Fallout 4 – Metacritic Score: 87
The latest entry in this legendary series, Fallout 4 marked the first step for this franchise into the next generation of video game consoles. Developed by Bethesda, this game offered the biggest open world that both the franchise and developer had ever held. Set in Boston, players took control of another Vault Dweller who was on the hunt for the murderer of his wife and kidnapper of his infant son. Like most Fallout titles, this required players to interact with a variety of wacky factions and eventually pick a side. Even though the story itself wasn’t nearly as engaging as some in the series history, the search for your child was compelling enough to add momentum to many of the main campaign missions.
Fallout 4 was considered by many to be one of the best games released this generation thanks to its engrossing world, great characters, and interesting side missions that offered players a variety of tasks beyond simple fetch quests. Yet, Fallout 4 still suffered from some seriously notable bugs that plagued the gameplay and made some quests impossible to finish due to a player completing the tasks out of order. Yet, this was largely overlooked thanks to additions like the new crafting system which allowed players to not only fine tune their weapons, but construct entire towns from scratch. It may be some time before players again get to journey into a new wasteland, but Fallout 4 has more than enough content to hold us over.
