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 DippoMagoo wrote:

Finished the Fallout 4 main quest a couple nights ago. My overall thoughts on the game remain as strong as ever, though I did end up getting a few glitches here and there, and when I got forced into doing a bit of settlement building late in the game, I wasn't too fond of it, Otherwise, though, I absolutely loved the game, and I'll definitely be playing through it again soon, with a much different build. 
As for the writing: I'd say the actual story is fairly generic and unremarkable, as usual, but there's a couple really interesting scenes, and a couple pretty big choices that were interesting. As always, the side quests tend to have better writing than the story, and the notes you find throughout various areas are usually worth reading for fun. For the most part, I found the actual missions within the main quest to be pretty awesome, and much better than in past Bethesda games. 

I just beat the main quest after about 150 hours playtime. Could have done it a lot quicker I guess but I didn't even go to Nick Valentine's office until hours and hours in, just explored and did side quests. I ended up siding with The Railroad this time around, though I was sort of a double agent for them and the Brotherhood of Steel for a time. My choice ended up being based who I found more likable. Honestly there are likable enough characters in both factions, but I honestly couldn't stand Elder Maxson, which is what swung it. 

I haven't found the game to be a disappointment in the slightest but I do have a few gripes with it:

The 'help defend random settlement' misc objective seems to pop up at completely random times, often where it is completely inconvenient (such as being deep into a main quest mission - I got one while deep in the Glowing Sea looking for Virgil and one during the attack on the Institute). They can also auto fail pretty quick, as happened with the one I got while in the Glowing Sea, if you don't drop everything to prioritize it. Conversely they are also bugged, with an attack at said settlement sometimes never taking place once you arrive.

Minutemen radiant quests became a pain in the arse after a while since they too auto fail if you leave them too long, which I found out the hard way one time. Preston always has more to add to your quest log the second one is turned in also, so you can effectively get stuck in a vicious cycle. You can break this by simply not turning in the mission to Preston and it will eventually complete on its own, but you can't talk to Preston again without getting another repeat mission to do. Fortunately Preston isn't exactly an interesting companion. 

I enjoy settlement building a lot, though find it rather limited and not meeting its full potential. The snap into place feature can be both a big help but also a hindrance. 

While I enjoyed the actual premise of the story, main included, I think Bethesda could learn a lot from games like The Witcher 3 and Mass Effect for dialogues. It felt liken they were halfway there with Fallout 4 with the voiced protagonist, but the dialogues were nowhere near as engaging as they could have been. I wish the protagonist would sometimes respond to companion dialogue more - Piper and Nick (my usual companions of choice) are always commenting on something or other on our travels, yet the protagonist never responds to them. 

I often get the impression that the game is too bright - and there is no gamma setting. Companions often comment on areas being too dark to see in and ask for a light, but they're still bright as hell. This suggests that the game is meant to be a lot darker than it actually is. Hardly anywhere have I actually found the Pipboy light needed. 