Fallout 76 Will Keep the Franchise Story-Focused, Sources Say

It Just Wonโ€™t Be a Typical Single-Player Experience

Last week, a small tease helped build excitement for another Fallout game. A day later, Fallout 76 was announced. Player expectations quickly dipped when rumors of its design as an online survival game came to light. Sources claimed it would be a new experience in the vein of Rust, and they claimed itโ€™s being built off a prototype of the Fallout 4 engine. Ultimately, the message fans took to heart was that it wouldnโ€™t be a mainline single-player game.

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One big negative reception later, the Fallout subreddit became littered with unseemly comments. Many players fear Fallout 76 will be gimmicky and rely too heavily on Fallout 4 game mechanics that werenโ€™t well received. Enter Kotakuโ€™s Jason Schrier, who initially reported on Fallout 76โ€˜s new makeup. He offered clarification, telling single-player hopefuls that they shouldnโ€™t be too hopeful. Three sources corroborated the fact that Bethesda Game Studios is working on a fun multiplayer experience, and it merits some enthusiasm.

โ€œThe second thing is that Iโ€™m very optimistic about this game,โ€ Schreier said. โ€œThe buzz Iโ€™m hearing (both first- and second-hand) is that itโ€™s really cool, interesting, and just as story-focused as any other Bethesda Game Studios game. It might have multiplayer and base-building, but hey, itโ€™s still a Fallout game. I donโ€™t want to drive hype for a game I havenโ€™t seen or played, but I also donโ€™t want people to be so closed-minded that they spend the next nine days freaking out every day on Reddit because this game isnโ€™t going to be like the last three. I mean, how many of you remember when hardcore Fallout fans flipped a shit because Bethesda was making a first-person shooter?โ€

โ€œI think that in retrospect I shouldnโ€™t have tweeted that anyone expecting a traditional single-player Fallout will be โ€˜very disappointedโ€™,โ€ he went on. โ€œReally, I should have said that theyโ€™ll be very surprised. I wanted (and still want) to make sure peopleโ€™s expectations are calibrated accordingly.โ€

Fallout 76 will take the franchise in a new directionโ€”although, weโ€™re still waiting for official confirmation from Bethesdaโ€”and will stay true to the narratives of previous games. The reception, it seems, may depend entirely on fan expectations. Were you expecting another single-player Fallout game? Perhaps a spin-off title? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below. And stay tuned for a flurry of reports weโ€™ll be carrying out of E3 2018.

Happy gaming.

SOURCE: GamingBolt