What others think about the Fallout games.

This thread is where I will try and keep up-to-date player rates/ranks of all the Fallout games, in all the platforms I can remember (Metacritic, Steam, GOG.com, Glitchwave).
I will make these listings be from the highest rated to lowest rated game.

So here it is, what other people think about the Fallout games:

Steam (rate from 1 to 100):

• Fallout New Vegas - 96
  
• Fallout 2 - 94
  
• Fallout - 94
  • Tied with FO2
• Fallout Shelter - 88
• Fallout 4 - 82 ↑ (was 81)
• Fallout Tactics - 80
• Fallout 3 - 78
• Fallout 3 GOTY - 78 ↑ (was 77)
  • Tied with FO3
• Fallout 76 - 76
  
• Fallout 4 VR - 64 ↓ (was 66)

GOG.com (rate from 1 to 5 ☆):

• Fallout 2 - overall rate: 4.7 ☆ verified owner rate: 4.5 ☆
  
• Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition - overall rate: 4.7 ☆ verified owner rate: 4.5 ☆
  
• Fallout - overall rate: 4.6 ☆ verified owner rate: 4.2 ☆ ↓ (was 4.3)
• Fallout Tactics - overall rate: 4 ☆ ↑ (was 3.9) verified owner rate: 4.2 ☆ ↑ (was 4.1)
  
• Fallout 3 GOTY - overall rate: 3.9 ☆ verified owner rate: 3.7 ☆

Metacritic (rate 1 to 10):

• Fallout 2 - 9.1
• Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition (PC) - 8.9
• Fallout New Vegas (PC) - 8.9 ↑ (was 8.8)
• Fallout - 8.8
• Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition (XBox 360) - 8.7 ↑ (was 8.6)
  • Tied with FNV (XB360)
• Fallout New Vegas (XBox 360) - 8.7 ↑ (was 8.6)
  • Tied with FNV UE (XB360)
• Fallout 3 GOTY (PC) - 8.6
• Fallout New Vegas (PS3) - 8.6 ↑ (was 8.4)
  • Tied with Fallout 3 GOTY (PC)
• Fallout 3 (XBox 360) - 8.5
  
• Fallout 3 GOTY (XBox 360) - 8.4
  
• Fallout 3 GOTY (PS3) - 8.1
• Fallout 3 (PS3) - 8.2 ↑ (was 7.9)
• Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition (PS3) - 8.0 ↑ (was 7.9)
  
• Fallout 3 (PC) - 7.9 ↑ (was 7.8)
• Fallout Tactics - 7.7
  
• Fallout 4 (PS4) - 6.8 ↑ (was 6.7)
• Fallout Shelter (IOS) - 6.6
  • Tied with Fallout 4 (XB1)
• Fallout 4 (XBox One) - 6.6
  • Tied with Fallout Shelter (IOS)
• Fallout Shelter (XBox One) - 6.4
• Fallout Shelter (PC) - 5.9
  
• Fallout Shelter (PS4) - 5.8
  
• Fallout 4 (PC) - 5.6
• Fallout Brotherhood of Steel (XBox) - 5.4
• Fallout Shelter (Switch) - 5.2 ↓ (was 5.3)
  
• Fallout 4 VR - 5.1
• Fallout Brotherhood of Steel (PS2) - 4.0
• Fallout 76 (XBox One) - 3.3
  
• Fallout 76 (PS4) - 2.8
  • Tied with FO76 (PC)
• Fallout 76 (PC) - 2.8
  • Tied with FO76 (PS4)

Glitchwave (rate from 0.5 to 5.0):

• Fallout New Vegas - 4.29 ↑ (was 4.26)
• Fallout 2 - 4.25 ↑ (was 4.24)
  
• Fallout - 3.97 ↑ (was 3.96)
  
• Fallout 3 - 3.38
  
• Fallout 4 - 3.03 ↑ (was 2.99)
  
• Fallout Tactics - 2.85 ↑ (was 2.79)
• Fallout Shelter - 1.93 ↑ (was 1.90)
  
• Fallout 76 - 1.78 ↑ (was 1.73)
• Fallout Brotherhood of Steel - 1.71 ↓ (was 1.91)

I just noticed, while doing this list, that Fallout 76 has worse rates than FOBOS I predict this should change in the future after people play this new Wastelanders update. But it's still funny that the worst Fallout game was surpassed.

EDIT: To my surprise, Fallout 76 scores on Metacritic didn't change at all, 5 months after I first made this thread.
EDIT 2: And to my surprise once again, Fallout 76 scores didn't rise at all.

NEW EDIT: Once again Fallout 76 didn't change on most sites, with the exception of its rate going up on Glitchware by 0.05. This means that it finally overtook FOBOS, thanks to a decrease in FOBOS rate of 0.20 (which saw FOBOS being pushed to last place when previously was 3rd last place)

 

Thread and ratings updated.

 

Players got older.

I have been saying this for years:
"Over the years I've met many players that preferred FO3 over FNV, but changed their mind with time. I don't remember ever meeting someone that preferred FNV over FO3 and later changed their mind."

This is still true today.

 

Updated first post.

I can't remember, to be honest. But it might be the case that those numbers were the ratings from critics (they are higher). But I only mention the players ratings, because those are the actual reviews and values I consider honest. People who actually played and paid for the games.

Not to mention that critic rates are pretty much set in stone. The critics rate the games once and forget about it. While player rates are never static, they're usually updated by old players and let's not forget that new rates from new players are always coming in too.

Also FO4 did have people changing their reviews when the Creation Club was released. Players hated the inclusion of Creation Club, the CC content and how it would break their mods every time it updates.

 

Thanks.
It takes a bit of time and effort to maintain, but I do it whenever I have a bit of spare time.

 

I think one of the reasons it's low is because the Steam version doesn't work properly on Windows 10, without having to go through extra steps and loops.
This, of course, annoys people who buy the game there and then they rate it lower.

 

2022 is here, and this is still the same.

 

I wouldn't know where to start, and due to my sleep disorder, I can't really learn new stuff very well (or at all).
Most of the time I can't even form good sentences. One of the reasons I don't post much anymore, my brain is mostly melted these days.

 

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