I was coming to this thread to answer the same. New Vegas was probably my favorite game of all time, with it's unique charm and creative blend of stories and character mechanics. I couldn't make it past 5 or 6 hours of the FO4 (I really wanted to give it a chance), before I dropped it for good. Bethesda wanted to make an action shooter with a twist, and they did a good job of that, but it lacked the creative "it" factor that made me sink 600+ hours in NV across multiple playthroughs. Just talking about it makes me want to boot it back up right now!

Sorry, between the wine and your reductionist overview I have to respond.

Unless you want to fondle their balls, lick their butthole, or just fuck off and 69 with yourself, agreeing or disagreeing are essentially the only options one is given in conversation. Or you could just listen and not reciprocate, but that's not interactive.

If you want something deeper or more varied just hit up ChatGPT.

I played F3, NV and F4 and I don't see anything so lacking in F4 that I have to return to the previous games. It definitely wasn't limited to "I agree", "I agree, you clod", "I disagree", "I disagree and you smell bad" as you seem to make it out to be.

Ironically, this is my "I don't get why everyone is so disappointed in it" game. I have more played hours in Fallout 4 and Skyrim than I do any of the earlier games in either franchise. Don't know why, and it's not that I came into them recently. I have nostalgia for the others, but I just can't be bothered playing spreadsheet simulator even against Mr. House.

With F4, I know I can dream a build and it happens, even if as I reach higher levels the builds start to blend a bit.

Also, I used to work in the Institute Building, which is placed on the squashed Boston map NOT at MIT, but at the office complex called the Arsenal.