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It's Fallout online!
Absolutely riddled with bugs and tech issues
Not enough story for a Fallout game
To say Fallout 76 has had a rough go of things would be an understatement. Praised for its ambition, but lambasted for its stability, design choices, and state of affairs at launch, this marks one of Bethesda Game Studios' lowest-rated titles ever.
Fallout 76 attempts to take the series into the world of always online multiplayer, but it may have left too much of the original franchise trademarks behind.
Bethesda's attempt at Fallout multiplayer is, like so many of the series' vaults, a failed experiment.
In 2024, Fallout 76 finally captures a lot of the post-nuclear experience I love. It trades roleplaying decision-making for multiplayer shooter antics, but it still needs more endgame content and a fair inventory solution.
The rich wasteland map of Fallout 76 is wasted on a mess of bugs, conflicting ideas, and monotony.
A beautifully crafted but ultimately repetitive world, and a disappointment when it comes to options on PC.
Fallout 76 has glimmers of the trademark series' sci-fi splendour, but they're few and far between.
When Fallout 76 is working as intended, it's an easy game to lose yourself in, as meaningful discoveries are everywhere. But those moments are often destroyed by glitches, crashes, and technical issues
Fallout's mutation into an online multiplayer hybrid leaves it weak and soulless.
Fallout 76 reveals big things coming to the multiplayer action-RPG on June 3, including the addition of a long-awaited new feature.
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Bethesda issues a new hotfix update for Fallout 76 that looks to address issues that have been causing problems for some fans.
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Fallout 76 begins to test a long-awaited feature in its public test servers.
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Fallout 76's lead artist Nate Purkeypile had to fight to make the map bigger than Skyrim, and is glad it's one of the few things fans liked at launch.
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