Fallout 4

[Neo Emolga]

Be careful where you go online. I've heard people are already dropping spoilers about the ending.

And yeah, I hear you, Mike. Originally I was going to wait for a Game of the Year edition to come around, but with all the buzz about it, I decided hey, it was silly to try and fight it.

EDIT: Played it for about two hours, it's AWESOME! If you're playing it on the PC though, make sure your computer is ready, because it's VERY graphic intensive. I can play Fallout 3 on Ultra, but I can only play Fallout 4 on Medium (still looks good though!). I would love to see what it looks like on max settings, but yeah, I don't think my machine would handle it very well. When it comes to the System Requirements, I'd recommend stepping up above what's under "Recommended," because I have even over that (dual NVIDIA GTX 550 graphics cards and 12GB ram) and this is where I'm at. Definitely playable and enjoyable, but I think my computer is starting to go gray a bit.

In all, the game looks sweet as heck and plays very similarly to Fallout 3 and New Vegas, so if you've played those, you'll jump right in it and should feel right at home. The scenery is jaw-dropping and it's everything you love about Fallout all over again. I'm the kind that likes to poke around in every nook and cranny and gradually do the main quest line, but I'm certainly in no rush to blitz to the ending. They've made a very fun and interesting world to explore again.

In terms of leveling and character building, it seems like they changed a lot of things. I was almost shocked at how few stat points they give you to distribute in the beginning, but that's because you get one for every level now. Also, it seems like skills are something you build over time rather than distribute points to. I only got to level 4 and just completed that quest where you retrieve the locket for the farmer, so I've only seen the beginning bits so far.