oh and also this ^^^

new vegas is a great game, 3 was just a better all around experience for me (and a few others as well it seems.) i'm not sure how someone can find a big enough difference between the two for one to be a great game and the other garbage... but aw well.

Yeah playstation now is a load of trash for me. You probably have better internet than me, I seem to have terrible network issues and it runs slowly when it works, Id rather pay for an actual remaster or buy a PS3 than stream it. My internet couldn't even run the first Sonic The Hedgehog game smoothly so I can't imagine an open world rpg being much use. You're one of the lucky few.

Internet?

Don't you mean your hardware?

Agreed 100%. Fallout 3 manages to capture that depression feeling. Yknow? Walking alone in a post apocalyptic DC is seriously one of the most beautiful and depressing parts of any game I've played. Add that with all the little secrets here and there, you've certainly got a fantastic game. Let's also not forget the DLC's.

F3 had a very fun world to explore. It also had some of the most memorable quests, like blowing up Megaton.
The main story was.. let's say, lacking. But the world, exploration - that was awesome.
NV had an amazing story and freedom, and the world was also great. It was a better game of the 2. It also fixed a lot of the technical issues in 3, added some great mechanics. But both were very fun, though if I had to choose I'd say NV was better. Even if only because of Fisto :P
And then there is fallout 4, hated by many and not without reason. It's a very mediocre rpg, if it can even be called a rpg .. but it's a great open world shooter, if you're into it. And again, while the main story is cr4p, there are significantly better stories in the game.

Anyway, regarding 76, here's a colection of rumors from reddit:

So ignoring the fact this is supposed to be a mmo game.. one thing I find really fun is that finally there will be a reason for the characters to have different accents :D Because they are actually from all over the world. Unlike Cait or those Bobrov brothers - all somehow had an accent from a different part of the world, from before the war .. and realistically, only you and maybe some ghouls could have an accent other than what the locals speak.

Ahhh yes, Kremvh's Tooth. Best weapon in the game imo. Also, was't it me who convinced you to play?

Yep! That weapon basically make it impossible to die. And yes it was. You are forever in my debt.

I'll remember this.

That video I posted doesn't really reflect my feelings, but it does bring up some very relevant points. I loved blowing up Megaton and then massacring the ghouls, but it is a dumb as **** storyline. Be a mass murderer or don't be a mass murderer isn't exactly nuanced decision making. It's only saved because it's easy to automatically unhook your brain when the quest is so ridiculous and it's your first step into the Fallout universe.

By the time I did all the side quests I was done with FO3 cause now the world was almost completely empty of content besides wandering around DC some more, and the content didn't even last more than a week or something. I've still never done everything in NV and come back to it semi-regularly for long periods, making going back to FO3 kind of a meh proposition.

I didn't get very far in 4 and the world didn't have nearly the personality or sense of wonder of 3 or NV, but if they'd never existed it would be a revelation. The addition of crafting might be trend hopping but god damn it I love crafting in just about any game I've played that included it. I just can't get enough of building **** and then taking a step back and admiring my handiwork.

Likewise romance options are also stupid, but are another thing that never gets old for me. I'm a cheesy mother****er and was always thoroughly bummed that FO games never had it. Even Skyrim's marriage system wasn't all that satisfying, even if Aela is my main bitch who makes solo exploring feel lonely and incomplete.

And a talking main character with a personality is a welcome change from the blank avatar of previous games. I get why a lot of people like a character they don't feel is projecting their own persona onto their RPG experience, but I'd rather have a character I can become invested in. And a 50's housewife with a dead husband and a kidnapped baby immediately caught my attention.

I have like 540 or so hours on steam in Fallout 4 ;) I think by now I went everywhere and saw it all.
Give it another try, but this time mod the game. Mod it like a mother****er, and when you think you're done, slap it with some more mods.
The way I play it is I seek out mods that add content but don't break balance. There is no fun in installing a mod that will give you a unique, cool looking super weapon that will make every combat trivial.. but a mod that adds 30-50 new calibers, several guns, and hands them over to the raiders as well ? That's something else.
Also get sim settlements and start enjoying base building! With the mod, I've set up complete (meaning, with food, occupation, homes, water and security for 20 people) settlements in 10 minutes, and it adds an incentive to come back to these settlements, to see how they're changing and what surprising buildings will appear, eventually, where you just assigned a plot of land for construction.

Back on topic though:
https://i.redd.it/9k93hmo452211.jpg
An incomplete mural in LA, to promote the game during E3 - which is this weekend! We'll get to see a bigger trailer and hopefully hear some things we want to hear, on Sunday.