Alright, this isn't shit per-say.. It is something you should pirate then play, but the big draw back is the fucking level design. Every mechanic in this game is solid. The levels on the other hand don't use them to their full potential, and it all ends just as it starts to become fun.
I honestly never got why people were pissy when this was first revealed. The idea of Xcom with Light Tactical shooter elements and bizzario enemies sounded cool as hell.
True enough.
Didn't hurt Deus Ex too much but yes, it can be a bit strange.
The problem was there wasn't a TBT version of XCom announced at the time and because The Bureau was announced as an FPS it sounded like a case of stealing the name and shifting genre completely. People are sensitive to it for a reason, many good series have gone down the shitter that way.
Probably a coincidence, OW did use elements recycled from Blizzards own (unknown) Project Titan, while OS is basically "over the top style shooting weapons" but then used in a real world setting
It's basically the issue of a "spin off/genre change" game in series is revealed when the main franchise hasn't had a game in it's original genre/good game in many, many years. Eg: how everyone felt about Metroid Prime: Federation Force.
One of my favorite games of all time but it was clearly rushed with tons of scrapped content. Just let it have 2-4 more years of development and you'd see an RPG that will never be topped
Todd memeing aside, this was our last, best hope for a Fallout game with actually decent exploration and combat.
What we got was so bad, even mods couldn't fix it.
low energy baiting my friend
But do you think that FO4 is even remotely salvageable? If i was in charge of the franchise, i would completely remove it from the canon and add something actually decent.
I would salvage their weapon mod system but turn it into this.
Or maybe you should stop blindly defending something because everyone else does. There seems to be some unwritten rule here with Morrowind and other games and what you can say about them.
If I were in charge of the Fallout franchise, I'd just turn it into a Diablo clone with guns. Get the best of both worlds.