But tbqh most people are judging Fallout 76 on concept rather than gameplay
This is completely false and you know it
Can we stop pretending Fallout 76 is being misjudged because it's not the mainline game people wanted? It would not have a 53% on Metacritic and a vicious user score if it wasn't being judged on the gameplay
No it isn't. People have been bitching about 76 not being a "real" Fallout game ever since it was announced and before anyone had even played it. That has been the main narrative from gamers since day 1, and I've encountered tons of people both irl and online who completely wrote it off based on that alone.
Some of the criticism is based on gameplay now that people have actually played it, but the "I'm not playing that shit" people are still overshadowing that
"Some of the criticism"
You do realize the people making critic reviews are not fans who just wanted a real Fallout game, yeah? They're people whose job is to play games and review them, that actually played the game and criticized it for being a broken piece of garbage. These people decided a AAA game (the games notorious for having usually bloated positive reviews) was so fucking bad that it added up to a 53 rating. Tons of people have bought this game and shared the same sentiment. Nothing is being overshadowed here. It has strictly been about the gameplay since day one, that is why it got a heavy discount a week after launch. Something that literally -never- happens with games of this caliber.
It got a heavy discount after launch because it was Black Friday. Nearly all games that come out that close to Thanksgiving have huge Black Friday deals. Thats literally why publishers choose to release at that time.
Cause that is why RDR2 dropped in price. Oh wait. ---
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