I looked at the different characters, and I can't help but think that the Brotherhood of Steel character is the one that everyone is going to want to be, much like the race car from Monopoly.

"...I want to be the Brotherhood of Steel character, or else I am not playing..."

Not if you don’t like the BoS like myself. That’ll probably be the last one I play with.

The best pieces in Monopoly were the Battleship followed up by the Iron. Who the heck wanted to be the Race car?

I'm leaning towards ghoul on my first play. I'm a fan of BoS but I've played as a member in several Fallout games. Probably try them second.

This isn't monopoly where everything is even.

Each of the characters is going to have their own abilities. You may see first time players picking the BOS guy because he looks cool in armor with big weapons...but after that, he may not turn out to be the best character.