It's easy to focus on the gunplay of Fallout, being it's the main area that's seen the most improvement in comparison to the last two games, but you should always mess around a bit with different character builds before you really settle on one. Do you want to be a brawler, taking people on with an assortment of melee weapons like a wasteland savage? A smooth-talking ladies man (or man-seducing bombshell) who tries to talk his way through every situation? A doofus with low intelligence but a huge amount of caps through boosted luck? You've got to think hard about what type of game you're going to want to play for the next hundred hours. While playing through Fallout like any other shooter is all well and good, a little bit of role-playing can go a long way. Even though the game lets you be a jack-of-all-trades, it doesn't mean you can't focus on a few core attributes, using others when the situation arises. By tailoring your builds to fit the style of certain characters, you can give Bethesda's new game that bit more of a personal touch.
Josh has over 11 years of experience as a published writer, having worked nine of those years as a full-time content producer at WhatCulture. In that period he has created hundreds of articles, videos and podcast episodes for multiple WhatCulture channels, specialising in gaming, horror and film & TV. He now primarily works as a senior content producer and presenter on WhatCulture Gaming where he co-hosts the WhatCulture Gaming Podcast, a top 3 UK most listened to gaming podcast that he co-created in 2018. Over the years he has reviewed several high-profile gaming releases, covered industry events with on-site reporting, opined on breaking news, and even kicked off his interviewing career by chatting to childhood hero, Tommy Wiseau.
