Precipitation as the series has had a few bumps in recent years, but the successes of its games far outweigh the failures. Unique environments, atmospheric storytelling and moral dilemmas inherent Precipitation's identity put the series in the upper echelon of RPGs. The expectations of the fans in the previous games were so high that the next games were and will be difficult to live up to.
This high bar is especially true when it comes to NPCs. There are many iconic NPCs in the Precipitation games – from shop owners like Moira Brown to followers like Codsworth – that players have come to love. Precipitation is also known for its terrifying villains, and Bethesda's writers will have their work cut out for them trying to top one of the Precipitation the worst antagonists of the series: Frank Horrigan.
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Frank Horrigan: A villain in a league of his own
Frank Horrigan is an Enclave Secret Service agent originally from Fallout 2. While patrolling the Wasteland, Horrigan came into contact with the Forced Evolution Virus. Horrigan was already a rough man, but FEV turned him into a mutated abomination. Back at Enclave headquarters, Horrigan was sedated by the scientists and put to work as a lab rat.
After years of experimentation, the Enclave not only increased his strength beyond any normal mutant, but they took advantage of his disturbed mental state to further cement his loyalty to the organization. The Enclave decided to turn this super mutant into a super soldier. As the cherry on top of his other physical enhancements, Horrigan received a customized suit of power armor. This mindless killing machine quickly became the legend of the wasteland as well as the Enclave's de facto form of conflict resolution.
How Frank Horrigan compared to other Fallout villains
Precipitation The games are filled with thugs, robots, and mutated beasts that players can face in battle. However, the main antagonists in many of the game's storylines are much more prone to scheming than outright physical confrontations. Precipitation villains like Caesar, Dr. Moebius, and The Father will prefer to use their complex morals to manipulate the protagonist. If that didn't work, the villains would send cannon fodder to fight for them. Frank Horrigan took a completely different approach to confronting the main character.
Horrigan was not a villain for the main character to reason with or face in a battle of wits. He was a combination of the two most dangerous groups in the Precipitation — Enclave and super mutants — and required brute force if the main character wanted to survive after meeting him. It might not sound like the most intriguing final boss on paper, but Horrigan's Adam the Terrible demeanor and lack of lofty ideology make him a breath of fresh air for Precipitation that Bethesda has yet to replicate. Horrigan's memorably brutal death also helped cement his legacy in the minds of players.
The difficulties of repeating the success of Frank Horrigan
Take a Horrigan-like villain into the future Precipitation games may not be the easiest. By creating a villain with such a simple mindset and methodology, the writers run the risk of showing that the character is either clearly or an obvious clone of Frank Horrigan. Many players also come in Precipitation the series is now in pursuit of complex solutions offered by the more sophisticated villains mentioned earlier. Some of the morality-based playthroughs can be less than satisfying, culminating in a fight with some like-minded bodyguard. Still, Frank Horrigan was so refreshing and terrifying at the same time that one can only hope his character wasn't lightning in a bottle.
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Fallout is a franchise built around a series of role-playing games set in a post-nuclear world where large vaults have been built to hide parts of humanity. There are six main games, various spin-offs, board games and a TV series from Amazon Studios.
