I forgot to put it on screen so here's my mods Achievements v1-0-5 Clean Black Pip-Boy main file Fallout 4 script extender Full Dialogue Interface Improved Map with visible roads 2.0 Lowered Weapons 1.1 NAC - Natural and Atmospheric Commonwealth Roads Redone 2k See Through Scopes 2.5.3 Survival Mode Console Enabler Public Release Unoffficial Fallout 4 Patch
18:46 You DARE turn away a shotgun Blessed with Atom's Might?! HEATHEN! BLASPHEMER! INFIDEL! You still have time to repent, turn back, and be cleansed in Atoms warm embrace! 30:11 To besmirch the holy pilgrimage site of Atoms holy presence nearly unforgivable, but as you did indeed embrace Division 35:17 you have been forgiven. Atom be praised.
Unsure if anybody noticed, but at the 26:46 mark the Gunner that died dropped a Plasma Infused Double Barrel shotgun. I know it was probably a downgrade, but it's still a pretty cool occurence.
Man I wish fallout 4 had the perks that new Vegas had. Shotgun surgeon and stay back were awesome. Although I guess legendary effects serve a similar purpose
Vitribird travel actually takes less in-game time than fast traveling, this is helpful when you fall behind on timed radiant quests and settlement defences.
A typical Survival run without the use of the Vertibird grenades will have far less time pass than a comparable Very Hard run with Fast Travel. I was surprised how little time had actually passed in my first Survival Playthrough when I compared it to another playthrough with similar hours played.
Very nice, excellent run! Justice is a pretty good weapon, makes you feel like a badass. I'm glad it holds up on Survival. If I did this challenge, I'd ditch Per and Agi. Shotguns are one of the few weapons I prefer not using VATS with. Instead, I'd get 2 Luck for Scrounger right away, and enough Str for Steady Aim. That way I could have a reduced spread without slowing my speed to aim down the sights.
I'd say str and agi for rooted and moving target. You do need to get close to your opponent after all. Sprint up to them, and then stand still while firing, and then sprint to next target
jeez your a bit ruthless, you do not hesitate to kill, you even killed that 'Jenny' synth and just shot shaun with no second thoughts. pretty great video!
I usually know which faction I'm going with before greentech genetics so I actually choose if I'm gonna kill jenny before entering the building. I also always kill the gunners because in my mind leaving survivors just leads to people seeking revenge. I know it doesn't really but you know.
As you discovered, the drawbacks of shotguns include a high risk of friendly fire. I think shotguns are the only weapon that can aggro NPCs even when you use VATS.
Premier was fun plus video was good too glad to see you, here is a challenge idea I hope you do, Can you beat fallout 4 with only items from raiders (cant sell items but can buy from the caps raiders drop, no legendary weapons, and survival ofc)
Dude you're such a breath of fresh air. I really enjoyed the video. Slightly annoying that I had to pause the video to read everything, but the humour is really good. Keep em up!
Glad you enjoyed! and those gags were meant to make you pause, only there for people paying close attention or who are really interested. something that idle watchers or people who are only half watching miss out on! :D
Man, the combat shotgun in F4 is filthy good. I remember I was lucky to find a legendary bleeding one and wow, the bleeding damage on it just stacks so beautifully. Melts HP bars like nothing I've seen.
Just got this channel recommended and decided to give it a watch since I saw you weren't a massive channel. Overall very entertaining you have a good pacing and cadence and I appreciate not just beelining to the endgame. I also appreciate that you included your visual modlist as it helps to show people that there is in-fact a middle ground between a barely recognizable game and pure vanilla. 8/10! I definitely look forward to looking at your other stuff!
I found a wounding combat shotgun really early in one of my survival runs and was set for the rest of the game. The stacking bleed on every pellet was carrying me so hard lol.
Only starting to watch a second video of yours, but already subscribed and smashed the bell. Really like your style, especially editing in the start and your thoughts on the run before the start
Just recently found your channel and love the fallout vids. I have a few suggestions for runs to try. 1. An unarmed play through. ( fists, knuckles power fist....etc) another is one I like to do though not on survival. I call them mountain man runs . Only leather armor/ clothing, chems, helmet, pre war food semi/ full auto weapons or terminal hacking . Just bolt, lever action, double barrel shotgun or revolvers and possibly a combat knife. You can only heal with a stem pack if you cripple a limb.
I saw alot of people talking about laser and plasma scatter guns, but nobody talking about that luck perk "Bloody Mess" that raises damage and makes enemies blow. It is really useful together with shotguns since every little boost in damage is welcome and the bodies exploding utterly funny
I was super skeptical of this video at first, but man did you prove me wrong! this was hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing at your nonstop jokes. thanks for the wonderful video Willow, looking forward to watch more! ❤❤
I love these kinds of videos but the only disappointing thing is I want to see more than basically the main questline. A let's play with only shotguns or pipe weapons or some other crazy idea sounds awesome!!!
Dang, no mention of that plasma infused double-barrel shotgun you found. That probably would've packed quite the punch against most enemies with the extra energy damage. Combat shotgun seems to do just fine, though.
There’s actually a fat man in arcjet. In the room where Danse gets cooked. When you enter the room jump on the railing and onto the higher platform. Great thing to sell for these challenges. There’s also a expert safe in there too. And a couple synths.
Man, I once used a bottomless double barrel shotgun. Normally, the double barrel is very slow. It's balanced to fire as quick as you pull the trigger, but you can only get two trigger pulls before reloading. But with the bottomless modifier and some jet, an advanced double barrel shreds literally everything in the game to tiny bite sized chunks. There was only one name for such a beast. I called it the Super Shotgun.
Nerd rage is SO underrated 🙃 I want to add, I have played a run with Fudgemuppet's Shotgun Surgeon build. It's even easier than your run here, 'cause it involves chems, specifically jet. Power armor, Justice and jet. 😆
Great run and I enjoyed your sense of humour and DOOM music was perfect, I listen to it on Spotify. I have Subscribed to watch more, thanks as I am an older gamer who plays Fallout 4 a Lot!
Here's a challenge: Dogmeat ONLY run. You can't do ANYTHING, except outfit the pup and make him as badass as possible. (recommended mod: Armored Dog Armor)
`19:05 Amazingly enough, radiation damage can hurt Super Mutants even though they have radiation immunity. This is because radiation damage goes off of rad resist, which doesn't equate to rad immunity. Most things with rad immunity have a rad resist of zero.
Great video. The double barrel does have some advantages over the combat shotgun but they are subtle. Iirc the high end receivers do more damage. The RoF is also much faster for those first two shots. Sometimes that can make all the difference.
Maybe the higher damage receivers drop earlier than the corresponding combat shotgun receivers? Or maybe I just remember wrong. But that ability to get two shots off very rapidly can be a reason to use a double barrel rather than a combat shotgun in a tight spot.
@@WillowPlaysGames Yeah I agree I just meant that you run it on survival difficulty effectively torturing yourself I just didn't know what to comment with lol
This run is very inspiring. I am probably going to try a similar build as yours, i like shotguns in videogames quite alot. The one shot one kill potential, my God :) To be honest, i have never finished fallout 4-s main questline. Recently i have played skyrim through the 3 main questlines though i never had all achievements. Maybe im going to try that soon :)
Challenges I've done include a "no crafting" (can't make or modify anything) challenge and "No trader" (can't use vendors) challenge, but honestly, they weren't that difficult. That was entertaining. Thanks.
This one wasn't that difficult for me tbh, but I feel challenge videos don't need to be hellish to be entertaining. It's like being a super-villain. it's all about presentation.
@@WillowPlaysGames idk tbh lol i feel you do shorts as well and seen few of them and tried find them again i couldnt..id say a month but then again you may just sound like him and if not im so so sorry bro
Paused at the combat shotty to mention, I'm one of those novel reading weirdos. But that's just fine. These videos convinced me to reload my copy of FO4.
@WillowPlaysGames oh yeah I forgot there's a legendary shotgun that always spawned. That's amazing. it's French, so I can't say the name, but it translate to the terrible shotgun it has more recoil but more (like 25%) damage/limb damage I remember where but not the name it's on a ship with more ships it's close to a beach and you can see it from the beach
I forgot to put it on screen so here's my mods
Achievements v1-0-5
Clean Black Pip-Boy main file
Fallout 4 script extender
Full Dialogue Interface
Improved Map with visible roads 2.0
Lowered Weapons 1.1
NAC - Natural and Atmospheric Commonwealth
Roads Redone 2k
See Through Scopes 2.5.3
Survival Mode Console Enabler Public Release
Unoffficial Fallout 4 Patch
I feel like a more fun challenge (for us viewers at least) would be explosives only. I wonder how many deaths would be self damage?
@@Hellyeah2heaven that’s a great idea
good video, i have a run idea of revolvers only btw and would like it if you decided to do it yourself
If you dont like landmines i recommend spamming the vats key
Btw u should try a bashing only challenge. Littel tip for that one tho: Research gun bashing thoroughly😉
Armorless, Fatman only, survival. pure suffering.
Touch every car you see and survive: (Impossible edition)
It's spose to be a challenge
Not torture
@@e1man243 Every challenge is a torture session if you aren't good enough
Explosives only survival is plenty
@@GamingWithHajimemes thats what i Tell everyone who complains a bashing only run would be hard
18:46 You DARE turn away a shotgun Blessed with Atom's Might?! HEATHEN! BLASPHEMER! INFIDEL! You still have time to repent, turn back, and be cleansed in Atoms warm embrace! 30:11 To besmirch the holy pilgrimage site of Atoms holy presence nearly unforgivable, but as you did indeed embrace Division 35:17 you have been forgiven. Atom be praised.
I should do a children of atom themed challenge.
@@WillowPlaysGamesand you did :)
Unsure if anybody noticed, but at the 26:46 mark the Gunner that died dropped a Plasma Infused Double Barrel shotgun. I know it was probably a downgrade, but it's still a pretty cool occurence.
I saw it too, was wondering why he didn’t say anything about it.
That is now my favorite quote
"A mafia man named Dino learns he's on the naughty list, and Santa in this universe gives lead instead of coal"
Man I wish fallout 4 had the perks that new Vegas had. Shotgun surgeon and stay back were awesome. Although I guess legendary effects serve a similar purpose
Yeah, the Fallout 4 system has some good bits, but I miss the level of specialization you could get with the older games.
Ngl, i absolutely despised the knockdown perks of NV, they're way too OP, made a joke out of the combat
@@Corundrom then... Don't pick them?
I also wish there was more shotguns in the vanilla game
Speed run to Beaver creek lanes
Vitribird travel actually takes less in-game time than fast traveling, this is helpful when you fall behind on timed radiant quests and settlement defences.
A typical Survival run without the use of the Vertibird grenades will have far less time pass than a comparable Very Hard run with Fast Travel. I was surprised how little time had actually passed in my first Survival Playthrough when I compared it to another playthrough with similar hours played.
Finally, a use for vitribirds outside survival mode
@@fluffybum204 Spread the good word!
@@MansakeLabsOfficial i will!
Very nice, excellent run! Justice is a pretty good weapon, makes you feel like a badass. I'm glad it holds up on Survival.
If I did this challenge, I'd ditch Per and Agi. Shotguns are one of the few weapons I prefer not using VATS with. Instead, I'd get 2 Luck for Scrounger right away, and enough Str for Steady Aim. That way I could have a reduced spread without slowing my speed to aim down the sights.
I'd say str and agi for rooted and moving target. You do need to get close to your opponent after all. Sprint up to them, and then stand still while firing, and then sprint to next target
Great video! I'm glad you were able to do an easier challenge after the difficult Skyrim summons one.
Yeah it was a fun romp! next challenge is already in the works!
jeez your a bit ruthless, you do not hesitate to kill, you even killed that 'Jenny' synth and just shot shaun with no second thoughts. pretty great video!
I usually know which faction I'm going with before greentech genetics so I actually choose if I'm gonna kill jenny before entering the building. I also always kill the gunners because in my mind leaving survivors just leads to people seeking revenge. I know it doesn't really but you know.
And yes as you showed in Park St, shotguns in FO4 (unlike real life) are basically melee weapons.
As you discovered, the drawbacks of shotguns include a high risk of friendly fire. I think shotguns are the only weapon that can aggro NPCs even when you use VATS.
May I introduce explosive weapons
@@youriwillemse9351 good point.
Fat man moment @@gilgamecha
Aww that so sweet. That's you for the compliment during the video
Premier was fun plus video was good too glad to see you, here is a challenge idea I hope you do, Can you beat fallout 4 with only items from raiders (cant sell items but can buy from the caps raiders drop, no legendary weapons, and survival ofc)
added to the list, it's a long list now lmao.
Did you consider using splitter mods for laser rifles and plasma rifles? I feel it would have helped spice up the weapon pool
Good call. If you look at those mods, the first word says "Shotgun."
I did, Decided I'm saving them for another run.
i mean laser weapons do have a spready shotgunny barrel available in basegame maybe that would also be worth a try
Don't forget about the Tesla Rifle as well (Charging shotgun barrel)
@@Luferahthat is what this comment is referring to lmao
Dude you're such a breath of fresh air. I really enjoyed the video. Slightly annoying that I had to pause the video to read everything, but the humour is really good. Keep em up!
Glad you enjoyed! and those gags were meant to make you pause, only there for people paying close attention or who are really interested. something that idle watchers or people who are only half watching miss out on! :D
I think you made the right choice with the thumbnail!
Man, the combat shotgun in F4 is filthy good. I remember I was lucky to find a legendary bleeding one and wow, the bleeding damage on it just stacks so beautifully. Melts HP bars like nothing I've seen.
Bleed is especially good on shotguns because each pellet causes its own bleed effect, and all the effects stack
I actually really like your fallout challenges
Keep up the good work bro
I'm glad you do! I will!
You’re one of my new favorite small channels, the runs are quality! Keep up the good work dude.
Just got this channel recommended and decided to give it a watch since I saw you weren't a massive channel. Overall very entertaining you have a good pacing and cadence and I appreciate not just beelining to the endgame. I also appreciate that you included your visual modlist as it helps to show people that there is in-fact a middle ground between a barely recognizable game and pure vanilla. 8/10! I definitely look forward to looking at your other stuff!
Rip the homie Willowbot 68.
Love them. Keep em coming. What about a grenade only run?
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT
I found a wounding combat shotgun really early in one of my survival runs and was set for the rest of the game. The stacking bleed on every pellet was carrying me so hard lol.
31:00 finally someone who doesn't pull the 'i kille the dirty synth' joke. this part of the bos questline makes me :( too
My man’s underrated doing actual challenges
Came across your videos while looking for challenge ideas and I really like your content keep it up
I will! Thanks!
Love itt, i feel like an explosives only would be a hard and fun challenge to watch, keep it up mann ❤
Only starting to watch a second video of yours, but already subscribed and smashed the bell. Really like your style, especially editing in the start and your thoughts on the run before the start
Glad you like them! Thanks for subbing!
Just recently found your channel and love the fallout vids. I have a few suggestions for runs to try. 1. An unarmed play through. ( fists, knuckles power fist....etc) another is one I like to do though not on survival. I call them mountain man runs . Only leather armor/ clothing, chems, helmet, pre war food semi/ full auto weapons or terminal hacking . Just bolt, lever action, double barrel shotgun or revolvers and possibly a combat knife. You can only heal with a stem pack if you cripple a limb.
I realized I misspoke I meant to say no hacking unless absolutely required such as breaking the lockdown in the institute
You know, I love how you stay in character, how enthusiastic you are, and how you try different things than most people. Keep it up!
Thanks for the kind comment! ^^
YES YES!! I was waiting for somebody to do this exact video for 2 years straight!
16:18 I hate to break it to you, but you can get Kellogg's house key from some red chairs right underneath his house.
I saw alot of people talking about laser and plasma scatter guns, but nobody talking about that luck perk "Bloody Mess" that raises damage and makes enemies blow. It is really useful together with shotguns since every little boost in damage is welcome and the bodies exploding utterly funny
never take the last rank of that perk though, as the chain "gibbing" can hit friendlies :(
@@silverbladeTE you say "friendly fire", I call it "happy acident" 😎
@@defalttheloner lol ;)
I love the DOOM soundtrack you use for the carnage montage
I agree I just had to headbang
I was super skeptical of this video at first, but man did you prove me wrong! this was hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing at your nonstop jokes. thanks for the wonderful video Willow, looking forward to watch more! ❤❤
Glad to hear it!
Its kinda crazy how quality your editing is especialy since you're a newer channel!
I've run another channel for 3 years. It's on a small 2007 rts so it is never gonna be big but it is where I learned how to make this stuff lol
Have only seen this video and your protectron one but your joke delivery reminds me of modest pelican and I'm loving it. Can't wait for the next video
I love these kinds of videos but the only disappointing thing is I want to see more than basically the main questline. A let's play with only shotguns or pipe weapons or some other crazy idea sounds awesome!!!
your like a more joyfull mitten squad and i love it :)
love the skyrim vid i would love to see more
I’m kinda baffled as to why you don’t have more suns, your videos are getting views for a reason, you definitely deserve more
My mans you need more subs your editing skill is really goed
Congrats on the 9k subs well deserved!
Dang, no mention of that plasma infused double-barrel shotgun you found. That probably would've packed quite the punch against most enemies with the extra energy damage. Combat shotgun seems to do just fine, though.
There’s actually a fat man in arcjet. In the room where Danse gets cooked.
When you enter the room jump on the railing and onto the higher platform. Great thing to sell for these challenges. There’s also a expert safe in there too. And a couple synths.
I got my hands on an explosive combat shotgun. It wiped crowds of BoS off the face of the planet at exceedingly fast speeds.
Man, I once used a bottomless double barrel shotgun.
Normally, the double barrel is very slow. It's balanced to fire as quick as you pull the trigger, but you can only get two trigger pulls before reloading. But with the bottomless modifier and some jet, an advanced double barrel shreds literally everything in the game to tiny bite sized chunks.
There was only one name for such a beast. I called it the Super Shotgun.
Congrats on 9K. Yea u should turn on fast travel but only use it for longer distances👍
Nerd rage is SO underrated 🙃
I want to add, I have played a run with Fudgemuppet's Shotgun Surgeon build. It's even easier than your run here, 'cause it involves chems, specifically jet.
Power armor, Justice and jet. 😆
If you mercilessly and brutally run over a group of enemies, the only music that can be played is Doom music. Sacred rule.
Another great one had me in stichies laughing. Great work.
Yay, thank you!
Every video you watch in one sitting, he gets more enthusiastic every time he says “HELLO YOU BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE”
It’s nice that he also hearts and likes the comments on his videos too, benefits of a small content creator
Great run and I enjoyed your sense of humour and DOOM music was perfect, I listen to it on Spotify. I have Subscribed to watch more, thanks as I am an older gamer who plays Fallout 4 a Lot!
Here's a challenge: Dogmeat ONLY run. You can't do ANYTHING, except outfit the pup and make him as badass as possible. (recommended mod: Armored Dog Armor)
`19:05 Amazingly enough, radiation damage can hurt Super Mutants even though they have radiation immunity. This is because radiation damage goes off of rad resist, which doesn't equate to rad immunity. Most things with rad immunity have a rad resist of zero.
Laser only run? Laser Muskets, Danse’s gift and ultimately the laser Gatling gun?
26:12 when the doom music kicks in
This is a very calming video for a shotgun
Great video. The double barrel does have some advantages over the combat shotgun but they are subtle.
Iirc the high end receivers do more damage. The RoF is also much faster for those first two shots. Sometimes that can make all the difference.
It has less damage on every receiver, at least that's what I saw on the wiki.
Maybe the higher damage receivers drop earlier than the corresponding combat shotgun receivers? Or maybe I just remember wrong.
But that ability to get two shots off very rapidly can be a reason to use a double barrel rather than a combat shotgun in a tight spot.
This video made me remember how little variety there is for shotguns in fallout 4. They really should've had a pump action for this.
Been playing fo4 ever since release and I’ve had no idea ghouls had kill animations
Honestly i kinda feel like using scattering lasers and plasmas wouldve been allowable
Magnificent piece of work. 5 Chef’s kiss out of 5
Glad you enjoyed! ^^
Luck comparison in real life.
Willow:4-5 luck
Me: -10 luck
Lol
from experience the combat shotgun is top tier when dispatching raiders and gunners alike, even the occasional deathclaw.
Sick video Willow! Love how you don't cheat and fake your vids. ❤
thanks! I don't think most challenge runners fake their videos.
@@WillowPlaysGames Yeah I agree I just meant that you run it on survival difficulty effectively torturing yourself I just didn't know what to comment with lol
yes, 8 pellets with 30% chance to stagger should be a 5.76% chance to not stagger, so a 96.24% chance to stagger.
This run is very inspiring. I am probably going to try a similar build as yours, i like shotguns in videogames quite alot. The one shot one kill potential, my God :)
To be honest, i have never finished fallout 4-s main questline. Recently i have played skyrim through the 3 main questlines though i never had all achievements. Maybe im going to try that soon :)
Dude that text under the dubble barrel killed me😂
I was reading it while the video played, I laughed my ass off
25:04 are we just going to ignore the radscorpion leaving orbit in the back 😂😂😂
Poor Bot-68, didnt make it through the video.
One playthrough I got a Unending double barrel. All I can say is; Chef Kisses
Next challenge… sryinger only… also you can mod the plasma and laser rifles to have a shotgun spread
Impressive killer montage 🤘
Very Entertaining! And, I don't know about anyone else, but yeah, go ahead and turn on fast travel. I feel you should get to enjoy the run too. :D
@Willow I here's idea for another playthrough only using automatic handgun, rifles, automatic shotguns you're allowed to pick up any guns you find
I enjoy Willow, and shotguns are my favorite weapons in games. This is a win.
Didn’t know I was a fast reader till I read that caption a minute and a half into the video and got straight called out for it 😂
Humble brag! Lmfao
This was fun to watch, but why didn't you also use the shotgun modifications for something like the plasma gun?
I love this guy, he is so violent and wholesome
I think that a good challenge may be no weapon or armor mods just the regular bass wepon and armor with nothing more
Challenges I've done include a "no crafting" (can't make or modify anything) challenge and "No trader" (can't use vendors) challenge, but honestly, they weren't that difficult. That was entertaining. Thanks.
This one wasn't that difficult for me tbh, but I feel challenge videos don't need to be hellish to be entertaining. It's like being a super-villain. it's all about presentation.
@@WillowPlaysGames Agreed. You don't need to go through hell and back every time. 😄
shotgun only? well.. that's basically me. i only use sniper and shotgun.
Love your stuff keep up the amazing work!
Thanks, will do!
Poor Willow bot 68
I would've counted energy weapons with Splitters as "shotguns" just for variety. But anyways, great run!
3:18 Don’t think we all didn’t stop to read that 😂
I was thinking the same. Like what the actual tod Howard hell-
You sir are the extra beautiful person today for making these videos so I can relax and end my day
Finally found your channel thank god!!!
How long were you looking? Haha glad to have you here
@@WillowPlaysGames idk tbh lol i feel you do shorts as well and seen few of them and tried find them again i couldnt..id say a month but then again you may just sound like him and if not im so so sorry bro
Paused at the combat shotty to mention, I'm one of those novel reading weirdos. But that's just fine. These videos convinced me to reload my copy of FO4.
It's really cool see that people stills plays this game after so long
So cool ✨
"He used 'Laser' [...] and it was super effective" got me so hard. My co-workers now look at me funny 😂
lol
Now this is a challenge I can get behind. Shotgun power, baby.
I see you're an equal opportunity ass kicker.
All of your runs used hiding as the primary strategy and now you just go Rambo. A nice chance of pase.
ngl, shotguns in survival are great, i use them all the time
I'm enjoying the videos keep it up
Thanks for calling me Beautiful Willow
Edit: Rest In Peace Willow-Bot 68
lol
@@WillowPlaysGamesI may pay attention to…Small things.
@@christopherravenstein8597 I just find it funny how many people feel bad for willow-bot 68 but don't care about the 67 before it
my favorite challenge run I've done in Fallout 4 was Naked Unarmed on survival difficulty.
Aww, I'm so unlucky😢
The one luck: yeah I wonder why
Lmao
@Willow the man himself saw my comment. I am proud of myself thank you
@WillowPlaysGames oh yeah I forgot there's a legendary shotgun that always spawned. That's amazing. it's French, so I can't say the name, but it translate to the terrible shotgun it has more recoil but more (like 25%) damage/limb damage I remember where but not the name it's on a ship with more ships it's close to a beach and you can see it from the beach
Congratulations you play how I always play because I love shotys.