See this is where not playing the game and reading the hate train is actually sending people off course.
To be fair, given the tumultuous nature of refunds, that's the only safe option you have to check out a game you are unsure of.
- They didn't take out NPC's. At all. There are NPC's all over the place, and they do give quests and story lines. The only thing they did was decide to make NPC's non-human characters, so that when you're out in the world the humans you run into are real people. But there are NPCs. At almost every location.
And again this game wasn't supposed to be Fallout 5. I feel like everyone jumping on the hate train went into the game thinking Oh man here we go, Fallout 5. When they specifically said, this is not Fallout 5. Any more than Elder Scrolls Online was Elder Scrolls 6. That game came and went with no concern.
I was actually here in the thread on reveal being like "Ugh." Disappointing it's not Fallout 5 or even a spin off. But that was clearly said going in.
Playing this game I'm actually on the other side, pretty happy that it's almost like Fallout 4 solo type **** than some dumb co-op or battle with strangers thing. In fact, the Fallout 76 online community seem to be the coolest mind your own business people Ive ever run across in an online game. You'll see them, give a wave, maybe drop some items you have duplicates of and go on your separate ways. Or I've been in over my head and happy to see someone run up unexpectedly in Power Armor level 95 and destroy them for me. Other than that, you're on your own if you want to be.
Fair enough, but that's quite what I meant.
When I listed characters, I meant it looks like it lacks the good characters from 4. From what I've seen, you mostly interact with holotapes and robots/AI. Are they on the same level as, say, Nick Valentine and pals?
I didn't expect it to be FO5, although like you I was disappointed it wasn't. I actually expected (or feared, in a way) it to be a carbon copy of FO4 but online. Like I said, we sort of got that but lacking most of what made 4 good in my eyes.
Doesn't mean it can't be fun, of course. When they've sorted out most of the bugs and other issues (I guess IF they do that), it goes on discount, and some friends are still playing it, I might look into picking it up.
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