

What also stinks is that I can't have my companions wait at home plate, either! I was looking to keep some companions there as I was doing their quests and didn't want to lose them in a settlement or have them glitch out. For me, this ruins the experience of immersion of not having a space that the NPC's know is 'mine.' So instead the settlements feel like a huge public domain and the idea of private property is almost completely taken out (besides the home in Diamond City-called home plate). What I was hoping for was for a few of the larger settlements-such as the Castle-with load screens to a separate room that could not be penetrated by NPCs. With the settlement system, it's difficult to make a space for yourself that settlers won't randomly walk in to sit down on your couch or personal bar. While I knew there would be customizable settlements before the game's release, I was really looking forward to areas where only I or my companions could go. What we see in Fallout 4 is only one home for the sole-survivor to own and that's in diamond city.

There are far fewer side quests than any Elderscrolls or Fallout game in recent memory, a smaller physical map area, and what I'd like to introduce as less personal space. I like the idea of settlements (which needs a lot of work), but I hate that Besthesda had to sacrifice so much to make something that's mediocre.
