At some point, I just want the games to work reliably. But with each release, the 'fun' of watching the games glitch out and behave in maddening and/or hilarious ways became a little less thrilling. On the previous batch of consoles, it felt easier to work past the technical glitches-on some level, it was just impressive that games of that size and scope could even run on an Xbox 360 to begin with. This has always been the push and pull of Bethesda's action/adventure/role-playing games. Occasionally broken, but robust in a way that few games attempt, let alone achieve. You get a set of power armor almost immediately, which is a nice twist.īuggy, yet beautiful. To see that score (note that the text is identical across both versions of the review), click here.
Due to performance issues specific to the console versions of the game, the PC version has been given four stars out of five. Editor's note: The above score applies to the PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game.