Fallout 76: Wastelanders
In Fallout 76: Wastelanders, people are now coming back to West Virginia. Two vying factions are struggling to gain the upper hand as the secrets of West Virginia are revealed. The Settlers have come to find a…
Fallout 76: Wastelanders is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Bethesda Game Studios, released 14 April 2020 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Fallout 76: Wastelanders is
Fallout 76: Wastelanders is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and released in 2020. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Wastelanders is a major expansion for Fallout 76 that reshapes post-war Appalachia a year after Vault 76 first opened its doors. As word spreads of safety and hidden fortune in the mountains, new settlers and returning raiders pour into the region, each group staking out its own territory. The Vault dwellers are drawn into the tensions between these factions while chasing a persistent rumor of a great treasure buried somewhere in the wasteland. Choosing which side to trust, the player sets out to uncover what really lies waiting in the ruins and what it might cost the fragile communities of Appalachia.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are science fiction.
Where it sits in the Fallout series
Fallout 76: Wastelanders is the 47th of 56 entries we hold in the Fallout series. The next entry was Fallout 76: Wastelanders - Deluxe Edition in 2020. Its critic score of 60 is 12 points below the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition at 92.
How it was received
Fallout 76: Wastelanders holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 13 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Fallout 76: Wastelanders launched on 14 April 2020, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Persona 5 Royal, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord and Resident Evil 3. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Persona 5 Royal, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, Resident Evil 3.
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