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Fallout 76: A Shot at Redemption?

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited June 2019 in News & Features Discussion

I was going to write about Elder Scrolls Online’s E3 announcements after BE3, but then the unexpected happened - Fallout 76 had the most interesting announcements from the online Bethesda games. Namely? Fallout 76 is adding actual NPCs, branching dialog, more quests, and a whole lot more in the next big update, Wastlanders. But, get this, they’re also adding a Battle Royale mode that will give you rewards to use in the main survival game too. I don’t even know what to think...

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  • XarkoXarko Member EpicPosts: 1,180
    I don't think so, Tim.
    It's dead, Jim.
    Bye, Felicia.
    JeffSpicolimrputts[Deleted User]doomex[Deleted User]PyukNildenRockinw311BakgrindSamhaeland 11 others.
  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    Well the cut backs didn't work, now it's time to follow the crowd. :/
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,063
    This game couldn't redeem itself if it came with complementary Bethesda-branded handjobs.
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  • JeffSpicoliJeffSpicoli Member EpicPosts: 2,849
    edited June 2019

    Aeander said:

    This game couldn't redeem itself if it came with complementary Bethesda-branded handjobs.



    Speak for yourself pal

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  • UthorUthor Member UncommonPosts: 13
    Yawn
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  • TheDarkrayneTheDarkrayne Member EpicPosts: 5,297
    Fallout 76 is already worth the price of admission now. I get people were burned and will continue to joke about the game but we were burned with FFXIV too.. and Diablo 3.. plus others, at first. They got flipped and so has this.

    It shouldn't go ftp. They have and will continue to give tons of content updates at no extra charge. It's more generous than most other games.

    I'd prefer they get rid of the hunger and thirst though.. pointless and constantly, mildly annoying. I think the game would be much, much better if they just admitted those 'features' are shit and ripped them out completely.
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  • PyukPyuk Member UncommonPosts: 762
    Preserve what made Fallout, Fallout???? Seriously? You mean like an isometric, single player RPG where choices matter within a deep, well written open ended story, and turn-based combat? Thank you, lead Fallout 76 designer guy, for indirectly admitting you have no clue what Fallout originally was. I really wish Larian would get the Fallout franchise. Bethesda designers couldn't hatch an original idea even with a direct stimpak to the head.
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  • vegetableoilvegetableoil Member RarePosts: 768
    Well they probably will change a lot inside fo76 if they want to survive, but seeing that eso was complete crap at launch, they might succeed changing fo76, but who knows.
  • AlverantAlverant Member RarePosts: 1,347
    So have they sent the canvas bags yet?
    NildenTokkenCelciusOscar1230[Deleted User]
  • RhygarthRhygarth Member UncommonPosts: 259
    adding a stupid BR mode will not get me to try this pile of ....
    TokkenAshikuroCelciusOscar1230
  • ConstantineMerusConstantineMerus Member EpicPosts: 3,338
    Yeah they shot redemption alright.
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  • AethaerynAethaeryn Member RarePosts: 3,150
    Well.  free trial starting today so I am going to check it out.  I always have the desire to try it and expect to get burned.  Smart move on their part. . and I think 50% off if you purchase.
    Tokken

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  • GutlardGutlard Member RarePosts: 1,019
    Aeander said:
    This game couldn't redeem itself if it came with complementary Bethesda-branded handjobs.
    If they say it was going to be a handjob, be prepared for it to be with a pirate's hook....

    Gut Out!
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  • NildenNilden Member EpicPosts: 3,916
    SIXTEEN TIMES THE REDEMPTION!! It just works.

    Country roads!!!



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  • NildenNilden Member EpicPosts: 3,916
    Oh hey they are adding NPCs. I mean WOW there is something to cheer about. 2019 and they are adding NPCs. Can't make that up. /wtf
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  • CygiCygi Member RarePosts: 257
    Fallout 76 review: 7/10.

    Never forget.
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,063
    This game wouldn't have been good if they delayed it till '76. 
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  • Heatsink00Heatsink00 Member UncommonPosts: 60
    "We really understand our customers and the Fallout IP," said no one at Bethesda ever.
    CelciusLeFantome[Deleted User]
  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,063
    Gutlard said:
    Aeander said:
    This game couldn't redeem itself if it came with complementary Bethesda-branded handjobs.
    If they say it was going to be a handjob, be prepared for it to be with a pirate's hook....

    Gut Out!
    Here at Bethesda, our passionate community matters to us, and we strive to provide experiences which meet our quality standards. And that is why we sought out only the most exotic of nautical escorts to provide our trademark hook-boy sensual massages.

    Yours for free with a preorder of Fallout Pirates. Yarr.
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  • SlyLoKSlyLoK Member RarePosts: 2,698
    F76 despite popular belief is still filled with players. Wastelanders update will make it even better.
    TokkenCelcius[Deleted User]URMAKER
  • TalraekkTalraekk Member UncommonPosts: 297
    I like Fallout 76, was kind of a Fallout 4 light/mmo mode. My main, and frankly, ongoing issue with it, is the lack of chat functions. I check back now and then to their forums to see if they implemented them and until they do Fallout 4 will do for me.
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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    At least fans of the games no longer have to stretch their credibility past the breaking point by coming up with rationalizations about why the lack of human NPCs was AOK.

    And good on Bethesda for finally admitting that cheaping out by not including those human NPCs in the original FO76 release was a colossal fuck-up.

    But BR? Too late to the party, Todd.
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  • MadFrenchieMadFrenchie Member LegendaryPosts: 8,505
    edited June 2019
    Arterius said:
    Yes. I know people hate on this game with a passion everywhere online but I play the game almost daily on the PS4 and their are constantly new players and the maps are constantly full of people with various lvls. The free week also has brought in quite a bit of players so much that it took a while to get on last night.

    The people who hate the game have a right to hate the game. Trust me. It took an iron will to stick with the game but its getting a lot better. I would say if they nail The Wastelanders update then yes it will redeem itself. They have to nail it though. Choices really do have to have lasting impact, NPC's have to feel like they do in classic Bethesda titles, etc... We shall see if they can do it. I have my doubts. 

    If they pull it off it can be the next No Mans Sky or ESO. I mean people to this day still hate on both games from being burned at launch. So it isn't unheard of happening. They just really need to buckle down, work hard, and release a great product this fall. Which I don't know if they are up to personally.
    The impact will render it completely singleplayer missions.  Sure, you can bring along a friend, but the idea that Bethesda will create mission content created to adapt to groups of players, specifically with regards to lasting effects on the game world, isn't realistic.  The mission will likely ignore the fact you have buddies with you completely, as will the NPCs.

    So any "lasting impact" will be lasting only in what you see in your world.  I highly doubt they add any more lasting an impact than ESO's phasing.  It's quite clear they didn't do a good job thinking through what the multiplayer would mean for the Fallout, either via lack of adequate consideration or incompetence.

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  • IshkalIshkal Member UncommonPosts: 304
    A poo emoji looks like chocolate soft serve, but no matter how many times I send it and tell people have some ice cream EVERY one asks why I send them a poo :D that's this game in a nutshell and most games out right now.
    Cryomatrix
  • Gobstopper3DGobstopper3D Member RarePosts: 970
    too late.

    I'm not an IT Specialist, Game Developer, or Clairvoyant in real life, but like others on here, I play one on the internet.

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