Baffled Fallout 76 fans are scratching their heads over "highly unlikely" Brotherhood of Steel retcon

We already know the new Fallout game is going to be a little, well, different. As a multiplayer game in the Fallout franchise, it focuses on player to player interactions and consequently doesn't have any NPCs.

On the surface, this decision seems pretty radical - NPCs have played a key worldbuilding function in all past Fallout titles. But this doesn't mean Fallout 76 doesn't have its own lore. Thanks to the recent lifting of a gameplay embargo, fans have taken a closer look at the world of Appalachia, including some of the notes used to give players quests.

One of these has caused some concern.

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