I understand why Bethesda does this - they take away a few more RPG elements with each game they make and every release sells a few million more copies than the last one. I wish they would stop, as it kills the joy of creating and owning your own character, which is a tremendous part of the role playing experience for me. I have to imagine much of the backlash Skyrim eventually received for being shallow has to stem partially from streamlining everything into an action game.

I don't play Fallout but given that Bethesda bought it as a pre existing IP, you'd imagine they would owe something to that legacy and not dilute it like they have with their own series.