Fallout 76

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2.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 6754 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 379 out of 6754
  3. Negative: 4,869 out of 6754
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  1. still_guns
    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.    … Expand
  2. KFFAO
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    Игра не серьезна, в ней нет как такового контента. Из интересного могу выделить лишь то, что хочется сбегать туда и посмотреть локацию, некоторые побочные истории написаны, как говорится, на ура. В целом, эта игра для подросшего поколения майнкрафтеров - мамкиных выживальщиков (для них же урезана ПвП система, чтобы какой-нибудь PewDiePie не начал пилить грифер-шоу на потеху народу),Игра не серьезна, в ней нет как такового контента. Из интересного могу выделить лишь то, что хочется сбегать туда и посмотреть локацию, некоторые побочные истории написаны, как говорится, на ура. В целом, эта игра для подросшего поколения майнкрафтеров - мамкиных выживальщиков (для них же урезана ПвП система, чтобы какой-нибудь PewDiePie не начал пилить грифер-шоу на потеху народу), которым дай пособирать мусор да покрафтить, оба этих действия занимают 80% времени геймплея, 20% - беготня со стрельбой. Игра сырая, недоделанная, портированная с консолей с кучей багов, и продается за большие деньги. 3 из 10.… Expand
  3. slauterhause
    Nov 15, 2018
    3
    In a word, boring.

    It's a weird version of fallout 4 with worse graphics, several bugs, and clunky multiplayer. Honestly, at this point it's a hard pass.

    What it needs:
    Better graphics settings - and utilization. It's not good.
    Better ways of editing game settings, other than messing with the .ini
    Improved Key Mapping
    Weird Mob re-spawns.
    Etc.
  4. vahadar
    Dec 9, 2018
    3
    I have been playing Fallout since the first one, the franchise has evolved quite a lot since then, in good and bad, and with Fallout 76 it is definitely not in good. Fallout76 is not an RPG anymore, but just another action shooter with RPG flavor.

    I'm not going to expand on the hundreds of bugs i have yet encountered (CAMP issues, duplicate items, weapons reload issues, vanishing items,    I have been playing Fallout since the first one, the franchise has evolved quite a lot since then, in good and bad, and with Fallout 76 it is definitely not in good. Fallout76 is not an RPG anymore, but just another action shooter with RPG flavor.

    I'm not going to expand on the hundreds of bugs i have yet encountered (CAMP issues, duplicate items, weapons reload issues, vanishing items, invisible enemies and countless others which make my gaming time not fun when i have to relaunch the game every 20 minutes, or when it crashes every hour or so...).
    It is almost one month after release and most big issues are not yet corrected.

    Anyway here my pros and cons :
    Pros:
    - huge beautiful world,
    - many locations to discover,
    - new perk card system (i like the fact that the SPECIAL are again limited),
    - legendary items farming.

    Cons :
    - no npc,
    - very poor atmosphere (reading terminals and listening to holotapes is not rich world background),
    - no impact on game world at all,
    - extremely poor high level content, it is just a farming game in the end,
    - very bad UI for CAMP, even worse than in Fallout4, not designed for PC users for sure but just for console,
    - perk system (again yes, but this time because you cant choose perks you want, it is randomly given to you, you must hope you get the right card. Anyway you get access to all cards at level 50, i had to wait till this level to get some BASIC cards for my play style like for rifleman perks... this is not good at all, i want to develop a character the way i want, not thanks to random card drops!!!). Also swapping perks every 3 minutes because you need to do something or you need to use another kind of weapon is really annoying.
    - very bad player interaction (no chat, no player vendor...),
    - it feels like a Fallout 4 mod, same assets, just revamped visuals, and it is 3 years after Fallout4,
    - every items from Fallout4 and DLCs are here, makes lore not really consistent with other games, when the nuke fell just few decades ago. IE trapper armor from Far Harbor is found in appalachia.
    - no AZERTY keyboard support again in CAMP mode (was like this already in FALLOUT4), not possible to remap keys for CAMP mode, so with a french keyboard i just cant move forward or left, without switching to QWERTY everytime i want to build my camp.
    - Many bugs from Fallout4 STILL present in Fallout76, this is not acceptable at all...
    - i'm running on fiber optic internet 1gb/s, and still i get too much disconnected... some servers are laggy as hell when some others are just fine.

    But i keep playing it, level 103 at this time, i just hope most issues are going to be fixed soon. So far the road map for patches is not very promising...

    Unfortunately, even if most bugs are fixed, some core design decisions are probably not going to change so this make this Fallout quite dull in the end.

    At the time of this review, i consider that the game is still in BETA stage.

    3/10.    … Expand
  5. Hack
    Dec 23, 2018
    3
    I'm level 43 and I've just finished the main campaign so I've given the game a fair shot before reviewing, overall it's not a great game, it's technically stuck in the stone age, with terrible performance, server issues and bugs galore. Looking past that it's just not a good game either, the PvP is pointless, and the world feels empty with no NPCs, factions or any real story, it just feltI'm level 43 and I've just finished the main campaign so I've given the game a fair shot before reviewing, overall it's not a great game, it's technically stuck in the stone age, with terrible performance, server issues and bugs galore. Looking past that it's just not a good game either, the PvP is pointless, and the world feels empty with no NPCs, factions or any real story, it just felt like I was doing busy work for no real reason, it just lacks any Fallout flavour.

    On the plus side the locations are varied and interesting, and co-op is fun with a friend, but apart from that it's just a worse Fallout 4 and not really worth the time unless you're a massive fan of the series and you're playing with a friend, because solo it's extremely dull.    … Expand
  6. ScienceAdvisor
    Nov 15, 2018
    3
    tl;dr ignore any review for any product telling you to "Ignore reviews". Reviews are research. Just focus on the reviews that list objective points that can be refuted, and ingore the shills handing out 9-10s that inflame the trolls to hand out 0-1s.

    This game is Early Access, content bare, and is just an expansion map for Fallout 4, to the point where mods from that title are working    tl;dr ignore any review for any product telling you to "Ignore reviews". Reviews are research. Just focus on the reviews that list objective points that can be refuted, and ingore the shills handing out 9-10s that inflame the trolls to hand out 0-1s.

    This game is Early Access, content bare, and is just an expansion map for Fallout 4, to the point where mods from that title are working without any changes in Fallout 76. That is how little work was done to fix the engine. If you want to see the OCD cleaning simulator, they by all means grab it at full price and hope that they sell enough copies to eventually add in all the missing content and fix the *amazing* array of bugs. It would also be nice if they can stop all the cheating that is already being noticed two days after launch. Just Google "Fallout 76 Nulear Codes" and you will see all Bethesda'a claims about nukes being limited and not overly useful for PvP, just became a lot less true. All because they implemented it in the laziest way possible that took one whole day to bypass.

    Fun Fact: They made a profit of $400m+ from Fallout 4, and now have a team size of 400 people. Apparently 85% are all level builders...    … Expand
  7. Mamoulian
    Nov 14, 2018
    3
    I ve been a gamer for quite some time and I have to say this is THE lowest Bethesda ever fell. I loved Skyrim and I liked Fallout 4 pretty much even though they were both buggy as hell but this game sets a new low level entirely both in being extremely buggy and being very very empty. In all other Bethesda games there actually IS something to explore, in Fallout 76 the world is unpopulatedI ve been a gamer for quite some time and I have to say this is THE lowest Bethesda ever fell. I loved Skyrim and I liked Fallout 4 pretty much even though they were both buggy as hell but this game sets a new low level entirely both in being extremely buggy and being very very empty. In all other Bethesda games there actually IS something to explore, in Fallout 76 the world is unpopulated and empty, completely devoid of anything interesting, not just the lack of NPCs. It looks the same as Fallout 4 but its as empty as a desert. The only "fun" there is is to either search for someone to kill or wait to get killed. For that kind of fun though it is MUCH better to buy Hunt Showdown for example or anything similar. This is just a sad milking cow of Bethesdas own making. Just an RPG publishing company trying to get in the multiplayer PvP arena genre and only groping in the dark. Save your money and dont buy this nonsense.… Expand
  8. Lostframe
    May 21, 2019
    3
    And after 8 months , still the worst game in history (almost like E.T. from 1984)And after 8 months , still the worst game in history (almost like E.T. from 1984)
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  9. DukeBalek
    Nov 22, 2018
    3
    so bad i cant believe they dare release it... bethesda like bioware are out of the game ^^
  10. Serenityinaz12
    Apr 27, 2020
    3
    Well it's not as bad as I heard it was but it's very clunky, the UI for pc is atrocious as is the building camp US, quite literally the worst I've ever seen for a survival game and I've played a lot. Inventory management is a mess, too much junk to pick up that is worthless, loot isn't great.

    Even worse, they are soon adding an update that makes all enemies scale to your level, like    Well it's not as bad as I heard it was but it's very clunky, the UI for pc is atrocious as is the building camp US, quite literally the worst I've ever seen for a survival game and I've played a lot. Inventory management is a mess, too much junk to pick up that is worthless, loot isn't great.

    Even worse, they are soon adding an update that makes all enemies scale to your level, like they did in Oblivion, so bye bye any sense of progression or danger in the world.

    Why is it not allowing me to hitt submit    … Expand
  11. strangefruit
    Nov 17, 2018
    3
    I haven't found standard PvP much fun. A proper fight between players basically requires that they both agree to combat: if you shoot someone, they'll take nearly no damage unless and until they return fire. This isn't a bad concept because it means less griefing, but it also means no real ambushing or surprise attacks: it's more of a pistols at dawn arrangement. There's also little in theI haven't found standard PvP much fun. A proper fight between players basically requires that they both agree to combat: if you shoot someone, they'll take nearly no damage unless and until they return fire. This isn't a bad concept because it means less griefing, but it also means no real ambushing or surprise attacks: it's more of a pistols at dawn arrangement. There's also little in the way of stakes, as killing someone only lets you collect their junk, not their weapons, ammo, or other gear. There are no PvP or PvE-only servers—there's no server browser at all—and so this compromise to include PvP but make sure it's not too deadly or damaging results in making fights between players feel toothless, and even pointless.… Expand
  12. dape
    Nov 18, 2018
    3
    Pros:
    - It turns on (if you are lucky)
    - You can meet most of Fallout menagerie - It has Fallout names on things Cons: - Bad Graphics - Bad (and lack of ) Story - Bad shooting mechanics - Bad bugs (and lot of them) - Bad world building - Bad building mechanics (it will disappear anyway - or get nuked) Looks feels and plays more like a steam early access game for $2 and not    Pros:
    - It turns on (if you are lucky)
    - You can meet most of Fallout menagerie
    - It has Fallout names on things

    Cons:
    - Bad Graphics
    - Bad (and lack of ) Story
    - Bad shooting mechanics
    - Bad bugs (and lot of them)
    - Bad world building
    - Bad building mechanics (it will disappear anyway - or get nuked)

    Looks feels and plays more like a steam early access game for $2 and not fully fledged experience. Bethesda... no. It's hard to say what this was supposed to be - it's easy to say it did not worked. This game is con, don't get played.    … Expand
  13. Northwain
    Nov 15, 2018
    3
    This is basically Fallout 4 but with no story, no NPCs, no side quests, no side activities, no mod support, PvP that made sense in theory but in practice is utterly awful and has real-life players that don't want to play together because they're treating the game as if it were single player.

    Is this game for you? Ask yourself these questions I asked myself: Did you like Fallout 4? I    This is basically Fallout 4 but with no story, no NPCs, no side quests, no side activities, no mod support, PvP that made sense in theory but in practice is utterly awful and has real-life players that don't want to play together because they're treating the game as if it were single player.

    Is this game for you? Ask yourself these questions I asked myself:

    Did you like Fallout 4? I sort of did but it was my least favourite Fallout game by a large margin.

    Did you enjoy wandering about exploring in Fallout more the story stuff? I did not.

    As a PC gamer do you like the idea of playing a Bethesda that has no mod support. Nope!

    Do you like the idea of survival games such as Conan Exiles? I didn't know before I played this and now I'll probably never touch the likes of Conan Exiles.

    Do you like the idea of broken PvP that punishes both players? Obviously no.

    If none or maybe only one of these applies to you like does with me... This maybe isn't the game for you. At the very least for those of you who are interested... maybe wait a year or two and see what they do to improve upon it.    … Expand
  14. Poloski
    Nov 14, 2018
    3
    In all seriousness? No, you're not missing out anything by playing this. Just because the gunplay was improved doesn't make it good. It's actually mediocre, just like FO4, which is another thing that I don't like about this game, it's just FO4 multiplayer, the difference being a different map, removal of a great amount of NPCs and having other players to play with.
    The game is also very    In all seriousness? No, you're not missing out anything by playing this. Just because the gunplay was improved doesn't make it good. It's actually mediocre, just like FO4, which is another thing that I don't like about this game, it's just FO4 multiplayer, the difference being a different map, removal of a great amount of NPCs and having other players to play with.
    The game is also very prone to hacking. Mods won't come unitl next year, but people can modify the. ini files of the game just like FO4, and alolws them to change stuff like lockpicking being easier and god knows what they might come up with next. A quick look at the game's anti cheat system reveals it's just a joke: https://imgur.com/eIOcWOA
    Even while there's definitely a lot to explore, the fact that the game feels empty makes discovering stuff barely exciting, and reading or hearing stuff is just tedious as it makes just want to finish already, after all the mission objective updates itself. You no longer discover stuff that can affect the people around you, all because they are already dead, and all you have to do is launching nukes and boom, that's all.
    If you honestly want an online game where exploring is better, you can play minecraft instead. I know it might sound as a joke but the game is actually fun, and has a great replayability.    … Expand
  15. Berserklemming
    Dec 1, 2018
    3
    Boring boring boring boring.......

    Now begone heretic for thou hath spurned the very name fallout....

    lack of enjoyable content, can be fun with friends, but be aware you have to make your own fun due to the lack of interesting content, simply put a great boredom simulator.
  16. slackerrudie
    Oct 26, 2019
    3
    I have put over 400 hours in this game. There is not much to the "game." Its basically just a junk collector time sink. I did enjoy making camps and just wasting time finding crap. So why the review and score? Because of the new subscription. They are making people pay for things that should have been in the game. They lied and said they couldn't increase the camp and junk stash sizesI have put over 400 hours in this game. There is not much to the "game." Its basically just a junk collector time sink. I did enjoy making camps and just wasting time finding crap. So why the review and score? Because of the new subscription. They are making people pay for things that should have been in the game. They lied and said they couldn't increase the camp and junk stash sizes because of server issues. Well now you can dump more cash to them and get these. They lied and said they would never have pay to win. They postponed the DLC to include NPC characters, to dump this pay to win on players.… Expand
  17. Soles
    Dec 7, 2018
    3
    Start game, play play, bug, play play play, bug bug, play play, bug bug bug, play, bug, play, bug bug, disconnected... >=/. Reload game, play play play play play, bug bug, crash. Reload game, play play, bug, play play, bug, disconnected. Reload game AGAIN, play play play, bug, play, bug, play, bug, play, bug....getting super annoyed and angry..play, bug, play, bug...grinding teeth...playStart game, play play, bug, play play play, bug bug, play play, bug bug bug, play, bug, play, bug bug, disconnected... >=/. Reload game, play play play play play, bug bug, crash. Reload game, play play, bug, play play, bug, disconnected. Reload game AGAIN, play play play, bug, play, bug, play, bug, play, bug....getting super annoyed and angry..play, bug, play, bug...grinding teeth...play play play play play play..starting to enjoy it a bit more..play play, bug, play play play play play.....play play, bug bug, play play play, disconnected...reconnect..play play disconnected..reconnect..play play bug bug bug bug..crash...reload...play bug DISCONNECTED AGAIN! >=| ...*rampaging mood...* calm down....reload game...play play bug..DISCONNECTED!!! *throws mouse into wall*....uninstall game...bit more happy now..what an experience..bug spotting, disconnections, alot of *woooosaaa* and learning to be super patient..not the gaming experience i was expecting or hoping for...Fallout 76...the buggy disconnected experience… Expand
  18. ArgusLVI
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    There is no reason why this game should exist; Fallout 76 is a watered-down version of an already watered-down Fallout 4. Simple, finicky, glitchy, empty, and a waste of time. Thumbs down.
  19. Voloxi
    Nov 17, 2018
    3
    I can't score this game very high, because I've encountered a lot of problems. I've played to level 11 so far, maybe put a solid 15-20 hours into it. Problem number 1, if you don't put points/cards into Endurance, you will be dying of hunger and thirst every five minutes. It totally breaks the immersion and exploration nature of Fallout, and forces you down a select path. Even then, theI can't score this game very high, because I've encountered a lot of problems. I've played to level 11 so far, maybe put a solid 15-20 hours into it. Problem number 1, if you don't put points/cards into Endurance, you will be dying of hunger and thirst every five minutes. It totally breaks the immersion and exploration nature of Fallout, and forces you down a select path. Even then, the cards you get are random, so good luck planning your build. An example being, I have encountered opportunities to lock pick, but skill isn't high enough, and I can't advance it until that card randomly appears. Next, the camp building is full of frustrating bugs and limitations, from appearing and disappearing walls, to the environment working against you, and always having to rebuild it when you move it because the terrain won't accept the camp you spend hours creating. Also, good luck crafting any gear above level 1. I couldn't figure it out. I could find some stuff of higher levels and had options to mod, but its kind of rare and most my armor is still level 1 because I can't craft anything but level 1. Also, you will run out of storage space very quickly, and it's bugged (where's your QA dept Bethesda?). It's limited at 400 pounds, and between guns, ammo, food, armor, and of course junk, you will fill that in a heartbeat. The buggy part? You could have a note or holotape that weighs 0, but the stash won't accept it. You have no room, until you take an item out, stash the 0 weight item, and then try and replace what you took out. But it doesn't always work. I could go on, and I will. Graphically, it's gorgeous, and I love it, but the overgrowth is insanely annoying. You can't see anything up ahead because all the flora is as tall as you are. Crouching for a sneak attack outdoors? Not impossible, but not the greatest. Finally, the game tells you very little. It's like the old days of Everquest. Plop! Here you are, now suffer as you try and figure out some base mechanics of this game. Have fun dying a lot as you do.… Expand
  20. borisjohnson
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    Played this for about 4 hours and the only thing positive I got from this is HIV. Anyway, the point is this: the game is half broken; lags even with a good PC. The experience when in combat is "clunky" and despite being a "social" game, there's not any motive to communicate with other players. Suck your mum.
  21. smilodon142
    Nov 14, 2018
    3
    I've played every Bethesda game and every Fallout game.

    After 30 hours of game play I can say this game isn't worth sixty dollars. The story is limited to notes and recordings in a medium that's "Let the player do" instead of "Tell them what happen", normally that kind of story telling is an optional addition to the games experience. Fallout 76 and Fallout 4 both have lore that    I've played every Bethesda game and every Fallout game.

    After 30 hours of game play I can say this game isn't worth sixty dollars.

    The story is limited to notes and recordings in a medium that's "Let the player do" instead of "Tell them what happen", normally that kind of story telling is an optional addition to the games experience.

    Fallout 76 and Fallout 4 both have lore that goes against established cannon, retconning those previous games is disrespectful to the writers and developers of past games.

    The PC edition launched without a number options typically found in sixty dollar triple A titles. From the options menu you cannot, turn off depth of field, bloom, god rays, bloom, change the Anti Aliasing settings, or set an ultra wide screen resolution. The strange thing is the game does support all those settings if you change them from the configuration files. However the normal user would have a difficult time figuring out how to go about that process. Bethesda omitted those options from the game for seemingly no reason.

    After exploring the map, the size of which is one of the games few positives, the gameplay would consist of mostly building your camp and controlling public workshops. The building mode in the game while aggravating at times does work and is improved slightly from Fallout 4.

    Other players from my experience will have voice chat turned off and will ignore you after a wave. After twenty hours of leaving my microphone on in hopes that I would make a lasting connection with someone I decided to turn it off so I could listen to an audio book without having to worry about others at all.

    All of the good things in Fallout 76 can be better found in Fallout 4, and basically this game is Fallout 4 striped of it's substantial story elements and combined with the restrictions of a multiplayer game.    … Expand
  22. 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
  23. SinitarGaming
    Nov 14, 2018
    3
    This review will, hopefully, help you to understand what's actually happening.
    It,s indeed pretty much true that some of "0" reviews may be posted by people who didn't even play the game. But, there is one "but"...
    The true darkness is on the other side. Take a look on several random profiles that gave "10" to this game. Almost like 90% of them have only 1 review (for FO76) and profile    This review will, hopefully, help you to understand what's actually happening.
    It,s indeed pretty much true that some of "0" reviews may be posted by people who didn't even play the game. But, there is one "but"...

    The true darkness is on the other side. Take a look on several random profiles that gave "10" to this game. Almost like 90% of them have only 1 review (for FO76) and profile names like "superplayer1984". In their reviews, there're writing everything via one of two copypastas: 1) describing all the game features were named by bethesda in trailers (some of which simply even don't exist) and literally telling everything is working perfectly. 2) callin everyone who left a bad review a hater who never played the game.

    The second part is as you all know, Bethesda initially released game only on Beth.net - not on Steam, GOG etc. Why? Yes, eaxactly. You can't leave a review there. At least, so easily. Question is - what is it like?

    Yes, we all know (especially those who are reading political news) how it looks. Bethesda (I'm not saying directly Pete Hines, obviously not, but through the hands of sub-companies, "family" bloggers and "friendly" game journalists) is litereally using the bots to leave positive reviews and leaving 10 points to at least somehow save catastrophic ratings of the game. Almost all accounts that made 10/10 FO76 reviews were made not by real players behind them, but by certain people, for only one goal - try to save the game ratings on the platform they can't affect directly.

    Don't get me wrong. Bethesda was and today still [IS] my favourite game company. But the abyss they are making between themselves and community, how they allow marketing stuff to rule the PR company and game development itself, and how obviously they are trying to hide any possible negative critics about the game - it's really, really sad.

    I'm neither FO 76 fan or hater. I just don't care about it - I won't play it and wait for Starfield and TES VI.
    Though, I played more than 20 hours on my friend gaming PC to not let myself make a prejudged review.
    I also wish every player who bought it to have the best possible time in it.
    Fallout 76 is not a "zero" game. But it's a very, very bad game. Extremely outdated engine. Terrible performance. Awful cheating/hacking protection. But what if most important, it's a soulless game which has even less to have at least something in commong with FO series than FO4 had. It's empty, repeative and just boring.
    I won't give "0" to this game. But I'll give as maximum as "3" because this is what FO76 deserves.    … Expand
  24. Melvorn
    Dec 6, 2018
    3
    My girlfriend purchased this for me on my birthday and got it for herself too. After playing it I am pissed as hell. I can't believe that she paid full retail, for a game that was missing most of what Bethesda promised at launch and has the same bugs as Fallout 4! I don't care that they are trying to fix it. That's not an excuse for asking customers to pay for a Triple A price and thenMy girlfriend purchased this for me on my birthday and got it for herself too. After playing it I am pissed as hell. I can't believe that she paid full retail, for a game that was missing most of what Bethesda promised at launch and has the same bugs as Fallout 4! I don't care that they are trying to fix it. That's not an excuse for asking customers to pay for a Triple A price and then releasing a buggy piece of **** with graphics that aren't even an improvement from Fallout 4 and which feels empty and boring as hell. Go spend your hard earned money on God of War or Red Dead Redemption 2 instead; hell if you -want- to play a survival game, go play ARK if your PC can handle it, at least it's better than this.… Expand
  25. sieden
    Nov 19, 2018
    3
    Bethesda - "Should we make Rust or Fallout?"
    "Lets make both but leave the bits out that make each of them great"
  26. TylerJL1
    Nov 14, 2018
    3
    Yet again Bethesda proves they are incapable of making a decent Fallout game. Fallout 3 had a pass because it was their first take on the series but it seems that Bethesda keeps taking one step forward two steps back with Fallout. There is just no sustainable value in this game other than to make fun of it with friends. Playing with friends makes anything enjoyable. Watch The Room byYet again Bethesda proves they are incapable of making a decent Fallout game. Fallout 3 had a pass because it was their first take on the series but it seems that Bethesda keeps taking one step forward two steps back with Fallout. There is just no sustainable value in this game other than to make fun of it with friends. Playing with friends makes anything enjoyable. Watch The Room by yourself and you'll want to blow your brains out. Watch it with friends piss drunk and you'll make memories. "Fun with Friends" should not be the only selling point.… Expand
  27. tehga
    Nov 14, 2018
    3
    I was actually excited for a multiplayer Fallout game, but this game is just boring. People can't attack you unless you want them to. The enemies are extremely easy to defeat and mostly they just stand in place and shoot, doing little damage. There is a VERY thin story that really is only there to get you to walk around. The events are "keep spawning bad guys until timer runs out."I was actually excited for a multiplayer Fallout game, but this game is just boring. People can't attack you unless you want them to. The enemies are extremely easy to defeat and mostly they just stand in place and shoot, doing little damage. There is a VERY thin story that really is only there to get you to walk around. The events are "keep spawning bad guys until timer runs out." Your base is meaningless because people can't steal your stuff anyways. So what are you supposed to do in this game? I'm level 10 now and I honestly don't know. You can complete "go press a button on a computer terminal" and/or "kill enemies until the timer runs out" quests to gain experience then haul stuff back to your stash. That's basically it. With almost no plot, no NPCs, no penalty for dying, such a low difficulty to play, very little extremely casual PVP... I really don't see why anyone would put more than a few hours into this game. The point of the game really seems to be to explore the map and look at the pretty scenery. With no real in-game motivation to keep progressing, it almost feels like you would be better off running through all the areas without fighting anything so that you can see all the sights without having to waste time leveling up. I'm willing to give it a 3 for now, maybe it's just the beginning content that is bland but I really see no hope for this game getting better as I rank up.… Expand
  28. Flower_guy
    Nov 15, 2018
    3
    This game is way to restrictive and lacking of content to be a Bethesda game. This is no real main story or purpose to the game but just to grind. Once you traveled around the map you pretty much have seen all there is to offer with only a few exceptions. Not only is it overpriced at $60, the games micro-transactions were up and running before they even fixed most of the bugs that wereThis game is way to restrictive and lacking of content to be a Bethesda game. This is no real main story or purpose to the game but just to grind. Once you traveled around the map you pretty much have seen all there is to offer with only a few exceptions. Not only is it overpriced at $60, the games micro-transactions were up and running before they even fixed most of the bugs that were reported in the B.E.T.A. Pass on this game and maybe pick it up when it's on sale if you have someone to play it with. It was not designed for, or even balanced playing for playing solo even though Pete H. insisted that it was.

    In summary, probably not the game you are wanting it to be, more bugs than previous Bethesda games, severely under preforms in combat, UI and AI when compared to other AAA titles. but decent enough to pass the time if you have someone to play it with or when you are waiting for something else to come out.    … Expand
  29. Xemnuz
    Nov 14, 2018
    3
    Good god what a mess of a game. Fall out 4 was a mess but with a few fixes and cheats it became enjoyable, though I was too young to play Fall out 3 at the time. But good god, Fall Out 76 is really bad. I have what 12 hours in I haven't even met a npc other than 2-3 bots yet, I know no names, there is absolutely no story thus far. To force multiplayer on you is to top it off, someone atGood god what a mess of a game. Fall out 4 was a mess but with a few fixes and cheats it became enjoyable, though I was too young to play Fall out 3 at the time. But good god, Fall Out 76 is really bad. I have what 12 hours in I haven't even met a npc other than 2-3 bots yet, I know no names, there is absolutely no story thus far. To force multiplayer on you is to top it off, someone at your door? Then either exit the game or die of starvation and thirst, and people can kill you, no idea how it happened but I lost most of my stuff and that was that. Running across the map to locations that look like diaper, your running breath lasts about 3 seconds because it's cool to catch your breath every 3 seconds like not even overweight people do in real life. They didnt even fix the damn combat system which has been the weakest point since Skyrim, it's worse than fighting on a cellphone app game... So disappointed, there was some magic in Fall Out 4, some fantastic characters, maybe some here but I don't even see them, the world looks like **** the combat is **** the multiplayer aspect is **** They even ruined the settlements/camp, you cant even make outposts around the place and make it your own you have to choose one location and thats it with no other survivors... Do not buy. Totally forgot, in a game where looting is the main thing, to cap the weight of 150 lbs without perks is suicide, people walking around because they dont want to throw things yet cant run or fast travel to salvage, 2 guns and gear and a few scraps is 150 lbs, good luck finding a ton of cool stuff only having to throw it, **** that.… Expand
  30. zgeek
    Nov 26, 2018
    3
    I love this game, but the bugs make it unplayable. I've sunk hours into it since launch. I have defended it, but fk it. It's so buggy I can't continue.
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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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