I Played Fallout 4's Release Build In 2024
Summary
TLDRIn this entertaining and nostalgic journey, the video script takes viewers back to the original release build of Fallout 4, version 1.1.30, to relive the early days of the game. The player humorously navigates through the game, exploiting its mechanics, such as duplicating items and gaining infinite experience, to create an overpowered character. The narrative is interspersed with commentary on the game's bugs, the player's strategic choices, and the quest to find the protagonist's missing son, Sha. The video also highlights the game's factions, the main character's journey, and the various weapons and perks utilized. Despite the game's known glitches and the player's attempt to sequence break the game, the script ends with an unexpected bug preventing the completion of the main quest, showcasing the unpredictable nature of the game and the player's undeterred enthusiasm for the Fallout 4 experience.
Takeaways
- 🎮 The video discusses playing Fallout 4 on its original release build, version 1.1.30, which had many bugs and exploits.
- 🔄 The game has since received numerous updates, DLCs, and fixes, but the playthrough aims to revisit the initial experience.
- 💣 The player humorously critiques the game's balance, thanking Todd Howard, the game's director, for the 'perfectly balanced' game.
- 🐶 Dogmeat, the player's dog companion, is highlighted as being instrumental in exploiting the game's mechanics to gain powerful early-game weapons.
- 🧍♂️ The character creation process is detailed, with the player choosing to play as 'Jimmy Neutron', a nod to the animated character.
- 🔁 An in-game exploit is demonstrated where items, such as the 'Your Special Book', can be duplicated by using Dogmeat to fetch them.
- 📚 The player finds a way to gain infinite experience points by exploiting the construction and deconstruction of statues.
- 🔫 A powerful weapon, the 'Deliverer', is obtained and upgraded to deal massive damage, especially when used with the VATS system.
- 💊 The video showcases the use of drugs to enhance combat capabilities, allowing the player to take on higher-level enemies.
- 🤖 The Institute, a major faction in the game, is confronted, and the player ends up in a sequence-breaking attempt to complete the game.
- 🚧 The video concludes with the game becoming unplayable due to a bugged main questline, showcasing the limitations of the original release build.
Q & A
What is the significance of playing Fallout 4 on version 1.1.30?
-Playing Fallout 4 on version 1.1.30 is significant because it is the day one release build of the game, which allows for experiencing the game as it was originally released, including its initial bugs, exploits, and balance.
Why does the player choose to ignore the moral dilemmas presented by factions in Fallout 4?
-The player chooses to ignore the moral dilemmas presented by factions to focus on finding the most overpowered weapon in the game, with the goal of finishing the game as quickly as possible.
How does the player exploit the game mechanics to escape the Vault in an unconventional way?
-The player uses the physics engine, specifically the 'Mr. Cone' aspect, to break the world's physics and escape the Vault by working backwards, bypassing the need to visit the overseer's office.
What is the purpose of the 'Your Special Book' in Fallout 4?
-The 'Your Special Book' is an item that increases a chosen SPECIAL stat by one point up to a maximum of 10 times, providing a temporary boost to the player's character.
How does the player duplicate the 'Your Special Book' to maximize their character's SPECIAL stats?
-The player uses the dog companion, Dogmeat, to pick up the book simultaneously as the player does, tricking the game into thinking it's a new item each time and allowing the player to gain multiple copies for repeated use.
What is the player's strategy for dealing with Kellogg in the game?
-The player uses a sequence break to find and kill Kellogg without completing the usual quests, utilizing a pipe pistol to bypass a door and gain access to Kellogg's location, then shooting him in the head multiple times to defeat him.
Why does the player decide to join the Railroad faction?
-The player decides to join the Railroad because it allows them to technically finish the game and provides them with a very powerful, albeit broken, weapon.
What is the 'Deliverer' and why is it considered the greatest gun in the game by the player?
-The 'Deliverer' is a silenced 10mm pistol with an improved hit chance in V.A.T.S. and reduced action points to fire. It is considered the greatest gun because, when fully upgraded, it allows for a high number of shots in V.A.T.S., making it extremely powerful in stealth.
How does the player exploit the game to gain infinite experience?
-The player exploits the game by building and destroying the same statue repeatedly in the Workshop, which yields experience each time it is constructed, effectively giving them infinite experience.
What is the player's approach to dealing with the Institute at the end of the game?
-The player decides to destroy the Institute by planting a bomb in the nuclear reactor at its heart, after overriding the computer lockdown and fighting through the Institute's forces.
Why does the game become unplayable for the player at the end?
-The game becomes unplayable due to a bug that occurs in the main quest line, possibly related to an earlier interaction with SHA. This prevents the player from progressing further in the game.
Outlines
🎮 Nostalgic Fallout 4 Retrospective
The video begins with a throwback to the original release of Fallout 4, discussing the game's evolution over the past decade with DLCs, updates, and bug fixes. The creator expresses excitement about the game's new TV show and graphical update, and decides to play the day one release build of version 1.1.30. The summary introduces the game's setting in post-nuclear Boston, the main quest of finding the protagonist's son, and the intention to join the most powerful faction for the fastest completion. The character creation process is humorously detailed, and the video sets a tone of playful irreverence towards the game's narrative and mechanics.
🐶 Dog Meat's Physics-Defying Exploits
The paragraph details the player's strategy to maximize their character's power through exploits, including using the dog companion, Dog Meat, to bypass a locked container and obtain a powerful weapon, the Cryolator. The player then duplicates the 'Your Special Book' to increase their stats to the maximum. The narrative continues with the player's journey through the wasteland, acquiring new gear and utilizing stealth and combat perks to defeat enemies efficiently. The paragraph concludes with the player's plan to use their overpowered character to find their son and finish the game in a unique way.
🔫 Power Armor and Cryolator Battles
The player acquires power armor and a minigun to defend Preston Garvey and fight off raiders. They then engage in a variety of exploits, such as duplicating ammunition by trading in a loop with a vendor, which results in infinite caps. The paragraph also covers the player's acquisition of the powerful 'Old Faithful' gun and their plan to kill Swan and join The Institute. The player's humorous approach to the game is evident as they navigate through various quests and combat scenarios while maintaining an over-the-top playstyle.
🛠️ Crafting the Path to Infinite Experience
The player discovers a way to gain infinite experience points by building and destroying statues in their settlement. They also exploit a glitch involving shipments of copper to duplicate materials. With this strategy, they level up rapidly and enhance their character's abilities and perks. The paragraph highlights the player's acquisition of the 'Deliverer' pistol and their plan to upgrade it for massive damage output. The player's journey continues with stealthy combat and the defeat of a high-level enemy, showcasing their character's overpowered state.
🔍 Sequence Breaking and Main Quest Shortcuts
The player opts to sequence break the game by finding a rare item, the pipe pistol, which allows them to bypass a complex quest and confront the game's antagonist, Kellogg, prematurely. After defeating Kellogg and discovering their son Shaun is alive, they proceed through various quests, including a dream sequence and meeting with Virgil. The player's ingenuity is on display as they exploit the game's mechanics to progress through the story in unconventional ways.
🚀 Building the Teleporter and Institute Infiltration
The player constructs a teleporter device and gains access to the Institute, where they plan to rescue Shaun. They engage in combat with Institute synths and secure a relay sequence to teleport Preston Garvey into the Institute. The paragraph details the player's use of drugs and combat tactics to overpower enemies and progress through the Institute's facilities. The player's chaotic approach to the game's narrative and mechanics is evident as they cause destruction and mayhem in their quest to reach Shaun.
💥 The Reactor Sabotage and Game Over
The player attempts to sabotage the Institute's reactor, but encounters a game-breaking bug that prevents them from completing the main quest. Despite multiple attempts to resolve the issue, the game remains unplayable. The player humorously expresses their frustration with the game's developer, Todd Howard, and reflects on their enjoyment of playing the original release build. They conclude the video with a tease for more Fallout 4 content in the future and a farewell to their viewers.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Fallout 4
💡Exploit
💡Character Creation
💡Vault 111
💡Dogmeat
💡Your Special Book
💡Sneak
💡Power Armor
💡Infinite Experience
💡Sequence Breaking
💡Game Bugs
Highlights
Playing Fallout 4 on its day one release build, version 1.1.30, to experience the game as it was upon initial release.
Intention to finish the game quickly by seeking the most overpowered weapon, ignoring moral choices of factions.
Character creation of Jimmy Neutron and his wife, with a humorous take on the game's role-playing aspect.
Use of the game's physics to escape the Vault in an unconventional way, showcasing an early exploit.
Acquiring the Cryolator, a powerful early game weapon, through an in-game exploit involving the player's dog, Dogmeat.
Duplication of the 'Your Special Book' for stat upgrades using Dogmeat, highlighting a gameplay mechanic abuse.
Achieving high Charisma and appearance with glasses and a business suit, maximizing social interactions.
Joining factions and acquiring unique weapons like the Deliverer, a silenced 10mm pistol with high efficiency in V.A.T.S.
Using stealth and a suppressed pistol to deal massive damage in V.A.T.S., a tactic that exploits the game's damage calculation.
Gaining infinite caps through an item duplication glitch involving ammunition trading.
Obtaining the Old Faithful gun and ammunition through trading cheats, further illustrating the game's exploitable mechanics.
Sequence breaking by directly confronting and killing Kellogg without completing the intended quests.
Discovering Shaun is alive within the Institute, bypassing large sections of the main questline.
Using a glitch with a pipe pistol to bypass a required quest, demonstrating a clever use of in-game items.
Building a teleporter with Virgil to infiltrate the Institute, showcasing the game's crafting and technology systems.
Infiltrating the Institute and dealing with unexpected glitches and bugs that disrupt the main quest.
The realization that the game has become unplayable due to quest bugs, highlighting the limitations of the release build.
Expressing a desire to see more Fallout 4 content, especially with the upcoming remaster, indicating the player's enthusiasm for the game.
Transcripts
welcome ladies and gentlemen to the
wonderful world of Fallout 4 it has been
almost 10 years since this game released
and in that time it's seen dlc's updates
the creation club and hundreds of
exploits and bugs fixed making it a
truly perfectly balanced game thanks
Todd but with the release of a brand new
TV show and a graphical update to the
game I felt that it would be a good idea
to go back into the past and play the
day one release build of Fallout 4
that's right we are playing on version
1.1.30 the game that we all played upon
release oh so many years ago so let's
begin with a brand new game of Fallout 4
but before we can begin what is Fallout
4 this RPG takes place in a post nuclear
Boston where the land is filled with
deadly Raiders mutants and Americans our
character must loot Quest and grind
their way to a high level so that we can
finish this game's main quest line which
is all about finding our missing son sha
along the way we're meant to meet and
introduce ourselves to a vast variety of
factions each of them will have imposing
ideas of how the new world should be run
I will instead be ignoring all of the
morals raised by these groups and be
joining the faction that leads me to the
most overpowered weapon in the game this
is because I intend to finish the game
as fast as possible and fighting late
game enemies with a basic pistol is
about as effective as a Nerf gun anyway
let's make our hero ah yes war war never
changes the age-old American Tale where
we get to learn that the wonderful main
character is a descendant of true
American Dreams living with his nuclear
family after committing war crimes in
Canada yes trust me that is now Canon
but yes we need to design a character
today so uh let's get to work creating
the ultimate boy okay right I've gone
for um Jimmy Neutron after fighting in
the resource Wars of Canada because my
goodness the boy is looking battered
then it's time to make a beautiful wife
and there we have it jimy Neutron and
his beautiful wife yes this is truly
magical here is codsworth hello your
coffee disgusting doesn't he know we
only drink tea anyway today is a
brilliant day uh because it's the end of
the American civilization and here it is
the lovely voltech salesman has come to
see us hello there voltech right okay
this is our registration form so we now
need to uh make our character so of
course we're going to be Jimmy of the
neutron Dynasty and now we need to sink
in our special stats ah now here we go
the nuclear war has begun let us go my
family you grabed the child yes it's the
end of the world lovely Goodbye
codsworth Oh no nukes have detonated in
New York and Pennsylvania nothing of
value has been lost am I right fellow
Americans right uh quickly let us go to
the Vault for Jimmy Neutron intends to
survive all right in we go wee let's get
on the platform yay yeah I mean we're
going to be okay oh my goodness I
wouldn't have seen the nuke if they
hadn't pointed at it right down we go
wee that was great all right so we've
arrived at our lovely Vault I can't wait
to meet all of these new friends we're
going to be making underground oh thank
you very much right into the little uh
suspicious decontamination Chambers oh
wow look at my beautiful wife saying
goodbye to me from across the way
goodbye beautiful wife 2,000 years later
and here we have it my wife is about to
be murdered by a man named after her
serial company and of course my wife is
going to just somehow um okay yeah fight
man with a pistol unfortunately nope
what a waste ah now we've made it out
into the actual video game fantastic
where I can um say hello to my wife
unfortunately my beautiful wife is um
dead but luckily even though we can't
save her we can still steal her wedding
ring and later sell it for money anyway
onwards with the video game now we are
meant to uh Escape The Vault but this
can be done in several different ways we
could go around and fight a bunch of rad
roaches oo spooky or we could remember
that we're playing a release build of
this game which means that we are able
to um kind of break the world of physics
Mr cone is a very special aspect of
Fallout 4 uh because like every object
in this game uh there's just physics
going on and you can use these physics
as a gamer to uh achieve magical Feats
like escaping the bounds of reality like
here wee and because of that we no
longer have to worry about running
around going to the overseers office
nope all of that is boring instead we
can just work backwards and Escape
immediately it's perfectly balanced o a
pit boy thank you right well with the
overseas gun now grabbed it's time for
me to leave into the wonderful world of
the Wasteland ah fantastic anyway over
to the red rocket truck stop we go as
the wonderful dog meet is going to meet
us and this dog is basically responsible
for 90% of all exploits in this game
hello dog friend greet the dog what a
great Mission let's go friend right so
with dog meat now secured I think it's
time we pull off a exploit SL unintended
game mechanic we're going to fast travel
back to Vault 111 so yes into the Vault
we go where somehow our dog was already
here don't question it the dog can defy
the laws of physics and reality as
you're about to witness you see over
here is the wonderful cryolator a
ridiculously powerful early game weapon
locked behind a master log which yes we
quite literally can't even use however
if we ask the dog to do something
important we can say hey can you fetch
something and he's going to do his best
find some items and dog will go yes I
can find something and over dog goes and
simply yinks out of the cabinet the very
overpowered cryolator I don't know how
the dog is able to just phase it through
reality but here we are truly perfectly
balanced so there we go we now have a
weapon worthy of the Wasteland so bam
we've made our way back to Sanctuary
which is looking all lovely and Jazzy
and Jimmy Neutron is ready to make the
world remember his name now whilst most
players will leave the starting zone and
face the challenges of the game I am a
sneaky British bugger and that means I
don't intend to play fair so it's time
to boost our stats and abilities and go
even further Beyond with the power of
perfectly balanced gameplay features so
yes now that we're back in sanctuary we
are able to find the wonderful your
special book here we are back in our
wonderful house with all of our lovely
wonderful capitalist gains but most
importantly there is the your special
book which if you pick up and read will
give you a lovely Advantage it will
increase a special stat of your choice
by one point up to a maximum of 10 it's
pretty useful but being a one use only
item massively limits its potential
luckily for us we have the dog which we
can use to cheese the game right time to
do some duplication so we've picked up
the wonderful your special book however
we've used it so picking it up again
won't give us any more advantages
however we can do something pretty
cheeky indeed we can command dog meat to
do something for us we can say hey dog
meat go get the your special book and as
he bends down his head to pick it up we
ourselves will pick it up do I have two
copies yes I do fantastic so yes as dog
meat starts bending down to pick up the
your special book if we pick it up at
the same time what we end up with is two
your special books now one of them is
the original which the game classes us
as having already read meaning we don't
get any advantages from it however the
other which is going to be this one here
is unique as we haven't technically
encountered it before it is a new item
that has been summoned into the world
via the magic of dog meat and so by
picking this up we will be able to
activate the special menu again okay
right dog meat we're going to go again
your job very simple pick up the your
special in my inventory I now have three
your specials we're going to repeat this
process and until I've maxed out all of
my special attributes to 10 which is the
highest the game will let me 6 and A2
hours later right I am back and I stand
at top a lovely pile of your special
books which we have used to achieve
Perfection ladies and gentlemen say
hello to the brand new and improved
Jimmy Neutron unfortunately we cannot
take them any higher but by wearing
certain types of apparel we can yes who
needs the Vault 111 jumpsuit when
instead we can pop on these glasses and
this swanky business suit and our
perception is 11 our chismer is 12 and
we look like an absolute RZ Lord jeez
who cares about the fact that our wife's
dead we're ready to get back on the
market after these hundreds of years so
with our Charisma status now confirmed I
need to hit the rest of the world and
try to find my son and finish the game
in a way that I'm certain none of you
will have ever seen before so join me on
this magical Adventure that will make
Todd Howard proud PR you know what else
would make him proud liking the video
yes do it now you don't want to upset
our Lord and savior and we've discovered
conord Majestic what a lovely part of
the world uh we can investigate it of
course this is where we discover the
Minute Men are doing a valiant stand
against the Raiders of the Wasteland now
we can help out with this by charging at
the Raiders with our cryolator there we
go you're frozen to death so are you so
are oh I've got to get a little bit
closer on you guys there we go you're
Frozen and so are you perfect is it a
war crime probably but I'm doing it
anyway oh and we've even got ourselves a
level up fantastic oh and a mineman
outfit oh we've got to take all of this
right sorry clean business suit you're
being dropped so that we can grab this
and a troby hat we are now a premium
upstanding member of society Looking
ready to save lives for justice oh and
also I suppose we get to level up
leveling up is a little bit interesting
for us because of course uh we can't
exactly syn any points into any of this
so instead we're going to abuse the
tried and tested method of Fallout by
using sneak we're going to sink our
first point into sneaking because
sneaking is very cool and of course it's
horrifically broken in basically every
Bethesda game allowing you to achieve un
goodly amounts of damage and this game
is of course no different all right we
bam the combat is beginning and it's
into the museum of Freedom we go to be
told American lies and here comes oh
there's a Raider get Frozen they're dead
and that's a level up sweet and let's go
this way through the raiding area oh
we've got some Raiders oh you've got a
shotgun you're dead and oh you're dead
too
Bonk okay Frozen this boy here so we now
just punch him oh there we go you get
Frozen and punched very effective and
here we go we get to meet Preston Garvey
sub my dude we saved you right we are
now in a glorious position where we can
NAB this lovely bit of power armor which
of course we shall do we bam take this
Fusion core and into it we go Splendid
now we can grab the minigun and defend
our good lovely friend Preston Garvey
who 100% isn't one of the most annoying
video game characters ever invented
anyway well bam that's a minigun with a
lot of ammunition and oh look it's a
Raider and down on this level we've got
Raiders but unfortunately for them I
have Minun which is uh yes a fair bit
more powerful now let's drop down and
have a bit of fun Bonk so we're going to
move a little bit closer to our Raider
friends um there we go they're dead oh
and then it's a death claw o very spicy
now of course this is a premium fancy
death claw very spooky and it even has a
skull which means it's extra dangerous
unfortunately for it uh we have a
cryolator so we can freeze it up a bit
then we can ye a Molotov cocktail at it
and then proceed to minigun it to Pieces
oh oh he is angry though oh he's going
to yep give me a bonk and tell me that
he was not happy with what I did uh but
that's okay because he is now very much
dead Splendid all right now let me just
run at this Raider right you're dead and
then you're last good job we save the
day all right so there we go we've
basically just been told to go to
Diamond City because Mama Murphy is on
some kind of drug induced vision and she
just knows that's where we're meant to
go and that's our goal goodbye Preston
enjoy adventuring through the wastelands
all right let's go to Diamond City if I
remember correctly there's a Trader here
now we can get pretty cheesy with the
way trade Works in Fallout 4 We're going
to buy basically all the 308 rounds that
Trudy here has and then what we're going
to do is give her one of these back and
then sell all of our rounds to her this
entertainingly leaves one 308 round
remaining in our inventory very strange
indeed we can then proceed to sell this
one floating 308 round over and over
again every time we do Trudy's inventory
increases the amount of 308 rounds
inside of it but at this point we now
have ourselves infinite caps and
eventually we hit a point where not even
the trader is able to trade as they
don't even have enough bottle caps
luckily for us we can just pull other
items from her inventory that we're
interested in like say the0 45 rounds we
can NAB all of those along with the 10
mm rounds so there we go we're now about
to accept the greatest trade deal in the
history of trade deals thank you very
much for all of your nonsense perfectly
balanced indeed onwards to Diamond City
we go ah fantastic so we've made our way
to Diamond City a lovely spot indeed
especially for some good oldfashioned sh
gigans all right now let me grab myself
a gun a very fancy gun indeed all right
let's trade okay so I think I want to
grab the Old Faithful gun because this
is going to be very useful for stealing
so yes we're going to need to grab Old
Faithful and then get ammunition
cheesing again but there we go we now
have the Old Faithful which will deal 64
damage to any Target provided it's of
full health and we are stealing which
should be easy why is there a woman
standing on Sheffield's head oh my
goodness what the heck oh this game all
right now my next line of questing is
going to be slightly strange we're going
to head on over to swan in his pond as
we're going to try and kill him and join
The Institute and he's basically sat on
top of the Institute so yeah it has to
happen right I have made my way over to
the old North Church which is where the
railroad is located now my goal is to
join the railroad because not only are
they a faction that will allow me to
technically finish the game they're also
going to give me a very very broken
weapon I guess I am technically rather
low level for this area of the game but
I don't care that's fine right here
comes the legendary galie boy so we're
just going to Cate his nogin there we go
bit of crya in now we can do a critical
Cate and he is dead lovely oh there's a
suppressed pistol oh this is actually
huge okay there's a feral ghoul ahead of
me luckily I can use my suppressor and
the way the game calculates stealth
damage is if you have a suppressed gun
every shot in Vats counts as a stealth
attack this allows us to do stupendous
amounts of damage with a gun that is
otherwise a relatively normal looking
weapon so there we go feral ghl RoR in
front of us one little burst and he
takes several hundred damage all from a
simple little 10 mm okay you literally
just need to spell out
railroad D I solved the puzzle I'm a
hero and now we get to step into here
and get surprised by weaponry TDA now
that we're in the Institute we need to
speak to Deacon here who's going to be
our friend and he's going to take us to