Fallout 76

degrassinoel

Shiminay wrote: »

All I want from the Bethesda RPGS - be they Fallout or Elder Scrolls - is the ability to play one of their games co-op. None of this only online with PVP and no NPCs, but have a drop-in/drop-out co-op option and be PVE only. It's not a small ask from a technical POV, I understand this, but that's what I'd wish they'd made this game into.

This.

Black Isle-style isometric CRPG with co-op would be brilliant.

It's not the first time i've heard/read people wishing for it either. Even in different genre, the demand seems to be there and seems to go on deaf ears/blind eyes. There are some great co-op games and some great RPG's, but never the twain shall meet it seems.

No NPCs, what's the mission structure. Fetch quests and random encounters with PVE
Such Meh

Taking out NPCs is like taking out the one of the best parts of what makes Fallout a Fallout game.

Lone Stone

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

Currently downloading the stress test for XB1. Looking forward to checking this out tonight!

https://twitter.com/BethesdaStudios/status/1050058017742495745

so how was it ?

ERG89

Fred The Red wrote: »

No NPCs, what's the mission structure. Fetch quests and random encounters with PVE
Such Meh

Taking out NPCs is like taking out the one of the best parts of what makes Fallout a Fallout game.

It'll still have bugs and run like a pig until a few patches so its got the fallout motif

Really Bethesda lost my interest when Fallout 4 came out; it just felt so bland, out of date on day one and out of any good new ideas.
Oh but you can build a settlement and have not at all annoying repetitive quests as a result; don't worry we've also butchered the dialogue system in case you liked that too.

MiskyBoyy

Lone Stone wrote:

so how was it ?

I was wrong, it was just to pre-load. Not live until tomorrow (Saturday)

Retr0gamer

degrassinoel wrote: »

This.

Black Isle-style isometric CRPG with co-op would be brilliant.

Divinity 2 says hello

MiskyBoyy

I played the stress test last night for the 4 hours it was open.

At the end of it, I was disappointed I couldn't play more. I was genuinely enjoying it.

There's definitely enough quests to keep you going anyway, I was overwhelmed as usual with any of these games with the amount to do.

I know there's not supposed to be any human NPC's but the robot ones I came across were actually funny and engaging.

The whole time I could see other real players on the map and in the world going about their business but apart from using the emoji wheel towards each other, that was the only contact we had.

There's also live events that occur at random points on the map (you can fast travel straight to them using bottle caps) that get you to work together with other players. The last one I did last night was to get a cumulative 50 firefly lights between all players and deposit them in the light at the top of the lighthouse. You get random rewards such as stimpacks and building supplies.

All in all, I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. Who knows how long it would keep you engaged for post-release but the amount I played was definitely fun. The biggest downside now is its release window. Bang right between Red Dead and Battlefield V.

EoinMcLovin

Full World map

The Specialist

Watched some of the gameplay of this over the weekend and it just looks completely soulless - nothing at all about this game is saying "buy me". It's like they took F4, removed all the NPC's and settlements, and turned it in to a multiplayer. Add to that the insane release window and I think this is really going to bomb hard.

Having loads of things to do is all well and good but I'd rather have a select amount of engaging / innovative things to do.
This is where this game will suffer I suspect. A social aspect carrying a game.

GavRedKing

I was going to pick this up as a day one purchase but the last few weeks I've soured my opinion on it so I'll probably wait until around Christmas to pick it up.

None of my mates will be picking it up either and I don't think it will be a great game to go solo through the wasteland.

Frankie5Angels

GavRedKing wrote: »

I was going to pick this up as a day one purchase but the last few weeks I've soured my opinion on it so I'll probably wait until around Christmas to pick it up.

None of my mates will be picking it up either and I don't think it will be a great game to go solo through the wasteland.

This is pretty much exactly what I'm thinking. Agree with the comments on how poor Fallout 4 was by comparison to its predecessors, so that doesn't fill me with hope on 76.

Has it the potential to completely tank? Or is there enough of a loyal fanbase to buy it anyway?

MiskyBoyy

For some reason, this thread and only this thread is causing the boards app to crash on my S7.

MiskyBoyy

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

For some reason, this thread and only this thread is causing the boards app to crash on my S7.

Fairly Standard as this is a Fallout thread :pac:

MiskyBoyy

Fred The Red wrote: »

Fairly Standard as this is a Fallout thread :pac:

:pac:

degrassinoel

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Divinity 2 says hello

i just didnt like it, but i wont be rude, hello.

MiskyBoyy

The BETA can now be pre-loaded for those who have pre-ordered on XB1: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/fallout-76-beta/bxrlgwwbj9r7

All progress from the BETA carries over to the full game.

Lone Stone

when is the pc beta might try get in to give it a bash with extremely low expectations or is that xbox one the same for pc ehh... windows store confuses me.

froog

the lack of any meaningful endgame is worrying. drop nukes, farm. that seems to be it. which would be fine if this was a traditional full storied single player effort but it seems like a watered down version of previous fallouts with more emphasise on co-op survival. I hope I'm wrong.

dreamers75

Lone Stone wrote: »

when is the pc beta might try get in to give it a bash with extremely low expectations or is that xbox one the same for pc ehh... windows store confuses me.

There is no windows beta.

Strange your progress is carried over for Xbox users.

Temptamperu

I love fallout but this dont interest me much.

Littlefinger

After watching videos for this recently, I must say I've gone from being on the fence to being aboard the hype train.

Someone in a previous comment mentioned the lack of music being meh but according to one of the videos I watched the guy playing said they weren't allowed use the music stations because of copyright.

I like the wilderness and to me it suits the game, especially since you are one of the first out of the vault only twenty years after the bombs hit. I like to think that what we do in the game will be shaping the previous games we played etc.

Kiith

Bethesda warns fans to expect spectacular bugs at launch. I guess bug testing is a thing of the past, when you can just launch the game in a broken state and rely on the people who paid for it to report them.

https://www.pcgamer.com/bethesda-warns-fallout-76-fans-to-expect-spectacular-bugs-and-issues/

J. Marston

The balls on them. You can forgive or expect that stuff from a dev making a game on their own or a tiny team but a quick google says this shower are worth anywhere from $1.3 to $3 billion. Up your standards.

But looking at the replies to their tweet, people adore being ridden by game companies.

I watched alot of the Beta
It actually looks like a mod for Fallout 4 without a story / plot or NPCs

Terrible game-play, and the performance is awful

Sonics2k

Kiith wrote: »

Bethesda warns fans to expect spectacular bugs at launch. I guess bug testing is a thing of the past, when you can just launch the game in a broken state and rely on the people who paid for it to report them.

https://www.pcgamer.com/bethesda-warns-fallout-76-fans-to-expect-spectacular-bugs-and-issues/

Totally shocked and astounded by this. It's so unlike Betheda to release a game that's bug-riddled, glitchy and broken as hell on release.

:pac:

god's toy

The PC beta is preloading now.

Sephiroth_dude

Any thoughts on the beta?

ShadowHearth

I think some article hit perfectly about 76.
" Its going to be new No Mans sky. "
Enough said in one sentence and thats how I feel about it too.
I might pick it up after very heavy discount just to feck around in it for Fallout flavour. Not going near this at launch.