Tried this at launch as a life long Fallout fan, and I... well, I didn't like it, I can say that much. There was some core of a good game in there, but it was just surrounded by so much shit in terms of the design choices and mechanics. It felt like Bethesda focusing on all the wrong things about Fallout, rather than the things the series really does well.
I heard about updates like Wastelanders that fixed the game a bit, and I have been hearing rumblings about how the game is so much better for a few years, but I kind of stopped caring. But obviously, the Fallout TV show got me in the mood for Fallout, so while I am beginning a new run of New Vegas again (it's been a few years since I last played it!) I also decided to give 76 another go (since technically it's the only game in the series I never "finished").
And... it's really good now?
Map design, quest design, and the game balance is all great. The community is incredible, and really contributes to the sense of a desolate wasteland where survivors are emerging from vaults for the first time.The atmosphere of the Appalachia is great. Even the writing for some of the later quests is excellent. At this point, this is arguably a significantly better RPG than Fallout 4 was.
It's actually surprising how much the game has been salvaged from launch, where I have to be honest, there was nothing there. Like at launch it felt like a map barely held together by duct tape net code and some not great translation of real time combat from the main series, but now, it legitimately feels really fun, and there's nothing else like it on the market. It also feels like a decidedly great Fallout game.
I have to give Bethesda credit for sticking with the game in spite of the vicious backlash it got at launch, and turning it around - look at games like Anthem or Avengers, it would have been so easy for them to say fuck it and drop F76 but they stuck with it. And I am happy that more people now get to discover just how good Fallout 76 has become.
Have you tried going back to this recently? What are your thoughts?
I heard about updates like Wastelanders that fixed the game a bit, and I have been hearing rumblings about how the game is so much better for a few years, but I kind of stopped caring. But obviously, the Fallout TV show got me in the mood for Fallout, so while I am beginning a new run of New Vegas again (it's been a few years since I last played it!) I also decided to give 76 another go (since technically it's the only game in the series I never "finished").
And... it's really good now?
Map design, quest design, and the game balance is all great. The community is incredible, and really contributes to the sense of a desolate wasteland where survivors are emerging from vaults for the first time.The atmosphere of the Appalachia is great. Even the writing for some of the later quests is excellent. At this point, this is arguably a significantly better RPG than Fallout 4 was.
It's actually surprising how much the game has been salvaged from launch, where I have to be honest, there was nothing there. Like at launch it felt like a map barely held together by duct tape net code and some not great translation of real time combat from the main series, but now, it legitimately feels really fun, and there's nothing else like it on the market. It also feels like a decidedly great Fallout game.
I have to give Bethesda credit for sticking with the game in spite of the vicious backlash it got at launch, and turning it around - look at games like Anthem or Avengers, it would have been so easy for them to say fuck it and drop F76 but they stuck with it. And I am happy that more people now get to discover just how good Fallout 76 has become.
Have you tried going back to this recently? What are your thoughts?
