The expansion was influenced by player feedback regarding the base game's dialogue system, which was not considered to be as successful as the other game mechanics. The puzzles feature a variety of different game mechanics some require the player to hit targets with lasers, and others allow building using blocks.įar Harbor's announcement was made three months after the release of Fallout 4. Upon completing the quests in the game, the player is rewarded with bottle caps from Nuka-Cola bottles (the franchise's main fictional currency), and experience points. Far Harbor's main gameplay consists of quests and puzzle sections. The game can be played in first-person or third-person perspective in either case, the player controls the protagonist throughout their investigation on The Island, a landmass off the coast of Maine. In the expansion, the player character is recruited by a detective agency to investigate the disappearance of a young girl living in a remote area. The game is set in the year 2287, in the aftermath of a nuclear war that destroys most of the United States. Far Harbor was released on for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One as downloadable content (DLC). Game Review Fallout 4: Far Harbor is an expansion pack for the 2015 video game Fallout 4, developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
