Fallout 76 review: Why we had to give it 95% - Game On AUS

If not for the occasional buggy experience Fallout 76 would've been awarded a flawless score, find out why in our latest review for this incredible title. - Game On AUS

[2pacalypsenow]

Game is full of bugs. - 9.5/10

Pretty much Bethesda games for the last 10 years.

[Nitrowolf2]

I’m a few hours in on the game for my review

I don’t know what this guy is smoking, he ignores pretty much all the negatives about the game. Bethesda really took a huge step back and tried to go for the whole “you make ur own fun and story” instead of giving people a fallout experience but with friends.

Just from the opening level of the game you can tell how the rest of it is gonna play out. I’m gonna sit there and play through it all, but man this is rough and unacceptable from Bethesda. That’s not to say their games haven’t been filled with bugs prior and those were never acceptable either, but Jeez this is a new low

[syphon32]

It’s clickbait, he’s doing it just to be opposite, everyone knows they released a broken game. There’s no way around that one. I’m not even gonna read his article I just wanted to comment because I’m stupid, and I did exactly what he wanted people to do, at least halfway...smh

[-Foxtrot]

“you make ur own fun and story”

Ah the classic "we're too lazy to make the game fun, memorable and a creative...do it yourself" approach

[rainslacker]

I do enjoy watching my 5-7 year old cousins making up their own games, as they run around the house playing. Its nice seeing the creativity.

What isn't nice, for a game I want to play where I want more, is that like those kids, these games have no real structure. No real rules. Nothing to do except what you can think of in your imagination.

That kind of thing was cool back in the day when you could often make up your own storylines to games that really had none, or play a fighting game with no story, and think of what it could be. But having grown up, I prefer to have something more meaningful. I don't watch two guys walking around in a video to make up my own story, and I wouldn't have fun doing it. So I'm certainly not going to pay $60 for a game where I have to use my imagination for no reason, because I pay money to have an experience. I can make my own experiences without games, and for free.

[Armaggedon]

The game has content and experience s, just not what most people are looking for. Its partly Bethesda s fault for not knowing what their fans like about Fallout games, objectively speaking. I like 76 personally, but all Bethesda had to do is look at New Vegas. "Why are people praising this game so much? What does it do differently?" And that would have help them know before hand that most Fallout fans would hate Fallout 76.

[UnHoly_One]

I keep seeing people saying bugs are the problem.

They aren't.

Yes it's buggy, and yes, that is bad.

But the game is awful regardless.

This isn't a good game ruined by lack of polish, it's just a BAD game.

[n1kki6]

Rockstar games are unplayable messes due to over the top animations, poor response, and in general play like ps2 games and they still get 10s.

[Clunkyd]

Please don't compare Rockstar Games to anything Bugthesda makes.
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[Sm00thNinja]

Yeah no. Don't post this nonsense ever again

[2pacalypsenow]

Huh?

What games are you playing?

[william_cade]

and this crass thought that you typed still got 1 like.

[Armaggedon]

Lol. We have a spreader of justice.

[neutralgamer1992]

Must be a Bethesda employee or fanboy

[Kiwi66]

That's odd as Rockstar games are amongst the best games out there

[Gwiz]

Damn this comparison is really skewed to the max.

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

LOL unplayable.....you are drowning in Hyperbole, no one can take you serious.

[lellkay]

Are we really going down this path?

[CaptainOmega]

I mean... even flies like feces.

[HaveSumNuts]

2 girls 1 vault

[Wordzero]

Bravo.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

Low standards or Bethesda sent a cheque?

[frostypants]

Nah, just clickbait to get that sweet sweet ad impression revenue.

[wwinterj]

Sums it up. You always will get one review that goes against the majority for clicks. Normally from a less known site too.

[Mr_Commander]

Delusional. there is nothing more what to say.

[n1kki6]

Why because this person likes the game? Gamers are such group thinkers. Now game gets aa good score and its clickbait? Gamers are morons.

[Sophisticated_Chap]

"Gamers are morons"

Speak for yourself.

[Vetalka83]

i love the game and have like 90 hours in it already,having lots of fun in it with my real life friends,on the other hand i found rdr2 a boring pos.

[0hMyGandhi]

being a contrarian doesn't make your opinion that much more validated. It makes you stand out in the worst ways possible.

I get that some people like this game. That is just dandy.
But awarding a title a near perfect score does nothing to the community at large.

This is textbook clickbait.

Also, I am happy he included about 10 huge images to make his review seem that much more "thorough"...

Give me a break.

[n1kki6]

@sophiticated_chap I was speaking for myself. Is my alias not attached to the post? I wouldn't speak for anyone but myself. But again moron gamers read something they dont agree with so it has to be click bait. Morons in the most literal sense.

[Armaggedon]

Come to realize that some of these people want to see Bethesda fail. Virtually no one is willing to say "Look Bethesda, you guys really crap the bed with this, but we know your better than this guys." That coupled with the severe lack of understanding gets you this massive hate wave. However, it does take two to tango, and Bethesda made some poor decisions as well. If the game was unfinished, perhaps they should have made it free to play instead of charging $60 for it. And honestly, Todd should not have lied and said that this was their biggest project yet that the bulk of the team was focusing on, because it clearly isnt.

[n1kki6]

Morons

[BlackTar187]

Wow nikki6 you're a moron.

[MrOppOrtunity]

Do u even game bro?

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

It's a poorly made product by any standard...giving it a 9.5 is just wrong.

[Bhuahahaha]

its simple~ we need those click

[-Foxtrot]

Someone didn't take enough Rad Away

[TheGoodestBoi]

Why you had to get 95%?
So you'll get noticed

[KukwesGaming]

This is a review you get when someone actually plays the game and doesnt play into trends.

[Elwenil]

Shouldn't you be licking Todd Howard's boots?

[salmonade]

He's too busy scavenging dirty underwear from Todd's dirty laundry so he can suck the stains out.

[TKCMuzzer]

Eh, i haven't played it but from watching videos even I can see the obvious issues, which when people are paying money for, should not be ironed over and ignored on reviews,

[kayoss]

Trend? Most critics and majority of players agree that fallout 76 is buggy mess. But yeah going ahead and follow the handful.

[0hMyGandhi]

Gotcha. So if a trend is giving a game a bad score. Then intentionally subverting that expectation means...what, exactly? ah yes. It means giving a game a higher score than it deserves just to placate the minority who've actually enjoyed the game.

That good ol' Rian Johnson School of Subversion strikes again.

[yeahokwhatever]

I too like RedLetterMedia. That said, ignoring other reviews to review a game isn't subversion.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

Don't feed the trolls, people. Just move along.

[Rachel_Alucard]

But I have played the game and still found it to be a huge steaming pile of shit. What now?

[Razzer]

Wow. You've called people liars who say the game is bad. You have called out negative reviews as not "credible". And you created the account at the same time Fallout 76 launched. Just a coincidence?

http://n4g.com/user/score/k...

[DrShoe]

Hi, we specialize in click bait. Please click on our link, oh... you're reluctant? What if we give Fallout 76 a ridiculous positive score, even though it's universally panned? Click our link please!

[Strange_Evil]

Looks like the Fallout 76 subreddit just wrote its first review!

[MatrixxGT]

You mean the people that are actually playing the game like it and not just jumping on hate bandwagon.
The game is not fallout 5 but I had pretty low expectations going in and now I’ve put about 25 hours in it’s starting to grow on me.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

You people are hilarious. The "hate bandwagon" is made up of people who played the game and were utterly disgusted by how awful it is. There's no possible way or reason to defend Bethesda here, all that does is give them free passes for inadequate development.

[Strange_Evil]

No. I meant the bunch of people who have blinders on and act hostile to any negative criticism towards Bathesda about their beloved franchise. Also, spreading fake positive reviews/articles where stats are fabricated like the community was exposed here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/fo...

> The game is not fallout 5 but I had pretty low expectations going in

Speak for yourself. I have the same expectations from a 60$ game as any other 60$ game. You are the reason companies keep selling shitty ass early access game full of bugs for 60 bucks with microtransactions.

[EazyC]

'it's starting to grow on me'

Like late-stage cancer

[Armaggedon]

The game is fun for certain people. I myself enjoy playing it, but it does have issues, mainly the extreme lack of polish; however, assuming the game functions exactly as it should, its not inherently bad as a game.

[Chumdiddy]

They're fn high. Game is trash.

[boing1]

When game gets 9-10, there is always 6. I guess when game gets 5-6, there will always be 9. Clicks.

[Segata]

The check cleared.

[Literal_Cringe]

If Bethesda ever does do an accolades commercial, I bet they would use quotes from this one review and hope people think those quotes come from many different sources.

[Thundercat77]

And just with this article this website should be automatically banned.

[Exvalos]

This is either a troll or he works for Bethesda, this review exaggerates anything good about the game and ignores everything bad. 95/100, you cant be serious.

[EazyC]

That's what I was thinking. It reminds me of those sarcastic reviews you see where it's only made obvious occasionally that they think it's rubbish....but this one didn't flag that up at all.

[_LarZen_]

"it’s only the occasional buggy moment in the game that has kept me from giving it a flawless rating"

This has to be a satire review or the person writing it need to share with basically everyone what happy pills he is taking so all of us can get some and enjoy the nightmare that is Fallout76.

[RDF]

Huh?

[nibblo]

It's like he has never played a game since he was 8 and played the first Fallout, only then would this "wow" anyone.

[generationjeu]

Editor 1: Hey guys, how can we get more clicks to our website?
Editor 2: Hmm...Fallout 76 is a pretty big deal right now, why not award it a near flawless score and see how that goes?
Editor 1: Genius.

[iwin86]

What a contradiction. This is ridiculous. If you have to defend your score there's obviously something fishy.

[william_cade]

good to know. Now I won't waste my time reading gameonaus content

[salmonade]

"Why we can't be trusted as a gaming website"

[Armaggedon]

9.5 may be a bit too high for the game, and is similar to all of the people giving the game 2/10 and 0/10. However, let the people who like the game like the game. If you want to criticize it, fine. But no the difference between criticism and crucifixion.

[WillyC009]

I'd give it a 4 honestly. Horrible game as far as I'm concerned

[thehitman1398]

Just as is Fallout 76 the epitome of a cash grab thru-n-thri. Your article is the epitome of clickbait thru-n-thru

[quenomamen]

Guess that check cleared

[EazyC]

This is obviously just the inverse of those reviews that give clearly-above-average games 4/10. An example is the Witcher 3. No matter how much you hate medieval-type fantasy (I'm not a fan of that style at all), it is outright unreasonable to give it below a 7, because it is objectively a very good videogame.

Similarly, this game is fundamentally <95 out of 100%.

Also, this review has the feeling that it's a parody but then there's no punchline. I thought straight away this was written by some guy who never plays videogames, but then he starts going on about Fallout 2!

[TheCryptKeeper]

For attention?

[Prem8tuaProcrastin8a]

Why we had to give it 95%: because we wanted to differentiate ourselves from other sites to attract more advertising contracts by giving away our integrity.

[Kostche]

Lmao 9.5/10.... seriously get some medical help mate, you are delusional, gaming journalism is garbage enough across multiple sites without these troll/bait sites adding to their bullshit

[SharnOfTheDEAD]

"It's fun with friends" Having a pineapple shoved up your arse is fun with friends, doesn't mean it's good.

[rainslacker]

hmmm...you have strange ways to have fun with your friends.:)

[MasterCornholio]

I know he doesn’t enjoy that.

https://i.imgflip.com/1c6hs...

[nibblo]

Because someone from Bethesda is standing behind him with a gun to his head?

[DVAcme]

Wow, this is Bizarro World clickbait.

[WillyC009]

This person is nuts. I played a couple hours at my friends place and had zero interest going in. I was adamant that fallout should stay single player, but even that wouldn't save this trash. Worst game I've played this year, period.

[SirBillyBones]

This is what selling your soul to a games publisher looks like. Pathetic.

[AK91]

On behalf of all Australian gamers I would personally like to apologise for this review.

[Cobra951]

Because . . .

. . . they paid you?
. . . you're owned by Bethesda?
. . . your reviewer never played the game?
. . . you went for clicks with a contrarian position?

[Sirk7x]

I knew that the clickbait reviews for this game would be the ones giving it a high score instead of a dismal one xD

[lelo2play]

LOL.

[Dragonscale]

This has gotta be one of the most dishonest reviews ever written smh.

[Hardiman]

To get clicks!

[Fritzwochel]

It's a turd and the reviewer must like feces.

[BioDead]

Because you're a fan? Because you was pay to do so? Because you want clicks?

[Lilrizky]

"Because itll get us clicks!"

[Artemidorus]

9.5 is understandable when you haven't played many games.

[Daeloki]

"Why we had to give it 95%"
Was Bethesda holding a gun to your head?

[rulparra]

hahahahaha, money,money,money,money,money, money!

[bluefox755]

Why? Because you wanted clicks. You're not fooling anyone.

[patterson]

This reviewer clearly has no integrity.

[yeahokwhatever]

Here's the reality, folks.
If you're really, really into Fallout and/or survival games AND you love role playing, Fallout 76 is great.
If you want Fallout 5 with an added multiplayer component, this game sucks.

[yeahokwhatever]

I read the review and generally agree with the words in it, but not quite the score..yet.

[doggo84]

"you see, we needed the clicks because our website isn't good enough"