Not sure if i'm crazy or is there a plot hole in the MQ. Spoilers ahead

Soo...since 60 years have passed after kellogg and the institute takes shaun...why does kellogg say that shaun is "a bit older then the SS expected".... Didn't kellogg do the math that after 60 years there can't be a 10 year old shaun? Or am i missing something?

This topic needs be discussed in Spoiler board

This should be moved to spoilers.

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sorry :/ though that after a few months it wouldn't be such a deal :/

And wouldn't Kellogg be like 80 by now?

NVM already answered.

Yes. That is also explaiend inthe game termnal

I know that. The whole point is that the real shaun is 60 years old. Kellogg says that shaun is a bit older that the SS expected and that he's in safe hands. Doesn't kellogg know that the real shaun is 60 years old?

The game will keep selling for years. Some people lack the hardware, some are waiting for the price to drop, and many a casual gamer may not even know its out.

can i move the thread alone? or do i have to wait for an admin?

The do not post spoilers on this board is also there every time you open the General Discussion board to remind people.....at least its not a spoiler title which are often the bane of the new player.

Its been moved, it will disappear from the General Discussion board in a while, thankfully your title isn't really a spoiler so it not really going to cause anybody any problems until then.

But what if 60 year old Shaun is an impostor and 10 year old Shaun is the Sole Survivor's actual son? The Sole Survivor is expecting their son to be 10 years old when they enter the Institute and this old man comes in, does a little Institute magic, says a few words, and the old man in now the Sole Survivor's son with 10 year old Shaun completely forgotten till the end. It is certainly an unethical experiment that some Institute scientists would do for fun.

Because he deactivates the 10 year old shaun?

They say Father`s appearance constantly changes depends on how we edit the both main characters..


If Bethesda made it such way... we can assume he is the right person.

Simple, we saw him deactivate Kid!Shaun before our eyes, then minutes later he said, "It's me...I am Shaun. I am...your son."

Basically, the old man, the Director is our son. He's Shaun. He created the Synth child in his image (as he was when he was a child) because he was getting sentimental in his old age, and he wanted to see the reaction the child would have upon viewing you.

Since this has now been moved, the one thing I never got was how the SS was awoken? I get why he was not killed like the others, but who woke him 6o years after Shaun was taken and everyone else killed. And I haven't finished the mq yet, so if its explained later just say so. Have made it as far as getting into the institute.

Institute magic. An implant in Shaun's brain that allows Father to put him to sleep whenever he wants is one possibility. The Institute has some history with working with implants as shown by Kellogg. If someone is claiming to be my son, I want to see an unaltered DNA test to determine that a 60 year old man is related to me. If I go up to your house and claim to be your son, then you would obviously want far more proof than just my word. Instead Father uses some Institute magic by putting a 10 year old to sleep and claims that he is the Sole Survivor's son. Instead of asking for proof, the Sole Survivor idiotically believes it.

Although, the biggest problem showing that Father is most likely not the Sole Survivor's son is what kind of son would release the Sole Survivor into the wasteland? If Father was the Sole Survivor's son, then he would bring their parent to the Institute immediately instead of letting them wander the wasteland on their own with a very high chance of them dying due to Super Mutants, Raiders, Feral Ghouls, Death Claws, Radiation, Bloodbugs, Mole Rats, or robots. The possibility of someone from 2077 dying in the 2287 Wasteland is far too high.