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no NPCs in fallout 76

there are still robots, holotapes, quests, but every human character is real

running into raider gangs basically replaced by other players

no completely offline mode, but you can choose whether you want to become involved with people… they’re trying to create an environment without griefing with certain incentives yet to be revealed

it seems PVP will always be a present part of the gameplay & can’t be avoided entirely, he was a bit dodgy with revealing 

stats will still be present in some way as a way of making alternatives for people who aren’t good at shooters

But Fallout 76 is in fact an online survival RPG that’s heavily inspired by games like DayZ and Rust, according to three people familiar with the project.

Those people, speaking anonymously so as not to damage their careers, confirmed that Fallout 76 is an experimental new entry in the longrunning post-apocalyptic series. When Bethesda first teased the game on Tuesday morning, fans and pundits speculated that it might be a Fallout 3 remaster or a New Vegas-style spinoff in a new location, but as Kotaku reported that afternoon, it is in fact something completely new and completely different. The teaser might lead Fallout fans to believe that this is a traditional entry in the series, but according to our sources, that’s not the case.

Since the Vault was set to open 20 years after the bombs dropped its safe to say people would be rapid to get inside.

Similar to Fallout 1, possible you have to find parts for the Vault since it was ransacked as well as finding those to become Dwellers with you. Maybe you’re officially the Overseer.

Ghoulification wouldn’t have fully set in maybe so we could see the beginnings of what is to come with ghouls, the skin burning off, the nose disappearing - all that.

The FEV wouldn’t be prevalent at this point, Super Mutants were truly born with the Master then spread across everywhere - maybe you might see one at the end or none at all! Or you’ll see those effected by the virus but like the ghouls not fully ghoulified, they wouldn’t have fully mutated.

The Vault might have not EVEN opened after the 20 years and you, the lucky little sod, finds it, opens it and THEN you become the Overseerer for it.

OR YOU WERE IN IT THE WHOEL TIME AND YOU GET TO OFFICIALLY OPEN THE VAULT UP TO THE WASTELAND.

It’s either set in West Virginia or somewhere southern because of the song. The radio music in Fallout is known to connect to the games themes in one way or another, 3&4 being family and New Vegas being living in the past in the good old days with that country twang.