Fallout 76has had a tumultuous history, but Bethesda has put in the work to take it from a deeply controversial entry in theFalloutfranchise to a solid game filled with a steady stream of new content. Over the last four years, developers have addressed fan complaints, implemented fixes, and added entirely new features. Now, Bethesda has confirmed the existence of a five-year plan forFallout 76, indicating that the game still has a lot of support ahead of it.
Given how much progressFallout 76has made recently, this news may suggest that the game will only continue to improve from here. Fans who were wondering if it was worthreturning toFallout 76in 2022may be inclined to take this announcement as a good sign.
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A2022 roadmap forFallout 76was recently released, showing fans what they can expect to see added to the game this year. According to a recent interview Bethesda had with AusGamers, there are two more roadmaps for the game currently in progress–one for the next three years and one for the next five years.Fallout 76design director Mark Tucker reported that a lot of his time is currently spent planning out the future of this post-apocalyptic MMO.
It appears that the three-year plan is rather fleshed out and well understood by the developers, but the five-year plan is still being expanded. A lot of things have been added to the game in the past few years: NPCs with branching dialogue, the arrival ofthe Brotherhood of Steel, and even customizable, premium private servers. This suggests that the upcoming plans may include some major overhauls and new arrivals, which will likely draw on a mixture of existingFalloutfeatures and entirely new features designed for Appalachia. However, not everything the developers have come up with in the last four years has ended up staying inFallout 76, so it’s possible that some of the upcoming changes and additions will flop as well.
Whatever the case, players can rest assured thatBethesda intends to continue updatingFallout 76for at least the next five years. The game has been through a lot of changes, but it appears to be growing closer and closer to the image many players had of it before its disastrous launch. Odds are good that gamers everywhere will fall in love withFalloutall over again when the five-year plan is completed.
Fallout 76is available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
