Fallout 76 is an online open world action role playing game available at the library for the Xbox one and PlayStation 4.  It that takes place in the area of Appalachia, West Virgina after a nuclear apocalypse. You play as an unnamed customizable character that has recently left the safety of his vault in an effort to find the Overseer Of the Vault, who has recently opened the vault up in an effort to recolonize Appalachia. The story is optional and can be completely avoided if you so choose.

 

At a rating of Mature, the gameplay of Fallout 76 consists of exploration of this newly discovered world in either a first or third person setting with access to various weapons, like the class of melee weapons to small and big guns to just running around punching things, it all depends on your playstyle and how you choose to make your character. The graphics are visually pleasing with a vibrant landscape with remnants of an old civilisation, with audio that is high quality and a soundtrack that is incredibly suited to its game that consists of popular real-world songs like Country Roads covered by Jonny Taylor. The difficulty is pretty easy although it being a multiplayer game there is a chance that another higher-level player may attack and defeat you or raise the level and quality of the enemies around you making you have a harder time progressing.

 

The gameplay itself isn't bad.  It is actually quite engaging, however the story leaves much to be desired and the constant threat of a high level greifer makes the game uninteresting after a few hours of gameplay.