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Fallout 76

Fallout 76is a 2018action role-playingvideo game developed byBethesda Game Studiosand published byBethesda Softworks.It is an installment in theFalloutseries and aprequelto previous entries.[b]Initially set in the year 2102, players control a resident of Vault 76 who must venture out into the dilapidatedopen worldknown as "Appalachia"in order to re-colonize the region, and uncover a mysterious plague that has killed off its inhabitants.

Fallout 76
Developer(s)Bethesda Game Studios[a]
Publisher(s)Bethesda Softworks
Director(s)Jeff Gardiner
Producer(s)Scott Malone
Designer(s)
Programmer(s)
  • Brian Baird
  • Guy Carver
  • Patrick Labrie
Artist(s)
Composer(s)Inon Zur
SeriesFallout
EngineCreation Engine
Platform(s)
ReleaseNovember 14, 2018
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Fallout 76is Bethesda Game Studios' firstmultiplayergame; Bethesda developed the game using a modified version of itsCreation Engine,which allowed the accommodation of multiplayer gameplay and a more detailed game world than in previous games.Fallout 76was reportedly subject to a troubled development, which included a restrictivecrunch schedule.It saw a highturnoverof staff, attributed to both a lack of leadership and clarity about the game's design, while numerousglitchesknown to management were ignored up to the day of release.

Fallout 76was released to generally mixed reviews, with criticism for the game's numerous technical issues, overall design, lack of gameplay purpose, and initial absence of humannon-playable characters.The game was the subject of several controversies, chiefly with regard to the quality of physical content, andis notable for its negative reception.A number of Bethesda's responses and attempts to provide ongoing support forFallout 76in the months following its launch were met with criticism. The game sold 1.4 million copies by the end of 2018. In October 2019, a premium subscription service calledFallout 1stwas added to the game. The first major update,Wastelanders,which introduced human non-playable characters, was released in April 2020, to more favorable reception.Fallout 76continued to receive an increasing player count over time, peaking in 2024 with the release of Amazon Prime's television seriesFallout.

Gameplay

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Fallout 76is anaction role-playing gamethat can be played from either afirst-personorthird-personperspective.[3]: 10 Set in theAppalachianregion ofWest Virginia,the player controls a character who leaves afallout shelter25 years after anuclear warleft much of the United States decimated.[4]The game is entirelyonline,and utilizesdedicated serverswith a player limit of 24.[5][6]The player is allowed to play the game alone, but is encouraged to completequestswith other players on the server.[7]Additionally, players can trade with each other, and engage incombat.[8]If the player wants to be on a completely private server, they need to subscribe to a monthly membership called Fallout 1st.[9]

Fallout 76features anopen worldmap that the player can freely explore.[10]The map replicates many real locations from West Virginia, such as the cities ofCharlestonandMorgantown,as well as landmarks likeThe Greenbrierresort andNew River Gorge Bridge.[11]The game features numerous enemies, including raiders, mutated animals, andghouls.[11][12]Some enemies come fromWest Virginia folklore,such as theMothmanand theFlatwoods monster.[11]The player is equipped with awearable computercalled thePip-Boy.[10]The device serves as amenu,and allows the player to access items they have acquired, view detailed character statistics and active quests, and look at the map.[3]: 8 The player can use the Pip-Boy tofast travelto previously discovered locations, and as a radio to listen to makeshift broadcasts.[3]: 8 There are a variety of weapons in the game, including standard guns,energy-based guns,melee weapons, and explosives.[3]: 131 While in combat, the player can utilize a gameplay mechanic known as V.A.T.S., which automatically targets an enemy and displays a percentage chance of hitting the enemy with an attack.[13]Unlike in previousFalloutgames, V.A.T.S. does not pause or slow down time, and instead displays information in real time.[13]

The player accruesexperience pointsby completing quests, killing enemies, and crafting items.[14]Once the player a certain amount of experience points, they canlevel up.[3]: 36 Each level up allows the player to increase one of sevenattributes:strength, perception, endurance, charisma, intelligence, agility, and luck.[3]: 36 These attributes are known as S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats, and range from 1 to 15.[3]: 36 S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats govern certain aspects of the player character; for example, the strength stat determines how many items the player can carry, as well as the damage of melee attacks.[3]: 36 Additionally, the number of points the player has for a S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stat directly correlates to the number of perk cards they can use, which act as permanent beneficial upgrades.[3]: 37 For example, the endurance perk card Rifleman increases the damage of non-automatic rifles.[3]: 50 Perk cards can be reassigned or removed at any point in the game.[3]: 37 

An important mechanic inFallout 76is the ability to build and defend bases.[10]At the beginning of the game, the player is given an item called the Construction and Assembly Mobile Platform (C.A.M.P.), which allows the player to convert raw materials into base structures.[10]C.A.M.P. bases can be placed anywhere on the map, and can be moved at anytime.[10]At a C.A.M.P. base, the player can craft weapons, armor, and modifications.[15]Enemies can attack bases, and the player can mitigate their attack by equipping the base with turrets and traps.[15]If the player joins a server that already features another base where their existing base should be, the player's base will be removed, and can be replaced in a different location.[15]

Fallout 76features an in-game currency called atoms, which can be used to purchase items from a marketplace called the Atomic Shop.[16]Atoms can either be purchased with real money as amicrotransactionor by completing in-game challenges, such as crafting a piece of armor or leveling up.[16]The Atomic Shop sells cosmetic items, such as outfits and short character gestures called emotes.[16][17]

Premise

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Further information:Fallout (franchise) § Setting

Fallout 76is a narrative prequel to previousFalloutgames. It is set in analternate history,[18]and takes place in 2102, twenty-five years after anuclear warthat devastated the Earth. The player character is a resident of Vault 76, afallout shelterthat was built inWest Virginiato house America's best and brightest minds. The player character exits the Vault on "Reclamation Day" as part of a plan to re-colonize the Wasteland.[19]

Plot

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Fallout 76

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Twenty-five years after the Great War, Vault 76 is opened up and its residents given the task of repopulating the Wasteland. Shortly after they emerge from the Vault, the player character is contacted by the Vault Overseer. She reveals that Vault 76 was given a secret mandate to secure an arsenal of nuclear weapons deployed throughout Appalachia in three still-functioning nuclear missile silos: Site Alpha, Site Bravo, and Site Charlie. The player character is directed to contact the Responders, a faction of emergency services personnel who tried to aid the residents of Appalachia during the war; however, they discover that the Responders evacuated after they came under attack from the Scorched. Further investigation reveals that the Scorched are human beings infected by the "Scorched Plague", and are led by the Scorchbeasts; massive mutated bats that came into contact with an Enclave bioweapon kept in an old mining facility, causing exponential growth and a symbiotic control over the plague that created them. This relationship with the plague elevates a single Scorchbeast to the role of Queen, making it far larger and more dangerous, and allowing it to lead the legions of humans and animals in Appalachia through the use of a hivemind.

As the Scorched represent a threat to the Wasteland beyond Appalachia, the player character decides to secure a nuclear weapon and use it to destroy a Scorchbeast nest. In order to achieve this, they start searching the bunkers of survivalists calling themselves the Free States who were working on the means to detect the Scorched until the Scorched overran them. The player character is able to build a radar system that detects the viral signature of the Scorched, but its limited range makes it ineffective. The player attempts to boost the signal first by gaining the friendship of Rose, a Miss Nanny robot trying to rebuild the local Raider gangs that lived in Appalachia before being scared off by the Scorched; and by investigating research done by the local Brotherhood of Steel into the Scorchbeast as they had tried to stop it spreading from its main lair. The player hacks into a government network and draw the attention of the Enclave, the remnants of the United States government. The Enclave are led by MODUS, a centralized artificial intelligence system located in a securenuclear falloutbunkerbeneaththe Whitespring Resort.MODUS asks the player character to help connect them to a series of isolated computer networks across Appalachia through theSugar GroveSIGINTbase and reestablish contact with the Kovac-Muldoon orbital platform, and in return offers to connect to the radar system to detect Scorched across the region.

Once connected to MODUS, the player gains the ability to locate the Scorchbeast nest, known as Fissure Site Prime. This nest is situated near the site where the Brotherhood of Steel had previously attempted to combat the Scorchbeast menace, ultimately meeting with failure. Guided by MODUS, the player is directed to one of three nuclear silos and launches a missile at the nest.

Upon entering the irradiated area, the player discovers a laboratory at the heart of the nest, which had also been discovered by the Brotherhood of Steel. This suggests that the Scorchbeasts might have been artificially created. The missile detonation awakens a formidable Scorchbeast Queen, forcing the player to engage in combat with her. Upon vanquishing the Queen, the collective consciousness of the Scorchbeasts is shattered, and the danger they posed to the wider wasteland is neutralized.

Having successfully defeated the Scorchbeasts, the player rejoins the other residents of Vault 76 in their collective efforts to rebuild the post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Wastelanders

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In 2103, a year following the opening of Vault 76, individuals start to make their way back to Appalachia. Drawn by rumors of safety and hidden treasures within the mountains, these newcomers seek refuge in the region. The Vault 76 Overseer becomes increasingly concerned for their well-being due to the persisting threat of the Scorched and Scorchbeasts in Appalachia. To address this, she directs the surviving Vault 76 residents to establish connections with the new arrivals, all the while working to uncover the origin of these rumors.

Two major factions emerge among the new arrivals: the Settlers, led by Paige; and the returning Raiders, led by Meg. After the player reunites with the Overseer, they then assist the Overseer in mass-producing a vaccine at the defunct Nuka-Cola plant, which is then distributed to the population in the form of Nuka-Cola soft drinks, albeit after having to convince the faction leaders of the severity of the threat. With the Settlers and Raiders protected, the Overseer and Vault 76 resident then turn their attention to the rumors of treasure. According to the Overseer, Vault-Tec University housed a secret area where top executives would meet to discuss Top Secret corporate information. She and the resident travel to Vault-Tec University inMorgantownto learn more. They discover that Vault 79 holds the entirety of the United States' gold reserve, transferred there fromFort Knoxfor safe-keeping in the event ofnuclear war,and is well-protected by a series of security defenses.

The resident must choose between an alliance with the Settlers or the Raiders when venturing into Vault 79 to acquire the gold. After a series of quests related to "assembling a crew", the time comes to raid the vault, wherein it is discovered that remnants of theSecret Servicegarrison is trapped. After deliberation with the agent in charge, the resident and their crew can agree to save the remaining agents in exchange for 1000 gold bars worth of bullion, inaccessible to the agents, and stuck in the processing room. After acquiring the bars, and lifting the accidental lockdown, the resident can divide the gold however they see fit, either keeping every bar, keeping half and giving the other half to the faction they raided with, or keeping half and giving both factions a quarter. This bullion is to be used to re-establish a gold backed currency all across America, though depending on the player's choices and greed, it could spell immense recession and strife across the region, pitting the Settlers and Raiders against each other in a battle for total conquest, and returning Appalachia to the turmoil it just broke free from.

Steel Dawn

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Several months after people began returning to Appalachia, Elder Maxson has sent The Brotherhood's First Expeditionary Force from New California to Appalachia to not only find out what happened to Paladin Taggerdy's Brotherhood, but to reestablish the Brotherhood of Steel's presence in the region as well. However, despite losing most of the initial group to Raider attacks on the way across the devastated United States, Paladin Rahmani, Scribe Valdez, and Knight Shin make it to Appalachia, and using the fortified ATLAS Observatory as their new base of operations, renaming it Fort Atlas, they begin to rebuild the Brotherhood's presence in the region, all while dealing with gaining the alliance and friendship of the Settlers of Foundation, and the hostility of the Raiders at the Crater, with being supported by the residents of Vault 76 with securing munitions and other resources to help protect everyone in the region from the continued threat of the Scorched and Scorchbeasts.

Steel Reign

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By the year 2104, things have been going well in the Appalachian Wasteland thanks to the residents of Vault 76 and their continued support of both the Settlers in Foundation, and the Raiders in Crater, but the Brotherhood of Steel First Expeditionary Force that arrived some time ago is still splintered because of hostilities between Paladin Rahmani and Knight Shin over their primary objective, not helped by the continued attacks by Super Mutants and other threats that were released by the Enclave before they were wiped out in the years before Vault 76 opened. The residents have to make a tough choice with deciding what the primary objective for Rahmani's Brotherhood will be from this point onward: Support and protect the people of the Appalachian Wasteland, or continue the Brotherhood's duty of securing all manner of weapons from the pre-War world to ensure they don't fall into the wrong hands. Without contact with Maxson and Lost Hills anymore, the Brotherhood's future may depend on the residents of Vault 76.

Expeditions: The Pitt

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After being wiped out by the Scorchbeasts prior to the opening of Vault 76, the Responders have returned to Appalachia and set up their new home base at the Whitespring Resort, also having gained access to a still-working Vertibird to travel beyond Appalachia to help others in need of assistance, such as those people surviving in the ruins ofPittsburgh, Pennsylvania,now known as "The Pitt" following the Great War. With the help of the residents of Vault 76, the Responders are able to aid the Pittsburgh Union, a group of survivors under attack from a raider group known as the Fanatics, and continue to aid them thanks to the Vault 76 residents to further help rebuild the United States from the ashes of nuclear annihilation.

Development

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The origins ofFallout 76date back to 2013.[20]During the development ofFallout 4,Bethesda Game Studiosbegan conceptualizing what a potential multiplayer game mode would look like.[20]The ideas presented were considered too large in scope, and were set aside in favor of the single-player campaign.[20]During this period, Jason Hasenbuhler of the then-recently formed BattleCry Studios inAustin, Texas,met with Bethesda executive producerTodd Howard.[20]Hasenbuhler noted that several developers at BattleCry had experience with large multiplayer games likeStar Wars Galaxies,and asked Howard to let the studio work on aFalloutmultiplayer game using the ideas proposed.[20]Bethesda greenlit the project after the release ofFallout 4in November 2015. They had already begun work ondownloadable contentforFallout 4as well as preliminary work onStarfield,and felt aFalloutmultiplayer game would help fill in the downtime between their games.[20]BattleCry had recently placed their upcomingfree-to-playgameBattleCryon indefinite hiatus, and agreed to Bethesda's request.[20]

Bethesda provided BattleCry withFallout 4'sCreation Engine,agame enginethat had been exclusively used in single-player games.[21]The Creation Engine proved difficult to work with, as it was still using code written forThe Elder Scrolls III: Morrowindin 2002, and any part of the map the player was not currently in would not be loaded.[21]BattleCry believed their best option to retrofit the engine with multiplayer capabilities was to implement thenetcodeused in olderQuakegames.[21]While BattleCry worked with the engine, a small team at Bethesda's main studio inRockville, Marylandbegan brainstorming the premise for the game.[22]They decided the map needed to be larger to compensate for multiple players, and chose the Appalachian region of West Virginia as the setting.[22]The last twoFalloutgames developed by Bethesda were set in major cities along theEast Coast of the United States,and the team wanted to instead explore a more rural location that would not have been targeted by nuclear warfare.[22]This meant the local flora and fauna would have largely survived and mutated, and forests could encompass parts of the map.[22]

Fallout 76takes place just 25 years after the Great War, which affected some decisions regarding the gameplay and plot, the largest of which was the initial decision to not include human NPCs.[23]Abehind-the-scenesdocumentary about the game gave two reasons for the decision.[23]From a lore perspective, Bethesda reasoned it would take longer than 25 years for hostile factions to form and take control of the area, and from a gameplay perspective, the team wanted players to know that any human characters they ran across were in fact other players and not NPCs.[23]Bethesda compensated for the lack of gun-wielding enemies by creating a new type of ghoul enemy that still had some mental faculties and knew how use weapons.[23]In a 2022 retrospective article published byKotaku,anonymous developers stated that nearly everyone at BattleCry disliked the decision to not include human NPCs, although Howard was insistent on their exclusion until after the game released.[24]Executives at Bethesda felt it would take a significant amount of time to update the engine for multiplayer capabilities, and decided that replacing NPCs with text-based storage devices and moments of environmental storytelling would convey the same level of narrative storytelling.[24]

Troubled development

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According to anonymous developers,Fallout 76suffered from a lack of proper leadership, and Bethesda executiveTodd Howardwas criticized for his approach to management.

The developers interviewed for the aforementionedKotakuarticle revealed thatFallout 76had a troubled development history.[24]One said, "No one wanted to be on that project because it ate people. It destroyed people [...] The amount of people who would go to that project, and then they would quit [Bethesda] was quite high."[24]To compensate for the turnover rate, some developers working onStarfieldand theArkane AustingameRedfallwere moved ontoFallout 76.[24]One reason attributed to why the game struggled to retain workers was the lack of leadership.[24]Some members of BattleCry were led to believe Howard was in charge of the project, although he was in fact working onStarfield.[24]Howard would occasionally visit BattleCry but his involvement was deemed inadequate by the developers.[24]One developer disclosed he shot down any new ideas proposed by the design team, while another claimed he leaned too heavily into the "bigger is better" design philosophy with no thought given to how it would work.[24]

In general, it was revealed Bethesda did not provide enough information about important aspects of the game, such as the maximum amount of players perserver,or howgriefingwould be handled.[24]Those interviewed also claimed there was a level of resentment toward BattleCry from the Rockville studio, particularly for Bethesda's decision to structureFallout 76as alive servicegame.[24]The free-to-playFallout Shelterhad grossed over $100 million in four years, and as a result, Bethesda took a greater interest in games that could continuously generate revenue after their release.[24]Emil Pagliarulowas singled out as a designer from the Rockville studio that ignored BattleCry.[24]A developer said, "[Pagliarulo] didn't seem to want to be involved with the product at all. He didn't want to have any contact with it [...] or read anything that we put in front of him."[24]The issues of resentment were compounded as some members from the Rockville studio that were brought in to work onFallout 76were dismayed that they were working on a multiplayer game despite joining a studio that had exclusively produced single-player games.[24]Another developer stated, "[Bethesda] has a lack of respect for folks who are working on things that they consider theirs."[24]

Members of thegame testingdepartment were also interviewed for theKotakuarticle, and shared similar stories about the game's development.[24]Testers were subject to significantcrunch,and the exhaustive work took a toll on their mental health.[24]Testers dealt with what they described as "voluntold overtime"; if no one volunteered for weekend overtime hours, then the entire department would be called in.[24]Peer pressurebecame commonplace among testers, as those who did not complain about the crunch had increased odds of being converted to full-time employees instead of contract workers.[24]When these issues were brought up to the studio's parent companyZeniMax Media,it was either ignored or outright denied.[24]Testers claimed their breaks were timed, and that some testers were even followed into restrooms by what they described as "chronic snitches".[24]

Nearly everybuildforFallout 76during its development suffered fromglitches,most of which stemmed from the Creation Engine.[24]When asked what parts of the game were subject to glitches, one developer said, "Tongue in cheek: the whole game. In general, every major bug in76[that appeared at launch] was known by [quality assurance]. "[24]The engine was poorly optimized, and simply updating to a new build could potentially break the game.[24]Game testers were forbidden from discussing problems found in the game directly to the developers, and instead had to bring up any issues with thequality assurancedepartment.[24]This in turn delayed work on game-breaking glitches for sometimes months.[24]Developers assumedFallout 76would be delayed, but Bethesda and BattleCry worked on tight schedules, and would not delay any preset deadlines.[24]

Release

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Pre-release

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Promotional material forFallout 76atGamescom2018

Fallout 76was announced on May 30, 2018; the announcement was preceded by a twenty-four-hour live stream onTwitchshowing aVault Boybobblehead toy in front of a monitor with a "Please Stand By"test pattern screen,a signature image of the series. This stream was watched by a total of over two million people, with more than one hundred thousand people watching at any time.[25]

Details of the game were announced by Bethesda Executive ProducerTodd Howardduring Bethesda's press conference atE3 2018on June 10, 2018, including its anticipated release date of November 14, 2018. As it is Bethesda Game Studios' first experience with a fully online game, Howard confirmed that there would be anopen beta phase,beginning on October 23, 2018, for Xbox One, and October 30, 2018, for PlayStation 4 and PC.[11]

In response to the announcement thatFallout 76would feature only multiplayer, a petition was created by fans of the series which called for the game to include a single-player mode. The petition received thousands of signatures within a day.[26][27]Following the game's announcement, there was a burst of interest in tourism in West Virginia. The website "West Virginia Explorer" reported an increase of fifteen times the visitors to the site in the days after the announcement, while management of theCamden Parkamusement park said there was an increase in people looking to purchase park merchandise.[28]

The teaser trailer shown atE3 2018featured acover versionofJohn Denver's song "Take Me Home, Country Roads".[29][30][31]Fans of the series expressed interest in the song, prompting Bethesda to announce plans to release the song on digital musical services, with all proceeds from it being donated toHabitat for Humanity,assuring a minimumUS$100,000donation.[32]In Australia, a freeFallout 76vinylcontaining the cover of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" was included as a promotion with the December 2018 issue ofStackmagazine, available at retailerJB Hi-Fi.[33][self-published source]

Post-release

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Beyond the launch ofFallout 76,the game continued to receive further development support from Bethesda to improve or alter its design, combat technical issues, and take action against users seen ascheating.However, many of the decisions undertaken by the publisher to implement these aims garnered disgruntlement and criticism from players and gaming journalists.[34]

In December 2018, the prices ofFallout 76'sin-game cosmetics received increasingly negative attention from players for being too expensive, particularly in regards to items added for the 2018 holiday season.Eurogamernoted how a set ofSanta Clausoutfits and a large sign cost$20 and $14 worth of in-game currency (called Atoms), respectively, with players arguing similar pricing was enough to buyFallout 4'sseason passwith all add-ons.[35]In the spring and summer of 2019, the game introduced items that managed a player's surplus inventory and improved the quality of their weapons, both of which could be acquired through spending Atoms. However, the implementation drew criticism from players, who felt that it favored those that paid for Atoms with real money instead of gaining them through hours of playtime.[36][37]Additional items released later that providedgameplay advantagesand were buyable with Atoms drew similar criticism.Polygonwrote the in-game store had "slowly warped over time", particularly as it had initially only offered cosmetic items for sale.[38]

In the weeks following release, Bethesda banned numerous players from the game for usingmodsand exploiting technical issues for various purposes. Such examples included duplicating in-game items, and gaining access to the game's developer room, an off-limits area created for testing purposes which contained copies of every item. Many of these players found that their accounts had been closed without warning, and were emailed by Bethesda asking them to write an essay explaining why cheating and using mod software was damaging to online video games. Bethesda's reaction received backlash from users as many felt they had been unfairly targeted for using mods to fix graphical or technical issues with the game, rather than with the intention to gain unfair advantages.[39][40][41]

Fallout 76's in-game currency became affected by hackers due to the mass duplication of items, much of which were sold using unofficial methods outside of the game.[42]Various players took it upon themselves to combat item duplication by hunting down and killing any player-characters suspected of using them, despite a number being in fact innocent.[43]Other examples of hacking were achieved inFallout 76;for example, in December 2019 alone, users succeeded in incorporating numerous NPCs and objects into the game, some of which had been taken fromFallout 4.Later that same month, hackers managed to open other online players' inventories and steal hundreds of their items. While Bethesda took action to combat these, many users called on the publisher to implement more rigorous anti-cheat protection for the game and to be more forceful in banning the accounts of those caught hacking.[44][45]

On October 23, 2019, Bethesda announced it would be selling a premium subscription service forFallout 76,titled "Fallout 1st", priced at $12.99 per month or $99.99 per year. The subscription allows payees to play the game in a private online server (either alone or in a group of up to seven people, who do not have to be subscribers). It also introduces new content such as a box allowing unlimited storage for crafting materials, a placeablefast travelsystem with supplementary supplies, 1650 atoms per month, and exclusive cosmetic items.

The choice to release a subscription model for the game drew criticism and was considered an audacious move from Bethesda,[46][47]particularity as content like private worlds had been requested before the game's launch by players but was instead now included behind apaywall.Some noted that subscription services for exclusive content in full-priced games were being shunned in favor of other models.[48][self-published source]Kotakucontested the high price, writing how the base game, while having improved in time through new content following its poor launch, still suffered from various problems, and additionally was continuing to be sold for a discounted price at most retailers.[49]

Reception

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Critical response

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According to review aggregatorMetacritic,the PC and PlayStation 4 versions received "mixed or average" reviews, while the Xbox One version received "generally unfavorable" reviews.[60][62][61]Thenumerous negative reviewsfrom critics ledForbesto describe the release ofFallout 76as a "historically bad launch" and to question if Bethesda would consider the property "worth saving" moving forward.[63][self-published source]

The Guardiancalled the game "a pointless walk in the post-apocalypse" featuring "half-baked conflict and witless quests to unearth the dead".[56]According toForbes,Fallout 76was a "huge, rare, total miss" by Bethesda.[64][self-published source]Eurogamerdescribed the game as a "bizarre, boring, broken mess", adding that, shortly after its launch, it should be considered as a "failed experiment".[65]Business InsiderdescribedFallout 76as "a jumble of disparate video game elements set loose in an online world, held together by a string of pointless fetch quests and experience points".[66]Newsweeksaid that moments of the enjoyment during their review were "outweighed by the near-constant performance issues and poorly executed game systems", adding that they were disappointed in the game despite being fans of the series.[67]

PCWorldended their review early due to their frustration with the game's technical performance, and said that it still would not be a great game to them even if it "functioned properly".[68]GameSpotsaid that the game "can look and feel like its illustrious predecessors at times, but it's a soulless husk of an experience."[51]According toIGN,"The rich wasteland map ofFallout 76is wasted on a mess of bugs, conflicting ideas, and monotony. "[53]Giant Bombhas said they will not publish a full review due to lack of interest of the staff to play it enough to reach a final verdict. Editor and co-founderJeff Gerstmannstated on their podcast "No one on staff wants to play any more of this video game."[69]

The game was also criticized for its initial complete absence of interactive humanNPCs.GameSpotsaid that "without having any of those people present to tell their stories personally, [Fallout 76]'s world is limited to being little more than just an environmental exhibit with things to kill ", and that" there are no strong emotional anchors to help you become truly invested... ". They also wrote that quests simply exist of" long monologues and one-way directives from a person who no longer exists and you can't interact with [...] your actions ultimately won't affect anyone, or the rest of the world for that matter ".[51]PC Worldsimilarly took issue, writing "robots aren't really NPCs as much as quest dispensers [...] they don't talk with you, they talk at you". Additionally, they disliked the readable terminals and holotapes: "none of it feels important or even particularly interesting" as they were "no substitute for an actual conversation".[68]

Many reviewers noted a large number of bugs and glitches present inFallout 76,affecting numerous aspects of the game, as well as stability, performance and graphical issues.[70][71][72]In response, Bethesda issued severalpatches,the size of the first being 50GB,which nearly eclipsed the size of the game itself.[73][74]However, many of the attempted fixes garnered player disgruntlement for failing to resolve some of the more notable technical issues, removing features previously thought intentional, and inadvertently resulting in further bugs, some of which had been fixed previously.[75][76][77][78]A number of fans subsequently expressed their desire for Bethesda to use a public test server for new patches before their release.[79][36][37]The game's controversial subscription service also received further negative attention upon its launch in October 2019 due to a range of issues. In particular, players reported that private servers used to present a newly created version of the game's world contained dead NPCs and looted areas, implying that the servers were recycled instances that people had already used. Additionally, players found that they were not able to go "invisible" and restrict their private server to a few select friends; instead, anyone on their friends list could see and join the server. Another technical issue with the subscription model concerned a box that allowed for an unlimited depositing of crafting materials, with players storing their items accordingly and then returning later to find that the contents of the box had disappeared.[80][self-published source][81][82]

On December 22, 2018, as a way of apology for the criticism surroundingFallout 76,Bethesda announced that they would give all players ofFallout 76a free copy of theFallout Classic Collection,available on PC, which consists ofFallout,Fallout 2,andFallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel.[83]In an interview withIGNon June 2, 2019, Todd Howard addressed the launch ofFallout 76and that the negative reactions had been anticipated by Bethesda, saying, "We knew we were going to have a lot of bumps. That's a difficult development; a lot of new systems and things like that [...] a lot of those difficulties ended up on the screen. We knew, hey look, this is not the type of game that people are used to from us and we're going to get some criticism on it. A lot of that—very well-deserved criticism [...] This is not gonna be a high Metacritic game. This is not what this is." Howard also expressed regret at not releasing a beta version of the game several months before release to gain feedback. Despite this, he believed thatFallout 76's reception would improve over time from ongoing support, and that this mattered more for a game than how it started out: "It's not how you launch, it's what it becomes [...] It's [Fallout 76] really turned around. It's a fabulous game with an incredible community. "[84][85]

Wastelanders

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With the release of theWastelandersexpansion, the game saw improved reception from critics. On Metacritic, the Wastelanders expansion had an aggregate score of 68/100 for Windows,[86]and 63/100 for PlayStation 4 based on updated reviews.[87]IGNDavid Jagneaux's review ofWastelandersscored the update a 6 of 10, but stated thatWastelanders"is a dramatic overhaul of Appalachia from top to bottom it desperately needed. It finally introduces mostly interesting human NPCs, an abundance of fun new quests, and satisfying alterations to existing areas. As a result,Fallout 76is starting to feel like a true Fallout game – even if it's still not as consistently enjoyable as its predecessors. "[88]PCWorldsaid "It's still not as good as a proper offline Fallout sequel, but Fallout 76's Wastelanders expansion injects some much-needed personality into post-apocalyptic West Virginia."[89]GameSpotwrote that "Wastelanders introduces some of the best Fallout sequences in recent years, but you'll have to dig through a lot of Fallout 76's enduring issues to experience them."[90]Nate Crowley ofRock, Paper, Shotgunsaid of the improvements, "The mood of the game, for want of a better word, is transformed: what was once hollow now feels fleshed out, and what was lifeless now feels at least intermittently busy. I've still got a lot of issues with Fallout 76, but they're starting to feel fixable, or at least easier to overlook."[91]

When the game, with the newWastelandersexpansion, was released onSteamin April 2020, it was initiallyreview bombedby users generally upset over the game's original state when it was first released. However, other users on Steam and other community sites have worked to try to counter that perception of the game to newer players or interested buyers, pointing out that, likeFinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm RebornandNo Man's Sky,the updates since launch, particularly with the Wastelanders update included with the Steam release, had significantly improved the game, and that those interested in trying it should ignore the negative reviews.[92][93]

Sales

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Upon launch,Fallout 76debuted at third place in the UK's all-format sales charts, behindSpyro Reignited TrilogyandRed Dead Redemption 2,[94]and fifth place in the Switzerland all-format sales charts.[95]According to the NPD Group, the game had lower launch sales than eitherFallout 4orFallout: New Vegas.[96]The game saw a price drop in North America less than one week after its initial release, with some pundits listing poor sales as a reason for the cut in price.[63][self-published source]In their respective opening months, the game's physical sales were less than one fifth ofFallout 4(down 82%).[97]In Japan, the PlayStation 4 version sold 73,489 copies within its debut week, which made it the second bestselling retail game of the week in the country.[98]

SuperData estimated that, as of the end of 2018,Fallout 76had sold 1.4 million digital copies.[99]In November 2021,Todd Howardrevealed the game had 11 million players in total.[100]In March 2024, the game had 17 million players.[101]The following month, following the release of the Amazon PrimeFallouttelevision series,Fallout 76's player count reached an all-time high six years after its release, with a million people logging in within a single day.[102]

Accolades

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Despite the mixed reviews, the game was nominated for "Fan Favorite Fall Release" at theGamers' Choice Awards,[103]for "Game of the Year" at the Australian Games Awards,[104]and for the Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game at the New York Game Awards.[105] The game won the "Best Video Game TV Spot" award at the 2019 Golden Trailer Awards.

Controversies

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See also:List of video games notable for negative reception § Fallout 76 (2018)

Fallout 76'sPower Armorspecial editiondrew controversy upon release. Bethesda advertised that the edition would include acanvasduffel bag,but anylonone was included instead. Responding to customer complaints, Bethesda claimed that the bag had to be changed due to unavailability of materials, and initially stated the intention to take no action. The publisher received criticism for not making the change known beforehand, withEurogamerpointing out that the bag's description on Bethesda's website had only changed to read "nylon" after complaints had been submitted. Bethesda later offered affected customers free in-game currency of 500 atoms as compensation, equivalent toUS$5.00(equivalent to $6.07 in 2023).[106][107]Critics pointed out this amount of currency was not enough to purchase the in-game postman uniform (700 atoms), which includes a canvas bag.[106]Additionally, it was discovered that Bethesda had produced a differentFallout 76–themed canvas bag and given them for free toonline influencers,further adding to the fan outrage.[108]Bethesda announced on December 3, 2018, that they would be producing canvas bags for all owners of the Power Armor special edition,[109][110]In June 2019, the bags were delivered to customers.[111][112]

Adata breachoccurred on December 5, 2018, when a glitch in Bethesda'ssupport systemrevealed personal information of approximately 65Fallout 76customers who had submitted a support ticket to receive the canvas bag.[113][self-published source]Users were able to open and close tickets of other customers and view personal information, including names, addresses, emails and partial credit card information.[114][115][self-published source][116]In a statement given toArs Technica,Bethesda said that the breach occurred via "an error with our customer support website" and that they are "investigating the incident and will provide additional updates as we learn more". The publisher clarified that the only information leaked were details that the support site would have requested, rather than credit card numbers or passwords, and that they would notify all affected customers.[117]

In 2018, Bethesda partnered with the Silver Screen Bottling Company to create "Nuka Dark Rum", an alcoholic beverage based on the in-game "Nuka-Cola Dark" introduced in theFallout 4: Nuka-Worldadd-on.The rum was available to be pre-ordered in August 2018 for$80(equivalent to $97.07 in 2023).[118][119]While its release was expected to coincide with the launch ofFallout 76,the rum was delayed and was shipped instead in late December 2018. Upon receiving it, fans criticized the fact that the rum bottle advertised, expected to be in the missile-like shape of the Nuka-Cola item, had turned out to be a standard glass bottle encased in a plastic cover. The rum's asking price of $80 was subsequently condemned from expectations that the design would be of high quality, since none of the marketing had stated what the bottles would be made of.[120][self-published source][121][122]

In September 2019, collectible "Nuka Cola" –themedFallouthelmets produced by Chronicle Collectibles, of which only 32 of the 20,000 manufactured were sold, were recalled by theU.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissiondue to containing high levels of mold and posing a health risk. No incidents or injuries were reported.GameStop,which sold the helmets, notified all customers who had purchased a helmet and offered them a full refund.[123][124]

Notes

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  1. ^Additional work byBethesda Game Studios Austinas well asArkane Studios,id Software,ZeniMax Online Studios,Iron GalaxyandDouble Eleven.[1][2]
  2. ^The opening chapter ofFallout 4takes place twenty-five years prior toFallout 76,but the remainder of the game takes place two hundred years later.

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