The choices in Fallout 4 are like if the designer had just heard in passing that games like Mass Effect had a choice wheel. The only detail they successfully copied was not having the dialogue always match the option you chose. Bioware games gave you more options (6 in this screenshot of Mass Effect I’m looking at), wasn’t as clunky to use, and the options weren’t as transparently meaningless.
Just finished the LE Trilogy, and the wheel also gave you lots and lots of extra dialogue that you could either dismiss entirely, or would unlock some extra choices on the “main” wheel. It can even change some of the original choices to new ones! Space Opera indeed. :)
I blame the Fortnite crowd. (Of which I am sadly a member).
I blame Bioware for the choice wheel.
The choices in Fallout 4 are like if the designer had just heard in passing that games like Mass Effect had a choice wheel. The only detail they successfully copied was not having the dialogue always match the option you chose. Bioware games gave you more options (6 in this screenshot of Mass Effect I’m looking at), wasn’t as clunky to use, and the options weren’t as transparently meaningless.
Just finished the LE Trilogy, and the wheel also gave you lots and lots of extra dialogue that you could either dismiss entirely, or would unlock some extra choices on the “main” wheel. It can even change some of the original choices to new ones! Space Opera indeed. :)