Fallout 76

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2.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 6754 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 4,869 out of 6754
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  1. Rattazustra
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    Says it was Fallout. Isn't Fallout. Total scam.
    Instead of an online Fallout game, you get a total trainwreck of a game. A trainwreck that is not even interesting to stare at. Broken physics, broken balance, broken world, lifeless and devoid of any meaningful content. And it all runs on grandmas old engine that already looked outdated and odd when Fallout 3 came out. Bethesda is done.    Says it was Fallout. Isn't Fallout. Total scam.
    Instead of an online Fallout game, you get a total trainwreck of a game. A trainwreck that is not even interesting to stare at. Broken physics, broken balance, broken world, lifeless and devoid of any meaningful content. And it all runs on grandmas old engine that already looked outdated and odd when Fallout 3 came out. Bethesda is done. There is not one drop of talent or inspiration left in that company.    … Expand
  2. Sinloth
    Sep 13, 2019
    0
    So seriously Bethesda... what the f**k? Is this how you treat your fans, your loyal customers? With pathetic cash grabs riddled with microtransactions? And what about the "No. Only Cosmetic" promise for loot boxes that Pete Hines stated on Twitter and other empty promise Todd Howard made?
    You have become a meme of the gaming industry and you seem like you have no friggin' clue about what    So seriously Bethesda... what the f**k? Is this how you treat your fans, your loyal customers? With pathetic cash grabs riddled with microtransactions? And what about the "No. Only Cosmetic" promise for loot boxes that Pete Hines stated on Twitter and other empty promise Todd Howard made?
    You have become a meme of the gaming industry and you seem like you have no friggin' clue about what you're doing... Such a shame, you are losing credibility by the day and you're not doing anything to amend the situation.
    Regarding the game, it's simply a mess, don't bother with it, don't waste your time, there are still (fortunately) many better games out there, I would not recommend this game to anyone.    … Expand
  3. 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
  4. andyone
    Nov 29, 2018
    0
    Fallout 1 and 2 were amazing. Fallout 3 was strange but ok. Fallout NV gave some hope for this game series. Fallout 4 was boring as hell and had a weak story. But Fallout 76 it's something. Something bad. Really really bad.
  5. bastins
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    Greetings,

    Thank you for contacting the Bethesda Support Team.

    Go f**k yourself.

    Kind Regards,

    Bethesda Support
  6. 00wolf
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    This is a watered down FPS with a RPG facade that makes a pitiful attempt at engaging the player with some of the worst loot, crafting, and questing systems out there all while using multiplayer as an excuse to ratchet up the grind and abandon any semblance of decent game design. I cannot believe I am saying this, but this game is actually soulless.
  7. Moxd
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Absolutely not. No. This cannot go on, Bethesda should NOT be allowed to push this garbage anymore. It's time to hand Elder Scrolls and Fallout to a new dev, and Bethesda should just stick to publishing games.
  8. Tranceholic
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    -Every new bethesda game looks last gen !
    - Ugly graphics for 2018 / 2019 game.
    - UI/UX awful, all items are lists of strings
    - Not enough settings: FOV, V-Sync
    - Fake PvP, it's really just PvE
    - 100500 bugs
    -Microtransactions
  9. JymmyQuidd
    Nov 27, 2018
    0
    we all knew that the gaming industry was becoming a bloodsucking monster, sick and repulsive, and worst of all, not even original nor creative to deserve to be that greedy, yes, we all knew.
    What we didn't knew is that Bethesda was eager to get into that train...
    And i thought that Fallout 4 was a disgrace, this is not just the worst Fallout ever, but probably the worst project Bethesda    we all knew that the gaming industry was becoming a bloodsucking monster, sick and repulsive, and worst of all, not even original nor creative to deserve to be that greedy, yes, we all knew.
    What we didn't knew is that Bethesda was eager to get into that train...
    And i thought that Fallout 4 was a disgrace, this is not just the worst Fallout ever, but probably the worst project Bethesda ever created.
    A repetitive and boring experience with not a single innovation, not worth of being called a Fallout game, with the incredible feature of allowing us to depress ourselves in company with our friends in multiplayer, how's that for a feature¿?    … Expand
  10. Skyrim-Is-Trash
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Absolutely perfect example of modern Bethesda Game Studios. A hollow, empty shell of a game designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator and idiot casuals, while sacrificing core fans to the altar of their one fervent god, MONEY.

    The performance is laughable for a multi-billion dollar company who has funds to spare. The graphics are years behind, and they continue to insist on    Absolutely perfect example of modern Bethesda Game Studios. A hollow, empty shell of a game designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator and idiot casuals, while sacrificing core fans to the altar of their one fervent god, MONEY.

    The performance is laughable for a multi-billion dollar company who has funds to spare. The graphics are years behind, and they continue to insist on the use of their now ancient engine. The game is riddled with bugs and Bethesda should no longer get a free pass for this. It reaches a point where it ceases to be funny, and starts to become grating.

    If you're a fan of games with depth, substance, good writing and characterizations, then do yourself a favor and steer way clear of this, it's not the Fallout you love. but instead an abomination made by devs and publishers who don't give a **** about anything more than bogging their pockets down with as much of your money as they can at the expense of everything else.    … Expand
  11. Astralify
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    - Unbelievably bad PC port, missing essential things.

    - Big, empty, boring map, that has nothing for you to do, other than shooting boring enemies/mobs, that respawn almost immediately, and collecting holotapes, that you wouldn't even bother listening to anyway, or staring at boring terminals, which in a Multilayer environment, is a BORRING ANNOYANCE. BGS litterally thought, that just    - Unbelievably bad PC port, missing essential things.

    - Big, empty, boring map, that has nothing for you to do, other than shooting boring enemies/mobs, that respawn almost immediately, and collecting holotapes, that you wouldn't even bother listening to anyway, or staring at boring terminals, which in a Multilayer environment, is a BORRING ANNOYANCE. BGS litterally thought, that just because this worked in ther SP games, it will work here. Completely clueless.

    - Sub-par, clunky, annoying gameplay, that cannot stand on it's own, when all the "good stuff" (RPG/NPC/STORY/FACTIONS/CHOICES) are missing.

    - 90% reused assets from FO4, which would probably make this game the biggest asset flip in history, even FO4's DLCs had far more new assets... it's insane;

    - Lore retcons, that make no sense, and completely destroy previous established lore, either because they were too lazy to create something new/interesting, or because of their complete CREATIVE BANCRUPCY.

    - Most of the things you do in this game, DOESN'T MAKE SENSE (setting/immersion/gameplay/interactions wise). ZERO effort and common sense.

    - Atrocious graphics, which thanks to their REGRESSIVE "new lighting/rendering update", look worse than FO4, which with it's mostly accurate PBR rendering looked very decent, ESPECIALLY for a BGS game. There is tons of art inconsistency, that they tried to hide with insane amount of postprocessing "smear", and Todd Rays, which looks embarrassing.

    - Insanely unoptimized game, but that's mainly the engine's fault, that doesn't even support things like LODs for meshes/models, LIKE ANY OTHER MODERN ENGINE, which results in huge performance hit, despite their low-quality/outdated 3D assets. This is completely unacceptable in 2018.

    - One of the last objectively good features from FO4, that had the potential to be the ONLY thing that would make me play this game - THE BUILDING/SETTLEMENT system, is COMPLETELY NERFED, probably because of the engine in a MP environment. Where in other games like Conan Exiles, you can do whatever you want, whenever you want, without ANY limitations. The building system in 76 is simply pathetic, and not worth even doing, and with that pretty much goes away the ONLY possible interesting thing/selling point.

    - And the best thing, which is the final nail in the coffin full of fan tears and broken hearts, that is mainly caused by their LAZYNESS with their choice not to put the effort (read: spend money) to put NPCs:

    Z O M B I E S W I T H G U N S!

    This game is an insult, to the franchise, to fans, to casual(unsuspecting) gamers looking for a MP survival game, to people's intelligence, to people's money, TO EVERYTHING. It's poor in EVERY POSSIBLE ASPECT. Nothing redeemable. NOTHING. And it's FULL PRICE $60 + insulting MICROTRANSACTIONS in the face of the atomic store, which is insultingly the most polished "feature" in the game.

    As SkillUp said: "A NEW LOW FOR AAA GAMES".    … Expand
  12. rfz88
    Nov 29, 2018
    0
    Bethesda are losing it. This is neither MP nor SP, it's some kind of degenerated mix in between. Not that we wanted a FO mp - FO was always SP and should've remained SP.

    Also please don't force us to use Bethesda client.. Why? Why not just have people get it from wherever they want. Steam, GOG etc. This is garbage and I really do not recommend it. FO3, NV, FO4 are all so much better.
  13. ocinom
    Nov 27, 2018
    0
    all those who gave this game a good score are paid bots by Bugthesda. This game is absolute trash. Even Vanilla No Man Sky is better than this **** This by far one of if not the worst game this generation.
  14. izazael
    Nov 30, 2018
    0
    **** you, Bethesda. I don't need to elaborate; you know why. You made this hunk of **** and you know it's crap.
  15. Reahunt
    Nov 27, 2018
    0
    If it wasnt bad enough, just wait for the PVP which function as ''issuing a challenge'' so its basicly not possible to get the jump on someone, what an absolute **** - Whats the point on assaulting other players workshop, if they already know you're there...
  16. OnlyOneWing
    Nov 22, 2018
    0
    FO 76 is just Bethesda's way of eliminating the ability to mod and coercing players to pay for micro-transactions. Fallout has always shined as an example of a single player sandbox/RPG, known for it's clever dialogue in the early days and then known for it's ability to be modded into anything that fans can imagine, Fallout 76 is a departure from everything that made Fallout fans have comeFO 76 is just Bethesda's way of eliminating the ability to mod and coercing players to pay for micro-transactions. Fallout has always shined as an example of a single player sandbox/RPG, known for it's clever dialogue in the early days and then known for it's ability to be modded into anything that fans can imagine, Fallout 76 is a departure from everything that made Fallout fans have come to love. It is obviously for the sake of pushing micro transactions.
    The game was intentionally not released on steam so that gamers who regret preordering/purchasing it wouldn't be able to get a refund. On top of that, the game is a buggy mess, with outdated graphics, horrible optimization and a forced 60 FPS frame limit. Bethesda has really gone down hill.    … Expand
  17. Sal
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Typical Bethesda. Half finished buggy mess on release, but mods will fix i.... oh crap.
  18. Praetorian_bgx
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Time for Bethesda to move on with this engine and update their framework. In 2018 game looks bad and works like broken early access.
  19. Smuggly
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    I am a blunt person, previous fallout games have been amusingly buggy, this on the other hand is a complete buggy mess. It is a low effort sandbox game that dumbs down the roleplay aspects even further from a mediocre Fallout 4 (which was a good exploration game, but terrible role play and fallout game). Who was this game marketed towards? its to crap to be the MMO sandbox crowd, tooI am a blunt person, previous fallout games have been amusingly buggy, this on the other hand is a complete buggy mess. It is a low effort sandbox game that dumbs down the roleplay aspects even further from a mediocre Fallout 4 (which was a good exploration game, but terrible role play and fallout game). Who was this game marketed towards? its to crap to be the MMO sandbox crowd, too dumbed down to be the fallout die hards, to buggy to be anyone full stop. Maybe in a few years time, and many patches it may be worth a look, until then waste of money.… Expand
  20. benny0909
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Have you ever had a pizza without cheese (npcs)? Have you ever ate a pizza without sauce (story)? Imagine eating a pizza without either. That is Fallout 76.

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

    Fallout 76 is without question, the worst title Bethesda has ever made. This is coming from someone who has played every Bethesda title since Morrowind. I would not recommend this game even if it was free. Fallout 76 is not what Fallout is or was. It is a doppleganger pretending to the franchise you love. It is a Fallout themed sepulchre filled with dead mans bones. Save yourself the grief & pretend this Fallout installment doesn't exist.    … Expand
  21. kuehnau
    Nov 27, 2018
    0
    Fallout 76 is as much of a Fallout game as that awful Brotherhood of Steel game was.
  22. nebz
    Nov 27, 2018
    0
    You're a real **** Todd Howard. Meanwhile Skyrim is being released for the 5th time on VR. You have re released Skyrim more times than you have actually made games. This game was absolutely pathetic. You should be ashamed of yourself. Dodged a bullet with this crap, got a refund.
  23. Abarian
    Nov 26, 2018
    0
    Did you bought fallout 4? Well eat this. It just works.
    And yeah, you need another copy of Skyrim.
  24. clarky
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Absolutely lifeless and a complete disgrace to the series. What stumps me is that Bethesda was onto a great thing, their games were enjoyed, and they sold millions of copies. As a result of all this money and all of the fan base, they reinvested nothing and basically did everything a company could do to insult it's fan base. Farewell Gaming, the last Giant has fallen.
  25. Amulrei
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    This isn't a game. It is barely the shell of game.

    A mostly non-working trainwreck abusing the franchise name to flog off a mostly dead engine and a whole heap of microtransations.

    Already riddled with hacks to boot. Avoid like the plague.
  26. mrmihailavdeev
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    They killed Fallout. Twice.

    Fallout 4 was a joke and I don't even want to mention this low-quality Fallout-themed Rust clone. I will just pretend that it doesn't exist. Bethesda should've left it to Obsidian, those guys clearly knew what to do with the franchise, but it's too late now since Obsidian was bought by Microsoft. That was clearly the last Fallout game I've bought (at least    They killed Fallout. Twice.

    Fallout 4 was a joke and I don't even want to mention this low-quality Fallout-themed Rust clone. I will just pretend that it doesn't exist. Bethesda should've left it to Obsidian, those guys clearly knew what to do with the franchise, but it's too late now since Obsidian was bought by Microsoft.

    That was clearly the last Fallout game I've bought (at least I was able to sell it already) and I'm really worried about TES future.    … Expand
  27. Spkter
    Dec 20, 2018
    0
    TL/DR: DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IN THE CURRENT STATE
    I have played this game since the so-called "B.E.T.A.", and successfully completed about 98% of the quests. I have been able to play the game on maximum graphical settings with no problems, until the December 19 patch. The day before the patch my game began crashing to desktop about 45 seconds into loading. I tried using the supplied    TL/DR: DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IN THE CURRENT STATE
    I have played this game since the so-called "B.E.T.A.", and successfully completed about 98% of the quests. I have been able to play the game on maximum graphical settings with no problems, until the December 19 patch. The day before the patch my game began crashing to desktop about 45 seconds into loading. I tried using the supplied validate/repair tool, I reinstalled the game, I reinstalled the launcher and the game, I opened a support ticket. Support told me that because my CPU fell below spec that they couldn't (read wouldn't) help me. I posted the same information on a thread in the support forum and it was censored. This game and the level of interest Bethesda is showing in helping their customers has finally broken my faith in them. I doubt that I will ever buy a product from them again.    … Expand
  28. keenspree
    Aug 4, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After playing this game for hundreds of hours, trying to find the 'fallout' in it, I've been greatly disappointed in the games many problems and embarrassing errors they should have fixed before putting this piece of work on the market (especially at a $60 price tag). There was really only 1 thing I found good about this game...and a lot bad.

    Pros - game has great exploration; graphics are perhaps above average for this era.

    Cons - (1) interface is archaic - I have no idea who was overseeing the interface designer, but they should have been fired. From clunky combinations and multiple menus to get to something that should have only taken 1 to key combinations that conflict with others (such as exit power armor and inviting someone to your team, the interface of this game is simply embarrassing to say the least, especially for a company like Bethesda.
    (2) poor/ambiguous PVP elements - from having pacifist mode to being attacked by a high level player and having them whittle me away to nothing (though I am pacifist and don't want to PVP), I found their PVP system to be pretty much garbage. You either are making your game PVP and forcing others to PVP or you aren't. Make up your mind, Beth-tardesda. I personally don't care to PVP and I don't want to be forced into it. But they don't give any explanation of how PVP works. You just sorta have to find out when in game. and pray you've deposited all your scrap in your stash beforehand.
    (3) Bugs. Honestly, this game should be sueable simply by the amount of bugs it has--not just minor bugs--but game breaking bugs. Crash to desktop bugs, which happen regularly--to regularly to be acceptable. Perhaps every 30 minutes or more often. Lag bugs, where creatures are hitting you and/or you them when you've loaded an area, but you can't see anything. Glitch bugs where creatures arms/legs/body is distorted like 20 feet in the air when dead...or creatures being stuck under the ground during a settlement quest or other, making it impossible to finish the quest. The bugs and utter lack of quality assurance in this area break this game. I can take all the things I thought were nice about it and put them in the pot and piss on them. Because it doesn't matter how much of a 'good game' you could have had, if its so damn riddled with bugs it's unplayable. And that is what this game is. It's absolute garbage. I honestly hope they get sued and run out of business. Shame on them for releasing this game about 6 months sooner than it should have been.
    With that said, I say, "no, No, NO!" Don't buy this. Don't even think of buying this. I wouldn't even buy it if it was on sale for $15. It's not even worth that. If they were to ever work out the bugs, the game still wouldn't pass with a 7. WHich brings me to my next con...
    (4) Balancing - I think they nerfed good loot. Haven't seen a decent weapon or armor piece in almost 2 weeks of continual farming. But besides that, you just don't get any good loot or bosses or anything like that at low level. From around L1-40, you're stuck trying to find events around the map and doing the main quests...and pretty much nothing else. No point in farming. There is nowhere to farm. No places, other than those wolf quests, to farm low level legendaries. And once you get 40-50 (and you could do it sooner, if you're careful or use power armor), you go to Whitesprings. But once you're there, that's about it. You level...and level....and do the scorch queen when it's up...and then go back to leveling at Whitesprings. Or maybe Watoga. End game in this useless game is a joke. 0/10 for End game.
    WIth that said, don't waste your time on this game. Don't even buy it if it's on sale for $5.00. It will be the biggest waste of your $5 bill you ever did.    … Expand
  29. Reon
    Nov 21, 2018
    0
    Not really sure what they were smoking when they decided this was a good idea. Not only is it using the same bug infested engine from ages ago. Btw, most of the game is client side so cheating is super easy and rampant before the game was even released. Highly recommend you spend your money elsewhere.
  30. GinChiller
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Why couldn't they just keep going and produce quality games like fallout new vegas or fallout 3? Also a reason for the low score is that it isn't available through steam
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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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