10 Video Games Bosses That Do The Work For You
3. The Master - Fallout
Charisma is an incredibly useful attribute in the Fallout series. It allows you to get out of messy situations with just your words and persuade anyone into doing your bidding. It works so well that in the original Fallout, it even lets you talk the main antagonist of the game into killing himself.
The mutated abomination known as Master is the driving force behind the main conflict of the story. He's the creator of the FEV virus and wants to transform the entire wasteland into his very own super mutant army. When the player finally gets to meet him at the end of the game, he tries to recruit the player into his ranks, and refusing him will cause him to attack you.
However, if your speech is strong enough, you can instead convince the master that his vision of the world is flawed and his plans doomed to fail. Your words will cause him to have an existential crisis, followed by an electrical explosion that takes away his life. After this, you can safely return to your vault and be hailed as the wasteland's hero.
Who knew telling people to give up on their dreams would be so rewarding?