Does Fallout 76 REALLY Need Fishing?

Does Fallout 76 REALLY Need Fishing?
In this family friendly discussion, I revisit my hypothetical scenario about fishing in Fallout 76. Looking back at my previous gaming news coverage, it's interesting to see how my thought exercises about game features have evolved over time. This philosophical take on potential game features continues my tradition of light-hearted 'what-if' discussions! #fallout76 #falloutgameplay

[@demonoid7469]

As long as we can catch, cook into different meals, mount different fish on your walls...and fish up some giant mutant fish boss in 1 or more locations...Its a complete win in my book!

[@RickGamesNow]

Agreed.

[@hermos3602]

Imagine if you go fishing and you end up catching a Mirelurk Queen and have to fight it.

[@RickGamesNow]

That would be awesome. Lol

[@keithday1982]

that is one of the things I was thinking about. fishing could add the danger of being attacked by Mirelurks

[@BakersfieldParanormalServices]

yes it dose you could never have enough fishing anywhere 😂

[@ryanle1293]

The thought of mounting the fish we catch on the walls of our camp is extremely appealing to me

[@RickGamesNow]

I know! Me too.

[@realeyesrealizereallies6183]

At first read I thought you said appalling lmao I was about to let ya have it.😂 Carry on 🤙

[@ryanle1293]

@realeyesrealizereallies6183 "god I just hate birds and fish" would have been my reply to your bantering 🤣

[@zero5496]

from what I know about fallout, you either catch something that can kill you when you eat it, or you catch something that eats you for dinner instead

[@Ima184mm]

You don't need to fish. Fishing things are coming for you from the surface. (Rad Toad, Angler, Gulpers, Mirelurk)

[@RickGamesNow]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@jennycat0592]

*Fishing on the Ohio River in 76* "Ahh, what a lovely day, you can never go wrong with fishing..." and moments later, a giant fish jumps out of the water, and kills me. That would be a funny rare encounter. Kind of like the one from Resident Evil 4.

[@RickGamesNow]

It would be in so many funniest compilation videos. lol

[@yuligamein5502]

id rather we had mounts of some kind..not sure how but it be nice..or maybe it be nice to see weather like snow ..

[@T0nik]

I love fishing, cant wait to see the different types of mutated fish! Gonna snag a rad bass 🎣

[@RickGamesNow]

I think there should be a chance to catch a mini boss fight. If you win, you get a 1 star. lol BTW. GO BILLS!!!!!!

[@joelgraham1863]

So most mmos have fishing. So it would make sense from that end. Then again from a player stand point it's relaxing and a different type of time played attraction when you've ran out of things to build

[@RickGamesNow]

Now that you mention it. I didn't realize how many MMO actually have fishing. lol

[@joelgraham1863]

@RickGamesNow all the way back to runescape and WoW. Heck my favorite fishing memories are from eso in the pvp zone, with my buddy, while a giant battle was going on above us on a bridge 😅😂

[@Lordoftheapes79]

​@@RickGamesNowall of them. 😂 even NMS added it this year.

[@Lordoftheapes79]

Fishing is a standard side activity in online games. Even No Man's Sky added it this year.

[@RickGamesNow]

Wait.. they did?

[@Lordoftheapes79]

@RickGamesNow yup. Aquarius update over the summer.

[@Hayseed1976]

I was gonna say every game needs fishing. Fish On!

[@Klaymour28]

I love fishing in games! One of the most relaxing parts of ESO, is the fishing!

[@KitMixMox]

Give me FISHING!!

[@BakersfieldParanormalServices]

on a Sader note it sucks tomorrow is the new update gleaming depths new season and my controller is busted for my PS4 and I can't afford to get a new one this real world economy is horrible right now

[@RickGamesNow]

NO!!!!!!!!

[@charlesjoseph9591]

I love the fishing in far cry five

[@StL.-Uber_Lyft]

Fishing is a waste of time. A good waste in real life. Because while in a FPS I want to get owned by a lvl 9000 15y/o with a legendary 5 star fishing pole and bass slap me because I was just question or trying to get a workshop...

[@SwearMY]

Oh yeah, people still build food builds.

[@RickGamesNow]

I forgot. I have a food build. I haven't used it in forever though.

[@et2000]

Honestly when you said one thing Bethesda does really well I swear to God I thought you were going to say bugs

[@RickGamesNow]

😂😂😂 They got the market on bugs cornered.

[@Polly_Tix]

yes

[@BakersfieldParanormalServices]

the buff for eating fish would be slippery 😂

[@BakersfieldParanormalServices]

a good day to you sir i said a good day 😂

[@slsbaconbits4012]

I went from 10 minutes in Skyrim to 2k hours since fishing was introduced.

[@SirRoderickThunderbottom]

if it means i can catch a fish and use it as a melee weapon to smack/stab someone it'll be worth being added

[@RickGamesNow]

YES!!!! WE NEED THIS!!

[@Lordoftheapes79]

In Fallout? This sounds like a requirement.

[@ADHDsquirl]

If they actually had fixed servers where your base stays where it's at even when you're offline, and you could lock items down, like stuff you can loot but can't "build" unless you had the plans to build a stuffed animal, or whatever rare item you found.

[@TheIdiotfilter]

Ark did a good job of incorporating fishing into special events where you could unlock rare plans and catch rare resources. No reason why 76 couldn't do the same.

[@gersoncalles4309]

A talking fish wall decoration would be RAD tho.

[@RickGamesNow]

😂 Yes it would be.

[@KnightDakenKross]

Fallout 76 has the best community because we all are united against Bethesda 😂😂 And about fishing... If they don't add new items or fishes/recipes, at least fishing will be partially like Minecraft, when we get enchanted items, books, we could get legendary gear/weapons and/or legendary mods

[@RickGamesNow]

😂

[@damnsurfer522]

Any event that has water in the area people will just be fishing while collecting the event rewards.

[@RickGamesNow]

I never thought of that. lol

[@Lordoftheapes79]

Your point?

[@andrewbrock3675]

Better than stealthily crouching in the corner thinking we can't see them like they're doing a crime lol.

[@andrewbrock3675]

​@Lordoftheapes79 events should have an activity check and if your bar isn't full by the time the events are over, you're not tagged for rewards.

[@Lordoftheapes79]

@andrewbrock3675 nah. I carry more events than I afk. I have no problems with the system as it is. Most of us have a life and can't actually attend more than a couple per day.

[@last2nkow]

fishing seems like a pretty safe thing to add more value to expeditions. imagine specific fish being more or less common per Expedition map. Trog-Trout that attack you for hooking them at the pit, or Octo-vines tangled in your nets at the Atlantic sea. maybe each region of the New virginia map also has its own special fish to catch and defeat, and there is a chance of drawing in special predators who want to steal our catch after you cats a few fish. lots of possibilities for depths here (sorry not sorry for the terrible pun)

[@biostemm]

What could fishing possibly offer that other food or chems don't? The only thing I can think of would be to randomly find legendary items, in which case, if it's less reliable than doing events or daily ops, people will quickly abandon it...

[@Lordoftheapes79]

It's an opportunity to chillout and chat with your friends.

[@ElectricheadPt1]

It’s going to be our first bit of official lore about what sea creatures are like post bombs. Other than like, the weird mutant fish corpses, mirelurks and other enemies. And the ghoul whale legend in Far Harbor. Stuff that’s actually alive and in the water. You know what I mean.

[@RickGamesNow]

Ol' Peg! It's real! I saw with my own eyes!

[@festivizednugget1288]

We already have seen live fish post bombs in AC

[@godgod3367]

I want to see the dwellers of 76 become more engrossed in appalachia. Like being able to do more mundane shit like fishing, farming and ranching, better caravans, stuff like that. Even if they added in some kind of horse or donkey thats mutated but is a new form of transportation/storage would be sick. Right now when you get to end game you just fast travel everywhere because theres no huge reason to just wander

[@WastelandChef]

Imagine if we could use glowing ghouls as bait? I bet they would lure some crazy shxt 😂

[@RickGamesNow]

😂

[@NoUniqueUsername]

Larger camp budget would be nice. Also you should try fishing in Sea of Thieves haha

[@RickGamesNow]

Agreed.

[@tonyclark9250]

Fishing poles, hats, clothes all over the map. So why not. Bugs are already provided in game. lol

[@johnlinton6118]

I asked multiple times for the option to stick a finger in Wards eye and we get fishing.

[@RickGamesNow]

😂

[@RIZZYFLOURS]

I could see it now, you bait that hook, cast that line, sit there all peaceful like and ya wait... oh wait I've got a bite, so you pull and tug to reel that sucker in, than you reel some more, finally I almost got it, almost there, alllllmossssst, than. An error has occurred in the following application (CE-34878-0) Fallout 76 Suggested actions Report problem ❤

[@RickGamesNow]

Noooooooooo!

[@keithday1982]

fish would add another source of meat. for crafting maybe they could use scales from fish to make a fish scale armor. I don't know if you would call it a food build. but I use thru-hiker to reduce the wait of the food I carry. and I use bitcher's bounty to increase the amount of meat I get from kills and I use the carnivore mutation to increase the benefits of eating meat.

[@ADHDsquirl]

So who's going to be the first person to sue Bethesda for false advertising? My store bought copy of fallout 76 advertised a single player.

[@BilDanzerian]

Absolutely I love the idea for fishing. It should have been in since the beginning.

[@andrewbrock3675]

Fishing also lets you catch loot caches and messages in a bottle like the treasure maps system... lotta shit can be put into a simple fishing system.

[@durnanironknuckles1617]

New to the game and only level 180. After watching a 30 hours of builds. The game doesn't start until 350+ They will most likely add in spots like Skyrim re-re-re-mastered 27th edition.

[@mmcg8688]

I want Nuclear Winter back because it was fun and a change from Adventure Mode. Rick you make some great points for adding fishing. It would be something else you go do after you're done going on an expedition daily op caravan event challenge quest.

[@RickGamesNow]

I know. It was fun. I enjoyed it.

[@ultimate_tea_6045]

“Hating on foodbuilds used to be a thing” no dude its just what pvpers call ppl who suck at pvp 😭

[@TheBigdan217]

Fishing is like a quality of life thing, should have been on the game, took them long enough.

[@TheSouthern1cross]

it needs FIXING before fishing, fix the damn awful lighting, fix the crashes, FIX THE RESTRICTIVE PLACEMENT OF OBJECTS.... but yes fishing would be cool

[@ADHDsquirl]

Fishing would be awesome. Have some rare items to find and ect.

[@gremlin5813]

I love how you sound like Roy Brocksmith.

[@RickGamesNow]

The alien from star trek? lol

[@kyriosmalaka2312]

Fallout 76 mainly does live-service filler content. Fishing is standard live-service filler. I'm about as excited for it as I am for another season, Daily Op/Expedition location, slot machine crafting, Fasnacht loot table update, cow escort mission, boss fight loop, raid or Nuclear Winter. Filler is filler. I'm fine with all of it disappearing and just returning when more traditional Fallout content arrives.

[@scottshep8978]

They need as much as possible to squash the bugs first.

[@n0pfy1]

And where do we find Rick? In Atlantic City at the aquarium……Fishing……..

[@RickGamesNow]

Fishing. Beginner level.

[@bradleygronski817]

Catching trophy fush to sell trade or display or good food bufs would be amazing especially new camp items etc.

[@Steve-wc8de]

Yes we most definitely need fishing.

[@jaysworld0007]

Legendary four star fishing rod. I can see it now, legacy explosive fishing rods. 😂🎣

[@dustinthewind357]

I’m there for the fish lore

[@RickGamesNow]

Everyone comes running for the sweet taste of fishing lore.

[@blakethatcher4399]

Watched your vids before bro but just subbed, hope your shit keeps growing, this made me hype for fishing actually

[@RickGamesNow]

Thanks!

[@NewUser-t5z]

Yes and add lures

[@Santoroz]

Not for me, but I'm not against adding things people like

[@kenmck7802]

Fishing in 76? Waaarr , war never changes.

[@joeyvanhaperen7715]

Yes, but only cause I think we should have more fish type monsters in game and bieng able to fish could mean we can get those aswell. I always liked slaughterfish in skyrim, cause you were swimming and all of sudden it was like f*ck, f*ck, f*ck I need to get out quick. We need more enemy's like that. Maby something like giant catfish that can deal a sh*t ton of damages if you encounter them in the water and something like smaller fish enemy's that like swarm you like giants ants, but in the water. Hell add a squid type enemy just do something with the water, cause right now there pretty much decore only.

[@CAPHOTO1961]

You should move over to Bluesky, its where all the cool kids are now. Fugg muskface and the sesspool that is Xitter.

[@RickGamesNow]

I am on Bluesky! @rickgamesnow.bsky.social

[@notfbi1800]

GIVE NE FISHING ABILITIES OE GIVE ME DEATH!!!!

[@et2000]

I remember saying no but there adding it so awesome 😂

[@StL.-Uber_Lyft]

I think just put more into quality than explaining the garbage they feed us and barely work on. We do not need more bitcoins... Great more stuff we can build on a budget that is beyond the limits of stuff you can put into it already.

[@VetriVade]

Nuclear winter was the only br i enjoyed. Gr8 mode

[@maisysworld5855]

Herbivore vs carnivore war !!

[@RickGamesNow]

EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY PRESENTS!!! HERBIVORE VS CARNIVORE!!! BEGIN!

[@NorthEevee]

Alright just wanna say something about fishing games. Yes they're boring. But have you tried Webfishing yet? Literally a chatroom with a fishing game attached. It's actually fun. Plus it's like five bucks. But yeah, it's a shame there are so little fishing games that prioritize fun.

[@mrmandodude7591]

Yes next question

[@johnnyirish7940]

You know what it is, its their cash cow. What else does Bethesda have, anniversary editions of skyrim or fo4 dropping like a madden game? They added both pets and fishing so we know what kind of players they are going for and it is not those of us who enjoy risking life and death for a hand full of trash Actual trash... Fo76 has gone from camping to glamping.

[@jayhoffman4348]

I miss nuclear winter.

[@Jonnyguitar1877]

Yes, yes it does

[@Jh0ken]

Of course it DOESN'T need fishing.... Buuuuuut 😏

[@aftr4485]

Zelda fishing

[@RickGamesNow]

I like fishing in Zelda.

[@harrisonfnord5871]

ten minutes and 45 seconds for what can be said in 1 second: yes!

[@psycleshift]

Look how bad the casino games are....there are handheld games from the 90s that play better than the games bethesda added, and they are game developers. Don't expect anything good.

[@RickGamesNow]

It's funny. I've never played the casino games. lol

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

They added fishing to No Man's Sky. Personally I hate it. Fishing in NMS is just a boring mini game.

[@ADHDsquirl]

Oh and if you could fire the narrator, he sounds too much like oxhorn, and I can't stand that guy, only oxhorn could turn a 12 hour game into a 36+ hour video series.

[@RickGamesNow]

I'm not to fond of Oxhorn either.

[@crownfence1509]

No no no no no

[@RickGamesNow]

Soooooo. You don't want fishing? Lol

[@taylors1369]

Nope

[@simonholmes6473]

No, it needs a proper expansion. Desperately.

[@haveaknifeday]

No, it’s lazy content especially when real storyline is what we need. They’ll do this and then think that they have done something worthwhile.

[@Meybi]

No it doesnt, because they wont make it fun.

[@sh1v3ms]

It needs a whole new engine

[@RickGamesNow]

Yeah, that's not gonna happen. lol

[@Lordoftheapes79]

Getting real tired of this nonsense. Changing the engine would do more damage to Bethesda's games than it's worth.

[@flakes1972]

Honestly, No - Not at all