Ok my biggest gripe about the Institute being the enemy and how you have to destroy them if you side with any other faction to âfinishâ the game is that unless youâre kicked out immediately, youâre literally the successor of the place. Father is going to Die. Itâs inevitable - cancer, or old age, either way he has a year or two max if cancer, and maybe a few more if old age.Â
Which brings me to my point. Why the ever living Hell canât we just wait it out? Instead of blowing it to hell and not even bothering to take any of the research theyâve been doing the last 100 years. Aside from the FEV experiments and, yâknow, kidnapping and murder, the Institute is meant to be doing experiments to benefit the surface once they re-claim it. It absolutely Baffles me that nobody went âhuh maybe we should at least take a few of these seedsâ, âthese schematics look importantâ, âwell weâve already hacked the mainframe why donât we download 100 years of scientific research in case itâs important (it is)â
You canât just...make the whole thing about Father Dying some poor attempt at making you care for the arrogant, holier-than-thou âsonâ of yours and not acknowledge that his death literally means you could do what you want with the faction. You can stop more synths being made. Stop the kidnapping. BE KIND TO SYNTHS AND ALLOW THEM TO LIVE THEIR OWN LIVES. Use the technology to benefit the wasteland, and push the scientistsâs further research into things thatâll help people as itâs INTENDED to. Close the gap between them and the rest of the Commonwealth to get rid of the fear associated with synths so they are safer and happier and can be integrated into communities as they should be.Â
The Institute is Bad but with Father dying and you next in line, regardless of who you side with against them, there is NO reason why the only solution is turning the CIT into a nuclear cesspit likely to cause damage to anyone living around there and destroy 100+ years of scientific research that can be useful to the entire Commonwealth.Â
