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Fast travel is slightly easier if you team up, but I wasnвЂ™t too surprised in my session that everyone lone-wolfed it-except, you know, two-dozen lone wolves all in the same area. ThereвЂ™s no tension, no standoff where the two of you eye each otherвЂ™s weapons and armor. Nobody really cares if they die, and so nobody really cares (at least in my time so far) about meeting other people. On the other hand, it makes multiplayer feel entirely superfluous. You donвЂ™t want some asshole ruining the fun for everyone. You pop back up somewhere else and keep playing.ДЇrom the standpoint of limiting griefing, it makes sense.

When you die you donвЂ™t lose any progress, nor any items. ItвЂ™s a survival game, sure, but youвЂ™ll barely have to think about water or food-it dumps so much on you. The stakes were high, for everyone involved.ДЇallout 76 feels like the theme park version of those ideas. I remember meeting other players in DayZ or Rust and how threatening that felt. I just donвЂ™t think Fallout 76 gets there. ItвЂ™s not so much that IвЂ™m against a multiplayer Fallout. I wish Fallout 76 did the same-and maybe it does, for key story beats, but nothing IвЂ™ve encountered so far. Destiny 2 solves this problem by heavily instancing certain areas, like the Lost Sectors. ThereвЂ™s nothing more disappointing than being deep in a crumbling ruin and then hearing someone elseвЂ™s footsteps.

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SomeoneвЂ™s using the terminal? Better hope theyвЂ™re a fast reader.ДЄnd for a series that traditionally relied so heavily on atmosphere, Fallout 76 is quick to undercut its own strengths.

SomeoneвЂ™s using the cooking station the mission directed you towards? Stand and wait until theyвЂ™re done.

As if the faux-MMO rowdiness werenвЂ™t enough, Fallout 76 also implements one of my least favorite features by forcing you to wait for other people to progress through missions before you can continue. CookpotвЂ™s вЂњin useвЂќ? I guess IвЂ™ll justвЂ¦stand here then while this guy watches a pot boil.

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