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Fallout 4 is now on Switch 2, and first impressions say the port is way better than the disastrous Skyrim launch last year
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Dustin Bailey
2026-02-24
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mooncheese
Feb 24, 07:52 PM
autosaves are bad. ggs gnarly yada yada yada
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