Fixing Nick Valentine in Fallout 4 A Look at the Fallout 4 Exclusive Character of Synth Nick ValentineImage Text: One interesting synth character from a Fallout game is humanized, while still exhibiting technological advancements in nature. Is he able to be saved remains a mystery, one complicating by the nature of synth technology and how it is seen in said wasteland.Nick Valentine (ad)
Understanding Nick’s Repairs
Nick experienced significant damage over his travels but, Technological capacity: Being created by the Institute leaves all wastelanders with very limited understanding of a technology. They are strangers to us, meaning that we feel as though he is unfixable or too intricate for our local mechanics.
Um… Personal attachment: There is, however, some speculation that this ties in to Nick’s hesitant dreamtutting his own hornuttering the clue-givers. He might have grown attached to his own corporeal form, and the thought of fundamentally changing it made him uneasy. It gives an emotional layer to his character that is him walking the line between being a complete machine and still having a shred humanity.
Community Acceptance: Fear and Awe — Nick slowly comes into acceptance within a local community after initially being feared. It’s this very acceptance that becomes pivotal in his story and highlight how he may be able to put himself back together but it is these connections that genuinely enrich where, if willing enough, one boy can then take advantage.
Conclusion
A tl:dr it is possible to repair Nick Valentine with advanced technology, the wasteland however makes him function under inhuman limitations. Those resonate with the wider identity and acceptance themes in Fallout 4 as a whole.
