Is Fallout 76 good now? We asked its producer this trending question
radiotimes.comWhen the Fallout TV show came out, one of the questions that began trending online was this particularly harsh-sounding query: "Is Fallout 76 good now?"
Long-term players will remember that back in 2018, when Fallout 76 first launched, it did not receive universal acclaim from fans and critics, with Bethesda’s online-multiplayer Fallout experience being somewhat divisive at the time.
2024’s renewed interest in Fallout, driven by the TV version, seemed to have people wondering whether Fallout 76 is worth checking out today. It is still the most recent of the Fallout games to launch, after all, and it has received countless updates since 2018.
RadioTimes.com recently had the opportunity to sit down with one of the Fallout 76 developers. We couldn’t resist the chance to ask him about that trending question — Is Fallout 76 good now? — and you can see his reaction in the video above.
Bill LaCoste, lead producer at Bethesda Game Studios on Fallout 76, said: «I think it's a consistent question.»
Asked for a response to the question, he added, «I mean, first off, the answer is yes. It is good.»
He continued: «We never lost track of where this launch happened, and why it happened, but also the… I guess, the level of dissatisfaction that players had when it came out. So we never lose sight of that, but we've always been focused on the future too.
»Like, even from launch, there was still a roadmap and a plan to get to all of these updates and continue to update the game, continue to support it, continue to put out new content, make sure we're fixing things along the way.
«And that's happened. And a lot of the players stuck around. One, because it's a Fallout game, and they like Bethesda Games Studios games anyway. But, they knew that we were on to something.
»And so, we get it. We understand, like, yes, some players left at launch. It wasn't their cup of tea. I totally get that. But now we're welcoming them back, going, 'Hey, the game is much different now.' And even some
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