Will Fallout 76 Be a Good Game ?

By Alexandre Bordeleau
DISCLAIMER: Every piece of media used in this  article is for educational purpose  and  rightfuly belongs to the Bethesda Softworks

What do I think about it ?

First of all, let's put some context to it. Last June, right before E3 2018, Bethesda announced its brand-new game that nobody was expecting : Fallout 76. Fallout and Bethesda fans alike thought that it was another spin-off mobile game or a game of the sort when it was announced because Bethesda Game Studio had already released Fallout 4 in 2015. At E3 2018, Todd Howard, Bethesada game studio's CEO, showed us for the first time gameplay from Fallout 76. It turned out that it was a complete open world RPG that they had been developing for years. Everyone was happy until they said that it was going to be very different from every other game they have made so far and that it will be a fully multiplayer game. At this stage, a lot of controversy happened. People were either happy about it while others were already saying that the game would be bad.

So, what do I think about it ? I think that it will probably be a really good game overhaul, but not a game that hardcore Fallout fans will be looking forward to. To explain why I think it is the case, let's first take a peek at some of the content that has been announced so far.

What makes people worry about this game?

Multiplayer focused game

The first thing that gamers were told when it was presented is that the game will be entirely in multiplayer and the game will be highly focused on this aspect, but it will still be possible to play without being with other people on a team. This had many people worried because they fear that the game might become somewhat unplayable because of "griefing" and powerful players constantly killing weaker players. However, the people over at Bethesda stated that there will be a system to prevent this from happening. Another thing that makes gamer think that the game might not work well as a Fallout game is the lack of a good and flexible character building and perk system. In Fallout 4, many players complained about the perk tree not being really good and not like previous games, but this time around, it is completely different from before. The new perk system will be in the form of cards which you acquire randomly when you level up that you can trade to your teammates. This might be cool for players who actually play multiplayer and are looking for this type of gaming experience, but for solo players and Fallout fans it is not enough customizable and is not what they are looking for in this type of game. Even tough I don't particularly like this idea, I do have to give them credits for some of the ideas they have included like the mutation system and the new settlement system.

Lack of RPG elements and refined quests

 Because the game will be only playable in multiplayer, the developers said that, unlike their previous Fallout games, there won't be any human or intelligent NPC in the game except for some robots. This is probably the aspect that worries the most people because it means that we might not be getting those huge and memorable quest that we had in previous installments of the series. After receiving a lot of comments about this, Bethesda said that there will still be quest like there used to be, but they will mostly be given by the enviroment and robots.

Conclusion

Almost all of the information cited in this article is explored in more depth in the video above of Noclip called "The Making of Fallout 76". In the end, we will have to wait until the BETA releases on October 23rd  to actually say if the game is good or not, 

If you want to know more about Fallout 76 and credits.

If you want to learn more about the upcoming game Fallout 76 here are some links :

Official Fallout twitter : https://twitter.com/Fallout

Bethesda website : https://fallout.bethesda.net/games/fallout-76

Official Youtube channel of Bethesda : https://www.youtube.com/user/BethesdaSoftworks/videos

You can also search for interviews with Todd Howard and other youtube channels.