Since I've seen multiple people complain that the new perk system is a flaw or dumbed down I'd like to see a collection of views and if you want the particulars of why you like or dislike the new system. I'll post my opinion later after I pick my wife up from work.

Don't care. Why? Because it is merely game mechanics, like the skill system in the previous fallouts.

They're fun animations. They're enough for my enjoyment of the game.

I like the system. It's elegant in it's own way and a single character is unlikely to become a master of everything like they did in the previous games post DLC. My biggest problem with it is that too many of the perks are associated with VATS ... which I don't use ... making them useless to me. In my opinion, the system shouldn't have relied so heavily on the VATS mechanic to fill out the perk chart.