Really? Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed my time in The Commonwealth, but I feel like people are giving this a free ride just because it's Fallout and people are in love with the setting & theme. This was my first Fallout game, so I really have no biases regarding the franchise. So...
-The open world was incredible. Every nook and cranny had things to explore. Not always interesting things, but certainly often enough to keep me looking. That being said...
-loot was fucking bland as hell. The only thing that ever got me stoked was AP regen gear and decent rifles. Once I figured this out the game felt a lot like 'clear building_24651 for stimpaks and flip lighters and hope you recover the ammo you spent'.
-The companion AI was absolute misery, and they didn't have enough variety in their flavour dialogue.
-many perks & stat calculations were either totally meaningless or broken to hell.
-SPECIAL meant literally nothing after level 20, and had very little impact on playstyle.
-Encounters were very very samey. There are maybe 20 MOB types in the entire game if you don't include their sub varieties. The only fun things to fight were Assaultrons and Sentry Bots. People gave DA:I huge shit for this, but don't seem to care for FO4.
-VERY few memorable moments for me in my playthrough. I can count them on one hand. That being said, when they were great they were great. Ex. Boston Mayoral Shelter, Museum of Witchcraft. I'm 30 minutes into MGS:V and have accumulated more memories than I did in my 70+ hours of FO4.
-Story was pretty boring IMO.
-The graphics.
-Ambiguous and basic dialogue options.
-While my choices felt impactful, they didn't feel very important. The game went out of its way to undermine decisions I had previously made.
Like I said, as an overall package I had a good time and feel I got my moneys worth. Compared to other recent RPGs though? Meh. Witcher 3 embarrasses this game, and the Bloody Baron questline alone justifies that purchase. I hate to say it (because fuck BioWare cucks)... But I had a better time in Dragon Age: Inquisition. Long story short, I won't be buying another Bethesda RPG on day 1. I'll wait for the bargain bin.
7.5/10