House Targaryen
N5
The night is dark and full of terrors, but the fire burns them all away.
Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda
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thehound
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Post by House Targaryen on Aug 20, 2016 22:23:08 GMT
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Post by Trilobite Derby on Aug 20, 2016 22:23:21 GMT
Full disclosure -- I haven't really played Fallout. Oh, I putzed on friends' devices with the earlier ones, and I've kept broadly abreast of events via the greater internet. But I haven't seen anything that made me take more than a passing interest, and certainly not enough to invest my rather limited gaming time.
Until Nick Valentine. I saw a few things about him and was like "What the heck" and bought the game. I have no idea what I'm doing, but I understand if I progress far enough, I will get a gritty noir detective. Gritty noir detectives are 100% my jam in any setting, and I love them most of all. So far, I've discovered that baseball bats are the best weapon and everyone respects me way more than they probably should, given my poor allocation of stats, ineptness at progressing anything (what's that over there oh it's a fight let's fight), general cluelessness, glasses and librarian bun on a face I didn't really expect to look so derpy and innocent. OH WELL.
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Post by masterwarderz on Aug 20, 2016 22:27:23 GMT
Full disclosure -- I haven't really played Fallout. Oh, I putzed on friends' devices with the earlier ones, and I've kept broadly abreast of events via the greater internet. But I haven't seen anything that made me take more than a passing interest, and certainly not enough to invest my rather limited gaming time. Until Nick Valentine. I saw a few things about him and was like "What the heck" and bought the game. I have no idea what I'm doing, but I understand if I progress far enough, I will get a gritty noir detective. Gritty noir detectives are 100% my jam in any setting, and I love them most of all. So far, I've discovered that baseball bats are the best weapon and everyone respects me way more than they probably should, given my poor allocation of stats, ineptness at progressing anything (what's that over there oh it's a fight let's fight), general cluelessness, glasses and librarian bun on a face I didn't really expect to look so derpy and innocent. OH WELL. Well..whatever brings you to the franchise I suppose.  |
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Post by Bael on Aug 21, 2016 0:13:48 GMT
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Post by Bael on Aug 21, 2016 0:15:09 GMT
Fallout 2 had some true freedom of choice. You could be a prostitute if you so desired it. Donate sperm if I remember correctly.
That's true freedom. Why save a village when you can do things like that?
I seriously don't like how working with the BoS was crammed down my throat in 3. I wish we could of fought for the Enclave and took over the Capital Wasteland.
New Vegas was pretty amazing. So was the DLC, whereas Fallout 4 seems to have disappointing DLC so far. I'm hoping Nuka World turns out to be good.
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Post by lobselvith8 on Aug 21, 2016 0:42:36 GMT
Fallout 2 had some true freedom of choice. You could be a prostitute if you so desired it. Donate sperm if I remember correctly. That's true freedom. Why save a village when you can do things like that? I seriously don't like how working with the BoS was crammed down my throat in 3. I wish we could of fought for the Enclave and took over the Capital Wasteland. New Vegas was pretty amazing. So was the DLC, whereas Fallout 4 seems to have disappointing DLC so far. I'm hoping Nuka World turns out to be good. You couldn't side with the Enclave in Fallout 2, and your story as the Chosen One was about saving your tribe so it's not like the prior games didn't railroad you a bit in what you did. I'd say New Vegas is really the only game where you had a real choice because it was up to you how you wanted to shape the Mojave. |
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Post by SpiritVanguard on Aug 21, 2016 1:05:14 GMT
Full disclosure -- I haven't really played Fallout. Oh, I putzed on friends' devices with the earlier ones, and I've kept broadly abreast of events via the greater internet. But I haven't seen anything that made me take more than a passing interest, and certainly not enough to invest my rather limited gaming time. Until Nick Valentine. I saw a few things about him and was like "What the heck" and bought the game. I have no idea what I'm doing, but I understand if I progress far enough, I will get a gritty noir detective. Gritty noir detectives are 100% my jam in any setting, and I love them most of all. So far, I've discovered that baseball bats are the best weapon and everyone respects me way more than they probably should, given my poor allocation of stats, ineptness at progressing anything (what's that over there oh it's a fight let's fight), general cluelessness, glasses and librarian bun on a face I didn't really expect to look so derpy and innocent. OH WELL. Haha, getting sidetracked is the nature of the game. "I'm just gonna take a quick look over there..." has easily turned into "Oh, it's late and I have to stop playing now."  And Nick is  . He's a great character. If you'd like: you can change your appearance (as many times as you want) in Diamond City but you have to pay 100 caps a pop. Hair changes are separate at 15 caps each. |
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The shining beacon in a brave new world.
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Post by Bael on Aug 21, 2016 1:36:16 GMT
Fallout 2 had some true freedom of choice. You could be a prostitute if you so desired it. Donate sperm if I remember correctly. That's true freedom. Why save a village when you can do things like that? I seriously don't like how working with the BoS was crammed down my throat in 3. I wish we could of fought for the Enclave and took over the Capital Wasteland. New Vegas was pretty amazing. So was the DLC, whereas Fallout 4 seems to have disappointing DLC so far. I'm hoping Nuka World turns out to be good. You couldn't side with the Enclave in Fallout 2, and your story as the Chosen One was about saving your tribe so it's not like the prior games didn't railroad you a bit in what you did. I'd say New Vegas is really the only game where you had a real choice because it was up to you how you wanted to shape the Mojave. I am aware of that actually but yes you are right. Go find the GECK, blow up the oil rig, save everyone. I was just poking at the fact that there were some silly stuff you could do in F2. It seems like in Fallout games you have to find something, -Waterchip -GECK -Dad -Person who tried to kill you -Son Never played tactics so I cannot say. From what I've seen so far, that vault or something? Correct if horribly wrong. I wonder what is going to be next on the shopping list. Hopefully Obsidian takes everything Fallout 4 did right and improves upon it, while doing away with everything it did wrong and giving us something above New Vegas. (And without the horrid frame rate issues). I also hope the next Fallout game reintroduces the old perk and skill system. I feel F4 screwed up royally there. My issue with New Vegas is that you only got to see the results through a slide show. I wish you could actually experience the wasteland after your choices. Other than that, New Vegas remains one of my favorite games of all time. |
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Post by Panda on Aug 21, 2016 9:36:53 GMT
Full disclosure -- I haven't really played Fallout. Oh, I putzed on friends' devices with the earlier ones, and I've kept broadly abreast of events via the greater internet. But I haven't seen anything that made me take more than a passing interest, and certainly not enough to invest my rather limited gaming time. Until Nick Valentine. I saw a few things about him and was like "What the heck" and bought the game. I have no idea what I'm doing, but I understand if I progress far enough, I will get a gritty noir detective. Gritty noir detectives are 100% my jam in any setting, and I love them most of all. So far, I've discovered that baseball bats are the best weapon and everyone respects me way more than they probably should, given my poor allocation of stats, ineptness at progressing anything (what's that over there oh it's a fight let's fight), general cluelessness, glasses and librarian bun on a face I didn't really expect to look so derpy and innocent. OH WELL. Just continue main quest line and you will get Nick in no time. |
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Post by Reznore on Aug 21, 2016 15:59:50 GMT
I wonder what is going to be next on the shopping list. Hopefully Obsidian takes everything Fallout 4 did right and improves upon it, while doing away with everything it did wrong and giving us something above New Vegas. (And without the horrid frame rate issues). I also hope the next Fallout game reintroduces the old perk and skill system. I feel F4 screwed up royally there. I don't think Obsidian will work on a new Fallout.  They got burned a number of time working on other companies IP , and even with FONV they didn't get a bonus because Fallout:NV fell short one point in Metacritics. I think someone (InXile if memory serves) trademark " Van Buren " lately which was supposed to be FO3 before it got canceled.But not sure what's up with that.Some material from Van Buren ended up in FO:NV. Besides InXile already has Wasteland which is very close to Fallout in concept so...Don't really understand what's going on. |
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Post by Bael on Aug 21, 2016 17:19:42 GMT
Well that sucks. New Vegas was amazing IMO.
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Post by Jeremiah12LGeek on Aug 21, 2016 17:34:10 GMT
I had to give up playing Fallout 4 because of the "settlers can't be assigned to anything" bug. It has been a couple of months, and it doesn't look like they're ever going to fix it, so those of us stuck with it are screwed.
I'm pretty pissed at Bethesda over it.
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House Targaryen
N5
The night is dark and full of terrors, but the fire burns them all away.
Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda
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Post by House Targaryen on Aug 21, 2016 18:00:12 GMT
Bethy don't care, they just want your money.
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Post by masterwarderz on Aug 21, 2016 18:53:59 GMT
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Post by themikefest on Aug 22, 2016 0:22:15 GMT
Fallout 4 wasn't bad. I tried playing it a second time, but lost interest. I also got the platinum trophy. So there really wasn't incentive to continue to play. My biggest issue is with Preston. I couldn't go 5 minutes without him saying there's a settlement that needs help I wonder if there will be a Fallout 5 and where it will take place? I wouldn't complain if it takes place in North Carolina.  |
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House Targaryen
N5
The night is dark and full of terrors, but the fire burns them all away.
Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda
Origin: gscott7833
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thehound
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Post by House Targaryen on Aug 22, 2016 3:59:37 GMT
I dress Preston in drag and at times I'll ship his ass to a settlement that I don't visit.
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Post by masterwarderz on Aug 29, 2016 21:32:22 GMT
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House Targaryen
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The night is dark and full of terrors, but the fire burns them all away.
Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda
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thehound
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Post by House Targaryen on Aug 30, 2016 4:37:51 GMT
See if there are any mods that make him non essential.
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Post by flyingsquirrel on Aug 30, 2016 16:57:39 GMT
I've never gotten into FO1, FO2, or Tactics - I did pick up a CD on sale that contains all three, but I couldn't get into the turn-based play of FO1 and FO2 wouldn't even install properly.
FO3 was the first game that really grabbed my attention and kept it when I first started playing new games around early 2010. Some of the NPCs were pretty one-dimensional, but I'm OK with doing some of the "creative" work myself in imagining how the Lone Wanderer is affected by what (s)he encounters and how to respond to it, plus the exploration was just unpredictable enough to make me keep wanting to look around.
FO:NV was better designed and written, but I found it a little harder to get into character as the Courier, who's something of a blank slate despite presumably having some history in the area. The main quest just didn't hold up as well for me - I could never figure out why I'd want to go running after somebody who already tried to kill me once, especially when it means walking into his HQ with no weapons. Forcing me to kill Mr. House (whether directly or indirectly) as part of the NCR and Yes Man paths felt like a ham-handed attempt to force a "bad karma" choice into a path where it didn't fit. Apart from that, most of the "gathering allies" quests were pretty good, though.
FO4 I eventually came to see as a major disappointment. I liked it at first, but eventually I got impatient with all the "go fight raiders and feral ghouls" quests and the repetitive random encounters, and the main quest boils down to three factions irretrievably bent on killing each other over a disagreement about the nature and rights of synths. If the Courier can forge a temporary alliance between NCR, the BoS, and the Enclave, then why can't the Sole Survivor convince the Brotherhood and the Railroad to just leave each other the hell alone? The Institute leaders, meanwhile, almost seem to go out of their way to ask for my opinion about something and then completely ignore it.
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Post by KingTony on Aug 30, 2016 23:03:56 GMT
Nuka World is pretty damn good so far.
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Post by SpiritVanguard on Aug 30, 2016 23:57:38 GMT
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Post by Reznore on Aug 31, 2016 6:23:15 GMT
Nuka World is pretty damn good so far. Nuka World has been pretty annoying so far for me. First I crashed everytime I got close to the place where the DLC starts.But it was mods so it's my fault.I fixed that . But then I'm stuck in the train and can't move.And it appears it's not related to mods , people on consoles and without mods are experiencing the same glitch. After looking into it it seems there's a console command I can use ... I'll start round 3 later today , hopefully I'll manage to play more than 10 minutes without any issues. |
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Post by Panda on Aug 31, 2016 6:46:50 GMT
Nuka world is finally out? I have to download it then. I did hear some annoying stuff about it though like having to play bad guy to complete main quest line.. Vault-tec DLC was already pretty useless for me because of that. I hope Nuka World has some other content as well than just buddying up with Raiders.
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Post by kraidy on Aug 31, 2016 10:31:40 GMT
I've never gotten into FO1, FO2, or Tactics - I did pick up a CD on sale that contains all three, but I couldn't get into the turn-based play of FO1 and FO2 wouldn't even install properly. FO3 was the first game that really grabbed my attention and kept it when I first started playing new games around early 2010. Some of the NPCs were pretty one-dimensional, but I'm OK with doing some of the "creative" work myself in imagining how the Lone Wanderer is affected by what (s)he encounters and how to respond to it, plus the exploration was just unpredictable enough to make me keep wanting to look around. FO:NV was better designed and written, but I found it a little harder to get into character as the Courier, who's something of a blank slate despite presumably having some history in the area. The main quest just didn't hold up as well for me - I could never figure out why I'd want to go running after somebody who already tried to kill me once, especially when it means walking into his HQ with no weapons. Forcing me to kill Mr. House (whether directly or indirectly) as part of the NCR and Yes Man paths felt like a ham-handed attempt to force a "bad karma" choice into a path where it didn't fit. Apart from that, most of the "gathering allies" quests were pretty good, though. FO4 I eventually came to see as a major disappointment. I liked it at first, but eventually I got impatient with all the "go fight raiders and feral ghouls" quests and the repetitive random encounters, and the main quest boils down to three factions irretrievably bent on killing each other over a disagreement about the nature and rights of synths. If the Courier can forge a temporary alliance between NCR, the BoS, and the Enclave, then why can't the Sole Survivor convince the Brotherhood and the Railroad to just leave each other the hell alone? The Institute leaders, meanwhile, almost seem to go out of their way to ask for my opinion about something and then completely ignore it. How is it ham-handed when the game makes it clear House is a giant obstacle for NCR and Yes Man thus has to be taken out of the picture, unless you mean how the game tries to make you sad you kill him which is in fact false, that only happens in New Vegas it self which makes perfect sense since he is loved (for the most part) there, outside House being killed nets little to no sadness. ALso I don't see how hunting down a guy who tried to kill you and returning the favor is hard to grasp, it's pretty easy to grasp and basic human instinct to get revenge on someone who has wronged you. Not to mention there are many ways to take care of Benny so it's not like you just run in half-cocked unless you decide to do that. |
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Post by flyingsquirrel on Aug 31, 2016 15:43:55 GMT
Because it revolves around contrived technobabble and forces you to do the kind of thing that people who choose the NCR or Yes Man paths are probably trying to avoid, i.e. killing someone who's physically helpless and isn't directly threatening you. There's no reason that disconnecting House's control over his robot army should kill him except that the game says it does. They might as well say that stopping the Legion assassin causes his bullet to misfire and ricochet across the Mojave until it lands in Mr. House's brain and the logical connection would be just as valid.
I'd want something done about it so that he can't try it again, or do it to somebody else, but I wouldn't want "revenge" per se, or if I did, I'd try my best not to act on it. And in a situation as chaotic as the Mojave is, I could just as easily imagine a Courier who would just think, "Whew, that was a close one" and do their best to stay the hell away from both Benny and the Platinum Chip after that.
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