My Take: I'm Excited for Fallout 76, You Don't Have to Be
written by Matthew Wilder E3 is over. All of the dust has settled from the year's biggest gaming conference. It's during this time we get post-E3 reactions and the internet is ablaze with countless criticisms, theories and general rage towards various publishers and developers directed at what they showcased, or what they omitted. A game at the center of this whirlwind is Fallout 76, Bethesda's new, multiplayer-based entry to the long-tenured Fallout series. As a self proclaimed "fanboy" of Bethesda, Todd Howard and the Fallout series, it's not hard to predict that Fallout 76 had me excited from the initial reveal to the detailed presentation at E3. The fact that Bethesda is willing to take a risk and shake up the RPG formula that has been a staple of the post-apocalyptic series speaks volumes to the innovative minds Bethesda has at their disposal. Fallout has been a first/third-person RPG for 10 years si...