Fallout 4: 10 Small Problems That Stop It Being Perfect

2. Giving The Player A Voice Ruins Immersion

This gripe is a little bit more divisive than others, but I am firmly of the opinion that giving the player a voice was a regressive addition to the series. I understand that it can add drama and that it does work sometimes, but the fact that it's the same voice every playthrough vastly limits the ability to roleplay like in past titles. I honestly love the sass that the sarcastic responses bring with them, but I'd be willing to part with them if it meant I was able to better hone and personalise my experience to me alone. A voiced protagonist has worked in Mass Effect (well, at least if we're talking about Jennifer Hale's performance as Shepard), but it just doesn't translate well to Fallout and won't with other Bethesda RPGs.
Content Producer/Presenter

WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.