10 Video Game Side Missions You MUST Complete

8. The Silver Shroud - Fallout 4

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Bethesda

Bethesda can always be relied on to deliver effort-filled side quests, and that's certainly true in Fallout 4's brilliant "The Silver Shroud" mission.

Players who listen to the retro Silver Shroud Radio station near Goodneighbor will find themselves able to oblige the station's owner, who desperately wants to see his favourite childhood superhero, the Silver Shroud, come to life.

And so, players can seek out the Silver Shroud's costume and accessories, after which they'll be able to run around Goodneighbor fighting crime just as it's reported on the radio.

You're not only able to kill perps and leave a Silver Shroud calling card on their corpses, but also affect a ridiculous deep voice, confirming the barmy surreality of the gloriously meta quest-within-a-quest storytelling.

For anyone who loves superheroes - and let's be honest, who doesn't these days? - this simply cannot be missed.

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