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. DarmokGillette
    Dec 15, 2018
    0
    This game is currently a broken mess. Constant crashes and disconnects make holding workshops, a main portion of the PVE and PVP, impossible. Recent nerfs have make them not worth the effort. The game is really just a poor mans Fallout 4. I would have given it a 2/10 if it weren't for the fact that Bethesda **** all over their customers numerous times recently. Dropping the price 50%This game is currently a broken mess. Constant crashes and disconnects make holding workshops, a main portion of the PVE and PVP, impossible. Recent nerfs have make them not worth the effort. The game is really just a poor mans Fallout 4. I would have given it a 2/10 if it weren't for the fact that Bethesda **** all over their customers numerous times recently. Dropping the price 50% weeks after release is a ****ty move.… Expand
  2. TooJaded
    Dec 15, 2018
    0
    This feels less like a standalone game and more like a fallout 4 mod in early alpha. It is utterly broken. Graphic glitches to one side - its a complete buggy mess. I have lost count of the times I have had to restart quests because the game blanked my previous progress. Play sessions were team members didn't load in properly and were invisible for the duration of that session. unable toThis feels less like a standalone game and more like a fallout 4 mod in early alpha. It is utterly broken. Graphic glitches to one side - its a complete buggy mess. I have lost count of the times I have had to restart quests because the game blanked my previous progress. Play sessions were team members didn't load in properly and were invisible for the duration of that session. unable to move bases. Inventory allowances so feeble that interesting loot is simply abandoned due to weight. It should have been given more time. It should have been released as a dlc for fallout 4 with 2 player co-op. It should never have been released as MMO style game. Truly abysmal.… Expand
  3. Shellob
    Dec 16, 2018
    0
    It is even a shame to call a game. Just the trash that belched Bethesda.
    They will not even be able to fix everything so that it does not look like crap, because you need to look at the root of the problem - the “engine”. It is so outdated that even with the titanic work of the developers of this **** nothing sensible will come of it.
  4. Laudenschteger
    Dec 16, 2018
    1
    Скучный, баганутый калл., в игре совершенно нечем заняться кроме тупого сбора мусора.
  5. Melinisar
    Dec 16, 2018
    0
    We all got excited at the BETA because it was a BETA that promised more. Bethesda lied to us. The BETA was no more than a massive stress test to see how many people could get on and stress the servers, not a BETA that had more to come out before release. The BETA WAS the game!

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

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

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

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

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

    In all this game is a MASSIVE MESS and a waste of time and money for a game that could have been so much more. Instead of a game, they released a BETA that they continue to update just TO MAKE MONEY!    … Expand
  6. mejias
    Dec 18, 2018
    0
    overall deviation from past Fallout installments. But i hope this is just a test and the essence is maintained in the next game
  7. Westyjester
    Dec 18, 2018
    1
    This new Fallout game starts with a bang - your character is playing a game of futuristic football and shows you smashing into your opponent to score. You immediately have to make a decision and that is the first time your actions start to shape the story. A brilliant tale of survival starting in Vault 18 and set a few years after the events of Fallout 2... wait... hang on... sorry.This new Fallout game starts with a bang - your character is playing a game of futuristic football and shows you smashing into your opponent to score. You immediately have to make a decision and that is the first time your actions start to shape the story. A brilliant tale of survival starting in Vault 18 and set a few years after the events of Fallout 2... wait... hang on... sorry. Realised I have been writing the wrong review - what I just described is a huge game developed as a mod to Fallout New Vegas called Fallout New California, check it out its free and is totally brilliant. Fallout 76 on the other hand was the biggest disappointment of 2018. The visuals look atrocious, the gameplay sluggish and buggy as hell and it’s just pointless roaming with no NPCs or story. Bethesda should be ashamed, the guys who made New California as a hobby built a far superior Fallout game this year.… Expand
  8. buriy
    Dec 18, 2018
    1
    Ужасный, сырой, некачественный продукт. Легенда убита, очень жаль.
  9. dwebster
    Dec 19, 2018
    0
    Fallout 76 is just an awful game that is unquestionably still in a beta state.

    Looks like Fallout 4, while leaving behind any enjoyable aspect of that previous game. They simply took all the unneeded play functionality that was new; settlement building, enhanced crafting, the butchered skill system, garbage dialogue and no choices affecting the world and your character and they rammed    Fallout 76 is just an awful game that is unquestionably still in a beta state.

    Looks like Fallout 4, while leaving behind any enjoyable aspect of that previous game. They simply took all the unneeded play functionality that was new; settlement building, enhanced crafting, the butchered skill system, garbage dialogue and no choices affecting the world and your character and they rammed them all down your throat taking advantage of brand loyalty and previous fans delivering a D- game experience fora AAA price point. I will of course state that Fallout 4 was by far the worst fallout game since BoS, so take this all in stride. They somehow made the worst fallout game look good. They have no idea what made these games good in the first place and I hope that they clean house of all the goons over there who are running the show. Todd Howard is tool who is driving the Bethesda ship into the ground while lying and taking all the money they can.    … Expand
  10. AirXoniX
    Dec 20, 2018
    0
    Looks like we`re on the threshold of the next video game crash. Fallout 76 is the new E. T.
  11. Remelibo
    Dec 20, 2018
    1
    Fallout? Maybe Failout? Come on. We need good, interesting, single player RPG (without "sarcasm" please). Not bugged, unstable, boring multiplayer **** without mods (but with donate of course)!
  12. MrWhiny
    Dec 23, 2018
    0
    This is not "working" Todd!!! Seriously what is this garbage bughesta?? Even FNAF much more better game than this bs! (I hate FNAF lol), I'm really worried about TES, because bughesta using the same broken engine again and again?!?! What the hell is wrong with you guys?? Stop being "GREEDY"!
  13. sasandr_1104
    Dec 22, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Dear Todd Howard Please remove this shame. Sell franchise rights and wipe this ancient engine off the face of the earth. Please TES 6 was on a new engine.… Expand
  14. Cozs
    Dec 22, 2018
    0
    Pre purchased this piece of crap and paid 80$. Was half price withing a month.

    Game is unplayable, broken, unpatchable (would need a whole new game to fix this one), and unenjoyable.

    I would not even play if the game was free.
  15. Smith1818
    Dec 22, 2018
    0
    Why....just why. Now to wait for a new fallout in about 6 to 10 years maybe..
  16. The_Vector_GC
    Dec 23, 2018
    0
    Пошла нахуй Bethesda. Пошла нахуй Bethesda. Пошла нахуй Bethesda. Пошла нахуй Bethesda.
  17. HeyBoner
    Dec 24, 2018
    0
    I have played the Fallout Series since the beginning in the 90's, and while I did not enjoy 4 as much as 3 as much as 2, I absolutely regret buying Fallout 76. It is nothing like any of the other fallout games, this one is complete trash. I hope they go back to their roots next game, otherwise: rip fallout series. Shame.

    I made an account just to express my disgust in this game. Take it    I have played the Fallout Series since the beginning in the 90's, and while I did not enjoy 4 as much as 3 as much as 2, I absolutely regret buying Fallout 76. It is nothing like any of the other fallout games, this one is complete trash. I hope they go back to their roots next game, otherwise: rip fallout series. Shame.

    I made an account just to express my disgust in this game. Take it from an og fallout nerd. Do not buy this.    … Expand
  18. accreditedmedic
    Dec 26, 2018
    0
    I play Fallout since the 1st one. That's not a Fallout game and Bethesda should be ashamed putting that name only to sell more.
  19. EvilForkNinja
    Dec 27, 2018
    0
    Like many others before me, I created an account here just to rate this game. And like the majority of the players before me, I will rate this game with a ZERO.
    Perhaps there are things in this game that don't deserve that score, but when I consider all in all that's the score it gets.
    And this is why. At first I felt excited to get out and see what Bethesda had made, to explore,    Like many others before me, I created an account here just to rate this game. And like the majority of the players before me, I will rate this game with a ZERO.
    Perhaps there are things in this game that don't deserve that score, but when I consider all in all that's the score it gets.

    And this is why.

    At first I felt excited to get out and see what Bethesda had made, to explore, build and do quest. But rather quickly the game over all felt empty and dull. Everything I had hoped for was missing and was instead replaced with thins I had hoped would not be there.
    This game contains so many badly developed thins on so many levels its hard to get any enjoyment out of it at all. Thins from how the melee systems hit-box is from a bad 1998 game, to the terrible sound location system were it will sound like all the enemies in a dungeon are kicking you in the ear at once, from every direction. Not to mention how demanding this game will be for your system. I run it on a GTX 1080 ti and i still experience ridiculous frame drops in certain areas.
    You will spend most of the time being frustrated over game breaking bugs and unstable servers.
    All these thins I could accept, from a small INDIGAME-studio perhaps, but not from this multi billion company that is Bethesda. The game should be called a early-access game, and the price players had to pay to play this game is absurd.

    To summarise, this game is all in all just a big disappointment for fallout fans. They brought with them all bad thins from fallout 4 and added a few more game breakers on top of the already huge pile of dirt that this game contains.    … Expand
  20. gnawd
    Dec 27, 2018
    0
    This game is an absolute failure.
    It contains numerous bugs and glitches that Bethesda themselves could not be bothered to fix in the BETA/full release of the game.
    To add salt into consumer's open wound, they do not allow us to refund this game because they would know that they would lose pretty much all the money because of the backlash of this game. Bethesda does not listen to    This game is an absolute failure.
    It contains numerous bugs and glitches that Bethesda themselves could not be bothered to fix in the BETA/full release of the game.
    To add salt into consumer's open wound, they do not allow us to refund this game because they would know that they would lose pretty much all the money because of the backlash of this game.

    Bethesda does not listen to their customers, they are greedy and lazy because they do not use a new engine.
    I hope to god that if Bethesda do not lift up their games then they'll become bankrupt.    … Expand
  21. mvaculiseanu
    Dec 28, 2018
    0
    I hope some one gets fired in Bethesda. Seriously the balls on management to ship that pile of garbage.
  22. OF24
    Dec 30, 2018
    1
    Bad business practices, and one of the worst support teams I've ever seen, makes this less than average game even worse. Will not pre-order any Bethesda game ever again.
  23. ThisIsEpic
    Dec 30, 2018
    1
    In the beta the game ran quite well for me, minor stutters and got disconnected maybe twice. Now after playing the full release, it seems that the game crashes more often and stutters more frequently. That is, if the game actually launches and doesn't get stuck in the loading screen when trying to open the game.

    The gameplay has gotten worse as well. I tend to not use VATS any longer    In the beta the game ran quite well for me, minor stutters and got disconnected maybe twice. Now after playing the full release, it seems that the game crashes more often and stutters more frequently. That is, if the game actually launches and doesn't get stuck in the loading screen when trying to open the game.

    The gameplay has gotten worse as well. I tend to not use VATS any longer since I am getting stuck into an infinite loop of acquiring the target and getting out of VATS when using the critical shot in the VATS overlay.

    The AI still suffers from lag and enemies sometimes disappear from the map entirely; Looting enemies doesn't work, when they were shot with a weapon using fusion cell as ammo.

    The game is getting worse every day. I hope they will fix this mess. Other than that, never pre-ordering a game again.    … Expand
  24. Thorgas1988
    Dec 30, 2018
    2
    First of all, the world is truly a Fallout world, with many interesting places with a fantastic authentic atmosphere, it's even better and bigger as in Fallout 4.

    But what is that kind of idea to not implement any NPCs or real quests? Ok, Fallout had never a quest depth like Witcher, but what is that an idea to not integrate NPCs in that nice world? This does not make any sense to me,    First of all, the world is truly a Fallout world, with many interesting places with a fantastic authentic atmosphere, it's even better and bigger as in Fallout 4.

    But what is that kind of idea to not implement any NPCs or real quests? Ok, Fallout had never a quest depth like Witcher, but what is that an idea to not integrate NPCs in that nice world? This does not make any sense to me, the world is big, but it's completly empty, you can get quests only via reading terminals or playing tapes and the quests are boring and not worth to do them. You can see so many MMORPGs with NPCs and nice quests, so this point is manageably.

    I like the crafting and collection mechanism of Fallout 76, but everyone gets pissed off because of this stupid storage mechanism. Why has the main chest a maximum capacity? Why the character has so low capacity? I checked Fallout 4, even with Level 1 you have 230 capacity. Why hair clips and also ammo weight something? You have to through ammo away because you cant put it in the main chest. If you like to sell 1000 steel to free your chest, you can't do it because the traders will give you 0. This game is not finished, that is my intention.

    Next point PvP, WHY? I only say WHY? It is the worst implementation of PvP I have ever seen. The point is that no body does PvP currently, because it is senseless. Better implementation would be to give PvE and PvP option before searching a server. On PvE there is no PvP or stay it like it is currently, but for PvP there shall be same level ranged players placed on the server which can't see each other on the map, so you have to listen to guns etc. You shall also get a bonus for killed players.

    Even the controlling of factories/plants/trash dumps is a nice idea but the implementation of the feature is bad. You can build defences but If you quit the game everything is lost.

    I like the survival idea, but it is easy to satisfy so this feature is also boring.

    I suggest to play Fallout 3 or 4 again and have a look later on Fallout 76. Bethasda released an unfinished game with bad ideas, so they have to give a lot lot lot of free content and expansions to make it a valuable game and get the repect of the Fallout community again.

    One last statement, the pc port is horrible even more horrible than Fallout 4, stop that, many other games have amazing pc ports.    … Expand
  25. imma5starman
    Jan 3, 2019
    2
    Atmosphere is amazing, the nature is beautiful, but game play is atrocious.

    Any opportunity to be immersed in the game is quickly dissociated with a myriad of glitches or even basic game mechanics being poor. To be specific, every "cool" fight I experienced was ruined by my ability to avoid the boss or whatever monster by getting into a small area they cannot reach or even perceive me    Atmosphere is amazing, the nature is beautiful, but game play is atrocious.

    Any opportunity to be immersed in the game is quickly dissociated with a myriad of glitches or even basic game mechanics being poor. To be specific, every "cool" fight I experienced was ruined by my ability to avoid the boss or whatever monster by getting into a small area they cannot reach or even perceive me which I then proceed to enjoy the least immersive fighting of my gaming life where I shoot a hunting rifle until I'm out of ammo into a monster twice my level's head.

    It didn't take me long to give up on this game, I have an insane amount of hours from fallout 3 to 4, especially 4, and what killed this experience for me was some stupid golf course riddled with ghouls which are one of the few mobs that drop no ammo but somehow make you waste an immense amount and so I eventually just couldn't deal with the grind of killing them with absolutely no loot reward while wasting my resources consistently trying to avoid the fight entirely.

    I'll be honest I quit on this game early, but holy jesus... the quality is just nonexistent. This is a game for people who want to roam around and enjoy the atmosphere with no care for lack of immersion (to each their own). After fallout 4 and its beautiful community of mods I was spoiled with high expectations but this game didn't even meet the lowest expectations. This is no doubt a flop and my first actual review... ever... I made this account just to stress my disappointment with a franchise I loved. Not to mention the severe inability of bethesda to properly support their community.... seriously, you can't change your username without making a new account.. I even wrote to them and explained why I needed a new account name.. but that was unreasonable apparently.

    If you want to enjoy fallout go back to fallout 4 and just mess around with different mods that bethesda doesn't even sufficiently support. It doesn't deserve a 0 because it would likely be an amazing game without the massive amount of glitching... like how am I supposed to enjoy fighting a dude phased through a wall.. or frozen in t-pose and not even shooting? But again, the atmosphere is fairly beautiful and walking through the game is absolutely enjoyable until you are completely disappointed by the garbage fighting that takes place again and again, assuring you that it isn't something you can ignore and push away just because you love the franchise.. at least I couldn't and I almost always side with the franchise giving them the benefit of the doubt... but I just couldn't ignore it for this game.

    Sorry Bethesda,

    You botched this... obviously.    … Expand
  26. Victorsaban
    Dec 29, 2019
    0
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  27. 76isbad
    May 6, 2019
    0
    $80 I am never getting back. Being in high school that is a lot more money than it sounds like. I LOVED previous fallout games and this just made me want to play those instead. It could have been something great if they added more stories to the locations. The map feels empty but not in the fun apocalypse way. I find an interesting location and wonder what mysteries it holds only to find$80 I am never getting back. Being in high school that is a lot more money than it sounds like. I LOVED previous fallout games and this just made me want to play those instead. It could have been something great if they added more stories to the locations. The map feels empty but not in the fun apocalypse way. I find an interesting location and wonder what mysteries it holds only to find that there are none.

    I quit this game out of disappointment more than I have rage quit any other game.    … Expand
  28. Kittehgummybuns
    May 6, 2019
    0
    Everyone's saying it's "getting better" and Bethesda is "fixing things," but honestly FO76 has A LOT more improving to do before it can even be tolerable.
  29. GlitchedHero
    Jun 20, 2019
    5
    Fun and feels like fallout with all the exploration and environmental story telling
  30. ignition2k
    Jun 25, 2019
    0
    Im surprised the score isn't lower, did the free trial from E3, the reviews are massively negative but thought I'd give it a try, maybe it's just the internet who decided to be mean on FO76 for no reason, and oh man, they were not kidding, this game is a massive disappointment, calling it boring is an understatement. I'd rated it less than 0 for the cheap Zenimax cash grab it is, butIm surprised the score isn't lower, did the free trial from E3, the reviews are massively negative but thought I'd give it a try, maybe it's just the internet who decided to be mean on FO76 for no reason, and oh man, they were not kidding, this game is a massive disappointment, calling it boring is an understatement. I'd rated it less than 0 for the cheap Zenimax cash grab it is, but metacritic wont allow that.… 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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