What this role means in terms of gameplay is still unclear, but looks like it may involve some Fallout Shelter inspired creativity and maintenance. Fallout 76 brings players the new mode Nuclear Winter, a 52-player fight to the death in a bid to appoint a new overseer for Vault 52. If Battle Royale modes are your thing, you’re going to love this. Check it out for yourself in the trailer below: Branching dialogue options are also a nice added touch, and creator tools seem to have been revamped to suit large scale projects out in the wild. The first update, aptly named Wastelanders, brings the NPC (Non-player-controlled) characters back to the wasteland, as players partake in a story set after the wasteland has indeed been settled and now must be defended.
But Bethesda Studios have persevered and returned to this year’s E3 conference with an abundance of content leading into the game’s second year. It’s no secret that Fallout 76 launched to multiple forms of overwhelming criticism.