The Fallout 76 saga gets even crazier.
The backlash against Fallout 76 has been both surprising and overwhelming. While many have enjoyed their time in the hills of West Virginia, it feels like a large group of gamers, including myself in our review, have come away very unimpressed with the game. While many are pointing to certain promises from Bethesda and calling BS, most of these are easily dismissed as ideas that weren’t implemented, or standard hype. One thing that can’t be so quickly moved past though is the current accusation that the Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition was sold under false pretenses.
UPDATE: Bethesda is now offering buyers 500 Atoms, or about $5 in in-game currency.
One user has been documenting their interactions with Bethesda over this, and the results haven’t been great. After reaching out to Bethesda to complain, Reddit user AlexanderDLarge was essentially told that he was out of luck. “Due to unavailability of materials, we had to switch to a nylon carrying case in the Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition. We hope this doesn’t prevent anyone from enjoying what we feel is one of our best collector’s editions,” said Bethesda’s representative.
Whatever ends up happening, it is clear that fans aren’t happy. They paid a premium price for what was to be a premium item. Whether the nylon bag is good enough isn’t the current question, instead everyone is angry that they were told they were buying one thing and then given something else. In many ways it is being held up as an example of what Fallout 76 has been like the whole time.
- This article was updated on February 8th, 2022
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