Fallout 76 vs Fallout 4 - Details and Physics Comparison

The best comparison between the two games Fallout 76 (2018) and Fallout 4 (2015), I will compare the most important similarities, physics, details, textures and special places in the game. The entire video was created by myself (GameLight).
During the release of Fallout 76, there was a disaster in the gaming community. The game was released unfinished, and compared to the massive Fallout 4, it seemed like the game had a long way to go. Six years later, the game gained popularity within the Fallout series, and in today's video, I want to compare and find out if Fallout 76 is better than Fallout 4.
Timestamps:
0:00 V.A.T.S
0:40 Falling effect
1:10 Weather
1:33 World
2:02 NPC reaction
2:43 Cartridge cases
3:12 Muzzle smoke
3:43 Water physics
4:21 Frag grenade
4:48 Plasma grenade
5:09 Molotov
5:41 Explosion
6:15 Power armor
6:46 Bullet marks
7:17 Interactions
with NPCs
7:55 Don't forget to like and subscribe!
#fallout 76 #fallout4 #bethesda

[@Ethical155]

Time doesn’t slow down in fallout 76. Because it’s an online game

[@Ethical155]

That’s the one thing I hate about 76

[@abrams1334]

@@Ethical155 Are you a social phobe? then you can play in a single world.

[@mauriziodinoguida7669]

So whats the meaning fo vats?

[@nhf7170]

You can't even pause. Depending on who you're playing with, you might have to hide your character before going to the bathroom (IRL).

[@Bajtjr]

To be fair that doesn't need to be the case in an online game especially in online pve game. Slow motion ideally would be entered into by others if they would witness a player shooting with vats or only for such a case it would remain real time, I know there is a game with a system like that but I can't remember the name right now.

[@dawsonpoe]

You can’t kill certain NPCs in 76 because everyone has the ability to interact with them for quests. So it isn’t a lack of anything, it’s more of how and why it has to be that way.

[@jlhill17]

Yeah. It's one thing if you mess up your own game because you killed an NPC. It is entirely another if someone went around killing all NPCs and locking everyone else out of quests and just making the world empty. Totally reasonable change for making it multiplayer.

[@bushit123456]

I still think they should say "ouchie!" when getting nuked

[@Streetrocker28]

@@jlhill17still a reason not to make it a multiplayer game …

[@LeviAckerman-kv3ee]

it's a bad take tho, i'll be better if they did something that we can't draw weapons or fire them in the vicinity of some important NPCs

[@redhand2269]

in wow you can kill every npc xD

[@reggie9595]

Seems Fallout 4's the one with 16x the detail after all lol

[@SpeaksYourWord]

wanted to finally try 76 but this is disappointing beyond belief

[@DxModel219]

@@SpeaksYourWordme too… maybe the multiplayer is worth it?

[@melvinfeenstra7037]

@@DxModel219 that is basicly it, to interact with more players. events. sell your goodies etc.

[@el0y013]

@@SpeaksYourWord yo compré fallout 76 hace 2 meses, y es decepcionante jajaja todo está enfocado al online, productos de pago, limitaciones para todo para que pagues, inventario, espacio edificable, compañeros etc

[@BRAdriel10]

I played Fallout 4 for several hundreds of hours, and start playing Fallout 76 recently and Im loving it.

[@pedromeirellestoledo5767]

me too.

[@DavidCabala]

Yep x2.

[@DeonCHD]

Ditto

[@whiteknight3929]

Same

[@pietrocilli4449]

So the winner is Follout 4

[@uncledrew9174]

Youre goddamn right, Follout Fore

[@jakethenecromorph]

That’s not how you spell fallout

[@mardakfernfern1986]

The peak of fallout franchise

[@SKULLTHEWIZARD]

Fallout 76 wins

[@johnnydpsv5213]

@@SKULLTHEWIZARDwhy?🤣

[@DAV4ROD]

Fallout 4 🏆

[@domi-cq4dj]

Honestly ive never played 76 before but i do like the visuals of 76

[@garythemilkman4442]

Has a pretty landscape and pretty weather but the lighting/gamma kinda sucks

[@gabriee]

there is some mods in fallou4 that completely remake the weather and trees to look better than 76

[@TheHald]

If you like, thet 10mm pistol have same damage then pipe pistol - then go ahead.

[@orbis4300]

@@gabriee with many CTD and crashed save files LOL

[@gabriee]

@@orbis4300 well, welcome to bethesda

[@Pembo-vn7qq]

I love both FO76 and FO4. They're both excellent and scratch a different itch. To be honest, 76 has been my daily driver for a couple weeks now. It's addicting.

[@RitzCrakeers]

Want to point out that if you have the perk card (concentrated fire) you can target specific limbs just like in fallout 4!

[@Darojar0]

some things from fallout 4 was deleted beacose 76 is multiplayer game so no slow while vats, no saves = no friendly npc killing,no blocking or smth with power armor and yea they could add some thing to fallout 76 more "details" male and female voices but they will not add those beacose its small changes :/

[@buffout123]

Slow vats in F4 is abomination comparing to real time badass aim tool in F76. There are a lot of cool stuff in F76 (vs unmodded F4 ofcuz), like store PA in inventory, jetpack without PA, cool mutations, other players can actually see your home unlike in F4, some unique lore stuff like elder Maxson holotapes.

[@nickkozak4763]

they also removed the deathclaw throwing you around :(

[@genkigirl4859]

Some sacrifices have to be made for 76 mainly because during events there’s a lot of people.and they were minor things too,vats dosent slow time in 76 because you’re playing in real time.unless you can bend the laws of time and space,can you? Can’t hurt most npcs for a reason.if you could they would never be alive to give quests.power armor “disappears” because it goes back into your inventory. 🙄

[@GameLight]

I think people understand very well. My job is to show the difference in details, and the rest is always up to the viewer to decide.

[@genkigirl4859]

@@GameLight you didn’t give any context as too why they are different

[@GameLight]

@@genkigirl4859 I wouldn't create the video if there was no difference. I think it’s noticeable that throwing a grenade into the water, and the general lack of water physics in Fallout 76, says a lot.

[@brandonsean123]

@@GameLight that’s not the point they made. You went out of your way to try and make 76 look bad without accounting for it being an MMO. Of course you can’t shoot all NPCs because it’s a multiplayer game. Bro you act like it’s just a worse game when the reality is it’s a different genre.

[@davidebianchi4223]

​@@GameLightyou trippin, you just don't like 76 and wanna make it look bad.

[@mayaxscarlet]

Fallout 76 ❤ fallout 4 ❤

[@NeoAF10]

Thank you for sharing. Just one recommendation at 7:17 the music is louder than the dialog. Reason why is difficult to distinguish the differences.

[@cosm0850]

Should probably have named the video "reasons why I dont like fallout 76" lmfao

[@bryneg2664]

76 is garbage

[@BrandonLacruzArt]

​@@bryneg2664So garbage that it gained +13 Million of new players in 2023 in Steam (even before the Tv show came and not counting Console Users) 🫲😭🫱

[@Daichi777]

I think the lack of details in the game is due to the fact that it is multiplayer, to handle the amount of players that can be on a server, either that or Bethesda is lazy, which wouldn't make sense since it was just about getting everything what is in Fallout 4 and put in 76

[@vishrrfa]

I rarely got time to play fallout 4, does that safety harness you have is part of mod or ingame feature?

[@prodbyanarchy]

Ese arnés sirve de armadura aunque parezca raro, lo podes lootear de enemigos

[@Shunn3d]

I noticed in 76 mutated enemy npc's may attack the player but not necessarily other human npc's. The main quest the Thorns ignored the son when he took me to Atlantic City, and attacked me right in front of him mid conversation with what's her face, but when his father took me, they attacked us both, but at least he fought the Thorns alongside me.

[@LordViltor]

Is this using the new fallout 4 updated graphics? Or the original ones?

[@GameLight]

I started filming before the fallout 4 update, but finished it recently. I think 50/50%, the video would have come out earlier if I hadn’t been busy studying 😄

[@el0y013]

Fallout 4 es un juego para jugarlo en solitario para escuchar el entorno, y fallout 76 está totalmente enfocado al online de pago $$$$, limitaciones para que pagues $$$, eventos online, objetos de pago $$$$ etc etc

[@Krislot]

No se amigo yo juegue fallout 76 a 7 dólares y nunca le meti un peso seguramente fuiste tu que el decidió meterle plata (si eres de consola y pagas el online no es culpa de fallout 76 es de sony o xbox)

[@blaster80869]

7:30 can we get a character creation

[@arveranteos712]

Might want to redo the molotov test with the same level of light in both games. The difference in lighting between inserts a variable that is not being accounted for. It's like that optical illusion where two blocks of the same color will appear to be different when they have different backgrounds behind them.

[@GameLight]

I would say there is a big difference between the lighting effects between these games. Look at the costume lighting between Fallout 76 and Fallout 4.

[@arveranteos712]

@@GameLight Oh, there is indeed a difference in the lighting quality overall between the games, but you did one test in the day and the other at night. That's more than just an engine difference, that's also literally the difference between day and night. Like I said, it is introducing another variable that is not being accounted for.

[@GilberThorSolkio]

A graphic detail, which cannot be shown with that character because of the hair: in Fallout 76 you could see the translucent effect of the cartilage of the ears.

[@B1GB34N0]

Fallout 76 is more completely pointed at the multiplayer aspect so alot of things you can do in fallout 4 you can't do, like building in 76 is really fun with friends and the wasteland doesn't feel as sad and lonely as it doss in the other games

[@joserijalkasyasyaf9723]

Because fallout is not sunshine and rainbow, its a dark world where people try to rise from rubble and ashes. I think fo76 couldn't catch what its predecessor good at=World Building.

[@videogamer38]

Fallout 4 gets a lot of stick, but if you plsy the game as more of a an rpg sim then its actually pretty good. It didn't help that the main quest was done in a way that it mafe you feel everything had to be done in a rush, but it really doesn't want to be plaued like that

[@ghostswift-247]

nice bro you should try the tv show to compare if you can

[@GameLight]

It would be cool, but they’ll take me down for copyright 😄

[@dennisthemenace4288]

Mention of which fallout is not visible enough in the upper left corner specially when the background is lit.

[@Spike-bebop]

the jumpsuit on 76 is one of my favourites so far

[@lasanhacomrefri]

1:14 Is this Harness from a mod ?

[@eyeorsomething]

the f76 power armour dissapearing is it being added to ur inv

[@lastdayonearth8381]

Bethesda Is Going Back To The Fallout 3 And New Vegas Days With That One. 😊

[@jordanenriquez4153]

Can someone convince me to play fallout 76 as someone who played it at launch but I didn’t stick around as you guys know what launch was like. Is it worth getting on it and starting from the beginning

[@robertagren9360]

No.

[@stardragoon9250]

it is only online serves, it is not full game, empty space, booorning when you got 70-100 lvl or maybe early...NO POINT PLAY IT AT ALL

[@el0y013]

Para mi no, en los primeros 5 minutos notas una diferencia de calidad brutal, falta de detalle y delay (lag) cuando tienes un combate con NPC's, decepcionante, me gusta muchisimo fallout 4, tengo mas de 800 horas jugadas, y en fallout 76 siento que me faltan tantas cosas y tantos detalles....están enfocados en online y olvidan los detalles :P pero conozco gente que le a gustado muchisimo

[@whiteknight3929]

I never played it at launch but gave it a try recently and now I'm addicted, well worth a try

[@NeHoMaRG]

It's basically the same, BUT with some obvious adaptations for an online game. The heaviest difference for me is F4 can be modded extremely, contrary to F76.

[@Danny-gq3hx]

Whats the song?

[@mustafabasim6805]

Some of these are more due to the online nature of the game. I really liked the draw distance in 76, it’s a huge improvement over 4.

[@chattarinsukeim481]

Most of details would look way better if they used Fo4 detail. Especially, vault suit look so weird for me

[@abrams1334]

Actually, each vault has its own suit for its own tasks.... The residents of 111 shelters do not need elaborate costumes as they should have been in cryogenic sleep. Yes, good graphics for a network game is good, but even with such graphics, the game does not work very stably with a large crowd of people.

[@rodrigoluzz7534]

Thats like comparing GTA V and GTA Online 😅 Same game, but with multiplayer

[@GameLight]

Well, you can say, at least GTA online wasn’t sold separately like it was with Fallout 76

[@anarquistadoente1490]

GTA online is a GTA V dumb

[@abrams1334]

@@GameLight this is sold separately because the original core of the game is not designed for multiplayer lol, and let's be honest, it's still a separate part, not just a 4-part map, but in network mode.

[@stardragoon9250]

Both game for idiots, not even finished products... its sad your generation playing this kind like trash and call it a game...... And NO nothing to comparing here... VS series of Fallout

[@Anonymouthful]

This is like rolling two turds in your hands and trying to decide which one you like better.

[@changedmynamee]

Lemme guess, Obsidian glazer?

[@Anonymouthful]

@@changedmynamee Is that all you can come up with as a rebuttal? Because it is very much on par with the effort Bethesda puts into their games. Also look up the definition of glazer because I dont think it means what you think it means.

[@neondraghonlittle4203]

1:05 перепутал название фалаутов с видео рядами

[@kotr6237]

Если у них разные движки, то естественно, и всё остальное будет различаться.

[@santanaleon4187]

Fallout 4 one small area where you can do things. Fallout 76 Big area with multiple zones where multiple players are doing multiple things at the same time and you can really hear and see them from the distance. But hey Fallout 4 water has better effects lol

[@el0y013]

Yo pienso que fallout 4 es para disfrutarlo solo y adentrarte en el entorno, fallout 76 es para hacer el loco con los amigos jeje pero $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ jajajaj si no $$$$$$$$$$$ tienes muuuuuuuuuuuchas limitaciones

[@santanaleon4187]

@@el0y013 A caray como cuales limitaciones? Casi todo lo puedes obtener farmeando (mucho) pero se puede, lo unico que te da el pagar es poder guardar chatarra y municion sin peso y mil atomos pero la verdad yo seguido junto mil atomos de puro hacer desafios. He jugado la mayoria de tiempo F2P y tsmbien he pagado y la verdad no noto la gran diferencia mas que en lo de la chatarra. Fuera de eso la verdad que no conviene tanto pagar el Fallout first mas de un mes.

[@snoprijenny6325]

Water effects isn’t rights your pc is lower quality?

[@MarvynisimPROD]

The fact that logic trees still have Leaf in 76

[@whiteknight3929]

Appalachia was spared the worst of the nukes apparently, it's a nice change to see some greenery in some areas IMO

[@elderroll4017]

if you both played f4 & f76, f76 is far better than f4. unless you're just into mods, then f4. vats in f76 works like an autoaim. no slowmo for obvious reason. npc are essentials. again for obvious reasons. crafting & camp building in f76 are easier. also, f76 has the biggest & most beautifully designed map from all fallouts.

[@el0y013]

pero tiras una granada y los npc's del restaurante ni se mueven jajajajaja me parece lamentable, juegos sin detalles=caca

[@marlonsaimon573]

They took the cake away from my character 2.5/10 it just didn't give 0 because of the rest of the game

[@GameLight]

There is no longer a whole bakery 😄

[@SiNFPVGUAM]

If one is online and the other is not... thats the end of the comparison... they aren't equal... period.

[@KindCat21]

We need more mods for Fallout 76

[@kicek5481]

You have shitty build in Fo76. VATS in Fo76 is a masterpiece. with a fixer or a railroad and proper perks you are a GOD.

[@GameLight]

My character was a man, I changed it to a woman so that she would look like Ella Purnell 😂

[@superlucarium4936]

Felicidades descubriste un juego que literalmente es en linea por lo cual no puede tener ese nivel de rendimiento y tiene que cambiar en muchos aspectos, congratulations shinji

[@saulgoodman2834]

Bola de fuego Bola of fuego

[@novanexus9112]

I noticed that the character shape in FO76 Kinda nerfed than FO4.

[@GameLight]

Agree

[@Xenuen]

Fallout 4 will probably remain one of the best Fallout games personal opinion. I love 76 as well. I feel like 76 has the best world map and the enemy variation is insane in comparison to every fallout game. I still run into things I never fought before in fallout 76. If you don't have a series X then it will most likely play terrible though.

[@novachrono2236]

Next generation fallout cant wait for it.

[@RadarrFRNT]

you didn't even use an RPG for water physics in 76

[@deadmachine3616]

Bethesda being like “sorry for optimizing the game and making him online by sacrificing some minuscule features”

[@hoi3dd]

Playing 76 over 900 hours. Still can`t get enough. 4 has very different mechanics, impossible to compare. It`s like Homeworld vs Stellaris. Cmon

[@Sword420]

What's better about Fallout 76 than Fallout 4? "The smoke is blacker and it has better bullet holes."

[@Zilron38]

Fallout 4 has better environmental details, by that I mean the roads, the ground, the rocks, the water, even the tree's, especially with mods. While 76 tree's have leaves, the tree's only look good in 76 close up, if you're a 100 meters away or something like that they just look like triangular shapes, and I have my graphics maxed out so it is not my settings. Fallout 76 environment feels like it was made in Java script while fallout 4 looks more genuine. Even the NPC's look better in fallout 4. Where 76 excels is the item and object details, that's about it, otherwise fallout 4 looks better in every other way. I don't know what version of fallout 4 is being played in this video, but when I shoot an NPC all other NPC's attack me straight away.

[@bren._x]

Honestly all of this is great and while it’s very apparent they downgraded fallout (while claiming otherwise but whatever) the only thing that makes fallout 76 a “bad game” is the forced subscription of you want the full game experience. Also the fact that it’s priced the same as streaming platform subscription is moronic, it should half that at least. Like 76 was so close to being a perfect multiplayer fallout game, they fixed the dialogue options from 4, (speech checks with more than just charisma, or four just four response options all revolving around basically saying yes but maybe with some extra dialogue) and it seemed to be a really good game after they listened to the fans and added human npcs and whatnot, but fallout 1st is really what shows they only care about money.

[@lastdayonearth8381]

One Hurts My Head And One Doesn't. 76 Wins.

[@borx9585]

Fallout 76 its hard to play for OG Fallout Fans I love F4/F3/NV and older ones ... i tried this several time and it just giving feeling like its not done right at all

[@Pixelpeak1]

Fallout 4 is better

[@twopiecehoxton]

I get they're basically the same game with some of the same mechanics, but you're comparing a single-player game to a pseudo-mmo. It's like comparing Skyrim to ESO.

[@Danielanddark]

Amazing

[@GameLight]

Thanks 👍

[@TiaguinhuxD]

video could've ended at 40s who is better? the one wich VATS stops time.

[@gamingrus623]

Fallout 4

[@exylon357]

Увы, но у ф76 очень мыльная картинка, из-за чего графика в ф4 нравится больше. Субъективно

[@Roman-bg8zb]

Fallout 76-16x the detail..taken out!

[@franciscoOrellana29]

I prefer the 76 map a thousand times over the one in Fallout 4, sometimes the lighting in 76 is a bit exaggerated but it seems like a notable improvement to how boring Fallout 4 looks.

[@EatThePath-7]

The map of 76 is the only thing i would say holds up to the rest of the series. It is the best one Bethesda has made up to date imo. Kinda sucks there are no mods for the game, or that it hasn't been back ported into FO4 (ik there is a project trying to do that but it's very far away) so people could go wild with it.

[@evilbread6807]

Как по мне , обе части хороши, хотя 76 на старте была мягко сказать не очень , считай просто игра с открытым миром без сюжета

[@PrazereS11]

Remember, FO76 is an MMO

[@SukerokuZ]

Don't forget the Lover's Lab mods 😉 👌👈. 😂

[@jaille93]

Fallout 76 3,5 stars

[@ByMcCauley]

Fallout 76 has lesser detail to save resources as it is an online game

[@STH151NicoleFan]

Fallout 4 is the obvious winner here.

[@pobremasnerd3841]

Excelente conteúdo

[@GameLight]

Gracias 💛

[@freedykruzo00]

Yea graphically fallout 76 looks quite better, but fallout 4 does most things better for the small details

[@SMDTURBO]

Comparing these two is weird. One is single player only and one online only. Fallout 4 is more immersive, Fallout 76 for those of us that got bored alone lol.

[@psystatic1385]

ähm wie wärs wenn du den v.a.t.s modus bei 76 mit konzentriertem feuer perk zeigst? sonst denken leute die 76 noch nicht gespielt haben, dass der v.a.t.s. keine körperteile anvisieren kann und das stimmt halt nicht.

[@GameLight]

Es wäre cool, einen Vorteil zu nutzen, aber um einen Vorteil zu perk, muss man viel grinden. Um die Plasmagranate zu perk, habe ich ungefähr 2 Stunden damit verbracht, eine zu finden, und würde keine weiteren 5 Stunden für diesen Vorteil aufwenden wollen (translated)

[@psystatic1385]

@@GameLight to get the plan of the plasmagrenade is the worst thing to get in the entire game😅😅😅

[@maskara62]

uma arma enferrujada faria mais fumaça dps de 200 anos

[@TranceVivi]

16x the detail…

[@AntarcticaForever]

Fallout 4 is better, then comparing an mmo updated all the time to another 9-year-old game already is not comparable.

[@The_RisingSun18]

4 is more cacked up 🎂 😂

[@FakeAlexis7]

fallout 4 is a very good in comparation fallout 76

[@christophervanhamme8640]

La music que tu a mis j'adore si tu ces me Dire le titre a 6 minute 30 de video

[@EEDD2]

Even though is a good game or not, the differences are because is an online game :,v

[@mystery1826]

Don't forget to include single player

[@darth-maul]

Thank you for saving 8 minutes of time. I closed the video with a comparison of the mechanics of V.A.T.S. To refer to the fact that you can’t stop time in a multiplayer ONLINE shooter means you either don’t have very strange ideas about reality, or don’t have any brains at all.

[@GameLight]

Why hate right away? Besides you, there are a lot of players who don’t know how V.A.T.S works, you just don’t think broadly, remember how Bullet time worked in Max Payne online, and tell me if I have no brains?

[@darth-maul]

@@GameLight Max payne online, are you serious? So are you seriously comparing a session mode for a single player game and a multiplayer shooter in an open world? Yes, I’m not ready to think so broadly. And yes, a lot of players don’t know how the V.A.T.S system works, and they won’t find out, because the video doesn’t provide any explanations. Only an incompetent comparison as a statement of fact.

[@collins_5646]

@darth-maul chill out

[@GameLight]

@@darth-maul It's just a game dude. Don't be negative. Have a nice day

[@EatThePath-7]

The guy just pointed out there is no slow mo, never said one was better than the other and you people go fucking feral. I'm sorry to say but seeing this comment section as well as my own experience through out the years with the fans of 76, but you all are too insecure about the game 🤣

[@quangminhnguyen2051]

đang tính tải fallout 76 về chơi mà trông thế này chắc phải quay xe gấp :)))

[@arch_Gaming6]

CTRL+C CTRL+V with downgrade haha.🙃

[@ItsCoderDan]

basically 76 has the visuals, 4 did everything else better tho

[@GWG_GameChannel]

*Интересне сравнение*

[@beautucker6296]

Fallout 4 just feels like a better made game

[@Don-QuixoteDoflamingo]

Cus it is 🤯

[@user-or3of9bq1t]

Прикольная игрушка.

[@MexichangoSangreFina]

Fallout 4 wins with the simple fact of being a single player and playing with complete peace of mind 🍷👍

[@GameLight]

You won't have to grind, but if you have a friend, fallout 76 is perfect

[@MexichangoSangreFina]

@@GameLight Believe me, no one has friends to play with 🤣 we are lone wolves

[@jenereviensjamais]

Ce Q !

[@aleksandrtalalaev1847]

Казалось бы, куда хуже, мне страшно за tes vi

[@kaizosan8959]

C est bien de pomper les video du you tube anglais mais tu pourrais au min les traduire au moins comme ca tu pourras dire avoir contribuée a la video

[@MarcosEl864]

Team Fallout 4

[@joxter3777]

ni como juego reciclado le queda XD

[@xacauprime]

Very useless comparing a solo game with an mmorpg, it would be the same thing as comparing Tes-Skyrim with Tes-Online

[@LazyDaysRK]

Fallout 4 is so great that I'd say it's the best in the Fallout series.( ˶•̀֊•́ ˶)b✧︎ And Fallout 76 is also great, as it is still being updated with new maps, field expansions, and other updates while maintaining a quality level similar to Fallout 4, even though it is a multiplayer game.d(˶'ᵕ'˶ )‪︎b♡

[@stardragoon9250]

Fallout 4 YES Fallout 76 it is not a game only server for taking cash, zero real update from 6 years, game is dead when you get lvl 50, or even faster.....

[@rodrigojosepinheiro]

9 years.😂😂😂