Fallout 76 is the score it wishes it had on metacritic

jawafour wrote:To be fair, Photek has a point. I get that some folk may not like the look of this game or the multiplayer-focus and that they're wary of the bugs being reported... but why post so much about the perceived negative aspects of it? Sure, there are plenty of concerning views being shared - YouTube is full of them! - but there are also some more positive aspects being talked about. I don't get why anyone would want to spend quite so much time posting "bad news" about something they have no intention of playing.

Parksey wrote:Yeah, Taffy needs to pipe down and just accept all the widespread praise this has been getting.

Im surprised that you took this style, Parksey; it just encourages others to take a pop back.

Exactly like has happened:

Gemini73 wrote:

76 does look naff though, Jawa. And you know I love me a bit of Fallout.

Yeah, I get that, Brer. I'm not for one moment suggesting that '76 looks like being a classic title or even "good"... it appears to be "okay", with some dubious aspects and a couple of good things. In my view, it doesn't seem to be "gooseberry fool", just perhaps not quite gelling as a whole at the moment.

I won't be getting it at launch but I do hope that Bethesda will take feedback on board and modify some of the game's approaches; and, being an "on-going online" type of game, this seems possible.

Fake edit: To be clear, I'm not suggesting that no-one should give feedback nor that they'd shouldn't be critical of the game; merely that I feel the focus on a negative vibe may be rather over-done.

Lagamorph wrote:It's also what happens when there's no NPCs and it's entirely dependant on player characters.

Yep, this aspect alone turns what could be a good game into something I'm only interested in for the base building aspect and even that's been impacted as the bases were better with NPC's acting as shopkeepers.
It's a baffling decision .

jawafour wrote:Fake edit: To be clear, I'm not suggesting that no-one should give feedback nor that they'd shouldn't be critical of the game; merely that I feel the focus on a negative vibe may be rather over-done.

So I suppose I'll ask this: what if the game IS bad? What if it looks bad, and the impressions coming from the game are bad? Should the thread...stop? Should we shut up shop and go home?

This game looks bad. The impressions coming from it are bad. I posted these bad impressions and was then told to shut up. My question remains...why?

Tafdolphin wrote:What if it looks bad, and the impressions coming from the game are bad? Should the thread...stop? Should we shut up shop and go home?

...I posted these bad impressions and was then told to shut up. My question remains...why?

I guess it's a clash of perspectives, Taf. I imagine that, in your eyes, you're merely identifying "bad" aspects that have been called out whilst, to me, it feels a wee bit like you're fixated on the negatives. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle... but, hey, I know that this kind of thinking never goes down well.

jawafour wrote:

Tafdolphin wrote:What if it looks bad, and the impressions coming from the game are bad? Should the thread...stop? Should we shut up shop and go home?

...I posted these bad impressions and was then told to shut up. My question remains...why?

I guess it's a clash of perspectives, Taf. I imagine that, in your eyes, you're merely identifying "bad" aspects that have been called out whilst, to me, it feels a wee bit like you're fixated on the negatives. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle... but, hey, I know that this kind of thinking never goes down well.

I understand that, in general, everything is subjective. But just as you see me as being needlessly negative I see you being needlessly centrist. There's really, really no harm in having strong opinions about things*. It's the basis of the entire concept of forums, for example.

*EDIT. Most things.

At least, as a "sider", you get folk stepping in to support your view... as a "centrist" I get folk queuing from both "sides" to join the kick-fest . Ah well, that's life. Anyhow, I accept that the game does look like it'll have a few challenges at launch but I really hope that the title is popular enough for Bethesda to work hard at improving it.

jawafour wrote:At least, as a "sider", you get folk stepping in to support your view... as a "centrist" I get folk queuing from both "sides" to join the kick-fest . Ah well, that's life. Anyhow, I accept that the game does look like it'll have a few challenges at launch but I really hope that the title is popular enough for Bethesda to work hard at improving it.

Honestly, I'm hoping quite the opposite. I hope this is massively unpopular and fails. Hard.
This game needs to be a failure to show that this is not the direction to take not only the Fallout franchise but Bethesda games in general.

Yep, I agree with Laga.

The reactions I've seen are "meh" and it seems un-engaging in every way

The Beta has done nothing to build any sort of hype.

Good job wasting resources, Bethesda!

It feels odd to call me out on my post, when Photek was the one criticising Taf's negative reaction to a game that has received a... negative reaction. I was merely highlighting that it's spent the past week or getting panned. Taf's hardly been alone in that too - many others have pointed out the ludicrous bugs. Granted, it is a beta, but Bethesda's games usually end up like that past launch and beyond.

It's fair enough to say, "but what about the positive sides" and asking everyone keeps a nice, cheery veneer on things.

So, I'll ask, what have you seen from the gaming media this week that puts such a spin on things? Everything I've seen from the press has been about a glitch, a bug or how it all seems a bit of an ill-fit. Now I think Taf maybe was predisposed into disliking the game (I think he's said as much in this thread). Personally, I was actually tentatively curious about the game when it was released, and willing to be pleasantly surprised by it. But there hasnt been much focus on the game's good points anywhere this past week, so it's a bit churlish to highlight GRcade or Tag in particular as being out of step.

Of course, like I said, the game may launch in a better state. Plus games like these, like ESO, Sea of Thieves, Destiny etc. tend to be a better game a year down the line. We can't really judge that for now. When we can judge is the night, awkward game that has been getting mocked in places other than here.

Lagamorph wrote:

jawafour wrote:At least, as a "sider", you get folk stepping in to support your view... as a "centrist" I get folk queuing from both "sides" to join the kick-fest . Ah well, that's life. Anyhow, I accept that the game does look like it'll have a few challenges at launch but I really hope that the title is popular enough for Bethesda to work hard at improving it.

Honestly, I'm hoping quite the opposite. I hope this is massively unpopular and fails. Hard.
This game needs to be a failure to show that this is not the direction to take not only the Fallout franchise but Bethesda games in general.

Fallout 4 is Bethesda’s biggest selling game.

And what’s wrong with Wolfenstein and Dishonored?

Parksey wrote:It feels odd to call me out on my post, when Photek was the one criticising Taf's negative reaction to a game that has received a... negative reaction...

Photek was suggesting that Taf has been posting for quite some time iin the same style... and I agreed with that call. It was getting a tad wearing; especially as Taf had clearly already made his views known, has no intention of playing the game and - for a while - was instead writing about a fan-made Fallout mod here.

At the risk of re-stating something I've already said, I have no problem with folk having differing views; nor am I saying that folk should not be able to criticise a game. As Taf said, this is a forum after all! But... if you don't like the look of a game, that's cool; let us know - that's fine... but there's probably not a need to keep posting about a game you don't like. It could be better to direct that time and effort towards something that you're excited about :-).

Edit: I've no axe to grind with anyone; it's just a difference in opinion.

At the risk of pouring petrol on this page's fire:





Also, I'm going to be completely transparent here - I hope this game crashes and burns so we never get another one. If it looked great from the start then fine, but it looks like a fallout 4 mod ffs.

Photek wrote:

Lagamorph wrote:

jawafour wrote:At least, as a "sider", you get folk stepping in to support your view... as a "centrist" I get folk queuing from both "sides" to join the kick-fest . Ah well, that's life. Anyhow, I accept that the game does look like it'll have a few challenges at launch but I really hope that the title is popular enough for Bethesda to work hard at improving it.

Honestly, I'm hoping quite the opposite. I hope this is massively unpopular and fails. Hard.
This game needs to be a failure to show that this is not the direction to take not only the Fallout franchise but Bethesda games in general.

Fallout 4 is Bethesda’s biggest selling game.

And what’s wrong with Wolfenstein and Dishonored?

What are you talking about? I've not mentioned those at all.

Or are you saying you want Wolfenstein and Doom to become empty games as a service worlds devoid of any real story/lore/characters?


Thing is, they could have made this pretty good. All they had to do was basically make Elder Scrolls Online but Fallout. Elder Scrolls Online is a pretty fun online experience that works as both single and multiplayer. It has plots, NPCs, quests, the works.

Heads up people. I will now be altering my posting style a minimum of 4 times a day. So far I've got the following lined up for you all:

- Hopelessly Optimistic Taf
- Sober Downbeat Taf
- Whistfully Playful Taf
- Alarmingly Extreme Taf

Hopefully this will diffuse my opinions enough so as to not cause offense!

I joke, but seriously. If someone had hijacked the thread with positivity, against all evidence, would this have been an issue? Although Parksey is right and I was 100% disinclined to like the game this doesn't mean me posting impressions is in any way wrong, I don't think.

Modding has begun. It might be saved yet...

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018 ... -has-begun

Lagamorph wrote:

Photek wrote:

Lagamorph wrote:

jawafour wrote:At least, as a "sider", you get folk stepping in to support your view... as a "centrist" I get folk queuing from both "sides" to join the kick-fest . Ah well, that's life. Anyhow, I accept that the game does look like it'll have a few challenges at launch but I really hope that the title is popular enough for Bethesda to work hard at improving it.

Honestly, I'm hoping quite the opposite. I hope this is massively unpopular and fails. Hard.
This game needs to be a failure to show that this is not the direction to take not only the Fallout franchise but Bethesda games in general.

Fallout 4 is Bethesda’s biggest selling game.

And what’s wrong with Wolfenstein and Dishonored?

What are you talking about? I've not mentioned those at all.

Or are you saying you want Wolfenstein and Doom to become empty games as a service worlds devoid of any real story/lore/characters?


Thing is, they could have made this pretty good. All they had to do was basically make Elder Scrolls Online but Fallout. Elder Scrolls Online is a pretty fun online experience that works as both single and multiplayer. It has plots, NPCs, quests, the works.

Yep, that's all they had to do. I enjoy ESO because it works and when I first heard about Fallout 76 I was excited by the idea. I genuinely thought it would be much the same thing. Sadly 76 is shaping up to be nothing more than a lazy money spinner for Bugthesda.

To quote Burt Reynolds "If it looks like gooseberry fool, sounds like gooseberry fool, then it's gonna be gooseberry fool".

I watched someone streaming it and it looked ok, certainly a bit more than just a lazy cash in but probably not different enough to be a full price release.

Taf do you not think that you can occasionally be guilty of a bit of confirmation bias? You seem to decide you either love it hate something and just surround yourself with opinions that validate your opinion, Red Dead 2, The Last of Us 2 and Prey spring to mind. I understand that this is receiving a lot of negativity from the internet but seriously, what doesn't?