If you were worried that the size and turnaround time on Fallout 76 might mean that corners were cut in the looks department, I can assure you that isn't the case. The colors are vibrant and sharp, even moreso than those of Fallout 4.
The environments are detailed and varied, with all kinds of interesting stuff tucked away in every corner. I was, in fact, gobsmacked by how much better Fallout 76 looks than.well, any other Fallout game. Though we were repeatedly cautioned that the build we were playing was far from complete (and that we might even encounter framerate issues, rough textures and/or wonky animations), I experienced very little of that. The game world itself is hugely impressive, as well. If this is what the game feels like when playing with friends, well, shit. This represents a sea change to the Fallout formula, but it's also a brand-new flavor, one I found to be unexpectedly satisfying and kinda gripping.
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The same feeling extended to combat and exploration. Time and again we'd find ourselves inside locations absolutely crawling with enemies, and time and again my team would clear the room together, picking off attackers as they stormed through doorways or watching each other's backs as safes were cracked and containers were searched. That might sound like a small thing on paper, but in practice (and particularly within a Fallout game!), the moment felt revelatory. My friend recited the code, I punched it in, and boom: the door swung wide open. "Oh, hey," I heard him say through my headset. I was downstairs in a boiler room-like area, standing in front of a door locked via keypad. My buddy was upstairs in some long-abandoned office, rifling through a desk. For instance: at one point our team found itself exploring an abandoned mine overrun with feral ghouls. The game's potential repeatedly nosed its way into the experience, in ways both expected and unexpected. Here's the thing, though: even though I don't think I completely understood everything the game threw at me, I could see how it was supposed to work. When the developers later told us there were something like 70,000 possible add-ons, items and customizable options in the game, I had zero trouble believing them. Part of that has to do with the multiplayer component, which has forced the company to radically rethink how a Fallout game functions part of it has to do with the leveling system, which now involves "perk cards" and "card packs" and "atom points" and such part of it has to do with the the intense focus that's been placed on survival and crafting. The broad strokes are largely the same - you've got a gigantic (and I do mean gigantic) map to explore, creatures to conquer, countless buildings to loot, side-quests and main story missions to complete - but the details are very, very different. This is, without question, Bethesda's most complex Fallout game to date. No, I'm here to tell you how Fallout 76 functions, which.well, that's gonna be a much taller order, because even after spending three hours inside the game, I'm still not entirely sure how everything works. Even the most innocuous details should be left for you to discover as you play. I'm not going to get into any plot specifics here. I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to fly up to West Virginia last week and spend some quality time with Bethesda's latest open world epic, but - if we're speaking frankly, and I believe that we should - I walked into the experience feeling like Fallout 76 had something to prove.Īnd hoo boy, did Fallout 76 prove me wrong.
The whole thing sounded insane, frankly, and to say that I was skeptical is actually a massive understatement. But online multiplayer? Why would I want to invite that element of gaming culture into my Fallout experience? Oh, sure, you might hire the occasional companion or scour the wastes with the lovable Dogmeat by your side, but that's still technically a single-player experience: you can always jettison your followers at a moment's notice you can always send your dog packing once you've decided you've had enough (look, I like Dogmeat as much as anyone, but seeing my boy repeatedly throw himself into harm's way proved to be too much I don't even like seeing digital dogs put in peril). Part of the appeal of these games has long been the intense feeling of loneliness they instill in every player, that crushing sense of isolation. I sure as hell was.Ī multiplayer Fallout? The announcement felt something like heresy.
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