Fallout 76's Upcoming Beer-Brewing Crafting System Further Detailed

@listerofsmeg: I very much hate when I buy a game only for it to be a glitchy mess or just incomplete. Gone are the days of going gold - locking out changes to the code. This usually meant that had to be in the best condition possible.

However, at the same time, I commend a game company who will at least stay in it for the long haul and fix their mistakes...eventually. The worst are companies that just say "ah well" and abandon their games after making off with peoples money. They don't even try to fix their problems.

Some examples would be Deus Ex:Mankind Divided, ME:A, and most recently FFXV. Basically all three left story elements unfinished and going nowhere. There were promises of finishing them (at an additional cost to the gamer), but because of low sales the companies determined it was not worth it and just left them in a incomplete state.

I was particularity annoyed with FFXV's cancellation of the modding suite of tools. I had bought the game based on that promise which looks like will never happen.

Fallout 76 has taken some pretty harsh criticism (much of it justified), but I will say they I commend them for at least showing the willingness to try. Though I hope they can do better than encouraging gamers to drink and get drunk for kicks.

@listerofsmeg: If Fallout 76 fixes all that’s wrong with it, I’m all for forgiveness but I don’t think anyone cares about making Nukeshine. I know I don’t and I won’t be redownloading FO76 for this.

@beirutchamp: Pucker up!

@Poodger: Same reason for Snakes cigarettes in the MGS series, for novelty.

@blufalconultra: "Maybe you should play the game you know which is the point of being a gamer and see why its so successful? I think that's a logical thing to do."

You claim that I can't see what the point is of being a gamer or why FO76 is so successful.

I'm not sure what world you live on, but FO76 was neither very successful nor really did much that actually made it worth playing over a short time for most. It's a game that pushed out of what the normal is for the franchise and I can respect that, but at most the game is just decent. I was making a joke in my original comment, but quite honestly I still find it kind of true. Might just be because I love beer, but there is very little that is attractive from FO76 other than a few snippets of lore (Which I can just go to Nukapedia for considering those snippets aren't really in the form of an experience), a neat character creator, and a new environment that lacks the feeling of living world.

The "logical" thing to do here is to step back and acknowledge that FO76 is a game that tested the waters, but was never really able to achieve what was set for it other than recognition (Which it received, but not in the way it was hoped). It is a game that is just decent, every aspect of the game was just decent at most. Nobody's saying there aren't those who enjoy it, but it should not be said it was a success (Ex: I like Dawn of War 3. Not near as much as the other two, but I did. I will never say it was a success or a great game though). Maybe they can make something out of this game like No Man's Sky, but for now it is pretty much in the same boat as NMS was.

I am a gamer who enjoys things that appeal to me, can recognize flaws as well as strengths in games, and can understand the appeal for games that may not appeal to me.