I made lots of characters, in double digits for sure, and although I
didn't go the full game with all, got quite far and it is amazing what
different experience you can have based on the character you create and
the quests you undertake / discover. It is also nice that small things
are taken into calculation and you see the outcome in a slide show in
the ending.
So the world and your impact in it was great and a big plus has to go to
the writing. I wasn't a huge fan of overall story arc at all but all of
the dialogue and most of the characters had an immediate impact thanks
to the strong writing.
Decisions aplenty and matter, dialogues fun to sit through, shit loads
of stuff to discover. What I didn't like though was the gunplay. It
really didn't take my interest. I've tried tech and traditional gun
setup in many of my characters, and both were meh. I ended up putting it
on Easy as I didn't enjoy the gun fights and didn't find them
satisfying so wanted them to end quick. VATS is a little buggy too which
adds a bit more tediousness to the process. It randomly aimed at the
air, sometimes wouldn't come up despite full AP, or the hitboxes around
your target wouldn't load etc...To be fair all were quickly fixed by
going out and back into it but still, tedious.
Another thing that constantly bugged me was the navigation, there would
be a door leading to wasteland close to you, and the game for some
reason would mark the longest way to the exit. This is not a problem
once you learn your surroundings a bit though.
I also didn't like the way the layout was drawn in 'Local' section of
the map, found it very confusing and the marker in multi story buildings
was a bit of a mess as well at times.
So as great as the overall feel of the universe, choices, characters etc
were, there were also a couple of key gameplay mechanics not up to
scratch for me. I am really hoping next Fallout gets some key mechanics
improvements mainly to work out the kinks and also to give it a fresh
feel.
Overall though, this is an amazing universe to be immersed into. One
that encourages you to discover different ways of doing everything and
rewards you for it by giving you a new experience.
8/10.
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