Set aside the motivation of the main plot. I know for a lot of us, those that have children of our own, that would push us past our own preconceived limits. Let's say you are an unassuming vault dweller, freshly thawed, with no attachments left in life.

How long would you last upon leaving the vault?

Personally, I'd like to think bloat flies wouldn't get me. But the Ferrari ghouls that ran out of the forest 20 minutes after leaving the vault. Yeah....I'd still be crapping my pants as they ate me.

I died in Concord in my first game the first time. Without the ability to reload each time you die, that's where my story would have ended

I meant ferall ghouls, and while I could edit my post and fix it. Ferrari ghouls sound awesome...

I'm a gun guy and a bit of a prepper, so I'd like to think I might do okay for a bit. In fact, my next playthrough is going to be a character based on that idea - and I'm toying with the idea of trying a Single Death limitation.

^ lol good luck

I grew up in the country and am a vet, so I would HOPE I would last a while. haha but of course, there are so many factors that are out of someone's hands in that kind of situation. I'd mostly be afraid of the exposure to radiation and what it would do to me over time. Radiation sickness is pretty terrible.

Forever because my legacy would be legendary

Longer than some people on these forums. Seems a sizable chunk of folks went to Rex Grossman's school of idiocy wanting to hug feral ghouls and super mutants hoping they don't get eaten because of the power of friendship.

I think I would last a long time, In real life I am a very cautious person, and growing up I spent most my time in the woods. Also I was very sneaky and never got caught doing anything, and when I did, I would talk myself out of it. I'm also good with computers, and have a little experience lockpicking. Aside from that, physically I'm capable as well, being a 6'2" 210 lb fitness gym manager. I spent a lot of time through highschool doing Military Simulations with high end airsoft guns, and have a lot of experience with real weapons, from hand guns to assault rifles, as well as archery. I also know some tai kwon do and ju jitsu. (self defense) Also I'm a Jedi.

As fast as they move, you got it right.

I would hope the first RAD storm turns me into a ghoul, and then survive for several hundred years at Sanctuary Hills after killing Marcy and Jun.

How ever long it would take to starve to death.

Nah, no big deal. Cooking over a campfire removes radiation. You'd be fine.

I would be fine with the scavenging/foraging/killing part of Fallout. I grew up around guns and I hunt so I don't really think I'd have many issues with this provided I could find even a somewhat decent rifle. The thing that would kill me is the techy, mechanical part - being able to bang together anything from sheet metal and phone parts. Or repair my broken gun. I have 0 mechanical savvy.

Some jerk would probably mod my game to ultra-deadly super-survival mode and I'd never even make it out of the vault!

I also grew up around guns. Hunted until I went away to college, did sport shooting in shotgun and cowboy action. Assuming I found a gun, I'd be able to hit whatever I was aiming at.

However...I've got a balky knee which has led to me no longer being in the best of shape. Rads would also be a major concern. Even if I picked up a Pip Boy, finding things to eat and drink would be tricky. (Cooking a radioactive ingredient doesn't exactly work the way it does in the game in real life...)

Plus, there is just plain bad luck working against you. The real world doesn't level scale. The first passing group of Raiders or roaming Deathclaw could put an end to you before you even figure out what is going on.

Can you be my companion? I let you take point!!

LOL I was like Ferrari Ghouls? Oh yea, they do move rather fast in this game!

I would be really scared of these Rad storms - as the vet said above, I think radiation sickness would be the real killer here. (Or giant Radroaches, dang they actually hurt when they jump up on you, after you first leave your Popsicle pod!).

I do feel I'm rather a butt-kicking chick, smart and resilient, but I would definitely play everything smarter than Catherine Bellamy (my character). No excursions into ghoul infested supermarkets, or raider/supermutant infected factories. I can cook, so just give me a bunch of eatable stuff and I'm sure I can make something out of it. I shot guns and rifles before, not proficient in it, but I'm a quick learner! I would probably just stick to Sanctuary or use the vault as my hideout.

Yes, definitely would hide out in the vault. Make short forays out into the wasteland during the day, come back at night, seal it up with the pip boy...repeat until I have my bearings for the area.

First death in my first playthrough was in

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But well, within' the vault first thing would be to get a weapon.

Then trying to find a local map of the region in some terminal or something, at worse to print one, as good second.

Good the idea from Agrona of using the vault as safe homebase tho i am unsure about it, would a shocked person in the protagonist's condition really do keep it close to his/her dear cold body? hmm.

Maybe i wouldn't have got so far considering the deathclaw in concord and the fact in the heat of the moment and your supposed mental condition you couldn't calculate the height of the terrifying monster and the nearest building fast enough before it gets to you, and even if you get in it, i doubt he'd just stand there getting filled with bullets from the window.... for what we'd know, that creature would climb the walls, get to the roof and wait for you to step outside of it.

And the creature, for what we would know, would defy any anatomy instruction or military training basis, "shot the chest", being the first one, wouldn't exactly working out, and that thing would be still roaming around concord even if i'd made it out and back to sanctuary, no way in hell i'd be returning there.

Haha I dunno... what are you gonna bring to the table? lol

I would at least last long enough to cart the workbench from Sanctuary back to Vault 111. I'd order Codsworth to help me move it instead of leaving him floating around the front yard like some sort of hopeless Emo garden gnome.

Once I had smashed open the Cryolator container, meat wouldn't be an issue...radstags are the obvious choice. I could farm around the entrance if I couldn't scrounge up a hydroponics system and some grow lights.

Prohibition seems not to have been a thing though in the fallout universe, so a decent hydro lighting setup might be pretty hard to come by.

99.9% of the world as presented is either a shooting gallery or a death trap. A decent set of binoculars would go a long way towards encouraging me to stay the hell away from the locals and their corpse-mutilating shenanigans.

I'll make you some yummy Ragstag stew with wild carrots and tatos!!

@ aboniks: oh yea, I forgot about Cogsworth! I will use him to forage for me and to stand guard!

Um I would need to build generators to play PS4 but after that I would be fine.

LOL nah, you can just play the Blast Radius game or chess, sorry!

Those svckers are quick, but they've got crap gas mileage. Just outdistance them and you should be fine.

OT: I'd survive to Sactuary and use Codsworth to clear the place out. I could survive there for a good while, but eventually the Brothethood would show up, blaring all over the radios and whatnot. I'd sign up for a group like that in a heartbeat, so my chances of survival would be alright so long as the Institute doesn't blow them up. Hopefully I'd be stationed at the Police Depot at the time if it happens.

but than I can't play Fallout 4, man it would be so cool being in a wasteland playing a game about being in a wasteland.