@darktruth007: As others have pointed out, in the books he has the silver sword on Roach, his horse. For 'gameplay reasons', CD Projekt Red would have made the decision to have both on his back.
@cetaepsilon: The longevity is all thanks to their Creation Engine and Bethesda. You know, the engine that every tear streaked, red faced gamer cries about.
@loveblanket: Speak for yourself sport. The voiced protagonist was and is one of the best features of Fallout 4. There is NOTHING worse than trying to portray emotion in a story and the protagonist is a mute. No thanks.
They cared. I'm pretty sure if you take a look you will see Todd Howard saying multiple times that the game will have a rocky launch. He admitted as much and said they will have a lot of work to do. I'm not sure what part of that was difficult to understand?
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