Fallout 76

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2.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 6754 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 4,869 out of 6754
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  1. SgtWhiskeyJack
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    No NPCs.

    No dialogue. I see the great expanse of Appalachia before me, a vast nothingness of chattering robots, various creatures with the preface of "Rad-" in their names, and the strewn holotapes of an actual story that always happens just before I arrive. I see the molerats burrowing up from the floor of a capsule suspended in the air. I see spooky monsters getting caught and    No NPCs.

    No dialogue.

    I see the great expanse of Appalachia before me, a vast nothingness of chattering robots, various creatures with the preface of "Rad-" in their names, and the strewn holotapes of an actual story that always happens just before I arrive.

    I see the molerats burrowing up from the floor of a capsule suspended in the air. I see spooky monsters getting caught and stuck on every kind of geography. I see my FPS stutter and the game turn into a slideshow.

    Don't buy this game. I want to see Bethesda trying harder.    … Expand
  2. Randomreviewer3
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    I was sent there by pathetic fanbots from /r/fo76/ subreddit. They tried to ask other fanbots to leave the positive reviews to "balance out" all the reviews with "unfair" low scores (they consider everyone who disagrees with their subjective opinions as being a part of "anti-Fallout conspiracy"). I do not think it's fair to do this kind of "brigading" they're trying to do so I am leaving aI was sent there by pathetic fanbots from /r/fo76/ subreddit. They tried to ask other fanbots to leave the positive reviews to "balance out" all the reviews with "unfair" low scores (they consider everyone who disagrees with their subjective opinions as being a part of "anti-Fallout conspiracy"). I do not think it's fair to do this kind of "brigading" they're trying to do so I am leaving a negative review to balance it out.… Expand
  3. Insef
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    No! God! Please! No!
    I wanted a thousand words to write about THIS. But I can't. Just NO. Zero score speaks for itself.
    It's not a game, it's not a Fallout neither.
  4. Lipin
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Лаги,баги, скучный геймплей. Отвратительная графика в 2к18. Люблю фолыч, но это не в какие рамки. Ждал и в итоге остался опечаленным слов нет.
  5. TheDevian
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    An unmitigated disaster. It makes Fallout 4 look like a masterpiece. This is nothing more than a way to continue to force paid mods down our throats. Even ignoring the game braking bugs that can't be fixed by the players as usual, the game itself is not fun, the mechanics are awful, they slaughtered their already mangled lore, and worse. The only good thing they did was to organize theAn unmitigated disaster. It makes Fallout 4 look like a masterpiece. This is nothing more than a way to continue to force paid mods down our throats. Even ignoring the game braking bugs that can't be fixed by the players as usual, the game itself is not fun, the mechanics are awful, they slaughtered their already mangled lore, and worse. The only good thing they did was to organize the lists of building pieces more logically, but someone is already working on modding that into 4, not that I play it any more either, rather go back to play 2 again.… Expand
  6. rmxhvn
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    I love how the only thing that works is the store.
    Hey Bethesda! Maybe try upgrading your engine?
  7. Makijato
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    TL:DR Dont buy it it's a trash. It's 60$ mod for Fallout 4
    Only thing this game has in common whit other Fallout games is that its a buggy mess. I cant think of a single positive thing.
    -PvP sucks cuz they streamline it for casuals. Person who shoots 2nd has huge advantage -Quests suck cuz there is no point doing X for that preson when everyone is dead and getting quests from holotapes    TL:DR Dont buy it it's a trash. It's 60$ mod for Fallout 4
    Only thing this game has in common whit other Fallout games is that its a buggy mess. I cant think of a single positive thing.
    -PvP sucks cuz they streamline it for casuals. Person who shoots 2nd has huge advantage
    -Quests suck cuz there is no point doing X for that preson when everyone is dead and getting quests from holotapes is worst thing i ever seen
    -Ui is ugly to look at. If you have alot of quests you'll see texet every where imerssion breaking
    -VATS also more imerssion breaking than before it's literally built in auto aim in online game and it's usable in PvP
    -Locked at 63 FPS cuz Bethesda is incompetent to make a new engine
    -No FOV felt sick playing the game    … Expand
  8. D3NGZ
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    feels and looks like a 2009 game.. seriously. ugly textures, character design from the early ps3 era, boring, lifeless, awful shooting mechanics, runs like ass, *COSTS 60$*

    now Fallout 4 was meh but atleast it had some story and choices (some) it was just as ugly, but here? its all the bad parts of 4 without any of the good.
  9. roflmonkey
    Dec 14, 2020
    4
    Remove the stash limit!
    The game isn't absolute trash, but it is all about collecting trash. Sadly collecting stuff isn't possible in this game since you will reach the stash limit within the first few hours of the game and you will struggle with the carry weight limit for the rest of the game.
    Found the best legendary rocket launcher in the game? Too bad that you can't possibly carry    Remove the stash limit!
    The game isn't absolute trash, but it is all about collecting trash. Sadly collecting stuff isn't possible in this game since you will reach the stash limit within the first few hours of the game and you will struggle with the carry weight limit for the rest of the game.

    Found the best legendary rocket launcher in the game? Too bad that you can't possibly carry it with you or use it since rockets weight the equivalent of 1km3 of lead.

    Anyway fix the stash limit first then we can talk about why you haven't fixed any engine related problems since Morrowind, why the game has 10000 bugs, why you have removed all RPG elements from the game, why there are no NPC's that make the world feel less dead, why in a coop focused game you decided to tell the story through tapes and terminals that can only be accessed by one player at a time.    … Expand
  10. MachineCult
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Pre-ordered it, and suffice it to say it lacks not only the qualities of a good Fallout game, but a good MMORPG, or even a good AAA game altogether. The game's mechanics are heavily centered around working with other players, but they've designed a game without a robust social system(you can emote, or hotmic, or complete silence), PvP is cartoonishly penalized, and few players are on eachPre-ordered it, and suffice it to say it lacks not only the qualities of a good Fallout game, but a good MMORPG, or even a good AAA game altogether. The game's mechanics are heavily centered around working with other players, but they've designed a game without a robust social system(you can emote, or hotmic, or complete silence), PvP is cartoonishly penalized, and few players are on each server to "create a feeling of emptiness". Without NPCs, a compelling story or even large congregations, it's a wasteland of nothing, to do little, with few or no people to do it with. I had high hopes for what 76 could be, and they have evaporated.… Expand
  11. uhhhhhhhhhhhhh
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    It fails as a Fallout game, it fails as a PvP experience, it's dry as a PvE experience, and it fails as an MMO. This soulless, depthless open-world will have you wishing you hadn't put your dough on Bethesda again.

    It doesn't make you FEEL like fallput
  12. Longxx
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    Like the guy on **** said: Fallout 76 is a RUST clone with gameplay loop shallow quests and soulless story. It feels like this game was in developing before Fallout 4. This game making by the money of all who pre-ordered Fallout 4.
  13. Seldogrif
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    The game looks more like a mod of Fallout 4, made as a diploma project of a student than a AAA game which costs 60$. However, after playing the game there is no understanding to me, for what they ask such money? The game is buggy as f**l, like really hire more people to QA, or engineering because it looks like some division lack human power. most of the textures, animations and evenThe game looks more like a mod of Fallout 4, made as a diploma project of a student than a AAA game which costs 60$. However, after playing the game there is no understanding to me, for what they ask such money? The game is buggy as f**l, like really hire more people to QA, or engineering because it looks like some division lack human power. most of the textures, animations and even In-game mechanics are from 3 and 4 Fallout. Additionally, the game runs on a 20-year-old engine, like wtf? However, it can be forgiven the game has a good plot, added with coop mode and mb some other features.
    And yes we get some cool features. Thanks to coop mode we now can kill a more high-level NPC by throwing our corpses at him, like I was able to kill 15 lvl npc as 3 lvl just by re-spawning 19 times near it. This though seems legit since the player can get in a fight with such right from the start. I also like the possibility of finding a power armour for lvl 30+, while being lvl 5. Oh and considering levelling, I think Todd Howard made the best innovation ever. Now we have loot boxes from which we can get our skills after levelling, that is work of a true artist. And not only that, looks like dialogues and in-game interactions are something from the past, who needs this sh**.

    Rest In Pepperoni Fallout    … Expand
  14. Erikwa3290
    Nov 24, 2018
    0
    Greetings,

    Thank you for contacting the Bethesda Support Team.

    Customers who have downloaded the game are not eligible for a refund. We apologize for the inconvenience.

    If there is anything else we can assist you with please reply to this email for further assistance.

    Thank you for your patience.

    Kind Regards,

    Bethesda Support
  15. hure1337
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    This game is god awful!
    -FPS locked
    -Can't change FOV
    -Terrible UI
    -Full of bugs
    -Lifeless empty world
    -Bunch of fetch missions.
    -Terrible pvp
    -Microtransactions
    Worse game of 2018!
  16. Trovinizard
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Fallout 76 is an absolutely soulless game, an endless void of uninspired grinding. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out why it's such an absolute chore to play, I went into it optimistically, I was honestly hoping for a good time. I've sunk a ridiculous amount of hours into the fallout and Elder Scrolls series and I've enjoyed them a lot despite their flaws but 76 just stands apart,Fallout 76 is an absolutely soulless game, an endless void of uninspired grinding. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out why it's such an absolute chore to play, I went into it optimistically, I was honestly hoping for a good time. I've sunk a ridiculous amount of hours into the fallout and Elder Scrolls series and I've enjoyed them a lot despite their flaws but 76 just stands apart, it's the black sheep of the series, the really boring black sheep. The main story is pathetic. Fallout 76 is the story of an insane man chasing quest markers around a map while pointless audio logs play in the background. You do not have any goals or direction, there are no characters to get you engaged or immersed in the game, just an endless series of quest markers to follow around. Saying the story is half-assed would be an overstatement, it's closer to no assed. The world is actually quite beautiful, the environments look really great and contain many different visually distinct areas, it's just too bad there's nothing in this world worth finding. There is literally no challenge in this game at all. Almost every enemy takes one or two shots to kill, while the player seems to be built like a tank. The power armor in this game works similar to the the star powerup in Super Mario Bros, you never die... At first I thought this was just because I was in a low-level area, but I ended up running into an enemy that was nearly double my level at one point and he was basically no threat whatsoever, I just back pedaled down the road and shot him in the face a few times. This game's difficulty feels like I'm playing fallout 4 on the "game journalist" difficulty. It is mind-numbingly boring and as a result of that I quickly started using fast travel whenever I possibly could to avoid fighting endless waves of impotent enemies. Let's talk about the loot, which is basically the only reason to play the game. There's no story and the enemies suck, so the loot has to be good right? This was the moment of revelation for me, this was the point that I figured it out, fallout 76 is not a Fallout game, it's a F-ing MMO. The core gameplay is there, it's a shooting game where you collect loot and level up, but all the joy of playing a Fallout game is just absent. There are no cool characters to meet, there are no interesting areas to explore I would go as far to say there really are no quests. Every area is just go here, kill dudes, pick up loot and return. And is the loot even worth anything? No of course not, MMOs are designed to waste your time, so you'll find 500000 pipe pistols that are all worth one cap. Thank You Todd. Let's talk about the cash shop. I don't really need to say anything about this. There is a cashshop and everyone knows cashshops are cancer. The leveling completely sucks, I have no idea how they F-ed this up so bad. The leveling up in Skyrim and fallout 4 was awesome, there were so many good perks to choose from and every level made you feel tangibly stronger. But leveling up in fallout 76 is pretty bland, the game randomizes the perks you can choose from and most of them are really anemic. I honestly couldn't tell much of a difference between my character when I was level one versus when I was level 20. It felt more or less the same. And because of the randomness, there's basically no chance that you can specialise towards a specific kind of build, you're just sort of stuck with whatever they give you. I imagine that after a few hundred hours of playtime you might be able to collect all the different perks, but there is no way I'm gonna suffer through to that point. This game handicaps itself by being so pathetically easy, why would you ever bother to team up with someone who's going to take half of your loot if you can play just as effectively solo. it's completely pointless. And even if you are brain-dead enough to actually need help with a quest good luck finding another player who has the exact same quest, is a similar level and actually wants to team up with you. You are probably more likely to win the lottery, so the co-op is totally pointless. The PvP is not only also pointless but it's also fundamentally broken. The way the PvP works is that when you shoot a player it sends a duel request and does a tiny amount of damage to that player, then if that player shoots back at you it starts a duel and then you both do full damage to each other. The problem here is that the person who sends the duel request by shooting first will always lose because the way you initiate the duel is by shooting back, meaning that if someone shoots you, you can just walk straight up to them, go into your inventory, put on your power armor, pop a psycho, get out your strongest shotgun and then just vats in on their head and get a critical and you'll kill them in one hit. You win the duel there's nothing they can do to stop you from doing this because they cannot damage you until you shoot back. it's just the most broken system.… Expand
  17. Greycethetic
    Nov 24, 2018
    0
    I made an account here just so i could give this game a 0. Bethesda is capable of so much more, and the shameless cash grab that is fallout 76 is ironically shameful.
  18. bulrag33
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Война изменилась... В этой игре нет ничего от Фоллаута, кроме обёртки.
  19. hermanJnr
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    It's time to stop giving Bethesda a free pass on awful bugs, bland content and putting the money above their customers. It's time to put our foot down and demand better for our $60.

    Post-Skyrim, Bethesda has turned ugly. They've taken the same sociopathic hyper-corporate road as EA and Activision, chasing that sweet cash money to the nth degree while ruthlessly exploiting their fan base    It's time to stop giving Bethesda a free pass on awful bugs, bland content and putting the money above their customers. It's time to put our foot down and demand better for our $60.

    Post-Skyrim, Bethesda has turned ugly. They've taken the same sociopathic hyper-corporate road as EA and Activision, chasing that sweet cash money to the nth degree while ruthlessly exploiting their fan base and making inferior games.

    For some reason they've been allowed to get away with this for years. The bought-and-paid-for reviewers seem to find "Bethesda bugs" charming and quaint, even joking about how they're "part of the experience".

    Maybe if you get a free review copy of the game they are terribly amusing, but when I'm paying $60 for the privilege I expect the game to run properly and not have to hack the .ini files for hours myself to get it to work. Top "journalists", how much is Bethesda paying you again?

    Anyway, to the game; Fallout 76 is more of the same bland, buggy tripe that we got with Fallout 4 (to the extent it's essentially a multiplayer mod).

    It comes from the same school of cash-grab thought as Metal Gear Survive. Fallout 76's ancient engine is poorly diguised with a flaking new coat of beige paint.

    Unlike single-player Betheda releases, they can't rely wholly on unpaid amateur modders to fix their bugs this time around and so they're likely here to stay. At least it means they won't get to exploit their dedicated community to do their work for them for free.

    Continuing on from Fallout 4's hollow stripping down of the Fallout franchise, Fallout 76 goes another step further, removing all NPCs and replacing them with the cheap, boring terminals and holotapes of Fallout 3 and 4. You know, those excruciatingly boring and meaningless quests people hated (yet are very easy to make)...there's a whole game of those now. Yippee!

    The MP component itself is underwhelming, with castrated PvP (because they didn't want it to be too harsh for the ultra-casuals they're appealing to) and boring co-op. It's no fun to run around in an empty world where there's nothing to do and no real plot.

    Ignore the inevitable 10/10 IGN and "actually I quite like the politics" Kotaku reviews, as they excitedly kiss the rumps of their masters. Bethesda have churned out re-release after re-release of Skyrim, tried to force "Paid Mods" into their games and now they've moved into cynical cash-grab territory. It's time to push back.    … Expand
  20. JoaoPaneguini
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    As a lover of the franchise I had to create an account here in Metacritic just to write the following lines:

    Bethesda doesn't care for its costumers, at all. I tried so hard to defend this game and give this installment a chance, but after playing a few hours after release and getting bored as hell, I had to ask for refund just to find out they won't give your money back after the    As a lover of the franchise I had to create an account here in Metacritic just to write the following lines:

    Bethesda doesn't care for its costumers, at all. I tried so hard to defend this game and give this installment a chance, but after playing a few hours after release and getting bored as hell, I had to ask for refund just to find out they won't give your money back after the release date of the game.

    This is the last time I buy a game as a pre-order. And probably the last time I'll ever buy a Bethesda game.

    What is Fallout without the factions fighting for power, heartbreaking stories and awesome companions?

    The game strongest point - its combat system - is unresponsive and laggy. Meelee build is just impossible or not worthy.

    God forgive me for paying this sick joke of a Fallout 4 multiplayer mod the price of a full retail game. Costumers, speak with your wallets.    … Expand
  21. flololan
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    Fallout 76 could 've been a great game. But it feels like early access. The engine used by this game is too old for a game like this. The mechanics feel not fluid. We are forced to install yet another launcher on pc, etc.
    I could continue but that would be a bit too much.
    Great potential but bad implementation.
  22. NOVA17745
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    I cant quantify the amount of sheer disappointment, i knew i should have canceled my pre-order. The game, if you could call it that, is among the worst quality I've seen in 20 years of gaming. Don't waste your time and money on this. Buy red dead 2 you'll have a much better time.
  23. WAD
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    This is a game without a plot, goal and meaning.Buy it if you have nowhere to spend money.
  24. Battletoad
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    0,4 of 10 for this game. Bad graphics. Bad gameplay. Bad optimization. Bad Zenimax
  25. apelsinpojken
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Horrible game. There's really no actual PVP just an odd duel-system that punishes you if you kill someone. Not push-to-talk. Bad FPS even though I have a high performance PC. If they made this map into a single player game i'd keep it, thankfully I got a refund.
  26. ElderMaxson
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    As a part of the original dev team at Black Isle studios that created Fallout 1 back 20 years ago I am amazed by the changes the series has gone through the past couple of years. Mostly I'm amazed by how it has almost completely lost its identity.

    Bought the game to try it and see if it's as bad as people make it seem. Well they weren't exaggerating. This has almost nothing of what made    As a part of the original dev team at Black Isle studios that created Fallout 1 back 20 years ago I am amazed by the changes the series has gone through the past couple of years. Mostly I'm amazed by how it has almost completely lost its identity.

    Bought the game to try it and see if it's as bad as people make it seem. Well they weren't exaggerating. This has almost nothing of what made the previous Fallout games and the universe great. The good news is that if I'm lucky maybe I can still get a refund on it.    … Expand
  27. ChrisTheCrusade
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    Wow, What an absolute piece of garbage. I love the Fallout universe, this game should be scraped. Clunky non mapable controls (you can literally grenade yourself or melee an opponent based on how long you hold alt). Horrible dark, ugly, buggy graphics. Game breaking quest bugs. I'm stuck at a bug in the main quest at lvl 15, I uninstalled it it was so frustrating. Don't buy.
  28. JerryCherryPie
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Can't believe people still give Bethesda a free pass for their glitchy games. If any other company did it people would cry about how they don't care about their customers. But if Bethesda does it it's ok because reasons. Fact is they're a business, they release glitchy garbage b/c they know you will buy it, and you deserve better. You deserve a company that respects you as much as youCan't believe people still give Bethesda a free pass for their glitchy games. If any other company did it people would cry about how they don't care about their customers. But if Bethesda does it it's ok because reasons. Fact is they're a business, they release glitchy garbage b/c they know you will buy it, and you deserve better. You deserve a company that respects you as much as you deserve. Stop buying Bethesda junk.… Expand
  29. mortendynamo
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    I pre ordered this game and expected something similar to previous games. I played it for some hours, but i'ts a dead lifeless world with good things missing from it. Biggest disappointment I have had with a game for as long as I can remember.
  30. FALLOUT_LOVER
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    It's like they took Fallout 4 and removed everything good about it.

    It's not just that the game isn't worth $60- it's not worth an hour of your time.

    Play DayZ, or Rust or something. This game is an abortion of an attempt, and it's sad it has the name Bethesda on it.
  31. NoobGoneBad
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    In a world where Fallout 3 is 10 and New Vegas is 9 and Fallout 4 is 8, Fallout 76 is 1. But in a world where there are Half-Life, GTA, Bioshock and other games this game is flat out 0. That is no hate towards the game but an honest score. Fallout game where there is practically no story, no human npc's and is basically all the worse parts of fallout 4. This game could have been done soIn a world where Fallout 3 is 10 and New Vegas is 9 and Fallout 4 is 8, Fallout 76 is 1. But in a world where there are Half-Life, GTA, Bioshock and other games this game is flat out 0. That is no hate towards the game but an honest score. Fallout game where there is practically no story, no human npc's and is basically all the worse parts of fallout 4. This game could have been done so much better. This game just feels like midterm cashgrab before Fallout 5.
    And bethesdas explanation of ''this game is better with friends'' is sad, because everything is better with friends, watching paint dry or lawn grow is better with friends.    … Expand
  32. Tirecex
    Nov 20, 2018
    2
    Fallout 76 might actually hurt Bethesda as a company. The game overall is sloppily done and should have had another 6+ month of development. Same bugs found in Fallout 4 is apparently also found in this game. If the game was bug free and had good performance I would perhaps have given this game a 4-5.

    This game is a slap in the face for most Fallout fans and it really shows on the    Fallout 76 might actually hurt Bethesda as a company. The game overall is sloppily done and should have had another 6+ month of development. Same bugs found in Fallout 4 is apparently also found in this game. If the game was bug free and had good performance I would perhaps have given this game a 4-5.

    This game is a slap in the face for most Fallout fans and it really shows on the review scores and the majority of YouTube videos. When they first announced this game I was really hoping for a Dying Light clone. A full Single Player experience with the ability to play Co-op with others if you wanted. But now we are left with this Pre-Acress mess of a game.

    + Ion Zur's ambient music.
    + It is a big world with lots of things to discover (Too bad its dead)
    + Might be fun for a while if you have good friends to play co-op with.

    - Microtransactions (The only thing that is working in the game, HAH!!!)
    - Very buggy
    - Bad performance
    - While the graphics are ok at times it is still an old engine that is far behind other games.
    - Removing the Npc: s was a bad idea. Even if you occasionally meet other players the world still feels very empty.
    - Bad A. I and enemy respawn rate is way too fast.
    - PVP is badly done and optimized.
    - Quests mostly consist of audiotapes.
    - Abandon STEAM complaining Valve taking too much money. Bethesda is launching there own game service and still taking full price anyway, YAY
    - This game is meant to be played co-op with friends and quickly gets very bored alone.
    -Bad PC port.    … Expand
  33. OnlyOneWing
    Nov 22, 2018
    0
    FO 76 is just Bethesda's way of eliminating the ability to mod and coercing players to pay for micro-transactions. Fallout has always shined as an example of a single player sandbox/RPG, known for it's clever dialogue in the early days and then known for it's ability to be modded into anything that fans can imagine, Fallout 76 is a departure from everything that made Fallout fans have comeFO 76 is just Bethesda's way of eliminating the ability to mod and coercing players to pay for micro-transactions. Fallout has always shined as an example of a single player sandbox/RPG, known for it's clever dialogue in the early days and then known for it's ability to be modded into anything that fans can imagine, Fallout 76 is a departure from everything that made Fallout fans have come to love. It is obviously for the sake of pushing micro transactions.
    The game was intentionally not released on steam so that gamers who regret preordering/purchasing it wouldn't be able to get a refund. On top of that, the game is a buggy mess, with outdated graphics, horrible optimization and a forced 60 FPS frame limit. Bethesda has really gone down hill.    … Expand
  34. AWiseFool
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    This game is a slap in the face to all Fallout fans. I know Bethesda is no stranger to glitches and bugs, But this is too much for a AAA title in 2018, Nothing has seemed to improve from the BETA. Bugs aside, The launch was terrible in it's self, It took me about an hour just to get into the game, Only to be disconnected 10 minutes later, I thought the BETA was supposed to prevent this.This game is a slap in the face to all Fallout fans. I know Bethesda is no stranger to glitches and bugs, But this is too much for a AAA title in 2018, Nothing has seemed to improve from the BETA. Bugs aside, The launch was terrible in it's self, It took me about an hour just to get into the game, Only to be disconnected 10 minutes later, I thought the BETA was supposed to prevent this. The Gameplay and Graphics are nothing to write home about either, In the right lighting and angle the game looks pretty, But most of the time it's a mess of god rays and blur, To make matters worse, My frame rate was almost never stable. To put it bluntly, This is probably the worst game release i have seen in years

    I just hope Bethesda can learn from their mistakes.    … Expand
  35. TBringerOHW
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Best.
    Game.
    Ever.
    Nuff said
    ============
    Developing games for almost 20 years. Still doing stupid mistakes like ui scaling problems and OMG gamespeed based on framerate. Srsly?!
  36. escknx
    Nov 19, 2018
    1
    FPS lock, permanent blur, plethora of bugs, broken quests(Bureau of Tourism) known to be broken for weeks and not fixed for release date. Stash issues, broken PvP revenge system, textures from 2011.. Yes this is Zenimax/Bethesda of 2018 with their new big project. Oh, no push to talk as well.
  37. modder99
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    This game is unfinished. I'm not sure if some of the positive reviews are shills or just delusional fanboys. The endless fetch quests will put you right to sleep. The T-Posing enemies will break any chance of immersion you hope to have. The Beta was more of a softlaunch to try and distract buyers from the fact that this game is a buggy unfinished mess. If this game was on Steam it would beThis game is unfinished. I'm not sure if some of the positive reviews are shills or just delusional fanboys. The endless fetch quests will put you right to sleep. The T-Posing enemies will break any chance of immersion you hope to have. The Beta was more of a softlaunch to try and distract buyers from the fact that this game is a buggy unfinished mess. If this game was on Steam it would be mass refunded.… Expand
  38. marcusgolol
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Nothing will help this game, everything is very bad. The series for me finally died.
  39. RagingR
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Come on guys, this is beyond a joke. It's multiplayer game that wants you to play with others and yet there is no incentive what so ever to do so. Forget the ps2 graphics, bugs, 0 NPCs, terrible gun play etc etc etc. This game literally fails at its core. What's funny is the audacity to actually implement micro transactions. Literally taking the consumer for huge joke.
  40. Svarainius
    Nov 20, 2018
    0
    The negative reviews are very much deserved for this game. it's on an engine that is over a decade old and was made for single player games. Many of the bugs in this game have existed for years in the past bugthesdas games and now people are telling me they are finally going to fix them, I find that hard to believe. Bugthesda should have made an entirely new engine for a game like this butThe negative reviews are very much deserved for this game. it's on an engine that is over a decade old and was made for single player games. Many of the bugs in this game have existed for years in the past bugthesdas games and now people are telling me they are finally going to fix them, I find that hard to believe. Bugthesda should have made an entirely new engine for a game like this but no, gotta spend the least amount of money possible. Another point to back this up: a majority of the assets in the game are from fallout 4 and 76s files are even compatible with fallout 4, don't know about you guys but that's seems extremely lazy to me.The file structure is also the same, that is why some people were able to make mods so easily. Again, seems very lazy to me.… Expand
  41. Yolowomen22
    Nov 20, 2018
    1
    ONGOING

    A lot of funny pro and neg reviews here. Let's try to get away from the imagined and or real Bethesda hate and let's take a look why this game is...well, i am sorry to say that because i was really looking forward to this one: **** - As survival game this game is a bad joke. Every survival game out there is better and deeper. - As Fallout it failed because, no matter how    ONGOING

    A lot of funny pro and neg reviews here.
    Let's try to get away from the imagined and or real Bethesda hate and let's take a look why this game is...well, i am sorry to say that because i was really looking forward to this one: ****

    - As survival game this game is a bad joke. Every survival game out there is better and deeper.
    - As Fallout it failed because, no matter how often the always same people repeat it, it is just no Fallout.
    - The enviromental story telling works for 30 minutes. At some point the "go find him/her! Oh he/she is dead" quests get old....which is....right after the first one to be honest.
    - exploring get's boring too pretty fast because there is nothing to explore. All those empty locations and all you get is another holo tape or note.
    - bugs. lots of them.
    - bad mechanics that doesn't fit togehter. Want to build with a friend? oh sorry your building areas are overlapping. get off my lawn.
    - no push to talk or text chat. I mean really? that's 2018 and not 1818.
    - PvP....just....lol.

    FO76 trys to cater to a couple of different genres. Survival, RPG and (kind of) Battle royal.
    The issue is...it is sub sub sub par in all of them. Adding different puddles doesn't make a good game.

    That said, fo76 has a lot of potential. If Bethesda will pick um on this only time will tell. If yes, i will come back and re-rate the game.

    EDIT1:

    So, today is the first patch after release. Let's see if the performance improvments will help me to be able to play again.

    EDIT2:
    Yeah....well: the patch was more a 15GB hotfix. I admit the game became more stable, but there are still hiccups and lagging as soon as there are more than 2 people around or too much buildings standing in the way. Something that shouldn't happen on a high end rig with fibre internet.

    I was able to play 45 minutes before i got bored. The enviormental storytelling just doesn't cath me.
    The pseudo-persistence starts to annoy me as well. 3rd time i built a base. 3rd time, while i was offline, another player built on or close to my spot. 3rd time i found my base in my backpack. That' s just annoying. Why is this a thing at all? Other "survival" games can handle full persistence aswell.

    It's unlikely that i will play again before a major patch hits FO76. There are other games out there waiting to be played that do not test my patience in the way FO76 does. Non the less, the game is (kinf of) working now. So i will change my vote from 0 to 1.    … Expand
  42. Samus1001
    Nov 15, 2018
    1
    I've played and loved every Fallout game ever including the unfinished Van Buren. But not this one...
    Here is my take on FO76,
    Multiplayer, what multiplayer? Haven't seen a single person in hours. Story, what there is of one, feels tired and massively incomplete. Getting tired of going from a terminal to a diary to a random note. Give me someone that talks!!! Oh look a robot... that's    I've played and loved every Fallout game ever including the unfinished Van Buren. But not this one...
    Here is my take on FO76,
    Multiplayer, what multiplayer? Haven't seen a single person in hours.
    Story, what there is of one, feels tired and massively incomplete. Getting tired of going from a terminal to a diary to a random note. Give me someone that talks!!! Oh look a robot... that's was nice... can we have them more often? At least i can pretend it's another player.
    Killed a bat thing and its body slid away from me. and kept going and going and going... Wait a minute, I had this same bug in FO4. They still haven't fixed the bugs from FO4...
    No VATS is a game killer for me. It's iconic of the Fallout games. Not having it makes the game seem like a COD, No Man's Sky crossover.
    I am sick and tired of base building. At least in FO4 you had a purpose behind your bases. This seems to be nothing more than a place to stash things you hope won't get stolen. Not too worried though since I haven't seen anyone in hours.
    They are charging $60 for a "multiplayer" FO4 expansion pack... and forgot to add players...    … Expand
  43. adryanmihai
    Nov 18, 2018
    1
    FO76 is a rush to release cashgrab in order to capitalize on the popular survival format.

    Bethesda, a multi-billion dollar company, is treating FO76 development like some sort of indie-game and plans to release it to market incomplete and full of bugs. The community that they have relied on to repair all of there games in the past, won't be able to release mods for at least another    FO76 is a rush to release cashgrab in order to capitalize on the popular survival format.

    Bethesda, a multi-billion dollar company, is treating FO76 development like some sort of indie-game and plans to release it to market incomplete and full of bugs. The community that they have relied on to repair all of there games in the past, won't be able to release mods for at least another year.

    The gameplay itself plays nothing like Fallout, they are just trying to use a familiar IP to appeal to their Fanbase -a fanbase that wants an offline single-player open world game. Worse yet, they are using an engine that was never built for online-play and it has has some easily exploitable netcode.

    Do yourself a favor and avoid this messy garbage cash grab.    … Expand
  44. badfire2u
    Nov 22, 2018
    0
    Bethesda selling this game for 60$ like its a AAA game only comes across as a cash grab to me. I didn't like the way the did the chat wheel in Fallout 4, I must say they did get rid of it and replaced it with nothing at all, then continued that idea till they had fallout 76 "completed". this would have been a fine DLC for Fallout 4, not a stand-alone that looks like a copy past of 4.
  45. sergenem
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Worst game ever made by Bethesda. Even Fallout 3 was better. Should have given the development to Obsidian, these guys could make a legend instead of the garbage called Fallout 76
  46. futozehax
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
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  47. Flares
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    If you honestly think this game is good, than you probably would be fine with any loot game that's out now, most of which does the same thing, but better.

    The perk system is a complete downgrade compared to F3 and F4, and even moreso versus loot games like POE. The PVP system is carebear as **** if it's gonna be that bad, just don't have it and make it a coop only game. You can't    If you honestly think this game is good, than you probably would be fine with any loot game that's out now, most of which does the same thing, but better.

    The perk system is a complete downgrade compared to F3 and F4, and even moreso versus loot games like POE.

    The PVP system is carebear as **** if it's gonna be that bad, just don't have it and make it a coop only game. You can't cater to pvpers who can't do **** against pacifists while simultaneously annoying pacifists with griefers who tickle and harass for hours.

    The microtransactions are scummy, and if you are one of those retards who say I got X atoms in 1st 10 hours, yea that's cause of the ONE TIME achievements baiting you into thinking that way. Once you are done with those you can only gain 20-100 atoms per day    … Expand
  48. A3shack
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Thank you Bethesda for stealing my money for a piece of #&@!

    Bugs can be solved, so I do not care about them. But... The game is boring. Why makes sense to do any quest? Where is the logic? Quest like protect area against some monsters, if there are no NPCs? Why I should? Cooperation with another online players just sucks. Why shall I do a coop if I can kill all monsters by two    Thank you Bethesda for stealing my money for a piece of #&@!

    Bugs can be solved, so I do not care about them. But...
    The game is boring. Why makes sense to do any quest? Where is the logic? Quest like protect area against some monsters, if there are no NPCs? Why I should? Cooperation with another online players just sucks. Why shall I do a coop if I can kill all monsters by two gunshots? Looting? (not appropriate level to equip... I don´t want to equip, I want LOOT!!!) Building mechanism? Trying to put a floor is like a mini-game, but pretty boring. Hey Bethesda...well done...I am applauding you for spending money on a useless project which will die in dark...As a big fan of the whole Fallout series, here you just screwed up all key features and killed all reasons why we loved Fallout. And do you think, that the only reason for buying games are a graphic modes and brand? Kick out of the door Tom with all his stupid ideas and sell the brand to somebody who will do the games for gamers and not egoistic useless ideas. BTW... I want my money back. You promised game and fun. And I received a simulator of walking through the boring but quite nice looking nature, without story, without quests, without NPC and even worse...without reason to play.    … Expand
  49. WantedRobot
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    The game, at its very core, is a boring slog of inane missions which are there as an extremely dull distraction from an empty and lackluster world. If the premise of the "game" you are attempting to sell relies primarily playing with friends, then the game needs to provide an interesting environment in which these experiences can happen in. This game utterly fails at that.
  50. thepaladintech
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This is not a Fallout Brian Fargo/Tim Cain created. This is just another Todds money grabber
  51. noberts
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Cash grab, rushed and not worth the money. Where's the soul? The thing that worries me about this game the most is that if it does well, there won't be a single player Fallout 5, we'll just get an MMO with tons of micro transactions which will kill the franchise. I worry for the future of Fallout.
  52. Zandr
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    I love Fallout, but this is a complete mess. Why in the world did they think a multi player game was a good idea in this engine? I fear they are completely out of touch and aren't playing their own games. Makes me sad.
  53. vividf
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    + a fallout game

    - we don't get a real fallout game
    - no npc'S
    - bug fiesta
    - limited stash
    - online only
    - empty landscape
    - lvl 1 next to lvl 10 enemies
    - event's where noone joins
    - using fallout 4 graphics almost 10 years later
    - not working building placements
    - locked 63 max fps because the engine/run speed is dependend on fps
    - microtransactions

    - it just (doesn't) work!
  54. yetanotherdude
    May 23, 2022
    1
    Been playing Fallout since 1997 and loved every title since.. until this one.
    F76 is just not a Fallout game. It is a generic multilayer game we already have way too much of.
    I still don't know what they where thinking.. why take a timeless and classic franchise as Fallout and ruin it with a cash grab like that... then again, kinda the same thing happened back then with Fallout Tactics.    Been playing Fallout since 1997 and loved every title since.. until this one.
    F76 is just not a Fallout game. It is a generic multilayer game we already have way too much of.
    I still don't know what they where thinking.. why take a timeless and classic franchise as Fallout and ruin it with a cash grab like that... then again, kinda the same thing happened back then with Fallout Tactics. And nobody nowadays is still talking about that one... for a good reason!
    That aside, just looking at it is for what it is... it is a mediocre multiplayer survival game, full of bugs and glitches. Nothing special!
    No npcs, no story, no great characters, no great moments that stick with you for years, like we had in the "real" Fallout games!
    Personally biggest disappointment this year.. but hey, I still have fun with the classic and newer Fallout titles.    … Expand
  55. tornanx
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    The game is a waste of time. Full of bugs and robots without a story or enjoyable characters. Even if you can form a team it is still messy to play. Graphics are old and lighting is weird. I think this was an experiment of Bethesda on if they could sell the worst game with right marketing tactics. Another Dawn of War 3 case at best.
  56. Warpholomey
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    We could expect a similar failure from a small indie studio that is still (unsuccessfully) looking for its niche, but not from a major player in the video game industry.
    Nevertheless, in 2018, Bethesda releases a low-grade sandbox without the slightest hint of content or gameplay, naively believing that hundreds of people sticking around without any goal or purpose can make the game    We could expect a similar failure from a small indie studio that is still (unsuccessfully) looking for its niche, but not from a major player in the video game industry.
    Nevertheless, in 2018, Bethesda releases a low-grade sandbox without the slightest hint of content or gameplay, naively believing that hundreds of people sticking around without any goal or purpose can make the game “interesting” and “exciting”.
    This is certainly not the case.
    The game world is not felt alive at all, the mediocre graphics and unintelligible game design solutions make the Fallout 76 the main disappointment of the year.    … Expand
  57. Frlos
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    If there ever was a game deserving of the score 0 then it would be this one. There is absolutely nothing redeeming about this game, at this point I'm scourging my mind for anything that would be even remotely good about it and the only thing I can think of would be the enjoyment you get from playing with friends but this goes more to the credit of said friends and interaction with othersIf there ever was a game deserving of the score 0 then it would be this one. There is absolutely nothing redeeming about this game, at this point I'm scourging my mind for anything that would be even remotely good about it and the only thing I can think of would be the enjoyment you get from playing with friends but this goes more to the credit of said friends and interaction with others online than having anything to do with the game itself.

    It uses the same engine as the previous game Fallout 4 which was quite dated at it's time of release dating all the way back to Morrowind and having received the last major update during Skyrim in 2011. To make matters worse it is largely using the same assets from Fallout 4 too that includes guns, armor, textures, objects and much much more. Making it overall feel like some sort of DLC for Fallout 4. But it isn't, it is a full fledged "AAA release" at a price of $59.99 or your regional equivalent. Making it pretty much unacceptable to be in such state.

    By that I mean the sheer amount of bugs we saw during very late "beta" which in truth is a lot closer to a demo of the final release as I was able to see. Some off these bugs are classical glitches that occur with use of such outdated engines, but others are a lot more serious like security flaws which allow client side access to sensitive data like IP addresses of other people, and game manipulation trough unencrypted commands sent to the server. This is worsened by the fact that the game lacks any sort of anti-cheat.

    Another, rather ironic bug, was the game deleting itself randomly requiring you to re-download more than 50 GB of data, only to find out that it's also impossible to manually uninstall the game without purchasing it after the beta ran out.

    The final product doesn't look any better though featuring outdated graphics, horrible performance on PC and especially on console. And severe lack of content, meaning no NPC quest givers, or any NPCs whatsoever, with most of the quests being fueled by holo-tapes and being rather simplistic fetch quests. Downgraded character development, even more downgraded than in Fallout 4, with most of the
    "leveling" happening trough opening "perk packs" which give you a set of randomized perks, possibly a gateway for micro-transactions or even Pay2Win mechanics in the future. Mostly the same "building mechanics" we saw in Fallout 4, with the same inherent flaws that could only be fixed by mods, mostly clipping, and objects having no sense of gravity. And very dull, repetitive enemies, which re-spawn quickly, sometimes even right after being killed.

    The PVP experience is also very lackluster, having some "fair play" system in place that makes players take significantly less damage until they shoot back, making it pointless to even engage in PVP as everyone can out-heal the damage done to them. Or should they decide to fight back they can do so with a big warning and call to prepare, which makes anything outside co-op a non option.

    Definitely not recommended    … Expand
  58. ZeroFighterSRB
    Nov 15, 2018
    1
    When it was announced I hated it for being multiplayer only, and with any new information it really sounded worse and worse. In the meantime B.E.T.A. (Early access) started, and I was "lucky" enough to get my self a beta key, even tho I hated the concept I still wanted to give it a chance. I played during two beta dates, about 4 hours each.
    Oh boy, where to start...
    1. Lack of any    When it was announced I hated it for being multiplayer only, and with any new information it really sounded worse and worse. In the meantime B.E.T.A. (Early access) started, and I was "lucky" enough to get my self a beta key, even tho I hated the concept I still wanted to give it a chance. I played during two beta dates, about 4 hours each.
    Oh boy, where to start...
    1. Lack of any Graphical option is disturbing, and the graphics in many cases look very dated.
    2. It is a Bethesda game which means it is full of bugs, that is a problem in single player games let alone multiplayer.
    3. The quests are very boring as you need to stand and listen to holotapes for minutes. After a few hours I was already sick of having to stop in place to listen to one holotape just so I could pick up the next one. I guess it must a blast to play with a friend and having to mute/hush them every time you pick up a holotape.
    4. You have to wait until people finish with crafting stations before you can use them, and that can be a long time, again more waiting. I am guessing it is the same with terminals, tho I am not sure.
    5. There is no text chat in game (?!), and the mics are always on which means you will hear people eating, breathing, peoples pets, family members yelling... Which can also "help" you not hear a holotape you have been listening to for some time, so you have to start over.
    6. Running into people is rarely fun (the most prominent reasons being already mentioned above), the PVP is also butchered.
    7. The world is empty and dead of any life, tho it does look pretty even with very dated graphics.
    8. Events are also very boring from my experience, go there kill this, enemies come in waves. Just very repetitive and not fun at all.
    9. The point of the whole game is just to farm and grind, which isn't that much of a problem in itself, the problem is made clear that there is really no incentive to do so
    10. While I didn't level up much, the question still stands, what is the end game? Just more farming and grinding without any meaningful rewards ?

    Oh and the game isn't on steam and you have to use their horrible Bethesda launcher, that I installed when it first came out and deleted it after 10 mins, not much improvements since then.

    Overall a horrible game in my opinion, not the Fallout I love, and I even enjoyed (modded) Fallout 4. Don't listen to those that just **** on the game with nothing else to add as to why, but also don't listen to those who just praise it without giving their reasons.    … Expand
  59. maximovich
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    To expect people to spend their hard-earned money on this is an attack on common sense. Let us be responsible for our actions, let us punish with our purchase decision and with low scores those developers who want to enrich themselves with million-dollar advertising campaigns and products of dismal quality.
  60. Vidrug
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    really bad game? like diablo immortal? not for core audience? too many bugs
  61. Herpityderr
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    I love fallout games! But this is a absolute trainwreck of a mess that misses all the good things about fallout, tacks on a shoddy multiplayer AT BEST and is a blatant cash cow. Avoid.
  62. Velgar
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Stupid shooter not a Fallout. Definitely not an RPG, but an open world FPS only. Cash grab. It represents everything that is wrong with the gaming industry today.
  63. sqerry
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Fun solo or with friends experience, No human NPC is a real bummer but quest are still as good as they ever were, you just have to have the effort to look for them and read those terminalsl
  64. Npc72521
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    If it were not for all the hilarious bugs this game would be a great cure for insomnia. They didn't improve anything since the 'beta'. Literally everything is glitched. This developer is lazy. The game isn't ready for release whatsoever. As for the game, they wanted to make a good rpg with pvp. what they made is a bad rpg with bad pvp. they got them both horribly wrong trying to findIf it were not for all the hilarious bugs this game would be a great cure for insomnia. They didn't improve anything since the 'beta'. Literally everything is glitched. This developer is lazy. The game isn't ready for release whatsoever. As for the game, they wanted to make a good rpg with pvp. what they made is a bad rpg with bad pvp. they got them both horribly wrong trying to find a balance in the middle. this game has no identity, no soul, and I'm already done with it. Maybe I'll come back in 6 months when they finish developing and testing the game.… Expand
  65. Szaroo
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Locked on 60fps
    Now FOV sldier
    Broken quests
    People are being robbed, keys not working
    Bethesda should go away forever.
  66. WahjahEater
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    I'm 16 hours in and I don't understand what this "game" is trying to be. Role playing? I've yet to experience a moment of it? The majority of people are just moving from A to B it's like starring at the sun but you paid a company for the privilege to do so.
  67. Broman13
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    No Npc really killed this game there no reason they shouldn't be here I mean **** destiny has NPC I mean come on!!!!!
  68. doedoe
    Nov 15, 2018
    1
    Trash collecting simulator. Recieved sms that i can get my CARDBOARD copy with activating code only 27.11.18. are you KIDDING ME? R E F U N D.
  69. nipless
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    thank you bethesda for destroying one of my favorite franchises
    fallout 4 was not the best thing but it was still a singleplayer experience that i liked
    this thing is just awful
  70. BUZZK1LL2000
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    This is the worst fallout experience I have ever had, absolutely soulless and a complete cash grab. Terrible...
  71. lyAwesome
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Boring and BUG Simulator...
    Go to reedit and pum
    No Man's Sky 2 or something like that
  72. SinitarGaming
    Nov 14, 2018
    3
    This review will, hopefully, help you to understand what's actually happening.
    It,s indeed pretty much true that some of "0" reviews may be posted by people who didn't even play the game. But, there is one "but"...
    The true darkness is on the other side. Take a look on several random profiles that gave "10" to this game. Almost like 90% of them have only 1 review (for FO76) and profile    This review will, hopefully, help you to understand what's actually happening.
    It,s indeed pretty much true that some of "0" reviews may be posted by people who didn't even play the game. But, there is one "but"...

    The true darkness is on the other side. Take a look on several random profiles that gave "10" to this game. Almost like 90% of them have only 1 review (for FO76) and profile names like "superplayer1984". In their reviews, there're writing everything via one of two copypastas: 1) describing all the game features were named by bethesda in trailers (some of which simply even don't exist) and literally telling everything is working perfectly. 2) callin everyone who left a bad review a hater who never played the game.

    The second part is as you all know, Bethesda initially released game only on Beth.net - not on Steam, GOG etc. Why? Yes, eaxactly. You can't leave a review there. At least, so easily. Question is - what is it like?

    Yes, we all know (especially those who are reading political news) how it looks. Bethesda (I'm not saying directly Pete Hines, obviously not, but through the hands of sub-companies, "family" bloggers and "friendly" game journalists) is litereally using the bots to leave positive reviews and leaving 10 points to at least somehow save catastrophic ratings of the game. Almost all accounts that made 10/10 FO76 reviews were made not by real players behind them, but by certain people, for only one goal - try to save the game ratings on the platform they can't affect directly.

    Don't get me wrong. Bethesda was and today still [IS] my favourite game company. But the abyss they are making between themselves and community, how they allow marketing stuff to rule the PR company and game development itself, and how obviously they are trying to hide any possible negative critics about the game - it's really, really sad.

    I'm neither FO 76 fan or hater. I just don't care about it - I won't play it and wait for Starfield and TES VI.
    Though, I played more than 20 hours on my friend gaming PC to not let myself make a prejudged review.
    I also wish every player who bought it to have the best possible time in it.
    Fallout 76 is not a "zero" game. But it's a very, very bad game. Extremely outdated engine. Terrible performance. Awful cheating/hacking protection. But what if most important, it's a soulless game which has even less to have at least something in commong with FO series than FO4 had. It's empty, repeative and just boring.
    I won't give "0" to this game. But I'll give as maximum as "3" because this is what FO76 deserves.    … Expand
  73. Calcifur
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    This game is god awful!
    -FPS locked
    -Can't change FOV
    -Terrible UI
    -Full of bugs
    -Lifeless empty world
    -Bunch of fetch missions.
    -Terrible pvp
    -Microtransactions
    Worse game of 2018!
  74. Harri5on
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    a fallout game without npc is worthless even playing with other people.
    4 hours listen holotapes is tedious and boring
  75. rfz88
    Nov 29, 2018
    0
    Bethesda are losing it. This is neither MP nor SP, it's some kind of degenerated mix in between. Not that we wanted a FO mp - FO was always SP and should've remained SP.

    Also please don't force us to use Bethesda client.. Why? Why not just have people get it from wherever they want. Steam, GOG etc. This is garbage and I really do not recommend it. FO3, NV, FO4 are all so much better.
  76. Silverqt
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    Калл полный. Взяли в редакторе захуя...и еб..а пластилиновые за 5 вечеров и продают за бешеные даллары, людей уже вообще за дебилов считают
  77. Jeevin
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    Fallout 76 feels like a me too online sandbox wannabe with a Fallout lick of paint. The game is so buggy and unpolished with problems in absolutely every aspect from connection, graphics, inventory management.

    It's like Bethesda wanted to put out an online sandbox game with graphics, physics and animations all borrowed from older Bethesda titles. We're talking some of the creature    Fallout 76 feels like a me too online sandbox wannabe with a Fallout lick of paint. The game is so buggy and unpolished with problems in absolutely every aspect from connection, graphics, inventory management.

    It's like Bethesda wanted to put out an online sandbox game with graphics, physics and animations all borrowed from older Bethesda titles. We're talking some of the creature animations are ripped straight from Skyrim here.

    Fallout 76 is a blatant cash shop slapped on an unfinished, under developed, poor quality game. Bethesda has hit a new low point in the quest for maximum profit from very little investment.    … Expand
  78. aleche96
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    Why would this even be released? :(
    Damn it Todd, you were my lord and savior!
  79. Kittenpants
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Most of the fun of previous Fallout games centered around the wacky dialogue and behavior of the NPCs, and the ridiculous ways they'd interact with each other. From their absurd requests to their hilarious and often totally misguided conflicts with each other, I could usually overlook the dreadful game mechanics and technical workings of the game because the NPCs were just so thoroughlyMost of the fun of previous Fallout games centered around the wacky dialogue and behavior of the NPCs, and the ridiculous ways they'd interact with each other. From their absurd requests to their hilarious and often totally misguided conflicts with each other, I could usually overlook the dreadful game mechanics and technical workings of the game because the NPCs were just so thoroughly amusing.

    With Fallout 76, it seems that Bethesda has stripped away the aspects of the game that made it worthwhile, and lazily left in everything that made it so frustrating and broken. Even most of the bugs and broken mechanics that were in Fallout 4 initially are still here, along with a slew of new issues. The game just feels like garbage to play, and it looks like a total mess. I'm glad I played this game on a friend's machine instead of purchasing it myself, and I feel bad for all of the people who foolishly pre-purchased it at full price (with even more milking to come through microtransactions and future DLC).    … Expand
  80. limen3d
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    Don't buy it.
    Fallout 76 is a soulless, bland MMO with a Fallout skin slapped on it.
    Immediately after starting, everything just feels off. Graphically, it runs on the exact same engine as Fallout 4, character creation is identical to what it was 3 years ago down to the same hairstyles and facial hair. A large part of what made Fallout interesting is absent in 76, that is the ability    Don't buy it.
    Fallout 76 is a soulless, bland MMO with a Fallout skin slapped on it.
    Immediately after starting, everything just feels off. Graphically, it runs on the exact same engine as Fallout 4, character creation is identical to what it was 3 years ago down to the same hairstyles and facial hair.

    A large part of what made Fallout interesting is absent in 76, that is the ability to loot damn-near every container around you. You start in a vault surrounded by desks and lockers but you're unable to search them, whereas in the previous games you were able to pull all kinds of junk out of them if you so desired. It's a minor point, but it goes a long way in making the world feel even more barren and empty than it already does. Once you get out in the world you can search containers, but only some of them, as opposed to the other games where you can root around in anything that is physically capable of holding something.

    On the topic of loot, it is the only thing that makes this game even worth glancing at, and even then it doesn't excuse the lack of content and the $60 price tag even less so. In my experience, shortly after leaving the vault, I came across a house surrounded by Scorched (the new placeholder enemy. They look like ghouls and attack like raiders, while being less interesting than both). I fought them off with relative ease, taking very little damage despite getting completely wailed on by several enemies, and proceeded to loot no less than 3 pipe revolvers and 3 hunting rifles off the same corpse. At least in the other games the loot you gathered kind of made sense. If a raider was shooting you with a hunting rifle, upon killing him, you could pick up that rifle most of the time, not 3 copies of a gun you didn't see him use once. This is all to say the loot in 76 is very limp and, for lack of a better way to put it, not worth looting. This is to say nothing of the level requirements needed to use the stronger weapons, which, in Fallout, is nothing short of sinful.

    The biggest issue, I think, with Fallout 76 is the lack of something very critical to the other games: NPCs. Bethesda's aim with 76 was to make player interactions happen with other players and not NPCs, but the problem then arises that they're unable to make complex storylines and quests because of this. Every quest in 76 boils down to "run to the waypoint, do this/kill this/get this" and you're done. Rinse and repeat until you get bored.
    The NPCs make the world come alive, and their absence is what makes 76 feel so damn dead.

    The building is also cumbersome and a general pain in the ass. The player doesn't really have much of a goal to work towards past "kill this thing, loot it, stare longingly at the shiny new gun you can't use yet." The leveling is also excruciatingly castrated, now opting to use a card system of all things, because people like cards I suppose?? Any perks you do apply to your character feel as limp and worthless as everything else in the game.

    The only reason I gave this game a 1 and not a 0 is because functionally, it works. You walk. You run. You jump. You shoot things. But for a game in a series as big and successful as Fallout to simply "just work" is a massive step down. It feels like a skeleton framework for something that was originally going to be much better with much more content, and without the heavy emphasis on multiplayer, maybe we could have gotten something like that, but now we'll never know.

    Ultimately, if you get anything out of my review, let it be this: Don't buy this game. Bethesda has no business charging $60 (and upwards of $200 for the power armor edition) for what equates to a **** Fallout 4 mod. I feel obscenely ripped off and have already contacted Bethesda to request a refund, but I'm not holding my breath.    … Expand
  81. reptileye
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Just the name. A reason for Bethesda to get more money. Same bad engine, even worst because of it being online. Unfinished and unpolished. Don't touch this even with a stick.
  82. TylerJL1
    Nov 14, 2018
    3
    Yet again Bethesda proves they are incapable of making a decent Fallout game. Fallout 3 had a pass because it was their first take on the series but it seems that Bethesda keeps taking one step forward two steps back with Fallout. There is just no sustainable value in this game other than to make fun of it with friends. Playing with friends makes anything enjoyable. Watch The Room byYet again Bethesda proves they are incapable of making a decent Fallout game. Fallout 3 had a pass because it was their first take on the series but it seems that Bethesda keeps taking one step forward two steps back with Fallout. There is just no sustainable value in this game other than to make fun of it with friends. Playing with friends makes anything enjoyable. Watch The Room by yourself and you'll want to blow your brains out. Watch it with friends piss drunk and you'll make memories. "Fun with Friends" should not be the only selling point.… Expand
  83. nightmancomes
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    It's not the Fallout I remember aside from it being literally unplayable, buggy and glitchy.
  84. gX-kiD
    Nov 14, 2018
    2
    Don't let developers get away with lazy! After playing games for 30 years you sometimes think you've seen it all. But every once in a while a game comes along that can still surprise you in how lazy and **** it can be - This is Fallout76.

    Basically it's an asset flip of Fallout 4, minus real quests, plus multiplayer. And the multiplayer serves absolutely no purpose in this game, it's    Don't let developers get away with lazy! After playing games for 30 years you sometimes think you've seen it all. But every once in a while a game comes along that can still surprise you in how lazy and **** it can be - This is Fallout76.

    Basically it's an asset flip of Fallout 4, minus real quests, plus multiplayer. And the multiplayer serves absolutely no purpose in this game, it's just in there because Bethesda wanted to dip their toe in the water of "live service games", or in other words: Cash in on the most profitable industry trend. The game is so ridiculously easy most of the times, there is zero reason to ever play with other players. And PVP doesn't even exist in this game. I mean in theory it does, but in reality it's just not a thing. The spank system is the most broken and stupid concept I've ever seen in a "PVP" game.

    Besides all of this, the technical state of the game is an insult to every gamer. Even on systems with a 1080ti the game runs like absolute dog. The field of view can not be adjusted, it doesn't even support widescreen monitors (yet), the frame rate is locked to 60fps due to the horribly aging Creation engine in use and how its physics are tied to the frame rate, patches in this game can be larger than the actual game itself without offering any new content, the beta deleted itself at one point, and countless other ridiculous issues that occurred during my beta plays.

    This is a 20$ early access game on Steam. Unfortunately it is sold at 60$, by a company notorious for not fixing any bugs in their games.

    And ironically enough Bethesda, the only people who could save you now, are the ones you locked out of this game: your modding community.

    Stay away from this hot garbage, no studio should get away with this level of laziness or incompetence.    … Expand
  85. Tnopdoh
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Mythbusters actually proved that you can polish a turd so seeing this Todd decided to dump out the worlds largest turd with a 100% functioning store so we all can micro transaction that brown into a shiny personalized monetized pile of fallout 4 yer own bum...
    My beloveth Fallout, where forth art thou?
  86. hiram703
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    What even is this game? It's not an mmo. It's not an rpg. It's not a battleground. It's not really survival. It's DEFINITELY not a Fallout game, despite the label and recycled assets. I think it's just a buggy, half finished, cash grab.

    Please Bethesda, sell this game series to someone who likes fallout games. hell, to someone who likes video games. I honestly think you hate    What even is this game? It's not an mmo. It's not an rpg. It's not a battleground. It's not really survival. It's DEFINITELY not a Fallout game, despite the label and recycled assets. I think it's just a buggy, half finished, cash grab.

    Please Bethesda, sell this game series to someone who likes fallout games. hell, to someone who likes video games. I honestly think you hate fallout, hate your customers, hate gaming, hate your investors. This game is ridiculous.

    1 out of 10. boring. buggy. schizophrenic. insulting really.    … Expand
  87. geographyman20
    Nov 17, 2018
    3
    A devolution in gaming.

    Low to no effort has been put into this shell of a product.
  88. Gregnator
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    As a die-hard Fallout fan, I can only say that this game is horrible.
    From an fallout perspective, this game is anything but fallout.
    Lore breaking changes that don't make sense, no dialogue system or quests what so ever (a first in the fallout franchise). Yes, it is a big open world, but it's empty. If you are a true fallout fan, this game Is absolutely not for you. If you are a fan    As a die-hard Fallout fan, I can only say that this game is horrible.
    From an fallout perspective, this game is anything but fallout.
    Lore breaking changes that don't make sense, no dialogue system or quests what so ever (a first in the fallout franchise). Yes, it is a big open world, but it's empty.

    If you are a true fallout fan, this game Is absolutely not for you.
    If you are a fan of simple sandbox games, like Rust, Conan exiles, ARK, but you always wanted that with a fallout skin, then this is not a bad game. Not the best, not the worst.

    See this as a Fallout for kids.
    A simple fallout game, with low effort, that's not meant for the fans.

    Fallout new Vegas was made in a shorter time period than 76, and simply is way better.
    Maybe it's time that Bethesda looks at obsidian for their spin off titles again.

    Unfortunately Bethesda hasn't listened to the fans since fallout 4, and to think they'll change is just a pipe dream.    … Expand
  89. xcoders
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    This is not fallout, heck, it's not even a game, it's a shell of a broken piece of garbage, completely lifeless, buggy and empty. Bethesda has reached a new low, I hadn't seen such a terrible boring and unfinished "game" in my life. This thing is worth $60 and with microtransactions, which by the way it's the only thing that works properly? What a joke! Avoid at all cost! this broken pieceThis is not fallout, heck, it's not even a game, it's a shell of a broken piece of garbage, completely lifeless, buggy and empty. Bethesda has reached a new low, I hadn't seen such a terrible boring and unfinished "game" in my life. This thing is worth $60 and with microtransactions, which by the way it's the only thing that works properly? What a joke! Avoid at all cost! this broken piece of crap is the best definition of barren. I hadn't felt so insulted in my life, how can you destroy the fallout franchise like this? give it to Obsidian so they can do it justice. You with Fallout and Activision Blizzard with Diablo are in a competition to see who can destroy their franchise first, you are in a whole new level of sucking.… Expand
  90. MastaDyemon
    Nov 17, 2018
    1
    Лор игры успешно просран! Оптимизация просрана, геймплей просран. Плевок в лицо фанатам.
  91. lionking3344
    Nov 17, 2018
    2
    Lack of NPCs, the game is full of bugs, the game world is empty and boring,slaughtered the game, come to you, bestheda , game infamous
  92. nonameforme
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Do not buy at the current state (and let be frank, we know Betheda never fix anything themselve, wait for mod).
    Game crash, disconnect, cheat. There's no QA in this game. You can't even get out of tutorial area without falling to the 'undermap'.
    And it won't even let me uninstall.
  93. pafciu
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Complete TRASH, bugged, broken and disgusting money-grab with absolutely no story. Do not buy!
  94. Salelesa
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    Bethesda should try to update their engine before releasing to online world. Terrible frame rate, big world of nothing. Exploring the world for sound tapes and not even having players be the surprise you see. Cause you can see them on the map. This game is so bad, i feel like bethesda devs never actually played online games of this style.
  95. marcusmcdad
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    I created an account on here just to further inform my fellow gamers and friends of how terrible this game actually is. I've spent over 10 hours ingame and honestly it felt like a boring lonely chore to get anything done, EVEN WITH MY FRIENDS. The UI is archaic, the server selection nonexistent, and lack of matchmaking tools or modernized friend/party systems makes it that much more of aI created an account on here just to further inform my fellow gamers and friends of how terrible this game actually is. I've spent over 10 hours ingame and honestly it felt like a boring lonely chore to get anything done, EVEN WITH MY FRIENDS. The UI is archaic, the server selection nonexistent, and lack of matchmaking tools or modernized friend/party systems makes it that much more of a chore to play.

    Bethesda, you should honestly be ashamed. You're not supposed to be like EA. The Todd Howard memes were funny and all but now he can rest his legacy next to his fat wallet, in his pocket, hopefully never to come back into the light. Return to form or do not hurt the fallout franchise further.    … Expand
  96. yersinia666
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    An empty world with broken mechanics and most importantly a lifeless and boring world. Imagine Fallout 1, 2, 3, 4, Baldur's Gate, etc... but without any NPCs. Quests are uninteresting and make you want to skip the holotapes and robots that deliver them, fetch quests and kill X many zombies (monsters are unimaginative and rehashed). You'll be shooting immobile t-posing bullet sponge zombiesAn empty world with broken mechanics and most importantly a lifeless and boring world. Imagine Fallout 1, 2, 3, 4, Baldur's Gate, etc... but without any NPCs. Quests are uninteresting and make you want to skip the holotapes and robots that deliver them, fetch quests and kill X many zombies (monsters are unimaginative and rehashed). You'll be shooting immobile t-posing bullet sponge zombies and assorted riff-raff until they deplete your ammo reserve and ultimately their corpse will disapear before you can loot them. If only the bugs were the main issue. Unfortunately, this is a lazy cash-grab using a brown shaded color palette and an empty, pointless world.… Expand
  97. Tranceholic
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    -Every new bethesda game looks last gen !
    - Ugly graphics for 2018 / 2019 game.
    - UI/UX awful, all items are lists of strings
    - Not enough settings: FOV, V-Sync
    - Fake PvP, it's really just PvE
    - 100500 bugs
    -Microtransactions
  98. bloodydziq
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    $60 for a VERY buggy EARLY ACCESS game that keeps disconnecting. It's not a "Fallout" anymore it just has the Fallout-ish setting with a terrible shooting model.
  99. dave9292
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Its a shame Bethesda, such a boring game after good Fallout 3 and after "Not Bad" Fallout 4? Stop think about money, you can make good games, but not This.
  100. Ebaner
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    This game is rubbish, not only is it not: the plot, interesting quests, interesting gameplay as it tries to put pressure on a feeling of nostalgia by introducing such fractions as the Enclave into the game. It is a pity that Betnesda chose not to try, but released a bad mod for the full price.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 29 out of 46
  3. Negative: 13 out of 46
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 5, 2019
    35
    Fallout 76 represents a big disappointment and the lowest point of the series so far. Riddled with bugs, repetitive and dull gameplay, nonexistent story and outdated graphics, it fails as a both multiplayer and singleplayer experience for fans and newcomers alike.
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  2. CD-Action
    Feb 6, 2019
    55
    Miracles do happen once in a while and No Man’s Sky proved that sometimes it is possible to get back on your feet even after a terrible failure. Right now though Fallout 76 is botched spectacularly on so many levels that even talking about this game is a waste of time. [01/2019, p.46]
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 10, 2019
    40
    An unfinished game with bifurcated identity and in an almost dysfunctional state. It's hard to build on a bad base, that will never change. Like the war. [Issue#292]
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