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The YouTube video delves into the gameplay experience of Fallout 4 with the Horizon version 1.9 mod, emphasizing immersive and challenging features. The player navigates the wasteland post-nuclear fallout, encountering various challenges and utilizing mods like Start Me Up to customize their character's stats for combat. They focus on survival strategies, combat tactics, and resource management while exploring new mechanics introduced by the Horizon mod. The player plans a character build emphasizing specific stats like intelligence, agility, and luck to optimize gameplay, and highlights the importance of weapon proficiency and strategic perk selection. Overall, the video provides insights into gameplay strategies, character development, and exploration within the Fallout 4 universe.
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In this part of the video, the speaker introduces Horizon version 1.9 for Fallout 4, highlighting its immersive, challenging, and rewarding features. They mention that Horizon is an overhaul mod that touches nearly every aspect of survival mode. The speaker then begins a new game on survival mode, recounting the intro scene set in the year 2077 on the brink of Total War. They mention having a mod to skip the beginning intro section and express satisfaction with using the default character. The speaker encourages viewers to play Fallout 4 if they haven’t already, emphasizing its worth.
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In this segment of the video, the player is using a mod called Start Me Up to skip the initial gameplay and begin in the vault. The player wakes up in a cryopod after 200 years and discovers their spouse murdered. They customize their stats for agility, intelligence, and strength, focusing on melee combat. The player explores the Vault, encountering roaches and interacting with new icons on the screen. The player plans to play in desolation mode with permadeath and finds unique items like a talking teddy bear.
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In this segment of the video, the content creator explores various changes and additions to the game, particularly the Horizon mod. They mention new mechanics like skinning or harvesting enemies for meat, a changed junk overhaul where certain items can be interacted with but not picked up, and the introduction of a button for harvesting animal enemies. The player encounters Rad Roaches and discusses V.A.T.S based melee combat. Additionally, they mention that certain items like clipboards are no longer lootable, and note the presence of new items such as locksmith tools. The player progresses through the game, discussing rebalances and changes, and encounters various challenges including locked doors and the absence of a Pip Boy.
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In this segment of the video, the player discusses obtaining a Cryolator through a method involving locksmith tools. They highlight the ability to upgrade the Cryolator with a crystallizing barrel to enhance its effectiveness as a ranged weapon. The player also mentions using a vault tech training manual to increase the yield when harvesting animals for materials. Additionally, the player touches on their mod list, mentioning the Horizon mod and Horizon weather add-on. The player plans to scrap cryo cells for fusion cores and discusses retexturing efforts by a mod author.
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In this segment of the video, the narrator discusses the challenges faced with the iron sight on the laser musket and the improved combat impacts received. The Revival mode in Horizon is introduced as an alternative to dying and reloading, where companions can now revive you with Revival kits in the field. Tips on combat strategies including using the right weapon range, ammo types, and healing methods are shared. The narrator also explains the importance of upgrading weapons and managing resources effectively in the game. Additionally, selecting appropriate gear and making strategic choices in the perk chart to respect the character’s abilities before venturing into the Wasteland are highlighted.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the importance of weapon proficiency and sticky bombs in the game. They highlight the significance of reaching seven perception for technologists, essential for acquiring nuclear material by salvaging cars. The importance of skills and passive gain, such as salvaging skill, is emphasized. The speaker plans to focus on intelligence for a power armor build and considers perks like nuclear physicist to prolong fusion cores. They outline their planned distribution of stats, including four strength for blacksmithing, seven perception for technologists, and possibly three endurance for life giver perk. The speaker prioritizes specific perks and attributes like strength, perception, and intelligence for their character build, intending to focus less on charisma due to alternative options available in the game.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses their planned character build for the game, focusing on attributes like intelligence, agility, and luck. They emphasize the importance of energy weapons later in the game and mention specific perks related to crit chance and hit damage. The speaker describes their intended Special stats allocation, settling on four strength, seven perception, nine intelligence, two agility (possibly three), and ten luck. They also mention potential future adjustments and comment on their playstyle involving theory crafting.
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In this segment of the video, the player explores a destroyed wasteland after exiting a vault. They find a Vault-Tec training manual and discover they missed some items during their initial run. The player laments the disappearance of rad roaches and interacts with Codsworth, a robot companion. Codsworth tries to distract the player from the dire situation and mentions the missing wife and son. The player expresses shock at the passage of time and Codsworth’s behavior after being alone for two centuries.
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In this segment of the video, the character is exploring with their robot companion, Codsworth, in search of their missing family after a nuclear fallout. They discuss turning off certain animations to save time while playing and talk about finding useful items like a mining helmet during their exploration. The character expresses appreciation for the game’s immersive features but mentions wanting to avoid the lengthy wait times for harvesting animations.
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In this segment of the video, the player talks about saving their progress, collecting bug meat for crafting, and using the auto-loot feature. They discuss the benefits and drawbacks of auto-looting and demonstrate harvesting animals to level up their hunting and salvaging skills. The player encounters and battles rad roaches, highlighting the fast-paced combat in the game. They also mention the challenge of harvesting robots for resources and finding a special book that boosts their metalworking skill. The segment ends with the player noticing a new texture in the game environment.
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In this part of the video, the player character focuses on maximizing health for a permadeath run by choosing endurance over intelligence. They defeat roaches and discuss the process of scrapping items in Workshop mode to increase the settlement’s build limit. They mention the use of console commands for scrapping, but opt for manual scrapping due to caution. The player plans to build a traditional Wanderer Barn in the next episode, aiming to keep the content under an hour each.