Fallout 76 has had and continues to have problems. It has often been suggested that it should become Free2Play. But what do the developers say about it?
What are the rumors about Free2Play? Fallout 76 has not had it easy from the start and already shortly after launch struggled with massive problems. Therefore, the game was first massively reduced in price and initial rumors about Free2Play emerged.
In light of the chaotic Patch 11, which angered many players, the question arises again. Will Bethesda soon turn Fallout 76 into a Free2Play game and only keep afloat with microtransactions from the Atom Shop? After all, the game was shortly available for free at the beginning of June.
The colleagues from GamePro asked the developers about this at E3 2019.
This is what Bethesda says: The top developers at Bethesda, Jeff Gardiner (Project Lead) and Chris Mayer (Lead Developer), clearly reject these rumors. A Free2Play launch of Fallout 76 is not planned at all and not intended for the foreseeable future.
Rather, they are confident that the planned expansions and updates for Fallout 76 will bring further success to the game.
This is how Fallout 76 wants to become more successful
Basically, it seems that Fallout 76 is doing better again, aside from the trouble around Patch 11 . The developers ensure this by listening to the community and regularly delivering new, free content updates. The popular Battle-Royale mode Nuclear Winter was a good start.
This is coming in the Wastelanders update: Already at E3, fans were happy to hear about Wastelanders . Because until now, the world of Fallout 76 – apart from other players and monsters – has been empty and desolate. It seems that all the people died in the war.
But with Wastelanders, the other survivors return and you finally have NPCs in the game to interact with. This finally addresses a major criticism from the community and turns it more into an RPG.
Will there be paid DLCs? The developers also had something to say about this. Because they do not currently plan to charge players for new game updates. Instead, updates like Wastelanders are supposed to remain free.
The developers, by the way, are working hard on fixes for the bugs from Patch 11. But at least the barbecue party is well received:
