Should I watch the show and play the other 75 Fallout games first before playing this newest one?

[Hmmmm Nice Bike ツ]

Will I understand the story of this game or no?

[Koby]

You can play this without playing the others, but obviously you'd know more of the story if you played them. I'd recommend playing 3, NV, and 4 at some point though if you enjoyed FO76.

[rpwalle]

No it wont help you.

[steventirey]

The stories aren't really connected. Some of the characters are (the main character of Fallout 2 is descended from the main character of Fallout 1, some of the characters in Fallout 4 were first met in Fallout 3). But the stories themselves aren't connected.

Besides that, Fallout 76 takes place quite a while before any of the other games. And its in an area of the world none of the other games even mention. The other games would give you more information about the Brotherhood or the events of the war, but aren't really necessary.

[Vaultian]

They are all in the same universe, but each has their own story.

[BizarreMan]

Also, there are not 75 other games in the series. There are 3 other similar games, and 2 isometric games.

[Eriskumma]

Originally posted by BizarreMan:

Also, there are not 75 other games in the series. There are 3 other similar games, and 2 isometric games.

What, no love for Tactics and Brotherhood? :D

[KitKat]

Originally posted by Eriskumma:

Originally posted by BizarreMan:

Also, there are not 75 other games in the series. There are 3 other similar games, and 2 isometric games.

What, no love for Tactics and Brotherhood? :D

These are confirmed to be "removed from canon" and might as well not even exist at this point.

[hawkeye]

If you do play this game try to do quests in the right order. It could help with understanding. The game implements minimal if any quest sequencing, due to quests tacked on after release. One quest order guide -

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3237199626

If you want a true rpg and less MMO play 3. NV and 4 first. Use of graphics overhaul mods is recommended.

[sandrastarling]

As many have said, you can enjoy 76 without trying the others. If you are interested in the others, a summer sale will be your friend. I believe I have New Vegas and all the DLC for very cheap. Same with Fallout 4 DLCs. You will become a fan or not. That's up to you. Good luck

[Dracul]

JFC no, watching the show then playing 76 and trying to understand the story from fallout? That is like learning how to play tennis by eating tennis balls.

Fallout 3 does the best job of introducing you to the universe out of the box, you can skip over 1 and 2 (They are pretty brutal isometric games and play waaaaaaaay different) but even 3 shows its age pretty well - not to mention its still a bugthesda product so it has that going for it as well. Still, the atmosphere and world it introduces set the series into a whole new field and launched the fallout series popularity through the roof.

Fallowing on its heels is Fallout New Vegas, which loses a lot of the atmospheric storytelling FO3 had but improved the combat a bit (aim down sights, wooo! not kidding) and dials up the silly factor, FO3 had a lot of cultural references and tongue and cheek jokes but new vegas just went all out in that regard. Neat thing is there is a mod out there that lets you combine fallout 3 and fallout new vegas called Tale of Two Wastelands, can be a little tricky getting it to work perfectly but IMO its the perfect way to experience the two games.

Fallout 4 is basically the base game for 76, the gameplay and unplay are GREATLY improved over the 3 series and it has the first story I felt actually compelled to complete urgently. However it lost a lot of the fallout charm as you are encouraged to repeatedly run back and forth across the map to 'help' settlements and pick up everything that isnt nailed down in a kleptomania simulator so you can build at each settlement. First time I played this one I got absolutely bored out of my gourd after about three hours and just wasnt into it till I discovered in the difficulty section you could set it to 'survival' and THEN it got interesting.

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Story for 76 is.....basically a chain of quests that exist to prepare you for the standard issue grind you might expect of any MMO. The story it tries to tell isnt bad really, but you have to really hunt for it at times and a lot of it is only told through the environment, audio logs and text logs. The music is pretty nice, this is standard for all fallout games notably and this is where the the tv series fell flat on its @$$, but 76 isn't really a game you play for the story....or the gameplay really....its more ....something to do.

[KitKat]

Originally posted by Pookie101:

Considering a level 0 profile and someone asking about the 75 other games you guys do realise you are probably being trolled right?

At this point I honestly HOPE this is bait for finding AI, bots, automated "content creators"... Because people can't be this dumb to reply to this unironically. While automated posting machines that hook up on key words without full context surely can.

[迪亚哥]

Fallout 76 is earlier than any other plot in the Fallout universe. Judgment Day will be in 2077, and Resident 76 will open Vault 76 25 years later in 2102.

[RedFaster]

76 and New Vegas are probably the best place to start.

If you have all the time in the world to play everything ever then you could waste that time arguing on internet forums about 1 and 2 vs 3 and 4

[restarter]

nah a 15 minute read on the internet will tell you everything that you need to know about the Fallout universe. The games are all contained stories or at least 3 ,NV, and 4.
I never played 1 and 2

[steventirey]

Originally posted by Pookie101:

Considering a level 0 profile and someone asking about the 75 other games you guys do realise you are probably being trolled right?

Your profile is a level 0 as well. The same is true for a number of people in this thread. Private profiles don't mean anything at all in the end. As for the 75 other games thing, he wouldn't be the first to believe something like that. It is unlikely he actually thought that, however.