So Bethesda drops another in a beloved series and its time to see if its worth the Hype. So far, my verdict is ... Yes? While this is another solid addition to the series, there were many changes that could be a deal breaker for some, but to me, it was worth the wait. For all the hate going about and anger on expectations on what this game was going to deliver, I was rather pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed it.

Pros:
- Varied, beautiful world to explore.
- Combat feels more fluid.
- Voiced character (make or break for some, I'm loving it!)
- Story is decent, not gonna get an award, but enough to give a care.
- Building / Settling. Build one settlement, build many settlements, there's a fun micromanagement game there.
- Customized guns! Build your guns how you want it to your playstyle!
- Graphics are beautiful. Its hardware intense, but if you got the machine, you're in for a treat!
- The music is spot on for it, and much more dynamic. Rather than 'peaceful' and 'in combat', music moves between quiet and calm to building suspense to all out chaos!

Cons:
- 'Streamlined' Player Builds. SPECIAL is the cover all matter in the game. No more stats. I feel like this detracts from the game, but still doable.
- Inventory is abhorent. Filtering, handling all your junk is still a nightmare when you stop by any home location. Bethesda really needs to learn to make a better inventory system.
- Conversation choices have now been minimized. Interacting with others is rather lack luster now, feeling like you have A) Nice Answer, B) Be a Jerk Answer, C) Smartass Answer, D) Question?
- Bugs. Still bugs, but this is expected. Fixes will come. (Though thankfully not one crash yet)
- Certain skills are level locked, not stat locked. While this was common in Bethesda games, there was some poor choices, especially for crafting, that I think could be changed. (Waiting to lvl 39 to slap a silencer on my combat rifle is NOT worth it.)

Ignore the Metacritic bombing and Steam rage-haters. Take the game for a spin. Do bare in mind though I got a high end rig, so your milage may vary, a lot of the issues so far stem from performance. So if you're not quite hitting the highest recommendations, but squeezing as much as you can to Ultra, you may end up with crashes till they fix it.

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Rig Specs for clarification:
5Gbs SSD + 2Tbs HDD
nVidia 980 GTX
Intel i7-5820K
16GB DDR5 RAM
Win 10 Home Premium
1k Watt PSU