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Cat Face Joe
Feb 20, 2005

goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes



here, I'll solve this:


all the fallouts are bad

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Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

tbf there is one good character in 4 and you kill him basically at the beginning aand none in 3

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:
there's also almost no good characters in video games in general honestly

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
moustache moira owns

quiggy
Aug 7, 2010

[in Russian] Oof.


Al! posted:

there's also almost no good characters in video games in general honestly

fallout new vegas unironically has the best queer characters ive ever seen in a game not about queer issues, plus a ton of other interesting characters

if bethesda wrote new vegas bennie would just be comically evil and you'd fight him after a dungeon crawl like kellogg, not somebody who tries to gain control of vegas for himself and gets in over his head and captured by caesar, who offers you to choose his fate

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

"From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.
Buglord
i melted bennie into a pile of goo

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:
KILL? yes/no is not a character arc

Liver Disaster
Mar 31, 2012

no more tears

you can play brotherhood of steel with a friend :3:

quiggy
Aug 7, 2010

[in Russian] Oof.


Al! posted:

KILL? yes/no is not a character arc

bennie's character arc:

-bennie befriends the great khans, who work as his muscle
-bennie learns of the existence of the platinum chip and and the couriers
-bennie learns which courier has the chip (you), hunts you down, steals the chip, and attempts to murder you.

(game begins)

-bennie moves to the strip and lives large, until you discover him
-here you either kill bennie (either through traditional means or via black widow+sleeping with him+killing him in his sleep) or you let him live
-if bennie lives, he runs away with the platinum chip and is captured by caesar's legion
-caesar extends an invitation to the player to come to the fort
-the player sees bennie captured by caesar, who has claimed the chip
-caesar offers a choice: free bennie, kill bennie where he kneels, crucify bennie, or fight bennie in an arena
-if you free bennie, he flees the mojave and never returns

compare to kellogg's character arc from fallout 4, who is probably the best character in that game

-kellogg has an abusive dad
-kellogg promises to protect his mom, but doesn't
-kellogg marries a woman and has a kid, but then some dude kills them
-kellogg kills the dude, and begins to move east
-kellogg works as an assassin, taking jobs as he finds them as he continues moving east for some reason
-the institute finds kellogg, he impresses them, and begins to work with them as a hired gun
-at the institute's orders, kellogg enters vault 111, kills your spouse, and kidnaps shaun

(game begins)

-the player finds and kills kellogg

quiggy
Aug 7, 2010

[in Russian] Oof.


all of the interesting plot stuff in fallout 4 happens external to the player. kellogg does odd jobs for the institute, until you find him and murder him the first time you meet him. shaun ends up leading the institute, but by the time you find him he's just some dude who happens to be related to you. the brotherhood of steel flies a massive airship to boston, which you can enter and buy poo poo at

meanwhile new vegas's plot actually happens in the game and you can see the gears turning and influence what happens in the mojave

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:
you didn't kill Sean/Father the second you met him?

Panty Saluter
Jan 17, 2004

Making learning fun!

mods?

quiggy
Aug 7, 2010

[in Russian] Oof.


Al! posted:

you didn't kill Sean/Father the second you met him?

oh, you can? i assumed he was essential

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

Notorious QIG posted:

oh, you can? i assumed he was essential

you can pop him right in the head and leave. gently caress every one of those slaveholding motherfuckers

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

DEHUMANIZE  YOURSELF  &  FACE  TO  BLACULA

Notorious QIG posted:

bennie's character arc:

-bennie befriends the great khans, who work as his muscle
-bennie learns of the existence of the platinum chip and and the couriers
-bennie learns which courier has the chip (you), hunts you down, steals the chip, and attempts to murder you.

(game begins)

-bennie moves to the strip and lives large, until you discover him
-here you either kill bennie (either through traditional means or via black widow+sleeping with him+killing him in his sleep) or you let him live
-if bennie lives, he runs away with the platinum chip and is captured by caesar's legion
-caesar extends an invitation to the player to come to the fort
-the player sees bennie captured by caesar, who has claimed the chip
-caesar offers a choice: free bennie, kill bennie where he kneels, crucify bennie, or fight bennie in an arena
-if you free bennie, he flees the mojave and never returns

compare to kellogg's character arc from fallout 4, who is probably the best character in that game

-kellogg has an abusive dad
-kellogg promises to protect his mom, but doesn't
-kellogg marries a woman and has a kid, but then some dude kills them
-kellogg kills the dude, and begins to move east
-kellogg works as an assassin, taking jobs as he finds them as he continues moving east for some reason
-the institute finds kellogg, he impresses them, and begins to work with them as a hired gun
-at the institute's orders, kellogg enters vault 111, kills your spouse, and kidnaps shaun

(game begins)

-the player finds and kills kellogg

yeah, all that kellogg poo poo happens in a flashback, too. it's not jsut that you can't influence it, it's that they couldn't even figure out a way to show it without literally showing it through a dumb deus ex machina device that makes no sense in the fallout world

quiggy
Aug 7, 2010

[in Russian] Oof.


Al! posted:

you can pop him right in the head and leave. gently caress every one of those slaveholding motherfuckers

this legitimately surprises and impresses me

quiggy
Aug 7, 2010

[in Russian] Oof.


Blackula69 posted:

yeah, all that kellogg poo poo happens in a flashback, too. it's not jsut that you can't influence it, it's that they couldn't even figure out a way to show it without literally showing it through a dumb deus ex machina device that makes no sense in the fallout world

speaking of that scene, do they ever do anything with valentine briefly having kellogg's personality or is that just the one time

Yodzilla
Apr 29, 2005

Now who looks even dumber?

Beef Witch
father's story arc in fallout 4 is so loving bad

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

"From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.
Buglord

Yodzilla posted:

father's story arc in fallout 4 is so loving bad

FATHER: I am your son

quiggy
Aug 7, 2010

[in Russian] Oof.


i enjoy that the whole reason father lets you out of the vault is to see whether or not you live

good writing there, bethesda

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

DEHUMANIZE  YOURSELF  &  FACE  TO  BLACULA

Notorious QIG posted:

speaking of that scene, do they ever do anything with valentine briefly having kellogg's personality or is that just the one time

idk that's where I bailed on the main quest for the second time

Yodzilla
Apr 29, 2005

Now who looks even dumber?

Beef Witch

Notorious QIG posted:

speaking of that scene, do they ever do anything with valentine briefly having kellogg's personality or is that just the one time

absolutely nothing which is a giant waste

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
nick valentine hates me for being such a smartass

gently caress you nick

Vintersorg
Mar 3, 2004

President of
the Brendan Fraser
Fan Club



Cat Face Joe posted:

here, I'll solve this:


all the fallouts are bad

yeah, i burnout quick on em

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


Blackula69 posted:

yeah, all that kellogg poo poo happens in a flashback, too. it's not jsut that you can't influence it, it's that they couldn't even figure out a way to show it without literally showing it through a dumb deus ex machina device that makes no sense in the fallout world
that + they just handwave kellog's age with a couple bits of loot and a log in father's terminal

Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009

Al! posted:

there's also almost no good characters in video games in general honestly

-Sam Greenbriar
-Waluigi
-Queen of Pain

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!

Al! posted:

there's also almost no good characters in video games in general honestly

kane and lynch of kane and lynch

Dodoman
Feb 26, 2009



A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret
Lipstick Apathy
i just spent 1.5 hours importing and tallying my expenses in YNAB

i have spent way too much money on frivolous fun time poo poo

Space-Pope
Aug 13, 2003

by zen death robot

Pinterest Mom posted:

-Queen of Pain
hmnnnnnnnggghhhhhhh

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

"From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.
Buglord

corn in the bible posted:

kane and lynch of kane and lynch

Liver Disaster
Mar 31, 2012

no more tears

want good characters? Nier
want bad people that are good characters? Drakengard

yw

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

DEHUMANIZE  YOURSELF  &  FACE  TO  BLACULA

Dodoman posted:

i just spent 1.5 hours importing and tallying my expenses in YNAB

i have spent way too much money on frivolous fun time poo poo

you and everybody else

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

Liver Disaster posted:

want good characters? Nier
want bad people that are good characters? Drakengard

yw

true

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

"From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.
Buglord
xenoblade x is good but doesn't explain things very well

also it sucks that you have to go find your party members standing around if you need them for a mission or something

Bhodi
Dec 9, 2007

Oh, it's just a cat.
Pillbug

Pinterest Mom posted:

-Queen of Pain
as opposed to hell's hell

Bhodi
Dec 9, 2007

Oh, it's just a cat.
Pillbug
double-post awesomeness

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe

Improbable Lobster posted:

xenoblade x is good but doesn't explain things very well

also it sucks that you have to go find your party members standing around if you need them for a mission or something

all the text is so loving tiny you need CSI enhancement on that poo poo

also I couldn't find a way to turn volume down

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
I'm enjoying it though

dragon enthusiast
Jan 1, 2010

corn in the bible posted:

kane and lynch of lynch and kane

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Jenny Agutter
Mar 18, 2009

corn in the bible posted:

kane and lynch of kane and lynch

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