Fallout 4

Item: Fallout 4
Rating: 83
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-11-04

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Summary

Exceptional longevity and replayability
Robust modding community support
Vast, immersive open world for exploration
Deep crafting and settlement building
Suffers from numerous technical issues
Lacks compelling story and narrative

Emotions

Satisfaction28%Frustration14%Disappointment11%Enjoyment9%Excitement7%

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 60%
Unhelpful reviews: 38%
Protest reviews: 2%

83%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
17%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 5720
Negative points: 3625
Gameplay points: 1336
Perf. points: 198
Rec. points: 884
Misc points: 517

Point	Description	Importance
Exceptional Longevity and Replayability Description Players consistently report hundreds to thousands of hours of gameplay, highlighting the game's enduring fun, adaptability to diverse playstyles, and continuous appeal years after release. The game's freedom and vast content encourage multiple playthroughs, with many reviewers never getting bored. Importance 99%	Players consistently report hundreds to thousands of hours of gameplay, highlighting the game's enduring fun, adaptability to diverse playstyles, and continuous appeal years after release. The game's freedom and vast content encourage multiple playthroughs, with many reviewers never getting bored.	99%
Robust Modding Community Support Description The active and dedicated modding community is a critical factor in the game's longevity and quality. Mods provide extensive new content, visual enhancements, quality-of-life improvements, and enable highly personalized gameplay experiences, making the game endlessly adaptable. Importance 82%	The active and dedicated modding community is a critical factor in the game's longevity and quality. Mods provide extensive new content, visual enhancements, quality-of-life improvements, and enable highly personalized gameplay experiences, making the game endlessly adaptable.	82%
Vast, Immersive Open World Description The Commonwealth is praised as a massive, richly detailed, and atmospheric post-apocalyptic world, teeming with environmental storytelling, secrets, and dynamic events. Exploration is consistently described as highly rewarding and a core appeal, encouraging countless hours of play and deep immersion. Importance 80%	The Commonwealth is praised as a massive, richly detailed, and atmospheric post-apocalyptic world, teeming with environmental storytelling, secrets, and dynamic events. Exploration is consistently described as highly rewarding and a core appeal, encouraging countless hours of play and deep immersion.	80%
Deep Crafting and Settlement Building Description The game features robust and addictive systems for weapon and armor customization, allowing extensive personalization. The settlement building mechanic is a standout, empowering players to create and manage thriving communities, fostering a strong sense of rebuilding the wasteland. Importance 69%	The game features robust and addictive systems for weapon and armor customization, allowing extensive personalization. The settlement building mechanic is a standout, empowering players to create and manage thriving communities, fostering a strong sense of rebuilding the wasteland.	69%
Improved Combat and Power Armor Description The gunplay, shooting mechanics, and overall combat fluidity are significantly improved, feeling more modern and satisfying than previous Fallout titles. The reimagined power armor system truly makes players feel like walking tanks, adding strategic depth and an immersive experience. The V.A.T.S. system has also been refined for dynamic tactical use. Importance 66%	The gunplay, shooting mechanics, and overall combat fluidity are significantly improved, feeling more modern and satisfying than previous Fallout titles. The reimagined power armor system truly makes players feel like walking tanks, adding strategic depth and an immersive experience. The V.A.T.S. system has also been refined for dynamic tactical use.	66%
Engaging Quests and Player Freedom Description The game offers a wealth of diverse side quests, often deemed more engaging than the main story, coupled with a main narrative featuring meaningful choices. This abundance of content and player freedom, including multiple faction paths and endings, significantly boosts replayability. Importance 61%	The game offers a wealth of diverse side quests, often deemed more engaging than the main story, coupled with a main narrative featuring meaningful choices. This abundance of content and player freedom, including multiple faction paths and endings, significantly boosts replayability.	61%
Improved and Charismatic Companions Description Companions are well-developed characters with distinct personalities, personal quests, and meaningful interactions. The affinity system allows players to forge deeper connections, making companions feel more alive and integral to the journey. Importance 45%	Companions are well-developed characters with distinct personalities, personal quests, and meaningful interactions. The affinity system allows players to forge deeper connections, making companions feel more alive and integral to the journey.	45%
High-Quality DLC Content Description Major downloadable content packs, particularly Far Harbor and Nuka-World, are consistently lauded for adding substantial new areas, engaging storylines, unique atmospheres, and impactful choices. These DLCs are often highlighted as a significant improvement over the base game's main quest. Importance 42%	Major downloadable content packs, particularly Far Harbor and Nuka-World, are consistently lauded for adding substantial new areas, engaging storylines, unique atmospheres, and impactful choices. These DLCs are often highlighted as a significant improvement over the base game's main quest.	42%

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