As a result there are simply fewer NPCs in the world to interact with -- but it doesn't mean there won't be any. It just means they won't be human. Despite the multiplayer focus, Bethesda's Pete Hines says the game does have a main campaign.

Where are they? What are the new threats? How do you solve that? You'll find out as your vault's overseer gives you a series of quests, directing you to explore the wasteland.

That said, the overseer is a human -- so all her quests are given through robot messengers are recordings she left behind -- because as we already noted -- there are no human NPCs in the game world.

Bethesda was very careful when it said that every human being you encounter in the game would be a player -- but humans aren't the only characters in Fallout.

Bethesda has revealed that there will be a new faction of intelligent ghouls in the game Zombie-like irradiated humans called who can serve as NPCs.

According to an interview in Game Informer , you won't be able to talk to those NPCs, though -- at least not in using traditional dialog tree we've seen in past fallout games.

Instead, you'll be able to hear and act on information they say. You just can't be snarky back to them.

If you've ever played a Fallout game, you know that every character has their own special attributes. Or, rather, that their attributes are S.

Traditionally, players get a set number of skill points to pour into each of these attributes. Each time a character levels up, they get more points -- which the player uses to define their character's development over time.

Characters could also earn "perks" that would give them specific stat boosts or unique traits. These systems are returning for Fallout 76 -- but they're a bit different.

Rather than serving as numeric markers for how strong or agile your character is, skill points will denote how many perks you'll be able to use in each S.

Oh, and perks are no longer permanent character changes either, but equitable "cards" that you can toggle on and off to change your character's loadout.

Like in the original game, each perk card adds extra bonuses to your character. A luck-based "scrounger" card for instance will give you a 50 percent chance to find extra ammo when you search containers.

The "Expert heavy gunner" perk card, on the other hand, adds an extra 10 percent damage to nonexplosive heavy guns you equip. The catch? Each of those perk cards has a value assigned to it.

If you want to equip a perk card with a value of 3, you need at least three points in that card's attribute to use it.

Yes, that is a bit complicated -- but the result is a system that allows you to more freely swap out your character's abilities and change your play style on the fly.

At least that's the hope. Although Bethesda mostly showed off Fallout 76 as an online co-op version of the series you can play with your friends, it didn't shy away from the antagonistic side of multiplayer gaming , either.

Other players in Fallout 76 will be able to team up with you to explore the West Virginian wasteland, or hunt you down and attack you to fight for land.

Why do they need land? Well, to build things of course. Building settlements was a big part of Fallout 4 -- and that element is coming to the online world of Fallout 76, too.

Players will be able to gather resources and create a base or settlement in the wilderness, complete with defense weapons.

Don't worry about over-crowding though: you can build any base you want, but Howard says you'll also be able to pack those bases up and move them to other locations.

Moving your camp will cost you a few caps, but based on trailer footage shown at Gamescom , it looks like it won't cost very much.

Player-built structure's won't appear when that player is not logged in either, so the map won't be littered with half-built camps. Oh, and camps are completely optional, too.

In addition to exploring, rebuilding and surviving West Virginia, you may have a hand in destroying it, too. Scattered throughout the world of Fallout 76 will be inactive missile silos, with launchable nuclear armaments for any player resourceful enough to find the launch codes.

Players will be able to use these codes to launch attacks on other player settlements, NPC enemy camps, or other random areas of the game -- which will make them ripe for harvesting loot.

Well, assuming you can survive the radiation the missile causes. Nuking an area basically turns it into a "high level zone," which spawns the toughest enemies in the game.

Well, at least in the game's lore -- in terms of gameplay mechanics, it's a mode that lets you freeze the game and call your shots, displaying your chance to hit an enemy's arm, torso, legs, head, etc.

It's a carryover inspired by the game's s origins, when Fallout was an isometric tactical adventure game. The game's E3 trailer didn't show a single moment of the tactical targeting system, but Todd Howard says the targeting system is still a part of Fallout 76 -- it's just going to be different.

It won't freeze time, however, or enable slow motion action the way it does in the VR version of Fallout 4. This version of V.

But it lets you target and pick parts and all of that, but it's in real-time. It still works great," he says. Players can still select individual targets and see their percentage to hit the target, but time won't stop or slow down.

It looks like it works, but early reports from BETA players suggest it's less satisfying than traditional V.

The world is broken up into six distinct regions, each with their own style, risks and rewards. There are multiple nuclear missile sites on the map, and the game lets players do whatever they want with them.

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Create your character with the S. L system and forge your own path in a new and untamed wasteland with hundreds of locations. Whether you journey alone or with friends, a new and unique Fallout adventure awaits.

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