an easy demonstration that these games never needed to be open-world "see that mountain?" games.
the open world of this game -- the towns, the cities, the industrial areas, the swamps, the coast, the glowing sea -- is wonderful, and about 10x better than the equivalent in new vegas or fo3.
yet, new vegas is unimpeachably the better game, possibly because it chose not to focus on such things and let the player fill in the gaps between the characters and the core conflicts of the game. you can make a world, or you can make a damn sweet 3d model of one -- this game chose the latter
for that reason, people will still be modding the fuck out of this game in 2025 though, i can guarantee it. god bless them!
the open world of this game -- the towns, the cities, the industrial areas, the swamps, the coast, the glowing sea -- is wonderful, and about 10x better than the equivalent in new vegas or fo3.
yet, new vegas is unimpeachably the better game, possibly because it chose not to focus on such things and let the player fill in the gaps between the characters and the core conflicts of the game. you can make a world, or you can make a damn sweet 3d model of one -- this game chose the latter
for that reason, people will still be modding the fuck out of this game in 2025 though, i can guarantee it. god bless them!