Fallout's Scorched Plague is Worse Than You Think 

Scorched sometimes will also say stuff like “run….live” trying to tell you to get away,so there’s most definitely still some of that person in there

I remember playing this game when it first came out before the wastelanders update. There were no npcs at all except for a couple of robots. You go from faction to faction learning their fate and how they fell. Then you get to the brotherhood base at Fort Defiance and the overseers tape confirms it. Everyone is dead. You're the last hope to take down the scorched. The story was unique because it's the first post nuclear war game I know of where you're the last survivor. It's a shame it fell off so hard, it's difficult to play a story without npcs when you have your party members talking in your ear. The main quest was ironically played better if you're by yourself. Kinda sad we can't get a single player version of this. The isolation was creepy.

Honestly, a lot of fallout 76 can be forgiven for the simple fact of ‘Nuka Cola: my bloods in it’. That’s the funniest fucking thing I’ve seen in any of the games.

Oh please call it by it's better brand name "Nuka-Cola My Blood's In It"

Nuka-Cola Vaccinated? Oh you mean Nuka-Cola My Blood's In It! Yeah, that shit is DELICIOUS

The questline and story revolving around the Scorched Plague in 76 is more interesting to me than the story of Fallout 4

The eerie emptiness and atmosphere of the fallout 76 before the wastelanders update was one of the best and most interesting ways to experience the lore. The search for the cause and the cure for the plague trough the stories written on terminals and holotapes left behind by the survivors. Even though the game was unappreciated due to the awful launch for the game, the story was absolutely well told and was worth playing trough. Sometimes i miss the empty and beautiful wasteland of the appalachia when playing 76.

here we are at the peak how evil enclave can be, creating monster can literally wipe out city by plaque.

Here's an idea for another video; worst fates of the wasteland. From the scorch plague to the ghost people, fev experiments to the Y-17 trauma harness, from little Yangtze POW's to Vera Keyes.

Honestly, the Scorched and the Scorched Plague are some of Fallouts best enemies and lore. A very haunting part of Fallout's lore. Fallout 76 really grew on me as I played it and I'm glad you're still doing lore videos on the things im Fallout 76. Really enjoyed this video and the story and lore of the Scorched.

While I understand why 76 was one of the weaker titles in the franchise, the questline of the Scorched Plague, BOS, and Vault 79 Heist were very enjoyable when I first played through them, especially the Scorched one. Traveling all over the region collecting the research, intel, stories, and tech of those who died fighting this disease, in hopes their work would benefit the future of this chapter of humanity gives one a sense of higher purpose and duty. The Scorched Plague can't leave this region. It will *NOT* leave Appallacia, so long as the 76ers have their eyes up, gear repaired, and Nuka Cola Vaccinated on hand. Ad Victorium to Taggerdy's Thunder, and long live the Firebreathers.

Modus is SOOOO creepy!!!! Also it sounds like Bathesda took the saying "before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves" to the extreme. Also Roanoke Gaming did a video speculating about the biology of the scorched plague. It's not pretty. He speculates that the scorched plague is a fungal infection. Those are REALLY hard to combat. But he also speculates that the scorched plague is feeding on microscopic ultracite that had incorporated itself into their bodies. If you think about possible real world inspiration, heavy metals can be incorporated into one's bones, including radioactive elements. And although the petrified scorched resemble the figures left behind by vesuvius, there is a lesser known place where Bathesda could have gotten the idea, nuclear shadows. At the morgantown airport you can find on the outer wall, a silouette that resembles those left behind by a destroyed scorched "statue" on occasion. There's no "statue" next to it. It's just the silouette of someone standing or walking next to a wall. This is an easter egg memorializing Hiroshima and Nagasaki and one of its most haunting traces left behind, nuclear shadows. A nuclear shadow is what happens if someone is completely vaporized by a nuclear bomb while standing in front of a surface. It's like the flash bulb in those old cameras, leaving almost a photographic negative of who was there. There are also paintings by survivors of both nuclear blasts depicting humans badly burned and malformed by the blast. These paintings may well have inspired both depictions of ghouls in Fallout 4 and 76 and the physical appearance of the scorched. Viewed in that light, there's even more reason why the brotherhood should be mourning feral ghouls and scorched victims rather than yelling piss and vinegar at them. I always get mad when, in Fallout 4, Danse yells "send them back to Hell!" while fighting against a creature that can't think (such as a mirelurk) and especially feral ghouls. They weren't from Hell, they were someone who paid the price for human hubris and cruelty! The scorched are just as sad to think about, and I don't think beating such a creature or plague should be celebrated, I think it should be mourned. Eckhart just couldn't let go. And these poor people paid the price.

Imagine you grow weird green crystals as you lose your mind. Also imagine getting so old you collapse and turn into a status of crumbly black rocks infused with glowing green crystals

As a WVU engineering grad from Pittsburgh that works in nuclear power, I'm starting to wonder if Bethesda is trying to tell me something.

Marsupial mutation for the win

I skipped 76 until last year when I finally picked it up. It honestly exceeded all my expectations and I enjoy it quite a lot.

Defcon meter: 0 fucks given, repeat, 0 fucks given.

I really wish that wastelands content was something that was unlocked after you completed the main story. The empty world of 76 was something else that I think anyone who plays the game should also experience

@N_orte Most tense part of the video was when it looked like you were going to side against picking up the psycho from the gov aid box. Don't get me wrong, the video had me hooked anyway. But damn. That part was a clencher.😅

Love to see you updating about fallout still! I was worried one day you'd have to stop, but keep going bc we love it! Also just started 76 any tips on a fellow fallout junky? Coming from fallout 4 should i be worried bc its online? I get confused about the camp thing too. Wish it was more like fallout 4 in the settlements aspects

I like to think that in the ultimate recovery from the nuclear war and past Fallout 4 times, Appalachia becomes a major center for that recovery and redevelopment of civilization.

I need to get back into 76, i havent played it in years, i just stopped one day after my friend stopped playing and i never finished the main game, i never finished almost anything, it must've been 4 years or so since i last played it, i think I'll need to get it booted up again when i get a chance :)

For the longest time. I believed the "scorched" disease wasn't real. Thought that they were just normal ghouls.

As much as I dislike 76, for many reasons, the Scorched were a fantastic idea. Sure, it’s still effectively Feral Ghouls, but they’re a little more unnerving because they’re not so far gone that they stop using weapons, and because they can also hide in plain sight, and that last one gets to me a lot more. Just a shame it’s tied to 76.

Zombies with radioactive methcrystals in there head? Cool

This is why in some areas I feel extremely mixed about F76. On one hand I love the world and the main story ideas(DLC is really cool too). On the other hand it infuriates me because it could’ve been amazing for a single player game but it’s wasted for a repetitive multiplayer experience. I just prefer the single player OFFLINE experience when it comes to video games and I think Bethesda should stick to that.

Resource wars- not enough, new plague- not enough, Nuclear apoc- not enough, FEV- not enough. Mix of the above. and now "Scorched Plague"?

Wait.... what did the Enclave do after their pet project died out?

If you remember the headcrabs from half life it's like that it eats away at you,while your partially sentient as your body rots and morphs painfully

Brilliant work!

I'll have you know it's called "Nuka-Cola It Has My Blood In It" 😜

Enola - alone

That might be a giant mutated bat… *BUT I HAVE A GUN!!*

2:36 - he looks suprised

Could you do a video about the different pre war foods? Sugar bombs, cram, fancy lads snack cakes, etc…

The creature hive mind link must be psychic or pheromone.

what's crazy is all this happened within 30 or so years (excluding time passing for updates)

13:48 THAT DIVE.

It would have to be since I've never heard of it before

Imagine a giant mutant bat fards on you and you start to shid crystals

yes, more lore for ma Veins😊

awesome job

I really need to play 76 but it also makes me wonder. The New Plague, prewar mind you, was a catalyst to FEV. I have to wonder if the scorched plague is similar in that the Enclave was responsible for not only the New Plague but the creation of FEV as well. Are they linked somehow and is Vault-Tech involved as well? Makes you wonder.🤔

if you see this can you pls put all the videos in this series in a playlist

damn, now i really wish they made a short single player prequal game to fallout 76. letting us live out someone who survived the day the bombs fell for nine years before the scorch beasts appeared

It's always Vaul-Tec &/or the Enclave making things worse for the survivors.

Ngl, if the scorched plague was just modified a bit to fully integrate the conscience into the hive mind, and fully gain knowledge from the infected, it could've been similar to what the mutants would've been, possibly another option for a utopia in the wasteland.

This infection sounds disturbingly similar to what happens when someone contracts Tiberium poisoning in C&C's universe, A.k.a. Tiberium crystalization.

I played this game when it first came out and while I can see why it’s a weaker fallout title, if it was a stand alone game in a different series I think it would have done a lot better. The storyline and setting is unique, interesting and one of the best in the series, in a very haunting, quiet and sad way. It’s a wild turn from the dystopian parody that the fallout series is known for.

Gunna be honest the scorched seems alot more like a fungal infection giving that there's the same activity as codycepts adding a stage of spreading like whenever a petrified scorched human breaks apart they spread those spores

I always assumed it was similar to the marked men in the divide nope it’s worse

Soooo.......Basically a recap of the main story in 76!

So is the hive mind aspect of the Scorched psychic or something?

This guy like Code Pink. That's all you need to know about him.

How do you make vats so good I just started and I miss every shot

The scorched Beast was the Best enemy imo. Seeing one for the first time was epic. Even more so being able to take one down even more so. ❤

I love your videos

The stupidity of this entire plan is astounding. I know the Enclave can be really evil but this was really insane or just idiotic.

An excellent piece of content,thank you !!😊😊😊

Weird that the Behemoth can get Scorched but normal SuperMutants cant

Well I don't think about it so you're probably right

nah, the worst part of the scorched plague is that it's canon

Oh hell nah

Not Us!

I want to see a npc that is in the middle of changing it would be dope seeing a 🦇flying over the bos close to the event and seeing them change

meanwhile S.T.A.L.K.E.R with zombification and Metro 2033 with it`s biomass and other mutants

Nah bro, that Kalashnikov rifle is cursed with that suppressor and drum magazine, to say nothing of the exposed spring. You got a nice paint job on it, but for the love of Allah, Buddha, Jesus, etc. throw a dang dust cover on that bad boy. She's gonna jam!

leave it to the Enclave to make things even worse.

Good Ol’ Nuka~Cola My Blood Is In It!

Fuck all that when he said they put the vaccine in nuka cola I immediately thought is that why there are some cases of nuka cola causing mutations in the games which would start explaining stuff

Watching you play the entire time was so stressful, please take a rad away.

the asmr at the end is top tier

when was fallout in las angeles

Hard to make my home state much more of a shitholt

Besides the sad excuse to have Skyrim dragons in Fallout, I've always thought the Scorched were a cool monster concept. Poor guys sound like they're in constant pain. (As you'd probably expect from what seems to be walking burnt corpses with crystals growing inside them.) Edit: Autocorrect doesn’t do shit on this phone.

fallout 76 predicted covid

Alot of hate for 76 in the comments and im sat here like dam i found the rest of the fallouts dated or boring while on level 250 on 76 haveing a hell of time games constantly being updated with new plans and rewards, free battle pass with 3k attoms for the item shop free from the battle pass some things cost atoms from the shop but with restraint and a grind can get them with gold bullion. I wouldn't say its all under or over priced just the going rate for a game cosmetic lil less and its all rounded down not up, on Conan exiles its 7 quid for crom coins get 1100 but they sell stuff for 1101 crom coins they round it up its a dirty business practice, red dead online has a Richer company backing dare say a more loyal willing fan base to buy cosmetics but reddead online is a joke it's one of the best idea for a game with the least love and commitment designed to make you buy gold bars but have nothing to spend it on. A business cost you 500 gold to buy and upgrade but gives no gold in return, you do a bounty get 0.3 to 0.6 gold nuggets a hat cost 15 gold bars do the math 1+1=utter piss take of a game thats not to keep the game a nice grind like fallout dose with gold bullion somthing you cant buy with real money but we would, red dead online dont have enough missions or substance for that its a trick to get you to buy gold in your first 10 hours of the game. fallout 76 has no such tricks. I dont buy cosmetics prefer the stuff you grind for but been haveing such fun on 76 the game is free to play iv had a little dabbled shocking all my mates cus they know me as a scrooge. I just don't get the hate heres a game and a company doing more for its players than most games now days, the new skyline update coming biggest one the games had if im not mistaken i hear players calling it a cash grab and a sell out but expect consistent update and own everthing in the atom shop 😂 also on top of all that the ingame community is sound as fuck hundreds of hours only had 2 or 3 guys try and fuck with me but the way it works its always againest the agressor so if you dont shoot back theres no fight, message a level 1000 asking for supplies they say yes every time. Met a few guys there we have never actually spoke few times in text but we do trio nuke set offs get the scorched beast event 3 times in a row from setting of a nuke then the entire server rushes to the event its alot of fun im not bored of watching the nukes go off easily my favorite part of the game setting off a nuke and watching it from a distance. Also... If you didnt know... all hail the enclave 😂

i really hope when fallout 5 drops in 2077 that 76 uncanonized and go back to real fallout art style but there are more possible wishes like ending world hunger or being happy

Aside from the fact that 76 is retconned to have occured before Elder Lyons came through on the way to the Capitol Wastes, how is there no mention of the Scorched, Scorched Plague, or the Scorchbeasts around the area of Fallout 3? Like the Appalchian Wastes aren't THAT far from the Capitol Wasteland, and viruses can travel quick, plus the fact that the story could be passed down by word of mouth as myth that these things once existed... Like there should be SOME kind of remnant of them, right?

Its strange how the Fallout fanbase have people who say the Enclave are the true heroes, wanting to rebuild America, when the Enclave are willing to commit atrocities. America for me, not for thee.

Based Enclave tbh

Love everyones comments about the past and present of the game. I just joined last year when it went free and gotta say i probably wouldnt have played as much as i do now ( main game now) but i would have left without npcs cuz thats why i never played the others. Only played NV for like couple hours and couldnt find anything and didnt like it lol i get thats what a "fallout" is per say but i dont like empy unkess you do it right to me. For me state of decay is good for that but fallout wasnt. I love going to events with people and seeing their gear setups and all doesnt get as boring to me...thats just me tho. Do love it now tho and theres sooooo much in the game to do and get and im level 200, 170, 150, 98 and 99 lol told you. Love this game

"The nuclear missiles were locked behind an AI that didn't believe there to be a threat, so the Enclave decided the best idea was to piss it off with super mutants and a plague until it opened." Who wrote this garbage?

The random David spoiler is crazy 😂

"...in visceral pg-13 way..." 😂😂😂 Dammit youtube!

wish FO76 was single player only. game would be better with mods

I refuse to pay $60 for a game, then be forced to pay $12 a month additional money.

Nobody talks about how Fallout 76 predicted Covid and I think that's hilarious.

So, much like the ghost people or the inhabitants of the Pitt, they just become re-skinned ghouls. Like how Gunners, , the Forged, and the rest are just re-skinned raiders.

The lore behind the scorched is a copy/paste job: 1. Nukes ↔️ Scorchbeasts 2. Radioactive Fallout ↔️ “Plague” 3. Ghouls ↔️ Scorched It’s laughable that anyone could find this interesting when we’ve already gotten the same story in a better form.

No matter what lore they put around the scorched, they'll always be a South Park joke to me. They took them from the homeless episode of South Park. Search for the clip "You burned my rips off".

It's sad to see no skill auto aim gameplay 😕 The enemy is literally 8 feet away and doesn't even notice you but you no skill auto aim, instead of just shooting it.

"Fallout 76 is such a terrible game!" Yeah, so was New Vegas. People just don't say that now because of bug fixes.

I stopped playing Fallout76 because I didn't like how the Scorched looked. Zombies with bright green crystals? Wack. & I loose all interest fighting "dumb" "mindless" "zombie" enemies.

1st

Dying light 2 multi-player >>>>>>>>> shitout 76

First

This is the worst fallout game out of every single fallout release ever made

Fallout 76 is worse than you think!

Too bad the end oroduct scorched dont seem remotely interesting and are just reskinned raiders