Bethesda has lifted the veil off Fallout 4 and now it is the hottest topic of conversations in the whole gaming community, and honestly, the reaction is… at the very least a mixture. The studio declared on what seems to be Fallout Day 2025 that “Creations are coming to Fallout 4!” Nevertheless, instead of partaking in the celebration, players are primarily showing their fury by worrying about what they are NOT getting.
So, what exactly are Creations? To put it simply, the new modding system of Bethesda is equivalent to the progressive step of Creation Club. There are valid Creations which are chargeable mods and moderated Creations which are free. However, this is the very point of confusion for everyone – Fallout 4 was already open to mods. Just like several users stating “they were already in Fallout 4” and “It already has them????” the question comes up again: what is new here at all?
Certainly, it is the timing of this announcement that has been a very big overshadowing factor on the Fallout Day event. Instead of remaking news about Fallout 5 or classic Fallout titles like Fallout 3 or New Vegas, players were given… what many are now calling “old shit” together with “stuff nobody cares about.” One player even said “This Fallout day is a complete fucking joke. You came with old shit, nothing new, and nothing for 76 players.”
The comments section is full of people feeling disappointed. The audience is once again demanding the remapping for either Fallout 3 or New Vegas, one person even saying “If we hear nothing about New Vegas I’m buying Outer Worlds 2.” Another comment is “64bit new Vegas would be better” and the following “All we want is a Fallout 3 or New Vegas remaster. Nobody cares about creations for Fallout 4. Unbelievable.”
And the drama doesn’t end here! Some players brought up the “next gen update” that allegedly “Broke The Bloody Game” and they are requesting corrections before new features come in. Technical issues are brought up very often, one person shouting “FIX THE GAME FPS ON PC” and another person inquiring about more storage for mods since “The current storage isn’t much use to us…”
The topic of paid mods is a highly controversial one and mostly negative reviews ensue. One of the comments reflects the general mood perfectly: “Yay…. paid mods.” Another comment saying “Cause everyone wanted paid mods” with an eye-rolling emoji attached also illustrates the feeling very well. The developers are of the opinion that Bethesda is monetizing over what players want and that is either new games or proper remakes of the classics.
Some players tried to clarify the Creations system by commenting that “Creation club is old system creation is new to Starfield and Skyrim” and they consider the naming convention “quite odd.” There were even speculations about whether these new Creations would be achievement-friendly like previous Creation Club content.
Nevertheless, the overall atmosphere is still rather grim. Some people are even guessing that Microsoft might be going through “its inevitable financial crisis,” and the ix of studio closures, while others are getting used to depressing timelines like “in 4 years there won’t even be tesvi, and after that, it will take another 10 years for fallout 5.”
Todd Howard has been giving reassuring comments like “just know we are working on even more” but this still gets perceived as nothing but a hollow promise. When you have remarks like “You are so out of touch” and “Why do we support this shit?” it is very clear that the developer-player relationship is fast becoming a tough one.
What could be the most surprising thing of all is Bethesda’s choice of Fallout Day – which should be a festive occasion for the franchise – to announce what seems, in fact, to be just a renaming of the existing features. One person encapsulated it all when they pointed at the riddle-like nature of the situation: “Like why release it today wtf” and another one more bluntly has put it: “I don’t get it like they could of released an add-on today or something like Jesus.”
So, what does this mean for Fallout fans? Well, isn’t the hope for Creations there? No, not really. Isn’t the hope for the continuation of the Fallout story even less so? A developer’s announcement can sometimes lead you to wonder whether the developers are really treating the community’s wants or just doing… whatever this is. The setting of the Fallout universe has never been this divided between the dreams of the players and the nothingness of the developers. And right now? The gap seems to be larger than the whole Commonwealth.
