Never trust Fallout 76 players when you ask them if the game is fixed. LMAO To be fair, I was one of them - but the community is the BEST out there. I asked for help on Reddit and so many met up with me and helped me out. In 6 months only two people tried to fight/troll me.
I didn't even have fun playing with 3 friends. One of my friends got so pissed off at the bugs that he stopped gaming with us for a while because we convincedhim to spend money on it. Another friend wanted to go back to playing Monster Hunter and the last friend stuck around the longest as he doesn't really complain, but even he didn't want to get back on the game. This was in 2021, so people were telling us that it was good finally. It sucks.
And that's not even really true here. Besides in order for a game to be fun with friends you need friends willing to play it, nobody I know will ever play this game.
I just feel bad for the artists and writers and developers who always work very hard and passionately on their projects. It's never really their fault that games don't end up good. It's almost always due to poor leadership and unrealistic time constraints
I guarantee you it is because big publicly traded corporations are all beholden to Blackrock’s ESG scores to get investors, so they’re focusing on DEI initiatives more than making good products.
It's not a surprise now that their ex quality control employees are trying to unionize. The company has lost track of what gaming is and are just in 'money' mode.
The community is the best thing about F76. Uhhh... I got a pinnochio-nosed super creepy clown mask called...something-nacht.... and immediately put it on, stripped off all my clothes and grabbed a bloody bat. I then immediately stopped 'playing' the game, went back to the vault, crouched in some bushes, and waited for noobs. Then, I started laughing like a psycho Beavis. Little machine-gun whisper-laughs and heavy breathing. When the new players hear and start looking around, I jump out of the bush, a naked, masked, bat-weilding psycho, giggling like an unhinged lunatic and grunting "Peeeeeenisssss!" really loudly. See, you can't kill noobs. But you *can* scare/chase noobs into a pack of feral ghouls. Man. Fun times. Then my trick backfired, and some kid ended up sobbing over his mic, terrified. That kinda killed it for me. Its all fun and games til a kid cries. And that sums up fallout 76.
It was one of the biggest gaming letdowns of my life because I’m from West Virginia. I was going back to school for a computer science degree and all my teacher could talk about was fallout 76 man we give him hell when it came out. Not many games are based in West Virginia and most movies we are hillbilly cannibals.😢
Nah nah we know you are just trying to trick us into thinking you aren't hill billy cannibals and then when we show up you eat us while playing a banjo.
One thing i did really like in this game is how they had cryptids like the mothman that would spawn in at random places at random/rare times. It made it very exciting when you spotted one of them.
Same man and for 10 dollars? It’s not a bad deal. Mothman and the other cryptids were the main reason why I got into it. Especially the Rip Daring scoreboard where you could get Mothman theme stuff too
Yeah you got lucky, this isn’t the entire community. I have 30 hours in the game and I never met a single nice person, in fact. I quit the game because I was CONSTANTLY being harassed by super high level players.
@Matt Shelton I've got hundreds of hours, plenty of nice people. Also has its fair share of assholes though. Generally players are nice outside of PVP events and such
@@TheSynysterGamer That's not possible. If you're a level 1 that just started, you can't participate in pvp. Also, there is no way for you to get back into the vault, as far as I know, so you're either lying or know something I don't, which I doubt.
the first time i saw other players in 76 i was scared at first i was only lvl 2 or something but they dropped me weapons whole lot of food and ammunition and were very nice to me. stopped playing a while after that but its nice to hear that they are not the only ones that are so nice
It's still a very common thing. My camp is next to the Wayward (first mission giver and shop NPC). I've a market thing full of early game top tier crafted gear cheap as,as well as treasure maps etc. It's a social friendly game, like most of the companies games.
I got it for free and dropped the game after 10 hours. I think the concept is pretty awesome tbh, an open world where you collaborate with other players? Excellent. But absolutely awful execution.
Agreed, in the hands of capable teams it seems like this concept can be super successful. ESO, for example, is still huge and has a very devoted fan base. It really gets you thinking about what this could have been.
@@TheRubberMatch Death Stranding is single player but other players structures and items can appear in your world if online features are on. And during a boss fight other players can appear to give you items when running low.
That door "glitch" is a spam prevention mechanic to stop players from trolling or otherwise abusing the game by interacting with something over and over again in quick succession. The prompt resets by literally just looking away and putting your cursor back over it. You stared at the door and therefore prolonged your suffering stuck behind the door, lol. You found a small gap in the prompt box at the end (you can see it flicker just before it changes to close) and that's why you were able to get out. Otherwise you'd have gotten out much sooner by literally just turning your mouse away from the door for single frame. Terrible design, but I kinda see why they originally put it in the game.
the funny part is this same mechanic exists in fallout 4 as well, since usually if you try to enter a door that an npc just used it'll prevent you from entering. happens to me everytime I play fallout 4 when entering the police station with danse for the first time
it has nothing to do with "stopping players from trolling other players" youre giving bethesda credit because you happen to like the game but that glitch has been present in their games since oblivion........ also still in starfield....
@@Jinppa wtf starfield literally does use the same engine buddy. The Creation engine 2 is just a heavily modified version of the creation engine, essentially a new version. That being said it's still the same engine.... You can tell because the same things that limited their old games still limit starfield. Cells and loading screens
I tried it a 2nd time on a new beefy PC. I honestly had a decent time. I really liked farming fusion reactors at the power plant. You can trade them to people and its a fun reoccurring quest.
F76 is the angriest I’ve ever been after buying a game. I still have it and could go back to it at any time but why? I can’t imagine trusting Bethesda to release a finished game… Lucy and the football ya know?
Why did you buy it? Everyone and their mother was screaming their warning signs about 76's shittiness since the announcement to the launch. Why possessed you to throw even more money at the company?
@@detrik01 Fallout 4 was my ex’s fav game. There was no way we weren’t getting it. I was concerned but didn’t think it could possibly be as bad as it was. Angry as I was I think it was worse for her- first time she’d ever seen a disaster launch like that, she was soooooo sad
It's a game where I look at it as the Gambler's / Sunk Cost Fallacy, I had played since the Beta until their last BoS update. I think it's just a point of when you've invested so much time or money into the game like the atom store, you have the belief that you can't walk away anymore. Always hoping for a good update, for the revival of the game, for anything redeeming your experience.
@@shib5267 my bad, I'll correct it thanks. But I think Gambler's works as well since it's constant bad or lackluster updates and people expected a good one.
Well, I have never spent a dime in the game and have over 1000 hours in it. I play other games but come back to this one quite often. I love the game. There have been lots of good updates so not sure what you are talking about.
I spent about 800 hrs or so and I had fun with it, though I jumped in when wastlanders dropped. I also almost only played solo. I had no expectations going in and was pretty surprised with the amount of fun I had. I'm a sucker for item hunting and fashion and if that's your forte fo76 ain't so bad.
Totally Agree, I actually prefer to play it solo. I have spent around 400 on PS4 and I consider it one of my favorite games. It has a pretty addictive gameplay loop and has a lot of things to offer. But I Guess not everyone has good taste 😅 😂
I also gotta love the atmosphere of exploring this game. So many cool environments and storytelling. Also some of the stories are kinda cool the first time around. Grinding them for levels and such make them boring but that initial experience is quite good I think. Also the weapons, collecting, and skill tree is fun to work with.
What you talk about with streamer experience vs normal person experience reminds me of my time with dayz as a solo. Id watch streamers get groups easy and be able to create fun experiences on twitch. But for my time with the game most people would just start attacking and never play along with anything. I realized that even tho the people interacting with the streamers didn’t outright say “oh sweet I know you you’re a streamer” they clearly knew the streamer by voice which made them more cooperative and eager to play along with them.
I absolutely love the world of Fallout, from the craziness to the art style and that's why I keep coming back to it. I'm in no way defending F76 and what Bethesda has done to it, but I will jump back in from time to time for the world itself and the base building aspect of it, which isn't flawless, but I can enjoy myself hours on end building new bases and discovering new places to build.
Played with wife and kids, enjoyed it and really loved the music too. Just wasnt nothing new so we quit. Im like 190 i think and FO1st shack really did help alot
I still can’t pause my game and decide which weapons to use, which items to use like a normal Fallout RPG. It’s a FPS first which is a slap in the face to Fallout fans. Bethesda doesn’t get their audience. They only want to appeal to main stream casual players with each new game they make. I blame Pete Hines for all of this. If you listen to his interviews it’s clear he does not care about Oldskool gaining ideas and only wants to make money for the casual consumer. fallout 76 is the end product of that.
@Flouserschird It's an online only game. Of course, you can't pause it, dummy that's like going to a Supermarket asking why they don't got any Jordan's 🤦♂️😭😂
Idk how its possible they go this long without patching their newest online game, but elder scrolls online still gets alot of dlc and love. Its like gta online and red dead online all over again
I do know that a handfull of the upper leadership within BGS Austin left a few years ago. And it's my understanding that a lot of the team is now helping with starfield in some way. So it seems like it just is not a priority for them at the moment. I don't know what their player numbers are like, but matchmaking seemed pretty strained. Intentional or not as a new player I was always in servers with players at least 500 levels above me, and in some cases even a thousand levels above me. That would suggest to me that there probably aren't that many people running around in Appalachia.
ESO is not developed by Bethesda but by Zenimax Online, it's just published by Bethesda Softworks. Fallout 76 on the other hand is developed by Bethesda.
When i see a lot of people complaining about the game they never seem to talk about or cover the story line. I guess people who make reviews don't like to cover half the game. Anyone who talks about what they like about the game, or cover a way to better your experience, gets labeled as a fan boy or some sort of idiot. It's all very sad that insults are the main way to talk to them. Also, he says that it's still the exact same buggy mess as it was before. Clearly it's not the case, blinded by hatred seems to be apparent.
yeah ... watching this guy being absolute noob at everything he does... is kinda infuriating.... XBOX doesnt work... then steam is trying to install test server... game is running at 80 fps max .... yeah right.... 🙄🙄
I tried getting back into F76 a few days ago. Lasted for two hours then uninstalled. This game just fills me with dread and depression like no other game does. At least I got to reencounter the same old graphics bugs I had all the way back at launch. It's nice to meet old friends.
@@mrplayfulshade You're absolutely kidding yourself if you don't think they happen on PC as well, there's plenty of videos showing this. Maybe Todd has blessed you, I'm not trying to bash 76 if you like it, just pointing out it's many faults.
Great video. I play Fallout 76 on pc gamepass and it works fine, I've actually never had an issue with the pc gamepass so I never really understand why everyone else does have issues with it
people really do the video game version of 'yeah he abuses me but i still love him so i'll stay' also the games high/ultra preset is what causes it to run suboptimal. when i got it for free on pc, i looked up ways to maximize frame rates and people found out that the game sets hidden values absurdly high so you have to go into the ini files and lower things manually otherwise you basically have a bottleneck where it doesnt matter how high your specs are
None of the FPS Fallout games have really played well. They're always a certain level of crusty and clunky but Fallout 76 was several levels worse which is quite a thing to realise. I couldn't accept what it was trying to sell me, community or otherwise. Not my bag but I'm glad some people enjoy what it's doing.
I remember playing skyrim when i was younger, the combat was clunky but I chalked it up to the time and generation of games. I bought fallout 4 like 3 years ago and was shocked with the horrible combat, the only difference is this game came out in like 2014. The clunkiness should have been fixed by then, same with the brain dead ai, dead feeling world, lag spikes, bugs and glitches, etc etc. Feels like Bethesda has learned nothing in the past decade
I had the same experience when retrying 76 when I walked out of the vault and had someone just waiting for me... Except he basically just hunted me and killed everything before I could get to it. Fun stuff
I'm unashamed of liking this game. Also while the game has many flaws, I think a lot of people are literally incapable of giving anything a real second shot.
When you mentioned Destiny being a better free to play option, you should just download it and look and see how over monetized that game has gotten over the years, 60 dollar expansions with deluxe editions, event cards, season passes and overpriced store items, destiny is more of a free to try game than free to play.
I'll also add 2 more things. Luke doesn't even touch Wastelanders in this video, or expeditions which are 2 really fun big pieces of content that have been added to this game. Honestly he doesn't really do much of anything to show how the game has changed. Second, I feel like almost a third of this video isn't even showing F76 gameplay. I will always always respect Luke's criticism in the gaming space, but I don't really see why he made a video about F76, and didn't show the bigger pieces of content that have really changed the game. Also, Lukes statement on players sticking to themselves is highly inaccurate. Nowadays there are almost always multiple public teams, daily ops teams, and expedition teams in servers if you just.. pull up the social tab (which I'm not entirely sure why he doesn't.) It takes 2 seconds to pull up the world activity tab (that he doesn't pull up either) to see everything that's going on. Sure, his lobby wasn't active. That doesn't mean that's always the case, and if that's the case, and you're not happy with the activity on the server. You can leave, and pick another server. Just gonna be honest because I'm really critical about this game. It doesn't seem like Luke did his research here. Which makes me question why make the video. I feel like we should start being more critical of content creators who do reviews like this as a job because with someone as large as Luke making a video like this, and not actually doing more research, and showcasing some of the more positive pieces of content. It can give the same opinion that most people have made for years now. I don't know if Luke explored those features on his stream. It's one of the ones I haven't watched from him, but he didn't show them here. I highly recommend anyone looking at this video to go watch Gothalion's recent streams of Fallout 76. With this video only being a month old. If you aren't watching Luke's streams you may only get a not so great opinion of F76. There's way more to this game than running around the map, shooting a few ads, and barely running into a player. There's an awesome community playing a bunch of fun content. While also dealing with a bunch of crappy bugs, and microtransactions that are overbearing. Watch this video from Luke, watch some of Gothalion's streams, and also play the game for yourself. Regardless Luke's opinion of F76 is still accurate (writing a novel about this because the game has come really far from it's god awful launch, and I believe it's worth at least trying again.)
Gonna add one more point here. There is an economy in this game fuelled by the community. It is more affordable to shop at player vendors for ammunition, and healing items (if the player has made them available.) Players can also sell plans in their vending machines in the event they find extras. They can sell normal/legendary weapons/armor in their vending machines, and more. Which, you can also see all players in the world activity tab, and if they have their own vending machines. They don't show exactly every item they have, but will tell you what type of items, and the amount. An example: Players can have several types of ammo for sale at their vendors, but it won't tell you what types when you are on a players name in the world activity tab. It will just tell you they have ammo, and how much in total, but it will show you if they have legendary weapons/armor, and what tier of legendary. This may not seem like an important detail, but when F76 is attempting to be an mmo. Stuff like a self driven player economy is important. To my knowledge you can only buy items, but you can trade with players face to face as well. Also, griefing (to my knowledge) has been toned down since launch. It's absolutely still possible to grief (believe legacy weapons can still be used in lobbies quote me if I'm wrong,) but the community is generally in my opinion positive, and healthy. Also just reviewing community feedback on forums, and surveys it also appears to be generally positive. All of this information in this comment, and my other one imo is extremely important to know about F76. Otherwise all you get is what Luke shows here. Which makes it appear to be a bare bones experience. Which it's the furthest from now. Luke chose to make this video, and I feel like with his hybrid short/long format videos depending on the content/game title. A video about F76 should include all of this information instead of saying it generally hasn't changed. In my opinion as a viewer, a fan of Luke, and a fan of F76. This doesn't seem like a video I could recommend to a friend if I wanted to show them the pros, and cons of F76. Okay, I think that's all lol. Love Luke. He's always one of the best. His Arkham retrospective is one of the best review videos I've ever watched. Cheers.
@@iwantsomepie And I’m talking to the people who are giving this game another chance. Both of those groups watch him, and they should know there’s more here than what he says, and does in this video. If you feel like this game is beneath your standards I’m not entirely sure why you responded to me. I agree with almost everything Luke says here because almost everything he says is spot on, and I don’t shun anyone for not wanting to come back to this game, after they felt played. My standards, and others that share mine are absolutely fine with giving this game another chance. I’m having a blast with 76, and that’s all that matters to me along with letting other people know who are curious about coming back to 76, and haven’t played it for themselves yet, but stumble across this video that there’s a lot here that wasn’t mentioned. Good, and bad. Cheers.
shame..I remember the first time I came out of the bunker in fallout 3, and saw that open world, it was simply magnificent, out of all the games, one of the strongest memories...
FO3 was pretty great, but on a later playthrough, the damn Talon Company Mercs targeted me right after I got out of the vault, before I built up any reputation on the surface. Bit of an oversight there...
Honestly Fallout 76 is one of the best games I’ve played in years. I have grown to enjoy games much more when there is very minimal direction and tutorials unlike some games I’ve played. I find the world so eery and beautiful at the same time and feel it’s a perfect escape for me. The atmospheric story telling though notes, tapes logs and remains is incredible but if you’re someone who doesn’t want to read and discover a story then it’s likely not for you.
Ive played (almost) all the Fallout Games. I got FO76 from a monthly bundle or something and still have not installed it. The Massacre or Fallout 4 RPG depth, was enough to for me see where Beth were going. The announcement of this being an online mmo; which then had no 'missions'. Another Launcher, just more headache. Well, that was the arrow to the knee for me.
I remember a developer Q&A when F3 came out. Someone made the comment that F3 was a pretty good RPG, but not a very good shooter. The developer actually agreed. Yet when F4 came out, RPG quality went down, shooter quality stayed about the same. Then F76 came out and they removed the RPG aspect entirely. The shooter aspect looks worse, or at least completely failed to keep pace with modern games. I'm just not sure what they spent their time on when it came to this game. There was more innovation in New Vegas than there's been in any of the Beth Fallout releases, to date.
One thing that made the game really fun for me at first was how high level players would gift new players stuff and I just found it so wholesome. Cause of that I ended up doing the same and also focused my shop to be new player friendly by setting everything dirt cheap. Everything was either 1 cap or max 8 caps.
Fallout 76 had a rough start, it taken a few years to fix it, the experience was awful and a spit in the face to the brand. The game should have been released in 2021. Now the game works fine, I played it in 2021 and even then it played well. The community is wholesome. And you should give it a try. I played using the xbox app on the PC, I have no issues playing it. However I recommend playing it through steam if you have issues. Steam and PC Xbox App game runs on the same server, just different launchers. Skins are just that and gives you no advantage in game. There are some game advantage stuff to buy, extra character builds these will help you arrange builds for combat builds, trade builds, NPC interactions etc
A lot of stuff is right in this video, won't discredit that, but for anyone reading these comments to see if F76 could potentially be for you. Don't take this video at face value. This is Luke's job, but this video doesn't do enough service for F76. Plenty of bad stuff. Power armor can be very buggy, certain events can be buggy, game can freeze from time to time. The atom shop/Fallout 1st can be extremely controversial (limitless scrap/ammo boxes, lunchboxes, carry weight increases, repair kits, etc.) Bugs/microtransactions aside. The game is extremely fun, and there are plenty of nice people. If you come across a bad egg, or more I still highly recommend not to let it discourage you from meeting the loads of awesome people who are really helpful to the new community. There's a difference in doing a video for a job. Then hearing real experiences from experienced players (meaning the veteran players in the game.) I never thought I would ever enjoy F76 after launch, but now it's one of my main stays. Even outside of a paid experience the game is fun. The guns, the builds, the cryptids, the storylines are all worth experiencing, but at the same time anyone that's felt betrayed by F76 for all it's bad qualities are absolutely justified because there are some absolutely bad sides, but this is mainly a statement for new players. I recommend playing it for yourself for about 10-20 hours. Don't look at the atom shop, just play. Skip through any promos at the title screen, and just jump in. I know it's still popular to hate on the game. By all means it deserves the hate still. It's absolutely justified, and unfortunately for content creators it's still extremely easy to cash in on coming back, and saying the same things everyone already knows about F76, so it absolutely doesn't help it's image, but the game has changed significantly since it's release. Some things haven't changed, some things are still bad, but I stand by saying everyone should absolutely give this game a second chance, and also that most of what Luke says here is accurate. Just give it a go, and form your own opinion.
What..... I come across at least 10 players in like an hour of doing shit in a server. Always wave or use the mic to say hi. Whats this dude smoking lmao Also, I've had thousands of hours into every fallout game from 2-4 and now 450 hours into fo76 I still love it. It's no buggier than any bethesda game lmao and no one is forcing you to buy stuff in the atom shop.
I absolutely DO NOT UNDERSTAND why anyone would want to play a game like Fallout with other people. Other people are nothing but annoying and take you out of an immersive game experience. I want to creep around abandoned buildings that people haven't been in for 200 years, not have to deal with 15 year old shitheads jumping around in clown wigs. Fallout is my all time favorite franchise and there is NOTHING they could do to sell me on this game. It's 100% something I actively don't want.
Finding untouched rations and other utility items 200 years later is what breaks the immersion of single player Fallouts for me. There are NPCs and human enemies everywhere and none of them ever needed those for survival during the last 200 years? Surely there would've been scavenger groups who'd have cleaned every building within a hundred miles radius by now. It's also much more likely that you survive longer as part of a group rather than alone in the wastelands.
If you are the type to get invested in stories and stuff i have to hand it to the writers. They included soo many individual stories that intertwine. The main story is... alright, but all those smaller stories and where they cross is awesome. Yes, the community are a huge reason the game is fun. You can make amazing friendships as i have through it. Some of my friends now, have been made over the years with this game. It is an MMO with a fallout skin, yes. But thats what it promised. It wasnt trying to promise to be a huge. Mindblowing game. Just a fun mmo in the fallout universe.
01:47 But he never said that... I get what you mean and I'm not defending rushed releases, but that statement in it of itself is just damaging overall for the game industry as it oversimplifies things and condems games worked on by developers who really care, but had no other choice but to release it. That statement came from a time when you had one physical release and nothing else.
hello, small-time indy dev here. I've encountered that exact same 'laggy hand aiming at aim-point delay' bug described around 14:30. If it helps bethesda or anyone else, here's what caused it for me. Basically there's a few phases of processing going on. Phase one: animate the character in its basic 'running, walking, whatever' loop. Phase two: starting from the shoulder and moving to the hand, aim each kinematic segment towards the current bullet aim point in 3d space, each segment gradually getting more specifically 'right on' the aim point, so the shoulder only aims 40%, the upper arm another 60%, the lower arm 80%, the wrist/hand 100%. So now the animated character has been adjusted to aim at the aim point. Now, get the position / rotation of the hand, and move the gun into that position. So this all sounds fine, and should work as described. the problem is, these phases don't particularly like to sequence like this. The underlying architecture of some engines is such that phase Two actually occurs before phase one, or phase three happens first then phase one and two, etc. So you end up applying the hand position of last frame to the gun position of current frame, etc. Short version of solution: get those phases sequenced right. This very likely means rolling your own inverse kinematics handling (which is what i had to do), because the game will try to put inverse kinematics before animation process or whatever, the default sequence is setup as lesser of two evils because it can't always be correct for everyone and usually most people will want it to be the way it is by default.
Destiny is ABSOLUTELY monetized out the ass in a disgusting manner. I think it has even gotten worse after Bungie and Activision split, crazy enough. And now there is pay for power. The game actually has pay to win mechanics in it now.
I started playing Fallout 76 about 3 months ago and I love the game. I convinced my friend to get it with me, we start and there were people waiting outside the vault ready to give us weapons, stimpacks, and other materials. There is a new patch on the beta server right now that adds a specific "Donations" chest at the exit of vault 76. It allows new players to start at level 20 with premade card builds as well now.
I think you missed something about the dumpster fire analogy, is the Dumpster is actually better for being on fire. A Dumpster on fire is a attraction that gathers a crowd to look at it. While a dumpster is not nearly as big a deal. It is worse to be mediocre than it is to be incredibly bad, because the absurdly bad are fun to mock. The glitches are at least fun to laugh at and stand shocked at.
Switching from borderless fullscreen to fullscreen fixes the performance and stutter issues, it actually runs pretty good, the borderless fullscreen performance bug has been there since launch
i have the jagged movement behavior usually when the game runs at a higher fps than the monitors max hz rate so on my 34" ultrawide with 144hz i experienced it on some games that run like at 160 fps or so. solution for me was to disable v-sync ingame force it through nvidia control panel and cap the fps to 120 fps aswell. probably not the same case on this one since it doesnt even run over 100 fps but just wanted to share my experience :D
You are correct. It's well known amongst the moding community that Bethesda's game engine is tied directly to frame rates and very high frame rate or frame rate variance can cause odd physics issues and janky gameplay.
14:20 thats happening because the hand animation loop is going back to the first frame every time a turn tick is updated but its still trying to go back to its last state.
True, one of the best communities of an online game I have ever played Picked up the game early this year and had a blast with it, ( almost 180h) All the people I encountered who had higher level than me helped me with quests and gave ton of stuff A lot of times I didn't do anything lol because I was underpowered So yeah highly recommend
It’s “ at least got a good community” is like moving to a town where the ground is completely covered knee deep in feces and 3 times a day a swarm of rats runs through town but hey, least the neighbors are really nice! I am also shocked to hell that people are ACTUALLY paying 100 dollars to get the classic fallout experience. I mean that is mental. Sadly as well is the fact people are paying and if it’s getting them enough revenue then we have more subscriptions for Bethesda games in the future to just enjoy the basic game. Damn sad.
The game is literally just Fallout but with friends. It was never promoted to be the next big jump in the Fallout series. Did they underdeliver at the time? Yes, absolutely. I bought it at launch and was extremely disappointed. No npc’s or reason to play. Now, its basically Fallout 4 2. New map, new quests, public events and bosses. I dont understand why people hate it still. Theres npc’s now, the game is literally just Fallout to its core. If it were any different people would hate on it. The point of the game is to play with friends bc for YEARS fans have been wanting some sort of co-op for the series and now that they have it, they hate it. I could understand the hate then, but now, having picked up the game again only last week, I’ve been having a BLAST. What more could you want from a Fallout game that came out 5 years ago. It has everything you guys loved about the series now and its still not enough. If you want Fallout 4, go play that. If you want Fallout 4 with friends, go play 76.
As for the subscription, its literally just extra decorations and storage. Yes, storage can be a problem in the game but it is completely manageable without Fallout 1st. If you’re buying the subscription for the private world, you’re playing for all the wrong reasons.
@@bryanarevalo5522 FO76 has some things that are better than FO4 like the hand crafted map and the upgraded lighting engine (even if it bugs out a lot in areas like the mire) and it has a lot of parts that are inferior - it is supposed to be a RPG but there are almost no choices that matter (except for the gold raid). Factions are just cosmetics. Camp building is way more limitied compared to FO4 (not even talking about sim settlements in FO4). Basic camp items are broken since a long time like the jukebox, nixie tubes, turrets in general, enclave laser doors, wildwood shelter door, camp allies teleport around because the devs do not care to fix the pathfinding algorithm. I played FO76 since launch because of the map, but thats it. They also missed the tone, FO76 does not have the dark humor of previous fallouts, it leans more to the goofy or silly side especially in the newer content updates. So it is kind of ok as a fallout now, but without the Fallout IP just a mediocre loot-shooter.
When we said we wanted a multiplayer fallout we ment a real fucking fallout game with just a co-op experience where i can play with 1 or 2 friends. No one asked for a shitty MMO. this game could have been better in a thousand ways id they just made it a simple co-op. If fallout 5 has a similar co-op as mentioned itll be one of the best selling fallout games.
I spent hundreds of hours in this beautiful game. You have to uncover the stories yourself, like a detective. Actually more like an anthropologist. But it's all there. Everything we love about Fallout is in this game. You just have to be an adult about it. If you're going to sit there monitoring your framerate with some panel, then you're not there to enjoy the game for what it has to offer. I loved building my bases in strange places. I once found a really large tree and built a spiral staircase up to a treehouse overlooking Morgantown. Another time I repurposed the greenhouses to make a Mars habitat style farming cluster in remote mountain valley. You can live there. Farm, hunt, be at peace, watch the weather change, make your home perfect.
When analyzing a game from a critical point of view, you are already not reviewing like a casual gamer. To a casual, just having fun in the game is enough to classify it as a "good game", which fun isn't the main metric when analyzing a work of media. You can have fun with basically anything. Throwing a paper ball to a garbage can can be fun, though I wouldn't classify it as a good game. The same with Starfield and most Bethesda titles: its completely understandable to have fun playing them. But when you analyze a game as an art form instead of just a entertainment piece, you need way more than fun. You need depth, how amazingly different the gameplay is compared with other games, which systems are better than others similar, how important is the soundtrack, how does the lore stands on its own. For exemple, most games can't handle the same level of scrutiny over their main story and lore as books and literature does. Many would think this is unfair, but I do not. Do you want games to be recognized as the next step of art where one may find something more meaningful than just mindless fun? That isn`t to say that every game should be a Stanley Parable, but to recognize that a game that can give something special to make the player keep thinking about even outside the game IS art and usually more difficult to accomplish than your Fallout 4 main story line.
My friends and I experienced this game together for the first time 2 years back and it was fun just messing around. We also had help from high level players with some of the more expensive items/ blueprints
Let me put it like this... I'd gladly play it as a single player experience, with all the cool mods picking up what Bethesda threw at the wall. I'd enjoy it probably less than F4, but it could still be 6/10 for me. As MMO though, I just can't force myself to play it further than to the first bigger location.
He didn’t really explain what’s so bad about the game now. He just kept saying “it’s still bad guys”. I wanted to know about quests, how populated the world is, how easy it is to progress, etc. I didn’t need to hear him constantly saying the same thing over and over.
I mean, I lost trust in this review when he was loading into the game and complaining about how he had to waste money buying the game on steam because he couldn’t be bothered to uninstall and reinstall the xbox game launcher, he just enjoys bitching about little things
The thing around the 9/10 minute mark is exactly why I feel CCs shouldn't be given free stuff, copies of games and all that crap because it also skews the impressions of the game. A game is always more fun comparatively when you've gotten everything for free.
Its almost as if a beloved in-depth, single player story based RPG with plot development and consequences DOESNT WORK even half as well as an MMO full of hero characters where nothing can really happen. Who could have known? Shocking.
Ya, my best friend has thousands of hours in fallout and i tried to play with him for a while... i finally had to break it off with him. I sat him down, held his hand and told him "look, i love you like a brother, we have been friends since 6th grade but i cant live this lie anymore.... i hate playing fallout 76 with you. I'm soooo happy you found a game you love so much but i cant keep this up. Ive uninstalled it and i cant see myself reinstalling it. I hope we can still be friends." 😢
@@savagex466-qt1io feel free to disagree but third person doesn't have motion sick inducing moments while travelling a crumbled road or down a large hill or mountain. The rest of the pros/cons are just normal third person vs first person conversation so will leave it at that.
This game is still getting hate? Damn I feel sorry for Bethesda Austin. I genuinely enjoy this game and the fact that it outlasted RDR2 Online and everyone is ignoring that fact is incredible. Awesome game, friendly people, free content . What more do people want?
Enemies level scale. Those enemies weren't level 9 for the high level person lol. They were 9 because you were 9. Also following the questlines helps a lot with fun.
Just come back a few days ago. And i can say i lot have change. First off, other high level players wont affect the enemies around you. This is a pain in the ass when you are below level 20 (or 50) then suddenly the enemy level turns 3x of your level because some high level players is nearby. 2nd, the public event. Since i mentioned the enemy level now remains with yours. You can also joined public events, wait for someone to puff up sa lunch box boosters, and get shared stat bonuses.Then get some free shots on the enemies then your getting exp boosted in no time. Lastly, joining events (from the start) lets you fly off to some part of the map for free, saving you time on walking to them when going through the storyline or quest. Its more enjoyable now when i first bought it 5 yrs ago.
Calling Destiny 2 f2p is not really telling the truth, they sold the game. After a while and many dlcs with TEMPORARY access they made the shitty base experience free until max level where you're then just locked to the hub.
Honestly, one thing that annoys me just looking at it is that it doesn't even look like a post-apocalyptic world; the grass is green, the trees are colorful, life is everywhere. And it takes place very soon after the war, too, which is even more bonkers, because at the same time as nature looking unaffected, buildings and trucks look ancient and weathered, because they are assets ripped from FO4, 210 years after the bombs.
Honestly... It looks right to me. Its been what 20 - 25 years? Looks right. What looks weird is Fallout 4 being 210 years after the bombs. Like... They radiation was gone not even a year after then, nuclear reactors aside. It should be overgrown
Started playing today after uninstalling about 5 years ago, completely unrelated to this video! The game is excellent so far. Good frames on maxed settings, not ultrwide though. yeah some bugs but it’s Bethesda. I’m happy I jumped back in, would love some friends on there if anyone sees this!
I don't see what the 'what if' about this game is, it was always going to be bad. They took a beloved singleplayer rpg based around interesting characters and choices and made it a multiplayer looter shooter with no characters or choices. It was very clearly a cash grab from the start and there was never a good core idea that justified it exsisting.
@@honcore1443 No, that sounds terrible. A Fallout game is about interacting with the denizens of the post-apocalypse, learning their stories and how their communities have developed since the bombs dropped, and taking sides in faction conflicts. None of that works well with multiple players at all. Terrible idea.
Actually, i've seen a better analogy from acornfilms (one of my favorite reviewers, who sadly hasn't published a video in years though 🤔). He said: "there's only so much you can polish a turd, and that's what this is: a turd. They can polish it all they want, in the end is just gonna be a shiny turd."
Related to a point you bring up into like 3/4ths of the video, I've never understood people's weird loyalty to companies just because sometimes they make a product you like. It's one thing to be like "well, they make stuff I like, so maybe I'll like this new thing" vs "they made a thing I like so I will defend their honor and take dislike of their product as a personal attack"
Love this game. 3000 hours of playtime. So many different aspects and complexities to it. So many great friends met. You just never gave it a chance and were quick to jump to your conclusions or simply, just not a game for you. The later is probably more accurate.
I didn't really play until after the wastelanders update, and since then I've sunk a good amount of time in and greatly enjoyed a lot of it, playing it like a single player Fallout experience. I think it's actually better than (unmodded) FO4 in that respect, and they've only added more since. So yeah, I enjoy the game itself, quite a bit.
So let me explain a few things you brought up in your video. 1. GPU utilization. Its always been a problem, but it depends on what hardware you are using. Some GPUs it can use all of, some it cant. It kinda forces you to lower settings a little to make it work. 2. The "choppy world/hand movement" is a byproduct of the absolute INSANE amount of screen space rendering this game relies on. Youll notice it a lot more in areas where shadows get cast on fog or smoke. Its quite jarring when it happens. 3. The evil statement and everything wrapped around it is beyond stupid and speaks to the heart of the problem Fallout 76 had. I do not excuse half-baked games, but this was far from the worst culprit of that at the time. Fallout 76 was an over decade in the making passion project by Todd and a handful of others on the team who shared his vision. The game honestly wasnt made for us when it came out. It was made for Todd. It was everything Todd wanted in the game. When it came out and it was broken like every other game releasing at the time it got clowned on. Todd watching what was essentially his perfect child get raked over the coals knocked a lot of wind out of their sails and caused the progression to be slow. Once the heat died down and the smoke settled, people saw a good game in Fallout 76 somewhere and that revitalized the team into making it what it is now. Misguided? Maybe. Evil? Absolutely not lol. 4. At a certain point you just gave up entirely on being un-biased and even verbally state as much. Since you are so heavily biased, your review kinda sucks. I admit the game has flaws, many of them. But to read a few comments and play for an hour and pretend you KNOW that the game is bad and "evil" but have no clips to show this because.. well... its not true. The community knows what the game is and what they can expect out of it. And they like it. Its a good game, reviewing mostly positive on Steam lol.
the game isnt great, but it scratches that "loot shoot explore" itch pretty well. I sunk about 500 hours into it, started a bit after the wastelanders update. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys exploration based games. And you can usually get it for next to nothing, worth a buy in my book.
The biggest sin in my eyes is the limited stash you have unless using the paid subscribtion. The regular 200 item stash fills out almost instantly and specially if you're in EU having to pay 15 freakin' euros a month is completely asinine. I definitely regret spening money on the game itself now as I just had to stop playing it since I have no more room to collect stuff and refuse to pay for the sub. Hell, I would be spending less money for the game itself then for one months sub at that point.
One of the most predatory practices I had ever seen in a game. I begged my friends to stop paying for that and it took a while for them to actually see how messed up it was. Very strange psychological situation in general
@@mattfabz 1,200 is what I meant, didn't remember the exact amount it was off the top of my head but that fills up just as quickly with the junk items you need for crafting plus a few weapons, especially if they're heavy like miniguns or rocket launchers etc.
Fallout 76 is the game that finally made me realize that Bethesda can only make one kind of game. That template - which began with Morrowind, arguably the best game they ever made, and led to Oblivion to Fallout 3 to Skyrim to Fallout 4 to Fallout 76 to Starfield, each time, implementing some simplification, be it the merging of two skills into one, or a wholesale revamp of the leveling system, and many other examples in-between - is the only template they seem to have. That's what saved me from buying Starfield and what will keep me from buying Elder Scrolls 6. I've moved on. I do wish them well, though.
@@rzwitdauncut The player-as-messiah-figure template, where every NPC stares at you when you walk by or utters some throwaway dialogue at you. Cyberpunk 2077 isn't like that. NPCs in Cyberpunk couldn't hardly give a shit who you are. They're busy trying to survive in Night City. Bethesda NPCs are all waiting on you. And they look like they're waiting too. It's not immersive, it's a constant reminder that you're playing a game.
At lvl 25, a random guy met me in an event and had me follow him back to his C.A.M.P. He the gave me two T-60 Brotherhood of Steel power armors! One for my lvl at the time and a lvl.50 for later. He also dropped me 25 fusion cores. I'm now lvl.78 and I've still not had to buy fusion cores to this day. Awesome community in this game!
I really enjoyed my experience with Fallout 76. Sure it’s far from perfect..but damn do I love the world building. Exploration is fun. The main story is solid. So are side quests. The building is entertaining. Sure Fallout 1st and the Atomic Shop are outrageously pricey. That sucks. But add everything I said to the fact that the community is so friendly and engaging..Grade: B. I loved my character build and worked hard for it. I built my own cave. Met some guys who REALLY helped me better understand the mechanics. Participated in some goofy but fun seasonal events. Some amazing and beautiful set pieces and discoveries.
All it sounds like is you have an axe to grind with Bethseda, an wont acknowledge how much better the games gotten and how they have listened to the community when it comes to changes.
I knew this game was rushed out or just plain used as bait for a money grab on the FO orphans and addicts out there but after picking it up on a Steam Sale and actually playing it, I saw that it was actually worse than I expected. I was baffled by the bad lighting, shadows, textures and jagged models that made it look like a FO3 mod. That and the fact that you can't tell when it's night or day except for the blue or yellow filter because the nights are as bright as the daytime. I'd rather mod the shit out of FO3 than play this game anymore.
Yeah the community is not the game. I've been playing it and sure, there are quite a few generous people playing ....but they're often that way because they WANT new players to stay. There really aren't many players, and they're bleeding away because the game itself is still grindy, buggy, shallow and greedy.
I feel like this video is kinda vapid. Yes, Fallout 76 isn't perfect. But I wouldn't call it "awful" perhaps at launch, but I did not experience it then. I mean c'mon it feels like you've only played for a couple of hours, for instance you're only level 10. Yeah, I'd consider the fourth installement to be superior. However, its quests from wastelanders, and the brotherhood of steel is great. Meet the game on its own terms, sit down and actually play it, get to the end game and then review it. Don't waddle through the first few hours and then regurgitate a low quality rant. You're a reviewer and content creator it's your job to do this, I think its dishonnest to make quick video that offers no new or original insight on a topic that's been covered to death. You could do better.
fallout 76 is weird because your experience can VASTLY change depending on if you meet players that aren't interested in the community and those who are
The reason for the game running at a cap of 85fps, is because if it runs any faster, the tick rate gets wacky, and allows for exploits in game to occur, such as moving faster than intended, and animations to out pace dialog. It's literally just fallout 4's engine with slightly better graphics.
One other critique players might want to check out is 'How Does 76 Compare to Previous Fallouts' by Noah Caldwell-Gervais. A bit long, but he puts into words precisely how a lot of players feel about the game itself while still being even-handed and logical in his criitque of it, bringing up points Bethesda itself might want to seriously consider when developing future games. It contains the only actual critique of the game itself I've yet seen, though the rest is obviously personal experience and opinion. It was made when the game first released, so it doesn't cover the nonsense that's been added to the game since. What was true then is true now, and I'm honestly not sure it's not just a perfect example of the simple fact that insidious industry trends are overriding game development studios' radar and not just Bethesda's. The base game, sans all the greedy MMO nonsense, is actually not half-bad. The real tragedy of 76 is that its inherent potential may never be realized.
Funny cause it is the community that made me stop playing. I was not the friendly person, I was a raider. I wanted your junk and the caps for your life. God forbid I add excitement to anyone's day. Issue was I was good, so people no longer feel like the protagoniost playing against me . Pvpers were shunned , and they removed the pvp servers because the community didn't play it enough. Players always got mad for contesting workshops. despite their intended pvp mechanic.
Not gonna lie, I actually really like Fallout 76. On the other hand, I wasn't hyped for it, did not pre-order it, I got it for like 5 bucks, and I enjoy the Fallout Universe in general. The community is pretty good too since everyone who plays knows the reputation of the game and wants to be welcoming to anyone who tries it. For sure, if you don't *really* like Fallout you can probably totally skip this game. If you do try, you'll find a community that's happy to get you started.
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Never trust Fallout 76 players when you ask them if the game is fixed. LMAO To be fair, I was one of them - but the community is the BEST out there. I asked for help on Reddit and so many met up with me and helped me out. In 6 months only two people tried to fight/troll me.
Make video on Far Cry 4
What do you mean have they fixed it? It's exactly what they wanted it to be, heavily monetized with bare minimum effort in content
Are you reading a script from your display?
Listen... i don't like shit so i don't eat shit. Don't buy it peeps. If you got to much money, do something better with it..
If the only argument for a game is "it's fun with friends" then it's a bad game.
I didn't even have fun playing with 3 friends. One of my friends got so pissed off at the bugs that he stopped gaming with us for a while because we convincedhim to spend money on it. Another friend wanted to go back to playing Monster Hunter and the last friend stuck around the longest as he doesn't really complain, but even he didn't want to get back on the game. This was in 2021, so people were telling us that it was good finally. It sucks.
And that's not even really true here. Besides in order for a game to be fun with friends you need friends willing to play it, nobody I know will ever play this game.
It seems to work for every mmo that has ever existed.
I had fun myself
@@goblin3810 Define "work". Because the graveyard is pretty damn large.
I just feel bad for the artists and writers and developers who always work very hard and passionately on their projects. It's never really their fault that games don't end up good. It's almost always due to poor leadership and unrealistic time constraints
>bethseda
>writers
I guarantee you it is because big publicly traded corporations are all beholden to Blackrock’s ESG scores to get investors, so they’re focusing on DEI initiatives more than making good products.
@@inthefade based and true
Agreed. Fallout 3 had a ton of cut content because of time constraints set by bethesda itself.
It's not a surprise now that their ex quality control employees are trying to unionize.
The company has lost track of what gaming is and are just in 'money' mode.
If Bethesda doesn't take themselves seriously, how are we supposed to?
We would have to go to the bathroom.
The problem is they don't care because so many people have this warped view that "well it's Bethesda so It's expected"
-_- people still bought and play the game.
Long as people are such consumersitc blind people, These companies and people in them ever STOP.
The community is the best thing about F76.
Uhhh... I got a pinnochio-nosed super creepy clown mask called...something-nacht.... and immediately put it on, stripped off all my clothes and grabbed a bloody bat.
I then immediately stopped 'playing' the game, went back to the vault, crouched in some bushes, and waited for noobs.
Then, I started laughing like a psycho Beavis. Little machine-gun whisper-laughs and heavy breathing. When the new players hear and start looking around, I jump out of the bush, a naked, masked, bat-weilding psycho, giggling like an unhinged lunatic and grunting "Peeeeeenisssss!" really loudly.
See, you can't kill noobs. But you *can* scare/chase noobs into a pack of feral ghouls.
Man. Fun times.
Then my trick backfired, and some kid ended up sobbing over his mic, terrified.
That kinda killed it for me.
Its all fun and games til a kid cries.
And that sums up fallout 76.
It’s hard to get hyped for Starfield seeing the revealed gameplay. I’m not going to sit and say “this looks fine. They will fix it.” I know better.
It was one of the biggest gaming letdowns of my life because I’m from West Virginia. I was going back to school for a computer science degree and all my teacher could talk about was fallout 76 man we give him hell when it came out. Not many games are based in West Virginia and most movies we are hillbilly cannibals.😢
They did Southern MD dirty like that with Fallout 3, Point Lookout DLC 😂
Are you implying that you aren't inbred hillbilly cannibals? Movies have lied to me all this time?
I was doing work in WV when it came out and I was really let down as well because I love the state.
Nah nah we know you are just trying to trick us into thinking you aren't hill billy cannibals and then when we show up you eat us while playing a banjo.
Wrong turn?
One thing i did really like in this game is how they had cryptids like the mothman that would spawn in at random places at random/rare times. It made it very exciting when you spotted one of them.
Same man and for 10 dollars? It’s not a bad deal. Mothman and the other cryptids were the main reason why I got into it. Especially the Rip Daring scoreboard where you could get Mothman theme stuff too
ya the alian one is scary ! floats around
I just found mothman and my allies/turrets killed it before I took out my gun and didnt get any loot out of him if there is any
But neither of those things are true? I can go to each spawn area and see a cryptic right now...
The community is great, I remember there was a bar that would pop up in the starter area where the players behaved like NPC they were brilliant.
Yeah you got lucky, this isn’t the entire community. I have 30 hours in the game and I never met a single nice person, in fact. I quit the game because I was CONSTANTLY being harassed by super high level players.
@Matt Shelton I've got hundreds of hours, plenty of nice people. Also has its fair share of assholes though. Generally players are nice outside of PVP events and such
@@mattshelton7423 For the most part, most of the A-holes are gone from 76, least in comparing the first 2 years of the game.
I was attacked while I was still in the vault when I played 😂
@@TheSynysterGamer That's not possible. If you're a level 1 that just started, you can't participate in pvp. Also, there is no way for you to get back into the vault, as far as I know, so you're either lying or know something I don't, which I doubt.
the first time i saw other players in 76 i was scared at first i was only lvl 2 or something but they dropped me weapons whole lot of food and ammunition and were very nice to me. stopped playing a while after that but its nice to hear that they are not the only ones that are so nice
It's still a very common thing. My camp is next to the Wayward (first mission giver and shop NPC).
I've a market thing full of early game top tier crafted gear cheap as,as well as treasure maps etc. It's a social friendly game, like most of the companies games.
I got it for free and dropped the game after 10 hours. I think the concept is pretty awesome tbh, an open world where you collaborate with other players? Excellent. But absolutely awful execution.
Agreed, in the hands of capable teams it seems like this concept can be super successful. ESO, for example, is still huge and has a very devoted fan base. It really gets you thinking about what this could have been.
@@LukeStephensTV honestly Death Stranding does a better job at this concept than FO76 😂
@@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT maybe I’m completely misinformed, but isn’t that game single player ?
@@TheRubberMatch Death Stranding is single player but other players structures and items can appear in your world if online features are on. And during a boss fight other players can appear to give you items when running low.
@@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT wow that’s very cool. Had no idea. Thank you!
That door "glitch" is a spam prevention mechanic to stop players from trolling or otherwise abusing the game by interacting with something over and over again in quick succession. The prompt resets by literally just looking away and putting your cursor back over it. You stared at the door and therefore prolonged your suffering stuck behind the door, lol. You found a small gap in the prompt box at the end (you can see it flicker just before it changes to close) and that's why you were able to get out. Otherwise you'd have gotten out much sooner by literally just turning your mouse away from the door for single frame.
Terrible design, but I kinda see why they originally put it in the game.
Oh is that why you have to click twice on the Alien Sliding Door to open it ? I love the look of the door but it drives me crazy.
the funny part is this same mechanic exists in fallout 4 as well, since usually if you try to enter a door that an npc just used it'll prevent you from entering. happens to me everytime I play fallout 4 when entering the police station with danse for the first time
it has nothing to do with "stopping players from trolling other players"
youre giving bethesda credit because you happen to like the game but that glitch has been present in their games since oblivion........ also still in starfield....
@@Mythicalgoon Starfield does not even have the same engine, what makes you think it's a glitch and not intentional?
@@Jinppa wtf starfield literally does use the same engine buddy.
The Creation engine 2 is just a heavily modified version of the creation engine, essentially a new version. That being said it's still the same engine.... You can tell because the same things that limited their old games still limit starfield. Cells and loading screens
I tried it a 2nd time on a new beefy PC. I honestly had a decent time. I really liked farming fusion reactors at the power plant. You can trade them to people and its a fun reoccurring quest.
F76 is the angriest I’ve ever been after buying a game. I still have it and could go back to it at any time but why? I can’t imagine trusting Bethesda to release a finished game… Lucy and the football ya know?
Why did you buy it? Everyone and their mother was screaming their warning signs about 76's shittiness since the announcement to the launch. Why possessed you to throw even more money at the company?
@@detrik01 Fallout 4 was my ex’s fav game. There was no way we weren’t getting it. I was concerned but didn’t think it could possibly be as bad as it was. Angry as I was I think it was worse for her- first time she’d ever seen a disaster launch like that, she was soooooo sad
Cyberpunk 2077 was the same for me. Never supporting CDPR again till they can prove their worth trust.
I bought it for like $20 and I'm still mad, lmao.
@@DarkeningDemiseP2077 is a pretty phenomenal game now, catch up buddy. Shit even went back up in resale value, it's crazy.
It's a game where I look at it as the Gambler's / Sunk Cost Fallacy, I had played since the Beta until their last BoS update. I think it's just a point of when you've invested so much time or money into the game like the atom store, you have the belief that you can't walk away anymore. Always hoping for a good update, for the revival of the game, for anything redeeming your experience.
It's sunk cost fallacy
@@shib5267 my bad, I'll correct it thanks. But I think Gambler's works as well since it's constant bad or lackluster updates and people expected a good one.
The crappy meal from a nostalgic restaurant comparison to FO76 is perfect. That’s exactly how it felt.
Well, I have never spent a dime in the game and have over 1000 hours in it. I play other games but come back to this one quite often. I love the game. There have been lots of good updates so not sure what you are talking about.
You shouldn't have given bugthesda the mod stealer any money
I spent about 800 hrs or so and I had fun with it, though I jumped in when wastlanders dropped.
I also almost only played solo.
I had no expectations going in and was pretty surprised with the amount of fun I had.
I'm a sucker for item hunting and fashion and if that's your forte fo76 ain't so bad.
Damn, 800 hours
Totally Agree, I actually prefer to play it solo. I have spent around 400 on PS4 and I consider it one of my favorite games. It has a pretty addictive gameplay loop and has a lot of things to offer.
But I Guess not everyone has good taste 😅 😂
2200 hunderd
I've got over 1000 hours. I love this game. Very relaxing and it's fun just to walk around and do whatever.
I also gotta love the atmosphere of exploring this game. So many cool environments and storytelling. Also some of the stories are kinda cool the first time around. Grinding them for levels and such make them boring but that initial experience is quite good I think. Also the weapons, collecting, and skill tree is fun to work with.
What you talk about with streamer experience vs normal person experience reminds me of my time with dayz as a solo. Id watch streamers get groups easy and be able to create fun experiences on twitch. But for my time with the game most people would just start attacking and never play along with anything. I realized that even tho the people interacting with the streamers didn’t outright say “oh sweet I know you you’re a streamer” they clearly knew the streamer by voice which made them more cooperative and eager to play along with them.
I absolutely love the world of Fallout, from the craziness to the art style and that's why I keep coming back to it. I'm in no way defending F76 and what Bethesda has done to it, but I will jump back in from time to time for the world itself and the base building aspect of it, which isn't flawless, but I can enjoy myself hours on end building new bases and discovering new places to build.
I wish they did a borderlands coop system instead. With maybe an option for server play / rent a server avaliable.
I played a lot of it, i find it to be fallout 4 with cool people to meet, solo content was decent as well at least after all the updates
Played with wife and kids, enjoyed it and really loved the music too. Just wasnt nothing new so we quit. Im like 190 i think and FO1st shack really did help alot
@@Scantronacon yeah its content dries up once u hit the grind wall but until then it's worth the nothing I payed for it lol
And the community is one the most friendly in all of gaming.
I still can’t pause my game and decide which weapons to use, which items to use like a normal Fallout RPG. It’s a FPS first which is a slap in the face to Fallout fans. Bethesda doesn’t get their audience. They only want to appeal to main stream casual players with each new game they make. I blame Pete Hines for all of this. If you listen to his interviews it’s clear he does not care about Oldskool gaining ideas and only wants to make money for the casual consumer. fallout 76 is the end product of that.
@Flouserschird It's an online only game. Of course, you can't pause it, dummy that's like going to a Supermarket asking why they don't got any Jordan's 🤦♂️😭😂
Idk how its possible they go this long without patching their newest online game, but elder scrolls online still gets alot of dlc and love. Its like gta online and red dead online all over again
I do know that a handfull of the upper leadership within BGS Austin left a few years ago. And it's my understanding that a lot of the team is now helping with starfield in some way. So it seems like it just is not a priority for them at the moment.
I don't know what their player numbers are like, but matchmaking seemed pretty strained. Intentional or not as a new player I was always in servers with players at least 500 levels above me, and in some cases even a thousand levels above me. That would suggest to me that there probably aren't that many people running around in Appalachia.
ESO is not developed by Bethesda but by Zenimax Online, it's just published by Bethesda Softworks. Fallout 76 on the other hand is developed by Bethesda.
Elder Scrolls Online is managed by Zenimax, not Bethesda nor Microsoft.
Fallout 76 though is managed by Bethesda.
@@Nico78Not Well, Microsoft owns them so technically...
@@Nico78Not Fallout 76 is managed by Double Eleven Studios the last couple years.
the veterans that help the new players is honestly great.
When i see a lot of people complaining about the game they never seem to talk about or cover the story line. I guess people who make reviews don't like to cover half the game.
Anyone who talks about what they like about the game, or cover a way to better your experience, gets labeled as a fan boy or some sort of idiot. It's all very sad that insults are the main way to talk to them.
Also, he says that it's still the exact same buggy mess as it was before. Clearly it's not the case, blinded by hatred seems to be apparent.
Skip around 11:00 if you want to watch the actual gameplay. Everything before that is basically filler.
yeah ... watching this guy being absolute noob at everything he does... is kinda infuriating.... XBOX doesnt work... then steam is trying to install test server... game is running at 80 fps max .... yeah right.... 🙄🙄
Wish I saw this before :/ coulda saved me some time
I tried getting back into F76 a few days ago. Lasted for two hours then uninstalled. This game just fills me with dread and depression like no other game does. At least I got to reencounter the same old graphics bugs I had all the way back at launch. It's nice to meet old friends.
I’m in the same boat.
What are your specs? Because I've never had any kind of graphical bugs 🤔
@MrPlayfulShade (Uses Tesla rifle) Chain Chain Chain Chain Chain. Trust me, there's still plenty of them on all platforms
@@sumyunggui8750 I only play on PC so if there are bad bugs on consoles Im completely oblivious to em lmao
@@mrplayfulshade You're absolutely kidding yourself if you don't think they happen on PC as well, there's plenty of videos showing this. Maybe Todd has blessed you, I'm not trying to bash 76 if you like it, just pointing out it's many faults.
Great video. I play Fallout 76 on pc gamepass and it works fine, I've actually never had an issue with the pc gamepass so I never really understand why everyone else does have issues with it
people really do the video game version of 'yeah he abuses me but i still love him so i'll stay'
also the games high/ultra preset is what causes it to run suboptimal. when i got it for free on pc, i looked up ways to maximize frame rates and people found out that the game sets hidden values absurdly high so you have to go into the ini files and lower things manually otherwise you basically have a bottleneck where it doesnt matter how high your specs are
None of the FPS Fallout games have really played well. They're always a certain level of crusty and clunky but Fallout 76 was several levels worse which is quite a thing to realise. I couldn't accept what it was trying to sell me, community or otherwise. Not my bag but I'm glad some people enjoy what it's doing.
I remember playing skyrim when i was younger, the combat was clunky but I chalked it up to the time and generation of games. I bought fallout 4 like 3 years ago and was shocked with the horrible combat, the only difference is this game came out in like 2014. The clunkiness should have been fixed by then, same with the brain dead ai, dead feeling world, lag spikes, bugs and glitches, etc etc. Feels like Bethesda has learned nothing in the past decade
I had the same experience when retrying 76 when I walked out of the vault and had someone just waiting for me... Except he basically just hunted me and killed everything before I could get to it. Fun stuff
You can't be attacked by other players when your under level 5. Also pacifist mode is a thing. Enable that and nobody can attack you.
@@chasereeves2444 he wasn't attacking me, just killing everything I was trying to kill
@@ninjosh7 id suggest just hopping servers next time then.
@@chasereeves2444 more like hop in a better game worth playing
@@samgoff5289 the games not for everyone, but the things being complained about can easily be fixed by the player.
I'm unashamed of liking this game. Also while the game has many flaws, I think a lot of people are literally incapable of giving anything a real second shot.
Yeah, the game good. This is just a circle jerk hate going on here.
When you mentioned Destiny being a better free to play option, you should just download it and look and see how over monetized that game has gotten over the years, 60 dollar expansions with deluxe editions, event cards, season passes and overpriced store items, destiny is more of a free to try game than free to play.
I'll also add 2 more things. Luke doesn't even touch Wastelanders in this video, or expeditions which are 2 really fun big pieces of content that have been added to this game. Honestly he doesn't really do much of anything to show how the game has changed.
Second, I feel like almost a third of this video isn't even showing F76 gameplay. I will always always respect Luke's criticism in the gaming space, but I don't really see why he made a video about F76, and didn't show the bigger pieces of content that have really changed the game.
Also, Lukes statement on players sticking to themselves is highly inaccurate. Nowadays there are almost always multiple public teams, daily ops teams, and expedition teams in servers if you just.. pull up the social tab (which I'm not entirely sure why he doesn't.)
It takes 2 seconds to pull up the world activity tab (that he doesn't pull up either) to see everything that's going on. Sure, his lobby wasn't active. That doesn't mean that's always the case, and if that's the case, and you're not happy with the activity on the server. You can leave, and pick another server.
Just gonna be honest because I'm really critical about this game. It doesn't seem like Luke did his research here. Which makes me question why make the video.
I feel like we should start being more critical of content creators who do reviews like this as a job because with someone as large as Luke making a video like this, and not actually doing more research, and showcasing some of the more positive pieces of content. It can give the same opinion that most people have made for years now.
I don't know if Luke explored those features on his stream. It's one of the ones I haven't watched from him, but he didn't show them here.
I highly recommend anyone looking at this video to go watch Gothalion's recent streams of Fallout 76. With this video only being a month old. If you aren't watching Luke's streams you may only get a not so great opinion of F76.
There's way more to this game than running around the map, shooting a few ads, and barely running into a player.
There's an awesome community playing a bunch of fun content. While also dealing with a bunch of crappy bugs, and microtransactions that are overbearing.
Watch this video from Luke, watch some of Gothalion's streams, and also play the game for yourself. Regardless Luke's opinion of F76 is still accurate (writing a novel about this because the game has come really far from it's god awful launch, and I believe it's worth at least trying again.)
Gonna add one more point here. There is an economy in this game fuelled by the community. It is more affordable to shop at player vendors for ammunition, and healing items (if the player has made them available.) Players can also sell plans in their vending machines in the event they find extras. They can sell normal/legendary weapons/armor in their vending machines, and more. Which, you can also see all players in the world activity tab, and if they have their own vending machines. They don't show exactly every item they have, but will tell you what type of items, and the amount.
An example:
Players can have several types of ammo for sale at their vendors, but it won't tell you what types when you are on a players name in the world activity tab. It will just tell you they have ammo, and how much in total, but it will show you if they have legendary weapons/armor, and what tier of legendary.
This may not seem like an important detail, but when F76 is attempting to be an mmo. Stuff like a self driven player economy is important. To my knowledge you can only buy items, but you can trade with players face to face as well. Also, griefing (to my knowledge) has been toned down since launch. It's absolutely still possible to grief (believe legacy weapons can still be used in lobbies quote me if I'm wrong,) but the community is generally in my opinion positive, and healthy. Also just reviewing community feedback on forums, and surveys it also appears to be generally positive.
All of this information in this comment, and my other one imo is extremely important to know about F76. Otherwise all you get is what Luke shows here. Which makes it appear to be a bare bones experience. Which it's the furthest from now. Luke chose to make this video, and I feel like with his hybrid short/long format videos depending on the content/game title. A video about F76 should include all of this information instead of saying it generally hasn't changed. In my opinion as a viewer, a fan of Luke, and a fan of F76. This doesn't seem like a video I could recommend to a friend if I wanted to show them the pros, and cons of F76.
Okay, I think that's all lol. Love Luke. He's always one of the best. His Arkham retrospective is one of the best review videos I've ever watched. Cheers.
Probably because he knows that the majority of people have higher standards and wont waste their time on a game built on broken promises
@@iwantsomepie And I’m talking to the people who are giving this game another chance. Both of those groups watch him, and they should know there’s more here than what he says, and does in this video. If you feel like this game is beneath your standards I’m not entirely sure why you responded to me. I agree with almost everything Luke says here because almost everything he says is spot on, and I don’t shun anyone for not wanting to come back to this game, after they felt played. My standards, and others that share mine are absolutely fine with giving this game another chance. I’m having a blast with 76, and that’s all that matters to me along with letting other people know who are curious about coming back to 76, and haven’t played it for themselves yet, but stumble across this video that there’s a lot here that wasn’t mentioned. Good, and bad.
Cheers.
shame..I remember the first time I came out of the bunker in fallout 3, and saw that open world, it was simply magnificent, out of all the games, one of the strongest memories...
same, I miss those days
FO3 was pretty great, but on a later playthrough, the damn Talon Company Mercs targeted me right after I got out of the vault, before I built up any reputation on the surface. Bit of an oversight there...
Honestly Fallout 76 is one of the best games I’ve played in years. I have grown to enjoy games much more when there is very minimal direction and tutorials unlike some games I’ve played. I find the world so eery and beautiful at the same time and feel it’s a perfect escape for me. The atmospheric story telling though notes, tapes logs and remains is incredible but if you’re someone who doesn’t want to read and discover a story then it’s likely not for you.
Ive played (almost) all the Fallout Games. I got FO76 from a monthly bundle or something and still have not installed it. The Massacre or Fallout 4 RPG depth, was enough to for me see where Beth were going.
The announcement of this being an online mmo; which then had no 'missions'. Another Launcher, just more headache.
Well, that was the arrow to the knee for me.
Either I'm drunk, or you're naked. Possibly both.
No missions lol
Spoken like someone who hasn't played the game and made up something negative to get likes.
I remember a developer Q&A when F3 came out. Someone made the comment that F3 was a pretty good RPG, but not a very good shooter. The developer actually agreed. Yet when F4 came out, RPG quality went down, shooter quality stayed about the same. Then F76 came out and they removed the RPG aspect entirely. The shooter aspect looks worse, or at least completely failed to keep pace with modern games. I'm just not sure what they spent their time on when it came to this game. There was more innovation in New Vegas than there's been in any of the Beth Fallout releases, to date.
Its fine.
One thing that made the game really fun for me at first was how high level players would gift new players stuff and I just found it so wholesome. Cause of that I ended up doing the same and also focused my shop to be new player friendly by setting everything dirt cheap. Everything was either 1 cap or max 8 caps.
Fallout 76 had a rough start, it taken a few years to fix it, the experience was awful and a spit in the face to the brand. The game should have been released in 2021. Now the game works fine, I played it in 2021 and even then it played well. The community is wholesome. And you should give it a try. I played using the xbox app on the PC, I have no issues playing it. However I recommend playing it through steam if you have issues. Steam and PC Xbox App game runs on the same server, just different launchers. Skins are just that and gives you no advantage in game. There are some game advantage stuff to buy, extra character builds these will help you arrange builds for combat builds, trade builds, NPC interactions etc
A lot of stuff is right in this video, won't discredit that, but for anyone reading these comments to see if F76 could potentially be for you. Don't take this video at face value. This is Luke's job, but this video doesn't do enough service for F76. Plenty of bad stuff. Power armor can be very buggy, certain events can be buggy, game can freeze from time to time. The atom shop/Fallout 1st can be extremely controversial (limitless scrap/ammo boxes, lunchboxes, carry weight increases, repair kits, etc.) Bugs/microtransactions aside. The game is extremely fun, and there are plenty of nice people. If you come across a bad egg, or more I still highly recommend not to let it discourage you from meeting the loads of awesome people who are really helpful to the new community.
There's a difference in doing a video for a job. Then hearing real experiences from experienced players (meaning the veteran players in the game.) I never thought I would ever enjoy F76 after launch, but now it's one of my main stays. Even outside of a paid experience the game is fun. The guns, the builds, the cryptids, the storylines are all worth experiencing, but at the same time anyone that's felt betrayed by F76 for all it's bad qualities are absolutely justified because there are some absolutely bad sides, but this is mainly a statement for new players. I recommend playing it for yourself for about 10-20 hours. Don't look at the atom shop, just play. Skip through any promos at the title screen, and just jump in.
I know it's still popular to hate on the game. By all means it deserves the hate still. It's absolutely justified, and unfortunately for content creators it's still extremely easy to cash in on coming back, and saying the same things everyone already knows about F76, so it absolutely doesn't help it's image, but the game has changed significantly since it's release. Some things haven't changed, some things are still bad, but I stand by saying everyone should absolutely give this game a second chance, and also that most of what Luke says here is accurate. Just give it a go, and form your own opinion.
What..... I come across at least 10 players in like an hour of doing shit in a server. Always wave or use the mic to say hi. Whats this dude smoking lmao
Also, I've had thousands of hours into every fallout game from 2-4 and now 450 hours into fo76 I still love it. It's no buggier than any bethesda game lmao and no one is forcing you to buy stuff in the atom shop.
I absolutely DO NOT UNDERSTAND why anyone would want to play a game like Fallout with other people. Other people are nothing but annoying and take you out of an immersive game experience. I want to creep around abandoned buildings that people haven't been in for 200 years, not have to deal with 15 year old shitheads jumping around in clown wigs.
Fallout is my all time favorite franchise and there is NOTHING they could do to sell me on this game. It's 100% something I actively don't want.
But… but if you pay Bethesda 100 bucks a year, you can have your own private servers !!! 🤡 what a great deal!
Agree
Finding untouched rations and other utility items 200 years later is what breaks the immersion of single player Fallouts for me. There are NPCs and human enemies everywhere and none of them ever needed those for survival during the last 200 years? Surely there would've been scavenger groups who'd have cleaned every building within a hundred miles radius by now. It's also much more likely that you survive longer as part of a group rather than alone in the wastelands.
I can see that you are a completely ignorant person to say something like that
That's why I haven't played it yet. I don't want to deal with other people. I love the other fallout games. I have no patience for online.
If you are the type to get invested in stories and stuff i have to hand it to the writers. They included soo many individual stories that intertwine. The main story is... alright, but all those smaller stories and where they cross is awesome.
Yes, the community are a huge reason the game is fun. You can make amazing friendships as i have through it. Some of my friends now, have been made over the years with this game.
It is an MMO with a fallout skin, yes. But thats what it promised. It wasnt trying to promise to be a huge. Mindblowing game. Just a fun mmo in the fallout universe.
01:47 But he never said that... I get what you mean and I'm not defending rushed releases, but that statement in it of itself is just damaging overall for the game industry as it oversimplifies things and condems games worked on by developers who really care, but had no other choice but to release it. That statement came from a time when you had one physical release and nothing else.
hello, small-time indy dev here. I've encountered that exact same 'laggy hand aiming at aim-point delay' bug described around 14:30. If it helps bethesda or anyone else, here's what caused it for me. Basically there's a few phases of processing going on. Phase one: animate the character in its basic 'running, walking, whatever' loop. Phase two: starting from the shoulder and moving to the hand, aim each kinematic segment towards the current bullet aim point in 3d space, each segment gradually getting more specifically 'right on' the aim point, so the shoulder only aims 40%, the upper arm another 60%, the lower arm 80%, the wrist/hand 100%. So now the animated character has been adjusted to aim at the aim point. Now, get the position / rotation of the hand, and move the gun into that position.
So this all sounds fine, and should work as described. the problem is, these phases don't particularly like to sequence like this. The underlying architecture of some engines is such that phase Two actually occurs before phase one, or phase three happens first then phase one and two, etc. So you end up applying the hand position of last frame to the gun position of current frame, etc. Short version of solution: get those phases sequenced right. This very likely means rolling your own inverse kinematics handling (which is what i had to do), because the game will try to put inverse kinematics before animation process or whatever, the default sequence is setup as lesser of two evils because it can't always be correct for everyone and usually most people will want it to be the way it is by default.
Destiny is ABSOLUTELY monetized out the ass in a disgusting manner. I think it has even gotten worse after Bungie and Activision split, crazy enough. And now there is pay for power. The game actually has pay to win mechanics in it now.
Its battle pass has a battle pass, shit is unhinged.
Hopefully all that money and funding goes to Marathon
I started playing Fallout 76 about 3 months ago and I love the game. I convinced my friend to get it with me, we start and there were people waiting outside the vault ready to give us weapons, stimpacks, and other materials. There is a new patch on the beta server right now that adds a specific "Donations" chest at the exit of vault 76. It allows new players to start at level 20 with premade card builds as well now.
Currently on a long haul train-Luke you really do deliver at *just* the right time ❤
Mooood i’m on a road trip
I think you missed something about the dumpster fire analogy, is the Dumpster is actually better for being on fire. A Dumpster on fire is a attraction that gathers a crowd to look at it. While a dumpster is not nearly as big a deal.
It is worse to be mediocre than it is to be incredibly bad, because the absurdly bad are fun to mock. The glitches are at least fun to laugh at and stand shocked at.
Switching from borderless fullscreen to fullscreen fixes the performance and stutter issues, it actually runs pretty good, the borderless fullscreen performance bug has been there since launch
Hell, it's not even a Fallout 76 issue but a Bethesda issue in general that all their games run better in borderless fullscreen
i have the jagged movement behavior usually when the game runs at a higher fps than the monitors max hz rate so on my 34" ultrawide with 144hz i experienced it on some games that run like at 160 fps or so. solution for me was to disable v-sync ingame force it through nvidia control panel and cap the fps to 120 fps aswell. probably not the same case on this one since it doesnt even run over 100 fps but just wanted to share my experience :D
You are correct. It's well known amongst the moding community that Bethesda's game engine is tied directly to frame rates and very high frame rate or frame rate variance can cause odd physics issues and janky gameplay.
For me, 190fps is the max without breaking power armor physics (standing in place).
14:20 thats happening because the hand animation loop is going back to the first frame every time a turn tick is updated but its still trying to go back to its last state.
True, one of the best communities of an online game I have ever played
Picked up the game early this year and had a blast with it, ( almost 180h)
All the people I encountered who had higher level than me helped me with quests and gave ton of stuff
A lot of times I didn't do anything lol because I was underpowered
So yeah highly recommend
It’s “ at least got a good community” is like moving to a town where the ground is completely covered knee deep in feces and 3 times a day a swarm of rats runs through town but hey, least the neighbors are really nice! I am also shocked to hell that people are ACTUALLY paying 100 dollars to get the classic fallout experience. I mean that is mental. Sadly as well is the fact people are paying and if it’s getting them enough revenue then we have more subscriptions for Bethesda games in the future to just enjoy the basic game. Damn sad.
The game is literally just Fallout but with friends. It was never promoted to be the next big jump in the Fallout series. Did they underdeliver at the time? Yes, absolutely. I bought it at launch and was extremely disappointed. No npc’s or reason to play. Now, its basically Fallout 4 2. New map, new quests, public events and bosses. I dont understand why people hate it still. Theres npc’s now, the game is literally just Fallout to its core. If it were any different people would hate on it. The point of the game is to play with friends bc for YEARS fans have been wanting some sort of co-op for the series and now that they have it, they hate it. I could understand the hate then, but now, having picked up the game again only last week, I’ve been having a BLAST. What more could you want from a Fallout game that came out 5 years ago. It has everything you guys loved about the series now and its still not enough. If you want Fallout 4, go play that. If you want Fallout 4 with friends, go play 76.
As for the subscription, its literally just extra decorations and storage. Yes, storage can be a problem in the game but it is completely manageable without Fallout 1st. If you’re buying the subscription for the private world, you’re playing for all the wrong reasons.
@@bryanarevalo5522 FO76 has some things that are better than FO4 like the hand crafted map and the upgraded lighting engine (even if it bugs out a lot in areas like the mire) and it has a lot of parts that are inferior - it is supposed to be a RPG but there are almost no choices that matter (except for the gold raid). Factions are just cosmetics. Camp building is way more limitied compared to FO4 (not even talking about sim settlements in FO4). Basic camp items are broken since a long time like the jukebox, nixie tubes, turrets in general, enclave laser doors, wildwood shelter door, camp allies teleport around because the devs do not care to fix the pathfinding algorithm. I played FO76 since launch because of the map, but thats it. They also missed the tone, FO76 does not have the dark humor of previous fallouts, it leans more to the goofy or silly side especially in the newer content updates. So it is kind of ok as a fallout now, but without the Fallout IP just a mediocre loot-shooter.
When we said we wanted a multiplayer fallout we ment a real fucking fallout game with just a co-op experience where i can play with 1 or 2 friends. No one asked for a shitty MMO. this game could have been better in a thousand ways id they just made it a simple co-op. If fallout 5 has a similar co-op as mentioned itll be one of the best selling fallout games.
I spent hundreds of hours in this beautiful game. You have to uncover the stories yourself, like a detective. Actually more like an anthropologist. But it's all there. Everything we love about Fallout is in this game. You just have to be an adult about it. If you're going to sit there monitoring your framerate with some panel, then you're not there to enjoy the game for what it has to offer. I loved building my bases in strange places. I once found a really large tree and built a spiral staircase up to a treehouse overlooking Morgantown. Another time I repurposed the greenhouses to make a Mars habitat style farming cluster in remote mountain valley. You can live there. Farm, hunt, be at peace, watch the weather change, make your home perfect.
Sellout 76's launch was the most entertaining year and half ever.
That shit was funny as hell. Funnier than the no man sky launch.
You should do 100 hours in no man’s sky in preparation for starfield
When analyzing a game from a critical point of view, you are already not reviewing like a casual gamer. To a casual, just having fun in the game is enough to classify it as a "good game", which fun isn't the main metric when analyzing a work of media. You can have fun with basically anything. Throwing a paper ball to a garbage can can be fun, though I wouldn't classify it as a good game. The same with Starfield and most Bethesda titles: its completely understandable to have fun playing them. But when you analyze a game as an art form instead of just a entertainment piece, you need way more than fun. You need depth, how amazingly different the gameplay is compared with other games, which systems are better than others similar, how important is the soundtrack, how does the lore stands on its own.
For exemple, most games can't handle the same level of scrutiny over their main story and lore as books and literature does. Many would think this is unfair, but I do not. Do you want games to be recognized as the next step of art where one may find something more meaningful than just mindless fun? That isn`t to say that every game should be a Stanley Parable, but to recognize that a game that can give something special to make the player keep thinking about even outside the game IS art and usually more difficult to accomplish than your Fallout 4 main story line.
From a coment you made "feel old yet?" Im from 97 too and this year im starting to feel old and see how fast time pased
Its time for important decision making !!!!
My friends and I experienced this game together for the first time 2 years back and it was fun just messing around. We also had help from high level players with some of the more expensive items/ blueprints
Let me put it like this... I'd gladly play it as a single player experience, with all the cool mods picking up what Bethesda threw at the wall. I'd enjoy it probably less than F4, but it could still be 6/10 for me.
As MMO though, I just can't force myself to play it further than to the first bigger location.
He didn’t really explain what’s so bad about the game now. He just kept saying “it’s still bad guys”. I wanted to know about quests, how populated the world is, how easy it is to progress, etc. I didn’t need to hear him constantly saying the same thing over and over.
I mean, I lost trust in this review when he was loading into the game and complaining about how he had to waste money buying the game on steam because he couldn’t be bothered to uninstall and reinstall the xbox game launcher, he just enjoys bitching about little things
The thing around the 9/10 minute mark is exactly why I feel CCs shouldn't be given free stuff, copies of games and all that crap because it also skews the impressions of the game.
A game is always more fun comparatively when you've gotten everything for free.
Its almost as if a beloved in-depth, single player story based RPG with plot development and consequences DOESNT WORK even half as well as an MMO full of hero characters where nothing can really happen.
Who could have known? Shocking.
Ya, my best friend has thousands of hours in fallout and i tried to play with him for a while... i finally had to break it off with him. I sat him down, held his hand and told him "look, i love you like a brother, we have been friends since 6th grade but i cant live this lie anymore.... i hate playing fallout 76 with you. I'm soooo happy you found a game you love so much but i cant keep this up. Ive uninstalled it and i cant see myself reinstalling it. I hope we can still be friends." 😢
Also I strongly recommend playing the game in 3rd person as much as possibly outside of when looting. It makes for a much better visual experience.
no way ! first person is wayy better funner to
@@savagex466-qt1io feel free to disagree but third person doesn't have motion sick inducing moments while travelling a crumbled road or down a large hill or mountain. The rest of the pros/cons are just normal third person vs first person conversation so will leave it at that.
Yes, and deal with the janky ass animations and broken camera indoors.
This game is still getting hate? Damn I feel sorry for Bethesda Austin. I genuinely enjoy this game and the fact that it outlasted RDR2 Online and everyone is ignoring that fact is incredible. Awesome game, friendly people, free content . What more do people want?
No one defending it ever really gives a reason why it's good. Funny that.
@@BWMagus Cause it's fun? Why do you play games? Funny that.
Paying taxes is also more fun with friends and probably a better choice for game night.
All the idiots paying the monthly / annual costs for FO:76 should expect a game that's borderline a Masterpiece.
Enemies level scale. Those enemies weren't level 9 for the high level person lol. They were 9 because you were 9. Also following the questlines helps a lot with fun.
@@daisy9181 sorry you don't have friends to play it with. If you need or want one would be happy to let you game with my friends
I was laughing at this was that as far as he got before he did a review? that's noting.
You dont have to play far into a game to know its shit.
@@thenethuns5271 To each their own
@@thenethuns5271 You kinda have to. That's like playing 4 hours of New Vegas and calling it shit because the early game is boring
Funny thing is fallout first is $12.99 in the U.S but where I live (Australia) it is $22.95 monthly and near $200 for yearly…. Fucking kill me
You gotta love, Australia they know how to jack everything up
Just come back a few days ago. And i can say i lot have change. First off, other high level players wont affect the enemies around you. This is a pain in the ass when you are below level 20 (or 50) then suddenly the enemy level turns 3x of your level because some high level players is nearby. 2nd, the public event. Since i mentioned the enemy level now remains with yours. You can also joined public events, wait for someone to puff up sa lunch box boosters, and get shared stat bonuses.Then get some free shots on the enemies then your getting exp boosted in no time. Lastly, joining events (from the start) lets you fly off to some part of the map for free, saving you time on walking to them when going through the storyline or quest. Its more enjoyable now when i first bought it 5 yrs ago.
Calling Destiny 2 f2p is not really telling the truth, they sold the game. After a while and many dlcs with TEMPORARY access they made the shitty base experience free until max level where you're then just locked to the hub.
Honestly, one thing that annoys me just looking at it is that it doesn't even look like a post-apocalyptic world; the grass is green, the trees are colorful, life is everywhere. And it takes place very soon after the war, too, which is even more bonkers, because at the same time as nature looking unaffected, buildings and trucks look ancient and weathered, because they are assets ripped from FO4, 210 years after the bombs.
honestly i think fallout 4 felt more like it was weathered for 50 years, which still doesn't feel right in fallout 76 or even in its own game
Honestly... It looks right to me. Its been what 20 - 25 years? Looks right. What looks weird is Fallout 4 being 210 years after the bombs. Like... They radiation was gone not even a year after then, nuclear reactors aside. It should be overgrown
Started playing today after uninstalling about 5 years ago, completely unrelated to this video! The game is excellent so far. Good frames on maxed settings, not ultrwide though. yeah some bugs but it’s Bethesda. I’m happy I jumped back in, would love some friends on there if anyone sees this!
Go away
Game's terrible i get 60 fps with an rtx 4080
One of the biggest what ifs in gaming history IMO
I don't see what the 'what if' about this game is, it was always going to be bad. They took a beloved singleplayer rpg based around interesting characters and choices and made it a multiplayer looter shooter with no characters or choices. It was very clearly a cash grab from the start and there was never a good core idea that justified it exsisting.
@@jimmypownall4409 a mmo in a fallout universe is objectively a good idea. As evident by the number of pre orders and first week sales the game had
It’s an objectively good idea depending on who you ask…
@@honcore1443 I don't think you understand "objective"
@@honcore1443 No, that sounds terrible. A Fallout game is about interacting with the denizens of the post-apocalypse, learning their stories and how their communities have developed since the bombs dropped, and taking sides in faction conflicts. None of that works well with multiple players at all. Terrible idea.
Actually, i've seen a better analogy from acornfilms (one of my favorite reviewers, who sadly hasn't published a video in years though 🤔). He said: "there's only so much you can polish a turd, and that's what this is: a turd. They can polish it all they want, in the end is just gonna be a shiny turd."
Related to a point you bring up into like 3/4ths of the video, I've never understood people's weird loyalty to companies just because sometimes they make a product you like. It's one thing to be like "well, they make stuff I like, so maybe I'll like this new thing" vs "they made a thing I like so I will defend their honor and take dislike of their product as a personal attack"
Love this game. 3000 hours of playtime. So many different aspects and complexities to it. So many great friends met. You just never gave it a chance and were quick to jump to your conclusions or simply, just not a game for you. The later is probably more accurate.
So you wasted 3000 hrs on a dog shit game & probably spent hundreds of dollars? Well done..
I didn't really play until after the wastelanders update, and since then I've sunk a good amount of time in and greatly enjoyed a lot of it, playing it like a single player Fallout experience. I think it's actually better than (unmodded) FO4 in that respect, and they've only added more since. So yeah, I enjoy the game itself, quite a bit.
LOL they lied to you. People go out of their way and do everything to find and destroy your base. They kill you for scraps or for nothing.
At the 9:00 clip you have that guy in your chat saying "Starfield will have loading screens for landings". Dude is in the future.
So let me explain a few things you brought up in your video.
1. GPU utilization. Its always been a problem, but it depends on what hardware you are using. Some GPUs it can use all of, some it cant. It kinda forces you to lower settings a little to make it work.
2. The "choppy world/hand movement" is a byproduct of the absolute INSANE amount of screen space rendering this game relies on. Youll notice it a lot more in areas where shadows get cast on fog or smoke. Its quite jarring when it happens.
3. The evil statement and everything wrapped around it is beyond stupid and speaks to the heart of the problem Fallout 76 had. I do not excuse half-baked games, but this was far from the worst culprit of that at the time. Fallout 76 was an over decade in the making passion project by Todd and a handful of others on the team who shared his vision. The game honestly wasnt made for us when it came out. It was made for Todd. It was everything Todd wanted in the game. When it came out and it was broken like every other game releasing at the time it got clowned on. Todd watching what was essentially his perfect child get raked over the coals knocked a lot of wind out of their sails and caused the progression to be slow. Once the heat died down and the smoke settled, people saw a good game in Fallout 76 somewhere and that revitalized the team into making it what it is now. Misguided? Maybe. Evil? Absolutely not lol.
4. At a certain point you just gave up entirely on being un-biased and even verbally state as much. Since you are so heavily biased, your review kinda sucks. I admit the game has flaws, many of them. But to read a few comments and play for an hour and pretend you KNOW that the game is bad and "evil" but have no clips to show this because.. well... its not true. The community knows what the game is and what they can expect out of it. And they like it. Its a good game, reviewing mostly positive on Steam lol.
the game isnt great, but it scratches that "loot shoot explore" itch pretty well. I sunk about 500 hours into it, started a bit after the wastelanders update. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys exploration based games. And you can usually get it for next to nothing, worth a buy in my book.
I honestly enjoy the grind of the game, especially with the creativity and near endless possibilities there are especially with friends.
The biggest sin in my eyes is the limited stash you have unless using the paid subscribtion. The regular 200 item stash fills out almost instantly and specially if you're in EU having to pay 15 freakin' euros a month is completely asinine. I definitely regret spening money on the game itself now as I just had to stop playing it since I have no more room to collect stuff and refuse to pay for the sub. Hell, I would be spending less money for the game itself then for one months sub at that point.
One of the most predatory practices I had ever seen in a game. I begged my friends to stop paying for that and it took a while for them to actually see how messed up it was. Very strange psychological situation in general
Pretty sure you can sell and recycle your items. Been a few months since I played
@@TheReZisTLust not trying to be a jerk but this comment makes it clear you don’t have enough time in the game to understand what we are discussing.
The stash limit is literally 1,200 right now…
You are off by a grand.
@@mattfabz 1,200 is what I meant, didn't remember the exact amount it was off the top of my head but that fills up just as quickly with the junk items you need for crafting plus a few weapons, especially if they're heavy like miniguns or rocket launchers etc.
Fallout 76 is the game that finally made me realize that Bethesda can only make one kind of game. That template - which began with Morrowind, arguably the best game they ever made, and led to Oblivion to Fallout 3 to Skyrim to Fallout 4 to Fallout 76 to Starfield, each time, implementing some simplification, be it the merging of two skills into one, or a wholesale revamp of the leveling system, and many other examples in-between - is the only template they seem to have. That's what saved me from buying Starfield and what will keep me from buying Elder Scrolls 6. I've moved on. I do wish them well, though.
I'm not understanding. What template are you referring to?
@@rzwitdauncut The player-as-messiah-figure template, where every NPC stares at you when you walk by or utters some throwaway dialogue at you. Cyberpunk 2077 isn't like that. NPCs in Cyberpunk couldn't hardly give a shit who you are. They're busy trying to survive in Night City. Bethesda NPCs are all waiting on you. And they look like they're waiting too. It's not immersive, it's a constant reminder that you're playing a game.
At lvl 25, a random guy met me in an event and had me follow him back to his C.A.M.P. He the gave me two T-60 Brotherhood of Steel power armors! One for my lvl at the time and a lvl.50 for later. He also dropped me 25 fusion cores. I'm now lvl.78 and I've still not had to buy fusion cores to this day. Awesome community in this game!
Had so many occasions like this happen
When he said "just watch internet historian" I knew he knew nothing about fallout 76 lol.
I really enjoyed my experience with Fallout 76. Sure it’s far from perfect..but damn do I love the world building. Exploration is fun. The main story is solid. So are side quests. The building is entertaining. Sure Fallout 1st and the Atomic Shop are outrageously pricey. That sucks. But add everything I said to the fact that the community is so friendly and engaging..Grade: B. I loved my character build and worked hard for it. I built my own cave. Met some guys who REALLY helped me better understand the mechanics. Participated in some goofy but fun seasonal events. Some amazing and beautiful set pieces and discoveries.
All it sounds like is you have an axe to grind with Bethseda, an wont acknowledge how much better the games gotten and how they have listened to the community when it comes to changes.
The core gameplay really hasn't improved
I knew this game was rushed out or just plain used as bait for a money grab on the FO orphans and addicts out there but after picking it up on a Steam Sale and actually playing it, I saw that it was actually worse than I expected.
I was baffled by the bad lighting, shadows, textures and jagged models that made it look like a FO3 mod. That and the fact that you can't tell when it's night or day except for the blue or yellow filter because the nights are as bright as the daytime.
I'd rather mod the shit out of FO3 than play this game anymore.
"Destiny 2 not monetized out the ass"
Bruh, that's the biggest lie I've seen on TH-cam yet.
Yeah the community is not the game. I've been playing it and sure, there are quite a few generous people playing ....but they're often that way because they WANT new players to stay. There really aren't many players, and they're bleeding away because the game itself is still grindy, buggy, shallow and greedy.
I feel like this video is kinda vapid. Yes, Fallout 76 isn't perfect. But I wouldn't call it "awful" perhaps at launch, but I did not experience it then. I mean c'mon it feels like you've only played for a couple of hours, for instance you're only level 10. Yeah, I'd consider the fourth installement to be superior. However, its quests from wastelanders, and the brotherhood of steel is great. Meet the game on its own terms, sit down and actually play it, get to the end game and then review it. Don't waddle through the first few hours and then regurgitate a low quality rant. You're a reviewer and content creator it's your job to do this, I think its dishonnest to make quick video that offers no new or original insight on a topic that's been covered to death. You could do better.
fallout 76 is weird because your experience can VASTLY change depending on if you meet players that aren't interested in the community and those who are
The reason for the game running at a cap of 85fps, is because if it runs any faster, the tick rate gets wacky, and allows for exploits in game to occur, such as moving faster than intended, and animations to out pace dialog. It's literally just fallout 4's engine with slightly better graphics.
Fallout 76 looks cool. Can't wait until it's ready to release.
So basically it's the community that might make Fallout 76 worth playing. But I don't think it's a game I'll ever get into.
I don't know why he's being so dramatic, the community isn't suffering through the game. Some people just like it.
One other critique players might want to check out is 'How Does 76 Compare to Previous Fallouts' by Noah Caldwell-Gervais. A bit long, but he puts into words precisely how a lot of players feel about the game itself while still being even-handed and logical in his criitque of it, bringing up points Bethesda itself might want to seriously consider when developing future games. It contains the only actual critique of the game itself I've yet seen, though the rest is obviously personal experience and opinion. It was made when the game first released, so it doesn't cover the nonsense that's been added to the game since. What was true then is true now, and I'm honestly not sure it's not just a perfect example of the simple fact that insidious industry trends are overriding game development studios' radar and not just Bethesda's.
The base game, sans all the greedy MMO nonsense, is actually not half-bad. The real tragedy of 76 is that its inherent potential may never be realized.
Funny cause it is the community that made me stop playing. I was not the friendly person, I was a raider. I wanted your junk and the caps for your life. God forbid I add excitement to anyone's day. Issue was I was good, so people no longer feel like the protagoniost playing against me . Pvpers were shunned , and they removed the pvp servers because the community didn't play it enough. Players always got mad for contesting workshops. despite their intended pvp mechanic.
Not gonna lie, I actually really like Fallout 76. On the other hand, I wasn't hyped for it, did not pre-order it, I got it for like 5 bucks, and I enjoy the Fallout Universe in general. The community is pretty good too since everyone who plays knows the reputation of the game and wants to be welcoming to anyone who tries it. For sure, if you don't *really* like Fallout you can probably totally skip this game. If you do try, you'll find a community that's happy to get you started.