Fallout 76 release date revealed as November 14 – and there’s a beta coming
The next entry in the Fallout series looks closer to the traditional Fallout experience than many had feared
FAllOUT 76 will be an online RPG, set in a world four times larger than Fallout 4.
It looks to be very similar in concept to previous Fallout games -- you will play as a survivor from Vault 76, sent into the wasteland on a mission, doing quests, gathering loot and levelling up.
However, the experience will be fundamentally different, as the version of post-apocalyptic of West Virginia you venture into will be occupied by other players. Co-op play is strongly encouraged, though solo play will be possible according to Bethesda Studios' Todd Howard.
This wasteland has "very few rules", and as well as being significantly larger than other Fallout games it will be rendered in 16 times as much detail.
However, not all other players will be friendly in this gorgeously-realised world. Killing other players will be possible through many means, but it looks like this will put a bounty on your head to limit the trouble you can cause.
The game will be "softcore survival" according to Howard, with no progress being lost upon death. You will be in a world shared with a dozen or so other players at any given time so that the wasteland doesn't feel too crowded.