As the game progresses, enemies come toВ resemble dumb AI rather than living creatures-crude sets of rules to be easily understood and toyed with. Enemies become blind to your presence, walking right by you as you're crouched out in the open. And yet, as you level up the stealth system, it becomes more abstracted from what is being visually represented. Sure, Fallout 4 isn't wholly realistic, but it's a game we're expected to take seriously. There areВ countless lines of NPC dialogue to be heard, choices to be made, and endless spontaneous engagements across the wasteland all designed to create a living, breathing world. That's odd given the game's world is built on the illusion of realism. Bethesda empowers the player not by adding more options, but by abandoning any pretence that Fallout 4 is based on a physical world. In Fallout 4, you crouch and use weapons in exactly the same way from start to finish. In a stealth game like Metal Gear Solid V, you acquire better gadgets and outfits that open up new ways to attack. What makes this stealth system unusual is in how it scales-because, in a mechanical sense, it can't. They might even see you in the flesh, in the act of killing their precious commander, but if you run away and crouch then 20В seconds later it's all forgotten. The enemies in Fallout 4 simply have no defence against this tactic, because they're made to deal with head-on attacks and don't notice that their mate's head has just exploded a few metres away. In my game I have a silenced sniper rifle, and I go around shooting things in the head (Gun Nut 2 to attach suppressors to guns, Ninja perk to increase the damage bonus for surprise attacks). So far, so logicalвЂ¦ from a gameplay point of view at least.Д«ut the enemies in Fallout 4 are also incredibly stupid, forgetful, and oblivious to their environments.

Enemies can also hear gunfire and head in that direction, andВ any enemy you shoot but don't kill will investigate where the shot came from. Enemies can see you, but they're more sensitive to movement than to what's actually there-meaning that, if you're spotted, standing still often saves you. If you wanted to, you could slice off each of their heads one-by-one, crouching in-between each swipe of your sword, and no-one would notice the bloody carnage taking place.Д¬rouching is everything in Fallout 4 too: if you crouch, you'reВ far less likely to be spotted, and you get an indicator of how awareВ of your presence nearby enemies are. In Skyrim you can walk into a room, steal everything from everyone present-including their clothes-and walk out without a single eyebrow being raised. For better or worse, you know what to expect from stealth in a Bethesda game.

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