Just before E3 this year, Bethesda Game Studios released a short video teasing the newest addition to the critically acclaimed Fallout franchise: Fallout 76. Shortly afterwards, it was announced that Fallout 76 was going to be multiplayer-only, marking a radical change in direction for the celebrated RPG series. The response to this was mixed, to say the least, with Fallout fans all over the world expressing their concern about the decision to stray from the series’ roots. However, Fallout 76 makes more sense than any other Fallout game to date.
The bombs have dropped, and the world has become an apocalyptic wasteland. Tainted by radiation from nuclear activity, nothing is as it was before, and in order to survive, a person must adapt to their surroundings. This is the premise of the Fallout series, in which the player takes on the role of a lone survivor in order to experience the game’s adventure. To date, the series has enjoyed both critical acclaim and commercial success and has become an iconic part of contemporary popular culture. However, the many strengths boasted by the Fallout series thus far are, in a sense, also its weaknesses in relation to the upcoming Fallout 76, for what better way to test humanity’s resolve post-apocalypse than to pit real people against each other in a multiplayer virtual war zone" In addition to Super Mutants and Radroaches, there have always been human enemies in Fallout. From stock NPCs known ...