Fallout 76

 Xbox One
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3.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1839 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 519 out of 1839
  2. Mixed: 100 out of 1839
  3. Negative: 1,220 out of 1839
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  1. sirglenn
    Nov 19, 2018
    1
    There is nothing redeemable about this game. As a Fallout franchise fan, I have been deeply hurt by Bethesda Games and their complete lack of creativity here. I didn't even have to check the spoilers box because there is nothing to spoil. You leave the vault and search for loot, shooting a bunch of stuff mindlessly and without purpose. I gave them one point because they did one thingThere is nothing redeemable about this game. As a Fallout franchise fan, I have been deeply hurt by Bethesda Games and their complete lack of creativity here. I didn't even have to check the spoilers box because there is nothing to spoil. You leave the vault and search for loot, shooting a bunch of stuff mindlessly and without purpose. I gave them one point because they did one thing right. They've re-created a wasteland in the literal sense. A gaming wasteland. Devoid of life and hope and light. Shame on you Bethesda.… Expand
  2. Xbox_Alive
    Nov 19, 2018
    7
    The gunplay and shooting mechanics surprised me a great deal because I didn’t expect them to pack as much of a punch as they did and I didn’t expect them to be as fluid as they were. There isn’t a huge amount of depth available when it comes to the game’s story what is available has actually been done pretty well. There are a few problems when it comes to the presentation side of thingsThe gunplay and shooting mechanics surprised me a great deal because I didn’t expect them to pack as much of a punch as they did and I didn’t expect them to be as fluid as they were. There isn’t a huge amount of depth available when it comes to the game’s story what is available has actually been done pretty well. There are a few problems when it comes to the presentation side of things but on the whole I enjoyed what both the visuals and sound design delivered to me. The world in which the game takes place is big it just doesn’t hook you and that’s mainly because it lacks excitement and livery. Technically the game suffers with an array of issues which hold the game back. Each quest I went on in the game lacked excitement and there wasn’t much fun to be had along the way. There is a lack of variety present in the enemies you face in the game as well. In terms of replay ability the game doesn’t have much at the moment because everything is repetitive. I’ll admit to you now that I had some reservations when I first learned that Fallout 76 was going to be online only and by the looks of different forums I wasn’t the only one who had reservations with this. I love the Fallout style though so I was ready to look past this and play Fallout 76 with my mind completely open, and that’s exactly what I did. Unfortunately though after a brief amount of time it became clear that this game is filled with problems and in a way it just doesn’t have the formula the previous game’s had. I always enjoyed traversing in the previous Fallout game’s, but traversing around in this game just lacked it's the fun of its predecesors. The quests are further hindered by the various technical issues in the game and when it’s all said and done there’s just too many issues which in turn hold the game back. At the end of the day as it stands at the moment I can’t recommend a higher score for Fallout 76 to you because it just has too much wrong with it. This is a shame because it does get some things right like the solid gunplay but the good things it does get right are quickly forgotten and in the end all that you’re left with is a shell of what the Fallout series has always been. Hopefully updates in the future will make theme more enjoyable and what it was intended to be from the initial concept.… Expand
  3. HotSauceKing71
    Nov 19, 2018
    1
    Bethesda has taken a great series of games and ruined it with this latest release of FallOut. I have played them all since the release of the first FallOut, always trying to finish the game to 100%. Now they add this horrible version known as FallOut 76. It is indeed, the worst in the series I have played. This has ruined the FallOut saga for me.
  4. metadubrev2
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    not a fallout game. required >140gb downloads after 2nd update. it's not a game. there's little action and lots of walking, item management, looking for food and water, constantly eating and drinking and repairing items. as everything is live there's no pausing, no saving so you can never take a break to crack a lock, review data, get an item, change guns...do anything without thenot a fallout game. required >140gb downloads after 2nd update. it's not a game. there's little action and lots of walking, item management, looking for food and water, constantly eating and drinking and repairing items. as everything is live there's no pausing, no saving so you can never take a break to crack a lock, review data, get an item, change guns...do anything without the possibility of being attacked during and trying to do this when you are surrounded by enemies makes you vulnerable for prolonged periods. no characters to interact with or story really. just wandering. i've yet to see anyone playing cooperatively and if you did everyone would have to go at the same pace as far as reading notes, listening to tapes.... same fun environment so the only good thing i can say is it's fun to walk around briefly but no way it justifies buying or playing this game. very limited storage forces you to live very basically which is either good or bad. having lots of bugs with frame issues, freezing and being booted. some quests can't be completed due to bugs.… Expand
  5. GangsterSwedish
    Nov 18, 2018
    8
    Fallout 76 feels like a work in progress. An EARLY work in progress. Still, if I’m judging the game entirely on whether or not it’s entertaining me, it’s actually a lot better than most are giving it credit for. Oddities and bugs aside, it’s fun if you get over your sequel expectations.
  6. Acanex88
    Nov 18, 2018
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I challenge those leaving 0 and 1s to show us videos of their gameplay because im gonna call them out on their BS. These are fake reviews. I spent 20 hours playing the game and found a number of bugs and issues yes, but none as game breaking as these whining little brats want to let on. Let me break down bugs i saw. (Unable to find world): simple reset fixed it. Mission objectives not showing up. Reset fixed. Massive lag in certain areas (simple reset again). Seeing a common feature here? Same thing all other MMOs suffer from with half the whining. You dont like the game we get it, stop leaving fake reviews and go play your barbie games. This game is not for everyone. Personally i hate having to watch over my shoulder when looting junk because some random guy can kill you for it. Easy fix though...avoid people like you would in reality and drop the gear in your stash every chance you get. Easy fix.
    Pros:
    Graphics are really good.
    Gameplay is fun but can get monotonous over time
    Combat is from FO4 which some are familiar with
    Leveling up system
    Cons:
    Bugs
    Leveling up system
    Players can kill you for any reason

    I can go on for more cons and pros but this was mostly to show yhe game is not as bad as the whiney naysayers are claiming it to be. $60 for it is not bad.    … Expand
  7. WillHud
    Nov 18, 2018
    4
    This game is simply disappointing everything contradicts one another and nothing works well if it had focused less on being a fallout game and more on multiplayer I think it would have been fine, on the other hand if multiplayer took a backseat and it focused more on being a fallout game then it probably would have turned out fine but with trying to do both you end up with a boringThis game is simply disappointing everything contradicts one another and nothing works well if it had focused less on being a fallout game and more on multiplayer I think it would have been fine, on the other hand if multiplayer took a backseat and it focused more on being a fallout game then it probably would have turned out fine but with trying to do both you end up with a boring uninteresting mess of a fallout game.… Expand
  8. TheSandman87
    Nov 18, 2018
    10
    Some people are so cynical and want things to be made specifically for them, Relax! Some people are saying this isn't a real fallout game and that missing the NPC's ruins it.
    At first I was a little disappointed in that but there are two very good reasons for that, First: You are supposed to play with your friends! it was created to play together and my Wife and I are having a blast    Some people are so cynical and want things to be made specifically for them, Relax! Some people are saying this isn't a real fallout game and that missing the NPC's ruins it.
    At first I was a little disappointed in that but there are two very good reasons for that, First: You are supposed to play with your friends! it was created to play together and my Wife and I are having a blast playing together and enjoy running into other players and figuring out if they are hostile or friendly and making new friends, It's great! Second: everyone died in the apocalypse! you are the first people to come out of the vault and need to rebuild, and they are true to that concept but there are still deep and emotional stories everywhere for you to find and experience, I find the stories of the people that lived and tried to survive after the bombs fell a very engaging story line for you AND your friends to find and talk about. in other multiplayer games when there is a NPC, what happens? a bunch of people are crowded around them and it breaks the emersion, I think this was a better way to do it and there are still robots that act as NPC's when necessary. please give this game a try, it is not really a single player experience (I wouldn't mind it) but if you wanted to play fallout 4 with your friends this is a great way for you to do it with and I think we are going to spend a lot of time really enjoying this game.    … Expand
  9. Hics
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Loot is level locked. PVP is invite initiated. There are no human NPC's. Every mission is mind numbingly repetitive. The "story" is told through hundreds of holotapes cause, again, no human NPC's. It looks absolutely terrible for a 2018 game and runs like hot garbage. Shall I go on? What a mess, Bethesda Softworks used to be one of the best gaming studios, now it's a bad joke.
  10. akshaysk
    Nov 18, 2018
    10
    Great game and I enjoyed nuking my friends! No bugs or any performance issues for me, game looks great and feels great to play.
  11. F00berChu
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    There are too many problems with this "game" to list in just one post, so read through points others have made for most issues with this "product".

    I'll just add that the one thing this game had going for it was the multiplayer aspect, and it just didn't work out. The single most common defense for this game was that "it's fun with friends!" but anything is fun with right friends! If    There are too many problems with this "game" to list in just one post, so read through points others have made for most issues with this "product".

    I'll just add that the one thing this game had going for it was the multiplayer aspect, and it just didn't work out.

    The single most common defense for this game was that "it's fun with friends!" but anything is fun with right friends! If something is only fun with friends that's not point for the games benefit, but your friends, you may as well be playing spin-the-bottle, heck, that would be so much better than this "game".

    There are hardly anyone to be found playing, so if you do not have bunch of friend ready to drop everything and jump into the game with you 100% of the time you will not be having good time.    … Expand
  12. Elfien
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    You get games like Horizon: ZD, RDR 2, WITCHER 3, MARVEL´s SPIDER MAN and then THIS **** **** which looks like some early PS3/X360 game and moreover even runs so **** bad. HOW can Bethesda even think of any success of this crappy game. And we all know that the technical state of this game isnt the only issue it has. Unbelievable.
  13. hintzsche
    Nov 18, 2018
    10
    A very good Game so Far . Its worth a 10. i played it since the BETA. It like a Fallout 4 without Human like NPC's
  14. Soultoast
    Nov 18, 2018
    8
    I enjoy this game quite a bit. I can play it with friends or by myself and still have a lot of fun. There are some small glitches and bugs that I hope get fixed in the future but I have come to expect that from Bethesda Studios. The biggest issue I have with the game so far is the capped of storage space for gear. This is seriously a bother when it comes to exploring and saving certainI enjoy this game quite a bit. I can play it with friends or by myself and still have a lot of fun. There are some small glitches and bugs that I hope get fixed in the future but I have come to expect that from Bethesda Studios. The biggest issue I have with the game so far is the capped of storage space for gear. This is seriously a bother when it comes to exploring and saving certain items. Besides these small gripes I thoroughly enjoy the game.… Expand
  15. 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
  16. Nihelus
    Nov 18, 2018
    1
    I'm giving this game a 1 primarily for two reasons. First, the world feels dead and it's awkward. I'm supposed to believe every single human survivor suddenly died in the last few months to 3 years? There's TONS of evidence of people that were here recently but NOT ONE of them is alive? Okay....

    Second, this game is buggy even by Bethesda standards. It lags and glitches extremely    I'm giving this game a 1 primarily for two reasons. First, the world feels dead and it's awkward. I'm supposed to believe every single human survivor suddenly died in the last few months to 3 years? There's TONS of evidence of people that were here recently but NOT ONE of them is alive? Okay....

    Second, this game is buggy even by Bethesda standards. It lags and glitches extremely often on every system. The Xbox one X is the worst though. Many people complain they have no audio, though I don't have this issue. The issue I and a ton of One X users have is an issue with "overheating". I put that in parenthesis because the system isn't actually overheating. It's a bug that shouldn't even be possible but Bethesda's legendarily bad programming has found a way. It happens most often when fast traveling or leveling up but can really happen at any time. I rarely play more than 20 minutes without the system shutting off and I've never played over an hour at a time.

    This game was not even remotely ready for release, and Bethesda should be ashamed that they pushed it out anyway. Absolutely disgraceful.    … Expand
  17. ProbablyFear
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    The game is straight up awful. It blows my mind how it is even possible for a game to be released like, especially considering its right next to RDR2. Releasing a game which feels 5 years ahead of its time compared with one that feels 10 years behind its time, is NOT a good look for the latter. The removal of human NPCs in this game was a dire mistake, and results in absoluteThe game is straight up awful. It blows my mind how it is even possible for a game to be released like, especially considering its right next to RDR2. Releasing a game which feels 5 years ahead of its time compared with one that feels 10 years behind its time, is NOT a good look for the latter. The removal of human NPCs in this game was a dire mistake, and results in absolute mind-numbingly boring quests like "pick up all these broken bottles" or "fetch all these buckets!" You receive knowledge of a quest in hope you might find another surviving NPC- but low and behold, it is just yet another dead corpse with a **** holotape that leads on the 10th fetch quest you've done that hour. It's dull. really dull. and that's not even to mention the abundance and bugs and glitches plaguing the game- along with the fact Bethesda are still using their crappy engine from 2002.. this may have passed if this was a single player only game, but their crappy incorporation of single player and multiplayer together (which results in a loss of identity but thats another issue) means the game just does not play well. The entire thing feels unpolished and feels like it needs at least another year of work on it to make it at least somewhat enjoyable. Easily one of the worst games released this year, and definitely the worst game I've ever played from Bethesda.… Expand
  18. halfricanguy
    Nov 18, 2018
    9
    Does it deliver a traditional Fallout playing experience? No, and it isn’t supposed to! This isn’t Fallout 5. It’s an online game that will continually be improved through patches. It isn’t a great game, but it is fun and I have been putting many hours of gameplay into it per day since release. It is a good game that I believe delivers to those who have been wanting an online multiplayerDoes it deliver a traditional Fallout playing experience? No, and it isn’t supposed to! This isn’t Fallout 5. It’s an online game that will continually be improved through patches. It isn’t a great game, but it is fun and I have been putting many hours of gameplay into it per day since release. It is a good game that I believe delivers to those who have been wanting an online multiplayer Fallout experience. If that’s not you, that’s OK, but do not bomb the reviews of the game just because it isn’t a game meant for you to play.… Expand
  19. fevbwfth
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Everything has an end it seems, and Bethesda will go down in History as a success and a failure, i gotta say they are accepting their fate rather calmly so they deserve credit for that, but it's time for video gaming industry to leave Bethesda behind and sail for proper ventures for better or worse.
  20. RedEyedRyNo
    Nov 18, 2018
    1
    Arguably one of the worst games available this year. Everything loved about the Fallout series is gone, with sub-par graphics and a dead experience all around. No NPC's, VATS is ruined and the MMO aspect is hot trash. War should have never changed.
  21. Azsissy
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Completely flabbergasted that Bethesda dropped the ball so badly here. As is, world immersion is impossible and the game has the depth of a teaspoon. Building is limited by size to a basic shack. There’s new Teddy’s that are neat to see but no point in collecting as you can’t display anything anymore. Many of the quests are bugged and won’t complete. Perhaps worst of all, I can’t even playCompletely flabbergasted that Bethesda dropped the ball so badly here. As is, world immersion is impossible and the game has the depth of a teaspoon. Building is limited by size to a basic shack. There’s new Teddy’s that are neat to see but no point in collecting as you can’t display anything anymore. Many of the quests are bugged and won’t complete. Perhaps worst of all, I can’t even play with friends as the servers are forever timed out. I’m stuck alone in a hollow, shallow, grindy world with nothing but holotapes and bugs (literal and figurative). Perhaps I’ve outgrown gaming. Studios are more and more sacrificing fantastic titles to the hordes of mmo players and micro transactions or worse, just turning out cheap shoddy work while charging for a premium quality game. Count me out. Sadly, my gaming days end with FO76. It’s really that much of a disappointment.
    1 pt is for the new teddy bears.    … Expand
  22. Cenacord
    Nov 17, 2018
    10
    This game was amazing! I encountered no bugs so I have no idea what everyone is talking about. I guess a lot of people are just sheep that think they know what they are talking about.
  23. BonalsII
    Nov 17, 2018
    3
    This is one unusual game. As a fan of Fallout and Bethesda games I want to enjoy it, I just don't. While it is a great looking game, especially on the xbox one x, the world is just empty. I force myself to play it for a few hours and run into maybe two people? The quests are boring, go to x location, maybe fight something, and then listen to an audio recording. What makes a fallout gameThis is one unusual game. As a fan of Fallout and Bethesda games I want to enjoy it, I just don't. While it is a great looking game, especially on the xbox one x, the world is just empty. I force myself to play it for a few hours and run into maybe two people? The quests are boring, go to x location, maybe fight something, and then listen to an audio recording. What makes a fallout game fun are the characters and the environment. I understand the idea that "we are the people" but all in all thats kinda dumb. The CAMP system from my understanding is supposed to be an improvement on the fallout 4 town system, it isn't. Outside of doing the quests required for it, I have found zero reason to spend any time doing CAMP stuff. Final word, its a bland, boring pretty mess.… Expand
  24. Redline13
    Nov 17, 2018
    5
    TL;DR: Enjoyed the first 30+ hours until the game bugs infected my mood... DO NOT BUY in current state

    Updated 11/17: I've updated my review because the last 10 hours of play have been riddled with 2 broken quests (unable to complete still), 5 crashes in the middle of combat, constantly having to rebuild your base anytime you move and some of the worst frame rate issues I've every seen    TL;DR: Enjoyed the first 30+ hours until the game bugs infected my mood... DO NOT BUY in current state

    Updated 11/17: I've updated my review because the last 10 hours of play have been riddled with 2 broken quests (unable to complete still), 5 crashes in the middle of combat, constantly having to rebuild your base anytime you move and some of the worst frame rate issues I've every seen in a videogame (on X1X)    … Expand
  25. zeldaplayer09
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    This is the worst fallout game I've ever played. This game was released as a beta that they rushed and didn't want to finish it. The story is boring, the environment is boring, the voice recordings were boring. This is the worst train wreck that Bethesda has made!
  26. MTBurntOrange
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    This game is awful. No single player, no quests, no npcs, no amazing storyline. They just took everything bad about fallout and added multiplayer to make it even worse.
  27. LasseVK
    Nov 17, 2018
    1
    No motivation to start up the game and continue playing. The story is as thin as a cheap soup. When, after 1 hour of playing the game, you wonder *why* you're playing the game it is not good. Apparently, someone else, the "Overseer", got a mission to complete, and you're tagging along *after* that someone. Let's hope they succeed because I doubt I will ever bother running after them longNo motivation to start up the game and continue playing. The story is as thin as a cheap soup. When, after 1 hour of playing the game, you wonder *why* you're playing the game it is not good. Apparently, someone else, the "Overseer", got a mission to complete, and you're tagging along *after* that someone. Let's hope they succeed because I doubt I will ever bother running after them long enough to find out what happens next.

    Technology-wise, it is Bethesda at its *finest*. Bugs-galore. Performance is right out. I have an Xbox One X and when I say the game chugs along at 15-ish fps in public events I'm being generous. Couple that with the game not reacting under those conditions and you got a recipe for disaster. Forget firing your gun at mobs, or even moving, if it's not the terrain bogging you down it's the melee attacks of the mobs, which under 10-15fps you simply cannot outrun or move away from. Forget about getting a stimpack going and surviving, that's right out.

    If this game ran at 60fps or had better graphics on my Xbox One X I could see it as a technology demo but right now it is far from a demo of anything but mediocrity.

    This is not "Fallout with multiplayer", this is a multiplayer walking simulator with guns, in a Fallout world, nothing more.

    Give this one a pass. They can patch out all the bugs, even improve the performance, but I highly doubt they can ever make this game fun.    … Expand
  28. taufirec
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Honestly, I had hopes for this game but it is just absolutely terrible and looking at the reviews it's clear that even other long time fans of the franchise feel the same way. It seems that people are only giving it any kind of positive score because they either can't accept how bad the game is, can't accept that Bethesda would make a bad game, or somehow were involved in the project andHonestly, I had hopes for this game but it is just absolutely terrible and looking at the reviews it's clear that even other long time fans of the franchise feel the same way. It seems that people are only giving it any kind of positive score because they either can't accept how bad the game is, can't accept that Bethesda would make a bad game, or somehow were involved in the project and are trying to lie about the game to fix the terrible scores. As a survival game it fails, as a fallout game it fails, as an online game it fails. This game has nothing to offer anyone. I bought for ps4 but feel that the quality was so bad that it should be noted on all 3 pages for the game. Heck, when I returned the game to gamestop the cashier knew what I was returning before I even pulled it out because he apparently had gotten so many returns of the game. Do yourself a favor and don't waste your money or time.… Expand
  29. jakejake123
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphics/visual presentation- this game looks okay at certain shots and angels, but most of the time the game is either going to look from bad to okay. Please Bethesda update this **** 19 year old engine. The games lighting even though can make things look pretty most of the time ruins Emerson especially when their are god rays coming through rocks and **** so over all the game's looks are below average so a 4.

    Audio- if Bethesda is going to nail one thing its going to be the sound track, However i cant give them that much credit considering almost all the radio tracks are licensed but the original scores are actually pretty good, with a lot of the tracks being legato slow symphony. Now the sound effects on the other hand, are okay nothing much to say their so over all a 7

    Performance- This game runs like total dog **** on xbox x with a 50 mb speed, the game has tons of bugs and ****ty problems with how teaming up works. running at sometimes 15-25 frames per second. This is disappointment because without these issues this game would probably have a 5 or 4 average. (performance doesnt really matter to me though) im mixed between a 2 and a 1 on this one so a 1.5
    Story- there is none so 0
    multiplayer- in general i dont want people in my games especially a Bethesda one. 3 out of ten
    over all- fallout is dead.    … Expand
  30. pafciu
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Complete TRASH, bugged, broken and disgusting money-grab with absolutely no story. Do not buy!
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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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