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Writhing

Which Fallout 4 Quests/Areas Are Worth Doing?

Fallout 4

I've had FO4 sitting on my backlog for quite some time and finally go around to it. I mostly just followed the main quest and went the Institute route, and then did the Automaton DLC quest line. I honestly did not enjoy the game at all and found the story/writing to be mediocre at best. I enjoyed FO:NV and FO3 much much more, especially the setting and writing. At this point, my plan is to finish my play through of Far Harbor and then Nuka-World and hit the uninstall button.

My question is: Are there any side quests or areas worth doing/exploring if I didn't particularly like FO4? Not looking for modding advice or anything by the way - just wondering about the base game.

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Edit: For reference, the only areas of FO4 I've actually enjoyed so far are Cambridge Polymer Labs and the Mechanist's Lair. I especially thought the main quest line and Minutemen settlements components were terrible.

Edit 2: Finished Far Harbor as well now. I guess at this point it's safe to say the DLCs are good but the main game is just painful.

Posted Nov 16, 2022, 8:56 PM UTC · edited

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PeksMexTunnel Snakes•

if you don't like the gameplay fallout 4 might just not be for you

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AaronmovicFO3•

This. If he needs to force himself to play the game only to uninstall it asap, then he is not ejoying the game at all.

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Artyon33Minutemen•

The Silver Shround (Goodneighbor radio), The Cabot Questline (go to any bar) and The last voyage of the USS Constitution (big ship near Bunker Hill) are objectively the best writen and funnier quests of the game.

Honorable mentions : The Big Dig(ck) in Goodneighbor's back alley, Here there be monsters (Boston Harbor), Diamond Cities Blues (Colonial Taphouse in DC).

Go to Far Harbor, the writing is better than the vanilla game ! Nuka-world isn't bad, alone the world is worth it (never did the raiders story, i always lasermusketeered them).

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Shmav•

Youre in for a treat, cuz Nuka World and Far Harbor are much better than Automatron imo. The best thing about Automatron is building robots.

I strongly encourage you to be "evil" in Nuka World. Its pretty lame if you take the high road.

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WrithingOP•

Well at least Far Harbor was infinitely better than the main game. Wonder if they just had entirely different team writing the DLCs vs the main game

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Captain_Gars•

Not a different team but a different lead designer combined with the lead writer for Fallout 4 not being involved in the DLC. Far Habor had Will Shen as the lead designer and he took a different approach than Todd & Emil did with the main game. Importantly he does not share Emil's views on writing for games or about player choice.

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AffectionateBuy9507•

I basically did what you did (I believe I enjoyed it more than you) and now I’m on a 2nd play through on survival and I’m choosing the BOS. It’s been very fun, although frustratingly hard at times.

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Main_Consideration94•

Did you get the marine armor from the Far Harbor DLC?

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WrithingOP•

To be honest, I did a quick google search for the best armor and saw it was supposedly that. I thought about getting it but realized that I barely get hit or take any damage while just wearing a rad suit with survival perks. It didn't seem worth scavenging a few chests when I'm pretty much at the end of my playthrough and there being no end game

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jfri45•

Totally agree. 4 was a letdown compared to FO3 and NV. Far Harbor was a good add-on. I liked what they did with that. Nuka-World wasn’t good. Almost felt like a chore I was forced to do, and if you’re playing on hardcore mode, forget it… too much time wasted traveling. FO3 and NV, I was able to finish all add-ons and main storylines. With FO4, I finished all of the add-ons, institutes quest line, and went back to try and finish BOS quest line, but my interest flatlined. Sorry this wasn’t much help, but TBH, Far Harbor may be the best thing left for you in FO4.

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