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Fallout Shelter
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland. Vault-Tec has provided the tools, but the rest is up to you. What are you waiting for? Get started building your Vault today for free.
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The last couple of days have once again shown us just why Bethesda is one of the most respected game developers in the world. They respect their fans and they genuinely love what they do. One example of this is the way they don’t just deliver on expectations, they shatter them. Case in point: at their E3 presentation Sunday night, they didn’t just give us all kinds of new details and information on Fallout 4, they also dropped a whole new iPad game – Fallout Shelter – on us THAT NIGHT. For FREE! This is like Toyota unveiling their next car for next year, and then just giving everyone a fr...
Fallout Shelter works best when played as a mobile game- get too addicted to it, and its lack of endgame, and shallowness of mechanics make themselves apparent, and start to create problems.
Fallout Shelter is an enjoyable but ultimately shallow experience. It's set apart from others of its ilk by making its transactions truly and completely optional -- though sorely tempting.
Fallout Shelter is a completely different game today than it was when it was released in June 2015. Finally, it is developed enough to entertain PC players. It's a pity that Bethesda didn't avoid a few mishaps.
Fallout Shelter is at its best early on: when your fledgling vault is barely able to scrape by, and every raider attack has the potential to topple your fragile society. Once your vault is firmly established, all fear of losing, and thus the fun, fades away. Combine this with a lack of compelling longterm goals, and you have an experience that’s fun for a few days, but lacks long-term appeal.
The timer-based gameplay is made to be dipped into a few times a day, and while this works on Switch, it was evidently designed with other devices in mind. Yes, touch functionality exists, but the experience on Switch doesn’t compare with dedicated phones or tablets, and if being able to play on the bus isn’t a concern, the PC version would be better still. Fallout Shelter is handsomely presented with a nice resource management loop that’s worthy of investigation, but it’s tough to recommend this version if you've got access to other platforms.
Stays loyal to Fallout but it's just not exciting enough