As with your elite Dangerous thread, if you’re going to be persuaded by randos on a forum, I’m not sure if you’re again pissing away any enjoyment you might have just because person X said they didn’t like it. Now on to my opinion.
I think it’s a good game. But like Bioshoch Infinite [in which I seem to be the only person on the internet who thought that was god awful] it’s a departure from the other games. By departure I mean it’s less of an RPG and more of a Shooter with occasional branching story elements and lots of exploration. @psycho_666’s analysis is very misleading because the event they describe happens is due to you using a piece of SPECIALISED EQUIPMENT, which you then have some doing ahead of you in order to use it later.
The Positives :
The gunplay is much better than the other games, it feels very satisfying to use your guns and score criticals on the baddies. You have a grenade key out of the box, so grenades are actually useful now. You can still get lost in exploring the world, which is something that endears me to no end about the series. The aesthetic is still recognisable, and you’ll still remember you’re playing a Fallout game. If you’re not picky about the tasks the game gives you, there’s a lot to do in the game that has nothing to do with the main story line. Weapon customisation is out the wazoo, so you can modify your guns however you like. Power Armor feels a hundred times better to use in this game, rather than just being a set of metal trousers you slap on like in the previous games. Contrary to people’s beliefs, there are plenty of different paths to choose if you’re paying attention. The DLC is different enough to warrant a look, and adds a good chunk of time onto the product.
The Negatives:
like previous Bethsoft games, there are many rough edges that they clearly are used to the modding scene fixing for them. As mentioned, it’s primarily a SHOOTER, so you WILL be doing the storyline, it will be mostly the same, and it’s not ultra compelling. The voiced protagonist means you aren’t building your own character so much as dressing up their mannequin however you like, the cosmetics of which have zero affect on the gameplay. Unless modded, the dialogue wheel is extremely vague on what exactly is going to come out of your character’s face before you choose it, leading to you saying something different than you would’ve chosen. The gun customisation, while extensive, leaves you with only a handful of basic archetypes which you then slap mods on to change into what you want, ie slapping a stock on a laser pistol changes it into a laser rifle. The stats, important for weapon handling in previous games, aren’t used that way any more, leaving you unable to do “builds” as such. Likewise, the use of them in dialogue options is severely reduced. Crafting requires you to loot junk items, which cause an almost constant weight crisis if you like to have one of most weapons on you for special cases. The factions you can interact with aren’t as extensive as New Vegas, leaving you unsure why you’re mincing squads of people you’d like to join up with if they’d let you.
Overall, I enjoy the game. If you’re on PC, I strongly recommend checking out the Nexus mod site, and install some quality of life mods [weightless junk and throwables, etc] first, before getting frustrated.
