Fallout 76

Zero-Cool · 11-06-2018 7:14am

All sounds really interesting to me! No wonder the map is 4 times bigger than 4, it will be mostly empty so people can build where they want.

SeantheMan · 11-06-2018 7:55am

Zero-Cool wrote: »

All sounds really interesting to me! No wonder the map is 4 times bigger than 4, it will be mostly empty so people can build where they want.

You'd think so.
But I've put a few 100 hours (albeit wasted) into RUST.

There are no-lifers out there who will just play to grief and playin for all hours and will find and ruin your sh1t.

The optimist in me hopes it will be great.
The pessimist can Imagine a group of 4 or whatever...playing non stop from day 1...gettin to super high levels before most people even hit mid game....having access to the nuclear codes...and just blowing up everything constantly.

But....they haven't mentioned exactly how it all will work. We'll have to wait and see. I can imagine the BETA will be a complete sh1t show for griefing and bugs.

TerrorFirmer · 11-06-2018 8:02am

Not sure about it now. It really is more like Fallout 4: Online Edition rather than anything particularly new. I'm sure it'll be great fun, but I'd been hoping it'd be to Fallout 4 what New Vegas was to Fallout 3.

Varik · 11-06-2018 8:30am

SeantheMan wrote: »

You'd think so.
But I've put a few 100 hours (albeit wasted) into RUST.

There are no-lifers out there who will just play to grief and playin for all hours and will find and ruin your sh1t.

The optimist in me hopes it will be great.
The pessimist can Imagine a group of 4 or whatever...playing non stop from day 1...gettin to super high levels before most people even hit mid game....having access to the nuclear codes...and just blowing up everything constantly.

But....they haven't mentioned exactly how it all will work. We'll have to wait and see. I can imagine the BETA will be a complete sh1t show for griefing and bugs.

They are calling it soft core survival,

Zero-Cool · 11-06-2018 8:32am

SeantheMan wrote: »

You'd think so.
But I've put a few 100 hours (albeit wasted) into RUST.

There are no-lifers out there who will just play to grief and playin for all hours and will find and ruin your sh1t.
.

I didn't catch up on the conference yet but was it mentioned about how it actually works as in I log in, build a cabin in the corner of the map, log out. Next day I log back in, do I automatically go into my map with my cabin? Do I load into a new map with my buildings gone? Not sure how it works.

Sephiroth_dude · 11-06-2018 8:57am

November 14th release........the day I'm off to Aus for my brothers wedding.

Zero-Cool · 11-06-2018 9:17am

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

November 14th release........the day I'm off to Aus for my brothers wedding.

No worries man, go, have a great time, relax. By the time you get back, we'll all have the nuke codes but we'll wait for you get back online before using them on your ****ty cabin.

Sephiroth_dude · 11-06-2018 9:29am

Zero-Cool wrote: »

No worries man, go, have a great time, relax. By the time you get back, we'll all have the nuke codes but we'll wait for you get back online before using them on your ****ty cabin.

I see.......

:pac:

SeantheMan · 11-06-2018 10:02am

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I didn't catch up on the conference yet but was it mentioned about how it actually works as in I log in, build a cabin in the corner of the map, log out. Next day I log back in, do I automatically go into my map with my cabin? Do I load into a new map with my buildings gone? Not sure how it works.

They haven't given us all the details yet.
I guess we'll find out with the Beta

Varik · 11-06-2018 10:10am

SeantheMan wrote: »

They haven't given us all the details yet.
I guess we'll find out with the Beta

They've given a few extra but they seem at times to be give more question than answers.

You buildings follow you as they've not got "servers" to choose between, but how does that work if you want to join in on someone and they've got their camp set up on top of yours. For every where else they can matchmake you with randoms that are in other locations piecing together shards.

For randomers, does that mean that you 3 hour long war a la mechanist vs antagonizer, will end when you log in and they're gone.

ShadowHearth · 11-06-2018 10:20am

I just sow that Fallout76 presentation.

I hate everything about it.

Basically they are making game on **** part of of the game ( combat ) instead of good part of the game ( story ).

I didn't see a single npc in game that is not trying to munch on your nipples.

It even looks very.... bland? Very little of that Fallout spirit and if they wouldn't say its Fallout games, I wouldn't know.

So might new Fallout76 take the crown of worst game in franchise from F4?

SeantheMan · 11-06-2018 10:30am

Varik wrote: »

They've given a few extra but they seem at times to be give more question than answers.

You buildings follow you as they've not got "servers" to choose between, but how does that work if you want to join in on someone and they've got their camp set up on top of yours. For every where else they can matchmake you with randoms that are in other locations piecing together shards.

For randomers, does that mean that you 3 hour long war a la mechanist vs antagonizer, will end when you log in and they're gone.

How does it work when TeamNoLife Nuke your hard earned building ?

Also...I think the VATS and Perk system are gonna be gone or significantly reduced. Which is a real shame.

GavRedKing · 11-06-2018 10:35am

If theres a few Boards users playing this in 5 months time, it would make a great little co-op experience.

I know all but one of my mates might get this, hes need sold on the idea of an entirely online game but if theres a decent community from here playing it, it will make for some memorable sessions.

Right now I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.

tuxy · 11-06-2018 10:36am

Do you guys think it will be the same buggy game engine with stuff tacked on. Or a brand new one that works better on newer hardware?

Varik · 11-06-2018 10:37am

SeantheMan wrote: »

How does it work when TeamNoLife Nuke your hard earned building ?

You lose it if online with them but what happens if you're offline, if you log on but instead of starting normally join a friend in their instance and bring what you had before a log off with you.

SeantheMan wrote: »

Also...I think the VATS and Perk system are gonna be gone or significantly reduced. Which is a real shame.

Perks will probably be there, a lot of survival games have them. VATS on the other hand would need to be somewhat real time if it's in it at all.

Kiith · 11-06-2018 10:38am

It looks like the Fallout 4 engine, so i'd expect it's a slightly upgraded version of that.

ERG89 · 11-06-2018 10:38am

tuxy wrote:

Do you guys think it will be the same buggy game engine with stuff tacked on.

You can bet your house on bugs with Bethesda's track record & I'd nearly expect online to be borked at launch too

froog · 11-06-2018 10:45am

can't wait to nuke some noobs

tuxy · 11-06-2018 10:47am

ERG89 wrote: »

You can bet your house on bugs with Bethesda's track record & I'd nearly expect online to be borked at launch too

The thing is they are such a big developer, fallout 4 was shown to really only make full use of 1 core. Now that 6+ cores are becoming the norm you would think developing a new game engine to take advantage of that would be a priority. But looking at the in game footage of 76 reminds more of the engine used in Fallout 4.

Greg81 · 11-06-2018 10:48am

I just preordered Armored Edition. Don't really know if I will play the because I hate building settlement for 6 hours when 4 9yo kids armed with almost unlimited time to play and parents credit cards will turn it into dust in few seconds. But hey I need that helmet in my life

11-06-2018 11:03am

No interest

Zero-Cool · 11-06-2018 11:12am

Smyths have it up for 65 quid, 60 if you preorder online and collect in store. It already has 1 review :pac:

GarIT · 11-06-2018 11:32am

Varik wrote: »

You buildings follow you as they've not got "servers" to choose between, but how does that work if you want to join in on someone and they've got their camp set up on top of yours

They do have servers, people will play on different servers, the server you are on will be chosen seemlessly in the background you do not get a choice of server except to join a friend's server.

I am confident buildings will be server based and they don't come with you, they said if you join a friend's server your leveling up progress comes with you not your building. It just couldn't work if buildings popped in and out Everytime someone out of a group of 24-100, started or stopped playing. Anything you build will remain on the server you built it on.

Kiith · 11-06-2018 11:57am

I don't get the impression that camps/buildings are supposed to be long term things anyway, and they'll get destroyed at a regular enough.

GavRedKing · 11-06-2018 12:00pm

Its either going to be :

(a) a pain in the bo**oks building a base/camp and have it destroyed by a gang or,

(b) Hilarious teaming up with mates and destroying other bases/camps. :pac:

neirbloom · 11-06-2018 12:02pm

SeantheMan wrote: »

Also seems to be a lack of story

Yea that's my concern as well. I can just see it being another series of fetch quest combined with the base building and whatever else they have surrounding the multiplayer aspect which does sound interesting the online but without any kind of story arc I can just see it becoming another GTA online clone

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matrim · 11-06-2018 1:05pm

Greg81 wrote: »

I just preordered Armored Edition. Don't really know if I will play the because I hate building settlement for 6 hours when 4 9yo kids armed with almost unlimited time to play and parents credit cards will turn it into dust in few seconds. But hey I need that helmet in my life

Where did you pre-order that version?

MiskyBoyy · 11-06-2018 1:12pm

matrim wrote: »

Where did you pre-order that version?

Bethesda store I assume? https://gear.bethesda.net/products/fallout-76-power-armor-edition

Out of stock already :pac:

Edit: game.co.uk have it in stock, £175 https://www.game.co.uk/en/fallout-76-power-armour-edition-uk-retail-exclusive-2395070

Greg81 · 11-06-2018 1:16pm

matrim wrote: »

Where did you pre-order that version?

Game.co.uk

via parcel motel

They are giving delivery option to Ireland but if you choose it the payment is not coming through.

Varik · 11-06-2018 1:20pm

GarIT wrote: »

They do have servers, people will play on different servers, the server you are on will be chosen seemlessly in the background you do not get a choice of server except to join a friend's server.

I am confident buildings will be server based and they don't come with you, they said if you join a friend's server your leveling up progress comes with you not your building. It just couldn't work if buildings popped in and out Everytime someone out of a group of 24-100, started or stopped playing. Anything you build will remain on the server you built it on.

Did you notice the "" in that.

They said you do keep your buildings when you move, even the nuke doesn't destroy anything just creates a temporary zone your stuff is still safe just not where you had it on game anymore.

Mr Crispy · 11-06-2018 1:56pm

Any of ye signing up for the beta?

faceman · 11-06-2018 2:05pm

Settlement building was one of the least interesting things about Fallout 4. Ugh, don’t like the sound of this.

Wonder if this will be a subscription game?

GavRedKing · 11-06-2018 2:28pm

Darch Nemesis wrote: »

Any of ye signing up for the beta?

Do you have a link for this?

billybonkers · 11-06-2018 2:35pm

GavRedKing wrote: »

Do you have a link for this?

You need to pre order to get BETA access

Zero-Cool · 11-06-2018 2:41pm

Darch Nemesis wrote: »

Any of ye signing up for the beta?

Yupp as soon as they release info on it. I'd say it will be an absolute disaster to play

faceman wrote: »

Settlement building was one of the least interesting things about Fallout 4. Ugh, don’t like the sound of this.

Wonder if this will be a subscription game?

It was my favourite thing to do in Fallout 4 so this is very appealing to me. I spent a lot of time in my house arranging my bobblehead collection, power armour, lighting, hiding out from Preston, etc.

Speaking of, I noticed the first guy they killed in the demo was named PGarvey

faceman · 11-06-2018 2:56pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Yupp as soon as they release info on it. I'd say it will be an absolute disaster to play

It was my favourite thing to do in Fallout 4 so this is very appealing to me. I spent a lot of time in my house arranging my bobblehead collection, power armour, lighting, hiding out from Preston, etc.

Speaking of, I noticed the first guy they killed in the demo was named PGarvey

Settlement building always feels like playing with a doll house. But each to their own!

Zero-Cool · 11-06-2018 2:58pm

faceman wrote: »

Settlement building always feels like playing with a doll house. But each to their own!

And it was a lovely dollhouse indeed

GavRedKing · 11-06-2018 3:00pm

billybonkers wrote: »

You need to pre order to get BETA access

Aaahhhhhh, balls to that.

I dont think I'll find time with Red Dead 2 coming out late October to fit Fallout into the equation also.

GarIT · 11-06-2018 3:11pm

faceman wrote: »

Wonder if this will be a subscription game?

They are charging full retail for pre-orders, I'd doubt they would charge €60 for a game and then you have to play to play it.

GarIT · 11-06-2018 3:11pm

Varik wrote: »

Did you notice the "" in that.

They said you do keep your buildings when you move, even the nuke doesn't destroy anything just creates a temporary zone your stuff is still safe just not where you had it on game anymore.

I must have completely missed it, I watched it live so was quite tired.

Rossi IRL · 11-06-2018 3:42pm

Never played Fallout until I dabbled in Fallout 4, thought it was a bit boring.

Honestly can't wait to play this with a couple of friends who enjoy Fallout.

The only worrying thing about the game that I can see is the nukes to destroy other bases, don't like that idea.

Shiminay · 11-06-2018 4:35pm

Get yourself New Vegas Rossi and you'll probably understand why people love it so much. You should be able to get the whole thing for a fiver.

76 looks ok, multiplayer could be fun. I didn't play 4 cause it didn't seem to be much of an rpg and more of a shooter which I wasn't quite in the mood for.

Zero-Cool · 11-06-2018 5:50pm

Shiminay wrote: »

Get yourself New Vegas Rossi and you'll probably understand why people love it so much. You should be able to get the whole thing for a fiver.

76 looks ok, multiplayer could be fun. I didn't play 4 cause it didn't seem to be much of an rpg and more of a shooter which I wasn't quite in the mood for.

I played New Vegas twice but gave up both tubes around the 5 hour mark but don't know why. If I ever renew my PS Now, I'll give it a go again.

Mr Crispy · 11-06-2018 8:14pm

Only heard about this now, but Todd Howard is being interviewed right now.

VATS still there, but will be real time.
No mod support at launch, but will be there eventually.

Mr Crispy · 11-06-2018 8:38pm

Here's the full interview for those interested;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-3X04jwJ0U

MiskyBoyy · 11-06-2018 8:42pm

Darch Nemesis wrote: »

Here's the full interview for those interested;

Cheers

J. Marston · 12-06-2018 12:08am

- No offline
- Playing 'Solo' will still have you seeing other players
- No NPCs, excluding robots
- Vats will take place in real time
- PvP is still being tweaked to avoid greifing
- Modding will be present in 76 but not at launch
- Private servers will happen
- Starfield in Production (Playable State) & TES VI is in Pre-Production

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/8qcu5z/e3_2018_todd_howard_confirms_fallout_76_will_not/

Wouldn't touch this with a ten foot pole. No NPCs pretty much means no story or a threadbare one at best. Also, knowing Bethesda and their bugs, the tweaking to avoid griefing won't be very successful.

SeantheMan · 12-06-2018 12:36am

VATS in real time ?

Some simpleton lookin at his wrist for 20secs tryin to decide on which of your body parts to shoot while you blast away at him ?
Also...if it's in real time...the % would have to change as the target could go behind cover etc during that time.

Lone Stone · 12-06-2018 1:53am

probably the first fallout i wont be buying, like i even got tactics lol. But i really feel they missed a golden goose here if it was an mmorpg that market is dying for a new game. Always wanted a fallout mmo especially when they wrangled the rights from the original ip holder for the mmo.

Captain Obvious · 12-06-2018 9:01am

Lone Stone wrote: »

probably the first fallout i wont be buying, like i even got tactics lol. But i really feel they missed a golden goose here if it was an mmorpg that market is dying for a new game. Always wanted a fallout mmo especially when they wrangled the rights from the original ip holder for the mmo.

Tactics was fine. I don't know why people hate on it so much.

I had the same feeling as you when FO3 first came out. Put off playing it for a while and I regretted it. I like the potential for this new format. I hope they pull it off. I'll be giving it a chance anyway.

Fallout 76

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