A Profile of X6-88: A Synth of Single Vision - Fallout 4 Lore

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[@oxhorn]

For more on courser psychology, watch my video on coursers here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJCTp5t_j7Wpn9E

[@Maxwell.891]

I've just arrived from your nuka world video and I can't believe you sided with the operators over the disciples the pack and disciples are the best in my opinion

[@nathanhudson-young2460]

Could you do a video on Paladin Danse? I think it would be interesting to get a further insight into the existential crisis he must've had after finding out he's a synth, the very thing he hates.

[@McMahonHater]

He doesn't love or hate anything, he reacts based on his computer programing based on Institute guidelines. He's a machine, not a person.

[@johannjimenez2850]

why You said X6 a Robot? I thought X6 is a Synth a Clone of Human? I know that 3rd Gen Synths dont Age, dont get Sick, They dont tired, not lossing weight, not gaining weight, sometimes They need to sleep sometimes They dont sleep, Synths Women dont Pregnat, Synth Shaun dont grow and His still a Child forever, but 3rd Gen Synths They need to eat, They need to Drink Water, They have Human Emotions, They Pollute, They Peeing, They Sweat, etc. so everall They close in Clone than Robot Sir 😊

[@johannjimenez2850]

inshort Gen 3 Synths are the Duplicates of Humans Sir 😁👌

[@Thagomizer]

X6-88 is an interesting contrast to Nick Valentine. He looks perfectly human, but has a cold and robotic personality, much like the Terminator. Nick, on the other hand, has a warm and human personality, but is obviously a damaged synth.

[@ezrabraman6437]

Also codsworth, ada and curie have a similar contrast, with being “lesser” machines, and yet being far more complex characters

[@TheRedArmada]

Oh wow, never caught that. Great point!

[@crazychristopher1989]

He's also seen to be a contrast to Deacon. While X6 is brutally honest, Deacon is a habitual liar. However, X6 is against helping others whereas Deacon is all in favor of such. Not to mention settlers would protect Deacon had one turned on The Railroad whereas X6 engages in battle with settlers if one were to turn on The Institute.

[@Puppy_Puppington]

Juxtaposition

[@d.n5287]

​@@ezrabraman6437they are lesser machines, but excellent people

[@sebk3640]

It's nice to see X6 becoming so chill with you. Like he truly thinks he can trust you 100%. Literally joking with you, it kinda shows that he still has a personality. Even if you are trained most of your life to be a solider, you still joke with your team. You can still relax off duty.

[@kalebs6201]

God i love the Voice Actors performance as X6, its so cold and almost soulless, but not totally robotic

[@winzigerflashendeckel6894]

The way he says:"haha"

[@pyritefoolsgold3521]

What's especially great about it is that when X6 gets emotional, he breaks character and starts talking more like a human. The robot voice isn't the real him, it's his 'customer service voice'.

[@harrietr.5073]

... Callin' it robotic... Yeah ableist.

[@korstmahler]

You know what would be a top-tier institute move? Being able to reset X6(and his opinion) after he gets angry a couple times by reporting him as faulty to the SRB. Even Coursers have defected before, that's why the whole FO3 encounter happened. It's not out of the realm of possibility.

[@ChangedCauseYT-HateFoxNames]

That.... would be a whole new level of cold. Even by the worst factions standards.... but certainly would be interesting.

[@winzigerflashendeckel6894]

​@@ChangedCauseYT-HateFoxNames the institude sees them as nothing but machines. They would do it. I wonder why they gave coursers this level of personality in the first place. I question a lot of things the institude does. Mostly why they always accept to buy the 200 tweezers i stole from them

[@RoughThief]

YES. This piece of junk dares to question the director of the institute? Then an immediate reset is in order.

[@kikosawa]

@@winzigerflashendeckel6894"give" ? Institute doesn't give their synths personality and self-awareness. They just don't bother to take them away out of principle. Institute believes that simply proclaiming someone a soulless machine is enough for them to follow through on that, and in X6's case, it's clearly working.

[@alexshinra6722]

Isnt there a mod that has the memory delete option?.

[@nicklewis7291]

X6 seems to be someone who has beliefs that were told to him and refuses to change his mind even when a mountain of evidence proves different.

[@VeraTheTabbynx]

Sadly yes, I think you hit the nail on the head. I wish there were a way to show him he's more than just a machine and institute servant. Would have been a great little secret option for far harbor if you could bring him to DiMA, show him who he can really be, offer the life he deserves to live. Even cover his tracks by reporting him as KIA. Ah well, wishful thinking.

[@alliesangalli1757]

X6 is one of the few companions in Fallout 4 that I've never traveled with. I thought he was kind of simple, but this exploration made me really appreciate the subtle nuances of his character

[@kikosawa]

He's kinda insufferable to keep pleased in a casual playthrough. Does anyone actually relate to Institute's dogmas to that extent?

[@Ata.TeaGargler]

Imagine lowering his disposition enough that he takes you aside just after helping Sheffield: "Look, sending Higgs and Loken to die in the wasteland was a horrible decision, but giving away our Nuka Cola? That's where I draw the line"

[@jackzed2020]

I love that. "you're too selfish and that is not father's legacy." The same father who made us his successor without even asking anybody else

[@QualityPen]

I’m not sure that’s fair. Father thinks he is doing what is in the Institute’s best interests. I think it’s foolish and there are better ways to resolve the Institute’s internal political divides than to appoint an outsider to lead it, but I don’t think he’s being selfish by making this decision. It does look like nepotism, but the player character is uniquely capable and the familial link to Shaun does offer a little more legitimacy than just plucking a random wastelander off the streets.

[@jackzed2020]

@@QualityPen noone doubts the nepotism. He has several capable people at hand. He is selfish because there is a council installed and yet he ignores it. Everybody expresses doubts and technically, father has no real proof that you as his dad are capable of leading a whole community. Given your prior actions in the game, jot counting the side quests you might have undertook and just focusing on the main plot line, you have done little more than save some rag tag do-gooders and built some beds in ruins for them, followed orders by postapo fascists and/or cracked the ultra difficult railroad-password "railroad". Yes, you can survive. But the same you can tell about Kellogg who did that for decades prior and noone considered him becoming leader. By all the actions done in the game, you only show that you are hard enough to survive out there. Which has nothing to do with leading the institute.

[@kikosawa]

I guess, Father not only disregards Commonwealth's opinion, but his subordinates' as well. A dictator and a manager. There can be only one who steers the Institute.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

17:23 Neighborhood Watch: “Look, I, uh…I don’t want no trouble from your pal. I know a stone cold killer when I see one.” X6-88: 🍺🗿

[@Whiteluz100]

Golden stamp

[@FuzzyImages]

That admiration speech, it's so strange, he feels so... human, in that moment.

[@kikosawa]

He embraces the Sole Survivor as his brother in arms, as someone who shares the same core beliefs as he does. X6 clearly is self-assured and doesn't think himself deficient in any way, so why would he hold back in that moment? I think that he genuinely sees himself not as a servant, but a soldier, and understands the Institute way beyond their propaganda. He bleeds Institute, even if he's not really supposed to.

[@Bondelhyde]

I like to think that X6-88 is like Knight Rhys. As Rhys "bleeds Brotherhood", X6 is heavily involved with the Institute, as it being his whole life and all he has ever known. But, in truth, both characters are flawed in that they are blindly worshipping their factions without wanting to embrace any possible changes that can and will happen, and without any perceptions other than what they've been told. In this, they fail to realise that they are not actually furthering the factions' goals, but rather the self-interests pursued by their leaders. Elder Maxson makes it known that he "cares for humanity" in his speech on the Prydwen, despite not actually making efforts to help humanity unless it directly benefits him and his chapter, and says that all synths are abominations which must be destroyed, regardless of if they are an Institute agent, or if they are attempting to live their lives as people. He then forces these beliefs onto the rest of his chapter, as said to "obey without question". Father claims that he is trying to save humanity and give it a future, using the general guise of the Institute to claim this. However, as noble as he says he is, all he has done is attempt to carry out experiments based on his own selfish curiosity, no matter the cost to human lives or resources, as well as exercise his own sadistic and cruel tendencies. With this, he has arguably also restrained the Institute in its technological prowess and its moral compass, actively refusing to even consider synths as sapient and sentient, as well as denying any research into fields such as cybernetics, and maintaining a view of the Commonwealth being "a lost cause". Both leaders use their factions as a front for their own self-interests, and this in turn makes the other members believe that they are all "fighting the good fight", and pushing these ideas to the Commonwealth ignites confusion and anger due to the factions seeming to not care about what atrocities they've committed. It may be easy to write off both X6 and Rhys as bad writing on Bethesda's part, but I actually think that the way they are presented is genius. Because they are a testament to propaganda and cult personalities, as well as people who blindly believe what an individual or group says without knowing or understanding the true motives behind their actions. Quelling any individual thought or questions, they represent the leader's vision and ideals of the faction, but not the faction itself. It leaves this one final question to be answered: *What are you really fighting for?*

[@dilutedphoenix8099]

Most people aren't a fan of the Courser design but I think it's quite fitting, gives a very blade runner-esk feel. The Courser coat really feels like something a Courser would wear, it's simple, sleek, efficient, and that synthetic leather is very benefiting of a Courser and their role within the institute. My only nitpick is that they don't all wear black shades.

[@awayqn]

yes! i love the design of the coursers and have been matching with x6 since i unlocked him as a companion, i swapped out the patrol sunglasses for just regular sunglasses and they look much better. i also love x6s bluntness and general despise of everything in the commonwealth

[@jodypasseno6065]

Thanks Oxhorn for another great breakdown of a great character. My only in-game regret with X6-88 is that you cannot point out to him how human he is becoming which counters his insistence on being a robot.

[@facio1000]

I've always thought that the Institute labeling the "Gen 3's" as Synths is an excellent example of how effective some very simple propaganda efforts can be. If you took a human, very slightly genetically modified them and put a mind control chip in their head, people would freak out and be outraged. But if you do the same exact thing and label them as just the next step in a long line of advanced robots and then segregate them in some way so that they can't build close relationships with others, many people (even player's who can see the game world with 360 degrees of knowledge) will accept it. It's both fascinating and disturbing how easily this pretty ham-fisted type of tactic can be accepted.

[@VeraTheTabbynx]

Even Glory, the one escaped synth in the commonwealth who chose to keep her memories refuses to accept she is truly human because of the simple fact she saw the synth creation process, even though it's using real, lab grown human tissue and making a perfect, 1 to 1 copy of human anatomy with it, essentially just building a slightly altered adult human rather than using the natural process. Acadia is the same, the synths there segregate themselves based on this despite being perfectly able to lead normal human lives. Propaganda is a powerful, terrifying thing.

[@quagmoe7879]

It’s literally not propaganda. It’s a true and simple fact that they aren’t human. There’s a difference between displaying qualities of personhood and actually being a person. Is an AI that emulates a person a real person? Of course not, Synths are no different. No propaganda is necessary, only cold logical scientific truth.

[@VeraTheTabbynx]

@@quagmoe7879 except that they _are_ sentient and it is blatantly obvious. They have organic brains, they function exactly as a normal human's would. They have thoughts, opinions, and desires, unlike any AI. They are capable of higher level thinking, which outright _requires_ true intelligence, not possible with AI. The synth component is not their brain, it's just a chip that interfaces with the central nervous system.

[@facio1000]

@@VeraTheTabbynx In my experience, frequently excluded groups eventually take ownership of things that were previously forced upon or used to exclude them. So, for example, the term “quaker” was an insult or slur, but eventually the targeted communities took ownership of the word and normalized it. I find it ironic that in the case of “Gen 3’s”, due to their generally negative experiences with the Institute or Brotherhood or average Commonwealth citizens, it’s not unlikely that they probably will end up becoming a separate community / nation, and perhaps eventually something to be feared due to them embracing an identity of being not human, being hated by humans, and always being in danger from humans.

[@facio1000]

@@quagmoe7879 But they are human. They are indistinguishable from humans in all ways but the synth component. They are literally made from pre-war human DNA, and then chipped. It’s pretty horrible when you think about it. If you want to argue that they are AI, then you’d have to argue that their mind exists completely on the synth component, but that doesn’t seem to be its function. It seems to be an interface that allows outside control of a human mind. I think, at most, you could argue that the synth component has a sort of control AI that allows outside control of and maintains guardrails on the underlying human mind. Pretty nasty stuff. At most, they are cyborgs, are quite primitive ones. If the argument is that the way Gen 3’s are created makes them not human, then that makes me think of how IVF was perceived a few decades ago. When I was a kid, children conceived that way were derisively referred to as “test-tube babies.” It was considered weird, creepy, funny, and slightly disturbing. Times have changed, and now it’s normal. Different is not inhuman, just different. From what I’ve been seeing, some of the stuff that we’re looking at in our real world in the next couple of decades, might make Gen 3’s look pretty mundane…

[@brothers_of_nod]

I remember these days; nostalgia, good times of breakfast and lore with Oxhorn.

[@Dr.Kratos.]

Momento Mori

[@noahperkins4716]

X6 is mean to Dogmeat. That is hard to forgive

[@kikosawa]

Dogmeat can't be a real dog, though... I mean, he understands human speech

[@beanmachine917]

@@kikosawadogs… understand human speech.. Not like a “oh they understand every word we say” but like they understand the tones and motions we use when speaking to them

[@angrycharcoalcat]

@@kikosawa r u trying to crack jokes about such a sensitive topic!?

[@kikosawa]

@@angrycharcoalcat yeh

[@Porterpotty34]

Dog meat is a very special synth

[@MeanAndPristine]

X6’s character shines through his conditioning. He is unwaveringly honest, independent, and he judges people by their actions rather than their words. He’s strong-willed, yet subordinate, and he reconciles these two traits by choosing his leader. The fact that he can admit Father’s mistake proves that he was chosen to become a Courser for a reason. He isn’t loyal to the Institute, but rather what is stands for. He’s not loyal to Father, but rather to his vision of the future. The skills he’s learned, the capability he’s been granted, sets him free in his own way. He’s aware of his emotions and keeps them in check; that discipline frees him from being controlled by compassion and fear, selfishness and rage, the way those on the surface are. Very deep character actually, enhances my understanding of the Institute’s goals. They aren’t as comically evil as previously thought, still evil but now nuanced.

[@woohoomusic5098]

I've always loved X6. I'm glad you're still making fallout lore videos Ox! God bless you and have a good day

[@grayarea6221]

X6 is unironically my favorite companion

[@kulerthankule2350]

Honestly same, some people call him boring but if every companion was funny and quippy 24/7 that’d be boring too, I like the cold and serious terminator archetype that X6 is.

[@sh3tpostsgamertime204]

@@kulerthankule2350he sucks

[@kingjamization]

I was surprised to see you never did a X6-88 profile before. Just never thought of it before

[@renaigh]

singled-minded monotone characters are fascinating to me, usually they end up growing a heart and falling for a greater cause but X6 is different in his consistent worldview. The only other character I'd comfortably compare him to is Takemura from Cyberpunk 2077.

[@SaucednFound7]

I’ve been waiting for this companion overview for so long. Never thought I’d see the day. My Saturday just got a whole lot better

[@adrianparker5633]

I’ve never run with X-6, as I’ve always enjoyed running around the commonwealth with Nick Valentine. I enjoyed learning what X-6 is all about but I still don’t know if I’d run with him over Nick

[@renaigh]

X6 represents Shaun's unfiltered opinion of the Surface world. his hatred is only an extension of his creator's.

[@sourcream990]

Despite X6 being cold and practically evil in multiple senses of the word, I do like the subtle bits of personality, change in tone, etc. At one point I almost forgot he was a loyal institute synth when I was playing the institute ending myself. Also I've noticed the juxtaposition between X6 and Nick Valentine, as well as the similarities Paladin Danse has with his loyalty to the BOS, both being raised in these factions, and idolizing the leaders of these factions so much that even when things go wrong or the leadership they look up to do things they're against, they still feel loyal and obligated to obey their leaders

[@ChangedCauseYT-HateFoxNames]

I wouldn't say evil, not even slightly. More, extremely loyal to the institute and cold hearted to those not loyal to it and a blockade to it. He clearly has heart, just not caring to those he has no reason to. Evil would be he is satisfied in slaughtering the commonwealth. He doesn't find joy in that because he hates his job. Otherwise it would be dream job to him since he would be helping the institute and "cleansing the surface". He is many things but evil, I wouldn't go that far.

[@mocatdow]

I feel like X6 is in the same boat as Jojo from Jojo rabbit. They both believe in something so much that they refuse to see the flaws in what they believe in, and so they blame the flaws on everything else. It takes an extreme contridiction to his beliefs to break Jojo out of them. The only thing i wish we could do with X6 is to find a way to break the confidence X6 has in the institute, maybe with a companion quest or somethint. Like, X6 has his doubts about something, confides in them to you, and then you both go out to get rid of those doubt only to find they were true or something.

[@emilmadsen8286]

I find mechanical(Cyborgs, sentient robots, etc.)characters that are fully aware of what they are and embrace it interesting. Liking that they are cold hearted killers beyond their initial programming. Fully choosing to be the monster.

[@thinix396]

23:45 making an EMOTIONLESS robot hate you is crazy 😭

[@kikosawa]

allegedly*

[@Mungojerry310]

X6-88 compliments after completing the story for the institute almost makes it worth selling out human kind

[@localsussybaka277]

31:50 That is by far X6's most human moment.

[@steveeymann6374]

When x6 claps back I'd love to have an option like. "Question me again and I'll turn you into a roomba."

[@kikosawa]

"I don't care, you still suck"

[@rustyjones7908]

Kind of funny how X6 drops the "cold ruthless killer" act at his last negative approval speech. Sounds almost human. Although Strong's "concerned" voice is better from a comedy perspective.

[@kikosawa]

X6 understands crystal clear that he's not a machine, but a soldier. Maybe, in a way, he relates to the Sole Survivor in this regard.

[@AussieGladiator]

"my name is X6-88, the synth sent by the institute"

[@Lyze]

Really telling that no matter how badly things go with X6, he still calls you 'sir'.

[@lucidonoccasion5012]

Wasn't expecting another companion character study so many years on!

[@shazamblake3796]

Glad your continuing the companion profiles! Can Danse, Strong and Codsworth be next?

[@Brando216]

Especially danse

[@Thomas_The_Thermonuclear_Bomb]

I've always loved X6, and I like to think that it's definitely possible to get him to see the ills of the institute, even if it's only because he wants to see the player happy. Because you're his friend and at this point you've spent so much of your time with him. I think there would be a lot of things he wouldn't really understand himself, but X does it because he knows it makes you happy.

[@bhart3321]

I can't be the only one that sees the parallels between X6 & Agent Smith from the Matrix.

[@benjthorpe]

I just love how the Institute is such an accurate representation of Academia

[@rustyjones7908]

It's a little too effective to represent modern academia. More like what modern academia has pretentions of being.

[@stitchfan08]

I love companions like him who don't judge me for asking for more caps

[@slaya6316]

Same

[@zoulogist9171]

That’s why Ada is the best, she doesn’t judge you for anything

[@datguy8460]

i notice how he was more than just a ruthless institute killer when i forced momma murphy to stop doing drugs. i threatened her into quitting and he liked it. i thought why should he care that i helped a random wastelander that has no connection to the institute whatsoever? is it because i showed authority to someone below me? or because drugs are harmful and brings down efficiency in a person? wtv his reasoning, it made me aware that he will not always approve of the stereotypical bad guy response and that he thinks there is more than just one reason behind every action

[@juancarloang]

38:10 Yeah, X6 really is suffering from humanity.

[@kikosawa]

His feet clearly aren't ones of a master

[@Thereisnogreatersword]

There’s a good reason why I keep a shotgun shell or two on my survival runs when going to the institute

[@Yardiff]

I am glad now to be doing my current Institute playthrough. I had not thought through the psychology behind how they act - this helps to make sense of it. I have never before used face presets - the base game ones have always been good for me. Now though: I will have to do a full Terminator playthrough. Just for X6 and the other Coursers.

[@kituwahband]

I like X6, i see him as a bodyguard of sorts for my institute character

[@Gewalt1984]

I keep forgetting that X6 exists. 7 years of playing fo4, and I still get lost in the institute.

[@michaelproctor8100]

In my current play-through of the game, I sided with the railroad and destroyed the Institute and yet X-6 is still available to be my companion. I wonder how much his dialogue will change as a result. Maybe I should take him to Far Harbor and introduce him to Dima and the other synths?

[@ReplicatorFifth]

One day I will get to know X6-88…it will be my evil villain arc.

[@1narutogirl6]

I LOVE X6, i wish there was a character arc option to like 'free' him from the institute, to keep him as a companion if you go against the institute, and to romance him 😏

[@Rufknsrsrnw]

Oh man, I'm so happy there's an X6-88 video. I never really got to party with him since I could never bring myself to side with the Institute. Thank you so much Oxhorn!

[@SteveWhittleFL]

Long overdue. Can't wait for this one!

[@forgottenredemption4970]

The thing with him is. I don't think he cares if he's or any other synth is a person. That's irrelevant. Maybe even considering the idea to be dangerous to the institute. To him. Synth or not. You serve father, the betterment of mankind, and most importantly the institute. He has closely linked who he is as a person to the institute. That's part of him. And by not serving it's best interests. You are showing your true colors in his eyes. Your rejecting him and what he believes. A complicated person indeed.

[@njsanders]

X6 is a conundrum. He knows he's a robot but still refers to his existence as life.

[@kikosawa]

I think he understands his humanity, but it's never a distraction to him, just a fact. Who cares if you're not actually a machine? - get your priorities straight!

[@Scotttjt]

Yeeesss! New lore and profile videos! This is the content I've been missing from your channel. The "Full Story of" series for the games' main plots are great, but I've sorely missed delving into the *lore* of the *Fallout* universe. Can't wait to see what comes next.

[@MikefromTexas1]

I'll never understand why there isn't a "Shut up, you're just a robot." type of option every time X6 criticizes you. That'd be great for a pro-Institute character.

[@stephaniebrown5982]

I know this is a random video to post this in, but I think the Enclave Design on your shop would make a great poster print. It's a little blocky on a shirt and I'd love to send a poster of the Enclave Design to my brother as a gift. He's got so much empty wall space and I think he'd like the design. Same thing for the Liberty Prime design too.

[@Yardiff]

I am glad for this profile - I think that I can have a decent playthrough with the Institute, given this. Many things make a lot of sense. I like how you can take a game that is 8 years old - has a lot of people ragging on it - and show that there are still subtleties to be explored. Off-topic and with regards to another companion, if you take Nick Valentine with you when you visit the Memory Den - if it's the first time you visit Goodneighbor you get some interesting dialogue between Finn, Nick, and Hancock at the entry scene.

[@src6339]

The institute works in mysterious ways Hey! One synth. On goal. Ha. One mission. One heart, no soul. Just one solution. One flash of light. Yeah, one courser, one vision.

[@Venthrac]

Very nice! Did you pick up on his fear of heights?

[@darianmartinez6174]

Fun fact the word hero was originally a first name of a Greek man who did so many good deeds we started associating his first name with good people

[@imzesok]

It's annoying to see X6 so, so close to realizing the institute CAN be wrong, and often is, and stopping just short of putting 2 and 2 together. Synths are supposed to be unthinking, unfeeling machines, just able to mask it with a fake personality so they can infiltrate if the institute is to be believed. Yet here we are with X6 forming opinions, thinking and feeling for himself, and not even realizing it. If only there were a dialog option you could have with a certain SRB head to let them know X6 has started behaving erratically like the rogue synths before their departure, and receive his reset code. If we're siding with the institute we should have all of the evil options, right? Feels like a terrible, terrible bit of oversight on Bethesda's part. Perhaps even have dialog depending on the progress you've made in the Minutemen, that includes an opportunity to change his mind about how he views the world above ground seeing how you've united the settlements under one banner. Perhaps he even becomes conflicted and confides in you the doubts he has about the propaganda the institute fed him during his training. After all, if they were wrong about the doomed nature of the area above ground, what else are they wrong about? Or maybe you fail a speech check, he dismisses the idea, and chalks it up to your ability to lead people despite you literally not leading and being a lacky for all the other factions including the institute, because critical thinking just isn't in the programming.

[@Yoder023]

X6-88: Paladin Danse, but Institute flavored

[@thunderpokemon2456]

Actualy he remains as a companion even after the desturction of institute.But to my curious how he can relay back after the distruction of instute if we lose affinity with him?

[@stitchfan08]

That's only if u sided with the railroad

[@jodypasseno6065]

X6, are you a human being? When you decide you are we can talk about morals and ethics. If you insist on believing yourself to be a subservient machine, don't waste the air and just do as you're told.

[@Acirno]

In a post-apocalyptic world like fallout, if some like x6 were to continuously question and object to my decisions, I would find mysefl constantly wanting to and probably end up removing his head, especially if I were director.

[@EternalNightingale]

X6: “we have a certain way of doing things in the institute” yea being a complete ass to everyone😂

[@Second-Hand-Shadow]

When X6-88 talks back to you I wanted a dialog choice that said "you'll watch your mouth X6-88 or I'll have you wiped"

[@Jebbtube]

I think it was a missed opportunity to not have X6 capable of being persuaded to change his worldview. Imagine if you could recruit him earlier, and then convince him to turn against the Institute, or at least acknowledge that he's more human than he's willing to admit.

[@renaigh]

if you that were even possible it would've made his character too trivial, his entire point is his dedication. It'd be like being able convince Arcade Gannon that the Legion is right or that Boone should hate the NCR.

[@BL00DYME55]

Guard: I don't want no trouble from your pal. I know a stone cold killer when I see one. *pans to X6 sitting on a bench enjoying his soda* 🤣

[@zoulogist9171]

Aside for X6’s hatred of everyone and everything in the Commonwealth, he’s a pretty chill dude

[@AG-ur1lj]

I don’t think the last bit entirely holds up. 1. Presumably a synth would learn human speech from human-speech data. So similar to the LLMs we have now, you would expect it to communicate with phrases like “made excuses in my mind” to describe a process of having multiple layers of judgement processing while being completely oblivious of what it means to have (or be) a mind. i.e. A synth talks about its own thoughts because it is the most intuitive way for a human to follow said synth through the process of verbal communication. 2. A stutter and a loss for words are not the same thing. By that I mean the neurological processes that result in a stutter are _very well established_ to be completely unrelated to the ability to think of the next word. A stutter is almost closer to a stress tic. Stutterers only struggle when talking person to person. It’s a very specific type of impediment. It’s been demonstrated many times that even people with rather severe stutters are able to talk to pets and animals flawlessly and fluently. All this to say, I don’t think you can equate the two in terms of being “malfunctions.” There is no apparent reason for a robot to stutter. Unless a synth was intentionally designed to have a lisp, then a robot developing one spontaneously could only be called a _malfunction_ By contrast, consider a robot programmed to describe a concept that is inconceivable to you in a way that you will understand. It’s programmed to do this by posing as a fellow human-a teammate who cooperates and provides aid. Eventually you will exhaust every explanation it is capable of inventing. It can’t get frustrated with you, and is always searching for the best path to clear communication with you. The only option would be to eventually tell you that it cannot think of the right words to further explain. In other words, it’s a completely valid result. Nothing about it points towards malfunction. 3. Shortest point: X6 also is shown to clearly be capable of accounting for the possibility of “Father being wrong” in its projections for possible futures. He tells you this directly when he confesses to being doubtful of your appointment as Father’s successor. Like a robot, he is simply incapable of acting on them beyond a certain degree. This is consistent with the dialogue options you can choose that would be certain to feed the doubts X6 later confesses to hold. When you insist that you’re nothing like your son and continue to point out ideological differences, eventually X6 will simply end the conversation saying that Father is often right and hopefully everything will still work out.

[@faridagasiyev7042]

21:15 how can a courser talk to the director like that? He shows free will and emotions. He could get his mind wiped for this

[@kikosawa]

He doesn't care. X6 is honest. He'd rather die that serve someone who doesn't see fit for the role. Maybe serving the institute isn't his nature, but it's his purpose in life.

[@Salad_Pickle]

Always felt bad for X688. He literally acts like (and kinda is) a kid raised in a cult. Know a few decent kids who were put in the wrong lives myself, n it sucks watching em sink with a shitty ship.

[@sonichero]

I know there’s not a whole lot of story there but with all the time you’ve spent adventuring together with Codsworth he deserves the spotlight, he is after all a key part of the Sole Survivor’s life being there before and after the bombs dropped.

[@jjrolly73]

Is theree no possible way to get X6 to be mindwiped by the Institute or Railroad? If not that is another missed opportunity. Image when X6 refuses to be your companion, so you go to ther scientists and demand his memory to be wiped, forcing him to be a companion again, but this time forgetting everything he's ever done. For the Railroad he could believe he is a real human, forgetting his life in the institute entirely. In addition to this, he would still be a companion, but instead working for the Railroad. Basically both choices strip X6 off his entire personally, recreating him as a generic synth (maybe creating new quests to rank up in the institute) or a person looking to find who he is (also creating new quests)

[@cass1478]

When I think about it, isn’t nepotism kinda based on narcissism? The idea that your offspring are inherently deserving of power is pretty self absorbed.

[@albertusvanlubeeck9161]

X6 was always my favorite companion.

[@Jackie89000]

He honestly seems like the complete opposite of Curie and her personality.

[@MrMack49]

The part where X_6 say sole surviver didn't grow up in the institue like he is hilarious...buddy in that moment forgot he was built as adult😂

[@Wordweaver166]

Thank you for your nuanced portrayal. I wish I could have been following your FO4 videos more closely, but I'm currently playing for an Institute ending as a Scarlet Overkill cosplay and didn't want too many spoilers.

[@shmlamesshmlansty4812]

I was just on a rewatch all oxhorns fallout videos binge, the man knows what I want

[@nonamegiven202]

It is interesting tho, as someone who admires father and works for Ayo, X6 actually far more represents their views and morals than the institute itself, who mostly range from suppressed sympathy to willing ignorance of the surface. but then that's the institute's writing there too, 95% of their crimes can be put on those two (plus Kellogg) as scapegoats.

[@ZenSei03042]

i just discovered the "Oxhorn Settler" - Mod. Fully voiced with generic commentary. beautiful. 🌴🎉

[@kikosawa]

Oh, I think I downloaded this one a while ago. Long before I even knew of this channel. The voice recording doesn't really fit, but otherwise it's a great mod

[@LEGEND-rd4vb]

Awesome, can we get a profile on Danse next OX?

[@YesImCanadian]

That Outro was one of the best I’ve seen in a long time!

[@max10eb]

was watching this vid again, x6 states he grew up in the institute. How, he was made in a blood bath in the institute bath tub?

[@ezrabraman6437]

Wish you could jailbreak x6, would be fun to seem him without the conditioning and professionalism

[@kikosawa]

I think it's obvious enough that he genuinely believes everything he says. Why wouldn't he? He's not getting abused or forced, and the world above doesn't really seem tempting to trade the majestic Institute out for it

[@Nostroman_Praetor]

X6-88's instances of individuality at max affinity is proof that he and all Gen-3s are sentient living beings, and The Institute is wrong about their creations. Its a real shame he's so die-hard for The Institute because its clear that he is far more then just a machine.

[@BWTF_Ben]

I've missed your profile videos, Ox. Glad to see a new one!

[@monabear7287]

This guy looks like Bethesda made a discount Wesley Snipes.

[@kikosawa]

The one who actually doesn't do drugs

[@Skarlet-ju8sr]

Does he like it if you wipe out every settlement?

[@kikosawa]

Wasting bullets on walking corpses

[@bradw317]

Recognized one of the Courser's voices from the Graphic Audio Radio Style CD's you can get at any Pilot, TA, Loves, or Flying J. Fun to listen to especially in dead zone areas you know, no radio or Sirius signals. Guy's name is Richard Rohan he both directs and does voice acting played ironically enough a different man of steel in those radio plays, the actual Man of Steel - Superman. Give a listen some are really good.

[@heyfell4301]

I'm gonna be honest, X6 feels like an incomplete companion. They made the "100% robotic synth companion who's actually quite human when you look closely," gave him a blind faith on the Institute, even gave him an arc that causes him to realize Shaun could make mistakes, but then made this arc only happen if you fail his companion quest, never gave him the ability to realize just how human he is, didn't give us the ability to undo his brainwashing and just left him as a companion who had IMMENSE potential but at the end is just the "loyal and efficient machine for the very few who actually wanna be an evil character and side with the Institute." He just feels extremely unfinished.

[@davidgreen2379]

"All your Synths are belong to Us"

[@AlphaGator9]

X6-88's voice almost sounds human when you gain max-affinity with him. A lot less... machine-like.

[@wmad202]

I know I'm a bit late since the upload but everyone keeps saying the coursers are like Terminator, but in reality they're more like J. C. Denton from Deus Ex. Sunglasses at all times, long dark coats, deadpan personalities and monotone voices, the list goes on.

[@x0lopossum]

1:38 X6-88 in a nutshell

[@ssjduncan7682]

17:22 had me laughing 😂😂