10 Video Games You’ll Still Be Playing Long Into 2016

2. Fallout 4

Fallout 4 Review When an open-world RPG of Fallout 4's scale and reputation gets released, it's more or less a given that the base game is going to talked about voraciously for at least the next six months. On PCs in particular - where there's always been a huge modding community surrounding Bethesda RPGs - you can find yourself tweaking and refining the game for years to come (just look at Skyrim, which to this day is one of the 15 most popular Steam games currently being played). And we haven't even talked about the DLC yet, which is an area Bethesda has excelled ever since it was berated for Oblivion's infamous horse armour. The previous two Fallout games featured five and four well-sized DLC packs respectively, which added whole new areas to the game brimming with new quests, as well as new perks and skills for players to mess around with. If Bethesda go down a similar DLC route for Fallout 4 (and why the hell wouldn't they?), then we can easily expect the launches of the new content to be spread out in a way that the last piece will be released near the close of next year. In fact, there's so much in store that it's probably best not to trouble our little minds right now, and just keep enjoying what Fallout 4 is currently offering. Although the rumours of a DLC set underwater in the sea surrounding Boston are kind of hard not to get excited about...
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