Fallout 76

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3.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1839 Ratings

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  1. Jkc6324
    Mar 23, 2020
    3
    Loved it the first 5 hours and then it became a grind it was the same thing over and over again. Then the hits just kept coming nuka dark rum, vault jacket and the west tek bag. Just a mess
  2. Nicolas9283
    Oct 27, 2020
    3
    The new update is trash the On Wasteland, yeah i liked the daily ops but the adjustment of the enemy levels are just stupid, fallout have that feeling to go to dangerous places where the enemies are powerfull but with this update its ruined, im level 30 and is difficult to play, im in forest and there are strong enemies, and then i see level 2 people in the endgame zone and that ruinThe new update is trash the On Wasteland, yeah i liked the daily ops but the adjustment of the enemy levels are just stupid, fallout have that feeling to go to dangerous places where the enemies are powerfull but with this update its ruined, im level 30 and is difficult to play, im in forest and there are strong enemies, and then i see level 2 people in the endgame zone and that ruin everything, the purpose is to play a lot to go to the dangerous placea but that places are not dangerous, and i always spend my stimpaks and ammo killing only a scorched that attack my base, plase fix that.
    Thank You    … Expand
  3. DumpyDom
    Aug 29, 2023
    3
    Fallout 76 is situationally fun. It can be okay when your not fighting robots, but every other thing you do contains robots, the bugs are plentiful (i get some bugs are bound to make it through but getting a bug that affects gameplay once every 20 minutes is ridiculous). The story is mid as hell and the events are lackluster. The main reason i wound up quitting the game was the terribleFallout 76 is situationally fun. It can be okay when your not fighting robots, but every other thing you do contains robots, the bugs are plentiful (i get some bugs are bound to make it through but getting a bug that affects gameplay once every 20 minutes is ridiculous). The story is mid as hell and the events are lackluster. The main reason i wound up quitting the game was the terrible rng. Rolled 100 3 star legendarys to not get a single legendary worth using. i get that might just be bad luck but oh well. The game is fun with other people and the questing is okay when it doesnt involve robots, if youre going to play solo however just play one of the other fallout games. Its also a game that makes a problem and then acts all high and mighty when they make a subscription to 'solve' the problem… Expand
  4. sprinkill
    Nov 27, 2018
    2
    I'm not mad at Bethesda - I've known that their company and their product was garbage ever since 2015 when they released "Fallout 4." You can refer to my review on that one for further info. This time around, I'm mad at the gaming press, who as far as I'm concerned, is totally corrupt and completely without credibility.

    I've watched and read numerous "professional" reviews on Fallout    I'm not mad at Bethesda - I've known that their company and their product was garbage ever since 2015 when they released "Fallout 4." You can refer to my review on that one for further info. This time around, I'm mad at the gaming press, who as far as I'm concerned, is totally corrupt and completely without credibility.

    I've watched and read numerous "professional" reviews on Fallout 76, all of which are terrible. I'm not disputing the critics' reception to this title - not by a long shot. But my question is this: so what the f*** was going on with you guys when you reviewed Fallout 4? The XONE score was what? An 88? The user score was far lower than that. What gets me is that the professional critics are voicing the exact same complaints that we, the players, voiced nearly four years ago regarding Fallout 4. ALL OF THE SUDDEN, they're appalled by the terrible graphics. "That's odd," I thought. "The graphics in Fallout 4 were among the worst I'd ever seen, particularly on the heels of the Witcher 3." ALL OF THE SUDDEN, they're appalled by the slipshod game performance and bugs. "That's odd," I thought. "Fallout 4 played like it was programmed by a team of high schoolers or undergrads." The list goes on and on, but Bethesda got a lot of positive feedback on "Fallout 4" from the professional gaming press, so what would motivate them to improve Fallout 76?

    I don't know if the gaming press is on the take, or they're trying to curry favor with the big game developers, etc., and I really don't care. The Fallout 76 scandal finally brought into the light the mass corruption in the gaming press that gamers have known about for many, many years.    … Expand
  5. Makaveli
    Nov 15, 2018
    2
    Fallout 4 multiplayer for $60, That is what it is.. I also dont understand how Bethesda manages to still make a buggy game when they should be pros with that engine by now.. No NPCs = no likable characters.

    I dont see people playing this game for very long. It's so boring and the people you meet up with dont want to play multiplayer anyway..WTF was Buggthesda thinking with this pos.    Fallout 4 multiplayer for $60, That is what it is.. I also dont understand how Bethesda manages to still make a buggy game when they should be pros with that engine by now.. No NPCs = no likable characters.

    I dont see people playing this game for very long. It's so boring and the people you meet up with dont want to play multiplayer anyway..WTF was Buggthesda thinking with this pos. Easy cash grab.... dont have to hire voice actors, use most of the assets from fallout 4, dont need too program any AI.. So wtf is the $60 price tag for?

    Most games give multiplayer modes for free.. Bethesda charges $60 and STILL have bugs but Bethesda fanboys will defend them no matter what.

    I dont understand how people are defending this game.. is it to justify your purchase?    … Expand
  6. theirrelephants
    Nov 26, 2018
    2
    I paid $60 for this game on console and put it down forever after a few hours because I can't stand how there is visible lag when you run around, look around, or get into combat. It also appears to be stuck in 30 fps mode.

    What's the point of buying a game on a console if it isn't optimized to run perfectly for that console?
  7. VideoGameJunkie
    Feb 22, 2019
    2
    I originally was going to pass on this game until a good friend recommended it. I must admit that I was initially hooked and really enjoyed playing both solo and teaming up with my friend. On the rare occasion that you encounter another player, nobody has attacked me. In fact, most players want to team up or trade. I've even been revived by other players who just happened to be in theI originally was going to pass on this game until a good friend recommended it. I must admit that I was initially hooked and really enjoyed playing both solo and teaming up with my friend. On the rare occasion that you encounter another player, nobody has attacked me. In fact, most players want to team up or trade. I've even been revived by other players who just happened to be in the area. The map is gigantic and was exciting to explore at first, but the game quickly becomes a boring, repetitive slog with minimal challenge. I give Bethesda credit for trying this experiment, but Fallout76 fails as a RPG and as a FPS. They might have been hoping that players would team up and battle other teams- and perhaps that happens, but I haven't experienced that. Scrounging is an essential component for Fallout- and there's plenty of it, but it really sucks when you're exploring a new area and you realize that another player had been there recently and already took everything and killed everything. There are a number of public events that you can join, but after I did an event once, I found little motivation to do it again. There are also Daily, Weekly, and Character Challenges that reward Atom Points which can be spent in the Atomic Shop. While it's easy to rack up Atom points, everything in the store is purely cosmetic. You can also purchase Atom points, but who would spend more money on Atom points when there's nothing but costumes, Photomode Poses, profile icons, emoticons, and a variety of superficial junk you can use in your CAMP? It's logical to deduce that Bethesda intended to offer player "advantages" in this shop (i.e. weapons, armor, Perks) but I guess it would've been too obvious that Fallout76 was never really meant to be a challenging, fun multiplayer experience; sadly in the end, it was just a cash grab.… Expand
  8. Idlemind
    Nov 26, 2018
    2
    Fallout 76 is a blatant self ripoff of Fallout 4. Almost every texture, model, and building is the same as Fallout 4.

    PvE combat is broken due to every enemy AI rushing you at every opportunity. Without the opportunity to slow-time with VATS, combat is inherently broken. Even the AI type that attempts to take cover has laughable AI and easily gets stuck just navigating the world.    Fallout 76 is a blatant self ripoff of Fallout 4. Almost every texture, model, and building is the same as Fallout 4.

    PvE combat is broken due to every enemy AI rushing you at every opportunity. Without the opportunity to slow-time with VATS, combat is inherently broken. Even the AI type that attempts to take cover has laughable AI and easily gets stuck just navigating the world.

    There are no NPC's to give the land a sense of life. Bethesda says it's the story that no one is around. I think they couldn't make them work in multiplayer with their terrible game engine.

    PvP is completely pointless due to the weird "handshake" mechanic where each party has to shoot each other before full damage is done. There is no reward for engaging in PvP to make it worthwhile.

    The CAMP mechanic (base building) is broken due to having to rebuild your camp every time you log out and back in.

    The storage limit in your personal stash is so low that players are hitting the storage limit by level 10.
    You literally do not have enough space to keep extra weapons, which you'll need because the weapons are constantly breaking. Food cannot be saved due to the new "spoilage" mechanic. So much for trying to provide your team with food or potions.

    This game is a terrible self-ripoff of Fallout 4. Do not buy.    … Expand
  9. Gyer
    Nov 19, 2018
    2
    Bethesda have killed the Fallout franchise with Fallout 76. Why? Because
    1) They destroyed all storytelling in the game (previously one of the greatest hallmarks of a Bethesda game) by removing all human NPCs
    2) They tried to make a multiplayer Fallout (which is all well and good), but did it in the stupidest way. Instead of writing a new engine designed specifically for multiplayer,    Bethesda have killed the Fallout franchise with Fallout 76. Why? Because
    1) They destroyed all storytelling in the game (previously one of the greatest hallmarks of a Bethesda game) by removing all human NPCs
    2) They tried to make a multiplayer Fallout (which is all well and good), but did it in the stupidest way. Instead of writing a new engine designed specifically for multiplayer, they just used the old engine and added multiplayer to it. Why is that bad? Because the engine was never designed for multiplayer, which is why we now have all these performance issues and bugs, because you are trying to cram a square peg into a round hole. Not to mention a lot of the features were never designed for multiplayer. The VATS system in Fallout 76 is a complete joke.
    I was a HUGE Bethesda fan before this travesty, but they have screwed up BIG time here.    … Expand
  10. RebelCrabs
    Mar 30, 2019
    2
    This game takes everything good about the Fallout series and ruins it. Instead of an amazing story that you can replay hundreds of times it dums it down to " go here, press button, press other button, i dunno fight a cow along the way, press other button... done." The weapons feel like a downgrade from Fallout 4's with little to no kick. When you defeat a strong enemy you don't say toThis game takes everything good about the Fallout series and ruins it. Instead of an amazing story that you can replay hundreds of times it dums it down to " go here, press button, press other button, i dunno fight a cow along the way, press other button... done." The weapons feel like a downgrade from Fallout 4's with little to no kick. When you defeat a strong enemy you don't say to yourself "I did it! I got amazing loot to help me out on my journey!" you say "wow.... i'm five levels early to being able to use this, time to go grind at the starting area." It doesn't give you a good sense of accomplishment or pride. All in all, a bad experience, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel was better than this mess.… Expand
  11. Rando1ph
    Nov 15, 2018
    2
    Looks like no one at Bethesda played No Man's Sky because there are some similar problems here.
  12. tecGoblin
    Nov 17, 2018
    2
    Mechanically this game follows the trend of fallout staying behind its times: frequent stutter, glitches, horrible indoor lightning, the worst shooter mechanics out there.
    The franchise used to be redeemed by the storytelling, but now there's almost no story. They could have gone for an emergent player-driven story like Sea of Thieves but this doesn't fit the setting, mood or game    Mechanically this game follows the trend of fallout staying behind its times: frequent stutter, glitches, horrible indoor lightning, the worst shooter mechanics out there.
    The franchise used to be redeemed by the storytelling, but now there's almost no story. They could have gone for an emergent player-driven story like Sea of Thieves but this doesn't fit the setting, mood or game mechanics of fallout. Audio logs get mixed into random voice noise in the chat, the mechanics to encourage player interaction are half-baked at best, and the grind is tragically boring and detrimental to the player interaction, as players can have heavily different power levels. It's as if game designers were totally absent from the process, and the game is a mash up of the board of directors' vague ideas about what a modern cash grab should be.    … Expand
  13. LynnetteJJW
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    Honest Review? Here you are. My experience and the like.

    i am about a full day in playing this game. 22h on record now. i played by myself for 8 hours. then actually went out to look for a gang to team up with. no one would join me. it seams very very hard out of the maybe 30 people i have run across, that would like to be friends. My first 8 hours of playing this game... it was dead    Honest Review? Here you are. My experience and the like.

    i am about a full day in playing this game. 22h on record now. i played by myself for 8 hours. then actually went out to look for a gang to team up with. no one would join me. it seams very very hard out of the maybe 30 people i have run across, that would like to be friends.

    My first 8 hours of playing this game... it was dead it seamed. it was as if i was playing Fallout 4 after the main mission. I was able to get a power armor frame. and a massive plethora of pipe pistols. that i can only seam to sell for 1-2 bottle caps or deconstruct into one or 2 screws. depending on item condition. and after about 8 of those hours, compiling materials and a few quests. i still couldnt build a full on house (4 walls and a roof). So after i gave up on the building aspect of the game. i then got board of doing the same kind of quests over and over again. ether fetch, baby sit, kill something, or read an entire essay worth of hidden quest paths. I have been around the block a few times with these holotape and such story systems. Fallout 1 and especially Fallout 2 had them already. It wasnt new.

    My next few hours. from hour 8 to about 12 i found one of my friends in game. And we didnt go on some massive adventure our the like. i was helping him get his quests done and the like he was helping with some of mine. We still couldnt really build much. And he got tired of just doing the same kind of quests as well.
    From about hour 12 to 13 we just talked and tried to figure out the leveling system, some crafting, and where to go and do next. so from hour 13 to about 16 we went to the edge of the maps. We tried to find the largest landmarks. and we ended up getting frustrated as we kept running out of ammo, and getting chased down by a gang of 4 other players wanting to PvP.
    My friend left on hour 16 and i went back to where i like to set up my shop. trying to work with the crafting system in some way. seeing what i could or couldnt do.
    Then followed by me Alt-Tabing out of the game to see how to start looking for nuclear launch codes... to no real prevail.

    My Review of this game is a 2/10. its boring. its empty. theres nothing at those cool looking locations. the story didnt hook me or my friend. the quests are generic MMO quests. its still buggy. and as i have seen from previous BGS games, they will remain buggy to the end of their life.
    The Engine is too old for this stuff they expect it to do.
    The players ruined my experience. but it was alright when i was playing with just my friend. the no push-to-talk system is cancerous.
    There is no amusement to about 80% of these locations.
    There is no random special encounters with lets say as happens in Fallout 3 or new vegas.
    Its arsenal is lack luster. it will be an E.A. like system where i have to play some 100+h before i get to end game equipment. that i might not even have the level to use. I already got power armor frame and a minigun though. Ammo is harder to come across.
    The survival aspect of this game is a joke. you dont get hungry or thirst too often at all. Softcore survival just means that you are to not have too harsh of a penalty on death... not have it become a massive chore when you actually need to drink or eat.
    The game is alright for exploring and some time with friends. But thats all that is here. wide as an Ocean, deep as a puddle. ill give it points for the looks and the environment. but everything else? No.

    Out of this entire experience, i came out feeling ripped off. I payed $65 pre-order... i get home to open my PHYSICAL CD case. to find that where the CD is, its a cardboard disk... THERE IS NO PHYSICAL COPY OF FALLOUT 76. and it was STILL a FULL PRICED game. Not only that but the pre-order from Gamesstop; Their special pre-order item? was a Fallout Sticker to put in your car window.

    I have no idea what Bethesda is doing. idk if this is Todd's idea. but if this is a joke. it went right over all of our heads.

    As of today. I know this wasnt your first Online game, Bethesda. i am no longer your fan. Goodbye Bethesda.    … Expand
  14. SevenX
    Nov 14, 2018
    2
    thought i would love this game, unfortunately I don't, I'm actually raging I wasted money on it,
    it was slightly entertaining for the first few hours with friends now its just boring as ****
  15. molerats
    Nov 14, 2018
    2
    This isn't Fallout. The game has lost a lot of that traditional Fallout RPG play style that everyone fell in love with. No NPC's makes the game feel soulless playing solo. Scorched and mole rats over and over again with endless, non-engaging terminal entries? No thanks. I'll be sitting this one out. If Bethesda decides to return Fallout to its roots I'll come back but Fallout, as we knowThis isn't Fallout. The game has lost a lot of that traditional Fallout RPG play style that everyone fell in love with. No NPC's makes the game feel soulless playing solo. Scorched and mole rats over and over again with endless, non-engaging terminal entries? No thanks. I'll be sitting this one out. If Bethesda decides to return Fallout to its roots I'll come back but Fallout, as we know it, is done for.

    TL:DR This is a Fallout 4 mod with no NPCs. Game feels overpriced and rushed. I wouldn't pay more than $25 for it.    … Expand
  16. Encode_GR
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    I'm a huge Fallout fan, and this game is a disaster. A complete disaster...
    It's full of bugs, performance issues, and the content is non-existent, especially for its ridiculous price. Even the PvP concept of the game is broken. Its "Main Problem" however, is that It pretty much has no story, and it feels lifeless, boring and empty.
    It's like it's made by some sort of cheap studio with    I'm a huge Fallout fan, and this game is a disaster. A complete disaster...
    It's full of bugs, performance issues, and the content is non-existent, especially for its ridiculous price. Even the PvP concept of the game is broken. Its "Main Problem" however, is that It pretty much has no story, and it feels lifeless, boring and empty.
    It's like it's made by some sort of cheap studio with lazy devs and managers. Oh well... Looks like Bethesda's goal was to make money from micro-transactions, and not to satisfy its customers and fans. It's a shame and disappointment really.

    -- Positive: Sort of "ok" graphics and atmospheric environment.
    -- Negative: Everything else (PvP, Bugs, Performance, Story, Gameplay, Price)    … Expand
  17. ZeeDeZero
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    I'm from West Virginia. I graduated from WVU. You would think I would love this game but it sucks! No story, buggy and hollow.... a complete waste of money besides the 3 hours of sight seeing for me.
  18. BradMick
    Nov 18, 2018
    2
    This is the first review I've ever written, and it bothers me it's about a fallout game. I was very, very excited about a new Fallout title, it's one of my all-time favorite game worlds. The graphics are amazing, the world is beautifully detailed...but there's a problem. There aren't any people. The quests are all driven by either Robots or Audio tapes. The cities and towns aren't lived inThis is the first review I've ever written, and it bothers me it's about a fallout game. I was very, very excited about a new Fallout title, it's one of my all-time favorite game worlds. The graphics are amazing, the world is beautifully detailed...but there's a problem. There aren't any people. The quests are all driven by either Robots or Audio tapes. The cities and towns aren't lived in because there aren't any human NPCs to be seen. It's dull, lifeless and boring. Human players are sparse on the ground as well. They're scattered all about the massive world and encounters are few and far between.

    I was okay with multiplayer because the expectation I had was that it'd be Fallout 4 with Human NPC mission givers and other non-human NPCs wandering out. I figured the choice system for dialog would be there as well for interaction and an awesome branching storyline you and your friends could help shape. Nope. There's none of that.

    Now, I'm not going to just complain. I've got an idea on how this can be fixed, if it's something Bethesda decides to fix.

    1. Populate the safe areas with NPCs
    2. Write the story that's seriously lacking with branching choices and meaningful decisions.
    3. Since it's multiplayer, and generally fallout follows a 3 or 4 choice dialogue selection, with one being good, one being bad and the other neutral...with some specials thrown in depending on charisma and the like...make it a "vote" when in a group. So, a tally of the selected dialogue options displays to the player, so if 3 of the 4 selected choice 'b' and the last guy picked 'c', well 'b' is what the group gets. In the case of ties, the neutral choice is the winner by default.
    4. To group likeminded players together, use the karma system that's been in place for forever. This system would help to get likeminded players together for the purposes of decision making. So, if a player has a habit of selecting the 'bad' choice on their own, or in a group, the game will keep track of that and display an icon of some sort to let other players know that's someone they want to play with for a likeminded experience.

    Something along those lines would keep the multiplayer aspect, provide longtime fans of the game a bit more of what they were expecting, and help form and solidify player interactions and the community. Honestly though, unless a major overhaul of the present system happens, I will more than likely not be playing the game anymore. It's boring and lifeless and a real drag to play.    … Expand
  19. sandwichodoom
    Nov 24, 2018
    2
    I have been playing this game since BETA, and have now seen enough to write an informed review.

    The idea of this game is somewhat laughable. They made a large map, with no human npcs. This wouldn't be so bad, but the robots, intercoms, and radio conversations are all either completely automated, or you get one option: 'interact'. this really does make the game feel boring, and i quickly    I have been playing this game since BETA, and have now seen enough to write an informed review.

    The idea of this game is somewhat laughable. They made a large map, with no human npcs. This wouldn't be so bad, but the robots, intercoms, and radio conversations are all either completely automated, or you get one option: 'interact'. this really does make the game feel boring, and i quickly found myself mashing a to get through terminals, and ignoring the one sided dialogue.

    the player interaction was a good idea, but poorly implemented. proximity voice chat is finicky, and automatically switches off if you play in a team. on top of that, there is no push to talk, so many don't use mics anyways. This means that 80% of the player 'interaction' is you walking up, spamming an emote, then either going away or shooting them.

    The player pvp system is terrible and easily abused. you shoot someone, do 99% reduced damage, until they shoot you back once, then both people do full damage. this means you can jump in front of gunfire to be allowed to shoot someone, and the pacifist option is hidden in menus and actually causes gameplay glitches. this also means stealth isn't an option, making a whole play style useless. once you are high level, you cant damage low level players but they can hurt you. i could write this whole review about how bad pvp is but i digress.

    The pve is very obviously just finished enough to be 'functional', but lacks any extra structure, and has many glitches that basically make it a click to hurt enemy system. basic enemies lack basic intelligence, character models regularly glitch, and animations look terrible even when running properly. higher level enemies and enemies with unique mechanics, often just don't work. you'll get the scorchbeasts (boss enemy) firing continuous breath attacks out of their tail for 10 minutes straight from the air, assaultrons continuously using their charged death laser attack without charging it, and with no delay until you kill them, and digging and teleporting enemies will magically spawn directly behind you already attacking. on top of that, the enemy variety is laughable in most areas, to the point that you stop caring what you're shooting at.

    the weapons and armor system is more varied, as they added quite a few base weapons. It's too bad you can't keep most of them because the game limits you to 400lbs worth of gear. by level 20 you will be dropping high level guns and ammo, throwing away power armor, and generally spending 1-2 hours a session on just inventory management.

    the building and workshop mechanics themselves have better functionality than fallout 4, but are hampered by terrible design choices and myriad glitches. by design, your whole nicely built camp will disappear when someone else has a camp there, but the game will often glitch and make you have to rebuild it instead of it being stored. the workshops are nice, and fun to fight over, but most of the time you will lose your workshop when the game crashes.

    did i mention the game barely runs? 30 frames a second is lucky. most of the time, you will have small lags and drop frames, and big combats can cause minute long freezes. doing anything with lots of players or enemies in one place will consistently lag the game, and sometimes crash the server. nuke zones have a 50 50 shot of crashing the server. randomly, you will have server disconnects. you wont be able to rejoin, and will lose workshops, quest checkpoints, and items.

    to top it all off, the game is incredibly buggy. too many bugs exist in this game, and a lot of them have not been fixed from the beta test. most of the community doesn't believe the fixes will come anymore.

    Tl;Dr the game was a great idea, but lazily implemented, filled with bugs, barely runs on xbox, hampers gameplay with design choices, and has a fully working microtransaction system so you can buy cool paints. buyer beware.    … Expand
  20. Orakkus
    Nov 26, 2018
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (After 1.02 patch) I love the new perk system, love the locale, love the variety of scenery. I see what Fallout 76 was supposed to do and I like all of the concepts, but it still needs work. The main reason for the low score is simply that the game is just too buggy to play. I haven't had a successful game session over two hours, and the game crashes are random, even had it once crash as I was quitting the game. Lots of crashes when I tried to get into power armor. Lost an claim workshop event because the pathing for mobs was so bad that I couldn't find them, then I lost both the workshop event, and the subsequent event re-take in the same minute. I am glad they are going to address the inventory issues in future updates. Basic shooting is pretty buggy too, as I can shoot a target pointblank miss, yet deliberately shoot to the right or to the left of the target and hit them.

    Mob placement is weird too. Level 62 ghouls intermixed with level 9 and level 15 ghouls, and yet they aren't instant death to me at level 25 (in fact, I killed quite a number of level 62 beasts).

    The number of players per server is a bit small, and should be doubled especially considering the number of people. Haven't tried the PVP yet, but considering general shooting is a bit buggy too

    The lore seems a little off too. Not just the Brotherhood of Steel (would have made more sense as Enclave), but other things don't make sense with the overall story.

    So, if it was bug-free, I'd give it a 7 or 8. If they fixed the lore, the mob location, and had more people per server then I'd put it at a 9. Overall, it looks like Bethesda was trying to do something new using technology it knew how to use, but it was just a bridge to far. I don't mind paying for the risk though, if they are going to keep supporting Fallout 76.    … Expand
  21. bobthebuilder2
    Nov 27, 2018
    2
    the game is a disappointment we wanted a fallout game with co op but we didn't get this and i constantly disconnect from servers and the ai in the game is just broken.
  22. rndlmrtn
    Nov 27, 2018
    2
    I have enjoyed previous versions of Fallout. Fallout 76 has a lot of possibilities but it appears that Bethesda went for the gold (or rather our cash) and released an early beta version of the game with little to no quality assurance work. The game engine is seriously dated, the graphics would look great on a PS2 or PS3, I encountered 3 game ending bugs in three hours of play last night.I have enjoyed previous versions of Fallout. Fallout 76 has a lot of possibilities but it appears that Bethesda went for the gold (or rather our cash) and released an early beta version of the game with little to no quality assurance work. The game engine is seriously dated, the graphics would look great on a PS2 or PS3, I encountered 3 game ending bugs in three hours of play last night. Did someone forget a user save option? Hello? What is up with a multiplayer only option? Everything that you could possibly do wrong in a game seems to have been included in this version. I know Bethesda has hopes that they can save this pig with many patches in the future, but honestly, I didn't pay $80 dollars to be a @#!$ beta tester. I expected a little competence for my money. At this point I will settle for more time in Red Dead Redemption II and shelve this garbage for a few more months and maybe by then I will be able to play for an afternoon without being booted from their server or crash after crash. Spoiler alert; skip this for at least a year and maybe by then Bethesda will have basic gameplay issues resolved.… Expand
  23. mdiggity
    Nov 27, 2018
    2
    I love Bethesda and I love the Fallout IP. Unfortunately, the game should not have been released in this state. I really wanted an online Fallout game but this completely missed the mark in what I wanted. There is a bit of promise there and you can have a little fun with friends. I just became worn down by issues with broken CAMPS, broken Quests, Broken Physics, Lost Progression, LostI love Bethesda and I love the Fallout IP. Unfortunately, the game should not have been released in this state. I really wanted an online Fallout game but this completely missed the mark in what I wanted. There is a bit of promise there and you can have a little fun with friends. I just became worn down by issues with broken CAMPS, broken Quests, Broken Physics, Lost Progression, Lost Loot, etc... Outside of that I appreciate the chance Bethesda took and I also appreciate how they immediately responded to my refund request, so major props to their customer service. The game may be worth revisiting in a year or two.… Expand
  24. DrewDatGames
    Nov 29, 2018
    2
    Fallout 76 is a bug filled attempt at a multiplayer game by Bethesda game studio. It's a early access title at best, at this time. I hope they do fix this.
  25. Zolerii
    Nov 30, 2018
    2
    This game should have been delayed until it was properly finished. Instead, Bethesda released a half finished game to the ire of everybody who paid full price for it. It is a chore to play, and I recommend you save your money.
  26. Bossgeekknight
    Dec 3, 2018
    2
    Hands down the worst fallout game ever released, even worse than BOS. I have no idea how some users are giving this a 10 on here, I pretty much exclusively play the fallout franchise, with fallout 3 being my favorite, but I played the beta and now I've put about 20 hours into 76 after the beta, and it's just a terrible experience. It never gets better, quests are boring, game breakingHands down the worst fallout game ever released, even worse than BOS. I have no idea how some users are giving this a 10 on here, I pretty much exclusively play the fallout franchise, with fallout 3 being my favorite, but I played the beta and now I've put about 20 hours into 76 after the beta, and it's just a terrible experience. It never gets better, quests are boring, game breaking bugs everywhere, getting kicked from the server, and it's basically just a bad version of H1Z1 with a fallout 4 skin (with worse visuals somehow, not sure how that happened). I've just went back to playing fallout 4, worst $60 bucks I've ever spent.… Expand
  27. RaymondJackson
    Jan 9, 2019
    2
    I was incredibly hyped for this game, just like I bet everyone else was, but I have to admit I was extremely disappointed and still am. It freezes way too often, the graphics are glitchy, sometimes takes 3-4 attempts just to enter a world, and the crafting and base building aspects have become tedious. It would be much better to have it be a solo game with an option for online multiplayerI was incredibly hyped for this game, just like I bet everyone else was, but I have to admit I was extremely disappointed and still am. It freezes way too often, the graphics are glitchy, sometimes takes 3-4 attempts just to enter a world, and the crafting and base building aspects have become tedious. It would be much better to have it be a solo game with an option for online multiplayer and online co-op with 1-3 friends. Either that or have a pure solo version and online co-op version as secondary options while keeping online multiplayer as the default, but just add in solo and co-op options. The public workshops are ridiculous as claiming and building them is not worth the hard earned caps. I went from playing it 9 hours a day 5 days a week to 1 hour a week.Forget Fallout 76 and just keep your hype for Elder Scrolls 6, hopefully that game will be 50x better than this.… Expand
  28. Zurgiock
    Feb 12, 2019
    2
    I was so exited for this game to come out, I pre-ordered it as soon as possible and when the beta launched, I loved it. A few bugs here and there but it was pretty fun with my friends for like 2 hours.
    But soon all the problems began to build up and soon the game went from gold to garbage. It's a boring, under-cooked, effortless cash grab that takes advantage of fallout fans. I've lost so    I was so exited for this game to come out, I pre-ordered it as soon as possible and when the beta launched, I loved it. A few bugs here and there but it was pretty fun with my friends for like 2 hours.
    But soon all the problems began to build up and soon the game went from gold to garbage. It's a boring, under-cooked, effortless cash grab that takes advantage of fallout fans. I've lost so much respect from Bethesda because of this. DON"T BY THIS GAME.    … Expand
  29. humunguschungus
    Apr 16, 2019
    2
    I played this game once and once only during a free weekend some time ago, and in that short period of time I learned that there is no bottom of the barrel for modern games. This game is pure **** and Todd Howard should be fired.
  30. SwissPatrick
    Nov 4, 2019
    2
    I bought Fallout 76 upon release and was slightly disappointed. Compared to its predecessors its story line is quick, easy and boring, and you find yourself finished after 10-15 hours of playing. The endgame is not very satisfying, as there is only one hard enemy that usually bugs out and disappears before you actually manage to gather anything. Otherwise you find yourself grinding for noI bought Fallout 76 upon release and was slightly disappointed. Compared to its predecessors its story line is quick, easy and boring, and you find yourself finished after 10-15 hours of playing. The endgame is not very satisfying, as there is only one hard enemy that usually bugs out and disappears before you actually manage to gather anything. Otherwise you find yourself grinding for no reason. The DLC is free but bad, compared to the paid DLC for Fallout 4 which actually added fun things into the game such as Nuka World and Far Harbor.… Expand
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#41 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2018

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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 33
  3. Negative: 13 out of 33
  1. New York Daily News
    Dec 20, 2018
    60
    But it’s hard to feel as if you’re truly affecting the world when there are no NPCs to express satisfaction or disdain, or to be directly influenced by your actions. Even killing feels hollow. Some of my best battles in Fallout 4 came when I stumbled across an outpost and found there a raider in there; he’d yell and scream at me as we were facing off. The Scorched, while armed, feel like nothing more than zombies.
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  2. TrueAchievements
    Dec 11, 2018
    50
    The addition of multiplayer feels as though it comes at the expense of Fallout’s memorable story-driven moments. What good is a vast map full of players if they're given little to no purpose? When no other players are around, the game’s world feels almost empty. The attention-grabbing locales and landmarks add to Appalachia's charm, but it's difficult to not wish for living, breathing characters to inhabit it. Post-apocalyptic West Virginia is described as a wasteland, and this term paints an inadvertent but accurate picture of what Fallout 76 is right now.
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  3. Windows Central
    Nov 30, 2018
    60
    If you enjoy multiplayer games of this type and are willing to overlook the engine anomalies, you may find yourself rapidly addicted to the game's exploration density and loot systems. If you're easily frustrated by bugs and issues, you may want to sit tight a bit to see what Bethesda does to polish things up, cus oh boy, it could use a bit right now. If you're a fan of the single player, branching narrative the series is known for, you'll want to wait for Fallout 5.
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