LOL, this game is getting killed.

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The most positive thing I can say about Fallout 76 is that a train wreck of this magnitude might finally yank Bethesda – a company that gets away with too much – back to reality. Maybe it’s finally time to update that engine. Maybe it’s not a good idea to slap the Fallout name onto a game that isn’t fit for release and expect it to go over well.

https://gamecritics.com/mike-suskie/fallout-76-review/

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Bethesda has betrayed Fallout's spirit to create a game full of bugs and without a soul.

https://www.eurogamer.it/articles/2018-11-16-fallout-76-recensione

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Fallout 76 is a bold experiment with one of gaming’s biggest and most beloved franchises. Unfortunately the experiment seems like a failure so far. Bugs and glitches are everywhere, but worse is that the core principles of design just don’t function the way they seem like they should.

https://attackofthefanboy.com/reviews/fallout-76-review/

It takes a real special group of out of touch imbeciles to release a game in this state and not believe that there would be any sort of backlash. I've never seen a game this bad for a AAA developer.

Bethesda has manage to beat out my super low expectations for this game and now I actively compare Fallout 76 to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. I wouldn't be surprised if copies of this game is dumped in a landfill somewhere.

Blizzard died the moment they joined Activision.

7 hours ago, bjornk said:

Dead hors... I mean Fallout 76 has been released and...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dr8GZ2mV4AATlC1.jpg

 

Wow... Just wow... This should've been fixed during early access beta.

And there you have it folks, straight from the horse's mouth. Although no one here is surprised.

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Bethesda will use an upgraded version of the Creation Engine for The Elder Scrolls 6 and Starfield

I think most of us saw that coming. Even though The Elder Scrolls 6 and Starfield target next-generation platforms, Bethesda will be still using for them the Creation Engine. Of course the publisher stated that it will be an upgraded version however we don’t know whether the big issues that have plagued this engine will be addressed or not.

As Todd Howard told Gamestar:

“For Fallout 76 we have changed a lot. The game uses a new renderer, a new lighting system and a new system for the landscape generation. For Starfield even more of it changes. And for The Elder Scrolls 6, out there on the horizon even more. We like our editor. It allows us to create worlds really fast and the modders know it really well. There are some elementary ways we create our games and that will continue because that lets us be efficient and we think it works best.”

Now the big issue here is that the Creation Engine has some major issues like physics being tied to the framerate, inability to use a Field of View (although this is mostly something that Bethesda has overlooked) and the visuals that the engine is currently capable of producing are outdated.

Take for example Fallout 76. From what we’ve seen so far, this new Fallout is a really disappointing game – visuals-wise – for a 2018 release. Moreover, we don’t know whether the engine can take advantage of multi-core CPUs, whether there is still the limitation of 4GB of RAM, and whether there are plans to support DX12 or Vulkan.

Creation Engine, which is basically an evolution of the Gamebryo Engine, is dated. We know it, you know it, modders know it, Bethesda knows it. Unfortunately, though, this engine will power the games that the team will be developing, and that’s a bummer!

Thanks Reddit

https://www.dsogaming.com/news/bethesda-will-use-an-upgraded-version-of-the-creation-engine-for-the-elder-scrolls-6-and-starfield/

Microsoft is an enigma to me. They're sitting on a ton of IPs that they don't use, a console that they won't make exclusive games for and their shining beacon, Halo, has been driven into the ground by a greedy publisher (them) and a studio that is runned by people who admit they hate the franchise.

I don't know what to think of this move by Microsoft. Are they going to make exclusive games for the next Xbox or are they going to be time exclusives? If it's the latter then there is no reason to buy another console from them. My guess is that they are going to produce some game as service garbage or at the very lest something that's filled to the brim with microtransactions like in Forza.

It's hard for me to be positive about this because I own an Xbox One that is covered with dust and the one game that I really wanted was Halo 5 and it disappointed me tremendously. I do hope they make another Alpha Protocol but I won't hold my breath.

I will say this; they should have bought Bioware years ago. I believe Mass Effect would have better off for it.

Don't worry, Bethesda will fix everything after launch!

This game is going to be a disaster.

Well, at least Bethesda is being honest.

Hopefully EA will double down and continue pushing microtransactions and loot boxes.

1 hour ago, Kendo 2 said:

Savage.

 

LOL, beat me to it. EA's a freakin' dumpster fire. As much as I would like to see them clean out the SJWs and make decent games again, I find it more enjoyable to watch the company burn from the inside out.

Yeah, I read an article about this earlier. Does Bethesda ever get tired of looking like the bad guy? At some point their reputation will be worse than EA's.

A seven year old mod is in danger of being shutdown because of a board game!

Alright, I think it's about time for a thread about this potential trainwreck.