Fallout: Episode 76

Fallout 76 is an online game (1:00)

• Is an online-only game bad news?


• What about the “single-player” mode?


• Do you need PS+ or Xbox Live Games With Gold?


• What to expect in terms of gameplay

The editions available in India (5:55)

• The cost of various editions
  
  
  • Which edition is worth getting
  
  
  • About that Power Armor Edition
  
  
  • Steam release?
  
  
  • Where to get it on PC
  
  
  • Add the cost of PS+ and Xbox Live
  
  


• Why they could skip Steam
  
  
  • Steam’s curation mess
  
  

Fallout 76 as a service (12:03)

• The learnings from Elder Scrolls Online


• How Bethesda could add new areas and content


• This is the biggest Fallout game


• How they might look at recurring revenue


• The release window

Gameplay (15:50)

• Lots of missing details


• V.A.T.S.


• No NPCs


• How the game guides you for quests


• The nuke mode
  
  
  • Similarities with raids in other games
  
  


• Grieving and how Bethesda plans to negate that

How the quest system works (24:26)

• Drop-in and drop-out


• Tutorials


• Opening in the vault


• Robots will tell you where to go


• Nuke codes will be a tough process


• Base building

Games we’ve been playing this week (32:53)

• Exploding Kittens


• Killer Instinct Definitive Edition


• Splatoon 2


• Prey and the Mooncrash DLC


• Fallout 4

Music: Popular Potpourri and Path Complete from PPPPPP by Magnus “Souleye” Pålsson.