With Fallout 76 poised to launch on November 14, Bethesda is keen to work with popular streamers and show off the title to the masses. A star-studded stream was arranged with Ninja, Logic, and Justin Roiland (playing both Rick and Morty), which seemed like a surefire recipe for success. Unfortunately, the three (or four, kind of) streamers combined into a hodgepodge mess of awkward silences, jokes that didn't land, and massive technical issues. In short, Bethesda's ambitious Fallout 76 stream was a disaster, and it'll prove to be memorable for all the wrong reasons.

Technical issues outside of the trio's control plagued the entire stream, and they weren't the kind that still won't be fixed by the time the game launches. Logic ended up simply being AFK at one point, and audio issues turned some of the attempted banter into a garbled mess. That being said, most of the banter fell flat anyway, so perhaps it was a small mercy.

Unfortunately, long and awkward empty silences were the norm during the broadcast, and Roiland tried to fill that repetitive void with his trademark improv humor on many occasions - though rarely did Ninja play along. Logic was the most quiet of the bunch, admitting at one point that he didn't know how to play the game.

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That isn't to say the stream didn't have its moments. Justin was able to get both Ninja and Logic laughing at some of his jokes, but the majority of his efforts were met with either dead silence or Ninja having an entirely separate conversation. Most of the jokes that did land came towards the end of the three-hour broadcast, which is after most of the viewers had either left or had taken to spamming "F" in the chat, implying the entire crossover attempt was already dead. Unlike Ninja's legendary Drake stream, this trio simply didn't combine well, and it's unlikely fans will see a second attempt.

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Of course, one ambitious stream attempt which didn't work out isn't representative of Fallout 76 itself moreso than a failed media gamble. With almost 100GB of content jam-packed into the title, the world of Fallout 76 appears to be chock-full of places to discover and sights to see. While Justin Roiland was adamant that stripping down to the undergarments and punching everything is the best course of action, gamers will have plenty of choices when it comes to what to do within the online world. Fans purchasing the title to play with friends will, at the very least, probably have less awkward silences than yesterday's stream.

Fallout 76 launches November 14 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.