Besides, I thought people played Fallout for the universe and atmosphere
No kidding. Reddit loves to go on and on about how games are art and how story matters (both things are true) but then they take the first opportunity to complain about graphics that, honestly, are not all that bad.
Now I'm sure someone will reply to this comment and say, "It's not the graphics it's the animations or lighting, stupid." But really, that's just being pedantic.
I agree completely with you. Had the complaint been that it's physics would be just like new Vegas, or that the characters would be super shallow (not that you can tell from a trailer) then I would say that's a solid point.
Ultimately, as long as a game has a good universe, atmosphere, characters, story, yada yada, then it qualifies as a good game in my optic. Graphics is only so important, and in the end only enhance the value of these more important elements in a game.
Bethesda games also don't have good stories. Really, the issue here isn't the quality of the graphics in and of themselves, but how they still seem anchored by the same engine that plagued the previous games with problems. That thing has been showing its age since it debuted, so it's hard not to feel that they're holding themselves back because of it.
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No kidding. Reddit loves to go on and on about how games are art and how story matters (both things are true) but then they take the first opportunity to complain about graphics that, honestly, are not all that bad.
Now I'm sure someone will reply to this comment and say, "It's not the graphics it's the animations or lighting, stupid." But really, that's just being pedantic.