A Mighty 47GB FALLOUT 76 Day-One Patch Is A Huge Hotfix That Actually Doesn't Change Much

Online-focused Fallout 76 was finally released last Wednesday on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One. Unfortunately, you probably weren't able to play the title at launch, as Bethesda has been forcing players to download a day-one patch that is bigger than the actual game's 45GB. As of now, Fallout 76's size is closing in on a whopping 100GB, almost beating Red Dead Redemption 2's 105GB.

Digital Foundry has decided to examine the aforementioned patch, and while it's one of the biggest hotfixes we've ever seen in a video game, it leaves a lot to desire, as glitches and bugs are still commonplace and the frame-rate commonly drops as low as 20fps across all platforms, even Xbox One X. Fallout 76 definitely is a Bethesda game, as branches still can become see-through.

"It's a disappointing turnout. The size of the 47GB patch suggests some kind of fundamental revision to the game, an optimization of assets at the very least. But what we're more likely looking at is a series of hotfixes for outstanding issues in mission design and online balance," Digital Foundry says. The fact that a big chunk of the whopping 54GB patch is dedicated to redownloading already existing files doesn't improve the tragic shape of Fallout 76 that definitely needs more development time.

Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Skyrim and Fallout 4, welcome you to Fallout 76, the online prequel where every surviving human is a real person. Work together, or not, to survive. Under the threat of nuclear annihilation, you’ll experience the largest, most dynamic world ever created in the legendary Fallout universe.