Fallout 4 Reviews

Will Fulton

Digital Trends

April 25, 2023

“Fallout 4 sets a new standard for first-person RPGs.”

Robert Ramsey

Push Square

September 26, 2017

9/10

Republished on Tuesday 26th September 2017: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the release of Fallout 4's Game of the Year edition on PlayStation 4. The original text follows.

Peter Brown

GameSpot

May 24, 2016

6/10

20,000 Rads Over the Sea

Justin Mahboubian-Jones

Stuff

March 24, 2016

Wait. What’s that ear-splitting noise? I just helped a crew of robots launch their 19th century wooden ship airbound.

B. Chambers

Game Skinny

January 1, 2016

7/10

The problem with Fallout 4 is not that it doesn't live up to its hype, but that it doesn't live up to the Fallout name

Ken Barnes

Pure Xbox

December 5, 2015

9/10

Fallout 4 isn't perfect by any means, but the sheer scope of the game as a whole and the incredibly well-structured world means that should you dare to take the plunge, you'll be swimming around in these waters for dozens, if not hundreds of hours. The bugs may threaten to spoil the show, but every time one rears its head and makes you want to stop playing, you'll feel the pangs within the hour to go back and give things another go. Many people will fail to see everything that the wastelands have to offer, but that absolutely shouldn't stop...

Anonymous

GamePressure

November 30, 2015

7/10

Fallout 4 is probably one of the most anticipated games in recent years. Due to the history of the series, the expectations for this title were really high... Has the game managed to satisfy the gamers?

Alessio Palumbo

WCCFtech

November 21, 2015

Unscored

I'll admit, earlier this year I didn't think I would have been able to play Fallout 4 in 2015. Bethesda managed to surprise everyone by announcing the game at E3 2015 and releasing it less than six months afterward.

Alex Fuller

RPGamer

November 19, 2015

Bethesda's latest bomb has dropped, and we crawl out through the fallout to see how it holds up. Is the game a sixty-minute man or a two-pump chump?

Richard Seagrave

GameSpew

November 18, 2015

8/10

Fallout 4, then, maybe isn’t as good as it should have been, or at least as good as we’d all hoped. Everything new that has been added is pretty inconsequential. Everything that has been streamlined detracts from the series’ depth. Luckily though, the amazing game world presented, combined with our natural curiosity to explore, means that it’s still a highly enjoyable adventure that is unmissable for fans of the series. Aside from the settlement building system, there’s nothing revolutionary here. Just a spattering of evolution across the board that makes this the most playable and accessible, yet shallow Fallout yet.

Alex Santa Maria

TechRaptor

November 15, 2015

8/10

A largely iterative game, Fallout 4 suffers from a limited dialogue system and procedurally generated content, but still excels at creating a world that is fun and rewarding to explore.

Jason Kwasnicki

The OuterHaven

November 14, 2015

Ultimately, Fallout 4 is a progression of everything we’ve come to know and love about the franchise. It misses a few beats, but by and large is a success. As I continue to dig in, I keep thinking about what I’m missing and how I’ll do everything differently on my next play through. For me, that is the hallmark of a great RPG.

Randy Kalista

Gaming Nexus

November 9, 2015

9.8/10

Fallout 3 was seven years ago. Fallout 4 is one you can play, off and on, for the next seven. Congratulations, Bethesda: You've outdone yourselves again. You've made the Wasteland more beautiful, ugly, open ended, funneled down, thoughtful, and frantic than ever.

Andrew Reiner

Game Informer

November 9, 2015

9/10

My lone wanderer from Vault 111 is as much a stranger in a strange land as he is a person returning to the familiarity of his own home. His crisis of identifying with the world echoes my journey through Fallout 4, a game that is as new and exciting as it is old and familiar. Roughly seven years have passed since Bethesda Game Studios ventured into Fallout’s wasteland, but you’d think the development team never left it, as Fallout 4 feels like a well-worn Pip-Boy. The studio clings to many of the great (and not-so-great) gameplay trappings and overarching designs...

Leon Hurley

GamesRadar

November 9, 2015

A huge game that's anything you want it to be. An immense RPG, shooter, and world to explore that is only constrained by your imagination and desire to explore.

AOTF Staff

Attack of the Fanboy

November 9, 2015

If you're willing to put up with some technical issues, Fallout 4 is Bethesda's most ambitious RPG to date.

Dan Stapleton

IGN

November 9, 2015

9.5/10

The world, exploration, crafting, atmosphere, and story of Fallout 4 are all key parts of this hugely successful sandbox role-playing game. Great new reasons to obsessively gather and hoard relics of happier times, strong companions, and sympathetic villains driving tough decisions make it an adventure I’ll definitely replay and revisit. Even the technical shakiness that crops up here and there can’t even begin to slow down its momentum.

Neil Bolt

Playstation Universe

November 9, 2015

7.5/10

Easily the best DLC entry for Fallout 4 to date, Far Harbor introduces some exciting new enemies and a tighter, more enjoyable main storyline. It also brings an air of over-familiarity and fresh performance issues that blight an otherwise exceptional expansion.

Alec Meer

Rock Paper Shotgun

November 9, 2015

Unscored

A technical addendum - for me Fallout 4 mostly managed a steady 60fps at max detail (bar shadow quality, which I dropped from Ultra to High) and 1440p on a GTX 970 and a first-gen Core i7 overclocked to 4GHz. There was one particular indoor area which saw it drop to 35, but that was very much the exception rather than the rule. I also experienced no crashes. I'm afraid I'm not in a position to talk about multi-GPU support.

John Saavedra

Den of Geek

November 9, 2015

Fallout 4 is the most highly-anticipated video game of the last few years. Does it deliver on the hype? Find out in our review!

Jordan Biordi

CGMagazine

November 9, 2015

8/10

It’s been five years since a Fallout game has released (although for me it’s been seven, since I didn’t much care for New Vegas), and I think it’s safe to say that everyone has been aboard the hype train since it left the station at E3.

Denny Connolly

Game Rant

November 9, 2015

9/10

Fallout 4 delivers on its promise to keep players busy in the wasteland for as long as they want to spend there. The insane amount, and variety, of content available in this game is going to make it an experience that players don't want to walk away from for at least the next year. The graphics may hold it back from being the game that defines this console generation, but the unforgettable narrative and open-world experience are more than enough to make up for the slightly dated aesthetic.

David Jenkins

Metro GameCentral

November 9, 2015

8/10

Its technical faults and lack of innovation are frustrating, but the game underneath is as enthralling and compulsive as anything Bethesda has ever made.

Dave Irwin

TheSixthAxis

November 9, 2015

9/10

Fallout 4 is hugely ambitious and without a doubt one of the best games this year. It’s not without its flaws, but very few games made me care more about what I was picking up, how to use it, what choices I made, and even the communities I’d founded. By streamlining some mechanics, Bethesda has made room for other more complex ideas. If you can forgive a few technical imperfections, of which there aren’t as many as prior instalments, Fallout 4 exceeds all expectations.

Alex Donaldson

RPGSite

November 8, 2015

8/10

A strong improvement over its predecessors, small issues aren't enough to hold this title back.