The Tragedy of Fallout 76

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Fallout 4 hit stores in the fall of 2015, five years after the spinoff Fallout: New Vegas launched to widespread acclaim. In the years between the two releases, the video game landscape, specifically western role-playing titles, underwent a noticeable shift. The likes of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt raised the bar in many respects, especially with regards to content quality, storytelling, and presentation. While Fallout 4 couldn’t quite rise to the occasion, it still boasted the core tenets of the franchise’s modern adventures, offering a deep role-playing experience replete with choices, compelling characters, and a swath of customization options. To the dismay of fans, these pillars took a backseat in Bethesda Game Studios’ 2018 spinoff, Fallout 76.
An online-only installment in a traditionally single-player series, Fallout 76 failed to garner the excitement afforded to its predecessors. However, despite the skepticism in the months leading up to release, Fallout faithful gave the new endeavor a chance. Few redeeming qualities accompanied the game’s arrival, though.
In addition to a launch beset by game-affecting glitches and a dearth of engaging content, myriad other controversies cast dark clouds over what should’ve been a strong outing for Bethesda in late 2018. The controversy included poor quality collector items, overpriced rum, and a security breach, all of which contributed to a comedy of errors that many people will not soon forget.
Bethesda slowly corrected course, deploying free updates that optimized performance and introduced meaningful content in the form of dedicated story quests and NPCs. But regardless of the steps taken, Fallout 76’s path to redemption proved long and arduous, as the lingering effects of countless missteps marred this particular venture through the wasteland.
This is the tragedy of Fallout 76.
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[@GVMERS]

Whoops, mistakes happen! The previous version of our video had the title mistakenly spelled "Tradegy" as opposed to "Tragedy". We've fixed that now!

[@charliebrownbrown4444]

What a tradegy

[@-redacted_by_youtube]

Not a big deal. Shit happens. But thank you for reminding me I didn't get to watch it all the first time.

[@Tetrumo]

I think it added character

[@gabrielledebourg2487]

The Tragedy of “The Tradegy of Fallout 76”,

[@JimmyTurner]

Unsubbed and reported. Lol

[@monthc]

lol Bethesda actually convinced people to pay money to avoid being griefed

[@Alzrozax]

It’s not just that u have people trynna scavenge shi an u can’t rlly progress in the game if u don’t have the necessary materials to build shi

[@grahamwade5932]

One born every minute

[@tsmith8082]

You don’t get griefed in this game, I think the the subscription comes with other shitty bonuses

[@lasarousi]

It's not even funny anymore. These people are actively harming the development of future fallout games by convincing that company scummy gacha features are not only ok, they're profitable. F76 fans were literally given a piece of shit and now are smearing it on the fallout name proudly. The proud part is what irks me.

[@SpartanK4102]

@@lasarousi It's really not rhat deep. Fallout 76 is just actually fun now

[@drewmark1618]

"It's not a story Todd Howard would tell you..."

[@Mojavekight17]

He happily sold it

[@astonhughes7224]

It just works

[@ianmartin7833]

Why is everything always fuckig Todd's fault dude

[@Mojavekight17]

@@ianmartin7833 because hes sold Fallout76 with 16x the details

[@ianmartin7833]

@@Mojavekight17 so because he exaggerated the n game is terrible...also your name makes complete sense

[@LateNightHalo]

1:55 I’d say the “redemption” never truly came. Still to this day, it doesn’t look or feel good to play “under-the-hood” It’s jank, bugs and issues can just now be experienced at a (semi) stable framerate

[@TehPwnographer]

Way to make the same comment on both uploads.

[@utisti4976]

Exactly! The game is still an underdeveloped mess.

[@LateNightHalo]

@@TehPwnographer I don’t miss a beat

[@Vesperitis]

I don't know whether it's a good or bad thing you're still playing it, but you have my respect for letting us know the truth.

[@s-r-gaming6720]

Everyone has the own style of game they like. Just because you don’t like it don’t mean it’s shit. Every game has bugs especially the larger games go critique all games if it’s that much of an issue Secondly they are listen to the community and shaping it into a better game. How many developers do that ey ?

[@GreenDave113]

13$ a month for an in-game perk system is all that needs to be said about the game and Bethesda.

[@lobstereleven4610]

Bethesda: "We screwed up, we're sorry. Please pay us to fix our screw-up." -Nope

[@furgalmanson8640]

Is there anything good?

[@thomasdr08]

Unfortunately, it’s similarly how Zenimax gets money out of ESO players, too.

[@danmystro]

'13$ a month for an in-game perk system' What do you mean by that? Seems like lies

[@GreenDave113]

@@danmystro Have you not watched the video? It's directly from there. An in game subscription for 13$ a month for same in game benefits.

[@darthconquerus]

Todd Howard was a Dark Lord of the Sith so powerful, he could create... shite

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

No need to go Star Wars. Todd is a Daedric.... Lord Sanguine?

[@raypalmer5125]

and 4 multiple GOTY winning games

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

@@raypalmer5125 Yeah, Last one was from 2011 which was 2 console generations ago. That game engine is really old, They don't make single player games anymore which they were know for and most of the good staff has moved on. I was a Bethesda fan until they sold us out for as much cash as they could get.

[@SUPERFunStick]

Godd* Howard. Christ.

[@darthconquerus]

@@raypalmer5125 the last I can find is Skyrim a decade ago, no really worth bringing up after 10 years of not winning and seemingly getting sucked into the triple A ‘make crap and fix later for a quick buck’ like 76

[@NebLleb]

I find the lack of looks into the Helmet and Rum fiascos disturbing.

[@remondx8880]

Already covered in detail by internet historian

[@GHOSTRIDER373737]

Rum was over exaggerated, it's an overpriced products just like all the video game brand merchandise, the helmet was straight out clickbait fake news, the helmets wasn't made by Bethesda and were recalled almost half year before Internet start talking about it, not to mention they didn't even shipped them out.

[@NebLleb]

@@GHOSTRIDER373737 Did other "Clickbait Fake News" products cause people to become sick or tasted like cough syrup despite their ridiculous hella-bougie price?

[@GAMESYSTEMHUNTER]

And? Because one guy talks about it automatically no one else can ever talk about it?

[@cormoran2303]

@@GHOSTRIDER373737 The rum actually had a very good reason to anger people. The price was fine if the design was an actual glass bottle and not just a plastic cover around a normal bottle. But hey, you go ahead and defend mediocrity, hooray for you.

[@ArabianZar]

The game is so tragic that they had to upload the video twice

[@TheKenji2221]

Good one

[@IlMemetor72]

Lol

[@Tysonyar]

Got 'im!

[@deletedaccount1939]

Where is allah? No alalallaah Where is Muhammad? Inside a 9 year old

[@ArabianZar]

@@deletedaccount1939 wtf ? 😂

[@dirtylizardneck3890]

If playing the game doesn’t make you sick to your stomach.. the moldy helmet, cheap Nuka Rum and having your credit card info stolen will do it..

[@sirjazz1268]

Should we also add the controversy around hackers stealling, trolling and harrassing people in game... And if only it was that, but the incredible answer of Bethesda who, amongst all the rest... shot blindly and banned at vita æternam people that were normal players, in no way hackers... and they never corrected their mistakes, simply telling those unfortunates, in a administrative way, to "f**k of".

[@thegamingvulture8304]

@@sirjazz1268 yes you should add all that besides harrassment because its a wasteland your gonna get attacked and harrassment.

[@thegamingvulture8304]

And i never got my card information stolen now im scared 😐 because i still play and always get 1st

[@Swordslinger-hb1ns]

At least the T-51 power armor helmet I have is 100% mold free. Same with the Nuka-Cola edition helmet I also own.

[@Ineedgames]

The fact that there were people who enjoyed paying for monthly subscription for a game they've already payed full price for. These people are the reason games cost so much today.

[@sevenlexar]

to be fair, some games do it right. FF14, for instance, well deserves the monthly sub price with the quality of the expansions they put out - and they'd eventually stop making money otherwise, and have to shut the game down. 76, though... I don't get how people looked at that game and thought 'hell yeah this is worth buying a sub for'.

[@Onishiro]

And the reason why people still support that shit. There is no "doing it right." It shouldn't be done at all. But gamers are dumb and will argue with people over spending money for free stuff. It's like indoctrination through slow incursion.

[@Algorithm_Poison]

It goes beyond that. Game companies think they can release buggy, half finished games for $60 and expect their customers to happily wait for the devs to patch the game into something playable. Then they have the nerve to start adding micro transactions. And stupid people just put up with it. Ridiculous.

[@Onishiro]

@J sorry misunderstood. Thought FFXIV was an actual entry in the main series

[@GHOSTRIDER373737]

Well what you gonna do? Start a gamer jihad?

[@MrPolkaParty]

the title definitely underplays all the things that went wrong with '76

[@asdfghjkl7507]

This whole video is literally industry propaganda.

[@GHOSTRIDER373737]

What? You want another Bethesda never knew how to make Fallout game and watering down RPG elements are crimes against gamers and let's put Todd Howard in prison kind of video?

[@del46_60]

@@GHOSTRIDER373737 I would prefer something that doesn't pretend FO4 has a "deep role playing experience," or that FO76 has actually redeemed itself in any conceivable way.

[@enriquealvarado9938]

@@asdfghjkl7507 "iTZ pRoPaGaNdA" Go to hell will ya

[@ToTheGAMES]

@@asdfghjkl7507 I agree. Its almost like its planted. "Sure we fucked some things up, here's the toned down and without details-version".

[@CollegeBallYouknow]

A tragedy for all those who purchased it but a comedy for those that observed the ensuing fallout

[@disassemblyrequired3438]

I bought it full price. Loved it. Got my $60 worth. No tragedy here. But I do feel sorry for people who wanted their money back and didn't get it. Bethesda should have been ready for refunding people. No excusing that.

[@Mojavekight17]

It was a hilarious train wreck! Lol

[@Mojavekight17]

@@disassemblyrequired3438 you didn't because you don't know quality

[@GHOSTRIDER373737]

@@Mojavekight17 People said that, than bought Cyberpunk 2077. Fallout 76 is a trainwreck you get to watch, Cyberpunk 2077 is a trainwreck that you're on.

[@prdalien0]

*Ba dum tiss*

[@samuelsimmons9326]

I don't know this was a tragedy. I am 100% certain Todd Howard knew exactly the POS he was marketing. He forced his team to do the impossible with tech not suited for the project. He tarnished the name and ruined the reputations of people I feel genuinely cared about the IP. Tragedies happen to good people with good intentions, that was not the case here. This was an intentional, greedy cash grab.

[@B-...]

It worked because there's a sucker born every minute. Even right now there are 9000 suckers playing this steaming pile of money-sucking crap.

[@flannelfan433]

It was a tragedy for the playerbase

[@firelordeliteast6750]

Isn’t Todd just the guy they use for PR? Who knows who’s pulling his strings

[@Kane.JimLahey.]

Well, I got to play Fallout in co op. I got to play FALLOUT in co op before I died. Obviously it could have been better and more refined but damn was it a dream come true in many various ways for me. Never thought I'd see the day. I'd rather play 76 in co op over far cry or ass Creed any day.

[@ivancerecer5758]

"Offering a deep role-playing experience" Again, allow me to repeat this, "deep rpg" game's (Fallout 4) dialogue options; Yes No Sarcastic Maybe

[@GHOSTRIDER373737]

If Witcher 3 can be considered a good RPG, then so do Fallout 4. Most Witcher 3 dialogue sums up as: Where's Ciri? I like money. We bang OK? Fuck you. There are more than 4 options of course, but meaningful one are pretty much 4 of these.

[@ivancerecer5758]

@@GHOSTRIDER373737 My point is that Fallout 4 has a serious lack of choices in a franchise known for decision-making; Witcher 3 has pre-established characters with definitive arcs, and choices are not the main dish like Fallout, but a welcomed bonus Fallout 4 seriously lacks what made the previous games good, and thus, is an unreplayable game I say its a good game on its own, but a shit Fallout game

[@GHOSTRIDER373737]

@@ivancerecer5758 People keep overlooked one thing though, you can actually see the impacts of your choices on the world after the game's ending, in New Vegas you just get a slideshow.

[@ivancerecer5758]

@@GHOSTRIDER373737 I mean sure, but overall the factions in New Vegas were at least good; There was no definitive good guys, everyone were shady as hell, and supporting any means screwing other people (Edit: im referring to NV factions) Fallout 4 had average factions, heck, you could literally tell the Railroad that you hate synths and they'll still want you on their side for some reason

[@unargumentativeset9564]

I don't know I really loved fallout 4 including it's dialogues the story it told was really good and I feel like the dialogues made it easy to keep up with whole thing. But that's just my opinion

[@lectoor85]

They lost my respect with this game. Creating issues and selling solutions for a game that is already paid for. First impressions of a game is very important. I havent played wasteland and never plan to do so.

[@Neb_Raska]

Paid** for

[@mkzhero]

Why did they have it to begin with, they didn't change the core character movement and interaction nor physics engine since fkin' morrowind (heck, still can't crouch even in 76, and by that i mean it doesn't change your physical height, can't go into crawlspaces), they sold the same product over and over, they where pretty much the FIRST to put fourth DLC (horse armor), their games where always a shitty, buggy mess that was only played for the RPG (which they kept cutting down on) and modding (which isn't even THEIRS but the community's achievement...). They where always shitty, greedy and innovation lacking scumbags that kill titles and what they're all about, who can't do shit, can't fix their old bugs, and can't (or won't) update their engine and instead pile layers upon layers of code, eating away at their audience's pc performance without adding much, if anything. I still can't fathom how 76 even CAME TO BE aside idiotic blind fans, where all the warning signs its coming where there for over a decade, especially in Fallout 4 which showed very well to anyone even REMOTELY familiar with computers and computer games that the engine's already falling apart at the seems (barely able to run 60 fps on min settings even on better computers at the time, ESPECIALLY inside buildings, all while looking, playing, feeling, and by all accounts BEING a fucking mess of a game and a program in general).

[@CnCDune]

Internet Historian's video on this went into far more detail. This video skipped out on real-life things, unlike the other videos on this channel. Real-life things like the over-priced rum, that Canvas Bag, the Smurf accounts, the exploits, the bans... This video is not up to your usual standard, GVMERS.

[@tuhuar]

Yeah, people were pretty vocal about this in the comments of the original video, before it was deleted and re-uploaded to "fix a spelling error"... 🤔

[@randomhero6365]

I mean it's only a 15min video. There was and still is a lot more issues with the game then fits into a 15min video if you're going to go through every issue / detail. They also do mention the bag / rum in the intro they just don't cover it in depth.

[@CnCDune]

@@randomhero6365 Then make longer as needed. Else it's intentionally misinformation or missing information. And that is tantamount to lying.

[@randomhero6365]

@@CnCDune it's their channel, they can do whatever they want

[@imonke5303]

it's because it's been spoken about a lot

[@Medieval_Dead]

Every time I get to the end of a GVMERS video I can’t help but feel like “Wait!!! That was only 10% of the story!”

[@xXJeReMiAhXx99]

Tbh his videos seem like a skim of wikipedia as opposed to actual research

[@BladePocok]

@@xXJeReMiAhXx99 One might think its a scammy content creating method.

[@littledude52]

everyone knows the story of fallout 76 and there are other videos that cover all the botches they had i think its good they kept it simpler and they also typically go more into the game development process rather than the PR fuckups etc

[@alokkumar5123]

Internet historian did it better

[@everythingpony]

​@@littledude52I dont

[@nukacola3745]

I remember on launch day of this game there was a patch released that would fully uninstall the 60GB game and force you to redownload it, and if that doesn't summarize the Fallout 76 legacy then I don't know what does

[@mkzhero]

"What does?" A shortage of canvas ~

[@bigdaddychemster1201]

Lots of games do this. It's not uncommon for a patch to include a full redownload of the game. See FF14, CoD, Halo... Lots of reasons to be mad about this game, but this isn't really one of them

[@ExD204]

"Despite the initial push back many players gravitated toward viewing subscription services positively" wait... What seriously? I am quite sure lots of people angry because you need to pay more on top of basic AAA price for QoL stuff, this whole video tone down entire fallout 76 problems, and pushing a narrative that bethesda is good guy, is this episode sponsored by bethesda?

[@DatCameraMON]

As dumb as it might sound, there is apparently a small playerbase that still play Fallout 76 and happily buy into whatever shit Bethesda churns out. I don't know why they do it, and I suspect they are the same type of people who praise No Man's Sky now after additional years of updates, but yeah.

[@ys621]

My thought exactly.

[@PeaneutzTV]

I recommend watching "the internet historian" take on the subject. This video gloss over a HELL LOT of problems, from players getting banned cause they played the game too much (stashing too many items) to leaked personnal informations on their subscription website (at one point, anyone had access to all others user's informations throught a broken search bar). This hell of a game never stopped delivering and this video doesn't tackle 5% of it.

[@Thomas-xw7fs]

@@DatCameraMON Neither did i play FO76 or No Mans Sky but you have to give No Mans Sky the Fact that they really got their shit together and fixed the Game. They fucked a lot up up till Release but from then on, they were working on it. Also they never charged a single cent up to this day, its only free content Patches. Cant compare it to FO76. I feel like Bethesda only warmed up with the Relase of 76 and then they really started to fuck shit up big time.

[@daftbence]

@@DatCameraMON Yeah I swear people are dumb, how can you praise NMS and Hello games after what they pulled/same with F76 and Bethesda?

[@cantonnierbethcepourlavhy6343]

Not really sure where you guys sees the "return" of 76 considering the lackluster attempts at amendment effort from Bethesda, shitty microtransactions, expensive live service for stuff that should be in base game...

[@albundy7459]

Game is pretty big now.

[@srkxn8486]

The game got better, but there is no bombastic return that will blow everyone's mind like No Man Sky did. Bethesda just does too little too inconsistently.

[@Jwlar]

Game seems to be pretty successful for Bethesda now, a few whales are eating all they put out, so the game is making a decent chunk of change along with ESO.

[@albundy7459]

@@srkxn8486 more people play it than no mans sky and micro transactions are the norm now. You can thank Rockstar for that. They have micro transactions down to a science. Everyone else is just playing catch up.

[@srkxn8486]

@@albundy7459 a high player count doesn't measure a games quality, if it did then FIFA would be a dead franchise a long time ago. And honestly if Bethesda didn't already have a loyal fanbase and if 76 didn't have the name Fallout in it, then the game would have died like Anthem.

[@MegaCygnusX1]

"We're gonna need...sixteen times the bugs."

[@daltonlee5839]

This video was re-uploaded over a spelling error after already getting a good number of views. Good on you GVMERS, you’re one of the best channels on KZbin and you’ve got the voice of an actual God.

[@RonkleBonk]

What, you can’t change the title without reuploading the whole video?

[@brettvv7475]

@@RonkleBonk I think it was the title in the video.

[@madmick6275]

Must of upset a few snowflakes so they reuploaded the video so these sooks could sleep at night! lol

[@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond]

honestly thats not the mistake that bothered me. He said the idea for a multiplayer fallout was first considered during production of Fallout 4. When in reality "Fallout Online" was a game already being worked on when Bethesda bought the property. In fact it's the whole reason bethesda waited until now. Black Isle still owned rights to online/multiplayer fallout and was actually written into the terms of sale that they be allowed to continue work. But they had money troubles and so their version died. Once they were contractually allowed, Bethesda got to work. a spelling mistake doesn't annoy me nearly as much. Both are pointless nitpicks that don't really take away from this excellent video that i thoroughly enjoyed. But of the 2, thats the one i woulda fixed personally.

[@CnCDune]

"voice of an actual God." You have no idea who you're dealing with, do you?

[@Hoss-ro5cd]

Damn, I really wanted this game to be good.

[@ZackZavage]

I said it in the first version of this video and I'll say it again: You guys went far too easy on Bethesda with this video. The predatory practices linked to Fallout 76 are some of the worst the industry has ever seen. This isn't the usual standard of GVMERS. You left out a lot of important stuff. 15 minutes are not enough for this rabbit hole.

[@TuTataElDaddy]

Stfu they did enough

[@grandotaku2501]

indeed, they dropped the ball with this video.

[@Marcara081]

Being entirely new to this channel I've been given the firm impression that this is a propaganda video working on behalf of bethesda. So take that for what it's worth. For that reason, I'm also blocking the channel from my feed. I don't trust GVMERS at all. Not even a little bit.

[@mkzhero]

I'd say this video wasn't even good enough as criticism of fallout 4 (which was also a fucking mess that didn't even NEARLY get the shit it deserves)

[@subjectdelta17]

I like how people are saying "they dropped the ball" just because they weren't overly shitting on the game like most of you spergs. Sorry you didn't get your NV 2.0, but anyone with a brain could see that it was never going ro happen. You are all the reason everyone is laughing at the fallout fanbase rn. Fallouts are compared to overweight fedora tipping redditors that make 10 paragraph essays on why Bethesda is worse than hitler. And if you're delusional enough to think they were paid off by Bethesda or some shit, you need to hurry up and pass the 8th grade

[@Deeplycloseted435]

Most dev teams: let’s dip our toe into the online multiplayer and see how it goes. Bethesda: all in on online multiplayer Players: we don’t want that Bethesda: we don’t care, did you visit the store yet? Players: it seems like this game exists entirely to get me into that store, despite paying $60 for this.

[@utisti4976]

Also dev teams: Ok, our online game absolutely sucked, let's devote all of ours resources to that failure of a game, abandon our fanbase, and delay our singleplayer games 30+ years!

[@acidous1276]

@@utisti4976 Man you're right, they should've TOTALLY abandoned a game people paid for. That's a far better option than actually sticking with it, improving it, adding new content and quests for the people who still enjoy it.

[@xyzw8452]

@Shinshocks did you ever even launch/buy the game?

[@budscaglini]

Shut up

[@ah1rooivalk]

Players took on the role of NPCs with even some being the END bosses. wow. That is some commitment.

[@B-...]

That really sums up how they actually sold subscriptions for this bs. These people are THAT desperate they're literally pretending they're the missing bosses in the game.

[@apanmarius]

3:45 yeah you know how there were certain spots in skyrim and fallout 4 where the game's fps would just tank like crazy, but then they got fixed in skyrim special edition? well they didn't bother to fix them in fallout 76, that's how dedicated they are. atomic shop works fine tho...

[@xt0t4ld34thx]

Fun Fact: The Battle Royale Mode will get closed in September.

[@qwert291]

Generally speaking, is BR now officially considered a fad or is it just bethesdas incompetence at work again?

[@xt0t4ld34thx]

@@qwert291 If you asked for the general popularity of BR, then its still extremely popular. CoD took advantage of the market situation and I expect Battlefield to join that soon. Other BRs are also coming out with good numbers in Beta like Narakara:Bladepoint. PUBG and Fortnite still pump massive numbers. A Battle Royale mode is highly competitive and is expected to work. Cant imagine Bethesda could meet these expectations. In general are Fallout players different gamers and from official site there is the statement, that the players prefer other genres, which is realistic in my opinion. However both aspects will probably have influenced this situation. I unfortunately cant give you a deep insight because I never played Fallout 76 and dont plan to play it soon. Sources that I found couldnt give me a real oversight.

[@bekfistwolf8248]

personally I'm glad it is. Fallout isn't a game that sits very well as a br and now they can put more resources towards the the primary parts of the game

[@greenhowie]

Fresh comment section huh? I'm still saying what I said first time, can't sweep it under the rug. The tragedy of FO76 is a microcosm of the fall of the AAA games industry as a whole.

[@drewinsur7321]

**me who played DayZ Mod in 2012 for free which inspired 30 new video game titles over the years*: true.

[@HorsesArePeople2]

Yeah, honestly I haven't played a AAA title in a while. I've mainly been binging indie games like Valheim or Insurgency

[@puertoricanboy100]

Thank, you!!

[@albundy7459]

It’s been pretty bad for the last 5 years.

[@Orcawhale1]

Except Fallout 76 is roaring succes for Bethesda. The game is designed to live off a couple of thousand players, who's spending all of their cash on it.

[@VisualOrchestra]

Narrator: "While Fallout 4 couldn't quite rise to the occasion, it still boasted the core tenants of the franchise's modern adventures. Offering a deep role playing experience replete with choices, compelling characters, and a swath of customization options." Me: Um, are you sure you're referring to FALLOUT 4 when you say "a deep role playing experience replete with choices" or is this some new Mandela Effect?

[@utisti4976]

I know right? FO4 wasn't deep at all. xD

[@MithriAK]

If Fallout 4 is deep, then New Vegas is the marianas trench, and Planescape is a black hole.

[@saintlurker]

Ahaha, I was like the only one that's true would I guess be customization options. That's at a push as well. Fallout 4 is terrible compared to New Vegas and 3.

[@zensoredparagonbytes3985]

Deep roleplay experience? Are you asking me? -Yes -No -[Sarcastic reply] -Don't care

[@DatGuyGlitch]

I eventually gave this game a try when it became super cheap after the npcs had been added. I played an hour and just stopped because during that time, I just felt dirty for playing it. Bethesda went from a studio I liked to greedy and pathetic in a very short time span.

[@mkzhero]

That's what i've been saying for years - them being liked was NEVER deserved, it was mostly the hijacking of beloved titles and the ability to add mods that got them such a big name, but they didn't MAKE those franchises, and the mods are the achievement of the MODDING COMMUNITY, not Bethesda, the best their games had to offer is some stuff that few did at the time, and some half decent writing, which isn't much at all... They've also been dumbing down each title endlessly since getting their hands on it. Also milked their audience as much as possible at all turns

[@bigdaddychemster1201]

Only takes one bad game to ruin a reputation these days.

[@mkzhero]

@@bigdaddychemster1201 Most of their games where shit, starting with fallout 3 and skyrim, but they where saved by mods and there being lower standards and little to no equivalents to open world and post apocalyptic/open world fantasy games back then. Fallout vegas wasn't their game already, fallout 4 and 76 where the epitome of garbage, and they didn't make anything else as far as i'm aware aside the stuff that came before falout 3, they only sponsored other games with all the money they got from selling their crap they barely worked on, and selling skyrim 20 times over on 20 different platforms with slight mods.

[@leet2888]

@@mkzhero Boy oh boy I was shocked seeing Skyrim re-released. I didn't finished watching after they've mentioned "fishing". Yeah we can fish now at Skyrim, sure! Even modders can do better than that.

[@JaitsuStudios]

Wastelanders, also known as "congrats Bethesda, the game is finally in a state it should've been at fucking release".

[@ElementVoidX]

state as barely the minimum content and effort.

[@budscaglini]

Shut your whole mouth

[@MandoMonge]

Lost me when defending a broken mechanic to make a game grindier in order to sell memberships and pay to win

[@tylertomlinson6446]

Fallout 76 has improved. But every thing in the atomic shop is still way to expensive.

[@billy_cross]

I’ve never spent a dime in the shop but I do pay for fall out first and I always yell nearly half of what’s in there

[@kaiokengoku14]

they need to add more challenges that give atoms

[@billy_cross]

@@kaiokengoku14 yes so instead of making money so they can continue developing free content let’s give away more cosmetics. That makes perfect sense.

[@scarface8168]

@@billy_cross mct's arebt their only income. Nowhere near a fraction of it either.

[@billy_cross]

@@scarface8168 there are absolutely no micro transactions in fallout 76 so I couldn’t have possibly said or implied that

[@christiankozmaholm7129]

damn the narrator has such a soothing voice

[@magmachicken4402]

For me, 76 was the nail in the cofffin for my interest in Bethesda. It’s been a long spiral of less quality less rpg more casual more simple.

[@leet2888]

Would you rise from the dead once the release ES6? So that you can nail yourself back in again

[@walkman06]

Understandable...i look at horror of Bethesda decline on fallout, wolfenstein young blood and even doom eternal...my very last hope now rest on ES 6 and their new franchise starfield...

[@magmachicken4402]

@@walkman06 I do hope they can target what has been dragging them down. They should have zero financial troubles and now that they are owned by Microsoft maybe that’s the breathing room they need. In my opinion,What they need is to stop following trends and trying to appeal to mass markets, instead innovate, make a game that is very in depth in what it does. Return to what makes an rpg game an actual rp game, right?

[@walkman06]

@@magmachicken4402 agree they should go back to their innovation core which enable them to create infamous franchises on the first place...

[@leet2888]

@@walkman06 Wanna bet Starfield will be another microtrans and online mmorpg *fingers cross* yeeeekkksss

[@Pocahonkers]

When I asked for "Fallout but with multiplayer" many possibilities came to mind, none of which were an MMO. Same thing applied to Elder Scrolls though...yet here we are.

[@FindingTheForce]

I really enjoyed playing this game a year ago. I think they made a lot of awesome improvements. It’s too bad that there is such a large wave of gamers that only play new games.

[@AedanBlackheart]

They're updating the in game map now. More areas and achievements/trophies 😁

[@720jlconner]

I'll never forget that period of time when this dumpster fire released. Everything was screwed up. Like every single part of the game and even the merch with the collectors edition. Every day they screwed something else up till there was nothing left to screw up.

[@luissantiago5163]

That description. This'll be a good one. Cheers

[@princelorian]

*bethesda hasnt been good since morrowind. **0:49** "deep roleplaying options and choices" uh what game were you playing fallout 4 was a linear fps with very light rpg elements*

[@enclave9585]

With every new release they watered down the RPG elements and got even lazier with bug fixing and writing. Fallout 4 is way more of a shooter than it is an rpg and in turn was a mediocre game. Since there is no one that makes games in their style they see no competition hence lower quality games with each release. I hope 76 slapped them hard and starfield turns out to be fantastic

[@adriank8792]

Naaah, Oblivion was a cozy masterpiece. I will love it forever

[@whitecat1441]

13:30 anyone know the song name?

[@MacCoy]

i was stoked for the game, on release i wrote it of as a buggy mess. when wastelanders came out i gave it a chance and bought it. Bad idea. i didnt make it out of the tutorial. the ui is a nightmare to navigate with a mouse and keyboard. realizing that subjecting myself to hours of navigating that horrible mess isnt a thing id like to do, i refunded it.

[@JimmyTurner]

Remember the shills saying how great this game was when it cane out. Hell even Oxhorn said he loved that there was no story.

[@fallenlegend8888]

It really did cane out

[@rofflesvanwagon]

Jimmy on that meth

[@disassemblyrequired3438]

Not sure what you're talking about. It has several great storylines. It's just not spoon fed to you by NPCs.

[@utisti4976]

Man, Oxhorn was the absolute worst..

[@brysonkuervers2570]

Nothing New I liked the idea, it would’ve been much better as a single player game though. You’re also constantly being told about the main quest and side quests so your spoon fed remark is a moot comment

[@TokoSoko]

Star field and ES6 gonna suffer the same fate. The price you have to pay for greed

[@vBDKv]

Fallout 4 "deep role playing" .. GWMERS said it, not me ...

[@GHOSTRIDER373737]

Still better than Witcher 3.

[@GHOSTRIDER373737]

@@yeahokay3806 it beats Witcher 3 at DICE and BAFTA game of the year awards, two biggest peer based game awards voted by professional developers and not funded by game journalists..

[@vBDKv]

@@GHOSTRIDER373737 They only play a game for 30 minutes and move on, hardly enough time to actually experience a game. Game awards are a total joke.

[@srazash]

I used to think that Fallout 76 was a tragedy, but now I realize, it’s a comedy.

[@budscaglini]

U shut your whole Mouth

[@Player-jh4ko]

It's both.

[@ImCptnAwesome]

I want co-op in Skyrim. *Bethesda: Here's World of Warcraft wearing Elder Scrolls' clothes.* No, I want co-op in Skyrim. *Bethesda: Here's a shallow Fallout with no NPCs and you have to pay real money for that NCR Ranger armor you already wore in New Vegas like 10 years ago.* WHAT?!

[@chunchoe]

Literally all bethesda needed to do was re-release fallout 4 with a multiplayer component not EVERYTHING has to be an MMO or 60 player enviroment i literally just want to be able to play with 1-3 of my friends as my companions in a compelling single player story i dont know why that is so hard for developers to understand , you dont need to sacrafice single player for multiplayer , literally just give the game a barebones multiplayer drop in drop out co op thats it , you dont need to explain anything people are smart enough to rationalize that your friends are basically a replacement for your companions

[@-Raylight]

People got disappointed by the launch state of the game, and later still buy the premium membership Like a certain guy always likes to say *_"It just works"_* xD *"Did you ever hear the **-tradegy-** tragedy of Fallout 76?"* *"No"* *_"I thought not. It's not a story Bethesda would tell you"_*

[@ghyutin3]

Dam already got fanboys pissed they can't accept the game is utter trash and has a terrible business model

[@Orcawhale1]

The business model was solid, the problem was the execution.

[@ghyutin3]

@@Orcawhale1 keep telling yourself that

[@Orcawhale1]

@@ghyutin3 Dafuq you talking about? If a business model provides you with a profit, then it's succesful. That's how it works.

[@ghyutin3]

@@Orcawhale1 ok

[@kal-sheiargonianassassinof7980]

@@Orcawhale1 Found the corporate shill.

[@TheSektorz]

Fallout 76 is such a tragedy that we need to see this twice! I hope you also fixed the error of saying Fallout 4 had choice, lol.

[@GHOSTRIDER373737]

Certified Todd man bad commet.

[@AusTraLiaNPsyChO]

I mean, there was a choice. I for one chose to uninstall it and play a better game.

[@GHOSTRIDER373737]

@Shinshocks I didn't play Morrowind, I played Skyrim, Fallout 3, New Vegas and Fallout 4 and these are the best games I ever played.

[@snackoman1577]

@@GHOSTRIDER373737 zoomer moment

[@seanoceallachain]

Althought I love the GVMERS videos, there was no need for anyone to ever make a F76 video after the Internet Historians version.

[@CnCDune]

@Unbridled Instinct This video is missing too much of the FO76 fiasco and how Bethesda dealt with it, though. I wouldn't call this "solid". And it almost feels like this video was made in defense of Bethesda because of the lack of that info.

[@MegaMark0000]

ok , there is a man giving a presentation at 3:17 showing starcraft, mario, final fantasy and world of warcraft. If ANYONE has that presentation, I am BEGGING you, please share it. I really want to see what he's talking about.

[@Johan-zv9iw]

im sorry Fallout 4 had deep what now?? not sure what you been smoking over there

[@isaacfaith9369]

I tried this out with a friend a couple of months ago (March 2021) and wow... what a soulless experience. We thought it would get better but it never did. It’s not Fallout. Never was. Biggest nitpick: the map is not in the Pip Boy and deviated from the cold but hearty tech UI into this childish over-the top cartoon map where everything is already discovered for you.

[@colemanerik]

Still sticking to my comment before. This was so nice to Bethesda considering the bad PR that plagued it. As I saw some one mentioned on the first upload, "you half expected an add for Fall Out to appear in this video!"

[@TehPwnographer]

There are literally thousands of other videos that speak to all the points you wanted. Yawn.

[@colemanerik]

@@TehPwnographer If they are going to do a review into the problems that plagued a game development and release, like they do on all their videos, then report on all problems. To not go over everything is just lazy reporting. If "other videos" reported on Fall Out, why bother making one to begin with?

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

The truth is that Bethesda Game Studios should never have gotten the Fallout license. Just pick up Wasteland 2 and Wasteland 3

[@Grimnir_x]

Amen and before this comment inevitably get's the "BUt nEw VEgaS iS BeTHeSdA", New Vegas was basically made by the same team as FO1 and 2, not Bethesda

[@GHOSTRIDER373737]

@@Grimnir_x Wrong, the team from Fallout 1 and 2 are really small, their contribution to New Vegad are over exaggerated, the biggest contribution of New Vegas is the new Obsidian team, most notably John Gonzalez, who wrote most of the companions and Honest Heart, personally the best writer to me on the team, and he wasn't from Black Isle, Chris Avellone wae great too, but remember he also get flanked for Fallout 2's writing for being too goofy.

[@Glori4n]

The game is really not so bad nowadays, I'ts actually pretty enjoyable even solo.

[@Glori4n]

@The Neturei Karta Nah, but I guess its pretty easy to follow the other sheep right?

[@GHOSTRIDER373737]

How dare you enjoy something I don't approve of!

[@zakerypollock6140]

@The Neturei Karta he enjoys a game you dont? how dare he

[@odconstant]

Tragedy? They brought this upon themselves.

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

You guys ended it like the game is fixed and Bethesda learned their lesson but the game is still broken and they went on to release ES Blades which is just a worse version of this game in the ES series on Phones.

[@Softload3r]

0:12 what's that song called? I can't find it :(

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

When he said _"Ultimate Online"_ I died a little inside

[@sihy]

Had to google that just to make sure there wasn't an MMO actually called "Ultimate Online". Then I noticed the screenshot they used contained a reference to Britannia. 😆

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

@@sihy lol

[@salsamancer]

Bethesda doesn't deserve the Fallout ip. Theyve been butchering it since FO3. In honestly think without New Vegas nobody would have even cared about FO4, much less this mess

[@ghostprojekt]

Reminder that this was so disastrous it forced Bethesda to "restructure" (code for "lay off a ton of staff") and Microsoft bought them off

[@acidous1276]

It didn't force them to do any of that lmao

[@billy_cross]

Microsoft and start looking at them until wow long after file on 76 was a successful online game

[@brysonkuervers2570]

Billy_Cross 76 a “successful” online game? I think you and I define success very differently

[@billy_cross]

Are you seriously implying that Microsoft spent white how many millions purchasing the entire series of companies made up by Zenimax all of their first party developers and all the game titles all because fallout 76 had a terrible launch and then you know quite frankly came back to become a money making IP for Bethesda because you know it does make money right it’s a successful online service that’s making the money it’s doing exactly what they wanted to do was create a continuing revenue stream. Because if that’s what you think I mean seriously I feel sorry for your parents

[@billy_cross]

@@brysonkuervers2570 yes I’m sure we do have a very different definition. Of course the correct definition is a property that makes more money than it costs such as FO76. Your parents must also be very proud of your reasoning

[@Contrast_GFX]

Just played 76 for the first time, never wanted to play fallout 4 so much after playing.

[@nightwalker174]

Tragedy? This was a mercy killing, this game got what it deserved

[@mkzhero]

Not really, not even close, if it'd get what it deserved it'd go out of business... Actually if it would FULLY get what it deserved Bethesda would be near bankruptcy after releasing 4

[@grablicH]

imagine if all the content,world locations,creatures, were put instead in FO5 with proper solid dialogue system and good story

[@fsmcas]

Easiest way of redemption would have been to simply remove all online aspects and republish the game as a singleplayer modable classic experience. (even if you don't like or want mods, in a time of MTX it is important to keep the ability to cheat / mod to make paywalls impossible)

[@jameshall2195]

How the F was Fallout 4 a deep roleplaying experience? It was the most dumbed down version it could be.

[@Mestari1Gaming]

Fallout 76 is a good game if you like grinding for stuff. Also the Wastelanders and the new BoS quests are also nice.

[@pwojo9776]

Blizzard when they first announced Diablo Immortal and said that it's only for phones and mobile: Do you guys not have phones? Bethesda when they announced Fallout 76 and said there won't be any human npcs and also the game will be fully online only: Do you guys not have friends or an internet connection?

[@TheSmithNL]

I tried it a month or so ago, it was fine. But Bethesda bugs and quirks are still there and I can not accept them anymore

[@gerindoom]

same engine for 15 years.

[@Xenite_51]

I’ve finally gotten into 76 bit more as a chill “F” around game. I find myself doing more exploration and scavenging than actually doing missions. But I have to say the subscription thing, not happening, can already tell it’s not worth it.

[@AedanBlackheart]

It is if you REALLY enjoy the game. I put like 400 hours in. I think it's 100$ a year or something, for getting bonus rewards, materials box and ammo box it's def worth it lol

[@AAAb101]

I would have been alright with it if they firstly made a proper game, and then became money hungry goblins

[@Swordslinger-hb1ns]

Still waiting for you to do a tragedy of one of the biggest hyped game in history as well as the most disappointing: Cyberpunk 2077.

[@om0892]

Have you ever heard of the tragedy of darth plagueis the wise

[@Geoff900]

Fallout co-op would've been a better, instead of a mmo. Bethesda seems to think they can do mmo's, even though they have had lots of problems with just single player titles.

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

So you missed a bunch of key points here like the fact they were charging full price for the game and promised to never charge money for in game items. Now they have a shop and a monthly fee. You also didn't really mention the in game bomb that would crash the servers, moldy helmets, The poorly made bags, The fact the online accounts weren't set to private and anyone could see your credit card and the expensive rum in a plastic bottle. I've played every Bethesda game since Marrowind, This game was a broken cash grab and I will never trust Bethesda ever again IDK if Microsoft owns them now.

[@acidous1276]

If you played every game since Morrowind then what changed? every fucking game past Morrowind was riddled with bugs and shit. Also as Pete Hines already stated in an interview, they really didn't plan for any in-game items to be added but sadly things change and that's just how it goes.

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

@@acidous1276 What's changed is the bugs were usually something small but with online play it becomes a huge problem, also people would patch the bugs and now they can't. That's not how it goes. They made a promise to everyone who bought the game and gave them money, They shouldn't be able to lie about it. If you bought a car with a 50k warranty, it broke down in 2 weeks. They tell you Things change would you respond with.. That's just how it goes

[@acidous1276]

@@ebenezerspludge8369 1st of all a car doesn’t have warranty, it has insurance and if an insurance company refuse to pay then it’s illegal and you have a right to take them to court. Fallout 76 is a game, a fucking game. The in-game items they added to the Atom Shop are so worthless that they aren’t even constituted as pay to win, people who say otherwise clearly haven’t played the game and have no right to judge. Why would you buy a repair kit when there are perks in the game that can repair your items twice as much than a repair kit can, why would you buy a scrap box when you can scrap items at ANY type of workbench. Also the collectrons in the store? They’re are laughably bad because they don’t collect junk as much as people think they do it. It can take hours for a collectron to collect HALF of what the player can collect in a few minutes. The promise they made never mattered, because it hasn’t really been broken. The game hasn’t become pay to win.

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

@@acidous1276 Cars do have a warranty, Usually from the factory. Insurance is if you get into a accident. Warranty is if something breaks on the car without involving an accident. The game that is playable is not the game that was promised, It's trash. The point I'm trying to make is if you promise something and deliver something else in any other industry it's fraud and you will be sued. Unfortunately there's not many laws for live service games as they are new and law makers are older so they don't understand what a ripoff these games are. I hope the next few Bethesda games bomb and MS just dismantles the studio and has other companies work on their games. I'd like to see Turn 10 make an ESO game.

[@ElementVoidX]

@@acidous1276 modders could usually fix those things, but not when it is a online multiplayer, then it has to be Bethesda and they never fix anything, and that was the reason that when I found out it was multiplayer I lost all interest in that game, I have not bought it and I never will.

[@rodrrico]

I still haven't bothered to look at Fallout 76.

[@dlbutters7164]

That's what you get for giving free passes to devs who never even cared to fix the bugs in their games before launching them. Bethesda's fans got what they freaking deserve. 🔫🤡

[@TheGrizNation]

It's just a shame that an awesome series, even with the faults of 4, is now going to be put on hold with a failed entry like 76 and a new entry, at least from BGS, won't be seen until at least a decade from now. Devastating to fans like me.

[@JoTheVeteran]

Nah that was sloppy. You're competing with internet historian after all, and other top notch players. You shouldn't have picked this game. Do the history of "Nox", or "Crusaders of might and magic", or "Rune", or "Gothic". There are so many of those late 90s, early 2000s, all of them great games that no one talked about.

[@azzrhei]

Whats the song title at the credit of the videos..

[@JustAnOldStone]

"Ultimate Online" You mean "Ultima Online"?

[@jacobnewell7845]

Fallout 76 has grown since launch... i decided to give it a go. I'm having fun

[@guyemu1211]

You seriously think that reuploading the video will garner a better like ratio? Nah a disliked it again.

[@brysonkuervers2570]

Uh oh look out, tough guy in the comments section. They had misspelled “Tragedy” during the video. When the previous upload had a fairly decent view count they were willing to take it down to reupload over a simple mistake that would’ve been fine. Which is respectable, whilst you are not. Nobody cares you decided to dislike, go be obnoxious elsewhere if that’s the only “criticism” you have to share

[@mr_coolzzz2128]

"The great things about having a fully dynamic game engine is all of this just works"- Todd Howard

[@DeepInsideZettaiRyouiki]

Now you have new one with Stardust ... "20 years in production" ...first few sec. into the trailer if i remember right.

[@Makoto03]

I don't mind rewatchign this excellent video on Fallout 76. :)

[@ahumpedgoblin]

Playing 76 via gamepass, and not having paid $60 for it, I cant say I have any complaints. Scratches that fallout itch pretty well.

[@d15p4tch6]

I love how the excuse executives give when something's broken is "It's HARD, OKAY?!" Bro we don't give a fuck, you gave us a product that doesn't WORK. In no other industry can you just sell broken shit.

[@afterhoursvibes]

This comment aged like a fine wine.

[@jasonjayalap]

All I know is that whatever Zenimax decides is the most exploitative way to milk me, I will line up and moo in appreciation. My pre-order has been pre-ordered, my credit card shipped to headquarters. I will believe Howard's every promise, even moreso when they disappoint, and define my online persona by video games.

[@philherb0656]

It’s gotten better

[@grilledcheese1198]

I know! Easily one of my favorite games now.

[@rhodesnd3670]

Did you really try and say fallout 4 had deep rpg experience? Bruh that shiz was about as deep as a puddle.

[@donaldn5798]

He's a Bethesda shill

[@TechGamesAU]

You should have named the video “Fallout 76: a comedy of errors”

[@GetsugaTensho85]

A golden opportunity missed IMO

[@mrfreeman1763]

Bethesda has relied on Modders to fix their games with "Unofficial Patches" for a decade or more now. Where did all those old bugs come from? They were there because they didn't allow modding for Fallout 76. The bums were too trash to patch their own game.

[@mrdeplays4832]

I got this on gamepass and playing it on my series S. Honestly it's a very good MMO. We don't have such MMOs currently in market. It's just not a good Fallout game. People should keep that in mind while playing. Don't expect great character, story, branching choices as we expect from a Fallout game. Otherwise Great atmosphere, combat, loot, open world....this mmo has it all

[@ElementVoidX]

you are kinda contradicting yourself here.

[@TheCrypto34]

You basically just said its not a multiplayer Fallout game (you know, the thing BGS fans WANTED), it's just an mmo with the Fallout name, the thing nobody wanted or saw coming. If i want loot, combat and open world in an mmo I'll shill out for like WOW or something. I play Fallout games for the story, tue atmosphere and having a branching character choice. I don't play them to grind my ass off and get nuked by XxpussyslayerxX who used mommies credit card to get a 1st subscription and half the CC store

[@j.d.4697]

Did he say "Ultimate Online"?

[@PicturesqueGames]

Honestly, biggest tragedy is bethesda being bethesda and fucking with the established lore way too much.

[@Moto_Medics]

Why make another video on this late as hell missing parts of the story