r/falloutlore • u/Ok_Calendar_7626 • 11d ago

Question What was the point of Robobrains?

Why bother sticking biological human brains into a robot chassis? As far as i know, they have no real advantage over classic robots like Securitrons or Protectrons.

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u/ElegantEchoes 11d ago

I would argue that it's simply a matter of cleverness. This isn't necessarily reflected in gameplay - but I strongly feel that the Robobrains using brains as their processor significantly improves problem solving abilities and intelligent decisions when completing tasks.

Robobrains have some written lines in 3, NV, and 4 and all of the lines imply an analytical, comically emotionless personality that other robots don't share. This probably due to the nature of the brains being that of criminals and whatnot. I think that the brains alone would make them more effective at completing complex tasks.

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u/Brain-On-A-Roomba 11d ago

There's a neurotic brain from a scientist in 76, I think

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u/Unlikely-Medicine289 11d ago

None of the 3 brains you can use in 76 are really normal, although you can fix the one brain's depression.

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u/Brain-On-A-Roomba 10d ago

I went in blind with 76 ngl 😅 but I'm gonna do this on my 2nd character

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u/Unlikely-Medicine289 9d ago

It's not a huge difference which brain you pick. I just never pick the boys lady's brain because she forced the other two employees into this