Fallout 76's design director is still defending its original absence of NPCs: 'At the beginning, we wanted it all to be player-driven'

I guess they briefly forgot about all the other player-driven Fallouts full of NPCs.
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Fallout 76 Player Creates Impressive Brotherhood of Steel Desert Base

Faction-based CAMP builds in Fallout 76 deepen role-playing experiences and highlight the dedication to iconic factions like Brotherhood of Steel. Players can replicate impressive bases with Fallout 4 ...
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Fallout 76 was bad, but Bethesda and the community have made it great

Forget what you know about Fallout 76. Forget the memes, forget the drama, forget all the glitches and the crashes - what was once the most controversial game in Bethesda's history has become a ...