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tanisnikana, do games w Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show

Enshittification comes even from previously unseen angles.

LiveLM,

This feels a step above. Dysenterification?

wirelesswire, do games w Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show

A reality show vault? Not even Vault-Tec had any experiments that were that cruel.

ech,

Didn’t they, though? fallout.wiki/wiki/Vault_11

teft,

Or vault 81. One side had a full community to be tested on and observed, the other side had scientists watching the experiment.

It’s just a shame hardly any scientists showed up. They’d have had some great tv to watch after starting their molerat experiments.

Cocodapuf, (edited )

Yeah… this seems pretty on brand really.

Actually, it seems really well themed, a messed up reality show is exactly the kind of thing you might find in a vault. The thing to remember though, is that Vault-Tec is supposed to be satirical… Bethesda should not become Vault-Tec because that would be unethical… Right Bethesda… Right?

vaultdweller013, (edited )

Todd Howard cannot hear you for he is too busy CHIMing.

CIA_chatbot, do games w Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show

Plot twist: Nuclear war happens while contestants are in vault

markz,

A vault made of plywood and gaffer tape

CIA_chatbot,

Well, the contestants are S.p.e.c.i.a.l

hzl, do games w Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show

This sounds stupid, but I’ll probably watch it

Canadian_Cabinet, do games w Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show

Okay but how are you supposed to test luck?

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

It’s called a “casino”.

ChonkyOwlbear,

I was thinking Russian Roulette, but I guess your way is fine.

PhobosAnomaly,

Russian Roulette.

Test for nat20’s by using a semiautomatic handgun.

markz, (edited ) do games w Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show

Games getting turned into a massive franchises tend to put me off of the entire thing

Rhoeri,

Yeah. This makes me really dislike Fallout now.

BigBananaDealer,

fallout 1 sucks now because 30 years later they made a reality show

yeah i dont get it

the_crotch,

I think it’s more like “I can’t enjoy fallout 1 anymore knowing what it eventually became”

DrSteveBrule,

I don’t even get it. Everything after fallout 1 has no bearing on fallout 1. It’s exactly the same as it was when it was released. It’s not hard to not think about things you don’t like lol

Rhoeri,

It’s like how I can’t stand to watch Kevin Spacey movies after we all found out about who he is.

Does it mean he’s no longer a talented actor? No. Does it make his movies suck? No. Does it taint everything he ever did and now seeing him reminds you of how shitty he is as a person?

a Resounding and emphatic- YES.

DrSteveBrule,

That would be a good comparison if Fallout as a franchise was a person who committed sexual assault I guess

Rhoeri,

The crime doesn’t have to equate to ha e the same effect. Someone should have probably explained this to you by now.

When I said, “It’s like….” I didn’t mean “it’s identical to…” Understanding nuance goes a long way in these cases.

DrSteveBrule,

The crime doesn’t have to equate? Why bring up Kevin Spacey’s crimes at all? How is that relevant to not liking the direction a franchise went?

I don’t feel that “this franchise went in a bad direction, so now I can’t enjoy the previous works” is anything like “this person is a sexual predator, so now I can’t enjoy their previous works”.

It would be really awkward to watch a known sexual predator in a movie, even if the movie predates the crime. The existence of the Fallout TV show has no effect on Fallout 1 as a game.

What a weird turn this conversation took lol

Rhoeri,

Are you purposefully missing the point in favor of grandstanding, or did you seriously not understand the comparison for what it was?

DrSteveBrule,

I guess I’m truly not understanding the comparison. I do not see the similarity between having a series ruined because an actor is a sexual predator and having a series ruined because you don’t like the sequel. Not sure what part of those scenarios you were comparing, but I’m just not seeing it.

BigBananaDealer,

if thats the case, everybody should have stopped liking fallout after the brotherhood of steel game came out. and yet they didnt.

nieceandtows, do games w Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show

I’m bummed there’s no good single player fallout after fallout 4.

saltesc,

And Fallout 4 was kind of mediocre.

Agrivar,

Agreed, but it is a great platform to mod the heck out of. I recommend Wasteland Reborn, if you’re looking for a stable modlist.

FerretyFever0,

Besides the main story (an incredible important element), it was good. The location lore was interesting. The radiant quests were fucking stupid. Most of the side quests were decent. It's overhated imo. Nuka-Cola World was boring as shit besides the Hubbologists, I'm not gonna lie.

saltesc, (edited )

The main quest was terrible. Should never center the plot on the player when there’s custom creation and open world. It’s forcing a backstory or behaviour onto the player even if they don’t want it.

I played a big Michael Clarke Duncan brute rolling melee as Idiot Savant. The intro and main quest was entirely incompatible with character, full of things they wouldn’t have done, would do, or should do.

yermaw,

I never finished it. I was having a blast until I saw that I needed to collect a bunch of shit to upgrade the town. I lost interest so fast.

Jakeroxs,

That’s actually one of my favorite parts, it’s like a feed into itself incentive for my already packrat tendencies.

Now instead of just taking all their weapons/armor/clothes to sell, the random junk is also useful for when I get back home and can upgrade the town, my weapons, or my armor!

FerretyFever0,

I mean, you can just ignore Sanctuary and the other settlements completely. Honestly, if I play it again, that'll be what I do.

newthrowaway20, do games w Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show

Is it just me or does this feel tone deaf?

FerretyFever0, do games w Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show

That's fucking stupid. Why? Who asked for this? Just make the damn games. Maybe I'm biased because I think this sort of thing is unentertaining trash, but I legitimately don't think that Fallout fans like this sort of thing.

wirelesswire,

This isn’t for Fallout fans. It’s for people who watch Netflix/Prime and saw the Fallout show. Reality shows are pretty popular on these platforms (Beast Games is #2 on Prime right now) so that’s who they’re going after.

FerretyFever0,

I mean, the show is decent enough, it was the first Fallout related thing I ever consumed, got me to play the games. Still think that this is pretty unrelated to that though. Not sure it'll succeed.

wirelesswire,

Maybe. Maybe not. Some Amazon exec thinks it will, though.

cerebralhawks, do games w Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show

Sounds like Fallout-themed Squid Game.

Also, Bethesda is not going to make a new Fallout game while Fallout 76 keeps printing money. Same with Elder Scrolls Online. The amazing thing isn’t just how far Bethesda has fallen, it’s how many people keep propping them up.

Supervisor194,
@Supervisor194@lemmy.world avatar

Bethesda is not going to make a new Fallout game while Fallout 76 keeps printing money.

I’ve said this all along, they want subscriptions and mtx, they don’t want to make video games. Starfield was the last one we will get and we only got that because it was Todd’s stupid baby. ESO and F76 are where they want to be going forward. They will keep expanding them and accepting people’s money and license TV shows now I guess.

zoostation,

I’ve played over 200 hours of Fallout 76 without spending a dime. It’s got more content than Fallout 4 by now and you don’t even have to care about multiplayer. Saying they don’t want to make games is just stupid.

Supervisor194,
@Supervisor194@lemmy.world avatar

I’m not sure what your point is - is it that they made Fallout 76 so you could play it for free? Or that Fallout 76 is proof they’re going to make Fallout 5? Or what.

zoostation,

There’s zero chance there won’t be a Fallout 5 but Elder Scrolls is their next major game, so it won’t be soon. In the meantime there’s a great free Fallout game for anyone who wants it despite it not being titled Fallout 5. It doesn’t require a subscription or microtransactions and making it sound like some sort of mobile game only shows you don’t know what it is.

Supervisor194,
@Supervisor194@lemmy.world avatar

There’s zero chance there won’t be a Fallout 5 but Elder Scrolls is their next major game, so it won’t be soon.

If it came out tomorrow it wouldn’t be “soon,” Fallout 4 came out 11 years ago.

In the meantime there’s a great free Fallout game for anyone who wants it despite it not being titled Fallout 5.

The game is currently listed for $39.99 on Steam. Reviews are “mixed” after 5 years of Bethesda adding content to the game, which originally released to overwhelmingly negative reviews, so not “great”.

It doesn’t require a subscription or microtransactions and making it sound like some sort of mobile game only shows you don’t know what it is.

The game does not charge for a subscription, but you most certainly have to have one, because you have to login to the game. There would be no way for them to try and sell you shit through their microtransaction store every single time you login otherwise. Which they do. You are not obliged to buy them, but you are obliged to view ads for them.

Now then. Every single thing you just said is demonstrably wrong. What exactly makes you the authority on what Bethesda intends to do with Fallout?

zoostation,

Sometimes I forget people don’t have Game Pass lol. I haven’t bought anything from Steam in over 5 years.

boonhet,

So it’s not free, you have to give Bethesda/Microsoft money every month and when you stop doing so, you lose access to all the games. Game Pass Ultimate has tripled in price over 8 years and there’s no reason to believe they won’t keep raising it. Lower tiers haven’t risen as much I guess, but have been nerfed instead (no more day 1 new games, yay)

If you have a TON of free time, game pass is a good deal for sure, but at this point with all the price hikes, a few months of game pass is one brand new AAA game or 2-3 excellent indie or AA titles and I’d wager it takes the average adult several months to finish one truly big game like BG3 or Elden Ring (just to name two excellent games with decent scope from recent years), as time is a scarce resource.

commander, do games w Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show

The quality of the Fallout TV show to me is somewhere post-season 4 Dexter. Not at Dexter’s worst but far from great. It is watchable. Entertaining enough. Not very memorable. Good for syndicated reruns background noise while you eat. Milking something that doesn’t have a very high peak

meco03211,

Aw man. I really like the show.

samus12345,
@samus12345@sh.itjust.works avatar

I think it’s better than that. The fact that it’s so incredibly close to the games visually was a nice surprise.

Romkslrqusz, do games w Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show

What the hell? Premise they’re going with just makes it any other gameshow. Missed opportunity to have each “Vault” have some kind of unique experiment or twist.

BurgerBaron,
@BurgerBaron@piefed.social avatar

I would’ve watched that at least.

Rhoeri, do games w Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show

No. Just…. No.

Etterra, do games w Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show

Great, sounds terrible. Now where the hell is Fallout 5?

samus12345,
@samus12345@sh.itjust.works avatar

Coming in 2033 if they follow the schedule they have been with game releases.

Bronzebeard,

They need to finish TES VI before they start on the next fallout. And the “announcement” trailer for that was like 6 years ago

markz,

It’ll come when they feel the need for a shitty tv show tie-in

Lumidaub, do games w Bethesda announces a new Fallout... reality show
@Lumidaub@feddit.org avatar

So Big Brother then. With a theme.

iturnedintoanewt,

Exactly what I thought.

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