Fallout 4: Game Review

Reviewed by Michael on 13th May 2016

Our rating: 9.2/10.0

Platform(s): PS4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows 

Genre(s):Open-world RPG, Shooter, Action

Fallout 4 is the fifth instalment of the widely popular Fallout video-games, developed by Bethesda Game Studios. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic Boston in the year 2287, over 200 years after nuclear warfare devastated the landscape, in which the player emerges from an underground vault, after being frozen for all those years. Gameplay is similar to the games predecessors, for those that have played them, where the player completes various quests to earn experience points to level up there character. The player can play in both first-person or third-person perspectives depending on their play-style allowing non-linear gameplay. 

What makes Fallout 4 such a step above it's previous titles though, is its endless customisation abilities. At the beginning of the game, the player must customise the default characters face to how how they want. Their are endless ways of doing this, with the ability of adjusting eyebrow contours, to cheek width, to jaw alignment, the list goes on. 

Fallout 4 also features countless customisation for weapons and armour, giving the player numerous ways of adjusting weapons and armour for their own enjoyment.

 This feature really reaches it's mark once the player discovers how they want to play the game, through their choice of levelling up their character, as their are a number of perks that allow for different playing styles. The perk tree allows players to level up their character according to how they wish to play the game. This adds a level of choice to the game, and also gives more advanced players who play through the game a number of time, a chance to play it a different way each time as each perk carries its own abilities and power-ups, etc.

Another added feature to Fallout 4 that differs from it's predecessors is the ability to create and customise settlements. Upon clearing or completing a quest at a settlement the player gains this settlement as a safe house, or place to store their items. Each settlement is fully customisable, with the ability to add structures, buildings, furniture, market stalls, and much more. Each settlement can be connected to each other through its settlers to create supply lines, where all your items are shared between each. I found this to be one of the most enjoyable parts of the game, as it gets your creative side going and gives you reward for all the scrap items you pick up throughout your exploration of the wasteland. 

Pros:  

- Customisable weapons, armour and settlements

- Massive map

- Over 300 places to explore

- Unique enemies and NPC's

Cons: 

- Storyline often falls flat

- Buggy features

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