Fans Share Things They Actually Like About Fallout 4
Fallout 4 isn’t remembered as fondly as its predecessor, but as we return to the Commonwealth, fans share what they actually like about the game.
Fallout 4 was a megahit when it launched in 2015. But over the years, many fans have soured on it, especially when comparing it to previous games in the series. It’s often brought up unfavourably next to Obsidian‘s Fallout: New Vegas, and even Bethesda‘s own Fallout 3, as the fourth game was much less of an RPG than what came before.
However, a group of fans are laying off Fallout 4 for once, and discussing what they thought it actually did right. Turns out, for all its faults, it did introduce some new ideas that fans love and would want to see in future Fallout games.
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The conversation was kicked off by Reddit user Old_Opposite5125, with the thread now full of fans praising the game. To little surprise, one of the most common praises of Fallout 4 is how it handled power armour, finally depicting it like the hulking war machine it was always supposed to be.
“Power armour from Fallout 4 is to this day one of the coolest s**t I ever saw in a video game,” says Reddit user Sculpdozer.
“Power armour. Without doubt,” agrees enginseer2242. “You really [feel] like [you’re] wearing hundreds of kilos of metal and murder.”
Similarly, there’s a lot of praise for how Fallout 4 overhauled the combat, drastically improving the shooting mechanics.
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That said, there are plenty of other non-violent features that get praised. “Making scrap and junk useful,” says user LtColonelColon1. “I loved the settlement building and gun/armour upgrades and customisation.”
“Sprinting,” adds DEGRUNGEON. “Always bugs me when I go back to Fallout 3/NV and forget that there’s no sprinting.”
Yep, the closest you can get to sprinting in Fallout 3 and New Vegas is putting on some light armour while you travel around.
he romances get a little love (ha) too, since this was the first game in the series to include them. At least in a way that’s a bit more than a quick romp that amounts to nothing, which we’ve been doing since the classic Fallouts.
So, despite the criticism we often see directed at Fallout 4 (something I have engaged with since the next-gen update dropped), there’s also a lot of love for it in the community. There are also plenty of changes it makes from the previous games that aren’t controversial which fans would want to see in Fallout 5 – whenever that launches.
