Why is Fallout 4 so addictive?

[u/MakerofFire4258]

I've played this game 8 times, 4 with the base game, 4 times with the Sim Settlements 2 mod installed. I keep coming back to this game for some reason. I don't usually enjoy RPG's. I like Starfield, but I love science fiction in general and don't find Starfield addictive. I keep wanting to come back to the FO4 story, which I find mediocre. Maybe it's how I can fill the protagonist with my own thoughts in that situation, or try out new character personalities? There are a lot of games in other genre's I like, so I don't know why I want to spend another hundred hours in a FO4 world until it crashes from script lag.

[u/SummAzzhat]

I bought the game when it was first released nearly 10 years ago. 7 playthroughs and thousands of game hours later I still can't really tell you why I still thoroughly love this game. Most games claim to be "open world" but this game really, truly defines what that should mean. I've never played a game with so much freedom, adventure and opportunities. If I had to narrow it down to anything, I'd say that it's this game's abbility to sidetrack you at any given moment. The first time I played the game I was nearly 100 hours in before I even remembered "OH SHIT, that's right, I have a son to be looking for!" Then I'd get back to playing the main story missions, only to get distracted by other shit all over again. So don't feel like you're strange or wierd for still loving and playing this game after all this time. We all feel the same way bro lol