The game gets you right into the action quickly, and it doesn’t hide its new features away behind hours of play. From here you’re free to wander and explore the wasteland, and there are virtually no limits to how you approach the game, a trademark mechanic of Bethesda’s large-scale RPGs. After a brief prologue that takes place before the bombs fell, showing the 50s-style atomic-era life in its prime, a first for the series, you’ll find yourself in the familiar wasteland we’ve come to know and love. It helps, of course, so you know what’s going on out of the gate, but regardless of your experience with the series, you can jump in and enjoy.Īs always, I won’t spoil the story, save to say that you’re a survivor of Vault 111, another fallout shelter designed and operated by the mysterious Vault-Tec.
It’s a pretty much self-contained story, though, so no prior knowledge of the series is needed. It’s set in Boston after the events of the previous two games, and takes place later in the Fallout time line than any previous instalments. It’s also the company’s first proper foray into current gen, so the pressure is surely on.įallout 4 is Bethesda’s first Fallout game since Fallout 3, having passed the reigns to Obsidian for New Vegas.
Surely a contender for the most anticipated game of the year, which is saying something with the quality of titles release so far this annum, Fallout 4 is one of the biggest game releases in recent times. It’s taken its sweet old time coming, but after the surprise of a 2015 release that was announced at this year’s E3, Bethesda has lived up to its promise, and Fallout 4 is with us with no slips or setbacks.
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