Fallout 76 devs were surprised the community turned out to be so friendly: 'It’s post-apocalyptic, it’s Fallout, they’re going to all want to kill one another ... it's ...

"Before we released the game, we were like… it’s post-apocalyptic, it’s Fallout, they’re going to all want to kill one another," Rush said. "It’s the complete opposite. The complete opposite. It’s ...

Fallout 76's design director is still defending its original absence of NPCs: 'At the beginning, we wanted it all to be player-driven'

I guess they briefly forgot about all the other player-driven Fallouts full of NPCs.
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7 Years Later, It’s a Shame Fallout 76 Still Isn’t a Better Game

Bethesda made the attempt to wade into live-service, online multiplayer gaming seven years ago with Fallout 76. The Fallout franchise had primarily been made of RPGs up until that point, with the last ...