the shooting gameplay in FONV is absolute dogshit

I don't have a problem with this unless shooting is also the core aspect of the game. Like in Starfield, shooting is the game. Literally every quest, every problem is solved by shooting which sucks a lot.

They had a quest where you have to talk to a sort of rogue AI. You can do this quest just by talking which is nice. But it was a one-off. Also it was a bit pseudo-intellectual and creatively bankrupt but that is typical Bethesda.