I am actually in shock.
No, I actually am. Maybe it was the cocaine last night, but this is all hitting me very uniquely. It's powerful.
Bethesda have finally perfected their gameplay aspect. This game looks to be truly unique in its level of player creativity. This is literally every gameplay aspect I've seen people suggest since Fallout 3 came out- customizable APA, multi-layered armor, weapon mods-
I almost feel that with the weapon mods Bethsoft are trying to one-up Obsidian. It feels distinctly passive-aggressive.
That being said, yeah, Bethesda have made a perfect GAME. I do not think they've made a good world, though. Maybe it's alright, maybe it's decent, but I can tell we're not going to have old-styled Fallout world design, you know- gritty, restrained in certain specific aspects, morally skewed, restrained by in-universe politics and economics.
Bethesda basically likes player freedom to the point where it becomes comic. Shoot anyone, as Todd Howard is always saying. But in that, they don't really focus on the world as a whole the way Obsidian or Black Isle do (did).
It's not a bad thing, Bethsoft just are a "fun" videogames company, not a serious group of storytellers. Tim Cain? Josh Sawyer? They love telling stories that are meaningful and unique above all else. Bethsoft doesn't care for that- and that's OK. In Fallout 3, it was bad- because the lack of attention to story/world+ mediocre gameplay led to a overall "step back" for Fallout. But now we get Bethesda Fallout with excellent gameplay? Shit, that's good.
It means that New Vegas 2 is going to be a lot better. And it also means I'm not going to be constantly frustrated by a clunky, restrained engine, I'm going to be enjoying gameplay. I might not be having tons of fun at the story and dialogue and characters- but everything else? A1. That's just what Bethesda has been trying to do. It's not until now they've actually made it happen.
If anything, this makes me more excited for whatever Obsidian will be able to do with this. My God! They're fucking wizards, it's going to be a blast. I can tell the next five years of videogames are going to be great.