Fallout 76 is the score it wishes it had on metacritic
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Hexx wrote:Tafdolphin wrote:Pendant mode activated
You have another mode?
I loved Fallout NV. Was disappointed by 4. Watching this slow mo car crash is brilliant
What can I say, I strawberry floating love necklaces!
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Hexx wrote:https://www.vg247.com/2018/11/12/fallout-76-beta-cant-uninstall/
You can't uninstall the Beta unless you buy the game
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Bethesda 
The only way this could be going worse is if it was a mobile game
The only way this could be going worse is if it was a mobile game
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First people gripe that the Beta deletes itself and then they moan when it can't be deleted 
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I am joking.
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Those of you buying Fallout 76 on one of those old fashioned blu-ray things will find the game needs 45GB to install, which will take a while. But hey, it’s utterly pointless anyway as as soon as you’ve done that you’ll need to get the day one patch which is even bigger, clocking in at over 51GB.
The update was spotted by PSU as some disc copies of the game are already in the hands on players, the game officially launches on November 14th
what's the point of putting anything on the disc?
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Played this for a little under 5 hours last night and I've hit level 6, here are my thoughts:
There is a LOT of lore
The first town has well over a dozen holotapes/audio logs to find. It has even more notes and terminals to read. When the above article says the game is better in single player for letting you stop to consume all the lore at your own pace, I certainly agree so far. The lore is always good to absorb in Fallout and 76 seems to be no exception.
The level/perks system is cool
You start with 1 across all SPECIAL skills and can upgrade 1 per level. You also however get to pick a new perk card each level, but rather than just unlocking you have to equip these, with your SPECIAL stats constraining what level of perks you can equip. I think it's a good system.
Melee is way more important
More enemies in general and the inability to pause with VATS means that I've been meleeing a lot, something I've mostly avoided in previous games. I think it's good and feels more survival focused.
There is more stuff to build, but building is more restricted than in Fallout 4
Sure you can build "anywhere" (actually, anywhere that isn't within a certain distance of a named location), but the area is pretty small, the budget doesn't seem huge, and you now have to use foundations for all buildings (so no just placing walls down randomly for example). I've already built my first proper little camp on a bridge just outside the starting town, and I'm definitely going to get very into building. Pretty much everything needs to be unlocked, but I think that's good as I'll hopefully constantly be getting new things to build (that seems to be the case so far). Lots of the new structures look very cool and open up a lot of options, and I like the blueprint system for saving individual structures and being able to easily remake them.
Multiplayer seems fine so far
My first interaction, just outside of Vault 76, was to meet a guy at a shack. We waved and then he sat down and started playing the harmonica. I sat next to him and played the banjo. We jammed, then we went our separate ways. The next person I ran into was fighting off a horde of scorched in a farmstead. I ran in with my axe and helped him out. It felt good. Mostly though I've been seeing the odd person (especially when there were a lot at one time in the starting town), but otherwise ignoring them. I only unlocked PVP at level 5 but I haven't experienced it yet.
Nowhere is safe
Unlike previous games, clearing out a location doesn't make it safe until hours later when the enemies can respawn. Enemies can and will reappear often, and combined with the lack of pausing that makes everywhere always feel a little dangerous. I like it.
Survival elements feel like New Vegas
Ammo weight, repairing weapons and armour, food and water - all very New Vegas hardcore mode. This is a good thing!
More verticality
From the little I've seen of the map so far, it has impressive verticality in terrain. Fallout 3 and NV were quite flat, while F4 mainly got verticality through its large buildings. Here the terrain itself rises and falls dramatically, and I think that adds to the interest.
So yes, I've already got into this and it still feels very fallout
There is a LOT of lore
The first town has well over a dozen holotapes/audio logs to find. It has even more notes and terminals to read. When the above article says the game is better in single player for letting you stop to consume all the lore at your own pace, I certainly agree so far. The lore is always good to absorb in Fallout and 76 seems to be no exception.
The level/perks system is cool
You start with 1 across all SPECIAL skills and can upgrade 1 per level. You also however get to pick a new perk card each level, but rather than just unlocking you have to equip these, with your SPECIAL stats constraining what level of perks you can equip. I think it's a good system.
Melee is way more important
More enemies in general and the inability to pause with VATS means that I've been meleeing a lot, something I've mostly avoided in previous games. I think it's good and feels more survival focused.
There is more stuff to build, but building is more restricted than in Fallout 4
Sure you can build "anywhere" (actually, anywhere that isn't within a certain distance of a named location), but the area is pretty small, the budget doesn't seem huge, and you now have to use foundations for all buildings (so no just placing walls down randomly for example). I've already built my first proper little camp on a bridge just outside the starting town, and I'm definitely going to get very into building. Pretty much everything needs to be unlocked, but I think that's good as I'll hopefully constantly be getting new things to build (that seems to be the case so far). Lots of the new structures look very cool and open up a lot of options, and I like the blueprint system for saving individual structures and being able to easily remake them.
Multiplayer seems fine so far
My first interaction, just outside of Vault 76, was to meet a guy at a shack. We waved and then he sat down and started playing the harmonica. I sat next to him and played the banjo. We jammed, then we went our separate ways. The next person I ran into was fighting off a horde of scorched in a farmstead. I ran in with my axe and helped him out. It felt good. Mostly though I've been seeing the odd person (especially when there were a lot at one time in the starting town), but otherwise ignoring them. I only unlocked PVP at level 5 but I haven't experienced it yet.
Nowhere is safe
Unlike previous games, clearing out a location doesn't make it safe until hours later when the enemies can respawn. Enemies can and will reappear often, and combined with the lack of pausing that makes everywhere always feel a little dangerous. I like it.
Survival elements feel like New Vegas
Ammo weight, repairing weapons and armour, food and water - all very New Vegas hardcore mode. This is a good thing!
More verticality
From the little I've seen of the map so far, it has impressive verticality in terrain. Fallout 3 and NV were quite flat, while F4 mainly got verticality through its large buildings. Here the terrain itself rises and falls dramatically, and I think that adds to the interest.
So yes, I've already got into this and it still feels very fallout
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Thank you for the impressions, it actually sounds alright. 
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Zellery wrote:Good post Lagamorph.
Turboman wrote:Lagomorph..... Is ..... Right
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Zellery wrote:Good post Lagamorph.
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