Fallout 4: The Institute Theme

[@thatweirdgreenparrot7715]

''From what I heard, that rogue synth on Libertalia, was a real menace!''

[@jacobjones6748]

+WESKER terminator *BIG SPOILERS AHEAD* In reply to the random Institute member saying that: Bitch I completely OBLITERATED the Brotherhood of Steel and their massive airship along with the god damn Railroad thus changing the face of the Commonwealth forever as now we, the Institute can create a greater future and all you seem to care about was some small Synth incident at a dock which happened 3 months ago?

[@Chuked]

jacobjones67 more like 29 years ago

[@PoopTickler]

Unit X6-88 speaks highly of your combat skills.

[@rjrozeTV]

@@PoopTickler "rumor is that Advanced Systems will begin a dark matter initiative soon"

[@disparatebroom7705]

“All this technology surrounding us and we still don’t have a cure for the common cold.”

[@tomboyraider1015]

Love the "futuristic"/sci-fi-kind tunes this theme has. Yet at the same time, there's something deep and emotional and sentimental about it.

[@MrMartin1538]

Reminds me of the Mass Effect Soundtrack.

[@zoggtheeternal2919]

I was just gonna say the same thing, the presidium ring from the first game.

[@chrismescudi6594]

very odd but enlightening at the same time

[@ulfricstormcloak875]

Magician 780, Me too, i want to let a tear but i don't know why

[@AxelLeJeff]

The feel of the institute itself really doesn't fit the narrative constructed on the outside.

[@jacobjones6748]

When I entered this place for the first time, it really made the commonwealth above look like a savage barbarian-filled wasteland.

[@Toxin___InterHalfer]

Yeah like 'and Diamond City thinks it's pretty civilized lol'

[@deMocskonyi]

That was the whole intention.

[@MisterJohnDoe]

Aren’t the rooms around the Institute that aren’t being used just as trashy as the rest of the Commonwealth? Like I’m not sure if you see this with the other factions, but with the Railroad you’ll come through these rooms that’s no where near as pristine with what you usually see in the Institute. I think there’s also the FEV labs as well.

[@xanderotp]

At least goodneighbor is better than the quarantine zone Boston from the last of us. No hostile soldiers, no faction wars. And Hancock as Mayor is more trustworthy than then the military.

[@reaverfang377]

...I think you missed the entire point. Civilization of the wastes is bad sure but it's no different then the early and in some cases late stage civilizations that came before it. The Institute acting like irresponsible Precursors uses the wastes as their personal Guinea pig instead of offering alternatives and supporting the wastes to become a new country. If anything the real barbarians are the institute themselves.

[@dokscy44]

Perks of the Institute: - Rad free - No settlement peasants. - Personal scort. - No tedious chores. - Teleportation. - Best Healthcare in America since its foundation.

[@joshuakim5240]

It's also the only faction that gives actually-worthwhile rewards for radiant quests (seriously, 5 plasma grenades for rescuing some synth from raiders? Screw you Preston and your dinky ass settlements!) and is the only faction that gives cool toys that are of any use outside of a stupidly limited radius (stock up on Synth Relay grenades and assault fortifications as the machine king).

[@uraniumwave7593]

joshua kim Ik I’m late on this but if ur in survival mode the brotherhood is better cause the vertibyrd pickups I don’t know exactly how to spell vertibyrd but yeah

[@LordBearistrescu]

Don't forget indoor plumbing

[@mr.intruder1536]

@@uraniumwave7593 Vertibird

[@uraniumwave7593]

Abiyyu Ight mate

[@kylerrariden8909]

Meeting Shaun at the institute was excellent and very powerful. This song perfectly suits that moment

[@jacobjones6748]

+kyler rariden For me that was one of the biggest plot twists in my gaming experience, and I've played many different games. I always expected prior to visiting the Institute that I'd have to rescue a 10 year old Shaun and fight our way out, guns blazing all around.

[@Irraptured]

lol I killed Shaun as soon as it let me

[@dp_wynn5392]

@@Irraptured why do you keep spamming this

[@Irraptured]

@@dp_wynn5392 Why are you asking me why I was doing something two years ago, as if I'd remember?

[@dp_wynn5392]

@@Irraptured ah my bad

[@Nomad-bl4yw]

everybody calls him father and i call him son

[@SiNCry0]

*sniff

[@Nomad-bl4yw]

SiNCry0 whose a good boy Who stands in my way and keeps barking

[@MrFelixBurns]

I ate my son

[@The8thblock]

MrFelixBurns, i left him a present in the reactor, and invited him to watch the explosion from the building.... i uh.... i forgot he couldn't walk let alone move from his bed.... and he kinda blew up.

[@itsOshisaka]

I call him daddy.

[@krishna19991sd]

In memory of Father It has a certain vibe which gives me a sense of nostalgia whenever I hear it

[@totallymcmylastname9077]

The second "part" of the music certainly have that melancholic vibe. Like you lost something and can never go back. (Or maybe it's just the institute's general feel. As if they're so detached to humanity and the world above ground that they came from)

[@MrMartin1538]

Me too man,me too :)

[@Vladi_AK47]

I hear deus ex human revolution vibe for some reason

[@h1ghfructose682]

Same with me!

[@azazel166]

"X6-88 speaks highly of your combat skills"

[@BatailleRapTishort]

Favourite OST in the game along with Railroad HQ. Kind of ironic

[@LadyIno]

+OronkonPhoenix Haha indeed^^ i really like both themes. The brotherhood base music is quite boring compared to them.

[@BatailleRapTishort]

Vileste Yeah, all of those military themed music sound the same to me

[@takahashi7474]

I love the Diamond city theme personally

[@calebmayfield8474]

Check out Liberty lives

[@bobbyhp26]

minuteman theme is better i think

[@MuslimGoku]

Goodbye Shaun.

[@theblackwatch7558]

@Kerry Holt LOL

[@booboothefool3654]

Broke my heart when I first heard this after the Institute ending, because you can hear the heartbreak in your character's voice. And what sucks about the other faction endings is that there's no comfort considering you had to kill your son. No memorial, no special dialogue with NPCs, because to other factions, Shaun was just a terrible person, and not the son of someone who helped further their cause.

[@rangopistacho6928]

spams goodbye shaun

[@icel8828]

Who else would stand at his memorial and just span that?

[@Ceriu]

Institute is the true ending and my mind wont be changed period.

[@Longhand615]

Everybody getting all wet over the Railroad theme, and I’m over here like, “Unfortunate, but we have to exterminate them.”

[@ryanwells5348]

RIP Railroad

[@esaperkio5060]

I remember that at the moment of the crucial choice I looked at a raving murderous maniac and thought "I agree with what you're trying to do, I hate your means to do it and I will accomplish your purpose much better without you and your faction. Sorry."

[@Garry503]

The only way to save the railroad is by siding with the minutemen.

[@terrypennington2519]

The Railroad kinda suck ass and I sometimes feel like they were shoe horned in pretty late in development when Bethesda realized they needed a 4th faction so fallout 4 could have 4 main factions like New Vegas had. Imagine if Far Harbor's Synths of Acadia were the original Railroad, now THAT's a faction I would've been remotely interested in getting behind.

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

wasteland residents: "boo! Institute evil!" Institute: "introducing sex synths, live out your wildest sexual fantasies without any risk of diseases" wasteland residents: "...hooray, Institute!"

[@TurKlack]

Not against it. As their new leader I'll try to convince the other scientists.

[@tylermousley6081]

Wots sex men

[@natinekochan6489]

*MY NAME IS CONNOR I'M THE SYNTH SENT BY THE INSTITUTE* 🤣

[@osmacar5331]

@@TurKlack don'T need to, it'S egg heads, they'll have their robo waifus in a heartbeat, or robo husbendos, forgot about the ladies

[@alexanderfilip113]

But then the synth and the Wastelander just sit on chairs next to each other at night.

[@jonbartolo8067]

I always wondered what Shaun would grow up to be if the Nuclear bombs didn't detonate all over the country. How our family would be... I mean, had he grown up under my minuteman character he would've been a totally different person.

[@lumbagovideos3805]

Remember, health and happiness go hand in hand.

[@Kastrenzo74]

The Institute is more alien than Mothership Zeta

[@TheTyler211995]

@@ernestofloresvelo162 That's true but it is also more disorganized, chaotic and lethal. Considering all the powerful enemy's running around. The Think Tank really needs to learn to control their experiment's.

[@aftermathematics365]

It is strange how Kellogg was able to have his life extended by the Institute, whereas Father catches cancer and dies cause of it.

[@moregasmthepowerful2959]

Da fuck. He "catches" cancer.

[@jonbartolo8067]

Yeah, he said he could have easily done so, but there are lines that must not be crossed according to him. It just wasn't worth it, he said. Honestly I think it had something to do with the Sole Survivor, why else does he release you? Sentimentality? For a person he doesn't know.

[@Toxin___InterHalfer]

What if his cancer is a long-term consequence of the nuclear blast from the beginning

[@aftermathematics365]

I wonder how long the main character can live, even if they get to be Directors. But you have an interesting perspective there. Cheers!

[@vynonyoutube1418]

If I remember correctly, Shaun actually disliked the practice (and Conrad himself too), even if it had to be done. He only let it happen to Conrad because of his usefulness. After fulfilling his purposes, Shaun pretty much threw him away like he was nothing for the sake of revenge.

[@BrigadoomNorth]

Rest in peace, Father.

[@kelticsage]

+Erick Rodriguez Son*

[@ArkeniusTV]

+Keltic Sage Main char. son aka Shaun is also known as Father...

[@kelticsage]

+〈-Arkenius-〉 To the synths he is father, to you he is son

[@totallymcmylastname9077]

SPOILERS MATES. KEEP IT DOWN

[@kelticsage]

megamanx503 he meant well, he was raised to be an ass

[@CommanderGene]

Man. When you first enter the Institute, that shows why Fallout 4 is such a great game. The whole game, they build up the Institute as something horrible and sinister, an evil bogeyman behind the shadows. The whole game, I was rooting for the Brotherhood of Steel. I was expecting some horrible group of Doctor Mengeles to wait me inside. When you finally get there, I expected to go in guns blazing... but the plot twist with Father, and the fact that most of the scientists inside are nice, normal people doing good work, caught me off guard. Long story short, I ended up siding with them. I'm sad I had to betray the Brotherhood, but then again, I got Maxson's sweet battlecoat out of the deal. Everyone's happy.

[@bobbyhp26]

i dont join the institute because i dont want to help the organization that kill my family and brainwashed my son. and plus minuteman and bos ending is more badass

[@CommanderGene]

No, *you're* an idiot. That was easy.

[@bobbyhp26]

+George Washington ?

[@CommanderGene]

Bobby Henson Putra Oh lol that wasn't aimed at you, that was aimed at the other guy, The Mad Titan :) I actually agree with you, the BoS ending is very badass. I played through it once, and the whole march with Liberty Prime was amazing. I haven't done the Minutemen ending though so I don't know too much about it.

[@PICK_SIX]

+George Washington I know what you meant, but I don't agree with the "nice, normal people doing good work" bit. I liken them to the Borg; studies and research to achieve near perfection at any cost. All scientific and research ethics are tossed out the window. If you read the one terminal right by the Gorilla lab, the Institute was doing experiments on the soil of Warwick homestead (and the results on the residents) without their consent, and were to kill the residents once results were acquired. Not to mention, their experiments resulted in the creation of the super mutants. I, too, liked the betterment of society into the future bit that they presented, but I didn't choose them for the above reasons. Once you looked past the shiny exterior, you saw that they had an ugly side. Had they shown some semblance of ethics in their attempted betterment, I would have chose them.

[@nebula7505]

I want to congratulate you on the handling of the situation at bioscience. Dr Higgs and Dr Logan are lucky to be alive

[@michaeltariga5285]

+Nebula They thought they could lock themselves up in their lab, against the very person who has slaughtered tons of assholes and with the help of some of his friends built a teleporter to get in the insittute itself... Their two synth bodyguard did not stand a chance.

[@nebula7505]

Mighty Roogna Lol I released the gorillas

[@yankeesfan9471]

Lmao I banished them #swag

[@Toxin___InterHalfer]

X6-88 spoke highly of your combat skills in Libertalia

[@menialbee]

Toxin Though that synth was a real menace, you've got to admit.

[@ericjamesmalot7403]

Listening to this while studying Calculus and Electromagnetism.

[@TheRussianJedi]

Good on you lad.

[@joelbalk588]

Instute scientist : Good job brining that rogue synth back! Me: FUCK OFF MATE YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT 1000 TIMES.

[@freddirak3033]

Brotherhood Knight: I saw the Institute's destruction from here, great work sir. Me: You're really not helping the countless voices in my head including my dead son's.

[@jtw.111]

"Unit X6-88 speaks highly of your combat skills." STFU

[@radioactivegrass1919]

Preston Garvey: Another settlement needs your help, I'll mark it on your map.

[@joshuakim5240]

Honestly, i thought they were referring to the countless synth retrieval missions i did until i kept hearing Libertalia over and over again...

[@connerthewubbzler1062]

@@freddirak3033 Brotherhood dialogue: "Fuck the Institute, they're playing with fire!" "Use a minigun, it does wonders on Ferals" "Don't piss off Maxon...or anyone above you for that matter" "Do NOT eat the Molerat, I was on the can for weeks!" Institute dialogue: "I heard that rogue synth in Libertalia was a real menace, good job on bringing him back." "I heard that rogue synth in Libertalia was a real menace, good job on bringing him back." "I heard that rogue synth in Libertalia was a real menace, good job on bringing him back." "I heard that rogue synth in Libertalia was a real menace, good job on bringing him back."

[@raziel6304]

the institute was the only thing that kept me from running back to new vegas.

[@charlieclark9552]

Delivery of the platinum chip is non-negotiable. Well Mr. House went to the college that the turned into the institute

[@ncrsoldier4603]

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

[@tylermousley6081]

BIIIIG IROOOON

[@Someguy-ot1vm]

@@ncrsoldier4603 Blm

[@tylersoto7465]

With the SS as director of the institute and pushing the institute in a better way and use the technology resources they have to rebuild society and build up the settlements to a strong healthy place to live and sustain itself quite well and with institute aesthetic cyberpunk architecture too , the wasteland could be terraformed into the living neo civilization it can be and bring stability and growth to the Commonwealth and build a space program to explore the solar system and so forth lol

[@Polomance862]

Truly, this theme embodies something deep... The Institute is the future for Humanity, and one of the world's bastions of scientific perfection. Clean water, clean resource, and so advanced... The institute's aims are truly for humanity's restoration. But with such advances needs sacrifices. and such sacrifices can deface the value of said progress for those who are.. not ready to accept them. The one thing the Institute lacks is... empathy for the ones who live day by day on the surface world. Such empathy is lacking with the institute. Kidnapping people and making Synthetic replicas of them. Testing them and killing those who dare get a lead on their location. They do not tolerate insurrection, and will protect their progress at all costs. Even as far as ignoring humanity's values. Perhaps the Institute is the future for humanity... but must we lose our humanity to preserve it?

[@caav56]

That's why do I side with Institute. Of course, I feel bad for Prydwen, Liberty Prime and some synths, but I was given a chance to change the Institute for the greater good of people, and I won't miss that chance.

[@groundcontrol3854]

Goddamn

[@Sully998]

That question is best left to our friends in the Robotics Division.

[@rinokumura7371]

@@caav56 100% My Thought

[@tylersoto7465]

With the SS as director of the institute and pushing the institute in a better way and use the technology resources they have to rebuild society and build up the settlements to a strong healthy place to live and sustain itself quite well and with institute aesthetic cyberpunk architecture too , the wasteland could be terraformed into the living neo civilization it can be and bring stability and growth to the Commonwealth and build a space program to explore the solar system and so forth lol

[@DrainTheSorrow]

Such relaxing tones

[@scarymonsterzz]

Definitely my favorite tracks from the OST. It's perfect for the Institute. It feels futuristic and benign but also oddly cold, sterile and slightly ominous, kinda like the general feel you get walking around the place. It also feels very melancholic and almost mournful, which is appropriate given the big twist involved with the Institute (especially if you decide to play double-agent against Father). Fallout 4 may have had it shortcomings when it came to main quest, but the soundtrack did a FANTASTIC job of getting me emotionally invested in the story at the right moments. Hats off to Inon Zur.

[@tylersoto7465]

It really does fit the institute, With the SS as director of the institute and pushing the institute in a better way and use the technology resources they have to rebuild society and build up the settlements to a strong healthy place to live and sustain itself quite well and with institute aesthetic cyberpunk architecture too , the wasteland could be terraformed into the living neo civilization it can be and bring stability and growth to the Commonwealth and build a space program to explore the solar system and so forth lol

[@b99b12]

The institute to me is the brightest future the commonwealth will ever get as it will form a society based upon reason, something our society lacks today. The people inside the institute are not blinded by the irrational thoughts of duty like the others in the commonwealth are, and with their advanced research into biology, perhaps they can start repairing the genes of the irradiated citizens of the commonwealth. It's a sort of intellectual society I dream of living in.

[@qazxsw13]

+b99b12 It has an interesting beauty to it really, I can't help but get awestruck every time I look at the inside of the Institute. They're not perfect, but they're one of the few that actually have the means to save humanity, and even Mama Murphy acknowledges it in a vision.

[@darnit1944]

"Perhaps they can" THEY CAN. They have every technology and knowledge to improve the Commonwealth. The only reason why we all hate the institute is that they wanted to further science without regards for ethics. They wanted to advance humanity by genocide and replacing them with something better. Like nuclear weapons, technology goes further beyond man's restraint.

[@tylersoto7465]

With the SS as director of the institute and pushing the institute in a better way and use the technology resources they have to rebuild society and build up the settlements to a strong healthy place to live and sustain itself quite well and with institute aesthetic cyberpunk architecture too , the wasteland could be terraformed into the living neo civilization it can be and bring stability and growth to the Commonwealth and build a space program to explore the solar system and so forth lol

[@samuelbishop1701]

"Blinded by duty" I think you mean morals. The Institute have none which is why they always get what they want. They'll go to any length. Even further than the Brotherhood and that's saying something.

[@mustafa._.9371]

God, this place is like heaven compared to what's up there. I realized how stupid it was to destroy a place as technologically advanced as this so I never got around to finishing the main quest when I figured out that was one of the objectives for the opposing factions. I did watch a video on how the game ends and it was very disappointing and anti-climactic which even furthered my decision to not destroy it.

[@tylersoto7465]

With the SS as director of the institute and pushing the institute in a better way and use the technology resources they have to rebuild society and build up the settlements to a strong healthy place to live and sustain itself quite well and with institute aesthetic cyberpunk architecture too , the wasteland could be terraformed into the living neo civilization it can be and bring stability and growth to the Commonwealth and build a space program to explore the solar system and so forth lol

[@Filiplego1]

This soundtrack, ohhh my god it's beautiful. Remember when first time I got into the institute. I just can't describe how beautiful it felt.

[@John-du8hq]

Literally thanks to Fallout, my field of study in college is Environmental Science!

[@Surgiterum]

I'm glad you've found your inspiration!

[@dokscy44]

Interesting, I always found the idea of Fusion Cores fascinating as well. But what do you study in Environmental Science? the effects of radiation and polution?

[@Shapeshifter-of-Names]

​@@dokscy44pollution is also Rad

[@-mose191]

You're an awesome Doctor now sir! And also, as a Fallout 4 fan... Please make Stimpak real! In theory, it can solve every type of disease like organ transplant and organ maintenance, and by Stimpak existence, it can cure and regenerate damaged organs in one go!

[@roguedroid7102]

Thanks to fallout, I'm am studying to become a biomedical engineer. One day another person like us will see this and leave a similar comment.

[@alistairgray1382]

Sense of hope dread and wonder wrapped in a nice sci fi package ^_^

[@seameus91]

+Alistair Gray It also a Mass Effect vibe!

[@RatedDForDerp]

+Seameus Yeah! The whole thing is makes me think of the Citadel (ME obviously) like the presidium.

[@seameus91]

Trevor Ruth indeed!

[@RustCohle072]

+Seameus Something I could imagine hearing on the citadel if we ever go back there in a future ME game. Doesn't look like the fourth will allow us back there but we might.

[@Krinor16]

I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favourite song in the institute

[@AgentParsec]

The music actually reminded me a lot of the incidental music from the Portal series. Understandably, since both represent a high-tech lab setting with sinister undertones.

[@seameus91]

+AgentParsec might be, but I believe that the institute is the best solution for the commonwealth

[@optimaltt6070]

"So....how are you holding up? Because I'M A TATO PLANT!" *clap...clap....clap* - "Sorry about the mess. I've really let the Institute go since you blew it up"

[@MrArmenian17]

Fallout 4's soundtrack is really underrated. imo they captured post apocalyptic theme perfectly

[@brbrdeng9122]

You know its a good story, not the best, but a good one, when you return 6 years later and still enjoy it.

[@sunnytex1337]

Story was decent. The only thing Fallout 4 missed was the old dialogue system (-> which would also make better written characters with a story and more depth into them) and more player freedom/choice. Imagine if obsidian worked with bethesda together on it.

[@Wertyhappy27]

@@sunnytex1337 Ah, the power of a few mods, thank god we have modders

[@naecov]

I like how well they personalized the faction themes. Like for the institute the theme gives off a Sci fi feel while the brotherhood's theme gives off a more serious military feel

[@Toxin___InterHalfer]

It's like Todd Howard summoned all the crew and said 'Okay guys, why do the fans prefer FNV?' And everybody was like 'factions' and 'choices' And so they made factions in F4 and choices in Far Harbor

[@probably_hayden]

*X6-88 Speaks highly of your combat skills.*

[@TurKlack]

Do we really have to wait for our next Evolution? I think not. We can and should take our Evolution in our own Hands. And that's why I always join the Institute. Mankind Redefined!

[@jayredwoods8290]

Das Institut man kind redefined sir I returned H2-22 back to the institute sir which rogue synth should I relay with now?

[@caav56]

Mankind Redefined!

[@darnit1944]

If by evolution you mean destroying mankind to replace it.

[@tylersoto7465]

With the SS as director of the institute and pushing the institute in a better way and use the technology resources they have to rebuild society and build up the settlements to a strong healthy place to live and sustain itself quite well and with institute aesthetic cyberpunk architecture too , the wasteland could be terraformed into the living neo civilization it can be and bring stability and growth to the Commonwealth and build a space program to explore the solar system and so forth lol

[@optimaltt6070]

Pfft, "evolution", he says.

[@xiantrit5887]

The Black Mesa of Fallout

[@Toxin___InterHalfer]

Aperture

[@caelvanir8557]

InterHalfer Big Mt. Is the Aperture of Fallout.

[@PortsofCall]

I'd say RobCo are the Black Mesa of fallout.

[@lissanderknight6567]

Black Mesa of Fallout - Mariposa

[@Orlando_P]

mmmm...yes

[@pathogenofdecay]

Curie: "We must find the men of science and institutes of learning. Surely they are still out there!"

[@jamestheengineer256]

Listening to this while studying physics and differential equations, damn I feel like a scientist!

[@dieBesteller]

I have at least 90h of listening time. I leave this incredible theme on replay while I study for my medical finals this semester! This helps me focus a lot. Sorry for bad the english :)

[@jacobjones6748]

If the Brotherhood of Steel and the Institute had teamed up, the Commonwealth could have potentially become the first most stable and advanced region in the US. Think about it- A powerful military army as well as an advanced scientific facility. Also, the minutemen could act as a sort of police force and backup army. I have no interest or desire for the Railroad.

[@yankeesfan9471]

Minutemen - government Brotherhood of Steel - military The Institute - scientific facility and technology The Railroad - intelligence agency, for spying and gathering information The Minutemen governing the Commonwealth as Democracy, the Brotherhood is the military to keep things stable, the Institute gives the technology and incase the BOS has trouble the Synths, and the Railroad could be like the CIA.

[@jacobjones6748]

anthony antonacci Couldn't have idealized it any better.

[@yankeesfan9471]

+MaximusOfLondon yeah lol, I figured the Minutemen are trying to be like the Founding Fathers, so why not make them the government, the Railroad I had to think, but I realized they spy and gather information and I thought CIA.

[@Doctor_Yodel]

anthony antonacci I really think that a minutemen-railroad ending is best. While the brotherhood is strong they use it to bully people and while the institute is smart they experiment on the people of the commonwealth like guniea pigs.

[@psychomarto]

Problem here is, if you think carefully about their ideals, motives, way to operate, you will have then both the scientific and the military arms of an alternative Nazi regime. That said, it wouldn´t work out anyway because both sides would need to forget about their very core ideology, and umans, no matter how hard they try, they can´t.

[@richsurtees87]

Does this remind anybody else of Mass Effect?

[@DonzigeDodo]

+Richard Surtees Yes! So much, it's the first thing that came to mind walking around in the institute. It felt really nostalgic fo some reason. Thankfully ME andromeda is around the corner :D

[@SGortelli]

+Richard Surtees Exactly my thoughts, to be honest when i arrived at the institute it triggert fond memories so I ALT TABed and started installing ME 1,2 and 3 again :D

[@ramiqais712]

+Ortellios hehe thought the same idea anyway i already finished the epic mass effect so no need to play it again maybe another time in the future god i hope i can see another mass effect trilogy

[@branahawk]

+Richard Surtees the whole place reminds me of portal

[@Ildun]

+Richard Surtees It did sounds Mass Effect, but it sounds even more similar to one of the game I played, i just can't remember the name

[@appalachia2849]

Did anyone else stock up on guns and ammo, as well as equip their best suit of power armor expecting to go full-rambo inside the Institute but was surprised to find out that they're actually not hostile?

[@joshuakim5240]

First playthrough was basically this, and i felt really stupid and unnecessarily overprepared afterwards.

[@mikaeldangelis3062]

is there anybody here end up being part of Institute like me?

[@jayredwoods8290]

Mikael Angelis your not alone I did mankind re-defined I believe the institute is humanity's best hope and not from those sick Nazi BOS

[@deMocskonyi]

Minutemen ftw

[@MisterJohnDoe]

I kinda wanted to but I ended up joining the Railroad instead. I can’t remember why. I guess I’ll side with the Institute in my second play through.

[@thepunisher4697]

Same

[@christopherblanchard4871]

Yes

[@punclalig1036]

The Institute

[@MrMartin1538]

Best faction in Fallout 4. Science,Technology and Terminators ! What else do you want ?

[@flamingbagofcrisps9157]

+EmperorMartin|Nr.1 Mass Effect Fan Fluffy towels

[@MrMartin1538]

***** Well,fuck

[@PortsofCall]

They are the future. It makes me sad that I have to kill them for my next playthrough

[@tylersoto7465]

With the SS as director of the institute and pushing the institute in a better way and use the technology resources they have to rebuild society and build up the settlements to a strong healthy place to live and sustain itself quite well and with institute aesthetic cyberpunk architecture too , the wasteland could be terraformed into the living neo civilization it can be and bring stability and growth to the Commonwealth and build a space program to explore the solar system and so forth 😎

[@guilhermegmoreir]

This music, along with the whole idea behind the Institute and their synths literally freaked me out, when I entered the Insitute for the first time, and I just wanted to get the fuck out there as fast as I could... I started thinking stuff like "what if these Synths decided that humans are no longer needed, and decided to hunt them down?" I dunno, man... the thought of the human race being replaced by machines made me feel fear and despair! I think this has one of the most immersive moments in any Fallout game, and I honestly felt like I was inside the game at this moment.

[@УчеловекаНетимени-ы7м]

The Institute is the most amazing place, I've ever been.

[@albinospoon2189]

I just realised that the Institute had a theme song. I just thought that it was just people going "bop pob zeep zop zoppity zop" "making computer sounds" "I am using a piano" I feel dumb now

[@infamous1454]

Best rpg since skyrim, this game consumed my life when it first came out.

[@z-bruh930]

I'm just waiting for people to reply just commenting of how Fallout 3 or NV was way better when chances are they've never even played it, as if they were some angry but also confused gorilla.

[@spitzkopf2196]

I love this music. It gives me future vibes

[@spomix7124]

this song is utterly great!

[@SweetDreamsHalo3]

Just started watching this show on HBO called West World, right? Long story short, almost everyone is a "Host," and the only real people are the "Guests." The Hosts are basically synths. Down to the letter. And, whenever something really interesting happens, or something scientific or controversial, a theme quite similar to this plays. It's so uncanny.

[@mellochello921]

Crying Is for Winners love that show!!!

[@lanz622]

Crying Is for Winners EXACTLY, it gave me the same feeling.

[@Lamadredetuamigo]

Then I realized what a wasted potential had the Fallout 4 storyline... I mean, It doesn't really fits on the Fallout universe but It could have fared better in my opinion. Btw, the Dr. Ford song from the Soundtrack has a vibe to this one.

[@kieranmolloy7687]

I love the insitute reveal, you go in inspecting mad scientists but you hear this nice peaceful music and you meet them and their nice people with an extremely questionable past

[@kieranmolloy7687]

+Puglous and its so great

[@tylersoto7465]

Makes them more interesting , With the SS as director of the institute and pushing the institute in a better way and use the technology resources they have to rebuild society and build up the settlements to a strong healthy place to live and sustain itself quite well and with institute aesthetic cyberpunk architecture too , the wasteland could be terraformed into the living neo civilization it can be and bring stability and growth to the Commonwealth and build a space program to explore the solar system and so forth lol

[@renaigh]

I've figured out a solution that could fix the Institute, instead of having the BoS & Railroad factions we instead have to choose between the divisions Bioscience & SRB. The former wanting to send aid to the Wastelanders and the latter who wants to remain reclusive and Authoritative. As player we step in to help whichever one we want to see succeed in their goals and then the conclusion happens when the NCR arrives to expand its territory East, which Division we helped would determine how the Wastelanders respond to the NCR. If we didn't give them aid as the SRB they'd join the NCR but if we did give them aid as Bioscience they'd push back against the expansion.

[@abynormandy6572]

I feel some Mass Effect atmosphear... ¿do you?

[@seameus91]

+Abraham Ibañez Yes sir

[@MrMartin1538]

Haha,same here man :)

[@DeHustlendeMoruk]

Abraham Normandy yes but only at the institute, not rest of the game

[@abynormandy6572]

Yeah... but I refer to the music.

[@DeHustlendeMoruk]

Abraham Normandy true dat

[@asterixace2076]

Need a 1 hour version..

[@12v_Jonn]

KZbin has a replay option now. 4 years later

[@Razar244]

"But the Institute sucks because they are slavers and they kidnap people and do evil stuff!" while those things are definitely fair point, the Institute is also pretty much the only hope for the Fallout universe to get a proper civilization and technological advancement back. Not to mention that considering you are going to be their leader, you might be able to change how they operate in the future while still saving all the technological advancement.

[@admiralspire8867]

+WhiteMaskedHunter The BOS isn't liked either, oh trust me.

[@TheHuskyLord]

+TheIceWarrior Pretty sure most of the scientists there would allow that though. They might do a mutiny or something since they need synth slavery for efficiency.

[@Razar244]

+TheHuskyLord But, since you are the Sole Survivor, you will probably be able to solve the situation, one way or another. And we do know that not all of them are so obsessed with using synths as slaves.

[@admiralspire8867]

+TheHuskyLord Theres no such thing as synth slavery, the synths are programmed to SINCERELY want to work for the Institute. Would it be slavery if someone wished to work for you for no money at all? (He woul sincerely want to..)?

[@TheHuskyLord]

+William Bailey Im not talking about the first and second generation ones, theyre programmed (though a Railroad member named Glory says they still deserve freedom(and also their dialog shows some form of sapience) The third gen has free will and personalities, but once they go against the institute or try to leave, they get sent to the Synth Retention Bureau(if they escape), in which they make them go to rehabilitation fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Synth_Retention_Bureau

[@christopherblanchard4871]

This is my favorite faction

[@tylerthomson989]

I love this theme something about it

[@Barrobroadcastmaster]

I like how this music conveys both a hopeful, futuristic feeling with just a subtle tone of corruption, like a corrupted future. It's my favorite part about the Institute apart from when I blew it up. Ad Victoriam!

[@googlebarbaralernerspectre2581]

The institute was trying to warn you all about Barbara spectre. But half of you didn't listen.

[@cupofjoe377]

We're breaking the conditioning!

[@molag-ballordofdomination2065]

I don't know why, but this feels nostalgic, even during my first playthrough I thought it was nostalgic

[@Zonatewalter7]

I was rooting for the Railroad and the minutemen simply because I like how the Railroad operates and for being the general of the minutemen, that is until the institute made me a directorate. Then the BoS and the Railroad were completely destroyed.

[@tylersoto7465]

With SS as director of the institute he can use the technology resources to rebuild society and build the settlements with institute ways and aesthetics

[@WouldUKindly47]

I went in as one of the railroad, I was not expecting the institute to have any redeeming qualities, I wanted go in there, fuck up the institute, free the synths and get out in a blaze of glory. But I have to say... they're "its for the greater good" spiel actually made me think, "is the freedom of the synths worth all this lifesaving science and ingenuity?" I ended up siding with the institute and when I got back to railroad hq I remember desdemona's last line of dialogue, "are you ok? you look like somethings bothering you?"....

[@darnit1944]

If you spare the institute, what difference does it make? They dont share their technology anyways. 0 care for the people. They're just a bunch of unethical nerds.

[@No.no_body]

@@darnit1944 oh come on, like everyone in the wastelands is a cute little bunnies. Brotherhood of Steel is just bunch of nazi like fricks, that very love to collect pre-war technologies and do nothing with that. Railroad is useless. Their only aim is to free synths, which will cause, of course, only more problems with raiders and criminal activity. And after destruction of institute Railroad will more likely fall apart, because they don't have any left reason to exist after their goal was seccided. Minutemans is pretty much destroyed and doesn't really have any chance to recover and return as major power in commonwealth. Raidars and supermutats isn't a future, obviously, and will never become one. Diamond City just stuck in stagnation and it will take decades to change it, and there no promises that they will take control over the commonwealth, because they don't really want it. Also... institute technologies could be very dangerous if it would be use for something that they were not designed for and etc.

[@darnit1944]

@@No.no_body Railroad's mission after the institute is for Synth emancipation. They do have missions, although not a lot, after the destruction of the Institute. Like rescuing misplaced synths, MILAs, and eliminating the remains of BoS and Institute. Besides, how many people will be born and ended up becoming Raiders? Probably more than synth raiders. The Minutemen is destroyed if you want them to. They will become the best and the most powerful faction if you rebuild them.

[@tylersoto7465]

With the SS as director of the institute and pushing the institute in a better way and use the technology resources they have to rebuild society and build up the settlements to a strong healthy place to live and sustain itself quite well and with institute aesthetic cyberpunk architecture too , the wasteland could be terraformed into the living neo civilization it can be and bring stability and growth to the Commonwealth and build a space program to explore the solar system and so forth lol

[@optimaltt6070]

So you picked enslaving/persecuting sentient, innocent life in the name of "progress"? Sounds pretty evil to me. The Nazis thought they were doing the world a favor too.

[@EmmettXIV]

One of my favorite tracks in the game. It's relaxing but also has an unrest about it. 4:34 is the part I like the most.

[@howieewalt1322]

Reminds me of something that would be in Mass Effect. Love music like this, it gives you so many emotions.

[@marcokonnecke877]

I am not the only one who sided with the Institute?

[@figurinelambda2124]

You're not the only one ;)

[@marcokonnecke877]

:D

[@Senko4509]

First time I played it, I sided with the institute :D

[@andhyrheza5473]

My First Character sided with the institute

[@ShitKid1337]

+Marco Könnecke i just did it for father... i mean my son... i mean uhh. shit this confuses me

[@MEEEEOOOOWWWW738]

When I reached the institute it's hard not to side with. Honestly, my son and an awesome compound or dirty tomato farmers arbitrarily grateful to me.

[@linuxtuxvolds5917]

Humanity's Best Hope for The Future.

[@AdrianShephardOpposing]

I dont care what people say, even though they're evil and stuff the institute was a cool faction the idea of a faction who just wants to progress forward and will do ANYTHING to do that was awesome.

[@makoreizei6179]

you- you killed him! how could do such a thing? he was your son!

[@SuitorASMR]

Friendship with Enclave ended Institue is now my favorite faction

[@pl9nningforburial]

ew

[@Jeiza76]

Very calming music

[@the90sboy72]

The institute was so beautiful and like a heavenly like place I got so into the game I loss track of reality I got obsessed played for hours lol I completed the game with siding with the institute tell me which faction I should do next

[@korteZZdie]

Brotherhood of Steel: AD VICTORIAM! SYNTHS AR STOOPIDO, ROOOOOOOOAR! Institute: dafuq? Interplay Enclave and Institute will be my favorite factions.

[@darnit1944]

Bros of steel and Institute are both jackasses. Unethical and blinded by their own belief.

[@rinzler1801]

the minutemen are the best they don’t have any sort of ulterior agenda besides protecting homesteads in the commonwealth

[@---fo1lz]

Listening to this while studying in the engineering university

[@Skyr1mMage]

best music of the game

[@MrMartin1538]

When I first got to the Institute I was stunned and amazed.I joined them and now I am the leader of the Institute (he has 11 Intelligence) The power of Science,Technology and Terminators.What else do you want.They´re propably the last hope for human civilization in America.If Mr.House,who planned to rebuild Humanity and even expand to Space,would work together it´d be so great ! The Soundtrack reminds me of Mass Effect and thus many great memories :)

[@tylersoto7465]

With the SS as director of the institute and pushing the institute in a better way and use the technology resources they have to rebuild society and build up the settlements to a strong healthy place to live and sustain itself quite well and with institute aesthetic cyberpunk architecture too , the wasteland could be terraformed into the living neo civilization it can be and bring stability and growth to the Commonwealth and build a space program to explore the solar system and so forth lol

[@FEVfan]

Imagine an institute-enclave alliance, that would be awesome.

[@dexxenyrcosas]

God bless the enclave.

[@tylersoto7465]

Ummm 🤔 sure but I love the institute as it is but with the right guidance with SS as director of institute and use the technology resources and capabilities to rebuild the Commonwealth and build the settlements with institute cyberpunk aesthetics and soon start building a space program to explore the solar system lol

[@hellskull6667]

It would be incredible, it would be a powerful alliance since the institute has an almost unlimited army, every second they are producing one more synth in the robotics room, it would be great to see them help the enclave

[@fxliquorfeatoldsheikh1142]

Can't imagine. The Enclave wants to build a new world with the image of the old. The Institute in the other hand, they want to leave the old world behind.

[@Rachjumper]

It's a possibility but very unlikely

[@IAmTheStig32]

"I've... *seen* things you people wouldn't believe."

[@FlaminJolt]

institute beats all

[@Iris_n_Parti]

I remember I was extremely terrified when I first got to the Institute and saw all the people walking around as I was in the elevator, at the time I faced off against the Synths with Danse and also defeated the Synths at Fort Hagen seeing that they were hostile in the first encounters I got so confused when Shawn first showed up in the room to confront me, I was expecting to get out like a soldier duck running from fire and then when a Synth first came into contact with me I realised that they were welcoming

[@sarge1534]

I liked the Minutemen ending the best, but the Institute ending was a lot more fun.

[@joshuakim5240]

Maxon's fight in the Institute questline is the only one of the 3 story routes that actually felt like a meaningful final boss fight. In the middle of a massive battlefield clash between 2 armies and this mofo jumps off a Veribird that gets shot down, completely donned in uniquely painted armor to face you with the most powerful DPS weapon in the game? That's a hell of a lot more cinematic than 3 random, binary number named nobodies in black synth armor that isn't even lootable.

[@tylersoto7465]

Lol, With the SS as director of the institute and pushing the institute in a better way and use the technology resources they have to rebuild society and build up the settlements to a strong healthy place to live and sustain itself quite well and with institute aesthetic cyberpunk architecture too , the wasteland could be terraformed into the living neo civilization it can be and bring stability and growth to the Commonwealth and build a space program to explore the solar system and so forth lol

[@optimaltt6070]

@@tylersoto7465 you spamming this message doesn't make it more true. The SS being the leader of the Institute is irrelevant. A leader can only do so much when the organisation is thoroughly evil.

[@mihaimatei255]

@@optimaltt6070 Then you haven't played the game. The overwhelming majority of Institute personnel are normal people with good intentions. The leadership is where the problem is. Leadership that gets replaced with something better in the Institute ending.

[@Koronuru]

Imagine if you are working at the Science Research Lab then this music plays inside your mind.

[@KieronGC]

I honestly sorta regret destroying the institute. At least I issued Evacuation Order

[@georgeespinoza444]

Yeah me too, after reading some of the comments I don't think destroying the institute was a good idea

[@tylersoto7465]

With the SS as director of the institute and pushing the institute in a better way and use the technology resources they have to rebuild society and build up the settlements to a strong healthy place to live and sustain itself quite well and with institute aesthetic cyberpunk architecture too , the wasteland could be terraformed into the living neo civilization it can be and bring stability and growth to the Commonwealth and build a space program to explore the solar system and so forth 😎

[@oxbowrey]

the institute: "the only hope of humanity" these guys are so convinced that they are the future of the commonwealth this is unbelievable

[@johnTaylor9760]

Best hope for mankind, that's why I went with them.

[@BlakeFerret]

Using everyone as just an "experiment" including the lone survivors own life. You cant trust or cooperate with people like that. Life's more complicated than just following a formula all the time. That's why I chose the Minutemen over them

[@crisg4379]

@@BlakeFerret The Institute have done terrible things, but such technological advance needs sacrifices, they must make sure nobody is trying to destroy them, thats why they kidnap people and replace them, also there is no need to destroy the Minutemen if you side with the Institute, you can be leader of both factions

[@darnit1944]

@@crisg4379 If they truly care, they would reveal the truth about the malfunctioned synth. And also, all of that technology just to keep for their own people. 0 care for the commonwealth.

[@JHardy19]

@@darnit1944 I realize I'm a year late, but I wanted to point out that if you paid attention to Father, the Institute is open to expanding into the surface. In the beginning speech he gives, he literally says something along the lines of "maybe one day we'll be able to show [the surface dwellers] what we've accomplished, but FOR NOW we must remain underground." Not only this, but also, they've previously tried to cooperate with the above ground, but it only ended in tremendous conflict and bickering. With an institute-minuteman alliance, this may be able to be avoided and the institute could possibly rebuild society, and improve everyone's lives through their technology. With all that said, that's why I always choose their ending. Even in their ending, they make moves into the surface, with the checkpoints they hold and the announcement of their presence in Diamond City. I believe the epilogue of the game serves as the beginning of the institute's rebuilding of society on the surface, and assuming it's canon for the sole survivor to be general of the minutemen, likely their collaboration with the minutemen in making the commonwealth safer.

[@tylersoto7465]

With the SS as director of the institute and pushing the institute in a better way and use the technology resources they have to rebuild society and build up the settlements to a strong healthy place to live and sustain itself quite well and with institute aesthetic cyberpunk architecture too , the wasteland could be terraformed into the living neo civilization it can be and bring stability and growth to the Commonwealth and build a space program to explore the solar system and so forth lol

[@miroslavzima8856]

For some weird reason I feel the vibe from Red Dwarf (Back to reality), when they awaken into reality and the mainframe thanks them for playing the game. This is one of the best tracks in Fallout 4!

[@blake7221]

I think the sole survivor should side with the institute because no matter how bad the outside world makes it seem, the post-apocalyptic world you wake up to is not your world. Once you find your son, a real parent would join them and side with them no matter what the cost. I think the sole survivor wouldn't know enough about the world around them to make a true decision on if the institute is evil or not.

[@tylersoto7465]

With the SS as director of the institute and pushing the institute in a better way and use the technology resources they have to rebuild society and build up the settlements to a strong healthy place to live and sustain itself quite well and with institute aesthetic cyberpunk architecture too , the wasteland could be terraformed into the living neo civilization it can be and bring stability and growth to the Commonwealth and build a space program to explore the solar system and so forth lol

[@Alfaomegabravo]

The Institute is basically a little piece of paradise in an otherwise inhospitable hellscape.

[@hyperfixghost6805]

Does anyone know what instruments were mainly used for these songs? I absolutely love the style of the music used in the institute and wanna try and find more.

[@509Gman]

Synth wave, s

[@jacklambert1521]

1:50-2:14 reminds me SO MUCH of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. It has the exact same vibe as many of the songs on that soundtrack.

[@therealplanetmars]

The Institute should be the canon winners of the commonwealth. They are literally the last hope for humanity. with a secure HQ with only one entrance. plus they have the best music

[@rajghangam1333]

+Dylan Cunningham Totally agree!

[@BruceWayne-lc4pf]

+Dylan Cunningham They function as cold calculating sociopaths. Weighing only logic, never the physical and emotional consequences of their actions. They're literally modern globalist scum forced to hide. The brotherhood of steel is the best choice. Regulating technology is the only way to prevent destruction.

[@calebmayfield8474]

+Bruce Wayne They are akin to fucken nazis now, the brotherhood from fallout 3 were good.

[@Toxin___InterHalfer]

And more, the protagonist clearly wants to bring the past back - and the closest thing to the past is the Institute. Unless he's disappointed by his son's views on synths or orders to continue the FEV project whatever the cost.

[@therealplanetmars]

Bruce Wayne My views have changed on the Institute, once I found out about the FEV they were working on I shot my son and escaped.

[@mbim2718]

Its a 9 years old game, but I just start to play this. And when I visit the Institute for the first time, this is the calmest place that I could ever ask when I was playing.

[@Arwingpilot]

(Spoiler warning!) Ugh... This song always upsets me... I strongly support the Minutemen, the most of all factions! I feel like they achieve the most good (Helping the people of the Commonwealth and giving them a safe new place to live!) whilst being the most neutral to all factions! (They're ONLY hostile to the Institute, unless the player is hostile to additional factions!) Along that, I agree with one of the Institute scientists (Dr. Li, I believe it were?) who said they have the potential to improve so many innocent lives, whilst they all die up there, while the Institute is safe, underground! And all they're choosing to do is make synthetic animals/people? How does that help people? So, I made my decision... I destroyed the Institute! (Don't worry! I DID activate the evacuation protocol!) But, whilst talking with Father, as SOON as the piano kicked in at 0:59 of this video... "What have I done? :'( "

[@michaeltariga5285]

+Arwingpilot Worse decision on your part with not sticking with family man. When I learned that Father is Shaun, that Father is my son, there is no turning back. I promised I will protect my son... or my sons and daughters since all the generation 3 synths are my children for they have Shauns DNA.... and I did just that, I did everything to ensure I will not lose him again.

[@Arwingpilot]

+Mighty Roogna Believe me, it was not an easy decision! :( If it were up to me, every faction would truce and all of the good that each faction gives would come together as a grand alliance, for the people of the Commonwealth! Also, that's not to say I didn't take Synth Shaun, with me, after the battle, so I DO care about family! :) I simply don't think making Synths are what benefit people's lives, compared to Minutemen services! (As we've seen, some synths even become raiders!) As I said, there's parts of every faction I like! But, I could only choose 1! :( If this were real life, I WOULD have all factions come together, as an alliance! (Have Institute/Brotherhood scientists working together, give synths freedom, the OPTION to work, to please the Railroad and the Minutemen and Brotherhood's military for protecting people! Everybody wins!) Here's an example of what I mean by putting everyone else ahead of myself... Infamous 1... Save Trish, Cole's girlfriend or save 5 random civilians... As much as I despise hurting women, you bet I rescued the civilians! I felt like losing Trish was the lesser of two evils! It's the same principle of destroying the Institute... I didn't want to! (Hence why the song upsets me!) But, for what my opinion of a better future for people is, I chose the Minutemen! My apologies, for the long message! It's all very complicated, in my head! But please understand that I didn't want to have to make such a difficult decision!

[@michaeltariga5285]

Arwingpilot I dont trust the brotherhood ever since I've seen the Prydwin. A group of people having that much power and fire power are usually the people you cannot bargain with and it shows with how they are willing to throw force at anything they perceive as a threat to them or they think are 'evil'. They are pretty much cave man tier ignorant with the institute and do not see the scientists and people living in CIT as people but as evil stereotypical brainheads who wants to destroy the world. The brotherhood is a joke to me if you ask and I am glad I've blown their ship and used the very weapon they are so casual on using to bully others against their ass. Railroad? They pretty much put more importance to manufactured people than to real people, whats worse is that they are kidnapping my son and daughters and leading them astray... evidenced with the Libertaria raider leader whom the Railroad let free to the wasteland. Shaun is right that the Railroads ideology is insane and that their priorities is skewed. I have no choice but to wipe them out. As for the Minutemen, they are the most honest faction if you ask me. Normal people who just want to live normally and honestly, everyone is welcome in the minutemen and in their farms(as evidenced by some newcomers wearing raider outfits and military gear) even ghouls. I see no fault with the Minutemen so they are welcome in my books. As for the Institute.... well their leader is my son... what more reason do I need not to side with them. After all those time I've lost him, I found him at last. :)

[@Arwingpilot]

+Mighty Roogna Ugh... I know the Brotherhood are not pleasant, in this game! (The whole way they're portrayed: The Prydwen, their hatred of people like synths, etc, the fact that ALL technology must be "confiscated"... Makes me think of Nazis in a Wolfenstein game! But... A big part of me still wants to like them, because of Elder Lyons! In FACT, Danse points out that the Minutemen makes him think about the time Lyons was in charge! I agree, which is why the Minutemen get my full support! I know the Brotherhood are evil in this game! But... many members like Danse were members, when Lyons was in charge! Some of them may have families and feel like they're doing the right thing, for the world, because of their time with Lyons? What if another Elder replaces Maxson and their attitudes become like Lyons' again? I even convinced Maxson to let Danse live, after finding out he's a Synth! That is why I stayed neutral to them! Plus, some members like Haylen disapprove of how violent they are! Again, why I can't bring myself to destroy them ALL! Destroying the Institute, I only shot at Synths hostile to me! All people/synths not firing on me or my Minutemen were spared! So, the good of the Institute CAN be revived! :) I played it with as little trouble as possible!

[@joshuakim5240]

You do know that you can have The Minutemen and The Institute ally with one another, right? During the Institute questline, that moment when you are jumped by some Minutemen after tracking down some random runaway has a speech option that, if passed, will result in a Institute-Minutemen alliance, effectively getting the best of both worlds. However, from what i understand, you have to make the Minutemen sufficiently powerful enough for this option to appear (i think you have to complete Old Guns for this option to appear? Idk).

[@FarmLapse]

I miss Fallout 4

[@saintelmoswrath1844]

Bro same its already been 6 years and this got me feeling nostalgic

[@klofto212]

I swear the reveal of the institute was one of the coolest things i've ever fucking seen in a video game.. shiet

[@everythingapocalypse6045]

Loving the futuristic vibe I get from this music piece.

[@Beastboy86titan]

Science homework soundtrack

[@Harogrim]

The Institute - misguided genius. The Brotherhood - misguided zeal. Both equally dangerous, both equally full of endless potential.

[@Harogrim]

What can I say? I totally agree. I don't advocate synth genocide, but production needs to stop immediately.

[@tylersoto7465]

With the SS as director of the institute and pushing the institute in a better way and use the technology resources they have to rebuild society and build up the settlements to a strong healthy place to live and sustain itself quite well and with institute aesthetic cyberpunk architecture too , the wasteland could be terraformed into the living neo civilization it can be and bring stability and growth to the Commonwealth and build a space program to explore the solar system and so forth lol