Fallout 76

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2.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 6754 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 4,869 out of 6754
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  1. Samdt75
    Nov 16, 2018
    6
    I think a 6.5 is more accurate, lets start with the good, Fallout 76 definitely is a different fallout game. But if you enjoy base building it really is great. This game focuses around building and upgrading either your camp or your personal character. and since everything needs to be upgraded it really makes finding basic junk rewarding. Also a nice feature for Camps and workshops is theI think a 6.5 is more accurate, lets start with the good, Fallout 76 definitely is a different fallout game. But if you enjoy base building it really is great. This game focuses around building and upgrading either your camp or your personal character. and since everything needs to be upgraded it really makes finding basic junk rewarding. Also a nice feature for Camps and workshops is the ability to have materials that can be mined I think thats a pretty cool addition in 76.

    I will say for the story missions are lacking *Spoilers Kinda*...................... Everyone is dead, so story missions follow something like this, find a object find the holotape find the dead person repeat, Sometimes you get to kill some enemies along the way but for the most part thats how the story or most quests go. As for quality of quests I mean its average nothing crazy, And the quests didnt glitch out for me ever, at the time of writing this I am level 30 with about 24 hours in if you include the beta.

    The reason I put the game at a 6 or 6.5 is for the following, the servers, in all my time of playing the servers disconnected me about ten times in the normal game (I never got disconnected in the beta) and ive had this game hard crash twice for me on my rig. For reference I have a intel i7 7700 k GTX 1060 6 GB and 32 GB ddr4. I will also say when you disconnect from the server it tells you way late. I have been disconnected while running to a part of the map only to realize I disconnected and I now have to re walk all the land I just covered, supper annoying. Another reason for the low score is for the power armor glitch, Ive had to reset my game twice for power armor glitches so far, how this happens is you enter the power armor at a bad angle and get stuck.. definitely not fun. so over all for the game being out for two days ish ive crashed 2 times disconnected 10 times and had to restart the game 2 times for the power armor glitch.

    * (side note) Servers can be very lag prone and has bad hit detection this has only happened once to me forcing me to log out and back in again in order to get a better server. It was so bad to the point of me hitting a enemy then that enemy would hit me twice and then just roll over dead mid attack.

    I will also say that this game needs to have some quality of life fixes 400 lbs max stash size is crap That needs to be raised or weight levels need to be decreased. Also No push to talk is annoying as well. I have also noticed even if you turn off the voice chat sometimes the launcher likes to turn it back on again, only happened to me once in the full release and once in the beta so be aware.

    I will also say this game needs a trader hub, most vendors like at a resort in fallout 76 share the caps inventory and I find that very annoying, I suppose a way to combat that is to server hop but it should still be fixed or have something to offset this. It almost feels like you need to be able to post your goods for sale for other players to see, something like a guild store like from ESO (Elder Scrolls Online) A quick spot to put extra amo up for sale or a great place to get cheap goods. Now when I say feel I mean to say selling items is very empty and not satisfying, since vendor hubs share most caps you feel like there is no point to selling you should just scrap it. It just feels like there was supposed to be a trading store but it never really got put in.

    Also A side note that I have is with repairing weapons if i need to use a gear to repair a weapon when I scrap the weapon type in question I should get gear... makes sense right? Wrong! only wood and steel, It just kind of bothers me. But after all of that I will say one more good thing to end on. Huge map! I very rarely come across players and each area is very different from the starting area in the woods to the swamp to the nuclear waste land its all unique and each spot feels very different.    … Expand
  2. MastaKillah
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Bethesda. You promised us that war never changes. Well, it did change. It became a laggy and boring experience. Huge, empty sandbox without any meaningful content. This isn't the Fallout we want.
  3. MavorsXXX
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Not like this... not like this. This is not the Fallout we want. It's not even a RPG we want.

    This feels like multiplayer mod for Fallout 3 where every texture is re-used, everything feels old and everything is just meh. If you are playing with a friend or two then Fallout 76 is "just fine" but alone is just pure garbage. There's no story, no NPS's, nothing. You just listen the    Not like this... not like this. This is not the Fallout we want. It's not even a RPG we want.

    This feels like multiplayer mod for Fallout 3 where every texture is re-used, everything feels old and everything is just meh. If you are playing with a friend or two then Fallout 76 is "just fine" but alone is just pure garbage. There's no story, no NPS's, nothing. You just listen the holotapes and travel from A to B while killing a few robots, mutants or ghouls... Even base managing is a straight ripoff from Fallout 4.

    It's just hard to understand that this game is made by Bethesda who also made Elder Scrolls Online.    … Expand
  4. Encode_GR
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    I'm a huge Fallout fan, and this game is a disaster. A complete disaster...
    It's full of bugs, performance issues, and the content is non-existent, especially for its ridiculous price. Even the PvP concept of the game is broken. Its "Main Problem" however, is that It pretty much has no story, and it feels lifeless, boring and empty.
    It's like it's made by some sort of cheap studio with    I'm a huge Fallout fan, and this game is a disaster. A complete disaster...
    It's full of bugs, performance issues, and the content is non-existent, especially for its ridiculous price. Even the PvP concept of the game is broken. Its "Main Problem" however, is that It pretty much has no story, and it feels lifeless, boring and empty.
    It's like it's made by some sort of cheap studio with lazy devs and managers. Oh well... Looks like Bethesda's goal was to make money from micro-transactions, and not to satisfy its customers and fans. It's a shame and disappointment really.

    -- Positive: Sort of "ok" graphics and atmospheric environment.
    -- Negative: Everything else (PvP, Bugs, Performance, Story, Gameplay, Price)    … Expand
  5. UMCorian
    Nov 16, 2018
    10
    All the hate this game is getting saddens me a little bit. I'm having a blast so far. It's a massive open world - of course there's going to be bugs. I've only had one that was game stopping in about 15 hours of play.
  6. noises1990
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This is complete crap!

    I've been waiting 20 minutes on the loading screen to connect to the server. After I connect because of desync and replication issues with the server, I get killed. Have to wait another 5 minutes on the loading screen to respawn. I go into a building and get stuck on a pile of trash so I need to fast travel somewhere... Opening the map freezes my computer for    This is complete crap!

    I've been waiting 20 minutes on the loading screen to connect to the server. After I connect because of desync and replication issues with the server, I get killed. Have to wait another 5 minutes on the loading screen to respawn.
    I go into a building and get stuck on a pile of trash so I need to fast travel somewhere...

    Opening the map freezes my computer for 20 seconds.. Sometimes the audio just goes missing and it all comes back to life like the whole 5 minutes compressed in 10 seconds (shat my pants I did),

    This game is a technological nightmare! It's an old and outdated engine and I am running the game on a 2017 high-end pc with the last gen i7, a 1080ti and m2 ssd... WHAT THE ACTUAL F(_)CK?!    … Expand
  7. Hubjunk
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Bethesda was hijacked by an Early Access developer's studio, apparently which resulted in Epic Fail that is fallout 76; Please do not purchase under any circumstances.
  8. CarloalbertoRig
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Premise: I'm a 33 years old father of twins. Not an heater nor a kid. I've played all fallout games since the were isometrics and I really loved them. Back in the days when I was a studente at law university, Fallout 3, was my favourite game to play when I've got some spare times (so sad:-)).
    I have read a lot about Fallout 76, seen a bunch of Youtube videos about the beta and my eyes couldn't believe how trash this game appeared.
    I was litterally shocked how they ruined a perfect formula.
    I've prordered the game hoping the final version would be better.
    No way.
    Terrible graphics with lot of artifacts and glitches (the engine is really outdated), sometimes it stutters at 2K, with GTX 2080Ti, unaccettable!
    No dialogues.
    No NPC.
    The world is really empty! You have nothing to do except going from point A to point B, collect items, killing some monsters. No Plot, no quests, no history.
    The multiplayer side is even worse. Empty. Collabo is 0. Only group of bad painted survivors pointing their guns at some monsters.
    For me is a no go. If I could score less then 0 I would. Is not for the money (litterally stolen) but for what they did to my beloved FALLOUT.
    It is a havoc that should be withdrawn from the market.
    10 hours of play.    … Expand
  9. Saph
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    As much as I don't like giving negative reviews, this is one of the games that I feel truly deserves criticism.

    Fallout 76 is a shallow, repetitive and incredibly grind heavy experience that cynically takes everything I love about the Fallout series, guts it of all its interesting mechanics and crams the husk of what's left into a generic, boring open world survival multiplayer    As much as I don't like giving negative reviews, this is one of the games that I feel truly deserves criticism.

    Fallout 76 is a shallow, repetitive and incredibly grind heavy experience that cynically takes everything I love about the Fallout series, guts it of all its interesting mechanics and crams the husk of what's left into a generic, boring open world survival multiplayer experience.

    I would honestly say that MineCraft is more fun than 76 and that's after growing tired of it half a decade ago. So let's go into more detail on why I feel this way.

    The setting: 76 takes the setting from the core series where you play as a vault dweller emerging into a post-apocalyptic world full of nasty enemies and... Not much else. In fact the enemies are for the most part either completely broken or ridiculously easy, but I'll come back to that. The world is actually the best thing about the game and why I'm opting to give a 1 over a zero. There's a lot of vibrant colours and enjoyable scenery, but this is marred heavily by the overall experience.

    Another huge issue is the lack of NPCs and quests being doled out in MMO form. The world falls flat when there's no interesting characters to interact with or build the plot.

    The combat: Enemies in 76 are a joke. No really. Not only are they either too easy or overpowered by the game deciding to rubber band them around while you try to land a solid hit, but they're also very heavily populated meaning it's impossible to explore at your own pace and enjoy lore through tapes and terminals. There were times where I would enter a building after clearing a zone only to find that the corpses I just made have all disappeared and re-spawned around me.

    VATS is a janky mess of a feature which, being in real-time now is not only unintuitive and slow to use, but it's also incredibly unreliably. The most use I could find for it is to snap on to target before aiming manually. It also makes targeting limbs incredibly difficult with feedback on crippling enemies being near non-existent compared to past entries

    The multiplayer experience: At any time, in any place, you can and will be sent all number of duel requests from other players in the rare chance that you actually get to meet one outside of area event quests. Not only is this incredibly annoying, but it also deals a tiny amount of damage. Not enough to be threatening, but if you've just finished up[ a big fight and you're out of stims, well, you're not gonna have a lot of fun.

    Players can stalk you anywhere and issue these requests at any time. Like when you're trying to read those terminal entries, or sitting through the 20 second sleeping animations. This makes for some immersion shattering experiences that will leave you at best, mildly annoyed. There's also the fact that you can bait players into your suspended platforms in your camp and remove the floor from underneath them, downing them with fall damage and popping their heads with one bullet to get credit for the kill. This never happened to me, but the fact that it can is just stupid. Oh and good luck finding people with the same quest as you for some co-op action.

    Overall: Fallout 76 is a cynical attempt at milking the Fallout fanbase for all it's worth. There are micro transactions aplenty with the in-game store with all of the purchasable items being purely cosmetic. I wouldn't take much issue with this if the game itself wasn't a shambling mess of what its predecessors were before it.

    The combat is boring and often tedious, enemies are far too common, player griefing is prevalent despite anti-griefing measures and the plot is incredibly hard to enjoy in any capacity.

    When it was announced me and my friends would often joke about running into 13 year old kids screaming profanities about our mother as they did everything they could to annoy us into quitting. This didn't happen, but the game itself felt equally offensive just by playing it. It plays like a reanimated corpse of Fallout 4 with none of the charm.

    Spend your money elsewhere, I know I will.    … Expand
  10. Makkenz
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wait to buy this game.
    It's deserve 3/10.
    We are in 2018 . Got 1080Ti / i7 8700k .
    This game is caped 34 fps. 63 uncaped with saccacdes.
    And everything cool u can do for change is to modify .ini file.

    Wait for a patch.    … Expand
  11. benny0909
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Have you ever had a pizza without cheese (npcs)? Have you ever ate a pizza without sauce (story)? Imagine eating a pizza without either. That is Fallout 76.

    Fallout 76 is without question, the worst title Bethesda has ever made. This is coming from someone who has played every Bethesda title since Morrowind. I would not recommend this game even if it was free. Fallout 76 is not    Have you ever had a pizza without cheese (npcs)? Have you ever ate a pizza without sauce (story)? Imagine eating a pizza without either. That is Fallout 76.

    Fallout 76 is without question, the worst title Bethesda has ever made. This is coming from someone who has played every Bethesda title since Morrowind. I would not recommend this game even if it was free. Fallout 76 is not what Fallout is or was. It is a doppleganger pretending to the franchise you love. It is a Fallout themed sepulchre filled with dead mans bones. Save yourself the grief & pretend this Fallout installment doesn't exist.    … Expand
  12. fedelomas
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    La parte que mas odio es que no puedo jugar offline, donde vivo tengo un internet de mierda con respecto a otros paises, para colmo que no haya npc hace mucho mas aburrido el juego.
    Le daria una puntuacion de 9 o 10 si pusieran npc y podrias creas tus propias partidas e invitar a tus amigos.
    El hecho que me solo puedo jugar al servidor que ellos me designan y cruzarme con genete random    La parte que mas odio es que no puedo jugar offline, donde vivo tengo un internet de mierda con respecto a otros paises, para colmo que no haya npc hace mucho mas aburrido el juego.
    Le daria una puntuacion de 9 o 10 si pusieran npc y podrias creas tus propias partidas e invitar a tus amigos.
    El hecho que me solo puedo jugar al servidor que ellos me designan y cruzarme con genete random es mas malo que bueno por lo visto porque la experiencia que me mostro es que la mayoria preferia jugar solo o con sus amigos    … Expand
  13. Saltwaifu
    Nov 16, 2018
    6
    A very average game in comparison to many triple A titles released within the last 2 years. Its game-world is nowhere as polished or interesting as Breath of the Wild, Horizon:Zero Dawn or RDR2. Its technical aspects are half a decade behind most $30 games.
    The game looks, feels and plays poorly. Frame stutters, capped framerate, no FOV slider, no push to talk, janky sounds, weapons feel    A very average game in comparison to many triple A titles released within the last 2 years. Its game-world is nowhere as polished or interesting as Breath of the Wild, Horizon:Zero Dawn or RDR2. Its technical aspects are half a decade behind most $30 games.
    The game looks, feels and plays poorly. Frame stutters, capped framerate, no FOV slider, no push to talk, janky sounds, weapons feel like they have little next to no impact in both audio and visual compared to good FPS, of which there have been plenty since 2017.

    There is a majority of environmental storytelling, if you enjoyed this in other Fallout titles, you will enjoy it here. But there is a significant lack of cohesive main- and sub-plot storytelling. Every location has its own story but you barely ever feel like you're part of a significant storyline with an means to an end. There are also no surprises in storytelling; pretty much every human NPC is dead, you will always return to a terminal or a robot and never be surprised or caught off-guard once.
    The leveling and weapon system are normalized so higher level players don't carry a great advantage over lower level players, making level 20s able to compete with 40s. This artificial balance in turn makes the PvE a complete joke, with the mobs suffering from the typical Bethesda AI flaws since Morrowind (getting stuck, getting confused, standing still. If you shoot a big monster from a position it has hard time reaching, you win).
    As such, there is no real sense of progression either. Hour 3 will feel like hour 30 will feel like hour 300, except you're wearing Power Armor in the end and have an even greater overabundance of Stimpacks to spam and cheese out the already ridiculously easy content.
    The gunplay is incredibly shallow, from bad audio to bad animations and visuals to little impact felt from guns. There is no realism in this shooting, from the way the guns sway to recoil to damage.
    A majority of base movement and combat animations have been recycled from Fallout 3 and Skyrim. You still have swing left, swing right, power attack and block, clunky run animations, clunky wielding animations, pretty much everything that modders worked hard to change for FO4.
    Finally, the character customization is horrible. The most downloaded mods on Nexus for FO4 (and Skyrim) are to improve character customization, visuals, textures and clothes. None of that is in Fallout 76, your character will go through the exact same creation menu as Fallout 4 with barely any improvements made to it, the textures will be bad, the customization will be bad.
    Many clothes just 'hide' your equipped armor pieces, and the majority of armor you find is re-used assets from 4, without even getting a texture upgrade. Customization is one of the most imporant aspects for many people in an RPG and Fallout 76 offers very rudimentary, ugly customization that won't make you feel unique or like a virtual avatar of yourself, just an ugly blob of very dated textures.

    All in all, this game is worse than many early access titles currently, not worth $60 for any of its key aspect: There are many superior multi- and single-player games out on the market. There are games with better storytelling on the market. There are games with better visuals and technology on the market that still offer more interesting gameplay than F76.

    I gave it a 55/100, rounded up to a 6/10 on here. It is an 'okay' game but it's not great. It has fun potential, but not more than other games. Games media will likely give it a deluded high 70 to low 80, but what else is new. Just in terms of graphics, stability and features you'd objectively have to deduct a vast sum of %, but everyone knows they won't.
    Still, it's not a 0/10 like all the bombed reviews claim, but its definitely not a 10/10 with vibrant AI as some of the other reviews claim. The truth is somewhere in the middle.

    Only buy this if you have an abundance of income and don't feel bad for supporting the practice of unfinished, recycled games as a service, or if you enjoy environmental storytelling as the main aspect of a game.
    Fallout 76 is an avatar of mediocrity, and as long as gamers don't start voting with their wallets to force Game Studios to shape up, this will be the standard for many games moving forward.    … Expand
  14. kremator
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Do not Buy! There is nothing that deserves your attention. The game is just bad.
  15. Blatalina
    Nov 16, 2018
    5
    The world is interesting to explore. But why no story? Why no human NPCs? I have played other multi-player online games with human NPCs without any issues. Is it really Fallout if there's no Dogmeat? I hope Bethesda will see the error of their ways and maybe add a massive DLC where a huge settlement of characters is located. I would have gladly waited a few extra years to get aThe world is interesting to explore. But why no story? Why no human NPCs? I have played other multi-player online games with human NPCs without any issues. Is it really Fallout if there's no Dogmeat? I hope Bethesda will see the error of their ways and maybe add a massive DLC where a huge settlement of characters is located. I would have gladly waited a few extra years to get a traditional fallout game. I was playing a large mod for an older Fallout game yesterday. I felt fear, excitement, wonder, humor and I had to really think about what I was doing. You don't get that in 76. When I play Fallout 76 it is just "oh more wood to gather. I had better drink water." I don't hate the game but it really needs some human NPCs and a story to save it. Finding dead bodies gets old. If they are dead bodies why am I doing their bidding? It just doesn't add up.… Expand
  16. marrourke
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Tedious game, buggy mess, bad netcode, bad engine, bad fanboys who claim a turd rolled in glitter tastes fantastic. I'm all for change, for the better. Unfortunately this is a bad change. Even a lot of the positive reviews list some bugs and say the game is only OK to them, then still give it a perfect 10 score! Fanboys disgust me.
  17. kahn0083
    Nov 16, 2018
    9
    Is this game perfect? Absolutely not, what is?
    Is this game buggy? It can be, it's only 2 days old and it's a Bethesda game, known for oddity.
    Is this game good? YES. Despite all the whining and complaining, despite the "corruption of the lore," and no NPCs. It is a GOOD representation of post-apocalyptia and tremendously fun, especially with friends. Find some friends, do some    Is this game perfect? Absolutely not, what is?
    Is this game buggy? It can be, it's only 2 days old and it's a Bethesda game, known for oddity.
    Is this game good? YES. Despite all the whining and complaining, despite the "corruption of the lore," and no NPCs. It is a GOOD representation of post-apocalyptia and tremendously fun, especially with friends.

    Find some friends, do some events, follow the main storyline.

    New Title: Fallout w/ friends: whining? whining never changes.    … Expand
  18. Praetorian_bgx
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Time for Bethesda to move on with this engine and update their framework. In 2018 game looks bad and works like broken early access.
  19. thepaladintech
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This is not a Fallout Brian Fargo/Tim Cain created. This is just another Todds money grabber
  20. Linkler
    Nov 16, 2018
    9
    The Story is probably the only real letdown, the world is amaizing and the public events make it all very exciting. The best thing is when you meet a friendly random in the forest, or that they inproved the building mechanics from Falllout 4. Of course there are some bug and I've only had one small side quest glitch so I couldn't compleat it.

    tl;dr world and the exploration is amaizing,    The Story is probably the only real letdown, the world is amaizing and the public events make it all very exciting. The best thing is when you meet a friendly random in the forest, or that they inproved the building mechanics from Falllout 4. Of course there are some bug and I've only had one small side quest glitch so I couldn't compleat it.

    tl;dr world and the exploration is amaizing, public events and the building is great and alot of the story is decent.    … Expand
  21. TylarisGT
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    It runs like ****

    It plays like ****

    It looks like ****

    So what's new with Bethesda?
  22. BladeStew
    Nov 16, 2018
    8
    The hatred for this game is the infantile banter of a fan base who cries for change, but then refuses to approach the change with an open mind. You knew from the beginning that this was experimental, and not a traditional idea. Who likes a company that follows a rinse and repeat formula? I commend Bethesda for trying to appease their perfectionist fan base.
    The Game that is actually    The hatred for this game is the infantile banter of a fan base who cries for change, but then refuses to approach the change with an open mind. You knew from the beginning that this was experimental, and not a traditional idea. Who likes a company that follows a rinse and repeat formula? I commend Bethesda for trying to appease their perfectionist fan base.
    The Game that is actually presented is not bad. Certainly not enough to garner the hate it has. The world is well designed, and full of character. The variation in the map is a welcomed change, and I simply love the look of it. Appalachia in the fall is gorgeous! I'd know because it is the only benefit of living here. The world design is fantastic, and flows very well.
    There are two reasons this review was not higher,
    1) The lack of NPC's is almost a running joke. Every time I find myself on the cusp of finding a living, breathing, dumb as a rabbit classic Fallout NPC, ther're either dead or fled. For god's sake, I'd even take Preston Garvey.
    2) The delays. By god. The delays between doing anything are terrible. For example, you'll shoot an enemy, hit them, the are able to hit you before your damage registers. It is the thorn in my side that makes me want to put the controller down and rethink everything. Another example is when looting anything the menu has to buffer, sometimes for 5 seconds or more. That's alright, but when the game is centered around looting everything, it is really pestering.    … Expand
  23. IZLOYIKOTIKI
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Apply yourself, Bethesda!

    1. Bad grafics
    2. Million bugs
    3. Pointless gameplay
    4. Game is boring
  24. Lumpukka
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    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
  25. bloodydziq
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    $60 for a VERY buggy EARLY ACCESS game that keeps disconnecting. It's not a "Fallout" anymore it just has the Fallout-ish setting with a terrible shooting model.
  26. badatvidyagames
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Boring, unfinished, buggy, bad console port with outdated graphics, no optimisation, empty sandbox with **** fps combat.
    PS Its not Fallout.
  27. Funkdelaindo
    Nov 16, 2018
    8
    Been playing Fallout since 1 on my Pentium 2. A decade later we are getting this MMORPG post nuclair survival game. Hey it's not that bad as everyone is saying. Don't be a blind fool and experience the wasteland with your buddies. Ofcourse it got it's flaws and a stupid FPS lock. But hey. Does it run the fun? Not for me. After a 8-hr co-op session with my buddies I can't wait to sit backBeen playing Fallout since 1 on my Pentium 2. A decade later we are getting this MMORPG post nuclair survival game. Hey it's not that bad as everyone is saying. Don't be a blind fool and experience the wasteland with your buddies. Ofcourse it got it's flaws and a stupid FPS lock. But hey. Does it run the fun? Not for me. After a 8-hr co-op session with my buddies I can't wait to sit back and enjoy my weekend playing Fallout 76. Yes it has microtransactions but acceptable. Yes it has bugs but acceptable. Yes I'd rather have a single player Fallout, but exploring the wasteland shooting everything in sight with 3 other buddies was just way too much fun. Please give it a try.… Expand
  28. ljfrench
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Fallout 76 is just an old Fallout game mod repackaged into a lifeless world. Now, shouldn't a post-apocalyptic world be lifeless? Yes! But this is a game, and the devs are supposed to be making it fun.

    This is not fun. And they broke V.A.T.S. I can hear their developers saying "good enough" with every unfixed bug or broken gameplay mechanic. I've been playing since Fallout 1 & 2.    Fallout 76 is just an old Fallout game mod repackaged into a lifeless world. Now, shouldn't a post-apocalyptic world be lifeless? Yes! But this is a game, and the devs are supposed to be making it fun.

    This is not fun. And they broke V.A.T.S. I can hear their developers saying "good enough" with every unfixed bug or broken gameplay mechanic.

    I've been playing since Fallout 1 & 2. Fallout 3 was at least innovative. I began to get concerned in Fallout 4 when there was little innovation. This is just a cash grab, and where Bethesda betrayed my trust.

    Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, won't get fooled again.    … Expand
  29. REmmmeuh
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    I'm registering my account here just to say the same as already said by hundreds. If you are a fan of Fallout 1, 2, 3 (NV), even the 4th... Don't buy. You will be sad, you will be disappointed.
    Such a waste... Not my money.. What they did with Fallout.
  30. Blaines
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    This is so bad... its 5/10 without fallout in title and 1/10 as a fallout game. Just change name of this sh*t to 76!
  31. Gehrione
    Nov 16, 2018
    6
    Makes me sad too see all those bad reviews, I cant understand this hate, im having much fun with the game and the humour and storyline is as good as in the prequels from what i played now.
    for me its a great atmospheric singleplayer game with online features.
  32. NoobGoneBad
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    In a world where Fallout 3 is 10 and New Vegas is 9 and Fallout 4 is 8, Fallout 76 is 1. But in a world where there are Half-Life, GTA, Bioshock and other games this game is flat out 0. That is no hate towards the game but an honest score. Fallout game where there is practically no story, no human npc's and is basically all the worse parts of fallout 4. This game could have been done soIn a world where Fallout 3 is 10 and New Vegas is 9 and Fallout 4 is 8, Fallout 76 is 1. But in a world where there are Half-Life, GTA, Bioshock and other games this game is flat out 0. That is no hate towards the game but an honest score. Fallout game where there is practically no story, no human npc's and is basically all the worse parts of fallout 4. This game could have been done so much better. This game just feels like midterm cashgrab before Fallout 5.
    And bethesdas explanation of ''this game is better with friends'' is sad, because everything is better with friends, watching paint dry or lawn grow is better with friends.    … Expand
  33. new4or
    Nov 16, 2018
    7
    Yes the game is buggy and yes, its using old engine. But remember NW and Skyrim, you could tell the same bout those games. FO76 is an online experience for the first time in the series, just let it grow and mature. & of 10 just for now
  34. BlackfaceBoi
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    One cannot ignore Bethesda's ineptitude when they keep flaunting them in our faces. Pathetic...
  35. BillySpandex
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    This is a fallout game in name only; It's a boring, tedious mess that forces you to play with other people, and what it lacks in story it tries to force you to listen to +4 hours of holotapes. Don't waste your money on this fam.
  36. fevbwfth
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    I love how paid critics and so called users with favorable ratings (Bethesda Employees) try to justify this absolute piece of broken spamware with fancy words, money never changes
  37. Dzorogh
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Fallout 76 is Fallout 4 without dialogs and with new map. Boring quests. Boring events. 400 max weight at your base. A lot of bugs. Very bad interface even on PC. 1 of 10.
  38. BodyDub
    Nov 16, 2018
    8
    Отлично подходит для неспешного, вдумчивого игрового процесса. Фарм прекрасен и интересен. Большое обилие багов, Плохая анимация и старый движок с плохой оптимизацией. Это Fallout от Bethesda.
  39. FezzieModo
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This game is truly terrible, the lack of NPC's is telling.... its boring, big empty world, C.A.M.P bugged lost gear, stash box weight limit is a joke, my character can carry more than i can store in my stash box by the time i've taken mostly strength and carry capacity perks as you cant get through a mission without having to go overweight. I think this game need a total overhall asap....
  40. LynnetteJJW
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    Honest Review? Here you are. My experience and the like.

    i am about a full day in playing this game. 22h on record now. i played by myself for 8 hours. then actually went out to look for a gang to team up with. no one would join me. it seams very very hard out of the maybe 30 people i have run across, that would like to be friends. My first 8 hours of playing this game... it was dead    Honest Review? Here you are. My experience and the like.

    i am about a full day in playing this game. 22h on record now. i played by myself for 8 hours. then actually went out to look for a gang to team up with. no one would join me. it seams very very hard out of the maybe 30 people i have run across, that would like to be friends.

    My first 8 hours of playing this game... it was dead it seamed. it was as if i was playing Fallout 4 after the main mission. I was able to get a power armor frame. and a massive plethora of pipe pistols. that i can only seam to sell for 1-2 bottle caps or deconstruct into one or 2 screws. depending on item condition. and after about 8 of those hours, compiling materials and a few quests. i still couldnt build a full on house (4 walls and a roof). So after i gave up on the building aspect of the game. i then got board of doing the same kind of quests over and over again. ether fetch, baby sit, kill something, or read an entire essay worth of hidden quest paths. I have been around the block a few times with these holotape and such story systems. Fallout 1 and especially Fallout 2 had them already. It wasnt new.

    My next few hours. from hour 8 to about 12 i found one of my friends in game. And we didnt go on some massive adventure our the like. i was helping him get his quests done and the like he was helping with some of mine. We still couldnt really build much. And he got tired of just doing the same kind of quests as well.
    From about hour 12 to 13 we just talked and tried to figure out the leveling system, some crafting, and where to go and do next. so from hour 13 to about 16 we went to the edge of the maps. We tried to find the largest landmarks. and we ended up getting frustrated as we kept running out of ammo, and getting chased down by a gang of 4 other players wanting to PvP.
    My friend left on hour 16 and i went back to where i like to set up my shop. trying to work with the crafting system in some way. seeing what i could or couldnt do.
    Then followed by me Alt-Tabing out of the game to see how to start looking for nuclear launch codes... to no real prevail.

    My Review of this game is a 2/10. its boring. its empty. theres nothing at those cool looking locations. the story didnt hook me or my friend. the quests are generic MMO quests. its still buggy. and as i have seen from previous BGS games, they will remain buggy to the end of their life.
    The Engine is too old for this stuff they expect it to do.
    The players ruined my experience. but it was alright when i was playing with just my friend. the no push-to-talk system is cancerous.
    There is no amusement to about 80% of these locations.
    There is no random special encounters with lets say as happens in Fallout 3 or new vegas.
    Its arsenal is lack luster. it will be an E.A. like system where i have to play some 100+h before i get to end game equipment. that i might not even have the level to use. I already got power armor frame and a minigun though. Ammo is harder to come across.
    The survival aspect of this game is a joke. you dont get hungry or thirst too often at all. Softcore survival just means that you are to not have too harsh of a penalty on death... not have it become a massive chore when you actually need to drink or eat.
    The game is alright for exploring and some time with friends. But thats all that is hear. wide as an Ocean, deep as a puddle. ill give it points for the looks and the environment. but everything else? No.

    Out of this entire experience, i came out feeling ripped off. I payed $65 pre-order... i get home to open my PHYSICAL CD case. to find that where the CD is, its a cardboard disk... THERE IS NO PHYSICAL COPY OF FALLOUT 76. and it was STILL a FULL PRICED game. Not only that but the pre-order from Gamesstop; Their special pre-order item? was a Fallout Sticker to put in your car window.

    I have no idea what Bethesda is doing. idk if this is Todd's idea. but if this is a joke. it went right over all of our heads.

    As of today. I know this wasnt your first Online game, Bethesda. i am no longer a Bethesda fan. Goodbye Bethesda.    … Expand
  41. kostamelos
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Firstly let me start by saying that I'm a Fallout and Skyrim fan-boy. I love Bethesda and all the licensed titles under their brand name and I'm most certainly not biased by the plethora of negative reviews coming in.
    This game feels sad... Just sad. No npcs, this game feels incomplete(?). Empty and dead as a hollowed, old-tree. It's like something was ripped apart crashing down the core    Firstly let me start by saying that I'm a Fallout and Skyrim fan-boy. I love Bethesda and all the licensed titles under their brand name and I'm most certainly not biased by the plethora of negative reviews coming in.
    This game feels sad... Just sad. No npcs, this game feels incomplete(?). Empty and dead as a hollowed, old-tree. It's like something was ripped apart crashing down the core values of this game. It's like it has lost its very own soul if I might say.

    Even Fallout 4 which wasn't the franchise's top gun proved out to be way more effective by introducing new capabilities and adding a flavour into the post apocalyptic wasteland. It had its flaws in RPG elements mostly but nevertheless it proved out to live to its expectation.

    Whereas in the case of Fallout 76 even the most subtle feeling of gloom and doom is totally absent. It's like venturing into a failed fallout 4 alpha project.

    Sad and pathetic. I'll try my best to forget this.

    For future reference please use the Steam engine next time. I mean we know what you're doing. We're not stupid. We grew up with this game. Don't puncture the wound further.    … Expand
  42. hermanJnr
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    It's time to stop giving Bethesda a free pass on awful bugs, bland content and putting the money above their customers. It's time to put our foot down and demand better for our $60.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Ignore the inevitable 10/10 IGN and "actually I quite like the politics" Kotaku reviews, as they excitedly kiss the rumps of their masters. Bethesda have churned out re-release after re-release of Skyrim, tried to force "Paid Mods" into their games and now they've moved into cynical cash-grab territory. It's time to push back.    … Expand
  43. Pragmos
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This is a scam, totally not worth 60$, this look like a bad DLC for put multiplayer and battleroyale in fallout, Bethesda always greedy as f. after trying to sell mods, now they sale dlc for full game price, and the best part : there are "players" who try to convince people that is a good game and a good thing, no, it's a shame and a bad thing for the IP and the video game industry.

    The    This is a scam, totally not worth 60$, this look like a bad DLC for put multiplayer and battleroyale in fallout, Bethesda always greedy as f. after trying to sell mods, now they sale dlc for full game price, and the best part : there are "players" who try to convince people that is a good game and a good thing, no, it's a shame and a bad thing for the IP and the video game industry.

    The game is ugly, clunky, and laggy, bad optimisation, old gameplay mechanic, and really lazy in all his design.    … Expand
  44. achraz
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    A DISASTER !
    bugthesda... bugthesda never changes!
    Bad engine !
    Bad gameplay!
    Bad netcode!
    NO offline mode !
    60 buks for what ?
  45. wubb
    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"    … Expand
  46. WillGamer
    Nov 16, 2018
    4
    If you are on the fence then wait for Bethesda to fix Fallout 76, I mean Encumbered 76. This and the technical issues like constant server crashes are enough to make me drop the game until a couple of patches come out.
  47. DozenFrozen
    Nov 16, 2018
    8
    Я не знаю что нафантазировали себе игроки, которые ставят оценки от 0 до 3, но эта игра действительно хорошая и необычная.
    Игре явно не хватает сюжета и каких-то состоявляющих MMO. Игру стоит доработать и, ожидается, что игра будет доводиться до ума.
    Как исследование мира и крафт - игра отличная. Я испытываю огромное удовольствие от исследования мира, но от багов моя жопа просто вылетает    Я не знаю что нафантазировали себе игроки, которые ставят оценки от 0 до 3, но эта игра действительно хорошая и необычная.
    Игре явно не хватает сюжета и каких-то состоявляющих MMO. Игру стоит доработать и, ожидается, что игра будет доводиться до ума.
    Как исследование мира и крафт - игра отличная. Я испытываю огромное удовольствие от исследования мира, но от багов моя жопа просто вылетает на орбиту.
    Возможно, я изменю свою оценку в будущем, но сейчас это 8 баллов и не меньше.

    Хейтеры сасатб!!1    … Expand
  48. TenchuuKhan
    Nov 16, 2018
    7
    Fallout 76 is really hard to review as it's an entirely new type of game that unfortunately can't appeal to the primitive minds that give it bad reviews for all the wrong reasons.

    If you are looking for your regular Fallout/Elder Scrolls quest grind - don't buy this game, at all. Though it has Fallout in the title and the mechanics are pretty much the same as Fallout 3 onwards, you    Fallout 76 is really hard to review as it's an entirely new type of game that unfortunately can't appeal to the primitive minds that give it bad reviews for all the wrong reasons.

    If you are looking for your regular Fallout/Elder Scrolls quest grind - don't buy this game, at all.
    Though it has Fallout in the title and the mechanics are pretty much the same as Fallout 3 onwards, you simply won't get the same experience as you are used to.

    What the game can offer however is handing you a massive world to explore with the classic Fallout charm and humour surrounding it.
    Now let that sink in and I'll give you a glimpse on what's good, what's bad, and what's really ugly about Fallout 76.

    QUESTS
    Though it really falls short on meaningful quests at first glance, taking your time getting to know people's stories in quests, notes and holotapes is very rewarding.
    The main quest starts rather simple with: hey, go there and find person X - which is dead already. You find some note, move on to the next person along the trail which is also dead, and everyone is dead. Bottom line - the only humans still alive are you and the other dwellers from Vault 76.
    So there's no human NPCs - period.

    The main quest is a rather well written introduction into the mechanics and as it progresses you will get some side missions along the way and eventually learn more about what happened in the past few years.
    Until you reach a point where you get another main quest that forces you to run across the map for really dumb objectives before it gets interesting again. Awful time flller - afaic there's absolutely no excuse for it other than wasting people's time.
    I'm still stuck with that mission so I can't tell if it gets way better from there but I instead went for some exploration on my own.

    I ran around A LOT so far and though you get hints that something happens here and there there's simply no quest yet to follow.
    For instance - I ran into a camp that is shaking with a holotape about a customer complaint from when before the bombs fell. I hear a scream in the distance - I can't find anything when I try to follow the source of the scream.
    You'll get that a lot as you explore at your own pace. The more you see, the more you will feel like the map is an empty shell that may or may not be filled later on.

    And that's all I can say about that.

    BASE BUILDING
    Now if you are interested in that part I hate to tell you that it suffers from some really horrible compromises that need to be there for it to function, but it absolutely kills the potential.
    On one hand you aren't always on the same "realm" - so your base persists only as long as it can be built again where you had it and nobody else built their base there now. Unlikely to happen - unless you found a site that gives "free" aluminium.

    The amount of structures you can build is ridiculously limited.

    The versatility and ease of just moving your C.A.M.P makes you forget about your base and you just move the base module somewhere else for a hand full of caps to drop your junk or to cook instead of finding a proper station on the map.

    Bottom line - that feature can't deliver, especially when knowing something like an Epoch mod in ARMA or ARK's building capabilities. It makes sense for what Fallout 76 is but it's... meh - I wouldn't know how to fix it though.

    FOOD, WATER, SURVIVAL
    I like that part - though you need some 20 litres per day instead of 2 - it's quite nice and you can see yourself getting better at it compared to from the struggles you may have had at the start.
    Occasionally it may be annoying but never enough to actually be an issue.

    Will lack of water/food kill you? No - you just suffer AP penalties.
    Good compromise imo and as good as you can make it.

    DEATH
    Has like 0 consequences... all you lose is scrap - I haven't reached a point yet where I had such good scrap that losing it may be annoying. And even if that were the case, when you die you can just run back to your point of death and pick it up again.

    PVP
    I only read about it and I'd say it's absolutely useless. There's no base locations to be really fought over as they don't persist, all you can loot is scrap.... useless

    EVENTS
    More annoying than useful - as soon as you are in an Event area the quest for it gets activated and sometimes the event itself - even though you didn't sign up for it. You just happen to be there for another quest and suddenly you get swarmed by mobs. Idiotic implementation.
    And - no serverwide chat or group finder to actually do a shoutout and say: hey guys, wanna do that event? At least to my avail.

    BOTTOM LINE Don't buy this game if you expect a regular Fallout experience. Read up on it, watch videos, check if it's something for you. I for myself enjoy it as I like to just run around exploring and having some content is a welcome change compared to other titles in that genre.    … Expand
  49. Taintgoblin
    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
  50. Undume
    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?
  51. FrostormNidhegg
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Чудовищное количество багов, никакая стрельба, убогое перемещение, яркий кислотно-красочный мир, никакого ощущения апокалипсиса, войны и т.д. Монстры - огромный украденный из Лефт 4 дед монстр (Танк), дракон-летучая мышь (как она могла появиться за 25 лет? Бактерии с такой скоростью не смогут мутировать настолько сильно), гули, которые как бы не гули, но это гули. Супермутантов масса, хотяЧудовищное количество багов, никакая стрельба, убогое перемещение, яркий кислотно-красочный мир, никакого ощущения апокалипсиса, войны и т.д. Монстры - огромный украденный из Лефт 4 дед монстр (Танк), дракон-летучая мышь (как она могла появиться за 25 лет? Бактерии с такой скоростью не смогут мутировать настолько сильно), гули, которые как бы не гули, но это гули. Супермутантов масса, хотя их быть вообще не может в это время. Сюжета нет. Не хорошего сюжета нет, а просто нет, никакого. Но главная проблема не в том, что это не рпг, а онлайн дрочильня, которая плюет на логику, историю мира, описанную в прошлых и грах и т.д. Проблема в том, что здесь убогие основные механики - передвижение, стрельба. Визуальный стиль убогий. Зачем играть? Не знаю. С друзьями можно поиграть в хорошую интересную игру, а не тратить время вот на это. В общем, эта игра - как ребенок Масс эффект андромеды, Но мен скай и Sea of thieves. Не советую никому, потому что какие бы вам игры ни нравились, чего бы вы ни ожидали от игр - эта игра плоха для всех.… Expand
  52. GaSeR
    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?    … Expand
  53. TheHaterofjunk
    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.
  54. SanseiSaito
    Nov 16, 2018
    5
    I've played Beta for 2 hours and now I spent 4 hours with a fully released game, not much but enough tho know if I like it or not.
    BAD:
    (1) The last version of Beta 1.0.0.6 and the released version are the same! They haven't even bothered fixing anything. So if you have played Beta, the released version will be exactly the same with all the bugs from Beta. (2) Lots of graphical bugs    I've played Beta for 2 hours and now I spent 4 hours with a fully released game, not much but enough tho know if I like it or not.
    BAD:
    (1) The last version of Beta 1.0.0.6 and the released version are the same! They haven't even bothered fixing anything. So if you have played Beta, the released version will be exactly the same with all the bugs from Beta.
    (2) Lots of graphical bugs
    (3) Poor performance on GTX 970 but playable on medium settings
    (4) Graphics feels like Fallout 4 with lots of post processing and more trees and grass
    (5) Story mode is lead through computers and holotapes, generally not very engaging, but is not bad
    (6) This is not a single player game, but can be played as a single player game. This is the biggest problem with this game, it's lack of defined identity doesn't help with understanding how to play it and what to do. This game want's to please hard core fans and new breed of players, but it doesn't do it well for either
    (7) The interface is designed for a console, not a PC and I've had lot's of problems with it
    (8) Base building was not my thing and in this game I just don't understand why I want to do that? There is no one raiding me, so why i need this? At least in Fortnite it makes sense, not in here - for now
    (9) The world without human NPC was supposed to make you feel desolated, but you don't. I feel like everyone is on vacation and left their pets and robots on the loose so they don;t starve
    GOOD:
    (1) The world map is really great with lots of things to visit, but I don't think it's as that big as some people claim. Starting locations are generally small, with no large industrial complexes, hopefully this changes later on
    (2) New weapons and items, crafting mechanism is well done and similar to Fallout 4
    (3) Hmm, I'm struggling to think of anything else
    FINAL THOUGHTS:
    This game has a potential, but looking at the negativity around this game it reminds me Windows Vista and we know what happened there - you think it will get better with time. The game is not designed well and doesn't give any challenge. I don't want to play with other random players, PUBG already proved me this is a bad idea. I'll play it alone, but to be honest I'm already bored after 6 hours. I'm hoping the next patch will add a lot of new content and fix at least half of the bugs. I give you chance Bethesda like I did Windows Vista and I don't want to be disappointed again. Gladly I've purchased the game half price, I'd not pay full price for this product and this is why I give 5    … Expand
  55. DmitryMX
    Nov 16, 2018
    8
    Fallout 76 is a really cool experiment from Bethesda. I would not release the project yet, as it is still with a bunch of subquality work, but I hope that in time they will fix everything. The storyline leaves much to be desired. Although I believe that a lot of notes and terminals fill this gap. I will wait for new patches and updates. Bye.
  56. Darkknight8472
    Nov 16, 2018
    5
    A fresh new idea for the Fallout universe is spoiled by bad decisions and sloppy fulfillment. Honestly a fun game but marred by arbitrary design choices that limit the ability to enjoy the staples of previous games. There is still hope for a decent game to arise from Fallout 76 if only a few key features are implemented.

    Graphical: Depth of Field toggle, FOV slider, 60FPS cap. Player    A fresh new idea for the Fallout universe is spoiled by bad decisions and sloppy fulfillment. Honestly a fun game but marred by arbitrary design choices that limit the ability to enjoy the staples of previous games. There is still hope for a decent game to arise from Fallout 76 if only a few key features are implemented.

    Graphical: Depth of Field toggle, FOV slider, 60FPS cap.
    Player interaction: Push to talk, text chat preferably global or multi-channeled.
    Trading: Vendors shouldn't share caps across map, buying only restores about 25% of the worth back to the vendor, ability to set your camp or a workshop as a trade location/trade request board, if its really an issue of players getting to many caps make food/drink worth zero.
    Building: Allow buildings to semi-clip into terrain as moving camp with blueprints is next to impossible, Need a large increase to the stash size or another way to store things such as build-able loot containers (with locks), increase the maximum size of your camp as well as budget per level.
    World: Event quests need a run over for breaking and bugs, I know they won't add them but no NPC's really leaves you feeling like you're chasing ghosts, Even though they give a reason for it I would like anything other than more scorched to fight in towns.

    All in all it is fun to play with a few friends but is more frustrating the longer you play as storage management becomes a major time sink and the outcome of most of the stories is "They're all dead and you missed it entirely." If Todd and the company does want this game to succeed in anyway they need to start make changes fast, as the stash size issues were known since halfway through the beta and have not been changed yet. Lets just say "We will watch your career with great interest." Bethesda.    … Expand
  57. Talbis
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    I want to puke. When I play, when I watch this game... I want to puke. It's 2018 and here is a AAA game without an FoV slider? It this a joke!? Okay, okay... I started from the middle, let's back out for a while.

    Fallout is my beloved franchise, has been since the first game, I love the second game, I enjoyed New Vegas, I didn't like the change of philosophy of Fallout 3 and I was    I want to puke. When I play, when I watch this game... I want to puke. It's 2018 and here is a AAA game without an FoV slider? It this a joke!? Okay, okay... I started from the middle, let's back out for a while.

    Fallout is my beloved franchise, has been since the first game, I love the second game, I enjoyed New Vegas, I didn't like the change of philosophy of Fallout 3 and I was severely disappointed by Fallout 4... I played them all, even the spin-offs, the terrible PlayStation 2 one too. I've seen Fallout at its best and its worst, yet never in my wildest dreams would I expect this.

    The game is glitchy, something everyone forgives Bethesda every, single time. Not this time, not in a multiplayer only game. A balanced, fair and smooth experience is necessary for an online game! This thing isn't ready for public consumption, not for that price, not when it's comparable to all other survival games on Steam in terms of gameplay and worse than them in terms of stability and connectivity! This shouldn't have been released to the public for another 2-3 years of intense development! And all that with a patch that's bigger than the game!? What were you thinking Bethesda!?

    This, being a survival game and not an RPG, means that there's no NPCs, no story, no investment. A truly dead and barren wasteland and that, my friends, means that the game is boring. Walk, shoot, gather, walk, shoot, gather... nothing more, nothing less. Oh, "but it's fun with friends", I hear you saying - well, so was watching "The Room" and playing "Ride to Hell: Retribution". Everything is fun with friends because, at the very worst, misery loves company.

    But wait, there's more... because the same old, busted, barely working game engine is yet again back with all of the glory of the stumbling old, drunk man reliving his youth. The lengths to which developers try to obfuscate the engine's limitations include varying quality of textures and the most distracting visual depth effect I have ever seen! This, being an online game, means that modders won't come to fix it this time as modding will probably be a heavily monitored aspect of the game, Bethesda's paid mods service will probably be the only way to make this game playable. Oh, the framerate is also locked, not that it matters when the game hasn't been optimised at all.

    And I hear you saying "don't like it, don't play it". Fine. I want my money back, but Bethesda won't give me my money back! The game's not on Steam, their launcher is a broken mess as well (it can delete the game files or not allow you to uninstall the game at all) and their refund policy takes so damn long just for you to hear "no"... This game is a disaster. Bethesda is just Bethesda, they publish great games but make garbage themselves lately. Don't waste your money on this one.    … Expand
  58. BobOfAtlantis
    Nov 16, 2018
    10
    It's a version of the Fallout universe I've been waiting for.

    Pros: Massive world, with immersive story lines. Some complain about there being no NPCs... but isn't that a good thing, when in life you're dealing with 30-40 NPC's per day? Finally a chance to get away from them all. Actually, they're all dead, but you can play their memories as holo-tapes all you want. Many of the post    It's a version of the Fallout universe I've been waiting for.

    Pros:
    Massive world, with immersive story lines. Some complain about there being no NPCs... but isn't that a good thing, when in life you're dealing with 30-40 NPC's per day? Finally a chance to get away from them all. Actually, they're all dead, but you can play their memories as holo-tapes all you want. Many of the post apocalypse lives recorded are great.

    Kill Super Mutants with a friend! Always fun.

    PvP world with a very large degree of co-operation and very little actual grief. In fact, those who try to grief generally get bored very fast. If they don't there's always the option to jump to a new server. It doesn't take any time at all and you're in the same place when you land in the new server. Unless you've friended them they can't chase you across servers.

    Did I mention a massive world with a ton of content?

    There are other humans in the game! If that's not your thing, then you'll probably fit in with about half of them anyway. Most people on any server are exploring the story line on their own. It is fun to bump into people casually, but the game is a lot more fun if you're exploring with a group you meet up with regularly. I guess I hear a lot of people complain about this, but as far as I can tell it's only a negative if you're looking for something to complain about.

    Cons:
    Pretty ridiculously easy. Although if you want a challenge, you can always restrict yourself to pistols and avoid the power armor. You could even ramp it up by not wearing any armor at all and going without stimpacks. Still though, it would be fun to have an uber-hard server where the people who hang really invested the time to navigate the world with care.

    I guess if you love NPCs, you're out of luck. Try the local walmart, they hang out there in droves.    … Expand
  59. iwowuser
    Nov 16, 2018
    10
    Why a lot of bad feedback? The game is great. Maybe people didn't play this game? This is the same Fallout 4, only online. I like it!
  60. Muchbow
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Bethesda 2017 - Save Single-player!
    Bethesda 2018 - Fallout 76 is complete (errm, I mean broken) online experience.
    Single-player - Am I a joke to you? Jokes aside, fallout 76 is a complete mess! And that statement is not even close to an exaggeration. Server disconnection is a common thing, framerate dips, common bethesda bugs and glitches, enemies spawning out of the sky and you    Bethesda 2017 - Save Single-player!
    Bethesda 2018 - Fallout 76 is complete (errm, I mean broken) online experience.
    Single-player - Am I a joke to you?
    Jokes aside, fallout 76 is a complete mess! And that statement is not even close to an exaggeration.
    Server disconnection is a common thing, framerate dips, common bethesda bugs and glitches, enemies spawning out of the sky and you getting dropped inside a horde of enemies with no equipped weapons is just some of the things you can expect in the game.
    That's just the technical side of things though and maybe bethesda will fix it, maybe...
    One thing that bethesda can't fix is the empty open world, not without a massive patch that completely changes everything in the game, umm sorry did I say everything? 'massive patch that changes the game'. fallout 76 is bethesda's attempt to join the "Games as a service" movement.
    Also, the engine hasn't aged well, bethesda seriously needs to develop a new engine for it's open world games.
    Anyway, I can't recommend fallout 76 unless you wanna waste your $60 and question your life decisions.    … Expand
  61. MrRiots
    Nov 15, 2018
    10
    This game is what we REAL Fallout fans always wanted. To play Fallout with a friend or more. This is exactly what we got, Fallout 4 engine enhanced.
    If people who actually listened to Bethesda and actually played the game placed reviews. It would sky rocket but people think theyre doing someone a favor by lying on MetaCrtic, YT, Twitter etc.
    They wanted to have CoOp on Fallout 4,    This game is what we REAL Fallout fans always wanted. To play Fallout with a friend or more. This is exactly what we got, Fallout 4 engine enhanced.
    If people who actually listened to Bethesda and actually played the game placed reviews. It would sky rocket but people think theyre doing someone a favor by lying on MetaCrtic, YT, Twitter etc.

    They wanted to have CoOp on Fallout 4, decided to try Multiplayer. WORKS just Fine !
    They had this idea for that engine, and made it happen, fixing the lighting and FOV. WORKS just Fine!
    READ into the story and plot and you all will understand why there is no annoying NPCs.
    The Game is amazing, dont listen to 9 year old haters who wants to get famous on YT.

    BUY THE GAME and you'll have an amazing time!    … Expand
  62. Azazator3000
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    Mod for the price of AAA game. This Tod must pay me to play IT, even on YouTube.
  63. MaxFred
    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.
  64. Dexius
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    Cash grab from Bethesda, Don't worry all the bugs will be fixed in one years time when people can mod the game, Since why fix fix when you community will do it for you, Graphics are **** terrible. textures look worse than fallout 3.
    They did a bang up job on this one! Oh right and it's not on steam, You have to use that really **** client they made! enjoy your POS game everyone! XD
  65. Riverraid
    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.
  66. Bigbosse
    Nov 15, 2018
    9
    I have been playing Fallout since 1997 and love the series. This game included.
    I dont know why so many people complain, sure i dont like that theres barely NPC's and theyre all robots - this is why my score is 9/10. Other than that i think multiplayer makes up for it, the storyline is great and fun to follow. Its the multiplayer fallout that ive always wanted, to kill supermutants and    I have been playing Fallout since 1997 and love the series. This game included.
    I dont know why so many people complain, sure i dont like that theres barely NPC's and theyre all robots - this is why my score is 9/10. Other than that i think multiplayer makes up for it, the storyline is great and fun to follow. Its the multiplayer fallout that ive always wanted, to kill supermutants and deathclaws with friends is fun! Will probably put in a good 1000 hours into this.

    +Beautiful fallout setting
    +Good storyline and lore - love the connections to other fallout games
    +MULTIPLAYER
    +Crafting camps and items
    +Daily objectives and random events will keep me going to collect items and rare materials
    +Good serverconnection
    +PVP and anti-ganking system
    +Less bugs than most games at release

    -Barely any NPCs
    -Some bugs with quests while teaming and loot issues    … Expand
  67. Smuggly
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    I am a blunt person, previous fallout games have been amusingly buggy, this on the other hand is a complete buggy mess. It is a low effort sandbox game that dumbs down the roleplay aspects even further from a mediocre Fallout 4 (which was a good exploration game, but terrible role play and fallout game). Who was this game marketed towards? its to crap to be the MMO sandbox crowd, tooI am a blunt person, previous fallout games have been amusingly buggy, this on the other hand is a complete buggy mess. It is a low effort sandbox game that dumbs down the roleplay aspects even further from a mediocre Fallout 4 (which was a good exploration game, but terrible role play and fallout game). Who was this game marketed towards? its to crap to be the MMO sandbox crowd, too dumbed down to be the fallout die hards, to buggy to be anyone full stop. Maybe in a few years time, and many patches it may be worth a look, until then waste of money.… Expand
  68. dwengs
    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.
  69. MightySpaceTree
    Nov 15, 2018
    9
    While it's not perfect, it's definitely not worthy of the negative press it's getting.
  70. Agilio333
    Nov 15, 2018
    1
    Just a very lazy rehashing of previous IP to make a fast buck. Fallout 4 was pretty bad and this is just Bethesda cashing out on the last of the value this game has. This franchise had it's glory days and it's over.
  71. duremified
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    this game is a total ****
    Huge Empty map, without a real story, without any real NPC story (focking robots and dead people). Bethesda substitute single player game with a messy pvp (that doesn't work). All game look like a bad joke. You are a focking ordinary average joe that wandering in this online desert without any purpose.
    pure cash grab. The patch for fix bugs, crap fps and a    this game is a total ****
    Huge Empty map, without a real story, without any real NPC story (focking robots and dead people). Bethesda substitute single player game with a messy pvp (that doesn't work). All game look like a bad joke. You are a focking ordinary average joe that wandering in this online desert without any purpose.
    pure cash grab.
    The patch for fix bugs, crap fps and a lot of glitches is more than the standard game, so you must have at least 100 gb for play this ****
    DON'T BUY THIS CRAP!    … Expand
  72. mariomario190
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    This game is honestly something else. Thank you Todd Howard and Bethesda for ruining Fallout.
  73. Akouafortes
    Nov 15, 2018
    8
    This review is from a guy playing this game two days now.
    I'm having a great time playing this title. I've seen many players hate it. I think not because is bad but because this is not what they expected to be.
    How i play this game: Choose a character and roleplay all the time, not rushing it to quick level up, not using quicktravel all the time, notice every detail there is in this    This review is from a guy playing this game two days now.
    I'm having a great time playing this title. I've seen many players hate it. I think not because is bad but because this is not what they expected to be.

    How i play this game:
    Choose a character and roleplay all the time, not rushing it to quick level up, not using quicktravel all the time, notice every detail there is in this game.

    How other people play this game:
    Rushing it to get the level up fast, no roleplay at all, no interactions with other players, just kill, loot, and level up.
    This not the right way to play it. You are mad about there is no npc's... but in the end you are the real npc's in this game. I've approach other players roleplaying my character and they ignored me thinking i'm some kind of crazy guy and they left so they can continue the grinding.

    My final opinion is that this game is good but players don't know how to play it, what RP is and care only about rushing it to beat the game as fast they can.
    Score 8 for the game and score 0 for the people playing it.    … Expand
  74. false_idyll
    Nov 15, 2018
    1
    OH dear what a let down after playing RDR 2, honesty is what is missing from this game! If the developer had been up front and honest about what the game is and is not, then Beth net wouldn't be in such a mess and I might have been able to rate it higher.

    This is simply an online demo of FO 4 nothing more and, at present at least, somewhat less. That is how it should have been    OH dear what a let down after playing RDR 2, honesty is what is missing from this game! If the developer had been up front and honest about what the game is and is not, then Beth net wouldn't be in such a mess and I might have been able to rate it higher.

    This is simply an online demo of FO 4 nothing more and, at present at least, somewhat less. That is how it should have been announced, a demo with ongoing dlc improvements. Easy really, quite acceptable the fans would have been engaged, money would still be made (in game) and time to bed in the new engine they would have bought with the enormous amounts of cash we have paid out over the years.

    The world is pretty enough though graphics are starting to feel dated, it is also very large and sparsely populated (dlc anyone?), there are two largish settlements to occupy you for 2-3 hours but no more, unless your "grinding". The silliest part about quest and story lines being handed out by the deceased is....... why were they busy doing "dear diary" entries (well just about) instead of panicking or preparing or looting or rooting....... absolutely bare minimum of immersion. Pretty easy to play solo, which is just as well unless you byo friends!

    Gosh, by industry standards this is so far off the mark for a AAA in all areas, right down to a 50G launch day patch.... I refer you to my opening paragraphs.

    Ohh yeah one more thing, dont bother buying the physical game, the dvd is cardboard (I know right) with a download token hahahahahaha    … Expand
  75. soarenb
    Nov 15, 2018
    3
    TL;DR washing the dishes gets you more loot.

    So.. I am level 30, I spend more time of the game going BACKWARDS to loot junk for stimpacks, ammo, guns etc than I do actually progressing in the game. All the junk you really need (aluminum I'm talking to you) to craft ammo (which is both prohibitively expensive, and is prohibitively expensive in a world that gives you little to no caps to    TL;DR washing the dishes gets you more loot.

    So.. I am level 30, I spend more time of the game going BACKWARDS to loot junk for stimpacks, ammo, guns etc than I do actually progressing in the game. All the junk you really need (aluminum I'm talking to you) to craft ammo (which is both prohibitively expensive, and is prohibitively expensive in a world that gives you little to no caps to purcahse it with) is a CHORE. This game is not only EMPTY, but A CHORE. I am *TRYING* to like this game but Bethesda designed it to be such a CHORE to like I don't really like it at all. My brother asked me if he should get it, and I told him not to bother. My buddy (who knows I have a fallout tattoo on my arm and have been playing fallout since 1998) asked me if he should get it an I said no.

    I wouldn't get a refund I'm get a double refund if I could. This game is garbage. It's empty. It's a **** farmfest, and Bethesda could increase the "barebone life support drop rates" of many junk items to make it so you dont have to GRIND to GRIND, but I doubt they will.

    I'm throwing down 20 bucks betting TES6 is gonna blow too.

    This game is terrible. It could've been incredible but it's terrible.

    Also, it runs like crap on my 1070 hex core gaming setup, I have to exit and rejoin the game every hour or so to stop the horrible memory leaks (which also sometimes require a system restart) and for the love of God the game doesn't even CLOSE properly and I have to task manager kill the process to get it to exit...

    What a disaster.    … Expand
  76. jcolin
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    Bethesda **** sold out for money. A company which used to make great games in their rpg-open world niche caves into the mainstream online action TRASH that makes the big bucks. In a loud **** you" to the fans that loved vast single player rpgs, bethesda has managed to make a game for the new generation of gamers, ones that prefer loud explosions, shooting, and most of all multiplayer, soBethesda **** sold out for money. A company which used to make great games in their rpg-open world niche caves into the mainstream online action TRASH that makes the big bucks. In a loud **** you" to the fans that loved vast single player rpgs, bethesda has managed to make a game for the new generation of gamers, ones that prefer loud explosions, shooting, and most of all multiplayer, so they can be **** to other people they've never met. Well done bethesda. But you're not alone. Bioware will be coming to join you soon with Anthem and the time of excellent stories, thoughtful and deep mechanics, and single player games is over.… Expand
  77. MattDalpe
    Nov 15, 2018
    9
    Great Game but a bit buggy. Well worth the money. 40 hours+ ans still enjoying the hell out of it
  78. Bluntmaster420
    Nov 15, 2018
    1
    Fallout 76 is truly a massive disappointment. Everything that made the series unique and special has been ripped out from the core of the game and has left us with a soulless husk.
    The game lacks depth, charm and the sense of immersion we had from previous instalments.
    It feels disjointed from the Fallout universe and gameplay is monotonous. Overall Fallout 76 gives the impression that    Fallout 76 is truly a massive disappointment. Everything that made the series unique and special has been ripped out from the core of the game and has left us with a soulless husk.
    The game lacks depth, charm and the sense of immersion we had from previous instalments.
    It feels disjointed from the Fallout universe and gameplay is monotonous.
    Overall Fallout 76 gives the impression that Bethesda no longer cares about making quality games or the loyal fans that have loved and followed the series for over a decade.
    Instead it feels like a poorly assembled mess with no backbone that is just geared towards putting money in their bank account.    … Expand
  79. j133760
    Nov 15, 2018
    5
    Plays like a 7 year old MMO. The most mundane of fetch/kill quests dispensed by terminals, roving trash mob enemies that harangue your every step and no NPC's or halfway decent story are death sentences. Game world is pretty and well designed, Appalachia is a beautiful setting.

    Performance is a mixed bag, I get stable FPS on 4k Ultra settings but random stuttering sporadically ruins the    Plays like a 7 year old MMO. The most mundane of fetch/kill quests dispensed by terminals, roving trash mob enemies that harangue your every step and no NPC's or halfway decent story are death sentences. Game world is pretty and well designed, Appalachia is a beautiful setting.

    Performance is a mixed bag, I get stable FPS on 4k Ultra settings but random stuttering sporadically ruins the experience. Despite being 4k ultra settings the graphics are still mediocre, not terrible but not decent either.

    Game feels empty without NPC's. Real world players range from antisocial to downright irritating. Most are just doing their own thing and youll see them run by. But other people who are just bored will take to harassing you by teabagging you, following you, and one guy was incessantly whacking the wall with a machete in the first town. Had to listen to constant racket while I was doing quests there. Thankfully theres a mute all voice chat option in menu. Youve been warned,    … Expand
  80. ChrisTheCrusade
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    Wow, What an absolute piece of garbage. I love the Fallout universe, this game should be scraped. Clunky non mapable controls (you can literally grenade yourself or melee an opponent based on how long you hold alt). Horrible dark, ugly, buggy graphics. Game breaking quest bugs. I'm stuck at a bug in the main quest at lvl 15, I uninstalled it it was so frustrating. Don't buy.
  81. TarnisCross
    Nov 15, 2018
    4
    Okay so lets get this started. First and foremost I am giving this a four not that it may deserve it entirely, in fact a three would probably be fair but hey its Fallout and no matter what I **** with Fallout. Truth be told this game is majorly lacking especially for a game in the Fallout world.

    1. NPC's or therefore the lack of any. There is just no life to this wasteland in 76, no    Okay so lets get this started. First and foremost I am giving this a four not that it may deserve it entirely, in fact a three would probably be fair but hey its Fallout and no matter what I **** with Fallout. Truth be told this game is majorly lacking especially for a game in the Fallout world.

    1. NPC's or therefore the lack of any. There is just no life to this wasteland in 76, no settlers, no people, nothing but ghouls, robots, super mutants and obviously the scorched. It is literally a dead area with nothing but limited enemies, no bandits and few other players far an between. It majorly takes away from what made the Fallout series so good, and that is interacting with the settlers and kicking bandit ass.

    2. Caps. It is a major pain in the ass to get caps, the vendors in my opinion are a joke on top of a **** pile. They charge way too much, don't pay you **** for your goods and have a very low amount of caps to buy with. An once they run out of caps you literally have to wait for them to get more caps which is not worth the wait. Not even to mention that you literally have to pay caps to quick travel, like seriously, caps are a **** to get already and now we have to pay for quick travel?

    3. C.A.M.P Stash. This has to be one of my biggest peeves with this game. I am a hoarder, I like to collect everything and anything so I can craft and have a ready supply. The only small issue though or rather biggest issue is that your camp stash has literally no room for anything. I filled the damn thing up before beta even ended. An now I am stuck with the fact that my armor keeps breaking, my guns need repairing, I need to make stimps and everything else and I can't because I don't have anywhere to put my damn materials. I sure as hell can't carry the **** with me as I get over encumbered too quickly. Want a better review by a mile from me? Make the damn stash unlimited space like all Fallout games.

    4. I don't even need to mention the bugs, I feel like that has been established enough as it is. All games have bugs when they come out so I won't go into this deeply, but I would love when I killed something that it doesn't hump into the ground and I lose my ****.

    This could go on an on but I won't bore you. This game is really lacking what made Fallout so great. The story, the lore, the npcs, bandits, it has good features to it but they are being drowned out by the ****ty features. At this point your just going through the motions and getting annoyed at the same time because you can't keep enough materials on hand to keep your armor fixed and your guns ready.    … Expand
  82. joebobfrank
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    This game takes everything you loved about the Fallout serious, and scraps it. Then it adds on horrific lag, and terrible frame rates (even on a gtx 1080 on medium settings!) making combat an incredibly frustrating experience.
  83. Durandur
    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.
  84. Kirou
    Nov 15, 2018
    10
    0? Really? There are some **** games like the quiet man, or sonic laberynth, but, wtf, this is amazing, if you are looking to a real review and not a **** 0, im going to tell you about this game, first of all, singleplayer experience is very, VERY good, on my case, i play singleplayer and i found a lot of people around the map, i explore the map, i kill the monsters in the map, i can do0? Really? There are some **** games like the quiet man, or sonic laberynth, but, wtf, this is amazing, if you are looking to a real review and not a **** 0, im going to tell you about this game, first of all, singleplayer experience is very, VERY good, on my case, i play singleplayer and i found a lot of people around the map, i explore the map, i kill the monsters in the map, i can do events in the map, i can claim workshops for pvp events, ¿NPC? well, there are npc, but some "real fallout players" or "single players" tolds you that the game doesn't have NPCs, this is false, there are ROBOTS npcs, and you´re going to say "well, robots, but theres no humans, **** game" but the robots are not useless like the humans in fallout 4, they can attack you and help you, but, tell me, people that "loves the multiplayer rpg games", in a game like fallout, where you can do absolutely EVERYTHING with the npcs, how can you put human npcs with story or missions in a fallout online game, someone kills the human npcs and the story is **** the gameplay is exactly like fallout 4 but better, and about the "recicled graphics", go to play fallout new vegas and think again about this, i recommend the game and i give it a 8 or a 7.5 , but i give a 10 in metacritic because this people cant think and just drop ****… Expand
  85. Sugarymedal
    Nov 15, 2018
    9
    its like Fallout 4 but you can play with friends. I play with stranger too. some bug but noting to big.
  86. MetaMagician
    Nov 15, 2018
    2
    In an attempt to cater to both the classic RPG audience as well as to people who like to fool around in online survival games, Bethesda has managed to create an experience which is enjoyable for neither of the two groups. I had a very hard time trying to immerse myself in a game world which is populated by other players bunnyhopping around like a child on a sugar induced high and buildingIn an attempt to cater to both the classic RPG audience as well as to people who like to fool around in online survival games, Bethesda has managed to create an experience which is enjoyable for neither of the two groups. I had a very hard time trying to immerse myself in a game world which is populated by other players bunnyhopping around like a child on a sugar induced high and building stupid gravity defying bases. But even if you are lucky enough not to encounter other players ruining your roleplaying attempt, it doesn't really get all that much better. The world of Fallout 76 is simply empty. Empty of NPCs you could talk to, empty of interesting quests and empty of pretty much everything that usually makes RPGs enjoyable. Now let's talk about the online aspect of Fallout 76: In short it feels like baby's first survival game. The PVP system in which you can only kill other players if they attack you back makes the whole deal dreadfully dull for people who want to engage in it since you can't really kill those who don't want to be killed and an annoying nuisance for those who don't want to engage in it. In addition to that there is also no griefing or any other interaction with other players that usually makes games like Rust or DayZ a joy to play. This is what i was talking about in the beginning when i said that the game is fun for neither of the targeted audiences. If Bethesda would have went with an option to play offline and made the online part like most other survival games this would have not been an issue, but sadly Fallout 76 simply makes itself unappealing in both aspects by trying to force those two kind of experiences into one environment. What truly grinds my gears though is the technical side of this game and i'm not even talking about the countless bugs and glitches like enemies instantly respawning after you killed them or broken animations. No, i'm talking about the very basics of what a game should have: Field of view slider? Not in the game. Widescreen support for those who like to play in 21:9? Not in the game. The simplest things that even one man indie productions manage to include in their options menu are missing in Fallout 76. Don't even get me started on the performance issues, FPS drops are frequent and seemingly random since no amount of tweaking in the settings was able to give me a stable frame rate. All of this by the way in a game that is visually unimpressive. Fallout 76 looks almost completely identical to Fallout 4, which already looked pretty dated when it came out back in 2015. Oh, and the game also has the audacity to feature a microtransaction store despite being a full price release. Honestly i almost feel like i'm being generous when i give this game a 2/10, but it is at least somewhat playable and technically has content if you feel like counting kill x number of x enemies in x location without any meaningful context, as content. Fallout 76 is the single worst gaming experience i had in 2018. Don't buy it, not even at a discount.… Expand
  87. Meggh123
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    A complete betrayal of the fanbase, or even the gaming community in general. The game is a mess. Horribly outdated engine with bad shooting and tons of bugs. It's a disgusting mess. Thanks Todd. I'm not buying your game. I tried it on a friend's account just to laugh at your lazy work.
  88. PaulVonBarron
    Nov 15, 2018
    1
    This game is broken in so many ways. Networking code is a joke, visually ancient, micro-transactions, and day 1 exploits. I was excited for this game, how it was sold it seemed allot like a single player with a multiplayer drop in. Its not that, its always online. That in itself is stupid but alright not game ending. Till you play it, and discover the missions can be sniped by others,This game is broken in so many ways. Networking code is a joke, visually ancient, micro-transactions, and day 1 exploits. I was excited for this game, how it was sold it seemed allot like a single player with a multiplayer drop in. Its not that, its always online. That in itself is stupid but alright not game ending. Till you play it, and discover the missions can be sniped by others, physics are just a joke, and uses its ancient engine somehow. This was just a giant lie.… Expand
  89. slauterhause
    Nov 15, 2018
    3
    In a word, boring.

    It's a weird version of fallout 4 with worse graphics, several bugs, and clunky multiplayer. Honestly, at this point it's a hard pass.

    What it needs:
    Better graphics settings - and utilization. It's not good.
    Better ways of editing game settings, other than messing with the .ini
    Improved Key Mapping
    Weird Mob re-spawns.
    Etc.
  90. Jahi
    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.
  91. cooldan613
    Nov 15, 2018
    6
    Here just a few thoughts that I see about the game so far but the cons may change due possible bug fixes and patches if they come anytime that is reasonable and hopefully solid.

    The Pros- `There have a decent improvement on some A.I. for enemies* `There are a decent amount of quests to do so far that are great but some are too repetitive `Is great when playing on a team, can be    Here just a few thoughts that I see about the game so far but the cons may change due possible bug fixes and patches if they come anytime that is reasonable and hopefully solid.

    The Pros-
    `There have a decent improvement on some A.I. for enemies*
    `There are a decent amount of quests to do so far that are great but some are too repetitive
    `Is great when playing on a team, can be boring when not?
    `Sometimes you find funny animation glitches on NPC?

    Cons-
    `Graphics and slowdowns that are not smooth for many
    `HUGE Bug when you have power armor on and you have more weight than normally allowed to safe travel without power armor leads to upon death, not being able to respond and just idle, only way to fix this is going to the main menu and loosing all your junk.
    `many people have open mic on and it can be annoying, no push to talk
    `fps lock and POV slider but this i feel won't be fixed till who knows when and Can Be a deal breaker for some.    … Expand
  92. Dungus
    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.    … Expand
  93. Samus1001
    Nov 15, 2018
    1
    I've played and loved every Fallout game ever including the unfinished Van Buren. But not this one...
    Here is my take on FO76,
    Multiplayer, what multiplayer? Haven't seen a single person in hours. Story, what there is of one, feels tired and massively incomplete. Getting tired of going from a terminal to a diary to a random note. Give me someone that talks!!! Oh look a robot... that's    I've played and loved every Fallout game ever including the unfinished Van Buren. But not this one...
    Here is my take on FO76,
    Multiplayer, what multiplayer? Haven't seen a single person in hours.
    Story, what there is of one, feels tired and massively incomplete. Getting tired of going from a terminal to a diary to a random note. Give me someone that talks!!! Oh look a robot... that's was nice... can we have them more often? At least i can pretend it's another player.
    Killed a bat thing and its body slid away from me. and kept going and going and going... Wait a minute, I had this same bug in FO4. They still haven't fixed the bugs from FO4...
    No VATS is a game killer for me. It's iconic of the Fallout games. Not having it makes the game seem like a COD, No Man's Sky crossover.
    I am sick and tired of base building. At least in FO4 you had a purpose behind your bases. This seems to be nothing more than a place to stash things you hope won't get stolen. Not too worried though since I haven't seen anyone in hours.
    They are charging $60 for a "multiplayer" FO4 expansion pack... and forgot to add players...    … Expand
  94. Athelm
    Nov 15, 2018
    4
    After completing the main campaign in Fallout 4, I poured dozens of hours into building up a robust network of settlements. My hope when Fallout 76 was announced was that it would play like Fallout 4 settlements, minus the NPCs, but with other players present.

    I'm hoping Bethesda will get Fallout 76 there someday, but as it stands, Fallout 76 has too many bugs, one being nearly game    After completing the main campaign in Fallout 4, I poured dozens of hours into building up a robust network of settlements. My hope when Fallout 76 was announced was that it would play like Fallout 4 settlements, minus the NPCs, but with other players present.

    I'm hoping Bethesda will get Fallout 76 there someday, but as it stands, Fallout 76 has too many bugs, one being nearly game breaking. But lets start out with some positives:

    Fallout 76 looks nice. Its huge and there's great variety in the landscapes. There are lots and lots of quests, which seems to be one of better ways to get nice loot/gear. There are plenty of broken quests, but there are enough great ones so you can continue to the next and hope Bethesda patches them later. Fallout 76 also has tonnes of written and spoken flavor (in the form of holotapes), much like fallout 4. Perhaps even more.

    Here is where Fallout 76 takes a huge hit: this game has no NPCs, but the community is supposed to build CAMPS and settlements where a lot of cooperative game play happens. On live servers however, you never see other player's camps, and the camps, settlements and farms you laboriously build vanish randomly. This makes the social part of Fallout 76 extremely one sided. Group up, kill stuff. No civilization building here.

    Hopefully Bethesda has plans to fix this (God forbid this is functioning as designers intended!) Till then, 4/10 is the best I can give a single faceted multiplayer game.    … Expand
  95. rorysmith
    Nov 15, 2018
    9
    Cool game. I don't understand why everyone dislikes it. I guess people just don't like change.
  96. va1tax
    Nov 15, 2018
    9
    The game feels a lot like Fallout 4, with online play. At least, that what it looked like to me before playing it. I have now put hours into this game in the beta, as well as since it's release, and I have to say over all, it has been one of the more fun games I have played in a long time. Now of course their is going to be bugs, glitches, and hate revolving around this cause well, its aThe game feels a lot like Fallout 4, with online play. At least, that what it looked like to me before playing it. I have now put hours into this game in the beta, as well as since it's release, and I have to say over all, it has been one of the more fun games I have played in a long time. Now of course their is going to be bugs, glitches, and hate revolving around this cause well, its a brand new released game. Every game has bugs and glitches all the time, in fact, back in the day that used to be part of the fun in a game was finding all the little bugs a glitches you could! I am not saying this game is perfect in any form, in fact in some cases its no where near, but, It has been a game that has given me the urge, the excitement to get home and hop online with my friends that I have not been able to feel in a long time. That is why I suggest the game or at least to try it before judging it based on others assumptions and or opinions.… Expand
  97. GreenBud
    Nov 15, 2018
    9
    This is the game I expected and the game I wanted. I've put in ~40h so far and I can't get enough of it.

    The world has been created with so much love and detail, that I've had moments where I got goosebumps when I realized what happened with the citizens a long time ago. These stories are usually told by holotapes or terminals or also by letters. But the strongest tool Bethesda used was    This is the game I expected and the game I wanted. I've put in ~40h so far and I can't get enough of it.

    The world has been created with so much love and detail, that I've had moments where I got goosebumps when I realized what happened with the citizens a long time ago. These stories are usually told by holotapes or terminals or also by letters. But the strongest tool Bethesda used was the world itself which often tells the deepest and most touching stories only by showing what's left of the people formerly living here and leaving the player to his own imagination.
    This creates an immerse atmosphere I've only experienced in other Fallout games before but never at this level. I can't tell what's better, getting a deep dive into lone wolf explorers lifestyle or teaming up with the group I'm often playing with. It mostly depends on the mood I'm in because naturally the time I spend with actually studying and listening to the games lore is less when I'm playing in a group. The thing is: I really can't decide. It's hard to turn down an invitation of your friends. Coop is a blast in this game! But with the indirect story telling you can't be 100% focused on all the details with 3 friends talking in discord. Nevertheless, I absolutely support the decision of not having human NPCs in this game because it contributes so much to what makes this game so good!

    Performance-wise I can't complain. The games looks good. Great for the Creative engine but only good for 2018. But it runs smoothly on 3440x1440 maxed out on my machine and the XBOX game-pad makes it feel like home, because I played all bethesda games that way. To be fair I have to say: it isn't necessary to use the Creative engine again in 2018 - at least not in this state with the same flaws since Morrorwind. I mean, mouse and keyboard controls feel clunky and not thought through and there are still bugs which have to be known because they are in the game since Fallout 4. But these critics weigh so less compared, because the game represents what Bethesda's good at and why we love their games. I mean, I can't give 10/10. The game isn't perfect but it surely is 90%!    … Expand
  98. JoaoPaneguini
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    As a lover of the franchise I had to create an account here in Metacritic just to write the following lines:

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

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

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

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

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

    God forgive me for paying this sick joke of a Fallout 4 multiplayer mod the price of a full retail game. Costumers, speak with your wallets.    … Expand
  99. SkyroHD
    Nov 15, 2018
    4
    I'm gonna try to be the most neutral as possible to not fall into hate.

    I was awaiting this game, and that despite of all the hate around it. I liked Fallout 4, and i was pretty exciting about a multiplayer version of this game. And i am very disappointed of the result ... I'm not mad against what is the game now, but for what it could have been. There was so many ways to turn Fallout    I'm gonna try to be the most neutral as possible to not fall into hate.

    I was awaiting this game, and that despite of all the hate around it. I liked Fallout 4, and i was pretty exciting about a multiplayer version of this game. And i am very disappointed of the result ... I'm not mad against what is the game now, but for what it could have been. There was so many ways to turn Fallout into a really good multiplayer experience, and this one doesn't work.

    The main problem of the game is not his bugs (even if this is a shame to release a game full of bugs with the same price of RDR 2 ...), it's his heart.
    It's like if bethesda didn't carry his balls and made an unassumed version of their successfull game. This is neither a good MMORPG or a good COOP game, however they try to put the maximum of multiplayer contents in their game like if the quantity took precedence over quality.
    This is not how you do Bethesda. You have to make a choice, choose to make a Fallout CO-OP, or a full MMORPG but not a **** mix of the two games.
    I really hope they will learn from that and wont do the same mistake anymore. I have been refunded, but i hope they will at least work on the bugs to show a minimum of respect to those who bought the game 60$.

    Thank you, now a quick reviews of the good and bad points of the game :

    + Map size, and how it's done
    + Diversity of it
    + C.A.M.P. original idea ...

    - ... but done the wrong way
    - 2010 graphics
    - PVP is horrible
    - SVAR vision , seriously ? (That's basicaly an aimbot in a multiplayer game)
    - Tiny stamina (at least at the beginning)
    - Useless hunger/thirst bars
    - Poverty of the history (if we can call that an history)
    - Some perks are useless (very very useless)
    - No NPC
    - Tons of bugs (including the CAMP reseting if there is another camp near to yours)
    - A lot of things in the world, but soon enough you realize it's pretty empty

    I really feel bad about this as i used to love bethesda productions ... But this is a shame. Don't buy it if it costs more than 10$.    … Expand
  100. Aot44
    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.
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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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