MrRudiMentary
Member
10/10 across the board.
Two or three points higher than it will deserve.
Any last minute predictions on how well Fallout 4 will rate critically?
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AuthenticM
Member
90 and over on Metacritic
d00d3n
Member
Hard to say, except that it almost certainly will be ≥80/100. What are the conditions for reviews this time?
Only hands-on during review events?
Or Xbox/PS4 versions playable on debug consoles (when? are reviewers playing already?)?
Will the PC game be made available for reviewers before the release date as well?
When can people who get pre-release access post their reviews?
Only hands-on during review events?
Or Xbox/PS4 versions playable on debug consoles (when? are reviewers playing already?)?
Will the PC game be made available for reviewers before the release date as well?
When can people who get pre-release access post their reviews?
banefirelord
Banned
Speak for yourself. Ran into a core NPC who wouldn't talk to me because of a bug and cut off a whole line of quests. Took me an hour to fix, after a number of fruitless resets and reloads (I fortunately had another sidequest available which relocated the character's position and fixed the glitch) Never had anything comparable in a BethSoft game; worst I've had are some CTDs in Oblivion and New Vegas.
I'm guessing 87.
Kralamoonard
Member
94
SlickShoes
Member
Lost of crashes it will score 80-85 overall, no catastrophic bugs and it will score 85-93.
Like someone above said I can't wait for all the "It took me 100 hours to complete the main quest and I barely scratched the surface", only to listen to said reviewer in a few months mention they never went back to scratch below that surface.
Like someone above said I can't wait for all the "It took me 100 hours to complete the main quest and I barely scratched the surface", only to listen to said reviewer in a few months mention they never went back to scratch below that surface.
DrROBschiz
Member
Gotta be in the 90s
Especially if its polished and free of technical issues.... It fucking should be given the timeline
Especially if its polished and free of technical issues.... It fucking should be given the timeline
The_Hitcher89
Member
82%
Think quite a few places will give it a 7 with the 'shinier Fallout 3' criticism, which from what we've seen is fair enough, even if its what I personally want.
Also safe to assume it'll be buggy and janky in various aspects. And it may not run particularly well, or have the technical bells and whistles needed to get some brownie points for graphics
Think quite a few places will give it a 7 with the 'shinier Fallout 3' criticism, which from what we've seen is fair enough, even if its what I personally want.
Also safe to assume it'll be buggy and janky in various aspects. And it may not run particularly well, or have the technical bells and whistles needed to get some brownie points for graphics
DrROBschiz
Member
Hopefully this is the last of the Massive cross gen developed games.
I mean Im sure there will other AAA cross gen games but as far as the ones a typical Gaffer would complain about
backflip10019
Member
87 tops.
88-94
all depends on how severe the million bugs are
jk its beth. Since when have bugs stopped reviewers from loving it
What a silly comment. If this were a thing most games reviews would be all over the place. People rate the overall experience. If technical issues don't overwhelm that experience people don't mind.
MakotoYuki
Member
82-87
Nightshade
Member
Good / 100
Dangoesforth
Member
Low 90s, very rare for a large release to get higher than 95 as you will always get clickbait articles, also people who don't give 10s out of principle (which is fair enough)
TrebuchetGames
Member
It's going to be high... just because the gameplay is like no other game.
FO3 was a bit of a mess on the PS3.... especially the frame rate, but you know what, it was still one of the best games of the gen and i loved it. Played over 60+ hours and 100% it
FO3 was a bit of a mess on the PS3.... especially the frame rate, but you know what, it was still one of the best games of the gen and i loved it. Played over 60+ hours and 100% it
shinobi602
Member
"Mid to low 80's".
Lol, pass me what some of y'all are smoking.
Lol, pass me what some of y'all are smoking.
KefkaPalazzo
Member
93 on PC. 92 on PS4 and XB1.
It and MGS5 will split a majority of Game of the Year awards, along with Bloodborne and the Witcher 3 getting some of their own.
It and MGS5 will split a majority of Game of the Year awards, along with Bloodborne and the Witcher 3 getting some of their own.
Balmung421
Member
90-93.
For reelz! I am jonsin' for another Fallout too. I know it will be super buggy and need a few major patches to smooth it out. I will keep telling myself to wait about 6 months after release. Although, I'll end up spending a hard earned $60 and supporting bad habits in gaming development.
I think it's a question of how generic the game actually is. Marketing hasn't made it look great. The boxart is just a zoomed in picture of the Iconic™ Power Armor™. There doesn't really seem to be any hook other than "now it's boston!" I mean, it doesn't necessarily need this, and the game itself could be a surprise, but I think we just went through a bit of a crpg renaissance with some incredible dialogue and really funny and dramatic themes and fallout is looking mighty uninspired next to those efforts.
Fallout brings a lot to the table that those smaller efforts could never bring: Bethesda has a lock on a certain kind of gameplay that people absolutely fucking lose their minds over. These people will give it the 90 it likely deserves from them, but it's going to be divisive from W/CRPG fans.
If this year has taught me anything, reviewers really like "systems". They often do not finish games, and therefore judge the game on the strength of its parts rather than its whole. Plenty of non-journalists do this too, so it's not really an issue as much as it is an observation.
Fallout brings a lot to the table that those smaller efforts could never bring: Bethesda has a lock on a certain kind of gameplay that people absolutely fucking lose their minds over. These people will give it the 90 it likely deserves from them, but it's going to be divisive from W/CRPG fans.
If this year has taught me anything, reviewers really like "systems". They often do not finish games, and therefore judge the game on the strength of its parts rather than its whole. Plenty of non-journalists do this too, so it's not really an issue as much as it is an observation.
SoundPulse
Banned
High 80s to Mid 90s is my guess.
Bethesda would need to sink to a new low of buggy releases to get lower than that, and that probably wouldn't be able to pass cert.
Bethesda would need to sink to a new low of buggy releases to get lower than that, and that probably wouldn't be able to pass cert.
I don't think it will score as high as Skyrim. I feel like reviewers are more critical of glitches and bad performance these days so I expect Fallout 4 to be docked points for that. There is also the fact that The Witcher 3 released this year so some reviewers might be bored by Fallout 4's story (if it's like Skyrim, I will be). Still, hype levels are high so I am expecting 89.
Give War A Chance
Member
Low 90s.
If you had told me after Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel on the PS2 that 4 years later the literal smoking crater that was the Fallout series at the time would be revitalized and become one of the biggest franchises of the next decade, I would have said you were crazy.
It's too much.
It's too much.
RandomSeed
Member
It could suck or be fantastic, the critics will eat it up. 90-95 score. Let's say 94.
I have my criticisms of Bethesda's writing and all that jazz but frankly seeing Fallout 3 after basically expecting the series to go the way of the dodo was pretty crazy. It's not what I would have ever expected but at the very least I'm glad it didn't end up like Syndicate or just outright end after Brotherhood of Steel. Been a crazy ride for the franchise as a long time fan to say the least.
ZombieSupaStar
Member
It'll probably get mid high 90s
Would rather it get high 80s
Would rather it get high 80s
banefirelord
Banned
Where has there been any evidence that this was ever developed crossgen? This keeps getting trotted out and I've never seen anything to justify this claim.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
91 metascore for the platform with the most reviews.