Dr. McD said:
I actually haven't played the game but I'm watching youtube playthroughs.
This is an exceptionally bad idea.
Dr. McD said:
The UI is useless, you basically have to play dialogue Russian roulette. Even worse is the dialogue system is now based on TONE as opposed to what actual different responses.
It's essentially Obsidian's Alpha Protocol dialogue system, but not as confusing. Genuinely important decisions tend to be unambiguous.
Dr. McD said:
Radiant quests
AKA "Go rescue the same five idiot NPCs that should be naturally selected". The moment you go into the Castle the minutemen give you radiant quests, there is no option to turn them down. What was previously merely dull is now an abscess.
Radiant quests exist to give the player random, completely unimportant content to do on the side. It prevents the game running out of content completely and leaving the player with an empty world. Both New Vegas and Fallout 3 suffer from this. It's not a great concept, but it serves a purpose.
Dr. McD said:
SPECIAL has no effect on gameplay
Completely untrue. Every single SPECIAL stat affects gameplay. Charisma and intelligence are especially important.
Dr. McD said:
skills have outright been removed
Merged with perks and streamlined.
Dr. McD said:
the AI is still only a smart as Skyrim.
Not really true. Fallout 4 is a cover shooter to a large degree. The AI tends to take cover constantly, and leaning around corners to shoot is a key mechanic. It's like a poor man's (Crytek) Far Cry.
