Gallery: Apocalypse Almost Now: Fallout 4 Will Drop in November
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Wandering through downtown Boston never felt so depressing and fun all at once.
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Your robotic servant Codsworth will call you by your last name, if it's one of the 1000 different names that Bethesda says it's recorded in his voice.
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The character creation system has no sliders or dials---you just select and sculpt parts of your character's face. There are some people who will never get past this part of the game.
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And yes, Bethesda noted to applause, you can play as a female character too.
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Bethesda's RPGs are scattered hither and yon with thousands upon thousands of tiny mundane objects, and this time you can use everything you collect to craft weapons and equipment.
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Your Pip-Boy futuristic wearable device is more lovingly rendered in exquisite detail this time around. You can even use it to play mini-games, assuming you find the "game tapes."
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Oh, and if you're crazy, the game's collectors' edition will come with a full-size real-life Pip-Boy, and you can put your phone into it to make it actually fully functional.
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You can rebuild *Fallout 4*'s shattered Boston, and maybe even make it cooler than it was (as pictured).
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Bethesda even announced an entirely new game, *Fallout Shelter*, an iOS game in which you run and manage a fallout shelter. It's available now.
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