Fallout 4 has seen a huge resurgence in popularity thanks to the success of Amazon’s TV adaptation – but a next-gen upgrade caused many issues, and a recent patch has still left fans wanting more.
Fallout 4 received a surprise next-gen update a few weeks after the launch of the Amazon TV adaptation. While it makes sense to ensure all the new players are getting the very best version of the game, to some fans, the update caused more problems than it solved. Many mods broke, and a long-awaited fan project, Fallout London, has been delayed indefinitely.
An update to the update arrived yesterday, but many players are still unhappy. “It’s just adding a useless workshop and a ridiculously small amount of gear. Where are the real graphical changes we could call this next gen game for, or at least gameplay changes so players don’t feel like they’re still playing Morrowind,” wrote one fan on Fallout 4‘s Steam discussion page.
Some are begging Bethesda to stop updating its older games. This frequently breaks mods that fans love to use, and if the modder who developed them doesn’t update their work, they stay broken forever. “Half the mods is not working properly because of this update,” claims another player.
Nexus Mods reported that it was struggling to keep up with the amount of people downloading mods for Fallout 4.
At the time of writing there are over 1,200 comments on the discussion page and they appear to be mostly negative. This isn’t good for the influx of new players flocking to the game following the Amazon TV show. Fallout 4 and 76 are the only ones easily accessible on modern PlayStation consoles. Fallout 3 and New Vegas can be played on modern Xbox consoles, and the originals still run on almost any PC.
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