It Just Wonโt 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 itโs being built off a prototype of the Fallout 4 engine. Ultimately, the message fans took to heart was that it wouldnโt be a mainline single-player game.
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 werenโt well received. Enter Kotakuโs Jason Schrier, who initially reported on Fallout 76โs new makeup. He offered clarification, telling single-player hopefuls that they shouldnโt be too hopeful. Three sources corroborated the fact that Bethesda Game Studios is working on a fun multiplayer experience, and it merits some enthusiasm.
โThe second thing is that Iโm very optimistic about this game,โ Schreier said. โThe buzz Iโm hearing (both first- and second-hand) is that itโs really cool, interesting, and just as story-focused as any other Bethesda Game Studios game. It might have multiplayer and base-building, but hey, itโs still a Fallout game. I donโt want to drive hype for a game I havenโt seen or played, but I also donโt want people to be so closed-minded that they spend the next nine days freaking out every day on Reddit because this game isnโt 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
โI think that in retrospect I shouldnโt have tweeted that anyone expecting a traditional single-player Fallout will be โvery disappointedโ,โ he went on. โReally, I should have said that theyโll be very surprised. I wanted (and still want) to make sure peopleโs expectations are calibrated accordingly.โ
Fallout 76 will take the franchise in a new directionโalthough, weโre still waiting for official confirmation from Bethesdaโand 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 weโll be carrying out of E3 2018.
Happy gaming.
SOURCE: GamingBolt