Fallout 76

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2.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 6754 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 1,506 out of 6754
  2. Mixed: 379 out of 6754
  3. Negative: 4,869 out of 6754
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  1. codesloth
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    No soul and feels like a bad Fallout 4 multiplayer mod more than a new game. I am very disappointed.
  2. Malleator
    Nov 20, 2018
    0
    Game is very buggy, suffers greatly by limiting itself to robot and enemy NPCs only, and punishes the player greatly for following basic mechanics he seems to reward... Namely that of looting.

    Only a measly total of 400 weight for storage? Crafting requires so much in terms of resources to craft even the most basic things, yet the player is given what amounts to a shirt pocket worth of    Game is very buggy, suffers greatly by limiting itself to robot and enemy NPCs only, and punishes the player greatly for following basic mechanics he seems to reward... Namely that of looting.

    Only a measly total of 400 weight for storage? Crafting requires so much in terms of resources to craft even the most basic things, yet the player is given what amounts to a shirt pocket worth of storage to keep everything in!    … Expand
  3. bortnessundine
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    It's a boring griefer-fest garbage game that should never have existed. The internet ruins everything
  4. Meggh123
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    A complete betrayal of the fanbase, or even the gaming community in general. The game is a mess. Horribly outdated engine with bad shooting and tons of bugs. It's a disgusting mess. Thanks Todd. I'm not buying your game. I tried it on a friend's account just to laugh at your lazy work.
  5. Muchbow
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Bethesda 2017 - Save Single-player!
    Bethesda 2018 - Fallout 76 is complete (errm, I mean broken) online experience.
    Single-player - Am I a joke to you? Jokes aside, fallout 76 is a complete mess! And that statement is not even close to an exaggeration. Server disconnection is a common thing, framerate dips, common bethesda bugs and glitches, enemies spawning out of the sky and you    Bethesda 2017 - Save Single-player!
    Bethesda 2018 - Fallout 76 is complete (errm, I mean broken) online experience.
    Single-player - Am I a joke to you?
    Jokes aside, fallout 76 is a complete mess! And that statement is not even close to an exaggeration.
    Server disconnection is a common thing, framerate dips, common bethesda bugs and glitches, enemies spawning out of the sky and you getting dropped inside a horde of enemies with no equipped weapons is just some of the things you can expect in the game.
    That's just the technical side of things though and maybe bethesda will fix it, maybe...
    One thing that bethesda can't fix is the empty open world, not without a massive patch that completely changes everything in the game, umm sorry did I say everything? 'massive patch that changes the game'. fallout 76 is bethesda's attempt to join the "Games as a service" movement.
    Also, the engine hasn't aged well, bethesda seriously needs to develop a new engine for it's open world games.
    Anyway, I can't recommend fallout 76 unless you wanna waste your $60 and question your life decisions.    … Expand
  6. RSFSR
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    bethesda. get banned! you destroyed Fallout
    you don't care on players only money is important to you
  7. breaksven
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    This is simply not a game. Any other survival game is better, including original DayZ mod.
  8. IZLOYIKOTIKI
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Apply yourself, Bethesda!

    1. Bad grafics
    2. Million bugs
    3. Pointless gameplay
    4. Game is boring
  9. funfall
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Maybe it can be okay, but a lot of bugs.

    I would be ashamed if I worked as a developer in Bethesda.
  10. D45T4N
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    This game is just an ultimate sh*t: sh*tty graphics, sh*tty optimization, sh*tty fetch quests, sh*tty online code, sh*tty cheater protection, sh*tty shooting, sh*tty scavenger-like gameplay, the sh*ttiest animations in the world. If you wanna support Bethesda, just buy a Skyrim once again instead of that sh*t.
  11. Anatoly_1989
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    Ужасная игра, отсутствует сюжет, присутствуют многочисленные баги, пожалел что приобрёл данную игру, Bethesda ужасная контора.
  12. Ogi79
    Nov 15, 2018
    1
    I dont know where to begin.Its like game from 2009 .Horrible engine,outdated graphics,clunky animations,no human NPCs, boring,full of bugs. Only good thing is music/sound. Complete garbage!
  13. deltameta
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    -12 / -12
    Перевратый лор игры, устаревший движок, бесчисленные баги и наплевательское отношение разработчиков можно разглядеть в fallout 76.
  14. Soycuck
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    One of the worst and most disappointing games I’ve ever played. This is a complete insult to bethesda fans and gamers in general. It reminds me of a half-assed student project that you know was thrown together the night before the class presentation. Rushed garbage that isn’t even close to resembling a complete game. Their gamebryo engine is 15 years old and they are still milking it dryOne of the worst and most disappointing games I’ve ever played. This is a complete insult to bethesda fans and gamers in general. It reminds me of a half-assed student project that you know was thrown together the night before the class presentation. Rushed garbage that isn’t even close to resembling a complete game. Their gamebryo engine is 15 years old and they are still milking it dry trying to delay as long as possible until they have to create a new engine, that outdated trash engine never stood a chance when compared to all the next gen games in 2018.… Expand
  15. fallout411
    Nov 24, 2018
    1
    If it rates as 10, it's a bulls**t fake or paid rating. No one blindly grants a perfect score and fails to address proper critique. It's your money, you are free to lose it, or wait until it's more polished in three months, in the $5-$10 Gamestop rack.

    This isn't a fallout game anymore than Mass Effect Andromeda was a Mass Effect game. Using the game as a skin and playing off the    If it rates as 10, it's a bulls**t fake or paid rating. No one blindly grants a perfect score and fails to address proper critique. It's your money, you are free to lose it, or wait until it's more polished in three months, in the $5-$10 Gamestop rack.

    This isn't a fallout game anymore than Mass Effect Andromeda was a Mass Effect game. Using the game as a skin and playing off the name doesn't make it part of the series. This is the MEA of the fallout world, and will be rated accordingly.

    While there are endless opportunities to criticize the game for everything no one wanted, lets focus on one thing. NO one wants to read through endless terminals or listen to endless holotapes, in an empty environment. The same mistakes EA made with MEA, is being made all over again with Bethesda and 76. The reviews should reflect this accordingly, and so far they have. Like it or not, those happy with the game are likely in the minority of the collection.

    The game is quite an abomination. Bethesda should be ashamed of themselves. Glad it was on their dollar. Their financial loss, is how we get their attention. With the significant discount in price in recent days, we should see this in the Gamestop bargin bin at $5-$10 in a month or two.    … Expand
  16. mpelley92
    Nov 24, 2018
    0
    Let's be honest. If this DIDN'T have the 'Fallout' title on it, nobody would pay $60 for it. Nobody would even take a second look at it. It's only because it's related to Fallout and Bethesda, that some people even play it. Those of you who do, are supporting terrible games, and you should be ashamed of yourselves. You are making the video game industry what it is today. A monetizing,Let's be honest. If this DIDN'T have the 'Fallout' title on it, nobody would pay $60 for it. Nobody would even take a second look at it. It's only because it's related to Fallout and Bethesda, that some people even play it. Those of you who do, are supporting terrible games, and you should be ashamed of yourselves. You are making the video game industry what it is today. A monetizing, early-access, glitch and bug ridden, 'do it just to get it done', royally misguided sack of horse manure industry. Congrats, you ruined it for everyone else.… Expand
  17. false_idyll
    Nov 15, 2018
    1
    OH dear what a let down after playing RDR 2, honesty is what is missing from this game! If the developer had been up front and honest about what the game is and is not, then Beth net wouldn't be in such a mess and I might have been able to rate it higher.

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

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

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

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

    Ohh yeah one more thing, dont bother buying the physical game, the dvd is cardboard (I know right) with a download token hahahahahaha    … Expand
  18. fooey
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    It's a minimum effort asset flip, to establish a "live service" game like all the big boys have, so they can sell cosmetics to their hapless fans

    Vote with your wallet and stay away from this train wreck.
  19. MoscowAndrew
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Worst Fallout game EVER. Bethesda must return to TES and bring back Fallout to Obsidian.
  20. Dwayne123
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    This is full of fake reviews, please fix this, **** tonnes of accounts giving the game 10 to boost the score, some accounts have one review, or multiple reviews for terrible games giving them 10.
  21. noctheist
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    Yeah so this is getting review bombed by both fanboys and those who hate the game. Just to clarify, I HAVE played the game extensively, both solo and in a group. And yeah, the game just.. well, it's Fallout stripped of essentially everything that made the games great and replaced with a structure that reeks of an identity crisis. PVP is bad, solo play is bad, even co-op is pretty brokenYeah so this is getting review bombed by both fanboys and those who hate the game. Just to clarify, I HAVE played the game extensively, both solo and in a group. And yeah, the game just.. well, it's Fallout stripped of essentially everything that made the games great and replaced with a structure that reeks of an identity crisis. PVP is bad, solo play is bad, even co-op is pretty broken (no shared XP and the way you work through quests as a team is very confusing). Gun mechanics and graphics are meh, which usually wouldn't matter too much but seeing as though this game pretty much gets rid of everything else it is more noticeable here. Survival elements are tedious enough to irritate people who don't want them yet not harsh or detailed enough to excite survivalist players.

    I mean yes the world is "huge" but 95% of it is boring, drawn out radiant/fetch quests, not dissimilar to the Preston Garvey Minutemen missions - only this time you aren't helping anyone because everyone is dead. Is it a terrible sandbox co-op game? No, not really. Not a great one either though. But Bethesda can't expect to latch on to the Fallout title and give us such a medicore product.

    Finally, yeah, the game is glitchy as hell, of course, but so are all Bethesda games so I wouldn't say that's the main takeaway from playing this.

    tl;dr if you liked the old Fallouts and want something even distantly similar, I'd advise you either stay clear or wait until it's on sale But then I'm a random guy on the internet lol    … Expand
  22. Jonnycat74
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    Fallout 76 is not just the biggest disappointment of 2018 or in Bethesda's history, but perhaps the biggest disappointment in modern gaming history. 76 feels like a gutted and unfinished version of Fallout 4. More like a lousy DLC or mod honestly. To be fair, I'm not a fan of multiplayer games. However, Bethesda claims this game can be played as an enjoyable single player game. AfterFallout 76 is not just the biggest disappointment of 2018 or in Bethesda's history, but perhaps the biggest disappointment in modern gaming history. 76 feels like a gutted and unfinished version of Fallout 4. More like a lousy DLC or mod honestly. To be fair, I'm not a fan of multiplayer games. However, Bethesda claims this game can be played as an enjoyable single player game. After playing(or at least trying to play) solo I can confirm, it's the worst single-player open-world game I've ever purchased. I can deal with the many bugs and opening day issues the servers may have, but the lack of NPC's, dialog, graphical upgrades, game-changing decisions, settlements(all the things that take time and money to develop) and sense of achievement has left feeling like I'm not playing towards any type of goal or having any fun. Bottom line...it's not a fun single player game regardless of the fact Bethesda claims it can be. No two ways about it...I've been robbed of 60 bucks based on this claim. Sadly, the only way Bethesda will stop pulling this crap is to NOT BUY THIS GAME! VOICE YOUR OPINION WITH YOUR WALLET AND SHOW BETHESDA WE WON'T STAND FOR THIS UNFINISHED STEAMING PILE OF DOG CRAP!… Expand
  23. Blackfoot
    Nov 14, 2018
    1
    Soulless.
    I started out excited to gather scrap for my base and spent a few hours picking up wood and getting that all set up. Then, I pretty much hit the limit of what I could do without finding more blueprints and so I entered the beautiful wide world to "play the main questline."
    This game is not finished and... certainly not Fallout. It feels like some fan coded a mod to play Fallout    Soulless.
    I started out excited to gather scrap for my base and spent a few hours picking up wood and getting that all set up. Then, I pretty much hit the limit of what I could do without finding more blueprints and so I entered the beautiful wide world to "play the main questline."
    This game is not finished and... certainly not Fallout. It feels like some fan coded a mod to play Fallout 4 as an empty MMO. It fails terribly at single-player as there is no story. For some reason, EVERYONE recorded a holotape before they died and left it out on a table for you to find. Then you get to play a loot simulator while professional voice actors try and make the experience interesting. It's not.
    There is no challenge, so multiplayer has no real point other than to run around randomly shooting respawns and looting with friends.
    Nothing feels like it makes any sense and this beautifully rendered world is devoid of any immersion. This is not Fallout.
    I've spawned under the world twice and I've crashed to desktop multiple times.
    Always on Mics just let you hear people clicking their keyboards or hearing them argue with children or parents or spouses in their home. It's uncomfortable. I don't understand why anyone thought this would be a good idea. "Hell is other people" and why I play games like Fallout to begin with.
    This is not Fallout.
    Leveling up and perks are handled in a random bizarre way and feel toothless.
    Seriously feels like it should be a Free-To-Play game, but Bethesda charged a AAA price.
    With Microtransactions.
    Shame on you Bethesda.    … Expand
  24. Lumpukka
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Simply unfinished. It is insultingly bad for the price point and should never have been shipped out in the condition that it is in. This game is nothing but a big middle finger by bethesda to every fallout fan and this game shows that they care about their franchises only in name alone. Disconnects, quest breaking glitches, stuttering and framerate dips, enemies spawning in front of youSimply unfinished. It is insultingly bad for the price point and should never have been shipped out in the condition that it is in. This game is nothing but a big middle finger by bethesda to every fallout fan and this game shows that they care about their franchises only in name alone. Disconnects, quest breaking glitches, stuttering and framerate dips, enemies spawning in front of you and many, many more issues are present in this game. On a technical level this game is objectively garbage and that's not even going into the empty world that they've created. No purpose at all in this game, just a sandbox without the sand in it.… Expand
  25. Kcz1994
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    After playing for a few hours, I got absolutely tired of it. No story, no companions and the “main missions” are more like side missions. Not a fan of this new game concept. Bedestha does not know what exactly their fans actually want! This is a huge mistake and a total waste of the company’s effort!

    Face it. We all know this is just “Fallout 4 Online” in disguise, just like GTA Online.    After playing for a few hours, I got absolutely tired of it. No story, no companions and the “main missions” are more like side missions. Not a fan of this new game concept. Bedestha does not know what exactly their fans actually want! This is a huge mistake and a total waste of the company’s effort!

    Face it. We all know this is just “Fallout 4 Online” in disguise, just like GTA Online. The only difference is that users pay the cost upfront and not via micro transactions.    … Expand
  26. ghost8181
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Let me start off by saying I love fallout, I started from fallout 3 and kept playing the different ones that have came out, this one by fair is trash, I made a account to try to help other people save their money... Wait until they fix it
  27. Hilt
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    This isnt even a fallout game. Taking out everything that made it good and giving us washed out bs how is this good or fun for that matter for anyone. Worst idea they ever came up with.
  28. Eldradh
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Besides the fact that its not a fallout game it is just an overall bad PC Port.
    No 21:9 support for a so called AAA game in 2018? No FOV change? ...
    Clearly they dont care about PC at all so don't make the same mistake I did and just don't buy it.

    Any bets on how long it takes them to sell the cards in the shop?

    I really wanted it to be good.
  29. Endymionn
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    I had hope. But it only have ancient engine, swarm of bugs, retcon lore, no true nic and its only multiplayer Mod for F4 for 60$. Todd Howard you did it again.
  30. runbmp
    Nov 26, 2018
    0
    Yikes... Bethesda what the hell happened here.

    The GUI - While it was an obvious port from controller, in previous Fallout's it was still manageable but in Fallout 76 it's a mess and absolutely frustrating experience. (especially when building...) The graphics - The FOV is incredible small, they could of increased this slightly, i get they need all the extra FPS they need (especially    Yikes... Bethesda what the hell happened here.

    The GUI - While it was an obvious port from controller, in previous Fallout's it was still manageable but in Fallout 76 it's a mess and absolutely frustrating experience. (especially when building...)

    The graphics - The FOV is incredible small, they could of increased this slightly, i get they need all the extra FPS they need (especially for consoles) but that's kind of ridiculous.

    Gaussian blur everywhere, you'd think your character requires prescription glasses or something...

    VOIP - Mic is active during character creation screen... so you can hear everyone raging at the GUI while in their character creating screen. (one player was scream F&%%%$$$k while smashing his keys)

    The game also uses holotapes/robots instead of human NPC's to deliver the story... and they are boring as hell, it reminds me a lot of the questing in world of warcraft back in 2006.

    The micro transactions are working though.... but you'll have to farm for hours if you want a cap, or pay 5$ of real world currency.

    What a mess... It's as if they handed you a hungry man meal and told you eat that in the busiest cafeteria... cold, no microwave.

    Meanwhile, New Vegas was the fillet minion we all yearn for and wanted more of... (maybe with coop options)    … Expand
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Metascore
52

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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