But isn't that exactly the purpose of the teaser? You seem to have had high expecations. Save those for the actual full reveal next week.
He's not wrong though, that was a shit trailer, teaser or otherwise.
And everyone is probably going to jump all over me for saying that just like they're jumping on him, but me saying that the trailer was terrible is not me proclaiming that Fallout 4 is going to be terrible - it could be an amazing game for all I know. But
strictly speaking about video game trailers.... that was not a good trailer.
What was the point of the dog walking through the house, switching between the past and the future? Was it supposed to be sad? Creepy? There was no mood or atmosphere being set up, it was basically just a bunch of flashbacks to pre-war times, which is pretty pointless because
we all know the basic history of the Fallout world. There was no new revelation to be had, or mystery to be unraveled because it's basically just reiterating the set-up for the post-apocalyptic world that's been present from the beginning of the series.
Then the trailer jumped immediately to montages of Fallout-ish stuff, which is fine, but if you're going to go that route, give it some atmosphere/mood. Is it bleak and depressing? Is it darkly humorous? Gory? Channeling Sunset Overdrive? No idea, because it was just a bunch of images stuck together with no theme.
The only part that really got me intrigued/invested was the very ending with the PC greeting the dog, "let's go", and then the Fallout 4 logo. They could have played that angle up - here, this is you exploring the dangerous wasteland with your canine buddy, many adventures to be had... but that was it.
He's exactly right in saying that this trailer had almost zero substance - it was just a bunch of stuff. "It's Fallout! Here's a bunch of Fallout-ish stuff! Here's the War Never Changes speech! 50s music! Power armor!" Which, come to think of it, is basically what Fallout 3 was - a bunch of Fallout-ish stuff crammed together - but whatever.
But again, it's just a damn trailer. I think it's shit but I'm not particularly bothered by it, trailers are not necessarily representative of the final game. I'm just pointing out that it's not a very good trailer.