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Always Online Fallout 76 Will Alienate Many West Virginia Players

If what Todd Howard just said on the E3 stage is true, than many of the players in West Virginia will not be able to enjoy Fallout 76.

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-Foxtrot2183d ago

Kind of ironic...which is why always online games are not good

If you can really "play this game solo" like many developers who make these kind of games say then do a mode which takes you offline and treats it as a single player game.

Lightning Mr Bubbles2183d ago (Edited 2183d ago )

I've decided to give this a chance. From what I understand it's still a quest game with a storyline but you can take the journey on with friends or play it alone if you want. Kind of like Dark Souls or even "I hate saying it" but Destiny, yes it's an online world but it doesn't mean the main focus has to be team frag matches. I personally did enjoy making my own settlements in Fallout 4 with all the fences, neon lights, decorations, and there were times I thought... wouldn't it be so cool if you could share this with other players or defend it from other people. I did see how having online in Fallout might be a fun thing. I don't know if this will end up being just an online spinoff but I don't think that's the plan right now, sounds like they are building a huge world with new engine and going all out. I think they are serious about this game and maybe taking the franchise in a new direction if it works out. I don't think even Bethesda knows for sure yet, they are just trying something new and I'm willing to give it a chance. I mean they could make another super long DLC of Fallout 4 and call it Fallout: West Virginia or Fallout 5 and we would all think it's an all new mainline Fallout title, and I would be okay with that because I love Fallout, but we have had plenty of DLC already and the same formula is getting just a bit stale. So, I'm willing to give this a chance and keep an open mind.

Lamboomington2183d ago

Apparently no human NPCs. They'll all be other players.

shinoff21832183d ago

Agree. If we give them enough grief maybe they will see single player gamers ain't messing around. Give us a offline mode damn it

Lighter92183d ago

I'm going to start a private session when I play.

UnHoly_One2183d ago

There is no reason to believe that is even possible. I'm guessing it won't be.

Lighter92183d ago

Wrong. I just watched a new interview with Todd Howard and he says you can.

Seriously, I've always been able to have a private session in MP games. Do you want to hate this game so bad that you'll just stuff make up?

JackBNimble2183d ago

The new in thing is to hate all the big devs/publishers, yet people still buy their games and bitch about them.

RandoCommenter2183d ago

I'm just not going to even play it.

T2X2183d ago

Well, everyone can enjoy their principals while I enjoy games and not care.

UnHoly_One2183d ago (Edited 2183d ago )

Who said I hated it?

I’m buying it for sure.

I just said I did not expect there to be an option to play in a private game.

Jesus, jump to conclusions much?

And I wasn’t “making stuff up”, I was just taking a guess based on what little I’ve seen so far. I even said in my post “I’m guessing”. lol

Mmmkay2183d ago

Bethesda needs to show a lot more of this game if they expect people to pre order. I have lost all excitement.

jocomat92182d ago

I'm so excited. It's basically fallout 4s multiplayer that wasn't half assed and tacked on..can't wait

Christopher2183d ago

Not the West Virginians who own and play on current gen machines it won't. And now they don't make online games because of this? Doesn't TESO already alienate West Virginians? It's not like Bethesda wrote the history of the vaults and thereby decided where a vault is set.

Having 70% online doesn't mean that ~30% are comprised of people who play console games. Those people also aren't using social media or the like either.

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As Fallout76 Crosses 20Million Gamers Amid Success of TVSeries, Todd Howard Talks Franchise’s Future

“Fallout 76″ has found a whole new world of players thanks to the popularity of Amazon’s “Fallout” TV series. The Bethesda Game Studios title, which first launched in October 2018, crossed 20 million downloads and plays as of Wednesday.

Obscure_Observer1d 19h ago

Impressive!

Hopefully Fallout 5 will be among next gen Xbox´s launching games.

-Foxtrot1d 17h ago

Yeah will be great. Can’t wait for it on the PS6.

Notellin1d 3h ago

What's the point of mentioning the platform you plan to play on? Tribalism.

Zeref1d 2h ago

Can't wait to not have to pay 70 dollars for it lol

ocelot071d ago

Will probably be decent on the HP Omen Xbox but not so sure about the Dell Alienware Xbox though. But I have high hopes for the Asus ROG Ally Xbox Edition running this game at a stable 60.

thesoftware73023h ago

Fox,
I'm sure MS can't wait either; all that money they will make.

Everyone wins.
Play it on Xbox, play it on PS, play it on your cell phone, play it on PC, shit, maybe even on Nintendo.
ALL=$$$$ for Microsoft corp, literally all these companies care about.

-Foxtrot23h ago

@Notellin

You new here?

It's Obscure_Observer...and I like to wind him up by saying what he would say to others

I'm not even that bothered, I just find it fun.

Huey_My_D_Long23h ago

@notellin
Now you're getting it ;)

purple10121h ago

Can’t wait to play this, on my Samsung tv Xbox app,

MrNinosan21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

@thesoftware730
I'm sure Sony can't wait to be part in 30% of Microsofts profit, without spending $7,5 billion + development cost.

All free money for Sony 👍

Crows9014h ago

@zeref

You think it's a positive but it's funny how much of a negative it actually is...lol

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just_looken1d 4h ago (Edited 1d 4h ago )

Though it would be nice i think tod with his team should stay away from it let someone else take the helm like fallout new vegas.

I also hope after all these success they do not make fallout 76 number 2 sense 76 is the most profitable game they made in the series thanks to monthly subs. Then you got the billion + they made on elder scrolls online.

First thing first is the new elder scrolls title they been working on and we got more updates for starfield to come out but one has recently added a new feature called interactive maps you can see icons along with paths now true next gen.....

So yeah with starfield being there "years" of dev time biggest budget/team size do you trust them with the next fallout title?

MrDead1d 4h ago

The next fallout will be on all systems as Xbox is their smallest market. You don't restrict your flagship games to one of the worlds smallest and shrinking platform.
Bethesda still needs PC and PS as we've learnt from recent layoffs thanks to Microsoft's greed in trying to ban multiplatform publisher's from their biggest console platform.

Obscure_Observer18h ago

Whatever happened to your claims that MS should be boycotted and ultimately destroyed due its greed and monopolistic goals?

You said that the only reason MS released Starfield on PC is because its a new IP, otherwise it would an Xbox exclusive game, as MS ultimate goal is to remove games from players, right?

Now you come to realize that all of your smearing campaign along with all of your doom and gloom prophecies was for nothing!

You don´t really care about MS being destroyed as long Playstation gets some Xbox games.

The moment you find out that neither TES VI and Fallout 5 will be making it´s way to Playstation anything soon, you will be right back where you were a few months ago, shoehorning how MS must (again) be destroyed. Smh.

"Bethesda still needs PC and PS as we've learnt from recent layoffs thanks to Microsoft's greed in trying to ban multiplatform publisher's from their biggest console platform."

Last time I checked, Tango, which released Hi-Fi Rush on both PC and PS5 got shut down while Bethesda (Starfield) do not.

Yes, MS is greed. Yes they do care about the money above most things like every company does.

But just like Sony, they´ll not put their flagship titles on Playstation while damaging their own consoles in the process. I though both Phil and Sarah were clear about that subject when they confirmed that a next gen Xbox console is in development.

That said, the thing that most people don´t realize with all that port begging nonsense, is that Xbox releasing all of its flagships games on Playstation will do nothing but hurt the Playstation brand in the end.

Let me explain:

First - If all games from Xbox land on Playstation, what real interest Sony will have to continue and invest in innovative and multi hundred million dollar single player games that they´re known for? None! I mean, why would Sony take risks when the competitor is doing it in their place?

In the end, Sony will just rest on their laurels by allowing Playstation to be carried by third party publishers and ultimately, Playstation´s premiere first party games will be no more.

Second - After the recent events, you know now how far Sony is willing to go to get that MAU from Steam gamers, they literally banned Steam gamers from 120 countries and regions for it. In Microsoft´s case, you also know they will demand Playstation players to connect to a MS account to play Xbox games, which favors no other but MS itself, because they´ll be "stealing" gamers from the Playstation´s player base, via the ultimate "Trojan Horse".

As a wise man said: "Be careful what you wish for"

Mr_cheese7h ago

Oh Obscure, the irony in what you're saying is crazy.

anast1d 3h ago

Fallout 5 will most likely be 80% generated by AI.

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anast1d 3h ago

It's a good show. They are really good at live action trailers.

Huey_My_D_Long23h ago

Yall have alot to prove after starfield. Personally I think they will squander the potential for the game, but hey, I look forward to being proven wrong when its released.

RaidenBlack1h ago

Obsidian can still save the reputation with a banger spin off Fallout title whilst Bethesda concentrates finishing TES VI.
Only drawback is Obsidian will have to halt the Outer Worlds 2 development.

RaidenBlack1h ago

They wont.
Too many legacy program scripts to transition to UE.

4Sh0w19h ago

Yeah the TV Series was better than I expected.

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Level 1,000 Fallout 76 player advises new and returning players

There are many who want to help out new Vault Dwellers but this level 1,000 player offers the best advice after spending hundreds of hours in the game.

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Shane Kim15d ago

I have an advice. Go outside more.

OtterX15d ago

You wouldn't say that if you lived in a fallout shelter! ;P

Fonsecap15d ago

Save your time and play something else...

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Fallout 76: Skyline Valley Developers Preview

Players looking forward to exploring the new content can now enjoy a preview of what to expect.