I started playing this game with my dad a few weeks ago (it's 2021) because we both like the previous fallout games and thought we might at least give 76 a try. We both had pretty low expectations going into it from what we had heard about it. However I ended up falling in love with the game within only a few hours of playing. Many (but not all) of the issues that the game faced at launch seem to have been fixed, we have barley encountered any glitches and the ones that we did find really weren't that bad or game breaking, we also managed to both get the game pretty cheap, the locations that you can explore and discover in the game world seem to have a lot of thought and care put into them and I often find myself getting side tracked just so that I can look inside a nearby building. The game also includes things like daily and weekly challanges that you can complete to earn rewards, this often keeps me occupied, there are also "events" that start every so often in different areas of the map and each event features a different type of challenge, these events can be completed with other players or friends. You can complete quests together if you join a team on the game, but you can also do these things alone and complete out of the way of other players if you choose to.
However, there are some things that I have an issue with in the game, like the fact that when playing on a team most of the quests are only completed by the player doing the quest, and the other player would have to re do the whole quest to have it completed for them, but they do get xp and caps whenever their teammate completes a quest. The game also has no text chat, only voice chat and a lot of players don't seem to use their voice chat, unless it's isolated to team members, this paired with the fact that a lot of players keep to themselves while playing could make it harder to play with or meet strangers if you have nobody else to play with. The game have survival elements like having to eat and drink every now and then, a disease chance, and stimpacks, radaway and food and drink also have weight which can be irritating to some people as this mode is not able to be turned off, or included in the game as optional. Speaking of weight, when you build your camp (your house or settlement) you have a box for storage called a stash, and even if you place multiple boxes thay all share the same inventory but they have a weight limit of what can be put inside them, and this is something that I have been struggling with as I like to hoard items, especially unique ones or junk to build with, and I've hit a point where my stash is constantly full and I don't know what to get rid of (this won't happen right away in game though and my dad has not experienced it yet, I think it's because I hoard a lot and I had some things in there that I don't need and just put in there for the sake of it)
Overall I would recommend at least trying the game, especially as wastelanders has come out and there are lots of human npcs and new quests to do.
However, there are some things that I have an issue with in the game, like the fact that when playing on a team most of the quests are only completed by the player doing the quest, and the other player would have to re do the whole quest to have it completed for them, but they do get xp and caps whenever their teammate completes a quest. The game also has no text chat, only voice chat and a lot of players don't seem to use their voice chat, unless it's isolated to team members, this paired with the fact that a lot of players keep to themselves while playing could make it harder to play with or meet strangers if you have nobody else to play with. The game have survival elements like having to eat and drink every now and then, a disease chance, and stimpacks, radaway and food and drink also have weight which can be irritating to some people as this mode is not able to be turned off, or included in the game as optional. Speaking of weight, when you build your camp (your house or settlement) you have a box for storage called a stash, and even if you place multiple boxes thay all share the same inventory but they have a weight limit of what can be put inside them, and this is something that I have been struggling with as I like to hoard items, especially unique ones or junk to build with, and I've hit a point where my stash is constantly full and I don't know what to get rid of (this won't happen right away in game though and my dad has not experienced it yet, I think it's because I hoard a lot and I had some things in there that I don't need and just put in there for the sake of it)
Overall I would recommend at least trying the game, especially as wastelanders has come out and there are lots of human npcs and new quests to do.