also their a lot more of them Stim and cores are super rare Thinking of making a mod for 4 where removing g a core removes all artificial light from the area now
@@KC_SmoothHe clearly embodies the player experiencing the Fallout world for the first time. But I can see how people who don’t understand the series see his character as lacking. That’s why I hope his character grows in the next season because while it’s funny to us, he does have to grow
@@Spaceghost918 He really is. Joins the Brotherhood for the power armor, immediately lets a brother get wasted and takes it when runs off into the Wasteland to mess around.
@@froglegstastebestsalted the brotherhood used to be isolationist and only grew by having children, they know what sex is And they aren't even religious, they just collect technology
Intelligence is 3. He doesn't talk like a caveman, so it can't be a 1 or 2. Charisma is 1. Fails speech checks, doesn't pick up on social cues, couldn't barter worth crap with that repair vendor lady. Perception is 9. Noticed the couple at the bridge were armed and cannibals. Immediately figured out Vault 4 is a cult. Immediately figured out Thaddeus turned into a ghoul. Luck 10. This one is obvious. BOS should have executed him but didn't. Got free power armor after getting a lucky shot on the Yao Guai. Promoted to Knight after misunderstanding. Strength 7. Can carry a huge backpack for a Knight (Strong Back) Endurance 8. Survived a direct punch from Power Armor. Can take a bullet too. Agility 6. It's average or so. Quick enough to draw pistol and kill those cannibals. Max is basically a Luck/Perception build.
I'll never get over the fact that this man was just genuinely entertained by a looping waterfall. At first I thought he was drugged or something from the food but no, he's just like that.
In all fairness, it didn't seem like he had seen any kind of tech before, besides from the Power Armor wich he cherish and idealizes so much since he got saved by a Knight wearing it as a kid. But most importantly. He is just being silly and was mad happy inside that vault since it was the first time he got the "feeling" of what a true home means and was just enjoying the moment while being truly safe and happy for the first time in his life. Prob his 1st tv, popcorn and everything that was inside that room including the warm shower and bathrobes. So he was basically a lil guy on their first Christmas getting all of these nice things. He even had a sex offer not long ago with Lucy. The dude was literally lost on that screen but it was more than just a waterfall for him i am guessing. That was his moment. But still pretty funny how silly he was.
I thought he was being hypnotized by it but now that you mention it I think he’s never seen anything like tv or the waterfall and he let his imagination take him somewhere beyond that waterfall. When I was growing up Spyro the dragon was new and I remember going to the border of the level after finishing everything and looking at the mountains in the horizon that I would I would never be able to get to but I’d just look at them for long periods of time because my imagination filled in what could possibly be beyond. Now I’m 32 and I know how video games work just a bit better so I know there was nothing beyond it and the magic is gone, but maybe not for someone that grew up in a wasteland.
idk man i think he has some charisma points there. he just complimented lucy with she smells nice then get a dialogue back with an invitation to have intercourse 😂
Maximus is a breath of fresh air. A little dumb, a little confused, but trying to be the best he can be. He is every Private ever, and we love him for it
He is self centered and stupid. When he’s in a position of power he abuses it, not chivalrous whatsoever. He has the most annoying voice… I think most people would agree with me on that one and throughout 8 hour long episodes as the deuteragonist, seeing the world for the first time he still hardly grew as a person. Hes pathetic Charisma 0 Perception 0 Luck 10
@@fuzzborne ...I'm sorry, you assume sane people take up the position of army grunt? To get yelled at and boot lick all day? That's what sane people do? Know your place, bud.
In fact, the writer did that on purpose to his character to show representation some of us(players) who actually an idiot in role playing and i like it.
It also makes lore sense. A Brotherhood of Steel Squire with limited education, besides practical combat skills, would probably not be the brightest bulb.
lorewise aren't squires people born into the brotherhood? which makes them highly valuable because they are sons and daughters of members of the brotherhood and are educated from an early age to become scribes, knights or lancers So lorewise Maximus should have been an initiate and should have had an assigned paladin since he joined the brotherhood
@123Juniiorr In his case, he was a child when he was recruited. I know that the lore doesn't make clear what kind of higher education the brotherhood facilitates, if any, but my guess is that some of his rank would not be qualified for it.
@@123Juniiorr eh, sources are really weird. From fallout 3 (from recollection), a lot of the squires/new recruits actually come from the Pitt as it was being saved (or, failed to be saved) by the BOS in that game. In fallout 4, the BOS both has recruits from the wasteland, and people who were born into the brotherhood. Fallout 1, 2 and New Vegas had their BOS only recruit people who are born into the Brotherhood. Fallout tactics my beloved conscripts random wasters :>>>>
The guy was f-ing his chickens. This was funny, but later we find out he doesn't know what that means. Just makes the look on his face that much funnier. 😂
@@whiteboy4045That would make for a decent perk idea. You gain a special point for every crippled limb, what points you gain are dependent on which limb is cropped.
Both Maximus & Lucy are naieve because they were sheltered however in very different ways. He was raised in a sheltered (albiet violent & militaristic) environment it makes him seem like an idiot at times but he is far from that. Both he and Lucy are what Rey and Finn should've been in the Starwars sequels, capable but not unstoppable
For any of the show's faults, that is an unavoidable comparison. And I can say without a doubt Maximus and Lucy are way way way better characters than Finn & Ray.
Finn and Rey deserve better The latter is quite likable in Lego Skywalker saga and a special where she actually have went through some stress with Porgs steal her lightsaber
The thing is, Finn is kinda like that, with him not understanding wookie or the force or lightsabers, Rey is different though, she's more of a foil to kylo ren "the toxic fan" while still never being op, she still needs to train and stuff
@@johnnatandc ugh no he seems funny and friends with everyone he’s interviewed with. Guess you’re the type to look for something specifically wrong with him. I wonder why. 🙄
@@lordwunderbar7857 I mean, this is literally what basic training means. The ability to run it is good enough as it is. Running it with precision is a paladin thing
I suspect all the squires have training in case their knight is killed in the line of duty. They also seemed to all be trained in how to maintain the power armor as well
I love the scenes of Maximus with Thaddeus. The fact that Max is an idiot who takes on the identity of a knight and goes around on an adventure getting stuff done in dumb ways felt like a retelling of Don Quixote. Especially bc Thaddeus was his squire like Sancho, being the voice of logic and reason at times.
Danse is probably the most intelligent, eloquent, tactician i've ever seen in the brotherhood and he was an institute plant with a synthetic ai brain, this seems accurate
Me by episode 3: "man maximus has no survival instinct." My buddy: "he's got the idiot savant perk" Me: "Ha ha, funny joke." Me by episode 7: "Oh, it was not a joke. At all."
i have noticed that his stats overall are luck based while lucy seems to have a charisma/agility build and coop a perception/endurance/agility one. i love it i just hope the writers don't overdo it and hand maximus everything on a silver platter
He’s very lucky throughout the show but it’s not like he’s completely free of consequence. He has to make a lot of hard choices and mistakes-and in the end of S1 he has lost Lucy. The rewards of being lucky are almost conflicting with what he actually wants.
I don't think so, she fails a number of speech checks. I view her as we all do intially, we try to evenly space out our stats, "jack of all trades but master of none".
@honinakecheta601 not sure I agree, considering the speech she attempts and fails. If that were the case she would have been able to talk her way through more dialog checks lol. She fails in Filly, in Vault 4, and with the Fiends.
My favorite character. He's so realistically chaotic without being evil or "too" good like Lucy was at the beginning. It's also awesome to have a dumb main character not be just Patrick Star.
He's a selfish idiot, who tried to kill his comrade one time, and successfully killed another, was absolutely ready to doom entire Vault just because "my armor is more important, duh", tried to scam the Brotherhood twice, betrayed the Brotherhood and wanted to go with Lucy after a pair of slippers and a bathrobe, instantly gave up Wlizig's head location, perfectly knowing it will put Lucy in danger. Dude's literally betraying and fucking over other people, even supposed friends and comrades, solely for his own benefits. Oh, and his actions also led to his Brotherhood companion turning into a ghoul and basically being exiled He's not just chaotic, he's basically an ultimate asshole
Maximus isn’t the smartest, but later on he’s trying to be good. EDIT: Sometimes, I wonder if these replies are from people that watched the same show.
It will easily be his conflict too tho. he will become a paladin but relinquish the armor because the elder will want loyalty above his moral restraint.
@@TheGodOfGematria So he’ll be making a big choice. To bring the wasteland to its knees with the Brotherhood that has an unlimited power source, or to let go of power and prevent them from doing so.
I was hating on this character for like 3-4 episodes until I realised he wasn’t bad. Man just didn’t really have anyone to teach him how to be good. The episodes in Vault 81 really showed how childish he was, but it wasn’t his fault. Lucy is learning how to survive the real world (wasteland) while Max is learning about morality. Also, I thought that he had really put the razor on his friend’s boot but then it was shown otherwise
The Think Tank is insanely smart problem is they became detached from everything else due to how long they have kept their brains in jars combined with not having proper human interaction.
Hey, Maximus never said (or even implied) that he *himself* deserved to wear the armor. Besides, this knight was basically the same one who killed those closest to Max when he was only 6
You know the show was good when people are theorizing about In Game Perks and Stats that would apply to a character and they actually make sense in the story.
Every character has a perk if you put attention. The ghoul has Bloody Mess, Steph has Black Widow and Moldaver has Terrifying Presence. I'm thinking Lucy has Swift Learner.
I really like him because he is the only character in the whole series that shows joy and wonder. From the first time he put on power armor to getting a pair of slippers. On a side note, him rolling through vault 4 like a boss in his power armor was a cool scene.
I like how everyone agrees that his alignment is nutral not because of anything special or a big action he took. It’s just simply because he’s an idiot with really low charisma and bad decision making ability but high luck. He fails upwards
I mean... He isn't the only squire in the show which is a little dumdum. He maybe a little dumb in some places and always lands on his butt and what not, but he at least has his reality check taken outside the vault unlike Lucy which appears only by the end of the show to come to a full circle about her life. BOS members are something else.
@@themagnus2919 he represents a player trying to convince themselves they have good karma but always ends up staying the same for taking WAY too many selfish actions and accidentally taking the worst dialogue options possible
@@marcusgabriel8365 Maximus is a noob on a blind first playthrough who tries to be good but sucks at seeing hinted context and thus accidentally chooses all of the worst dialogue options despite trying for the opposite result. But because he's in classic Fallout, he get's the evil and neutral reward paths that he doesn't want while cursed to always miss out of the good path rewards he's aiming for and always missing. Aka he's the most relatable character by far.
Same goes for vault 81s mole rat quest where the doctor tells you to give the kid the cure, and has no regards for your well being if you so happen to be infected. Plus that's a whooping one lvl of health which in survival can make a huge difference.
He's a player archetype, the "power armor simp" who does anything he can to get the power armor and then has no idea how the rest of the game (or the combat) works because they skipped through most of the worldbuilding and quests simply to get the armor ASAP. And then they are settled with a messy playthrough because of the damage they already did.
1. The BoS are over-represented 2. He's cringe But some of his lines *are* funny so he's a mixed bag and clearly the worse written of the 3 main characters and even one of the side characters.
I didn’t like him at first because of how he chickened out in the cave and let Knight Titus bleed out he’s kind of a coward and also is quick to murder to keep his lies going
@@MajorCinnamonBuns While you're spot on, I also think it was because he was kind of miscast. I found the actor's performance to be the only lacking one of the show. Michael B Jordan would've been so good in the character.
Wish the 1st episode showed more of this side of his I thought he was going to be some kind of sociopath like Walter from Breaking Bad after cutting his friend's leg to take their place Edit: and people say New Vegas fans are annoying
@@Hanne_Winter Yeah. It kinda seems like a lie when they first say it, but the conversation after shows it’s clearly the truth. I wouldn’t blame anyone for missing it. I don’t think OP missed that though, they were just saying what they thought after episode one where that context wasn’t present.
@@CenoriaWoah Yes, I thought it was a lie too, but it makes a lot of sense. I wouldn't want to haul a giant bag full of heavy stuff while some idiot in power armor is getting us killed in a radioactive wasteland, too
He's a selfish idiot, who tried to kill his comrade one time, and successfully killed another, was absolutely ready to doom entire Vault just because "my armor is more important, duh", tried to scam the Brotherhood twice, betrayed the Brotherhood and wanted to go with Lucy after a pair of slippers and a bathrobe, instantly gave up Wlizig's head location, perfectly knowing it will put Lucy in danger. Dude's literally betraying and fucking over other people, even supposed friends and comrades, solely for his own benefits. Oh, and his actions also led to his Brotherhood companion turning into a ghoul and basically being exiled. He's a chaotic asshole. Yeah, I wonder why people hate him...
I don't hate him in fact I was impressed they didn't make him mister goody good guy and had some depth to his character and yes he's a little slow as he should be considering he grew up in the wasteland and not born inside the brotherhood.
He's a selfish coward and an idiot. There's a whole laundry list but the biggest examples that bugged me were him needing to be talked out of dooming Vault 4 to death and how quickly he sells out Lucy in the end just to save his own skin.
Maximus became an instant favourite of mine. I was expecting him to act overly stoic at first but seeing him enjoy himself and acting like a goof made him a lot more likeable
The slow-motion shot of the Nuka-Cola machine flying through the air while the deformed vault dwellers stood in confused awe was one of the funny things I’ve seen in a long time.
Also the Wild Wasteland trait. I'm pretty sure that while writing the characters, they actually thought about what kind of stats and perks they would have if they were the player characters, and then based them on that. That's also why Cooper Howard kicks so much ass, he's max level.
They missed one of the best parts. After Maximus confesses his situation. “I just threw acid in an innocent man's face,” she says. “And I've only been up here for two weeks”.
The "wanna have sex?" and him noticing the vault was a cult shows how Max is actually smart, perceptive the very least, but his BoS indoctrination made him worse, once he's free from his leash he is growing a lot. Lucky sure, but his is almost a curse in a monkey's paw scenario, which makes a great storytelling/roleplaying dynamic that translated nicely (IMO) to the script.
@@Rocket_Devastator Plus, he's got pretty good aim (the gulper scene doesn't count because he is still untrained in his power armoru, and its the lake.)
I describe the three main characters this way. Lucy is the obvious noob player, the Ghoul is the player at endgame after you beat it with all the cool weapons and toys, and maximus is the idiot savant character you play for laughs the 4th or 5th time you play the game.
Y'know I've been thinking about how stupid him and some of his lines are, but it never even occurred to me that that's a whole trait and perk system that changes your dialogue to make you sound, oh I don't know, exactly like him?
"We stole their fusion core"
"I needed it for the armor"
Most gameplay accurate statement.
now i feel kinda bad for taking the fusion cores of around 40 buildings
@@livesinsewersirl dont feel bad, they dont own any power armour so they are less cool anyway
also their a lot more of them
Stim and cores are super rare
Thinking of making a mod for 4 where removing g a core removes all artificial light from the area now
We steal them because they are there!
@@livesinsewersirlFr, we ruined 40 mini towns, and got a total of 48 minutes in power armor😂
when lucy asks sex you can see maximus is clearly selecting dialog choices
*Sarcastic*
His awkward acting style actually works for his role lol
@@vlrginizer927Thats what I’ve been trying to tell people who hate him. He’s supposed to be super awkward and slightly on the spectrum.
@@KC_SmoothHe clearly embodies the player experiencing the Fallout world for the first time. But I can see how people who don’t understand the series see his character as lacking. That’s why I hope his character grows in the next season because while it’s funny to us, he does have to grow
@@Crispy_DAWG A lot of characters in fallout experience growth as companions, I think they made a great foundation
Honestly Maximus is the most relatable character in the show. Bro joined the Brotherhood for the cool power armor 💀
Fr
he's the typical fallout player
@@Spaceghost918 He really is. Joins the Brotherhood for the power armor, immediately lets a brother get wasted and takes it when runs off into the Wasteland to mess around.
He was a kid, who was saved by brotherhood in a shiny armour, what else he could do, jesus.
I did the exact same thing in NV lol
The Brotherhood having zero sexual education is so funny
Am pretty sure it's just a wasteland thing
Everyone knows how to make another human. But an AER9 laser rifle?
Makes no sense though
@@leonrussell9607religious organization that cares about fighting mostly,we have real world parallels.
@@froglegstastebestsalted the brotherhood used to be isolationist and only grew by having children, they know what sex is
And they aren't even religious, they just collect technology
man got the charisma boost from both the sleepwear and the champagne and still failed the speech check 💀💀💀
Lmao
Yeah, but that shot of him watching TV is iconic. Meme-worthy, even
Nevermind she asked him first bro definitely has 0 points charisma and intelligence
@@BenHopkins10005:10 is actually such a memeable frame fr😂
YoU mEaN uSE My COcK?
i fucking died when i watched that scene
Maximus calling the vault a cult is so ironic considering he’s from the Brotherhood
I think that's how he figured it out. I was so sure that the Brotherhood nuked Shady Sands and that would start a vengeance arc.
What is a cult?
@@jonathanbaker4361 The same as religion but without millennia of social indoctrination.
@@jonathanbaker4361 The same as religion but when a cult takes money from you, they dont make it a tax.
A person asks what a cult is, and got 2 cringe responses. Truely, the question of all time.
Intelligence is 3. He doesn't talk like a caveman, so it can't be a 1 or 2.
Charisma is 1. Fails speech checks, doesn't pick up on social cues, couldn't barter worth crap with that repair vendor lady.
Perception is 9. Noticed the couple at the bridge were armed and cannibals. Immediately figured out Vault 4 is a cult. Immediately figured out Thaddeus turned into a ghoul.
Luck 10. This one is obvious. BOS should have executed him but didn't. Got free power armor after getting a lucky shot on the Yao Guai. Promoted to Knight after misunderstanding.
Strength 7. Can carry a huge backpack for a Knight (Strong Back)
Endurance 8. Survived a direct punch from Power Armor. Can take a bullet too.
Agility 6. It's average or so. Quick enough to draw pistol and kill those cannibals.
Max is basically a Luck/Perception build.
He literally is just the standard New vegas build lmao
It’s not really a cult some of it’s members made a new religion but they don’t try and convert people
Sounds accurate. 😂
@@MrVoyeurific Cults don't require conversion to be cults. They are a lot less damaging than cults that do, though.
Very accurate but why on earth did you arrange it as ICPLSEA??
I'll never get over the fact that this man was just genuinely entertained by a looping waterfall. At first I thought he was drugged or something from the food but no, he's just like that.
In all fairness, it didn't seem like he had seen any kind of tech before, besides from the Power Armor wich he cherish and idealizes so much since he got saved by a Knight wearing it as a kid.
But most importantly.
He is just being silly and was mad happy inside that vault since it was the first time he got the "feeling" of what a true home means and was just enjoying the moment while being truly safe and happy for the first time in his life.
Prob his 1st tv, popcorn and everything that was inside that room including the warm shower and bathrobes.
So he was basically a lil guy on their first Christmas getting all of these nice things.
He even had a sex offer not long ago with Lucy. The dude was literally lost on that screen but it was more than just a waterfall for him i am guessing.
That was his moment. But still pretty funny how silly he was.
I thought he was being hypnotized by it but now that you mention it I think he’s never seen anything like tv or the waterfall and he let his imagination take him somewhere beyond that waterfall. When I was growing up Spyro the dragon was new and I remember going to the border of the level after finishing everything and looking at the mountains in the horizon that I would I would never be able to get to but I’d just look at them for long periods of time because my imagination filled in what could possibly be beyond. Now I’m 32 and I know how video games work just a bit better so I know there was nothing beyond it and the magic is gone, but maybe not for someone that grew up in a wasteland.
@@JoolianV😂 the reality of this statement is uncanny..
@@GamerDisturbed I guarantee he was cranking it to the thought of Lucy later.
Literally me
the only player who can actually maintain neutral karma
Gain good karma for "rescuing lucy" to make up for the bad karma of wrecking the place.
Lucy- Good Karma
Maximus - Neutral Karma
Cooper - Evil Karma
@@99batran realistically, Maximus should have just a bit lesser evil karma than Cooper
Just a little
@@vldvvalentin you're underestimating the ghoul
@@99batran Lucy's Father = Max Evil Karma
1 - Charisma
19 - Luck
*MISSION FAILED SUCCESSFULLY*
idk man i think he has some charisma points there. he just complimented lucy with she smells nice then get a dialogue back with an invitation to have intercourse 😂
Wouldn't it be Intelligence instead of Charisma?
@@VergilDMC stats like this suggests that int is 0 lol
In fallout shelter he got real stats
Zero Charisma!
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Maximus is a breath of fresh air. A little dumb, a little confused, but trying to be the best he can be. He is every Private ever, and we love him for it
He is self centered and stupid. When he’s in a position of power he abuses it, not chivalrous whatsoever. He has the most annoying voice… I think most people would agree with me on that one and throughout 8 hour long episodes as the deuteragonist, seeing the world for the first time he still hardly grew as a person. Hes pathetic
Charisma 0
Perception 0
Luck 10
Basically every military recruit I’m a nutshell
@@jeffreymodesitt3345last I heard of good soldiers they shot up a town, privates wanna be heroes? Don't join the army.
@@jeffreymodesitt3345 Hope not, the dude's psychotic.
@@fuzzborne ...I'm sorry, you assume sane people take up the position of army grunt? To get yelled at and boot lick all day? That's what sane people do? Know your place, bud.
People hated Maximus because he reflects their own idiotic side.
I admit to it. I hate him, he is one of the best parts of this show.
I love Maximus because as an idiot, I feel represented
Can we normalize being an Idiot?😅
No not everyone is retarded 😂
In fact, the writer did that on purpose to his character to show representation some of us(players) who actually an idiot in role playing and i like it.
I wish my Fusion Cores lasted as long as his did lol
By Aton's Glow, yes
FR
i think we can all agree the show retconning fusion cores back to lasting an immensely long time is an unalloyed good
@@dayvancowboi9135 aren't fusion core even called limitless energy? Or was that just the cold fusion
@@suguaakini4478 eh they're both essentially that, i think they last multiple centuries.
1:11 The NPC walk lol
I guess they just do that in the wasteland lmao
lol, thank you for pointing that out
The Bethesda Special! But for real, that was hilarious
The vault dwellers of vault 4 were pure Bethesda
oh shit good catch!
The phrases "He's a little confused but he's got the spirit" and "bless his heart" is this man in a nutshell
"I'll pray for him". 😅
For real like i just wanna see him succeed regardless if his shortcomings
Lucy: "These people are insane!"
Maximus: "Yeah they're like you"
*Lucy having an epiphany*
she wants to have sex then complains that she is a sex slave well she's the one that put the idea in his head🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"But they gave me a robe...and slippers."
The fact I’m scrolling thru comments and read urs at same time he said it was great😂
@@markred129same somehow
It's funny cause he ended up being right and the vault people actually were weird but pretty nice
@@ChimpRevolutionthey were hating on my bois fr
This *is* genuine Fallout 1 refrence.
It also makes lore sense. A Brotherhood of Steel Squire with limited education, besides practical combat skills, would probably not be the brightest bulb.
Well, squire and lore in the same sentence don't make any sense tbh.
@@BruxoBanido elaborate
lorewise aren't squires people born into the brotherhood? which makes them highly valuable because they are sons and daughters of members of the brotherhood and are educated from an early age to become scribes, knights or lancers
So lorewise Maximus should have been an initiate and should have had an assigned paladin since he joined the brotherhood
@123Juniiorr In his case, he was a child when he was recruited. I know that the lore doesn't make clear what kind of higher education the brotherhood facilitates, if any, but my guess is that some of his rank would not be qualified for it.
@@123Juniiorr eh, sources are really weird. From fallout 3 (from recollection), a lot of the squires/new recruits actually come from the Pitt as it was being saved (or, failed to be saved) by the BOS in that game. In fallout 4, the BOS both has recruits from the wasteland, and people who were born into the brotherhood. Fallout 1, 2 and New Vegas had their BOS only recruit people who are born into the Brotherhood.
Fallout tactics my beloved conscripts random wasters :>>>>
Maximus flipping the table with popcorn over just for the hell of it is one of the funniest scenes to me 😂
I mean if I thought people were eating popcorn at my friend's execution I'd flip it too.
That had me 😂
NOT THE POPCORN!
"Fuck your popcorn... and fuck your oysters! ... Nah your oysters are pretty good to be fair."
@@robrotron2084 This lol
The guy was f-ing his chickens. This was funny, but later we find out he doesn't know what that means. Just makes the look on his face that much funnier. 😂
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"do you wanna make my explode now?"
**Speech 100**
"Sorry, intercourse?"
- Fallout 2, Charisma check failed, Charisma 1/2
Persuasion check failed: Explosion Partner Removed.
[Failed]
*Cock* why did you forget that word in your comment?
[Everyone disliked that]
One thing I noticed too. Maximus' head is crippled. Every single episode has him get some kind of head injury.
That poor nose, seemed like every time he got the bleeding stopped, bam!
Bro loses brain cells every time he takes a head injury but gains another point in luck
That’s why he’s so dopey
@@whiteboy4045That would make for a decent perk idea. You gain a special point for every crippled limb, what points you gain are dependent on which limb is cropped.
He is just a bit simple that's all!
Both Maximus & Lucy are naieve because they were sheltered however in very different ways.
He was raised in a sheltered (albiet violent & militaristic) environment it makes him seem like an idiot at times but he is far from that.
Both he and Lucy are what Rey and Finn should've been in the Starwars sequels, capable but not unstoppable
For any of the show's faults, that is an unavoidable comparison. And I can say without a doubt Maximus and Lucy are way way way better characters than Finn & Ray.
Finn and Rey deserve better
The latter is quite likable in Lego Skywalker saga and a special where she actually have went through some stress with Porgs steal her lightsaber
The thing is, Finn is kinda like that, with him not understanding wookie or the force or lightsabers, Rey is different though, she's more of a foil to kylo ren "the toxic fan" while still never being op, she still needs to train and stuff
@@minestar2247 "toxic fan" You're a tourist in our communities and no amount of buzzwords change that.
@@Commander23c in which community? Starwars? Bud, I've known starwars since I was 7!
for me the biggest twist was, that vault 4 was actualy just, in the end, a whole bunch of nice wierdos!
He exuded “mildly confused” the entire time and it was hilarious
More like "mildly concussed."
even in real life interviews... have you seem him? he is funny and looks as ackward as in the series
@@johnnatandc ugh no he seems funny and friends with everyone he’s interviewed with. Guess you’re the type to look for something specifically wrong with him. I wonder why. 🙄
@@ThompsonFlash9999why not both?
@@AL-fl4jk you might be misinterpreting what I said... but as you commented in my channel "Nobody cares"
him being able to use power armour without any training is his savant talent lol
Who said they dodnt have at least basic training?
@@vldvvalentinif they do then it ain’t like it used to be, he drives that thing like a damn shopping cart
@@lordwunderbar7857 I mean, this is literally what basic training means. The ability to run it is good enough as it is. Running it with precision is a paladin thing
I suspect all the squires have training in case their knight is killed in the line of duty. They also seemed to all be trained in how to maintain the power armor as well
@@lordwunderbar7857nice reference.
He a little confused, but he got the spirit.
I love the scenes of Maximus with Thaddeus. The fact that Max is an idiot who takes on the identity of a knight and goes around on an adventure getting stuff done in dumb ways felt like a retelling of Don Quixote. Especially bc Thaddeus was his squire like Sancho, being the voice of logic and reason at times.
Most educated brotherhood of steel member
Danse is probably the most intelligent, eloquent, tactician i've ever seen in the brotherhood and he was an institute plant with a synthetic ai brain, this seems accurate
He pressed X in the dialogue hud (sarcastic)
Sarah Lyons made the whole faction look competent. Everyone else cant do that.
Some of the elders are pretty clever
In this show, for sure.
He truly just fails upward, I love it😂
They really nailed it with the Vaults aesthetic. I love the 50s era furniture
Me toooo
Me by episode 3: "man maximus has no survival instinct."
My buddy: "he's got the idiot savant perk"
Me: "Ha ha, funny joke."
Me by episode 7: "Oh, it was not a joke. At all."
i have noticed that his stats overall are luck based while lucy seems to have a charisma/agility build and coop a perception/endurance/agility one. i love it i just hope the writers don't overdo it and hand maximus everything on a silver platter
Yeah Str/Agi 7, I was expecting Endurance to be a lot higher for this melee build.
so that explains Knight Titus couldn't beat a Yao Guai...his stats were trash!
He’s very lucky throughout the show but it’s not like he’s completely free of consequence. He has to make a lot of hard choices and mistakes-and in the end of S1 he has lost Lucy.
The rewards of being lucky are almost conflicting with what he actually wants.
@@CenoriaWoahhe couldn’t even get laid cause his INT was too low 😢
@@CenoriaWoahHigh luck doesn't necessarily mean no consequences, but throughout the entire show Maximus is falling upwards
and Idiot Savant is a damn good perk :P
@@themagnus2919thats why melees exist
@@themagnus2919 even with high int, idiot savant still good
you all are forgetting that god awful laugh everytime it's triggered
@@themagnus2919the +3 intellect doesn’t make a huge difference when it’s maxed out.
@@kalh2333I like the laugh, makes me feel silly
Lucy - The beginner
Maximus - The roleplayer
The Ghoul - The murder hobo
Maxing out luck isn’t that OP
Maxing out Luck:
Maximus out luck*
Lucy is a high charisma build, Maximus is a low intelligence build 😂
I don't think so, she fails a number of speech checks. I view her as we all do intially, we try to evenly space out our stats, "jack of all trades but master of none".
@@hengineer she’s probably level 7-8 charisma tbh
@honinakecheta601 not sure I agree, considering the speech she attempts and fails. If that were the case she would have been able to talk her way through more dialog checks lol. She fails in Filly, in Vault 4, and with the Fiends.
@@honinakecheta601
Lucy*
S: 4
P: 5
E: 7
C: 7
I: 8
A: 5
L: 5
Maximus*
S: 8
P: 4
E: 8
C: 4
I: 3
A: 3
L: 8
Cooper* (Ghoul)
S: 8
P: 10
E: 9
C: 9
I: 9
A: 9
L: 7
@@bryanu1737 Not fair, Cooper was farming all the way from 2077 to 2297. Bro is over lvl, lol.
In the immortal words of Hank Hill:
"There's something wrong with that boy..."
That boy ain't right
@@onescaryapothiconboi7475 "what we got here is failure to communicate... some..."
That boy ain’t right
Hank would make sure the vaults were fueled by clean burning propane. He would also try to provide the wasteland with propane and propane accessories.
Hank and his family would be vault dwellers.
Bill would be part of the Brotherhood of Steel.
Boomhauer would be an NCR Ranger.
Dale would be a ghoul.
1:11 The guy piping the chickens starts calmly walking away like an NPC but is then shown hauling ASS in the next scene 😂😂
If this was a Skyrim series, he wouldn’t even have a chance before the entire town goes after him
According to canon, Maximus once contracted a brain-eating amoeba during one of his missions as a squire.
Poor fella died of hunger.
Nah that's maximum
died of hungry
My favorite character. He's so realistically chaotic without being evil or "too" good like Lucy was at the beginning.
It's also awesome to have a dumb main character not be just Patrick Star.
Chaotic neutral?
@@mauriciosolano9342 Between that and good.
He's a selfish idiot, who tried to kill his comrade one time, and successfully killed another, was absolutely ready to doom entire Vault just because "my armor is more important, duh", tried to scam the Brotherhood twice, betrayed the Brotherhood and wanted to go with Lucy after a pair of slippers and a bathrobe, instantly gave up Wlizig's head location, perfectly knowing it will put Lucy in danger. Dude's literally betraying and fucking over other people, even supposed friends and comrades, solely for his own benefits.
Oh, and his actions also led to his Brotherhood companion turning into a ghoul and basically being exiled
He's not just chaotic, he's basically an ultimate asshole
He's a fun kind of dumb, he's trying to be an okay guy but he keeps making mistakes. The most neutral dude in all of Fallout, by sheer incompetence.
@@ahzigos Dude knocked out the serious moments
Maximus isn’t the smartest, but later on he’s trying to be good.
EDIT: Sometimes, I wonder if these replies are from people that watched the same show.
It will easily be his conflict too tho. he will become a paladin but relinquish the armor because the elder will want loyalty above his moral restraint.
@@TheGodOfGematria
So he’ll be making a big choice.
To bring the wasteland to its knees with the Brotherhood that has an unlimited power source, or to let go of power and prevent them from doing so.
I’m sure he’ll be important on the NCR resurgence
I was hating on this character for like 3-4 episodes until I realised he wasn’t bad. Man just didn’t really have anyone to teach him how to be good. The episodes in Vault 81 really showed how childish he was, but it wasn’t his fault. Lucy is learning how to survive the real world (wasteland) while Max is learning about morality.
Also, I thought that he had really put the razor on his friend’s boot but then it was shown otherwise
@mrkoala2824 you know i have a feeling he didnt kill knight titus either... and that may come back to bite him later.
His cluelessness was kinda cute not gonna lie. I laughed so hard when he said "cck explode". Him being so happy in a robe and caviar was cute
Bro puts special in S.P.E.C.I.A.L
nah he put em all into S.P.E.A.L
Still smarter than the think tank
"Have you tried to put a slash through the O to make it a zero?"
@@bappojujubes981RICKY LIKES BALLS
The Think Tank is insanely smart problem is they became detached from everything else due to how long they have kept their brains in jars combined with not having proper human interaction.
Give him enough mentats to swim in and lets see what he does
@@bappojujubes981and so it made the diameter insignia instead.
My heart just broke when the 2 weeks of supplies for Lucy got smashed 💔
Goosey.
Goodbye goosey
RIP Fancy Lads Snack Cakes. You're too tasty for the wasteland
God saw those Sugar Bombs and told Maximus to delete them. Maximus did not understand what compelled him to do it, but it hurt us all the same.
"You do not deserve to wear that armor.."
Then proceeds being an idiot inside said armor.
think bro still put it to better use than the guy who used it to run away from a bear before tripping and getting mauled lmao
his heart is in the right place
He is trying be a good knight , this dude no
He ain't a coward tho that's for sure
Hey, Maximus never said (or even implied) that he *himself* deserved to wear the armor. Besides, this knight was basically the same one who killed those closest to Max when he was only 6
You know the show was good when people are theorizing about In Game Perks and Stats that would apply to a character and they actually make sense in the story.
you cant convince me that Lucy, Maximus and goul didnt all have a iconic fall out Perk
Every character has a perk if you put attention. The ghoul has Bloody Mess, Steph has Black Widow and Moldaver has Terrifying Presence. I'm thinking Lucy has Swift Learner.
@@Bothrops_Asper_89 Swift Learner or Good Natured.
The Ghoul: Bloody Mess, Cowboy, Quick Draw, Fast Reload, Grim Reaper’s Sprint
(At least)
@@secondhandsmoke10Ghoul also has the cannibal perk. You can't really be one in the games unless you have that perk
@@MasterGordon5115 Aw man, I forgot all about that lol
I thought, “Man, cook him first 🤢!”
3:38wild 💀
Sorry. Intercourse?
He shot his shot
No more subtle hints to my GF. This is how I gonna ask her for sex 💀💀
never let bro cook again. 💀💀💀
_No, let him cook._
I need more of this show so damn bad...
I really like him because he is the only character in the whole series that shows joy and wonder. From the first time he put on power armor to getting a pair of slippers.
On a side note, him rolling through vault 4 like a boss in his power armor was a cool scene.
And Lucy has the Wild Wasteland perk, clearly
And both have low charisma :)
Maximus 1, Lucy maybe 3.
@@orson1821 I feel like Max actually has at least 5 CHA, it's just his PER thats shit.
Thaddeus also had it, I mean who would have expected the snake oil guys medicine to actually do something?
@@BartnuschlerThaddeus has 1 Luck
Thaddeus has 1 intelligence as well. Pulling a gun on the doc BEFORE getting the medicine was a really dumb move
“Maximus” is my Boi. Fuck what everybody say about him.
Maximus walking in suit armor, he is a an OG form the Brother Hood of Steel, far better than those virgins busters driving in armored Escalade.
Nah, he a goof. But he can turn it around, maybe.
@dw3134 he's naieve but hes not a goof
yep that's my guy to
@@dw3134exactly. And we love him because of this. I hope he keeps his goofy side.
Almost everything that comes out of his mouth is the "1 Intelligence" dialog option.
Maximus is the Finn we never got.
The biggest problem with Finn is that he had Ren and Poe as companions zzz
Whatever their names are, who cares really.
I fucking hated this guy he was one of the best parts of the show
This perfectly sums up how I feel about Maximus.
You'll love it later
Maximus is great, I don’t know why you guys hate him so much.
@@ulysses58599 he’s just such an idiot sometimes it infuriates me lol. But he’s trying his best so deep down, I’m rooting for him
@@jesterbomb6763I guess, I haven’t watched the entire show yet, I’m only in episode 4, but so far he’s my favorite character.
I like how everyone agrees that his alignment is nutral not because of anything special or a big action he took.
It’s just simply because he’s an idiot with really low charisma and bad decision making ability but high luck.
He fails upwards
Neutral, but he does seem to want the best for people, and doesn't seem to relish in violence. It's like a chore to him.
Everyone thinks they're the ghoul, but their character always ends up being maximus
I mean... He isn't the only squire in the show which is a little dumdum. He maybe a little dumb in some places and always lands on his butt and what not, but he at least has his reality check taken outside the vault unlike Lucy which appears only by the end of the show to come to a full circle about her life. BOS members are something else.
@@themagnus2919 he represents a player trying to convince themselves they have good karma but always ends up staying the same for taking WAY too many selfish actions and accidentally taking the worst dialogue options possible
@@marcusgabriel8365
Maximus is a noob on a blind first playthrough who tries to be good but sucks at seeing hinted context and thus accidentally chooses all of the worst dialogue options despite trying for the opposite result. But because he's in classic Fallout, he get's the evil and neutral reward paths that he doesn't want while cursed to always miss out of the good path rewards he's aiming for and always missing. Aka he's the most relatable character by far.
"They gave me a robe... and slippers."
Yeah... my boy is being outsmarted by Dog Meat but never out luck'd.
The whole fusion core stealing is so true lol like why should I care my armor needs it
Same goes for vault 81s mole rat quest where the doctor tells you to give the kid the cure, and has no regards for your well being if you so happen to be infected. Plus that's a whooping one lvl of health which in survival can make a huge difference.
This dude is absolutely how I would imagine if I was given a suit of power armor on a silver platter (on the body of a dying man)
((Who treated you like shit))
@@alephmale3171 ((deserved))
He's also defilingly got the Jinx Trait.
Wonder if he's going to somehow find the Prairie Dog next season lol
Wouldn’t Lucy have the *Jinx* Trait?
@@bigyoshi5170 Jinx is an area of effect. Every time Maximus shows up in a scene, something unlucky happens to him or someone else.
@@couchpotato2222it’s arcane reference. Jinx’s voice actress is Ella purnell (Lucy)
I'm suprised the "Jinx" can fire that machinegun without explode it must have highest luck
2:45 When your LUCK is so high, you find and pass the secret dialog.
I have thought Maximus was going to be this serious brotherhood member, but it’d damn he is such a good Himbo.
Exemplary himbo. A legend.
Max is just a fallout main character who chose the brotherhood ending
He's a player archetype, the "power armor simp" who does anything he can to get the power armor and then has no idea how the rest of the game (or the combat) works because they skipped through most of the worldbuilding and quests simply to get the armor ASAP. And then they are settled with a messy playthrough because of the damage they already did.
He's a real "I go straight to the overpass to pick up some t51" kinda guy
@@the1Blind he definitely says “mmmhmmm” in the middle of conversations to speed them up
@@the1Blind me doing that one out of bounds glitch at 9 years old in fallout 3 from a youtube tutorial from 2011 to get power armor early
@@the1Blind But Max recognised fiends when he saw them and quick draw to shoot them down when they tried to take him and Lucy on the bridge.
We already can tell Norm has Small Frame- this makes such perfect sense.
High perception too given that he was the only one in his vault to notice there was something off about the Vault 32 “Inhabitants”.
Haha right 😂
@@Argnos2293and high INT too, he hacked that terminal on first attempt
@@user-nu2it6kf2m Hacker perk definitely.
Man, that actor would have been perfect to play Myron, the best companion.
Wait, are people seriously hating on this guy? the dude is hilarious
*aggressively* "excuse me"
*Child like curiosity* "what is this?"
LMAO he really is the living embodiment of that perk, and we love him for it.
Pure strength and endurance build for sure
Max luck too
2 int, and its only that high because he is capable of making full sentences of actual words.
Maximus is like me playing fallout literally got no idea what I'm doing but somehow manages to get through.
I mean this whole show was like watching two player created characters adventure.
Don't get how people can hate this character, his delivery in the Vault scenes are hilarious
1. The BoS are over-represented
2. He's cringe
But some of his lines *are* funny so he's a mixed bag and clearly the worse written of the 3 main characters and even one of the side characters.
I didn’t like him at first because of how he chickened out in the cave and let Knight Titus bleed out he’s kind of a coward and also is quick to murder to keep his lies going
@@taer7097 that was no knight, that a boy playing soldier
@@MajorCinnamonBuns While you're spot on, I also think it was because he was kind of miscast. I found the actor's performance to be the only lacking one of the show. Michael B Jordan would've been so good in the character.
@@ComedyBros5Michael B Jordan? Wtf? THAT would be an absolute miscast
Wish the 1st episode showed more of this side of his
I thought he was going to be some kind of sociopath like Walter from Breaking Bad after cutting his friend's leg to take their place
Edit: and people say New Vegas fans are annoying
Watch the entire season
@@misteridiot123 bro I did what did I said that implied otherwise?
@@k0metz590 In one of the final episodes Dane says they cut their own leg, because they were afraid of going into the wilds, if I remember correctly 🙂
@@Hanne_Winter Yeah. It kinda seems like a lie when they first say it, but the conversation after shows it’s clearly the truth. I wouldn’t blame anyone for missing it.
I don’t think OP missed that though, they were just saying what they thought after episode one where that context wasn’t present.
@@CenoriaWoah Yes, I thought it was a lie too, but it makes a lot of sense. I wouldn't want to haul a giant bag full of heavy stuff while some idiot in power armor is getting us killed in a radioactive wasteland, too
3:17 cracks me up everytime, such a deadpan delivery
This character will grow on people.
5:04 my man's is just... *_Vibes.._*
I don’t get why people hate on him. I thought he was a pretty good character.
People hate him cause he was too relatable
He's a selfish idiot, who tried to kill his comrade one time, and successfully killed another, was absolutely ready to doom entire Vault just because "my armor is more important, duh", tried to scam the Brotherhood twice, betrayed the Brotherhood and wanted to go with Lucy after a pair of slippers and a bathrobe, instantly gave up Wlizig's head location, perfectly knowing it will put Lucy in danger. Dude's literally betraying and fucking over other people, even supposed friends and comrades, solely for his own benefits.
Oh, and his actions also led to his Brotherhood companion turning into a ghoul and basically being exiled.
He's a chaotic asshole.
Yeah, I wonder why people hate him...
he's a good and well-written character, but he's not a good person
I don't hate him in fact I was impressed they didn't make him mister goody good guy and had some depth to his character and yes he's a little slow as he should be considering he grew up in the wasteland and not born inside the brotherhood.
He's a selfish coward and an idiot. There's a whole laundry list but the biggest examples that bugged me were him needing to be talked out of dooming Vault 4 to death and how quickly he sells out Lucy in the end just to save his own skin.
4:00. Deputy in Far Cry 5 when this song plays:
YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND THE 510 YEARS FIXING THAT BRIDGE THAT SUIT DAMAGE IS COMING OUT OF YOUR PAY
Hated Maximus at the beginning, and really liked him toward the end.
Maximus became an instant favourite of mine. I was expecting him to act overly stoic at first but seeing him enjoy himself and acting like a goof made him a lot more likeable
Can we talk about how the music is ALWAYS topical and also the same music from the games? They know their IP well
The slow-motion shot of the Nuka-Cola machine flying through the air while the deformed vault dwellers stood in confused awe was one of the funny things I’ve seen in a long time.
He dosent have Idiot Savant Perk, he is an Idiot Savant
The Idiot Savant Perk has Maximus
Bro OWNS the spectrum
Also the Wild Wasteland trait.
I'm pretty sure that while writing the characters, they actually thought about what kind of stats and perks they would have if they were the player characters, and then based them on that. That's also why Cooper Howard kicks so much ass, he's max level.
They missed one of the best parts. After Maximus confesses his situation. “I just threw acid in an innocent man's face,” she says. “And I've only been up here for two weeks”.
2:46, the delivery is just perfect in everyway
The "wanna have sex?" and him noticing the vault was a cult shows how Max is actually smart, perceptive the very least, but his BoS indoctrination made him worse, once he's free from his leash he is growing a lot. Lucky sure, but his is almost a curse in a monkey's paw scenario, which makes a great storytelling/roleplaying dynamic that translated nicely (IMO) to the script.
Don’t forget the scene whey they pass the people on the rail bridge, and he knew they lied about having weapons, he definitely has high perception
Remember perception and intelligence is not the same stats
@@Rocket_Devastator Plus, he's got pretty good aim (the gulper scene doesn't count because he is still untrained in his power armoru, and its the lake.)
I love how he a BOS says the Vault dwellers are a cult
@@mordredpendragon1235 The Gulper calling the Mirelurk fishy.
3:38 I can't 😂
bro failed the speech check
I describe the three main characters this way. Lucy is the obvious noob player, the Ghoul is the player at endgame after you beat it with all the cool weapons and toys, and maximus is the idiot savant character you play for laughs the 4th or 5th time you play the game.
Idk why but i fucking loved maximus
Despite having 1 intelligence he should still be with Lucy
Nah he got 2 intelligence at least, 1 int is literally lacking the ability to speak coherently.
Nah he’s got the perception too
Lucy: but if you remove the power core theyll all die!
Max: ... nu-uh
Lucy: FUDGE YOU MEAN NU-UH!
1 intelligence 10 luck 10 strength, Let's go wasteland.
Maximus is living the life of the Wasteland. Enjoying everything that's landing at his feet lol
Y'know I've been thinking about how stupid him and some of his lines are, but it never even occurred to me that that's a whole trait and perk system that changes your dialogue to make you sound, oh I don't know, exactly like him?
The character development in this show is so damn good!!! Wow... He really becomes an amazing character towards the end of the season, i love this!!!
I love how perfectly he delivers “what is this?”. You can really feel the emotion in his voice.
He’s like the representation of Bethesda fallout games, dumb as fuck but somehow gets plot armor anyway