Is it possible to play the game without joining the Minutemen?
Is it possible to play the game without joining the Minutemen?
What happens if you don't join any factions? Are there still quests to do?
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Yes, it's possible to play the game without joining the Minutemen, for example if you were to start a new game and immediately head out of the vault to the Old Church (Railroad headquarters) you get some new dialogue (since you're unable to tell them that somebody sent you) and an offer to join the Railroad. I would assume this to be the same if you were to head to the Cambridge Police station and join the Brotherhood of Steel also.
It is not possible as far as I'm aware to complete the game without joining any faction, as faction assistance is required for some of the quests and while I've tried contacting the Institute before communicating with anybody else I haven't found a way to achieve this.
There are of course plenty of side missions and areas to explore, so you could "play" the game without joining a faction and still get many hours of enjoyment out of it but in order to progress the main story line you need to come into contact with at least one of the factions.
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Is there a way to not join the Minutemen?
Simply never go to Concord, and you can completely skip the Minutemen and Preston Garvey's quests for a very long time if not forever. By going to various Settlements, you will get the same quests - Garvey is just directing you to new Settlements, while you can actually do these things on your own time.Can you play Fallout 4 without joining the Minutemen?
you need to either side with the Institute and destroy the hostile factions, or side with one of the other three factions to destroy the Institute. There is no other way to end the faction war. You could continue playing the game as long as you like without doing this, but you would never "finish" it.Fallout 4 How to avoid joining the Minutemen
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