Fallout 76 - The Review (2018)

Look, I know I'll get a lot of hate for this video but I don't care. The idea that releasing a game this broken, unfinished and uninteresting while charging $60 + special editions + microtransactions is really gross. I'm not the bad guy here. Bethesda is.
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Update: Fallout 76 is currently 44% off on the PSN. Just over a week after release. Also, the frog survived. Thanks for watching. If you enjoyed the video, be sure to hit the like and subscribe buttons, and if you REALLY liked the video, consider supporting me on Patreon. You get a fancy script every time I do one of my big 'The Review' reviews: www.patreon.com/skillupyt

[@EvolutionIX219]

Yooo

[@Degthehalls]

Skill Up oh my lord

[@BreakfastAtNoon]

You've no idea how angry that 44% fucking makes me right now..

[@BreakfastAtNoon]

@@plus7150 of course I did.. that's why I'm angry. I played the BETA and yes the servers have been down more than up and yes the patches have took their toll on my internet.. but I've enjoyed the time I've played, but to put your game on sale 10 days after it launched is a fucking disgrace.

[@BreakfastAtNoon]

@@plus7150 I'm very much having fun with it :) and that's the only reason my comments are as calm as they are. But it's fine to be critical of something you're enjoying.

[@JohnSmith-yx8kf]

I've heard if you collect enough trash off the ground in 76, you can craft the next Fallout game.

[@DefCon1966]

LMAO, I'm stealing that.

[@whatdoesthisthingdo]

Ha! Good one.

[@jefo2405]

Brilliant mate! I'd play that! ;)

[@KlR0V]

This guy needs more upvotes!

[@doublythewhale4309]

I memed this on insta, and got 500 likes, thank you

[@IGVGameplayreviews]

Even IGN gave Fallout 76 a 5 and they rate games on a scale from 7 - 10.

[@drewcandel]

Lmao

[@ReconArmorial]

Lol

[@BloodyBobJr]

If you get a 5 from IGN you Know then how badly you fucked up

[@devilgames2217]

oof! 👍😂

[@chrissimmons1168]

Shots fired haha

[@shweeps]

lightwood laminate! Lightwood Laminate! LIGHTWOOD LAMINATE! LIGHTWOOD LAMINATE!

[@MadmanEpic]

Who needs backpacks when you can have LIGHTWOOD LAMINATE!?

[@ekkabee1619]

This was of course, Bethesda's fantasy.

[@shweeps]

@@ernestoaguas3443 YEA! FUCK THE BAG!

[@truesonny5761]

Listening to Skillup verbally abuse these developers in magnificent

[@vritngh]

FUCK THE BAG, i love internet historian

[@langa77777]

“The video game equivalent of a bunt” may be the sickest burn I’ve ever heard. Beautiful writing.

[@mercenarygundam1487]

Forgive me but what's a bunt?

[@absentehhh8263]

Hey bunts can be useful at times

[@langa77777]

Wade it’s the imagery conveyed that’s brilliant. It’s like calling the game a limp dick. Very funny.

[@thegibblypuff6218]

@@absentehhh8263 yeah but it’s still a bitch move

[@StefanConstantinDumitrache]

I don't even know what a bunt is and I could see the burn!

[@renendell]

"But it's more fun with friends!" So is prison.

[@machinainc5812]

Astariol lol

[@jopdancing7320]

I second that

[@eldritchemissary4718]

Damn

[@_wayward_494]

what an absolute counter, stealing that now

[@HoloShaii]

Important notice: Your joke has been taken for the purposes of unauthorized usage in normal conversations.

[@everestshadow]

Relax guys, it's just a beta. The real game will come out in a couple of years.

[@Vicous528]

@HNTR KLLR you mean #ScamCitizen 😉😎

[@UmbraEight]

starcitizen doesn't pretend to be a finished game.

[@SpartangalaxyII]

roasted @Riganthor

[@GrimJunior-fe6ik]

Is that what they call pre-alphas these days?

[@Rhanith]

Nah, not this time, most mods are forbidden sooo nope. No finished, polished game cuz no unofficial community patch...

[@whybag]

"Let's talk about bugs..." (Remembers it's a Bethesda game) "...on second thought, let's not."

[@spiritofthewolf1880]

Bugs are features according to Bethesda. lol

[@nfsfanAndrew]

@@spiritofthewolf1880 in some cases they are. Something to point and laugh at with your friends in other games. But usually its subtle physics or graphical bugs. With bethesda bugs they are usually game breaking.

[@Brawler_1337]

nfsfanAndrew Honestly, I think you could have a Bethesda game on Unreal Engine and still have bugs as an actual feature. Make them like cheats in Rage or, hell, like many cheat menus in games from the mid 90s and early 2000s. Want an engaging, lore-friendly experience? Leave them off. Want to have a good laugh? Turn some on and watch the chaos ensue.

[@somuchfortalent]

"If a modder can do better than Bethesda in 3 days..." That's the problem. They know modders will fix the game for free. Stop fixing garbage.

[@garyinthecolehouse]

They're now banning players that create tools for the community and investigate/report exploits... I genuinely don't know what Bethesda wants at this point.

[@rascoehunter3608]

It embarrassing that modders with a ham sandwich budget can fix the game better than a multi-billion dollar company is down right pathetic.

[@thundageon5962]

They even fixed Cyberpunks driving controls in just a few weeks. DAMN

[@k.harris3336]

@@rascoehunter3608 I

[@MachoMan_Vert]

Everyone loves free labour

[@rentblop8070]

Your first comment "from the very first moment that Fallout 76 was revealed, the lies began..." is even more profound when you realize that the presentation is shown on a freaking ultra-wide-screen and Fallout 76 isn't even supporting that. Just lol.

[@SkillUp]

Good point lol

[@Kayn_The_Shadow_Reaper]

Rent Blop lmao

[@dylvasey]

Great point!

[@Heeroneko]

They're releasing it in a patch later this year supposedly.

[@Daredhnu]

@@Heeroneko too little too late

[@sirswag01]

This review wasn't very Country Roads of you

[@Thorn_krieg]

Sir Swag lol

[@user-gk6gf1lq9x]

*Wouldn't it be nice* if game was better?

[@ArisenPlumber]

😂

[@philipp7897]

Nice guest part at 5:40

[@tech1238]

Haha

[@h.m.5924]

Anyone else come back to this video every few months when they're in a bad mood and have their spirits uplifted just listening to Ralph shit on this trash fire of a game? I do.

[@Brawler_1337]

@Jack C Shepherd I also watch playlists from Jim Sterling and Laymen Gaming documenting the whole humiliation conga line of the game post launch.

[@Brawler_1337]

@Jack C Shepherd Nah, I just watch “This is Fallout 76: A $60 AAA Experience.”

[@eggsbenedict2251]

Yes.

[@ZizakChitak]

Thought of this after the starfield teaser today. People all excited about "creation engine 2" . I remember getting Skyrim from a midnight launch at GameStop, I was so hyped from Morrowind and Oblivion. Now? Bethesda games are a hard pass or wait for reviews.

[@J.B.1982]

I still haven’t played this game and probably never will. It’s an absolute insult and I don’t know how gamers eat this shit. Starfield? How are people excited? I just can’t understand it. Low standards and lack of self respect?

[@YukoValis]

Funny how no mans sky went back and fixed their game. fallout 76 is still a broken mess with added transactions.

[@jonathanhidayat877]

Yea, no man's sky is a good game now

[@srikar1726]

@@jonathanhidayat877 you’re wrong it’s a Great game

[@TheArthurismExperience]

@@srikar1726 ive heard good things about it. its kinda been sitting uninstalled on my pc and im thinking about downloading it. should i?

[@srikar1726]

@@TheArthurismExperience if you like survival games yes

[@lilchromie]

@@TheArthurismExperience if you own it already I would absolutely revisit it. It's what we wanted it to be from the beginning and more now.

[@Monkey_SK]

You guys are all haters. My fridge runs Fallout 76 perfectly, do you guys not have fridges?

[@arcarsenal1380]

Yes!

[@SrgkillSrgkill]

Haha awesome 👍

[@yamisukehiro3101]

No i don't have , i store my food on my balls along side with the pee

[@user-qv4ip5if9x]

You can play it on toasters too!

[@nws6146]

Vengar Garam Diablo

[@Th3Jez]

Still found a way to throw shade at Destiny, proud of you

[@caleblenhardt9837]

Oh lord jez how you bring the funnies to every corner of KZbin. I praise you

[@CFEKOSMOS]

Why are you always here

[@Darthma94]

Yo Jez! Where are those nutshell videos man?! WHERE ARE THEY?!!!

[@RockRedGenesis]

While being a MTX-ridden shit-show of a game, Destiny 2 does have one thing up on Fallout 76, the core mechanics of the game do work. It is an FPS and it plays like one (Hell, never thought i'd be giving props to Destiny 2, but hey, its a funny world sometimes!)

[@EnvisionedBlindness]

@@RockRedGenesis you're out of the loop af if you think theres a problem with micro transactions in d2. The games in the best state it's ever been and Activision released a statement about how they were displeased with the lack of motivation for microtransactions since the game is fulfilling without spending extra cash

[@WhyAreYouGhe]

6.6k dislikes...no wonder the game industry is the way it is...with people who defend THIS filth. Great review.

[@planescaped]

Every game is _somebody's_ first. There's always someone new and inexperienced, yet to learn the difference between what is good and bad, and with standards very easily met. And there's always those with just plain awful taste as the continued sales of Ubisoft games proves. >__>

[@hussarzwei6223]

It’s impossible to confirm the dislike count thanks to KZbin.

[@WhyAreYouGhe]

@@hussarzwei6223 my dude there has been an add-on for all browsers that restores the dislikes on yt since day one...

[@Diegoshadow85]

@@planescaped Do you believe these kids whose "first game was fallout 76" came here and downvoted this video? No it's some fanboys that will swallow any sht attached to brand they attached their ego to. It's the same with blizzard, no matter how many bad products they make there will be some a$$hats defending it.

[@emma6648]

@@WhyAreYouGhe mobile…..

[@blady51797]

Crap. Crap never changes.

[@-pressxtostart-]

Snake tried to tell you "war.. war has changed." 🙃

[@elitereptilian200]

actually crap do changes on a basis of your diet..

[@etangbose4755]

Rip lemmy

[@michaelnager6059]

Fallout 3: Where's my dad? Fallout 4: Where's my son? Fallout 76: Where's my refund?

[@Jmj__]

Michael Nager fallout nv: where’s the guys that shot me

[@thisbubblygoodness7611]

fallout 76: where is everyone? oh right, playing red dead

[@mremington8]

@@Jmj__ FONV = epic game!

[@robbi5449]

Fo1= whats going on Fo2= what a nice improvement Fo3= wheres my dad FoNV= wheres my fedora Fo4= wheres my son Fo76= wheres my refund edit FoTactics= what is this

[@NoName-nj6ey]

I've seen this piece of shit for 69th time this week...

[@Fami_Salami]

calling it a ps2 game was an insult to ps2 games

[@NobleClap]

Metal Gear Solid 2 is a PS2 game, and that makes this game it's bitch

[@goofed86]

Yeah PS2 games had content

[@TheLiamis]

They are using an engine thatscas old as I am. And I knew Jesus.

[@Kijinn]

Please...at least try to comment with an inkling of reasoning. Anyone would have loved a game like Fallout 76, between 2000 and 2006. I can say that although I despise lazy game design such as Fallout 76.

[@invertedv12powerhouse77]

Worst part is west virginia had amazing potential as a setting. And this happens

[@chandrinikirihena5623]

since xbox has bethesda now obsidian could probably remake this

[@kincaidolsson4316]

@@chandrinikirihena5623 does obsidian still have the same bros behind New Vegas?

[@srikar1726]

@@kincaidolsson4316 they did make the outer worlds so idk

[@bilbusb]

iv played and completed every fallout game from FO1 .. i refuse to touch this game.

[@jollabang9564]

Well, your in luck, it doesn't count because you cannot beat the game.

[@xkalomn2068]

That is perfectly fine. Not every game is for everyone, and I'm glad you're not convincing yourself to buy a game you don't enjoy just because it shares a title with other much different games that you like. We need more people in the world with this kind of attitude. 😊

[@TaylorWilmes]

Rick Smith you’re not a real fallout fan then.

[@TaylorWilmes]

Phillip Cameron that is not true as enjoyment is subjective making your interpretation not factual. If you are a fan you have a preference of enjoyment for a brand.

[@jeremyzak654]

@@TaylorWilmes Really? So even though this title is a soulless piece of garbage I'm supposed to enjoy it because of the Fallout name? If you were a true fan you would be calling out Bethesda on there bullshit, not applauding them.

[@mprime1154]

You are lying mate fallout and BGS DID AIM FOR SOMETHING BUT IT WAS ONLY YOUR WALLET

[@arcarsenal1380]

Yes!

[@longshark6653]

Well, if Bethesda weren't so horribly incompetent they'd know that the best way of getting our money is... GIVING US WHAT WE WANT, shocking isn't it?

[@TATTIEPICKER]

@@longshark6653 Yep. Females worked that out hundreds of years ago.

[@talldorf6445]

Lagos Etrusco I wanted coop like Borderlands. Not a huge map with 24 players to phaf about in where the only npc interaction you’ll ever get is buying stuff, doing WoW level questing for and killing them.

[@lordmoflombi5502]

Small tidbit of info: In fallout 4: far harbor, they added a lever action rifle. This rifle had a reload bug, in which, no matter how many bullets you shot, it would reload a full magazine worth regardless. This never got fixed. Fast forward to 2018, the lever action rifle returns in fallout 76, and it has the SAME exact reloading bug. I know we use the term copy-paste loosely here, but.. That is very much nothing more than a copy-paste without a care ounce of consideration for refinement.

[@Ueberdoziz]

You should mention it has an internal Magazine like a pimp Action shotgun where Yup can Top off Rounds/cartridges/Shells One by One. Aaaaaand Fallout 76 has an all new pump Action shotgun with a scripted reload, so you actually reload only the amount you fired, so they could have (probaby) copy&pasted that over to the lever action rifle, if they would have cared!!!

[@kyledaugherty1609]

@@Ueberdoziz So...you reload the shotgun by slapping someone backhanded?

[@alexubel]

@@kyledaugherty1609 I mean...is there any other way? :)

[@mckrackin5324]

@@kyledaugherty1609 LOLZ

[@Ueberdoziz]

@@kyledaugherty1609 im dying of laughter haha, but im not going to edit it hahaha xD thx for making me laugh out loud buddy

[@sketcharmslong6289]

It's weird that anyone would actually trust Todd Howard. He might as well be wearing a t-shirt with 'Bullshit Artist' on it

[@debsreno911]

A t-shirt with a poop emoji and a cow would pretty much sum up Todd Howard's speech at E3.

[@ajhiep4447]

I kn

[@martinvalt9788]

Todd is living in another World!

[@shadowreaper5413]

Tell me sweet little lies

[@battlion507]

Ah, he leveled up from "Con Artist"? So what's the next title for Todd?

[@JohonTheMighty]

It's evolving, but backwards

[@jesusagelvis4917]

Devolving??

[@dommcmx7060]

Ive got a feeling that Bethesda didnt release on steam, because they KNEW how shit it was, and didn't want steam to give refunds like they did with no mans sky.

[@MrOrzeker]

Forgot about that, you might be on something.

[@Camlspence]

You hit the nail on the head.

[@allenholloway5109]

I got a really bad feeling when they announced that, since that possibility occurred to me from the start. I just really hoped I was wrong. I wasn't.

[@Pwophet_of_Twuth]

Well ain't that a kick in the head.

[@hellsonion514]

@@Pwophet_of_Twuth ain't that a hole in the boat?

[@ethanskaggs6852]

At least the beta did you the favor of uninstalling itself for you

[@foursub]

HAH.

[@Jake-ul5nl]

lol

[@misterb3577]

Pfft lol

[@danielmcrae3477]

War for storage

[@macaronGirl376]

The standard Bethesda formula: Todd announces game Game " just works " Game comes out and is super buggy Modders fix it Todd claims that thanks to Bethesda the game is amazing Repeat for future games

[@SadlyWaiting]

Except modders can't fix this game, it's multiplayer.

[@marccamp6376]

There aint anything worst than blind fans, that will defend and FIX broken stuff for free...

[@jayaldure7900]

Honestly, DON'T feel bad for the QA team of this game -- I am friends with 2 of them, and they are in COMPLETE denial about this game. They literally post Facebook status updates about once every 2 weeks talking about how awesome F76 is, commonly referring to those that don't like it as "Just trolls who never played the game and just like to jump on the hate train." They refuse to acknowledge ANY of the flaws that you point out, and insult those that make such arguments as people who don't know anything about the game (for in their eyes, if you bothered to try the game, you'd absolutely love it).

[@BWMagus]

No offense, but your friends sound like dishonest, insulting assholes.

[@jayaldure7900]

@@BWMagus It's sad because he was one of my best friends back in college (it's just 1 friend but his co-workers pile on his posts about this game, all saying the same thing). I've kept my mouth completely shut on Facebook in regards to this game because of this fact. Luckily, I've only seen 1 post of his about this game since I made this comment, although it was a forwarding from a magazine (like Forbes or something) about how Wastelanders makes Fallout 76 better than 3, 4 & New Vegas, so.. make of that what you will. (Yes, really, it said that with Wastelanders 3, 4 & NV are all inferior to 76.....)

[@karldunne5703]

A friend of mine played the Beta on pc and I played it on Xbox, when we talked about it he defended the game so hard. Because he paid for the beta (by pre ordering) he was totally blind to the heaps of bullshit in the game. He was also one of the fools that said "its just a beta" with the release 2 weeks away... I don't know why people were in such Denial about FO76

[@jayaldure7900]

@@karldunne5703 Is he still that way? My original comment was over 3 months ago and my friend is still constantly going on about how only those who never played it hate it -- Did your friend at least somewhat come around to reality in the interim?

[@jakpote88]

@@jayaldure7900 i think lot of people are kinda braindead with no standard... I dont feel bad for saying that There is so much game on market... If 76 is your choice... You have a problem

[@DasGanon]

I seriously wonder if them knowing the game is garbage is the whole reason it's not on steam. Can't have "overwhelmingly negative" if there's no review system and the game's not there....

[@ekmad]

That and Steam's generous refund policy, all those Day One sales are final right now and BGS is laughing all the way to the bank.

[@tehjamerz]

ekmad thats not how consumer law works you dumbass

[@SamahLama]

Yes and no. The steam release will come when the game is finished. They'll announce a huge update, a steam release, and a sale price. At the same time, atoms will be harder to get and skins harder to earn.

[@SamahLama]

@Aaron yet early access games usually go for 20$. That's how much they worth.

[@drexxler138]

Steam has a refund policy. They must have known their game was going to suck, as you can tell that very little effort and money was put into this game. A team of six moders could have build a better game in the same time frame. Most people would return this game if possible, I know I would.

[@bobbobson8087]

Todd Howard: Can I have some money? Players: To develop a new Fallout game? Todd Howard: Yesss. Todd Howard: _Actually creates an empty open world game with no npcs and broken multiplayer, then decides to charge $60 for it like a boss_ *COUNTRY ROADS TIME*

[@Handonforehead]

I'm stealing this comment

[@Brian-wp9er]

I like the memes I see here!

[@pacoramon9468]

Is even worse in 2019.

[@y_magaming9798]

It looks like it's about to get a lot worse.

[@KAZ8264]

@@skullsnbones5285 you're disabled

[@AndragonLea]

Yeah, RIP. I especially loved how Bethesda fucked us over on "convenience items" and then justified bringing in even more of those with "we crunched the numbers and you really buy a lot of this stuff". No shit, idiot. That's the reason we don't want that crap in the game - because some people are gonna buy it and if you don't, you're at a fucking disadvantage. Fallout 1st is also a special brand of fuck you to the fans. "I heard you want a second travel spot, private servers, modding capability and limitless stash? That'll be one hundred bucks a year, thx guys!".

[@Murillable]

and even worse in 2020

[@Soter94]

Coronavirus-era here. Game stil shit. Over and out.

[@gimme.shelter]

This is the most entertaining game i've never bought lol

[@RealRanton]

I rly dont like this game but if Todd releases it on iOS and Android I may change my mind

[@SkillUp]

Omg it's a Ranton

[@RealRanton]

@@SkillUp u know it boi 🤙

[@ALT3PFL3G3R]

Ranton and SkillUp... the chillz

[@Lannon369]

Do you guys not have phones?!

[@omgraggy5358]

but i dont have a phone

[@Heldermaior]

To be honest, at this point I expect Elder Scrolls 6 to go like this: You wake up locked in a dungeon... You need to escape. There is uproar nearby. your cell door gets damaged in a huge magical explosion. You walk out. As you escape the falling debree a woman catches you by the arm. "Come with me!" she says "There is much we need to discuss". You follow her into her lair. On the darkest dungeon there is a fountain there. The surface of the fountain is clear but it doesn't seem to be reflecting its surroundings. You have a hard time seeing what is being shown to you. "Move closer" she says, "your destiny will be revealed!". As you start approaching the fountain you can see some details... Tall mountains... Pine trees. Lots of people talking in what appears to be a horse cart. As you touch the surface of the water, you are pulled inside of the Fountain! You wake up. You are in a Cart hands tied up. Some asks you what did they get you for as you are taken to a city to be executed. The captions appear "Elder Scrolls 6... It's actually Skyrim again suckers!!"

[@harrymcgrory2531]

Todd Howard, you did it again!

[@soplet6121]

Your prophecy is horrifying. Don't make it inevitable!

[@quinncamargo]

If they release a Skyrim: remasterd remaster of the first remaster edition. Id buy that again rather than buy fallout 76.

[@shadowgowngaming1838]

Ah, you're finally awake.

[@Emoney1154]

Heldermaior don’t you mean it’s Skyrim: The Last Port... JK

[@shagohad3]

The problem with Bethesda is that they refuse to sit down, pause production and give the creation engine an overhaul. I don't mean bolting new lighting matrix's or crap like that. I mean sitting down, taking the engine back to base code and fixing/updating it. They had the perfect chance to after Skyrim; sure it would have delayed FO4 but it would have been VERY much worth it.

[@DisDatK9]

This comment is 3 years old but you absolutely hit the nail on the head. Starfield's loading screens made me come back here

[@jeremyzak654]

​@@DisDatK9Bethesda. Bethesda never changes.😂

[@Ch35h1r3C47]

I feel like Bethesda should just fire all their staff then: 1) re-hire the writers from Morrowind, along with the better and more involved writers who've worked with them. (maybe Amy Hennig too) 2) Hire the folks who are making the best mods for Oblivion and Skyrim as new mission designers, coders and scripters (Skywind, Skyblivion, Morrowblivion, the other expansion sized mods). 3) Hire the folks who have been doing the "Unofficial Elder Scrolls Patch" and improved UI series of mods.

[@ffffdsd]

What a stupid idea.

[@Jrue774]

Ben We need Kirkbride back. The best lore was made on mushrooms and adderal.

[@ss-nu3qf]

@@ffffdsd so doing nothing sounds better? Because that's what's been going on for about six years with this company

[@HelloKolla]

@@Jrue774 reject Emil, return to Kirkbride and Avellone.

[@thundageon5962]

Yeah they'll never do that

[@cnemesys2156]

The video would be just perfect if you also include the fact that Bethesda started that #SavePlayerOne trend during that Battlefront2 embargo voicing their support for narrative singleplayer experience then announce this broken mess online-only multiplayer with overpriced microtransaction. Congratulations Bethesda, you played yourself.

[@cordia96]

The whole "Singleplayer is ded" narritive was just embarrising for everybody that participated.

[@vrapbrap]

I really found that funny. The first thing they do after saying all that is creating a shitty multiplayer cash grab.

[@ekmad]

Also that campaign was spearheaded not just to spite EA but I think as a response to the popularity of The Witcher 3 and reaction to FO4, instead of coming back saying "we are the masters of the RPG, don't you forget it" they completely abandoned it and released this Multiplayer shit

[@DarthShadow25]

So they come out with like a dozen single player only games, and only one multiplayer game, and somehow that wipes out all the single player games that they have made and are making? That logic is retarded. It is ONE game, get over it. Even if that one game is shit, they are still 95% single player.

[@bobjones1432]

@@DarthShadow25 But they still said all that stuff knowing that their next game would be multiplayer.

[@Snowbau5]

Ironic how Bethesda introduced Fallout 76 on a ultra wide display at E3... But it doesn't support ultra wide support on release 🤣

[@Aquelll]

Bethesda has been really good at turning "surefire preorder"-guy like me into "I will surely wait for some prominent KZbinr to recommend the game after release, and wait a couple of months to see if they add ridiculous MTX"-guy.

[@DakkaSap]

then the curse is broken, welcome to reality

[@TheAlienGangster]

That Morrowind footage brought back beautiful memories of a Bethesda I once loved

[@salokin3087]

Impressive how Bethesda pissed away all their popularity and good will

[@ogmoustachemalefacialcompa3907]

Who cares, pay them.

[@ekmad]

Along with nearly all the old Game Devs, they're all gone now. It's really kind of sad but the late-00s gaming boom really killed off most of the industry. Now instead of that golden period where we were getting new exciting IPs we're left with the same 3-4 games on repeat and one every now and again emerging. I can only hope companies like CDPR stick to their principles and never compromise their projects like so many others did.

[@theguywhowentthere3346]

Salokin - in the end. They still didnt. People will still buy their shit.

[@andrelima9428]

Blizzard, EA, Bethesda and many others just screwed their playerbase. And they do this together, making shit the only product offered by everyone, so we have no choice.

[@gravesidepoet5405]

In a way I’m thankful. Most of the fans were becoming obnoxious and entitled.

[@Indigo_Gaming]

The irony that they showed off Fallout 76 on an ultra-ultrawide display for E3, while not supporting 21:9 in the actual game is not lost on me. Great review, SkillUp. Covered all the points why we shouldn't support this level of mistreatment to their audience.

[@cookiegaming572]

@Indigo Gaming - I'm surprised they support, 16:9 if I'm honest, dude. Seems to advanced for a Creation Engine game, I mean, modders fix 90% of bugs/issues in the damn things.

[@benjackman4814]

You guys are awesome!:D I've been hoping you'd make a video on fallout 76!

[@NandosN0W]

LOL, that actually made me laugh.

[@sadi5713]

First Blizazrd now Bethesda. Lets just pray CdProject will prevail.

[@negative4928]

for fucking real though i cannot even play it

[@jsboeve]

Re-watching this hit after playing 30 hours of Starfield and it is remarkably relevant for Starfield too... I need to watch this before buying another Bethesda game.

[@powerbeard5653]

starfailed

[@MyNdFrEaK420]

Thanks for teaching me how to boil a frog

[@dylan8736]

Bullfrog is tasty.

[@elephystry]

Dylan real shit?

[@TrippyTheShroom]

Frog legs are legit delicious if fixed right

[@dreadfullyd1701]

1 6 T I M E S T H E D E T A I L *Tell me lies tell me sweet little lies*

[@jakecassell]

Todd is a fraudd

[@timlance2753]

Michael Franti reference? Thumbs up my guy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6umeIlpnM6LpZI

[@mdo]

He never said they were GOOD details :)

[@lj8783]

@@timlance2753 Or Fleetwood Mac kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqOcgKiYrdxknaM

[@patrickh.473]

He never said that they implement 16 times the details just that they could :^)

[@Reac2]

Fallout 76 is a bad Fallout 4 online mod

[@ludowic8187]

Not to mention that fallout 4 also was a bad game

[@ZanderTheUnthonkable]

@@ludowic8187 Well ok, "bad" is subjective. It is absolutely comical balance wise, but you cannot deny it was decently fun. Note: this is for F04 NOT FALLOUT76 that one is shit

[@laughsquad007]

@@ZanderTheUnthonkable well if bad is subjective then fallout 76 isn't bad lmao. Fallout 4 absolutely was not fun, it was a repetitive chore that's good for like twenty hours, maybe. That's not acceptable for a fallout game. How everyone feels about 76 is how actual fallout fans felt about 4. Shit was absolute trash. I mean fuck, from the lobotomised direction of 4 I really don't understand what anyone was expecting. Sure, this game is a spectacular mess on a technical level, but the biggest problem people are talking about is how gameplay and features have been arbitrarily removed to casualize the gameplay to appeal to everyone. I'm sitting here like, "ugh yeah, you guys literally sucked 4's cock relentlessly for doing the exact same thing, then called me a blind fan boy who can't look past nostalgia for criticizing it". You fucking morons only hate the things you're told are bad. Otherwise fallout 4 would have been similarly lauded as an absolute failure of an RPG and fallout game.

[@ZanderTheUnthonkable]

@@laughsquad007 Oh yeah i mean trust me, as a fallout fan myself i agree if you were into fallout games for the story FO4 was shit. But if you were just playing casually, it wasn't that bad. HHowever the objections to fallout76 aren't subjective, they are objective. The engine IS bad, thats undeniable. The gameplay IS unoptimized, thats undeniable. The carry weight IS way too low, thats arguable, but pretty much undeniable. There is plenty of solid reasons fallout76 is trash, and there is with every game, but more with 76 than any other game i've seen save maybe battlefront 2. But fallout4 at least was fun for casual players, and its not like they have deleted the other games lf the series, and all those games stil have a cult following of modders. The issue you and other "real fallout fans" NEED TO COME TO TERMS WITH is that put simply we are a dying breed. More people who play video games nowadays never played new vegas, or fo3, or any of those classic fallouts. For many people, if not most interested in FO76 FO4 IS fallout to them. So put simply, you can't use the excuse "not a game for real fallout fans" because what makes any game less "real" than others? Ok sorry carry on, im just sick and tired of entitled "real fallout fans" being on high horses

[@laughsquad007]

@@ZanderTheUnthonkable The problem is without story, characters and roleplaying fallout becomes not fucking fallout. The direction 4 was headed exactly foretold this shit. 76 is to 4 what 4 was to 3/NV. A needless step back.

[@sodkijezu8748]

I guess it would be faster to say what isn't fucked. ... ... ... Well, I think that's all.

[@Tyrranid]

They spelled fallout correctly...guess thats something

[@DisDatK9]

Todd Howard is still a virgin, so at least he isn’t fucked.

[@edwardharley9]

@@Tyrranid Yes.. spelling is important.. so is honesty

[@eclipsicalbluestocking1182]

Watching this after the Starfield presentation and I'm noticing a pattern in how Todd talks about his upcoming games. Some of these quotes he repeats almost word for word.

[@philbarton2832]

I thought the exact same thing and honestly now I'm worried about starfield 😕

[@theepicduck6922]

Todd Howard has some pretty clear habits by now.

[@jeffreyschilder7468]

@@philbarton2832Well they actually did it. They made a good game again

[@philbarton2832]

@@jeffreyschilder7468 I'm relieved and happy 😀 I was hoping for it to be a bit better considering the huge development time and delays but overall it's still a good game

[@jeremyzak654]

​@@jeffreyschilder7468Yeah, it has 16x the loading screens, ugly graphics, ridiculously small inventory system, and a boring as hell story. Bethesda really did hit it out of the ballpark with this one😂

[@abasszeros]

"Don't you guys have Controllers?" - Bethesda on PC Port

[@EtherianRouge]

Oof

[@Tikus_90]

Using a refrence from another fucking trainwreck, big ups dude.

[@TimPilcher]

Lol.. "You're holding it wrong.."

[@nearlylogical3892]

As software developer, I feel bad for the programmers at Bethesda Austin. They will definitely be on the receiving end of a bunch of hate but given that they were given a timeline that was worse than New Vegas to build this game and to add network support to this engine I don't feel they deserve it. Adding network support to an single player engine is not a simple task. I've also heard rumors that they lost some of their more experienced developers early in the project, if true that's brutal. Netcode and refactoring a entangled single player engine into a client server model is one of the hardest things to do in game programming. SquareEnix had to try twice to get it right for FF14 and still there are issues that crop up because of it from time to time and they had years to do it and a ton of money and resources and experience. Bethesda Austin had none of those things. All that said, I have little sympathy for the high level management who decided to go forward with the play despite how under-cooked and unrealistic the situation was.

[@SkillUp]

Very good perspective.

[@ondrejhotovy2216]

Don't think when it comes to botched games, anyone ever actually blames devs... It's usually "the company" who gets shit (and it should be)

[@atomic_wait]

In my head I imagine their codebase as being something like that illustration of Mr. Burns' "three stooges syndrome", where he has so many diseases that none of them winds up taking effect. But with the slightest breeze, aka slapping in Multiplayer, all the shit hits the fan. 20 years of spaghetti-laden legacy code can't be easy to rework from local-only to networked.

[@contentsunderpressure384]

'Programmers' ie, the three people they have put polish on a SEVERELY dated engine that should have been retired a decade ago. Fans have kept Bethesda afloat through modding out the shortcomings in their design but that cannot last.

[@kekfreedomheritage5633]

Interesting review with brutal honest observations. Maybe there should not be more efforts to develop a quasi-standard on rating games for level of completeness, and/or on level of quality and play-ability given the current state of technology and based on the targeted hardware platforms. A quasi-standard if written well, could help developers, consumers, and hardware manufactures in trying to hit certain goals, and expectations.

[@Momtopreemie]

I'm NOT buying Elders 6.... Nope. Don't trust it. Same engine? No.

[@destroyercrush1052]

Good choice

[@jayashreems18]

Avowed is the one to go with now

[@turell0]

Same Bethesda...

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

Yeah, even $20 is too much for Dark Brotherhood questline + many gigabytes of blank content.

[@phisograph]

Not buying any new Bethesda game unless it proves itself to be good

[@MR-wp5dz]

Thank you for your excellent reviews, my man. No other reviewer on the KZbins has such articulate, well-written long form reviews. What I play and don't play is literally decided by you, Ralph. Thank you for the hours of informative entertainment that you have provided me with. This one in particular is one that I keep coming back to for it's sheer entertainment value. Cheers!

[@imstarbuck1465]

We couldn't shut Todd Howard up before the game was released. Post release, we haven't heard a peep from him. Funny that!

[@jakecassell]

Todd works in mysterious ways

[@Flood520]

That's fine. Every time I hear that nasally little manlet open his mouth a part of me dies.

[@warboss346]

I just remember the E3 and the whole time he was talking I was thinking" this guy thinks hes fucking jesus" that was another point that made me skeptical for the game cuz no one should be that damn arrogantly confident of their product ever

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

Starbuck well yeah. He had to talk up a game that ended up being terrible. He wasn’t as involved in it as you’d think.

[@Archersrevenge]

Todd Coward

[@crozraven]

Bethesda: Don't you guys have mods??

[@DTFinn01]

I feel personally attacked by this pun. Makes me angry over blizzard again xD

[@davefinfrock3324]

Apparently not for a year. I'll check back in 12 months when this PoS hits $10 on Steam...oh...wait. It won't. The warning flags went up as soon as online services was mentioned in combination with the Creation engine. You KNEW this wasn't going to end well...and here we are. This isn't a AAA game. It's a $10 expansion at best.

[@nuclearmemester2620]

@@davefinfrock3324 Hey did you know mods are already here. edit: here is a link of mod review. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKCYfIKLdtGnhdk

[@davefinfrock3324]

Not on consoles they aren't. I'm aware that FO76 is so closely related to FO4 that most mods will work...unofficially...on the PC. You trust Bethesda not to play games with this feature? Seriously? They haven't exactly covered themselves with glory by catering to the community that plays their games. Quite the opposite. And it's still a $10 expansion, nothing more.

[@Epscylon]

Tod Howard always reminds me a little too much of David Miscavige. You know, the head of the church of Scientology.

[@Brawler_1337]

Epscylon Vega And David Miscavige is a legit psychopath.

[@aruthorcarly]

Ability to lie with straight face all the time is typical of psychopath Or i could be wrong it was him with 100 speech perks

[@skylersix7651]

Wow this is such a spot on comparison. Its spooky. 👍

[@forgotaboutbre]

Notice how he says a whole lot of wards without saying anything at all. Telltale sign of a liar.

[@SecretSickle89]

OMG I was making the same comparison as well. I don’t think Todd Howard is as bad, but the resemblance is uncanny.

[@Soghe117]

Every once in a while it’s good to come back to this

[@SobeCrunkMonster]

Todd’s crap may some day be forgiven but it will never be forgotten.

[@7TonyMontana7]

Is it just me, or do all enemies seem like they take either 1 bullet to kill, or 200?

[@SkillUp]

It's not just you.

[@DeeZire]

Their idea of difficulty is to create bullet sponge enemies. The only difference between a level 1 and level 70 enemy is the amount of ammo you need. There's no variety to enemies either in AI terms or behaviour - they all just crowd around you and melee, the only diference between a Mirelurk and a Scorched is the name and the model. Given the poor gunplay and targetting mechanics coupled with broken VATS, with the hassle of repairing, maintaining guns and ammo even the highest level players have all but given up on ranged weapons and use melee.

[@TheDablaster]

Come across level 10 enemies that would tale 1 bullet to kill then come back later and they take 6-10 and I am level 50.

[@gasdorficmuncher9943]

@@SkillUp well very complex the guns i upgraded a level 5 pistal i am killing level 23 enemys easy ? wtf my level 45 guns cant kill level 58 enemys ?....when i move my camp the game stored my old camp that was maxed budget ...then i couldnt build the new camp til i placed the old one....blue prints dont work ..end up scraping the whole god dam thing...you had to delete each gadam part in the stored section ...wasted 3 hours rebuilding my camp

[@OldManClutch]

gasdorfic muncher now that is completely unacceptable..

[@BreakfastAtNoon]

It's been 10 days since the game released. In that time we've had 2 50gb patches and 4 server downtimes all hitting in the evening (UK) so for 6 of those 10 days I've been unable to play because downloading or servers been down.. AND NOW it's 44% off on the digital store.. I'm angry, sad and disappointed.

[@SkillUp]

Such an important comment

[@baronsengir187]

Very understandable. I so wanted this to be good because i love the Franchise. I just hope we all learn from this. Never preorder and never jump on the hype Train.

[@accelerator8558]

Thats why you never pre-order/buy day one

[@Nomadic_Gaming]

Welcome to every new game release in oct/nov. They do It w every major franchise and big title every year. Get over it shoulda waited for black friday if your pissed about black friday sales on psn or xbox market

[@Pa7na]

I'm just curious but didn't you watch his previous Fallout 76 video? Shouldn't that have been the wake up call for you? Why did you buy it anyway, did you really think they could've fixed these major bugs in such a short time? I get that people really love the Fallout Franchise but this is such a huge pile of shit and you were able to smell that miles before it was released... I'm once again disappointed in so many blinded and naive Gamers who bought this game. It's just sad.

[@feargaming7697]

Our character still uses a left handed hunting rifle in their right hand I don't have to explain why that's a bad idea lol

[@choleraphd7702]

all fallout games have been like that, even in 4. That isnt a big issue and is mostly a design choice that can be overlooked.

[@feargaming7697]

@@choleraphd7702 the hunting rifle in new Vegas had the bolt on the right side of the gun not the left 😊 there are two types of guns left handed and right handed if you use the wrong type you risk injuring yourself

[@screamer5029]

Finally, someone else aware of this! The bolt should be on the right side of the gun, not the left! That's how bolt-action rifles have almost always been!

[@TheHeavyshadow]

@Jacen Roger AKCHYUALLY: The bolt should be on the side of the gun corresponding to the shooter's preferred hand. Right for right-handed people, left for left-handed people. But the general idea is correct because I've yet to meet someone who prefers to have hot brass ejected into their face when using a gun.

[@bigmouthprick5852]

> shoots >300m with standard right-handed rifles >am left-handed ???

[@henriquebritto335]

This review aged so well... Even more so, after Starfield's release

[@nicktubby9710]

I got an ad for 'The Outer Worlds' at the end of this review. I did not skip it.

[@spicywater8701]

If obsidian gets this game right, Besthesda will be fucked

[@Zeriel00]

Obsidian got bought by Microsoft. All hope is lost :(

[@iW34Rglasses00]

The outer worlds is not an open world which is sad but it looks good.

[@garcia1177]

Nepu-Tech USA Doesn’t mean that they’d butcher it. Outer Worlds was in creation while the process was going on so more than likely if Obsidian ever did get back the right speaking hypothetically most of the originally devs would be right behind it. Even so they deserve to have it back. Bethesda just wants to liquidate it at this point and they’re destroying what used to be a remarkable series.

[@malcolmgreen6927]

@CrimsonRyder yah especially since there are reports saying star field will run on the exact same dinosaur of an engine as fallout 76. FUCK STAR FIELD in looking forward to the outer worlds

[@cocaine_is_a_hell_of_drug765]

Best thing about fallout 76 is the reviews.

[@aziza7660]

I've surrendered my hopes for this game when it released. I'm in it for the lulz so now, your my lul buddy.

[@cocaine_is_a_hell_of_drug765]

@@aziza7660 Everything is better with friends. 😁

[@utisti4976]

Agreed.

[@Swarm509]

Well it reintroduced me to Country Roads, so that is the best things to come out of the game for me so far.

[@2000Doriyas]

That you’ve managed to avoid hearing that song in the last few years before 76 is an achievement

[@Blue-gi3zk]

Dude I bought this game about 3 weeks after release blindly (didn’t watch any reviews) BUT then as soon as I get it, I decide to watch a review. Needless to say got it refunded and am now paranoid before buying a game

[@gufostanco220]

It has a name: it's called the "Bethesda's game syndrome"

[@InsaneGamers1003]

Heres the thing about bethesda games, The company doesn't realize that the only reason their games are successful, is because you can mod them and fix the broken shit, that is in the base game of any game they have ever made. Modders are the real reason any of bethesda's games have ever been successful, that and they depend on a nostalgia factor that they are solely responsible for destroying for the majority of people. Bethesda themselves are incapable (beyond releasing any game), of fixing/maintaining a game or online service. They have shown this time and time again, and the people who fell for it are the sheep and cattle who would follow them to their grave.

[@ummok5109]

Steve yeah I doubt it, especially cuz only fallout 4 can be modded on console, where most of the community lives

[@marccamp6376]

So damn true...

[@ButterBoyism]

I recently went through the unofficial skyrim patch and holy shit. At this point modders should be in the credits for Bethesda games...

[@ButterBoyism]

@Steve The modding community for Bethesda games on PC is massive. Sure, it's different on consoles but on the PC most of the people who play 100+ hours of skyrim plays it unmodded once or twice and then they start modding it. The most common mod by far is the unofficial patches for Bethesda games, these mods often fixes thousands of bugs in said games. For Fallout 4 in particular the sheer amount of choice in building stuff with and without mods is insane. A single mod can open the entire world when it comes to building bases. I had a mod that allowed me to make synth settlers of any type I'd like (I basically had the synth machine from the institute as a buildable thing) and it allowed me to literally create institution bases, brotherhood bases and the like as I pleased. It gave me access to any and all base components in the game (every faction, every npc city, etc. I had the components).

[@ButterBoyism]

Steve go to nexusmods and look at the amount of downloads and mods, that’s all you need to do. Your argument is kinda like saying “I don’t use mods in World of Warcraft, my friends don’t - thus I don’t believe a lot of people do”.

[@jamielockyear215]

No frogs were harmed in the making of this video!

[@SkillUp]

They weren't. He survived!

[@onionheadguy7094]

Thank you I was honestly worried about that frog to the point where I missed what he was saying for a minute!

[@jamielockyear215]

@@SkillUp i believe you wink wink . great review thanks much.

[@Okovburkan]

Frogs gay though.

[@turk88]

@@Okovburkan only if you add chemicals into the water

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

Is this a world record for how fast an "AAA" game goes on sale? Lol.

[@flippingchips7343]

possibly

[@spacejunk2186]

Battleborn may beat Fallout76, but I am not sure.

[@Uneasyboosh]

@@spacejunk2186 at least Fallout can say its holiday sales, black friday, cyber monday.. Poor Battleborn was just like "please by our game"

[@moonke77]

Maybe evolve or lawbreakers?

[@wadederrett6617]

nice use of "an" bro.. most people would've said a AAA game and that would've been 4 a's in a row but you used the n and broke that shit up, well done.

[@charlx8979]

“It just works” “Its a real elder scrolls experience” “16 times the detail” Todd howard, known liar

[@AniGaAG]

Always love that "sixteen times the detail" buzzwordy line. Sixteen times in relation to _what?_

[@juliansalazar7097]

“16x the detail” Lmao... just revisiting that E3 reveal. They straight lied to everyone.

[@zzxp1]

lol the bastard couldn't even tell a small lie like saying 2x or maybe 4x, nope he ramped the bullshit through the roof from the very start.

16x more glitches and 16 times lower FPS.

[@powerdude_dk]

What even IS 16x the detail? How'd you measure that?

[@ekmad]

Todd went from being a loveable rogue who exaggerated the truth ("you can climb that mountain" "radiant never-ending quests" "local economy" "200 endings") to directly lying about the projects he oversees for sales. The man has lost all respect from me and we let it go on for too long. Not even Peter Molyneux was this bad

[@zzxp1]

@@ekmad Yeah, Peter exagerated and lied about features that never maked into the game, but in the end his games were pretty solid if you don't judge them by what was said. Hell im still waiting for a game as unique as Black and White.

[@QuiteShallow]

oof that thumbnail

[@oscara8454]

Shy!!!!

[@lordofgangstas]

Mama shy!

[@thesweetbusinessfanclub7072]

Eyyy, didn’t expect to see you here!

[@theredaudi8875]

Eyyy its shy!!

[@SteelxWolf]

Shy where tf did u come from?

[@MightyManotaur22]

"My number is... don't fucking play this game." Jeff Gerstmann is just the best.

[@comradeconrad]

Still a threat.

[@Promark1980]

he was the best along with Kasavin and Davis

[@TD-jt9es]

I've been enjoying a lot of your videos as of late. I'm a AAA developer, and one misconception that I heard you say that I also catch from a lot of others not in the know, is that older engines should perform better because their age means they've had time to be optimized. However, I can tell you from direct experience, that that is often not the case. As new features are added to modernize an old engine, the older architecture struggles with some of the features you mentioned (widescreen support, newer visual effects, physics, etc) and overall this results in a worse performance overall. The engine that my team is using is also twenty years old, at its core. Yes, its been updated and modified, but bugs from 2001 are still popping up, even after they've been "fixed" dozens and dozens of times.

[@NamelessYeti]

It blows my mind that people STILL think AAA betas are actually betas and not demos. Its almost as funny as people expecting Bethesda to fix bugs.

[@JesuSoup]

@The reality you fear Halo 5, Titanfall 2 changed quite a bit also

[@kami3449]

Well there actually are AAA betas still. If a beta comes out 2-3 months before release then that's enough time to fix shit. But I've never seen a company release a beta a fucking week before the game releases and then see people saying "it's just a beta" like are you serious? A week before it's release and you think this shit is a beta? People are stupid.

[@kami3449]

@The reality you fear a beta will always be identical to the finished product theyre not trying to make a whole new game from beta to freaking release. The point of a beta is to iron out any bugs and stress test the servers which a lot of companies succeed in doing, Bethesda on the other hand is not one of those companies.

[@tenaarfeiri7164]

The worst part is that they're actually capable of producing games that are relatively bug free and perform well. Like Elder Scrolls Online. Now I know you might say that "ESO is Zenimax" but guys... Bethesda *is* Zenimax. They are everything Zenimax. So it's not even that they can't fix the bugs, or don't have the ability to. They just won't. They consciously refuse.

[@BloodpactORG]

Wrong, it's *Zenimax Online* a completely autonomous studio. Bethesda is a studio under Bethesda Softworks (the publisher) and Zenimax Online is another studio under BethSoft. All of these companies are under the parent company Zenimax (not Zenimax Online) which are a distributor.

[@DrJayPlays]

*Fallout 76% Off* *Fallout 76% Unfinished* *Fallout 76% Player Base Gone* *Fallout 76% Gimmemydamnmoneybackyoufrauds*

[@leotamer5]

76% Unfinished? I think you are being a bit to generous.

[@chunnin33]

@@leotamer5 So is it 7.6% or 0.76% unfinished :P

[@DrJayPlays]

@@leotamer5 wrote my self into a corner with my theme there, but alas, I had to press on. 🙁

[@DrJayPlays]

@@chunnin33 76x10^-76% finished.

[@jakecassell]

Fraud Howard

[@cecarter10]

Modders arent repairmen they're interior decorators.

[@abot4029]

Todd Howard wants to know your location

[@Robin-lj3vq]

The question is what this large project actually did when the game is 90% old assets and the rest is cut content.

[@gamrage]

I've learned something when listening to developers.. The harder they try to sell a product "verbally," the worse it's gonna be..

[@MM-vs2et]

The bigger they are, the harder they fall

[@D-J-Q]

The more fragrant words are, the deeper the lie.

[@rishi9098872744]

No wonder rockstar never fails to deliver😯

[@Kalhonkai]

Holy fuck your right look at black ops 4

[@TheNomnomnom0815]

Preston Garvey tried to prepare us for this...

[@forgivemenot1]

This game makes me miss him.

[@jamsgamingstation6023]

Don't talk about my boy pressedin gravy like that

[@BigMac87963]

I’d rather help Preston than play Fallout 76. At least I’ll be talking to an NPC

[@henrikschunk5732]

Go and help the settlement of vault 76 i guess?

[@kekfreedomheritage5633]

KEK KEK CAn we save Fallout Culture and save Freedom? Can we rebuild our expectations for a new America?

[@HumanityAsCode]

Just remember this the next time you consider getting all excited about Starfield. This is what Bethesda produces now

[@JiF28]

Fallout 76 was shit, yes But I take solace in knowing that Xbox wouldn't have bought bethesda while also knowing that starfield was looking garbage Ik bethesda isnt just the one company who xbox bought its the whole group, but starfield is one of their first big projects coming out of the deal and they wanna start strong

[@ainsleyhariott4353]

@@JiF28 x to doubt my guy I have no faith in xbox and Bethesda to ensure starfield is actually good especially if they insist on using an engine older than me.

[@liesideways]

Deluded hater

[@mazuiface]

Starfield will most likely be Fallout 76 in space.

[@chedsalvia6270]

no wonder half life 3 was never confirmed - they have nothing to show. i like that better tbh, than buying a broken game with false advertising

[@justafan9399]

I think you might be confused. Valve created Half-Life, not Bethesda.

[@alecmueller3299]

@@justafan9399 He means Valve didn't have the ideas or the capacity to make the HL3 everyone wanted, so instead of giving us a dumpster fire they just didn't make it.

[@DanSolSko]

I was hella excited for Elder Scrolls 6...Now I'm hella worried.

[@BurgerwithPeanutButter]

A lot of us are there with you. Same with Starfield.

[@DarkOps4]

Daniel Keep in mind that it is still in development so maybe the engine will be changed and delay the game. I don’t want delay but if it improves the game (RDR2) then I’ll gladly take it

[@FamiAoi]

It'll all be the same heap of a game. The designed just collect their paycheck and do what the suits tell them to. Its turned into another one of those companies where the shareholders are who you appease and the customers get shafted. Wait for dx11 to come out for planetside 2 and stop wasting time with these games.

[@TheGrant59]

Daniel same here

[@haydenschuster4574]

tbh, I've waited so long for TES 6 and when it was announced, I was giddy... Now, i'm with you... These are dark times

[@LordZordid]

"It's running fine for me". That is some mighty unconvincing trolling.

[@ynnuswatchingyou]

I can't get enough of this great review. Have re-seen it now for the fourth or fifth time and I'm enjoying it every single time once again.

[@nateguerra319]

ynnus86 I always play skill up reviews as background noise while I’m going to sleep or studying idk know why I guess the monotonous voice is just calming 😂

[@animelytical8354]

I do this with the Monster Hunter one too

[@johnyreyes3567]

6 months later and I'm really enjoying this game. Bugs galore tho, guess I'm just tolerant of that stuff since I've been playing Bethesda games since I was young

[@ynnuswatchingyou]

@@noeyah9742 Just keep calm and stay polite , dude.

[@SA80TAGE]

@@noeyah9742 who the bloody fuck cares what someone else watches. I'd get it if they forced you to do it, but it affects you exactly zero. Man do something.

[@baronvonbeandip]

wtf they are using Creation Engine for ES6?! This is really bad.

[@baronvonbeandip]

I just do not appreciate Bethesda's argument that "our people know it". You have to adapt to the changing times. You cannot use Gamebryo forever. You can update it and change it but you cannot hang onto it because you refuse to learn something new. That's just asinine.

[@fatbastard7640]

And Creation Club to fix the game after release :)

[@Eleriol84]

Yup when i heard that they are going to use this old buggy engine for future projects togheter with the mess that is Fallout 76 has completley killed any hype i had for Elder scrolls 6. This year has killed of Blizzard and Bethesda as great game makers in my eyes. While there still are a few truly passionate game studios out there i sure hope a few new ones pop up soon cause the last few years have really killed off alot of the good ones.

[@Scottx125Productions]

Agreed, either they need a MASSIVE engine upgrade top to bottom, or a new engine. Or ES6 is going to suffer.

[@oakskid01]

Okay guys, Creation Engine exists in several forms. Fallout 3 was created on the creation engine after bethesda acquired the rights, but the creation engine was used for Oblivion prior. Skyrim is on the creation engine. It's just what they call their engines, like seriously, you're trying to turn water into wine-y little bitch.

[@keytarkrazy12]

Anyone else going on a Fallout 76 review shitshow binge?

[@robguccicp0141]

Derek Me. These reviews are more interesting than that game will ever be.

[@OtherworldJudge89]

Yeah this is my 4th review in a row haha. Started with angry joe

[@iampleasant]

I'm strangely addicted to these... they make me angry but also happy.

[@dirtytire8092]

Yep

[@taopaipai]

Was not planning on it, but i think i may just go get me some pop corn.

[@somethingboss]

My cousin bought the collectors edition at launch... I did warn him 🙄 He still defends it even though he NEVER plays it. Think he's trying to save face.

[@francistein8409]

and here we are, 2023 and people are once again hyped for another bugthesda game 🤣

[@DTFinn01]

No joke, I got bored of the game just by watching 24 mins of your gameplay fotage. It looked exactly the same no matter where I skipped to. Enemys looked the same. Either they took 1 hit or fcking 300 mags. Like dude. 7 Days to die is a better game and that shit's in alpha since forever man. (And it costs 15$ I think lol) And btw, I think this is the angriest we'll ever see Skill Up. Until ES6 releases omegalul

[@gunsmoke765]

There is a lot of people like you that just saw The game play and got bored of it. It is a real mess of a game. I've been playing it since day one and I have to say. That the update to help anything also I still have crashes and freeze issues. The only people that could save this is the modding community.

[@Heldermaior]

Shillup was just pissed Bethesda didn't send him a sick Power armour helmet like they sent Yong!

[@grimlegend]

Heldermaior that's a low blow.

[@andrewstevens4412]

Cough, cough... that Andromeda review...

[@Charok1]

tell me lies, tell me sweet little liesssssssssssssss

[@exxon101]

imagine getting free merch because you're a popular youtuber, christ

[@arcarsenal1380]

Yes!

[@captainpoopyshoes2023]

I put in about 20 hours when it first released. I remember where I was the moment Bethesda dropped the teaser. I nearly imploded with excitement. When I hit the 20 hour mark, I realized I had been forcing myself to play the game. It was not fun, and I even played with friends for 15 of those hours. I put the controller down and haven’t picked it up since. I have no desire to.

[@BL00DYME55]

Whenever I'm feeling down, and the depression is starting to set in, there are 2 videos that I come back to that make everything better. This one and "The Fall of 76" *Despacito, play Country Roads*

[@jamescarr8196]

Hehehe

[@jamescarr8196]

Same

[@direct2397]

They schould have just released this game as a fallout 4 dlc for 10 bucks or something like a early beta idk cause that's how it looks and feels tbh.

[@CED99]

Ah, you are mistaking the management speak - Tom "It lets us be efficient and works best" - converting it to normal speak it reads as "it lets us be cheap and churn it out cheaply and easily"

[@dnakatomiuk]

Todd "We like our engine it allows us to create world's really fast" Translated "It allows the modders to fix our issues for us and make our games look better than what we can do"

[@logen99999]

Bethesda did something very interesting, they managed to turn people who were fallouts fans, into fallout non-fans. I loved F1, 2, 3, and Vegas. I thought F4 was OK, but I didnt even consider 76 after learning what it actually is.

[@cedertrees2425]

Buddy, i want you to know that nearly all of my peers were shilling this game to me and your review was one of the many i watched that criticized the game prior to its launch. I didn't buy it and i'm so happy i listened to the people with some integrity and sense.

[@IchbinX]

I hope you got new friends.

[@10aDowningStreet]

In the 80s/90s finance sector, stock brokers became infamous for their culture of greed, dishonesty, manipulation and general immorality, a similar culture infected the tech industry, and now I think we are seeing that same sort of culture germinating in the gaming industry. It's particularly sad that an art form so many people have found so much meaning and real value in, over decades, is being molested, violated and degraded by soulless money men like Todd Howard.

[@steffen54321]

@@10aDowningStreet TBH, I think Todd is being forced. My conspiracy theory, is that he is purposefully making it shit, but not shit enough, so that it will seem like a bad idea and let them be themselves again.

[@Hadrexus]

@@10aDowningStreet great comparison, it's the exact same thing. One thing people seem to forget when shilling AAA games is that their parent companies are made up of people who don't give a single shit about gaming at all. It's all old money. Loaded fat old men who only think of how much profit they can make by the end of the month, and they're the real shot callersm not the devs or in this case, Todd.

[@Guitarfollower22]

I can forgive early access games failing at launch, but a AAA title, unacceptable. What has the gaming industry become?

[@kyotheman69]

being fucken lazy and these fucken publishers think we just buy anything, you know fuck them I'm glad people are waking up and saying enough is enough

[@DataMcBits]

Everything is a blatant CASH GRAB now. The exploitation isn't limited to video games.

[@strai8665]

"Gamers" like you, excusing early access, is what caused this entire problem in the first place. Its never acceptable. Its the same exact thing that happened with microtransactions. People praised Overwatch for scamming players with lootboxes, because they were cosmetic only. That doesn't make it any less of a scam, and never should have been accepted in the first place. Now, lootboxes are illegal in multiple countries, hopefully here soon too. Then, maybe early access - selling an intentionally broken product, can be illegal too.

[@outsidercain3038]

Early Access isn't made for buggy content. It's just to show a fraction of what the game can offer in full release / a showcase to get funds with a good concept. It's NOT an excuse for buggy content. Of course some bugs are expected. But the lack of serious of many EA (sic) games made the public thinks that. Early Access isn't a term for itself. Pre-Alpha Early Access, Beta EA, Early Access for a finished game but it's "a 3 day before release" access.

[@hrgeiger3622]

You say this as if every game is like this on release lol

[@muffiincodes]

rewatching this in preparation for the starfield launch

[@Gatitasecsii]

This video aged like fresh milk. Dude says this was a wake up call for people to not accept buggy messes, and look at 2023...

[@theepicduck6922]

Yep fallout 76 was an early warning of the future to come.