Alternate Start Story that Might Work with the Main Quest

[IronDusk33]

I recently watched the Get to Know Your Mod Authors stream, and during it they discussed how to make Fallout 4 more re-playable. An alternate start mod would be a good start, but the fact that the character's predetermined backstory is so intertwined with the entire world makes it difficult. However, I think I came up with a solution.

 

For the alternative start mod, instead of playing as the father or mother of Shaun, you play as 'Shaun', obviously you can rename him and choose your gender. The way this would work is the beginning would play through as normal, but as you enter the cryogenic chambers, your view switches to Shaun. You thaw out and you see Kellogg trying to take you, but your chamber is jammed. Your father manages to escape their chamber and starts attacking Kellogg. Kellogg knocks him out and decides to take your father, while keeping you and your mother as backups.

 

Later your mother manages to get you out of the vault, possibly with you playing as her. A few things can happen here:

 

Maybe you can play through the initial quest to get Sanctuary Hills set up as a settlement as your mother, with you being looked after by Codsworth. Then you grow up in the Sanctuary Hills settlement.

 

Or Sanctuary Hills can already be settled when you leave the vault, and you grow up with entirely new NPCs or with the vanilla NPCs that were in Concord.

 

Eventually, you leave Sanctuary Hills to look for your father. Now, this is where this idea really works, as all the mod maker has to do is replace 'son' with 'father' for all of the needed dialogue. Of course this will require some audio stitching, but I think it can be done.

 

There you have it, you can play Fallout 4 without being forced into a cookie cutter family.

[wakeboy3]

Alternatively, I've been considering the possibility of starting by emerging from a memory pod in the Memory Den?

[Boombro]

Alternatively, I've been considering the possibility of starting by emerging from a memory pod in the Memory Den?

Unless you are a synth, there is no reason for you have a memory wipe by Amari.