If, like us, you’ve been watching the new Fallout show on Amazon Prime, then you’ve likely turned to PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium to download or stream one of Bethesda’s iconic RPGs. For us, we skirted the much-beloved Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 3, instead venturing off into West Virginia in Fallout 76. Notoriously panned upon its initial launch, Todd Howard’s “Fallout with friends” is a different beast six years on. But does that mean the game is any good? And is it worth playing in 2024?
We set out to answer those very questions as we emerged from Vault 76 for the first time. Recounting our adventures over on the Push Square YouTube channel, we came into contact with quest-giving NPCs - an absent feature on launch - impressive bases constructed by other players, and enough loot to overencumber us 76 times over.
Amidst all the open world online noise though, we did find ourselves enjoying listening to 50s classics whilst exploding the heads off of ghouls – and doing all of that with friends. Certainly the wasteland is a lonely place, so exploring it with a ragtag band of survivors gives Fallout 76 a little something to stand apart from the other entries in the series. But is it enough to stop up from uninstalling and moving onto one of the mainline entries in the series? You can find out by checking out the full video!
Have you recently redownloaded any Fallout games thanks to the show? Let us know which ones down in the comments.
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If you want to play a Fallout game then you should play Fallout 3 or Fallout 4. Both games offer a great single player experience.
Fallout 76 is more of multiplayer game and did not rekindle the magic from the previous titles.
Another game by Bethesda that does not get mentioned very often and is well worth playing even in 2024, is Wolfenstein.
I recently played it on the steam deck and I can vouch for it. 👍
Yeah its much better but its still a lesser Fallout 4 what's a lesser FO3/New Vagas.
Tried playing it a while back. All I remember is such bad framerate I uninstalled.
I think I’m going to get fallout 4. I’ve never played any of the fallout games as I didn’t think they’d be my thing. I played through starfield and really liked it, it was my first Bethesda rpg. So that got me thinking of fallout. Now I’m watching the Tv show and love the setting so I’m really keen to pick up one of the games.
I think it says a lot that it took until the TV series for the words "Fallout 5" to start trending.
Fallout 76 may or may not be a good game, but there is no question that it seriously harmed the brand.
All together now: "It just works."
@LordFunkalot Fallout New Vegas is widely considered to be the best game of the 3D-era. That would be my recommendation for your first.
Thanks. A couple of people have recommended that one
It's newer, but somehow looks older than fallout 4. Was considering it, but I think I'd rather just go back to FO4 once the update releases
No Fallout game is worth playing, no matter the year.
@Icey664 that is strange, because it is built upon Fallout 4. It doesnt look worse than F4...
I really tried to give Fallout 4 a fair go, must have played about 30-40 hours of it, but it just didn't click for me — it just felt very shallow and bland, and the base-building element (which on paper sounded awesome), just had a unsatisfyingly floaty, imprecise feeling to it.
@Mega-Gazz I haven't tried it myself but it did get a 60 FPS patch for current-gen not long ago.
Fallout 2 or New Vegas. The 1 if you are a fan. The rest is irrelevant and should not even be called Fallout.
Fallout 76 is a good game with a bad reputation it cant shift. you dont have to play fallout 76 multiplayer i played the whole thing solo. I have enjoyed it more than fallout 4 it has a great map to explore probably there best map they have done
150 hours
8/10
for me it goes
fallout 3 9/10
fallout new vegas 9/10
fallout 76 8/10
fallout 4 7/10
@kirkn For clarification, if you're referring to Wolfenstein: The New Order or The New Colossus, those were published by Bethesda, but actually developed by MachineGames, the folks making the new Indiana Jones game. Totally agree, though - incredible games that don't get their flowers nearly enough.
Tried it recently and it is not worth playing.
If you are a HUGE Fallout fan, it is basically a very hollowed out Destiny 2/Division style game. You will probably be taken aback at how little it resembles the games in terms of cities, quests, content, etc.
Bear in mind that at its core this game is still built around a system where quests were given by computers and NPCs were almost entirely enemies.
Now if you are just a general gamer looking for a short time sink, it can be fun for that. At its core though it was designed to be a live service looter shooter, not an open world RPG.
Is it my eyes, or does Fallout 76 really looks extremely bad on PS5. Even on 60fps. I hope the current gen update for F4 looks better!
@REALAIS
I think that Fallout 4 looks way better than Fallout 76. Even wihout the 60fps. 76 looks very choppy and bland. Or is there a PS5 version?
I played a bit of Fallout 76 at launch and didn't like it as so many things were missing, not least NPC's, I've been tempted to give it another go recently.
I have been playing Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 4 but this time on PC, having previously platinumed 4 on PS4, where it was actually my most played single player game by some distance, as I got sucked into the settlement building.
Overall it's one of my favourite franchises and I love 3, NV and 4, all have different strengths and weaknesses
having played 150 hours of fallout 76 its not a looter shooter at all nothing like destiny or division.
its a fallout game with a great map you explore and do quests.
I platinumed this game during Covid, not sure enough to return to now though
Fallout 76 has been a great game for a couple of years now and it's basically single player, except it has one of the best online communities of any game I've played
Thanks for the review, I just downloaded it without PS Premium or Extra, as it showed in my store for no reason. After your take that it's multiplayer though, I think I'll just go and delete it again.
How's the co-op? I'm enjoying hell divers 2. Is it similar in any way?
I really, REALLY tried to like F76. Fallout 3 and NV are some of my all-time favs, and while 4 doesn't quite get there, I've enjoyed several playthroughs. But F76 wasn't for me and never will be. Even with Fallout 1st and a private server, it will never be want I want it to be...which is an actual, single player Fallout game.
God no. The NPC’s wound up making the game worse rather than better. It’s largely a skinnerbox with an egregious store. The battle royale was ironically the most fun I had with it and that’s long gone.
@Stickleman totally agree lots of people who have very strong opinions and hate fallout 76 have never actually played it because of what they believe it is. even if they do try it they start it up put very little into it and dismiss it.
having sunk hundreds of hours into it i can say you can play the whole of fallout 76 solo. Did all the main quests i loved exploring the map one of the best maps they have made and didnt engage in the multiplayer or settlement building or microtransactions.
another game im glad i didnt miss out on because of everyone else's opinion on it
@LordFunkalot Fallout 4 is a good game but a terrible Fallout game and a bad RPG. Weird contradiction but true. I have played it hundreds of hours, but please try to play New Vegas first, or even the first 2 unless older games turn you off completely. They really have the true essence of the series and are fantastic RPG experiences.
@trev666
1. Fallout
2. Fallout 2
3. Fallout NV
4. Fallout 3
5. Fallout 4
Although I have to admit I played 4 longer than all the others combined due to being into the base building, but it was a really bad Fallout game.
@Terra_Custodes I’ve downloaded new vegas for my Xbox. Thanks
@LordFunkalot I really hope you enjoy it, I did that game 4 times over consecutively when it released, experiencing the different factions and endings. It's a true RPG. Sometimes I've bashed even NV because at times I kinda despair of the series direction after it went 3D open world, but it's a damn good game. Made by the same guys who worked on 1 and 2, and held up by the community as the best open world Fallout.
Play 4 too after, there definitely is a lot to love there too, just not in RPG/storytelling terms.
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