I Finally Figured Out Fallout 4's Biggest Secret

Today we discuss the biggest secret to come to Fallout 4, Todd Howard's terminal secret. I believe I discovered the answer to this secret.

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[Deeplycloseted]

You know who would accuse the sole survivor of being a synth? A synth.

[tobiasjonsson]

Actully its that todd has a only its just him reading the argonien maid book from skyrim

[republicofsnails]

Consider the following: The brotherhood of steel finds a list of all synths and their DNA, which is how they find out Danse is a synth, and that they have every soldiers DNA on file. that means that they also have yours on file, and they didn’t see you on the synth list, meaning you likely are not a synth

[londonsnook]

“Todd Howard’s terminal secret” sounds like a cancer joke

[BruceBoschek]

I'm 80 years old and have been playing Fallout 4 since the day it was released and I'm still enjoying it. I don't really need any special secrets to make it anything more than it is. It's an amazing game.

[USlibertarian]

When the father was creating the sole survivor in the institute, the board asked him how effective he will be in the field, to which the father replied "he/she just works"

[thelaw]

Quick tip: try to listen to the whole entire video by mishearing synth and actually hearing simp

[RDeathmark]

How perfect is that?

'No one is talking about this Easter egg!'

'Umm...Todd...that's because we kind of forgot to activate it...'

I mean how perfect can you get with it being the perfect encapsulation of a Bethesda experience

[sauly.]

Fans in 2025: "it's been ten years what was the secret?"

Todd Howard: "It just works."

[ye]

Crazy Fallout 4 has more content in 2020 than fallout 76 had by early 2019

[christiancasais]

The biggest secret is how there’s always a settlement that needs your help

[johnkubiak]

I think the synth terminal is for a cut quest where you met an older version of yourself who claimed he was real and you were a synth but it was the other way around. Old nate is still in the files.

[williamlang]

Seriously, does anyone really think the Institute would allow a synth to be named their leader?

[jamessmith]

In playing the game there are many occasions where the Sole Survivor remembers things from the past: when talking to Moe Cronin about baseball; when talking to Nick about Eddie Winter; and so on. When DiMA asks his question, the player isn't given the chance to refer to any of these memories, only to things that happened in game. When the game first appeared, the Sole Survivor was human. It was only with Far Harbour that the idea of them being a synth emerged as a plot element. And that's when your terminal entries appeared. The idea that the Sole Survivor might be a synth is just retconning.

[Allah-zjfs]

The biggest secrete is that PAM is having an affair with a sentry bot named ROY

[cardsfanbj]

One of the things DiMA talks about being evidence of being a synth is the lack of feelings about your early life, just maybe some facts, and the Sole Survivor responds basically just remembers right before the bombs dropped. But I've been replaying the game and there are a number of options to choose "oh yeah, I remember that!" Notably, talking to Daisy in Goodneighbor, but there are a number of other things

[MrMattyPlays]

I always felt like DiMA in Far Harbor suggests the idea that the MC is a synth as well. Interesting to see this pop up as well!

[ModernWhoFanB]

That makes sense, especially with how ham-fisted DiMA's questioning your humanity is. (He points out that you only have memories back to the day the bombs dropped, but in the base game you bring up watching baseball games, listening to the Silver Shroud as a kid, and other things you say you remember that were well before the game started.) I can definitely see Todd getting frustrated that no one is asking that question, so decides to throw it in our face instead of being subtle- only to realize they forgot to put the subtle bits in.

[antonakesson]

If the SS is a synth then how does he remember the Vault-Tec Rep down to his voice, clothing and body type? That is some ultra specific points that the institute would have no way of knowing. The only way they would would be to interview the rep but that would demand them knowing that he exists. The theory seems fun but ultimately to far fetched. Is the Courier a synth too?

[actionjackson]

My god, how many "Biggest secrets" does Fallout 4 gonna have