Definitely not the game for those actually wanting a New Vegas or first or second Fallout-like adventure, but if you enjoyed 4 and 3 even, but wanted friends and other people to interact with the goofy and bug-ridden parts this Appalachian world, then maybe Fallout 76 is worth the 40ish (or discounted if your lucky) bucks you'd pay for it. Now, for my personal experience, I'd like to break it up into two separate categories, being when I had people regularly joining me, and a true solo experience, which admittedly was several years back, but I suffice to recommend the latter, as being off in a map this full yet simultaneously empty of real substance asides from lore is quite a hard sell!


The only reason you'd ever try going it alone is for the aforementioned perk, but seriously, either join public teams or find a discord group to party up, since this game now clearly is made for those who do daily ops, bunker runs or even expeditions often... Some questlines are decent, like the brotherhood one from steel dawn, and part of the main story involving the last faction, but in general, you'd be re missed to find a single notable and enjoyable side or even daily quest that isn't at least somewhat bland and tedious, unless you really search the game top to bottom, and even then none personally come to mind really.


The main bulk of your time will be spent grinding for junk, legendaires and plans for stronger equipment/upgrades for pre-existing guns you may own, which does again play into having multiple people to share and pool resources and trade for stuff you may be lacking in, yet solo this is manageable if you research and plan your routes very throughly, or just get incredibly lucky with random spawns! My favorite element is honestly the cosmetic/vanity skins you can get, which is locked behind a paywall, but considering how cheap fallout first has become (along with the free trial given upon writing this review), can say without question is almost essential for continuous play of this game, due to the sheer utility of the scrapbox/placeable micro camp for farming scorchbeast queens or resources in nuke zones.


Yet overall, for those who really can't decide whether or not this is a solid and fun experience, just know the initial unplayableness of the game is patched (mostly) out of the game, so considering the free weekend currently going on, its worth at least revisiting or trying what is arguable one of the most ridiculed game in Bethesda's entire history...

Definitely not the game for those actually wanting a New Vegas or first or second Fallout-like adventure, but if you enjoyed 4 and 3 even, but wanted friends and other people to interact with the goofy and bug-ridden parts this Appalachian world, then maybe Fallout 76 is worth the 40ish (or discounted if your lucky) bucks you'd pay for it. Now, for my personal experience, I'd like to break it up into two separate categories, being when I had people regularly joining me, and a true solo experience, which admittedly was several years back, but I suffice to recommend the latter, as being off in a map this full yet simultaneously empty of real substance asides from lore is quite a hard sell! The only reason you'd ever try going it alone is for the aforementioned perk, but seriously, either join public teams or find a discord group to party up, since this game now clearly is made for those who do daily ops, bunker runs or even expeditions often... Some questlines are decent, like the brotherhood one from steel dawn, and part of the main story involving the last faction, but in general, you'd be re missed to find a single notable and enjoyable side or even daily quest that isn't at least somewhat bland and tedious, unless you really search the game top to bottom, and even then none personally come to mind really. The main bulk of your time will be spent grinding for junk, legendaires and plans for stronger equipment/upgrades for pre-existing guns you may own, which does again play into having multiple people to share and pool resources and trade for stuff you may be lacking in, yet solo this is manageable if you research and plan your routes very throughly, or just get incredibly lucky with random spawns! My favorite element is honestly the cosmetic/vanity skins you can get, which is locked behind a paywall, but considering how cheap fallout first has become (along with the free trial given upon writing this review), can say without question is almost essential for continuous play of this game, due to the sheer utility of the scrapbox/placeable micro camp for farming scorchbeast queens or resources in nuke zones. Yet overall, for those who really can't decide whether or not this is a solid and fun experience, just know the initial unplayableness of the game is patched (mostly) out of the game, so considering the free weekend currently going on, its worth at least revisiting or trying what is arguable one of the most ridiculed game in Bethesda's entire history...