When first stepping out of Vault 76 you're in a heavily wooded mountainous region where the buildings are gently rotting but not completely devastated by nukes. But in most cases I'm perfectly happy reading the history of the region, its conflicts, and the trials and tribulations of its long-dead population.įallout 76 is a shockingly big and beautiful world to explore. Sometimes I miss talking to NPCs as in singleplayer Fallout games, and I would have liked meeting some of these diary writers in person-the fact that everyone is already dead definitely detracts from the drama and urgency. I've investigated a child abduction cold case, I joined a secretive costumed crime-fighting guild, and nosed around in the email of politicians and businessmen. There are interesting personal tales to be discovered and pieced together, too, and mysteries to solve. Sometimes they lead to side quests, usually requiring bouncing around a few different locations and killing the enemies you find there, but there's a lot of strong world-building, explaining how the various factions were established and began to war against each other. But the smaller stories, written in terminal entries and typically inconsequential to the main quest, are often well worth nosing around for. I'm not a fan of most of the voice acting in Fallout 76, in particular one raider robot who will dominate your headphones for a large portion of your mid-level questing-the most irritating robot in a videogame since Claptrap. The rest of the population are dead, or robots, or have been monsterified, meaning your quests and the story exclusively come from notes, diaries, a few extremely talkative bots, and holotapes. You're not alone: the other two-dozen players on the server represent the only living humans in what's left of Appalachia.
By working through the fears and anxieties of your virtual companion, you can eventually find your way back to Earth-while unraveling the cryptic history of the ship and the 1980s society from which it emerged.25 years after the nukes fell during the Great War, Vault 76 opens and you step out into post-apocalyptic West Virginia to find out what happened to your vault's Overseer, who set out before you. The ship is essentially the AI computer’s body, and reacts to Kaizen’s feelings by making different sounds-pay attention for clues!Īs in any relationship, there can be gratitude, disappointment, or jealousy, and Kaizen reacts differently depending on its mood.
You can even leave the ship for breathtakingly scary spacewalks! All sound and music come from the environment there is no traditional score. You’ll examine items to gather information and solve hacking puzzles as you progress. You’ll freely navigate evocative 3D environments brought to life with physics-based rendering and advanced lighting techniques. The reality of your situation will emerge organically as you communicate with Kaizen and explore the mysterious ship in first-person perspective. You interact with the computer, named Kaizen, by typing messages on terminals throughout the ship. Set in a retrofuture inspired by sci-fi classics such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, the game is about forging a personal relationship with your only companion, an insecure AI entity capable of procedurally generating over two million lines of dialog. Event is an award-winning narrative exploration game where you must build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home.
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