Fallout 4 Overview

Fallout 4 is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is the eighth installment, following Fallout Shelter. It was released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on November 10, 2015, except in Japan, where it was released on December 17, 2015.

Setting
In Fallout 4, the player is the Sole Survivor of Vault 111, referred to as Nate and Nora. The player can customize Sole Survivor's name, gender and appearance. Fallout 4 begins on October 23, 2077, the day of the Great War. It shows the player living with their spouse and infant son, Shaun. When sirens ring out, the family runs to the nearby Vault 111, where they are cryogenically frozen for over 200 years. They awaken to witness the murder of their spouse and abduction of their child, with the story following their efforts to find those responsible and reunite with their child.

The story of Fallout 4 guides the player into its world beginning in 2287, discovering leaders of different factions with varying views of synths. These include Preston Garvey of the Minutemen which lacks a strong opinion on synths, Desdemona of the pro-synth The Railroad, Arthur Maxson of the anti-synth Brotherhood of Steel and the leader of the Institute behind the synths, "Father."

Outside of Boston, surrounding towns can be explored, including Cambridge, Salem, Concord, Lexington, Malden, Quincy, Natick, Nahant and Revere. Local landmarks like the Paul Revere Monument, the USS Constitution, and the Massachusetts State House can be explored, along with post-War settlements Goodneighbor, Bunker Hill, Diamond City. A large and still inhospitable nuclear blast site called the Glowing Sea is to the southwest. The starting area in the northwest contains low level enemies, but becomes progressively more challenging towards the southeast area of the map.