Life support is probably like “dead game” that people throw around at any and every game if it’s not the biggest game there is. Might not be huge but probably doing well enough, or more, for itself. Though, I myself wish it never existed in the first place and the effort should’ve been put on better use for the Fallout IP, but oh well.
The thing is that with all these GaaS games - unlike the regular games - they require relatively regular content (and enough of it) to retain the players. It is kinda fascinating how huge the teams for each and every GaaS games. Otherwise they won’t be able to pump out the content.
Shouldn’t excuse game quality…
“Other than this giant expansion coming out this year, and all the people still playing the game, this game is on life support!”
- Incessant whiner whose takes on most things are atrocious
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As someone who plays regularly - it’s hard to say. The stuff that is on the road map is what people have been really asking for recently - more public events, more seasonals and a new world boss have all been in high demand and there’s nothing bad on there, it just doesn’t seem to represent a LOT of new content (though it does seem to be a decent amount of the content that people replay the most, which helps). I’d guess they were trying not to overpromise though and stick to only what they were sure they could deliver, last years roadmap looked solid but there was a few things that ended up slipping from it and that’s never popular with fans. Plus, Bethesda does a fair amount under the hood with ever major expansion - there’s a lot of work to add features that try to improve the core gameplay look and to add the quality life improvements people ask for. Every major update for the game includes a bunch of major improvements to the game that don’t make any roadmaps.
But the biggest thing right now is we have no idea what The Pitt exactly is as an expansion and we have no idea how big it is going to be. Wastelanders (and the following story expansions) were great but it was pretty much single player story content, it’s not entirely well suited in an environment that needs replayable content. The Pitt seems to be an effort to fix that by building a new system around telling stories using more replayable content, so as to act as a blueprint for future content. Exactly what that means we’re not sure yet. It’s entirely possible this is a big expansion and we’re seeing resources drained to prioritise it. Or that there’s a lot of work building the systems behind it that they can reuse later. Or it’s possible it’s not that big and the games support really is dwindling.
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How big is The Pitt? Is it a major expansion like Wastelanders?
That is what they insinuated when it was announced at E3. Its an entire new map from what I understand. It is the city of Pittsburg PA.
I’m not certain it actually is a whole new map, but I’d like to be wrong on that. This is sort of the difficulty on judging the scale of the expansion.
Well, the city of Pittsburg isn’t currently in the game. You cant have the city of Pittsburg in a game where it doesn’t currently exist, so its a new map. The scale of that map/location is certainly up for debate however.
Right, sure, but I think there’s a distinction between a new open world to explore or just levels to explore within the city of Pittsburg. My understanding is it’s more likely to be the latter.
I searched around to see if they have given any indication yet, didn’t find much. But most seem to think the opposite, that it is a new map.
Im just working from the standpoint that there have been quite a few updates and content drops for the game. The Pitt is the only one to receive a cinematic reveal trailer at E3. That on its own is decent indication than it is a more substantial update than usual. It wasn’t a roadmap trailer, or a montage, it was a trailer for that specific individual piece of content.
I think some dataminers said it wasn’t, but I’m not sure how reliable their information was. Either way, I’m hopeful it’s a new map to explore but I’m just trying to keep expectations in check.
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Im actually about to reach lvl 100 on the battle pass for the first time, i have to hurry up and get it done before march 1st!
Really happy where the game is heading to be honest. I expected a bit more, don’t know how much money they are making on this but im guessing whatever they are investing in is a reflection of the profits they make on the game.
Really wish it was more supported, but they have enough planned in there to keep me playing for sure!
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Sorry but as a veteran player, this person’s hot take is bullshit. It’s pretty easy to see what the roadmap for last year looked like; it was a lot lighter in actual, new content (primarily ended up focusing on a couple additions and the rest being QoL). In fact 2021 had items removed from the roadmap mid way through, but this year has considerably more content and each season is introducing new Public Events, which is a pretty big deal. Overall, I’m pretty pleased with the roadmap, though it’s still missing CAMP pets.
Don’t listen to incessant whiners; small rant but I can’t stand the amount of negativity that permeates online gaming discourse, all the way up to the “influencers” and a fair amount of journalists. The game made it through the worst circumstances, some self-inflicted, but it has one of the best communities in any online game I’ve ever played and Bethesda has stood by them to make shit right. It’s never been better for the game IMO (never got around to writing my 2 years-later piece…). I did write about the roadmap a bit more in depth.
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This is true…Matty definitely has a lot of bad takes also…then again he’s part of Last Stand Media so that isn’t a surprise
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So would you recommend someone play76 or fallout 4?
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Best I could do under the circumstances 
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I think both are great to start.
I think that 76 is ultimately better than 4 but FO4 is great too.
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PTS is launching for the next update soon, seems like we’re getting 3 new permanent events. Definitely more than I was expecting, Considering how much people have been asking for new events this is pretty great.
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