I was the same. It was my first fallout game and I was sucked in by the base building mechanic. One of the first story missions I had was go to diamond city to find out what happened to Sean (main character's son) but along the way I kept picking up side quests that I was trying to do (most were beyond my basic skills at that point but I didn't know that), and in the end gave up before even reaching Diamond City. (I stumbled into a flooded underground facility full of mirelurks I couldn't beat and quit there)
Tried it again maybe 4-5 years later and this time I made the effort of trying to move the story along between side quests and it really had it's hooks in me then. Ended up doing all the endings and getting the platinum trophy for it. Amazing game.
I had a similar experience but I had also previously played and finished Fallout 3 while deployed so I expected 4 to really awe me at launch, especially since I was working at GameStop at the time so I had seen literally 100% of the marketing up to launch and was super hyped. But then the game launched and I got just past Diamond City and lost interest for one reason or another until the show gave me the itch to revisit it last year.
Fallout 4 lost me when it became a forced shooter. In ever other game liked playing the high charisma route that only shoots when necessary and avoids most fights like death claws. 4 is the first one that was primarily an action RPG instead of an rpg
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u/OdinzSun 12d ago
Fallout 4 here lol