Welp after going through this thread I am glad I fell asleep, so I didn't have to waste my brain cells on this 'discussion'.
What happened to the good trolls like dragonborn and his lovely fiction?
So, king of the worms, let me ask you a question. Do you truly think that people will remember or look back in fondness at the garbage that is shitout 4? Sure, there will be some, but majority of the fans gave up on it, because it is a terrible Fallout game. To prove it, look at the steam data and see how many people for the first two weeks and how little there were later down the line. The game had a record number of players, but nowadays almost nobody plays it. Why, because it sucks. It is another run-of-the-mill shooter with a fallout name on it.
I came to this series with shitout 3, which I enjoyed when I was younger and hopped to New Vegas later. I spent 2 years hyping myself for a crapfest that was shitout 4 and after 90 hours with all the dlcs I gave up and uninstalled it. It was fallout in name only.
Similar to Breath of Fire 6, Prototype 2, etc. After that I played Fallout 1/2 and I was impressed. Getting used to the UI and graphics was a bit hard, but once I was sucked in, I completed my first playthrough and had more fun in the span of 30 hours and than I had with shitout 4. It is old, dated, but the mechanics, good writing and characters make up for any issues I have got with it. Fallout 1/2 are not perfect, but they are like rough diamonds to me, while shitout 4 is just a turd with a sprinkles on it.
In the end, you are free to think whatever you want, but the way I see it, you are just biased towards bugthesda, who have proven time and time again they are just a lazy and scummy company.
Dumbing down every game since morrowind, paid mods, creation club etc.
Who are you, who do not know your own history?
Cheers