The Storyteller Fallout S1 E14 Reaction | Think Tanks Big MT

[@gladiatrixathena2756]

"A toaster is just a death ray with a smaller power supply! As soon as I figure out how to tap into the main reactors, I will burn the world!". - Local omnicidal toaster. (yes, really)

[@RomnilWater]

The think tank is horrifying but ironically the DLC Old World Blues is probably one of the funniest of the DLC's. Very dark humor but certainly ravels in the ridiculous mess.

[@SuperLonewolf25]

Its one of my favorite dlc i love it

[@chazo1367]

Yeah they come across as dark in this but when you play the dlc…they are kind of idiots. You easily outmanoeuvre them and even Mobius makes them seem incompetent, also just talking to them makes them easier to deal with later.

[@RomnilWater]

@chazo1367 well yes they're idiots but they're idiots that still have enough technical knowledge to do some scary stuff and have lost what little morality they had (if they even had any to began with, this is Fallout. I'm being generous) In some ways that's makes it scarier though there is the question whether they would survive contract with the outside wasteland. As you pointed out they were easily tricked.

[@chazo1367]

@@RomnilWater yeah true. But they seem to have lost most of themselves. By the time you meet them in game, they aren’t a threat? They are basically just intelligent lunatics that struggle socially. They likely wouldn’t survive contact with the main wasteland. The NCR or BOS would eat them alive.

[@RaptorNX01]

i also love they are kind of like evil forest gumps. where they are basically the cause of all the horrible things you come across in new vegas.

[@bthsr7113]

The 1950's saw some magnificent and terrifying ideas thrown around that ranged from concept to the latest weapons issued to soldiers and products sold to civilians. That time's overall mindset persisted and festered in this world up until October 2077. What we were for a decade, this setting was for over a century. Then some of the greatest minds stewed for 200 years after the bombs fell, most of that being as brains in jars. Oh, and some have developed chem addictions. So while technically this is one of the few places where the greatest science and engineering of the old world is built on, it is erratic, impractical, obsessive, and outlandish. Of all the scientists and engineers who weren't stopped advancing by the bombs, the Enclave was probably the most rational in their developments, even if they did the least to push the envelope. It would take a far more level head to apply the science and engineering on display in Big Mountain. And beyond being responsible and rational, they'd need resources to put the good ideas into even limited production, and power to keep more dangerous elements at bay.

[@giuseppe9653]

I would greatly recommend the video "This character has turned people religious", it gives a lot of context about Joshua Graham, and of course, quotes of him

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks for the recommendation 😀

[@LumiMoonCh]

The overall theme of Fallout from the moment the Vault Dweller left vault 13 has been about ethics. It's incredibly interesting to see how various groups; military, government, scientific, etc, have handled things before and after the great war. In a lot of cases, a lack of accountability can lead people to do horrific things.

[@justanotheranimeprofilepic]

There is a term in the fallout world that is also the name of the DLC this comes from, old world blues. Being so focused on the past you cant see the present, and most people in new vegas suffer from it because the main point of new vegas is letting go.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

That’s a cool term 🙂

[@bthsr7113]

To be obsessed with the past is a problem, but the past is a great teacher, and to ignore both its pros and cons is foolhardy.

[@justanotheranimeprofilepic]

@@bthsr7113 the whole point is to not be obsessed with the past and thinking it was better so you recreate it, mistakes and all. It's about learning to see the problems and not just the glorys

[@I_forgot3]

“Some are too focused on the past to see the present, let alone the future.”

[@WallNutBreaker524]

13:33 Like Yin and Yang, there is good and evil for all things.

[@SoCHobbit]

One of the aspects of fallout i enjoy so much is how much of fact and fiction is real. Warbands, whacky religions, mad science, alien invaders, eldritch horrors, etc etc etc.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😎🤟

[@HonkHonkler]

Also I've noticed the Fallout series likes to play with wording. Originally the faciality used to be inside a giant mountain until a failed experiment conducted by the future Doctor Klein in the Y-0 research center, the mountain above the center was vaporized, leaving behind a giant crater and exposing the facility. So it went from being the Big Mountain... To the Big MT (Empty). And in Fallout 4 there's a DLC called Nuka-world that's a whole theme park based off the Nuka-Cola drink. And get the pun? Nuka-World (Nuke a World). In Fallout 3 the road sign to Pittsburgh has eroded just leaving "Pit" so the DLC and the city (and main quest area of that DLC's story) is called "The Pit." In New Vegas there's a small town with a motel that has an iconic dinosaur. There's a neon sign out front that says "No Vacancy" that has half it's light out leaving "No Vac" so the town is called _Novac._ There's more, but I'm blanking, it's really fun and adds more to the lore of the world.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Nice. Thanks for pointing that out. We will try to keep a lookout for those wordplays goi by forward 😅

[@Undivided-X]

Also in Fallout 3, Arefu, a small hamlet on a bridge in southern Maryland, got its name from a 'careful' sign for bridge merging, but with the first and last letters of the sign losing their battle to time, it became 'arefu' which is what the new residents chose to call it once they arrived.

[@RaptorNX01]

or the town of Novac, which is just a motel's No Vacancy sign that lost most of the letters.

[@HonkHonkler]

Yes FIDO is a REAL unique weapon you can obtain in the Old World Blues DLC. And yes it has a dog's brain in it and it barks and growls at enemies and happily with you lol. The scientists at the Big MT have gone just a TAD bit insane since being just being brains in metal bodies. They don't even see themselves as human anymore.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Sounds like a fun weapon 😁

[@jacthing1]

It also lets out a sad whine when you put it away

[@idnyftw]

part of the big quest in the DLC that involves Big MT is getting to know the Think Tank and kind of helping them come to terms with their situation... and also making friends with some furniture

[@Akredi]

Everyone is friend with Muggy ... and the Toaster ... and both light switches ...

[@idnyftw]

@@Akredi and the biological station, and the stealth suit...

[@Akredi]

@@idnyftw Nah, the biological station is a bit too pervy, and the stealth suit, way too talkative.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Friends with furniture haha. Nice 😁

[@idnyftw]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames well, it's SCIENCE~!!!

[@AlexanderAshcroft]

none of this stuff is as terrifying as those god damn cazadors.

[@robertedgar7497]

agreed

[@ChillyReaper]

The Cazadors are some of the most dangerous creatures in the wasteland. Sometimes moreso than Deathclaws or Super Mutants. They're fast, aggressive, and their stingers have a very potent poison to them, you're almost guaranteed to die if you don't have antivenom.

[@Angelo.6945]

They have Psycho built in.

[@lfadedragel9178]

*You are feeling woozy*

[@fireblast133]

They’re genetically modified tarantula hawk wasps. So the scary part? The venom is designed to paralyze you, but not kill. Then they lay eggs in you

[@Dr.HooWho]

Eh I'd say the cobra dogs are more dangerous

[@RaptorNX01]

"if you think cazadors aren't worse then deathclaw, then degenerates like you belong on a cross" worst part, they are just big versions of real life wasps called Tarantula Hawks. they have the most painful sting of any wasp, and the second most painful sting of any insect period

[@daveTHEdirty]

Serial killer toaster is the greatest thing ever conceived in fiction

[@scotiej]

The dlc in which these characters feature is one of the best ones in the game. What the Think Tank has done was definitely horrifying and yet the whole thing was very fun and interesting and probably one of the most amusing set of characters. The Think Tank are so deranged at this point they're more like 50s era mad scientists, crazy and funny at the same time.

[@crunkers_]

I love that you guys are still going strong with these. I'm enjoying re-watching the series with you guys! I definitely think if you heard the voices of the think tank you would like them. They are insane but they each have their "good" side so to speak. Also no spoilers, but mobius is not all he seems.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Enjoying the series for sure and learning more about the fallout world. Will keep in mind Mobius might not be what he seems 🤔

[@evenisitisEvening]

I can’t really say much but Ulysses has a holotape and the American flag on his back makes them remember America

[@TwoSevenX]

This collection of missions is on the best in the series.

[@ferrumbellatorwarsmith3342]

The doctors of Big Mt are honestly sad. Once great individuals of science but two centuries of a brain in a jar and being trapped as left them mere shadows. When Ulysses met them and they saw the flag, for a moment they remembered America, but it was quick and madness returned.

[@expressodepresso5909]

Back on my first playthrough, I unknowingly picked up FIDO at some point and never got to use him until I was at the Divide. I was shooting the markmen and was running low on my main ammo so I switched weapons. and then I saw "FIDO" and got curious. At first I didn't see the ears, I didn't even hear the bark because I just wanted to shoot my way out. Once the firefight was over, I put the gun away and heard a pained yelp. Needless to say I screamed and panicked when I heard it.

[@robertedgar7497]

Cazadors are my most hatted thing in the wasteland, those are terrifying

[@QtAsteri]

If ya'll don't plan on playing a big old classic game like Fallout New Vegas, then I recommend watching Oxhorn's quest playthroughs! His commentary is nice to listen to, and he usually doesn't skip on looking for details! Plus the Old World Blues is much funnier than you think, a tiny little robot who screams about his useless function of craving tea cups, Dr. Zero's name being mistaken for Dr. O by his colleagues, the dog gun where it's a neat little lead gun that has cute droopy ears!

[@QtAsteri]

Oh, and there's a bunch of other funny inanimate objects gaining sentience, their dialogue is hilarious!

[@RomnilWater]

It is a delightful playthrough Oxhorn did. Here's the playlist for Old World Blues though it is a bit long kzbin.info/aero/PLX3Sax_xs4WQc49EPSTyK4T4duqrAWDad

[@windhelmguard5295]

cazadores are of the devil.

[@SoCHobbit]

Absolutely...worse then Deathclaws imo.

[@justanotheranimeprofilepic]

I've freed quarry junction more than I can count. I refuse to stop a cazador nest

[@windhelmguard5295]

@@justanotheranimeprofilepic i'll fight death claws with a single shotgun if i have to, cazadores not without a flamer, a few grenades (preferably of the holy variety) and a companion as a meat shield.

[@robertedgar7497]

agreed hate those freaking things

[@demonic_myst4503]

the girl who made it out to chase elijah is the ex girlfriend of one the main characters companions veronca a fan favourite

[@kilonovah3059]

You guys need to see Starfield Gameplay trailer

[@MandalorianRevan]

Hell, the entire Starfield showcase.

[@kilonovah3059]

@@MandalorianRevan definitely, after seeing the whole thing I was browsing for a new rig to play it honestly

[@imtired927]

Sleeper

[@Solgath]

new Vegas cazadores still give me nightmares, but the vegas dlc is deff some of the best.

[@baconboi9499]

The Big MT may sound scary but in game it’s often considered the funniest dlc with wacky characters and a gun that literally barks when you shoot because it has the brain of dog, pretty funny if you’re into dark humor

[@MandalorianRevan]

Considering that the prior DLC, Dead Money, really played into survival horror, Old World Blues had to be more lighthearted- despite the fact that it really should be the most terrifying.

[@TheRavencommander]

A big part of what these shorts don't capture is the experience of truly playing the game. when you first arrive at Big MT. You yourself are a victim and I understandably angry, but with no real way to fight back. As you explore what's left, You realize just how much damage they did before the war after the war and how much they had still planned on doing. You grow to hate them, but by the end you realize the one scientist who split off, The one who's terrorizing Them And you- Hes the only one with a little bit of his mind left, and hes came to the conclusion. The world is better off without the think tank meddling in it any more than it already has. When asked why he simply wouldn't kill them if he is afraid of them getting out? He simply responded with "Because they're still my friends, even if they have lost their mind." The end choice was very divisive amongst players about what To Do with the think tank, but in the end, personally I saw that they had been in every sense Of the word, dulled and retarded, with no way to escape and no way to continue to reek havoc, and no control over the ruined facilities... they were just ghosts.

[@Mzpiknik]

If you guys dont play new vegas someday I hope you'll consider watching some of the actual story/gameplay scenes so you can get an idea what happens in the games story with the main character

[@SgtOfChaos]

We need a Starfield reaction

[@messi1010ramirez]

Great video , this dlc was amazing !!

[@matthewbrown3194]

They should look at enemies in the fallout series

[@argotheslicer1654]

list of favorite beverages? I doubt ken is drinking regular budlight I wanna be cool like ken and drink what the cool guys do

[@forkittens]

another great video. here's my comment for the algorithm.

[@somethingidk786]

if you want to go in detail into specific Fallout Quest or the main story recommend watching oxhorn. the vidoes also he has a very long if you're watching videos about multi-part quest, main story, DLC also the videos are in very much in detail so it's a good watch if you're interested in more Fallout lore

[@garrickanderson4533]

Lobotomites kinda remind ya of servitors, don't they? 😅

[@blessanabey8386]

I personally Never liked the idea of aliens, to me it just doesn't fit here, people have been speculating that aliens are the reason for the bomb drops before the fallout by manipulation humans and all, idk about that lol.

[@lamalama4206]

Not a fan of that theory myself. I feel like it takes away from the tragedy and horror of the Fallout world if people say "Humanity didn't destroy itself, aliens did." Cause at that point it might as well be mole-men, elves, or dragons from the Nth dimension that destroyed humanity for all the info we have on the aliens.

[@blessanabey8386]

@@lamalama4206 exactly.

[@MandalorianRevan]

The thing is, even if aliens were the reason for the initial spark, mankind still did destroy itself. And would likely have done so anyway even without alien intervention. So it's not like it really matters if aliens caused the actual Great War since all the dominoes were already in place waiting to be knocked down.

[@blessanabey8386]

@@MandalorianRevan But the most blame will go to the Aliens instead of the Humans (Humans will still be blamed but not as much) or the Individual who bombed it and ordered it, for example Any Dictators, Presidents, Generals or Scientists, so shifting the blame is not always good Storytelling imo.

[@lamalama4206]

@MandalorianRevan that depends on how involved the aliens are in that theory. Is there some sort of specific incident in the lore people think the aliens caused? Otherwise , it could just as easily been "Oh no! Someone's managed to hack/otherwise activate the launch silos! We can't stop it!" Cause super-advanced alien tech might as well be magic for how it's used in stories to move the plot forward.

[@brokencannon9174]

Still waiting for the next part of elder scrolls lore 😢. One thing to keep in mind is fallout is very similar to our real world(its history is litterally the same till very recently) so it requires less explaining then elder scrolls which is set in an entire fantasy world with nothing similar to ours

[@thefallofKAE89]

You two were born in the 80s? Yes Haha it doesn't matter, because think tanks don't think.