It's like people forget every Fallout protag except the Courier has the same level of Wasteland experience. It's only because it's voiced it's most evident.
A lot of it also comes with the way they handeld the writing with the new dialogue system, you get situations where you meet someone for the first time and your character greets them by name, then asks them what their name is in one of the dialogue options .... like .. wtf ?!
Same when you encounter one of the dialogue options you've already picked in a different conversation,say if you asked about Ghouls? previously, if a different character presents the option you can pick it again and you'll get the Ghoul for dummies explanation from him again ....
There is also plenty of dialogue plot-holes, or things that are conveniently forgotten so that they can steer you where they want to.
The fact that you can't go back to previous dialogue options, is also VERY annoyingn cause sometimes you have two options you want to explore, and you can't because the system only goes forward ....
The dialogue system is really THE thing they managed to make even worse than the low expectations I had about it.
Close second is the PC UI
Other than that, I'm at the 20 hour mark and my opinion on the game has vastly improved.
Balance is way better than in 3, you don't drown in ammo as much and have to be careful about it unless you absolutely use every weapon type at your disposal.
Same with caps, without any merchant perk, between scrapping and selling it seems that having a huge amount of caps will be way harder than in F03.
There are extremely dangerous areas in the game, even when your character starts to get significantly stronger.
With crafting, they didn't pull a Skyrim where crafting was the only way to get your hands on improved equipment, you can loot it on ennemies or buy it as well, crafting is just a reliable way of getting your hands on it and have access to some prefixes that may be a bit rarer.
The legendary system adding a bit of randomization to the game is a nice touch as well, even if you die and reload, the legendary might not be there again.
But I think the thing that I like the most is how they made Power Armor a vehicle, I never used power armor in Fallout games before, but with how it works now with the shortcomings (power / repairs) to balance it I've used it as a backup when I get into very hostile territory, or when I know I'll have a hard time without it.
Also messed a bit more with settlements and build some real things at Sanctuary, and found some more tips and tricks to make cool things, power is a bit confusing though, and I'm already feeling a bit short on options when it comes to decorations and such things, but still it's fun.
