I've played about 8 or so hours of the beta also. Here's my honest and experienced review. So I have the pc version beta, I've been playing on the highest graphic setting on an i7 quad core gtx 960 gpu so it runs at a smooth and speedy framerate. The problem firstly is that even with only 9 or so people in the server the lag and jitteriness make the game almost unplayable at times. The graphics aren't any better than fallout 4, they have just improved the shadows and occlusion a fraction I'd say.. The mission system is poor and as the review said the lack of npcs and other human enemies, characters etc it does lack that human element. When you first leave the Vault you are confronted by small robots shaped like nuka cola bottles and creatures called scorched, which are like crispy fried humanoids with guns and weapons. Not dissimilar to ghouls but with the cognitive ability to shoot at you and make odd noises. You get missions in the form of holotapes, computer messages and notes. You are expected to find people who turn up dead in some manner, you get some drivel about their story and then off you go across the open world. I barely saw another actual person in my server and when I did they tried to trade with me, then shoot me, but as they were only lvl 5 and I was lvl 9 I dispatched them quickly. The shooting and vats is worse than fallout 4, as they've tried to improve the realism of the mechanisms and weapons, it's detracted from the physics. Unfortunately it seems Bethesda have tried to jump on the ESO style game, even the music sounds the same as skyrim or ESO. It seems rushed and clunky, the only semi improvement is the clothing and armour use, as you can put armor and clothes over one another. The building and home making part is lame though, you can't scrap everything and you have to fight other players to secure a workshop or choose to invite others to run the place with you. When fighting large groups of enemies the whole thing almost stops entirely. Although this is a beta it's unlikely the improvements will happen before the 14th. They should of given us another new Vegas quality game instead it's like stolen ideas from gta, ESO and PUBG but done mediocre. Sad times.
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Re: Hands On: Fallout 76 PS4 Beta Has Us Worried for the Full Game
I've played about 8 or so hours of the beta also. Here's my honest and experienced review.
So I have the pc version beta, I've been playing on the highest graphic setting on an i7 quad core gtx 960 gpu so it runs at a smooth and speedy framerate. The problem firstly is that even with only 9 or so people in the server the lag and jitteriness make the game almost unplayable at times. The graphics aren't any better than fallout 4, they have just improved the shadows and occlusion a fraction I'd say..
The mission system is poor and as the review said the lack of npcs and other human enemies, characters etc it does lack that human element. When you first leave the Vault you are confronted by small robots shaped like nuka cola bottles and creatures called scorched, which are like crispy fried humanoids with guns and weapons. Not dissimilar to ghouls but with the cognitive ability to shoot at you and make odd noises. You get missions in the form of holotapes, computer messages and notes. You are expected to find people who turn up dead in some manner, you get some drivel about their story and then off you go across the open world. I barely saw another actual person in my server and when I did they tried to trade with me, then shoot me, but as they were only lvl 5 and I was lvl 9 I dispatched them quickly.
The shooting and vats is worse than fallout 4, as they've tried to improve the realism of the mechanisms and weapons, it's detracted from the physics. Unfortunately it seems Bethesda have tried to jump on the ESO style game, even the music sounds the same as skyrim or ESO. It seems rushed and clunky, the only semi improvement is the clothing and armour use, as you can put armor and clothes over one another. The building and home making part is lame though, you can't scrap everything and you have to fight other players to secure a workshop or choose to invite others to run the place with you.
When fighting large groups of enemies the whole thing almost stops entirely. Although this is a beta it's unlikely the improvements will happen before the 14th. They should of given us another new Vegas quality game instead it's like stolen ideas from gta, ESO and PUBG but done mediocre. Sad times.