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Fallout 76 Review - IGN

From IGN: The rich wasteland map of Fallout 76 is wasted on a mess of bugs, conflicting ideas, and monotony.

UltraNova2020d ago

Well there it is even IGN has spoken candidly.

kingtoby20812020d ago

They should have gave it a 1/10

PapaBop2020d ago

“No one on staff wants to play anymore of this videogame [Fallout 76]. I’m not going to subject myself to another 20-30 hours of this [expletive] mess to just put a number on it. My number is ‘Don’t play this game’.”

Giant Bomb's verdict far more damning.

UltraNova2020d ago

This is "I love my marketing deals, more than my integrity as a journalist outlet" IGN, what did you expect? This is more than damning as far as IGN is concerned.

frostypants2019d ago

@UltraNova, they gave it a 50. That's super low and they rarely go below that even for indie titles. What more do you want? It's their version of an F.

rainslacker2019d ago

Yet it still gets a five.

stupidusername2019d ago

Everyone knows that a 5/10 is horrible for a fallout game made by bethesda. If Ign were trying to save the supposed important marketing deals (that are far less prominent than people think) then they would give it a 7/10.

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william_cade2020d ago (Edited 2020d ago )

They had to. All of the major outlets waited for fan reviews on this one.

UltraNova2020d ago

Exactly...shielded by the Mob mentality...

slate912019d ago

There were no early review copies. Had to wait until the release date to start playing.

william_cade2019d ago

@slate91

They had reviews up on meta, but didn't give the score and finalize their reviews until way after the public on this one.

PhantomS422019d ago

With how long they were delaying the review and how much the guy in the review update videos said he was enjoying the game I was expecting it to get a 9/10 from them. Glad they were honest about it.

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sander97022019d ago

I'm so happy this game crashed and burned, hopefully they learn a lesson from this.

frostypants2019d ago

I'd have been happier if it surprised us and was good....

majedx92019d ago

yes they got away with there BS for a long time
be me playing fallout 4
get stuck thru a chair the game save
other save files got corrupted for some reason
everything is lost

TheColbertinator2020d ago

Bwahahaha Bethesda should leave online glitch fests to other publishers like EA or Activision

UltraNova2020d ago

Like any other easy money making pie, they want a piece as well.

PhantomS422019d ago

Not after this, they won't. They should stick to what they know. Now how fast do you think they will push up TES6 after saying it's years off.

UltraNova2019d ago (Edited 2019d ago )

Phantom,

Actually if they learned anything by this catastrophe they would push ES6 further down the line because they will be busy porting everything to a frickin new and up-to-standard engine, that's what I think!

rainslacker2019d ago

It helps to make a good game that can keep people engaged. Making it a mp game is only half the equation of making a cash cow game with minimal effort.

Then you have Sony making games like horizon for 40 million and taking in the cash. Hopefully the pendulum will swing back to all these publishers saying how great sp is next gen.

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Dark-soul2020d ago

becouse they recieve free gifts like power armor edition, 100 copies of game and 1 week travel to havai all included for the staff and simmilar things. why? its marketing they are huge, the bigger you are the bigger the gifts. i seen even no name youtubers with little sub recieving power armor edition of game.

Ricegum2020d ago

T1125P

Oh you played it? Where did you get up to?

MasterCornholio2020d ago

Do you really need to play it to know that there’s serious issues with the game? I believe the really low review scores indicate something. Otherwise no game is bad until you played it. Which is silly in my opinion.

Hungryalpaca2019d ago

I played it. It was awful. Under 30 fps on a 1080? The fuck?

LiViNgLeGaCY2019d ago

Man, you are in FULL defense of this game, aren't you?

Stanjara2019d ago

You really have to think twice to give 60$ to a low reviews, and even more lower user reviews. They should include Tods picture on the other side of the map.

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rainslacker2019d ago

Surprised they didn't knock off a few decimal points for "too many bugs"

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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 17h ago

Impressive!

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

-Foxtrot1d 16h ago

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

Notellin1d 1h ago

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

Zeref1d ago

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

ocelot0723h 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.

thesoftware73021h 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.

-Foxtrot21h 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_Long21h ago

@notellin
Now you're getting it ;)

purple10120h ago

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

MrNinosan20h ago(Edited 20h 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 👍

Crows9013h 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 3h ago (Edited 1d 3h 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 2h 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_Observer17h 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_cheese6h ago

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

anast1d 2h ago

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

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anast1d 2h ago

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

Huey_My_D_Long21h 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.

4Sh0w18h 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.