Fallout: Tale of Two Wastelands - Part 25 - The Economics of Violins

Fallout: Tale of Two Wastelands continues, as we meet up with an incredibly polite old lady who wants us to help spread music through the wasteland. Instead, we decide to horribly torment her for basically no reason.
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[@nathanbrady2704]

Given ThreeDog plays whatever he was able to find intact, I always thought Bethesda missed a trick by not having a few records hidden accross the game that add songs to the radio station if turned in to the radio station.

[@jacobwisner7821]

I do kind of wish they did more with three dog in the game generally - and that in particular sounds like it would have been really great.

[@zuzoscorner]

ooh that does sound like nice wya to have side quest with reward

[@Codbraski]

Some of my favorite features in open world games is exactly this. I loved exploring saints row 2 for cd’s and one of the absolute best features in watchdogs was pirating songs off of other peoples fun.

[@doubledouble4g379]

Or add a few new tracks to discover with each new DLC. It's give you a reason to go delving into all of those little, random spots in the DC Ruins for more than just Dart Gun components.

[@HaYlEeXx19]

Same

[@nedludd3641]

The Soil Stradivarius is a real life violin that has survived and actually exists. It was made in 1714 by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona (1644-1737). It is one of 700 known existent Stradivari instruments. The instrument was made during Stradivari's "golden period" and is named after the Belgian industrialist Amédée Soil who owned it.

[@seancrane278]

Heh, I too like copying Wikipedia

[@nocturnechanson]

Came here to mention that my. It’s amazing at the time the player character finds it it’s 563 years old. 😮

[@TheBlueArmageddon]

Seems to also be named after Stradivari

[@azynkron]

No shit, Sherlock.

[@METALFREAK03]

Jus reminds me of a Meat Loaf song when he is talking about his father but playing a Stratocaster instead of a Stradivarius "I remember everything! I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday. I was barely seventeen and I once killed a boy with a Fender guitar I don't remember if it was a Telecaster or a Stratocaster, but I do remember that it had a heart of chrome and a voice like a h***y angel! I don't remember if it was a Telecaster or a Stratocaster, but I do remember that it wasn't at all easy. It required the perfect combination of the correct power chords, and the precise angle from which to strike."

[@TheJoePilato]

What I like about the violin mission is that it rewards the player more than it rewards the character.

[@CuppaLLX]

oh and theres more. See the nicer you are to agetha the better the condition the Gun you get is. If you super nice she give it to you at 100% but if she barly like you its gonna need seriousrepainrs!

[@CaptainJZH]

Alright, i think Evil Jon has officially taken over

[@Puncherjoe1]

I'm pretty sure there is no "Evil" Jon. Never has been. It's just been Jon this entire time.

[@leftthigh3999]

I think we're just stuck with some like 3rd chaotic neutral Jon who'll save an entire town of people 1 week and kill a whole family for a hat the next

[@benjamingrant5970]

Plot twist: _HE ALWAYS HAS BEEN EVIL JON..._ "Amicable Jon" is just the public mask! Only a true supervillain could destroy his girlfriends kitchen on an annual basis without remorse....

[@TheRobD4200]

​@@leftthigh3999 Chaotic Neutral Jon is the best Jon 🤣🤣🤣

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

The real Evil Jon were the friends we made along the way

[@mateobonavento3939]

It's a lovely touch that there is a way to recover the violin if you feel bad about betraying Agatha that doesn't involve reloading an earlier save. I didn't know about that part of the quest and it just makes it even better. I'm feeling bad already about what Alternate Universe Jon is definitely going to do in Oasis for the sake of demonstration.

[@jcoutelier]

And speaking of really dark disturbing locations, lets not overlook Springvale Elementary with all the little skeletons in cages. We're never told what happened there and can't be sure the Raiders currently occupying the place had anything to do with it, but at some point in the last two hundred years kids were being kept there for unknown reasons, until they were either killed or perhaps just abandoned.

[@LastGREATEST0]

How did the cages get there?

[@jcoutelier]

@@LastGREATEST0 No one knows... well, presumably whoever designed the dungeon had some idea what they thought went on in it, but we as players can only speculate. On a lighter note though, it always amuses me that the raiders in the school now are trying to dig into Vault 101, but if you check out their tunnel and the direction of 101 on the map they've been digging entirely the wrong way. Geniuses.

[@crickett3536]

It's episodes like this one especially with characters and secrets that help prove Jon's point in "FO3 is better than you think."

[@JB-xl2jc]

Tangentially-related-at-best rant. apologies ahead of time... It's weird to me, when FO3 came out almost everyone seemed to enjoy it- the occasional joke about the main quest being linear, but otherwise everyone pretty much seemed to agree it was a hell of a lot of fun and frankly a masterpiece when it comes to resurrecting old, dead franchises. And when NV came out, everyone derided it as a buggy mess. But now, if you go into Fallout communities, almost the only thing you'll hear is about how NV is the best game that was ever created, Fallout 3 is utter dogshite, Bethesda can't write, and any MINOR flaw or bug in NV is due to Bethesda screwing over Obsidian. I don't get why this occurred. Why can't people just enjoy all of the Fallouts?

[@crickett3536]

@@JB-xl2jc I remember loving FO3 when it came lut so much I bought the guide book Jon likes to mention. Heard about New Vegas and immediately bought the special edition. Maybe it's being on console, but I never noticed game breaking glitches so bad it ruined my experience, so I was shocked at the general FO3 hate. I like to praise Jon's video essays because they put into words what I think about a lot of the series, in a positive light.

[@themanwithnoname1839]

​@@JB-xl2jc i enjoy them its just when i get a better story and features in new vegas along with loads of questlines even for the most minor of sidequests its easy for me to say yea fo3 is shit in comparison

[@TheBreakingBenny]

Yeah, when he lies through his teeth and people eat it up like good little children... or like bootlickers.

[@JB-xl2jc]

@@TheBreakingBenny Benny, I think I speak for us all when I say, it's better when you don't talk.

[@psykergirl3615]

We need to start a "mosey" counter.

[@Kiwi2703]

It's Jon's new favourite word, now he's gonna be using it 30x per episode until he finds a new one

[@egg_timer]

"A Tale of Two Wastelands," maybe better known as "Fallout 3 with a brief visit to New Vegas."

[@CaptainJZH]

Tbf it's also FO3 with New Vegas mechanics

[@kyleellis1825]

I agree. Really should have been doing more back and forth.

[@ogmichaelbones]

I feel like he's gonna do new Vegas story too later in the series

[@americanmarxist-leninist1214]

he hasnt gotten to it yet. its a playthrough of all fallout 3 and dlcs and new vegas with all dlcs

[@gimok2k5]

@@americanmarxist-leninist1214 He already went to Vegas once for about one Episode. Mostly to loot pre-war-books.

[@Nurolight]

I can't believe it's been 25 weeks already. I can remember the first episode of this series so well.

[@phylwx]

Same. Its a highlight of my weekends.

[@MuffingDaCabage]

@@phylwxI love this shit man I watch it every monday at work makes me have a comfy 45 mins or so

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

Personally I find Vault 92 to be one of the most interesting yet terrifying vaults in the franchise. Maybe it's because it's loosely based on real experiments, just like Vault 11 in New Vegas is basically the Milgram Experiment taken to the extreme.

[@garydagg9112]

I have to ask what experiments? I can't find anything of note around white noise or high/low frequencies testing.

[@jasonr4748]

Not sure if its just me, or something planned, but the audio logs sound better in Vault 92.

[@dajosh42069]

I would assume he's more referring to things like "MK ULTRA" done back on the day to research potential forms of mind control? But perhaps OP is referring to something more specific. 🤷 I don't know.

[@garydagg9112]

@@dajosh42069 maybe, I knew of the Milgram study but I've never heard of any mainstream studies on white noise I guess MK ULTRA could have done some work on it. But unless OP is about to drop some high level secret documents, I feel like nobody knows what went on at mk ultra

[@psychodad5946]

@@garydagg9112 I think the Nazis did experiments involving the effects of infrasound on humans, if I'm not misremembering. There also were cases of cinemas trying to enhance the customer experience with low frequencies which led to mass panics, I think the frequency responsible is between 5 and 6 Hertz. But I can't for the life of me remember when exactly that happened and it doesn't really qualify as an scientific experiment. Also it must have been around 15 years since I read about that stuff, so maybe don't quote me.

[@TheAbstruseOne]

Quests like these are my favorites in any game - I don't need some big mechanical reward like a new weapon or armor or magic item or whatever because it's likely I'm going to get something better somewhere else and/or can craft something better myself (depending on the game). No, the real fun are the quests with an interesting story, unique characters to interact with, and a resolution makes a direct change in the world. It's far more satisfying for me as a player to see that radio station listed on my pipboy than seeing a gun I'll never use taking up weight in my inventory could ever be, plus it adds depth to the world because there is a measureable change not just for me but for everyone else as well showing that my actions actually affect things.

[@H0lyMoley]

I completely agree with you. The first time I discovered and completed this quest, I think it was the most emotional I've ever gotten at a Fallout game. (Or an Elder Scrolls one for that matter.) In so many quests NPCs pay lip service to how you've helped the world out, but this is a time when you really feel that you have.

[@TheAbstruseOne]

@@H0lyMoley It's one of the reasons I defend the settlement building in FO4 - You make a marked difference to the landscape of the Commonwealth in a way you never could in any other game. Not just settlements but entire towns that exist solely because you took the time to get the materials to build them and attract the settlers to populate them.

[@JB-xl2jc]

Same with the NV talent pool mission. There's something very gratifying about sitting down for a drink in the Tops theatre when you're done with everything and enjoying the acts you helped wrangle.

[@JB-xl2jc]

@@TheAbstruseOne By the end of my FO4 run I had taken over every single potential territory including the DLC ones and had built each of them essentially a paradise, with giant sentry bot caravan networks, each settlement had massive amounts of defenses (both ground to ground and ground to air), huge amounts of fresh water and crops, a gym, toilets and separated beds, soda stations and cafeteria, shops etc. It took FOREVER but I'll be damned if they don't live better than the prewar SOBs did!

[@SkaterBlades]

The best quests are always ones with good stories that add something to the world. Not the quests that feel like chores that reward a piece of gear that's not as good as what I've already got or a pitiful amount of money that i can't do anything with

[@jaygamings6888]

I like to think that my own Lone Wanderer retires after all their adventures and comes to learn how to play the violin from Agatha and eventually ends up taking over when she passes away.

[@CuppaLLX]

i can totall see that. You are banned from your vault home, family dead, and yove already saved the wasteland settling down to play music and tade all your loot for the next 40 years seems fitting

[@pommeroi1736]

you gotta love how an actual Stradivari isnt as valuable to Agatha as some random Notes

[@JB-xl2jc]

Strangely that kind of makes sense. In the post apocalypse, she probably only knew 1-2 musical pieces and had a violin already that could play them. Would you rather have a violin that plays those 1-2 pieces and sounds better than your existing one? Or would you rather receive entirely new music that you can add to your repertoire? One just enhances the music you've been playing a bit, the other doubles your musical repertoire with something wholly new.

[@TheLazyFinn]

@@JB-xl2jc Especially when probably 99,999% of the people that are ever going to hear the music won't see any difference (not that I know how different Stradivari actually sounds) nor would they have youtube to find comparison videos like I did

[@pommeroi1736]

​@@JB-xl2jc fair enough... but with all the pre-war books you collect in the game surely there have to be various about music?

[@themanwithnoname1839]

​@@TheLazyFinn i disagree, humans pick up on different tones quite quickly and often but i know what youre saying, but it would be like going from a home made guitar to an actual professionallly made one, it just sounds better in general

[@TheLazyFinn]

@@themanwithnoname1839 I educated myself a bit and yea those violions sound better but it's not that massive differrence tbh, having access to notes would be important too

[@DigitalVirusX2]

Jon- Always has little to no ammo Also Jon- "Lets use this valuable .44 ammo that I *just* said is also used by my most powerful gun and use it on bloatflies"

[@SkaterBlades]

Always carry around a weak gun for dealing with trash mobs and toss it if you need the weight

[@myfavoriteviewer306]

I grew up in a semi-rural area. The lady across the road was a violin teacher for kids, which is usually a pretty neat thing. When the weather was nice she'd do her lessons outside on the front deck area, which again is a nice thing for kids. However, she started her classes at 6:00 AM in the morning. If you've never been startled awake at 6:00 AM in the morning by some kid's screeching, out of tune violin while they attempt to strangle out a twisted and disturbed version of Hot Cross Buns consider yourself lucky 😂 So, ya, the violin quest has always been a bit more of a struggle to decide how to end than it would seem for most people commenting here 😁

[@kyleellis1825]

6AM? No noise bylaws? because usually you can't even mow the lawn until 7.

[@myfavoriteviewer306]

@kyle ellis This was not only in a small pocket of about 10 houses a few miles out of the town border, back then at least, but also in the late 70s to mid 80s or so. (Ya, I'm one of the old guys in the crowd 😂) Today, the area has been completely engulfed with houses but also annexed into the town as of about 10 years ago. I don't live there anymore, but I'd agree there are probably multiple reasons this wouldn't be happening in the more recent past.

[@kyleellis1825]

@@myfavoriteviewer306 I grew up 15 minutes between the two towns. It was actually a village and my family had the pigfarm. So I totally understand the small rural thing. I was just trying to figure out how rural. because very few of us still experience that.

[@inductivegrunt94]

End of the week, more Jon exploring the wasteland. This week, the wholesome story with Agata, and the secrets involving her quest and the Vault you head to.

[@Deamon93IT]

Remember the first time I met her, I unintentionally nullified the quest by selling the violin 😅 the radio was absolutely mad about it and didn't know why, so I went scouring the Wasteland until I found her and boy she was mad 😂

[@kyleellis1825]

Shouldn't that have just meant she got it sooner? She says the traders love her and stop by. So one of them should have found it and delivered it to Agatha.

[@TheCapitalWanderer]

​@@kyleellis1825i think he meant selling it to the museum in Rivet City, i dont think you can sell it to traders.

[@KoolKyurem25]

The three skeletons in the recording studio are Zoe with the pistol, Parker, and another girl. Zoe went crazy from the white noise, found them in there, and out of heartbroken and white noise induced rage, killed them and presumably herself. It's really easy to miss as I did so my first time but it's a great lil bit of environmental storytelling and one of my favorite in the entire game. I gladly anticipated this quest and vault being covered in this series

[@destructorgamingchannel8209]

i love how jon is showing off the many things you can do in fallout 3

[@some_shitposting_idiot3023]

Well yeah its the point of this playthrough

[@cyriell]

​@@some_shitposting_idiot3023 true bit barely anyone does all the options in a proper series and shows it all its kinda what makes this channel this channel if you get me, its amazing and alot of fun to watch ^^

[@iamwords2d200]

The thing I love about Vault 92, and stories about mind control in general, is the the horror of the phantom motive. Not one Vault 92 resident wanted any violence what so ever and we’re some the most peaceful people in the US. Making the fate of some of them a tragedy. But what I also love is the implications: a group escaped from the open door, Agatha’s ancestor died herself, and one that I think is tenuous but love the idea of; the overseer became infected himself. The hole story is very scary but in a fun sort of dreadful way. I also got to give it props for being flooded, since for what seems like one very few times did a Vault fail and have another thing happen.

[@khalidthegreat7005]

Can we stop for a bit and think about how jon is sneaking around in winterized suite of t51b power armour.

[@jreese7436]

I can be playing the most selfish drug addicted, violent cannibal in Fallout 3. I cannot do anything else other than give the violin to Agatha. I've tried, and I feel like a monster.

[@unclesweetmeme2366]

This is always one of the highlights of my week. I wait every Sunday for these to drop. Absolutely love this series thanks for the great content.

[@PoliceTelephoneBox]

Depends if it was a death claw nest when the vault was opened. Given the timeline, I'd say it probably wasn't.

[@iamwords2d200]

So cut content comment again but this time I’m hazy on it. 28:00 From my memory, the quest originally functioned as you needed to collect ALL the instances of sheet music in the wasteland and only then do you get the reward. It was changed as there was no logical way to direct the player to each instance & indicating how much was needed/left was to much of a challenge.

[@Nicholas86753]

Of course Mirelurks being unable to handle high frequency noises like the White Noise here in Vault 92 comes back later when removing the Mirelurks from Spectacle Island in Fallout 4.

[@Scott_Forsell]

In Latin, "malleus" means hammer and is basis for the word maul. More on point is that is also the name for one of the tiny bones in the middle ear.

[@jimbeezi]

So happy it was Agatha's song this week! Last week when you asked for suggestions I was one of the people who suggested this, as it's my favorite Fallout 3 quest and among my favorite Fallout quest quests of all time.

[@H0lyMoley]

I'm so happy that you get it! This is my favorite quest in either Fallout or the Elder Scrolls.

[@ericvaughn2617]

Heh heh, the experiment on the musicians was the most sinister that Vault Tech .... conducted?

[@ArgonPlasma]

Just to add a hopeful note to Vault 92, there's nothing suggesting that the Deathclaws were already inhabiting Old Olney assuming that any survivor(s) of the Vault managed to get out. Considering that, based on the presence of fortifications plus the Official Game Guide noting that Old Olney's outskirts were already picked clean by scavengers, it's very likely that the town was inhabited or became a scavenger hub at some point prior to 2277 (the dead mercenary in the Olney sewers suggests mercenaries may have also used the town as a hub), plus the lore of Vault 92 suggests everything occurred only about a few years or decades after the Great War, with the Deathclaws coming in later. Something that adds to this is the presence of the ghouls in Broken Steel when you enter Old Olney underground: the Official Game Guide notes that the ghouls were seeking to create their own settlement as a rival to Underworld, coupled with the leader of the group being a former follower of Roy Phillips who thought Roy was too ambitious in trying to take over Tenpenny Tower. Notably, Sanders, the leader, noted that Old Olney was uninhabited and was surprised to find that there were no raiders like in the surrounding countryside (unaware that the raiders throughout the game have ambient dialogue referencing recruits meeting "monsters" with "claws of death" to the north, suggesting they suspect Old Olney is inhabited by Deathclaws), and the fact the ghouls were able to set up a camp plus fortifications suggests that there wasn't heavy Deathclaw activity until they hit the storeroom/generator room, where you can find egg piles and meat larders set up for the babies. Lastly, once you finish Shock Value, Three Dog does a special broadcast mentioning how people are aware that Old Olney is a "Wasteland legend" and points out the Deathclaws, citing how he met a scavver named Johnny 12 Fingers who managed to survive a Deathclaw attack while trying to comb the ruins, losing an arm in the process. My guess is that Old Olney became a scavenger's hub at some point after the War, with the scavvers likely hiring mercenaries for backup: this lasted for a good amount of time before Deathclaws wiped them out and decided to set up a nest in the generator room. As to why the ghouls decided to go to Old Olney and Three Dog having to mention that the place is filled with Deathclaws, given how far north it is, it's likely that the town being wiped out didn't become public knowledge until much later, while the Deathclaws only came out on occasion to hunt and bring food for the chicks, staying in the storeroom. That was the case, until the ghouls accidentally disturbed the nest, causing the Deathclaws to swarm out, eventually leading to them permanently inhabiting the sewers and town surface to protect the nest and ward off any threats or scavvers thinking the spot was still good to comb. This would also explain why Dave thought it was a good idea to establish the New Republic of Dave should he lose: he would think that the Deathclaws hadn't been inhabiting the town permanently and were just opportunistically hunting in and around the area. For everyone else, particularly the raiders, Old Olney became something of an urban legend, a place that is mysteriously uninhabited with only the reports of monsters suggesting any signs of life in the town. TL;DR the Deathclaws likely showed up in Old Olney long after anyone managed to get out of Vault 92, Old Olney was likely a scavenger's hub/site that got wiped out, the Deathclaws took over the generator rooms in the Old Olney underground and lived there while going out on occasion to hunt and bring food for their nest, and the reason the town proper is swarming with Deathclaws is because the ghouls pissed them off and they're only up there to make sure no one goes near the nest, so it's likely that there is a possible happy ending for any Vault 92 survivors rather than getting eaten by Deathclaws.

[@lasse6435]

I love the Mars Attack reference of the music causing heads to explodes.

[@denke91tomi]

Dear Jon, I have serious FO:NV survival series vibes with this series, since you explore all the map bits, most, if not all the options. This is really great and thank you for the quality content! 😊

[@TheOtakuFoxBronie]

i always liked to imagine my character retired to agthas shack to be a helper to her, the wanderer doesnt really get to meet to many kind people and the idea of having adopted grandma agatha just seems pleasant

[@War7123]

Personally I like to believe that the Republic of Dave is actually the survivors of vault 92 own settlement. It's relatively close, they're weary of outsiders, and is the smallest settlement that still has a school.

[@420CAK]

The fact that there’s an entire radio station with an attached mission in Fallout 4 that you can’t bring back to full function in the vanilla game was a major miss

[@throwawaytrash33]

Which one?

[@420CAK]

@@throwawaytrash33 trinity tower when you free Rex he goes back to WRVR which is near the water treatment plant iirc

[@throwawaytrash33]

@@420CAK Why can't you do it in the vanilla game?

[@420CAK]

@@throwawaytrash33 because the radio station doesn’t work in the base game. You can’t deploy the dishes and there’s in game lore explaining that the military radio overrides the signal. There are a trio including Rex that “perform” radio plays but the joke is they don’t realize it isn’t actually being broadcast. Your companions will have unique dialogue here like MacCready will say he misses Three Dog

[@manlikemars2929]

There’s a mod that gives WRVR a function

[@aurochtamer]

Agatha's Song might be my favorite quest in the Fallout series. And Vault 92 is probably the most disturbing vault for me. All that music and art that could have made the world a better place gone forever because a couple jackasses at Vault Tech had no respect for it. 36:40 Yeah you can tell who's terminal this is. The beep boops it makes are 20 times louder than necessary

[@H0lyMoley]

Preach it. I've been an amateur musician from a very early age, and that vault felt like a very special version of hell to me. Although as others have said, the fact that you DO get to make the world a better place in a very tangible way made me emotional in a very different sense.

[@mattc7420]

I here to say I was impressed that this community is still going strong after a decade.

[@primusofcatarina4910]

Fallout 4 did have a few dialogue choices that mattered but they are extremely rare. One example is that at abernathy farm you can tell a grieving father that his daughter deserved to die and he will never speak to you again, making his quest and therefore his settlement unobtainable.

[@Corundrom]

I mean, not completely unobtainable, as you can still always kill everyone to take it by force, but yes, it does lock you out of the "peaceful"(kill 'evil' instead) solution

[@nessesaryschoolthing]

It's not unobtainable if him and his family aren't essential **revs up minigun**

[@zurcus7224]

@@nessesaryschoolthing Welp, at least this way maybe he'll see his daughter again

[@Corvowoods]

This makes my week looking forward to this every time I come home from work every sunday

[@MrSniperfox29]

The Deathclaws probably wouldn't have been around when the people escaped Vault 92

[@brothers_of_nod]

While you save lives, its things like this that keep some spirit of the old world still alive. I always like to think Agatha gets an apprentice at some point in life to pass on her skills.

[@BS-nw1qr]

Whenever we find a Vault's main doors wide open, its safe to assume something escaped into the Wastelands. Could be survivors. Could be experiments.

[@MotherTruckingOwen]

i never could get a build to pass the speech check for nighthawk, favorite quest in fallout 3

[@JimboMcBrostein]

I wonder if Agatha's dress in Fallout 4 could be a reference to her. It's a reward after rescuing Rex Goodman, who also has a link with radio broadcasts

[@NinthCircleGaming]

I love how Jon praises Agatha's music. Meanwhile I'm over here with ptsd related to that radio station. Everytime i played it a deathclaw would spawn guaranteed.

[@darren3627]

Fallout 3 is a masterclass in environmental storytelling. So many locations tell little stories without a single audio log or terminal full of exposition

[@zacharysnyder2520]

as a classical music lover this was a nessasary quest to hear mornful and beautiful music while traveleing the wastes. the fact this was not part of any major quest is just delightful as ya said

[@nocturnechanson]

KZbin has at least one recording of the IRL Soil Stradivarius playing. 😊

[@salamanda550]

I do like that the whole white noise thing (or something similar) was brought back during Nuka Worlds Vault Tec exhibits

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

Agatha’s station is indeed a lovely reward :)

[@Creepymoose135]

We actually know from broken steel that old Olney actually hasn't been a deathclaw nest until recent history, most people actually aren't even aware of the deathclaws in the town. Meaning, when the vault would have opened and the people left, The town would have been empty ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@williamleonardreesejr.1992]

I only found this lovely Violining Lady on my third playthrough. And Agatha has played me out across the Wasteland ever since.

[@ogrejd]

Oh, I dunno. From the sounds of things, Vault 92 was only active for a couple of years, not even a generation. If anyone got out, it's not likely that Deathclaws would have been around Old Olney yet. edit: I'm getting a burning sensation as Jon talks about the plans for next week... ;)

[@LugborG]

I can relate to those mirelurks. Feels like my head is going to explode when people start playing their music.

[@joeblow8982]

I just wanted to say that these long Fallout series are my favorite content of yours. I haven't been this caught up in a series since you did FO4's You Only Live Once challenge run. I look forward to your Sunday uploads every week

[@voraciousblackstn]

The Blackhawk revolver was arguably more useful in Fallout3 propper. It was the unique .44 Revolver, has no spread and better damage than Lincoln's Repeater. Plus, it has a scope. It is a sniper pistol. On a personal note, the first firearm I purchased was a Ruger Blackhawk revolver in .357 Magnum. They are closer to the .357 Revolver in New Vegas than the Blackhawk in FO3. The Blackhawk in FO3 is more close to a Ruger Super Redhawk.

[@doryna_sira]

And like all of the other older female characters, Agatha is voiced by Diana Sowle, also known as Mrs. Bucket from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

[@positiveintegersbetween2an198]

I was hoping you’d show this off!! One of the funner fetch quests. It’s also interesting to the world building, imagining how lost an art of music would be in the post apocalypse. Also how cool would it be if there was a companion in a Fallout game who was incredibly peaceful til they hear that white noise. Or tie a hidden backstory through the personal reputation and they reveal the horrible things they found out they did once the noise stopped they would share with the PC

[@mrcheesemunch]

Wasn't Old Olney an actual settlement until fairly recently in Fallout 3? I guess it's possible people from the Vault actually founded it or at least joined up...and then Deathclaws.

[@armitage1950]

I adore Agatha, it’s so rare to see characters in Fallout that are talented and kind.

[@natalijalaonar8187]

Agatha is awesome. Remynds me of my grandma when she vas alive. She also didnt take crap from people. Been almost 8 years now since she passed, but now I'm remynded of her.

[@jamesmaceaveli6679]

I've always wondered what to do with the violin from vault 92, brilliant episode and I look forward to seeing Oasis in the future

[@arcsta_rr]

I can only see potential for this game! I really do miss it!

[@dragonling748]

Thank you again John, I love the deep drive into the FO3

[@thomasdunn3118]

I think it's so delightlfully "Fallout" that the box of ammunition and "odds and ends" (that Agatha has kept under a desk in her one room house) contains a mini-nuke. That's just been sitting quietly in a locker footlocker for a couple of years.

[@joshadams5709]

Someone had to survive the vault and escape. Agatha's ancestor owned the violin, so at the very least her existence, let alone her knowledge of the violin suggests a small group got out and past Old Olney

[@MartynWilkinson45]

Agatha said the violin belonged to her great grandmother's friend. Said friend accepted an invitation to the vault before the war, and that's the last Agatha knew of it. Nothing there to suggest anyone ever left the vault.

[@wingshad0w00982]

To be fair we know at least a *few* people escaped, since agatha is, ya know, here. This means at least her ancestor escaped. Probably a few other people too.

[@CaptainJZH]

i think she's descended from a relative of the ancestor from the vault? Not the actual vault dweller

[@moriquendi32]

I’ve never failed to bring the violin to Agatha. It’s one quest I’ve never played any other way.

[@sErgEantaEgis12]

I feel like, in some ways, selling the violin to the museum in Rivet City is a more moral option, because it's basically one of the only museum in the Fallout world at this point and it's in one of the safest settlements. It's much more likely to be preserved for future generations than if it's in the hands of an old defenseless lady in the boondocks.

[@RinIsArty]

I find it quite funny how there's absolutely no real reason to sell the violin. 300 caps is basically worthless, not "incredibly valuable" like it's described, or indeed, is in real life.

[@ubertrashcat]

The Oasis episode must be called "Beyond the Wonderwall"

[@Gadgetman1989]

Same now that Gopher has stopped his TTW playthrough but it's understandable, love the videos!

[@AvatarRiku]

As far as Agatha knows the violin was just in a hole in the ground where nice good musicians lived, and you had a lead; whereas the sheet music was out in the dangerous waists at utter random.

[@kyleellis1825]

That is the best explanation I've seen.

[@MrSniperfox29]

To be fair to Fallout 4, Valentine does call you out for being sarcastic at the wrong times

[@lonestar_iconoclast]

Now that you've reminded me of Agatha's Station, I have a mod installed on my Fallout 4 game where I get Miracle of Sound soundtrack to drop raiders, Gunners, Synths, and irradaited monsters of the Commonwealth. Having Gavin Dunne and his sick, sick axe grinding skills as my BGM for the Commonwealth is just amazing.

[@jacobwagon3391]

45:34 AH! Yes, I was completely enthralled by the break down of the Vault 92!

[@H0lyMoley]

This is my favorite quest in the entire Elder Scrolls / Fallout series. The first time I discovered and completed it, it made me genuinely emotional in a way that few games outside of Horizon: Zero Dawn have. Agatha is a really fun character for all sorts of reasons, she fits perfectly into the wasteland, and she sends you to a dungeon that I (as an amateur musician) find to be pretty close to what I'd imagine "hell" to be. Seriously, there are more entries from residents than the one Jon highlighted in that vault... they're not a fun read. But it's the reward for completing the quest that's special. Because whenever you turn on the radio, you get a reminder of what you've accomplished. More than any other quest I can think of, this one feels less like "advancing the plot" and more like you've actually made a tangible difference to the wasteland. It's an incredible feeling to have in a game like this. Compare that to, say, "Blood Ties", and you can see why "Agatha's Song" is my favorite quest, while "Blood Ties" (which has you interfere in the outcome of two separate and completely shallow societies filled with unlikeable people and see absolutely no consequence as a result of it) is at the other end of the scale. ...And yes, I did once sell the Soil Stradavarius to Abraham Washington during an "evil run". It felt bad.

[@WulfRanger]

Based on the number of burnt books in DC, I think the paper is almost impressive as the violin

[@trifle140]

Being rude to Agatha might be the most evil thing you have done in this play-through.

[@aaronrowell6943]

While vault 11 is probably still the number one evil vault in fallout history this one is certainly sinister and times of they were taking innocent musicians under the pretense of preserving music and then using that to turn them into super super soldiers in the strictest sense they lose all sense of self-preservation. Could be wrong I think it's the only mind control experiments in fallout that actually works.

[@fungoidshaman3120]

The best part of the weekend is here y'all!!!

[@JuveVinny]

Great episode. Great series.

[@alexanderhammil6754]

I wonder if the “Greener Pastures incident” is a reference to the Dugway sheep massacre, where the US military accidentally exposed thousands of Utahan sheep to illegal chemical weapons they were testing.

[@JacoDeltaco]

omg Yes Agatha I was waiting for that I love lisening to her. she is so sweat she make me think of a grandma. The fact that she play the violon for you on the radio hoping to make you happy is so nice. Agatha is the best grandma in fallout ... mmm the grandma supermutan companion in new-vegas is close

[@highjumpstudios2384]

Nobody: John: "Agather"

[@zuzoscorner]

Great series so far. i love you showing off every litt detail . it jsut mazing

[@mz-hv2vh]

I can't believe this series has been going on for half a year now... Damn

[@TheBreakingBenny]

It's as slow as Anita Sarkeesian was with her Tropes vs. Women series, isn't it? I suppose this is nowhere as bad as THAT trainwreck she created.

[@Sacae]

I like to imagine in the time period they got out of the vault, maybe the deathclaws hadn't moved in next door yet.

[@GinSoakedBrain]

Click on video - immediate like. Love this series!

[@drewferg9]

I almost unsubbed when you sold that stradivarius for the cost of 10 nuka colas. Glad I kept watching.

[@ssjbread2803]

Ngl when i first played FO3 i thought the white noise somehow turned the residents into the mirelurks

[@jonathonworner360]

I remember when I found the Soil Stradivarius violin in Vault 92, and I had NO IDEA what to do with it!😅 Then I stumbled across Agatha's house, and all of sudden, the violin has a purpose!😅

[@Gbusjones]

Telling me this was up is the best thing Twitter had ever done.

[@perturbedbatman2009]

I wouldn’t be surprised whatsoever by Vault 92 escapees meeting their end in Old Olney because my first time there can basically be summed up as “WHY THE FUCK ARE THERE SO MANY DEATHCLAWS HERE?!” If I barely made it out of that with the mid-to-high level equipment I had, there ain’t no way fresh vault people would stand a chance.

[@bow1ma]

You tortured that poor women!

[@mrtb7676]

Part 25: Violins Unimagined

[@jonathanschmidt4676]

Perhaps Geener Pastures is a reference to Love Canal, NY? A community was 'unknowingly' build on top of a chemical disposal location resulting in adverse biological effects in young children from the chemicals in the water. There's no obvious community in Fallout 3, but it is a nationally known ecological disaster.

[@legrandepatrontheplaneteat6241]

Because of Agatha and her beautiful Radio Station, i noticed that Wadsworth mutters, See if I care, after he wishes you a good day. Volume way up.

[@drink_4_nikolai]

I’ve been waiting for Agatha’s song!