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  1. Nov 24, 2018
    5
    Rating this game 5/10 because I was able to get it for $34 (European Version CD Key). Otherwise, I would've probably given it a 0.
    Definitely not a $60 game, more like an early access / un-finished game. The idea is there and this could be an awesome game if it was done properly, The world is empty, and feels dead, the content there is in the game, is hard to enjoy due to all the bugs
    Rating this game 5/10 because I was able to get it for $34 (European Version CD Key). Otherwise, I would've probably given it a 0.
    Definitely not a $60 game, more like an early access / un-finished game. The idea is there and this could be an awesome game if it was done properly, The world is empty, and feels dead, the content there is in the game, is hard to enjoy due to all the bugs and glitches and the fact that the game runs this bad tells me Bethesda either are really bad at optimization or they just plain don't care.
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  2. Nov 24, 2018
    0
    One of the worst games in recent years, hell - even decades.

    Bethesda tried easy money grab and finally as previous fan i finally abandoned them, the Fallout 4 was already **** this was a total garbage. Can't believe they still using this 20 years old engine.
  3. Nov 24, 2018
    0
    Fallout was one of my all time favorite games. As were the elder scrolls series... You screwed up the elder scrolls with ESO. Now Fallout!?!?! Leave our favorite single player franchises alone!!! Fallout 76 is total crap as is ESO.
  4. Nov 24, 2018
    7
    You know, it is actually rather fun when you're playing with friends. Get a buddy, explore and craft together, and you might find yourself having fun.

    Note: Causes my gf to get motion sickness.
  5. Nov 23, 2018
    10
    I played the beta it was buggy and performance issues to boot. after week one patch most all my issues were resolved.---> Before I was on the fence of getting a copy after I returned mine and my brother really wanted to play as he has never even experienced a fallout game. I didn't want to spend my cash on it. He bought it as an early x-mas present so I would play and I gave it another go!I played the beta it was buggy and performance issues to boot. after week one patch most all my issues were resolved.---> Before I was on the fence of getting a copy after I returned mine and my brother really wanted to play as he has never even experienced a fallout game. I didn't want to spend my cash on it. He bought it as an early x-mas present so I would play and I gave it another go! 1 patch later a headache of downloading and going over my internet cap, and 100 hours of gameplay later I can only say this is a masterpiece and I was so used to instant gratification and games that hold your hands of today I did not see the depth and passion that was in this game. I regret ever bashing Bethesda for this game! I have had nothing but great times and now that I know wtf I'm doing and playing with friends everyday this game is on another level and we all just didn't see it! but now I see it, I see the amazing item complexity's and crafting builds in retrospect to the amazing perk card system that allows you to swap loadouts on perks. just wish there was a way to save loadouts and swap them without doing it manually. I see the massive amounts of level depth and planning the first time I took posiden energy plant with a full squad and now every time I catch the cute easter eggs hidden in inanimate objects, graffiti, termanals, and blood scrawled notes on the corpse of dead raider joe, Yes this game is buggy as hell, Yes I have 400+ triple A titles in my steam library, but you know what. I wake up I want to play fallout 76 and discover more loot, I want to burn more, I want to be more efficient at learning great spots for those springs and gears, where the red apocalyptic fern grows and a mini-nuke down to 1.5 pounds with the bear arms perk launching 489 dps in a catastrophic mushroom cloud of death at any who dare appose me until I run out of rounds and my weapons break and I'm flailing on the ground save me save me to my team who are equally as frantic as hoards of scorched slam us from every direction while the blinding breath of the scorchbeast queen pulverizes my t60 power armor to dust! im 100 hours in and I still have not walked half the map or even stated the quest lines I'm not joking!! I did my first 5 quest tonight and they were very well done. Sure this is not a game for Tom Cruise. But this is one of the best games ive played in a long time and I really wish it had a better launch, people were way to quick to judge just like I was by some fluke I kept playing and I think its one of the best things that ever happened. Sorry for my poor grammar and the long rant of a review but I feel this game will have a spot in history as the game that surprised the world when it picks up steam in reviews again. and it will just look at ESO same story not as great a game but it fleshed out to be a really good MMO, Cheers to all you still trending the wasteland at least you know what I know Expand
  6. Nov 23, 2018
    0
    No PvP. Boring base building. Grinding so I can grind the bigger things so I can grind the bigger things. No story. No NPCs. Mindlessly easy game. Can kill lvl 25s as a lvl 5 player. Garbage game. Don't buy
  7. Nov 23, 2018
    0
    Online only meaning you are paying for something that you can only use when you are told by the makers of the game. Why would anyone buy it? It's also obviously a complete broken pile of gabage. The sooner people stop buying this crap, the sooner we'll get a decent Fallout or Elder Scrolls single player story driven game. 0/10
  8. Nov 23, 2018
    3
    I really wanted to love this game. As such, I can only 'like' it. I've wanted a multiplayer Fallout game for some time now, but 76 is not the answer.

    Whilst the combat is, for the most part, fun, there are those glitches that see my hunting rifle that should one shot kill some of these enemies, not do any damage at all for maybe three shots in a row. I'd like to do more quests, but I
    I really wanted to love this game. As such, I can only 'like' it. I've wanted a multiplayer Fallout game for some time now, but 76 is not the answer.

    Whilst the combat is, for the most part, fun, there are those glitches that see my hunting rifle that should one shot kill some of these enemies, not do any damage at all for maybe three shots in a row.

    I'd like to do more quests, but I spend almost all of my time looking for junk to scrap so I can repair my weapons and armour, which seem to break incredibly often. The hunting rifle in Fallout 3 could fire over 650 rounds before breaking. In 76, it feels like I'm only firing 50 or so before the rifle breaks and needs repairing.

    Survival mode is a permanently on feature. In 4, you could switch it on and off, but 76 makes it mandatory. I get there are some people who like survival mode, but I'm not one of them, and I feel it should have been an option like it was in 4.

    You have to scrap weapons just to see weapon mods, let alone unlock them. At one point my entire inventory was made up of hunting rifles, just to unlock some mods, many of which ended up being mods I didn't even want.

    The game has features that it doesn't even tell you about. Juicehead has already identified 30 different features that the game straight up neglects to inform you of.

    The way weapons and armour levels up is nonsensical. Leather Armour should be low level armour, with combat and marine armour being higher level, but you can find leather armour at any level.
    And the lack of human NPC's... ugh, the world is so empty.

    Frankly, the game is tedious, the only good bit is the combat and even that is marred by terrible weapon condition and bugs.
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  9. Nov 23, 2018
    0
    I loved the early Fallout games, but this game is just terrible. After a few hours of clumsy annoying play trying to find a town following the story quest, I was hunted down, harassed, and killed by a squad of lv 30 players that were out hunting newbies for fun. This is the worst game I have ever played.
  10. Nov 23, 2018
    10
    I'm keeping this short and concise, it's only fun with *enthusiastic* friends, otherwise you won't play it. Even after the map is completely explored its still entertaining to complete the missions and design your camp. I've had this game for about a week now (as of November 23) and I can't stop playing. 10/10 best game of 2018.
  11. Nov 23, 2018
    0
    Should not be available to the public yet. With developers pushing games like this there should be consumer protection laws against it. Constant bugs, no story or fun, open to hacks. Hope they reap what they sow here.
  12. Nov 23, 2018
    0
    I was really hoping this game would be good. I've been wanting an online Fallout game since New Vegas. I think that's why I'm so disappointed. I was hyped for this game and what it delivered was a mediocre, empty experience. The main problem is that there are no human NPCs. To me, the characters are what made Fallout, Fallout. In this game, the world doesn't feel alive, despite all theI was really hoping this game would be good. I've been wanting an online Fallout game since New Vegas. I think that's why I'm so disappointed. I was hyped for this game and what it delivered was a mediocre, empty experience. The main problem is that there are no human NPCs. To me, the characters are what made Fallout, Fallout. In this game, the world doesn't feel alive, despite all the other players running around. There are no characters to talk to, to hear stories from. No humans to give you quests that have an actual meaning to them. All quests in this game are given by robots, which takes away the feeling that you are doing the quest to help a person. All the quests are repetitive fetch quests or escort missions. All in all, this game is a huge letdown that feels very empty and incomplete. I do not recommend this game until Bethesda adds mod support and private servers that allow you to up the player count to at least 64. Then, maybe, there will be some possibility for roleplay, which may or may not make the experience any better. Expand
  13. Nov 23, 2018
    8
    Fallout 76 has compelling writing and acting which flesh out interesting stories in a beautifully constructed world. As with many previous Fallout games, you get what you put into it. If you pay attention there is quite a lot of storytelling just sitting there for you to figure out. Read a terminal, listen to a holotape, look through the person's rooms, and track down the path they trod.Fallout 76 has compelling writing and acting which flesh out interesting stories in a beautifully constructed world. As with many previous Fallout games, you get what you put into it. If you pay attention there is quite a lot of storytelling just sitting there for you to figure out. Read a terminal, listen to a holotape, look through the person's rooms, and track down the path they trod. Fallout 76 is a wonderful experience which tackles the complex progression of society's decay in a post-apocalyptic world. All this while also creating interesting factions and characters through its text and recorded audio.

    I have only played Fallout 76 solo and feel that it is just as good for single player as Fallout 3 or 4. Sure, there are other players running around but overall their impact on my experience is very limited.

    If you're looking for a world where your character is the center of the universe then this game is not for you. This game is not about your character. This game is about everyone who came before you.
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  14. Nov 23, 2018
    0
    I didn't really know what to expect, but I didn't expect a broken mess that kept crashing. how can I give it anything but a 0? and when I wasn't experiencing crashes, I was getting booted from the server. currently trying to get a refund.
  15. Nov 23, 2018
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Long time fallout fan, drawn in with three so some might call me a newcomer but id say having experienced every iteration of fallout to have taken place in this engine allows me to confidently say this is the least stable.

    i have roughly 20 hours logged and i have to say that every quest feels like an uninspired slog from point a to point b and back for a little more ammo and some xp. weapon mods give you a reason to keep looting but you reach a point where you no longer have anywhere to store loot, even after trying to sell off some stuff.

    The camp system is a relatively decent port of the settlements from fallout 4 but you're prevented from doing anything really interesting or fun with it by build size limits and the inability to build near existing locations.

    Player interaction is a joke, trade is nonexistent with other players and next to pointless with robots as most items are worth literally nothing, PVP should have been left out as the way it's implemented means if you don't want to interact with PVP you don't have to and can just leave the server or move on without taking any meaningful damage.

    Level locking weapons seems like an unnecessary way to keep powerful weapons out of the hands of low level players and personally resulted in my inability to use the first gun i came across.

    Notable glitches that happened in the hour preceding this review alone, crashes, server disconnects, a glitch in a quest where you drop quest items from your inventory and the game decided to register all of my .308 ammo as a quest item before causing it to disappear into the void never to return, a supply drop was spawned inside of a boarded up building, enemies both t posing and having severed appendages reattached with long strands of flesh.

    Enemies are probably the worst part of this game because with no interesting NPCs to occupy your time one would expect enemies to pick up the slack, i have never felt threatened by an enemy in this game, my first death (and second) were the result of trying to participate in an event that i was unknowingly about 30 levels under leveled for, literally every other enemy i have encountered has been laughably easy to dispatch and frequently when fighting a band of enemies of mixed level the highest level enemy seems to somehow be the easiest to kill, also the vast majority of the time scorched and ghouls are the only enemies you seem to encounter while wandering, and while scorched seem to be the replacement for raiders it seems game breaking to find spawned in and lootable raider corpses out in the world.

    If the narrative that the vault residents are the first to set foot in Appalachia since the nukes fell, then how did raiders get here. I'll not even mention the fact that logistically there is no way the brotherhood of steel should exist in this game because delving down that road may result in an aneurysm.

    All in all i got about what i expected from this game the only reason i didn't give it a 0 is that some people put together this world, and it does look good, granted it also looks like it was made six years ago because Bethesda refuses to acknowledge that time passes, which might be why the state of buildings in this game is roughly the same as the buildings in fallout 4, or maybe that's because Bethesda just wanted to recycle as much as they could from fallout four to minimize the effort they would have to expend on this game.

    This is probably ten times longer than the average review of this game but i felt providing context for the hate this game is receiving was important, because people aren't just hating on this game because of the bandwagon effect, there are reasons to genuinely despise what Bethesda has done to our beloved franchise in this installment, and while some people might enjoy this regardless of what it is those voices cannot be given the same credence, someone who gives this game a 10 is just trying to offset the vast majority giving it a 0, now whether it deserves a 0 is up for debate but inflating your score to offset the average is just slimy, to anyone still reading this novel, know that this game is not bad because it exists, its bad because it wasn't given the effort it needed to live up to its potential.
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  16. Nov 23, 2018
    0
    I don't think there is lower than this if you consider making fallout game. Because there is so many bad things about this, I will name good ones :
    And that's pretty much all of them.
  17. Nov 23, 2018
    0
    This game is worse than I ever could have imagined. I wasn't anticipating anything great but I thought there might at least be some interesting game play. It turns out there is nothing. There is no real game beyond the interactions with other players.

    Honestly this entire game feels like a crash-grab game that was made as cheaply as possible, while recycling as many assets and resources
    This game is worse than I ever could have imagined. I wasn't anticipating anything great but I thought there might at least be some interesting game play. It turns out there is nothing. There is no real game beyond the interactions with other players.

    Honestly this entire game feels like a crash-grab game that was made as cheaply as possible, while recycling as many assets and resources from Fallout 4 as possible, in an attempt to generate the highest possible profit margin. It feels a lot like the VR versions of FO4 and Skyrim only worse because there are other people being jerks.

    God help us all if Bethesda doesn't get their **** together before Starfield and Elder Scrolls VI.
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  18. Nov 23, 2018
    0
    What a wast of time and poor effort on their part. This is a glorified BEta and that's all as well as a cash game
  19. Nov 23, 2018
    7
    I have not encountered many of the bugs featured in the negative reviews. I enjoy the game, but in its current state it is not what many would expect of a Fallout game with multiplayer capability.
    The 0 ratings are as absurd as the 10 ratings, but it truly seems to be a love it or hate it situation. I am 37 hours in and enjoy the game. I hope that Bethesda listens to the constructive
    I have not encountered many of the bugs featured in the negative reviews. I enjoy the game, but in its current state it is not what many would expect of a Fallout game with multiplayer capability.
    The 0 ratings are as absurd as the 10 ratings, but it truly seems to be a love it or hate it situation. I am 37 hours in and enjoy the game. I hope that Bethesda listens to the constructive criticism that has been posted in reviews and reacts to remedy those issues without either completely drop the title or overreacting to some of the more absurd demands. The game is flawed, but I enjoy it.

    In the end the greatest fault lies with the lack of proper communication and poor judgement shown by Bethesda throughout the last 6 months. I hope a lesson is learned not only by Bethesda but also by their competitors that if you do not clearly communicate the end result will be a backlash. The lack of a clear vision resulted in multiple visions and high expectations that were not met.
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  20. Nov 23, 2018
    0
    Fallout 76 is a buggy game with outdated graphics and it went into sales a mere 1 week after launch with a sale of 50%...
  21. Nov 23, 2018
    8
    I'm having a ton of fun playing this game both solo and with others. I dont care about all this other stuff, Im having fun...why do you play games?
  22. Nov 23, 2018
    10
    Unlike most others, I find the game quite enjoyable. It does not lack bugs - as does any bethesda release - and therefore I do not feel the need to emphasize on that any further. Having no HUMAN NPCs is not that bad, and it servers an interesting plotline and strongly explains what happens to them within the game itself.
    I enjoy the mechanics, the quests, and partying with my friends
    Unlike most others, I find the game quite enjoyable. It does not lack bugs - as does any bethesda release - and therefore I do not feel the need to emphasize on that any further. Having no HUMAN NPCs is not that bad, and it servers an interesting plotline and strongly explains what happens to them within the game itself.
    I enjoy the mechanics, the quests, and partying with my friends while exploring the wasteland.
    I recommend it highly!
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  23. Nov 23, 2018
    0
    This isn't part of a review bomb, gang mentality or following the bandwagon. This game is terrible.
    The world feels empty, void of any content, it feels stripped of anything that is interesting. You walk around aimlessly for hours following quests which are so shallow it's almost painful, fetch quests are all the game has to offer you. Walk here, collect this, walk there collect that,
    This isn't part of a review bomb, gang mentality or following the bandwagon. This game is terrible.
    The world feels empty, void of any content, it feels stripped of anything that is interesting. You walk around aimlessly for hours following quests which are so shallow it's almost painful, fetch quests are all the game has to offer you. Walk here, collect this, walk there collect that, shoot a few horrible animated, disgustingly buggy monsters, walk back to the robot hand in quest, get caps (currency) and repeat.
    There is no characters in this game, a few robots that are so similar to each other you cannot tell the difference, no NPC to get invested in, no story or interesting dialogue to keep you pursuing and prodding further nothing. The game is unstable, server crashes, poor performance, so many bugs occur all of the time. The graphics are somehow worse than Fallout 4, it literally feels like a carbon copy of Fallout 4 but somehow downgraded, performs worse, over-saturated, horrendous texture resolutions, terrible animations, terrible post processing effects that blur out everything. You walk around seeing the world as if your face is inside a telescopic lens, everything is so zoomed in and claustrophobic, monsters can vanish from under your nose.
    PVP is the most useless system in this game, you deal a small portion of damage to an enemy to initiate a "duel" however, the duel will not take place until the other player shoots you back. This leads to a situation where the other player can stack on all of the best gear, best weapons and kill you with the very same shot it took them to start the duel.
    The game is void of anything, it is one of the most disgusting releases I have ever come across, it is such an insult to anybody that has paid £50 to play this unfinished, buggy, uninteresting, disgusting to look at, 50GB pile of dog.
    Do not buy.
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  24. Nov 23, 2018
    10
    The people giving this game 0/10 probably don't even own the game and are just mad that Bethesda is taking a new approach to a beloved franchise. Every single game that shakes up the formula is criticized for years before it becomes a "gem". Even your beloved New Vegas was put through scrutiny and now people are begging for it. I guarantee you that in the future when Bethesda puts out aThe people giving this game 0/10 probably don't even own the game and are just mad that Bethesda is taking a new approach to a beloved franchise. Every single game that shakes up the formula is criticized for years before it becomes a "gem". Even your beloved New Vegas was put through scrutiny and now people are begging for it. I guarantee you that in the future when Bethesda puts out a new single player Fallout (hopefully set in the Midwest like Chicago) all of you will be crying that they went back to the formula. Expand
  25. Nov 23, 2018
    0
    I really wanted to give this game a good score, but sadly fallout 74 has surprised me with its lack of content and polish. This game is a broken mess, with no NPC'S. We were lied to when this game was first showcased. Sadly, looks Like Bethesda is no more a trusted name in Gaming. A 60$ Game which still feels like its in early alpha stages, has absolutely paper thin content, no NPC'S, noI really wanted to give this game a good score, but sadly fallout 74 has surprised me with its lack of content and polish. This game is a broken mess, with no NPC'S. We were lied to when this game was first showcased. Sadly, looks Like Bethesda is no more a trusted name in Gaming. A 60$ Game which still feels like its in early alpha stages, has absolutely paper thin content, no NPC'S, no interesting missions, no pvp. Nothing. To top it off they added microtransactions to leech off any last dollar they could off the players. This is not how i wanted bethesda to be, this is not what i wanted fallout to be. i would have given this game a 3 on the basis of the game itself, but due to shady practices, and lies given to the players. i Will give it a big round 0 Expand
  26. Nov 23, 2018
    10
    As a lover of the franchise I had to create an account here in Metacritic just to write the following lines:

    Bethesda does care for its costumers. I gave this installment a chance and after playing many hours, I have to say: this game is a blast. Since some guy asked: "What is Fallout without the factions fighting for power, heartbreaking stories and awesome companions?" An awesome
    As a lover of the franchise I had to create an account here in Metacritic just to write the following lines:

    Bethesda does care for its costumers. I gave this installment a chance and after playing many hours, I have to say: this game is a blast.

    Since some guy asked: "What is Fallout without the factions fighting for power, heartbreaking stories and awesome companions?"
    An awesome game for exploration, designed to be played with friends or to encounter strangers. Because real humans are 10x better than boring NPCs.

    To continue the "review" (from a guy who has apparently NOT played the game):
    "The game strongest point - its combat system - is unresponsive and laggy. Meelee build is just impossible or not worthy."
    This game was never sold as a shooter, nor is this the games only strong point. Melee build is very strong, so apparently you never played the game or are veeeery bad at it.

    "God forgive me for paying this sick joke of a Fallout 4 multiplayer mod the price of a full retail game. Costumers, speak with your wallets. Collapse"
    Feel the hate! God, what pityfui creatures Bethesda fans are.

    Buy the game, if you want a mild online suvival game, with a strong focus on exploration, collection and a narrative world. Yes there are NPCs, yes there is a story, yes there are factions you can join and yes, there is a lot you can do in this game. Im currently clocking at around 50h and have not even seen 50% of the game.
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  27. Nov 23, 2018
    8
    If u play slow and with full motivation this game gives u so much back.
    Get u buddy and go on a adventure there is so much too see ,read and listening.
    Bethesda gives u a massive sandbox jump in and have fun on u own prefers way

    8/10 for the bugs and glitches and the insane low amount of capacity of u base
  28. Nov 23, 2018
    1
    As I have leveled up and discovered more gear, perks, and locations I have only discovered more (game breaking) bugs and uninteresting and unrewarding objectives. This game has poor CoOp mechanics, and frightfully horrible PvP mechanics. Does it make up for this with an interesting story and dialogue like other Fallouts? No, there is no dialogue. And there is just a **** linear story thatAs I have leveled up and discovered more gear, perks, and locations I have only discovered more (game breaking) bugs and uninteresting and unrewarding objectives. This game has poor CoOp mechanics, and frightfully horrible PvP mechanics. Does it make up for this with an interesting story and dialogue like other Fallouts? No, there is no dialogue. And there is just a **** linear story that **** on the lore of the other Fallout games. Fallout 1, 2, and New Vegas were by far the best Fallouts...and surprise! the ones that aren't made by Bethesda.

    I have launched 2 nukes so far (the ultimate objective in the game). My first launch, I killed the Scorchbeast Queen (basically the final boss) and got jack **** for my reward because it's a random loot drop, even though I spent thousands rounds of ammunition killing it. My second launch, I literally didn't get anything because the server failed to load in any of the items on enemies that I killed. Wow. **** game, don't buy.
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  29. Nov 23, 2018
    0
    This game is a broken mess I am insulted they think they can sell this at all let alone $60
  30. Nov 23, 2018
    10
    Great game. if you like fallout and have a friend to play with this you will enjoy this game.

    I've encountered a few minor bugs only. Sure, there are likely more that I'm just not seeing, and those should of course be patched, but it is more stable than FO4 on my system. For systems, they need to tweak a few things, and the game it promises to be is much more than the game it is, but
    Great game. if you like fallout and have a friend to play with this you will enjoy this game.

    I've encountered a few minor bugs only. Sure, there are likely more that I'm just not seeing, and those should of course be patched, but it is more stable than FO4 on my system.

    For systems, they need to tweak a few things, and the game it promises to be is much more than the game it is, but what is there is very fun. Nothing beats rolling into the nuka cola factory and clearing it out with a friend.

    Don't listen to the hate, find someone you know who has it and ask them, or give it a try if you like fallout and have the caps to spare.
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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. Negative: 13 out of 46
  1. Mar 5, 2019
    35
    Fallout 76 represents a big disappointment and the lowest point of the series so far. Riddled with bugs, repetitive and dull gameplay, nonexistent story and outdated graphics, it fails as a both multiplayer and singleplayer experience for fans and newcomers alike.
  2. CD-Action
    Feb 6, 2019
    55
    Miracles do happen once in a while and No Man’s Sky proved that sometimes it is possible to get back on your feet even after a terrible failure. Right now though Fallout 76 is botched spectacularly on so many levels that even talking about this game is a waste of time. [01/2019, p.46]
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 10, 2019
    40
    An unfinished game with bifurcated identity and in an almost dysfunctional state. It's hard to build on a bad base, that will never change. Like the war. [Issue#292]