Here’s an interesting, slightly irreverent review of Fallout 4 update , written in the style of a wasteland mechanic’s field report. Title: “The Patch That Fixed Nothing but Broke Everything You Love (And We’re Kind of Okay With It)” Version: 1.10.163 Platform: PC (but soon, your suffering will be shared on consoles) Date: April 2024 – the “Next-Gen” prep patch that arrived before the actual next-gen update. In a Nutshell: Imagine you’re a settler at Sanctuary Hills. Everything’s fine. The water purifier hums, Trashcan Carla is being shady, and Dogmeat hasn’t clipped through the floor in weeks. Then a vertibird drops a single fusion core from 200 feet, and suddenly your crops stop rendering, your mods weep binary tears, and the game launches in a 640x480 window like it’s 2007.
Consider this patch a warning shot. It doesn’t add widescreen UI, 4K textures, or any real value. It just softens you up for the real chaos to come. Final Verdict: 3/10 – “A patch that does nothing but break things, then winks at you.” fallout 4 update 1.10.163
Install the Fallout 4 Downgrader mod. Keep playing in 2023’s slightly broken comfort. And pray the real next-gen patch doesn’t turn your save into radioactive confetti. Everything’s fine
Fallout 4 update 1.10.163 is like finding a “fully loaded” ammo box that contains one .38 round and a burnt magazine. It’s technically an update. It might even help someone. But for most of us, it’s the reason we’re now manually editing .ini files at 2 a.m., whispering, “War never changes… but Bethesda’s QA sure doesn’t either.” Consider this patch a warning shot
Also, the now include a random blank one. Just a black card. No text. It’s oddly poetic. Should You Install It? If you play vanilla Fallout 4 on a modern PC or console: Yes. It’s marginally more stable. You’ll barely notice the changes, except the weird flickering lights.
Hard no. Stay on 1.10.138 or use the “downgrader” tool that the community heroically built within 12 hours. This patch is a trap for modded wastelanders.