DISCLAIMER: I did not pay attention to any of the marketing for this game which probably heavily impacted my opinion.

In a way, the game is too big for its own good. There's a great game here, but at the end of the day, its a Bethesda game. You have more choice, better role play and game mechanics than FO4 and Skyrim as well as just having more to do; but that's not saying much as both FO4 and Skyrim were very shallow games. There is a ton of content here to get lost in, but not all of it is deep and complex, as with many Bethesda games. I'll even be honest here and say that I think FO4 and Skyrim are unbearable without mods and that this game is an exception to that personal rule.

To be quite frank, it seems that what a lot of people wanted is a Fallout New Vegas grade story, No Man's Sky exploration, Fallout 4 level city building, Minecraft level procedural generation and photo realistic graphics. This game is not a unicorn space sim. Its a Bethesda game which is entirely unique and well executed, but it is not a genre breaking title in the slightest.

DISCLAIMER: I did not pay attention to any of the marketing for this game which probably heavily impacted my opinion. In a way, the game is too big for its own good. There's a great game here, but at the end of the day, its a Bethesda game. You have more choice, better role play and game mechanics than FO4 and Skyrim as well as just having more to do; but that's not saying much as both FO4 and Skyrim were very shallow games. There is a ton of content here to get lost in, but not all of it is deep and complex, as with many Bethesda games. I'll even be honest here and say that I think FO4 and Skyrim are unbearable without mods and that this game is an exception to that personal rule. To be quite frank, it seems that what a lot of people wanted is a Fallout New Vegas grade story, No Man's Sky exploration, Fallout 4 level city building, Minecraft level procedural generation and photo realistic graphics. This game is not a unicorn space sim. Its a Bethesda game which is entirely unique and well executed, but it is not a genre breaking title in the slightest.