Dialog diversity doesn't *have* to go by the wayside, but it *will*. Costs too much money. Say goodbye to stupid character speech paths as well as skill checks using lesser used skills, like medicine 50...
Wow, took me until now to finally read this whole thread. Guys, we are not the target audience of this modern Fallout franchise. You can thank the console kiddies for that. That's who Fallout 3 was made for. PC players and their sensibilities will not make publishers money. At least with New...
Detroit.
All that mass produced consumerism promoted in the mr. handy commercials and such. You could even have a vault society that was able to use their GECK, and have a New Detroit with a functioning auto industry.
Also on the border with newly annexed canada, you can explore that history...