Fallout 4 fans ask developers to no longer update the game

Last month, Bethesda released a non-extgen update for Fallout 4 on all platforms to improve the aging RPG. However, it instead broke many popular mods and added new bugs, making the game even more problematic for some players.

To remedy the situation, Bethesda released another update, but fan reaction has been mostly negative, and gamers are asking Bethesda to stop updating Fallout 4.

On April 25, Bethesda released an update for Fallout 4 that was announced several years ago, but didn't come out until after the Fallout series premiered on Amazon. The “next-gen” update was supposed to fix old issues, improve performance, and adapt the game for modern consoles in 2024. Instead, however, it broke modding, delayed the release of the fan-made Fallout: London add-on, added new bugs, and offered no significant graphical improvements. Bethesda's attempt to fix the problems with a new update went about as badly as a nuclear explosion.

On May 13, following the recent announcement, Bethesda released a new update for Fallout 4 designed to fix the previous patch. The list of changes revealed that the update is mainly aimed at improving performance on consoles and adding new customizations for players. Some players reported fewer crashes on PS5 and a fix for an annoying red texture bug. That's where the good news ends.

On social networks, Reddit and Steam forums, players complain that many bugs and problems that appeared with the new update still remain. Among them: unreliable work of VATS, problems with audio desynchronization on PC, problems with some quests, lack of full support for ultra-wide resolution on PC and more. Other players report performance degradation in some areas, new crashes when performing certain actions, and lack of FOV slider on consoles.