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Is Fallout 4 worth $20?
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Huge Succeeded
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I found ways to make Fallout 4 into a game that I enjoy playing. It really holds its own as something like an imaginative Stalker alternative in my mind, with the right mods. Fallout 4 is a strong backbone, in some ways, and it's not impossible that Fallout 5 retains many of Fallout 4's design decisions while re-introducing facets of the series that I appreciate the most (it just looks unlikely, but who knows.)
Personally, though, I can't recommend the PS4 version if only because I assume it's not moddable to the extent that I personally like. I may be wrong in that assumption.
The DLC was solid, though I've got issues with Nuka-World that people who haven't held Fallout lore so dearly might not have.
SteamSpy
(It currently shows as 56 hours, but I think that because the recent free weekend pulled it down)
shawnbuddy
Member
Worth full price dude. Great game, ignore the hate.
isaacnukem
Member
It might not live up to the other 3D Fallout titles but it's still a good game. Worth $60, worth $20.
RPGCrazied
Member
I still have not played this very much since getting it at release. Was just swamped with games and never recovered. Maybe I'll get to it one day, but more Fallout is a good thing in my eyes, hope 5 gets announced soon.
old manatee
Banned
It's not worth playing for free in my opinion. Just a total catastrophe of a game. I couldn't even finish it because of a game-ruining bug that was never patched.
blame space
Banned
It's worth $200
The Albatross
Member
Yes, it's a very enjoyable game from hours 0 - 40, a solid game from hours 40 - 60, kinda okay from hours 70-80, and then you're just kinda like "meh..." after hour 80. But, if a game can give you a lot of enjoyment for at least 60 or so hours, then it's a pretty good enjoyment for the cost.
Plenty of things could have been better, but all in all, it was a good game for me.
Plenty of things could have been better, but all in all, it was a good game for me.
old manatee
Banned
No you are!
I love Fallout: NV, I'm going on record that I liked 4 more than 3.
At least it had some (not all) interesting companions and it tried to give you some proper faction choice. The shooting was better as well.
Forerunner
Member
It's one of the few games I actually beat in 2015. I played it for about 30 hours and I enjoyed it. I don't regret paying $60 for it. It's definitely worth $20.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
It's terrible compared to New Vegas, but yeah it's worth $20.
ZombieSupaStar
Member
for 20 sure, I haven't found any mods that makes it into "New Vegas 2" in terms of quest outcomes, but playing it on survival mode and the Horizon mod makes it ok. Not a very good rpg, but a decent survival shooter with crafting and settlements.
Huge Succeeded
Banned
lolol
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Playing through it right now for the first time and I'd say yes. Its not the best thing ever but i think using gaf for purchase decisions is a bad idea because a good deal of the time you run into piggybacked hyperbole from people that might not have even played it but have an axe to grind.
A sure sign you should ignore them is when it sounds more like they're describing a natural disaster than a decently reviewed videogame.
A sure sign you should ignore them is when it sounds more like they're describing a natural disaster than a decently reviewed videogame.
DUFFMCWALIN
Member
I agree with this. There are some really cool mods out there that make the game better in different ways. I'm really enjoying this mod so far: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/23845/?
holy shit.
Huge Succeeded
Banned
That's literally how I've described Breath of the Wild to people, lol.
IcyRhythms
Member
If you want real RPG elements and choices that actually have impact, stick to stuff like New Vegas, Wasteland 2, Divinity, Pillars, and Witcher to name a few.
IcyRhythms
Member
In what way? I don't like a lot of things about Fallout 4, but there is a lot of content for the money here.
Psychoward
Banned
Hey it'd be great if we could stop bringing up Witcher 3 in unrelated rpg threads, especially since it's not even the best 3D rpg of the past few years thanks.
IcyRhythms
Member
What had a bigger impact than Witcher 3? The Witcher 3 is now the measurement of how RPG's will be judged, especially fantasy RPG's.
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and definitely anything from Bethesda lol
starchild excalibur
Member
Especially since it's entirely possible to dislike Witcher 3 and enjoy Fallout 4, regardless of how much more accomplished W3 may be.
Psychoward
Banned
It deserves a ton of criticism but maybe you should read through this thread again if you think all of it is well written criticism instead of constant few sentence shit posting or completely distorting the game (i.e. it's just like fallout 3)
semiconscious
Member
yep. if we've actually reached the point where a game as chock full of content as fallout 4 isn't considered to be worth $20, we've ended up somewhere very (as the president would say) 'sad'
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Psychoward
Banned
Yeah that's what I'm saying, thanks for proving my point lol. It's fucking stupid that people think Witcher 3 shouldn't be this barometer of amazing rpgs since compared to Fallout 1, 2 and NV it falls short big time mechanically.
Also fallout 4 actually has good combat and crafting, hell it's an FPS arpg compared to Witcher 3's sub par action combat. One can easily appeal to someone and not someone else (I liked both games even though I've got big complaints about both)
Compare and contrast how much better Witcher 3's quests are written or what have you but in seemingly every single current gen rpg thread that isn't Bloodborne, Horizon or BOTW there's a ton of "just play Witcher 3 even though that's not what you were asking for and it may be a different sub genre and you may have already played it".
Yeah we get it, Witcher 3 is a good game.
Psychoward
Banned
Much better game yeah but basically the same graphics? Did you forget to wear your glasses lol