Fallout 76 General Thread - Bethesda does it again!

[KingofNothing]

Update on them bags. I shouldn't care this much about bags, but this has been a magical trash fire both in and out of game and I can't imagine what will happen if they fuck it up again. Would be kinda funny if YongYea making that video got them to say something.

https://twitter.com/BethesdaSupport/status/1136629478527033346

 

[XYZpdq]

Update on them bags. I shouldn't care this much about bags, but this has been a magical trash fire both in and out of game and I can't imagine what will happen if they fuck it up again. Would be kinda funny if YongYea making that video got them to say something.

https://twitter.com/BethesdaSupport/status/1136629478527033346
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They mail out a swath of canvas cloth and a ziplock back with half a scoop of melted ice cream and a peanut in it.

 

[BALLZ-BROKEN]

New from Bethedsa, join the canvas creation club with our limited edition collector's grade sewing kit! only 276,000 atoms!

 

[millais]

This has been up for a while, but apparently one of the most viewed uploads of "Stand Up and Be Counted" (aka the KKK song) is disguised as part of the Fallout 76 soundtrack in order to prevent it from being taken down by the anti-racist Youtube algorithms

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[Slap47]

Quality gameplay

 

[KingofNothing]

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Quality gameplay

Wait how is that a thing? I didn't even think that was something that could happen. Bethesda, why is your game so bad?

 

[millais]

This has been up for a while, but apparently one of the most viewed uploads of "Stand Up and Be Counted" (aka the KKK song) is disguised as part of the Fallout 76 soundtrack in order to prevent it from being taken down by the anti-racist Youtube algorithms

YouTube

www.youtube.com

here's another racist song hiding in plain sight as an innocent radio track from Fallout 76

YouTube

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[Slap47]

Wait how is that a thing? I didn't even think that was something that could happen. Bethesda, why is your game so bad?

Apparently it worked... so you're encouraged to have less friends in this MMO.

 

[Tanner Glass]

For people not watching E3/E3 news - Bethesda had thier conference and it looks like they've figured out how to save Fallout 76.

It's the mode you all have been asking for.

Quality game play? No cash shop? An actual story? Realistic PVP?

Fuck all that shit - you're getting a Battle Royale mode.

 

[Zeke Von Genbu]

For people not watching E3/E3 news - Bethesda had thier conference and it looks like they've figured out how to save Fallout 76.

It's the mode you all have been asking for.

Quality game play? No cash shop? An actual story? Realistic PVP?

Fuck all that shit - you're getting a Battle Royale mode.

You forgot the NPC expansion with dialogue trees, that'll save Fallout 76. Now it'll be an actual rpg, maybe, assuming those don't bug out.

 

[Adamska]

For people not watching E3/E3 news - Bethesda had thier conference and it looks like they've figured out how to save Fallout 76.

It's the mode you all have been asking for.

Quality game play? No cash shop? An actual story? Realistic PVP?

Fuck all that shit - you're getting a Battle Royale mode.

Wow, they're trying to brag about a mode they already fucked up introducing in the game with PvP stupidity...

Just admit you want to go bankrupt Bethesda... just own up to that.

 

[BScCollateral]

It's kind of amazing Bethesda was able to burn their reputation with just one awful game and associated merchandise shenanigans, while CNN remains in business.

 

[Adamska]

It's kind of amazing Bethesda was able to burn their reputation with just one awful game and associated merchandise shenanigans, while CNN remains in business.

I dunno, CNN only has like 750,000 people watching it, and you know half of that is due to businesses and airports that keep them on mute.

Bethesda at least has the attention of the world for this fuck up to say the least.

 

[Tanner Glass]

It's kind of amazing Bethesda was able to burn their reputation with just one awful game and associated merchandise shenanigans, while CNN remains in business.

I'm not sure what "one awful game" you're referring to, considering they have a whole stable of awful games.

FO76 is bad, but so is ES:Blades, ES:Legends. Wolfenstien (and the upcoming VR Game) is bland, Commander Keen looks bland, ESO is bland, Rage 2 was bland, etc.

They've got a ton of good IPs but really just got kind of lucky with how good Doom turned out - otherwise they wouldn't have anything to hold up as "we're still making good games" with Doom Eternal. I hope for Bethesda's sake that Doom:Eternal is good because if it isn't, they'll have shit on their last good IP and most of the goodwill they still have with their audience.

 

[John Titor]

Fallout76 introduces dance taunts.

They're all T-poses.

 

[DaddyCowboy]

New from Bethedsa, join the canvas creation club with our limited edition collector's grade sewing kit! only 276,000 atoms!



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We all know Bethesda won't go the extra mile of actually putting work into something; why sew something when you have staples and Elmers glue?

 

[BALLZ-BROKEN]

We all know Bethesda won't go the extra mile of actually putting work into something; why sew something when you have staples and Elmers glue?

No you don't see, you've made your own fun, now make your own bag! Just sign up for a bethesda.net account, and give us your full legal name, credit card number, DOB, mother's maiden name, social security #, the name of your childhood pet, the high school you graduated from, and say "Hail Todd, full of grace" twenty times and you can access thousands of community sourced patches for your bag! The community - doing our job so we don't have to since 2008!

And speaking of threadbare sacks, has anyone taken advantage of their free trial week? To be honest, a small part of me was tempted, because you've all seen that video of that guy larping as Preston Garvey? I wanted to larp as Heimskr. I'd run around commenting how run down Skyrim looks since the Thalmor took over, and call the sorchbeasts dragons, and try to convert people to the true God of man, Talos H. Stormcrown. Then I realized I'm not downloading a 60GB game just to uninstall it a week later. And I don't want to get banned for making a joke that's just a little too spicy for someone who freebases estrogen.

 

[Mike Hunt]

I'm not sure what "one awful game" you're referring to, considering they have a whole stable of awful games.

FO76 is bad, but so is ES:Blades, ES:Legends. Wolfenstien (and the upcoming VR Game) is bland, Commander Keen looks bland, ESO is bland, Rage 2 was bland, etc.

They've got a ton of good IPs but really just got kind of lucky with how good Doom turned out - otherwise they wouldn't have anything to hold up as "we're still making good games" with Doom Eternal. I hope for Bethesda's sake that Doom:Eternal is good because if it isn't, they'll have shit on their last good IP and most of the goodwill they still have with their audience.

Some tangential Keen sperging ahead...

Spoiler: Keen comments

Jesus F Christ, that Commander Keen game. It was an easy IP to profit from. Make a decent platformer with decent art, and boom, the nostalgia huffers and curious new gamers will check it out, reviving interest in a long-dormant IP. Charge $20 for it, then rake in profits. Instead, it's now a nebulous free-to-play (most likely laden with microtransactions) game that is unlikely to resemble anything the original Keen games were.

If you think the new Battletoads is bad, that IP actually has it better. At least it's still a beat-em-up. This new Keen game will probably be unrecognizable from the OG Keen games.

As for FO76, I wanted to give it a go because what the heck, it's free. I figured I'll drop in, walk around and shit, then uninstall when the free play is over. So I queued the game for install (it was something like 60+ GB). Midway through, I had to do errands, so I paused the install and turn the computer off (install bar showed ~30/60GB). I went back, opened the Bethsoft launcher to continue the install, then the progress showed something like 30/30GB but the install bar is still up and no play button to be found. I think Bethsoft intended to show that there's still 30 GB remaining on the download but fucked the UI. Nice.

 

[Tanner Glass]

Jesus F Christ, that Commander Keen game. It was an easy IP to profit from. Make a decent platformer with decent art, and boom, the nostalgia huffers and curious new gamers will check it out, reviving interest in a long-dormant IP. Charge $20 for it, then rake in profits. Instead, it's now a nebulous free-to-play (most likely laden with microtransactions) game that is unlikely to resemble anything the original Keen games were.

The commander Keen game will absolutely have microtransactions. The card layout screen looks nearly identical to "Clash Royale", the Clash of Clans PvP card game; which is loaded to the gills with MTX. They have MTX in ES:Blades despite that still being a "work in progress".

 

[KingofNothing]

Bags are coming in

Fallout 76 Fans Finally Receive Promised Power Armor Edition Canvas Bags

After a half a year wait, Fallout 76: Power Armor Edition buyers are finally receiving their promised canvas bag replacements.

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Fallout 76 Fans Finally Receive Promised Power Armor Edition Canvas Bags

After a half a year wait, Fallout 76: Power Armor Edition buyers are finally receiving their promised canvas bag replacements.
The canvas bags that were originally meant to be included in the Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition have finally been delivered to fans after several months of waiting. Bethesda promised to replace the cheap nylon bags purchasers of the limited edition were given instead:

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Jordan Stapleton@GTAJJ_
https://twitter.com/GTAJJ_/status/1139534228532736001

@jasonschreier So it's here...

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10:05 AM - Jun 14, 2019

Despite being a bit wrinkled, they actually look pretty good. For reference, this is what the hideous nylon bag originally included in the $200 Power Armor Edition looked like:

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LLAMA@CmdrLlama
https://twitter.com/CmdrLlama/status/1063835797596590080
Replying to @Fallout

This is what that bag actually looks like not a lick of canvas on it @BethesdaSupport @bethesda @DCDeacon @Fallout

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12:46 PM - Nov 17, 2018

https://twitter.com/CmdrLlama



Last year fans took to the internet after they received said bags, instead of what was initially promised. Bethesda responded in many ways — either through official email correspondence, a Twitter statement, statements on message boards — and even tried to compensate fans with a 500 Atoms credit. Atoms are the in-game currency of Fallout 76.

None of these responses, nor the compensation, were satisfactory enough for fans, and let the company know in a subsequent and massive internet fallout (pun intended). This resulted in Bethesda’s policy reversal which resulted buyers of the collector’s edition getting the merchandise they were initially promised.

In more recent and E3 related news, there’s still an ongoing free trial of Fallout 76 (until the 17th) if you want to testrun the game before sinking in the dough for it. And during their E3 conference, Bethesda unveiled a new trailer and discussed some details for the upcoming update, titled Wastelanders, which is coming this fall. It will include dialogue options, a brand new storyline, and human NPCs.

Finally they revealed a new battle royal mode called Fallout 76 Nuclear Winter. This BR mode will include 52 players and will be completely free for all owners of Fallout 76. It’s good to see the company still support their game, even after the rocky start. Hopefully it becomes a more positive experience for players in the future.

https://twitter.com/GTAJJ_/status/1139529769807155201

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