Can You Beat Fallout 3 WITHOUT Breaking The Ten Commandments?

[@TheReconJacob]

I was unaware until reading a comment on this video that Mitten Squad passed away a couple of months ago. This is really sad news to hear. He's posted some of the best challenge runs on Fallout and Oblivion, and his videos have had an impact on how I approach my videos. Rest in peace legend. Thank you for creating such amazing content.

[@nono-jj9rr]

Can you BEAT real LIFE while being a RAGING ALCOHOLIC? (Spoiler alert, no)

[@TheReconJacob]

@@nono-jj9rr that's not funny mate

[@fedorahatguys7979]

@@nono-jj9rrwtf is wrong with you

[@undeadsweetheart7508]

​@@nono-jj9rrJesus Christ do you have no self awareness

[@undeadsweetheart7508]

RIP, still in disbelief that Paul's gone. He changed the gaming community forever.

[@TheNN]

Y'know, Fallout 3 is about finding your father; Fallout 4 is about finding your son. It stands to reason then that Fallout 5 will be about finding the Holy Spirit.

[@VndNvwYvvSvv]

Todd Howard and anyone post Interplay/Black Isle/Brian Fargo really shouldn't be considered canon anyway

[@failedlabexperimentnumber7710]

@@VndNvwYvvSvv explain

[@ORIGINALFBI]

@@failedlabexperimentnumber7710 ignore him. He's a crybaby Bethesda hater

[@sabnock31]

@@failedlabexperimentnumber7710 just like @ORIGINALFBI said, he's a Bethesda hater, but to explain a bit @VeritasEtAequitas means that since Bethesda bought the Fallout IP from Black Isle Studios they made questionable choices in relations to Fallout 1 and 2 lore, thus making Fallout 3, NV and 4 not canon. I, personally, think that people like him cry that 1 and 2 were better are just lost in nostalgia and can't appreciate the new vision of the universe.

[@BreakersOnMyWrists]

Fallout 76 is basically that goal. It is pretty rage inducing

[@plebisMaximus]

Remember, since you purchased Charon, making him your slave, you have to release him after 7 years. Gotta follow the rules.

[@idontknoq4813]

Isn't that in a different part of the old testament?

[@plebisMaximus]

@@idontknoq4813 Yea, it's Leviticus, but still the rules.

[@ShabowSDM]

Um not going to ask

[@Paag603]

​@@plebisMaximus is it one of the ten commandments?

[@rimutheone]

Slaves weren't actually slaves lol, they were people in debt and worked it off, and it was consensual, basically all of exodus is about freeing israeli slaves lol, do some research

[@luketaylor3772]

Rest in peace Paul from Mitten Squad . You and him have helped me throughout my job and side business and I thank you both. I want you to know that especially since I never got to tell Paul.

[@TheReconJacob]

Oh my gosh, I just had to look it up. I had no idea he passed away!

[@sweetmesaJS]

Haven’t even watched the video yet, but I’m preemptively saying no, you can’t even get through the baby tutorial because you have to dishonor your father by leaving your play area after he tells you to stay

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

Yet it stoll counts since the good ending honors your parents' wishes

[@CowCommando]

But babies are innocent, so it's all good.

[@ShaggyDabbyDank]

@@CowCommando But in that case, he could've broken all 10 of the commandments as he was a baby the entire time.

[@CowCommando]

@@ShaggyDabbyDank Yeah, he could. Sounds like he needs to rewrite the challenge then.

[@Nagasakevideo]

he also hasn't been baptized yet SMFH

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

"I paid 400 quid for this." I THOUGHT the Gameboy Bible was rare. Thanks for confirming it. I've wanted a copy ever since AVGN used the search feature on it to read some passages containing "ass". But it looks like I'll have to keep waiting, if that's the in-box price.

[@SawedOffLaser]

The lengths you go to follow the Commandments is what makes these videos incredible.

[@bigrigjoe5130]

*Joshua Graham Greatly Approves*

[@SnakeRoot271]

Bro could be a lawyer with how much hes bending and following the rules

[@brownshoes5225]

The 'Colonel' part had me rolling. My sides. Good job mate 😂

[@NiiRubra]

Going into this, I didn't intend on ranting about "Fallout New Vegas good, Fallout 3 bad", but boy does this run show how limited the player's options are sometimes with this game, when they simply don't want to kill anyone, and granted, ultimately you'd have a hard time doing that in FoNV too, especially at Hoover Dam, but in this one it feels like you really had to stretch things to their limits to make it work, relying on things such as speedrun exploits, that hilariously had you play as a smol baby man for the entire game, and on logical technicalities, just to barely keep the run going, despite what the game was trying to force you towards. I've been brought here by the YT algorythm, and I'm enjoying watching your videos, love your editing and your charisma. Wish you the best!

[@gaminreasons8941]

The wierd thing is that it's mostly the main quest that feels so railroady (using a ttrpg term, not referring to the faction). Nearly all of the side quests seem like they're happy for you to solve problems the way you wanted, including non violently. But the main quest wants to go find your Dad and works fairly well, but after James dies you need to start working with Lyon's Brotherhood, and help them crush the Enclave so that they can take over the purifier. Although you can Poison the Purifier and that's a fun option for pure evil characters. I love alot about Fallout 3, but I think it has a weak main quest.

[@zoro4661WasTaken]

Ayyyyy, another absolute banger by Authentic Animations, let's gooooooooo I like the detail of you calling him "The Father" instead of "Dad". Also that Ironside cover was a solid 11/10

[@JohnDoe-bk2hg]

RIP Mitten Squad. Damn. Colonised joke was hilarious. Love the vids, man. God bless ya. XP

[@HIIMPIEZ]

Glad to have been there for a good chunk of the streams! Was a blast to be there for your journey

[@HIIMPIEZ]

I'm doubly appreciative of the shout out! I wasn't expecting that!

[@jak199527]

Rules lawyering your religion is something that has some crazy real world parallels.

[@jllemin4]

I believe the commandment not to take the Lord's name in vain refers to how the bride takes the name of the husband in marriage: the commandment is saying that accepting God in vanity for the benefits of yourself is a sin. Its not about using God or Jesus as an explitive. Its about identifying as a Christian for the look and glamour of it while living a Godless and vain life of self serving.

[@DANtheMANofSIPA]

Excellent exegesis!!!

[@jllemin4]

@@DANtheMANofSIPA Thank you :D My understanding would be naught without God's wisdom though.

[@scottmemelord6130]

This explanation makes the most sense but man there are SO MANY christians who would tell you, you are completely wrong. lol even though this makes the most sense.

[@Maadcapminis]

Ok, i subscribed when you busted out the Bible on a Gameboy as God intended

[@xyonblade]

dude, this is awesome! might I suggest trying Kingdom Come Deliverance next?

[@Isaiahwrestling]

Yes that would be awesome

[@electricVGC]

The crossover in the middle was great! Glad you managed to get through that mess.

[@bathroomattendant]

Actually bad news. Charon is the boatman in greek Mythology, and is directly related to Hades. You broke rule 1

[@TheReconJacob]

Aw darn it!

[@danielwilson8604]

not necessarily. hades exists as a realm in Christian theology (same name ,but a place, not a guy) and charon could reasonably be some resident with a similar name. plus you aren't technically putting him BEFORE god.@@TheReconJacob

[@foureyedelf6151]

I don't think there was any attempt to worship him either. If your issue is with the name itself, consider Hannaniah Mishael and Azeriah. Don't know who those are? Actually you do if you know your Bible but for some reason we only refer to them by their Babylonian names - Shadrach Meshach and Abednego. Another example would be Hadassah, aka Esther. The name she's known by is the same as a goddess, Ishtar. Which means Hidden One, supposedly chosen because she wanted to keep her ancestry hidden. On a completely unrelated note, if you want to go down a bit of a rabbit hole, pun intended, look up why Ishtar was called the hidden one.

[@TATERplaysGAMES]

He's *named after* the boatman for the river Styx into the Grecian/Roman underworld. See, Charon never actually existed, he was a myth. We all know well enough that old religions aside from Christianity were simply misguided people just doing their best to explain the unknown and create rules to live by, unlike the very real and very powerful God we Christians worship. 🙏

[@foureyedelf6151]

'Jesus proved that reality is a video game by doing glitches.' is not a thought I imagined I would be entertaining today. And I mean... You're not wrong...?!

[@surprisedchar2458]

He is. Jesus didn’t use glitches. Because Jesus is God in the flesh, He was actually able to input console commands.

[@foureyedelf6151]

@@surprisedchar2458 Also explains how he was intimately familiar with the NPCs' past present and future just by meeting them. He WROTE the lore, makes sense he could read the flavor text.

[@surprisedchar2458]

“Col-on-el” is actually closer to the French pronunciation of “Colonel”. It became “Kernel” after coming over to English. It comes from the old French “Coronelle”, which the English adopted sometime in the 1500’s. All this to say that you as a proud British man fucked up your own word.

[@MrSticks42]

9:32 This man needs to become a layer

[@satanmitdengeilenbarthaaren]

You Sir are an ingame moral genius 😂 had a lot of fun watching this dude !

[@likikoari]

So what I'm about to say is gonna sound very If he preforms a loadwarp he breaks the first rule and load warping is a blessing from God Howard, lord of bethesda

[@andreworders7305]

20:36 I love that a baby in power armor just changes you into ant man

[@FlowerOfMoons]

Why so little views?!?!?!? These challenge runs are amazing!

[@-StockingAnarchy-]

Don’t forget to sacrifice the baby for the closest possible experience to the Bible

[@lardomcfarty9866]

Thats atheists who do that

[@BonnieFluff]

Outside of the Fallout wheelhouse. I'd be very curious to see this ruleset applied to Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines. Considering how biblical the VTM universe is, it'd be interesting seeing how it happens. Hell, it's even a path in the tabletop, the Path of Christ on the Road of Heaven.

[@nikolaskasberg8657]

Wish I saw the streams that you did for this video, I’ll be on the lookout if you decide to do another!

[@name751]

Great vid! More cinematic than I expected! :)

[@Maadcapminis]

This would be the perfect run for the rivet city church sermon

[@kage755]

This was the most spontaneous, hilarious form of entertainment I’ve watched in a while. I would say that in your effort to become a holy man, you have become a funny man

[@luketaylor3772]

Thankyou so much for this. I’m having a rough day at work and I’m going to play this a few times over. Let’s see how it goes ❤️❤️

[@entertheunknown3554]

You know killing someone that's attacking you doesn't break the commandments right?

[@trippiehippie2967]

Can you beat Baldur's gate 3 without braking the ten commandments? Now that would be a challnge.

[@foureyedelf6151]

One might argue you can't get through the first bit aboard the ship. I haven't played it much myself, but I know that much. You have to take control of the characters for them to fight, they don't have their own AI. If you are strictly going by how to get through without killing anything, it would be impossible. One thing is it says do not murder. You are allowed to defend yourself. So I'd argue you can probably get through what I have seen of it so far. If I were trying it I would do it solo, not take any companions but try to help everyone. However I seriously doubt pulling someone's possessed brain out of their skull is quite kosher. So probably avoid that bit. Baldur's Gate would be a rather unique challenge if he wanted to try it. Just getting through character creation would take a whole video though. What abilities can you justify, what can you not? What would be the best build for a Commandments run, etc.

[@powercore1987]

Persona 5 without breaking the ten commandments would be really fun to watch.

[@iamslightlybetterthanyou2679]

Not allowed to use any devil personas or ones that are gods

[@powercore1987]

@@iamslightlybetterthanyou2679 Really got to study your history.

[@InvaderMik]

Hahaha I LOVE how you handled the “colonel” thing! Consider yourself redeemed and then some!

[@Killthedingo]

Yay I'm always excited about these videos . Was wondering what game you would do . Was expecting this or Starfield

[@maxamillionjazzhands4034]

technically "lords name in vain" would be more like pretending theres an 11th commandment that says dont buy skyrim again. its more of a "dont make shit up and attribute it to god" kind of rule, which is ironic because of how often its misinterpreted

[@aidentherealoneguy]

another great video! i wasn't able to join the later streams, as it was a chaotic time for me, but i'm glad you were able to complete the run!! if you do decide to stream again, I'll definitely try to join again!

[@TheOfficialPrestonGarvey]

Great video general, but ive received word that another settlement needs your help, ill mark it on your map

[@ProtagonistVon]

I’ve been waiting for this one, great job.

[@ParasocialCatgirl]

18:28 - actually, the correct British pronunciation of the word is 'Coronel'. Whilst yes, we did copy the rank from the French, we copied the pronunciation of it from the Spanish.

[@DrewBoivie]

If anything, this is a good lesson in the power of interpretation. By the way, this is English, and the correct pronunciation isn't required to follow any consistent rules whatsoever.

[@JonCrs10]

Here's a fun challenge run idea: Can you beat [Bethesda RPG] without breaking the 613 Laws of Moses?

[@TheNN]

Also if you ever do "Beating Morrowind" with this ruleset I hope to be able to follow you/watch that journey, as I know that game like the back of my hand.

[@TheReconJacob]

If it ends up being my next game (right now the poll on my channel keeps tying it with Fallout 4), I will definitely stream it. I've only beaten the game once normally, so help would be very appreciated if you're able to make the streams :)

[@TheNN]

@@TheReconJacob Well I can tell you that things are gonna be tricksy if you do play it. It all really depends on how much you wanna adjust your rules, cuz outright, you cannot beat the game without at *least* going to a grey area in your rules as you must use the Tools on the Heart at the end. The good news is that in a totally unmodded, vanilla Morrowind, the game is REALLY easy to break. Not even talking about glitches or exploits or bugs, just in general, with some out of the box thinking, you can really do some wild stuff. For one small example you can skip large chunks of the main quest if memory serves, by just talking to Illunibi and killing Dagoth Gares. Best to make sure that this is the case but I feel like it is in a truly vanilla way. Another possibility is to buy the slaves in Tel Aruhn's slave market, as they become permanent (albeit fragile) followers until you free them from your service, or until they die. And that means they follow you through doors and loading zones (but not teleportation). One person I've seen has done a truly pacifist run: Corprus hunk. Though the 'way' they had to go about it would 100% break your rules, but it *is* doable to at least truly beat the game in a pacifistic way.

[@emporer15]

Thank you for another amazing video and God bless!

[@ghoul9988]

he really doubled down on his pronunciation of colonel

[@zonogem9887]

That table is holding onto dear life

[@Matsubusa69]

That intro is EPIC

[@og_kushloverh9503]

The sonic music in the video go hard bet you didn’t think anyone would notice but I grew up wit sonic

[@Bluesonofman]

It's actually Sundown Friday to Sundown Saturday but close enough.

[@RolandTheJabberwocky]

21:01 broken commandment

[@critica77y77]

Aren't you dishonoring your father by refusing to shoot the radroach?

[@mr.cauliflower3536]

By hiring Charon from the underworld you benefitted from a false god. Gotta play again.

[@TheReconJacob]

Which false god?

[@mr.cauliflower3536]

@@TheReconJacob Charon.

[@TheReconJacob]

@@mr.cauliflower3536 how is Charon a false god?

[@TATERplaysGAMES]

18:20 Wait until he hears about *Leftennants...*

[@garyhart6421]

But we so not spell/say Colonel any differently --- So I do not see your point. Lieutenant to Lootenant --- I get. Video Ended.

[@TheReconJacob]

It's a joke mate it's not that deep

[@CharlieZColt]

My recommendation would be to redo without glitches and without skipping straight to the father

[@booker4984]

THIS DESERVES MORE VIEWS

[@PetieBearClaw]

Do you think you could do fallout 4 with out breaking the 10 commandments? I'm interested to see how that would go. :)

[@daphnedherbert]

bummed that this one didn't get pushed as far!

[@andreworders7305]

How the hell is the baby more capable then the 10 year old? Baby can pull levers and open doors, but the child can’t?

[@garyhart6421]

I never got Father out of the Simulation.

[@andreworders7305]

18:37 if it’s only 3 digits he could have just tried every possible code. It would take like an hour at most.

[@gaminreasons8941]

Given that inputting the wrong code seems to emit a ton of Radiation, the Enclave is probably trying to avoid filling project purity with rads.

[@zodiakgames]

That opening though

[@edwardbo4666]

What does commandement 2 mean btw?

[@natebetts9426]

You have a copy of King James on Gameboy?! "Lucky"

[@crazyturkturk1733]

i haven’t watched but already know unless you consider a companion killing as you still following the commandments, i know you can’t get through project purity without killing the super mutants. they ruined many a true nerds no kill run

[@cormorantcolors]

I fully acknowledge that I’m biased by the fact that I just absolutely despise that DLC, but I think Broken Steel would be fully impossible. It ends with a false choice where it seems like you would be able to save people, but in the end the game forces you to drop bombs on one of two military bases with civilians (including children!) living on them.

[@Valkbg]

As always this was great.

[@themanwiththeplan676]

Now _this_ is quality content.

[@ItzHope1412]

I have a question. Can you beat Dishonored without breaking the 10 commandments? I mean, there is an achievement called clean hands, but the game doesn't mark any items as stealing, but you can still pickpocket coins from guards if you sneak behind them.

[@MrSticks42]

0:14 THATS EXACTLY HOW I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL

[@Isnogood12]

And a child shall lead them... I mean, with the amount of twisting the commandments/rules, you'd make a great [insert member of religion that you find most funny]!

[@emmettraymond8058]

Miraculous success!

[@andrewduposki9669]

Fun fact Colonel is the British bastardized version of the french word coronelle

[@Techhunter_Talon]

14:49 Chances are, yeah. Charon has a couple legitimate pronunciations.

[@themanwiththeplan676]

Remember, kids. If you catch yourself sinning, don't forget to revert to an earlier save. Just as Jesus intended. :)

[@The101Point1]

I think you meant Sunday not Saturday also you should have done this on the PC would have been more convenient

[@Human-hs8sp]

Split the difference and call it Wednesday. the inconvenience is an extra, extra part of the challenge.

[@MidnightDubstep]

If you pause at the right moment you can see his face

[@fredster7902]

i think you either need to play in a way that isnt "go straight to smith casey's because i know its the right place to go" or "break the commandments because my character doesnt know it will break the commandment" gotta have it one way or the other imo

[@TheReconJacob]

That's a good point. Will try to abide by that in my next challenge run.

[@AwakenedEmptiness]

10:36 Working by that Charles Manson logic I see. 🤓

[@tuxedobird]

Hey man, I dunno if you noticed but you said colonel wrong, just thought I’d let you know-

[@peng1luver259]

18:36 laughing because I say it that way and I know in Japan L and R can be interchangeable, but that doesn't explain Frances L R delima

[@Physeis]

Oh shit there's *another* one? Let's go!

[@andreworders7305]

14:56 Dies going to the underworld an hiring the boatman count as breaking rule 1?

[@flamethrowerall]

Where did the English get the “f” sound in lieutenant, colon-el? 😂

[@OnTheWord_InTheLord]

That intro was a masterpiece (´ｰ｀)

[@tommers1483]

You could have made the case when reading the fail-safe disclaimers that, as a literal baby, you couldn't actually read the warnings. Also, you dying on the hill of "Colonel" is funny given how you Brits pronounce "Lieutennant"

[@LiquidNyx]

"why is the 'L' pronounced like an R" Bro the british put an F in Lieutenant you have no leg to stand on here. Joke aside, great vid, love watching the glitches at the start

[@neocass2470]

Bro lowkey sounds like Richard Ayoade

[@TheReconJacob]

That's the first time I've been told that one in particular haha

[@Gamemaster6400]

I feel like you dont get to object to colonel since british people say left-tenint lol

[@Schizobtw]

Underrated video

[@thesniperdown2848]

True Christian gaming

[@kevintheprincedragon8661]

The PS5 cloak, now I know this time is serious

[@Isnogood12]

PS5 cloak... YET PLAYS ON XBOCK! This man is a heretic, and the worst kind, as he dresses in holy cloth yet leads the masses astray.

[@andreworders7305]

8:14 they modeled baby fists?

[@dragonmaster613]

You could've used the German pronunciation Co-Low-Nell (tbh i learned that from Hogan's Heroes and 'Allo 'Allo).

[@DonteDiMora]

Nobody expected this to turn into a Christian gaming channel lol

[@TheReconJacob]

Me the least of all. I never thought talking about stuff related to my faith would be even remotely popular.

[@DonteDiMora]

@@TheReconJacob I’m just here for a good pacifist run but keep it up bro!

[@GaybrohamStinkton]

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