Fallout 4 Review

Going from other Fallout games to 2015’s Fallout 4 certainly makes for a strange experience. The rough yet earnest early games eventually lead to the modern reinventions.

Fallout has always been pulled between change and tradition. Fallout 4 deviates from series expectations in significant yet fascinating ways. At the end of the day, though, does that make it worth your time?

Story

Fallout 4 clarifies its purpose from the word go with its unorthodox choice of premise. The player begins by choosing between either a female law school graduate or a male combat veteran. Either way, you’re a resident of the United States before the infamous nuclear strikes of 2077.

Your chosen character and their spouse — the character not selected — flee for a nearby vault. With their infant son in tow and nuclear armageddon on their heels, they enter into cryogenic slumber.

Following a brutal incident involving said spouse, you awaken and set about hunting down your character’s son in the warped future version of Massachusetts.