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Mr_Biscuit posted...

Lmao I hadnt heard anything about the game before watching this

Wtf

Some of the stuff in that video is misleading, or stems from a misunderstanding.

For an example of the misleading stuff, he's using a melee variant of the Moleminer, an enemy that is purposely stubby-legged and slow, to show how easy the game can be. What he doesn't show is that other Moleminers use Shotguns or Missile Launchers to kill players in 1-2 hits. Bethesda even toned down the shotgun damage because people were getting OHKO'd left and right. That's before you get into the aerial enemies that bomb players with AoE blasts and carpet the zone in a poisonous mist.

For an example of a misunderstanding, he saying that the weapon modding menu is empty. That's because the game wants you to Scrap duplicate weapons to unlock mods. And yes, that stems from the MMO style of the game. The same goes for unlocking stuff to build at the Camps. The game wants to drip feed you content over weeks and months. If that isn't your thing, know that going in and perhaps pass on the game.

That said, there are beta issues, and will be issues at launch. There is that feeling of the Scorched being lazily cut and paste into areas when Bethesda is unsure what to do with the zone. They'll toss in a half dozen Scorched and call it a day. That will likely change over time because people will complain about it until that happens. Enemy respawns do need work too. Much like the revenge respawn system operating too close to the player, enemy respawns can occur too close to players. For example, if you kill some Super Mutants and go into a train station to do business with the Vendor Robot inside there's a good chance the Super Mutants respawn outside and bushwhack you while you're trading.
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