Fallout 4 has put out a new add-on for Fallout 4 dubbed “Tale of the Beast Hunter,” and to express that the community’s reaction has been divided would be the understatement of the century. The truth is, the discussions under the tweets are pretty loud and messy right now. Let’s dive deeper into the newly added Creation Club stuff. The players can now wear the Beast Hunter’s costume, use a shotgun with rotating bullets, and face a Deathclaw that is believed to be the Beast Hunter’s pet or something like that. Plus, there is a new player housing area called The Bar that has been done in such a way that it resonates some Mojave essence to the Commonwealth. This is a nice feature if you are someone who is keen on going back to the New Vegas era.
Yet, it is not that users are celebrating this event with a grand party. The tweet announcing the news from BethesdaStudios has practically become a complaint wall. Right at the beginning, someone mentioned the broken game fact. The game is indeed quite broken. A user by the name of Cody Maloney reported that his game crashes every 10-15 minutes even when he does not use any mods. In contrast, Josh Carlson simply stated, “My game now just crashes, thanks @BethesdaStudios.” That’s a hard blow.
On top of this, the issue with Creation Club not working has made the situation even worse. Crisco Kid (nice name, by the way) commented, “Creation Club still not working hours later, company is a joke” and… yes, that is really bad for paid content. VoltageKid56 also said that any mod that requires DLC is not working at the moment which is a serious problem for users who have spent money on the game over the years.
What was I saying? Oh! The memory size issue. So console gamers are especially upset as the mod memory limit has not been increased. D. Bollinger was very clear: “Until you increase the size I will be boycotting the anniversary edition. I’m not ready to throw my money on mods that I can’t load into the game!” And Scuzz 2 was asking when the Xbox file size would be increased, saying that being restricted to 2GB while having the older Creation Club content included in that limit really limits what you can do. Like, how are people going to interact with the new paid mode when they have no space for it?
And then, there’s the entire PlayStation issue. Oreo Kangy discovered that the new content was unavailable on PS5, and he posted a screenshot showing the absence of the PlayStation logo. A colorful response from Communist Bird was to refer to Bethesda as “too busy with lead paint eating,” implying that the unavailability of new content on PlayStation is the reason for Bethesda’s slow progress. Meanwhile, the discourse among players is whether to upgrade their version or to get just the Creation Club version, with parzival seeking someone who can clarify everything about it.
Moreover-Reggin pointed out that VATS had been broken for over a year, and bug fixes had not even been included with this update, to which he added “GFY.” He then went on to say, “Everyone hated that” which is indeed a good way to sum up the overall attitude.
Some gamers are just not satisfied with the whole anniversary update situation. MidnightBirds wrote, “Poor excuse for an anniversary update. I’ll be keeping my Skyrim,” and that is quite reasonable. Furthermore, BAK_in_Black75 even rhetorically asked, “You know you could’ve just given us New Vegas Remastered…” which actually might have been a less controversial move than the one made, given the number of nostalgic people still holding on to their game long after the original release who have not even been that silent.
Also, there is this very strange case where tom hosier cannot even see the content on his end and yet still gets “bundle not installed” messages albeit having it, supposedly. And Jason Rocco had to inform that this is Xbox content while tom was asking about PS compatibility. Honestly, just a huge jumble of misconceptions happening all at once.
Therefore, the entire new content sounds fantastic in theory-fighting a Deathclaw, acquiring new gears, and living in a Mojave-style bar as a player. But then again, if the game crashes constantly and the most basic functionalities don’t work, it’s hard to be really excited about the new paid content.
On the other hand, Bethesda has been constantly selling the idea of combating beast hunters all the while players are still wishing their games would appease them with stability for at least a quarter of an hour. It’s a predicament and a very unfavourable one at that. Maybe it’s best to first fix the root cause before adding any new fancy stuff on top of it.
