Earlier today, the B Society officially released a blockbuster news about the update plan of "Fallout 76" in 2022, which was divided into four seasons. When updated in the spring, players will see more public events, new quests, and different NPCs and enemies.
In the eyes of ordinary people, this is at best an ordinary update of an online game. Veterans who really know the game will know how rare it is.
How many steps does it take to go from Most Anticipated Game of the Year to Most Disappointing Game of the Year?
Most people can't give an accurate answer to this question, but turning the time pointer back to 2018, the developer of "Fallout 76" B Society demonstrated how to smash its own golden signboard with its own practical actions.
The story is set in the wasteland after the nuclear explosion, and the Fallout series has always been released as a single-player game. But at the 2018 E3 Game Show, when the producers of Company B told everyone that the latest game in the series, "Fallout 76", was an online game, everyone was shocked.
But Fallout 76's word-of-mouth encounter with Waterloo isn't just because it changes the gameplay. After the official release of the game, the PC side can not download, the PC side only logs on to the B society's own platform, the same material as the previous generation, endless BUGS, touching optimization..... These questions came together and eventually made it the most disappointing game of the year.
If you ask how unpopular "Fallout 76" was at that time, it is very telling that a foreign supermarket directly used "Fallout 76" as a gift to buy a second-hand handle when it "cleared and swept the goods". However, such a game has unconsciously operated to the fourth year.
Headwind reversal after continuous updates
Currently on the Steam platform, Fallout 76 has a 76% rating and is mostly positive. Although it is not a particularly good game, it is at least a work above the passing line. The reason why there is such a situation is inseparable from the continuous updating and optimization of the B society in recent years.
Improve the game environment step by step, enhance the player's gaming experience. After four years of updating, Fallout 76's rating went from "useless" to "worth a try." "That's the way it is, and the Constant Tinkering of the B Society plays an important role. At least the players' persistence has waited for the belated sincerity of the B Society.
From the early pure online games that did not even have NPCs, to the single-player campaigns and plots that were added later to enrich the game content; From bugs flying all over the place, it is basically satisfactory now. Fallout 76 was able to operate to this day, and the official efforts were on the one hand, and the care of enthusiastic players also played a key role. The friendliness of the newcomers, "Fallout 76" is historical.
Limited by the poor wind ratings at the time of the game's initial release, the presence of newcomers into the pit seems precious to many veteran players. In this process, Meng Xin will not only be supplied by the big guy, but some people will also set up an organization in the game to play the role of a rescuer to help players in distress. It is precisely under the joint efforts of many parties that "Fallout 76" has achieved a headwind reversal.
"Fallout 76" gave peers a shot in the "cardiotonic agent"
With the announcement of the 2022 update plan, Fallout 76 players have new expectations. For years to come, Society B will not give up on this game. And its existence also gives those games that are looked down after the first launch, a glimmer of expectation for the future. EA's joint refund of 200,000 people will continue to update "Battlefield 2042", which is very telling.
In addition, Cyberpunk 2077 seems to have become the second fallout 76, and it may not be called a "god work" in the future, but it still has a high probability of becoming an excellent game. In this sense, Fallout 76 opens up a new path.