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00:00:00 – 00:29:48
The video introduces a Fallout 4 mini-series focused on the mod "The Zone," inspired by Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl, which offers an exploration and combat-driven experience without explicit quests. The host begins their journey at relay tower 0DB521, traveling via vertibird to explore this new area independently. The exploration highlights new lands introduced by DLCs such as Nuka World and Far Harbor, with emphasis on navigating through new environments, discovering villages such as one occupied by the Minutemen, and finding significant items like the "Roadside Picnic Prologue."
The host encounters and engages in combat with various enemies, including gunners, wastelanders, and raiders, with notable weapon finds like the Soul Slayer Gatling Laser and a never-ending gauss rifle. The exploration also involves dealing with hazardous conditions requiring supplies like RadAway and Rad-X and handling obstacles like frag mines and locked containers. Amidst the exploration, there's a blend of looting and battling tougher enemies, with occasional moments of reflection on missing useful mods like a gas mask.
Despite some struggles with weapon handling and a companion's absence, the host steadily makes progress, finds valuable loot, and navigates through different map areas. They consider strategies for returning to base to ensure no quests or essential information is missed, planning further exploration and engagement with the Minutemen's base for future updates. The host concludes with an appreciation for the mod's depth and teases upcoming content, encouraging viewers to stay tuned for the next episode.
00:00:00
In this part of the video, the host introduces a new Fallout 4 mini-series focused on a mod called “The Zone,” which recreates the Zone from Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl. The mod emphasizes exploration and combat without defined quests. The host has equipped camping gear to enhance the exploration experience. Starting at relay tower 0DB521, a vertibird is used to travel to the Zone, but it’s a one-way trip, so the host must find a way back independently. The host expresses concerns about potential radiation hazards similar to the Glowing Sea and muses on not having installed a gas mask mod.
00:03:00
In this segment, the speaker discusses exploring new lands introduced by DLCs like Nuka World and Far Harbor, emphasizing the objective of finding a way home, akin to past exploration mods. They mention using the Pip-Boy to navigate and fast travel, albeit without a map. As they explore, they encounter a Minutemen village, complete with vendors, and the speaker is acknowledged as the General of the Minutemen. They find a note titled “Roadside Picnic Prologue” containing substantial text, which seems to be from a publication rather than a handwritten note. The speaker decides to keep the note for further reading.
00:06:00
In this part of the video, the speaker explores a new building, discovering it is the main bunkhouse for the Minutemen and remarks about needing a lot of supplies like RadAway and Rad-X due to the hazardous environment. They find another building, initially excited about potential loot, only to find it’s a Tomb Raider reference. Continuing the exploration, they enter another supply building and lament the absence of a merchant. They encounter a reference to “roadside picnic” and review the prologue information related to a pre-war context. The segment concludes with some cleared weather, bringing a moment of relief.
00:09:00
In this segment, the speaker discusses navigating the map and the potential to fast travel, which seems constrained despite the mod’s claims. They decide to head north towards a ruin. Upon encountering frag mines, they discover a group of enemies, primarily consisting of gunners and normal wastelanders. The speaker engages in combat, successfully eliminating the threats with a variety of weapons, including long-range firearms and a missile launcher. They find a gunner base near a Minutemen village and continue to battle, encountering and defeating heavily armed enemies, such as one wielding a laser minigun.
00:12:00
In this part of the video, the protagonist encounters a large number of enemies. Initially struggling with missed shots, they manage to reload and start taking down the aggressors, who prove to be more challenging due to their minigun. The protagonist notes the absence of their companion, who had a missile launcher, and proceeds to loot the fallen. They discover a weapon called the Soul Slayer Gatling Laser, but decide against taking it due to a lack of proficiency with automatic and heavy weapons. The protagonist remarks on the surprising number of active enemies in an area they expected to be ruins, highlighting repeated issues with weapon handling and engaging more enemies.
00:15:00
In this part of the video, the player is engaged in a tense exploration of a building, using a shotgun and occasionally switching to an AK-style gun for more firepower. They methodically clear the building, checking for enemies and looting bodies, finding mostly supplies like stim packs but not much of great value. They encounter locked cabinets and containers, struggling to pick the locks but eventually succeeding and retrieving better loot from a steamer trunk with a master lock. Additionally, the player mentions the presence of unique guns supposedly added by a mod, which they are curious to find. The segment ends with the player considering letting the Minutemen take over the outpost they have just explored.
00:18:00
In this part of the video, the character navigates through different locations, facing various obstacles. They mention disarming a Master Lock using a bobby pin and finding minimal valuable items. They observe an area where beds could have been used instead of sleeping bags and explore to the edge of the map, realizing there isn’t a way back to the Commonwealth from this direction. The character checks their Pip-Boy for bugs affecting their ability to fast travel and speculates about map boundaries and locations for future exploration. They come across a military post near a Minutemen town and inspect a train car with no tracks, discovering a dead body labeled “marked one,” which they suspect is a reference they don’t recognize.
00:21:00
In this part of the video, the narrator explores an area with a mix of high and low-level Gunners and encounters several ‘mongrels’, including two legendary ones. They collect some meat to cook later at the fire. They also find a charged Chinese Officer sword and note a random train car without tracks. The exploration continues towards some ruins which turn out to be Raider territory. The narrator engages in combat, noting the use of a gauss rifle and some explosions.
00:24:00
In this part of the video, the player navigates through a combat-heavy area, dealing with multiple enemies using grenades and gunfire. They encounter tougher opponents, including one with a gauss rifle. Amidst the chaos, they struggle with accuracy but manage to eliminate all threats, resulting in a pile of bodies. The player then scavenges the area, collecting useful items such as a mahogany baseball bat and a never-ending gauss rifle, although they decide not to switch their current unique weapon. They proceed to loot nearby buildings, checking for additional resources and making sure they haven’t missed anything valuable. The segment includes a moment where the player considers freeing and possibly arming an NPC, but decides it’s unnecessary since all enemies are already taken care of.
00:27:00
In this part of the video, the host discusses their plan to return to the Minutemen town off camera to check for any missed quests or valuable information. They contemplate the possibility of missing important tasks related to finding prisoners in different game regions, which might impact quest completion. The host decides to save the game and promises to update viewers in the next episode based on findings from the Minutemen base. They express excitement about the unexpected depth of the current game zone and sign off, encouraging viewers to return for future episodes.