you can be excited for mods, thats what im excited for. but to say a game will be good because of mods doesnt make sense. the mods arent part of the game. Story is what makes these games. So long as Chris Avellone and his team aren't working on FO, it won't have the FO feel to it. And knowing bethesda is working on it, theres a 95% chance the story is going to be absolute bullshit. I'm dreading the moment when I get to see the brortherhood of steel be the "good guys" in in FO4, just like in the dog turd that was FO3. It's a gamebryo game, so the combat will be outdated and buggy. This on top of the new gen gimmicks and the typical console favored UI, and it looks bleak just by bethesdas track record.
FO:NV is one of my favorite RPGs, and that is despite gamebryo. its largely due to the complex story and many different options. im not exaggerating when I say bethesda is too incompetent to do two things: 1) make a new engine, 2) make a complex story
but i'll still play it, kind of like how I played mass effect 3. and how i'll still be playing mass effect 4. because i have autism and cant drop anything i start