I forced myself to try Fallout 76 

I'm glad to hear some folks are having fun with it. Keep having a blast!

If you enjoy building things, I gotta recommend Enshrouded. The building in it is fantastic. Though I'd say give it some time to cook and let the devs work out some of the other aspects. But it has an enjoyable building mechanics, and I feel it is implemented far better than 76. And I could definitely see the potential for more diverse builds with the way the leveling works. Definitely something Bethesda has been sorely missing as of late.

The whole game is trash and so is the build system. Play a real game bud.

@@ocoolwow your opinion I'm loving it

I'm curious why you came back to it and what changes were made that made it stick the second time around.

Tbh the conversation issue was one of the biggest downsides to Fallout 4 for me. It was very jarring to get unexpected dialogue. it felt like a gamble at times.

Get the Gauss Shotgun or the Pepper Shaker til you get enough perks to change it up. Same happened to me, those carried me til I adopted the heavy gunner power armor ways.

I tinkered around with the building in the most minimal if aspects in 4, but even then, I remember the building mechanics not being super straightforward. I'm a long fan of survival crafting games, so I'm no stranger to building in games. Just felt clunky in fallout 4 (But I'll say unmodded ARK was much worse, lol) I'm glad people are out here enjoying things, though, and not letting others tell them what is and isn't good. We all like what we like. I just enjoy sharing my thoughts, and in the case of this video, I just feel better knowing for sure about where I stand on the game, instead of just assuming.

I'd like to say I appreciate your candor and the fact that you understand that opinions are just that. I will never state my opinion and an objective truth. (or I try damn hard not to imply as such) but I do know my own taste and even after just under 5 hours of play time I could tell this was generally more of the same from Bethesda. I played juat enough to see key features and how they are implemented. As far as the fast travel, I can definitely see where youre coming from, but I guess at the same I have had experince playing open world games and online games (albeit most often solo) and fast travel was always meant to backtrack faster to places previously discovered and save time. In multi-player games in the past, and to prevent abuse, it was usually attached to a timer/cooldown, but it wasn't always behind an in-game currency. And to say microtransactions are in every game is objectively incorrect. I could probably find 30 games from the last 2 years that don't, and t9 see fellow gamers just resigning to acceptance about a practice that was never needed in the industry for many years beforehand and is now IMO a symptom of a much bigger issue in the gaming industry. At the end of the day, though, I will always accept that people will continue to like things that I do not and vice versa, and while some people refuse to understand that when I'm just stating an opinion, I'm doing just that, nd not making an attack on them for the things they enjoy. I can tell that you are a rather understanding person in this regard and wish to thank you for not getting defensive or angry and instead choose to engage in a civil discussion. It's something that has become far too rare these days. And it definitely happens far too often whenever I state a dissenting opinion on bethesda games. Thanks for being decent.

@@M1cromanag3r ofcourse, its easy to hide behind a keyboard and talk trash to people, although i have a different opinion, i value yours. But, again with the microtransactions, to me unless its a pay to win item, then yes, i agree the in game purchases are predatory and dont belong in any video game period. But, things like building plans and skins where they add no benefit other than to look cool, i see no problem with, and again at the end of the day, they are optional, you can earn loads if atoms in the challenges tab which you xsn spend wherever and on whatever you like, and there are 1000's to earn. The fast travelling stuff is subjective. Iv explored the whole map more times than i can remember and sometimes whizzing around from place to place is easier and you guessed it 'faster'. Time on this earth is precious and limited for some. So if fast travelling isnt your style, then best reunforce those shoes i guess lol. On a whole, i appreciate your approach to my response to the video, it could have been way easier to deny/ignore what i said, but you didnt. I hope you give it another try, and play it for what it is, but if not, then i can understand and respect that decision. All the best my guy!

@@M1cromanag3r also, apologies for the late reply, time zones stuffed me being from the UK.

The loot nearby corpses was a HUGE QoL improvement. Tbh I should have mentioned it, but I forgot to add it to my notes (my memory is crap lol) Would honestly be a solid addition to future betheads games that I think bethesda fans would definitely praise.

@@M1cromanag3r I forgot to mention but scrapping weapons and junk at any crafting bench (except cooking) is also massive QoL

Oof. That's tough. I couldn't imagine putting in all that time only to have a build that doesn't work well. Reminds me of when people played Wasteland 2 and failed to make a well balanced team of specialists and had to restart as a result.

You know what... You're cool as hell. You get that subjectivity is a thing and that one's negative opinion isn't an attack on those that enjoyed it.

Yeah, i played a ton of 4. Once I started to feel the similarities, I didn't feel I needed another 5 hours to realize it wasn't for me. It honestly took me years of playing around with Skyrim and Fallout 4 both to slowly realize that it wasn't the same for me as previous titles. They aren't objectively bad. The devs just have taken the games in a different direction and, as such, moved away from things a lot of older fans enjoyed. But thank you for being respectful and seeing what I was doing here. It was less "I'm gonna make a video and crap on 76" and more of a "I'm gonna try to challenge myself to try things and form my own opinion" We can agree to disagree and still be civil, and your comment proves that. Thanks for giving my video/channel a shot, and thanks for being a decent human being 👍

@@M1cromanag3r the title of your video and thumbnail did help a lot as well. I am making a big circle around things like "... is bad/a failure" or such. I think, the world would be less fun if everyone had the same tastes. It would be a boring place. And failure is part of a process in learning and developing. Even Bethesda acknowledged, "voiced protagonist" and "always exactly 4 dialog-options" were no good ideas. I am leaving the low number of people who loved voiced protagonists out of that picture... the unlikely will do those again. On a totally other note, since this was the first video from your channel (we'll see what YT will show me in the future): nice hair color ;)

Thanks for the reminder, dude. Losing my memory, it seems. Definitely miss hanging in the mall specifically for that store. It's where I got all the things From dnd to anime.

the problem with Fallout 76 "Reviewers" is that they dont even make it to the Enclave storyline .

I appreciate that you saw what I was doing here. I tried to come into it with as close to neutral expectations as i could, as I know when someone ONLY looks for negative things, that's all they will see. But I honestly do see why some people would like it. There's are good things going for it. And I definitely wanted to actually play the game to either confirm or disprove my initial bias. I'm a very firm believer that one needs to make up their own mind. (I've enjoyed so many games/movies/shows that are commonly low rated by critics) Which is what I feel I've done. While some have been very rude with their responses, at the end of the day, there are people like yourself who see the intention, and at the end of the day I feel better knowing I just gave an honest opinion based of my own experience instead of parroting internet rhetoric.

Oof. This story here is why I don't bother with modding. All that work only to have to do it all over again. Best of luck. Hope you enjoy your time with 76, and it takes your mind off of pain and suffering the recent update has caused you

Then that's bad game design, in my opinion. If a player can't figure it out by playing or reading a game manual, then there is a serious issue. Unless a game's main appeal is that lack of knowledge given to the player and thus part of the fun is in the discovery) Enshrouded has a deep building mechanic. The game helps explain its building mechanics, AND it's one of those games that is about experimenting and learning things on your own. Bethesda just didn't hit the mark IMO

@@M1cromanag3r with what you're saying videos are out new game guides sadly and if you can run threw a game and find every thing on your self i find that to be lazy game design

@thedarklordsknigh there are some things that must be left as mystery for sure. Hidden treasures, optional bosses to find, content tucked away to reward curiosity and fuel the urge to explore and discover. But needing a game guide to cover the basic features of a game implies bad game design. A developer should want their game to be intuitive on the basic level. Whether through a straight-up tutorial, tool tip pop ups, or a guided beginner area to establish mechanics disguised as part of the game. One of my all-time favorite games (Graveyardkeeper) does a pass poor job of explaining how and where to gain the blue experience points. I love the game but will still criticize this flaw. Just because you enjoy a game doesn't make it immune to even your own criticisms. If we just sat back and willingly ate up everything devs through at us without contention, we'd end up with pure slop because they know we'll buy it regardless.

I'm not sure of the intent here, but I'm going to assume it's meant in jest to the people that hated on isometric RPGs. The funniest part of that whole thing is the people that SAW it was an isometric, turn based RPG, still purchased it, then complained about these exact aspects and refused to just accept the game wasn't for them, and instead called it trash lol I guess to some it may seem similar to what I've done here, but I feel there's a difference as I played this game kind of knowing what I was getting into but giving it a try to have a more informed opinion, as opposed to buying into hype and going to the extreme of pushing my subjective opinion as objective truth.

Oof. That's part of the reason I don't bother with mods, more often than not, updates will wreck them, and then you gotta do it all over. Hope you can get it sorted out soon!

@@M1cromanag3r Yeah, the thing about modded Fallout playthroughs, you gotta be willing to let go and begin again.

I have so many friends that LOVE ark. I couldn't get into it. I tried. I can see what they were going for, but it definitely fell short in terms of playability for me. The building "snap to" needed mods (build plus?) in order to function better, and the hit boxes were horrendous. That being said I'm honestly jealous of those that still enjoy bethesda games. I miss that feeling of wonder previous titles had. It's definitely just a sign that their games are no longer for me, and I'm no longer the target audience. Just sucks when a company used to get you and your taste, and they pivot. Keep adventuring and keep having fun doing it!

Lol you could definitely say that! I'll accept this quality word play from you any day my dude.

I think where my biggest issue lies is twofold. (Minus my long-standing issues with Bethesda as a developer) 1. I very rarely play Multi-player games. 2. I really dislike microtransactions in general and feel they are a big part of the failings of AAA studios. I can definitely see why folks are accustomed to these practices when they have spent more time with modern multi-player games. It's just very jarring from my standpoint as an older solo gamer, where everything in the game has always been accessible through in-game means and not a weird secondary currency. But if you're having fun. Then have fun, and don't let my or any other opinion make you think you're wrong for how you spend your leisure time.

@@M1cromanag3r Honestly I do agree That big-time company should really step away from micro transactions and online, since we have way too much online games and not a lot of single player focused ones and a lot of these companies lack the proper experience to make them due to the type of games they make.🐱

I mean, how are they gonna continue earning money after you've bought the game since future DLCs are free? Microtransactions are there to keep supporting future updates so I guess it makes sense.

This! I never looked at it from that angle, but this makes a LOT of sense. I played F4 enough to now realize there really weren't that many established settlements. Far less than F3 from what I can remember. The constant soulless and unimaginative fetch quests are pointless and rather irritating filler, something Bethesda seems insistent on cotinuing. If they do, release after release will see more and more fans leaving as a result. Honestly, I don't know how people continue to forgive them and support every title they release. They should just quit the dev side of gaming and stick to publishing and hand ES and fallout to far more capable studios IMO

I agree. Unfortunately I don't think we'll ever get to see games from Bethesda of the caliber of ES3 or FO3 again. They'll only continue to dumb down mechanics, whittle away RPG elements, and add more boring and repetitive radiant quests to pad out play time. I understand them wanting their games to appeal to a broader audience, but they're sacrificing the souls of beloved franchises to do so. I doubt they'll ever want to sell the rights of ES or FO to another company, but giving other developers (Obsidian) the opportunity to create new installments is something they should seriously consider.

my man Hancock over here crying because you forgot Goodneighbor

@@crayonchomper1180 Ah heck, I totally did forget about Goodneighbor! Literally how could I forget one of the VERY FEW fleshed out settlements in FO4?

I have to disagree with the assessment that the outpost building system in FO4 was a 'lazy mode' for the development. It took a great deal of development to make it (almost) work well. It also provided an avenue for the player to take charge of the future of that wasteland by setting up and managing the workshops... and thus contributing to the rebuilding of civilization. Or, not building them up and contributing little to the world (or just being a wandering mur-hobo). The radiant quests... yeah, I don't have much to say about the endless Preston Garvey 'a settlement needs your help' quests. After a time, time, there isn't much to do that is new and engaging, or even challenging as the player is eventually far more powerful than anything in the game. Thus, the modding scene to 'fix' the game. And some mods do indeed fix base game issues, just to be clear. Bethesda has been trying to implement micro-transactions since Oblivion. ESO and later F76 provided an avenue for it. I am not a fan of it in a multiplayer game, and feel it is a shame that it has invaded the single player field, too.

This is exactly why I played the game and made the video. I've never listened to the, as you put them, "negative algorithm monkeys", but instead based my initial assumptions on live game play. I watched CohhCarnage live day 1 for a few hours to see what the game was all about, and from what I saw, I didn't really dig. But I gave it a chance to form a more informed opinion. This is Something I feel everyone should do with any media. Theere are numerous times I didn't watch a show because I was TOLD it was bad only to watch it later in life and enjoy it. That being said, keep enjoying what you enjoy!

@@M1cromanag3r thanks for the thoughtful reply