While the 3D worldview, and semi-realtime turnbased gameplay is all well and good for me (worked in Fallout Tactics). I'm just really, really concerned that Bethesda, in its usual lack of foresight, will remove the diplomat quest choices completely, like all their previous games.
What made Fallout so fun was the amount of choice and freedom you had. Doing things through stealth, combat, or conversation made things much more interesting than "should I use a spear, or an axe?" Combat really should be just one choice in the matter. And overall, I haven't heard anything from Bethesda mentioning how many hours they spent on dialogue trees and the such, and considering that they claimed that Oblivion would have had diplomat-esque mission solutions, then later admitted that was totally a fabrication really is making me feel ill at ease.
Am I concerned about it because it effects me and how I play? Yeah, I guess so. Is the non/minimal-combative player in the minority? I'd say in the lower 1% thanks to D&D 3rd Ed +, yes. But, in the end, it made that conscious choice to being a killer with a minigun that much more satisfying. Having a choice to do so, rather than being pidgeonholed into it.
