Fallout 76

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2.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 6754 Ratings

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  1. Chiaro22
    Dec 16, 2018
    6
    Fallout 76 is more an online first person shooter than it is a role playing game. Gone are branching quest lines and player expression through dialogue or choices. Instead the game relies mostly on how players interact in the game world, for good or bad.

    Bethesda’s Appalachia is beautifully crafted world, and despite bugs and flaws its a game with a lot of potential, but one that needs    Fallout 76 is more an online first person shooter than it is a role playing game. Gone are branching quest lines and player expression through dialogue or choices. Instead the game relies mostly on how players interact in the game world, for good or bad.

    Bethesda’s Appalachia is beautifully crafted world, and despite bugs and flaws its a game with a lot of potential, but one that needs excessive tweaking to reach its’ potential. For now Fallout 76 tries to be so many things at once, and ironically becomes a bit over-encumbered with ambition itself.

    Fallout 76 consists of multiple paradoxes that does not glue all that well together. It is a Fallout game, but you’re very limited in what you can pick up, keep or sell. It’s a survival game, but there’s power armors and stockpiles of ammo around every corner. It’s a post apocalyptic irradiated place, but you can hardly kill a ghoul without getting a rad-x.

    It’s an open world game where solo exploration is encouraged, but you’ll unintentionally set off group events that makes players flock to your location. You can trade with strangers, but they can one-shot you with an overpowered weapon. You can stay away from other players and play it solo, but over time it might make you feel lonely or even slightly paranoid.

    Bethesda’s Appalachia is perhaps the most impressive game world Bethesda has crafted to date, like a mix of Fallout 4 and Skyrim, only bigger. The addition of different regions makes the world a lot more interesting than earlier Fallouts to explore, and although many Fallout 4 assets are re-used, there’s a lot of new assets and lightings added. You can see valleys and vistas far into the horizon, you can watch rain clouds drift towards you, or nuke clouds rise above you.

    The downside to it, and one that gets more evident the more you play, is that the locations are spread out a lot more than in previous Bethesda games, and that the wilderness itself is largely devoid of animals and points of interest.

    Bethesda games have always been about exploring and looting, but hoarding items has previously been unproblematic when there’s not limited weight and “stash”. Fallout 76 on the other hand introduces both limited inventory weight, stash weight and a lot of other “survival” elements, like food and water needs.

    As you level up you’ll find you need a lot of “convenience” perks to remedy thirst, hunger, food spoilage and low inventory weight, and then there’s also radiation and diseases to account for. This makes leveling up more of a chore than what it has used to be, it’s just not as fun to pick 10 weight and food perks and 2-3 that are unique to your character, just to be able to play the game without going half crazy because your character is thirsty, hungry or over-encumbered all the time.

    There’s an inherent contradiction in the attempted combination of the Bethesda style of open world games, where the player becomes God Allmighty with a all the loose items in the world in a drawer, and a survival setting where the player is supposedly trying to scrape by on tin cans and irradiated flowers.

    We are wading in an endlessly re-spawning junk pile, where all the loot is randomly thrown upon us like bling bling in a casino, but we can’t keep much of it, we can’t stash it, and because vendors have low and limited amounts of caps we can’t easily sell it, at least not without doing the rounds between faction vendors and waiting 24 hours for vendor inventories to reset.

    Another problem with Fallout 76 is that it relies a little too much on leveled lists and randomization. You can find recipes at different locations in the world, but if you want a certain recipe for a certain food item, you just need to be lucky and stumble upon it in-game. The same goes for plans for crafting weapons or armor. At its worst playing Fallout 76 feels more like playing a slot machine than a rpg.

    Luckily Bethesda have said they will improve on the game in the future. Let's hope they pick the right perks to level up their game.    … Expand
  2. Melinisar
    Dec 16, 2018
    0
    We all got excited at the BETA because it was a BETA that promised more. Bethesda lied to us. The BETA was no more than a massive stress test to see how many people could get on and stress the servers, not a BETA that had more to come out before release. The BETA WAS the game!

    This game is a MASSIVE joke! We were promised changes, adventure, and a new chapter. What we got was a mess!    We all got excited at the BETA because it was a BETA that promised more. Bethesda lied to us. The BETA was no more than a massive stress test to see how many people could get on and stress the servers, not a BETA that had more to come out before release. The BETA WAS the game!

    This game is a MASSIVE joke! We were promised changes, adventure, and a new chapter. What we got was a mess!
    For starters, there are NO NPCs in the game! No one to interact with, no one to see how they survived, no one to give quests. The entire game seems to be a rushed attempt to play off Fortnight in the Fallout Universe because its all PVE or PVP, not the original Fallout we have been promised to continue.

    Quests are PVP based. Its all about killing other creatures OR becoming a Raider and killing other players, there is no story to follow anymore.

    Crafting is bugged out, and usually results in crashes. If you build your CAMP, and then relocate it, you must start from scratch because of bugs that prevent you from placing your saved CAMP again without rebuilding it.

    Bethesda ALSO promised us WEST-TEK Canvas bags from dropping the $200 for the special editions, INSTEAD WE GOT NYLON CHINESE RIP-OFFS BECAUSE they, and I quote:
    “Ran out of supplies and had to make a change at the last minute to deliver games.”

    In all this game is a MASSIVE MESS and a waste of time and money for a game that could have been so much more. Instead of a game, they released a BETA that they continue to update just TO MAKE MONEY!    … Expand
  3. Laudenschteger
    Dec 16, 2018
    1
    Скучный, баганутый калл., в игре совершенно нечем заняться кроме тупого сбора мусора.
  4. Shellob
    Dec 16, 2018
    0
    It is even a shame to call a game. Just the trash that belched Bethesda.
    They will not even be able to fix everything so that it does not look like crap, because you need to look at the root of the problem - the “engine”. It is so outdated that even with the titanic work of the developers of this **** nothing sensible will come of it.
  5. diego24star
    Dec 16, 2018
    1
    The worst Fallout game i play ever. Unfinished , a lot of bugs , no NPCs that make the game so booring , bad FPS mecanics. Is a game that needed 2 or more years for be a good game.
    Disappointing
    I give a 1 because they return my money :)
  6. Chipperz
    Dec 16, 2018
    0
    I wanted to love this game, but I can't. The game runs poorly, crashes frequently. I'm not allowed to take radiation damage, or else I'll crash. Wouldn't be too bad if there was a way to completely avoid taking any radiation damage. Another fun bug is that if you do too much damage to an enemy the server will refresh its health for any range weapon you have, meaning that you'll have toI wanted to love this game, but I can't. The game runs poorly, crashes frequently. I'm not allowed to take radiation damage, or else I'll crash. Wouldn't be too bad if there was a way to completely avoid taking any radiation damage. Another fun bug is that if you do too much damage to an enemy the server will refresh its health for any range weapon you have, meaning that you'll have to rely on melee weapons, alienating many different playstyles. As is the game is unplayable and has gotten significantly worse since the B.E.T.A. period in most aspects.… Expand
  7. ApolloGeo
    Dec 15, 2018
    0
    This game ruined Fallout series. Firstly glitch, glitch and glitch. That's what I see. Secondly, the V-Tec is becoming useless in this game. Third, who the heck is gonna reading books for story??? And finally, this game has lack of multiplayer and pay to win. Don't waste your $60 for this game
  8. TooJaded
    Dec 15, 2018
    0
    This feels less like a standalone game and more like a fallout 4 mod in early alpha. It is utterly broken. Graphic glitches to one side - its a complete buggy mess. I have lost count of the times I have had to restart quests because the game blanked my previous progress. Play sessions were team members didn't load in properly and were invisible for the duration of that session. unable toThis feels less like a standalone game and more like a fallout 4 mod in early alpha. It is utterly broken. Graphic glitches to one side - its a complete buggy mess. I have lost count of the times I have had to restart quests because the game blanked my previous progress. Play sessions were team members didn't load in properly and were invisible for the duration of that session. unable to move bases. Inventory allowances so feeble that interesting loot is simply abandoned due to weight. It should have been given more time. It should have been released as a dlc for fallout 4 with 2 player co-op. It should never have been released as MMO style game. Truly abysmal.… Expand
  9. DarmokGillette
    Dec 15, 2018
    0
    This game is currently a broken mess. Constant crashes and disconnects make holding workshops, a main portion of the PVE and PVP, impossible. Recent nerfs have make them not worth the effort. The game is really just a poor mans Fallout 4. I would have given it a 2/10 if it weren't for the fact that Bethesda **** all over their customers numerous times recently. Dropping the price 50%This game is currently a broken mess. Constant crashes and disconnects make holding workshops, a main portion of the PVE and PVP, impossible. Recent nerfs have make them not worth the effort. The game is really just a poor mans Fallout 4. I would have given it a 2/10 if it weren't for the fact that Bethesda **** all over their customers numerous times recently. Dropping the price 50% weeks after release is a ****ty move.… Expand
  10. MikeTurk
    Dec 15, 2018
    0
    A really outdated engine, dysfunctional hit response, broken aiming system, endless bugs and annoying glitches, bugs, bugs, bugs, no NPC's (what makes Fallout a Fallout is the storytelling, you take that out of the equation, you are left with a broken, glitched, non-functioning game). Now, I can write about what is wrong with that game for hours and make a 45 minute review video but, thatA really outdated engine, dysfunctional hit response, broken aiming system, endless bugs and annoying glitches, bugs, bugs, bugs, no NPC's (what makes Fallout a Fallout is the storytelling, you take that out of the equation, you are left with a broken, glitched, non-functioning game). Now, I can write about what is wrong with that game for hours and make a 45 minute review video but, that is not the point. We can all see that Crysis 3 looks like it was made 5 years after this game, not before. Console players may not be used to such graphics but this looks like garbage on PC and the frame rate is locked to 60hz. (You can throw that 144hz monitor away) Most of the rational, non-ignorant gamers already know how bad and unplayable this game is, despite this really interesting 'Bethesda Fanboy' movement. These big game companies cannot treat us like half brained maggots or sheep, putting out an incomplete product with false advertisement and full price while they 'DO NOT OFFER REFUNDS'. What kind of a business practice is this that you cannot return a product you don't like and that is BROKEN. That is why the game is not on Steam or any other provider with first world customer protected standards. If you live in the first world and paid by a credit card, dispute it. If you got a 'code' instead of a 'disc copy' as advertised, if you got a plastic bag instead of canvas, take action and protect consumer rights. Lets not let anyone dilute and corrupt the gaming industry like they do in every other industry. Just move to the side if you cannot keep up with the pace.… Expand
  11. blackshinez
    Dec 15, 2018
    0
    Мне кажется тут
    "Bethesda cocatb" )))))
    Полный провал. Press "F" to pay respect Fallout series
  12. DrSiko
    Dec 15, 2018
    0
    TL;DR Go play Fallout: New Vegas instead. If you already played it, play it again.

    I would forgive this big pile of mess for a solid single-player campaign with NPCs and a usual dark story, but stuck to a buggy as hell game with multi-player that adds nothing and voice records of boring missions is too much to forgive. One of the missions was to collect bottles, like I would do that IRL    TL;DR Go play Fallout: New Vegas instead. If you already played it, play it again.

    I would forgive this big pile of mess for a solid single-player campaign with NPCs and a usual dark story, but stuck to a buggy as hell game with multi-player that adds nothing and voice records of boring missions is too much to forgive. One of the missions was to collect bottles, like I would do that IRL for free and not for 60$.

    Fallout is dead.    … Expand
  13. Koval1984CZ
    Dec 14, 2018
    9
    Problémy hry jsou : nejsou CZ titulky (angličtina)! , i na full grafiku a 4k rozmazaný obraz v cca 100 m+ , nesmyslně udělané bedny které nejspíš nemají víc místa jak 400 atd . a že všichni na mapě jsou vidět a navíc se třeba na hledaného s odměnou můžete připojit poblíš a zabít ho strašně jednoduše a pote můžou byt nekonečné boje protože on se pak zas pojí poblíž hráče co ho zabil cca 1Problémy hry jsou : nejsou CZ titulky (angličtina)! , i na full grafiku a 4k rozmazaný obraz v cca 100 m+ , nesmyslně udělané bedny které nejspíš nemají víc místa jak 400 atd . a že všichni na mapě jsou vidět a navíc se třeba na hledaného s odměnou můžete připojit poblíš a zabít ho strašně jednoduše a pote můžou byt nekonečné boje protože on se pak zas pojí poblíž hráče co ho zabil cca 1 min do kontaktu prostě nedomyšlené . Taky že nejde poznat že někdo něco vlastní ve světě co sám nepostavil. prostě úplná pitomost ! Špatný inventář a průměrné ovládání střelby a největší problém hry jsou limity na neustálou přetíženost na počet dílů u domu na jeden dum a 20 000 víček od lahví atd . Pak veliké chyby bluprintů i když je zelený stejně nejde postavit. Problém že se nedají resetovat perky nebo skily (až v 50 levelu a perky asi vůbec po updejtu) člověk vůbec neví kde budou super vychytávky a dozví se to až když je pozdě a mnoho dalšího.
    Hra má samozřejmě plno kladů třeba atmosféra zvuk stavění multiplayer monstra tajemnost velikost vizuální příběhy .
    Za mně ta hra má obrovský respekt atd protože v ledačem předčila hry jako je Rust Miscreated 7dtd a mnoho dalších a nastavuje novy směr za mě 90/100
    (samozřejmě vím že budou hru fixovat) a největší úspěch je že i RDR2 sem dočasně odložil díky téhle hře. Konečně je hra co mě strašně uspokojila chut na Stalkera a doufám že Metro exodus to doplní.    … Expand
  14. TerrivelJK
    Dec 14, 2018
    0
    The negative reviews are very much deserved for this game. it's on an engine that is over a decade old and was made for single player games. Many of the bugs in this game have existed for years in the past bugthesdas games and now people are telling me they are finally going to fix them, I find that hard to believe. Bugthesda should have made an entirely new engine for a game like this butThe negative reviews are very much deserved for this game. it's on an engine that is over a decade old and was made for single player games. Many of the bugs in this game have existed for years in the past bugthesdas games and now people are telling me they are finally going to fix them, I find that hard to believe. Bugthesda should have made an entirely new engine for a game like this but no, gotta spend the least amount of money possible. Another point to back this up: a majority of the assets in the game are from fallout 4 and 76s files are even compatible with fallout 4, don't know about you guys but that's seems extremely lazy to me.The file structure is also the same, that is why some people were able to make mods so easily. Again, seems very lazy to me.… Expand
  15. Ancap_Supreme
    Dec 14, 2018
    10
    Fallout 76 is my favorite in the series and I've played every one of them. I get to live my anarcho-capitalist dreams with my friends. It's awesome!
  16. AmyBorden
    Dec 14, 2018
    10
    Finally get to explore a fresh fallout world with my husband, awesome game.
  17. KACTPATOP
    Dec 14, 2018
    0
    Где мое РПГ? Почему в жанре написано РПГ, когда это не РПГ? Почему опять насрали на лор и захуярили донат? Весь сюжет приходится понимать из записей, что похоже на ленивую замену диалогам, ведь персонажей-то нужно озвучить, нарисовать, анимацию сделать, а зачем, если можно просто весь сюжет сделать в виде записей? Разочаровался в игре.Где мое РПГ? Почему в жанре написано РПГ, когда это не РПГ? Почему опять насрали на лор и захуярили донат? Весь сюжет приходится понимать из записей, что похоже на ленивую замену диалогам, ведь персонажей-то нужно озвучить, нарисовать, анимацию сделать, а зачем, если можно просто весь сюжет сделать в виде записей? Разочаровался в игре.
  18. crusader295
    Dec 14, 2018
    5
    I purchased a Fallout 76 for 36€ as a cd key. I all so had access to the B.E.T.A.
    I must say this game is disappointing and yet i think it has massive potential.
    Sure the game is full of bugs but then again every single video game made to this day has bugs... The question is : Will Bethesda clean up these bugs before every single player decides to stop playing the game ? I personally    I purchased a Fallout 76 for 36€ as a cd key. I all so had access to the B.E.T.A.
    I must say this game is disappointing and yet i think it has massive potential.
    Sure the game is full of bugs but then again every single video game made to this day has bugs...
    The question is : Will Bethesda clean up these bugs before every single player decides to stop playing the game ?
    I personally decided after approximately 80 hours of game play to put it aside until further patches are developed...
    I think this game is highly limited by the the lack of regular updates for optimisation and bug resolution.
    I all so think that the game feels slightly empty.
    I personally played a full modded version of Fallout 4 before playing Fallout 76 and the difference in game contents is massive !
    Either they need to let the mod community loose or start packing some serious DLC's !
    I am a binge gamer i tended to stick to a single game for a while (like skyrim 1500+ hours). With Fallout 76 after 80 hours i dont feel the need to start a new game or continue my previous character... Something i never felt with other Bethesda productions !
    After all that i have said i am going to give Fallout 76 a note of 5 as i am yet undecided as what to think of this game...
    Only time will tell if it is truly a quality Bethesda productions or as many have said a "money grab"...    … Expand
  19. Arakkun
    Dec 14, 2018
    10
    Fallout 76 is a rare kind of multiplayer game with an interesting story. The exploration of the Appalachia never felt boring (despite what people say).
    Graphic is actually pretty good, and I didn't have that many slowdowns (despite using an R9 380 which is the minimum requirement or even less)
    The PvP system in this game is a good compromise (but some bugs do bug me), and the party    Fallout 76 is a rare kind of multiplayer game with an interesting story. The exploration of the Appalachia never felt boring (despite what people say).
    Graphic is actually pretty good, and I didn't have that many slowdowns (despite using an R9 380 which is the minimum requirement or even less)
    The PvP system in this game is a good compromise (but some bugs do bug me), and the party system may not work at times (forming parties before).
    The game is good, but attracted UNNECESSARY hate. And yes, the game is bugged, like most Bethesdas game, but do resist do to some modding despite the online status of it.
    There aren't THAT many bugs (heck even less than the average bethesda game) but the game is bugged.
    This game deserves a 7/10 ( or even a 76/100) , but the serious spam ( metacritic should try to introduce filters in such games ) make me give this game an 10.    … Expand
  20. CaptainCaveman
    Dec 14, 2018
    1
    Sad to say this was not only missed opportunity for Bethesda, but a series of unfortunate events turned this launch into a complete clusterf*ck.

    On the technical side the amount of bugs, glitches and errors is massive, even by Bethesda standards. The game becomes unplayable when you are randomly kicked from the server and the saving is hit and miss at best (i've lose items, progress and    Sad to say this was not only missed opportunity for Bethesda, but a series of unfortunate events turned this launch into a complete clusterf*ck.

    On the technical side the amount of bugs, glitches and errors is massive, even by Bethesda standards. The game becomes unplayable when you are randomly kicked from the server and the saving is hit and miss at best (i've lose items, progress and had to redo missions because the server did not save my progress).

    In terms of gameplay the world feel empty, PVP is a joke and so is PVE. Bethesda decided to let the players 'make their own fun' but haven't even provided the most basic tools for that. The gameplay loop is a grind and the loot isn't even that good. There is almost no incentive in playing this game. It feels like a chore!

    By the looks of it, the game we were looking for is being made by Obsidian and coming out in 2019. Fallout 76 was just a huge mistake.    … Expand
  21. YaDoof
    Dec 13, 2018
    0
    Pvp is one sided towards the highest levels, make a true pacifist mode so people can play in peace without vulgar dimwits ripping you out of your experience...
  22. FireKnight224
    Dec 13, 2018
    0
    This game is one of the worst games I've ever seen in a long time and it is such an embarrassment to all the people who bought this. I don't even need to describe how bad this game is. This game will be a huge example why you should always study your games before you buy them.
  23. xPoisonous
    Dec 13, 2018
    1
    After purchasing the tri-centennial edition and playing over TWO HUNDRED hours since release (today is 12/13/18) all there is to say... Engine from Morrorwind, Buggy as hell, boring Quest, no real Story, Empty World, ugly Game, PvP not working.. What a lazy game... shame on the developers for making this game
  24. moiriao
    Dec 13, 2018
    1
    I have never seen such a sorry excuse for a product-especially one priced at $60. The amount of bugs are insane, the patch progress is horrible, and the bad business practice regarding the $200.00 power armor edition (first ripping them off with a false product and then giving out their personal information to other players) are the results of Todd Howard's game that "just works." II have never seen such a sorry excuse for a product-especially one priced at $60. The amount of bugs are insane, the patch progress is horrible, and the bad business practice regarding the $200.00 power armor edition (first ripping them off with a false product and then giving out their personal information to other players) are the results of Todd Howard's game that "just works." I finally gave up playing around level 70 after playing from the moment it was available on PC for B.E.T.A. (which the bugs STILL persist from). Don't waste your time or money on this piece of crap game. Fanboy's will defend it till their faces turn blue with screaming at those who complain about this trash but they're all that I can playing this game in the near future. Go ahead and play (IF the game even works on download), but you have been warned.… Expand
  25. Jerrido
    Dec 12, 2018
    10
    Дайте игре шанс на развитие и из нее сделают конфетку.
  26. Kendiggity
    Dec 12, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is the biggest piece of **** i have ever played. the cons far outweigh the pros. It's fallout, but its so horribly executed/ I have played through the game. I'm level 95 and have tried to launch a nuke 4 times.

    First time i tried to launch a nuke, the parts magically went missing from my inventory to successfully launch a nuke.
    The second time i tried. AGAIN parts went missing off my character.
    The third time i went to launch the nuke and the server crashed.
    The fourth time I died and couldn't pick up my dropped gear that had all my circuitry.

    I usually give developers the benefit of the doubt on games and i can understand that launches can be buggy but lets be real here. This is Bethesda. they should know what the **** they're doing and they clearly don't.

    IF ANYONE is thinking about buying this game. Don't. Do not give Bethesda money for this steaming pile of ****.
    it is the worst game I have played in a long time. I will be uninstalling and Likely not coming back unless there is some SERIOUS work put into this game and fix their giant **** up that is fallout: 76.    … Expand
  27. firefae8
    Dec 12, 2018
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There are a lot of people reviewing the game who have never played it. I pre-ordered and am still playing it. There are a lot of people who seem to be angry that the game is not fallout 5 or FO: New Vegas 2, some, incorrectly, say that the game has changed Fallout Lore, which if they took the time to read or listen to the game holo tapes, they would see it is not the case. When it comes to open world games, by their very nature there are going to be a few bugs, however, some of the bugs are entirely on Bethesda, as is that bag issue. However, the game itself is fine. It plays more like Borderlands as a shoot 'em and loot 'em adventure, with additional features of crafting and wasteland survivalism. There are no other humans, except for players, which coincides with game lore. While there are areas for improvement, concerning bugs and possibly the addition of some more content which most online games do, the game itself is not as bad as most people are making it out to be. The game engine has actually had many parts of it replaced, so arguments about the game engine are kind of moot, except for concerns over the physics engine, that is due to be replaced. It's like Jacob has a ship and at a port he replaces a part of it, by the time he comes home no piece of the original ship remains, is it the same ship kind of deal. There are also a lot of people who just wanted a FallOut co-op mode and who are upset this isn't one, while others don't care for the anti-griefing measures taken. Bethesda probably should have implements pvp and pve servers so that people could have the kind of game experience they were hoping for and maybe they will do that in the future. There are ways the game probably should be and might be improved, however, the amount of hate is undeserved for the game. Again, we're not talking about the bag for the bugs in general, some of those bugs are entirely on Bethesda and they should be called out for it, but the game is mostly like other mmos only instead of getting quests from a humanoid npc who stands in the same spot and who you have to keep running back to over and over again, the quests come robots and from holo tapes, i.e. the dead. It really pushes the sole survivors of a nuclear holocaust with having all other humans being dead and having the life that remains being hostile.… Expand
  28. SiberianKUSH
    Dec 12, 2018
    0
    A shamefull expirience.

    Obsidian save us from this blasphemy.
    I enjoyed new vegas a lot, but this whole game is just a mess, and
    it shows how disconnected from reality Bethesda got with time.
    This game is a sloppy mess on a hot day. I want nothing to do with it.
  29. DoomDash
    Dec 12, 2018
    0
    I put about 100 hours into this game and did my best to give it a fair shot. While there was some glimmiers of hope for this game, it was plagued by poor design choices, a terrible engine, bad AI, and of course lots of game breaking bugs. I honestly spent 40% of my time just managing my inventory, the weights of items even with all of the weight reduction perks is crazy high. The stashI put about 100 hours into this game and did my best to give it a fair shot. While there was some glimmiers of hope for this game, it was plagued by poor design choices, a terrible engine, bad AI, and of course lots of game breaking bugs. I honestly spent 40% of my time just managing my inventory, the weights of items even with all of the weight reduction perks is crazy high. The stash limit pathetically low, and your own camp is pathetically small as well.

    I actually had the most fun when I used an exploit to remove any weight caps. No longer did I need the cards, no longer did I have to run to a camp every 15 minutes to figure what I could get rid of, instead I actually got to play the game. As of now that exploit is now patched, and now my incentive for playing the game is entirely gone.

    Doing missions that I couldn't finish got old. Trying to clear an area only to have an enemy stuck in the floor got old. There is no late game at launch, no actual feeling of factions, no focus. How is this a released game? This still feels like a beta.

    It's amazing how a loyal die hard customer like myself is now second guessing anything I buy from Bethesda. How badly did you have to screw up to make me feel that way?    … Expand
  30. TheRealAndy
    Dec 12, 2018
    9
    Many of the negative reviews are grossly exaggerated. Updating your graphics driver, as you should, completely resolves any video stuttering. The Quests do have depth and are certainly not just "fetch quests". There were server disconnects in the first couple days as is to be expected with any new multiplayer game. I've been racking many hours daily and have not been disconnected for days.Many of the negative reviews are grossly exaggerated. Updating your graphics driver, as you should, completely resolves any video stuttering. The Quests do have depth and are certainly not just "fetch quests". There were server disconnects in the first couple days as is to be expected with any new multiplayer game. I've been racking many hours daily and have not been disconnected for days. The biggest failure this game exposed is that of the Game Review establishment.

    The multiplayer mechanics have also brought civility to multiplayer survival genre. After getting a wanted level for accidentally stealing another players loot. I experienced my first PVP death. Upon re-spawn I grabbed my "junk", since that's all you drop, and we gave each-other the thumbs up. There is no incentive to grief players. This aspect of the game will keep it alive and make it's base grow. I returned the favor to another player with a wanted level scoring my first PVP kill. After re-spawn I told him over voice comm no hard feelings but he had a bounty. He totally got it.

    I was initially disappointed, as many other Fallout Fans were, about the lack of rich dialogue between human NPCs. For many reason, this is hard to translate into the multiplayer environment. That being said, I've really come to appreciate the stories as they are in this environment. Many questions use Terminals, Holo tapes, and notes to dell the stories and enrich the quests. Once you progress to later game quests it's even more enjoyable.

    Time will expose many of the negative reviews for this game to be just another example of people jumping on band-wagons to complain. It's becoming an inside joke for those who actually play the game.    … Expand
  31. mathias36
    Dec 12, 2018
    0
    Horrible experience.
    I pre-ordered this game as I do with most Bethesda games up until now.
    The fallout 76 launch and the general support from Bethesda will most likely make this the last Bethesda game I ever buy. I have been trying to get a refund since October before the game was even out. It's now the 12th of December, and their support is in no way helping. At this point, I'm    Horrible experience.
    I pre-ordered this game as I do with most Bethesda games up until now.
    The fallout 76 launch and the general support from Bethesda will most likely make this the last Bethesda game I ever buy.

    I have been trying to get a refund since October before the game was even out. It's now the 12th of December, and their support is in no way helping. At this point, I'm fairly sure my tickets have not been seen by a single human.    … Expand
  32. thelastone82
    Dec 12, 2018
    2
    The problem with this game is that someone tried really hard to not work at all: practically the 95% of the assets were used in the making of fallout 4.

    It is unbelievable that I couldn't play solo + offline. There's no story, no NPC's and no nothing, well yes, we have mitrotransactions. And above all, connex... ... ... ... ...ion... .. .................... issues that let's you    The problem with this game is that someone tried really hard to not work at all: practically the 95% of the assets were used in the making of fallout 4.

    It is unbelievable that I couldn't play solo + offline.

    There's no story, no NPC's and no nothing, well yes, we have mitrotransactions.

    And above all, connex... ... ... ... ...ion... .. .................... issues that let's you play the game intermittently, (if you have luck and you don't end up being dump from the server).

    I gave it two points due to the originality of the game.    … Expand
  33. drakien1
    Dec 12, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not once have I finished playing and not been aggravated/annoyed/frustrated with this product. Problems aside (and there are a LOT even for a bethsoft title) a game at it's core should be fun, this is in no way fun. Look at previous Fallout titles and think back to what made them fun:
    -A dynamic open world that was challenging and rewarded you for exploration/story
    -You had an impact and presence in the world
    -Rich NPC stories
    -Quests that made you want to see what happen, not just a run here do X check box

    Now strip all that out and you have Fallout 76. This feels more like an experiment that a bunch of modders put out. There are 0 NPCs, quests just appear in your inventory, enemies don't feel connect to the world, half the time they don't respond to being shot, your "camp" has the permanency of a tumbleweed and the presence in the world falls flat when the quest you just completed starts again for the next player. PVP is pointless and you get no reward for it. Heaven forbid you accidentally shoot a player, now everyone in the world gets a lovely notification and a map icon to come kill you. They can follow you around, line up that head shot all while you can't do a thing about it. Teaming up with players is a painful as it sounds. If you are on one step of a quest and your buddy is on a different step, guess what you're not gonna be able to help each other. The game has been stripped of what made it fun all to shoehorn in this multiplayer system that is, also, not fun. There doesn't seem to be an benefit to having multiplayer.    … Expand
  34. Lolka0009
    Dec 12, 2018
    3
    Довольно таки скучно играть в эту игру.Нет определенной цели.Идёшь в локацию и что ты там хочешь найти? Только болты да и еще какую-нибудь высокоуровневую вещь.И всё!Поиграл я и один и с другом, ничего интересного.Квесты вообще не ощущаются.Патронов нету, пороха нету и чем вооружится? Ближним боем? Да, я бы мог вооружится так, но супермолоты не везде можно найти да они ещё и ломаютсяДовольно таки скучно играть в эту игру.Нет определенной цели.Идёшь в локацию и что ты там хочешь найти? Только болты да и еще какую-нибудь высокоуровневую вещь.И всё!Поиграл я и один и с другом, ничего интересного.Квесты вообще не ощущаются.Патронов нету, пороха нету и чем вооружится? Ближним боем? Да, я бы мог вооружится так, но супермолоты не везде можно найти да они ещё и ломаются быстро.А когда все узнали о баге на дюп я вообще не успел его заюзать и мне было обидно что некоторые игроки надюпали себе стимуляторов, патронов, ресурсов, оружия, брони и главное - КРЫШЕК(да-да их тоже можно было надюпать) и у них эти вещи не отберут, а мне ничего не дадут.Это как ивент."Найдите баг, заюзайте его пока никто не узнал, а когда он разлетится по интернету мы его исправим, так что скорей,на поиски!" Учитывая то что игру ценой в 2000 рублей я могу позволить себе 1 раз в 1 год я разочарован.Да ещё когда я в августе хотел купить Fallout 76 с "300 летием" то я вообще столкнулся что они не включили налог в цену.То есть я хотел купить игру за 2500 и мне придётся заплатить 3200? Серьезно? Тогда я заказал в DNS просто Fallout 76 за 2000.14 ноября, день выхода этой игры.Более десятка комментариев под продуктом Fallout 76 на сайте DNS.СМСки о том что задерживается товар не приходят дата получения - 14 ноября, так где-же игра?СМСку о том что игра задерживается пришла только 16 ноября.Ну и я поехал возвращать деньги.Учитывая что меня отговаривали аргументом "Даже начальник предзаказал эту игру(Да, работники DNS так говорили)" я вернул деньги и в тот же день купил Fallout 76.Ну и вот мне наскучило играть.… Expand
  35. Gen166
    Dec 12, 2018
    1
    Absolute garbage, not much else to say really. Just another cash cow attempt... if you want a quality RPG go play Monster Hunter World.
  36. Buliolsza
    Dec 11, 2018
    0
    Fallout was end on Fallout 2! Next we have Fallout New Vegas from Obsidian on thx for Them for real Fallout in 3D World. New Vegas dont have good graphic and **** ragdoll and characters movement but it is a real Fallout with more options, way to go and decisions that affect to world. Then bethesda give us Fallout 4 with same **** characres movement on the same enginge with better graphicsFallout was end on Fallout 2! Next we have Fallout New Vegas from Obsidian on thx for Them for real Fallout in 3D World. New Vegas dont have good graphic and **** ragdoll and characters movement but it is a real Fallout with more options, way to go and decisions that affect to world. Then bethesda give us Fallout 4 with same **** characres movement on the same enginge with better graphics but 0 decision affect anything... Everything u choose effect was the same... Linear story and boring quests it isnt Fallout... AND NOW BETHESDA GIVE US FOLLOUT 76! ekhm.. FALLOUT 4 MULTIPLAYER! With bugs on the same engine :D No story, No hubs, No living NPC, perks on cards... this is not funny joke! GIVE US FALLOUT LIKE FALLOUT 2 ON ENGINE LIKE NEW X-COMS!!! WITH LARGE GOOD STORY, LARGE MAP LIKE F2 WITH HUBS AND RENDOM ENCOUNTERS LIKE X-COM RANDOM LOCATION SYSTEM AND THAT MANY OPTIONS TO DO LIKE F2! IT WILL BE BRILIANT GAME 10/10 EVERYWHERE! but now for Fallout 76 0/10… Expand
  37. Litr84
    Dec 11, 2018
    2
    A huge number of bugs. Less than they did not. This is not AAA game, this not fallout, this is piece of sh....t.
  38. theomar
    Dec 11, 2018
    0
    The WORST "Fallout" I have ever seen.Bethesda selling this trash for 60$,it will be better throw them to bin
  39. AlexSuperStar
    Dec 11, 2018
    0
    Просто не советую в это играть. Куча багов, лагов. Игра имеет абсолютно противную графику. Это движок... Я не понимаю, почему Bethesda до сих пор использует его, он же устарел во всех плана. Мне уже даже не хочется говорить про канон, на который положили большущий болт. Это явно не Fallout, даже не так, это явно не игра. Проходняк одним словом.Просто не советую в это играть. Куча багов, лагов. Игра имеет абсолютно противную графику. Это движок... Я не понимаю, почему Bethesda до сих пор использует его, он же устарел во всех плана. Мне уже даже не хочется говорить про канон, на который положили большущий болт. Это явно не Fallout, даже не так, это явно не игра. Проходняк одним словом.
  40. Siegvald
    Dec 11, 2018
    10
    I feel i must rate and comment to save this game.
    Let s be clear. For me , there is a real **** a undeserved badbuzz.
    A lot of players are just mad because it s not Fallout 5 and it s multiplayer. The game has its flaws yes but if you like soft survivals games , exploring, and playing with friend it s not a bad game at all. Lot of guys flame it just because the Mob mentality takes    I feel i must rate and comment to save this game.
    Let s be clear. For me , there is a real **** a undeserved badbuzz.

    A lot of players are just mad because it s not Fallout 5 and it s multiplayer.

    The game has its flaws yes but if you like soft survivals games , exploring, and playing with friend it s not a bad game at all. Lot of guys flame it just because the Mob mentality takes over.

    Just beware , Inform yourself of what the game is and what it isn't. Bethesda had nothing to do with people who cant even really read what a game is supposed to be and flame it just because it s not what they wanted.

    I playing since beta and i envoy my time in this game.    … Expand
  41. WoodenOwl
    Dec 10, 2018
    0
    Это самая багованная игра за 2000 т.р., которую я покупал. Больше всего не нравится отношение Бесезды, последние несколько лет компания работает на выжимание денег из игроков. Я надеюсь, что Бесезда скоро закроется. Скайрим 6 будет мертворожденной. Даже и не думаю её покупать.Это самая багованная игра за 2000 т.р., которую я покупал. Больше всего не нравится отношение Бесезды, последние несколько лет компания работает на выжимание денег из игроков. Я надеюсь, что Бесезда скоро закроется. Скайрим 6 будет мертворожденной. Даже и не думаю её покупать.
  42. DrZaidberg
    Dec 10, 2018
    0
    The game looks and feels like an indie game (not a good one) rather than a AAA game. The graphics are mediocre at best, and the level of details is very minimal.
    The game is content lacking and mechanically broken, your main role in this game is to collect "Junk", which is then punished by the game's limited character inventory and stash size.
    The PvP in this game is resource draining    The game looks and feels like an indie game (not a good one) rather than a AAA game. The graphics are mediocre at best, and the level of details is very minimal.
    The game is content lacking and mechanically broken, your main role in this game is to collect "Junk", which is then punished by the game's limited character inventory and stash size.
    The PvP in this game is resource draining and reward lacking.
    This is a free to play game at best, and a 10 dollar game at worst.    … Expand
  43. MadclownJack
    Dec 10, 2018
    0
    Called it. Bethesda turned into EA. A 52 critic score though? That's the real gem here. For what? Making a half-a$$ed, no, make that a fifth-a$$ed excuse for what looks to be an actual Always Online Reskin of Fallout 4? Jesus Christ, Todd, you went and dethroned No Man's Sky for worst release ever. You put Daikatana to shame. Seriously is this the beginning of Bethesda's now probableCalled it. Bethesda turned into EA. A 52 critic score though? That's the real gem here. For what? Making a half-a$$ed, no, make that a fifth-a$$ed excuse for what looks to be an actual Always Online Reskin of Fallout 4? Jesus Christ, Todd, you went and dethroned No Man's Sky for worst release ever. You put Daikatana to shame. Seriously is this the beginning of Bethesda's now probable economic suicide? Is this a play-by-play of the studio's impending implosion? What the hell is going on?! Is this what insanity is like? Nothing works in this game! How does that happen?!… Expand
  44. Tricomalee
    Dec 10, 2018
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Most reviews get this game completely wrong. Fallout 76 is about co-op gameplay at high levels against powerful bosses. The game doesn't really begin until you hit Watoga at about level 40. Which is exactly what Bethesda should have done for long term longevity. Everybody in a on-line game can't be the Choosen One. There is enough story and tense Fallout exploration to get you through the lower levels without extreme boredom. Then you get to start fighting Scorchbeast Queens in the middle of a nuclear firestorm. That's fun.… Expand
  45. infin1ty92
    Dec 10, 2018
    0
    I just don't know what to do in this game. The quests are incredibly boring and bugged (Kill Evan etc.), the game is not optimized and the lighting effects and colours' are so too much u get the idea they are trying to hide the decade-old engine they are running the game on, which can still be felt though. Base building is boring and annoying, I just cant figure out what to do in thisI just don't know what to do in this game. The quests are incredibly boring and bugged (Kill Evan etc.), the game is not optimized and the lighting effects and colours' are so too much u get the idea they are trying to hide the decade-old engine they are running the game on, which can still be felt though. Base building is boring and annoying, I just cant figure out what to do in this game. Ive played all prior Bethesda titles since Oblivion and this is the first of their games I just dont bother playing at all, even after trying my best with 10+ hours, i just can't do it anymore. It is probably the worst game I have ever played.… Expand
  46. Xden
    Dec 10, 2018
    9
    I've put several dozen hours into Fallout 76 so far, and I'm still very much enjoying it, with a lot more content to look forward to while I explore the rest of the map. I understand the initial negative reaction to the game, but I also think many of the negative reviews are either uninformed, or there are just a lot of issues that I'm simply not encountering. I had great hardware andI've put several dozen hours into Fallout 76 so far, and I'm still very much enjoying it, with a lot more content to look forward to while I explore the rest of the map. I understand the initial negative reaction to the game, but I also think many of the negative reviews are either uninformed, or there are just a lot of issues that I'm simply not encountering. I had great hardware and networking the run the game on and see very few technical bugs. They do exist, but nothing you wouldn't expect from a Bethesda game with the same engine. Adding networking to a game engine like this is not an easy task. I suspect this game will age very nicely as they improve the engine and add new content. There is incredible potential, especially if they add factions of human NPCs that allow for you to gain reputations.

    To but it simply, if you are a fan of modern Fallout games, this really shouldn't be an exception. 76 still has a ton of great story in it. It has all the aspects of exploration, discovery, and world building that all the modern Fallout games have. I've played it largely solo and I've had a fantastic time. Yes, it requires you to read notes and terminals, but that's stuff that has been in all of the modern Fallouts (and even in Elder Scrolls games) and this style of narrative is consistently some of the best story telling in gaming. The way locations will build on one another through interconnected events and personal relationships is super enjoyable. The way you are able to discover the story for yourself, rather than have it dropped in front of you is a fantastic reward for your exploration efforts. It's satisfying to feel like you are uncovering some lost history of those who have past. I see how many people may not see this side of the game because it's not necessarily cohesive with a multiplayer experience. Rummaging through old terminals and notes may also not be an intuitive gameplay motivation for someone who hasn't played other Fallout games and experienced it already.

    Fallout 76 is honestly still a lot like previous, modern Fallouts. It's always been a buggy engine, albeit exacerbated by overhauling it to allow networking. I just hope that they use this game as an opportunity to update their engine iteratively, over time. The improvements to the engine that were required for this game are likely very intensive, and I bet required uprooting entire parts of the engine. These updates could be carried over to future Bethesda games, up until they develop a new engine, or mold this one into something more modern. This is much like what Blizzard has done with the Warcraft engine over the last decade. Unfortunately, many of these improvements are back end and likely won't be noticed by most consumers.

    The big two differences I see between 76 and previous modern Fallouts; It's got improvements to combat with the fact that you can't just freeze time, chug some stims and then unfreeze. It has no human NPCs, and granted there are plot reasons for that, I do hope they decide to add some later.

    If you're a Fallout fan, and you can go into this game without any bias from social media, I don't see why you wouldn't still enjoy this experience at its core.

    I am excited to see if they will add interesting content updated to expand on the game's lore and some of the newly added multiplayer systems. Something similar to The Division's darkzone would be perfect.    … Expand
  47. Arcane_Ape
    Dec 10, 2018
    0
    I hope people send a clear message that this treatment of customers will not be tolerated. And the only way to get this message across to a company is their wallet. I am not sure if I will ever buy a Bethesda game again. Shame Bethesda, you sold a piece of garbage for full price and lied at E3 about everything working.
  48. bccmoreira
    Dec 10, 2018
    0
    Any good review for this game is a lie by definition. I`m almost what you could call a fanboy for the Fallout Series. I've been playing them for 20 years. This game does not deserve to be called Fallout. There is no captivating history/quest. The game is overwelmed by bugs.
  49. Harall
    Dec 10, 2018
    2
    I have played few hours in Fallout 76. It was buggy, boring and felt empty. It was changed from quite good RPG to **** shooter. And it does not have ANY good shooting mechanics. After that I installed Fallout 3 and NV, used Tales of Two Wastelands mod to see if this is similar to the previous iterations because I remembered them differently. And god, you can see how Fallout 76 sucks evenI have played few hours in Fallout 76. It was buggy, boring and felt empty. It was changed from quite good RPG to **** shooter. And it does not have ANY good shooting mechanics. After that I installed Fallout 3 and NV, used Tales of Two Wastelands mod to see if this is similar to the previous iterations because I remembered them differently. And god, you can see how Fallout 76 sucks even in comparison with previous ones. All this drama only adds to it. This is **** don't buy it.… Expand
  50. silveuk01
    Dec 10, 2018
    0
    Missing textures, and it looks bright purple. So my eyes are glowing purple, my weapon is glowing purple and the homes are bright purple. it got unforgivable when the smoke was bright purple and you cant see through it in caves. It was completely unplayable. I fell through the world a few times and lost all my loot.
    Some things have appeal when they are very bad, like the movie "The Room"    Missing textures, and it looks bright purple. So my eyes are glowing purple, my weapon is glowing purple and the homes are bright purple. it got unforgivable when the smoke was bright purple and you cant see through it in caves. It was completely unplayable. I fell through the world a few times and lost all my loot.
    Some things have appeal when they are very bad, like the movie "The Room" or "Rubber" or loading simulator, and some people buy the game for the appeal that it is really bad. If your looking for a really bad game to play and laugh at. Here is the game of the year.    … Expand
  51. Nic_Osterman
    Dec 10, 2018
    0
    Худшая игра от Bethesda/Крайне убогая графика,устаревший движок ,баги ,отсутствие нпс.
  52. Nicki93
    Dec 9, 2018
    0
    Не не не не... хвалить её таки нельзя. Пускай беседка поймёт, что так делать игры НЕНАДО! Даже если бы они хотели сделать маленький спинофф в стиле раст, то надо хотя бы не ставить такую заоблачную цену. 5 долларов было бы в самый раз, и тогда можно было бы понять донат на шкурки. И потихоньку выпиливать баги и допиливать нормальные сингловые игры. Всё-таки я надеюсь на бетесду, чтоНе не не не... хвалить её таки нельзя. Пускай беседка поймёт, что так делать игры НЕНАДО! Даже если бы они хотели сделать маленький спинофф в стиле раст, то надо хотя бы не ставить такую заоблачную цену. 5 долларов было бы в самый раз, и тогда можно было бы понять донат на шкурки. И потихоньку выпиливать баги и допиливать нормальные сингловые игры. Всё-таки я надеюсь на бетесду, что остальные игры будут хороши и ради этого и купил и фоллыч 4 и скайрим, но только не это... Короче, пусть надежда на нормальные игры не угаснет, а этот мусор преподаст им урок.… Expand
  53. Etrious
    Dec 9, 2018
    0
    Fallout 76 is probably the most singly disappointing game I have ever played in my life. I've been fantasizing about this level of immersion put into a game since the days of the original Fallout. So much so, that I even built a brand new computer JUST to play this game (and yes I know how to build my own box).

    i cannot honestly express how much I would advise you to not buy this game,    Fallout 76 is probably the most singly disappointing game I have ever played in my life. I've been fantasizing about this level of immersion put into a game since the days of the original Fallout. So much so, that I even built a brand new computer JUST to play this game (and yes I know how to build my own box).

    i cannot honestly express how much I would advise you to not buy this game, either for yourself or anyone you care about. If however, you want to Troll someone IRL than this is the perfect game/gift for them.

    This game is enough of a disappointment that I'm done with the franchise.    … Expand
  54. Dude1234567890
    Dec 9, 2018
    0
    This pains me to write this. I have been a long time fan of the Fallout franchise and Bethesda. They have crafted some of the most amazing gaming memories I have. But this... this mess of a game is an insult to the fans and the franchise. Its a cash grab plain and simple. They recycled near all Fallout 4 assets to be repackaged and resold under a new name. And those assets felt dated evenThis pains me to write this. I have been a long time fan of the Fallout franchise and Bethesda. They have crafted some of the most amazing gaming memories I have. But this... this mess of a game is an insult to the fans and the franchise. Its a cash grab plain and simple. They recycled near all Fallout 4 assets to be repackaged and resold under a new name. And those assets felt dated even when they came out originally. Mods are not allowed, it is insanely buggy, VATS simply doesn't work in real-time, major server issues, and predatory micro transactions. And to top it all there are no NPC's. Which means no story! The story was a huge staple of this franchise! Its just flat out boring and a huge waste of your money. Help Bethesda learn by voting with your wallets and make your self heard. I sincerely hope they will learn from this so the Fallout franchise can get a release that it truly deserves… Expand
  55. vahadar
    Dec 9, 2018
    3
    I have been playing Fallout since the first one, the franchise has evolved quite a lot since then, in good and bad, and with Fallout 76 it is definitely not in good. Fallout76 is not an RPG anymore, but just another action shooter with RPG flavor.

    I'm not going to expand on the hundreds of bugs i have yet encountered (CAMP issues, duplicate items, weapons reload issues, vanishing items,    I have been playing Fallout since the first one, the franchise has evolved quite a lot since then, in good and bad, and with Fallout 76 it is definitely not in good. Fallout76 is not an RPG anymore, but just another action shooter with RPG flavor.

    I'm not going to expand on the hundreds of bugs i have yet encountered (CAMP issues, duplicate items, weapons reload issues, vanishing items, invisible enemies and countless others which make my gaming time not fun when i have to relaunch the game every 20 minutes, or when it crashes every hour or so...).
    It is almost one month after release and most big issues are not yet corrected.

    Anyway here my pros and cons :
    Pros:
    - huge beautiful world,
    - many locations to discover,
    - new perk card system (i like the fact that the SPECIAL are again limited),
    - legendary items farming.

    Cons :
    - no npc,
    - very poor atmosphere (reading terminals and listening to holotapes is not rich world background),
    - no impact on game world at all,
    - extremely poor high level content, it is just a farming game in the end,
    - very bad UI for CAMP, even worse than in Fallout4, not designed for PC users for sure but just for console,
    - perk system (again yes, but this time because you cant choose perks you want, it is randomly given to you, you must hope you get the right card. Anyway you get access to all cards at level 50, i had to wait till this level to get some BASIC cards for my play style like for rifleman perks... this is not good at all, i want to develop a character the way i want, not thanks to random card drops!!!). Also swapping perks every 3 minutes because you need to do something or you need to use another kind of weapon is really annoying.
    - very bad player interaction (no chat, no player vendor...),
    - it feels like a Fallout 4 mod, same assets, just revamped visuals, and it is 3 years after Fallout4,
    - every items from Fallout4 and DLCs are here, makes lore not really consistent with other games, when the nuke fell just few decades ago. IE trapper armor from Far Harbor is found in appalachia.
    - no AZERTY keyboard support again in CAMP mode (was like this already in FALLOUT4), not possible to remap keys for CAMP mode, so with a french keyboard i just cant move forward or left, without switching to QWERTY everytime i want to build my camp.
    - Many bugs from Fallout4 STILL present in Fallout76, this is not acceptable at all...
    - i'm running on fiber optic internet 1gb/s, and still i get too much disconnected... some servers are laggy as hell when some others are just fine.

    But i keep playing it, level 103 at this time, i just hope most issues are going to be fixed soon. So far the road map for patches is not very promising...

    Unfortunately, even if most bugs are fixed, some core design decisions are probably not going to change so this make this Fallout quite dull in the end.

    At the time of this review, i consider that the game is still in BETA stage.

    3/10.    … Expand
  56. Wedya
    Dec 9, 2018
    0
    I actually was about to give this game another try because i felt i was to harsh to the game and should try to make the best of it and be more generous to the game than just craping all over it.

    What i discoverd instead is that due to the "damage bug" i am currently unable to even play the game properly since all enemies become suddenly invincible if i deal "too much" damage to them.    I actually was about to give this game another try because i felt i was to harsh to the game and should try to make the best of it and be more generous to the game than just craping all over it.

    What i discoverd instead is that due to the "damage bug" i am currently unable to even play the game properly since all enemies become suddenly invincible if i deal "too much" damage to them.

    I am done. i tried. If you do not encounter any gamebreaking bugs that Bethesda still did not fix yet, cool, lucky you, but in my case this game is pretty much disfunctional garbage right now, the bug was known for a while and even about a month after fo76 release its still there so why should i belive that they will fix this in the upcoming weeks?    … Expand
  57. John_Belushi
    Dec 9, 2018
    0
    I bought this game with my father (who is 76 irl). It was supposed to be the game that him and i would play together and enjoy. We both were very excited to play this game together. In our eyes Fallout 76 was a long time coming for the both of us.

    We both hated the fact that Bethesda cheaped and didnt include any NPCs We Both hated the fact that Bethesda game is very glitchy, numerous    I bought this game with my father (who is 76 irl). It was supposed to be the game that him and i would play together and enjoy. We both were very excited to play this game together. In our eyes Fallout 76 was a long time coming for the both of us.

    We both hated the fact that Bethesda cheaped and didnt include any NPCs
    We Both hated the fact that Bethesda game is very glitchy, numerous glitches to many to list
    We both hated it used an old ass engine that felt like a single player game with modded multiplayer.

    OH AND NO STORY!!! or a toddlers attempted in making one.
    This game is just another DAYZ knock off.
    WE both uninstalled this steaming pile of ****    … Expand
  58. akarnokd
    Dec 9, 2018
    6
    A glorious mess. Audiovisually enternaining with the intrigue of exploration contrasted by bugs, bad design decisions and constant nerfing. As if the design goal was to prevent players from getting strong, powerful, rich and well equipped.

    I didn't miss NPCs and their life story and liked the terminal/robot/holo way of getting to the point and issuing the next quest. Discovering    A glorious mess. Audiovisually enternaining with the intrigue of exploration contrasted by bugs, bad design decisions and constant nerfing. As if the design goal was to prevent players from getting strong, powerful, rich and well equipped.

    I didn't miss NPCs and their life story and liked the terminal/robot/holo way of getting to the point and issuing the next quest. Discovering locations is exciting but there is no "cleared" marker and practically one is expected to return for more scavenge.

    Ballistic weapons felt underpowered, not a decent sniper rifle like my all-time favorite New Vegas Anti-Materiel rifle. Melee on the other hands feels very effective: even without building for one, using a legendary super sledge wrecks most enemies pretty quickly. Perk cards are okay but I liked Fallout 4's approach where I could have all the perks I wanted at level 80: hoarding, damage improvements, defenses, crafting, etc. at once. Instead, limited points and card swapping.

    Camps and workshops make little sense. Camps despawn and likely won't respawn upon login due to location conflicts. Workshops provide so little resources (just nerfed) that you have to take pick them up periodically or they stop producing.

    It's too easy to get overencumbered and thus kissing goodbye to fast-travel. Living like that for weeks makes you appreciate the landscape and hate the middle section of the map as there are very few ramps leading up to it. This comes very annoying when there is a quest stage sending you between the regions or a timed event you won't be able to reach in time on foot.

    PvP doesn't seem to be worth it and should have been a separate mode entirely, maybe after one completes the main story and is at least level 50 (the max level for weapons also) so there everybody has an equal start and build/skill is the dominant factor.

    There are several dozen major bugs (too much damage bug, stats and cards not working properly bug, uncompletable quests, etc.) so in order to avoid the frustration the early birds have suffered through, I recommend waiting for 6 months and far more impactful patches at least.    … Expand
  59. Makaronnelle
    Dec 9, 2018
    8
    My review may feel like a drip of water in an ocean, but I still gotta say what I think. You, that's reading that random positive review, thank you a lot for your time, I swear I'm not paid or under drugs or anything, so hear me out on that one: I don't even know if I'm playing the same game, really. No, Fallout 76 is no masterpiece, as a Fallout fan, I wouldn't put it up there with 2 andMy review may feel like a drip of water in an ocean, but I still gotta say what I think. You, that's reading that random positive review, thank you a lot for your time, I swear I'm not paid or under drugs or anything, so hear me out on that one: I don't even know if I'm playing the same game, really. No, Fallout 76 is no masterpiece, as a Fallout fan, I wouldn't put it up there with 2 and New Vegas, and yeah, everything you've heard about technical issue is 100%, it is a bugfest to be sure, maybe more than any Bethesda game. Is it **** ? God no ! Is it not Fallout-y ? Absolutely not. I won't spoil you, else my review would be even more discrete, but what you'll find is all totally horrible experiences made by your favorite Fallout megacorps, stories of survivors, everything on your usual green text computer. And 0 NPC is still a sad limitation but they kinda still put them, these robots that you'll find, have more personality than any Mr Handy ever before. But is it really worth its price ? Right now, 60 bucks would be better kept for incoming pretty good post apo games coming in 2019, and hell there's really many, but if you're a real fan of Fallout storytelling and Fallout in general, go for it, it'll really be worth your money.… Expand
  60. lewzer90
    Dec 9, 2018
    0
    I wanted to like this because fallout 4 was absolutely amazing, this feels like a downgrade from fallout 4. It feels empty and sad, I wish I could take the more alive atmosphere from this game where all the trees and plants are alive and put it in fallout 4...oh wait! I can! WITH MODS and it saves me 60 dollars! This game was boring, absolute snooze fest even with friends and in factI wanted to like this because fallout 4 was absolutely amazing, this feels like a downgrade from fallout 4. It feels empty and sad, I wish I could take the more alive atmosphere from this game where all the trees and plants are alive and put it in fallout 4...oh wait! I can! WITH MODS and it saves me 60 dollars! This game was boring, absolute snooze fest even with friends and in fact all 7 my friends quit playing because they were so bored. This was just poor execution and sorry, I'm not sticking around so you can beta test this garbage out and that's exactly what you're doing. I didn't pay 60 dollars to beta test anything, I paid to have a working game where if I shoot something point blank in the face it gets hit...that is the most annoying bug in this game, you can't shoot things point blank unless it's using vats...and if the screen jolts around as the target moves while it's attacking you..your vats could drop to 0%...when IT'S IN YOUR FACE. or! When I have a maxed out weapon skill and it barely puts a tiny dent in the life of a mob 15 levels BELOW me. What a joke, I'm uninstalling this dumpster fire and going back to playing fallout 4.… Expand
  61. BruceTheHaan
    Dec 9, 2018
    0
    This game is unlike any other Fallout game, in a bad way. It can best be summarized as a poor attempt to make a Fallout MMO
    Graphics:
    The game is made on the Fallout 4 engine, and it is dated. It shows. Story Remember the previous Fallout that had engaging dialogue and rich backstories for people and places? Very little of that is present in this game. The main storyline can    This game is unlike any other Fallout game, in a bad way. It can best be summarized as a poor attempt to make a Fallout MMO
    Graphics:
    The game is made on the Fallout 4 engine, and it is dated. It shows.

    Story
    Remember the previous Fallout that had engaging dialogue and rich backstories for people and places?
    Very little of that is present in this game. The main storyline can literally be summarized in one sentence:
    *** SPOILER ***
    The vault is open, yay! Go explore.
    *** END SPOILER ***
    That's right. The whole story of the game is that the vault opened and you go explore with your fellow vault dwellers, all of them played by other players.
    There are no companions and no NPCs with which you can engage dialogue. There are some NPCs (all robots, all humans, except for other players are dead, apparently) that have ~5 lines of text they randomly blurt out.

    Quests are all given by 1) holotapes from dead people (which can all be summarized as "I found this cool place, I'll mark it on the map. Oh no, I'm attacked! Aaah!" and you get your next quest marker to the allegedly cool place where you find yet another holotape and a dead body. Rince and repeat.
    2) Terminals you read. The storylines boil down to the same as 1).
    3) A robot that says a few lines.
    4) Random world events. Either defend a certain place or fend off a horde of enemies.

    Gameplay:
    I can only sum this up as a bug-ridden grindfest.
    Where previous fallout games actually made you feel like you had to scavenge what you could to make weapons or to rebuild, Bethesda has taken the fun out of this. In about 10 levels worth of playtime you will literally be swimming in scrap and ammo. But we can make cool weapons from this, right? While it is true that you can craft more weapons than any other Fallout game, don't get your hopes up. You can only store up to 600 lbs of gear. Make an awesome modded shotgun that you want to save for later? That's 20 lbs. Found a missle launcher? also 20 lbs. Rockets and mini nukes are also heavy, and before you know it, you spend literally hours and hours of storage management.

    You can also build your own camp. This is severely buggy at the moment. Your camp has a 'budget' toward what you can build and this is coupled to your storage. It is also contains so many bugs that it's also impossible to use. These include, but by far are not limited to: the game thinks I'm placing an item outside of my camp, while I'm placing it inside my house, corn being endlessly duplicated in my stash up to the 1000s of corn - no, this does not give you endless amounts of money, as you can only trade 200 caps every few hours, graphics glitches, and so on.

    Perks come in the way of cards. This seemed nice to me on paper; building your own deck of perks to fit your playstyle. It sucks big time in the game, however. Be prepared to put every point for the first 10 levels in strength and agility, for cards that decrease the weight of stuff by limited amounts. After that prepare to pick crafting, lockpicking and hacking cards for the next 10 levels.

    Inventory management is horrible in this game. Since you will have an abundance on resources, the weight limt is 'severely' limited (about 800lbs of combined inventory and storage), there is a limit on how much you can trade (more on that later), prepare to spend much time looking at your pipboy and dropping stuff by the hundreds.
    For some reason, Bethesda keeps using the same, poorly designed menus for their games. Ever since Morrowind, UI mods have been among the most downloaded for 'every' game. Yet they refuse to improve the menus. Since mods are not available for this game, this is a is really annoying.

    Multiplayer
    But wait, isn't that good, other players? So that we can roleplay? I thought this had potential at first too. Boy, was I wrong.
    The only interaction with other players you can have are a selection of ~10 emotes and team speak. That's it. Also, the game implicitly encourages to play on your own, as XP is given if you hit a target before it is killed. If you have a sniper in your party who one-shots everything, good luck leveling.

    There is a trade system. It is only possible to sell items for up to 600 caps per 24 hours to NPCs 'to encourage trading with other players'. Since everyone gets exactly the same semi-leveled loot, there is absolutely no trading taking place between players, since the same few resources are scarce for everyone.

    And last, but not least:
    There are micro transactions in the game. Yes, you read that right. You get points for every achievement with which you can purchase style items. These can also be bought with real money. This, to me, is unacceptable in a game I paid 50 bucks for.

    Overall
    Stay far away from this game, even if you are a die-hard Fallout fan. The game has too many poorly chosen design and gameplay concepts.    … Expand
  62. sketchE
    Dec 9, 2018
    10
    Had fun i remember when that was the purpose of games. Making this comment as a point more than anything
  63. Evadinghunter
    Dec 8, 2018
    0
    Just registered the account to say that this game is a scam from a well known company and is critics who gave it 50 plus score are part of that scam team. Metacritic score of 52 is simply a white lie and has nothing to do with reality, This game is robbing people of their money period. Believing in Metacritic and other mainstream games reviewers is also part of how this scam works.Just registered the account to say that this game is a scam from a well known company and is critics who gave it 50 plus score are part of that scam team. Metacritic score of 52 is simply a white lie and has nothing to do with reality, This game is robbing people of their money period. Believing in Metacritic and other mainstream games reviewers is also part of how this scam works. Fallout76 is not a AAA title, it is simply a bad mod made by people who have no idea how to mod. You cannot buy a worse game for $60 in your entire life again. Even if this game costs you $5 do not purchase it, because there are actual games which you can buy for those $5. Shame on Metacritic, Shame on Bethesda. Cheaters, Liars, Gold Diggers, they are all same… Expand
  64. MyAccount
    Dec 8, 2018
    0
    This game is empty.
    I and my friend played together during beta, and I already felt like buying it is a mistake at that time...
    There is no story to me at the first place I have to learn all those stories via holotapes make me have no involved feeling at all, I can just keep that tape playing in the background and walking around in game or go to my kitchen and get some food or go to the    This game is empty.
    I and my friend played together during beta, and I already felt like buying it is a mistake at that time...
    There is no story to me at the first place I have to learn all those stories via holotapes make me have no involved feeling at all, I can just keep that tape playing in the background and walking around in game or go to my kitchen and get some food or go to the bathroom, in real life and the mission icon will update anyways after the tape finished playing itself. I really want to know the stories but this holo tape thing? Not working for me. I'd rather starring at somebody on my screen then this boring sheit.
    I start to miss the raiders I met randomly back in Fallout 4, although they will shoot me on sight every time, at least they can make me felt like I'm alive in that world and definitely not alone.
    During the beta, and after the game launched. All we do are just wondering around collecting junks scrapped them in the base workshop and going out for more junks...or farming those events over and over and over again just to get some maybe better loot and stuff.
    The traders only have 200 caps per faction per day, so I always found that I got sheit to sell but the trader has no more money at all to make the trade going... so I have to bring those sheit and all those junk I found with me and going over my carrying weight limit and not able to fast travel or run anymore...
    Finally, after I arrived my base, I tried to put all those junk in my statch cuz I need them to repair my weapons/armor and things like that; but guess what I do not have any bloody room in my statch anymore...
    After 3 days of this loop, I just start to feel bored on this game.
    PVP is kinda fooked right now if you shoot somebody much higher level than you by accident, it then will totally be up to them if they want to kill you and get all your sheit or not. It happened so many times for me in the nuked zone where I was shooting at NPCs and that dude just jumped straight in front of me and I become the bad guy then he one tapped me and isn't nuked zone supposed to be a PVE zone?
    I am done with Fallout 76, I had hope on you; but you just give it all up. Good bye

    After all, I do NOT recommend you buying this game; at least not now...    … Expand
  65. pjnt
    Dec 8, 2018
    0
    Updated. I have reduced my score from 2/10 to 0/10. The latest patches have made things worse. The customer service has gone aggressive and the NYLON BAG is only good enough to hold the $hit from Bethesdas board of directors.

    Avoid this game and any future title from Bethesda like the plague until the reviews come out. I'm a massive FO fan and hardcore modder. This however has failed    Updated. I have reduced my score from 2/10 to 0/10. The latest patches have made things worse. The customer service has gone aggressive and the NYLON BAG is only good enough to hold the $hit from Bethesdas board of directors.

    Avoid this game and any future title from Bethesda like the plague until the reviews come out.

    I'm a massive FO fan and hardcore modder. This however has failed and I am not certain it can be fixed.

    Graphics are a decade old, interface is anti-intuative, combat is boring, horrid AI, locked FPS @ 63, and getting that can be a chore and and and.

    Too many bugs at launch. It would be quicker to list the things that are not broken. Which is a very short list.

    They took an ancient single player gaming engine and forced it into something it is not and it didn't work. The code is so bad, some XBOX players report it overheats and shuts down their system. Some kind of memory leak or CPU loop. I suspect that many of the problems are technically unfix-able. If they could open up the game to modders, since it is based on the FO4 game, things could quickly be brought under control and an OK game might emerge. Thing is, that will not happen for a year and only on private servers which they will charge for.

    Some good elements when playing with friends, if you can get that feature to work, since it is really buggie. But even this system is woefully broken. To do a quest together, you both need to be at the same point in the quest, otherwise only one member benefits.

    In it's current state, it is unplayable and a 3/10 is generous. 10 years ago, fix all the bugs and I would consider a 6/10. By today's standards, it just does not make the grade -

    I will follow the game to see if they can bash it into something reasonable, or wait to see if private servers are worth the effort. I suspect the cost of this will drop and servers will be free or privately hosted - charging money for this game is borderline criminal.    … Expand
  66. metapoor
    Dec 8, 2018
    4
    Есть основные баги которыми исписан весь метакритик и кишит весь ютуб. (как переносить любой вес, как на ловушках набить себе лвл). спустя дней 10 после обнаружения этих багов 50%+игроков покачалось на них. теперь, и как быть? вайпа нет, банов нет, где баланс? Беседка вводит патч где фиксит баг с лвлапом на ловушках, но не фиксит баг с возможностью переносить любой вес.
    По началу    Есть основные баги которыми исписан весь метакритик и кишит весь ютуб. (как переносить любой вес, как на ловушках набить себе лвл). спустя дней 10 после обнаружения этих багов 50%+игроков покачалось на них. теперь, и как быть? вайпа нет, банов нет, где баланс? Беседка вводит патч где фиксит баг с лвлапом на ловушках, но не фиксит баг с возможностью переносить любой вес.
    По началу аудиозаписи оправдывались тем что 76 убежище открылось первым и мы единственные люди в "пустоши", но через часов 10 игры сплошные тонны текста воспринимать становится нудно, слушать или читать голозаписи, читать записки на бумаге, читать терминалы.    … Expand
  67. 7Rogue
    Dec 8, 2018
    0
    Un 0, no hace falta ni comentar nada, todo el mundo sabe ya la gran estafa que ha habido, ni siquiera se puede llamar videojuego a esto, es algo inacabado, un mod de fallout 4 mal hecho a 60€
  68. dantesjm
    Dec 8, 2018
    0
    This is quite possibly one of the worst games I have ever spent this much money on. $60 for a game that shouldn't even be considered beta status? It's beyond ridiculous. Todd Howard has drunk his own Kool-aid and thinks that he defecates gold when he is really crapping on the heritage of a great series with this unadulterated piece of dreck.
    First, the game crashes every time I try to    This is quite possibly one of the worst games I have ever spent this much money on. $60 for a game that shouldn't even be considered beta status? It's beyond ridiculous. Todd Howard has drunk his own Kool-aid and thinks that he defecates gold when he is really crapping on the heritage of a great series with this unadulterated piece of dreck.
    First, the game crashes every time I try to quit it, which is way more often than I have on any other Fallout game. Second, the main quests are at best buggy and at worst, game breaking. It looks terrible and I can't even run it on a decent quality on my gaming laptop when every other AAA title runs just fine at high or better.
    For those who say that this is a fun game, great! Have fun playing. For the rest of us who don't want to have a frustrating, poorly designed, and buggy experience, we should stay far away. I have literal months in playing 3, NV, 4 according to steam. I have yet to hit a day on this game that I have had since shortly after it was released. Bethesda, y'all need Jesus, you money grabbing code monkeys.    … Expand
  69. Andries
    Dec 7, 2018
    0
    Nothing more than a cash grab. Bethesda really messed up with this one. Not fun at all.
  70. Fumeta
    Dec 7, 2018
    0
    Avoid this game like the plague. It's a pathetic Fallout 4 copy + paste along with unresolved bugs from previous iterations. So bad that it's becoming a meme.

    Bethesda just wanted a piece of that cake known as online services and micro-transactions with such a poor execution that hardly deserves to be called a game. PC performance is best described as abysmal and don't even get me    Avoid this game like the plague. It's a pathetic Fallout 4 copy + paste along with unresolved bugs from previous iterations. So bad that it's becoming a meme.

    Bethesda just wanted a piece of that cake known as online services and micro-transactions with such a poor execution that hardly deserves to be called a game. PC performance is best described as abysmal and don't even get me started with 21:9 support. Good thing I was still able to get a refund.

    Do yourself a favor, don't buy this game. If you treasure and value your friends don't you dare to recommend this garbage to them.

    Buy at your own risk!    … Expand
  71. Radiationbum
    Dec 7, 2018
    2
    Fallout 76 a game where less than the minimum effort was put in to its development. Lazy cash grab

    Fallout 76 a controversial idea of a multiplayer Fallout game, made using the same engine from Fallout 4, a engine that was built for a single player experience that has been jury-rigged to function with multiple players and it shows as the performance is poor, graphics in regard to    Fallout 76 a game where less than the minimum effort was put in to its development. Lazy cash grab

    Fallout 76 a controversial idea of a multiplayer Fallout game, made using the same engine from Fallout 4, a engine that was built for a single player experience that has been jury-rigged to function with multiple players and it shows as the performance is poor, graphics in regard to lighting, shading and the UI are all worse that Fallout 4's, a lack of a significantly developed story that amounts to reading holotapes and terminals before killing something to complete the objective, none of the depth from past Bethesda RPGs is here everything is simplified and greatly reduced in its functionality as a game mechanic/feature, Items that once could be found in many places of Fallout 4 and cost no extra real world money now can be bought for hefty sums outfits can cost 600-900 atoms, so if you want a red rocket jumpsuit cosmetic (the very same outfit in Fallout 4) have to either slowly earn Atoms in game or pay $5 for 500 atoms which is not enough to buy so you need to spend another $5 to then have left over Atoms to spend, everything about this game is Lazily thrown together, all for a quick cash grab on the name Fallout and its fans who once loved Bethesda and now view them as about as trustful as EA to make games.    … Expand
  72. m1stik
    Dec 7, 2018
    0
    I highly not recommend this game. The engine is very awful, keep a distance from this game. But I still hope for the bright future of Bethesda SoftWorks.
  73. Jamtil
    Dec 7, 2018
    0
    Told Refunds not available, boring unplayable buggy mess. This release for Bethesda needed to be on the ball and execute it properly. They have really let everything slip just for sales and may now have lost many future customers
  74. SIPSIK
    Dec 7, 2018
    10
    Лаги есть? Есть. Баги есть? Есть. Но сложно сделать игру с мультиплеером в 30 человек без багов, они будут фикситься. Играть очень интересно, особо если вы играете с друзьями. Всем советую, не смотрите на эти конченый отзывы тех, кто ставит игре 0Лаги есть? Есть. Баги есть? Есть. Но сложно сделать игру с мультиплеером в 30 человек без багов, они будут фикситься. Играть очень интересно, особо если вы играете с друзьями. Всем советую, не смотрите на эти конченый отзывы тех, кто ставит игре 0
  75. cerkala
    Dec 7, 2018
    7
    Despite all the hate this game receives, it's surprisingly good. I want to be clear: if this was any other game, it would be called "early access". But - if you have a friend (or two) to play it with, it's real blast. It looks a bit better than Fallout 4, crafting and survival system has improved dramatically.

    Does it feel empty? No. It's full of creatures, ghouls and things you might    Despite all the hate this game receives, it's surprisingly good. I want to be clear: if this was any other game, it would be called "early access". But - if you have a friend (or two) to play it with, it's real blast. It looks a bit better than Fallout 4, crafting and survival system has improved dramatically.

    Does it feel empty? No. It's full of creatures, ghouls and things you might expect in nuked US we came to love over the years. There's also plenty of Fallout goofiness that F4 lacked. If you take time, wander around, explore, there is always something new to find.

    There's also no such story driven coop game like this. Even if you don't like fallout, this might be worth checking out.

    I'm giving it 7 out of 10. And that's low only cause of all the bugs.    … Expand
  76. Soles
    Dec 7, 2018
    3
    Start game, play play, bug, play play play, bug bug, play play, bug bug bug, play, bug, play, bug bug, disconnected... >=/. Reload game, play play play play play, bug bug, crash. Reload game, play play, bug, play play, bug, disconnected. Reload game AGAIN, play play play, bug, play, bug, play, bug, play, bug....getting super annoyed and angry..play, bug, play, bug...grinding teeth...playStart game, play play, bug, play play play, bug bug, play play, bug bug bug, play, bug, play, bug bug, disconnected... >=/. Reload game, play play play play play, bug bug, crash. Reload game, play play, bug, play play, bug, disconnected. Reload game AGAIN, play play play, bug, play, bug, play, bug, play, bug....getting super annoyed and angry..play, bug, play, bug...grinding teeth...play play play play play play..starting to enjoy it a bit more..play play, bug, play play play play play.....play play, bug bug, play play play, disconnected...reconnect..play play disconnected..reconnect..play play bug bug bug bug..crash...reload...play bug DISCONNECTED AGAIN! >=| ...*rampaging mood...* calm down....reload game...play play bug..DISCONNECTED!!! *throws mouse into wall*....uninstall game...bit more happy now..what an experience..bug spotting, disconnections, alot of *woooosaaa* and learning to be super patient..not the gaming experience i was expecting or hoping for...Fallout 76...the buggy disconnected experience… Expand
  77. Almighty_Craft
    Dec 6, 2018
    10
    Perfect game. Although it contains several bugs, the game experience improves after a few hours.
    Currently, I have played about 150 hours and I still want to continue.
    I want Bethesda to make it hard and further development has been just better.
    People slander this game without giving it a chance, spreading lies and half-truth.
  78. Lefthandedape
    Dec 6, 2018
    0
    Do you want to play an empty game that promises PVP and story line? Then don't buy this game. You can't PVP unless someone actually wants to pvp. There is no sense of competition. No sense of community. Online presence is negligible unless you can scam your friends into buying this game to play with you. Story line is ZZZ. They reduced the price by nearly half only two weeks after release,Do you want to play an empty game that promises PVP and story line? Then don't buy this game. You can't PVP unless someone actually wants to pvp. There is no sense of competition. No sense of community. Online presence is negligible unless you can scam your friends into buying this game to play with you. Story line is ZZZ. They reduced the price by nearly half only two weeks after release, then refused to refund the game to anyone unfortunate enough to download the game. Seriously, this game is worth maybe $10. If you're considering playing this game, wait until it's free to play.… Expand
  79. Jaxxomi
    Dec 6, 2018
    2
    Okay so to start I would give the Xbox One Version a higher rating than the PC mainly because i have had less crashes and bumping into less bugs... But this game is a mess, plain and simple, anyone who disagrees is just a hardcore Fallout fan who doesn't want to admit it and I understand as I used to stand by World of Warcraft till Warlords of Draenor....

    But it is overly buggy,    Okay so to start I would give the Xbox One Version a higher rating than the PC mainly because i have had less crashes and bumping into less bugs... But this game is a mess, plain and simple, anyone who disagrees is just a hardcore Fallout fan who doesn't want to admit it and I understand as I used to stand by World of Warcraft till Warlords of Draenor....

    But it is overly buggy, rendering is atrocious and the story is from dull to non-existent... The way the game runs is laggy, buggy, rendering is terrible even on a decent speed computer and the fact that the textures and look close up isn't much better than Fallout 4 worries me. Most of the textures and items had been copied over from the Fallout 4.
    The game itself... The skeleton is there and I can see its potential, I hm not just here to **** all over the game, there is promise. The story is boring, not engaging and short, the side quests aren't very exciting and make me not care for the characters or lack there of... I think that the game could really benefit from NPCs, maybe add them into a DLC where they come from another vault. The format and the way the game plays seems not player friendly and rushed.
    [I do like the new camera system, the idea of the field of view, the attempt at lighting and other experimental features... Also the nuke idea and the new monster are cool]

    Overall I can't believe I took the risk and bought this full price, I am in shock and only play now because I feel I have to get my moneys worth.
    I would advise against this game till it does a No Man Sky and does a 180 in a year, let us hope for its great future and hopefully Fallout 5    … Expand
  80. dimbak
    Dec 6, 2018
    4
    So, what's Fallout 76 is? It is a big mistake of Bethesda, made from a great idea. Multiplayer with your friends in world of Fallout is fantastic! And Bethesda made it. No, it isn't a bad game - it's good game. But sometimes I think that all these bugs, this bga from collector's and etc. made this game awful. Only one thing good there is CHARACTER CREATOR. THX, bethesda.
  81. Erongoth
    Dec 6, 2018
    0
    Not worth the time to list the multitude of problems this game has. Bethesda should be ashamed of themselves for even releasing this steaming pile.
  82. HouseOnTheTrack
    Dec 6, 2018
    1
    The Good: Massive open world map.

    The Bad: Everything else. Huge Fallout fan since Fallout 3. 76 takes all the things that were a bit of a pain but tolerable in the previous versions and made them awful and intolerable. Now, I have the runs from dysentery and I am starving from the parasites living in my GI and therefore spend all my time looking for food and water and crafting and    The Good: Massive open world map.

    The Bad: Everything else.
    Huge Fallout fan since Fallout 3. 76 takes all the things that were a bit of a pain but tolerable in the previous versions and made them awful and intolerable. Now, I have the runs from dysentery and I am starving from the parasites living in my GI and therefore spend all my time looking for food and water and crafting and camping and all the while I am not out doing any quests. I am at level 15 and am barely surviving. Wow, now that's realistic. The VATS no longer freezes or slows down time, because it is an online game. 76 has no NPCs, which is very disappointing. The graphics are okay but not as crisp and i would expect and I have a 4K monitor. I feel like i am in a bad movie hoping it will get better at some point only to be disappointed again and again.

    Unfortunately there are more bad elements to the game than improvements. What I don't understand is how Bethesda came to the decision to take an amazing single player open world game and turn it into a 'P.O.S.' online game. I know is it just wishful thinking, but I want my money back!!!    … Expand
  83. SyntheticMode
    Dec 6, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Where to begin? I have a lot of real life Fallout collectibles. I consider myself a Fallout junkie. This game REALLY tested my tolerance. Biggest complaint would have to be the level 50 Scorch Beast that is omniscient. You cannot hide. You cannot escape. You cannot wait it out. I encountered this thing at level 15. It made damn sure to keep me pinned in place until I either ran out of food, water, stimpacks or just logged the hell out. Frustrating is putting it mildly.
    Enemy levels are another issue. I went to the Belching Betty mine that is part of joining the firebreathers. The game started out with level 6 Scorch. Midway through it decided I should encounter level 63 Scorch. I got beaten to hell and back just trying to recover my junk. Once I got rid of the 63 (which at level 20 shouldn't be possible) the game was happy to put level 6's back. I'd broken most of my armor and used most of my ammo.
    Repairing gear has a bigger cost than just making new gear. Resources are very scarce as another player could have beaten you to an area and cleaned it out. So, you are generally just trying to find resources most of the time. Make that ALL the time.
    I got a Mutation pretty early. You can't lock in mutations until level 31 when you've maxed up Starched Genes. So, I did my best to avoid rads to keep from using Radaway and losing my mutation. It's impossible. A fellow player told me that all one need to do is suicide. The game reduces rads upon death. This effectively makes Radaway unnecessary until later in the game when you visit nuke sites.
    Sneak is pretty much broken. I approached an area with a hunting rifle. Stayed well out of range as to stay 'hidden'. When I manually aimed at any mob they inexplicably headed for cover. Nothing had alerted them. I wasn't in caution. They just knew.
    One mission asks you to kill a certain type of Ghoul. I gave up on this mission after 5 days of real time of never seeing one in the location the game informed me they would be.
    Another holotape asked me to kill a certain individual. After 3 days of real time I gave up. Every visit or relog had an already dead target.
    This 'thing', because I cannot call this a game, is frustrating beyond belief. Its an ALPHA stage clusterf*ck. Enemies running sideways through the ground. Loot from them is ridiculous. I cannot express hot frustrating it is to fight through an area, wasting all your ammo, to find plans for.....toilets.
    Get used to seeing the 'barbed walking cane mod' because its EVERYWHERE.
    Bethesda should be ashamed of themselves for this fiasco.
    I know a lot of people out there are like me and love the Fallout franchise and I'm hoping this doesn't kill it out right.
    People like to parrot the phrase "fun with friends"...but my friends gave up after 2 days and will NOT return. Most of the maps I have visited in the last few days have less than a dozen people.
    This thing needs to DIE.    … Expand
  84. pcgamingisdead
    Dec 6, 2018
    0
    Pc gaming is dead, all these **** cashgrabs for years and years, blatant recycling and lack of quality. The PC gaming in 2018 is **** Videogame journalism is a JOKE. We need a new videogame market crash and weed these **** and greedy developers out.
  85. Melvorn
    Dec 6, 2018
    3
    My girlfriend purchased this for me on my birthday and got it for herself too. After playing it I am pissed as hell. I can't believe that she paid full retail, for a game that was missing most of what Bethesda promised at launch and has the same bugs as Fallout 4! I don't care that they are trying to fix it. That's not an excuse for asking customers to pay for a Triple A price and thenMy girlfriend purchased this for me on my birthday and got it for herself too. After playing it I am pissed as hell. I can't believe that she paid full retail, for a game that was missing most of what Bethesda promised at launch and has the same bugs as Fallout 4! I don't care that they are trying to fix it. That's not an excuse for asking customers to pay for a Triple A price and then releasing a buggy piece of **** with graphics that aren't even an improvement from Fallout 4 and which feels empty and boring as hell. Go spend your hard earned money on God of War or Red Dead Redemption 2 instead; hell if you -want- to play a survival game, go play ARK if your PC can handle it, at least it's better than this.… Expand
  86. init000
    Dec 6, 2018
    0
    Update: Bethesda now even managed to leak personal info of their users through their total and utter incompetence. DO NOT TRUST THIS SCUM WITH YOUR PERSONAL DATA! It will be abused and treated as **** as they treat their IP.
    Bethesda are literally the lowest of the low and even make EA look.. well, not good but slightly less **** I hope the despicable creature Todd Howard (may he burn in    Update: Bethesda now even managed to leak personal info of their users through their total and utter incompetence. DO NOT TRUST THIS SCUM WITH YOUR PERSONAL DATA! It will be abused and treated as **** as they treat their IP.
    Bethesda are literally the lowest of the low and even make EA look.. well, not good but slightly less **** I hope the despicable creature Todd Howard (may he burn in hell) does the only decent thing and ends himself.
    It's hardly possible to sink any lower then this utter piece of trash. Don't support Bethesda by giving them money for this abomination. The only good thing about this game is the fact that you can get a refund. I'm never buying a Bethesda game again unless everyone involved in Failout 76 is fired and preferably ends up homeless.    … Expand
  87. OriginalVenom
    Dec 6, 2018
    0
    Чистой воды плагиат по франшизе и мод для Fallout 4
  88. dagaric
    Dec 6, 2018
    10
    the game provides the opportunity to have fun yourself, does not drive anywhere, complete freedom
  89. Saxius
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    Начнем с того, что этот продукт Тодда Говарда не является игрой в принципе. Это кусок програмного кода, созданный для того, чтобы проложить дорогу между банковской картой игрока и компанией Bethesda. Дать старт еще одному денежному ручейку. Сейчас там прекрасно работает магазин "косметики", а позже они обязательно внедрят лутбоксы кейсы и тому подобные виртуальные плюшки за вполне реальныеНачнем с того, что этот продукт Тодда Говарда не является игрой в принципе. Это кусок програмного кода, созданный для того, чтобы проложить дорогу между банковской картой игрока и компанией Bethesda. Дать старт еще одному денежному ручейку. Сейчас там прекрасно работает магазин "косметики", а позже они обязательно внедрят лутбоксы кейсы и тому подобные виртуальные плюшки за вполне реальные деньги. Творчества никакого здесь нет, всё сосредоточено на выкачивании денег из игроков, и в дальнейшем это будет развиваться. Не буду в сотый раз писать про минусы этой "игры", это за меня уже сделали другие люди, повторяться незачем. Просто если вы собираетесь купить этот кусок програмного кода - одумайтесь. Пожалуйста, сохраните ваши деньги, ведь Bethesda вам их не вернёт. А вернуть вам их захочется, это 99,9 процентов. В этом куске програмного кода вы будете бегать (с тормозами лагами и фризами) по пустой карте, где не надо делать ничего. Где нет заданий. Возможно вам захочется разбить лагерь, где нибудь у реки, покрафтить, повыращивать мутафрукты кукурузу и тошку (для клея), то тогда имейте в виду, что когда вы выйдете из игры скорее всего всё это пропадёт. Оно всё будет в инвентаре, да, но отстраивать всё придётся по новой. А если пытаться перезаходить - то можете просто вылететь на рабочий стол.
    В общем и целом желаю всем благополучия, люди не тратьте деньги на это. Такой продукт нам не нужен.    … Expand
  90. kolizion5
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    Awful BETA(not really even beta),Awful release,awful servers,awful graphics,awful gameplay(fallout 4 with far more bugs,and **** console port of controls),awful company policy,awful amount of lies and awful parasitization on a previously good series. Thanks BeThEsDa.
  91. DrBleak
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    I want to make this abundantly clear. The problem is not the fallout franchise itself, the fallout franchise still has plenty of room for actual decent games. The problem is that fallout 76 was made for an entirely different market then the core fanbase, rushed through development to sell as soon as possible, and is just generally poorly made. The idea of a fallout based MMO is not anI want to make this abundantly clear. The problem is not the fallout franchise itself, the fallout franchise still has plenty of room for actual decent games. The problem is that fallout 76 was made for an entirely different market then the core fanbase, rushed through development to sell as soon as possible, and is just generally poorly made. The idea of a fallout based MMO is not an inherently bad one but this was done so poorly that almost everyone hates it.… Expand
  92. yogibbear
    Dec 5, 2018
    2
    Bank took my house off me after Bethesda leaked my CC details. At least my new street dwelling of a cardboard box is better than this game, smh.
  93. Dudersaurus
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    I just dont understand why Bethesda wants to keep using this engine. They say it is because they "know it".. My question is how do you use (and develop) something for literally more than a decade and still come out with the same bugs that have plagued your last 3 AAA releases???

    This isnt "knowing your product" nor is it "using what we know to our advantage" It is a futile exercise    I just dont understand why Bethesda wants to keep using this engine. They say it is because they "know it".. My question is how do you use (and develop) something for literally more than a decade and still come out with the same bugs that have plagued your last 3 AAA releases???

    This isnt "knowing your product" nor is it "using what we know to our advantage" It is a futile exercise in money saving that will end up going the way of the Canvas Bag scenario    … Expand
  94. The_Good_Critic
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    I think this is the worst game Bethesda has released so far, or at least the worst fallout game (TES online wasn't very good, it might have been better but i'll need to replay to make sure)
    Bethesda is well known for making single player RPGs and does quite a good job at it (if you ignore FO4) but all of their attempts at online end in failure.
    And its not just because MMOs are already a    I think this is the worst game Bethesda has released so far, or at least the worst fallout game (TES online wasn't very good, it might have been better but i'll need to replay to make sure)
    Bethesda is well known for making single player RPGs and does quite a good job at it (if you ignore FO4) but all of their attempts at online end in failure.
    And its not just because MMOs are already a crowded market, this game was just bad.

    To begin:
    >no story (its an mmo so its not really surprising)
    >bad enemy AI
    >bad enemies (they ALL felt reskinned from previous games)
    >Unfun gun play
    >there is no survival aspect
    >you feel like you're playing godmode despite not being in god mode
    >the only thing there is to do is get in groups and chat (as a result of the game being too easy)
    >why couldn't they have made a Fallout 5 except more like Fallout:NV than fallout 4, I wouldn't even care about the outdated engine
    >You could be playing skyrim over this (modded with Fallout weapons into it of course)

    Ok, so maybe the last 3 points aren't exactly strong criticisms, But this game comes off as so repelling to fans of Bethesdas other works that i don't even want to talk about it
    Not to mention they banned that one guy for abusive language despite him roleplaying as a Country Hick who had survived the apocalypse. I'm not even joking, his name was Nathan the Hick and he was clearly roleplaying as some backward country hick who planned to "eliminate all gays". he then went up to a group of users to share his views (in order to make them kill him) and then let them beat him to death.
    I can't tell whats more depressing; that players are willing to make themselves out to be enemies with better backstories than any of the actual enemies ingame due to how bland the whole world is, or that Bethesda has a strict "no fun allowed" policy to obvious roleplayers.
    Like are they wanting the roleplayers to only play as kind virtuous people in a post apocalyptic world? Because that's no fun

    Regardless, I do not recommend anyone play this game, the only appreciable aspect of it is the player player interactions because everything is so terrible.
    literally get any other online mmo, I wouldn't even play this if it was F2P (which its likely to become)    … Expand
  95. DarkIve
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    I prefer to read reviews, but here I can not be silent. It is better to kill the series than to torture her.
  96. LiarToddHoward
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    Bad, boring, buggy, empty, worthless. Rubbery. Full priced copy-paste "patch your own game"? Why is this even legal? Shame on you, Bethesda.
  97. BBuehler
    Dec 5, 2018
    1
    This game has more problems than features. Bethesda who says that they appreciate and pay attention to the critical input from the players proves in execution, that this is not the case.

    #1: Bugs present in Fallout 4 are alive and well in Fallout 76 #2 The architecture and bandwidth capabilities and methodology of the infrastructure that Bethesda chose to host the game are incapable    This game has more problems than features. Bethesda who says that they appreciate and pay attention to the critical input from the players proves in execution, that this is not the case.

    #1: Bugs present in Fallout 4 are alive and well in Fallout 76

    #2 The architecture and bandwidth capabilities and methodology of the infrastructure that Bethesda chose to host the game are incapable of the requirements. This is evidenced by the following:

    * Lost Quests
    * Lost progression of quests, sometimes resulting in being permanently
    blocked from all follow up quests
    * Failure to record items in inventory
    * Failure to record the actual armor that is being used sometimes resulting in the
    loss of the same.
    * Almost all NPCs are completely inactive and sometimes invisible until the player
    is on top of them. POP!
    * Server instabilities, loss of connection, failure to actually connect after "finding" a server

    Note: All infrastructure and methodology decisions appear to have been from the point
    of cost rather than providing any sort of acceptable performance !!!

    #3 The game engine is hardly tweaked. The player ends up noticing all too often that the screen is all blurred and waiting for the detail down scaling to "catch up".

    #4 Most quests are absolutely non-complete-able without having to grind to the next level or two or ten!!!

    #5 The world leveling is absolutely insane, there is no rhyme or reason for the random levels of MOBS that occur.

    #6 There is no actual story line, no NPC to give you any sort of reason for doing the ridiculous things that you are being asked to do. To witt : Why the hell would I give a damn about finding all of the jukeboxes in city x or play a musical instrument on the roofs of city x. Most side quests appear to be completely random, are doled out with no interface with anyone asking you to do X because of Y.

    #7 PVP play is pointless.

    #8 While Bethesda admit (somewhat) that the game isn't where they intend it to go. At the same time they offer no vision for where it will go.

    #9 Did I mention BUGS, Well there are bugs of all sorts, rendering, item placement, broken quests, invisible agro'd MOBS, MOB AI that got dropped on it's head, the inability to snipe MOBS because they respawn and the bodies and loot disappear as you approach their area . .. Unfortunately since Bethesda left all bugs to be fixed by Modders in the past and because they decided to keep the servers to themselves. There is no reasonable expectation that they actually know how to or will fix their BUGS.

    #10 With each "patch" Bethesda has released come new bugs and the need to figure out work around's.

    #11 Base building is torturous, repetitive and after some time, a joy sucking experience

    #12 Even with upped storage, the player is herded into playing Fallout 76 - Storekeeper

    #13 I mentioned infrastructure and method earlier but something that becomes really apparent is that they used a singular methodology for inventory that appears to be storing junk, aid, etc as serialized items, thusly loading down server/s (NOTE: I am not convinced that they are not using VMs instead of full servers. Although I am 100% sure that they are not using multiple machines as would be required to keep it all running smoothly and without any popping)

    I'm not going to tell anyone, don't buy this. I am going to say though, that if your mind is not addled; if you notice things that break lore or simply don't make a bit of sense and have to stop and ask yourself wtf is going on here; if you do not want to spend as much time tending your inventories as questing; if you are not completely puzzled at the lack of screws released by junking items that are demonstrably loaded with screws, if you are going to ask yourself why do I need these items to repair this? then wait!!! For the sake of your own sanity and so as to avoid something that is at this point, perhaps ALPHA level,servers that have obviously not been stress tested and done on the cheap and a completely directionless software experiment sold with deceptive advertisement by a rudderless vendor of promise and disappointment.    … Expand
  98. Landwulf
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    I made an metacritic account just to rate this game, it's absolutely crap and a big slap to the face for fans, Bethesda games always had it's issues but this is just one insane cash grab.
  99. Dolphman
    Dec 5, 2018
    4
    Fallout 76 game was a game I was really hyped about. A game I wanted to succeed. I thought the hate at the beginning was just the normal internet backlash, but as I've continued to play this game (to the point where I simply couldn't continue to handle it's flaws) my score has gone from a 8 to a 7, 6 to a 5, and now a 4.

    Fallout 76's world is one of it's only bright spots, and obviously    Fallout 76 game was a game I was really hyped about. A game I wanted to succeed. I thought the hate at the beginning was just the normal internet backlash, but as I've continued to play this game (to the point where I simply couldn't continue to handle it's flaws) my score has gone from a 8 to a 7, 6 to a 5, and now a 4.

    Fallout 76's world is one of it's only bright spots, and obviously the only part Bethesda seemed to finished. This game is extremely rushed, bugs are rampant, the quests are repetitive, and exploits continue to spread.

    This game can be fun, but once you realize how everything works it becomes an absolute drag. In previous Bethesda games this has happened but made the game better for me, not worse.

    PVP is worthless, the only time it's fun is when you are tracking down a wanted person (as you can freely attack them).

    I don't agree with the Engine complaints, the engine poor performance is an issue, but it isn't what ruined this game (if anything I was impressived by the improvements they made to it). To bad all of that is lossed in a huge amount of bugs and graphical glitchs.

    This game is an beginning BETA state at best. It begins to crack quickly.

    Overall this game needs major imporvements to become worthwhile. This game needed another year atleast to be fully finished.

    The good: This game, if you go into without expecting to hate it, is fun for the first 20 hours (Before you realize the paper-thin facade). This length time is extremely short compared to bethesda usually play-times, but atleast I was able to get some fun out of it.    … Expand
  100. s10hotrod
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    After the 1.0.2.3 patch, many, MANY more bugs were introduced along with timed game crashes. You come in the game, need to take off your clothes, quit the game, restart the game, and then put your clothes back on just to enjoy the perks of your clothes. That sounds sweet!

    Oh! Would you like to claim and build at a workshop? Yes! Look at all of the stuff I just built....oh wait....game    After the 1.0.2.3 patch, many, MANY more bugs were introduced along with timed game crashes. You come in the game, need to take off your clothes, quit the game, restart the game, and then put your clothes back on just to enjoy the perks of your clothes. That sounds sweet!

    Oh! Would you like to claim and build at a workshop? Yes! Look at all of the stuff I just built....oh wait....game crashed and lost it all.

    I am done....    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews

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