Is Fallout 76 Worth Playing In 2024?

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has always had its flaws, but it may finally be worth a shot. It's the sixth (not the 76th) mainline game in the series, and the earliest set in overall franchise continuity. It's raised eyebrows since it was first announced. Many wondered how Bethesda's usual open-world RPG formula, which relies on near-total player freedom and unlimited resource gathering, would translate to an MMO format. Others were concerned about how the game's stated lack of human NPCs would impact its approach to storytelling.

But, for better or worse, was released in April 2020 to near-universal critical panning. It was chock-full of bugs, lacked any sense of balance, and seemed to subsist on microtransactions. It was disappointing, to say the least — especially so after the pretty impressive three-game run of,, and. But by now, has had almost four years of updates, patches, and new content expansions. But has it finally reached a point where it's worth the price of admission?

Would it really be a Bethesda game without bugs? Even in 2024, still has more than its share of glitches — but the situation now is much better than it was at launch. At this point, most of its bugs are merely visual, and only temporary. Players might see their characters floating, camp objects clipping into the ground, or NPCs' facial expressions not syncing up to their dialogue. Again, these are pretty harmless overall, and can actually be amusing if players don't take the game too seriously.

Compared to the kind of issues had at launch, these little bugs are nothing. These were game-breaking problems: quests would be unfinishable, players would get stuck in Power Armor, and the game would crash on fast traveling. One early bug even locked Xbox players out of the game