Fallout 76

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  1. eloney1
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    I was so excited about the release of Fallout 76 with the great job that was done on Fallout 4 I was sure that this game would just blow it away, however I was wrong I am so sorry I bought this online only piece of garbage. Fallout should always be single player so we can create mods and so you are not stuck with a bunch of idiot kids playing online with you, an online option for thoseI was so excited about the release of Fallout 76 with the great job that was done on Fallout 4 I was sure that this game would just blow it away, however I was wrong I am so sorry I bought this online only piece of garbage. Fallout should always be single player so we can create mods and so you are not stuck with a bunch of idiot kids playing online with you, an online option for those that want it would be fine. Fallout should also have NPCs, without them this game is dead and dull, the graphics in Fallout 76 are also a joke they look like any other game from five years ago or more they are just plain outdated. The load times are very long and the controls are confusing, ammo and weapons are garbage and hard to find so defeating enemies is extremely difficult, so really all you can do is try to run away and hope your stamina will last long enough to escape. I was going to buy five more copies for others I know but having played it for about thirty hours now I am just going to delete the game and hope they do better on the next Fallout or they will surely go bankrupt as a company. Don't Buy This Game!!!… Expand
  2. Vareba
    Nov 18, 2018
    9
    They really need a way to check if people actually bought the game, before allowing them to post here.

    The game is buggy, but it's not bad at all, it's not broken. It's incredibly fun, runs great, and is secure.

    Actually research before you judge - don't jump on the arbitrary hate fad, just copy/pasting the same nonsense.
  3. Machpell
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Hello, I will try in brief ...
    My story with Fallout began in the distant 1997-8 years, when I first played the first part, my happiness knew no bounds, played it for many hours, climbed every grain of sand, then the women of Fallout 2, all that I very fond of, now twice as much !!! Juhu.
    And in part 2, I played until the very release of Fallout TBOS (I didn’t play on consoles), and this    Hello, I will try in brief ...
    My story with Fallout began in the distant 1997-8 years, when I first played the first part, my happiness knew no bounds, played it for many hours, climbed every grain of sand, then the women of Fallout 2, all that I very fond of, now twice as much !!! Juhu.
    And in part 2, I played until the very release of Fallout TBOS (I didn’t play on consoles), and this part went wiped out, I had my own delight from every part, no matter what!
    And then ... there was a crisis, a crisis that never changes, and I find out that InterPlay and BlackIsle can no longer work on projects, and even the company that did Tactics - Micro Forté, also does not want to do it, and then I realized that this is probably all ...
    According to the law of the genre in the gaming industry, everything returns to normal in 8 years (Blizzard is so fond of doing it) and I find out that part 3 is coming out, you have no idea how glad I was to hear that! I was one of the first who bought it on the day of sales, yes, even then the games came out on CDs! Then a bunch of add-ons came out and all that, I played again, naturally no one expected or expected that the game would be in turn-based mode as before, because the 21st century is in the yard!
    And as if I did not hesitate at the beginning, but I also liked the game as a whole, because this is the very same Fallout, just version 2.0 from already 5 companies (you know, 7 nannies, and a child without an eye (I just counted ZeniMax ))
    But I forgave them everything, because I was waiting for the game no matter what. Whatever it was, I would love it, and that’s what happened ...
    And not having time to play enough in part 3, it comes out NEW WEGAS, and then just again BABAH !!! the same 3 Fallout, but as with the 2 part, all that we love is only many times bigger and better!
    Thanks to the 6 companies (nanny) Obsidian, so that so finalized and worked the game ...
    Then 4 years pass, and here we have - tadam - Fallout 4 ... and again I am very pleased with the game, no matter what it is, but after playing it, I understand that something is wrong with it, and I decided to read it first in my life , someone else's comments, and I see that the entire Internet is pouring mud from all the hoses on it! ... I thought, oh God, if they don't calm down, or no one will intercede in Fallout 4, they will ruin the game again the same way they did this is about 10 years ago, but then the noise seemed to subside, and I’m so, well, thank God, there are add-ons for Far Harbor, Nuka-World, etc. then VR, everything seems to be satisfied, everything is quietly calm, except that Todd Howard’s heart is in the spirit. Apparently there was a huge scar! ... and because of the trolls, he decided, so who the hell does it matter, no matter what we do, the game will still be spit up, you do it well, they don’t like it, you do it well, they’re wrong again, you squeeze it the last juice - people are burning and pouring acid again! and here, all his sadness and sadness showed itself!
    2018 - Fallout 76 release
    and again the game starts to burn on the fire !!! PEOPLE, and what are you waiting for, you **** up your criticism of the 3-NW-4 part! and waited for the company wants to shoot 76 ?? you are mistaken for the developers to make the game, they need to be respected, appreciated, loved and cherished by them and the main thing is to believe in them, so if Todd Howard and his friends ever read the thread, know no matter what, thank you for the Fallout if he wasn’t, I believe in you, and even if it’s just the respect of a single devoted fan, but I think it’s better than a crowd of distracted fanatics! for this, I want you not to limp, and bring the game to the end, of course, the prizes are no longer collected, but you must make a worthy receiver, the game, !!!
    best regards your player - Machpell    … Expand
  4. gloom15
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Fallout 4 с сетевым режимом, скукотища полнейшая, еще и забагованная насмерть...
  5. LimeDragon
    Nov 18, 2018
    9
    I am enjoying this one much more than Fallout 4 (Which is a nice comparative since it is very similar). Probably because this game hit my right switches. I am really happy to share a Fallout game with friends. I did not liked the fact that this was online instead of only coop but... my fear was unfounded, people I encountered so far were friendly and since encountering others is so rare,I am enjoying this one much more than Fallout 4 (Which is a nice comparative since it is very similar). Probably because this game hit my right switches. I am really happy to share a Fallout game with friends. I did not liked the fact that this was online instead of only coop but... my fear was unfounded, people I encountered so far were friendly and since encountering others is so rare, you actually take the time to interact with them, this was a unexpected surprise.

    The game is, in my experience, focused around sniffing around ruined buildings, looting junk, building bases, taking pictures, and killing enemies. While I can understand there is usually more than that (like lore, story and meaningful choices) in a usual Fallout game (and there is, but it is not the strong point of this opus), I often found that the part I ended up doing and enjoying the most in Fallout games are exactly what I mentioned Fallout 76 was about, so, it hit my right switches.

    There was also the focus around taking pictures which I found was silly, but again, I was surprised. You may not get out of a place with much loot or experience but you mostly always do with memories and having pictures of it is really nice to remember what you have been trough. I must be honest that at times, It felt more like being a tourist in a strange country than a survival game since it is not that dangerous when grouped, and I loved it.    … Expand
  6. jeffreyjohnson
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Honestly, what was Bethesda thinking with this live services mess of a game. Its hard to feel bad that is bombing so hard.
  7. RiaskoFF
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    I really tried to like the game. But it is just terrible. Optimization, glitches, bugs, lags, game design. Everything is bad.
  8. lostguy2027
    Nov 18, 2018
    8
    At the begining I was no interested in the game, but when the beta started I found the game was a real fallout game, but diferent, lots of glitches, but I admit beteshda worked on and today the game perfomrs really better. The game is not for everybody, because is a live world and open world, the other games, are closed. Is a great game if you like fallout and like explore and fight theAt the begining I was no interested in the game, but when the beta started I found the game was a real fallout game, but diferent, lots of glitches, but I admit beteshda worked on and today the game perfomrs really better. The game is not for everybody, because is a live world and open world, the other games, are closed. Is a great game if you like fallout and like explore and fight the enviroment, besides, beteshda wants to develope this world, this is great for the future of this game... the life of this game.… Expand
  9. zhruut
    Nov 18, 2018
    7
    I agree with a lot of the criticisms, I consider Fallout 76 fair to good, and I rate it 6/10 to 7/10 (I rounded up) — but that's coming from a player whose absolute favorite games are Fallout 3, NV & 4. For me to be saying "fair" to "good" or be rating it a 6/10 to 7/10 is the equivalent of a less franchise-loyal gamer rating it 3/10 or 4/10.

    I have played something like 6 to 8 hours so    I agree with a lot of the criticisms, I consider Fallout 76 fair to good, and I rate it 6/10 to 7/10 (I rounded up) — but that's coming from a player whose absolute favorite games are Fallout 3, NV & 4. For me to be saying "fair" to "good" or be rating it a 6/10 to 7/10 is the equivalent of a less franchise-loyal gamer rating it 3/10 or 4/10.

    I have played something like 6 to 8 hours so far and just reached level 10. I was concerned I was truly going to find myself bored, but I've been managing to enjoy myself reasonably well. The moment I discovered the first robot to trade with, I was able to earn enough caps by selling loot to use the fast travel and base camp relocation abilities, which are key to making exploration and questing less of a slog. I have felt the tingle of excitement upon encountering a new area, getting quests — especially if there's a voiced robotic NPC quest giver, which is honestly just as good as a voiced human NPC quest giver in my opinion — and hunting down the various enemies while trying to achieve my goals. While the absence of raiders and mercs is quite noticeable, what's really missing are the neutral to friendly NPC communities. Take a place like Covenant in Fallout 4. You meet them, they test you, they tentatively accept you and you suspect there's something amiss with the town. There is a number of ways to proceed, and the choices you make result in significant differences as to how this side-story plays out. So far, it seems Fallout 76 will not and cannot offer players experiences like that.

    The bottom line for me is that Fallout 76 feels like a stand-alone DLC with a simple premise: Bethesda will set you up with a very large play area as a sandbox to play in, 80%-90% legacy world lore from the other games in the franchise, player survival mechanics and enough basic, repeatable quests to motivate you to continue. As a committed lone player, it does in fact get quite lonely and spare, but if I were paying $20-$25 for this privilege, rather than the $60 I paid, I would say it is definitely worth the experience.    … Expand
  10. davystuart
    Nov 18, 2018
    7
    The good news is that it's more of Fallout. Quirky quests, looting, radio stations, open world exploration.

    The bad news is it could have been so much better with a large world of players interacting and building and fighting. How cool if this had been Player's Unknown meets Fallout rather than Fallout with a multiplayer function that doesn't really matter.
  11. Valhallis
    Nov 18, 2018
    1
    A rather terrible experience from beginning to end, just about everything is unenjoyable about this game. From level locked weapons and equipment, to terrible AI, to the non-existant storyline, to no npcs, to the HORRIBLY balanced combat system and game difficulty. (You won't die in this game unless you go afk in a warzone, or try to kill an endgame boss naked with your fists and noA rather terrible experience from beginning to end, just about everything is unenjoyable about this game. From level locked weapons and equipment, to terrible AI, to the non-existant storyline, to no npcs, to the HORRIBLY balanced combat system and game difficulty. (You won't die in this game unless you go afk in a warzone, or try to kill an endgame boss naked with your fists and no medical items.)

    But above all else, the game is BEYOND buggy, RAMPANT client AND server crashing, invisible enemies, models that look like they came from Steven Carpenter's "The Thing", and a completely salvageable garbage-fire that is the game's CAMP and settlement systems.

    I gave the game a 1 instead of a 0 for only one reason, and thats because the world itself is very visually impressive, once you modify the game's .ini file to remove the world's worst depth of field ever put in a videogame and increase the field of view above the "Porthole" default setting.    … Expand
  12. BinkySpinx
    Nov 18, 2018
    1
    There's a checkbox if the review contains spoilers. The game itself is spoiled. Honestly Bethesda, whoever green-lit this game should be fired. Talk about a franchise destroying release. I can't even tell you how many times I've played and replayed 3, NV, and 4 on multiple PC's and consoles. Hell, I blew $800 on VR gear just to play Fallout4 on the Vive. I just bought a 2080 TI too and wasThere's a checkbox if the review contains spoilers. The game itself is spoiled. Honestly Bethesda, whoever green-lit this game should be fired. Talk about a franchise destroying release. I can't even tell you how many times I've played and replayed 3, NV, and 4 on multiple PC's and consoles. Hell, I blew $800 on VR gear just to play Fallout4 on the Vive. I just bought a 2080 TI too and was very excited to play the hell out of this and spent another $80 on the Tricentennial edition. This game though? This is such a departure from the fine RPG experience of its predecessors that it feels like a cheap chinese knockoff and I wouldn't even pay $8 for it if it were marked down for clearance. Mark my words, Bethesda, you pull this same crap with the Oblivion franchise and I'm through buying your games, and I'm sure thousands of other PC gamers will agree.… Expand
  13. Equadro
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    0_0 sucks 0_0 sucks
  14. GreeneggsnSam
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    After Fallout 4 and Skyrim I was so excited to finally play Fallout 76.
    1- Paid $70 for the pre-order PC game to be posted to me, only to find it was an empty game case with a download code - RIDICULOUS
    2- Finally booted up only for the server to disconnect every time within 5 minutes of starting 3- Waited another day to play and finally got out of Vault 76, only for the game to    After Fallout 4 and Skyrim I was so excited to finally play Fallout 76.
    1- Paid $70 for the pre-order PC game to be posted to me, only to find it was an empty game case with a download code - RIDICULOUS
    2- Finally booted up only for the server to disconnect every time within 5 minutes of starting
    3- Waited another day to play and finally got out of Vault 76, only for the game to disconnect within 30 seconds of playing... this happened 3 times before i cut my losses and went back to playing RDR2 on PS4. Don't know if I'll even both trying to play it again.    … Expand
  15. TiaxTheMighty
    Nov 18, 2018
    2
    Everything that made fallout a great series is absent from this game. These games have always been buggy, but we looked past them because of the lore, the interactions, the story, the narrative, and the desperate sense of survival.

    This game is empty. It is absent of any narrative aside from recordings and terminal entries. I heard people say it's made to be played with friends... But I    Everything that made fallout a great series is absent from this game. These games have always been buggy, but we looked past them because of the lore, the interactions, the story, the narrative, and the desperate sense of survival.

    This game is empty. It is absent of any narrative aside from recordings and terminal entries. I heard people say it's made to be played with friends... But I can have fun just sitting around and talking to my friends. Why do we all need to drop $70 on fallout 76 if it's not what's driving our fun?

    Skip this one. Trust me.    … Expand
  16. Destroyer67
    Nov 18, 2018
    10
    I'm absolutely loving every minute of Fallout 76. Playing with friends, building settlements, building and repairing weapons, exploring etc.
    I have yet to experience any game breaking bugs, or any bugs for that matter.
    Amazing game if you're going in solo or with friends (true experience with friends imo) and love the Fallout series.
  17. Koshea69
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Fallout 4 was a step back from Fallout 3 in terms of telling a story, there were some cool new mechanics but ultimately this franchise was started in the wrong direction. Fallout 76 has taken massive steps back in every way from any of the previous fallout games. There is no storytelling, there is nothing here except a sandbox to play in with other people. Don't waist your time, go to aFallout 4 was a step back from Fallout 3 in terms of telling a story, there were some cool new mechanics but ultimately this franchise was started in the wrong direction. Fallout 76 has taken massive steps back in every way from any of the previous fallout games. There is no storytelling, there is nothing here except a sandbox to play in with other people. Don't waist your time, go to a chat room somewhere.… Expand
  18. yarntags
    Nov 18, 2018
    3
    I don't follow much gaming news. I just saw that Fallout 76 was out and, since I'm a longtime Fallout fan, I went ahead and bought it.

    My mistake. So here I am on Metacritic creating an account to write a review about it. Fallout 76 is not like Fallout 1, 2, 3, New Vegas, 4, or even Tactics. There are no meaningful choices to make. Many of the quests appear to be randomly-generated    I don't follow much gaming news. I just saw that Fallout 76 was out and, since I'm a longtime Fallout fan, I went ahead and bought it.

    My mistake. So here I am on Metacritic creating an account to write a review about it.

    Fallout 76 is not like Fallout 1, 2, 3, New Vegas, 4, or even Tactics. There are no meaningful choices to make. Many of the quests appear to be randomly-generated repeats or mild variations with different scorched red things to fight. There are no characters. There are stories, but they're in the form of depressing audiotapes and looting corpses.

    The perks system is interesting. I really like the mechanics of opening packs and filling slots with different cards to create unique builds. Every new character would be a completely unique experience based on those random draws. Unfortunately, the system is constrained by multiplayer balance and why can't I lockpick, what was I training for in the vault my whole life, this should be an essential and basic skill known by every wunderkind in the vault... though some of the cards have funny pictures in the Fallout style.

    The graphics are also nice. Appalachia is presented well and the soundtrack was just starting to grow on me. I'd just stumbled across an interesting little shack in the woods when

    "Hey man, you want to join up to do some quests, easy gold!"

    Three voices start blaring out on the computer speakers, completely erasing the immersion of the Appalachian setting. I hadn't joined any party voice or set any public interaction settings. It was jarring especially when they started shooting at me after I didn't reply (wasn't wearing headphones).

    So I'm giving this version of Fallout a bad score. True, I shouldn't have spent money on it without checking what it really was first, or I would have waited for it to go on sale in a few months. Despite that leaving a bad taste in my mouth, the game is a disappointment and I hope future Fallout games don't follow the same route, and return to the engaging characters, moral dilemmas, and unique stories from the previous games. Instead random strangers shout at you and chase away any hope of immersive storytelling.    … Expand
  19. Iron-x
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Graphics: World is Good || Character models are beyond terrible. || Animations are terrible.
    Storyline: Doesn't exist.
    Pvp: Pointless
    Pros: Memes
    Cons: Almost everything.
    If priced at around 20 dollars, I'd give it around a three score but at full price it's a zero.
  20. testone91
    Nov 18, 2018
    1
    One simple example why this game deserves 1.0 rate.
    To shallow and empty. Discovered a Vault , the only quest i had there was to help it with fire problem that occurred somehow, that's it , nothing else.
    Meanwhile in New Vegas each Vault had story , depth , soul , made me explore and do many moral decisions...
  21. DumaSerap
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Todd Howard should be fired and never allowed to makes games again. Fallout 76 is an abomination. It is a cash grab by Bethesda trying to milk fallout franchise as much as possible for the minimum amount of work. I am heartbroken that one of my favourite franchises ever has been reduced to this steaming pile of **** Fallout 4 was already a bad game but this is just on another level.
    There    Todd Howard should be fired and never allowed to makes games again. Fallout 76 is an abomination. It is a cash grab by Bethesda trying to milk fallout franchise as much as possible for the minimum amount of work. I am heartbroken that one of my favourite franchises ever has been reduced to this steaming pile of **** Fallout 4 was already a bad game but this is just on another level.
    There are 20€ early access survival games made by tiny indie studios that are better in every single possible way. How did they allow this game to be released is beyond me, but hey people will give us 60€ and maybe we will fix it in couple of months... or years... or never... lets just release mod support so that modders can do it for us. Let's then charge people for mods.
    There are bugs in this game that exist since freaking Oblivion, yet "that biggest team ever, everyone is crazy focused on this game, best we make" dev team doesn't fix it.

    Everything that defined Fallout game before has been removed or simplified to extreme in this game.
    Perks, SPECIAL, VATS system, NPC's

    What we are left with is a hollow husk of a once wonderful, mature universe. Hey but you can do emotes now... hurray. **** Bethesda, **** Todd Howard for ruining this franchise. We want Fallout 2 in modern engine not this buggy, ugly piece of **** you give us.
    Old disgusting, buggy, broken engine that is 7y old.
    This game simply looks horrible by today standards. No more free passes on bugs and excuses by Bethesda, it's unacceptable to sell this game for 60€!

    RIP Fallout. Bethesda modders are not here to save you this time.    … Expand
  22. jband94
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    At least you tried Bethesda..... Next time try harder though.... This game looks just as awful as fallout 4 ever did, it is extremely empty and boring as heck. I haven't been so disappointed in a game in a very long while.
  23. CheeseViper
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    2018 and they still don't have ultrawide support. Don't care that it's coming in an update. I'll never buy another Bethesda game period.
  24. lacylee
    Nov 18, 2018
    2
    The Fallout franchise is without a doubt my favorite gaming franchise, no contest. It's what got me really into gaming, and Bethesda has been my favorite gaming developer throughout the years. When they announced the next Fallout installment was going to be an MMO my heart just dropped. Instantaneous disappointment. I SO look forward to Fallout releases and I just wasn't excited at all.The Fallout franchise is without a doubt my favorite gaming franchise, no contest. It's what got me really into gaming, and Bethesda has been my favorite gaming developer throughout the years. When they announced the next Fallout installment was going to be an MMO my heart just dropped. Instantaneous disappointment. I SO look forward to Fallout releases and I just wasn't excited at all. But I decided to remain optimistic because I'm loyal to the franchise. I played the BETA and my initial concerns were debunked. I expected to have a WoW experience with other players running around constantly and having to wait my turn to do quests, griefing etc. What I received was the opposite. This game is overwhelmingly lonely, repetitive and does nothing to entice me to continue playing. There's just no immersion at all. No one to talk to, no real goal in mind. You can walk and walk and walk and see absolutely nothing but ghouls, scorched and Chinese robots. I think Bethesda made a fatal error by removing the NPC factor. NPC factions, quest lines and companions were some of the funnest and immersive qualities of Fallout. It kept you hanging in and wanting to know what happened next, and gave you something to work toward. And now, there's just literally nothing. This honestly seems like a half-assed attempt. It feels more Fallout knock-off than true Fallout. It's just not what I expect from Bethesda. I almost think they decided to throw out this release and fix it along the way instead of having a ready to play game. I will probably continue to play every now and then just to see if it gets better, and as I said, I'm loyal to the franchise. It breaks my heart that this is what was given to me as the next installment of my favorite game. I just hope they turn some of it around.… Expand
  25. larry73
    Nov 18, 2018
    9
    I love the feeling of this game that make you feel like a true badass, you feel truly immersed in the world, and also i love interacting with random people and try to make out what their goal in life is.
    as somebody who played 500 hours of rust. a game that in awfully buggy. in comparison this game is like a blessing from the sky.
    for me who love multiplayer games and also loves the    I love the feeling of this game that make you feel like a true badass, you feel truly immersed in the world, and also i love interacting with random people and try to make out what their goal in life is.
    as somebody who played 500 hours of rust. a game that in awfully buggy. in comparison this game is like a blessing from the sky.
    for me who love multiplayer games and also loves the immersive environments and appealing stories of a fallout game this game was like made for me personally.
    the game has bugs but it does not affect the gameplay.
    the servers have good performance, and the game itself is not to awfully optimised.
    the game is perfect if you like to explore and discover new places in a peaceful and yet exciting way.
    would recommend.    … Expand
  26. Fritts
    Nov 18, 2018
    1
    This is not a game that a Fallout fan should buy. Forget an interesting dislodge based story driving you to play. Instead Fallout 76 offers you quest markers. That's it. The game is a shoddily preforming mess that is barley worth a play as a free FO4 mod, definitely not worth your money. STAY AWAY.
  27. Adelicia
    Nov 18, 2018
    4
    they're lying about the reason why they didn't put the game into the steam, the good side about steam it let us know the opinion of buyer of the game, just imagine how many more people will bash on the game and affect the sale.
  28. czarnyjezus
    Nov 18, 2018
    2
    Perfect game, I'm having a lot of fun with it so far. Got lucky early on with a chameleon leather leg so I went full stealth agility/luck. Just solo'd a scorch beast last night, VATS + concentrated fire let me shoot out its wings then find a perch to snipe its face off while it was fighting off a horde of ghouls that came roaming by.

    Everyone I've met has wanted to either trade, team up    Perfect game, I'm having a lot of fun with it so far. Got lucky early on with a chameleon leather leg so I went full stealth agility/luck. Just solo'd a scorch beast last night, VATS + concentrated fire let me shoot out its wings then find a perch to snipe its face off while it was fighting off a horde of ghouls that came roaming by.

    Everyone I've met has wanted to either trade, team up or pvp, I really thought the pvp would be a joke because of the nearly 0 damage thing but people seem to engage often with me. It has the best map I've seen from bethesda and the environmental storytelling stuff is great solo (not great in a team where you don't have as much time to just listen to tapes or sift through terminals).

    I love the survival mechanic and weight limit, I really enjoyed it when they added it to fallout 4 and I understand why people would be frustrated with it. The housing stuff is pretty cool too, I found a lead deposit in the ground near a raider train station up on a mountain top so I set up a bullet factory and have been making a killing selling bullets to new players.

    Now the game IS a buggy mess, most stuff is visual glitches which don't bother me too much, the real and biggest issue (I'm playing on ps4) automatic weapons cause stutter about 25% of the time? It seems to be the farther from the vault you are the worse it gets and this is honestly unacceptable. A few quests are bugged, I've crashed once in 30 hours, the game occasionally hitches when it loads a new area, sometimes grenades just fall through the floor if you aim straight down, and certain enemies like the grafton monster will just stop moving for some reason.

    The hate bandwagon is totally overblown, the game is decent, would be great if not buggy.    … Expand
  29. Tengill
    Nov 18, 2018
    3
    This is a Fallout game with out the heart of a Fallout game.
    It is buggy, it even has buggs that are in Fallout 4 and that they still have not patched.
    Yes that is right, this is the same engine as Fallout 4, with all the same bugs. The downside is that the modding community fixed a lot of the buggs in that game, but they can not fix them in Fallout 76. That is because this is a online    This is a Fallout game with out the heart of a Fallout game.
    It is buggy, it even has buggs that are in Fallout 4 and that they still have not patched.
    Yes that is right, this is the same engine as Fallout 4, with all the same bugs.
    The downside is that the modding community fixed a lot of the buggs in that game, but they can not fix them in Fallout 76.
    That is because this is a online game played on dedicated servers and mods would be considered cheats.
    Not that it matters any way, you will get bored long before.
    There are quests in the game, told by robots and holotapes.
    The holo tapes can be long narratives recorded by people that lived there before.
    One problem is that they can be so long that they get interrupted by radio transmissions and there is no way to go back and listen to that holotape again.
    So if there was important information at the end of it, you wont here it.
    Right now you should not buy this game, wait a year for the 2019 winter sale.
    Perhaps by then they will have put in the options for setting your FOV and added a Push to Talk option.    … Expand
  30. joe150
    Nov 18, 2018
    3
    This game removes even more of the elements that make a good Fallout game. There is little else than fetch quests with no choices that effect the game.
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Awards & Rankings

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#1 Most Discussed PC Game of 2018
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#2 Most Shared PC Game of 2018

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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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