I used to be a NV purist, but that was actually before FO4 where I was concerned. I know I can’t stand the main throughline of FO4, I do not like the ‘avenging family protag’ trope and I kinda feel like the twist was 2010s’-Shyamalan-level in a bad way; but I love the character design, the beginnings of detail into the raider cliques, and the side quests. Where I sit with Bethesda Fallout is ‘someone with actual pens needs to be writing the throughline’, rather than ‘muh family’, Spike Lee “Oldboy” crap.
I used to be a NV purist, but that was actually before FO4 where I was concerned. I know I can’t stand the main throughline of FO4, I do not like the ‘avenging family protag’ trope and I kinda feel like the twist was 2010s’-Shyamalan-level in a bad way; but I love the character design, the beginnings of detail into the raider cliques, and the side quests. Where I sit with Bethesda Fallout is ‘someone with actual pens needs to be writing the throughline’, rather than ‘muh family’, Spike Lee “Oldboy” crap.
It is weird how they made both of their games a family thing.
FO3: “where my dad”
FO4: “where my son”
I’m formally requesting Bethesda stop projecting their dysfunctional family issues into my post-apoc kthx