I'm kind of cautiously optimistic myself. Not going to jump on any sort of hype train though, Fallout 4 and 76 (moreso 76) left a pretty bad taste in my mouth.
From Morrowind up to Skyrim I loved their shit, now they're kind of on the back burner for me.
Well, you don't need to lockpick anything, that's entirely optional. But yeah, the controls on lockpicking are puzzlingly terrible. As if no one ever playtested it.