You thought Blizzard was having a bad month? Seems like Bethesda wanted in on the action too.
There was a time where I would have called Bethesda my favorite publisher. Fallout 3, Prey, DOOM, New Vegas, and Skyrim are among my all-time favorite games. Bethesda's dedication to single-player experiences also led to excellent games like Dishonored, the Wolfenstein reboot, and The Evil Within, leading Bethesda to go as far as launching a campaign to prove its dedication to single-player gameplay.
After the piles of cash Bethesda made from the mobile game Fallout Shelter, it felt a bit like it realized what it could truly achieve by sending its IP out into a wilderness of microtransactions and pay-to-win mechanics. This leads us to Bethesda's latest bout of IP abuse, Fallout First, which is the worst deal in gaming today — and plenty of people will probably still pay for it.
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