My God. On one hand, I like that we can talk to developers. It's taken for granted these days that you can just reach out and complain or be heard or just compliment the makers of your favorite games. It's an unprecedented level of connection that has never been seen before, and we are lucky to live in an age where we can have our game-making heroes talk directly to us, one on one, and vice-versa.
On the other hand, I hate it. Every single one of you entitled gamers (no, not YOU guys, you guys are cool) crying in your frosted flakes about how this isn't how you wanted it, and that wasn't fun for you, and you'd rather have it this way! Wahhhh! I want what I want, and I want it now!
Dear Lord. Here's an idea; how about reading a couple reviews, dum-dum? How about not pre-ordering like a mindless automaton, where Game X=Money Y, no matter what. They say "Fallout," you say "take money". Then you have the balls to bitch and moan when it's not perfect, or even good. Who, dear friends, is at fault here? Buying a movie ticket in no way guarantees you a good film, just like buying something with the name of your favorite game on it does not entitle you to a good experience. Maybe, just maybe, you should point a little bit of that outrage at the dumbass who forked over $59.99 for a game because it had a title that you liked. It's like marrying a woman you've never met before (or maybe you talked to her sisters and thought that they were cool), then getting all pissy when she can't cook. Or clean. Or do... anything. But, boy, she sure looked good in that picture on the box, didn't she?
Still, Bethesda is now groveling and begging for forgiveness; they're just so, so sorry that they haven't been keeping every single little bawl baby in the loop of exactly how they are going to make this right! Don't you worry, mama Bethesda is gonna powder your Fallout 76 bottom and make it alllllllll better.
From Bethesda, on their latest in a long line of upcoming update:
"Your C.A.M.P. will no longer be automatically blueprinted and stored if someone is occupying your location when you log into a server. Instead, you'll receive a notification that your space is occupied. If you decide to find a new home for your C.A.M.P. on that server, it will be free to do so. However, if you don't attempt to place down your C.A.M.P., you will be able to switch to a new server where that spot is vacant and your C.A.M.P. will be fully assembled and waiting for you."
"We know you're frustrated and angry at the state of things right now, whether it's the issues you're running into in the game, or the lack of communication about fixes, updates, or news. We didn't want you to think the silence meant nothing was happening. We're sorry and understand this was not the right approach, and we'll work to make a better bridge between you and the dev team at BGS."
Bethesda goes on to say that they will now post articles on a weekly basis "to make sure you know what the studio is working on as it relates to issues you may be experiencing, quality of life requests you have, or new features they're excited to share".
I'm sure they will warm up your ba-ba for you just the way you like it, too.
Fallout 76 is out now.
