Corn syrup!

Gameplay wise it's pretty good, and does improve on what was laid down in 3 and NV, but it also back steps in some ways with VATS being a slow-mo thing and the only way to get critical hits now

Visually it's fantastic. Some people didn't like the art style change but I'm all for it, I think it fits the retrofuturist aeathetic

Story and writing wise it's dogshit. The main story is beat for beat identical to FO3 but with a new coat of paint and somehow even more boring, the characters other than Nick Valentine are boring, and the main villain motivation is nonsense

Solid 6/10 from me, goes up to 7 or 8 when modded

Also at one point the lead writer voices a character and he calls the player character - and player by extension - the ableist R-slur. Gives you a good idea of the respect the writing team has for your time I'd say

It's just like Fallout 3; it's a good time if you're looking for a standard open world where you can fuck around doing nothing plot relevant for hours at a time, but it's a bad Fallout game. It's Fallout-skinned Skyrim