The was a significant amount of consternation within the Fallout community when it was announced that Fallout 76 would be an online focused experience. Many wanted Bethesda to deliver the in depth campaign experience found in Fallout 3 and 4 – and, let’s face it, to a much higher standard in Fallout 2 – and felt ostracised by the new multiplayer direction.
Game director Todd Howard seemed to allay some of those fears in a recent interview with Game Informer. He stated that the game begins when you receive a communication from the vault overseer, ”She left before everybody. She left secret instructions for you, and that’s kind of the jumping-on point for what we call the main quest. At the end of if, you launch the nukes. The nukes are a game system, but they are also part of the main story.” Howard went on to confirm, ”80 percent the Fallout everyone is used to, and the other 20 percent is really different.”
Pete Hines, vice president of global marketing and communications, stated that he had played Fallout 76 solo, “I know it was a concern in our community, and it was a concern for me because I play solo a lot [in games]. Given my schedule, it’s hard to find times to group up with folks. With my current character, my plan was, ‘I’m walking out of the vault, and I’m going left. I haven’t been over there before and I don’t know what’s there. Let’s see what happens.’ I came across some super mutants and got in a big fight with them, completed a few quests, and found this one location outside of a pharmaceutical plant that seemed like an awesome place for a camp. It had a good view from up on top of a mountain. I figured not a lot of people could see me up there. I’ve been using that base camp to go off and do quests.”
You’ll get to find out how Fallout 76 pulls together it’s multiplayer focus with its single player sensibilities when the ”Break-it Early Test Application” beta launces in October. Why that particular name? Howard told Game Informer ”it’s going to break, we’re pretty sure of that.”
Source: Game Informer
