Is Fallout 76 worth the buy?

[TommyT7231]

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: Ok. So. I have been watching a few gameplay clips and read a few articles which swing both ways when plastering a 'good' or 'bad' mark on Fallout 76 and yet I still can't decide if I want the game or not. I have a preorder receipt for the game on PC edition (the reason I preordered was to get beta access but ended up becoming swamped by work to before I could even get a chance to grasp the game myself). So, now I'm here. Please share any and all opinions of the game and help me to decide if I'm missing out on a good time or I should just keep the precious series before 76 close to my heart. :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[Ethreon]

You own the game. Why not just try it?

[TheFriendlyBandit]

I've had it for about two days now, and honestly, I'm loving it so far. Yes, it's buggy. Yes, Bethesda is mishandling literally anything there is to handle about the whole situation. But, speaking for myself, I'm having a ton of fun. I do think a lot of the horrid, nasty things being said about 76 are from people who've never played the game, never intend on playing the game, and honestly, they most likely decided they hated it right from the moment it was announced.

 

But I'm only speaking for myself, based on only a couple hours. I make no pretense that my opinion is the be all and end all. Honestly, the only way to know for certain is to try it, as my own perception of its quality was tainted before I gave it a shot. If you already have it pre-ordered, you literally have nothing to lose other than a scant few hours of time.

I hope this helps. :D

[TommyT7231]

No, you see, the preorder I have done was one in a physical store. I have placed Five Pounds only for the game as I only wanted beta access before spending the full price. As I said though, I never got the time to experience the beta. thank you for the opinion though and I'm glad to hear you are having fun with the game. And yes, it was helpful. :laugh:

[Ethreon]

I'll tell you right now though - you may or may not have performance issues, and you will definitely have a hard time building a base the way you want it due to the god awful workshop mode.

[Guest deleted34304850]

given what they had before in fo4, the current iteration of building is absolute crap. i understand the game mechanics which means that what we had in fo4 are completely off the table, but this new version is shite.

Edited December 2, 2018 by 1ae0bfb8

[TheGadget1945]

I'm playing it not because I am enjoying it but because I will be damned if I let it beat me.

Today's nonsense included

Not being able to build my camp or rather move it so it no longer exists on the original site or the new one, and I am homeless. The camp was pretty much the only thing I dug about the game.

The reason I moved the camp was to clear out a town of Major Gutsys and I was so furious that I did just that, then logged off.

Today when I log in they are all there again and they kill me.

I respawn and make it onto a fire escape where despite being in power armor I get killed by a feral ghoul of a higher level beating me with its puny rotten fists.

I respawn and find a way up a staircase to the roof only to be confronted by an Assaultron with flaming swords and a head laser. Guess whether I live ?

I respawn and decide to leave the area etc etc etc

I find my way to Camden Fairground where every single Scorched in the area attacks me , like about 20 + of them, in the dark. When I finally kill them all the Vendor has no caps and nothing worth buying anyway. There are 3 silly side quests, and I don't even bother doing one but I am told I have completed it and get a reward.

Every time I click Quit the game freezes and I have to use Task Manager to close it. And I mean every single freaking time.

This has taken hours and I haven't really achieved any except to move up a couple of levels which means nothing because even lower level enemies simply swarm you and then your weapon breaks so they kill you.

Every time you respawn you have less chems and weapons and you lose your junk for no apparent reason.

 

If the OP finds this the kind of thing they like, good luck.

[TheGadget1945]

given what they had before in fo4, the current iteration is absolute crap. i understand the game mechanics which means that what we had in fo4 are completely off the table, but this new version is shite.

 

Some of it is probably inevitable due to the game mechanics but I can't fathom any reason why you should have to pay to fast travel or claim a workbench once you have beaten the enemies. Or why you should have to drop your junk in the same area as the hostile that killed you.

[destrux125]

I had an off feeling about this game so I didn't preorder it. Not that I ususally preorder games. I stopped doing that when digital downloads came around and stopped the launch day disc shortages that manufactureres used to use to encourage preorders.

 

I did plan to buy it, eventually... when it was cheap enough. It was cheap enough by black friday though, so I bought a copy then.

 

I've been playing it at least 30 or more hours and so far, as far as problems go, it's mostly just been late texture pop-in glitches when I spawn. I think I did have one or two invisible enemies that killed me, but I haven't had that happen in a while so it might be resolved. I had one or two crashes on exit, or instances where it closed the window but the process was still running. Also a few times where it perpetually tried connecting to a server and couldn't. Not enough to bother me, just a handful of times.

 

 

I did notice something about this that will be a factor for some people and not others. It seems like the game really doesn't run well on slow connections. I play on three different connections depending where I am. At work we have 2mb/s, at my inlaws they have 1mb/s, and at home I have 75mb/s. The game really stutters like it's running at 15fps on the slower connections sometimes. Enemies pop in late, sometimes you teleport or rubberband. It's almost unplayable. On the 75mb connection at home it's smooth and I rarely get a stutter, and only late texture pop in at spawn. I tried playing with the graphics settings to help alleviate the issue but there's no noticable improvement. The game also really doesn't like running on my battery saver profile, even with the graphics turned down. I'm on an acer predator helios 300 i7-7700hq (2.8ghz, slightly undervolted) 16gb gtx1060 6gb.

 

My biggest concern with the game isn't the issues it's having technically, it's the future content updates. I hope they consider creating a DLC that repopulates the world with NPC's to simulate "the rebuilding" after the current main story arc concludes.

 

I'm pretty happy with exploring and looting the game world now, and the quests are entertaining enough despite the lack of living npcs involved in them. I'm not bored yet.

 

So, yeah, it was worth buying at the black Friday price. I'm not sure I'd feel the same if I bought at full price. I think I'd have been upset for sure if I bought the power armor edition that came with the cheaper than expected bag (I don't buy special editions though because they rarely seem worth it to me to begin with).

Edited December 3, 2018 by destrux125

[Deleted54170User]

It's like a new book. I heard good things, got attention directed to it, and yeah! I read it.

 

I think it has potential for anyone who wants to play, I play it to pass some time. I've found amusing stuff that only happens occasionally that gave me a start. Easter Eggs. I encountered a robot playing music once when traveling along a road on my way to Morgantown. What I saw when I noticed the Eyebot floating by was unexpected, sort of funny, and reminded me of story I read.

 

So play it, and give us your two sense about it.