Just to be clear, I did not say the game was bad. I simply believe it is by and large being overestimated and given a free pass for a lot of things. There are reviews out there giving the game 9/10 and 10/10 while mentioning the game will get modded heavily. I personally think a game should be reviewed AS IS, out of the box. Vanilla. And like I said, they get free passes. "Bugs are normal for a Bethesda RPG" is a ridiculous thing to say. It is a full fledged triple A title and it should be polished as such. I've seen a lot of people mention they finished the game and barely ran into any bugs. I find that exceedingly difficult to believe. I personally run into bugs on such a steady basis it's not a question of "If" so much as "when". Again, I did not wish to bash the game. It can still be enjoyable, obviously. I simply take issue with it being delivered in such a state for how much it costs (nevermind that I'm Canadian and it cost me 80$ rather than 60$). As for comparing FO4 to MC, I was trying to make the point that if someone tells you how great MC is, it is usually because of mods, rather than the vanilla game itself. When you buy MC, you are buying a platform upon which to build with mods to tailor it to your liking. This is very similar to what you could say about FO4. I feel the vanilla game, out of the box, is lacking in many ways. It is buggy and feature-starved, with a clunky interface and sub-par graphics. I can tell a friend how great the game will be once it gets modded and patched properly, but I can't recommend he buy it until then, because 60$ is a lot of money for a game that "will be great once modders have their way with it". For a game that came out many months after The Witcher 3 (which is an impressive technical display, nevermind the great writing and interesting characters), costing the same (actually W3 is 20$ cheaper here)... I can't help but feel like Bethesda banked on my faith / hype / loyalty to their brand, and sold me a half-baked product. Is the game fun ? Yes. Is it anywhere near as good as it could have been ? Hell no. It will probably be one of the best games in a long time once the mod tools come out... which is why I personally want to see modders rewarded. I truly believe modders are a huuuuge part of this game's success. Maybe I'm wrong. I know I'm going to put some money aside to reward the following mods: - Significantly improved graphics, lights/shadows/darker nights...maybe even animations? Nobody can fix the god-aweful faces.... - Significantly improving features. Crafting overhaul/additions, for starters. Holstered weapons, and so on. - I am so willing to pay someone who takes the time to open up and populate all those boarded-up buildings... But that is probably too big an undertaking for anyone. If others pop up and catch me by surprise, all the better :) I'd also like to pre-emptively give thanks to those who will improve the radio stations. I've already seen some temporary fixes for that.
