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  1. Nov 14, 2018
    2
    While it sounds interesting on paper, in practice Fallout 76 as a shared universe with PvP combat just doesn't work. I loved Fallout 3 and 4 as well as New Vegas. I loved them in spite of their clunky graphics and less than great gunplay. I loved them because of the bleak, funny story and the chance to get lost in it. Well, Fallout 76 is the clunky gameplay with the great storyWhile it sounds interesting on paper, in practice Fallout 76 as a shared universe with PvP combat just doesn't work. I loved Fallout 3 and 4 as well as New Vegas. I loved them in spite of their clunky graphics and less than great gunplay. I loved them because of the bleak, funny story and the chance to get lost in it. Well, Fallout 76 is the clunky gameplay with the great story stripped out and frankly, playing online with other people sucks. I barely made it out of Vault 76 when there was some idiot standing their hitting me in the head with a pipe. Where's the fun in that? Expand
  2. Nov 14, 2018
    0
    I could go on for ages about all the bad experiences I had "breaking it early" but I'll keep this short...
    Pros:
    -I you're blindly in love with Fallout and loved Preston Garvey's missions this game is for you. Cons: -Very repetitive. -Dated graphics, similar to how dated Fallout 4 was. -Bugs. For the love of all that's holy the bugs. -Very UN-optimized for PC. -Locked FPS.Breaks
    I could go on for ages about all the bad experiences I had "breaking it early" but I'll keep this short...
    Pros:
    -I you're blindly in love with Fallout and loved Preston Garvey's missions this game is for you.
    Cons:
    -Very repetitive.
    -Dated graphics, similar to how dated Fallout 4 was.
    -Bugs. For the love of all that's holy the bugs.
    -Very UN-optimized for PC.
    -Locked FPS.Breaks the game if you unlock it manually.
    -No plans to add FOV slides? In 2018?!

    Again.. I could go on but the point is... the game is bad. Bad in more ways than I probably even know alone.
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  3. Nov 14, 2018
    9
    Don't listen to the haters, their review are just biased rubbish.
    This is a good FUN! game.
    Go buy it.
  4. Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Everything that makes fallout games feel like a fallout game is missing from this game. Anyone who says they enjoy this game are either lying or in deep denial. A clunky UI, horrid combat, no NPCS and a lack of any real story. Please Please Please save yourself some money and don't buy this game. The more people who buy this the more likely it is that Bethesda Game studios will keep makingEverything that makes fallout games feel like a fallout game is missing from this game. Anyone who says they enjoy this game are either lying or in deep denial. A clunky UI, horrid combat, no NPCS and a lack of any real story. Please Please Please save yourself some money and don't buy this game. The more people who buy this the more likely it is that Bethesda Game studios will keep making games like this. If starfield is anything like this I will never buy another BGS game again. Ever. So disappointing. Expand
  5. Nov 14, 2018
    10
    It's fallout at it's core. I really enjoy the combo of the surreal landscape and being able to help new fallout players. No issues on my end after 24 combined hours of gameplay. Beta and launch both have ran smooth. Looking forward to exploring and watching West Virginia grow!
  6. Nov 14, 2018
    3
    What a disaster. Why Bethesda thought a multiplayer Fallout game would work is beyond me. For starters, the game is painfully boring. All "quests" are given by a robot or a holotape. The world is empty and astonishingly ugly (this is probably not helped by the archaic xbone system). GTA V Next Gen from 2014 (yes 4 years ago) was miles ahead of this. Hell, Skyrim remastered wasWhat a disaster. Why Bethesda thought a multiplayer Fallout game would work is beyond me. For starters, the game is painfully boring. All "quests" are given by a robot or a holotape. The world is empty and astonishingly ugly (this is probably not helped by the archaic xbone system). GTA V Next Gen from 2014 (yes 4 years ago) was miles ahead of this. Hell, Skyrim remastered was significantly better looking than this. The gunplay is serviceable, typical Bethesda rpg fare we've seen hundreds of times before, but it's wasted even more by the abysmal pvp system/policy. Most of us saw this coming from the beta. Stop supporting this laziness by Bethesda. Avoid this game. Expand
  7. Nov 14, 2018
    8
    Real solid game to explore and fight in, especially better if your playing with friends, some issues with frames in certain areas that I hope will be fixed soon. I think the game is overhated because it's not a singleplayer Fallout game but for what it is it is a fun time.
  8. Nov 14, 2018
    9
    For an online survival MMO, there's nothing else like it on the market. Every single location my buds and I have visited so far has had an interesting story to tell. Emotional holo-tapes (some several minutes long), notes, hand-written journals, terminal logs, and sentient robots all shed light on what life was like for past, pre-war inhabitants. Many times, their grim stories will evenFor an online survival MMO, there's nothing else like it on the market. Every single location my buds and I have visited so far has had an interesting story to tell. Emotional holo-tapes (some several minutes long), notes, hand-written journals, terminal logs, and sentient robots all shed light on what life was like for past, pre-war inhabitants. Many times, their grim stories will even kick off a variety of small quests. It's a far cry from other survival games like Rust, Conan Exiles, DayZ, and Ark Survival that don't even HAVE quests, let alone much backstory. From what I've seen of the survival genre, the sole fact that FO76 is NOT Early Access already has me hooked.

    Overall, aside from a few graphical bugs I've encountered, I've had a ton of fun surviving, exploring, fighting different enemies, building my own mini-base, and uncovering crazy secrets on the map. Even though it's not your traditional single-player Fallout RPG, the amount of content and systems at play in FO76 is staggering for an online survival MMO and can keep you and your friends occupied for weeks. If you're into PvE and Roleplay the West Virginia hills are vast and filled with NPC monsters for hunting and looting. If you're into PvP, there are always good bounties waiting on Hunter/Hunted Station radio.

    Some sage advice from an old arcade player, if you're ever not sure whether a modern game is worth it's full price, rate it at $1 an hour. If you can get 60 hours of game-play from a $60 retail game, it's well worth it in my old-school, coin-operated book.
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  9. Nov 14, 2018
    10
    Awesome game. Love the exploration. Love the storytelling. Love the character building. Love the world. Looking forward to playing this until Starfield or TES V comes out.
  10. Nov 14, 2018
    2
    It's about time we hold Bethesda accountable. They've taken a really, really bad turn in their development. It scares me and at this point, I think they'd be better off selling their assets off and cashing out.

    New Vegas is the best Fallout and Bethesda didn't even develop that game. Fallout 4 is a joke with a dialogue system that makes Mass Effect Andromeda more interesting to play.
    It's about time we hold Bethesda accountable. They've taken a really, really bad turn in their development. It scares me and at this point, I think they'd be better off selling their assets off and cashing out.

    New Vegas is the best Fallout and Bethesda didn't even develop that game. Fallout 4 is a joke with a dialogue system that makes Mass Effect Andromeda more interesting to play. That being said let's get into Fallout 76.

    Oh boy, Fallout 76... 80% fallout 4 in every aspect only further dumbed down, fewer interesting weapons and even less story. I am beyond words for the lackluster development of this game. Unlike most people complaining about the game, My qualms have nothing to do with Online only, nothing to do with it not being New Vegas pt2. My qualms with this game are unbias factual critiques,

    No story whatsoever. Yes there are radio signals, holotapes and other trash story bits dropped across the wasteland but nothing deliverable. Nothing worth merit or conviction. The kinds of story pieces only NPC's WITH dialogue and choices can give you. There is nothing here, no purpose to do anything in this game.

    Loot - Building. In Survival games loot and building make sense. It works in those games because let's say you need wood, you go get wood. You need whatever material you go get that material with the tool you crafted. Here in Fallout you literally just randomly walk all over the wastland picking up JUNK and you have no idea how much of it you need, what exactly you need or where to get it ETC ETC

    Graphics/Performance - OMG This game looks like it came out of 2011 and honestly that's just not acceptable. AT ALL. Let's take Oblivion for example. That game literally pioneered how good graphics could be for the time period. Now look at Fallout, Looks like absolute trash. From a Triple AAA studio who ha smillions upon millions to invest in development, that's just sad and unacceptable.

    Vats/Gunplay/PVP/Gameplay. Oh Geez, where to start. Firstly VATS could have worked fine in real time if it wasn;t buggy and if it had a better auto targeting system. It also absolutely should not cost AP to initiate VATS. Using AP just to start VATS is utterly ridiculous, After it starts only shooting your weapon should use up AP. Gunplay is atrocious, I'd honestly take Call of Duty II Gunplay over this and that game is over 10 years old. It boiggles my mind that ID just didn't develop the gunplay. With all of the buginess in VATS, Gunplay and abysmal hit detection PVP is impossible to take seriously. Additionally trying to hit anything moving or jumping at you is a hassle. Combine that with the Worst A.I I've ever seen in a Triple A game and you've got a disaster.
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  11. Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Numerious missions that can't be completed, getting stuck in the map during combat, and being disconnected all too frequently are just some of the countless problems you can expect to experience way too often while playing this game. Quite frankly, the game is simply awful. Hard to believe this was produced by the Bethesda I used to love so much. Oh well, at least there are other companiesNumerious missions that can't be completed, getting stuck in the map during combat, and being disconnected all too frequently are just some of the countless problems you can expect to experience way too often while playing this game. Quite frankly, the game is simply awful. Hard to believe this was produced by the Bethesda I used to love so much. Oh well, at least there are other companies out there making the great type of games Bethesda used to make. Expand
  12. Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Absolutely not worth my money. I should have listened to people who warned me about this. The glitchy pop in graphics, the bugs, the lack of NPCs and the inundation with notes and holotapes, the issues with stash size, etc. I'm seriously regretting laying down $60.00 USD for this game. If it were a $20-30 expansion for Fallout 4, ok fine. I still wouldn't enjoy it, but I wouldn't feelAbsolutely not worth my money. I should have listened to people who warned me about this. The glitchy pop in graphics, the bugs, the lack of NPCs and the inundation with notes and holotapes, the issues with stash size, etc. I'm seriously regretting laying down $60.00 USD for this game. If it were a $20-30 expansion for Fallout 4, ok fine. I still wouldn't enjoy it, but I wouldn't feel nearly as ripped off. T Expand
  13. Nov 14, 2018
    9
    People are review bombing this game hard even though most of them probably only played the game for a few minutes or not at all. I have played the game. All the B.E.T.A.'s plus 12 hours on 11/13 because they released the game 24 hours early. The game is fun for what it is. The combat is a pain but it was a pain in four as well.
    Its a good fallout game and give the people at Bethesda props
    People are review bombing this game hard even though most of them probably only played the game for a few minutes or not at all. I have played the game. All the B.E.T.A.'s plus 12 hours on 11/13 because they released the game 24 hours early. The game is fun for what it is. The combat is a pain but it was a pain in four as well.
    Its a good fallout game and give the people at Bethesda props for trying something new with the series. I haven't delved to far into the story but what is there is good. You just have to read and listen to holo tapes to experience it.
    The game is still in its infancy and I can not wait to see this game mature into something truly great.
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  14. Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Feels more like an unfinished asset-flip in early access than a proper game.
    No wide-screen support in 2018? Seriously?
  15. Nov 14, 2018
    2
    No story. No NPCs. No comprehensible lore. And putting aside the hollow feeling you get in your gut when you see a series that used to be a critique of the consumer culture of America and the dangers of unthinking violence, turned into a mindless, bug-ridden, soulless game - it's heartbreaking.
  16. Nov 14, 2018
    0
    this game cheeks and I think everybody should be informed of the 20 year old engine reskinning and all of that
  17. Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Bugs galore (what do you expect, its a Bethesda game) FPS is locked, engine is outdated and it shows. The game has an identity crisis, and it struggles to do any one thing right. The PvP is lackluster, and it seems like it is discouraged you have nothing to gain and quite a bit to lose. The building is just as bad as you remember from Fallout 4. The game feels empty and soulless, TheBugs galore (what do you expect, its a Bethesda game) FPS is locked, engine is outdated and it shows. The game has an identity crisis, and it struggles to do any one thing right. The PvP is lackluster, and it seems like it is discouraged you have nothing to gain and quite a bit to lose. The building is just as bad as you remember from Fallout 4. The game feels empty and soulless, The quests that are in the game are boring, and uninteresting. If you enjoyed the boring radiant quests from Fallout 4 you will probably like this game. The lore and the setting makes no sense, and the constant retcons are a slap in the face to many die hard fans. Expand
  18. Nov 14, 2018
    1
    "Barbarically Terrible"

    Wow. There are so many things wrong with this game from performance to pure boredom. It's like Conan Exiles, but not as good...
  19. Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Today i fnished the first "Dark Souls" and just opened this game. Graphically, they are no different, missions are more empty, and LORE resembles comic trash like the one we played inside the "Pip-Boy". It would seem that these games are so different, but no, here instead of dark fantasy we meet little children's fiction. After killing robots with your own fist, you are wandering yourselfToday i fnished the first "Dark Souls" and just opened this game. Graphically, they are no different, missions are more empty, and LORE resembles comic trash like the one we played inside the "Pip-Boy". It would seem that these games are so different, but no, here instead of dark fantasy we meet little children's fiction. After killing robots with your own fist, you are wandering yourself in empty monotonous locations populated by random mobs and thinking about different things; and about how sh** this game is, nothing can distract you from that, like this game itself from your busy life.

    The possibilities of the world are minimal, adventures you invent yourself. As if we came back to the past, only here there is no place for chaos and trickery, as in the old online games.
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  20. Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Don’t waste a dollar in this buggy mess of a game. This game barely runs on a PS4 Pro, I already imagine how it will run in a normal PS4 or Xbox one. Bethesda is not the company that it was before. Poor game mechanics and design. Looks like a game that came out 10 years ago that’s how bad it looks and plays, please avoid this game. This game is not worth 60 dollars at all.
  21. Nov 14, 2018
    10
    Loved every minute that I've played so far. Was skeptical about the game due to the negative feedback I've seen online, but after playing the game I've realized the overwhelming majority of negative feed back online is from fallout "fanboys" who actually have never played Fallout 76, and are just brigading with bad reviews because they don't like that Bethesda made a multiplayer FalloutLoved every minute that I've played so far. Was skeptical about the game due to the negative feedback I've seen online, but after playing the game I've realized the overwhelming majority of negative feed back online is from fallout "fanboys" who actually have never played Fallout 76, and are just brigading with bad reviews because they don't like that Bethesda made a multiplayer Fallout game and so they are purposefully tanking the scores without playing. Expand
  22. Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Fallout 76 is an absolutely soulless game, an endless void of uninspired grinding. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out why it's such an absolute chore to play, I went into it optimistically, I was honestly hoping for a good time. I've sunk a ridiculous amount of hours into the fallout and Elder Scrolls series and I've enjoyed them a lot despite their flaws but 76 just stands apart,Fallout 76 is an absolutely soulless game, an endless void of uninspired grinding. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out why it's such an absolute chore to play, I went into it optimistically, I was honestly hoping for a good time. I've sunk a ridiculous amount of hours into the fallout and Elder Scrolls series and I've enjoyed them a lot despite their flaws but 76 just stands apart, it's the black sheep of the series, the really boring black sheep. The main story is pathetic. Fallout 76 is the story of an insane man chasing quest markers around a map while pointless audio logs play in the background. You do not have any goals or direction, there are no characters to get you engaged or immersed in the game, just an endless series of quest markers to follow around. Saying the story is half-assed would be an overstatement, it's closer to no assed. The world is actually quite beautiful, the environments look really great and contain many different visually distinct areas, it's just too bad there's nothing in this world worth finding. There is literally no challenge in this game at all. Almost every enemy takes one or two shots to kill, while the player seems to be built like a tank. The power armor in this game works similar to the the star powerup in Super Mario Bros, you never die... At first I thought this was just because I was in a low-level area, but I ended up running into an enemy that was nearly double my level at one point and he was basically no threat whatsoever, I just back pedaled down the road and shot him in the face a few times. This game's difficulty feels like I'm playing fallout 4 on the "game journalist" difficulty. It is mind-numbingly boring and as a result of that I quickly started using fast travel whenever I possibly could to avoid fighting endless waves of impotent enemies. Let's talk about the loot, which is basically the only reason to play the game. There's no story and the enemies suck, so the loot has to be good right? This was the moment of revelation for me, this was the point that I figured it out, fallout 76 is not a Fallout game, it's a F-ing MMO. The core gameplay is there, it's a shooting game where you collect loot and level up, but all the joy of playing a Fallout game is just absent. There are no cool characters to meet, there are no interesting areas to explore I would go as far to say there really are no quests. Every area is just go here, kill dudes, pick up loot and return. And is the loot even worth anything? No of course not, MMOs are designed to waste your time, so you'll find 500000 pipe pistols that are all worth one cap. Thank You Todd. Let's talk about the cash shop. I don't really need to say anything about this. There is a cashshop and everyone knows cashshops are cancer. The leveling completely sucks, I have no idea how they F-ed this up so bad. The leveling up in Skyrim and fallout 4 was awesome, there were so many good perks to choose from and every level made you feel tangibly stronger. But leveling up in fallout 76 is pretty bland, the game randomizes the perks you can choose from and most of them are really anemic. I honestly couldn't tell much of a difference between my character when I was level one versus when I was level 20. It felt more or less the same. And because of the randomness, there's basically no chance that you can specialise towards a specific kind of build, you're just sort of stuck with whatever they give you. I imagine that after a few hundred hours of playtime you might be able to collect all the different perks, but there is no way I'm gonna suffer through to that point. This game handicaps itself by being so pathetically easy, why would you ever bother to team up with someone who's going to take half of your loot if you can play just as effectively solo. it's completely pointless. And even if you are brain-dead enough to actually need help with a quest good luck finding another player who has the exact same quest, is a similar level and actually wants to team up with you. You are probably more likely to win the lottery, so the co-op is totally pointless. The PvP is not only also pointless but it's also fundamentally broken. The way the PvP works is that when you shoot a player it sends a duel request and does a tiny amount of damage to that player, then if that player shoots back at you it starts a duel and then you both do full damage to each other. The problem here is that the person who sends the duel request by shooting first will always lose because the way you initiate the duel is by shooting back, meaning that if someone shoots you, you can just walk straight up to them, go into your inventory, put on your power armor, pop a psycho, get out your strongest shotgun and then just vats in on their head and get a critical and you'll kill them in one hit. You win the duel there's nothing they can do to stop you from doing this because they cannot damage you until you shoot back. it's just the most broken system. Expand
  23. Nov 14, 2018
    0
    TODD HOWARD strikes again, with a buggy mess, an online game nobody wanted, and made in a 2 decade old gamebryo engine. God of War and Rdr2 are much prettier, perform better, and are worth every cent in quantity and quality. BGS is dead to me, and I've lost faith on starfield and tes6.
  24. Nov 14, 2018
    0
    A completely broken, bug riddled, $60 video game, released with a plethora of micro-transactions like it was some sort of free to play mobile game. The game has a very poor amount of content and is merely a grind fest. There is no story, and any sort of player made content or pvp (you know, the whole point of the game) has been completely removed by creating a laughable, baby mode pvp system.
  25. Nov 14, 2018
    10
    Nothing but smooth sailing on PC through the BETA and now on the release. Got my digital copy through Bethesda, didn't need to enter a code and was in having fun right away. The game is a lot of fun, exactly how I wanted a Fallout game to be and only getting better as they resolve the outstanding bugs.
  26. Nov 14, 2018
    0
    I've given it a one mostly because the game looks really nice. That is the end of where the compliments are though.
    After that, this game is literally just Fallout 4, but minus all the things that made that game fun. All the settlements are devoid of life, no NPC's make this game feel empty and boring. There are just robots(whom all have the exact same lines and nothing interesting to
    I've given it a one mostly because the game looks really nice. That is the end of where the compliments are though.
    After that, this game is literally just Fallout 4, but minus all the things that made that game fun. All the settlements are devoid of life, no NPC's make this game feel empty and boring. There are just robots(whom all have the exact same lines and nothing interesting to say) for story, and tapes on the ground where it is just dead bodies everywhere. The quests are all, go here, now go there, now go over here again. the crafting is frustrating, As firstly, there is barely anything to actually craft, and two, getting materials is limited to looting annoying items from abandoned houses-so the worst part of fallout 4 is the major mechanic of this game. No cutting trees, or bashing rocks to get basics. The perk system is an even more simplified terrible version of what we got in fallout 4, which was already a terrible system to begin with. VATS has been completely destroyed to a short lived auto aim.

    Honestly, this game is a pure insult to the Fallout franchise, and in genuinely feels like Bethesda started making the game, got bored half way through and went, meh, release it like that no one will care. there is nothing redeeming about this game, even being able to do some things with your friends doesn't save this at all.
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  27. Nov 14, 2018
    2
    I suggest you watch an hour of continuous game play and then make your decision. If you are bored watching you will be bored playing it. I will never pre-order from Bethesda again. Same graphics and awkward movement as the last fallout games without the memorable NPCs. NO NPCS. Past Fallout games above all else has had memorable characters and intriguing story lines. Not this one. AddI suggest you watch an hour of continuous game play and then make your decision. If you are bored watching you will be bored playing it. I will never pre-order from Bethesda again. Same graphics and awkward movement as the last fallout games without the memorable NPCs. NO NPCS. Past Fallout games above all else has had memorable characters and intriguing story lines. Not this one. Add glitchy servers and immersion breaking multiplayer among other disappointments. Feels like nothing was improved (i.e. game play) and a lot has been taken out or made worse. I consider myself a huge Fallout fan and I can't stomach playing this anymore. Expand
  28. Nov 14, 2018
    4
    Buggy, Laggy, Boring... How on earth Bethesda thought this game was ready for release is beyond me.. Save your money.
  29. Nov 14, 2018
    0
    Fallout 76 is a lazy cash grab by Bethesda. This game is terribly broken by the bugs that make questing impossible at times. Furthermore, the performance on PC is absolutely atrocious. PVP is a joke! I am shocked that they incorporated this into the game because it is probably one of the least polished pvp experiences I have ever had in gaming. Send a message to them and DO NOT BUY IT
  30. Nov 14, 2018
    1
    Pop in my disk and get an immediate notification to download a patch BIGGER THAN THE GAME. Seriously Bethesda? I can't play it without being online or having PlayStation Plus. Great. Have to wait 22 hours just to even try the game. That's a low blow Bethesda and you know it. To top it off in order to have the full experience I have to play online. Last time I ever buy a game because I havePop in my disk and get an immediate notification to download a patch BIGGER THAN THE GAME. Seriously Bethesda? I can't play it without being online or having PlayStation Plus. Great. Have to wait 22 hours just to even try the game. That's a low blow Bethesda and you know it. To top it off in order to have the full experience I have to play online. Last time I ever buy a game because I have faith in a company. You've lost my respect Bethesda. Expand
Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 43
  2. Negative: 12 out of 43
  1. Jan 22, 2019
    40
    So utterly disappointing and flawed in every possible way… The first few hours, most of it can be ignored, and occasionally the flaws can be forgotten, but only briefly before they come storming back to the forefront. An awful, boring, empty, pointless experience. There is, however, a glimmer of hope. It's worth mentioning that there has already been a Bethesda title that was equally as unimpressive: The Elder Scrolls Online - but looking at it now, it has transformed into one of the best MMOs out there. There's always the hope the Fallout 76 develops the same way and becomes something special, but for now, that seems impossible. It's a world away from that.
  2. Dec 25, 2018
    50
    Fallout 76 isn't your typical fallout experience. You don't have NPCs or dialogue, but instead get real players that should fill this void - that ultimately fails to do so. It does some things right, but as of now I cannot recommend getting this game as long as it stays a broken and boring mess that it is right now.
  3. Dec 19, 2018
    70
    Fallout 76 is the series’ Freshman introduction into the world of online, multiplayer games. As a result, we are experiencing all of the awkwardness and clumsiness associated with that season of life. It is imperfect and a bit uncomfortable, but I see opportunity for Fallout 76 to be more than it presently it - to be a truly great, rich Fallout experience.