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Has it got any better? I played it once at launch on Xbox, and needless to say I havent ever gone back to it. Can I play in a private world with just friends or do I have to be subjected to the ill treatment of other players?
Oh I am fully aware its not Fallout 5.
I just remember when I first played, I exited a vault and after like 3 crashes and assets that just wouldn't load in, I saw some players and they just intantly killed me, no questions or anything. And then when I respawned, I met different players that did the same thing. I didn't even have any actual gear on me.
Yeah I can't say I was thrilled to be getting killed like that. Reminds me of why I don't play games like Ark, Tarkov, etc.
I didnt notice any problems with Starfield on Xbox either. It was weird, with Fallout 76 there were protectrons that were like, phasing in and out of existence, and things like entire buildings just being completely invisible despite the containers and debris assets inside them loading just fine. But I didnt have these issues with Fallout 4 or 3. New Vegas I could never play because on my PC any time I tried to leave the beginning town the game would just CTD. Though I hear NV is the most unstable title.
That's been my experience in pretty much every multiplayer game.
Which is why I now avoid them like the plague. Except coop. Those are usually ok.
People in the reviews say it’s gotten much better since release but it’s still an average game at best. Private servers are only available if you pay a subscription.
You don't suppose there are... other ...means of private servers yet, are there? Or is the game just that bad that even nefarious folk have no interest in it?
World of Warcraft, Star Wars Galaxies, and City of Heroes all have private servers that are run off of server emulators, that's more what I was getting at. Because usually pirated copies cannot connect to official servers, so their only choice is to use private server emulators like that.
Its just too bad Fallout Together has been getting literally zero development for years now.
I checked it couple months ago and it felt like a regular fallout game with npcs and story missions. Wasn't a great coop though, since game didnt handle progress for each player.
Other players in FO76 are actually very nice. If your low level, high level people will just go up to you and give you things. PVP is optional and I never turned it on. You're incentivised to join teams with many perks. You can just follow a team mate around and help them, and I've done that many times. Teams are temporary and small (max 4 players) so people are very open to you joining a team.
It's fun for what it is. It has a very positive community. Lower level players are always gifted high level armor and weapons from vets when they see them. If you do decide to play, you can do most of the game and quests solo. That's how I did it and it felt more or less like a regular fallout game. You should do the events even though you're not prepared for them. High level players will make it so you pretty much don't have to do anything and that's where you'll get your highest level rewards.
The card perk system is different and overwhelming at first. Basically good some good builds and pick one or two that fit your play style. Then you'll know what to focus on.
My buddy for me into it a few years ago. It was fun for what it was, but it's not GOTY or anything.
Ill treatment? This is the most friendly game I ever played.
I mean sometimes I do go around leaving bags of poop on people's beds so...
How ironic.
Tried it last month on PS5 and gave up. Frequent crashes, disconnections breaking ongoing quests; you log in and your camp is removed because someone else build theirs in that spot; shallow, linear, often annoying quests; overall feels empty, discouraging exploring; seems like all better items are earned for killing something and all you find looting surroundings is junk; very limited carrying capacity; repeatable enemies; constant push to pay for subscribtion; cosmetics breaking immersion like pride flags, xmas hats etc.; disappointing graphics.
Overall I'd rate it avarage - 6,5/10.
In plus: Fallout world and lore (the Fallout 4-esque one, not the classic 1 & 2), friendly community happy to show off their camps. Except that one high-level asshole who one-shot my noob character when I was browsing a stash box :D