Fallout 76 players aren't impressed with the new $7 fridge
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Fallout 76's latest patch hasn't gone down very well among the citizens of
post-apocalyptic West Virginia. The update brings with it some big changes to
events, a new Nuclear Winter map and a bunch of rewards, but it's the Atomic
Shop additions that have ruffled feathers, inspiring a multitude of critical
posts on the subreddit.
Amid the new cosmetic items are a pair of utility items. The refrigerator
lets you store food and drink to slow down the speed at which they spoil. The
collectron station, meanwhile, sends out a wee robots to search for scrap and
junk. They cost 700 and 500 Atoms respectively.
While Atoms can be earned in-game, they can also be purchased for real cash
in bundles. Together, they cost 1200 Atoms, so you'd need to buy a 500 and
1100 bundle, amounting to £12/$15. These items, then, cost more than a lot
of people paid for the game itself.
Originally, Bethesda said that only cosmetic items would be sold, but that
quickly ceased to be true when repair kits were added to the shop. Their
addition was controversial, but Bethesda argued that they were fine because
they didn't give anyone a competitive advantage. Players worried it would be
a slippery slope, allowing other utility items into the shop. And they were
clearly right.
They might not give anyone a competitive edge, but they still give players
willing to splash out an advantage over those who aren't, or at least a less
grindy experience. Players seem to be especially frustrated about this
because the fridge was originally a community suggestion, but now the
community needs to dip into their wallets if they want to start chilling
their food.
One of the most popular posts on the subreddit right now suggests that they
should be quest rewards instead, which seems like a much better way to
introduce a player-suggested feature. There's just something incredibly weird
about a convenient cash shop in a post-apocalyptic survival game, and buying
robots and fridges should be a bit more involved than bringing up a menu and
throwing money at the screen.
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幾個重點:
一、Bethesda本來承諾Fallout 76 商城只會賣無影響遊戲功能的裝飾品。但之前弄了一
個修理工具己經破壞承諾了。現在又搞了一個能減緩食物腐壞速度的冰箱在商城。換算過
來價格大概是7美金。
二、這個冰箱本來是社群上的建議,結果最後卻變成商城中的商品,玩家們感到不滿。