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Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition<\/a> was meant to act as a celebration of Bethesda\u2019s post-apocalyptic role-playing game on its tenth birthday. But it turns out that things haven\u2019t exactly gone to plan as the update was met with a backlash on Steam.<\/p>\n

The $59.99 Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition includes the six official Fallout 4 expansions and over 150 Creation Club items (paid mods). But there\u2019s also a Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition update Bethesda is selling to existing owners of the base game, priced $39.99.<\/p>\n

While Bethesda points out that this is actually a discount on all the items sold separately, fans have hit out at the pricing for the Anniversary Edition, especially in the context of Fallout 4 itself being a decade old and what the Anniversary Edition actually gets you. It\u2019s worth noting that the Fallout 4 base game is currently $19.99 on Steam (it launched at $59.99), and the Fallout 4 Game of the Year Edition, which includes the base game and all the six official expansions, costs $39.99.<\/p>\n

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The Fallout 4 – Creations Bundle, which includes the 150 paid mods released as part of the Anniversary Edition, costs $19.99 on its own. And it\u2019s the Steam store page for this bundle that has born the brunt of the backlash, with a \u2018mostly negative\u2019 user review rating.<\/p>\n

Complaints there report crashing issues, glitches, and even a problem with getting the new mods to work. Meanwhile, it sounds like the Anniversary Edition is breaking prior mods, although Bethesda warned this would happen when it came to mods that affect the new Creation Club menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBe a gamer in 2025,\u201d reads the most helpful review, according to Steam. \u201cYou purchase the content. You don’t get the content in game. Bethesda’s update causes even more crashes. Trying to quit the game causes it to crash. GG.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is bugging out like crazy and not giving out all of the creations that are mentioned in the bundle,\u201d another review reports. \u201cGame absolutely refuses to let you attempt to install anything involving the Creation Club and freezes upon launching and quitting the game to the point where you can\u2019t even use task manager or Steam to force close. For the love of god Bethesda, this is worse than Skyrim’s anniversary launch. Fix your game.\u201d<\/p>\n

The reaction on the Fallout subreddit features a similar sentiment, and yes, the memes have begun.<\/p>\n

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The backlash has also spilled over into Steam reviews for the Fallout 4 base game, where negative reviews have come in following the Anniversary Edition\u2019s release, causing recent reviews to plummet to \u2018mixed.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThey just killed the game with this Anniversary update,\u201d reads one negative review. \u201cNot going to sort my 400+ mods as it would take days. Goodbye Fallout, I would like to say I will miss you but I won’t.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a disappointing start for Fallout\u2019s big push ahead of the hotly anticipated launch of Fallout Season 2 on Prime Video. A new Fallout: New Vegas bundle is also due out, with a Fallout TV show-themed update to Fallout 76 also coming in December. Hopefully Bethesda can sort these issues out sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n

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Fallout 4 – Creations Menu Update November 10 patch notes:<\/h2>\n