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Fallout 76 Update Plans for the Balance of 2018 Revealed
Shelassa
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Fallout 76 Update Plans for the Balance of 2018 Revealed
Bethesda has posted a new blog to provide the first details about a number of updates coming to the game between now and the end of the year. The first patch is expected to roll out on November 19th and will feature mainly game performance improvements designed to provide more stability across all platforms. In addition, a number of quests will be fixed, the UI will be tweaked and changes are incoming to the C.A.M.P. system. The patch is said to be "large" and notes will be posted soon.
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Right now it is a pretty shallow experience content-wise, with sub par optimization and no real hook other than it being "Fallout Online".
As someone who is a lifelong fan of the franchise I have found 76 to be extremely disappointing, to say the least.
So they are basically saying they will fix the game AFTER they release it,which of course means the BETA was meaningless jibber.The idea of a Beta is to see what the game needs BEFORE release and then work on it accordingly.
Future content,again fixing an UNFINISHED product is sad,since you sold them a garbage unfinished game.
I see the big picture and really looks obvious to me.They had a timeline,a goal/budget,the team were at the point they were told to release no matter what.
Empty survival game is not something worth a single $,that is a f2p design where they add in cash shops IF players can remain engaged.It has worked for the BR games because of the PVP rating,sort of Esport idea.Fallout 76 does not have the Esport/ranking system idea behind it so it cannot survive on a crap game design.
IMO they don't care,they knew just by hyping it up with streamers and websites/advertising they would get the sales because tons of consumers out there will buy any crap.
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I’m really enjoying myself so far, about level 17 now. But I think they need to add clan support, clan forts, and more stuff like fridges for food and things like that. But content wise, the more vaults open, the more humans we will see, NPCs even.
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I think they should focus on making what they have right now playable. Adding layers of content to an already highly unstable base game would do them little favor thinking about future survival.
They need to approach the game the same way Hello Games did if they really hope someone tobe playing this in mid 2019.
Have to hand it to them though, they made FO76 on a shoestring, that they have no plans to use a new game engine for future releases may be because they can't really afford to
And why do some of y'all even want to see more players? So you can ignore more PVP?
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Bethesda's janky engine has been in need of retirement for a very, very long time now. They refuse to license tech that isn't in-house and instead keep adding onto a foundation that was never stable to begin with.
Todd Howard is a dinosaur that needs to wake up and get with the times.
Fans of any IP whether it's comic books, True Blood, or various games seem to go one way or the other when new things for their IP come out. Either they enjoy it, because they like to experience anything to do with their favorite IP, or they hate it... which I can't even understand. It's like the biggest barrier to anything new in IPs sometimes are part of their fanbase itself.
They will be able to charge for future content though.
Charging for bug fixes - would be a tough sell.
I have played with my two sons and a friend without issue.
The game is also not shallow if you read terminal entries. I swear you remove NPCs and people can't seem to see other content in the game.
Shrug.
Egho
It's been rushed, plain and simple. It could have been something really amazing but it isn't. It's like they did the minimum they could do to get away with it. It's not a serious effort.
They had a chance to create a really fun AAA survival game and they dropped the ball. Primarily, imho obviously, due to utilizing old tech and maintaining the same lazy design decisions they have tried to pass off as "innovative and fresh" for the last decade.
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