Friday, November 23rd 2018
Bethesda Continues to Struggle With Fallout 76, Refunds Now a Possibility
With the release of Fallout 76 a week ago, Bethesda continues the tradition of releasing buggy games that are full of glitches and issues. These problems are always expected to come from Bethesda; typically the game is still fun however unlike previous titles, Fallout 76 is has been universally panned by gamers and critics alike. At this point, some of the bugs, exploits, and problems are just hilariously bad. Tools such as Nukacrypt are already available online, using only a partial code it can decrypt the in-game nuclear launch codes drastically speeding up the overall process. Keeping with nuke theme, players working together were able to crash a Bethesda server by launching three nukes simultaneously. There are more glaring examples but when you add them to the laundry list of problems its begins to look pretty bad even for Bethesda.
Then there is Brogadyn on Reddit, who for a week now has been stuck in a semi-god mode. Usually that would be something to rejoice about but in this case, has caused many issues with the game's mechanics as the player is seen to have 0 HP. Worse yet, Bethesda has been dragging their feet when it comes to looking into the problem with Brogadyn speculating that they could reproduce the issue based on the circumstances in which the issue occurred. When you consider all this along with the general bugs, glitches, and problems that are typically a minor annoyance, you end up with a game that likely should have stayed in beta.
In general Fallout 76 is currently such a mess that the game is already discounted by $20 just about everywhere, including from Bethesda themselves. Adding to the problem is the sad fact gameplay is considered quite dull making for a perfect storm where it was only a matter of time before the refund chant would begin which is likely sooner rather than later thanks to Fernando, a user on the Resetera forums, who has supposedly managed to receive a refund from Bethesda directly. Meaning if you bought the game elsewhere you might be out of luck, but if you bought it directly from Bethesda, you might stand a chance at getting your money back.
Still looking at Steam and its current refund policy it is highly likely the game would already be experiencing a massive number of refunds if it was available on that distribution platform. Bethesda's avoidance of Steam on this title means they are in control of refunds which with no clearly defined terms leaves a lot of questions unanswered. That said, considering Bethesda warned everyone how buggy the game would be I guess no one should be surprised by the current events.
Sources:
Bethesda, Resetera, Youtube, Kotaku
Then there is Brogadyn on Reddit, who for a week now has been stuck in a semi-god mode. Usually that would be something to rejoice about but in this case, has caused many issues with the game's mechanics as the player is seen to have 0 HP. Worse yet, Bethesda has been dragging their feet when it comes to looking into the problem with Brogadyn speculating that they could reproduce the issue based on the circumstances in which the issue occurred. When you consider all this along with the general bugs, glitches, and problems that are typically a minor annoyance, you end up with a game that likely should have stayed in beta.
Still looking at Steam and its current refund policy it is highly likely the game would already be experiencing a massive number of refunds if it was available on that distribution platform. Bethesda's avoidance of Steam on this title means they are in control of refunds which with no clearly defined terms leaves a lot of questions unanswered. That said, considering Bethesda warned everyone how buggy the game would be I guess no one should be surprised by the current events.
127 Comments on Bethesda Continues to Struggle With Fallout 76, Refunds Now a Possibility
You mean, "never have been released".Cars are honestly the most dangerous thing in the Commonwealth because of the janky-ass way they interact with the janky-ass Gamebryo physics engine.
By Bethesda standards, that would be a "10 years after release" quality... I have yet to see a bug!Worked ok for Fantasy games like Skyrim/Oblivion. I never knew why they thought it'd be good for Fallout...
New Vegas, on the other hand, was the dog's bollocks (as well as its expansions). Bethesda is good at worldbuilding (when they actually try) but they need to base their main story on something other than "MY FAMILY MEMBER IS LOST/KILLED BOO HOO HOO", Obsidian just went with "REVENGE IS SWEET" and it worked so very well. Obsidian did so many other things better, actually... yeah the Legion were cardboard cutout evildoers but they had more character than any evil faction Bethesda's ever written.
The randomly generated dungeons with all the engine bugs could still give me creeps though. I never progressed with the story one bit :D
In comparison to the other 3D games, I think the thing that makes 4 better for me than the other 3D games was it has less dialog and more FPS. It feels more like a STALKER or Metro.There were a number of enjoyable bugs a few months ago in DRG such as digging a hole, filling it with engineer platforms, and then summoning the drop pod with the mule. This would cause the drop pod to spawn directly at your location. Another bug was one that allowed more than 4 players in a game. DRG has been pretty good with fixing these bugs and exploits though. Its a polished game. The model of how an early access game studio should operate.A bit of a stretch in logic. The ancestor programs of a current program are not the same as the current program.
Bethesda have also started bundling their fail game with blue yeti microphones at bestbuy...
As one reddit user said. Bethesda have done something amazing by already ruining a game without even having to add microtransactions to it.
I told my friend this would happen when i heard they were refusing refunds. Now Bethesda are gonna get a paddling.
Giant Bomb has said they will not publish a full review due to disinterest of the staff to play it enough to reach a final verdict.
olololol :D:D:D