That's a shame, the tutorial is rather lame in that you can't play the way you want to. After that it turns into whatever you want it to.
The tutorial was a streamlined version of the rest of the game. It was more on rails, with the player basically having to follow a specific path through the level. The rest of the game tends to give you multiple paths, and multiple ways to approach those paths.
It wasnt a case of me being dissatisfied with the tutorials choices, it was a case of raging vertigo. I bought it day one and at that time the mouse pointer was wicked fast (even on the slowest setting. I know its since been patched) and that combined with the first person perspective made me literally dry heave after about 10-15 minutes of play. I think I remember there being a kinda 3/4 perspective but that wasnt any help, which is weird because the 3/4 perspective was fine for me in FO:NV. So I just put it down and never went back.