Well I won't talk about Fallout 76, I promise I will not speak a word and I stand by my promises
But of course I am typing though
When I first heard about Fallout 76, I thought wow, chance for Bethesda to learn from their mistakes and make something good, sort of a more refined Fallout 4 with lots of NCP's/Quests that you could play with friends (Of course, new map and quests lol). So my first idea was - Fallout 76 would be the kind of game to get people to work together, a chance to play a game with real people, like we were actually the last people on earth, I mean if I wanted to go round killing people for no good reason (I know we can debate over this part loads), I can play GTA or Battlefield etc, so why nukes? Maybe its just me........
Why did I feel this way though? Hmmmm.... I have always felt that The Wasteland Wanders we are, are far more then the average gamer, we play for emmersion, a sense of depth and meaning, give us some parts, we will build something, give us a gun and we will defend ourselves, give us a quest and we will explore, survive, struggle but never give up. Now compare this to other games like GTA, give us a car, we will hit someone with it, give us a gun, we will shoot someone with it, give us a quest, we will ignore it and go kill some people, then complain and jump to a new session, because the last player we attacked was a better shot then us.
Still an open mind should always remain open so I read review after review, watched live streams, chatted to some friends and so on, not taking one persons word, of two or.......... and came to this feeling or was it falling?? - it's not so much bug filled mess and engine issues, but the game feels totally directionless.
I have played Fallout from the first and like many, we know Fallout 4 kind of lost its way, but thats when creators (Sorry I hate the term modder etc) joined and they made Fallout 4 better.
Note: The least times I have repeatedly played a Fallout game is 4, the most is 9, so I can honestly say I am a fan.
Fallout 76 is a huge open world, but open to what? Remove the huge list of bugs/graphical issues/glitches and what do you have left????
Fallout (Owned/Played more then once)
Fallout 2 (Owned/Played)
Fallout 3 (Owned/Played more then once)
Fallout: New Vegas (Owned/Played more then once) Due for another visit soon
Fallout 4 (Owned/Played more then once) 7th Play through
Not Forgetting
The Elder Scrolls: Arena
The Elder Scrolls Chapter II: Daggerfall
(Owned/Played)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
(Owned/Played more then once)
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
(Owned/Played more then once)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
(Owned/Played more then once)
So I ask
Fallout 76 - With all this past knowledge and success, What Happened ??????