Fallout 76 is a newly realized game created by the well know company Bethesda. it is Bethesda's take on a multiplayer RPG shooter type game and not to be confused with an mmo which its nothing like. It resembles a lot of the past fallout game created by Bethesda fallout 4 as a lot of the controls and gameplay is the same. The map is a lot bigger with a few extra details added and changed to the gameplay but more or less the same. But the main focus here seems to be the multiplayer. This game had a lot of potential but because the launch of this game it went drastically down in price and lost a lot of its player base.
Story
The story is where this game went down a lot, because it's a Bethesda game people expected the story to be good as it's what they are known for good story telling. The games story focuses on player waking up to this wasteland set in West Virginia. It is a prequel of the fallout series set 25 years before the first game. But the problem is that there are no NPCs most of the quests in the game are given by picking up and listening to tapes or getting off the occasional robot. Having no human NPCs unlike every other Bethesda game made the game very boring and lifeless Bethesda explained this by saying they wanted it to be more role playing focused and that the players are supposed to fill this role as it's a multiplayer game. But I think this didn't quit work so well even if there are many people in 1 game the world still feels empty as the map is so big. So as far as the story goes it is very boring and hard to follow after about an hour of trying to follow the main story, I found it easy to get distracted and started doing other stuff unlike previous Bethesda titles this was probably one of the biggest let downs in the game.
Gameplay and controls
The gameplay and controls are very much like the past fallout games and titles made by Bethesda. There are a few more additions as its multiplayer focused but not much it is a lot like fallout 4 in terms of gameplay. It's almost just as if it was a mod for fallout 4 or a big dlc. Graphics and Audio At launch the graphics weren't great there was a lot of problems with rendering and just the stability of the game, as for audio mostly was fine with a few glitches here a lot and there some of these problems have since been fixed since launch but as for a brand new game developed by a triple A studio the graphics should of been a lot better but just looks the same as fallout 4 which realized a few years ago. A lot of this has to do with the old engine Bethesda still use and have been using for years.
Game replay value
There are so many quests to complete and areas to unlock in the game. It is filled with content which can keep you busy for days. There's tones of loot, quests and endless events to play with your Friends the problem lies with the actual quality of the content the end game rewards are not worth it and it's a really grindy game. There are some exciting quests, but most can be quite boring which isn't worth it. You can play hours into this game and try to complete it all and there are a lot of features like building your own house, crafting weapons, armour and more. But to be honest the game was such a letdown that it was hard to finish the never mind replaying it. The only thing that brought me back on the game was playing it with friends which can be quite fun at times. So, from hearing from plenty of people and my friends I know that the end game rewards and experience are not worth the grind.
Conclusion
This game was realized at full price at a horrible state and was a waste of money to a lot of people. The price has dropped since and has been improved a bit in the past months. It focuses on multiplayer and isn't bad but has a lot of bugs and glitches which ruins the game. The game can be very fun at times though especially with friends. The multiplayer is good and is slowly getting better. The problem lies in the story and content which I don't think it can recover from after such a bad realize. Even when playing with Friends you eventually get bored of the actual game and just begin to start Messing around and not actually playing the game. In the end the game is not bad with friends if you have friends playing it and want to get it I'd wait till it's at a cheap price but if you are more into single player then stay away from this game even if you like fallout it's a boring especially without friends and very grindy with not much of an end game reward. I have a mixed opinion of this game it can be very fun with friends but that is all, there is some many problems with this game and with the added micro transactions which are just a scam makes it even worse. Definitely wait till it's cheap as it's not worth full price not even half price. Unless they can make it better and add more it may become a better game but that is hard to call at this point.
