Is Fallout 4 Lying To Us? (Antagonist Video Essay)

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Published on August 11, 2017 2:10:52 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV0GdgOuBXQ

Game:

Fallout 4 (2015)

Duration: 11:11

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RELEVENT WATCHING

A previous collaboration with culveyhouse about how Skyrim’s music shapes the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HqmC6xnZj0&t=293s

I’ve actually made a video on skyrim and open world games (and why No Man’s Sky misses the mark), check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvks2C7FP9U

Hbomberguy’s really good analysis of fallout 3, really worth watching with a pinch of salt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLJ1gyIzg78&t=1s


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SOURCES

A fascinating article that I read after my chat with Ben last video. It looks at what makes choices meaningful in games—also follow Stephen Beirne, he’s a smart egg: https://www.destructoid.com/goodbye-cruel-will-determinism-in-videogames-237529.phtml

A really lazy post about why fallout 4 is a bit nothing: https://www.giantbomb.com/forums/fallout-4-694375/fallout-4-is-impressively-bad-1789739/

This is a little more coherent about why the game doesn’t have an identity: https://www.pcgamesn.com/fallout-4/bethesda-dont-seem-to-know-what-fallout-4-is-anymore

This one totally and utterly misses the point and in doing so, ironically, makes the point they’re trying to dismiss (games journalism is like a snake eating itself…): https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/01/every-faction-in-fallout-4-sucks/

Didn’t use any of this but worthy of being a source because it’s really brilliant. Read the whole thing if you have the time: https://basedgamer.com/article/73/Fallout-New-Vegas


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FURTHER READING & BIBLIOGRAPHY

Okay this isn’t relevant really but when I was researching this article wouldn’t even load because the bloated adware these use breaks their article—just a fun note: http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/585687/Bethesda-Fallout-4-sucks-Xbox-One-PS4-PC

RESOURCES
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