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  1. Nov 14, 2018
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    I really wanted this game to be good but it wasn't its not awful but I honestly can't recommend it for 60$ 3/10
  2. Nov 14, 2018
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    Лаги,баги, скучный геймплей. Отвратительная графика в 2к18. Люблю фолыч, но это не в какие рамки. Ждал и в итоге остался опечаленным слов нет.
  3. Nov 14, 2018
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    I've played every Bethesda game and completed most of them 100% while putting in hundreds of hours (including (fo4) , but not this one. It's pathetic that even after weeks of Beta tests there have been no fixes made.

    I never thought I'd see them make something more embarrassing than the horse armour debacle, but here we are. We've all put up with countless bugs etc in previous games
    I've played every Bethesda game and completed most of them 100% while putting in hundreds of hours (including (fo4) , but not this one. It's pathetic that even after weeks of Beta tests there have been no fixes made.

    I never thought I'd see them make something more embarrassing than the horse armour debacle, but here we are.

    We've all put up with countless bugs etc in previous games but these problems are literally by design. If Bethesda doesn't acknowledge this catastrophic release I will have absolutely no faith in purchasing any future title from them.
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  4. Nov 15, 2018
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    No human NPCs, no real story just A LOT of BUGS! Disappointing graphics (15 y.o. engine is just too old, please don't use it anymore) and fps drops sooooo easy. This is a multyplayer game right? But if a player in my group completes a part of a quest, only he gets that part of it... Quests are singleplayer! This is NOT how to create a multiplayer! Let's talk about inventory and stash, ohNo human NPCs, no real story just A LOT of BUGS! Disappointing graphics (15 y.o. engine is just too old, please don't use it anymore) and fps drops sooooo easy. This is a multyplayer game right? But if a player in my group completes a part of a quest, only he gets that part of it... Quests are singleplayer! This is NOT how to create a multiplayer! Let's talk about inventory and stash, oh gosh... It is just outraging! You must farm to create weapons/armors/chems/ammo/CAMP buildings but you have like 150+400 weight to store all of these! Without counting equipped weapons (with their ammo) and armors that weigh sooo much! I'm a huge fan of the Fallout series but this game is just ridiculous.

    :-(
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  5. Nov 14, 2018
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    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
  6. Nov 14, 2018
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    Doesn't fix any vsync and physics issues from the previous entry. Community made fixes were available but can't be made in this online version of the game.

    People getting stuck in terminals, players speedhacking by changing a single ini setting (no, that hasn't been fixed with the 63fps cap), and stuttering no matter what system you play on. It's just a mess, and that is excusing every
    Doesn't fix any vsync and physics issues from the previous entry. Community made fixes were available but can't be made in this online version of the game.

    People getting stuck in terminals, players speedhacking by changing a single ini setting (no, that hasn't been fixed with the 63fps cap), and stuttering no matter what system you play on. It's just a mess, and that is excusing every other issue the game has.

    It could be a fun game if the developers knew how to separate physics from framerate like every other game developer in the last 15 years. But as of now it's just not an acceptable experience for 60 dollars.
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  7. Nov 14, 2018
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    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
  8. Nov 16, 2018
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    This game tries to provide the same gameplay loop as fallout 4 while doing nothing of consequence better than Fallout 4, does many many things worse.

    VATS worse. Narrative worse. Choices? Non-existent. Performance worse. Fiddly menus? Basically the same, but in a line server they're effectively worse. Mods? :'(. Every time Bethesda releases a game, I'm reminded of how
    This game tries to provide the same gameplay loop as fallout 4 while doing nothing of consequence better than Fallout 4, does many many things worse.

    VATS worse. Narrative worse. Choices? Non-existent. Performance worse. Fiddly menus? Basically the same, but in a line server they're effectively worse. Mods? :'(.

    Every time Bethesda releases a game, I'm reminded of how bulletspongey both the pc and enemies are in their game. Thankfully, fixing that is a 1-minute mod in any previous Bethesda title. Here that's impossible (or cheating, take your pick) and everyone feels spongier than ever. I would think the inability to save would add tension to the game, but so often I'd get in a fight with a higher level enemy only to find that they hit like the butterfly that gets picked on at the butterfly gym.

    I've never been a "well it's actually a X but I'm giving it a 0 because messages," sort of guy. But while I get that this game has more good about it than Ride to Hell or an asset flip, those games manage to be in fun in a "look how bad this is!" way. I kept waiting to get into a flow with this game, but kept being reminded of how much worse it was than a 3-year old game. All that makes for a gaming experience I regard as one of the worst in my life. If it were a little worse, it would be so bad it's good. Instead, it just sucks. In my book, that's a 0.
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  9. Nov 14, 2018
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    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
  10. Nov 23, 2018
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    I was really hoping this game would be good. I've been wanting an online Fallout game since New Vegas. I think that's why I'm so disappointed. I was hyped for this game and what it delivered was a mediocre, empty experience. The main problem is that there are no human NPCs. To me, the characters are what made Fallout, Fallout. In this game, the world doesn't feel alive, despite all theI was really hoping this game would be good. I've been wanting an online Fallout game since New Vegas. I think that's why I'm so disappointed. I was hyped for this game and what it delivered was a mediocre, empty experience. The main problem is that there are no human NPCs. To me, the characters are what made Fallout, Fallout. In this game, the world doesn't feel alive, despite all the other players running around. There are no characters to talk to, to hear stories from. No humans to give you quests that have an actual meaning to them. All quests in this game are given by robots, which takes away the feeling that you are doing the quest to help a person. All the quests are repetitive fetch quests or escort missions. All in all, this game is a huge letdown that feels very empty and incomplete. I do not recommend this game until Bethesda adds mod support and private servers that allow you to up the player count to at least 64. Then, maybe, there will be some possibility for roleplay, which may or may not make the experience any better. Expand
  11. Nov 14, 2018
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    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
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  12. Nov 14, 2018
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    From the very first second of playing, I was greeted with the sound of a man deeply taking drags on a vape and commentating his every thought while I used the horribly clunky face customizer as fast as I could so that I could reach a menu where I could mute the player.

    Shortly after, a Brahman spawned on me inside a bathroom, trapping me. This is the experience of Fallout 76.
    From the very first second of playing, I was greeted with the sound of a man deeply taking drags on a vape and commentating his every thought while I used the horribly clunky face customizer as fast as I could so that I could reach a menu where I could mute the player.

    Shortly after, a Brahman spawned on me inside a bathroom, trapping me.

    This is the experience of Fallout 76. Obnoxious other players who are there occasionally, and when they aren't you still suffer by losing out on NPCs, VATs, being able to pause the game and just generally everything that makes Fallout a good game.

    I do not think I have ever been so disappointed in a "AAA" release.

    On top of this, when I went to pick up my physical copy from GameStop (which was ordered 5 months ago) the disk was made of cardboard and had a code stamped on it for download. Now I want to return the game but GameStop "doesn't accept returns on digital purchases," one of the reasons I ordered a physical copy in the first place.

    Just a colossal failure on the part of both Bethesda and GameStop.
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  13. Nov 14, 2018
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    I love how the only thing that works is the store.
    Hey Bethesda! Maybe try upgrading your engine?
  14. Nov 14, 2018
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    A truly disappointing entry into the fallout series. Bethesda misread their formula and added all of the wrong ingredients. While the idea of a multiplayer fallout game initially intrigued me quite a bit, there is just far too much wrong with this game to give it any kind of endorsement.

    Multiplayer – The multiplayer aspect of this game almost feels like an afterthought with how bad it
    A truly disappointing entry into the fallout series. Bethesda misread their formula and added all of the wrong ingredients. While the idea of a multiplayer fallout game initially intrigued me quite a bit, there is just far too much wrong with this game to give it any kind of endorsement.

    Multiplayer – The multiplayer aspect of this game almost feels like an afterthought with how bad it is. Bethesda usually nails single player games but their formula does not adopt very well to the multiplayer stage. The game tries to straddle the line between single-player and multi-player without really committing to either. This ends up one of the biggest issues with the game as it was marketed specifically as a multiplayer fallout, so when one of the biggest features falls flat, it really impacts the game across the board. Other players basically have no reason to interact with you at any point. PvP combat with other players is a joke, with no consequence and no real sense of danger from seeing other players. Someone can walk right up to you and empty an entire magazine into you for little to no damage, something easily ignored even in the middle of combat. Questing with others is also pointless as every member of the party needs to separately complete each objective without the option to share any sort of progress. I can see what Bethesda was shooting for when they attempted to make this multiplayer instead of focusing on single player but they clearly missed the mark.

    Combat – Combat feels sluggish and unresponsive, which is only made worse by the neutered VATS system. Without the ability to use VATS in any meaningful way, Fallout 76 has to rely on its shooter mechanics which fall noticeably short of the bar set by other games. Bullets often seem more like nerf darts and melee can be like wading through syrup at times.

    Perks – The perk system now feels exactly like a loot box, which I hope is just an accident on Bethesda’s part. Rather than having any sort of control over how your character specializes, the random nature of the new perk system basically forces players to just cross their fingers and hope that they get a somewhat decent collection of perk cards. Choice is almost completely ignored until much later levels where the player will have eventually acquired the majority of the perk cards.

    Crafting – Crafting also feels largely neutered and useless. With many weapon customization options seemingly missing from the game and no support coming from the community any time soon, this feels like a clear step backwards for no reason. Bethesda already had a working system in fallout 4 that they could and should have improved upon rather than dropping the ball as they have.

    Exploration/Questing – While the map does look big at a glance, the world feels strangely empty due to the lack of NPC hubs and quest givers. It feels like quite a few assets were taken directly from Fallout 4 as the world seems almost too familiar at times. Most quests devolve rather quickly into fetch quests or kill quests which is a disappointing direction for the franchise. Some of the new locations do look impressive but the world itself only looks good the first few times through an area, after that they rapidly grow monotonous as the same enemies spawn each time you wander nearby. Questing lacks any sort of mystery as the outcome of most quests in known right from the start.

    Micro Transactions –One of the most polished aspects of the game seems to be the Atom shop. This is just the next poor choice in a series of bad decisions made by Bethesda regarding monetization. Given their most recent failures with the monetization of mods and the failure that was the creation club in Skyrim and Fallout 4, I can’t say I’m surprised to see them try this again, although it is disappointing to see them resort to this level of greed. What content is present in the shop feels like a joke with how simple it is and that’s not even factoring in the heinous prices attached.

    I feel that Bethesda missed the mark pretty much across the board with this entry into the Fallout franchise. Their excessive focus on wringing more money out of their players is starting to become an irritating trend and the lack of work put into this game is almost a slap in the face for their dedicated fans. It feels more like the Bethesda accountant made all the creative decisions behind this game which is a shame considering how well received their other titles have been. They had a winning formula they outright ignored in what seems like a quick cash grab. I understand that not everyone will agree with what I’ve written, but I’ve played quite a few Bethesda games now, and this feels like a serious departure from their past successes.
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  15. Nov 14, 2018
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    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
  16. Nov 14, 2018
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    Way worse than FO4. It is more like a DLC for FO4. Same graphics. No NPC's. Unless you want a multiplayer experience you will be dissappointed with playing it solo.
  17. Nov 14, 2018
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    Abysmal. Words cannot express how poorly this game is made. Waste of money!
  18. Nov 14, 2018
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    Bugs galore (what do you expect, its a Bethesda game) FPS is locked, engine is outdated and it shows. The game has an identity crisis, and it struggles to do any one thing right. The PvP is lackluster, and it seems like it is discouraged you have nothing to gain and quite a bit to lose. The building is just as bad as you remember from Fallout 4. The game feels empty and soulless, TheBugs galore (what do you expect, its a Bethesda game) FPS is locked, engine is outdated and it shows. The game has an identity crisis, and it struggles to do any one thing right. The PvP is lackluster, and it seems like it is discouraged you have nothing to gain and quite a bit to lose. The building is just as bad as you remember from Fallout 4. The game feels empty and soulless, The quests that are in the game are boring, and uninteresting. If you enjoyed the boring radiant quests from Fallout 4 you will probably like this game. The lore and the setting makes no sense, and the constant retcons are a slap in the face to many die hard fans. Expand
  19. Nov 14, 2018
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    Whether you're playing this with friends or alone it defiently is a miss. The world is empty and small, impotent enemies, poor AI, and no sense of realistic survivability. The perk card system is a poor replacement on the previous perk system. The gun modification system has been greatly dumbed-down and is more irrelevant. The CAMP feature is not fun, uncreative, and rage inducing. TheWhether you're playing this with friends or alone it defiently is a miss. The world is empty and small, impotent enemies, poor AI, and no sense of realistic survivability. The perk card system is a poor replacement on the previous perk system. The gun modification system has been greatly dumbed-down and is more irrelevant. The CAMP feature is not fun, uncreative, and rage inducing. The story and quests are actually not there and more shallow than what one would think at first look. And the community is toxic, hostile, and overall what a racist white male community typically is like. Theres room for things to be worse of course, but I cannot see how. If it isn't it right now, the game surely will be a huge failure after a few updates. Defeiently a miss. Expand
  20. Nov 14, 2018
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    This game deserves all the hate it's getting.

    A horrible buggy mess as expected from Bugthesda, they also changed a lot of the lore from this 21 year old game series. They decided to do one of the most anti consumer things you can do to a game, make it online only and it backfired. Sorry to see you go fallout, it was fun while it lasted.
  21. Nov 14, 2018
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    This is quite possibly the laziest mmo I have ever had the displeasure of playing. First things first, the gameplay is copied right from Fallout 4 which would be fine if it weren't for the fact that Fallout 4 had a lot more to do and a lot more to it. This game is incredibly empty with no real npc's to interact with, workbenches and the like that can only be utilized by a single player atThis is quite possibly the laziest mmo I have ever had the displeasure of playing. First things first, the gameplay is copied right from Fallout 4 which would be fine if it weren't for the fact that Fallout 4 had a lot more to do and a lot more to it. This game is incredibly empty with no real npc's to interact with, workbenches and the like that can only be utilized by a single player at a team leading to waiting in line for the chance to do anything, player collision systems that stop players from moving through each other making it so that people who stop in door ways stop everyone else from entering the building. Monsters spawn far to frequently and attack based solely on seeing a player, meaning trolls simply lead large groups of monsters into populated areas and let them loose on unsuspecting players and also causes players to basically be penalized for actively trying to explore instead of just following where the game actively leads you. On top of that the story, if you want to call it that, is really, really lazy and poorly done. It honestly might as well not even be there. Now we can get to the best part, that the game is a buggy mess! This truly is a failure in every way. If you want a good fallout experience but have completed 4 then go back and play 1,2,tactics, 3 or NV. This game isn't
    even worth being free.
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  22. Nov 16, 2018
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    Fallout is my all time favorite series. I really wanted this game to succeed, but this is nothing more then a lackluster Installment to a once great franchise. Fallout 76 doesn't know what it is and falls flat in all aspects. It fails at being a rpg, a looter shooter, a pvp shooter, or a survival game. I dont know if this a cash grab, but i do know Bethesda Is really out of touch withFallout is my all time favorite series. I really wanted this game to succeed, but this is nothing more then a lackluster Installment to a once great franchise. Fallout 76 doesn't know what it is and falls flat in all aspects. It fails at being a rpg, a looter shooter, a pvp shooter, or a survival game. I dont know if this a cash grab, but i do know Bethesda Is really out of touch with there fan base. Expand
  23. VoD
    Nov 14, 2018
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    There is nothing fallout about this game. Bethesda thinks that what makes fallout fun is shooting creatures with oldies playing in the background.
    No nuanced characters (or any NPCs at all)
    No complex decision making
    Not a fallout game.
  24. Nov 17, 2018
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    Bethesda used to be at the top of my list for personal best game developers but they have sunken so low, especially with Fallout 76.

    The game is a slap in the face to consumers and fans of the Fallout franchise, it's a bug riddled mess and they can't get the very basic right like having support for ultrawide monitors and higher framerates. On top of these amateur technical failures the
    Bethesda used to be at the top of my list for personal best game developers but they have sunken so low, especially with Fallout 76.

    The game is a slap in the face to consumers and fans of the Fallout franchise, it's a bug riddled mess and they can't get the very basic right like having support for ultrawide monitors and higher framerates. On top of these amateur technical failures the game play is bland and boring. If you don't have any friends to play this game with you basically just wasted $60. All I can do is hope that Bethesda has the mercy to never butcher the Elder Scrolls franchise like they have killed the Fallout franchise.
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  25. Nov 15, 2018
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    Eh. I don't care for it. It simply isn't Fallout. They should have named it something different, and that would have been fine. This reminds me of the time Sim City went online only and destroyed the franchise. I really hope this is a blip on the radar.
  26. Nov 14, 2018
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    It's one thing to make a game from a single player IP that's online, it's another to do that while not encrypting online data and failing to have an anti cheat system. 15 years ago a game without anti cheat would be seen as a cheater magnet, that is more true today then ever in a game market of online games with anti cheat. This is unacceptable behavior on the part of Bethesda, this is anIt's one thing to make a game from a single player IP that's online, it's another to do that while not encrypting online data and failing to have an anti cheat system. 15 years ago a game without anti cheat would be seen as a cheater magnet, that is more true today then ever in a game market of online games with anti cheat. This is unacceptable behavior on the part of Bethesda, this is an unacceptable condition game that needs a minimum of another year in the oven and some actual anti cheat mechanisms before anyone, yes *anyone*, gives this game a 10, should give this game higher then a 0. It fails to do everything an online game NEEDS to do before allowing people into the same lobby with one another. By playing this game you put your IP address at risk of DDOS by anyone with basic understanding, your time at risk of the whim of cheaters, and your joy in constant risk of the whim of cheaters. Shame on those of you giving this game a 10, it shouldn't even have been released in this condition. On top of all of that say you got to try the game in the beta(1 month before release isn't a beta it's an early show) by a friend giving you a key, congrats F:76 is going to hold GIGS of your hard drive hostage until you pay Bethesda for your key just to uninstall it or the person who gave you the key puts their own account at risk by giving others access to a private account because they didn't have the basic decency to allow said players to uninstall the game. All of that is why I say shame on the people giving this, to be blunt, garbage a 10. This thing shouldn't even be *allowed* on the market in the current state and, again to be blunt, scam-like beta practices.

    Edit: As of now the current methods of encryption are not entirely clear, the methods used are not up to, speaking metaphorically, code. There's different forms of encryption going on at different times, all statements about cheaters are extremely valid however Bethesda did do at least some effort to encrypt important things some of the time. As of now your IP could leak but is less likely to then it initially looked, that said there are still ways to derive it and many people who want to pretend it's not an issue. This is still a major issue in an ONLINE only game. To those saying there are no bugs, you're a liar. To those saying there isn't more risk of cheaters in this game, you're a liar or delusional. By appearances packets used can be easily forged and due to the engine used people who would do such are ahead of the pack compared to other titles. That said there's day one mods for the UI which is a direct security risk of wallhacks along with other nefarious means, it's better then it had looked but it's still unacceptable condition for an online game. All of that said, good job Bethesda for doing the minimum effort to stop people from getting leaked IPs. Before the game even was "released" people found ways to cheat and support cheating, there can be mod support or strong anti cheat and they really can't have it both ways in this case. They can allow mods, as an example, that hook into the UI and change things or they can disallow such things because of the ease of adapting cheats to such methods, they can't have it both ways.
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  27. Nov 16, 2018
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    Simply unfinished. It is insultingly bad for the price point and should never have been shipped out in the condition that it is in. This game is nothing but a big middle finger by bethesda to every fallout fan and this game shows that they care about their franchises only in name alone. Disconnects, quest breaking glitches, stuttering and framerate dips, enemies spawning in front of youSimply unfinished. It is insultingly bad for the price point and should never have been shipped out in the condition that it is in. This game is nothing but a big middle finger by bethesda to every fallout fan and this game shows that they care about their franchises only in name alone. Disconnects, quest breaking glitches, stuttering and framerate dips, enemies spawning in front of you and many, many more issues are present in this game. On a technical level this game is objectively garbage and that's not even going into the empty world that they've created. No purpose at all in this game, just a sandbox without the sand in it. Expand
  28. Nov 14, 2018
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    I am not impressed with this game its glitches way to much. I have never had so many glitches in an online game. Cant finish quests cause of the glitches. If your carrying too much and die you have to quit the game in order to re spawn and your only allowed to put 400 items in your storage box when in past fallout games there where no limits on that so if your carrying too much you cantI am not impressed with this game its glitches way to much. I have never had so many glitches in an online game. Cant finish quests cause of the glitches. If your carrying too much and die you have to quit the game in order to re spawn and your only allowed to put 400 items in your storage box when in past fallout games there where no limits on that so if your carrying too much you cant keep it to build or fix things cause you have limits. And so much for people not being able to keep killing you every time you respawn cause it happens or just killing you for no reason while using a computer so yeah im not impressed with this one Expand
  29. Nov 15, 2018
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    This is simply not a game. Any other survival game is better, including original DayZ mod.
  30. Nov 15, 2018
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    Pre-ordered Fallout 76, played the BETA twice and cancelled thereafter. It isn't quite the same, it's been ruined and we only have Bethesda to thank. A terrible experience full of game breaking bugs and boring gameplay.
  31. Nov 15, 2018
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    Just don't buy this game, nothing about it is worth any of your money. Bethesda, fix your game and maybe ill consider playing it again xoxo
  32. Nov 15, 2018
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    Bethesda never changes...
    I want to believe, the fans build some great mods and this game will be great
    but now...
  33. Nov 29, 2018
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    The worst crap I've ever played in my life. I'm a BIG Fallout fan since the first Fallout. I'm a big MMO fan aswell. This bugged, unfinished pre-alfa slap in the gamers face crap is NOTHING like a Fallout. If not BIG money from Bethesda and their owner put into marketing, this "nothing" wouldn't be bought by no-one. DON'T BUY IT, DON'T PLAY IT!
  34. Nov 15, 2018
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    Не буду в сотый раз описывать - это просто отвратительно. Пробовал вернуть деньги - не получается.
  35. Nov 16, 2018
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    JUNK, Bethesda are AWOL in supporting this game! potential to be amazing.... worth $9.99
  36. Nov 15, 2018
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    An unbelievably cynically conceived and wholly poorly executed excuse for a game.

    This game is utterly devoid of life, content and any reason to play it. All of that is before you mention the relentless bugs, failing engine and how vulnerable it will always be to exploits. I was a fan of Bethesda, and the fallout titles before they were acquired. I'm one of the very old guard of
    An unbelievably cynically conceived and wholly poorly executed excuse for a game.

    This game is utterly devoid of life, content and any reason to play it. All of that is before you mention the relentless bugs, failing engine and how vulnerable it will always be to exploits.

    I was a fan of Bethesda, and the fallout titles before they were acquired. I'm one of the very old guard of these games, to the point where I've spent more time in the world playing or making mods, than most of the developers. As such, I've always been interested in why they take the direction they do in each new installment. After many hours in game, I simply cannot believe they had anything other than utter cynicism at heart when they produced this product. There were a million and one ways they could experiment with the title and multiplayer functionality, but the only reason I see that we could have ended up here is if they set out with the goal of making an incredible cheap and content devoid game for the purpose of recurrent monetisation.

    That's all this is. This is closer in terms of content, enjoyment, and I'd be willing to wager, development cost, to fallout shelter, than a mainline fallout game.

    They wanted to see how this experiment played out? Tell them the only way they'll listen. Don't buy
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  37. Nov 15, 2018
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    worst **** game ever I swear to God **** Bethesda **** Todd Howard praise geraldo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  38. Nov 15, 2018
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    Это финишь серии. Позор какой то, а не игра. Не этого ждали игроки. Как фанат серии отказываюсь играть в эту поделку.
  39. Nov 15, 2018
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    It is appalling to call this game a good game, anyone who thinks so is just stupid.
  40. Nov 15, 2018
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    sry guys, but i need lots of money.                                                                                                              
  41. Nov 15, 2018
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    This game is an insult to the franchise, sooo boring, shame bethesda shame....i hope they learn but they never do.
  42. Nov 15, 2018
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    Хорошая задумка, смелый шаг, я купил игру, что бы вас поддержать, она даже в какой-то мере увлекает!!
    Но нет ребята, нет, так не делается, все слишком плохо, мне грустно от этого.
  43. Nov 19, 2018
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    Just F4 multiplayer mod, with empty, lifeless world and a ton of bugs.
    0/10 Next.
  44. Nov 15, 2018
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    no fow slider
    looked fps
    not on STEAM
    buggy and glitchy
    bad graphic
    no npcs
  45. Nov 15, 2018
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    Dumpster fire. Maybe after this game becomes your worst commercial failure in the company's history you'll realize that you shouldn't wipe your ass with the people who have been paying for your livelyhood the past 20 years.
  46. Nov 19, 2018
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    The game wasn't even finished upon release..................................................................
    However Bethesda have made sure the micro-transactions work, so for $5 you can buy a hat for your character................................................................................................................................................
  47. Nov 15, 2018
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    Incompetent doesn't do this justice. Every system in this game is broken and unplanned. I'll explain why but please understand, you are not just getting a game 'different' from the Fallout franchise, you are getting an abomination of game-design that happens to have a Fallout skin. Vault-boy and retro-futurism, stimpaks, psychos and iguana-on-a-stick. That's the ONLY way you can call thisIncompetent doesn't do this justice. Every system in this game is broken and unplanned. I'll explain why but please understand, you are not just getting a game 'different' from the Fallout franchise, you are getting an abomination of game-design that happens to have a Fallout skin. Vault-boy and retro-futurism, stimpaks, psychos and iguana-on-a-stick. That's the ONLY way you can call this a Fallout game. Fallout 76 has no idea what it is.

    1) No humans - what does this mean? A LOT is the answer.
    - No dialogue (all NPCs are robots, or can't be talked to). Takes a toll on RP
    - No quests have any choices, they all have the same result. You go to a place and you kill them all because they're different, and do the action you're required to do.
    - All quests are from robots or holotapes. You just press E on them and wait a minute, or activate a holotape. No personality, and no motivation to complete a quest. A voiceline is this: you are just being asked to do an action somewhere and being subjected to the horrible lore fluff.
    - All humans are players: Players do not even come CLOSE to covering the role of human NPCs in previous games. They always play without sound, and the way the game is made, the only reaction you can have to meeting someone is "oh there's a guy". That's literally all.

    2) Empty world, empty lore
    - Bethesda says 4 times as large, I say 4 times as sparse. Everything is far apart and is NOT more rich than New Vegas' map for instance
    - Exploring without a quest is pointless, you can loot an entire facility and find nothing of use, there's no big reward for clearing a building. The odds of picking up a quest are abysmal as well, you learn to not enter any building that doesn't have a questpointer.
    - A map has so few players that you can play a whole day without meeting anyone. If you go to Flatwoods you'll see 2-3 people, but otherwise don't count on it.
    - Game is filled with lore fluff that has no purpose. Only 1/5 terminals serve a purpose, the rest are filled with stupid lore that has no bearing on impact. In previous games you learned about the location, maybe found something you could apply to find a stash or solve a problem, but here it's utterly useless.
    - No ultimate objective: Remember how we purified the Capital Wasteland's water? Remember bringing peace to a war-torn Mojave? Forget that, you are doing favors for robots in Fallout76, there's no endgoal or build-up, JUST a stream of kill/retrieve quests until you can't take it anymore.

    3) Bad gameplay
    - Perks are even worse than Fo4 where they already botched it completely. First of all, the interface is confusing beyond belief, you apparently select a s.p.e.c.i.a.l point and then get to scroll around and choose which perk you want. The perks however are complete RNG and you can end up not being able to level up how you want to. I went with intelligence for hacking and energy weapons, but only got Hacking 2 at level 23. In old Fallout, each point did something specific. In Fo76 however, taking a mentats is a mystery, special points by themselves don't appear to do something specific except for strength with weight capacity. Second big thing, being an intelligence main for example is not viable at all. You get some bonuses to weapon condition and weapon-modding, but no bonus-damage like strength/perception perks or anything like that. If you go full int, you can just mod weapons slightly more (not much) and _eventually_ hack complicated terminals. Like I said, after maxing int, it was in level 23 I could hack the next level above what int 1 can.
    - PvP is a joke, all players are visible on the map at all times, and if you shoot someone they take 5% damage only. You are then given a bounty, nobody is visible to you anymore and players do full damage to you. People can effortlessly fast-travel close to you and kill you. PvP is one big standoff to see who's dumb enough to shoot first, and then 1-shotting the other player instantly. You only drop junk and a couple caps btw, so the enemy runs at you again with his full inventory still available. The thing that made me uninstall was a guy whose whole strategy was wearing a powerarmor, running close to you, and VATSing to oneshot you. He stimmed endlessly and couldn't be killed.
    - You will be overencumbered every 20 minutes and need a workbench or stashcrate, which WILL run out
    - Scorched and mutants are everywhere in groups and all have guns

    Important: you will see people defend this game. Understand that these are people with a raging boner for the fallout aesthetic and nothing else. If they get to open it up and eat buffout and shoot brahmin, they will love it and die for it. If you like this game and convince 1 person to buy it, I genuinely hate you. It takes LSD-overdose-levels of hallucination and delusion to like this game and fill in the blanks the game leaves. Just being open to RPing the setting is not enough by a HUGE margain. Steer clear at all costs.
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  48. Nov 15, 2018
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    paid reviews or cognitively delayed individuals. lets take a look "this game is alright. its a 7 or 8" - 10/10 from this individual. "lack of actual story and human NPCS. Also the netcode l ooks bad. - 10/10 " so are these paid reviews or cognitively delayed individuals.
  49. Nov 15, 2018
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    this game is not ready for release lags spikes / bugs happening all the time. not worth the full price of £49.99. AVOID
  50. Nov 15, 2018
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    This game is just trash. A game like rust, with an empty world, shallow quests and no NPCs. Bethesda managed to kill the soul of this game...why invent a "bike" for the 3rd time, when the "bike" of the second, 3D single-player generation was successful. This game has probably killed this franchise. I will never play this game. This game is a failure and if people on the internet are sayingThis game is just trash. A game like rust, with an empty world, shallow quests and no NPCs. Bethesda managed to kill the soul of this game...why invent a "bike" for the 3rd time, when the "bike" of the second, 3D single-player generation was successful. This game has probably killed this franchise. I will never play this game. This game is a failure and if people on the internet are saying otherwise, they've not fans of the previous games. I was hyped for this game. I entered the hype train, only to crash into a wall of regrets and ruined Fallout traditions. Expand
  51. Nov 15, 2018
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    Its nice that we pay 60 bucks on a title who is at early acces state i mean we stay at beta update and we have no npc´s with a lot of bugs and with limited stash. i had build my base i have 4 walls and a few lamps and now my base is full of his limit too. so i cant build water food decoration or turrets so wtf this is the baddest fallout ever
  52. Nov 15, 2018
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    Terrible old engine, control on pc is terrible, not even a dlc worth. No story. Waisted time and money. Fallout r.i.p
  53. Nov 15, 2018
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    There is no UHD support! This is almost a 2019 release! What games are released without UHD support since 2015? Even indie games have it. How can you release major franchise game, where the consumer is either forced to play in windowed with the image not even centered, or with the image stretched to higher resolution, giving a fatty, **** image.

    There is no refund option either,
    There is no UHD support! This is almost a 2019 release! What games are released without UHD support since 2015? Even indie games have it. How can you release major franchise game, where the consumer is either forced to play in windowed with the image not even centered, or with the image stretched to higher resolution, giving a fatty, **** image.

    There is no refund option either, purchase this **** for your UHD gaming rig and accpet that you are ****
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  54. Nov 15, 2018
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    Hello! 2012 here! We want our bad Game back!!

    -Engine so dated. My Mom went to School with it. -FPS locked - Cause of the dated Engine and lazy Developers -FOV LOCKED! -The World is empty Design- and Story-wise. -An insult to most Lore-Fans -Bunch of fetch missions. - Does anyone remember "every failed MMO ever"? plays the same -Awful pvp -Microtransactions -Security Issues -
    Hello! 2012 here! We want our bad Game back!!

    -Engine so dated. My Mom went to School with it.
    -FPS locked - Cause of the dated Engine and lazy Developers
    -FOV LOCKED!
    -The World is empty Design- and Story-wise.
    -An insult to most Lore-Fans
    -Bunch of fetch missions. - Does anyone remember "every failed MMO ever"? plays the same
    -Awful pvp
    -Microtransactions
    -Security Issues - Google it -Cheaters will have a FunFest.

    An Insult to every Gamer who has 5 IQ more than a Brick.

    Wait for 5$ sale
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  55. Nov 15, 2018
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    Игра просто ни о чём! Это конец серии. Куча багов, графика ужасная, она не стоит своих денег!
  56. Nov 15, 2018
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    So they said, test BETA. Been welcomed by really ugly buggy and crappy Fallout 4 multiplayer mod.
    I do not think anyone should buy this crap.
  57. Nov 23, 2018
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    This game is awful. I wanted to play it so bad because it is based in West Virginia, my home state. Although I do appreciate the WV folklore and the enemies/setting, this game just seems so empty. No deep story, meaningless quests, horribly laggy even with my 115 Mbps internet. So many bugs. Why can't Bethesda ever release a complete game? I was hoping for a fallout game with multiplayerThis game is awful. I wanted to play it so bad because it is based in West Virginia, my home state. Although I do appreciate the WV folklore and the enemies/setting, this game just seems so empty. No deep story, meaningless quests, horribly laggy even with my 115 Mbps internet. So many bugs. Why can't Bethesda ever release a complete game? I was hoping for a fallout game with multiplayer capability. Not an empty mmorpg. Feels like a reskinned version of ESO honestly. But with less depth. Expand
  58. Nov 15, 2018
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    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.
  59. Nov 15, 2018
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    Fallout 76 is boring and buggy don't buy it emty word stupid AI and fetch quest it suck to see a great series get destroy like this f**k you bethesda.
  60. Nov 15, 2018
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    This is NO Fallout game, Bethesda biggest cash grab ever
    MTX Store with a Fallout Skin on top
    The game is so broken but dont worry the important thing for Bethesda the MTX Store is working
    R.I.P. Fallout
    R.I.P Bethesda
    After Paid Mods we get this cash grab trend
  61. Nov 15, 2018
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    This game is, simply put, an overpriced joke. I'm so glad I asked for a refund before It was too late.
  62. Nov 15, 2018
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    A game that clearly demonstrates the decision makers at Bethesda / Zenimax have no idea why people love their existing games. Bethesda are world builders who excel at making deep immersing lore and spaces for storytelling, these principles are entirely incompatible with an open MMO experience which obscures lore, storytelling and immersion behind a wall of idiots shouting into theirA game that clearly demonstrates the decision makers at Bethesda / Zenimax have no idea why people love their existing games. Bethesda are world builders who excel at making deep immersing lore and spaces for storytelling, these principles are entirely incompatible with an open MMO experience which obscures lore, storytelling and immersion behind a wall of idiots shouting into their microphones and jumping around in circles. Far from a relaxing or engaging experience I find the game frustrating and shallow. Expand
  63. Nov 15, 2018
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    I am really disappointed in this game, this is not what I was expecting from Bethesda. I really hoped for a new Skyrim... It is really sad to see that it is multiplayer only
  64. Nov 15, 2018
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    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 Expand
  65. Nov 15, 2018
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    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!
  66. Nov 15, 2018
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    A terrible lazy insult to all Bethesda fans, the fallout and elder scrolls game need an updated engine and a better vision for their games.
  67. Nov 15, 2018
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    Poor performance, bad graphics, boring story, no Fov slider, 60 FPS cap.
    With a GTX 1080 ti and an i7 7700k you get in some Areas around 40 FPS. On low settings!
    The game quickly gets boring, you can't do anything else as explore and loot.
  68. Nov 15, 2018
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    Pure cash grab with unnecessary limitations (stash size, weapon/armor level), empty/soulless world and quite a few bugs. Bethesda knew why they didn't released on steam, because this way they could just grab the cash and offer no refunds.

    I'm still wondering why Bethesda didn't changed the whole game to battle royal to grab even more cash (probably the engine wasn't up to the task).
  69. Nov 15, 2018
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    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.
  70. Nov 24, 2018
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    An absolute travesty on consumers. A buggy mess that is without question inexcusable to put on the market. This game, at least if you care one bit about the gaming future, is a must pass. The game itself isn't worth two stones, play ark or rust if you want a better experience in the same vein.
  71. Nov 15, 2018
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    This is a joke... Fallout76 is just a DLC for Fallout4 wich cost's 60€... really?! Not even NPC's, the graphics are awful, Bethesda i hope this "game" is a lesson for you. The modders can't help you this time.
  72. Nov 21, 2018
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    Fallout 76 is an empty soulless pitiful excuse of a Fallout game that should've never come to be in the first place. Bethesda showed with Fallout 4 they we're pushing for a direction where they forced the players hands in the story but now this is far FAR worse than anyone of us could've anticipated. I really REALLY wanted 76 to be good, I've been wanting coop fallout for years now butFallout 76 is an empty soulless pitiful excuse of a Fallout game that should've never come to be in the first place. Bethesda showed with Fallout 4 they we're pushing for a direction where they forced the players hands in the story but now this is far FAR worse than anyone of us could've anticipated. I really REALLY wanted 76 to be good, I've been wanting coop fallout for years now but Bethesda completely misinterpreted what the customers wanted here. When we wanted fallout multiplayer we meant a co-op option for the story, not a bunch of people running around the world doing their own thing. And even the story for this game is at best mediocre. Linear side quests that tell you to find this to get this or find this to kill this. Even the main story has you following a pattern of find me here, find me here, find me here and they're never there! Fallout was meant to be a open world RPG with in depth story and lore. This game feels like they put in 1/8th the work compared to previous titles. The game lacks freedom of choice beyond finding a quest and doing it, previous titles gave you options to have a morale compass of good bad or neutral before 4 but since then it's been a problem that only became bigger in this title. The world feels like it's empty and souless like they finished world building and said whatever to the rest of it and dropped some enemies in and robot vendors. Fallout 76 along with Diablo Immortal show how disconnected game production companies have pushed away the fans in the pursuit of money.

    Verdict;
    Go spend your hard earned money on something that isn't full retail early access garbage. Pick up a copy of RDR2, Witcher 3 or hell, if this is your first fallout game go pick up 3 or NV and you'll truly understand how awful of a job Bethesda did.
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  73. Nov 15, 2018
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    Ужасная графика, ужасная оптимизация, ужасный сюжет, ужасные (и нуднейшие) квесты, ужасный (и, опять же, нудный) мультиплеер, испоганенный ЛОР и канон, куча багов, тупой ИИ... Эта игра не имеет право иметь в названии слово Fallout и стоить 60 долларов. Беседка, гори в аду.Ужасная графика, ужасная оптимизация, ужасный сюжет, ужасные (и нуднейшие) квесты, ужасный (и, опять же, нудный) мультиплеер, испоганенный ЛОР и канон, куча багов, тупой ИИ... Эта игра не имеет право иметь в названии слово Fallout и стоить 60 долларов. Беседка, гори в аду.
  74. Nov 15, 2018
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    After 6 hours i must admit gameplay is TERRIBLE boring, BORING and loonely.
    Why you ruined Fallout?
    You threw away everything that made the Fallout series awesome (nps, mod ecc) to conceive an hybrid MMO abomination. You mad ?
  75. Nov 15, 2018
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    soulless boring cashgrab, also thanks for fcking up game lore again. hope this teach you a lesson, bethesda. also ffs make a new engine :)
  76. Nov 15, 2018
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game doesn't feel like a fallout game. It feels less alive then the first two games made over a decade ago. It lacks any substance, character, and creativity. Bethesda has proven rhey have no respect for their consumers, as this is a clear cash grab. In game purchases, unfinished game at full price, low production effort, in all, a total pos. Bethesda got too greedy with this one. Expand
  77. Nov 15, 2018
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    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.
  78. Nov 15, 2018
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    Fallout 76 is a disgrace of a fallout game. Even if you take fallout out of the title you still get a bland and boring game. If this the trend bethesda softworks is going to follow then I have no problem seeing them get completely shut down. Online only? No human NPCs?
    No proper main story or side quests? This is not fallout, honestly at this point this is an unethical business practice
    Fallout 76 is a disgrace of a fallout game. Even if you take fallout out of the title you still get a bland and boring game. If this the trend bethesda softworks is going to follow then I have no problem seeing them get completely shut down. Online only? No human NPCs?
    No proper main story or side quests? This is not fallout, honestly at this point this is an unethical business practice raking in money by selling a broken product that has no similarity to what the Fallout IP actually stands for. Falout 4 was bad enough, 76 is just pure garbage.
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  79. Nov 15, 2018
    0
    This is everything good about Fallout, (story, VATS, decision impact, atmosphere, character development) gutted for the sake of appeal to new crowds in the hope that long standing customers won't notice. Please don't endorse this. I gave this game a chance and am sorely ashamed that I ever defended it or Bethesda.

    Fallout 76 represents the confirmation of Bethesda's plan to remain
    This is everything good about Fallout, (story, VATS, decision impact, atmosphere, character development) gutted for the sake of appeal to new crowds in the hope that long standing customers won't notice. Please don't endorse this. I gave this game a chance and am sorely ashamed that I ever defended it or Bethesda.

    Fallout 76 represents the confirmation of Bethesda's plan to remain anti-consumerist while selling out their IP for short term gains. There's nothing of substance here.
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  80. Nov 15, 2018
    0
    I simply refuse to pay for a company showing giant middle finger to their loyal fans, by releasing this game with new title and calling it "Fallout 76" with in-game store for cash grab

    I'm huge fan of Fallout games and I even liked FO4 with all issues that came with it, but Fallout 76 is ABSOLUTELY garbage, this is unfinished game, broken af, I cant believe they actually released it
    I simply refuse to pay for a company showing giant middle finger to their loyal fans, by releasing this game with new title and calling it "Fallout 76" with in-game store for cash grab

    I'm huge fan of Fallout games and I even liked FO4 with all issues that came with it, but Fallout 76 is ABSOLUTELY garbage, this is unfinished game, broken af, I cant believe they actually released it with its current status, this is not even an alpha. the animation is absurd, textures probably worse than Fallout 3, guns in this game feels awkward... this game deserve 0 score or even worse!
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  81. Nov 15, 2018
    0
    This is a shameless attempt at a cashgrab. the game should've been in development for another year. It doesn't have a POV slider, it doesn't have push-to-talk, it even defaults to always-on voicechat without telling you. It is missing support for 21:9 and other formats, its locked at 60fps and generally just very badly optimized. The response from Bethesda when these issues arise are jokesThis is a shameless attempt at a cashgrab. the game should've been in development for another year. It doesn't have a POV slider, it doesn't have push-to-talk, it even defaults to always-on voicechat without telling you. It is missing support for 21:9 and other formats, its locked at 60fps and generally just very badly optimized. The response from Bethesda when these issues arise are jokes about how "haha bugs again how typical us xD", instead of taking it seriously, and when they do issue out a statement about some of the gamebreaking issues, they just say it won't be out on launch, we'll fix it in the future sometime (maybe). It seems like they have stopped caring and they think this is somehow an acceptable state to put out a Bethesda game. It even has a bug that deletes your game for clicking play, how is that even possible? The game barely has any NPCs, devoid of any real story, and generally just feels soulless. it might be fun if you roleplay with your friends though, i'll give it that. After playing the B.E.T.A. and the game, i feel very dissapointed, its feels like a early access game, with terrible microtransactions. old outdated engine and generally unfinished in every sense of the word. At 60 usd... I haven't been this disappointed in a game since No Man's Sky. And this isn't an indie company either, this is Bethesda. This is completely unnacceptable. Bethesda should just stick to Singleplayer experiences, that's what they're good at, they're clearly incompetent at this. And if they intend to use the same engine for the new elder scrolls game, as they've stated, I will be severely dissapointed at that too, they NEED to make a new engine, its very outdated and its clearly not made for multiplayer, they need a new one. This game is a disgrace and I can't give it anything else than a 0. Expand
  82. Nov 15, 2018
    0
    As a huge fan of the Fallout series, it has pained me to see it fall so low. This game is what happens when a company goes for a pure cash grab. They stripped away every aspect of Fallout that made it a special franchise, and left it an empty husk.

    It has a boring, empty world. They are using an outdated engine, and they can't seem to bother fixing bugs that have persisted for years.
    As a huge fan of the Fallout series, it has pained me to see it fall so low. This game is what happens when a company goes for a pure cash grab. They stripped away every aspect of Fallout that made it a special franchise, and left it an empty husk.

    It has a boring, empty world. They are using an outdated engine, and they can't seem to bother fixing bugs that have persisted for years. The game is stuffed with micro-transactions to make a quick buck. There are no human NPCs; only robots. They spat in the face of lore that has been established for years.

    This game doesn't deserve the title of "Fallout." It is a prime example of the corporate greed that plagues gaming today. It doesn't deserve your money.
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  83. Nov 15, 2018
    0
    -No npcs
    -No interesting story
    **** Pvp
    -Full og bugs
    -Micro transactions
    -old engine
    -bad graphics
    -bad performance
    .no fov
    -no mods to fix it
    -boring
  84. Nov 15, 2018
    0
    It's a complete disappointment and cash grab. They threw in the cash shop before even rolling out any fixes. It's early access that will break your wallet. There's a reason the Critic Reviews are silent, cause they know if they tell the truth about how terrible it is they wont get press passes from Betheda anymore. Give it a year and it'll be fixed if it's even still around.
  85. Nov 15, 2018
    0
    I paid a lot of money for a game I can't play after collecting loot that I can't quite use yet but want to keep! If you love Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 don't bother with this until they manage to fix the storage issues or allow us to have a personal server with a controllable storage system setting.
  86. Nov 15, 2018
    0
    Fallout 76 is the worst thing that could have ever happened to the Fallout franchise.

    The story, an essential part of every prior Fallout game, is made completely uninteresting by the fact that instead of a branching, unique story where your actions affect the outcome, you are presented with a static sequence of terminals and holotapes that tell the story of what happened in Appalachia.
    Fallout 76 is the worst thing that could have ever happened to the Fallout franchise.

    The story, an essential part of every prior Fallout game, is made completely uninteresting by the fact that instead of a branching, unique story where your actions affect the outcome, you are presented with a static sequence of terminals and holotapes that tell the story of what happened in Appalachia. This is due to the fact that 76 is completely devoid of human npcs, which often in itself spoils the story, because the best thing you could ever find at the end of a quest is a corpse and a holotape. Gone are the days of making interesting decisions and actual roleplaying like in previous Fallouts.

    The world, while 4 times as big as Fallout 4s, feels empty. The lack of human npcs also makes raiders impossible, instead you always either fight some weird animal that doesn't do anything or ghouls/scorched (which are basically the same thing, but the scorched sometimes have guns). The enemies simply lack any personality. Also, locations are very far apart, so you have to walk, sometimes for 5 mins and upwards. This may not sound like much, but these minutes add up to multiple hours just spent walking.

    The gunplay is absolutely terrible, it has barely improved since Fallout 4. In fact, with the necessary changes to make V.A.T.S. work in real time, the gunplay has gotten worse. V.A.T.S. is simply useless, it is always slower and less reliable than aiming, but aiming is also hard due to the stiff controlls and abrubtly changing animations of the enemies.

    Those were just a few of the things that make the game as terrible as it is, there are more thigs, like the disgusting "atomic shop", Bethesda's **** premium currency store for useless cosmetics that should have been free to begin with, but I have neither the time nor the will to list all of Fallout 76's numerous flaws.

    I really hope the game utterly fails, because if it doesn't, we'll be seeing more of this **** in the future.
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  87. Nov 23, 2018
    0
    What a wast of time and poor effort on their part. This is a glorified BEta and that's all as well as a cash game
  88. Nov 15, 2018
    0
    Fallout fan from first game. No npc-s, no storyline, endless boring holotapes and terminals, buggy 15 years old engine...just seems soo lazy. NOTY, will not waste my money or time on this crap.
  89. Nov 15, 2018
    0
    I used to love Bethesda games, but ... OMG. This is travesty. Ugly as hell (old engine), nothing to do, no story, nothing fun, BORING. We are not talking about waste of time boring - we are talking about torturing yourself boring. Even if you are a fanboy like I used to be. Try to think how bad it can be - its worse than that.
  90. Nov 16, 2018
    0
    -- Graphique pas améliorés depuis Fallout4..
    -- Quêtes FEDEX
    -- Pas de PNJ HUMAIN -- Un monde rempli de goule, d'autres goules... et pour finir des goules.... -- Un monde qui est désespérément vide avec un manque de lien évident entre les zones. -- Finalement un multi GRAVEMENT INUTILE (POURQUOI CE MULTI QUI NE SERT A RIEN?) Bref je me fait chier dans ce jeu alors que j'ai fini 2
    -- Graphique pas améliorés depuis Fallout4..
    -- Quêtes FEDEX
    -- Pas de PNJ HUMAIN
    -- Un monde rempli de goule, d'autres goules... et pour finir des goules....
    -- Un monde qui est désespérément vide avec un manque de lien évident entre les zones.
    -- Finalement un multi GRAVEMENT INUTILE (POURQUOI CE MULTI QUI NE SERT A RIEN?)

    Bref je me fait chier dans ce jeu alors que j'ai fini 2 fois fallout4 à fond...
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  91. Nov 15, 2018
    0
    Main issue is, they tried to make an "ONLINE game at Fallout universe". They should make a "Fallout game that SUPPORTS coop". Feels like Fallout 4 DLC with online mod. Sim Settlements worth more than this. Cash grab, game as a service train too bad.
  92. Nov 15, 2018
    0
    Basically Fallout 4 minus everything that makes fallout fallout plus multiplayer which gets boring really fast. Can't count how many bugs I encountered. For a AAA game company I expected *way* more. Bethesda fix your stuff! Minecraft or Rust are superior alternatives if your looking for a multiplayer experience. Just play it with 1950s music in the background.
  93. Nov 15, 2018
    0
    Based on the Fallout 76 experience this project should be cancelled so resources can focus on games the public actually wants from Bethesda.

    Hopefully they don't waste the next year trying to remedy a bad idea instead of smartening up.
  94. Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This is the first Bethesda game that I will not be purchasing since Morrowind. The whole world seems so lifeless and lonely. It is astonishing that this game is being sold for $60. It should be a 20, maybe 30 dollar at most early access game on steam.
  95. Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Disappointing. Bethesda did not make a good game in the first place (questionable decisions, old engine, overall slacking and doing the job poorly), and for worse, did not work on it since early beta. Everyone knows Bethesda games are not the top quality games and contain lots of bugs and other issues, but that is one thing, and seeing them release the actual early BETA build on theDisappointing. Bethesda did not make a good game in the first place (questionable decisions, old engine, overall slacking and doing the job poorly), and for worse, did not work on it since early beta. Everyone knows Bethesda games are not the top quality games and contain lots of bugs and other issues, but that is one thing, and seeing them release the actual early BETA build on the release day and completely ignoring any bugs and issues that should have been fixed urgently is another.

    What score do you want for a game that was not made well and stopped getting patches a week before release?
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  96. Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Worst game I ever bought. Makes me so motion sick I had to quit after 5 mins. locked at 63 fps and no FOV adjuster. total JUNK.
  97. Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Been a die hard Fallout/Bethesda fan since Fallout 2 was released. I tried so hard to like this game. I desperately wanted to like this game. I overlooked the poor graphics and game performance, the bugs, the lack of story, terrible gunplay and controls (even by fallout standards), and the annoying multiplayer aspects. I finally lost it when after 25+ hours of grinding I still felt like myBeen a die hard Fallout/Bethesda fan since Fallout 2 was released. I tried so hard to like this game. I desperately wanted to like this game. I overlooked the poor graphics and game performance, the bugs, the lack of story, terrible gunplay and controls (even by fallout standards), and the annoying multiplayer aspects. I finally lost it when after 25+ hours of grinding I still felt like my character was an empty shell of what it had been in previous fallout games, and like I was using a pea shooter to attack hordes of overpowered enemies with unresponsive controls in combat to boot. I truly regret buying this game, and it takes a lot for me to say that because of how much I liked* Bethesda. Expand
  98. Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Looks like an unfinished mmo unfinished fallout game. Explore the emptiness, fight some ghouls, some super mutants and it is the game. No story, no npcs, no cities full of life.
    They took the old engine and did a game an empty game, they actually didnt produce anything new in this last version.
    I could take the online, what else can I do? but having the unfinished look of the game, what is it?
  99. Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Outdated, unfinished, bugged, microtransactions, lazy scenario, no npc, soundtrack is the copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of some previous fallout soundtrack.

    If this was a mod made by the community, given for free, i probably would enjoy it tho. But it's not. It's a game made by one of the biggest studio in the world, it cost 60€, this is not acceptable. when playing this game, I
    Outdated, unfinished, bugged, microtransactions, lazy scenario, no npc, soundtrack is the copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of some previous fallout soundtrack.

    If this was a mod made by the community, given for free, i probably would enjoy it tho. But it's not. It's a game made by one of the biggest studio in the world, it cost 60€, this is not acceptable.

    when playing this game, I feel like Bethesda is trying to tell me something: "you're worthless, give me your cash and be happy I care enought to sh*t on your face"
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  100. Nov 16, 2018
    0
    A DISASTER !
    bugthesda... bugthesda never changes!
    Bad engine !
    Bad gameplay!
    Bad netcode!
    NO offline mode !
    60 buks for what ?
Metascore
52

Mixed or average reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 46
  2. Negative: 13 out of 46
  1. 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.
  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]