I purchased it the day it came out. What struck me immediately was how it felt like a Fallout game. Things made a little more sense and it definitely felt more in line with the franchise than F3 did. To me, it felt grittier and paid some homage to games in the past which is what hooked me. The...
It's tough to say. When Bethesda picked up the Fallout franchise they really veered off into left field. Taking NV and F4 into contrast with each other you can get at least a decent idea of what's going on. With F3 and F4 it looks like Bethesda took the franchise and really wanted to take it in...
Damn that's right. It's been awhile and I'm coming off a 14 hour shift so my thinking isn't up to par.
Still though I'd have to commit a bloodbath to get it. The fact remains however you still have to apply some thinking. Unfortunately in 4 you can just derp your way through.
Can't say it's better. Then again I can't say it's worse.
The best way to describe it in my opinion is to say it's basically the same game. Sure you have the novelty of building stuff but the narrative is just brought over from Fallout 3.
Fallout 3: I have to find my dad!
Fallout 4: I have to...
If I had to pick something. I guess I enjoyed placing armor pieces over certain clothing. The power armor (aside from fusion cores) felt right. Instead of looking like a basic suit of metal it felt like a big, hulking piece of mobile machinery.
I discovered Fallout via a friend in high school back in 97 or so. He was going nuts over this game telling me how absolutely free he was to do anything he wanted. It was interesting to listen to him talk about it but at the time a PC was a luxury neither I nor my family could afford so it was...