Games : A quick Fallout 4 review
I picked up Fallout 4 the day after release (PC), and have put a few hours into it. So far I've reached level 11, and am still working on tracking down Shaun at standard difficulty.
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Fallout 4 is largely the same as Fallout 3 and New Vegas, and that's not a bad thing. The Boston wasteland is big, and it feels empty. Finding people can be difficult; finding shops is even more so. The readily available weapons and armour available are a bit more
realistic
class="detail"> than in prior games. That makeshift pipe weapons are common, while manufactured weapons are harder to come by feels quite appropriate, and makes finding them a little more rewarding (even when they're mechanically inferior). The wasteland has been proving somewhat dangerous as well. Supermutants seem to be around any given corner, molerats burrow in and out of view, ghouls seem to rise from the dead to suddenly bank you
Ammo is also expensive and, unless you take the perk that increases ammo found in containers, can be hard to come by, making things a little more challenging, and forcing you to be a little more careful with how many times you pull the trigger.
The chat interface is a little annoying in that you are offered themes for your responses, and don't know what the actual content will be; something like yes, no, sarcastic and don't know. Without knowing what you're actually saying, these options may lead you down paths you didn't intend. There is a
mod, however, that will reveal the actual dialogue options. ...
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