We have been waiting for what seems like a very long time for this release, does it live up to everything we have been wanting. Fallout 4 has one of the largest feature lists we have seen in a game in a long time and with all those features comes a lot of bugs.
The game by itself is fantastic! There is an expansive map and you are able to go anywhere you would like to go unfortunately there some invisible walls. Fallout 4 has improved a ton of things from the previous game. The way that guns handle is a huge upgrade. You are able to design and build anything with the new building system. You can spend endless hours just building your fort and trying to get more people to live in your base. You can lose yourself trying to discover more areas of the map and see all the things you can stumble upon. The Power Armor now feels like it is actually powerful where as in previous games it was more like just a suit. One draw back to the new changes though is that the emphasis has shifted a little more towards a first person shooter then an RPG style game.
The graphics have have been upgraded as well though there is no new engine. The game looks beautiful and detailed but there is an occasional poor texture here and there. The world you are in has so much to see and discover and it all looks gorgeous. You are able to just get lost in all the attention to detail that Bethesda has put in to the game. The environment overall is done really well for a post-apocalyptic Boston.
Next, I am a huge fan of the building features. I love being able to build my own fort its amazing, but putting up walls without them going wherever they want is extremely frustrating. Sure it’s a good feature so you can continue to build easily but if you have to angle it a certain way or do whatever you need it to do and it will snap into the wall you just set up and not do what you need it to.
Now to some of the bugs that I am hoping get fixed soon. I don’t know if its just me or if you guys have the same problem but what is wrong with the companions? I get that its cool to have a sidekick with you while you explore the Commonwealth but come on! They are absolutely useless, I think I have died more times due to glitched companions than I have been killed by creatures, raiders, and just plain old radiation. Here is one example of what happened to me. I am walking through a tunnel underneath the lonely chapel going to the military stronghold and Dogmeat gets stuck in the door way trapping me while a Molotov cocktail burns me alive. Maybe it wouldn’t of been a problem if it only happened once but three times this happened. I like the fact that they give you Dogmeat and other companions but they need to prove themselves useful.
I am sure that my complaints are small compared to others who have issues with things such as the dialogue or getting stuck in an elevator. I just hope that Bethesda is listening to the Gamers and working on fixing the issues. Fallout 4 is a great game all we can complain about are minor issues that every game has.
The Commonwealth has so much to explore and can keep you entertained for hours. That’s why even with my small gripes I will rate this game as a platinum. I'd love to hear everyone else's problems so please comment and we can all chat about them together as gamers.
