The game is fun if treated as a standalone game not belonging to the same series that 3 and New Vegas, but is an absolute terrible fallout game otherwise. Can't give it a good score until the GECK comes out and the mods that won't corrupt saves are made available, so like vanilla Skyrim it gets very boring very fast. Until good mods come out I would only recommend the game if you like brainless shootemups.
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Edit:
Well the GECK (Creation Kit) has been released...but not a whole lot of good mods. And after playing quiet a bit of it...I think I'll keep it thumbs down. There's just so many areas where this game could have done excellent, but never did.
-You get to customize weapons heavily and make your own ones!
Oh wait, there's only a few base ones to mod.
-So much power armors!
Why are they being handed out like candy again? TODD WHAT ARE YOU ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DOING
-It has an emmy award worthy story full of drama and characters!
Yeah, it's great playing a RPG and constantly getting reminded every minute that you're entire backstory is already made for you and all you ever ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ talk about is your kidnapped son. And you can only respond to convos with "yes", "yes", "sarcastic yes", and "no but I really mean yes just not now XD".
-Look at those 2048p 256 fps graphics!
Okay I guess? If a game is only good for you if it gives you mind orgasms then watever, I'm not going to judge you. That much.
-So many quests!
I too, love completing the trillionth radiant quest in a game where it seems like half of the quests you encounter are radiant.
-So many factions that are awesome and cool!
Okay I don't think I've ever seen anyone saying that, but it did annoy me that there was only a few of them, and you could join any of them despite belonging to another. And that it's super easy to rise up in their ranks. And that being a member of a faction has no real effect on the game world or even the ending.

I want to like this game very badly, but sadly Todd needs to spend less time toddposting and more time game developing, because this game has a lot of areas where it should be improved.
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Edit 9/25/23:
Grabbed a mod that overhauls the perk system and adds back skills plus a ton of lewd, qol and immersion mods, and the game is a lot more enjoyable than when I played it previously. Not enough to dump over 1k hours in it like I have in other Bethesda games though.

The game is fun if treated as a standalone game not belonging to the same series that 3 and New Vegas, but is an absolute terrible fallout game otherwise. Can't give it a good score until the GECK comes out and the mods that won't corrupt saves are made available, so like vanilla Skyrim it gets very boring very fast. Until good mods come out I would only recommend the game if you like brainless shootemups. -------------------------------- Edit: Well the GECK (Creation Kit) has been released...but not a whole lot of good mods. And after playing quiet a bit of it...I think I'll keep it thumbs down. There's just so many areas where this game could have done excellent, but never did. -You get to customize weapons heavily and make your own ones! Oh wait, there's only a few base ones to mod. -So much power armors! Why are they being handed out like candy again? TODD WHAT ARE YOU FUCKING DOING -It has an emmy award worthy story full of drama and characters! Yeah, it's great playing a RPG and constantly getting reminded every minute that you're entire backstory is already made for you and all you ever fucking talk about is your kidnapped son. And you can only respond to convos with "yes", "yes", "sarcastic yes", and "no but I really mean yes just not now XD". -Look at those 2048p 256 fps graphics! Okay I guess? If a game is only good for you if it gives you mind orgasms then watever, I'm not going to judge you. That much. -So many quests! I too, love completing the trillionth radiant quest in a game where it seems like half of the quests you encounter are radiant. -So many factions that are awesome and cool! Okay I don't think I've ever seen anyone saying that, but it did annoy me that there was only a few of them, and you could join any of them despite belonging to another. And that it's super easy to rise up in their ranks. And that being a member of a faction has no real effect on the game world or even the ending. I want to like this game very badly, but sadly Todd needs to spend less time toddposting and more time game developing, because this game has a lot of areas where it should be improved. -------------------------------- Edit 9/25/23: Grabbed a mod that overhauls the perk system and adds back skills plus a ton of lewd, qol and immersion mods, and the game is a lot more enjoyable than when I played it previously. Not enough to dump over 1k hours in it like I have in other Bethesda games though.