S3E45 - Fallout 76, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Multiplayer Gaming - “Fallout With Friends”

Fallout 76 & Multiplayer Gaming


In this episode:


Void has been playing Fallout 76, Red Dead Redemption, and
Draglia Lost which has gotten him thinking about where we both
stand with multiplayer games at the moment.  We dig in about
what’s working for us and what’s not.

We are both in a very similar place in terms of not wanting
to devote a ton of time to them for no reward, but the way we
want to dig in on that is different. Beej is into the more
asynchronous multiplayer games right now, while Void looks at
Dragalia Lost as a perfect casual filler because you get
real-time interaction by killing raid bosses.

RDR2 is a fun experiment, but Void wanted a Wild West Horsey
Game and has instead been given a Work Your Way East Oops Now You
Are In New Orleans Horsey Game. It is a fantastic technological
achievement, but Void wonders if the game may be better
multiplayer because the world is so interesting, but the story is
going in a direction he's not happy with.

Additionally, Fallout:76 has some good ideas and looks
promising, but the storytelling is hit-or-miss because of it
being done through audio logs and terminals. While that isn't a
bad thing on its own, the fact that you tend to be in a voice
party with others means that you can easily miss pertinent
information and narrative because your party is either talking or
wants to move on.

Additionally, the Fallout:76 world feels kind of artificially
empty because of how the story is being told right now. That may
change as the game opens up, though. This is beta, after all.



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Weekly Geekery


BJ did some MCU rewatching with Spider-Man Homecoming and
Infinity War, is still playing Marvel Strike Force, and gets to
go watch a live show of Double Dare.

Void gives a Gamefly update on Shadow of the Tomb Raider,
Dragon Quest XI, Yoku’s Island Express, and Labyrinth of refrain:
Coven of Dusk.  He also accidentally tangents the podcast
onto the topic of different generations with a discussion of the
book Breathing Machine: A memoir of computers.



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