Summary
Over this past week, a Reddit user was surprised after experiencing a rare event inFallout 4concerning a Preston Garvey impersonator. The player posted a gameplay video of the encounter to theFallout 4Reddit forum, where a commenter let them know about the weight of the find, explaining it to be incredibly random and infrequent.
Fallout 4allows players to create their character and venture freely through The Commonwealth, completing missions, creating settlements, defeating monsters, and joining factions. Many fans would likely agree that while much of the game relies on the player’s choices, a wealth of gameplay relies on random encounters. Random encounters could be anything from an NPC asking for help and triggering a side quest to a wave of Mirelurks deciding to attack. Despite it being nearly a decade since the game’s launch, there are tons ofFallout 4players with thousands of hours in the game making new discoveriesconcerning random encounters.
The Reddit user, Strange_Ad4922, captioned the video asking why there were two Preston Garvey NPCs: one dead and one alive. The most upvoted comment discusses that the player had encountered a dead Preston Garvey Impersonator and, therefore, had missed out on some dialogue concerning the NPC with a link to the encounter’s Fandom page. Underneath that comment, the most upvoted comment confesses that after nearly 2,000 hours in-game, they discovered that the impersonator was in the game through the Reddit post.
Fallout 4 Player Encounters Strange Event
When players meet the Preston Garvey impersonator, they’ll be asked to donate 100 caps to the Minutemen’s cause. The ensuing dialogue allows players to provide him with the caps, refuse to do so, or reveal that they actually know the real Preston, especially considering thatPreston consistently asks players to save settlements. When the event is over, so long as it doesn’t end in violence, the fake Preston’s name will change to Preston Garvey Impersonator in V.A.T.S. Unfortunately, the Wasteland had other plans for him, and he died before the player could encounter them. The event itself has no effect onFallout 4’sstory, and killing the impersonator has no negative effects on the player.
Fallout 4has retained an impressive player base in the nearly ten years since its original release and has only gained more popularity in the wake of the success of theFallouttelevision show. AlthoughBethesda has discussed releasing games faster, it’s difficult to guess how much closer players are to the release ofFallout 5.
