This game, man. I barely thought it would live up to the hype,

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This game, man.

I barely thought it would live up to the hype, let alone exceed it. I've been playing for four hours straight across only two towns and about five houses, and it has been absolutely and utterly humbling. My breath is being taken away at every turn.

I just dried trying desperately to fight a deathclaw with a minigun on a cold, lonely, massive town, with ominous growling startling me from far across some rocky, eroded mountains against the backdrop of a massive blue sky. Earlier I was marveling at a gas station. Raiders were shouting in the distance and tinkling piano chords played in the background.

I very much appreciate the technical and leveling aspects such as the settlement building and crafting, but most of all, this game has been an extremely emotional experience for me so far. I could barely pull myself away from my first settlement once I acquired the ability to build. No matter what I'm looking at, I have this excitement and this wonder and frustration that I am inevitably missing so much. I have never, EVER felt this lost. Wasteland just beckons, wordlessly. What a beautiful, beautiful, titanic game. I have no words.

Enjoy, everyone. And thank you, Todd and Bethesda Games. Jeez Louise.