Worth Playing Solo If I Love Exploration?

[Captain Kirk]

For me, exploring a world after the bomb is my favorite part of Fallout. I love seeing what's out there, and finding little stories all around.
How is this game solo if I'm doing it for the exploration?

[Zig]

yeah , it is , map so big alots to discovered

[STIIMgul]

Buy it on a sale, You won´t regrate it. Fullprice just for SP is defintily to much in my sight. Anyways If you are not spolied by any net stuff, you will have much fun with exploring the map and will run into some nice little sidequests and sidestories beside the mainstory.

[pull my finger]

100%. The main story is great played through solo. Then once you get to grips with it jump into events with other players when they pop up for a chance at legendary drops and good xp etc.. You don't need a mic and they only last about 10-15mins and are super fun to do.

[Captain Kirk]

Bought it!

[Blues Man]

OP, you really are.

[dbond1]

Worth it for sure, even at full boat. For a tenner, even more so!

I'm a new player too, level 103. About a month in to it, since the summer sale. I had imagined this game would have some starter fluff missions to acclimate the noob to the mechanics, and then we'd be left to our own devices, doing public events and running around in PvP.

But it is not that at all, at least not any more. This is a full-blown single player game set in a multiplayer world, and the balance between the two is in a really good place for me. I can mostly do my own thing, and then join friends or public events as the mood strikes.

The map is four times the size of the Commonwealth in FO4. It's not so densely packed as FO4, but still it's a great map for exploration. For the sale price it's certainly worth a punt to see how you like it.

[J-96]

Realize that Single player peace and privacy is a service with a fee and as you attempt to go through this game alone, some thing may hold you back. Big boss fights, cooperative modes and getting what you need when you do not have it. (like sharing adhesove or crops). These may interrupt %100 solo progress and some points of the game may have you reaching out to player 2 or more. It is a cooperative multiplayer game, so in reality being at least a duo is where this game can shine. Player 2 Player relations and working together has failed to knock my interest off this game as a duo.

[steventirey]

Originally posted by Jacob the Wise:

For me, exploring a world after the bomb is my favorite part of Fallout. I love seeing what's out there, and finding little stories all around.
How is this game solo if I'm doing it for the exploration?

Like 95% of the game is solo. The only exceptions being events and boss fights. If you try and do normal questing while on a team, you either join the leaders instance when entering someplace (and so progress his quest), or you go in alone (and progress your quest). The majority of the game isn't really made to work with multiple people on a team trying to do the same quest.

This is less of a multiplayer game and more like a single player game that just happens to have some other people running around. (There isn't even any communication between players aside from emotes and voice chat. No text communication or mail.)

[Captain Kirk]

Originally posted by steventirey:

Originally posted by Jacob the Wise:

For me, exploring a world after the bomb is my favorite part of Fallout. I love seeing what's out there, and finding little stories all around.
How is this game solo if I'm doing it for the exploration?

Like 95% of the game is solo. The only exceptions being events and boss fights. If you try and do normal questing while on a team, you either join the leaders instance when entering someplace (and so progress his quest), or you go in alone (and progress your quest). The majority of the game isn't really made to work with multiple people on a team trying to do the same quest.

This is less of a multiplayer game and more like a single player game that just happens to have some other people running around. (There isn't even any communication between players aside from emotes and voice chat. No text communication or mail.)

This is exactly how it feels so far.
I'm exploring and I bumble into someone's camp. They wave hi to me, and we go on our way.

I went to a Nuka World event with people in power armor who killed all the monsters for me, that was handy

[ltolman4]

hmm last time i played this i paid for a subcription

So can this game just be installed/played without anything [for solo]. Just hit play and go?

Again last i played i was on the private server

Theres Atoms & Fallout 1st. Atoms are like currency and Fallout 1st is a Sub that gives you more stuff?

[steventirey]

Originally posted by ltolman4:

hmm last time i played this i paid for a subcription

So can this game just be installed/played without anything [for solo]. Just hit play and go?

Again last i played i was on the private server

Theres Atoms & Fallout 1st. Atoms are like currency and Fallout 1st is a Sub that gives you more stuff?

You do not need a subscription (a Fallout 1st membership) to play this game. Once you have bought the game itself, you can play through everything for free.

Atoms are this games premium currency, used to by things on the in-game shop. And yes, Fallout 1st is a sub that gives you some benefits while active (mainly, unlimited junk and ammo storage boxes, but also a tent you can place down that acts as a small base with a stash box, plus an amount of Atoms given to you each monsth).

[Ranger.Wilson]

Definately

[ltolman4]

Oh okay lol now i'm seeing whats going on.

So Fallout 76 is still a MMO basically; and there is the ability to play this game solo

But buying a Fallout 1st "Subscription" allows you to create a private server making the entire game 100% singleplayer basically.

Just installed, and launched and realized thats what was going on. Also I didnt know (i play a lot of games) that my character made in the Private Server allowed me to enter the non private server; nice!!!

[Namie]

i Wouldnt rly call this one an exploration game, if u like the postapocaliptic theme then thats a +1 point for this game, but this is more of a "grindy experience" rather than exploration, you mostly know where are the things u need/want and theres nothing new in every corner of the map, just different enemies sometimes and thats it.
If ure looking for stories and that kind of stuff i really recommend the older games of this franchise.