My most important tip for F4 is: mods. Beef up the enemy hostility and fighting activity, turn it all into a nb attklefield, the main quest is not relevant, as with all Bethesda games. Mods for improving the environment, it's looks. total black night, better and more light options. Advanced Follower mod, allowing you to form small parties of up to 5 followers. I will step up a small list of things I think are really interesting, will post it in some hours or tomorrow. Come back then.
I had high hopes for Outer Worlds, too. The super-feminist basic tone - at least in the German version - and the super-linear script killed it quickly. Refunded.
Doing a lot of The Hunter still, after almost ten years.