Hmmm, is that trouble we can smell brewing?
During Bethesda's E3 2018 press conference, we got a bit of an information blowout on Fallout 76 -- the always online, multiplayer Fallout title that launches in November of this year. However, even after the show was over, many fans still wondered whether they could set up private sessions, either alone, or with friends.
Going by the above interview with Geoff Keighley on the YouTube E3 stream, that questions's been answered, and it looks like there will always be other players populating the world.
"Even if you're playing by yourself doing quests, you will see other players," Howard says. "And you can interact with them, or you can ignore them." But will they ignore you? What if they're just going to put a bullet in your head?
While it's still not totally clear whether there'll be some kind of setting that lets you turn off player-versus-player combat, it's perhaps worrying news for fans of the usual Fallout experience.
What do you make of this? Pray you don't get spawn camped in the comments section below.
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so this is just fallout online then.
no tnx.
they better don't screw up TES 6 by adding online/coop stuff.
If there's a setting that allows for "peaceful" play, that disables player-on-player combat, then I'm in.
If that's not the case, I'm out. The game will be plagued by griefers. Can just imagine setting up your own little camp then having it nuked immediately.
@ShogunRok Hoping there will be a setting like that. It would be awful having nukes go off constantly.
@MrOso You got a source for that?
@MrOso after launch? this should be in the actual release !
@ShogunRok it's in the interview with Geoff!
Btw no solo play=Terrible
"Tis better to be alone, than in bad company"
Maybe like GTA online where you can select passive mode. You see the other players but they can't touch you.
@AFCC Yeah, the bit where he talks about mods, but I don't think that really confirms much. They're just "looking into it".
Please keep other people out of my non-fighting and non-racing games, kthx!
it's sad that the better RPG to come out soon from bethesda compared to fallout online is TES blades... and that's a mobile game.
@MrOso Yeah, I got that bit, but I don't quite see how it ties into what he's already confirmed — it could just be a way for modders to test their creations in-game without having to go online. That's what it sounds like to me, at least, otherwise Todd would have mentioned it earlier in the interview.
If they can find a way to make it work without griefers ruining the experience I'll be interested. The Elite Dangerous method works well enough, they could just use that and tweak it.
Aaaand it's ruined.
I was put off when it was 'online' only and this is the final nail for me... In a lot of ways, I really hope it backfires so this doesn't become the 'norm' - not that I wish 'bad things' for anyone but I really don't want this to become the 'standard'.
@BAMozzy starfield might also get some social aspects...
whatever that means. sigh.
Anyone who has played Ark online knows what to expect from this.
I'll just wait for Fallout 5, ta.
@ShogunRok I assume that you could have a private server like other online games do and use that to mod it! But yeah he isn't that specific
@Onion it will be more like the TES online.
mostly content that you can do alone but will always be interupted by other players stealing your kills and disturbing your stealthy playtrough. group based content that you can't do alone (hate that) and while TES online's PVP was in a specific area it seems to be PVP focused eveywhere in fallout 76.
I thought Fallout 4 was the low point of this franchise, but they somehow doubled down on the thing I hated most in that game AND introduced an alienating online-only aspect to Fallout 76.
I can say, with almost near certainty, that I will never play this.
@ApostateMage if this does well then fallout 5 will also have this (forgive my language) bugger.
@jdv95 I'm hoping they throw the reigns to Obsidian again. They'll make a great single player Fallout game...full of bugs.
@jdv95 I don't mind if it can be played entirely co-operatively with 1 or 2 friends. Online/social doesn't have to be competitive MP...
This is what I was worried about. I pray that there'll be an option for PvE only servers because otherwise this game will be a definite pass for me.
Weird, I thought he said the opposite during the conference and that you could just play with people you knew. Either way, I'm out. I play Fallout to explore the wasteland at my leisure and experience a cool post-apocalyptic story, not to find out some dude on chat had relations with my mum after he's blown my avatar up for no reason.
Get in the sea, Fallout 76.
I'll wait till after launch. I'll just log on to private server or non-pvp zones if available. Otherwise I won't buy at all. It isn't worth dealing with those griefers...
This went from Day One to pass real fast...
Got to have option to turn off PvP come on it’s 2018 😊
Who wants to play it with me!? If we all stick together we can face anything and anyone!
I like the idea of real players in the world but griefers will have a field day. I imagine there will be something to opt in.
@Neolit Ehhhhhhhh I'd like to. But it kind of breaks my heart that this is the next Fallout game. If I could play it with friends and we didn't have to worry about other players blowing us up as soon as they saw us I'd be up for it.
I still have nightmares about my early experiences with GTA Online.
I don't mind tbh, if they wanna fully dive into the multiplayer aspect so be it. My only complaint is that they were not clear enough whether this was a traditional experience or not, especially at the time of announcement and also at the Microsoft conference, though I do expect there to be a way to turn off the PvP element.
Why on Earth should I have to be sorrounded by unknown ball-busters even when I just wanna have fun? Isn't real life enough? Aaaaaarghhhh!!!!!!
Really hope there is some semblance of a single player game within Fallout. Really like this analysis of Fallout 76 from Bethesda's E3 showcase https://www.sp-bx.com/bethesdas-e3-showcase-fallout-76-details-and-news/
NOT Interested then 😢
@johncalmc I agree with you a hundred percent !!!
I love and have multiple play throughs of the last 3 Fallout games. Purchased all the dlc for those games too.
With that said i am going to wait and see how this new Fallout game works. However with no npc's it looks to be a striped down regular FO game with maybe the emphasis on pvp and micro transactions. Along with hopes of a giant cash cow like gta online.
I find it hard to believe that this couldn't be optional. If it's not, then I would probably leave it; I find I've almost completely drifted back to single player games anyway, after the Destiny 2 debacle. It's gonna be along wait for Elder Scrolls 6 though
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