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This is the first time I've read anything positive relating to Fallout 76

tnel77 4y ago
It breaks my heart thinking about Fallout 76. It’s just so bad and it seems like everyone I talk to has the same response. Who is playing this game?
- beardog 4y ago
  It improved since launch (much less bugs, NPCs added, less PvP focus). I liked the story and exploring the world but I find the combat to be too grindy compared to 3/4/New Vegas. I also don't like there is no way from the UI to pick a server or make free community servers. However I would say if you liked fallout 4 then current 76 is worth it on sale especially if you have a friend to join.
  - technothrasher 4y ago
    I played hundreds and hundreds of hours of 3, NV, and 4. Multiple play-throughs of each, and then lots of screwing around with mods. I played 76 for about two hours and gave up. It's just not the same. I guess that's not inherently bad, if people want different. But I wouldn't say that if you liked 4 that it is definitely worth playing 76.
    - ido 4y ago
      So you got the same experience us fans of 1 & 2 got when trying 3/NV/4 ;) Honestly I no longer resent the Bethesda games but for whatever reason despite replaying 1 & 2 multiple times (including in recent years) I just can’t get into the 3d ones. NV was the closest but it still didn’t manage to grab my attention for more than a weekend. 3, 4 & (via gamepass) 76 didn’t even get that far (a couple of hours each).
      - technothrasher 4y ago
        Yes, exactly. I completely understand why many earlier fans couldn't make the transition to the 3d games. Just like with 76, it's just a different experience and the enjoyment doesn't necessarily translate.
- jrootabega 4y ago
  I tried three separate times to get into it and had to walk away in disgust every time. The netcode is and has always been terrible. The last time, the time when I knew it would be the LAST last time, was when my teammates fast traveled to me and caused all the super mutants I had just cleared out to respawn. Then the super mutants started phasing through doors I had closed to stay hidden. I couldn't think of any reason to ever play again. It was almost as if the game achieved sentience and hated me. Or perhaps it loved me and wanted me to spend my time better.
- jhbadger 4y ago
  At launch it was terrible. But these days it actually is pretty good. If you treat it like a single player Fallout game and not bother with the multiplayer or microtransaction stuff. It's basically just more Fallout 4, but with new quests.
  - jdhn 4y ago
    >If you treat it like a single player Fallout game and not bother with the multiplayer This kind of defeats the purpose of the whole game though.
- ge96 4y ago
  I do level 89. Got a camp setup, sell stuff. Scrap stuff to make ammo... Explored most places but still areas on map. I don't play it too much but yeah. I like running into lower levels and giving them stuff.
- panzagl 4y ago
  I play it, maybe one longish session a week (2-3 hours) with my brother. We'll bounce around to events, sometimes just pick a direction and start walking. Can usually find some detail we haven't seen before, or get into some sort of dust up with a bunch of monsters. We don't worry about min-maxing our characters, and I've never felt the need to put money into it, although my brother has a subscription. We've played since shortly after launch, and he felt like it was worth his support. I liked the game much better before they 'fixed' it by adding NPCs- before that the desolation was just creepy, and there was a lot of storytelling in the notes and tapes you'd find. But it is pretty much just wandering around an open world- there are grinds if you want them, but mostly I've just used them to guide our meandering. And the main quest line is ok, it's just not as extensive as doing 3 or 4 with all the dlc. What is weird is that people who don't like it just can't accept that it's just not to their taste, and that maybe they're not as big Fallout fans as they think- every post about it has people who act like it's a crime against humanity, whether they've played it or not.
baud147258 4y ago
The thread on Fallout 76 on the gaming forum I'm often browsing had a handful of people defending the game, especially once the wave of the original release had passed
KVFinn 4y ago
>This is the first time I've read anything positive relating to Fallout 76 It's actually improved a TON since launch. I'm not talking about a No Man's Sky situation where it's 100x better, but better. Also two huge points: Fallout 76 is free on Game Pass, and works really well coop with friends. Those features go a LONG way.
- komali2 4y ago
  I had to do a hotel quarantine once and happened to have my VR kit and PC on me (bringing it into the country). Set it all up in hotel quarantine, noticed No Man's Sky in the steam library had a VR option, and then basically spent two weeks straight wandering around alien planets. I am still flabbergasted at how far that game came along, and then on top of that added a whole ass VR mode that to date is one of the coolest, most fleshed-out "true gaming" VR experiences I've ever had. Not poorly implemented like "woowee you're playing the game but have full-directional vision, still have to click to swing the sword though," not gimmicky like a rails shooter or slice-to-the-beat game, just a whole ass videogame in VR like I hoped it would be as a kid. I still don't understand how they funded continual development like that but I'm happy about it.
  - maxsilver 4y ago
    Supposedly, they've sold 10+ million copies of the game so far, and have well over 75 million pounds in the bank, and they're a small team (25-ish people in the whole company). Seems like a great setup for funding continual development.

It breaks my heart thinking about Fallout 76. It’s just so bad and it seems like everyone I talk to has the same response. Who is playing this game?

beardog 4y ago
It improved since launch (much less bugs, NPCs added, less PvP focus). I liked the story and exploring the world but I find the combat to be too grindy compared to 3/4/New Vegas. I also don't like there is no way from the UI to pick a server or make free community servers. However I would say if you liked fallout 4 then current 76 is worth it on sale especially if you have a friend to join.
- technothrasher 4y ago
  I played hundreds and hundreds of hours of 3, NV, and 4. Multiple play-throughs of each, and then lots of screwing around with mods. I played 76 for about two hours and gave up. It's just not the same. I guess that's not inherently bad, if people want different. But I wouldn't say that if you liked 4 that it is definitely worth playing 76.
  - ido 4y ago
    So you got the same experience us fans of 1 & 2 got when trying 3/NV/4 ;) Honestly I no longer resent the Bethesda games but for whatever reason despite replaying 1 & 2 multiple times (including in recent years) I just can’t get into the 3d ones. NV was the closest but it still didn’t manage to grab my attention for more than a weekend. 3, 4 & (via gamepass) 76 didn’t even get that far (a couple of hours each).
    - technothrasher 4y ago
      Yes, exactly. I completely understand why many earlier fans couldn't make the transition to the 3d games. Just like with 76, it's just a different experience and the enjoyment doesn't necessarily translate.
jrootabega 4y ago
I tried three separate times to get into it and had to walk away in disgust every time. The netcode is and has always been terrible. The last time, the time when I knew it would be the LAST last time, was when my teammates fast traveled to me and caused all the super mutants I had just cleared out to respawn. Then the super mutants started phasing through doors I had closed to stay hidden. I couldn't think of any reason to ever play again. It was almost as if the game achieved sentience and hated me. Or perhaps it loved me and wanted me to spend my time better.
jhbadger 4y ago
At launch it was terrible. But these days it actually is pretty good. If you treat it like a single player Fallout game and not bother with the multiplayer or microtransaction stuff. It's basically just more Fallout 4, but with new quests.
- jdhn 4y ago
  >If you treat it like a single player Fallout game and not bother with the multiplayer This kind of defeats the purpose of the whole game though.
ge96 4y ago
I do level 89. Got a camp setup, sell stuff. Scrap stuff to make ammo... Explored most places but still areas on map. I don't play it too much but yeah. I like running into lower levels and giving them stuff.
panzagl 4y ago
I play it, maybe one longish session a week (2-3 hours) with my brother. We'll bounce around to events, sometimes just pick a direction and start walking. Can usually find some detail we haven't seen before, or get into some sort of dust up with a bunch of monsters. We don't worry about min-maxing our characters, and I've never felt the need to put money into it, although my brother has a subscription. We've played since shortly after launch, and he felt like it was worth his support. I liked the game much better before they 'fixed' it by adding NPCs- before that the desolation was just creepy, and there was a lot of storytelling in the notes and tapes you'd find. But it is pretty much just wandering around an open world- there are grinds if you want them, but mostly I've just used them to guide our meandering. And the main quest line is ok, it's just not as extensive as doing 3 or 4 with all the dlc. What is weird is that people who don't like it just can't accept that it's just not to their taste, and that maybe they're not as big Fallout fans as they think- every post about it has people who act like it's a crime against humanity, whether they've played it or not.

baud147258 4y ago

The thread on Fallout 76 on the gaming forum I'm often browsing had a handful of people defending the game, especially once the wave of the original release had passed

KVFinn 4y ago

>This is the first time I've read anything positive relating to Fallout 76 It's actually improved a TON since launch. I'm not talking about a No Man's Sky situation where it's 100x better, but better. Also two huge points: Fallout 76 is free on Game Pass, and works really well coop with friends. Those features go a LONG way.

komali2 4y ago
I had to do a hotel quarantine once and happened to have my VR kit and PC on me (bringing it into the country). Set it all up in hotel quarantine, noticed No Man's Sky in the steam library had a VR option, and then basically spent two weeks straight wandering around alien planets. I am still flabbergasted at how far that game came along, and then on top of that added a whole ass VR mode that to date is one of the coolest, most fleshed-out "true gaming" VR experiences I've ever had. Not poorly implemented like "woowee you're playing the game but have full-directional vision, still have to click to swing the sword though," not gimmicky like a rails shooter or slice-to-the-beat game, just a whole ass videogame in VR like I hoped it would be as a kid. I still don't understand how they funded continual development like that but I'm happy about it.
- maxsilver 4y ago
  Supposedly, they've sold 10+ million copies of the game so far, and have well over 75 million pounds in the bank, and they're a small team (25-ish people in the whole company). Seems like a great setup for funding continual development.