Fallout 4

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Also, can I jump in without playing any other fallout and enjoy it?

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My first Bethesda game and I love it. I don't know what you are looking for but it's a good game and a Bethesda game for sure.

Very similar to Elder Scrolls. Huge world. Tons of things to explore but....weak on overall story.

The story is probably a bit weaker than normal. I'm not a fan of some of the behavior of the various factions.

Settlement building adds another dimension to the game. You don't get a huge benefit other than making some caps but I enjoy building settlements.

Don't let the story keep you from playing if you were a Skyrim fan. You could play 200 hours just exploring everything and building settlements without ever doing the main quest.

If you like the Elder Scrolls games and Bethesda games in general, then yes you'll like it a lot.

We have a good thread going in here for it. Most people seem to be done but I'm still playing.

Witcher 3.

The GOAT

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Most people seem to be done but I'm still playing.

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What faction you rolling with?

Like most Bethesda games, the mechanics behind almost all of the game are garbage. I don't know how these guys keep doing it, but they take all that junk, mash it together, and it somehow becomes one of the most addicting games you'll play for the year. They do excel in world design and background storytelling, though.

Seriously: shitty story, dialog, dialog options, characters, quest design, building mechanics, choice/consequence, animations, graphics, performance..... I don't know how I made it through ~100 hours, but I did, and I enjoyed it.

So yes, you should get it.

Load of crap. The fact you played 100 hours means most of what you said is crap.

I think the graphics are fine other than the character animations.

performance hasn't ever been an issue and I've played an insane amount of time getting to level 114 and now I have a level 44 character.

I don't think the story is totally weak, however I agree the choices and the consequences aren't up to snuff. Not nearly enough options.

And in reality, I really didn't like any of the choices.

I think there should be a way to avoid or turn off radiant quests. However, I wouldn't turn them off because I use those to collect loot to build settlements. Especially like the reset for Medford Memorial so I can get bones.

I enjoy the piss out of settlement building. It needed some tweaks, but the mods have made it much better.

People whine about quest design in absolutely every RPG I have ever played. Maybe not Witcher 3 but they were wrong, witcher 3 had just as many go there get this quests. Nothing like recovering a frying pan.

At the end of the day, I will have spent more time on this game than any I have played that wasn't a life sucking evil MMORPG.

Hell, you hated everything about the game and played 100+ hours. They did something right, and the components you listed couldn't have been as bad as you are clamoring.

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Just don't keep doing the same brotherhood quests or else it will feel repetitive.

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I think the problem for some people and it isn't there fault, is that until you do the 21st minutemen quest you might not realize they are never ending.

Some people like to do the main quest a skip any radiant quests, and it isn't necessarily clear which are which.

The one difference between this game and most other games is that grinding radiant quests actually has a benefit. You need all of that crap for settlement building. Lots of games, money has no real benefit, here it might appear not to help much but buying ammo and buying your own junk without having to pick it up, is a big help.

Once you have enough settlements rolling with some shops and the money is coming in, then you don't need to explore for junk as much to build settlements. Just hit good neighbor, diamond city, abernathy and carla for tons of junk a batch goods.