Fallout: New Vegas: Ain't that a cuck in the bed?

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achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Man I wish you could bump intoDean if you let him live after Dead Money and find him at the Tops or something

# ¿ Apr 23, 2012 19:46

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 11:36

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Niggard of Oz posted:

Oh hell, I wasn't talking about Elvis songs. I know that shits too expensive. Or even Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, or Ricky Nelson for that matter (although Dean Martin couldn't have cost less than those guys, Ain't That a Kick in the Head has been in something like a dozen movies in the last 10 years alone) I'm talking about the more obscure rockabilly and 50's rock songs, there are a lot of one hit wonders and just plain forgotton abouts that I can't imagine them not being dirt cheap, or public domain. And there are quite a number of them about 50's science fiction subjects or goofy horror stuff. I could put together a playlist if anyone's looking for a custom radio station, all songs that would fit this game's setting perfectly, but I'm not sure if that falls under filez.

Hence I hope for the next game if they go to Detroit they play some Motown tunes. Though I want to see what happens in the Pitt and Capital Wasteland for the next games.

# ¿ Apr 29, 2012 01:26

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

There are places that use Fallout tracks, the Shady Sands theme at Dead Horse Point if you turn your radio off, along with the Sink weirdly enough.

# ¿ May 7, 2012 23:03

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

eating only apples posted:

And Dead Money.

Begin again. Let go.

I wish I could go back to Sierra Madre after the missions, but then again that would be against it's theme of letting go.

# ¿ May 19, 2012 01:10

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Is it weird that out of all the characters in charge of the factions, that Legate Lanius is the only guy who I think is pretty cool. The guy is smart, tough, and not really an rear end in a top hat to you.

E: Oh but Hsu is pretty cool though

Also it kind of sucks there was never a DLC that took you into Legion territory where you can see how non slaves live under Caesar's rule.

achillesforever6 fucked around with this message at 17:13 on Jun 1, 2012

# ¿ Jun 1, 2012 16:58

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Infanticide posted:

Hi, I'm Dale Barton! Trading with the legion sure is great, wanna play caravan?

*woman dressed in burlap trudges by carrying a pack bigger than herself on her back*

Eh morals who needs them, I'm kind of used to throwing them away since I'm a Steelers fan and all of that.

I got to say it's loving hard to keep Boone and stay on the Legion's good side to get their hideout, I need my Lucky shades man.

# ¿ Jun 2, 2012 19:01

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

I would like Fallout 4 to be in the Great Lakes area ie Detroit where the radios play a lot of Motown.

# ¿ Jun 7, 2012 01:12

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

I always wanted to ask since I got this game on the PS3; why does the game start to lag horribly as time goes on where you can't go through McCarren without crawling like a snail in water?

# ¿ Jul 6, 2012 21:22

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Merry Magpie posted:

Endemic engine issues, save bloat, and the PS3's architecture.

And there is nothing to do about it

Funny when I played the game the first time it was fine, but every playthrough and DLC it gets worse and worse.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2012 22:54

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Zeron posted:

Like I said, I don't think it's right even if there's a guarantee of success. And no, the slavery is still not justified even if the end result is a vastly better society. I don't mean that the end society should be brought down because it was based on slavery, just that the slavery is still wrong even despite all the good consequences it brought in the future. Future generations may be happier yes, but the misery of the preceding generations is still important and shouldn't be discounted. Just because people lived in the past doesn't mean that they are somehow less deserving of happiness than we are.

Isn't that one of the themes of The Pitt DLC?

# ¿ Jul 31, 2012 04:13

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Thompsons posted:

At the same time I really hated having to navigate my way through places like The Gomorrah and Hoover Dam so I actually kind of like when some interiors are smaller and less complicated.

I hated them because my game would start to lag, drat you PS3 :argh:

Also I thought this would have been a cool idea if you were a pro Legion character. That after accomplishing all the Legion quests and having enough standing with Legion. Caesar offers you to be his heir and if he dies, you could literally become the August to Edward's Julius. Then again you would have to deal with the turmoil of Caesar's generals and advisers trying to take power.

# ¿ Aug 1, 2012 01:45

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

I wonder how much Bethesda spent on their budget getting Liam Neeson to VA for Fallout 3? Because Fallout NV had much more voice talent

# ¿ Aug 1, 2012 01:55

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

SlothfulCobra posted:

^^Yes, you totally can^^

I finally finished the game today. I liked how you could barter-check Lanius. It really fits when you're siding with House. I only wish you could say as much to Oliver when convincing him to get the hell out of the Mojave, considering that it's hinted at throughout the whole drat game that you're practically doing the NCR a favor by stopping their unsustainable growth.

Cass's ending seemed...lackluster. They probably should've written what happens to Rex when House wipes out the Kings, and Lily--why exactly does she still have to take her medicine when they've found a cure for stealth boy madness? There are so many other things that I wish they wrote endings for too, like the Followers of the Apocalypse, any of the casinos, vault 21, and Bitter Springs. Caesar and Lanius weren't even mentioned, and they're supposed to still be alive somewhere by the end of the game. The main game ending didn't seem much longer than the DLCs.

And speaking of the DLCs...

I got to say Lanius is a pretty cool dude, he is not some brute monster, he has some good intelligence and seems like a honorable man.

# ¿ Aug 1, 2012 23:35

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

The more I think about it, Legate Lanius kind of reminds me of the archetype Conan barbarian character.

It's weird because I usually go Pro-NCR, but all their leaders are loving assholes. I mean I can really only stand Hsu and Hanlon.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2012 01:54

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Teen Hero Greg posted:

This was the worst quest in FO3. Hey, want to help out the blatantly evil guy who's going to kill everyone in the name of peace and harmony? No? Well that's actually the only path that doesn't get you insulted over the radio for the remainder of the game. I don't do Tenpenny Tower anymore.

I hate this quest because it leads to me indirectly killing Herbert Dashwood

# ¿ Aug 12, 2012 18:52

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

alex314 posted:

I wanted to go as far as possible with all factions on my first playthrough before deciding on the outcome, but then I was chilling in south-eastern part of the map with Boone and he had one of those dialogues needed for his mission.
Sorry Kaiser (Caesar)

Boone is really one of few really memorable/likable player companions in all rpg I've played.

I prefer Raul to be honest, though I really like Boone for making the game so much easier.

# ¿ Aug 13, 2012 22:18

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

I don't know whether this was ever thought about or not, but is Caesar's Legion facing the NCR all along the Colorado south from Lake Mead or is their entire invasion force concentrated around the Dam? I ask this because as a military historian and a general sperg I was just curious if there was any serious thought about what the overall borders of NCR or Legion territory would look like on a map.

Also did Caesar leave any sort of governors or officials back in Arizona and New Mexico or is pretty much his whole "government" with him at the Dam?

That has always bugged me, I would assume that Caesar would have handpicked some lesser officials to take business of the cities that he controls. God drat it I hope if they return to Mojave that they take us into Legion territory.

# ¿ Aug 16, 2012 20:53

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Inudeku posted:

Quick question about Honest Hearts: At the start of the dlc, what happens if the guys you enter with die? Because it's hard as gently caress to keep them alive and I want to know if it's worth it to keep them alive.

no they will always die, though that actually would have been a good idea to keep some of them alive

# ¿ Aug 17, 2012 16:09

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

DeathChicken posted:

Jet was invented by Myron in Fallout 2, but then he got himself killed and no one remembers, because gently caress Myron.

Then his soul reincarnated into Boone so there's that

# ¿ Aug 17, 2012 20:45

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

I got to say I can never hate Dean in Dead Money, maybe it's his wit, but it's probably the accent. I wish you could have bumped into him and pull a casino heist quest if you let him live

# ¿ Aug 18, 2012 00:26

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Teen Hero Greg posted:

Yeah I know, he's seriously one of the most twisted characters in the whole game, but I can't get myself to dislike him. Same with Ulysses, he's literally trying to launch a freaking nuclear attack but it just feels more "right" to me to talk him down than to kill him. It's interesting how there's a less violent option for just about every boss/major character you have to fight, but some of them it feels so much more appropriate for than others. Legate Lanius? Live by the sword, die by the .308-caliber armor-piercing rifle round.

Lanius I can never kill because I respect him too much. Also I hate this bug where after you finish the Primm quest no one leaves the casino and you can't shop from Johnson Nash. :argh:

# ¿ Aug 18, 2012 02:22

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

I really hate Moore, she is such a bitch, the NCR would have been so much more likable with Hsu in control.

# ¿ Aug 18, 2012 03:24

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Stroth posted:

No! The only proper way to defeat him is a rousing debate on the nature of logistics and economics in an expansionist society.

This is how I always finish my playthroughs

# ¿ Aug 20, 2012 07:06

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Another thing I like about New Vegas over FO3 is that the creatures roam in specific areas instead of popping out of nowhere and killing Little Big Town after I saved their asses.

Also I like how in Boone's hotel room, there is a smashed window in the bathroom.

# ¿ Aug 21, 2012 17:52

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

I think the coolest place in Fallout 3 is the house in the DC ruins that has a Mr. Handy play the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" I love me some Bradbury references :allears:

gently caress the Dunwich Building, that poo poo freaked the gently caress out of me.

# ¿ Aug 22, 2012 16:01

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

SolidSnakesBandana posted:

So that section at the end where I just ran by everyone at full speed was avoidable? Goddamn it. Goddamn you Dead Money! You would have been better if you were an hour and a half shorter!

Oh I thought you meant the radio before you meet the holograms

# ¿ Aug 22, 2012 17:52

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

So I just found out that Dean Domino is voiced by Pontius Pilate from Jesus Christ Superstar, huh now that I think about it he did sound a little bit like him

# ¿ Aug 25, 2012 01:35

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

I still get upset when people tell me, "Oh New Vegas is just a full price retail mod of Fallout 3!"

# ¿ Aug 28, 2012 03:25

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

That DICK! posted:

Holy poo poo. I know I'm probably a million years behind because I only just a few weeks ago started playing this, but Danny Trejo is a TERRIBLE voice actor.

I kind of like Raul's snarky passive aggressive lines to you when you ask him to do stuff, like go melee.

# ¿ Aug 29, 2012 18:56

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Man I don't think I'm evil enough to sell Arcade as a slave to Caesar, though seeing them spar in philosophical debates would be a treat to watch

# ¿ Aug 29, 2012 19:52

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Eiba posted:

Really? They've done Mad Science once before so they can never revisit it? Mad Science is at the core of Fallout.

The Northeast gives Bethesda an opportunity to expand their original canon fairly well. The DC Brotherhood give them a familiar faction to latch on to fairly plausibly, and perhaps even develop, while the vague talk of the Institute gives them a nice original major faction with a lot of potential for good Fallout Mad Science.

I think I made a long post earlier where those two factions could make for a pretty interesting contrast- the humanistic technofetishism of Lyon's Brotherhood contrasted with a mad/pragmatic technofetishism that the Institute could have. Maybe the Brotherhood is backwards looking, preserving old technology, but compassionate, while the Institute is forward looking, developing new technology, but ruthlessly. Maybe the DC Brotherhood are building a new nation, NCR style, and running into issues with expansion, particularly in the face of an established and powerful Institute. Or something.

I mean, it's Bethesda's ball to drop, but as a setting it's got as much potential as anything. I'd be quite happy if Fallout 4 was set in the Northeast. (The fact that I live in Massachusetts has nothing to do with this. It's a total coincidence that I think the next Fallout game would be really interesting if it happened to be set in My Back Yard!)

Also, I'm curious as to where you heard these rumors. It's something that's always made sense to me, but I'd be interested if there was anything more concrete than speculation.

There is also the question about The Pitt and I hope Ashur remaining in control is still canonical because gently caress Wernher. Also they should go to my town of Monroeville and fight armies of ghouls in a mall

# ¿ Aug 30, 2012 16:50

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Cream-of-Plenty posted:

You have been assigned to track down renegade androids in the Midwest. You will discover that the androids have banded together with intentions of forming an underground society. The twist comes when you discover--not that you are an Android--but that the people you work for are part of the Enclave. They plan to use the androids for a standing army, which will be used to wipe out towns, wholesale. You must decide whether to help the Underground Robot Railroad etch out a peaceful existence, or enslave them to destroy civilization.

They could also bring up the Ciphers helping the Androids
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Ciphers

# ¿ Aug 31, 2012 00:27

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

SlothfulCobra posted:

The Fallout 3 BoS is so snotty about how they were doing you the favour of slaughtering every mutant they see and how the player character is nothing but a burden holding them back and getting in the way (despite the fact that there's a goddamn scripted event that shows how the player character can handle bigger super mutants than the BoS, to say nothing of how the main quest requires you to commit singlehanded genocide of all super mutants, and there's no way that they'll let you into their base, you may be tired and hungry as well as being one of the wastelanders that they've promised to protect, but if you don't have someone vouching for you, they're deathly afraid that you might breathe on their precious technology or something.

I never really though a lot of the FO3 BOS were that douchey,if anything it was the Outcasts, gently caress those bastards.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2012 00:33

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

I like it more that while the Enclave was just pure black and generic evil, the Legion could be considered pure evil or a very morally dark grey society.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2012 00:46

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Heh I'm at Red Rock and hanging with Jake, I love Jake and talking with him.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2012 03:41

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

You know something is bugging me about FO3, just how did the Irish guy and his father get here to the states? And why?

# ¿ Sep 4, 2012 17:09

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

rotinaj posted:

Is there anything more satisfying than running up to a Legionnaire and just punching his friggin' head off with a Power Fist?

Killing everyone in Camp Forlorn Hope with poison tipped throwing spears and a machete :hist101:

# ¿ Sep 5, 2012 00:03

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Mr. Squishy posted:

Is it possible to pick-pocket the rebreather out of the Boomer who's meant to give it to you? He wont talk to me for whatever reason. I managed to lift the plane without it anyway, but I'm currently exploring the vaults and there's this whole flooded level that's impossible to explore.

Wait I thought you kept the rebreather after that mission?

# ¿ Sep 6, 2012 20:50

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

I'm curious, I bought the Pitt DLC, but have yet to ever play it, is it good?

# ¿ Sep 9, 2012 05:20

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 11:36

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Pocket Billiards posted:

My first play through was with Veronica as companion and I did all the Brotherhood of Steel quests. This time around it is surprising how the Brotherhood of Steel are such dicks. Put you in a bomb collar and then send a squad to kill you when you remove it.

To be fair, you did compromise their position, so they do have the right to capture you and make sure you don't get the NCR on their asses

# ¿ Sep 10, 2012 14:31

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