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Fallout 76: Watch 50 Minutes Of Gameplay Before The Beta

The time has finally come to see what exactly Fallout 76 is about. We put together the best 50 minutes from our time with the game. Enjoy!

At a recent hands-on event Bethesda gave us an opportunity to spend some quality time with Fallout 76. This was much needed because, until now, it was difficult get to a good handle on what exactly the game will entail. However, having played it, we've been able to wrap our heads around what a massive, multiplayer Fallout experience is like.

If you want to hear what we thought of it, you can read this Fallout 76 hands-on impressions piece and watch the accompanying video. However, if you just want to see straight gameplay, the video above will take care of that need. It features the best 50 minutes from our three-hour gameplay session condensed into one video.

Fallout 76 is set to launch on November 14 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. A pre-order exclusive beta will be available in October for all platforms (though Xbox One owners get in first). The beta will include the entire game and progress carries forward to the full release. Those on Xbox One will have a chance to take part in a pre-beta stress test.

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Is anyone here actually playing the Beta and can comment? or is it just a bunch of bitter fanboys?

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Companion stays at camp, no pipe or energy weapons....i may as well start FO3 again.

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ugh, **** 'em with a splintered mop handle.

now i don't follow all they do, so I want to ask, how's Elder Scrolls Online doing? this is likely that same case.

I envision a complete lack of interest in this thing out the gate. Then, 3 years down the line there will be a stout, meager, following saying that the game is finally what it should've been.

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They took all the parts of Fallout 4 that people hated... And they made a whole game out of it, lol I really hope this game flops, Bethesda needs to finally learn. People are hyping their defective products for too long, this thing was the last straw

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Loved FO4 and played many hours (days?) of it, but any time anything pops up that people disagree with its the "fans" that make me want to cancel my preorder. Maybe wait til its the PS+ freebie.

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This game has showcased nothing. Nothing that doesn't look like a mod, which ten guys in their garage could produce from an already existing and old engine. I've never been this dissappointed for a Fallout game, I HAVE SPOKEN!

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This looks like a mess. Fallout 4 ain't a great playing shooter, but it has a good story progression with purpose. So if all your doing is just shooting with no story, character dialogue, no purpose to progress the story to effect a situation then all this is pointless. There are better playing shooters out there if that's all you are doing.

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@nickyparmar92: Good story progression?? Dude, you need to take easy on alcohol

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@gleencross: If you played it in a structured way of following the story instead of just exploring it makes the game better. Most side quests and main quests are going to have you explore the whole of the map anyway so exploring will be done mandatory. Following all faction quests up until the moment of choosing a side helps develop each side. Fallout 4 ain't no Witcher 3, but it ain't the worst.

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@nickyparmar92: Fair enough. Witcher 3 is indeed the standard, it makes hard for us to enjoy other sandbox rpgs. Fallout 4 is not a piece of shit, it's just mediocre... right at the middle, maybe a 6 out of 10 kinda of game. With mods, the game improves a little bit. And that's the thing, most bethesda games are just like that. At least some players are finally noticing the flaws of this franchise. It's like you said, even if the rpg map is big, if there's no story or a sense of progression, what is the point? Better to have a weak story + weak characters than nothing at all, on that regard I agree with you.

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No offense Bethesda. I'm a huge fan and I've been playing your games with great delight since Fallout 1 and you have 2 games in my top 3. (Fallout 2 and Skyrim (the last and top one being GTA San Andreas)). But am I the only one who feels like the graphics are kinda prev-gen? RDR2 is my buy for the next couple of months.

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@Castaneda: Bethesda didn't make fallout 1 or 2.

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I wonder how much the visuals will need to be dumped to remove those strong frame drops

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This game is "four times bigger than Fallout 4!!!!!" because it is an empty shell of a game.

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Excitement level

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I couldn't watch it. It's either console footage or using a controller, but the panning and robotic-like movement of the camera keeps taking center-stage; everything is herky-jerky or an over correction followed by 1 or more additional corrections. NO, this is not trolling for PC over Console; to me it doesn't matter HOW you game, only that you DO. But I just can't get over footage from any game that has that issue, so I'll wait til the B.E.T.A. kicks off.

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@aegis_kleais: It's confirmed by other people at the event to be an old build of the game, only optimized for just outside the vault, running on an Xbone dev kit. Hopefully they will have the issues ironed out by release, but I honestly don't think three weeks is long enough to beta test this properly.

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Bethesda code AND online play / lag / cheats... what will kill you first? The enemy, other players, the bad code glitching you through the floor or you smashing your head against the wall because of the first 3? Find out soon!

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Hope they plan to solve the lag issue, every game play video I've seen has had that same stuttering and lag.

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Your video player stops playing on my ipad after the first commercial.

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1. Shit video player. Each time I fast fwd, fucking commercial....

2. Shit game.... My God, looks like they tried to make a CoD game out of it and failed miserably.

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@phili878: CoD ? because it has guns ?

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@phili878:

1. Get adblocker noob

2. Been a while since I played a CoD game but going to go with no here.

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@yoda101280: 1. I do have adblocker and in fact, adblocker plus. Doesn't work in videos anymore.

2. Go with no then.

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@phili878: Try ublock origin then. Don't give money to something weak like this, c'mon now

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@phili878: I use adblocker plus, these videos have no commercials or breaks of any kind for me, same as youtube. So yeah I'd say check your settings in that case.

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@yoda101280: Youtube I also have no commercials, but here I do have. In IGN no commercials as well, only in this damned site.

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It certainly looks very fallout-y. I'd love to play this - but I never will because I only play SP (apart from the occasional racer). It's a pity (imo) that they took this direction. I know that's pretty much the current direction of things; online, MMO, MP, Battle Royale, etc, but I'm only interested in SP games. Currently on Farcry5, having recently finished Kingdom Come Deliverance and Watchdogs (1).

But I hope everyone that plays this enjoys it...and they come out with a new SP Fallout very soon!

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@mpl911: They will have private servers up a bit after the launch. So obviously not a preorder for you lol but you will be able to play SP.

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whos gonna be playing this? red dead is out on the 26th

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These animations from the 90s??

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@Klevmore: Doesn't look like a 18 years old game, let's be fair. It looks like a 10 years old game.

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@Klevmore: I remember playing Soldier Of Fortune in 2000. This is close to that.

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Ok, my dudes, when you're in a room with someone else do they basically compete with you for resources? I was trying to tell if you each got your won versions of that stuff or if it just went away and that was that.

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