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LadyTevar wrote: ↑2018-10-27 02:40pm I am "preloading" the B.E.T.A for PC right now <3

Mr Bean wrote: ↑2018-10-27 02:58pm

LadyTevar wrote: ↑2018-10-27 02:40pm I am "preloading" the B.E.T.A for PC right now <3

Yep we get a shot at it October 30th, really looking forward to it, Bethesda still gets my money sight unseen and they are basically the last Dev who can claim that.

LadyTevar wrote: ↑2018-10-27 03:02pm

Mr Bean wrote: ↑2018-10-27 02:58pm

LadyTevar wrote: ↑2018-10-27 02:40pm I am "preloading" the B.E.T.A for PC right now <3

Yep we get a shot at it October 30th, really looking forward to it, Bethesda still gets my money sight unseen and they are basically the last Dev who can claim that.

Preloading 900MB @ 636KB/sec.
I think this will take a while.... like... 21hrs.

Mr Bean wrote: ↑2018-10-27 02:58pm Yep we get a shot at it October 30th, really looking forward to it, Bethesda still gets my money sight unseen and they are basically the last Dev who can claim that.

Bethesda Softworks has a bit of a reputation for epic-scale worlds that are chock full of spectacular glitches—we noted that Fallout: New Vegas was "buggy as hell" way back in 2010, for instance. With the impending launch of the online-only Fallout 76, including a private beta test starting today, Bethesda seems to be leaning into this image a bit.
In a Twitter post yesterday evening, Bethesda seemed to be explicitly lowering expectations with a warning that "all new spectacular issues" will surely pop up come opening day:

We all know with the scale of our games, and the systems we let you use, that unforeseen bugs and issues always come up. Given what we're doing with 76, we know we're opening everyone up to all new spectacular issues none of us have encountered. Some we're aware of, such as areas where performance needs to improve with lots of players. Others, we surely don't. We need your help finding them, and advice on what's important to fix. We'll address all of it, now and after launch.

Unexpected issues surrounding a game's launch are not a problem exclusive to Bethesda, of course; see last week's Black Ops 4 remote peeking issue for just one prominent example. If anything, buggy game launches have become more common as publishers at large move toward the idea of launching "minimum viable products," with the expectation that they'll continue patching things up well after the initial launch.

What's interesting about Fallout 76 is how upfront the studio is being about these issues, practically apologizing for launch-day problems before they're even found. That can be seen as a sign of extreme transparency and awareness, as well as an intention to fix any issues that spring up. It could also be seen as a ground-softening tactic masking low confidence in a buggy product just weeks away from a November 14 release.

During a three-hour preview event for Fallout 76 just a few weeks ago, we did notice relatively frequent and significant performance problems on the Xbox One X version of the game, including frame rate dips and screen tearing. Our session of the game also crashed during loading at one point during the demo, requiring a hard reset for the group leader.
At the time, we didn't want to focus too much on those kinds of issues, which are often present in pre-release code and fixed in the final push to polish up a game. But Bethesda's latest statement has us considering our preview experience in a different light. This week's beta test should certainly be interesting.

bilateralrope wrote: ↑2018-10-28 07:38pm True. This is just the first time I've seen a warning of spectacular problems. Especially this close to release.

Spectacular problems sound like something that should delay the release until they are fixed.

bilateralrope wrote: ↑2018-10-30 07:09pm If that slipped through their internal testing, hearing about the bugs discovered during the beta should be fun.

Mr Bean wrote: ↑2018-10-30 08:56pm It just finished, it just finished and started installing two hours and twenty five minutes after the launcher made me re-download everything again at 630pm. It's currently at 2%.

bilateralrope wrote: ↑2018-10-30 09:01pm

Mr Bean wrote: ↑2018-10-30 08:56pm It just finished, it just finished and started installing two hours and twenty five minutes after the launcher made me re-download everything again at 630pm. It's currently at 2%.

So, 2 hours into the 4 hour beta, you're still unable to play ?

bilateralrope wrote: ↑2018-10-30 11:14pm So Bethesda only let you play 54 minutes of a beta they claimed would run for 4 hours ?

That's impressive. Though not "letting hackers chase people into single player" levels of impressive problems.