Fantastic RPG and writing, feels like an Obsidian made fallout. Love the silent protagonist and the use of SPECIAL in dialogue/decisions, far superior to fallout 4. Factions, stories and one off terminals are entertaining and carry the fallout whimsical comedy while still being tragic. The combat is challenging, calling for more strategic approaches and planning, less run and gun. The world feels more haunting and difficult, which are good elements that play into the strategic feel. I only play fallout 4 on survival, but because of stability am playing this on hard for a first playthrough, would recommend trying not on survival first even if you are a fallout veteran like myself. After adding the FPS fix mod, my load times are between 20-30 seconds, down from 3ish minutes. Everything else came with the base installation and runs pretty well on my not-so-impressive laptop. World is stable, there are some frame rate drops while exploring but suprisingly smooth during combat. The one major Issue I came across was when exploring behind Greenwich Station, theres a tunnel that leads under ground and some neighboring apartments. I guess this area is known to cause crashes as my investigation into the issue says its an exit point for a quest and people have reported the same issue I had. after 3 crashes, a full system restart seemingly fixed it. I have not had any other issues. Lastly, playing with an Xbox Series controller connected with a cheap cable to my computer. I initially had input lag, but after downloading the xbox accessories application and running an update, have had zero latency since. As a Fallout game, 9/10. Stability wise, it has seemingly come a long way based on some of the other reviews, with the issues mentioned above, 7.5/10 Highly recommend to any fallout fan. As someone who has never modded before, don't let that intimidate you as the GOG process was super simple and a quick youtube video made FPS fix possible. Can't recommend enough.
