Happy Fallout 4 day you wastelanders! Bethesda’s highly anticipated sequel is finally out today, and a small number of you probably managed to get your hands on the coveted Pip-Boy Edition of the game. It’s a Collector’s Edition that sold out almost instantly locally, but fortunately I too was one of the lucky few to nail down an order before it did. So was it worth it in the end?
Perhaps. It’s certainly not the best CE I’ve ever bought, but it’s far from the worst too. The Pip-Boy itself is mostly plastic, but it’s got a high level of detail to it too. There’re all sort of dials and knobs for you to mess around with, letting you turn to imaginary radio frequencies, toggles a power light and generally just make noise with the thing. Being plastic also means it’s light on the wrist, even though the Pip-Boy is so obscenely large that it would be a nightmare to play with game while wearing it.
It also has a slot for your smartphone, so that you can fire up the companion app and control your in-game inventory right from your wrist. It is a mission to get your phone in with the included foam inserts though, and I really didn’t want to take mine out after the 15 or so minutes I spent trying to fit it in. It’s also noting going to fit anything larger than an iPhone 6, just as a heads up.
But what the Pip-Boy lacks in functionality it more than makes up for in presentation. The included stand for the timepiece is spectacular, and the wrist computer looks stunning on a shelf next to all my other figurines. That’s probably where it’s going to stay, and I have no issue with that. It looks good, and that’s all I really wanted.
That, and a season pass maybe, which cheekily doesn’t come in the Pip-Boy Edition. There is, however, an advert for it – so thanks for that Bethesda.
Last Updated: November 10, 2015
Her Highness the Hipster
November 10, 2015 at 10:39
“That, and a season pass maybe, which cheekily doesn’t come in the Pip-Boy Edition. There is, however, an advert for it – so thanks for that Bethesda.”
One of my biggest pet peeves! after spending so much on a Collector’s Edition, just give me the damn season pass, greedy publishers.
Hammersteyn
November 10, 2015 at 10:45
Wow…. just wow
Loftus
November 10, 2015 at 10:47
Don’t anger her…just trow chocolates in her direction till she calls down… 😛
Hammersteyn
November 10, 2015 at 10:50
I’m truly amazed that it doesn’t include a season pass…. What a shitty move. I mean what’s the point? A plastic bracelet?
Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja
November 10, 2015 at 10:52
Lol @ plastic bracelet
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 10, 2015 at 10:54
Yes, but if that happened with W3 I wouldn’t have got the physical version of the expansion with those sweet Gwent decks. 😉
WitWolfy
November 10, 2015 at 11:43
GOTY!
Kromas untamed
November 10, 2015 at 13:53
X3
The Starcrafts are there while the game is busy patching. 😛
Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja
November 10, 2015 at 10:49
I was hoping for a HIII HIIIII HIIII HIIIII HIIII HIIIII intro
Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja
November 10, 2015 at 10:50
So, the fancy dresser on the right looks older than Sandy…
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 10, 2015 at 10:51
Maybe it’s just a regular dresser in fancy dress?
Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja
November 10, 2015 at 10:51
SO DEEP!
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 10, 2015 at 10:51
………………………..that’s what she said!
Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja
November 10, 2015 at 10:52
You have a spycam in my house???
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 10, 2015 at 10:53
Sure.
Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja
November 10, 2015 at 11:02
In that case, please delete Sunday night’s footage in a certain room
Captain JJ the Goo
November 10, 2015 at 11:30
We all know you watch My Little Pony. No use trying to hide it.
Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja
November 10, 2015 at 11:31
Well, the only truth in your comment there is that there was some riding action taking place…
Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja
November 10, 2015 at 10:50
6:00 DAWG PHOTOBOMB!
Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja
November 10, 2015 at 10:51
BWHAHAHAHAHA HE PEES!
Alessandro Barbosa
November 10, 2015 at 10:55
I laughed so hard when I was editing XD
“Oh no please don’t take a piss on came….fuck”
Hammersteyn
November 10, 2015 at 10:56
Would you rather he’d take a big steaming poo?
Alessandro Barbosa
November 10, 2015 at 10:57
That would’ve been so much worse XD
Hammersteyn
November 10, 2015 at 11:00
Then again, Bethesda pretty much did that with the advert for a season pass 😛
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 10, 2015 at 11:03
Just imagine the… Fallout. *run*
Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja
November 10, 2015 at 11:01
I would have died laughing
David Weatherhead
November 10, 2015 at 10:53
Opened mine this morning 😀 😀
But I didn’t have a metal case so had to contact AWX bout that, will hopefully get it Wednesday.
Gonna try out the Pip-Boy tonight with my phone! So excite!
Captain JJ the Goo
November 10, 2015 at 11:08
Cereal boxes are easier to open. The toys are about the same quality.
miaau
November 10, 2015 at 11:53
It is hard not to see one of the baby toys we buy for my daughter here.
SmurFyZA
November 10, 2015 at 11:59
Dafuq is he wearing? I wouldn’t even wash my car with a Chelsea kit
Grand Admiral Chief SpaceNinja
November 10, 2015 at 12:09
xD
SargonTheRebornBatpanda
November 10, 2015 at 14:01
I wouldn’t even dry my dog off with a Chelsea kit…
40 Insane Frogs
November 10, 2015 at 13:27
I like the plastic box it comes in… and Sandy… I really love the epic wooden dresser in the background. If I was a RPG gamer, I’d be looting that right about now.
PS: That box should have been just a bit bigger – I would have filled it up with Infinity figures.
SargonTheRebornBatpanda
November 10, 2015 at 14:03
AN ADVERT FOR THE SEASON PASS?! A MO*TH*R***KING ADVERT?!
We JUST bought your game. And a CE edition at that. You don’t REALLY need to advertise the bloody season pass. Trust me.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 10, 2015 at 14:12
To be fair, and unless my memory is riddled with more holes than Swiss cheese, W3 did it too. Poor form I say, poor form!