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How did this happen? Well I'll tell you Buck Up Buckaroos Today's lesson is the misfired launch of Fallout 76 June 2018. It began with everyone getting just a little hyped up. Have we waited long enough guys? Oh God yes we have. Todd I think we have Fallout 76 Bethesda's biggest game yet My God it was exciting and they promised with know more at E3 E3 hype time.

The press Conference: 16 times the detail, 16 times the detail, all new rendering, lighting and Landscape technology four times the map size. It is four times the size of Fallout 4 and it's our biggest one yet. my God it was exciting November 14th 2018 The game goes live with a day. One patch of 50 gab for sake I'll see you tomorrow but once that's downloaded, people start logging into the Hellscape that is Fallout 76 and oh dear lord they never fix the bugs and there are so many of them.

Goodbye World Goodbye necks, goodbye body, goodbye heads Bugs Bugs bugs everywhere. Server crashes, game crashes, old bugs and P from Fallout four use more than one nuke at a time. Server's dead text is far too textur and all consuming. Void 307 Can't pick up stuff Can't stop asserting dominance with a T Pose: Frame rate problems screen tear problems getting too swole getting underneath the map, getting attacked by invisible enemies, spawning too many enemies.

It kind of speaks for itself spawning too many God Rays Also, your Camp resets after every session and sometimes it goes underwater. Holotapes randomly play static, but too many holotapes. none of them will play enemy. AI is far more a than I.

Animations are broken surprise, floating objects and a traveling Merchant just to name a few. Joseph Anderson has a great video that documents just the ones that he found personally. That video is 3 hours long. Um, but it gets worse.

You're a C 348780, can corrupt Your Da and force you to reinstall the game and console operating system. A few PC players had their computers brick entirely. Also, when the date rolled over to the 1st of January 2019, the nukes and the game stopped working all together. No one thought it prudent to program in other years in an always online game and a few players were straight up logging into other people's accounts.

This guy had a level 78 character that was randomly replaced with a level eight character. but there's to said, they couldn't do anything about it. Holy many players are not thrilled with this game and they want Bethesda to know that. and they want everyone else to know that too.

But Bethesda owns the platform is Fallout 76. Fun! Yes, it is banned for racism. Thread locked. They had no direct outlet for their rage.

The only solution was to put a torch to everything else. Reddit Twitter Bethesda's other games on Steam The backlash was immense, but surely level heads would. Prevail The reviewers would would come out and say that the game isn't so bad. Oh dear lord they ha it.

This is so sad. Despacito Play Country Roads What's War Thunder Almost Heaven L CH Is this IGN Who Who does this? These guys always Rite Things like complete garbage and the YouTube Community had this to. all these guys have no Integrity Z. I don't even could barely bring myself to play it in order to finish this review.

No one on staff wants to play any more of this video game. I'm not going to subject myself to another 20 30 hours of this mess. In short, Fallout 76 is morally technically and creatively bankrupt. The M Zda forums were working over time.

the mods on Reddit almost gave up look I'm not saying that some people didn't enjoy and have fun with this game. but what I am saying is that the Metacritic was really funny to read. So what happened? Well, it came out that development was hugely rushed. The dead lines were tight.

too tight. Plus this wasn't be first as 18. it's actually a relatively inexperienced division based in Austin and the scope of the game kept getting bigger. We're going to need distant weather systems hey Todd I stayed up all night and I just we're going to need 16 times The detail please Todd no more.

We're going to need four times the size of Fallout 4. That and they were trying to Patchwork the AL Thea creation engine into a multiplayer framework. What else could you expect? That's why I give my kids Fallout 76 Now the to could tolerate the bugs and the bad views in The Irate players. But what they couldn't tolerate were the exploits.

um, infinite inventory, infinite invisibility. The frame rate was tied to the game speed, so people were going a lot faster than they should. More items, infinite cash, and infinite duplication. unlimited XP unlimited nuking.

The nuclear cloes were unencrypted and you could Wall clip into the quest room and someone was given the curse of infinite invincibility. Naturally, this can really mess with other players online experience. so Bethesda was ready with the ban Hammer This just works and a blindfold to wildly flail around and take down anyone who happened. B But Bethesda wasn't satisfied with just Banning people.

No, they're a progressive company with. Big Ideas They wanted to give a Road to Redemption so support Sent out this email to players caught cheating. We would be willing to accept an essay on why the use of third party cheat software is detrimental to an online game. Community That's right, 500 words on why you're a very nor boy and they may just give you your account back.

But a couple of days later the marking from news outlets caused them to reconsider this approach. One more exploit. In all the Bethesda games, there's a de room. Every item in the game is kept here.

Security has to be top-notch because otherwise someone could just Walt in and take all of the best items and be an absolute disaster. That was a thing. Well, of course. Beth Thda wasn't equipped to deal with the issue.

People started flooding in, taking the best items in the game, then selling those items on a black market of sorts. At first they tried the usual approach: Benning people who had some of the best items in the game. You spent 700 hours just to get the best gun die cheater. Next, they put in a system where players would get tagged if they ever entered the room and they banned those players.

That wasn't much better because people would just start using Smurf accounts. Get in quick with a level one account, get all that good, then get the out, then use a duplication glitch to get a ton more of those items, then transfer that stuff to your main account and you're good to go. Bethesda Then takes out this level one and calls it mission accomplished and you've just beaten the game. So the problem continued.

Bethesda is running out of ideas to solve it. There's a lot of speculation in the media and among players about how exact people are getting in, but no one except for the exploiters knows for sure. That said, Bethesda needs to act fast before it ruins the economy of the game. So they wrote another email and sent it out to the Smurfs.

Uh hello cheatah do you want to tell us how you why is there a Dev room and why didn't they remove it? Did it and we might unban you Please Should we not hear back from you, the account will simply remain suspended Bro bro negotiating with with exploiter Dude I You get this email Dude, you must dude. Is it like unprecedented? Almost like what the we not hear back from you, the account will simply remain suspended. It's not known whether this approach worked, but from what I've seen, it's still possible. I'm put some blinds up.

You're wrong. November 22nd 2018 Just a week after the release, the game goes on discount from $60 to $40 to 35 to 30. You can find it for 15 on eBay and in Germany they straight up giving it for free when you buy a PlayStation controller. Also, some stores are just zip tying it to other products, but to Bethesda it's worth selling the thing at a price close to zero because it brings people into the atomic shop which is where the real margins are and it inflates the poor sales figures.

Let's have a look at those. The latest figures show 76 sold less than a sixth of what Fallout 4 did. Not good. There's also been a massive oversupply of hard copies, although what's the point of a hard copy when the thing disc telling you to redeem an online code and while sales are low, returns are high.

Immediately upon release, people began asking Bethesda for a refund 76 is not on Steam It's on Bethesda's own platform so they have all the control. Bro If players only play the game, let let me show you this. Let let me this. let get their money back.

However, it came out that people were sometimes getting refunds after a full hold up Bro, Are you seeing this chat LX QC I Found God I Found God Holy dude I Can tell you how to beat this one Farm Oliver 24 hours ofing quite generous Wor about forums and a post got 12,000 upvotes informing people that this made pretty much everyone eligible for a refund and the comments told them exactly how to do it. Bethesda Was flooded with requests for refunds and their response shut it down Lads No, no no one gets a refund Now everyone go home. Shows over Robot Customer serviceman engage customers who have downloaded the game are not eligible for a refund. We apologize for the inconvenience.

die. A few things followed. First people got mad. One hardcore gamer even trashed a GameStop for refusing his refund.

Classic That is a classic video. Thank you for calling GameStop This is Brian here Can I help you a bit of an over Chad Brian but probably also fake. Second, the media and third a class action lawsuit. There inconsistent refund policy in terms of service may not be strictly legal.

November 27th 2018 Mosio and Rod LLP filed class action suit on of customers. Media quickly picked up on that. Their main argument is that it's a sometimes unplayable game problems. then they're refusing refunds and that Bethesda is engaged in a strategy to release anyway and then slowly patch their way into a more playable State Updates on this lawsuit is slow so I'll keep you informed on the second.

Channel add time. Look, there's a pre-ordered the Power Armor. Oh no, classic, just rewind a little bit. Oh no.

Here comes fans made their pre-orders and the most dedicated pre-ordered the Power armor. Edition Wow! It came with a helmet box, map, army toys and a genuine West Tech Canvas Bag Fast forward to the release and customers notice that their precious bags which are supposed to be made of the finest canvas in the land M Yummy! look a bit different. In fact it looks like a carry bag the real bag should come in. Do they really just advertise one thing and deliver another? You can't do that.

That's just legal. Yeah! Surge of backlash and people began emailing Theth for refunds asking for Answers By this point, customer service is absolutely over it. They are done with the facade and they send this email In response is G hello We are sorry that you aren't happy with the bag. The bag shown in the media was a prototype and was too expensive to make.

We aren't planning on doing anything about it. that's the whole email staff at Bethesda aren't even hiding their contempt anymore. more. Naturally the internet goes wild.

Are you kidding me? Wow. Wow. Well I got so mad I shaved everything off my face. Okay guys, this is a bit of a PR nightmare.

We have to quell the outrage. What do we do? Well, we've got this in-game currency. Let's just give them the minimum amount of that. No sh idea here You here You anyone who paid $2 to $300 for the Power Armor Edition is hereby entitled to $55 worth of in-game currency that you'll be able to spend with us 500.

Adams Yeah, what are you going to do with your Adams I'm going to buy 518 of the white paint version of the Power Armor. Whoa. What about you? Lightwood Laminate Lightwood Lemonade Lightwood Lemonade The bag. He's right.

The bag Lightwood Lemonade Lon Lemonade Lemonade Of course this was Bethesda's fantasy of what would happen. What really happened is further outrage and even the media started piling on my my. my hair is reaching crazy temps part of that class action law from earlier, but there's a put out I'm going to get some customer service and gave a different excuse for why they I'm cooking a shortage of material. Apparently that was quickly debunked because it turns out they did make the canvas bag except they gave them all out.

Two influences. Oh dear oh wow, it's not the same one of course, but it's sourced from that ever scarce material canvas. But what's more amusing is that it turns out there is a canvas bag in the game if you done the postman's outfit which of course can be found at the atom shop for 700 atoms. Ooh just short.

Well, the bleeding from the online community continued. Empathist as lawyers Rel Iz There would be trouble so they decided to capitulate. All right, fine, we'll make you a precious bag if you want to claim it. You'll have to fill out this form with your name, personal details, address, etc.

etc. and we'll ship out the bag to you in 4 to 6 months. But it doesn't quite end there because Bethesda is known for bugs And of course their website is a buggy mess too. Turns out all of the customer support inquiries are unsecure and open to the public.

In fact, people can open and close and change them at will. Listed a details of full legal names, phone numbers, home addresses, and more bag. You' Actually, oh, just been doxed not knowing. Immediately, fix the problem Bethesda Panics and temporarily shuts down the whole website and that is the tale of the duffel.

Kur fuffle. How could this have been so difficult? they made one for for New Vegas one last piece of match a rum drink Nacac Cola dark pre-orders available in September Shipped out on November 14th. $80 plus postage in handling. Not cheap, but in return you got a very cool Bole looks good on the Shelf A great conversation piece with the family over Thanksgiving or at least it would have been November 14th came and went and there was no rum.

Uh okay. a week later on November 21st an email comes through. there's a delay. Things aren't up to the usual Fallout standard they say I I need to get some tap this is going to.

this is going to kill me. All of this just works. Things aren't up to the usual Fallout so we'll have it for you soon. No specific date given one week CER nothing.

Then on December 5th another email. Good news. We start shipping on December 12th. It's been nearly 3 months since you pre-ordered but as a show of good faith we made this promotional video for you and this is where things went from tardy to retardy right there.

Did you cat that that's just a regular industry bottle and a plastic shell? We paid $80 and waited a quarter of a year for a plastic shell. People were not happy. Look at that ratio. Nothing in the marketing said that it was a plastic shell super premium we were promised and the Meteor agreed.

People began canceling their orders. so the screen tries to convince people that it's not cheap and shitty. It actually cost us twice as much to make the plastic one than the glass one. then.

What the We? 100 hours coding the design, convincing stuff so it arrives just a few days before. Christmas The rum is about the quality you'd expect. Can I swear on this, it's my own shell. Worse is the design.

The oversized lip means liquid can pour inside the shell. hard to pour. cuz how they made this damn thing spilled like half the shot. very dribbly.

So you're best off opening the whole thing up to Prev. If you do that, there's a good chance that you'll snap the flimsy plastic. Any liquid will immediately ruin this cheap paper sticker. Some made their own at home and the quality was about on par.

But look, if you do want a decent version of this product, there are reputable sellers of them they're on. Etsy They're far cheaper and they actually give a Not going to lie though. some of the memes that came out of this were pretty good. Now many claimed that this was an honest mistake sorry, or that customers were at fault for misinterpreting ambiguous marketing.

I Disagree. All of the marketing shows other glass items. All of the mockups show something more akin to frosted glass than plastic. They give plenty of descriptions of the product too, and not once do they mention plastic and they were engaged in a bunch of other Tom as well.

before the product was even available, they flooded their own product reviews with stars. This raised some eyebrows and people on Reddit even called them out for it, so they deleted them. You can see all this activity on the way back machine. Now, if they're happy to deceive people in this way, it seems silly to give them the benefit of the doubt about the glass.

It's also worth quickly talking about. the Bethesda Merch store. Some of these items are pretty neat. That's cool.

Good idea I'd have that Fallout 76 pant singular. but why is he so mad? The photography is all just slightly off. This gy jacket was mocked relentlessly on social media I Mean that looks terrible though. The 76 in $276 really make it more immersive.

And why did they just toss it on the ground and it comes in this crumpled up toddler body bag? You're talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars in merch and you don't have an iron? Why is she wearing the size? XXL She's clearly not happy about it, but who looked at this and said good job Print. Now that's surprising. And what the bro? They could hire me for free and then better than that. One of those, please, but bigger and brown is that so hard? Let's get back to the game December 2018 There are two new patches released quite a stir.

The Good for PC They included a number of quality of life improvements including push to talk future but it also brought in field of view sliders. Hooray! Increased stash capacity from 400 lb to 600 lb and a small buff to automatic weapons. Hooray! They decreased the carry weight of bobby pins so it no longer took up 10 to 20% of people's inventory I Got a box of bobby pins the other week. That said, that said, wav these.

There were also upgrades to the camp that allowed for easier construction and a bunch of bug fixes. Hoay I Don't know the bad. A whole bunch of unannounced stealth Nerfs They generally made the game grindier Imemo production was decreased Fusion Cores burnt out faster, legendary enemies spawned less frequently on guard I'll you up And the backlash was significant because everybody knew why Bethesda was doing it to encourage people to use the Atomic Shop. And let's talk briefly about that store.

Some of the prices are outrageous: a Christmas tree for $12 a Santa outfit for 20, Blue and yellow paint for $8 Oh look, $3 for the same sweater, vest and slack item imported from Fallout 4. But the biggest offense of all was the holiday emote bundle $24 for some Christmas The emotes twice the price of these games. The media agreed that these were egregious prices, but worse, they're engaged in some deceiving marketing practices too. Oh no, it's marked down half price.

but it's not. It was released half price. They're artificially jacking up the price only to then give it a fake limited time discount in order to create urgency that's illegal here in Australia at least in Canada and in the EU really picked up on this and pointed it out Beth Isda reacted by scrapping the disc catch price. Okay, it's been about 25 minutes of whining now, so I'm just going to leave it here I Didn't even get a chance to touch on the new pay to win Fiasco the new camera icem that lets you teleport dwindle numbers.

But on the flip side, they're also adding new content and improving the game over time. Hecky was surprising comeback. so maybe Bethesda can do it too. But for now Todd returns to cryostasis, secure, hiding in his bunker until the bombs of outrage stop falling and returning.

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