Bethesda has made a name for itself developing open-world role-playing games that players can dump hundreds of hours into. In fact, 2015’s Fallout 4 is considered the seventh most-played video game ever made according to a report by UK retailer GAME, with players collectively logging over 115,000 years. However, Bethesda is also known for releasing games full of quirks and bugs, which had an unfortunate effect on speedrunner Jabo.
The runner has a YouTube channel and regularly streams on Twitch, where he was recently completing a no-death survival run of Fallout 4. Jabo was approximately 36 hours into the save file, including loading screens, when he appeared to die for no reason. However, as a player named ShiguruiX on the r/LivestreamFail subreddit points out, he actually succumbed to a known glitch where sprinting into a car causes the same damage as the car “smashing into you.”
Jabo is not the only player to ever suffer a huge loss so far into a game with unique challenges, as seen by examples like Twitch streamer SpecsNStats losing a damageless Breath of the Wild run 39 hours in. The seeming randomness of a buggy Bethesda game causing such a loss is as entertaining as it is painful, however, leading to the clip taken by viewer lawlington becoming the most popular on Jabo’s Twitch account with over 29,000 views as of this writing.
The British streamer has a lot of experience with Fallout 4, currently holding record runs like third place in the Any% category, fourth place in the Glitchless (Standard) category, and second place in the All Story DLC category on speedrun.com. He also has upper-echelon runs on Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, and The Outer Worlds — which just released its Peril on Gorgon DLC.
As much as people have lauded games in Bethesda’s Fallout and Elder Scrolls series, they are almost universally criticized for being unpolished, resulting in unfair bugs and glitches. The MMORPG Fallout 76 was particularly reviled upon release, though its developers have put in work to improve the game, and the Fallout 76 Season 2 update is set to release September 15.
Despite these faults, the amount of time people like Jabo have poured into these games is a testament to their appeal. The current Glitchless speedrun record in Fallout 4 is around an hour and 24 minutes by nikolaii, and that’s not to mention the vast amount of mods such as players adding Halo‘s Plasma Rifles into Fallout 4.
Fallout 4 is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Sources: Twitch, speedrun.com, Reddit
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