I love the game, Fallout 4. I bought an Xbox for Halo 5 specifically. I don't think I've spent as many hours playing a game as I have Fallout 4. I was finished with Halo 5 within a day, just to get the rest of the story, and was done with it, albeit dissatisfied. Fallout 4, on the other hand. 11-12 days total play time between two characters.

Even with game issues, I still love the hell out of that game. Yesterday, before I went to party somewhere, I walked from Sanctuary to Finch Farm after seeing the post about unique weapons and wanted the Gainer just because. I found myself discovering places I've never seen before, from Gunners on top of an overpass, to a landfill, to a school with a maze of a vault before finally making it to Finch Farm 6 real time hours later. ALWAYS something new to discover.

In saying that, there's something special about this somewhat broken game. I don't mind the corrupt save files -- I expect it and save 2-3 times. I don't mind the random game crashes. I don't expect the game to know how to handle taking stimpacks before vertibird crash and "surviving" as just two arms.

My point, though, was if Bethesda was any other game company, no one would hear the end of it on how broken their game kinda is. Being Bethesda, people expect it and have said so here. Why should they be given a pass? Most other games don't crash like this (apart from existing as two arms), have corrupt save files in all their games, et cetera. They, Bethesda, should be held to the same standard gamers have for other companies. I think it was the new Batman game that failed because it's not really 60fps, gamers raised hell about it. If that game crashed all the time, had corrupt save files and all the other problems Bethesda games are known for, do you think people wouldn't raise hell? Bethesda gets a free pass every time. Why? Shouldn't they be held to the same standard as every other game company? Yes.