History YMMV / Fallout4

* TheWoobie: While all the Fallout protagonists have Woobie elements, this installment has the woobiest yet. Not only is there the usual tragedy of having to leave home into the devastated world, but your spouse and infant child are deceased and you ''know firsthand'' what the world used to be like. Whether it's addressed in game or not, the protagonist can literally ''taste'' the difference.

* TheWoobie: While all the Fallout protagonists have Woobie elements, this installment has the woobiest yet. Not only does is there the usual tragedy of having to leave home into the devastated world, but your spouse and infant child are deceased and you ''know firsthand'' what the world used to be like. Whether it's addressed in game or not, the protagonist can literally ''taste'' the difference.

* TheWoobie: While all the Fallout protagonists have Woobie elements, this instalment has the woobiest yet. Not only does is there the usual tragedy of having to leave home into the devastated world, but your spouse and infant child are deceased and you ''know firsthand'' what the world used to be like. Whether it's addressed in game or not, the protagonist can literally ''taste'' the difference.

* MemeticMutation: "See that mountain? You can climb it.", "It just works", and just about anything else Todd Howard said during the E3 showcase.

* TheWoobie: While all the Fallout protagonists have Woobie elements, this instalment has the woobiest yet. Not only does is there the usual tragedy of having to leave home into the devastated world, but your spouse and infant child are deceased and you ''know firsthand'' what the world used to be like. Whether its addressed in game or not, the protagonist can literally ''taste'' the difference.

* EpilepticTrees: Due to the setting of the game, Boston, which is home to The Institute, many players are speculating that the Protagonist is actually an Android, much like Harkness.

** There are a sizable amount of people who are furious that the protagonist will be voiced for the first time of the series. They believe voicing the PC makes it harder to immerse with their own character. On the other hand, there are some who love the idea of a voiced protagonist, since that would make the PC less of an empty shell and more of a person.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced:
** Fallout 4 introduces a full blown settlement creator.
** The weapon mods from ''New Vegas'' return even better than ever.

** There are a sizable amount of people who are furious that the protagonist might be voiced for the first time of the series. They believe voicing the PC makes it harder to immerse with their own character. On the other hand, there are some who love the idea of a voiced protagonist, since that would make the PC less of an empty shell and more of a person.

** There are a sizable amount of people who are furious that the protagonist might be voiced for the first time of the series. They believe voicing the PC make it harder to immerse with their own character. On the other hand, there are some who love the idea of voiced protagonist, since that would make the PC less an empty shell and more a person

* EpilepticTrees: Due to the settings of the game, Boston, which is home to The Institute, many players are speculating that the Protagonist is actually an Android, much like Harkness.

** There are a sizable amount of people who are furious by the fact the protagonist will be voiced for the first time of the series. They believe voicing the PC make it harder to immerse with their own character. On the other hand, there are some who love the idea of voiced protagonist, since that would make the PC less an empty shell and more a person

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The dog appearing in the launch trailer has already been welcomed with open arms by every fan (as is per the norm given the reception towards canines in the previous games).

** On a more minor scale there seems to be a bit of this between the fans of Fallout 1, 2, and New Vegas and the fans of Fallout 3. Fans of the third game are absolutely ecstatic that Bethesda decided to return to the east coast for the fourth game while fans of the earlier games wished they had stayed out on the west cost where the series first started [[note]]According to the Fallout Bible originally created long before ''3'' began development, Washington D.C. was nuked so far into oblivion that it shouldn't have been possible to set a game there in the first place.[[/note]]. There is also a third, much smaller group who is sick of both the northeast and southwest and think the series should release a title set in another major city/region like Milwaukee/Chicago, Seattle, Dallas, Atlanta, or Miami.[[note]]''VideoGame/FalloutBrotherhoodOfSteel'' takes place around Chicago, but is considered CanonDiscontinuity.[[/note]]

** On a more minor scale there seems to be a bit of this between the fans of Fallout 1,2 and New Vegas and the fans of Fallout 3. Fans of the third game are absolutely ecstatic that Bethesda decided to return to the east coast for the fourth game while fans of the earlier games wished they had stayed out on the west cost where the series first started [[note]]According to the Fallout Bible originally created long before ''3'' began development, Washington D.C. was nuked so far into oblivion that it shouldn't have been possible to set a game there in the first place.[[/note]]. There is also a third, much smaller group who is sick of both the northeast and southwest and think the series should release a title set in another major city/region like Milwaukee/Chicago, Seattle, Dallas, Atlanta, or Miami.[[note]]''VideoGame/FalloutBrotherhoodOfSteel'' takes place around Chicago, but is considered CanonDiscontinuity.[[/note]]

** On a more minor scale there seems to be a bit of this between the fans of Fallout 1,2 and New Vegas and the fans of Fallout 3. Fans of the third game are absolutely ecstatic that Bethesda decided to return to the east coast for the fourth game while fans of the earlier games wished they had stayed out on the west cost where the series first started. There is also a third, much smaller group who is sick of both the east and west coast and think the series should release a title set in a central American location like Texas or Wisconsin.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The dog appearing in the launch trailer general has already been welcomed with open arms by every fan (as is per the norm given the reception towards canines in the previous games).

* EpilepticTrees: Due to the settings of the game, Boston, which is home to The Institue, many players are speculating that the Protagonist is actually an Android, much like Harkness.

* BrokenBase: The launch trailer caused a bit of a stir about the quality of the game's graphics. On the negative front, there is a camp that feels that the game doesn't quite look up to par with some of its current-gen RPG rivals (''[[VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt The Witcher 3]]'' being a big one), or that the colorful art direction [[RealIsBrown is too cartoony]]. On the positive, there are those who are ecstatic at how much better it looks than its predecessors or ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', and who absolutely adore the use of a varied color palette. [[TakeAThirdOption A sizable third faction]] doesn't seem to care one way or the other about whether the graphics are up to snuff with the competition, and is just happy that the trailer used in-game renders and is probably a more accurate representation of the game than a super-detailed CGI promo.
* there is a sizable amount of people who are furious by the fact the protagonist will be voiced for the first time of the series. They believe voicing the PC make it harder to immerse with their own character. On the other hand, there are some who love the idea of voiced protagonist, since that would make the PC less an empty shell and more a person

* EpitelicTree: many players are speculating that the Protagonist is actually an Android, much like Harkness, due to the settings of the game, The Commonwealth, which is home to The Institue

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:
** The title song, ''It's All Over But The Crying,'' by The Ink Spots.
** The song playing through the second half of the trailer, which sounds quite similar to the orchestral theme of ''Fallout 3.''

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The title song, It's All Over But The Crying, by The Ink Spots.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The title screen music from Fallout 3 makes it return in the trailer.