Agree with all of it.
Compared to New Vegas (which I don't think is the perfect RPG like so many Obsidian fans proclaim it to be), it can hardly be called a role-playing experience set in the Fallout universe. It's shooty shooty bang bang with lack of quality side quests, a shallow level of effort in what is present, massive illusion of choice in dialogue and terrible writing all-round.
The one thing I will say is the effort they put in with the companions was excellent.
I think the worst part of it is it has spawned a subset of Fallout fans who actually think less roleplaying is better and that the shooter aspect of Fallout 4 is what should be the standard going forward. Yeah, okay mate.
The thing is Bethesda actually did alright in Fallout 3. There's a few SPECIAL checks in that game, plenty of neutral and morally questionable ways to role-play with choices facilitated (like being a dick, or enslaving people for Paradise Falls and opening up a whole new questline), even if they were bit simpler in depth than New Vegas's factions and its character's motivations. But in F4, nowhere to be found.
Compared to New Vegas (which I don't think is the perfect RPG like so many Obsidian fans proclaim it to be), it can hardly be called a role-playing experience set in the Fallout universe. It's shooty shooty bang bang with lack of quality side quests, a shallow level of effort in what is present, massive illusion of choice in dialogue and terrible writing all-round.
The one thing I will say is the effort they put in with the companions was excellent.
I think the worst part of it is it has spawned a subset of Fallout fans who actually think less roleplaying is better and that the shooter aspect of Fallout 4 is what should be the standard going forward. Yeah, okay mate.
The thing is Bethesda actually did alright in Fallout 3. There's a few SPECIAL checks in that game, plenty of neutral and morally questionable ways to role-play with choices facilitated (like being a dick, or enslaving people for Paradise Falls and opening up a whole new questline), even if they were bit simpler in depth than New Vegas's factions and its character's motivations. But in F4, nowhere to be found.