]

I came back beginning of the year to play Fallout 4 after leaving it for years, I enjoyed it a lot! The only thing I didn't really like is the lack of a concrete ending. I would have preferred the storyboard ending where it tells you what your actions led to, like in New Vegas. It just fell flat for me. Other than that, the game itself is great, it's an open world game with freedom which I think people forget about when comparing to other games.