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[green_dreams]

So I got Fallout 76. It mostly seems like a crafting-heavy version of Fallout, with the exception that sometimes there are other people running around. I waved to one of them, but that's about it.

It's slow, because I'm slow - I need to adjust the mouse sensitivity. But it's pretty, and mostly I don't need to deal with other people, and it's fun to explore.

Also I found two housecats.

This is probably not a big deal to most people, but cats have been pretty much extinct in the Fallout-verse for nearly twenty-one years (to me as a player, I mean; that's established in 2241, although right now I'm playing a game set in 2012). The Chosen One has never seen or heard of them, and Stacy's clearly used to people not knowing what they are when she explains her story about her cat Cuddles. Seeing one walking around alive before they all get eaten made me curse the developers for not giving you an option to pet them.

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[desdenova]

I am sure I remember having cats in my Fallout 4 settlements; I think they came with one of the expansions? IDK maybe they were some sort of synth-cat creation from the Institute.

[green_dreams]

Yep, that's the mostly extinct part. You can find them in 4, but I honestly did not really love 4 (I mean, some parts of it yes, but overall not my favourite).

OTOH, one of the ones I found in 76 had a name. Clearly he is the best cat and needs to be loved and protected like a good boy. (Stupid developers did not take this into account.)

[desdenova]

Well, maybe they will add pets at some point?

The story of 4 was so-so, especially compared to New Vegas, but I got _really_ into the settlement-building stuff. Like, I am considering re-playing 4 just so I can build more and better towns. (But I have so many other games to play so I probably won't do it any time soon.)