12 things in Fallout 4 they don't tell you – but you really need to know

Bethesda's epic post-apocalyptic adventure has enraptured millions - but some of its systems are not as clear as they could be. Here are some survival tips

"We will all go together when we go," sang the satirist Tom Lehrer of the nuclear arms race. "What a comforting fact that is to know." But how wrong he was: Bethesda's Fallout 4 gives us a post-apocalypse jam packed with survivors, mutations, and all sorts of opportunities for the entrepreneurial survivor.

Much of the appeal of a Bethesda game lies in creating your own adventure in the enormous spaces they provide, but Fallout 4's many depths are poorly served by the tutorials - even central mechanics are explained with cursory text windows, soon forgotten, or sometimes never touched on at all.