The best video games ever made, for a shooter guy.

Thanks for the recommendation then. I've been looking for a new game and I grew up on shooters. I'll have to give it a go.

I worked Security Police in the US Air Force, and played small arms specialist for a while.... (and the military considers anything short of a machine gun a 'small arm'......)

No, the guns in FO4 are NOT realistic, not by damage, not by mods, not by some of the mechanics of use. (left handed hunting rifle held right-handed anyone?) But, I understand that it is a GAME....... and just play it because it is fun.

There are a crap load of mods. Complete game mods are amazing in this game. The Steam 1.0005 version is mostly well supported.

You will die to scuzzy bandits, dogs will kill you. You will die for reasons you don't understand. Persevere, you will walk into hell with some of the best equipment you have ever seen and a good idea of why you are doing this. Russian games, Ukrainian game really, are made to humiliate you. The western ones are designed to make you feel heroic.

I am jealous you have this before you.

Awesome! I love when the games are challenging. The ones that piss you off to no extent only to make you come back again and again are the most memorable for certain.