JAN:Clair Obscur E33
Finished in 19 days, with about 45 hours of playtime.
Beautiful game. Great story, memorable and outstanding characters.
The combat, which I was very bad at considering the QTEs and timing based dodge and parries, also bored me to tears. Will likely never replay.
Overall, B+

broadly appealing and less in depth Fallout 4 has no doubt drawn more people into the franchise, but at the cost of some of the best, most rewarding player decision making in video games.
Which brings me back to the show: it's broadly appealing and lacks the depth that the series is capable of.

the game considered the long-time fan favorite, New Vegas, is more closely tied to 1 and 2 than it is 3.

I'm being a bit of a gatekeeper here though, I admit. Bethesda's efforts to make the series more approachable with the more

It hits all the aesthetics of the franchise but puts entirely too much emphasis on the factional stereotypes.

The plot is largely nonsensical and I don't feel as if it respects the source material.

Bethesda would like for you to forget that Fallout 1 and 2 exist, and