History YMMV / Fallout76

** The inclusions of series staple elements like super mutants, the Enclave, or the Brotherhood of Steel weren't very well-appreciated by a decent portion of the playerbase. On one side, there's the camp of players who do enjoy them due to their iconic status, and they also opened up unexplored avenues into the lore of these factions during the time prior to the mainline series. The opposing camp vehemently disliked their inclusion due to the numerous {{Continuity Snarl}}s that ensued, along with the clumsy rewriting of established lore to justify their presence, with the Brotherhood of Steel getting the worst of this around the time of the game's launch. [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks A third camp is simply tired of seeing the same green mutants and power-armored Brotherhood Knights all over again]] and wished for more creative faction designs that actually fit the time period ''76'' takes place in, with their disappointment stemming mainly from how much potential was squandered in favor of the more trite and safe options seen in-game instead.

** The inclusions of series staple elements like super mutants, the Enclave, or the Brotherhood of Steel weren't very well-appreciated by a decent portion of the playerbase. On one side, there's the camp of players who do enjoy them due to their iconic status, and they also opened up unexplored avenues into the lore of these factions during the time prior to the mainline series. The opposing camp vehemently disliked their inclusion due to the numerous {{Continuity Snarl}}s that ensued, along with the clumsy rewriting of established lore to justify their presence, with the Brotherhood of Steel getting the worst of this around the time of the game's launch. A third camp is simply tired of seeing the same green mutants and power-armored Brotherhood Knights all over again and simply wished for more creative faction designs that actually fit the time period ''76'' takes place in, with their disappointment stemming mainly from how much potential was squandered in favor of the more trite and safe options seen in-game instead.

** The inclusions of series staple elements like super mutants, the Enclave, or the Brotherhood of Steel weren't very well-appreciated by a decent portion of the playerbase. On one side, there's the camp of players who do enjoy them due to their iconic stats, and they also opened up unexplored avenues into the lore of these factions during the time prior to the mainline series. The opposing camp vehemently disliked their inclusion due to the numerous {{Continuity Snarl}}s that ensued, along with the clumsy rewriting of established lore to justify their presence, with the Brotherhood of Steel getting the worst of this around the time of the game's launch. A third camp is simply tired of seeing the same green mutants and power-armored Brotherhood Knights all over again and simply wished for more creative faction designs that actually fit the time period ''76'' takes place in, with their disappointment stemming mainly from how much potential was squandered in favor of the more trite and safe options seen in-game instead.

** Vault-Tec's plan to secure the nuclear missile silos for their own use became a lot darker when Series/Fallout2024 reveals a Vault-Tec Exec nuked Shady Sands.

** Vault-Tec's plan to secure the nuclear missile silos for their own use became a lot darker when [[Series/Fallout2024]] reveals a Vault-Tec Exec nuked Shady Sands.

* OvershadowedByControversy: And ''how.'' All the things described on this page made it so even people who have never played a single Fallout game heard about the disastrous launch and subsequent failures related to it (the Duffle Kerfuffle, the botched Nuka Cola Dark in the cheap plastic shell, the refusal to grant any refunds enough that ''it garnered them an actual class action lawsuit'', and of course there was the game itself being a buggy, tedious bore) and have been enjoying the schadenfreude of everyone demanding that Bethesda do better. Since launch, there was one large update that put the [=NPCs=] back into the game, which saved it for the fans still clinging to it hoping for something fun. But that came a ''while'' after all the controversies, so it's safe to say it wasn't exactly an AuthorsSavingThrow for the game either.

** Shannon Rivers and the Order of Mysteries is a WackyWaysideTribe of women who have been trained by a famous radio activist to being Pulp heroines. Unfortunately, like so much else in Fallout 76, it is ruined by the fact they're all dead by the beginning of the story. It's worse because many would have loved to have interacted with the [=NPC=] or joined for real.