Fallout 76 - online Fallout spinoff from Bethesda - now on Steam with Wastelanders NPC expansion

[taxalot]

Yeah, now you see, I really don't mind the last Bethesda Fallouts. They're okay and are fun diversions even if they're clearly not as cerebral as the old Fallouts.

But this is fishy as fuck ; so close to release and you don't know how the single player will work. You don't know how the multiplayer will work. You know it's just kinda multiplayer and it's also the same Fallout ? How the fuck does that work out ? Especially since there is no NPC interaction or dialog ? And especially since it's not really too multiplayer to start with ?

What the fuck is this game ? I can understand being vague about major aspects of the game one or two years before release, but the game comes out in TWO MONTHS.

 

[Squid]

I thought there was NPC interaction just not human NPCs talking. Like robots beeping at you and you understanding just like R2-D2 does in Star Wars and everyone knows what he said.

 

[Makabb]

I am actually starting to get worried that this game might be not too good, so I canceled my pre-order.

You must have faith, Bethesda has proved itself in the past, if you cancel your pre order you are not a true Fallout fan.

 

[Makabb]

you don't know how the single player will work. You don't know how the multiplayer will work.

All you need to know - it's made by Todd Howard.

 

[Makabb]

Taxalot here is your info, Bethesda posted new screenshot

 

[taxalot]

what

 

[Makabb]

what

Instead of searching for your father, or son, you are searching for Overseer's CAMP - seems it's main quest.

 

[thesheeep]

What game is that from?

 

[Maculo]

I am actually starting to get worried that this game might be not too good, so I canceled my pre-order.

 

[taxalot]

I am actually starting to get worried that this game might be not too good, so I canceled my pre-order.

Truth is, your game sucked from the start.

 

[Maculo]

Oh, you'll buy my game...eventually.

 

[Tommy Gun]

"Getting shot by another player doesn't hurt that much. At least not at first. The first attack from another player will only inflict minimal damage. It also present you with a choice: fight back or flee. If you fight back, you'll face the full brunt of your enemy's attack."


The above quote is from this article
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/fallout-76-everything-you-need-to-know/
I have seen this "soft first hit" mentioned in many other articles too.


I'm thinking this is going to kill any possibility of roleplaying a backstabbing rogue or a sniper.

 

[Makabb]

What game is that from?

fallout 76

 

[Curious_Tongue]

Looks like Schwarzenegger in the thumbnail.

 

[Makabb]

Bethesda going full Todd Howard with this game

 

[unfairlight]

lol, graphics.

 

[thesheeep]

Oh, wow
This will be glorious, indeed.

 

[Makabb]

 

[Makabb]

Every team member who assists in killing an enemy (successfully lands a blow, shot, etc.) gets XP.
The team member to land the fatal blow gets slightly more XP.
Anyone can loot an enemy corpse after it's been killed, regardless of who killed it.
'corpses are looted individually. so everyone could get something different. if you kill a number of feral ghouls, each player might get loot from different corpses. one person can't take everything so that everyone else gets nothing. that'd suck'
Sleeping will bring some bonuses for characters when they are rested.
'maybe you want the bonuses you can get from sleeping and being rested'
'maybe you think your character is adorable and love to watch them sleep'

 

[Lazing Dirk]

Bethesda going full Todd Howard with this game

A guitar sword? FOR FUCK SAKE BETHESDA IT SHOULD BE AN AXE. GUITAR = AXE, YOU FUCKING MORONS. It doesn't even look like a sword! Anyway, I guess it's for bardbarians? Yeah. Also the texturing is terrible and it barely looks any better than shit did in Fallout 3. This is just a never-ending geyser of awful.

'maybe you think your character is adorable and love to watch them sleep'

...what?

 

[Norfleet]

"Getting shot by another player doesn't hurt that much. At least not at first. The first attack from another player will only inflict minimal damage. It also present you with a choice: fight back or flee. If you fight back, you'll face the full brunt of your enemy's attack."

I suspect this also means you don't lead with your best shot, since it won't cause any damage anyway.

A guitar sword? FOR FUCK SAKE BETHESDA IT SHOULD BE AN AXE. GUITAR = AXE, YOU FUCKING MORONS. It doesn't even look like a sword! Anyway, I guess it's for bardbarians? Yeah. Also the texturing is terrible and it barely looks any better than shit did in Fallout 3. This is just a never-ending geyser of awful.

Do Bethesda games even have axes? Last I heard, axes were considered blunt weapons in Bethesda-land.

 

[Risewild]

Do Bethesda games even have axes? Last I heard, axes were considered blunt weapons in Bethesda-land.

Axe from Fallout 3's Point Lookout DLC:

Spoiler

 

[The Dutch Ghost]

Bethesda's development team really does an effort to outdo their earlier retarded makeshift weapons. Would a scavenger even bother turning a musical instrument into a weapon when fashioning a spear or using a strong metal pipe will just as much suffice?

"the DNA of Fallout 76", pretty sure it is full of faulty genes that will only make the host very sick and cancerous on the long term.

 

[Bigg Boss]

I mean this is the series where you can nuke a bitch and she magically turns into a Ghoul.

 

[thesheeep]

"Getting shot by another player doesn't hurt that much. At least not at first. The first attack from another player will only inflict minimal damage. It also present you with a choice: fight back or flee. If you fight back, you'll face the full brunt of your enemy's attack."

I suspect this also means you don't lead with your best shot, since it won't cause any damage anyway.

Yeah, I do have the feeling they didn't really think that through.
I appreciate the idea, since that makes campers much less likely to succeed and also less likely that the one who shoots first automatically wins.

But if they think that this will really stop anyone from pursuing other players, then I don't even.
I mean, how is that supposed to work?
You shoot another player, then you just walk away if that player doesn't shoot back?

A guitar sword? FOR FUCK SAKE BETHESDA IT SHOULD BE AN AXE. GUITAR = AXE, YOU FUCKING MORONS. It doesn't even look like a sword! Anyway, I guess it's for bardbarians? Yeah. Also the texturing is terrible and it barely looks any better than shit did in Fallout 3. This is just a never-ending geyser of awful.

Do Bethesda games even have axes? Last I heard, axes were considered blunt weapons in Bethesda-land.[/QUOTE]