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The Commonwealth is no joke

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[–] sleepmode@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It felt like that was the intent. In the intro you even see a guy in power armor jump off a building and when you get your first suit there’s a little “I’m here to kick ass and chew bubblegum” sort of intro. Or at least that’s how I remember it.

The dumbing down of character interaction is what made me feel like it wasn’t quite “real Fallout” and trying to break into the mainstream. It worked. People I know that do NOT have the patience for New Vegas or 3 are super into the franchise now. Despite giving up after the “read all these terminals errybody ded lol” launch of 76. (They went back to 4).