I love all the Fallout games. It's the way it is with any title that becomes a series. Certain things are dropped and certain things are added between titles. Personally NV is easily my favorite Fallout game, but it has far more issues than 4. As a matter of fact, 3 and NV were only acceptable as RPGs because of their intensive stories. People will whine about the lack of a faction system but the system in NV was both pointless and broken. At times it would be easy to garner trust from the various factions of the game, at times it was wholly impossible and thus a lot of content becomes barred. Also, the crafting systems in 3 and NV were shit. Few items in 3, an almost completely random feel to it. Almost like they threw it in last minute! NV was a bit better what with weapon attachments but they were a pain to find in shops. You'd have to wait weeks on end just to have the chance to get a single weapon mod.. Last bit? In 3 and NV each, a DLC made the item deterioration aspect (which was a slight pain without jury rigging perk from NV) pointless. Provided us with items that could fix broken weapons completely. 4 had gameplay mechanics for days, you could say that it brushed up on many things that were left in the dust in previous titles.. mostly crafting. I believe they shouldn't have spent as much time on crafting as they did though. Story is always more important in an RPG, imo.