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[โ€“] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fallout 4 is like 4 different games crammed into a trench coat.

  • high emotion story game. Go rescue your child!
  • high action shooter. Boom! Headshot!
  • stats driven RPG. That naked bandit is level 40 so you can't kill him even if you shotgun his face
  • settlement management game. Build and decorate a little town! Set up trade routes!

All of these are kind of badly done, and mashing them all together didn't make something greater than the parts.

[โ€“] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

And the only aspect thats any good is the shooter part. Cause it is a fun shooter. Especially at higher levels with more exotic weapons.

But the story is shit

The RPG Elements.. the SPECIAL/Stats were shit on and ruined to enable some vague idea of nearly infinite growth within an uncapped level system.

and the settlement building is somehow worse than how a New Vegas mod managed to do it.