Dakota Boll

I'll start off by saying this game is one of my favorites and I'll always go back to playing it. Yes it's incredibly daunting at first, there's a ton to do and lots to figure out. But my advice is don't sweat it, choose a class that feels right to you and just jump in expecting to figure stuff out as you go. Experiment, it's all about trial and error just doing stuff to see the result. It's an incredibly in depth game where you can make some really customizable characters. The abilities are amazing, it's fun exploring and looting and trying out different powers. I'll end by saying, if you want to spend some time on something this can be it, because with a skill tree the size of America you'll be playing for a long time. Some people see that as bad, I see it as a positive.

For what it's worth I enjoy this game and had some genuinely good times. I always find myself going back to perfect my build and just loot more, but there is a lot of looting and a lot of crafting/repairing. I had a good experience early, I had only played for a few hours when I ran into a random player walking around in power armor. I was scared at first thinking he'd kill me because he could have, but instead he invited me to team up and we did a bunch of high level missions and events for a few hours. He helped me get some really cool loot that enhanced my experience pretty early. Even after that I was still finding cool weapons I could enhance or change to my liking, the weapons feel good to shoot and the deadeye-like fallout thing is great when you master it. The map is huge and very detailed, weather isn't bad either and the amount of enemies is crazy, you always run into some monster on the road and it's usually terrifying. Places have tons of loot hidden away in random spots it really feels like a lived in pretty rusty and gross world. I love the card system, you get perk cards you can mix and match to make some really specific builds. Some cons though, there's still a lot of glitches and lag, tons of visual glitches and some audio. You'll be grinding a lot, weapons and armor break down and you have to repair them which becomes tedious. You have to eat and drink constantly, especially if you catch a disease that makes you hungry and thirsty and that's likely if you aren't always popping meds. It also gets pretty hard around level 30, enemies are ruthless and usually in numbers. In the end, if you like fallout, looting, grinding and survival games you'll probably enjoy this, if you can ignore some visual bugs

I don't review games often, but I love this game. If you like the experience of all out war, bullets flying, explosions shaking your armor, the blood of your allies spraying across your boots as you rush away from a swarm of insects, this is for you. The feeling of pure chaos while also being in control is exhilarating, while the war rages around you even random players can become friends as you all fight to achieve the same goal. If you're more into gunfights go up against the robots, if you feel like shooting some monster bugs that slash at you, you can. Being able to switch between those two types of gameplay is great, sometimes I don't feel like getting shot at so exterminating bugs it is. You can really feel how all the players come together to achieve goals, the world feels full and alive even for a non open world game. If you enjoy ragdoll chaos, roleplaying as a space marine, or you just want to shoot some stuff this is definitely for you