Fallout 4 Review - Worth a Buy?

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[@Paddzr]

I hate this whole "mods will fix it!" Attitude... Modders shouldn't have to fix games, they should be expanding and changing it, just like every bethesda open world game, it is good enough and will only get better in time, mostly due to mod community but still better and I can not wait to pick it up! I love these games, Mad Max was great, but this is the real deal, I will get immersed in the side content and I will get my moneys worth. But shame on you bethesda, you've done exactly what I thought you would...

[@TheShinyHaxorus3D]

Well, modders kept fallout 3 and new Vegas relevant up until this year so.... It's not such a bad argument. But Bethesda should have launched a more polished game.

[@BossGalka]

+Paddzr He didn't say that though. He said that Bethesda can fix it and they should. It doesn't mean they will, they probably won't, and it probably will fall onto the modders like it always has for every bethesda game. It doesn't make it okay, that is just how it is. I personally will wait until it becomes $20 in two years with all the dlc too. I am still salty that Bethesda made me REBUY the entire fucking skyrim game so I could get all my missing dlc. It was cheaper to rebuy the entire game, packaged with the dlc, than the dlc itself. So this time around, I won't be giving them much money, I'll be patient and wait for a sale.

[@lucemus1]

+Paddzr And all us bastards stuck on consoles get a buggy shitmess until they finally somewhat makes it playable half a year after, skyrim on ps3 all over again for me, nah, fuck it, i'm going to sell my ps4 and craptop and save for a proper PC.

[@GIANT_______]

the only reason I hope that modders will fix a game like this is because the developers have already released it to their standards and it's shit. modders are pc gamers so they know what pc gamers want. I wish I could say the same about Bethesda :(

[@kalgore4906]

+Paddzr spot on, if you have to mod a game for it to be great, theres most likely a fundamental problem with the way they designed it

[@Raven6377]

why did the console player cross the road ? to render the other side

[@EazyLee69]

This was the only video on the whole of youtube that actually answered some questions i had instead of telling me how great it is. Thank you.

[@dannynannady]

Mack is the man.

[@WorthABuyreviews]

Yes to everything except the never pleased bit, I am more than happy with loads of games that I play but I will always point out the flaws to potential buyers. You're a Bethesda fan boy aren't you :)

[@TerraWare]

I l love skyrim and fallout 3. I messed around with Oblivion but didn't really get into it but I can say that Skyrim and Fallout 3 are on my top RPGs list and I consider my self an RPG fan. The Elder Scrolls online not so much it was fun for a bit but got very repetitive around lvl 40 and I quit but Skyrim and Fallout 3 are the only RPGs that even after not playing for a few years I start playing from scratch again. Those and the first Knights of the Old Republic.

[@anderslindblom494]

+Worth A Buy I have 30+ houers played on Fallout 4 and i may have been lucky with bugs because i havent got them yet, atleast not what i have noticed, the AI have not been like in this video. For me its been the opposite. They are really smart and brutal. They use their cover system very well, they flank me and so on. I guess ive been lucky. I DO agree with the Companions tho, they are useless! (But you have the option to NOT have any companion). The only bug i have had so far happened yesterday about 25 houers in. I was in a conversation and the voice sound dissapeard. Restarted the game and it was back. So as i have been saying, i may have been lucky or some of you just got unlucky with the AI and bugs its not happening for everyone. I dont say its okey because it should NEVER happen but im 100% fullfilled with this game, i like the voiced acting, i think they have been doing one hell of a job with it. I never felt "Fuck thats not what i ment to say" or anything like that.. But you guys cant complaine about that now in the "Worth a buy" compartment because you have known that since E3 so... I AM a Fallout fan like alot of us are in here but if i wasent happy about something in the game i would have said so. There are stuff in the game i dont like but its not a game changer. Deffenetly worth a buy if you ask me, its not a 10/10 game but deffenetly worth a buy. Mack i would love if you would answer to what ive said :) Love your channel!

[@xDrikenx]

+Worth A Buy Hopefully a patch or mod comes out in the future that fixes the bad stuff.

[@HandsomeOrangutan]

pls make a rewiew on distance on steam

[@jettjohnson9743]

+Worth A Buy MAKE UP YOUR MIND in this video you said that you like combat but its also shit? Make up you mind!

[@SpoonyPizzas]

Who's here after the Fallout 76 failure?

[@Squantoon]

Bethesda don't fix their games. They wait for the community to do it.

[@lennyswe]

"Next generation open world gaming" lol...... right, companies putting "next gen" into everything you can tell they're trying to milk people.

[@tecktonicable1]

Thank you for acknowledging how Australia and New Zealand get exploited.

[@Edmundostudios]

devs don't care about PC

[@HollisPresnell]

The PC version of Fallout is better than console right now.

[@Edmundostudios]

Hollis Presnell Not really saying much though is it.

[@adamgreensides948]

+Hollis Presnell really because from the sound of this video the pc version isn't better, I've been playing this game all week and haven't had any of these problems mentioned in this video that are relevant to the console version

[@Edmundostudios]

Adam Greensides It's a poor port that runs on PC better because consoles are fairly weak to begin with. If you have a GTX 980 and an xbox controller the choice is obvious but as a PC game with Mouse and keyboard it's pretty shit.

[@HollisPresnell]

I haven't had any of the problems that he mentioned on PC. What's your point? Just after release, tons of people were complaining about the console version, while praising the better PC one.

[@Sulzer24]

Best reviewer on youtube imo

[@SkepticGamer]

+Sulzer 24 God I hate it when people say imo

[@WorthABuyreviews]

+Skeptic Gamer Yeah imo they should type it all out properly, but that is just imo

[@SkepticGamer]

Worth A Buy It's the pinnacle of laziness lol

[@cormachamill2003]

+Skeptic Gamer Get rekt lol

[@cormachamill2003]

+Skeptic Gamer Get rekt lol

[@jadenigguks623]

Fuck this shit, i've still got a few hundred hours left of Skyrim to play.

[@mconejackson8645]

Personally New Vegas was my favorite Fallout next to Fallout 2. But I hate Fallout 4, to me it feels like a soulless husk of a Fallout game.

[@kevindoesntgiveahoot3555]

Incoming Fallout fanboy hate comments even if you said this game was 10/10

[@nuclear804]

+Kevin A thing is he didnt say that

[@grovest5263]

+Flamerule13th because it was...

[@Kris-2]

+Flamerule13th fallout 3 was good, the main story was pretty crap and all the metro stations got annoying but it was still loads of fun.

[@Ebb0Productions]

+Kevin A The bugs and lack of polish takes it down from 15/10 to 10/10. I haven't had this much fun with a video game since Fallout 3, and that's a long time ago :)

[@kevinwilson455]

+Flamerule13th A fanboy is someone who will defend a game against ALL criticism. Mack spent half this review pointing out the faults

[@AhidoMikaro]

You are losing your edge, Mack. You are starting to condition yourself to it. You are getting used to it.

[@WorthABuyreviews]

+Ahido Mikaro Well the way I see it is that if you watch my reviews you get to know all the bad shit about a game as well as the good shit. I watched IGN review this and it seemed like the game was flawless. I personally am enjoying it so if I thumbed it down then played it for like 50+ hours people would call me a hypocrite which would be deserved. So I had to just say it as I saw it, good game badly ported with some dodgy Ai, crappy story but some excellent gaming features and atmosphere.

[@WorthABuyreviews]

+The Monarch Naa you just don't understand what this channel means yet. I am not going to thumb down a game that I love playing and will easy get my moneys worth out of, this is a Worth a buy channel, the clue is in the name :p

[@TheWayoftheSith]

+Worth A Buy I disagree. There is no way that I'm going to reward a company for releasing a game in such a sorry state. I don't care how good the gameplay is, if its got performance issues, if its really buggy and important keys you can't rebind I ain't going to get it. There is a standard level that games must meet stability and control wise, If they can't they don't get passed the sniff test then no deal. I don't care if modders will fix, Bethesda has to fix it. THEN its worthabuy.

[@MarkHorp]

+Ahido Mikaro It is like a woman with a shit personality, but great ass vs a woman with a great personality and flat ass. Not perfect, but both can be fun at times..

[@fixo5132]

+The Monarch playable ?

[@fernandohood5657]

first 8 mins are just pure gold, , one of my fav rants, the AI running pass the bridge like a dummy just killed me

[@CordovanSplotchVT]

So MGS5 got a thumb down because of it feeling empty and lifeless despite you enjoying the gameplay. Fallout four gets a thumb up because you enjoy it despite it being mechanically broken to a point where you think Bethesda owes all PC gaming fans an apology. Makes sense...

[@EazyDuz18]

+Christian Friis Sørensen He didnt particularly enjoy the gameplay of MGS5

[@CordovanSplotchVT]

***** Dude... more repetitive than Fallout 4? All you do in Fallout 4 is go to some place, kill enemies and sometimes retrieve an item... oh and sometimes you build a settlement... an FOB/Motherbase if you will. Fallout 4 has one map which is smaller than MGS5's two maps put together. Fallout 4's AI is if anything more retarded than that of MGS5, in Fallout 4 they can just see farther. I'll grant you that Fallout 4 has more variety in things like buildings and enemy types and at least has non-scripted non-enemy npcs but that's kind of a given for an RPG. Fallout 4's faults on PC however are much more egregious, especially considering Bethesda has a lot more experience with the PC platform than Konami does. Bethesda should be more than capable of making a working PC port of a game in an engine they've been using for almost 2 decades.

[@CordovanSplotchVT]

***** If I remember correctly he also enjoyed playing MGS5, and if his descriptions were as accurate then as they are now then he was less annoyed with MGS5. He definitely didn't "lie down and have a cry" over MGS5. Yes he complained about the map he played for a bit but the vast majority of his complaints in that review was about other reviews of it, and not the game itself.

[@RedRifle007]

+Christian Friis Sørensen I don't have fallout 4 yet but playing mgs5 I can definitely agree that it is more repetitive, I've lost count of how many times I've had to extract prisoners and I'm just at mission 15

[@CordovanSplotchVT]

RedRifle007​ well here's what you can expect from the Fallout 4 missions. "Go to this location and kill a bunch of ghouls." "Go to that location and kill a bunch of raiders." "Go over there and kill some super mutants." "Go fetch that item somewhere around that location. Oh... And kill the molerats too." "There's some gang members in that subway over there, go kill them." "Radscorpions killed my brahmin, go over there and kill the Radscorpions." "Fix my leaky pipes plz... Oh no! Crab people! Kill the crab people!" "Synths drank my chocolate milk... Kill All the synths! And grab the antenna one of them is carrying. We need it... For reasons." Any game is repetitive if you reduce them to nothing but their mechanics. At least MGS5 let's you be a lot more creative in how you complete missions than Fallout 4. Wanna distract the enemy with half naked ladies on cardboard boxes and use the opening? You can. Wanna plant explosives on an enemy soldier and remote detonate when they're near your target? You can. Wanna go in guns blazing from your helicopter minigun blasting Jerry Lee Lewis? You can. Wanna destroy columns of enemy armour from horseback? Go right the fuck ahead. Wanna clear out a minefield by ordering in an artillery strike? Why the hell not? Have fun! The only damn reason people find MGS5 repetitive is lack of imagination. 

[@6darkness6eternal6]

I used to be a massive Bethesda fanboy, but then I took an... Nha they just started fucking up the second they finished Skyrim.

[@CodyProxyify]

+TakeTo TheShadows bullshit, skyrim had bugs in the beginning too.

[@GoArrowM]

+TakeTo TheShadows Lolwut? Fallout 4 is the first game Bethesda Game Studios has made since Skyrim.

[@6darkness6eternal6]

GoArrowM Ehh. They published it. Still has their greasy fingerprints all over it.

[@6darkness6eternal6]

Christian Friis Sørensen That's more personal opinion as a lot of people including me really liked Oblivion even if it was a bit dumbed down.

[@CordovanSplotchVT]

TakeTo TheShadows Oblivion wasn't just dumbed down to all hell, it was also full of bugs at launch, just like Fallout 3 and Skyrim were. The main quest even had MMORPG levels of repetition, and that was supposed to be the story, but in stead it was basically the Far Cry tower climbing with enemies, again and again and again.

[@sslemons]

Finally a true review. This game has so many issues, why is everyone ignoring them?! Much of this game is worse than the quality of stuff you'd find in the shitty early access games on Steam.

[@dazzle187]

Not everyone is ignoring the flaws thankfully. Superbunnyhop also did a pretty good review as well.

[@sonyponygaming2471]

Maybe for PC. Only problem Ive had is slight drops in frame rate

[@Chris-B.]

+sslemons I am glad I saw the light and refunded after playing just under 2 hours

[@poeticmic6219]

Why are people ignoring the flaws? Put bluntly because we're a society of stupid consumers that question nothing. We get what were given and we put up with it. And the games developers know this. It's not about the art of producing great game play! It's about slap something together in a defined period of time to get them ready for milking. I saw so many pre release videos talking shit about "take my money now" that they might as well of just donned a gimp mask. In my mind it's not a terrible game. It's just more of the same, which for next gen gaming missed the mark for me...

[@KinesHaren]

+sslemons Lika what issues? I've been playing for 18 hours and the only thing that happend too me was the invisible weapon/pip-boy bug I shoot one time through vats and it dissapered...

[@SimonRobeyns]

the obvious flaw is indeed the voiced protagonist, i really didn't need it and i'm still wondering which drunk developer thought of it as a good idea to get rid of about 90% of the immersion in this game, I don't wanna hear his bullshit either i want to be a badass asshole to everyone, apart from that i really like the game in its own

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

"Next generation" looks very last generation :P

[@gainsandgames5200]

This review practically states WORD FOR WORD how I feel about the game. Mack, you are rapidly becoming my absolute FAVORITE source for reviews. Keep up the great work man!

[@jacobisaacs600]

Buyout 4 - Worth a Fall?

[@philliptruong9130]

I really enjoy your honesty. I am getting tired of these 10/10 ratings. Keep up the good work.

[@rhynekillian8080]

And then there is Fallout 76........

[@TheDawg475]

Tbh i wasn't impressed with this game at first, but after a few hours i got used to the controls. It suddenly dawned on me that this game is exactly like Fallout 3 and New vegas ! The HUD /Interface and menu has not changed at all ( and that´s okay with me ). I get that some people don´t like "whole story aspect " Fallout. But where i have to disagree with Mack is the graphics ! I think it´s a beautiful game and i got insanely immersed after 30 minutes ( probably more than i ever were in FO3 and NV ). Lets not forget that this game WILL change immensely the next few weeks due to mods - Gameplay mods - Graphic mods - The possibility to turn of the character voice ( thats already been done ) - FOV slider ( also been done ) and so on and so on ! =) Just head over over to "Nexus Mods" and you can more or less make the game EXACTLY what you want it to be. Just like FO3 /NV and Skyrim. So far i have spend 27 hours in FO4 and this game is pure gold ( despite its flaws )

[@asdfgoogle]

+TheDawg475 The interface was one of the most annoying things in FO3 and FONV. I don't particularly remember what exactly it was about the interface that pissed me off, but I think it had to do with organizing items or searching for items or what have you.

[@KaptKilo]

+TheDawg475 I completely agree with you besides your statement on mods. Mods are fun but they should not be required to FINISH WHAT THE DEVELOPER SHOULD'VE DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE. Other than than I love the game though.

[@LurkingCrassZero]

+TheDawg475 I just installed FO3 out of curiosity to see how much as really changed. And you're right mate. That's no bad thing, but when you think how much of a huge shift the game took from FO2 to FO3, FO4 is a pretty minor shift in comparison.

[@TheDawg475]

Sure ! The graphics can´t compete with, lets say Crysis 2 or 3, but its not bad either !

[@MicroageHD]

TheDawg475 Tt's like lower middle class. But definetly bad for a AAA title in 2015.

[@BGP369]

Yer bell ringing always makes me smile. Cheers mate, another honest review.

[@paquitoburrito2055]

I lost it at "I BEAT IT, I BEAT IT IN 36 HOURS MUM! DING DING DING DING"

[@Dugx94]

Damn looking back at this and having played Fallout 4 multiple times... I always get thrown off by the Minutemen and the fact they throw leadership right into your hands without even knowing you. This should've been a late game thing, the Minutemen could've been a faction exclusive to the Commonwealth that did fine in keeping the peace. When the player comes along they could've been experiencing a crisis of some kind and the player obtains the chance to step up and be a leader after a certain amount of hours/quests. With this they make the settlement system optional if you decide to step into the shoes of the leader. If not you carry on as you are, leaving Sanctuary as your own little place in the post apocalypse. The initial settlement system could've just been an interior/exterior decorator/builder system. The point being, I never wanted to be in charge of anything starting the game without even getting a proper feeling for the Commonwealth and where my character's place is in the game. Oh well...

[@UnrealRope]

Having one key mapped to multiple uses is actually really good, otherwise you get the control nightmare that is Arma.

[@-Belshazzar-]

+UprootedEagle Well it depends how you design the gameplay around it. In this case it's designed poorly. obviously bethesda put 0 effort into the PC version.

[@DarthDave573]

+UprootedEagle Only if you have to use a lot of keys. But Fallout doesn't seem to use a lot of them, at least not during combat.

[@shthouserat]

True that, but they should maybe allow you to choose which keys are doubled up

[@SIeipner]

+UprootedEagle Yeah I love throwing grenades at myself trying to melee. Just love it! I also love inspecting empty containers when trying to reload. Just LOVE IT!!!

[@zerginfestorhots6132]

+SoidSnake why can't I upvote this enough? As a person who loves to "Box the world of fallout into the corner" playing unarmed and winding up for a hit only to have my face doused in fire from a molotov is fucking annoying. It makes Unarmed/Melee combat almost unplayable.

[@PriVateJoe7]

Honestly, i kinda want fallout to stop having a "main quest" per say. Instead of putting focus into a main story make a grand story that factions, side quests and events all play into. like ditch the whole find your son thing, instead watch as the world is ravagede by the institute, how factions are born and killed of by your actions, how the confilt attracts outside attention (like the brotherhood flying the commonwealth to start war). you would just come out of the vault whit nothing to do, start wandering and let the world engulf you naturally. The world would become more and more wild, savage and warring (faction patrolls duking it out, increased predator presences attracted by the commotion etc.) until the grand finale stand off that decides all aspects of the future of the gameworld.

[@PriVateJoe7]

+PriVateJoe7 I wrote this before i watched mack basicly say the whole thing -.-

[@Bunkerknacker_Retro-Nostalgie]

+PriVateJoe7 *per se

[@rapturestudios3179]

Gave me a good laugh thanks for making my day Mack. The 1000 pound extra cost if you live in Australia or New Zealand thing was pretty funny (Australia myself) because I can confirm that. The thing about the nonexistent FOV slider not being good enough also made me laugh for sure. The video footage of the enemy running straight past you is also hilarious. Thanks so much for taking the time to give us all a laugh

[@kaktotak8267]

It seems like you only gave it a thumb up because of the buyer's remorse. Even if the game has potential, it'll have to be finished by the modders. Bethesda has only done half the game here, so you shouldn't pay more than half the price even when it gets finished.

[@FranzPaskov]

These fucking keys tied to multiple actions, R,D,F,G to move and everything is fucked up.

[@captaindallas6084]

Fallout 3 and New Vegas were buggy as hell, but enjoyable nonetheless. I miss the freedom and replayability of New Vegas but Fallout 4 for me has been a more polished and enjoyable experience when it comes to the map and exploration. The cutting down of the RPG elements pisses me off but they do seem to be trying to add value in other areas so it's give and take I suppose.

[@xHarryHaroldX]

Mack I'm actually curious what you think of the radition system that they are using in fallout 4. cause i dont feel like losing max health is that punisheble

[@viggy2k66]

I really like the new editing touches mack is employing, it's really entertaining and adds this layer of fun to the video

[@cwxdaf152]

Thanks for highlighting the story issues. I made a female character, and the whole house wife running around in power armour ten minutes after the most traumatic event of her life just ruined the role-playing for me. I had to restart as a bloke because he at least had some military training to help me role-play through that bullshit. I'm having to imagine extra conversations to explain the reasoning behind Garvey handing over generalship of the Minutemen to some Tom/Dick/Harry the moment one comes along. This is probably why I've been avoiding playing it in favour of The Stick of Truth, which at least has a coherent story (kind of).

[@zackwest3866]

Hey Mack, just wanted to say that I love your reviews and how honest you are about what you think. I personally love this game, but realize unlike some people that gaming reviews are subjective and not everyone has to agree. Keep up the great work! (Really good job getting this review up so soon after the game's release btw)

[@HeraclesPorsche]

That Scorpion moement was priceless.

[@andymoss2490]

If its modded up right FO 4 is a joy to play on PC.So a massive thanks to the modding community,for turning this into the game it should have been in the first place.

[@comradeluxemburg3503]

Just Cause review when it comes out?

[@Magnumbean]

+Comrade Luxemburg I think he is going to wab it. Pretty sure he mentioned it in a livestream.

[@nickwalker5115]

+Comrade Luxemburg Second this!

[@MeioNeiz]

Mack said he isn't expecting much. Someone doesn't watch Nerd cubed but I mean I think they would get on extremely well.

[@techtipsuk]

No need for a review you can guess what he'll say about Just Cause.

[@DruuzilTechGames]

@11:00 They did the same thing with Skyrim. Every game Bethesda releases is a broken pile of shit that the modders have to fix. And I love the game too, lol.

[@martinek4826]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games are so much better. They are buggy even after years of modding but atmosphere is much heavier and story actually matters.

[@charlesandhisworld]

Have you installed the 2 patches that are supposed to address the key-binding issues?

[@Guted77]

Mack, just wondered what you thought of Angry Joe, seeing as a lot of people see him as a honest reviewer, although I'm having my doubts recently.

[@WorthABuyreviews]

+Gutted77 I don't watch KZbin tbh so can't really comment on his reviews. I know who he is though from all the chat.

[@devxc]

+Gutted77 Angry Joe is honest why you have your doubts? I saw almost every review and I didn't saw anything wrong with it. You don't have to agree with score but I think his scoring is actually accurate.

[@Guted77]

+devxc Metal Gear Solid didn't deserve the 9 he gave it, if you ask me.

[@devxc]

Oh... fair enough then. But thats one time everyone make mistakes.

[@hawktheslayer438]

+Gutted77 He seems to give 8/9/10 scores to all AAA games, now, yet games with much smaller companies receive 8, maximum. Mount and Blade: Napoleonic Wars only received a 7, while MGSV got a 9.

[@Venomater2012]

most honest review of this game. I'm glad someone finally speaks up.

[@speedhead]

I gotta say i have noticed very minimal bugs, despite all the people bitching about it. Nearly any of them are fixed by loading a save or alt f4. That being said, the pathfinding abilities of NPCs is an issue. My companions CONSTANTLY get in the line of fire and I shoot them or they just cant make it down a hallway. These are however very minor. The AI combat is quite good, despite some minor pathfinding issues enemies pretty much adapt to your style, you sit back and snipe, they rush in and flank you. You rush in they all move back. The story is absolutely immersive. The main story is a bit meh what ive seen so far but nearly every side quest i run in to has been killer, thought out, and well voiced. It amazes me how you can be running to some area for a quest, run in to some event and a 2 or 3 hour questline opens up. It really gives good meaning to your actions in the game, rather than your typical RPG fetch 10 of these or kill 10 of these quests. The keyboard controls took a while to get used to, and should really be open to rebind, but who gives an f. I have seen much worse controls and UI's in other games. The graphics are not shit, they look quite nice. It aint the latest and greatest, but it looks pretty. I do really hope the devs make some patches for the framerate drops tho, i know those were always early issues soon after release of previous fallout games.

[@aspennnnnnnn]

Can you multipurpose buttons on console? For Bethesda games I've been using A as jump, X as activate, Y as weapon and B as crouch. It'd be great if I could do X for activate and weapon. I don't know this because I don't have the game myself yet.

[@Ghoffman91]

The only thing I truly despise in Bethesda's Fallout games is that they insist on giving your character a large background, which just makes it harder if not impossible to see the character as you in virtual form. Its hard to see things that way when your character has a background that is nothing like yours. I mean like come on the character essentially is suppose to be *you*, from the way your character looks, to his stats, what he says, what he does is all determined by you so why can't we determine what their background is gonna be? The less background you give our character the better, Obsidian did it best with Fallout New Vegas. All you know about your character there is that he/she has been hired as a Courier to deliver a chip to New Vegas but you get jumped by Benny and shot in the head, and thats it. Thats all you know about your character and everything else about them from that point is determined by you. You basically know jack shit about your character prior to this and *thats the point*. What I always suggested is give the player the option among several different backgrounds to choose from for them and then let them live through the background story they chosen as the tutorial. At least with that the character will have a background but one that is determined by the player themselves.

[@kissingzombieschannel3708]

I don't like voiced characters in RPG games either, but lets me say this.. Mass Effect would suck without Jennifer Hale voicing FemShep.. her voice acting just made the character amazing... on the other hand, I enjoyed Fallout and Skyrim the way it was, I just couldn't get into it with voiced main character...

[@bballewis]

That rolls Royce part had me dying hahaha

[@CALLthaDoctah]

Well, in defense of the whole minutemen thing: There were only five of them in the whole "faction" at the time that you stumble on them, and it was you who singlehandedly wiped out the dozens of raiders who were laying siege to them (with a deathclaw on top of it). Preston even muses how strange it is for an army to consist of a general and a single active soldier. From there you build up the army over the course of the game as a grassroots operation.

[@pierbover]

At last, an honest Fallout 4 review

[@Fancypants117]

I know this is an old video and so this comment is kind of WAY out of date But I feel like supporting games like this is a serious hurt to gaming overall especially triple A titles. It's just encouraging trends like it, where ya sure everyone gets all sorts of upset at Bethesda, or Dice for battlefront, or Bungie for Destiny and how much of a let down these games are compared to the hype they get. We get upset over missing features or whatever, but in the end people will still as you said "salvage what fun you can" from it and in the end it's supporting the trend. Future games are going to trend this way even harder, even more corners cut, and it's mostly clear to PC user because we can have so much control over our games that when features like rebind, FOV change aren't there it's pretty obvious. Bethesda is just shift from their older PC fans to the much easier to milk herd of console gaming where the vast majority of people will buy games without much thought. More willing to drop 60 bucks on a game and then get upset at people pointing out flaws. It just really sucks seeing this trend, gaming use to be sold like a fine art. What could we improve, make more fun, push to be even better? Now it's pretty much just indie titles that sell based on innovation, or story telling. Nintendo gives me a glimmer of hope with the switch. Focusing on trying to sell good games rather then shiny hyped ones with cutting edge graphics to draw you in. Games like the witcher 3 and breath of the wild felt far better valued at 60 bucks then this one was, like the creators actually put care into their craft instead of trying to crank out dollars. Anyways sorry for the soapbox rant 2 years later thank you for the review and hope everyone just has fun doing what we do as gamers GL:HF

[@griffin1095]

The whole picking up items if you hold down the key vs taking them if you just tap it thing wasn't really a problem. I liked that and it was in Skyrim too. The real problem is the damn melee/grenade button! You try to power attack a guy and end up blowing yourself up because there aren't power melee attack, there's just grenades. Or at least for guns that is...

[@2000tonster]

What does the bell mean? Sorry I'm somewhat new to the channel; a response would be greatly appreciated.

[@BATTLECATT00]

I agree with the key binding. I use my mouse arrow key for movement and the other functions work around them keys so they are all close at a fingers reach. But when I go to build something, I have to re-assign them back to the OLD DOS key layout from the 1990's, WASD keys or I can not move. As for the other stuff I do not know, I had no problems, I played it like I did FO3 and NV. I chose what I want to do when I want, if I want, and how I want. For example I didn't want to be bothered with Preston, So I looted the museum, took the power armor, and never went back to talk to him. Basically I abandon him and his ungrateful misfits.. I could care less about settlers and their needs. Latter when I was ready, I joined the BOS, blew up the institute, and moved on in my life to other things in the Commonwealth. So for me it has worked out great.

[@778nathan]

This is the sad truth yall. Nowadays it seems like a really descent hype leads the game to instant extremely good reviews. Either that or our actual general game criticizers DO NOT know the power of a 9/10 or 8/10 grade anymore.

[@778nathan]

+nathan busch Ill give this game a 6/10 by the way.

[@keytarkrazy12]

For multi-purpose keys, a good way to bind them is using "Shift-1" or "Alt-1" etc, easy to press and hard to accidentally type.

[@craigdavis9233]

I don't know how people get so butthurt, most of my favorite games are in your 'not worth it' list, I just get on with it, but you're right about the stuff you bring up, yet people lose their minds. AMAZING. Your comment section is a great place to get your daily red pill.

[@BioAssasinX]

Another honest and great review, im disappointed in some of the aspects of the game like RPG(which it really isnt) and the story but i dont mind the graphics, they look fine to me but i feel that the credit goes to PC players who supported bethesda in the beginning and its horse crap that they gave you guys the bird. PC players should get the dlc free. (btw im a consol player)

[@MrSatanislav]

This is how it all starts , Mack! First u give this shitty shooter (instead of being the most in-depth RPG) with early acces survival crap elements a "little buyer beware thumb up" next year - what? - u will be givining "OH MY GOD 10 OUT OF 10 OMG" to every consolized primitive piece of shit? This is how it starts, u r getting used to it - shitty games. U surely must have given this turd a BIG thumb down cuz this is the worst fallout game ever created. A real spit in the fans' faces, real mockery on the legendary hardcore franchise!

[@Bunkerknacker_Retro-Nostalgie]

+MrSatanislav Or making a video on how combat systems of today suck ass, and a few weeks later he falls in love with the combat-for-braindeads in Mad Max? This gradual giving up on resisting shit is the worst and some day you wonder why you play this shit at all and why you play it on easy to get through with less thinking or attempts...

[@captainhindsight8113]

Mack, what would you give this game on a scale of 1 to 10?

[@akmark5000]

Since the graphics are not exactly AAA, are the Graphics requirements 0f AMD Radeon 7000 series justified? I'd be willing to buy it and give it a go on my AMD Radeon 6870 (with reduced settings of course).

[@thekyloution3515]

400 plus hours. I am stilling playing

[@SteelGod_BUL]

I don't always agree with you and your arguments, but I really respect your honesty about the games you're reviewing. For this one I can mostly agree with everything. I can sum up my experience with Fallout 4 - full of bugs, glitches, console oriented, but I can't stop playing it! Keep up, bruddah, the honest reviewers are a rare site out there.

[@Waughinator]

Does anyone know if these in game bugs have been fixed? Was tempted to buy this on PC during the steam sales...

[@Anonymouschannel8181]

Have the patches fixed most of these issues now? (Other than the graphics obviously)

[@MrRockboy222]

MACK, YOU SEEN WHATS GOING ON IN PARIS?

[@WorthABuyreviews]

+MrRockboy222 Yup, horrific

[@MrRockboy222]

+Worth A Buy Thanks for responding. I'm surprised how calm the internet is, reddit is having server problems, but quite calm. It may be due to the updates we are getting, which I have BBC news on, and haven't heard an update yet. Hang on, something is going on

[@CodyProxyify]

+MrRockboy222 Holy shit i just read it because i read your post, that's really terrible! 140 deaths???

[@MrRockboy222]

CodyProxyify I got 100. It's ended but I still have little information on what happened, french haven't given much.

[@CodyProxyify]

MrRockboy222 Ah the dutch news says 140 but it's a guessing number i think.

[@koffieslikkersenior]

Wow mack you're really getting better at these! This was a solid review and I'm not saying this because you described exactly how I'm feeling about the game.

[@ivanrodriguez8652]

Just subscribed brother, loved your review, we need more people like you with honest reviews, thank you for telling it like it is!!

[@blauwesmurf007]

Do you think they're going to add the features like the need of sleep and hunger? And are they going to fix the AI or are they just going to leave the game as it is right now?

[@JesusProtects]

"moooom,mooom, i've beat it in 36hours, mooom" hahaha that was really funny, but your giving kids of this generation too much credit. I love my kid, but he is 14y.o. and he is part of the generation "i don't want to put effort in anything, not even games. I whant pew pews, fast travels, quick time events and cutscenes, i whant my character to be invincible and i want the AI on easy all the time". There he has his copy of dragon's dogma waiting to be played, he quit after like 1 hour because he had to travel a lot by foot and read too much so he was bored. It pisses me off, he play on easy almoust every game and sometimes he act just like you did "look, i'm the best, i've finished the first halo 4 level without diying". Seriously, he even tried to play rts games one handed clicking with the mouse all the time, he only decided to use both hands and put SOME effort learning the basic hotkeys after he was getting his ass kicked on every skirmish even on easy. The weird thing is that when he see me play on hard or even insane (it's tipical of a good rts game to have an insane or super hard difficulty mode) and he see how i beat the AI he loves to watch it, but he doesn't try to emulate it later. And if he act like this with games you can imagine how hard it is to make him study. Sorry about the ranting, It's so frustratig.

[@VanillaSnake21]

+ArminMeiwes23 let him play how he wants, so he wants to be a casual gamer, he doesn't want to treat a game like you do, as in something to study or figure out, it's just a game that's meant to be beaten and is meant to be fun. Easy difficulties are very fun sometimes, maybe you should try emulating him instead instead of wanting to treat his games like real life.

[@vidopoulos]

AT LAST! THE TRUTH HAS BEEN SPOKEN!

[@naoarranjeinenhumnomemelhor]

Hey Mack, so i'm a big fallout fan and I have a ps4 and im gonna have a pc able to run the game this christmas, do you think i should buy the console version and experience the frame drops or buy the pc version after christmas and experience all the bad stuff about the pc port in this review?

[@HowDoUPlayGames]

To be honest, I found the best feature to be the base building, which is the least Fallout-like feature in the entire game. But even that has huge issues. I play on console, and when you're trying to build an entire building, once you've put a roof on, you now have to walk outside just to switch items. Because any time you hit A (X on PS4) to confirm a choice, you grab the wall/floor/ceiling you were looking at and begin to move it instead. Any time you hit B (O on PS4) to go back to the main menu of choices, you are instead asked if you want to send the item you were looking at to your storage. Also, I hate having to find the one person you're looking for, activate them, then go all the way back to the item you want them to tend to, and activate that. I loved building up my own little town, but the controls are far from intuitive. Also, the dog is fucking annoying. Half the time it gets in your way, so you can't search that toolkit underneath him, or he's dying and using more stimpaks than you are. That is exaggerated, and maybe if you invest in the perk where he holds people while you shoot them, he's better. But until then, he's more of a hindrance than a help. I agree with you on the controls too. The button that's been used for waiting since the days of Morrowind has now been replaced by the toggle for 3rd/1st person. To be honest I'm glad they got rid of waiting because it was a cheap way to quickly heal between fights in a dungeon/mission/whatever, but if I accidentally toggle 3rd person one more time, or hold B too long and activate my flashlight instead of my Pipboy, I'm going to keep playing, but angrily. Overall, game's still pretty fun though. I'd give it -1 for controls, -1 for lack of intuitive base building, and -1 for a severely lacking perk selection. 7/10, still good, still Fallout (mostly).

[@lightsidemaster]

Is it really that bad? If that is true, then regarding Bethesda: "YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!"

[@kentkatchem]

Great review.. you had me cracking up at the beginning w/all the stuff you didn't like..that was very well said! I haven't gotten this game yet, but I as well LOVED Fallout 3 & New Vegas so I was going to get it regardless. Anyhow, thanks for sharing... and call me Subscribed!

[@dergrunepunkt]

Mac, now some months passed, how long did you played this game?, did you kept playing it after the review and the hipe?. Cheers! BTW Thanks for the review.

[@FunkyBaconArts]

The double function controls can be really frustrating at times, especially reload and loot being the same button. but sometimes they also work really well when you don't have to move your hand all over the keyboard for the different functions. Can't say I had that much problem with the AI tho, my companions had no problem killing or hitting people, but I gave them guns with good accuracy and hip-fire so maybe that is why? My real issue was how often they moved in front of me during combat and ended up soaking up my bullets.

[@blockyorbits2376]

I wasn't having any of these issues, luckily.

[@blockyorbits2376]

Oh, there was thing that made me super angry with the game. Only 1/15 of the building are enterable.

[@kylesmith3826]

why the hell do you use TFGH instead of WASD?

[@Tuikkal]

+Kyle Smith Because it's superior that way ;)

[@Bunkerknacker_Retro-Nostalgie]

+Kyle Smith More central, so he has all the keys required around his hand, as he often stated. This may not make any sense anymore, since we have context sensitivity in games (the multi-binding he mentioned) and "simulations" with phone books ase manuals are not a serious thing anymore, but he has gotten used to it.

[@clone_enolc]

I am new to your channel, you are amazing. I cannot say how much I appreciate your honest reviews! Thank you.

[@NosyVoldemort]

i actually love the fact of the voice acted character, maybe in fallout 5 they need to put a option button so you can turn it of if you like. i'm having issues to with my keyboard in the base-building mode. i can't walk forward because i have AZERTY keyboard. and you should follow the main story-line to be fair, you will come in a whole new world when you do. something you can't access on your own

[@hybridnerd1904]

Got bored with it pretty fast. Hopefully survival mode will make it more fun.

[@TheMistBeats]

Hybrid Nerd yeah i had to install mods that gave me weapons that hit for like 1000000 damage and super jump to even have fun

[@kayeplaguedoc9054]

Great video as usual. Though I honestly thought this game was absolute trash. I was admittedly not the worlds biggest fan of Fallout 3 but I did think it was still a good game once you accepted it more as a Fallout inspired Elder Scrolls mod as opposed to an actual Fallout game. I wanted to believe this game would be better by actually looking at New Vegas (A vastly superior game to Fallout 3, IMO.) and expanding on its template. Instead they took Fallout 3 and just stripped it to be even more bones. It's not even an RPG anymore. It's now just a Far Cry 3 esque sandbox shooter with a perk tree that for some reason has Mass Effect's dialogue system bolted on. I didn't even have that much fun exploring the world which was the best part of Fallout 3. I just felt so bored and slogged out that I could barely bring myself to finish this game. Glad you enjoyed it at least.

[@beautifulrust1]

Right on with that bit about the molotovs. Didn't think it was possible to be a sniper with them, but Bethesda found a way.

[@crusadernikolai1996]

Well aren't I glad I bought this on console

[@MrDerpyLlama377]

+JCTiggs same

[@team419]

+JCTiggs both struggle to reach 30fps. go lookup digital foundry.

[@FackThePresent]

+Team 419 Pc struggles to reach 30fps? You on Mentats and Jets again, my home-nibbler?

[@TheElektrikRain]

Damn they shoulda listened to Mack

[@zpopinfresh]

This is the best review so far. Brilliant.

[@carson1084]

Once the creation kit comes out, I'm instantly getting a mod to make the dialogue like Fallout 3

[@robotmaster7141]

Appreciated the review! The background music @ 11:00 onwards - what is it? :)

[@_danireds]

Ill keep coming to watch your videos. One of the best reviews for Fallout 4 ever seen. You know what I love from it? This guy is HONEST and do NOT like mediocre games when they could have been much more. Thanks for this.

[@LieutnanF]

What a DAMN good reviewer +Worth A Buy. Great videos like always, continue the good work :)

[@SnowWalker1]

How long have you been doing the bell Mack? Because I was cruisin' for a new AI play through to watch last night and I found some other let's player who's doing it too. I think he stole your thing.

[@Sanjarih]

Damn Mack, you're contagious, every time I see a new game, I yell out it's name like you do

[@johnathan3gameking]

I laughed so hard at this! lmaoooooooooo!

[@gameboxfreak]

While the graphics aren't that great. The art style is leagues better than the previous fallout games. Which had basically one colour. Gray, or brown. This game, dispite being set in a post nuclear wasteland, has a great colour sceme and art style.

[@dionl4292]

gameboxfreak Idont k ow, New Vegas had a great color pallete.

[@austinshannon4656]

Completely agree, play/played fallout 3 more than any game, and have struggled getting into this game, but feel it has potential

[@SnowWalker1]

Lol, when you talk about having more than enough keys to bind for every action or purpose, it reminds me of how many times I've jumped instead of trying to attach a power line XD