Game Theory: Why FALLOUT's Society is DOOMED!

[@highdefinitionapollo2189]

"So, you took all the time building this settlement from scratch?" "Yeah, I built a house, planted crops, and had a mutated 2 headed cow for pet." "But you didn't take a minute to move that skeleton from your doorstep?" "I think it looks cool."

[@GameTheory]

It adds to the curb appeal.

[@RolandLadd]

Also adds to the house's value.

[@avanartinger]

The Game Theorists ha

[@gooseyboosey9962]

XD Nice one

[@Aetheried]

It adds to the nuclear feng shui.

[@stuff5757]

"2016 was a scary year" Me, watching in 2020: *Visible confusion* Edit: Me, in 2021: *Visible-er confusion*

[@frocknetic241]

at least i have time to play fallout now

[@unclethomas914]

@@frocknetic241 took the words out of my mouth brother

[@EvanHynes]

Stuff Poster hey man, thats the year that vine got canceled

[@savannahmiller7439]

I'm watching this in 2020 too

[@savannahmiller7439]

@MEWLON 64 don't go outside in 2020

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodwa54]

"they can't kill a bunch a guys in skirts welding knives" Heyyyyyy, who allowed the Skyrim NPCs in here?

[@thedirtydoom]

I used to be a theorist like you... But then i took a nuke to the knee...

[@dustdoorknob4096]

That made me feel unhappy, because the majority of the legion do use guns.

[@SCP-49668]

Hey you...your finally awake!

[@hopevanwasp686]

@@dustdoorknob4096 flashbacks from when I attacked Vulpes in Nipton intensify

[@Anno1-c3r]

@@dustdoorknob4096 just Skyrim npc’s that found guns

[@luckyson7989]

"2016 was a scary year" 2020: Hello there

[@The_Golden_Circle]

#2020sucks

[@dariuszsliz1597]

General kenobi

[@bananacat4945]

2017: I'm a bad boy 2020: u don't know the duck of it

[@5850christine]

Stuff poster

[@iabouy]

😂😂 riots going on , coronavirus, WW3 was a rumour to happen

[@TheFallenAdonael]

There's a mod for Fallout 4 called PTSD Mental Health Management. Its really cool and fits Lore-wise with a survivor. At times, mid-game in the middle of nowhere (or even a crowded city) you can hear the same sound of the nuke dropping or Shaun crying. You have to manage SS's mental health in various ways, but it really adds immersion to a character with so much canon trauma. If your playing as Nate, a war vet, it would just make even more sense for him to have excess PTSD

[@theale8821]

Matpat: This year I'm going to make more positive videos! Video title: Why FALLOUT's Society is DOOMED!

[@TGM_Productions]

Theale Hmm lol ha ha hmm ho ha

[@Ralleigh]

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED

[@l0yalth30rist8]

Theale the point of him saying that at the beginning of the video

[@OblivionKnight76]

And at the very end he says his next theory will be dark...

[@afonsolucas2219]

100th like, you deserve it.

[@Rabbit-the-One]

I had Capgras as a child. If I lost sight of my parents in a store, then there was DEFINITELY identical strangers posing as them who found me and took me home to assume our lives. Never did find out what happened to my parents, but the replacement parents were nice....

[@firefi1960]

At least that, right?

[@memowl3663]

Spoopy

[@goldsoldier7920]

Sad knowing that u could be getting all u want but not be

[@singerrolldown597]

I'm not sure if I had Capgras but when I was younger, when my parents would act out of character, I used to think that they were actually secret agents that were assigned to me. I even thought that they didn't love me and that it was just a façade. I stopped believing that though when they kept on showing pictures of my sister and I shortly after we were born.

[@efulmer8675]

A significant problem of a person suffering from Capgras or any kind of 'conspiracy' type thinking is that it can be defeated by rigorous application of logic or a reductio ad absurdum, except that it's really easy to defeat such a logic argument and it can be repeated as many times as necessary: The person trying to help is part of the conspiracy. Simple. That friend you've had all your life? Replaced. Mom? Dead. Dad? Replaced. Helpful smiling doctor prescribing you proven helpful drugs? Secret agent of the government. Oh, hey, that guy over there preaching the moon landing conspiracy that the government covered it all up? Yeah that sounds familiar, everyone is out to get me, I can trust him. Except, any reductio ad absurdum applied to any conspiracy larger than your friend group conspiring for your birthday surprise rapidly requires a tremendous number of people and at some point, a person who does not have this issue could apply Occam's Razor and say, "No, that's too ridiculous for me," which may not be possible or easy for a person suffering from Capgras. It's why arguing with a conspiracy theorist usually makes the problem worse.

[@iamaidansmith7542]

Matpat: 2016 was a scary year Me in 2020: ha that’s cute

[@iamaidansmith7542]

Ok

[@iamaidansmith7542]

Thanks

[@iamaidansmith7542]

Someone deleted a different reply saying basically that it was so unfunny how I copied and a bunch of other stuff so I just said thanks to frustrate him

[@2_OP]

@@iamaidansmith7542 what they said was justified tho

[@iamaidansmith7542]

What I said or what they said

[@NopeNope724]

When matpat does ton of research but not enough to know Bethesda didn't name the Fallout franchise.

[@grennyfell97]

That's what I immediately thought when he said "Well done Bethesda". I was sitting here like.... Now hang on a minute there Mat!

[@tantrikax2714]

Or enough to tell the Enclave apart from a Warhammer Space Marine from an entirely different IP

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

+Tantrika X I think that's a reference.

[@culbertsonkristen]

Adam Timari Thank you. He did a lot of research but not enough to know the smaller details.

[@notrelated-lk2cc]

Iconoclasm_ sub to me

[@awesomefoodzgaming8954]

**buys 600 cases of ramen** Ah.. finally, the free market economy works in MY favor.

[@samuelbrako5785]

Awesomefoodz Gaming what naruto would do

[@leokim47]

All these "creative" 2020 jokes are proof we are part of a hive mind

[@lindan7238]

Meme culture :P

[@LexiLunarpaw]

@CALDER 2021 nope i defeated the Brain of Cthulhu already

[@thelastvalkyrie1998]

@@LexiLunarpaw Case in point

[@aur9035]

And you just disproved it

[@picklelover6576]

PICULAR canceritism in the norouth weast system of comphonesboxes

[@tylenolthecrayola]

“Convinced that someone is an imposter” *Among us flashbacks

[@ticsyringe9517]

"2016 was a scary year" *Laughs in 2020*

[@generalfloppa5798]

Boi

[@warlordofvideogameglitches]

@amoremudmud the edge of starting world war 3 was pretty scary in January.

[@micro_micr0774]

*cries in 2020*

[@Foot831]

I'm the 666th like

[@micro_micr0774]

@@Foot831 sry mate, now its 667

[@snowy5138]

2016: I am definitely the worst year 2020: Hold my virus

[@maayanmagal4629]

and then stay at away from society for 2 weeks

[@shawn4997]

hold my corona beer

[@kj123._.]

@@shawn4997 you took my joke😂😂

[@cyberseai9305]

@@maayanmagal4629 2 weeks more like years

[@SneakySt]

Hold my vaccine

[@sebastianb1910]

2016: "a really scary year...." 2020: Hold My Beer

[@atay7800]

Sebastion B stockpile of ramen coming in clutch

[@Theonefreeman97]

Your a poet and you didnt know it

[@snwman9453]

Hold my vodka

[@Detec_]

Hold my aliens

[@lightlion4656]

Sebastion B hold my virus, oops it escaped

[@Greyhound7833]

Anyone else watching this in 2024 🦕

[@theclucket9620]

Right after the tv show to

[@IsaacNoelPenate]

Yup

[@H3r0toZ3r0]

Right after jumping back in to fallout 4

[@isaaclagrange8583]

Dose any one else miss matpat

[@MB-wk6uc]

Yes I sm

[@TheTrainMaster15]

MatPat: credits Bethesda for fallout games name. Obsidian games: *cries in RPG*

[@cotyallen5444]

TrainMaster15 I mean Bethesda did buy full property over fallout including credit

[@TheTrainMaster15]

Coty Martin yeah. But that’s like giving Nintendo to another company and then saying Fusajiro Yamauchi didn’t found it.

[@Criegrrunov]

Interplay : Cries in retro.

[@irresponsiblyblue1411]

This was a pretty good video. WELL DONE, ShoddyCast!

[@Echs_D33]

I thought obsidian was just fnv.

[@JaelaOrdo]

Convinced that something is out to get them... “My ex girlfriend left the cap off the toothpaste. You know who does that? A synth!”

[@gabiaxinte8518]

**Comments on the name** , "Good job Bethesda!", when Bethesda didn't create the Fallout franchise.

[@podtherod9304]

Tacitus Regelus but he's right. Bethesda didn't make Fallout.

[@Polecjanki]

Gabi Axinte honestly I got triggered by that. :D

[@Mishobu]

Me too lol, was scrolling for someone to notice, the original creator is the now defunct Interplay (for anyone who did not know, including MatPat).

[@sergeantdornan7000]

It's moronic that he doesn't credit the original creators of fallout.

[@vulpes6928]

But some of the original black Isle/ Interplay crew is still in Bethesda so technically you can congratulate them.

[@gamingwithbella6615]

Matpat: talks about someone "being replaced" Me: There is a impostor among us

[@panorama2214]

The Fallout universe doesn't have colour TV because that's where our timeline splits from Fallout's timeline where they put all their money and research into war, meaning things like the transistor and other amazing machines weren't invented meaning things would be completely differently such as colour TV.

[@andrewwinke]

Noah Pou this video completely forgets this. Bethesda explained half of the stuff mentioned in this video a long time ago. The fact that the transistor was never invented in he fallout universe changes so much.

[@mwbgaming28]

You don't need transistors to make a color TV

[@robotporkchop4784]

It COULD be possible that, in the Fallout timeline, Isaac Newton never discovered what causes rainbows. In our timeline, that discovery lead to the invention of colour television.

[@thanosded961]

Actually,in the Fallout world, scientific progress stopped for eveything but war in 1950. Before 1950 everything is the same as our world.

[@choogus5071]

Uhh but they have fusion reactor cars dont they?

[@flynngenericlastname765]

The reason there is no colour TV is because in the games lore, the transistor was never developed and humanity focused on atomic technology. Hence the handheld w.m.ds but no laptops and colour tv

[@rileyhouston7934]

2067

[@tdog4718]

Transistors were made though.

[@Galimeer5]

9:39 Matt: "[...] Does any of that sound familiar-" Me: "Disturbingly, yes" Matt: "-to the world of Fallout?" Me: "...oh...well, I guess there's a diagnosis I should start looking into"

[@a.cinneo]

MatPat : 2016 was a rough year Me in 2021 about to go into 3rd lockdown: just you wait...

[@asafesseidonsapphire]

Yep

[@igku8339]

Hamilton reference?

[@notbuffy]

Funny remember lockdowns

[@melanieg.2943]

*Matpat saying 2016 was a scary year* *The year 2020* "Hold my beer"

[@jaydenshort3110]

Yes yes the virus we cannot mention is killing almost everyone and we're quarantined causing a lot of people to go crazy and buy lots of toilet paper for no freaking reason

[@Name-qn8ew]

*hold my year

[@rogervanbommel1086]

And 2021?, how bad will the REDACTED virus get/ continue to get with Biden as president

[@jimmyjohn9207]

@@rogervanbommel1086 Hopefully 2021 might be better but probably not with biden.

[@xthyphy]

*You saying 2020 was a scary year* **The year 2022** "*Hold my nukes*"

[@shitassiii7203]

That moment when Mattpat credits Bethesda for the Fallout name when interplay made the original games

[@mamadied5722]

why does it matter so much? it was just a slip up, and it wasnt very importent to the story anyway.

[@prod.californiajay]

@Furkan8k yes, because totally everyone is gonna know about Bethesda buying Fallout from a company that faded into obscurity

[@pride2184]

Yea interplay been dead for over 20 years

[@simmothy9140]

I don't think it means he shouldn't talk about fallout more of its kinda annoying plus he talks about fallout 2 a lot so I would kinda expect him to say interplay but honestly it doesn't matter because we know

[@link22_22]

@@pride2184 yes and no, sure interplay itself has been dead but Obsidian is made up of a majority of people who worked on F1 and F2, and still, it should be evident that Bethesda has taken Fallout into a....less interesting path. Personally idc about the debate but for some like myself I still like to remember the amazing franchise that interplay/obsidian built

[@CHEMICAL-P]

MatPat in 2017: 2016 was a scary year. Me in 2020: Boi you ain't seen nothing yet.

[@vickyhoi9243]

Cherry HT hehe 2025: ya’ll are dead ya know that right?

[@dancingcarapace]

"Say, turn this record over, you ain't heard nothing yet!"

[@Milkcake00]

2077 is worst

[@VanTassell3]

MatPat:2016 is the worst year ever 2020:you couldn't comprehend how terrible i am

[@Dawg.Wit.]

This is so original, got me laughing like😐😐😐

[@Sorain1]

Meanwhile, 2020 has been the decade of "You thought that year was bad?"

[@user-nr6gy5lh6b]

>The enclave >Shows a picture of a space marine. Good job.

[@angrybrony]

i think that's the joke.

[@severianosandoval933]

FrootLewpz I KNEW THAT WARHAMMER 40K YESSSS NERD POINTS TO WHOEVERS IDEA THAT WAS

[@thugtomat7850]

FrootLewpz Timestamp for that? didn't catch it.

[@user-nr6gy5lh6b]

11:38

[@user-nr6gy5lh6b]

I hope he's joking, but considering his track record I doubt it.

[@madhouse9156]

Everyone now that it’s almost 2020: *collectively laughs* edit from 2022: my b guys didn’t mean to jinx it 😔

[@bingusiswatching6335]

Did you just predict 2020??

[@MG-Raiden]

@@bingusiswatching6335 i think they just did. Oh my god

[@piercedsiren]

You had no idea...

[@seekercosfur]

This comment aged well.

[@oddlyw1cked938]

hahaha yea hahaha im dead

[@zoenayru]

"A settlement needs your help , Ill mark it on your map" *loud quest sound*

[@VanadiumTetrachloride]

_250% volume_

[@janski1490]

Qufox here ill mark it on your map*

[@crimsonsinner1454]

when i was a child, i remember my little sister getting lost in an amusement park but thankfully i found her but i remember getting home thinking my sister isnt actually my sister but a copy, a clone of her and for weeks i was anxious about it and for the past years i kept thinking about mostly because of how stupid it is. just felt like sharing

[@jeffman5428]

See if she is caring a synth component

[@TerraJ-ug6nc]

What in the "Us"?

[@Richalvarez]

For anyone still reading comments 3 weeks after this video was uploaded, I have something to say. As someone who has spent their entire adult life making youtube videos, (Creator since 2006). I know how hard it is to continually churn out content week after week. It's difficult to spend time researching game after game, figuring out the tiny details, discovering the secrets, and then translating that in an entertaining way to a large audience. I may have never had the amount of viewers Mat Pat has achieved, but I know how disheartening it is when you mess up on a tiny thing and people blow it out of proportion. Mat Pat has worked for years to bring you all free entertainment. He can't possibly know everything about a game series. Everyone who is on his case about the Interplay/Bethesda debacle needs to settle down. If you can't watch his videos anymore because a man made a simple mistake, then you need to check yourself. No one is perfect. And if you only watch perfect people that make no mistakes, then get off of youtube completely, for you will find no one. Sincerely - Rich Alvarez

[@mementomori8826]

I'm reading the comments three years later and I have never agreed with anything more. A clap and a half to you, Rich.

[@Buangbuang]

Ur content is trash and u only have 500-700 views......just give up

[@TheRealGuyForReal]

Me looking at comments 4 years later

[@ivypatty]

@@Buangbuang this guy has more than ten videos with over a million views; you have four subscribers.

[@Buangbuang]

@@ivypatty still not good content

[@wisecrack3461]

"no more dark and depressing theories" *immediately goes into a dark and depressing theory* Matt deserves a slow clap and a half

[@fattie6180]

*claps and halfs *

[@SquaredPasta]

Wisecrack34 I was thinking "mat did you even look at your title"

[@Anno1-c3r]

@@wisecrack3461 clap cl

[@darkangel7542]

Can we talk about how mattpatt used a picture for a space marine to represent the institute/enclave.

[@osscorrupt]

I THOUGHT THIS ALSO, *heresy*

[@DCPTF2]

looks more like a Traitor space marine

[@osscorrupt]

Its a black templar for sure, 110% not a chaos space marine, no horns or skin plastered everywhere :P

[@ElDonDiesel]

Darkangel I doubt he played any fallout game

[@alecblackman14]

In the grim darkness of the far future, war never changes?

[@ST-RTheProtogen]

I laughed so hard when that old guy just outta the blue was like *COMMIE GHOSTS*

[@cheeseflannel8343]

What don't know they're dead!

[@ToqTheWise]

Anyone notice how when Mat says “I am determined to keep 2017 positive” it shows a graphic of a positive pregnancy test and 2017 WAS THE YEAR STEPHANIE GOT PREGNANT WITH OLLIE???!!! Real life foreshadowing is real, man!

[@mamadied5722]

what

[@Nhatanh0475]

Yep. 2 Years later I read this comment.

[@KeepsterHippy]

Bobbleheads are the most important things in our world

[@poofbomb-minecraftmore1883]

Heck no, snowglobes are

[@aerothallji6514]

Bobbleheads, Snow Globes And Comics Are Important.

[@screwit6242]

no, Bobbleheads are the most important thing in the galaxy...

[@brycedannenberg5420]

Qwerty McFerty i dunno I kind of like my comic books

[@VaultCreeper]

how would u know ur a penguin?

[@bobbob1876]

NEXT EPISODE: [Matpat] How Minecraft-- whoa, I just realized... you CRAFT, and MINE, in this game! Great job naming this game, Sega!

[@Genocidalll]

kashpan you're joking right? You know it's a joke?

[@bobbob1876]

It's part of the joke. Bethesda didn't name Fallout, but Matpat said that Bethesda did a good job naming Fallout.

[@AlFredo-sx2yy]

[I N S E R T L E N N Y F A C E H E R E] (ok no)

[@joonatanlepind3124]

Al Fredo ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@AlFredo-sx2yy]

thanks good sir

[@kingludwigxi]

KZbin riding that Amazon/Fallout hype wave by pushing hella old Game Theory videos of Fallout kekw

[@generalgrievous1353]

Matpat's solution to curing the wasteland is putting them all on drugs

[@retrogamelover2012]

Well, more like medical drugs rather than more outlawed drugs. Essentially it's like trying to cure a junky's addiction with medication.

[@owenlapointe8546]

General Grievous Hancock would aprove

[@davyrando1203]

At least Hancock has the right idea

[@clowntrooper61]

Where are you suppose to get those drugs from? All of the stores are pillaged or controlled by raiders or ghouls.

[@retrogamelover2012]

I guess you'll need to be a scientific whizz-kid and a lot of resources to create the medication, but I guess like they say; "Where there's a will, there's a way."

[@spiketroopergames6966]

Matpat, theres some concerns with this theory. I doubt you'll ever read it but I feel i must share. 1) The whole idea of Scizophrenia being within almost all the current citizens of the wasteland is rediculous xD While perhaps the first generation of humans during when the bombs fell, would possibly have this, were now 200 years into the future, so if we say the "average" lifespan is 80 years due to time advancing and general reduction of the human life span, (also barring untimely death via raider, Brotherhood, Deathclaw, etc) Wed be 2-3 generations past the original bombs, and having both a background in the medical sciences, and a family in it aswell, Scizophrenia would NOT be caused by a quick wave of radiation hitting you as the elevator decended, it would take a much more prolonged exposure time to cause immediate damage to the brain. Scizophrenia is also a brain disorder that is developed due to a stress or malfunction in the brain, but it is not genetically passed on to their children just because they have it. 2) The concerns that people have, Synths replacing them, death around every corner, etc, is not a cause of Scizophrenia or PTSD, If it was in todays world of *relative* safety, then it would be a concern. But the fears they face are legitimate concerns brought on by the world they reside in. The possibility of a deathclaw tearing you apart is a perfectly valid fear or presumption in that world, and people have adapted that as the new normal of the world. Thankyou to anyone who decided to read, I put a lot of 11:30 am thought into this c:

[@AnonEMoose-id5xs]

Spiketrooper Games Good commentary on the video.

[@tantrikax2714]

Yeah, as someone who struggles with PTSD, felt like the portion of the video dealing with mental health missed the mark. Get that it is topical and controversial and gets views to capitalize on society's current fixation with mental health issues, but hinging the video on it felt like a weak theory compared to some of his more well-thought out videos of the past.

[@JevvyMedia]

Yeah he mentioned that people are going through PTSD, but very few people are 200 yearso ld in the series. That wouldn't make sense.

[@ahat4046]

Could the nuclear fallout cause the prolonged exposure required for schizophrenia to develop

[@filipdvorak6372]

during the games radiation is relatively rare to encounter and settlers would probably be able to avoid it.

[@Brozilla2002]

matpat: "good job bethesda" interplay: *sad rocket noises*

[@osamalinbaden1996]

Bethesda bought fallout so E

[@mightbeaperson7262]

They may have bought it but they didn’t name it first

[@dancingcarapace]

@@osamalinbaden1996 that's like saying Nintendo made Sonic because they bought the franchise from Sega.

[@dancingcarapace]

@Abdullah M Specifically Sega. It's why they don't make consoles any more.

[@brunoactis1104]

Well, it's Bethesda that created all those setting problems.

[@patricio7081]

At 6:56 you used a bad example No-bark Noonan was stung several times by rad scorpions and these stings pierced his skull causing him brain damage not due to radiation

[@BrandonCollins907]

Dude.... MatPat. 5:47 "Well done Bethesda." That should be Interplay man... Fallout 1 - Interplay Fallout 2 - Black Isle Fallout 3..4 - Bethesda

[@KPMaraujo]

New Vegas - Obsidian (former Black Isle Studios employees)

[@tristianpoore2214]

I was hoping people realized this

[@arthurclery5731]

Also, Black Isle *was* interplay. It was a team of fully dedicated individuals who wanted to nurture Fallout 2 into being as good as its predecessor.

[@oscarstoresund6967]

Brandon Collins dont forget about Obsidian. they made New vegas. even though obsidian consists of eployees from both black Isle and interplay

[@andrewmorrison1724]

2017: "A really scary year. Lots of terrorist attacks..." 2019: Hold my beer.

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

... still waiting 2019.

[@peytondooley2031]

@@MinistryOfMagic_DoM lol we got it

[@theanarchistocelot1620]

Yep We screwed

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

Yet again, nothing has happened in 2019. Still waiting.

[@ultimate_pleb]

Death to all it is inevitable u mite as well get it over with

[@theruinerofchats]

Well I mean. In this particular case, people are indeed being replaced by synths. Thats a legit fear. Theres actually an 'event' where you have to figure out which guy is the synth out of 2 of the same person.

[@flarlix9347]

The Ruiner of chats I was trying to see if anyone pointed that out, like that is a major plot point and could sway wether you want to side with the institute or not. Also matpat said that the sole survivor was hit with radiation, but father says that Shaun was unaffected so the sole survivor was probably also fine.

[@sashagaming712]

And to add to all that in fallout 3 there is the quest where you need to find a synth for the institute so it all cant be just fake.

[@TheBeardHampster1979]

Yeah, it's not a conspiracy theory if it's true

[@rachelmoore1996]

Just as a side note I like to think that (in my head anyway) they went BACK to black and white tv. Because they found that color tv took up too much energy or because people started liking a more vintage style. The same goes for how they dress. Or they found some weird health thing with color TV and new fashion clothes. I mean everything does come back around especially in fashion and design! I always liked that little touch.

[@ImTheLoneWander]

Dear the editor of this video. (I know its not your fault MatPat) 11:44 That is not the enclave............

[@NashTheEmperor]

I'mTheLoneWander it's just a space marine

[@ImperialTorches]

I'mTheLoneWander FEEL THE EMPEROR'S WRATH!!!!

[@thelaughingrouge]

* See a group of raiders * "HIERATIC!"

[@voidedwar3625]

I'mTheLoneWander is mat Pat mad that there is no diet nuka cola

[@intuendaecivilization9365]

The Emperor approves this.

[@afterglow-podcast]

"Well done Bathesda" on naming the game Fallout? No, that would be well done Interplay and Black Isle Studios, who developed the original game.

[@blackZ34all]

just goes to show you how little matpat actually knows about games.

[@maygayming5275]

Probably just an honest mistake. Sounds like he just wanted to throw the line in somewhere and forgot Bethesda didn't make the ones before 3. Bethesda has gone out of their way to erase Interplay from the Fallout series. Probably because of Fallout PoS, I mean BoS (not Tactics). That said, some of the devs for the original Fallout worked on Fallout 3, and were already working for Bethesda when they bought the IP because they wanted "Oblivion with guns."

[@HeyitsEris]

Leave Bethesda alone

[@hanwelljohn3432]

You are right matpat should do research

[@anfrac3700]

wrong, it was developed by valve in 1983

[@durandol]

The radiation from the bombs would have dissipated a LONG time before these games started. The background radiation in the Fallout series is largely concentrated in, relatively small pockets throughout the wasteland from leaking barrels of reactor waste, spent fuel, or damaged small scale reactors( that would have powered, well, damn near everything in this universe) melting down. And with many inhabitants having had access to, or having recovered, prewar technology, it stands to realize that that they could avoid the many of the more concentrated pockets of radiation. This is especially true of those that came from the vaults, as the vault dweller's Pip-Boys have inbuilt Geiger counters, they likely also have access to stores of anti-radiation drugs such as Rad-X and Radaway, and quite possibly radiation suits. Even some tribal societies of the wasteland have created homegrown anti-radiation drugs. And don't even get me started on the G.E.C.K.

[@durandol]

In the glowing sea, which is the origin point of the storms, you not only find the denotation site of the Fallout 4 nuke but you can also find a destroyed nuclear power plant. A power plant which is still broadcasting a warning of an imminent meltdown on a loop.

[@victormillansoto9463]

“”2016 was a scary year” Laughs in 2020” AHAAAHA LAUGHING IN 2024

[@TERMINATOR3900]

*mentions how Fallout is a good name for the series* "Good job Bethesda." Srsly matpat, did you just forget that Bethesda didn't create the Fallout series?

[@Igorcastrochucre]

Pretty sure everybody forgets.

[@malachiconstant7745]

Terminator I think we are all aware MattPat's a fucktard by now

[@abadboi7933]

Terminator yeah nobody cares.

[@1810jeff]

Terminator You should know by now that mat pat doesn't do much research when it comes to the history of games

[@GoblinSquid]

The Dragon I'm reading a fucktard's comment right now.

[@gangstagrampa1]

Bethesda has 8 letters. Fallout has 7. If you add 8 and 7 you get 15. There are 5 Game Theory videos in my recommended list. So, if you divide 15 by 5 you get three. There were three listed factions at 11:44. Don't you see it? Enclave is the government, so we don't add them to the next part. The other two factions, Brotherhood of Steel and the Railroad can be added together to make two, so 2-1=1. There is 3 points on a triangle, and 1 eye. Also, the *illuminati* is green, just like the trophy in MatPat's logo. We've been lied to by all the Fascist monarchs out there, the ones who were deceiving us the whole time. I--I d-don't really know how to say this sweetly. Minecraft was Keemstar the whole time. *BUUUUUTTTTTT THAT's JUST A THEORY. A GAME THEORY!*

[@sexycat8883]

Gangsta Grampa dafuq

[@TK--qf4sj]

Gangsta Grampa 😂

[@Luke-lj2pe]

Well said...

[@pinecone5129]

Wolf Shades the government is turning are children retarded with chem trails

[@hibubgames7667]

Gangsta Grampa Not only has everyone in the illuminati died around two hundred years ago but, their logo was an owl. Idiots like you refer to the all-seeing eye.

[@FireofPrime8]

Here in Switzerland, were I live, everyone has a specially designated place in a Bunker

[@chomp4577]

Yes, do ate high mom phone Heh

[@gingerlabs3581]

?

[@Chloe-dj9oh]

Its where not were 😅😅

[@FireofPrime8]

@@Chloe-dj9oh sorry

[@melissalonla]

am Swiss, can confirm

[@themanwithnoplan9707]

I love how Mat Pat is talking about factions says the Enclave: AND SHOWS A SPACE MARINE!

[@spartatheminecraft]

This would make more sense if the Fallout games took place right after the Great War, but remember this is 200 years later. Most people, besides ghouls, were born into the wasteland so it's mostly normal for them. They wouldn't have PTSD from being displaced and society collapsing, and I'm sure many people have PTSD from the horrors, but not as many as you say.

[@once9050]

SpartanWarmachine if it happened right after the great war you would either be dead, a ghoul, or a mutated humanoid monster

[@moisesmartinezmorales5885]

SpartanWarmachine i think the ptsd thing has to do with surviving while watching how a deathclaw eats your friend or a raider puts a bullet between their eyes etc.

[@handsomejas105]

Imagine someone you love is being mutilated by a super mutant in front of your eyes. Oh, it's not horrific or anything.

[@once9050]

DracotheDarkPrince but thats a normal everyday thing that had been happening since the of the great war. Eventually people would just not get PTSD from it since they know what they do

[@handsomejas105]

You don't see a deathclaw killing your family twice. It's like saying "If you are born after the great war you wont feel anything to your loved ones"

[@renkaiakura7912]

11:45 Uhh, thats...not an Enclave soldier, pretty sure thats a Space Marine

[@user-nr6gy5lh6b]

THE PRESIDENT PROTECTS!

[@michellenich3172]

Renkai Akura 'tis a mod m'lord

[@renkaiakura7912]

Oh I knew it was a mod, my confusion was if that was an intended joke Like, he said Enclave and showed a picture of a Space Marine mod and made no hint at it being a joke, just caught me off guard

[@aprilhdunmoyer]

FrootLewpz OK

[@boomboomfiyah]

"Join the Minutemen today and help rebuild society!"

[@100billionsubscriberswithn4]

fuk u

[@boomboomfiyah]

fuk u 2

[@maxwel205]

BOOM BOOM Fiyah I approve general

[@saichari563]

God Bless the Enclave, the true saviors of the wastes, and last bastion of humanity.

[@maryerivera01]

join the minutemen, the only real way to rebuild soceity

[@cheeseflannel8343]

One minor gripe, when you gave credit to Bethesda for the "Fallout" name, they aren't the original creators, Interplay was...

[@TheLovelorn192]

2020 the joke about ramen is too early for its time

[@dayman1]

"name of the game "Fallout" THANKS BETHESDA! GOOD JOB!!!!! *Interplay cries in the corner.

[@williambaldwin9487]

Are we not gonna talk about the fact that MatPat showed a Chaos Space Marine from Warhammer: 40k in place of the Enclave at 11:44 or....?

[@Penguinsfishing]

I know, right?

[@nickdawson3616]

William Baldwin you know he doesn't edit these right?

[@about99ninjas56]

William Baldwin same.

[@gamerdweebentertainment1616]

Yeah I was sure like, wait... Isn't that armorsuit from 40K???

[@Stella_Rumma]

Nick Dawson okay so MatPat didn't put it in, but his editors did, so ether he doesn't review what he works on or he does and didn't notice it or just didn't bother to fix it.

[@robertsilva3946]

If only matpat were still here to do another theory on fallout, he’d have a field day with the new show😪

[@Papapsoso]

Who’s saying Tom won’t?

[@ReeseHosgood]

@@Papapsoso​⁠​⁠ Good thing he already has. It’s about what level the main character in the fallout show is.

[@takis_stv9056]

5:48 don't congratulate bethesda, black isle studios where the ones that created fallout

[@joel5611]

SHHHHHHHHHHH SH SH SH SH SHHHHHHH

[@ryebread1159]

I was thinking that too

[@HG-hc7us]

@Balach an t-Saoghail Ùr but they did, and why do you have to say New Vegas bandwagon, I like fallout 3 and 4, but the truth is that they did

[@greenknight421]

According to this website, which Wikipedia quotes, Tim Cain, the producer of Fallout 1 at Interplay, credits Brian Fargo of the name Fallout. www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/3/8/2855595/fallout-gdc-black-isle-interplay-obsidian-bethesda

[@darthreaper6311]

Yeah but only 2 of them before the company went under and Bethesda got the rights to the franchise. So the only company you can thank is Bethesda since the original company does not exist anymore.

[@user-vh5hg9cj1g]

11:45 Am I crazy, is the dude from "The Enclave" right there literally a Space Marine? Just for clarification, never played a Fallout game before.

[@Penguinsfishing]

That is a space marine. The Enclave were shown earlier in the video.

[@user-vh5hg9cj1g]

Ah, thanks.

[@JulianLinair]

No, that's a screenshot from a mod that puts Warhammer 40K Space Marine power armor into the game.

[@lizrenarts7487]

Yep... PURGING TIME FOR THE EMPEROR!!!

[@qwejy]

R2 No, he just doesn't care enough to get an actual image I believe.

[@halo3fan78]

2016:I’m the scariest Me:*chokes on beer* you have no idea what fear is

[@kaitomimosa5758]

It's so true.

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

"2016 was a scary year" oh past matpat you have no idea

[@Aipe97]

Small nitpick, but Bethesda didn't come up with the name Fallout, they also weren't the creators of the franchise, they just bought the intelectual property after Fallout 2 came out

[@damstachizz]

And today, color TV in the fallout universe was confirmed. Matpat wot u got left

[@Keyring7031]

Shouldn't Interplay get the clap and a half?

[@cantbelieveIneedtwousernames]

I agree he didn't do research on who created the franchise

[@dr_lazer4694]

he didn't do his research on Fallout in general.

[@SmogginMog]

scrolled waaaay down to see this, not alot of Fallout fans/players here i guess.

[@ryanwaterbury]

The T Machine I don't think he did any research at all, as shoddycast did a video on the glowing sea, and how the radiation from the bombs would pretty much dissipate within I think a month, I'll link it in a comment. It sucks because I remember when he did in-depth research on each episode, now it seems he just puts them out to get them out.

[@aidanfleming8583]

Why yes they should

[@therealdeadend]

"2016 was a scary year" Oh boi. If only he knew.

[@themechaknight6360]

Certainly an interesting theory but one that falls apart rather quickly, especially the one about all of humanity having Capgras delusions and PTSD which assume that everyone was ther during the initial bombing. Only the Sole Survivor in Fallout 4 lived before and during the initial nuclear holocaust. The first 3 games had protaganists and characters who did not live through that era and hence would have already adapted to the ever present radiation. Barring certain exceptions, almost everyone you meet are descendants of humans who survived the nuclear holocaust 200 years before

[@MultiPumpkinMan]

4 games before fallout 4 + the spinoffs

[@deadtempleknight.6332]

You forgot all the prewar ghouls

[@themechaknight6360]

@ Dead Temple Knight Dammit you're right, I suppose they might end up having those conditions due to the sheer amount of radiation they were exposed to (assuming their minds are somehow intact enough to be sentient) though at the same time we have to consider the fact that their paranoia and PTSD might also be related to their ostracization which could justify or even create some of their mental conditions (assuming again they don't degrade into feral ghouls)

[@mildlyemo244]

Johnny Lau They still have to do with raiders and mutants

[@RandomERA79]

An Emo Sushi true but there are places in the world where that happens now there's a possiblity some have PTSD but I feel most have them have grown accustomed to the lifestyle rather than see it as a traumatic event.

[@calebwilliams796]

But... Bethesda didn't name the fallout franchise...

[@uriel7395]

caleb williams And chaos space marines aren't the enclave.

[@greengeck0]

They only bought the IP, interplay are the creators

[@Kos4Evr]

Yeah but this is Matpat. Rather than giving credit to the creators of the concept he gives it to the current owners of the franchise. Besides to be fair Black Isle studios isn't around anymore and even if most of the original team is working at Obsidian if you give them credit then you will just confuse the hell out of anyone that Didn't know the series existed before Bethesda bought it. Though to be fair the Original concept was created for Wasteland, the game Black Isle made before Fallout which was published by EA. EA wouldn't give up the name so they changed it to Fallout and reinvented it.

[@boneneedle3360]

caleb williams I cringed so hard when he said that. DX

[@beybladerocks7]

Eh, its a safe assumption. He gets like a week to research this stuff, just live with any innacuracies. People yelling about samurai and knights when 70% of the facts were true smh

[@EtrielDevyt]

>talks about the Enclave >uses armor from a completely different franchise Oh, Matt...

[@user-nr6gy5lh6b]

ALL SINNERS FEAR THE EMPERORS WRATH!

[@EDuarteVillanueva]

EtrielDevyt HERESY!

[@kristianperez4108]

He wasn't talking about the enclave, he clearly says "whoever" as soon as the war hammer dude shows up, funny, its almost as if you chose to ignore that on purpose, thereby making others believe Mat made some kind of mistake... well whatever, I just like proving people wrong on the internet, you can go ahead and mind control as many people as you want, I won't judge,

[@user-nr6gy5lh6b]

then why did he not show a picture for the enclave?

[@darkpixel1128]

BLOOD FOR HE BLOOD GOD

[@KCCereal]

5:56 "Hey... Bethesda didn't do that"

[@mynamejeb8743]

it's all sad and bad, but hey at least it's not raining

[@FergusML]

RidiculousJ It‘s raining often in Fallout 4 oh yes

[@a1uplift212]

RidiculousJ Lmfao Preston!!!!

[@ralsei830]

(cue hurricane noises)

[@junolanderson6380]

into each life ...............................

[@thebreadbox8990]

it’s raining radioactive water.. ain’t much better.

[@spuduk78chips53]

Did I see a space marine from games work shop at 11:45 or am I tripping?

[@kettlemaster3037]

mods

[@shropshirec]

Павел Дурманов Non-Canon. You have to put real effort into screwing that up.

[@juliannim6843]

You did

[@ztheo2280]

yeah. Just wanted to say that

[@yourpsychicfriendfredbear]

Spud UK 78 Chips you are a gamer to? *one single tear of joy rolls down cheek*

[@chrispersich7675]

anybody notice Interplay should get the clap and a half because Interplay's RPG division (named Black Isle Studios ) made the oringinal 1 & 2 Fallouts before Interplay faced bankruptcy and sold Fallout's future to Bethesda

[@theymkmewhtiam]

Chris Persich *clap and a half*

[@defunctchannel8807]

Chris Persich (does a clap and a half)

[@H3ntaig33K]

mattpatt failing to do basic research.

[@Someone_Else]

Clap and a half? Should be a full clap, Interplay gave the name, not Bethesda. Oh well, I guess that's what happens when you rush your research for a theory...

[@thaliavalentine7686]

Have any of you researched deeply into Fallout's past? Bethesda didn't directly create the first two games, but certain members of Bethesda's team (who weren't in bethesda back then) did have a hand in Fallout's initial story creation.

[@liv6451]

“2016 was a scary year” Me in 2020: lol funny joke

[@UKMedc]

Me in 2024: it's not a joke anymore.. 😭

[@Talthanias]

Interplay named it fallout not Bethesda. And it's a sequel to Wasteland

[@srgtslimshady]

Bethesda didn't own fallout when it got named.

[@srgtslimshady]

you must be fun in bed

[@srgtslimshady]

Mr.Rankings11 I don't recall saying it did I even made fun of my self for it just being a lame fact that I knew.

[@orangelizard9854]

How is the reply you wrote to your self from 2 hours ago, while everything else is only one hour?

[@OlagGan]

Actually not a lame fact. By naming Bethesda, you are demeaning the original creators (Interplay and Black Island Studios) who created the original product and made it popular enough for Bethesda to buy the IP from Interplay. So it is kind of rude and demeaning not to at least mention the original publishers.

[@jasonutty52]

I was wondering that as well...

[@drewhughes2406]

Lmao he really put Detroit on the map with the rest of the wasteland

[@Mega-Brick]

Because it was to be one of the locations of a Fallout game before it was cancelled. Despite being cancelled, a lot of the lore developed for the Detroit-area wasteland was still made canon and released.

[@hochimane6535]

they didn't even have to nuke it

[@drewhughes2406]

dawg i live in Detroit

[@Elba_Liz]

1:32 this early into the video and I start crying. Now in 2024, march 9. MatPat I’m sure you’ll likely never see this comment but never since the first ever theory I’ve watched on your channel, to watching your lives and now watching your last theory at least the last theory you’ll be in. But I know it was for the better, now you get to focus more on your family. But after all this I’ve just got to say it “That’s just a theory, a Game theory! Thanks for watching.” I’ll miss you Mat, we’ll all miss you 💚

[@shadysam8879]

Well, the thing is, most of people's fear and delusions in these games are completely justified.

[@tantrikax2714]

Yeah, as someone who struggles with PTSD, really felt like his postulations regarding mental health issues to miss the mark

[@shadysam8879]

Tantrika X Yup. Not really delusional if if the the things your afraid of aren't delusions. And sorry to hear about the PTSD man, that sucks.

[@dommiesgrl]

Sam Swarms I think he was trying to establish that Fallout might be from the perspectives of unreliable narrators... Hence their beliefs appearing justified because the main character is also having paranoid delusions.

[@PRchris13]

now you know why is Institute was better... they knew humans on surface were to far gone.. if humanity would grow and make society big like in the past they needed to make humans without radiation ... witch "Father " (mc baby) was..

[@0EZaid0]

IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE A FALLOUT THEORY

[@konodioda2208]

Bethesda didn't name fallout

[@ZeCherrys_86]

thank you, came looking for this.

[@MrKandik]

Bethesda ruins Fallout :'(

[@MultiMongol123]

exactly what i was thinking

[@chrixotv1692]

Interplay

[@thenaturechannel5179]

Jaroslav Vizner No. It’s the Post-Apocylopse DLC for the Elder Scrolls.

[@4lexIsNotReal51]

"2016 was a scary year" 2020: excuse muaahhhh?

[@MannyMM]

1:12 MatPat having a kids this year confirmed

[@mobius9768]

M M lol

[@Dovahnuke]

For the colored tv thing: It's not that they could'nt create them, It's that they did not bother to do so, they were too focused on creating war machines and housekeeping robots.

[@callumsunderling835]

Dovahnuke They did have coloured tv's like in the fo1 intro

[@boltmix7294]

It's supposed to be a joke :/

[@lilgingie1438]

The Diet Coke addiction

[@FeanixFlamage]

just don't go getting it mixed up with a mentos addiction, lol

[@sheepincherubsclothing]

GB5 Gaming and more ahh It will be everywhere

[@barproostergaming7787]

2016 is a scary year 2020: You haven't seen anything yet, boy. 2021: You are heaven compared to me. 2022: *laughs in torture*

[@jerryshen2410]

Why clap for Bethesda? Didn't Black Isle start the game series?

[@lolzmonster6274]

Interplay did. It made me kinda mad when he congratulated Bethesda on it instead of Interplay but w/e he is human and humans make mistakes.

[@patrickmurphy216]

Because he was too busy being smug to bother doing basic research.

[@lancejobs]

A painfully easy to not make mistake yes.

[@goodfortunedj]

Yup.

[@TheNeekerirotta]

Time to hire a fact checker...

[@NeumaghAnon]

I like how in the beginning Matt thinks all the survivors of the war wanted to work together and rebuild instead of pillaging and eating each other.

[@pluto3194]

Cannibal best perk.

[@slavinib6857]

>applauds Bethesda for Fallout's name wait what? I think you meant to applaud interplay...

[@SammyShow-hl9dy]

Can’t believe this video came out seven years ago

[@lolgoteem5372]

“Well done Bethesda”... they didn’t start the series

[@iamshow6477]

MattPat: I want to make everything in 2017 positive. (shows positive pregnancy test) 2017: I got you bro (proceeds to make sure his wife gets pregnant) That's just a theory a shitty joke attempt theory.

[@fore54k3n]

IamShow Just so happened to happen for me lmao

[@updawg4556]

MattPat give this man a channel

[@mikeysheep5380]

CENSOR DAT

[@DeadReckon]

Giving the credit to Bethesda for naming the series really irked me man. Have you forgotten about the first two games? Interplay? Brian Fargo?

[@ChazMcGutter]

Dead Reckon It triggered me as well

[@RayThompson777]

Dead Reckon you didn't get it , he said Bethesda because they shown the nuclear explosion at start of fallout 4 and the aftermath of it

[@1zklz]

But they didn't name the series.

[@nwerner3654]

+Ray Thompson Showing a detonated nuke doesn't give them credit to the name idea, also the entireity of the FO series is exploring the aftermath ;-;

[@novarwright8514]

But new vegas was only published by bethesda, and most of the game was assembled from scraped Van Buren.

[@derianarce2686]

The minutemen are honestly the best possible ending in fallout 4. Not only do they beat the institute but they're inclusive of ghouls and synths so they have generally the best morals.

[@MillieBlackRose]

Oxhorn has a great video about this. He talks about why the Minutemen are the best solution.