Your best weapon in 'Fallout 4' is a big brain (and guns)

 By 
Adam Rosenberg
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Shock-and-awe levels of firepower don't do you much good in a nuclear post-apocalypse if you're not smart enough to use it.

Our latest look at S.P.E.C.I.A.L., the character stats system in Fallout 4, focuses on the "I": Intelligence. Smart survivors not only possess the aptitude to build better gear and administer battlefield medical treatment, they can also bypass locked doors and protected computers. And as any wasteland scavenger knows, the good stuff is always locked away.

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