We need the Meme of Anne being like, "OH WHAT A CUTE WHIMSICAL LITTLE CREATURE! Please, help yourself to some cookies!" with Zach being like, "YOU ARE GOING STRAIGHT TO HELL YOU FOUL CREATURE!"
@AaronC.2 күн бұрын
59:30 those chemicals that are inside acorns (some species, not all) and will make you ill, are called tannins! They're used by the trees for bug repelling, normally (so that the seeds don't get eaten by worms and stuff like that). Another fun-fact is, that if you save the water after boiling the crushed acorns (which should be boiled two-three times, until the bitterness goes away), and then you boil down the water full of tannins (so that it's more concentrated), you have a solution capable of tanning leather! Buckskin, if I remember correctly. This method is called "vegetable tanning".
@WolffangLightwood16 күн бұрын
Mike, you can only have one chem effect active at a time in 76. Stacking chems doesn't work in that game
@boblee190216 күн бұрын
The baret wasn't included? I would put in a ticket and get the atoms back as it's pretty much false advertisement.
@roosterfish374216 күн бұрын
Always love the 76 videos thanks mike!
@Azakamak240117 күн бұрын
I've completed this questline twice and it was definitely a drag the second time. The first time was on my main character back when quests like this were about all you had in 76. I thought it was interesting because I was still exploring the map at the time (which admittedly took me forever because I'm dumb and was severely over-encumbered for like a year and a half so had to walk everywhere), so everything I did for the quest was new and interesting. The second time I did it it was far less interesting, and I skimmed half the computer entries only because it had been years since I last read them. It's also sad to say that, even back at launch, the reward items suck from this quest line with the exception of the mask. I definitely agree with people saying that Bethesda should really take a second look at some of the quests from launch and maybe rework them and their rewards a bit to better fit the current state of 76. They won't because Bethesda, but it's nice to imagine having a good reason to play through some of these quests again with a new character for a reason other than "I physically have to in order to get/do X thing."
@London_J17 күн бұрын
Fallout Fans love Shit talking 76 as much as they love their main game.
@kmcd614017 күн бұрын
This quest line, like many others, got "streamlined" when Wastelanders hit. And, just like the Fire Breathers, they made it quicker w/o considering if some of the challenges were interesting. I feel it was nerfed to to heck and back. Like all of the original rewards, these quest rewards need an update. Just small tweaks like making the Voice of Set accept .44 Mag mods would make it MUCH more useful to a leveling character. As for the story itself, it's the most "Fallout" story in the game. I have a problem with the Skyline Dr quests because my main doesn't want to be a goon for this obvious fascist a-hat. "Count on me, Boss," sounds like a goon from a dime store novel. I've been told there is a way to show a little spine and balk at killing someone just because some rich dude wants her dead, but you have to find a particular object before that part of the quest, and it's in an area only open for a short time. BS galore. I understand that Bethesda is kinda mid about multi-linear storytelling, but this is feeling like Nuka World. At least there was an option in that. I started to do Skyline on an alt, but between a game jam and Life, I got distracted and have had no desire to return to it. Think it might be time to put 76 aside for a bit. It's always done best for me when I take breaks.
@gedward147517 күн бұрын
Ahh the quest wasn't that bad you didn't have to kill yourself. LOL
@joshm733517 күн бұрын
Now, I understand why people speak so lowly of the holotape missions. Yikes. How is that tape still going?
@jacobpinkham569317 күн бұрын
Thank you, Mike, for continuing this series
@RyuzakiReaper17 күн бұрын
I'll be honest, The terminal entries could have been holotapes so people can just walk around and listen to them. But for some odd reason Todd and his squad off asset droppers are obsessed with "notes" and various other things that take soooooo long to read through them.
@jakening614417 күн бұрын
26:38 I felt that in my soul "the enviroment is spot on every time. Its just too bad i have to play 76 to experience it."
@RealAaron31717 күн бұрын
We need Zach in this videos
@PlebNC17 күн бұрын
We really don't. He has already said he hates F76 and I'm not sadist enough to encourage subjecting someone to a game they completely dislike. Mike's comparably more neutral takes are sufficient.
@jakening614417 күн бұрын
Not to mention Mike's finally at the point where he's done playing 76.
@Reygun-317 күн бұрын
Thank you for the Fallout 76 content. Seeing it like this just makes me glad I never even tried this game. Which means more views for you!
@MxReese17 күн бұрын
Sadly this is probably the best quest line from the time before they added NPCs to the game. Which really says something about just how bad *everything* about this game was on launch. The writing is decent and the story is emotional, but getting anything out of it requires you to read dozens of terminal entries and listen to dozens of holotape recordings and that's not something almost anybody wants to do. And then the reward for all of it is unusably weak weapons, a slightly better stealth boy, and unusably weak armor. I would have loved to just have a clean version of the outfit you get from the dead mistress in training or even the full poofy ruffled version if only they were apparel that changes your appearance instead of armor with trash stats.
@Bloody_Joker1217 күн бұрын
I started this quest like a year ago and never even looked at it
@eirikjormungandrson17 күн бұрын
It's probably my favorite non main story questline. Reminds me of the fallout 4 silver shroud questline. Someone pretending to be a comic book character in order to intimidate their enemies. I find it entertaining.
@MxReese17 күн бұрын
It's even better written and more compelling, I'd say. But the delivery through terminals and holotapes just knocks all the wind out of its sails.
@Skullhawk1317 күн бұрын
Look at the covers of the unstoppables. They’re literally on the same team. It’s a disappointment you can’t play hero again tho
@mikeburnfire217 күн бұрын
A couple people have asked about this particular quest, as it seems to be a favorite among the Fallout 76 playerbase. I had actually done it a while back, but had such a bad time with it that I initially wasn't going to upload the footage. But here it is! I honestly liked Skyline Valley way more than this.
@dr.rockso270317 күн бұрын
Nice you actually decided to post this video!! Glad you uploaded it, even if you didnt like it mike!! Love all of your content!!
@Overlord59818 күн бұрын
Mike please dont force yourself to play Fallout 76 ever again. You didnt like it back then and you sure as heck wont like it now and ever. Go play games you actually enjoy instead of suffering this piece of crap
@joshm733519 күн бұрын
You can hear the defeat in his voice (and violent outbursts) from playing this game. It reminds me of when I played Fallout 2. On one hand, it has the best writing I've seen in a Fallout game and I love it. But on the other, it has the worst gameplay I've experienced from the series and I struggle to tolerate it. Please, play a game you enjoy instead, Mike. 76 just ain't worth it (I assume, I've never played it).
@RobRabbitCaron20 күн бұрын
Steve Forsier is a reference to Steve Forsing, everyone's favorite character in Sicario. Steve Forsing is also a reference to a former Delta operator, which everyone thinks is Mike Vinning, but Mike himself said it's actually his friend and not him
@Strongestintheuniverse021 күн бұрын
I think the immediate powder ganger hit squad is funny though so ion care if its hard
@OldManThunder121 күн бұрын
They want you to play with others… they do make it more difficult for lone players
@mistermetalskull310722 күн бұрын
6:19 - Dude. Was that Momma Murphy?
@TheFalseEsquire22 күн бұрын
That’s okay Mike. Play something you enjoy. 76 isn’t for everyone. I certainly didn’t enjoy it at the beginning just playing by myself. But when I had friends on that’s when the shenanigans started to make me really enjoy it. I do hope that you had some fun with the game
@mikeburnfire222 күн бұрын
Thanks, I did enjoy some parts of it. Perhaps if I had been playing with others, the bad parts wouldn't have been so insufferable.
@sopadumacacoumadelicia520 күн бұрын
@@mikeburnfire2 Mike, are you playing on console or PC with a controller? You might be able to play with viewers, if you are cool with doing that
@dr.rockso270322 күн бұрын
You still need to do the mistress of mysteries quest before you hang up 76. Its honestly the best quest in any fallout game ever.
@mikeburnfire222 күн бұрын
Sorry, I really didn't have a good time with it, to the point where I wasn't even going to upload the footage.
@dr.rockso270322 күн бұрын
@@mikeburnfire2 wow really? The majority of people love that quest so that's really surprising! What didnt you like about it specifically?
@mikeburnfire221 күн бұрын
@@dr.rockso2703 I can understand why people like it, the intrigue and novelty of infiltrating a secret society. But the tedium of fallout 76's combat combined with the vanilla gameplay of sifting through dozens of notes ruined the experience.
@fat_alsgaming22 күн бұрын
So long fallout 76, it wasn’t nice knowing you. Jokes aside thank you Mike for suffering for us. Always wanted to explore the game simply for the map now I won’t have to.
@vaughanphillips931622 күн бұрын
Lets hope the overgrown overruns the place because man this is bad. Reskin ghouls, super mutants and two human factions who are soo bloody brainless too.
@bhart332122 күн бұрын
Buttercup my booty that's Johnny Bravo 😂
@eirikjormungandrson22 күн бұрын
Mike playing Fallout 76 is a great example of the idiom: "If you expect a good time, you'll have a good time. If you expect disappointment, you'll be disappointed". Mike has returned to playing 76 after having a disappointing time 3 years ago, but he's still expecting it to be that same terrible game it was 3 years ago. He focuses on all the bugs and issues, and ignores all the good it has become. And outright AVOIDS interacting with the BEST part of this game... the multi-player aspect, the community... I really enjoy Mike's content, and I REALLY want him to enjoy this game, but it seems he's just unable or unwilling to have a good time in it
@forsaken_king2722 күн бұрын
Mike has the phrase "Hell is other people", and given the game is pretty social-based, I doubt he's gonna willingly partake in the better parts.
@username166022 күн бұрын
I mean the dude gave as fair a shake at it as he could I think. I love Fallout 76 but I recognize I'm a very specific type of Fallout fan. I actually love reading the notes and terminal entries, learning about the greater Fallout universe, I enjoy hearing Fallout's commentaries on the ills of Society(tm), its critiques of capitalism, jingoism, paranoia, and humanity as a whole. Fallout 76 has all of this in spades, even when Bethesda's A team shies away from even encroaching on controversial territory, but drops the ball in a *great* many other areas. Oddly enough I feel like the quality of the game's writing has gotten weaker since the introduction of NPC's. The stories the player takes an active role in just aren't as interesting and in some cases actually annoying as is the case with the Atlantic City family. Meanwhile the vanilla game's story of tracking your Overseer while piecing together the wreckage of Appalachia was honestly a really uniquely captivating experience for Fallout, again only for a specific subset of the fandom though. I wouldn't dare compare it to 'Return of the Obra Dinn' but it very much is in that same vein of the player showing up after the party and being left to sort through history, though to reiterate, that kind of story telling format is only going to appeal to a specific demographic. Then there's all the pitfalls of it being an online multiplayer service. Latency, gear 'balancing', grinding, etc. all serve to erect barriers between players and enjoyment Fallout 76 is a good game _for some people_ . It's not because they didn't try hard enough that some Fallout fans won't like it, it simply won't click for everyone and that's totally fine.
@mikeburnfire222 күн бұрын
I was honestly hoping that I'd be able to enjoy the good parts of this game, despite my previous misgiving with it. I was expected the new, story-driven content to be more enjoyable. But at the end of the day, Fallout 76 still has a lot of glaring issues that are impossible for me to ignore. And as much as I enjoy the Fallout 76 community, I'm getting pretty damn tired of being told that if I don't like the game, it's *my* fault because I'm playing it wrong.
@forsaken_king2721 күн бұрын
@@mikeburnfire2 fair enough, and ya Fallout 76 has some severe issues. I think some of the criticisms you've gotten is out of defensiveness because of how crapped on 76 and its fanbase gets from other fallout fans, even I'm guilty of being defensive. I mean there's people out there that stonchly denounce Fallout 3, 4, 76, and the TV Series as canonical simply because of anger twords Bethesda, and call people who don't 'Todd's boot-lickers'.
@jakening614417 күн бұрын
@@forsaken_king27I really enjoy 4, but I enjoy it the same way Zach and Mike do. Mod the hell out of it, and then pretend I never had a wife and kid cuz that story line does nothing for me. I can acknowledge the writing is weak and still like the game. 🤷♂️
@SNAKE.LOVER.6922 күн бұрын
Forget all other advice. Get a chainsaw. Get a couple of fusion cores. Get more melee focused cards and a card called "Tenderizer".
@dr.rockso270322 күн бұрын
Lol mike doing actual expeditions instead of free roam is hilarious cause thats not how you do the jersey devil quests. 😂
@supersonicbro864322 күн бұрын
Hey Mike! Quick tip:a quick way to kill the plantfolk is FIRE. Use a flamer (or the cremator if you unlocked it) and they will go down in a few seconds. Hope this tip helps
@TheFalseEsquire22 күн бұрын
I always thought that the Overgrown and Spore Carriers are linked somehow. Maybe there is a plant in or near Atlantic City that the Vault 22 was trying to research
@username166022 күн бұрын
Food for thought, Big Mountain was pretty big and influential company pre-war, it's not super unlikely some of their shenanigans made it to the East Coast
@PlebNC22 күн бұрын
I like how she mocks the idea of naming a hardcore drug after angels when cocaine is known as angel dust (yes, that's where the Hazbin Hotel character gets his name.)
@johncasler784822 күн бұрын
PCP is angel dust not cocaine just saying
@PlebNC22 күн бұрын
@@johncasler7848 Oh no. It appears my point still stands.
@archerbascha875722 күн бұрын
I could feel Mike's blood pressure rising in every minute of this video.
@CemD8522 күн бұрын
See you in the future story expansion DLC, mike :)
@Pestondemand22 күн бұрын
“It’s not safe there! There’s a… monster there, I’ve seen it! People gone missing because of it!” I live in New Jersey and can safely say the meth needles washing up on shores is truly a terrifying monster Edit: I also love how the expedition is about fetching drugs in New Jersey lmao
@Thehudra22 күн бұрын
Yay more fall out 76🎉
@sopadumacacoumadelicia522 күн бұрын
I really like the more chill vibe of Mike solo videos. This isn't a dig against Zach, he is cool too, all I'm saying is the I appreciate Mike's solo content too.
@mikeburnfire222 күн бұрын
Thanks, I hope I can do more like this!
@joshm733523 күн бұрын
The Pitt is my favourite DLC in Fallout 3. There was so much to love about it. Except, the story felt too short because I wanted more of that goodness and I didn't like that half of the DLC was an unmarked collect-a-thon. Despite that, it's still a great DLC for Fallout 3.
@aidanmizera801923 күн бұрын
I’ve been wanting the red beret since the start of playing 76 bought the recent I think it was power patrol fatigues witch came with a red beret got to craft the fatigues but not the beret 😤Bugs that don’t cost real world money I can let slide but come on! If you pay for something and you only get part of what you payed for then that’s BS! You would think micro transactions would have been the first thing they’d focus their attention to seeing how we live in a world full of micro transactions now and they give us a bugged store where you get ripped off or some damn bug prevents you from getting the full content Jesus Christ the world of gaming we live in now never thought we had in so good back in the Halo 3/ Gears of War era press F to pay respects lads🪦👎🏻
@ubu10223 күн бұрын
Oh no, the trench is so bad.
@kmcd614024 күн бұрын
Big note for anyone who has not done the AC Expeditions and/or the story quests -- The story and Expeditions use the same setting, but are separate instancing systems. The Story version is just like stepping into the Wayward. Any checkpoints are saved as the system saves, but talking and such in between checkpoints will reset if you have to log out or crash. The Expeditions portion is a totally separate instance meant for a group.
@kmcd614024 күн бұрын
The Pitt is exactly as advertised, a test case for the Expeditions system. Each area has lore notes and there used to be discoverable side quests. I think those got folded into the "main side quests" or dropped when they streamlined the experience. I'm surprised you haven't found Giuseppe at this point. He's the vendor for Stamps. He has the new Atlantic City stuff, too, but his stuff is still mostly about the mods for the Auto-Axe and the Union Power Armor. Well, the mods... and his riddles.... The Auto-Axe is a good weapon, but it's on par with the Chainsaw. You get Vampire's on one of those and you are basically immortal. There is a regular spawn for the Chainsaw at the Metal Dome, if you are looking to try out some Auto-Melee (yes, that is a different perk line than the "Unarmed" puncher you seem to be using). Fun, but the weapons do break fast since they hit VERY fast.
@vaughanphillips931624 күн бұрын
Fallout 4's The Pitt is going to better then this too.
@TheFalseEsquire24 күн бұрын
You can typically get the fire sword in the base game. My luck has been with killing Scorched or the Cultist. You’ll need a plan to make them if you don’t want to repair a broken one. If my memory is right it’s either a Responder’s vendor or a Raider vendor in the white springs that would typically sell the plans and the mod for the extra flame jets
@PlebNC24 күн бұрын
The only good thing gameplay wise about the Pitt's expeditions (and Atlantic City's) is that there's good replayability. The objectives change each time you go. They'll follow the same broad strokes and some objectives are the same but some will be different. Still sucks we can't explore or do regular quests there like in Atlantic City.