Great game, having so much fun with it. I have a few criticisms:
- Since junk is now vital to crafting, I'm spending an absolutely inordinate amount of time scouring every nook and cranny for junk, hitting my weight limit and struggling to get it back to a workshop.
- As for workshops, with the emphasis on crafting and settlement building, an extremely high amount of time is spent there...pretty much for every one mission or outing, an equal amount of time is spent sorting loot, crafting mats, etc.
- Buy/Sell prices. Holy shit, the disparity is nuts. If I buy an item from the vendor for 400 caps, I sell it to them for 11 caps. No one has more than a few hundred caps tops and there are very few vendors around the place. The difference between buy and sell prices is tremendous tho and makes getting caps much harder.
- Scaling what ought to be "fixed" loot. I was reading about how to get the X-01 power armour, so spent tons of time, ammo and resources making my way to the abandoned shack in the SW of the map. When I get there I learn it's only an X-01 after level 30-40. At my level, it's a T-45 which I already got for free in Concord. RAAAH.
- The console controls. At least in conversation, it's quite horrid playing it on PC. Also, there's no RP any more in convos. You either proceed with the dialogue chain, or you don't. No branching.
The positives:
- It's so much fun. It's a joy to be in the commonwealth, my trusty canine companion beside me. I love finding new weapons.
- Exploration. I don't think the map is as big as previous games but it's a bit richer and right now at least, new.
- I like the armour pieces, rather than the single outfit. It reminds me of Morrowind and has a cool look.
- Combat is fun, the weapons are varied and the mods make nice differences to the weapons.
- I like that I have my own "base" that I put together, barricaded, etc.
A lot of fun. Anyway, why am I typing here when I should be playing it?