i struggle to find anything good in this. the environments are well crafted? maybe? that's it. everything else here is embarrassing on an irredeemable scale. the combat is better than previous entries, but still feels like wading through mud. in an entry where being an rpg is put on the back-burner and the action is at the forefront of its M.O., this is more jarring than ever. bad combat is excusable in a game like new vegas, wherein the fights are maybe the fourth most important thing in the gameplay loop; in 4, however, 'better' is nowhere near good enough. the dialogue in this thing is just slightly more interesting than reading a phonebook. the characters are flat. the progression system is bad. this is the kind of game that makes me never want to play another game again