# Should I play the previous Fallouts before playing Fallout 4?

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**Created:** [May 2, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-play-the-previous-fallouts-before-playing-fallout-4/785683 "2017-05-02T00:22:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-play-the-previous-fallouts-before-playing-fallout-4/785683/34 "2017-05-03T16:15:45Z")

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> [@Arcite](#):
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> What I’m trying to say is that I don’t like games that are just shooters. Like Doom or something like that. There is stuff to do in the later Fallout games other than shoot enemies, right?

You can go stealthy, sneak up and beat 'em to death. Or rank up Pickpocket and place grenades on 'em.

One guy managed to go through 4 without _killing anyone_ but the game really doesn’t like that. He got enemies to kill each other and scum saved when that didn’t work.

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