Ah well see the reason I love Ark so much isn't because it's an online survival game, but because it's a crafting, taming creatures, survival game. I did the online stuff, some time after I played single player, but I ended up getting back into single player and I'm not sure if I'd do the online thing again. That said, if this is a strictly online game with other people, I probably won't get into it. I'm not strictly against playing games online w/ others, but I have a strong preference to play online with friends only (ie, you guys w/ Terraria). I did enjoy my online time w/ Ark and I got some new friends and had some fun, but there was a lot of babysitting (of creatures, especially newborns) and when it came to PVP and time for war, I left.

What I'm wondering is why it's not called Fallout 5. Perhaps that's because it's an online survival. So, maybe the next single player version of the game will be Fallout 5, granted I'd prefer that instead of online survival.

Ah, ok. I didn't think of it like that. I'm so used to the Final Fantasy series and how almost always those numbers are not related.

Yup yup! You can have your own server w/ Ark. PixArk is the last game I ran as a server, only because some features are still missing in the single player game. I like to run TShock for Terraria, too, when I get to a point where I want to change the time (for fishing quests) and use warps. But yeah, those kind of people you mention, Jon, suck. I believe they're called "griefers" and "trolls." There's also those kids (and perhaps adults) w/ the "yo mama" jokes/insults and calling everyone some other bad things (I don't feel like repeating those).

Yeah, a Cheerful Ghost Fallout 76 server sounds great!

Check out this video. As long as there's a single player mode, I'll be happy to get it. https://youtu.be/8RgbeA4H0FY

Did you see this from the MS press conference? https://youtu.be/toS9OiU-y0k Wow 4 times bigger than Fallout 4?! My only gripe (regarding what we do officially know) is the setting. I live near WV and I really don't care to explore that area in a video game. Sure, it can be nice and quaint, but I'm not really down for that whole country scene. Still, it won't matter, I'll still most likely buy this game. Apparently XBox users can pre-order on the 15th. I don't know if I'll preorder, I think I'd like to see when it's going to be released. What do you guys think?

Yeah, @Travis, WV is beautiful. Surprisingly progressive? That's new to me, but you said populous areas, which makes some sense. But yeah, you're right post-apocalyptic, won't really matter. It'll be cool, I'm sure, I'm just not a fan of the country, I'm tired of it really.

@Jon I don't believe we'll see another Elder Scrolls game for a while. I'd say maybe, just maybe, in about 5 or 10 years. The last I saw, they said that the technology isn't up to par with what they want to do. Who knows what that is, but it's definitely going to take some time.

So, I've been watching some videos of people playing Fallout 76 and it looks more interesting than I originally thought. The people I've watched have rarely encountered other people, except for their friends of course. There's been little to no PVP in the videos I've seen. You can't even PVP until you're level 5 and apparently you won't take much damage at first, unless you fight back, then it's on, otherwise you're pretty much ok. There are quests that are easier to do with someone else and connecting with a friend seems to be kind of easy. I feel like the more of these videos I watch, the more tempted I am to get it.

I'd also like to note that it looks a lot like Fallout 4, except more familiar to me as I'm about 150 away from Charleston, WV. The WV border is only about a half hour away.

Have any of you watched your favorite YouTubers play this game? Has your mind changed as to whether or not you'll get into it?

If I didn't have Ark to keep me occupied thanks to the new DLC coming out tomorrow, I think I'd most likely buy 76. Even still, I may get it when I'm done with Ark's new DLC.

Wow that seems like a lot of could happen whereas in the videos I've been watching nothing like that has happened. I did see in one video that showed a wanted person on the map though, so someone was killing players.

I've also seen some of them server hopping. So, if you get on a serve and someone is doing something unfriendly, you can jump on to a different server. It's interesting. Mostly server hopping was used to grab Power Armor.

One problem I saw was that there seems to be no push to talk button. Instead it's open mic and you'll hear anyone on the server. At least, that's what it seems happened with one of my favorite YouTubers. Maybe open mic is more localized for the area or maybe it's on the whole map. Others that I watched didn't seem to have this problem, so I don't know what they did differently. I may figure it out eventually, because I think I've pretty much decided to get it. I just don't know if I want to pre-order it. Let me know if you (anyone here for that matter) decide to get it. It'd be cool to play with friends and I have a good headset to use.

Lucky! I don't have a console for RDR2 and I don't want one. I want it to come out on PC lol. I think I will get Fallout 76 though, eventually, maybe close to launch.

Yeah, but I heard that RDR2 performed better on the XBox One. I'm not sure I have money for a new console. I'd like to have a Switch, but can't afford one. Yeah I hope it comes to PC, but who knows. They didn't release the first one. I have it for PS3 and would love to have it on Steam.

Regarding Fallout 76, I'm feeling more confident about it and seriously thinking about it. If you get it, I hope you get it for PC so we can play together. :) Otherwise I might tough it out on my own. We'll see, I don't know what I'm going to do.

Although I did buy a New 2DSXL recently along with Pokemon Ultra Moon, but that was somewhat with birthday money I had leftover. I'd probably have to save a bit for a new console, but then there's not a lot of console games I'm aware of that I'd want. Right now Vinny uses the PS3 for gaming, I use it for streaming (watching YouTube and Hulu). My hope with a new console is that streaming would be much better, because at times I can't connect to Hulu and YouTube has trouble loading videos (sometimes).

There's also Kingdom Hearts and FFVII: Remake coming.

I decided to go ahead and pre-order Fallout 76. Apparently you can pre-load one of the console versions now (I think XBox) and PC and the other console pre-loads will be available later.

Yay! My name is GregoPeck on there. Unfortunately, it seems voice chat isn't working. I saw some people talking by an icon above their head, but couldn't hear them. Later I ran into a group that I could hear. I'm also sure no one could hear me. So, it seems a bit messed up at the moment.

I've been playing since yesterday, it actually went live before midnight.

Well, it performed really shitty at first. The game auto set my settings to Ultra and it took forever for shit to load in, so I changed it to High and it's performing better, although still sometimes things don't load in well. It'd be nice if voice chat worked, although some people may be relieved from the lack of open mic. Otherwise, it's cool and there's plenty to do. I think we're still playing with the beta version as we have not received a major update. There are definitely bugs that I hope get resolved soon.

I think the consoles got a day-one patch, but PC didn't. Some have said we got a small patch, but that's it. I'm looking forward to seeing Bethesda take care of bugs.

I think I fixed my voice chat issue. I think it was a Windows 10 privacy setting that was causing me a problem. Eventually, I found someone that could hear me and I could hear her.

Let me know what your name is when you get in so I can send you a friend request. Someone sent me one, but I have no idea who. The game does list people I've recently seen, but I didn't see where exactly that friend request came from. For us, it'll be easy once I know what your in-game name is.

Ok well I didn't see the friend request anywhere nor did I see your name. I thought that's what you might use, I'll try to get you added/a request sent. It is like Fallout 4, except it's a survival game, meaning you have to eat and drink. The bad part of this is pretty much everything will give you rads, even after cooking/boiling it. There are also plenty of bugs. Right now you can't complete the Bureau of Tourism quest because you're supposed to repair something and the game doesn't give you a prompt to repair that device.

I thought voice chat wasn't working, but it does. I think it might have been due to Window 10's privacy settings, I had to change it to allow all programs access to my mic. Finally, I found a couple of girls that could hear me. I also later found some other guys that I could talk to, too.

The game does look good and it's not bad, but there are definitely things that need to be fixed. And yet we still have no patch. :(

Feel free to write up something, Travis, I support what Jon's said to you. It's complicated, but I'm not sure I'm in a great position to write a great review, maybe I just need some more time with it.

Ok, I did a friend search for your name, found you and now it says "friend added." It's shown me that you're offline. I don't think the Bethesda launcher has a friends list, like Steam, so I'd know when you're on and playing. Hopefully, I'll get on sometime when you're on and I can find you and help you out. I feel kinda deep in the game, there are still some things I need to do, but that all can take a backseat. :)

Right. I guess I feel like I've run into things that clearly require patching, but haven't been patched yet. Also, the lack of a push-to-talk button....well my headset has a push-to-mute button, so yeah lol. I noticed on the "auto" voice chat setting, that you won't hear people unless they're close, which seems to be the same as the "area" setting. If you can hear them, you can probably see them. One girl could hear me, but I couldn't hear her and I think her teammate said it was because her voice chat was set to "team." So, I think that setting mutes you to everyone except your team.

I could write something...for starters, I wasn't even convinced about buying it until I watched YouTubers play the beta. Even then I was still a bit hesitant, too afraid of the PVP stuff, but it's not as bad as I thought it'd be. I don't often see other players, although I can see them on my map.