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Bethesda has been pumping out Fallout 4 DLC this year at a steady clip, and the latest release is the biggest yet. The $25 Far Harbor DLC takes the player to a new location off the coast of Maine, and adds a thick layer of radioactive fog. Not only does this awful mist slowly chip away at your health bar, but it causes the frame rate on the PS4 to drop in a big way. Thankfully, Bethesda has already released a new version of the DLC that significantly improves performance.
When Far Harbor launched last month, it received a positive, if subdued, critical reaction. The PC and Xbox One version received a metascore of 79/100 while the PS4 version averaged a slightly lower 75/100. On our sister site IGN, the PC version of the DLC scored an 8.3/10. In comparison, the base game ranged from 84/100 to 88/100 on Metacritic while IGN gave it a 9.5/10 on all platforms.

If you absolutely loved Fallout 4, this add-on is undoubtedly what you’ve been waiting for since launch. Personally, I’m not a huge fan of the works of Bethesda Game Studios, but I played through the entirety of this DLC in the last few weeks. Most of the strengths and weaknesses of the core game remain, but I did find myself smiling while solving a cheeky murder mystery inside a newly discovered vault.

Sadly, that small joy didn’t last long. After spending a couple hours in the fog, the atrocious frame rate on the PS4 turned my smile into a frown accompanied by a deeply furrowed brow. My expectations were already low thanks to the choppiness of last year’s release, but the fog seems to have caused the frame rate to fall off a cliff. My gameplay experience was sub-par to say the least.

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