Fallout 76 Review - IGN

From IGN: The rich wasteland map of Fallout 76 is wasted on a mess of bugs, conflicting ideas, and monotony.

[UltraNova]

Well there it is even IGN has spoken candidly.

[kingtoby2081]

They should have gave it a 1/10

[PapaBop]

“No one on staff wants to play anymore of this videogame [Fallout 76]. I’m not going to subject myself to another 20-30 hours of this [expletive] mess to just put a number on it. My number is ‘Don’t play this game’.”

Giant Bomb's verdict far more damning.

[UltraNova]

This is "I love my marketing deals, more than my integrity as a journalist outlet" IGN, what did you expect? This is more than damning as far as IGN is concerned.

[frostypants]

@UltraNova, they gave it a 50. That's super low and they rarely go below that even for indie titles. What more do you want? It's their version of an F.

[rainslacker]

Yet it still gets a five.

[stupidusername]

Everyone knows that a 5/10 is horrible for a fallout game made by bethesda. If Ign were trying to save the supposed important marketing deals (that are far less prominent than people think) then they would give it a 7/10.

[william_cade]

They had to. All of the major outlets waited for fan reviews on this one.

[UltraNova]

Exactly...shielded by the Mob mentality...

[slate91]

There were no early review copies. Had to wait until the release date to start playing.

[william_cade]

@slate91

They had reviews up on meta, but didn't give the score and finalize their reviews until way after the public on this one.

[PhantomS42]

With how long they were delaying the review and how much the guy in the review update videos said he was enjoying the game I was expecting it to get a 9/10 from them. Glad they were honest about it.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Good

[sander9702]

I'm so happy this game crashed and burned, hopefully they learn a lesson from this.

[frostypants]

I'd have been happier if it surprised us and was good....

[majedx9]

yes they got away with there BS for a long time
be me playing fallout 4
get stuck thru a chair the game save
other save files got corrupted for some reason
everything is lost

[TheColbertinator]

Bwahahaha Bethesda should leave online glitch fests to other publishers like EA or Activision

[UltraNova]

Like any other easy money making pie, they want a piece as well.

[PhantomS42]

Not after this, they won't. They should stick to what they know. Now how fast do you think they will push up TES6 after saying it's years off.

[UltraNova]

Phantom,

Actually if they learned anything by this catastrophe they would push ES6 further down the line because they will be busy porting everything to a frickin new and up-to-standard engine, that's what I think!

[rainslacker]

It helps to make a good game that can keep people engaged. Making it a mp game is only half the equation of making a cash cow game with minimal effort.

Then you have Sony making games like horizon for 40 million and taking in the cash. Hopefully the pendulum will swing back to all these publishers saying how great sp is next gen.

[Atticus_finch]

Don't forget M$ too.

[XxINFERNUSxX]

To high of a score :D

[Dark-soul]

becouse they recieve free gifts like power armor edition, 100 copies of game and 1 week travel to havai all included for the staff and simmilar things. why? its marketing they are huge, the bigger you are the bigger the gifts. i seen even no name youtubers with little sub recieving power armor edition of game.

[Ricegum]

T1125P

Oh you played it? Where did you get up to?

[MasterCornholio]

Do you really need to play it to know that there’s serious issues with the game? I believe the really low review scores indicate something. Otherwise no game is bad until you played it. Which is silly in my opinion.

[Hungryalpaca]

I played it. It was awful. Under 30 fps on a 1080? The fuck?

[LiViNgLeGaCY]

Man, you are in FULL defense of this game, aren't you?

[Stanjara]

You really have to think twice to give 60$ to a low reviews, and even more lower user reviews. They should include Tods picture on the other side of the map.

[rainslacker]

Surprised they didn't knock off a few decimal points for "too many bugs"

[SegaGamer]

I'm surprised by this, I didn't think IGN had it in them to rate it lower than a 6.

[Profchaos]

I didn't see that coming ign has hyped this game up alot

[RedDevils]

LMFAO I said awhile ago about imagining it turn out as the next Mass Effect Andromeda. Seem like it not so much different :D

[chris235]

the monotony coincides with the myriads of unnecessary blogposts that are all stating the same. everybody and their mother knows it by now. this „me blogger, me want clickrevenue, me write about big brand game, so big revenue happen. me not care that 32 other bloggers already told the same thing“-mentality is SO annoying.

[EazyC]

Oof, madonne!

Call them hack/corrupt journos, but IGN's review matters massively to big companies.

[DeadSilence]

Reads like a 2/10.

[kevnb]

5/10 from ign may as well be 0/10.

[ZorinInc]

too generous, it metacritic score should be red not yellow.

[Edito]

I'm enjoying seeing this game fail...

[kevinsheeks]

welp that's it might as well get the shovel and dig the grave . ..

[Orionsangel]

I knew it was hot garbage! A cash grab.

[honey1984]

Is it really that bad?

[Armaggedon]

Its not that bad. The bugs aside, people just don't like the game. People were disappointed with Fallout 4, so going even further in that direction just set them off even more. Alot of the hate is unjustified, but some of the criticism is warranted honestly. I like the game, but I saw this uproar coming a mile away.

[Vanfernal]

You know you messed up when even IGN has not choice than yo give you a bad score. I'm sure the fan reaction influenced this though. Whenever IGN has to trash a big profile game they just go with their classic 7/10 so that the publishers don't get TOO mad. Gotta get them free copies after all.

[Ashunderfire86]

Wow I am surprised that the Gamespot review for this trash of game is not on the front page!

https://www.gamespot.com/re...

I don't blame this guy for vandalizing Gamestop, because they won't give him a full refund!
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

What an atrocity of a game! Back to Red Dead Redemption 2 while drinking my beer bubba.

[Anon1974]

Huh. Surprised by this. I put in some time with the game this past weekend and found it a solid Fallout outing. Looking forward to having a chance to play more. A lot of reviews I'm seeing are complaining about the survival elements and the crafting mechanics like they're never played a Fallout game before. I guess to each his own. Luckily, review scores don't have an overall impact in my enjoyment of a title, and Fallout 76 has been fun for me so far. Bugs are a bit annoying though. I had 3 crashes while playing about 10 hours. Like any online game like this, the real test will come over time as they add features, new content, events, etc.

[Ninver]

Fatality

[Anorexorcist]

I've actually never really played any of the Fallout games, so I'm not entirely sure if all the overwhelming hate towards Fallout 76 is justified or if it is just hyperbole coming from intolerant, self-entitled fanatics of the franchise. Nonetheless, it seems Fallout 76 is the Metal Gear Survive of the Fallout franchise.

[extermin8or]

ugh..... bought this after a friend pestered me on its release date to play it together, problem is I got it digitally.... fml can't even sell it or get a refund etc...

[SkippyPaccino]

2 points lower than Sea of Thieves... They must really hate it...