Fallout 76

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2.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 6754 Ratings

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  1. maxpain9999
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    Useless game
    can't even play it
    keep getting disconnected from their server constantly even after the Bethesda support recommendations.
  2. jessespalding
    Sep 9, 2023
    7
    Great game. What I love most about it is that it plays almost identically to the Fallout series, and its almost a continuation from Fallout 4.

    Not only that, you play online with other players! The best part about this is that you do not need to participate with them or don't have to worry about being player killed. The story is pretty interesting and deep, yet you aren't forced to    Great game. What I love most about it is that it plays almost identically to the Fallout series, and its almost a continuation from Fallout 4.

    Not only that, you play online with other players! The best part about this is that you do not need to participate with them or don't have to worry about being player killed.

    The story is pretty interesting and deep, yet you aren't forced to listen to NPCs drag on about things for hours on end. Usually a holotape gets you on your way, which is cool if you don't want to stop the pacing. Another great feature is the C.A.M.P. You can store your items in this totally customize-able area in your stash, build a home or cabin and defend it from outside enemies. You can also open it to the players or lock your doors if you wish.

    Fallout 76 is also amazingly beautiful. For all the extra space they put into this game, I enjoy the vistas between event locations love to build my C.A.M.P. around the wilderness. Though sometimes the trips can be a little long, I think its worth it and makes the game feel a lot more realistic. There are some locations on the map that are done so well, it almost feels like you're there. The White Springs Resort (aka the Grianbrier in WV) is an absolute gem and full of fun times.

    I enjoy the crafting, though sometimes the stash gets too full and you have to unload items once and a while. Usually I opt for scrapping weapons and armor for crafting skills and extra parts.

    There are many other things I'd like to mention in Fallout 76 to praise, but I'd just urge you to play it before reading any more reviews.    … Expand
  3. Nick7000
    Mar 9, 2023
    7
    Кряхтит, пердит, задыхается, но все же отдает любимым фолычем. 76 - как друг дебил, кривой, косой, но ты уже к нему привык.
  4. BlackFyre90
    Jan 17, 2023
    6
    The game itself isn't that bad, especially after the major updates. But it's simply not fallout.
    If u aren't a fallout fan I can't find a reason to stop u from playing this, but if u r, don't play this.

    Ima just live the rest of my life thinking this as a dlc to fo4
  5. isidore12
    Oct 7, 2022
    7
    Bethesda released Fallout 76 full of bugs as money grabs, and damage so much their reputation that they stopped investing in Fallout franchise.
    Nonetheless Fallout 76 is worth playing as solo player. It reminds of Fallout 4 but with a significant bigger map.
    Many bugs and patches, left the game terribly unbalanced to play with others. I'll skip the MMO part.
  6. Napolaen
    May 1, 2022
    6
    I don't think 76 is that bad. it has an expansive world with (mostly) fun combat. But boy it has its bugs and most of them aren't to uncommon to see.
  7. The_Eleatic
    Apr 6, 2022
    5
    I'm of two minds about this game.

    On the good side, the world design is outstanding: the map is huge and varied, and there are sights to take the breath away. (No spoilers, but there's a certain bit of monorail infrastructure, in particular . . .) It's just plain fun to stomp around Appalachia. Also, the gameplay is all right, about as good as that in Fallout 4, though VATS is radically    I'm of two minds about this game.

    On the good side, the world design is outstanding: the map is huge and varied, and there are sights to take the breath away. (No spoilers, but there's a certain bit of monorail infrastructure, in particular . . .) It's just plain fun to stomp around Appalachia. Also, the gameplay is all right, about as good as that in Fallout 4, though VATS is radically changed. I played the game for a while at launch, then again after the recent Wastelanders updated, and I have to say Bethesda have done a credible job of shoehorning some interesting narrative into the game.

    On the bad side, my main objection is to the ever-increasing pressure to spend more real money just to be able to play the game. At launch, the Atomic Shop carried only cosmetic items, as originally advertised. Returning to the game, I find that one of the most basic game mechanics - repairing weapons and armor - is now dependent on micro-transactions. It is possible to earn Atoms in-game, but it would be a real grind to earn enough to be able to afford Repair Kits sufficient to to keep up with the rate of deterioration of weapons and armor. If you have a full set of power armor you need to repair, you would need six repair kits (at 50 Atoms a piece, with discounts only if bought in bulk) . . . and simply building more armor is not really an option, because basic materials (screws in particular) are hard to come by.

    In short, the game is diverting for a while, even enjoyable, but loses all appeal once it comes down to a choice of futile grinding or spending (even more) real money.    … Expand
  8. Hatters
    Mar 10, 2022
    5
    I tried to revisit this game after years of avoiding it and it was surprisingly "ok". I mean it's VERY flawed, unfinished and an obvious cash grab, but they somehow improved it.

    It's playable, but that's the most I can give it. The atmosphere, soundtrack and visuals are nice, and that's it I'm afraid. Would have really preferred a better story, y'know, the things Fallout games are known    I tried to revisit this game after years of avoiding it and it was surprisingly "ok". I mean it's VERY flawed, unfinished and an obvious cash grab, but they somehow improved it.

    It's playable, but that's the most I can give it. The atmosphere, soundtrack and visuals are nice, and that's it I'm afraid. Would have really preferred a better story, y'know, the things Fallout games are known for??

    Overall, oof, just oof man.    … Expand
  9. Samueltl
    Mar 8, 2022
    5
    Wasted opportunity, horrible lies from the devs and rushed game.

    At least we still can mod New Vegas.
  10. Astrono
    Feb 15, 2022
    6
    Not very bad in 2022, but with silly bugs. It’s can be funny if you play with friends. I completed the main scenario for a week and I an satisfied! Good luck, citizens of Wastelands!
  11. noxfide
    Feb 6, 2022
    6
    after wastelanders, this game become a great game. bethesda cares about players.
  12. Sitheral
    Jan 16, 2022
    7
    It's actually fun game with a pretty good map and neat character development system. The basic gameplay loop is satisfying enough, the problem is, they want you to pay for it like for an mmo, but offer nowhere near enough new content, the endgame is basically just grinding weapons and stuff for your house, if you are into building you can easly read this review as 8 instead, just keep inIt's actually fun game with a pretty good map and neat character development system. The basic gameplay loop is satisfying enough, the problem is, they want you to pay for it like for an mmo, but offer nowhere near enough new content, the endgame is basically just grinding weapons and stuff for your house, if you are into building you can easly read this review as 8 instead, just keep in mind, a lot of the good stuff is in atom shop and sooner or later you will want to pay.… Expand
  13. hoanns
    Jan 14, 2022
    7
    It's fun. Definitely got much better since launch. The story isn't as good as single player fallout, but it is workable and there is lots of stuff to grind and do.
  14. figaropalong
    Jul 16, 2021
    7
    In 2021, the title is very playable. The storyline itself is not thrilling (even though this series stood out the most by the storyline), but the depicted world makes up for it. Imo way better then F4
  15. wolfaust
    Jul 14, 2021
    6
    First, don't even consider purchasing Fallout 76. It's been two years since the release, but there are tons of bugs in the game; even these bugs prevent you go through main quests. I'm still playing the game. Because I'm playing knowing that I wasted my money and wasting my time. After more than 40 hours, I will not delete the game until I finish the main quest.

    There is an unnecessary    First, don't even consider purchasing Fallout 76. It's been two years since the release, but there are tons of bugs in the game; even these bugs prevent you go through main quests. I'm still playing the game. Because I'm playing knowing that I wasted my money and wasting my time. After more than 40 hours, I will not delete the game until I finish the main quest.

    There is an unnecessary and aimless difficulty in the game. Fallout 2 is easier than Fallout 76. For example, your level is 15 and you go to the main mission. You don't know what will you face wherever you go, but then suddenly you come across creatures over 35 levels and even legendary bosses! Even if your level is 35, you have a hard time killing legendary creatures, which 5-10 levels more than your level.

    There is an annoying bug; when you are not under attack, your armour or even your weapon can be broken due to bugs. Also, sometimes, the durability of weapons decreases in 4-5 magazines.

    When you do fast travel to a place, you fall into unexpected places. It might even be a cliff edge. Also, the game starts when you are falling from some height and your health decreases.

    Some main quests and side quests cause time loss. I cannot say that there are no good sides; with your friends, you can hunt down legendary creatures of "unbalanced levels and powers".

    Still, don't buy it! They need 2 or more years to fix the game.

    And, the graphics are like watching a low-quality video.    … Expand
  16. Thecaseyoz
    Jun 9, 2021
    6
    Unfortunately this game opened to the world very poorly but after 3 years of bug repair, My friends and I returned to the wasteland and had a great time playing it.

    If you're playing this game alone, the missions fall short of just running back and forth for hours on end If you're playing this with friends, its minecraft with banger guns and upgrades. It was fun - THE GRAPHICS WERE    Unfortunately this game opened to the world very poorly but after 3 years of bug repair, My friends and I returned to the wasteland and had a great time playing it.

    If you're playing this game alone, the missions fall short of just running back and forth for hours on end
    If you're playing this with friends, its minecraft with banger guns and upgrades.

    It was fun - THE GRAPHICS WERE BAD THOOOOUGH    … Expand
  17. dubtoshi
    May 8, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fallout 76 is a game that came out late 2018.
    Ok so, i'm just gonna rate the game based on it's questlines.
    Also spoilers for Fallout 76's Main Questline, Wastelanders and Steel Dawn.

    Fallout 76's main questline:
    Utter Garbage, 90% of the questline is boring, only interesting part is the enclave part where you get to launch a nuke (aka, near the end of the questline). If you think you can just skip to other questlines, too bad, after a certain part, both questlines force you to be level 20. And the easiest way to get those levels is by playing the main questline.

    4/10

    Wastelanders:
    Oh my god this questline is so much more interesting. To give you an example: When you enter The Wayward (a new bar that came with Wastelanders), you immediately get into a stressful interaction between a batter and Trudy. Then you get 5 different options to interact with the Batter, you can attack him, you can use your luck and say that there's something in his gun's barrel or you can use your charisma to at least try to talk it out with him or you can try to get help from Morty (who is hiding behind some boxes) OR you can just ask what is going on. 5 different options, 3 of them require some "SPECIAL" abilities, one of them is straight up entering combat and the last one is asking.
    AND THIS IS JUST THE FIRST QUEST, THIS FIRST QUEST IS WAY MORE INTERESTING AND VARIED THAN 90% OF FALLOUT 76'S MAIN QUESTLINE!

    And this isn't just all, as you progress through out the questline, you have to make a choice between which faction to get help from for raiding Vault 94. You can team up with raiders to EXPLODE the vault door (even though it doesn't make sense) or you can team up with settlers to mine your way into vault 94.

    Overall, this questline is amazing. It still has it's fetch quest-ish times but overall, it's so good, ya all have to play Fallout 76 again JUST FOR WASTELANDERS. 9/10

    Steel Dawn:
    Most stuff i said for Wastelanders can be applied to Steel Dawn, it's way more interesting than Fallout 76's Main Questline. And it has a big twist at the end of the questline! However, unlike Wastelanders, this questline is... kinda short, it's about 4-6 hours, This is because Bethesda decided to split BoS questline into 2, an interesting choice. Questline also leaves it on a cliffhanger... lame.
    But it makes it up with an action packed questline, you raid an enclave base in one of the quests. And then a big twist happens, turns out that Rahmani has done something wrong before BoS came to Appalachia. Oh yeah, did i mention there was a community event just for Steel Dawn, community (of course) succesfully completed all of the tasks that were needed, i wonder how it would turn out if we couldn't complete at least few of them.

    Overall, Steel Dawn is a great questline, it kinda sucks that it's a bit short but it's a good questline, and that's all we want as Fallout fans. 7/10

    Long story short, Fallout 76's main questline sucks. Wastelanders is awesome and is totally worth returning Fallout 76 just for that. Steel Dawn is great, though i do recommend starting Steel Dawn when Steel Reign (Part 2 of Steel Dawn) is released this summer (2021), so you dont have to wait for a month or two while waiting for Steel Reign to arrive.

    Oh yeah, there's barely any end game content, you can stay away from those.
    Fallout 76's 2021 Roadmap if you are interested: https://bethesda.net/en/article/5XyzcQiBzFCYI4hMris1L3/fallout-76-inside-the-vault-2021-roadmap-and-ama    … Expand
  18. lurtz1
    Apr 1, 2021
    5
    My feelings about this game is OK. But its not really fallout. Its just commercial project of bethesda!
  19. Lizarino
    Mar 16, 2021
    5
    I've been looking at trying this game ever since it got added to Steam but only recently decided to give it a chance due to such mixed opinions on the game.

    I wouldn't recommend the game as it is right now, or ever to most people. It's a glorified fetch quest game with nothing ever interesting, annoying survival meters and too small inventory / stash size. I encountered some bugs    I've been looking at trying this game ever since it got added to Steam but only recently decided to give it a chance due to such mixed opinions on the game.

    I wouldn't recommend the game as it is right now, or ever to most people.
    It's a glorified fetch quest game with nothing ever interesting, annoying survival meters and too small inventory / stash size.
    I encountered some bugs (although not as bad as I thought it would be or used to be), the first being my UI was invisible, my fps was capped at 72 and my controls never saved, all of those I managed to fix with some .ini edits.
    The other bug I had was I lost everything I placed in my base half the time when I close the game which sort of killed any motivation to keep playing.

    If you don't mind fetch quests I would maybe say try it on sale. Never full price.    … Expand
  20. Thraxx
    Mar 11, 2021
    5
    I think they deserve better score. The game was not playable at the beginning but they changed a lot of things since then and now its actually cool to play with friends. :)
  21. WCM320
    Feb 6, 2021
    5
    It's fine.
    it's always been fine, it's gotten better also.
    Yes it has a lot of issues.
    Yes its not a normal Fallout game.

    The company was however always honest about what kind of gam it was (Yes Bethesda should be shouted out over the luancher/bag) But a lot of people clearing are just mad that it's not what they want, instead of not what it said it would be.

    All that being said, 5/10....
  22. obamagayming
    Dec 4, 2020
    7
    The Map is awesome. I really enjoy the atmosphere of the game and it feels really good playing. But well yeah its a mess of bugs the storry sucks there is no text chat, PVP is the worst and micro transactions. Worth buying? If you have friends to play yes, if not no
  23. Halanna
    Jul 22, 2020
    5
    I continue to try and like this game and can't. It is fun and exciting for the first week until you realize the gameplay loop is unchanging and very boring. You will have to visit the same places every day to farm plastic or metal to make ammo so you can farm plastic or metal to make ammo. As a fan of the Fallout series this was a huge disappointment. Very little to do in a huge map.
  24. c300g97
    Jul 20, 2020
    6
    Being a huge fallout fan, i've bought this almost on launch.
    Being now 2 years later, i no longer need to give this game a plain 0.
    But it's still too little, too late.
    Now it feels like a mere DLC to fallout 4, with some more crafting here and there plus a decent storyline with true RPG quests.
  25. Proust09
    Jun 29, 2020
    5
    I played the game after its launch on steam with Westlander, it's ok but it could be better
  26. Dasamurai34
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    With recent updates like wastelanders, this game has seen significant improvement. However, this game still has a long road ahead until it becomes at least 1 7/10. If you really like fallout and are okay with some - by far not has many at launch - bugs, I would recommend this game on sale. Other then that, wait some more. Personally, I find it okay.
  27. kirukiru
    Apr 15, 2020
    7
    This game is OK. Not so great as previous, many bugs, poor optimization, grindy, but it's OK. I bought it for 15$ and regret nothing.
  28. palarky
    Feb 4, 2020
    7
    Bought to laugh. Now I play and play .. :)
    The game has quite serious problems, which do not give a rating higher than 7.
    But this is a very special game that has no analogues.
  29. Roswell-HN
    Jan 14, 2020
    5
    Played the entire game and from beginning to end had a tough time enjoying it. I'm more of a lone wolf when playing, so multiplayer is not really a thing for me, I purchased the game to play by myself, and the way the main missions are setup are very bad, there are big gaps in the required levels to be able to finish a mission even when playing them in the right order... All of the Time IPlayed the entire game and from beginning to end had a tough time enjoying it. I'm more of a lone wolf when playing, so multiplayer is not really a thing for me, I purchased the game to play by myself, and the way the main missions are setup are very bad, there are big gaps in the required levels to be able to finish a mission even when playing them in the right order... All of the Time I found myself on a significant below level to complete the quest.

    I'm not going to complain about the launch bugs, because most of then have been fixed throughout the year, I'm just basing myself on my experience playing the game, it's really frustrating, don't know how my experience wold have changed If I played with friend but at this point I'm too disappointed to find out.

    Really enjoyed Fallout 3 & Fallout 4 and had high expectations on Fallout 76 but unfortunately they got shattered.

    I'm not sure if I'll be able to trust Bethesda on another game.    … Expand
  30. jas_on
    Jan 13, 2020
    6
    I'm had a lot of fun playing Fallout 76 in the first few months. It was a different kind of fun than that found in exclusively single-player Fallout experiences, but fun nonetheless. I teamed up with friends and worked on big quests and area events together, AND I'd retire to my C.A.M.P. and work on things alone at my own pace. People calling this a cash grab clearly didn't see the loveI'm had a lot of fun playing Fallout 76 in the first few months. It was a different kind of fun than that found in exclusively single-player Fallout experiences, but fun nonetheless. I teamed up with friends and worked on big quests and area events together, AND I'd retire to my C.A.M.P. and work on things alone at my own pace. People calling this a cash grab clearly didn't see the love and attention that's went into this game. It's far from perfect, but it was a good start.

    All that said, I no longer play. My free time is too valuable and the game world doesn't hold my attention despite the things I have left to do. Fallout 76 wasn't a disaster, but it requires a level of forgiveness and patience I found it too hard to maintain.    … Expand
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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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