Fallout 4 is great and I'm tired of pretending it's not
Summary
TLDRThe video script is a satirical and humorous review of the game 'Fallout 4', developed by Bethesda Game Studios. The reviewer, while identifying as a fan of the game, doesn't shy away from pointing out its flaws, such as weak villains, a lack of a cohesive narrative, and the disjointed nature of the game's quest lines. Despite these criticisms, the reviewer expresses a deep affection for the game, attributing it to an 'ineffable' quality that makes it their favorite in the Fallout series. The script also touches upon the game's DLCs, with mixed feelings, appreciating 'Far Harbor' for its depth but criticizing 'Nuka-World' for its lack of substance. The reviewer acknowledges the role of mods in enhancing the game experience and concludes by teasing upcoming reviews on other games, including 'The Outer Worlds'.
Takeaways
- 🎮 Fallout 4 is a game developed by Bethesda Game Studios, set in a post-apocalyptic Boston, where players experience daily struggles such as housing shortages and inclement weather.
- 🚀 The game follows the success of Fallout 3 and introduces many gameplay innovations, including a larger map, improved graphics, and a dedicated sarcasm button.
- 🔍 Players embark on a rescue mission/quest for vengeance, reenacting plots of popular movies while interacting with various factions that offer different quests.
- 🛠️ A key feature of Fallout 4 is the ability to build and design settlements in the Wasteland, although the narrator found them functionally useless.
- 🏙️ The game pushes the limits of Bethesda's creation engine by introducing new mechanics like the reverse shot and running the game without the need for multiple stability mods.
- 🏃 Despite improvements, the game still has issues like character models moving faster than voice lines, causing the last syllable of each line to be cut off.
- 🐶 The narrator self-identifies as a Fallout 4 apologist, expressing a deep love for the game despite its flaws, and considers it their favorite game in the series.
- 🤖 The story involves meeting a synthetic child and dealing with the consequences of consumer capitalism, with a humorous take on the game's characters and scenarios.
- 🚧 The game's factions, such as the Brotherhood of Steel and the Railroad, offer different perspectives and quests, but the narrator criticizes some for their simplistic or derivative nature.
- 💣 Fallout 4 has several DLCs, with mixed reviews; some, like Far Harbor, are praised for their depth, while others, like Nuka-World, are criticized for being tedious and lacking substance.
- 🧩 The game is described as a collection of great ideas that don't interact in a meaningful way, resulting in a disjointed experience that is less than the sum of its parts.
Q & A
What is the setting of the game Fallout 4?
-Fallout 4 is set in a post-apocalyptic version of Boston, Massachusetts, where the player experiences daily struggles such as housing shortage and inclement weather.
Which game studio developed Fallout 4?
-Fallout 4 was developed by Bethesda Game Studios.
What are some gameplay innovations introduced in Fallout 4?
-Fallout 4 introduces innovations such as improved graphics, a larger game world, bigger guns and hats, and the ability to build and manage settlements.
How does the player's character in Fallout 4 end up in the future?
-The player's character is cryogenically frozen in Vault 111, and later wakes up in a post-apocalyptic world, effectively being sent to the future.
What is the significance of the Institute in Fallout 4?
-The Institute is a shadowy organization that plays a significant role in the game's plot, with connections to advanced technology and synthetic beings known as synths.
Which faction does the player character eventually lead in Fallout 4?
-The player character eventually leads the Minutemen, a faction that aims to help and protect the people of the Commonwealth.
What is the main conflict in the Far Harbor DLC for Fallout 4?
-The main conflict in Far Harbor revolves around the search for a missing person, which leads to tensions between the town's inhabitants and a synth commune called Acadia.
What is the central theme of the Nuka-World DLC?
-The central theme of Nuka-World is taking control of a post-apocalyptic amusement park and dealing with the various raider gangs that inhabit it.
How does the player character become the overboss in Nuka-World?
-The player character becomes the overboss in Nuka-World by defeating the previous overboss in a bumper car arena.
What is the player's role in the Automatron DLC?
-In the Automatron DLC, the player joins forces with a killer robot to combat a robot army while also having the ability to create their own robot army.
What is the player's goal in the Vault-Tec Workshop DLC?
-In the Vault-Tec Workshop DLC, the player's goal is to build and manage their own vault, conducting experiments on the dwellers within.
Outlines
🎮 Fallout 4 Game Introduction
The video script begins with an introduction to Fallout 4, a post-apocalyptic game developed by Bethesda Game Studios. It humorously touches on the game's setting in Boston, the various challenges faced by the player, and the gameplay innovations. The narrator expresses their love for the game, despite its flaws, and sets the tone for a detailed walkthrough of the game's features, including the construction of settlements and the interactions with different factions.
🏭 The Institute and Diamond City
This paragraph delves into the player's encounter with The Institute, a secretive organization with advanced technology, and Diamond City, the largest city in the Commonwealth. The player's character is tasked with detective work and uncovers a conspiracy involving the Institute, synths, and the disappearance of a child. The summary highlights the complex narrative and the moral dilemmas faced by the player.
🧠 Memory Den and the Glowing Sea
The player's journey leads to the Memory Den, where people relive their memories, and the Glowing Sea, a highly irradiated area. The narrative explores the character's search for a person named Virgil, who has been transformed into a Super Mutant. This section of the script discusses the player's efforts to infiltrate the Institute and the ethical considerations surrounding the creation and treatment of synths.
🛠️ Factions and Questlines
The script outlines the various factions the player can join or fight against, including the Minutemen, the Brotherhood of Steel, and the Railroad. It discusses the player's role in shaping the outcome of the game's world through their interactions with these factions. The summary emphasizes the branching narratives and the impact of the player's decisions on the game's factions and their questlines.
🚀 The Institute's Agenda and Family Reunion
This paragraph describes the player's confrontation with The Institute and the discovery of their agenda to create human-like robots. The player character, who is revealed to be the father of a synth child, is forced to make difficult choices regarding family and the fate of The Institute. The summary captures the emotional weight of these decisions and their implications for the game's story.
🤖 Automatron and Far Harbor DLCs
The script introduces the Automatron and Far Harbor DLCs, which expand the game's universe with new storylines, characters, and challenges. The Automatron DLC focuses on a robot army, while Far Harbor explores a remote island with its own set of mysteries. The summary discusses the DLCs' contributions to the game's depth and the player's experience.
🎢 Nuka-World and Game Critique
The final paragraph addresses the Nuka-World DLC, which allows the player to become the overboss of an amusement park overrun by raiders. The script offers a critique of the game's design and narrative, highlighting missed opportunities and the game's disjointed nature. The summary reflects on the game's flaws and the potential for a more cohesive and impactful story.
📺 Conclusion and Future Plans
The video script concludes with the narrator's personal thoughts on Fallout 4, acknowledging its flaws while expressing a deep appreciation for the game. The narrator also discusses their plans for future video projects, including a review of every Disney Channel original movie and a video on The Outer Worlds. The summary provides a wrap-up of the narrator's overall experience with the Fallout series and their anticipation for upcoming content.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Fallout 4
💡Bethesda Game Studios
💡Post-apocalyptic
💡Faction Quests
💡Synth
💡Settlement Building
💡DLC (Downloadable Content)
💡Mods (Modifications)
💡Minutemen
💡Main Theme
💡Nuka-World
Highlights
Fallout 4 is a post-apocalyptic game developed by Bethesda Game Studios, set in Boston, featuring daily struggles such as housing shortage and inclement weather.
The game boasts of many gameplay innovations including tolerable graphics, a sarcastic tone, and a larger map with bigger guns and hats.
Players can rehash the plots of both Fallout 3 and New Vegas simultaneously, meeting several factions that employ them as a hitman or exterminator.
The physical task of rebuilding settlements after the apocalypse falls to the player, who must operate a full-service design and construction company.
Fallout 4 pushes the creation engine to its limit by introducing a reverse shot in conversations and running the game without needing multiple stability mods.
Despite some criticisms, the speaker is a Fallout 4 apologist and considers it their favorite game in the series, even possibly of all time.
The game features a rescue mission/quest for vengeance, reenacting plots of Taken and John Wick, and includes the New England Patriots as an in-game element.
The player character, Johnny Fallout, is a war criminal and international bad boy, facing the consequences of runaway consumer capitalism.
Vault 111 is introduced as a place offering protection from the consequences of consumerism, with a dramatic elevator sequence.
The player is tasked with gathering supplies and hoping that 200-year-old guns still work after being thawed and released into the Commonwealth.
Sanctuary Hills is the player's pre-fabricated house that has survived 200 years of acid rain, maintained by the robot servant, Cogsworth.
The player meets a purebred German Shepherd and is asked to help with a situation involving 'little Timmy' and an island, introducing the character Preston Garvey.
Diamond City is the largest city in the Commonwealth with a theme of baseball, despite the lack of rights to the Red Sox likeness.
The quest to find the player's son involves detective work with Nick Valentine, a prototype synth with the memories of a pre-war detective.
The Institute is a shadowy organization that the player must confront and is later revealed to have a teleporter technology.
The game includes a faction system where the player's choices affect who will rebuild and claim the settlements, including Dunkin' Donuts.
The player can become the overboss of Nuka-World, an amusement park run by three different Raider gangs, each with unique characteristics.
The game's DLCs, such as Automatron, Far Harbor, and Nuka-World, offer additional content and missions, but vary greatly in quality and integration with the main game.
Transcripts
Fallout 4 is a game in which you must
experience the daily struggles of living
in Boston such as an acute housing
shortage inclement weather and the New
England Patriots developed by Bethesda
game studios hot off the heels of the
success of Fallout 3 7 years earlier boy
I sure hope we don't have to wait 7
years for Fallout 5 Fallout 4 boasts
many gameplay Innovations such as
tolerable Graphics post-apocalyptic
Minecraft and a dedicated sarcasm button
but wait there's more the map is bigger
the guns are bigger the hats are bigger
even the plot is bigger because Bethesda
couldn't choose between rehashing the
plot of Fallout 3 or rehashing the plot
of New Vegas you'll rehash both at once
as you Brave the harsh wastling of
taxachusetts on a rescue mission /qu for
vengeance while you're reenacting the
plots of Taken and John Wick
simultaneously you'll meet several
factions Each of which will employ you
as a Hitman and/or exterminator and it's
up to you to decide who will reclaim and
rebuild all these Dunkin Donuts for
themselves but no matter who you choose
the physical task of rebuilding will
fall exclusively to you and you alone by
yourself because radiation has melted
everyone's brains to the point they've
forgotten how to Plum a wall mix cement
or hammer a nail you must operate a full
service design building Construction
Company meaning you can design and build
your own Wasteland settlements Until you
realize that they're functionally
useless and store all of your unused
companions at your gas station bachelor
pad speaking of ancient decrepit
infrastructure Fallout 4 pushes
bethesda's creation engine to its limit
by finally inventing the reverse shot
that's right no longer are all
conversations conducted while NPCs wait
for you to take their mug shot but
that's not the only Improvement because
now you can actually run the game
without having to install 14 stability
mods of course the game speed is still
tied to the frame rate which was fine
when I was running this on my old crap
boox 1000 but when I upgraded my PC
because Todd told me I had to the
character models move faster than the
voice lines they're delivering meaning
the last syllable of each line gets cut
off like the final episode of The
Sopranos but despite all that before we
go any further I want to clarify one
point I am a Fallout 4 apologist and I
will not apologize this is my favorite
Fallout game maybe even my favorite game
of all time it's definitely better than
those first two games and before any of
you so-called Fallout fans start
composing death threats in the comments
because you don't understand the concept
of irony all I can say is you're just
not as much of a fan as I am and I can
prove it mathematically besides you're
not here for my smooth brain t you're
here for the Taco Bell sound effect but
if you think I'm going to take this game
to task with my usual low brow comedy
and ripped green screen edits you're
[ __ ] right however just know that any
criticism I make any nitpicks I take any
fists I shake all come from a place of
genuine love and affection the kind of
love and affection you have for like a
15-year-old incontinent dog so strap on
those Pit Boys scrap those pipe pistols
and rev up those friers as we park the
car at Harvard Yard in Fallout
4 welcome to Boston where every day God
flips a coin to decide what season it's
going to be heads for summer tales for
winter and on its side for nuclear
winter we play as Johnny Fallout war
criminal and international bad boy or
his wife a lawyer who I can only assume
he met at his trial together we have an
animatronic doll we're pretending is a
human child for tax purposes but now we
must face the ultimate consequences of
runaway consumer capitalism good morning
vault tech calling I don't care who the
IRS sends I am not paying taxes no sir
I'm here to tell you that the dildo of
consequence rarely comes lop and I'm
here to sell you protection if you're
the condom salesman you're 9 months too
late ha no sir I'm here to sell you and
your family protection from the
consequences of runaway consumer
capitalism sounds ironic no sir you and
your family will have a spot in Vault
111 speaking of which you should
probably head over we're expecting a
second sunrise in a few minutes huh
that's strange it's awfully orange out
today we make our way to Vault 111 where
the elevators are designed to maximize
drama at the expense of my
retin don't worry about a thing we're
really chill here you're in for a cool
experience hopefully you don't feel like
we're giving you the cold shoulder heat
your junk up Samurai [ __ ] balls it's
cold H you're still flying just let her
hold the kid okay I'm not victim blaming
but what did you think was going to
happen go the [ __ ] back to sleep Samurai
okay now wake the [ __ ] up Samurai after
getting Frozen and sent to the Future
like Squidward testicles we make our way
out of the tutorial hole as the Soul
Survivor not just of the freezer aisle
but of the entire United States but if
we're accepting the 44 caliber Call to
Adventure we'll need to gather supplies
and hope some of these 200-year-old guns
still work now that we've been turned
loose on the Commonwealth we get to
discover and explore many interesting
and unique places starting with our own
house welcome to Sanctuary Hills where
our pre-fabricated house with no Vapor
Barrier has managed to survive a nuclear
shock wave in 200 years of acid rain
possibly because it's still being taken
care of by your indentured robot servant
cogsworth who isn't a slave because I
used a different word cogsworth have you
been cleaning this town for 200 years
yes sir I have well then why does it
still look like [ __ ] get back to work if
I'm to clean house I'll need you to pick
up some bleach from the hardware store
in Concord try not to drink it on the
way back on our way to find some bleach
to drink we meet a pure bread German
Shepherd for some reason what's the
matter boy you say little Timmy's in
trouble what's this about an island
welcome to Concord the birthplace of the
American Revolution and also grape jelly
and in that same revolutionary Spirit
the Museum of freedom is under siege
from some patriots exercising their
second amendment rights by attempting to
shoot up the building but this guy's
dressed like a [ __ ] dork so he must
be an important character hey you grab
that laser musket and come help me this
looks worse than the [ __ ] that got
Shinzo a using a Futurama joke we crank
our way through the Raiders just call me
Christmas with the cranks I don't know
who you are but your timing is
impeccable why are you guys hiding in
the Attic of a museum on the American
Revolution is this supposed to be a
metaphor my name is Preston Garvey I'm
here to bring back those good
oldfashioned values on which we used to
rely you see I'm a minute man guy he
can't bring back the past tip [ __ ] of
course you can history is cyclical don't
you remember that war never changes bit
from the intro that's not meant to be a
good thing aren't you a war criminal no
I'm just a man who enjoys a good
execution a week ago there were 20 of us
yesterday there were 10 now there's only
five of us left hm sounds like a skill
issue after facilitating the second
Boston Massac Preston makes us an offer
who sure could use someone like you
doing all our Renovations for for us
I'll mark it on your map nah kid [ __ ]
settlement building it [ __ ] sucks
dick get your ass to Diamond City why
should I do that I'm going to be real
with you for a sec kid I'm high as [ __ ]
right now now you must single-handedly
rebuild your old subdivision if you want
to move the minen quest line forward
that means you must act as a carpenter
electrician and defense contractor
however due to strict HOA guidelines any
and all new construction must match the
existing neighborhood character which in
this case happens to be a radiated
Rubble hey guys big beak the Builder
here and on today's episode of this old
shack we'll be hanging some lights a
door and myself normally I like
settlement building but it's frustrating
when I'm trying to keep my upload
schedule to a tight 3 months and have to
spend several dozen hours playing Bob
the Builder in the corner of the map and
we don't exactly have time to horse
around so let's make like George Bush
and put nation building aside in favor
of some more Mindless Imperial violence
and if there's one group that can help
me with that it's the Brotherhood of
Steel welcome to the town of Cambridge
instead of being populated by nepo
babies trying to trick Taurus into
rubbing the piss statue we find a
military Patrol from the Brotherhood of
Steel about to be overrun by a vicious
pack of 12 radiation victims thanks for
helping us out that was a real close
call oh yeah man that was a real close
call not like you're in a giant steel
exoskeleton or something oh my God just
take the damn compliment here we meet
Brotherhood palet and dance the power
armor stays on during sex we help him
raate a lab so he can phone home
hopefully nothing consequential will
happen because of this during this
Mission we're forced to confront sense
from a shadowy organization called The
Institute and by confront I mean [ __ ]
incinerate you showed Real Steel balls
today especially how you were willing to
sacrifice me to kill your enemies so I'd
like to invite you to join the
Brotherhood of Steel what's the
Brotherhood of Steel three [ __ ] guys
who can't hold one building [ __ ] off I
wouldn't join you if you rode into town
on a giant blimp I'll put you down as a
maybe speaking of political dissidence
as we approach Diamond City we find a
woman demanding to speak with McDonald's
manager mayor MC chees what kind of
[ __ ] McDonald's has a message Piper
I've headed up to here with your tabloid
gossip how dare you publish that I'm
secretly a synth infiltrator because
you're a synth fat that's a nice
argument Piper why don't you back it up
with a source my source is that I made
it the [ __ ] up Piper for the last time
there's no such thing as The Institute
and there's no such thing as since I'm
trying to find my son oh well then you
want the Sy detective that lives just
off Main Street I'm going to become the
jonker welcome to Diamond City the
largest city in the Commonwealth somehow
because every Bethesda city has to have
a theme the theme of this town is
Bethesda couldn't get the rights to the
Red Sox likeness consequently any
mention of them has been sand blasted
and Fenway has been transformed into a
generic ballpark despite half the town
dressing as umpires nobody even knows
what baseball is except for Mo Cronin
who thinks it was some kind of blood
sport that would have actually been fun
to watch diamond City plays host to
several important public services such
as the radio station the robot bar the
waspy bar the meat bar and the Russian
bar the Russian bar what is this still
the [ __ ] land of opportunity what
does the rest of the world look like
that people are still immigrating here
there's also a security department
trained extensively in deescalation
they're also not allowed to help with
missing persons cases by order of the
mayor because there's been no political
blowback from this if we want to find
our son there's only one man we can turn
to detective Nick Valentine but first we
need to find him detective Valentine has
gone missing investigating skinny
balon's Hideout for a kidnapped girl and
by investigating I mean just walking
into a mob bar and asking what crime
they've committed to free Nick we must
enter the practical joke that is the
Boston Metro Transit System we
infiltrate the crime Vault and by
infiltrate I mean raid the place like
Judge Dread thank God these people
self-identify as Mobsters or else these
kind of turn off the body cameras shoot
first ask questions and never use of
force might be considered excessive we
didn't even know for sure if Nick is
here let alone that he's in trouble for
all we know his secretary was just
trying to get rid of us because he was
hung over in the back luckily for us and
our criminal liability Nick is not only
here not only falsely imprisoned but
also ready to unleash some righteous
Justice on these Sinners except of
course for the one person actually
responsible skinny Malone damn it Nikki
you come into my house you kill all my
guys and cost me my girl yeah but I was
stuck in your basement so that's all
justifiable homicide oh well that's all
right then back at Nick's office in
Diamond City we're immediately hired as
a detective due to our excessive use of
force as well as run through our case
with Nick he's a prototype synth with
the memories of a pre-war detective so
what did this guy look like and what
racial minority was he a part of uh he
was white actually white like Hispanic
what kind of cop did you say you were
again just answer the question he was
Caucasian and bald while there's only
one bald man in the entire game let's go
rob his house turns out John Harvey
Kellogg was living in Diamond city with
a young boy and no one had any questions
about it after some light breaking and
entering we find Kellogg's yogurt enema
chamber what was the chair for did you
just sit there and stare at the wall hey
boy can you use the scent to find
Kellogg no Kellogg not flight log dog
meet leads us to Battle Creek sanitarium
where Kellogg leads us through a series
of audio lectures on Eugenics well if it
isn't the most resilient man in
the people of taxachusetts do not be
alarmed we were the protagonists of the
previous game where really cool we swear
suddenly I'm regretting not taking dance
up on his offer back in Diamond City we
returned to Nick's office to discuss
what to do now that we've killed our
most promising lead you didn't happen to
grab any part of his brain while you
were there did you uh well luckily for
you I know someone who can help us
welcome to Good Neighbor the theme of
this town is [ __ ] crime it's just
crime but just like The Vibes besides
the mayor stabbing a guy in broad
daylight this neighborhood is more polic
than the whitest gated community in
South Africa within this crime slum
exists the memory Den a high-tech
laboratory where people can relive their
cherished memories of picking through
the rubble of the Commonwealth that I
guess their back hurts less or something
using the suicide pods from Fallout 3
we're able to Flatline ourselves so we
can communicate with Kellog in the
afterlife you're about to take a trip
through the human brain welcome to
Kellogg's frosted brain flakes using
Nick as a host we journey through
whatever was left of Kellogg's cherished
childhood memories after we sent a nuke
on an Express trip through his skull
that's when we learned that Kellogg had
a rough childhood yeah no [ __ ] I didn't
think anyone who kidnapped babies for a
living would be well adjusted we learned
that between murders Kell was living in
Diamond City with young Sheldon at the
institute's request to bait us into
killing him we also learned that the
Institute has a [ __ ] teleporter well
now that you've seen Cal had kind of a
rough childhood don't you feel bad about
killing him not even slightly but he was
a person if anything I feel a little
better actually what I kind of want to
kill someone else now uh you should get
out of here head south you might just
find what you're looking for there
welcome to the glowing sea during the
Great War Massachusetts became so
radiated that the map itself developed a