Launch day and no one else said anything? Damn, that's a contrast from FO4 release where me and a few others tried not to spoil the whole game. I literally did not sleep and had it on preorder and preloaded. It released 6am or something..
I'm currently playing it again actually, with 140 mods. Took a break from all the crashing and now put together Skyrim with 75+ mods yet again.
Yet I have zero intention on grabbing 76 atm. I do want to have it when it gets on a good sale though.
If anyone is playing it, let me know if it's THAT meh.
I bought it Tuesday (had 30$ in PlayStation cards, so the game was only 30$ out of pocket), downloaded it and tried to stay up for the midnight release. Didn't manage that, which was ok because the servers got hit hard and were up and down until Wednesday morning.
Also got it digitally, so I could put it on both my PS4s and have my nephew play with me.
Actually got to play a few hours yesterday, both solo and with my nephew.
Solo is pretty good. There's problems with enemies respawning every time a new person comes into an area, which gets annoying, but not unmanageable. I do like how VATS works, even though it's different from any other entry in the Fallout verse.
SPECIAL stats and perk cards are a different way of making your character unique, and cards can be upgraded / swapped at any time. Each card has a cost, which is where SPECIAL comes in. 2PER lets you equip 2 cards that cost 1, or an upgraded card that costs 2, for example. I like this system better than 4.
My nephew enjoys killing everything that moves, while I enjoy picking up holotapes and reading notes and putting the world together. Did a few quests, didn't hit any bugs yet.
Is it Fallout? Yes. Do I enjoy it? Yes. Do other people enjoy it? Yes and no.
It's a different Fallout game than normal. It's a little buggy and weird, but I see room for improvement and Bethesda seems to want to make this something that lasts.
Many A True Nerd on YouTube has a few videos of gameplay, and might be worth watching if you are interested.