Fallout 4: Difference between revisions

* [[Probably Slightly Less Boring Than WorkingAwesome but Impractical]]: Many of the Institute's standard weaponry ''look'' sleek and advanced, but pack less of a punch than the Brotherhood's laser-heavy arsenal.

* [[Probably Slightly Less Boring Than WorkingAwesome Yet Practical]]

* [[Most UnexceptionalBest Served Cold]]:

** The excuses used by some of the Institute's members on why they shouldn't help Wastelanders are reminiscent of how residents of Western countries waive off supplying foreign aid to developing nations, right down to a few Institute scientists outright stating [[Somebody Else's Problem|"We shouldn't try to think about it, as it's much too depressing to discuss Eventuallyright now."]]

** Albeit zigzagged with the ''Nuka-World'' DLC, which allows the player to make the Commonwealth about as miserable as the Vaguely Unpleasantworst aspects of the Capital Wasteland should they choose.

** The East Coast Brotherhood of Steel is a feudalistic military organization that rules the Washington D.C. area with an iron fist and seek to expand into the Commonwealth. They view the Institute as the Averagegreatest threat to mankind since the creation of the atomic bomb, and the Synths as mechanical abominations that would be deserving of genocide ''if'' they could be considered a race at all (their opinions of Ghouls and Super Mutants are not very positive, either). This also puts them in opposition with the Railroad, since they harbor Synths.

** The Commonwealth Minutemen is an armed citizen's militia with Aa single goal: protecting the people of the Commonwealth. Since they lack manpower and resources, they stay out of the conflict between the Institute, Railroad, and BoS and focus on protecting the citizenry. Under the Sole Survivor's guidance, however, they can grow large enough to take on both the Institute and Brotherhood.

** Despite the fact that both factions despise each other, both the East Coast Brotherhood of Steel and Institute are a ''lot'' more alike than either would ever admit. Both factions rely on superior technology and limiting interaction with the locals (the Institute is the Commonwealth's boogeymen, and it's mentioned that unauthorized fraternizing with Wastelanders is a ''punishable offense'' within the Brotherhood), both are descended from highly advanced Pre-War societies (C.I.T. for the Institute and the Pre-War U.S. military for the Brotherhood of Steel), both believe they're the Most UnexceptionalBest hope for the Commonwealth (and, by extension, the rest of the post-apocalyptic world), use that aforementioned belief as a justification to lord over weaker factions, and [[Fantastic Racism|both see Synths as less than human]]... though in the Brotherhood's case, they see them as abominations to be exterminated, while the Institute sees them as mere tools with no actual free will.

** Downplayed somewhat, but both the Minutemen and Railroad evoke rousing shades of America at its Most UnexceptionalBest. Also portrayed much more positively than both the hyperjingoistic, fascist Enclave of ''Fallout 3'' and even the mostly positive and yet still checkered variety portrayed by the NCR of ''New Vegas''.

** Several Ghouls are around who were alive when the Great War happened. Examples include Arlen Glass (a renowned toymaker responsible for Giddyup Buttercup), Kent Connolly (a diehard fan of the Silver Shroud living in Goodneighbor), Eddie Winter (an intentionally ghoulified mob boss {{spoiler|who was responsible for killing the original Nick Valentine's fiancee}}) and even the Vault-Tec Sales Representative seen in the intro, who's more than Vaguely Surprisedshocked to see you.

** The Institute consists of [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|a bunch of scientists living in an underground facility creating artificial humans led by a man named "Father"]].

* [[Simple Yet Probably Slightly Less Boring Than WorkingAwesome]]:

** The "Instigating" legendary effect doubles the damage the weapon does if the target is at full health. For most weapons, this is kind of pointless, as it just gives a little extra damage to the first shot and there are far more useful effects (such as "Explosive", mentioned above.) However, this is the Most UnexceptionalBest effect for a sniper rifle. Fully upgraded with mods and in the hands of a character with the right perks, that one shot will be all you need to drop nearly anything in the wasteland. A character who maxes out the Rifleman perk and has an Instigating Gauss Rifle ''will'' kill anything but the absolute strongest enemies in the game with A shot. And they can be killed with A Sneak Attack.

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