So much better than skyrim but worse in the ways that count. The better script means there's less built in option to be anyone other than the specific sole survivor character. No chance of being a Ghoul, Supermutant, Synth, Mr Handy or whatever. You are Johnny or Jane Template.

It also sucks that there's no way to end it with peace between the factions, to fight for an independent commonwealth or to reform certain factions.

The ultimate kick in the teeth is that the final dlc Nuka World has the plot basically force you into pissing off the factions back home by playing as an evil raider if you want to experience the story as intended.

Like in Skyrim you could do the civil war questline or you could play no part, there was specifically an option for a peace without taking sides if you wanted to do the main quest without doing the civil war.

Here there's no way to not side with a faction if you want to finish the main game.

There is a lot I like about this game but it is ruined by the procedural generation meaning the worlds feel the same and that the story does not develop organically. Additionally this game is slow and grindy but without the rewarding feeling of finally breaking the back of a game. The quests that are in the game have poor detection so you can end up stuck.

To be clear I love the alien translation mechanic but there comes a point when even that is pointless because you realise to can just reload and brute force the multiple choice responses.