Fallout 4

Fallout 4 was released last week and I can tell it's going to be a very engaging game.

All the standard FPS Fallout 4 stuff is here.  I like the expanded Fallout New Vegas style modifications for armor, weapons, etc. However, I miss the ammo creation from FONV.

I kind of miss the min/maxing aspect of creating the perfect starting character and carefully planning out perks.  However, I do enjoy that I don't necessarily have to start over if I choose the wrong thing... I can keep going knowing that I have plenty of other levels to gain.

A cool new feature is settlement building.  This takes a book from State of Decay in which you build up a settlement and recruit people, setup food/water, and defenses.  I like that this gives a much more survivalist perspective on how towns could be formed. 

Steam showed me at 139 hours for FONV.  Fallout 3 probably had a similar count but I had discs, not Steam for that.  Skyrim was over 160 hours as well, another Bethesda title.  All in all, I can tell that I'll be spending a lot of time in Fallout 4 

-The Engineerd