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Let's go make ourselves known to Daniel and the Sorrows. Chapter 54: Sun Vulture and the Tribal's Tribulations 
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Sep 5, 2018 04:01
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 Oh sun, never change. Also  DEATH TO ALL WHITE LEGS! MAIM! CRUSH! KILL! MURDER! DESTROY!
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Sep 5, 2018 04:34
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Joshua's note on the .45 being designed by one of his tribe nearly four centuries ago is correct! New Vegas is set approximately 370 years after the M1911 pistol came into service. Its designer, John Browning, was a Mormon. 
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Sep 5, 2018 04:54
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DACK FAYDEN posted:As I saw someone post in the Fallout thread once, 3 onward are all set about ten years after the bombs fell and lying about it. It’s not a BAD thing, aesthetically, it just is what it is. For 3, that would work, IF it was set 10 years after, and not 200 or so. For New Vegas it does kinda work cause, well, the Mojave DESERT isn't exactly a lush rainforest in the first place 
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Sep 5, 2018 07:37
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Huh. I don't think I've ever asked Cloud about the Ghost of She before. Never knew the story.
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Sep 5, 2018 18:53
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You guys are turning me around on this whole "Honest Hearts is kind of poo poo" opinion. Maybe it's okay?
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Sep 5, 2018 19:43
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From what I remember, if Caesar happens to be dead by this point, Joshua can be informed of it. His reaction is something like "I wouldn't have expected him to die before I did. The Legion is dead then, they just don't know it yet."
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Sep 5, 2018 21:52
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DeathChicken posted:From what I remember, if Caesar happens to be dead by this point, Joshua can be informed of it. His reaction is something like "I wouldn't have expected him to die before I did. The Legion is dead then, they just don't know it yet." Not only that, but Joshua's statement about Caesar not mentioning or acknowledging him is a write-around to explain the fact that they couldn't get Caesar's voice-actor in to record more lines during the development of Honest Hearts. I'm not counting Caesar being interactable as a spoiler, by the way, but let's keep everything else about him hush-hush for now.
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Sep 6, 2018 05:43
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Wow, never thought I'd see another Japanese statement that needed to be translated. 彼らが混乱したのは不思議ではありません. Translates to... It is no wonder that they were confused.
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Sep 6, 2018 05:59
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Honest Hearts isn't really bad, in any way, but it's by far the most "more content" DLC of the bunch, compared to the off-the-wall zaniness of Old World Blues, the atmosphere and conflicted companions of Dead Money or the sheer, unvarnished Avellone-ness of Lonesome Road. It kind of fails to stand out, outside of the dulcet baritone of Szarabajka. I can't even tell if he's a particularly good voice actor, or if his voice is doing all the work for him.ApeHawk posted:I'm not counting Caesar being interactable as a spoiler, by the way, but let's keep everything else about him hush-hush for now. Aw geez, I keep forgetting that you still haven't been to the Strip or interacted with a single Act II character. You nut. You absolute madman.
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Sep 6, 2018 08:43
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There's a very good reason to not do any of that until after you've done.... at the very least Lonesome Road. I always do all four DLCs before moving on the Strip.
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Sep 6, 2018 08:53
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That is certainly a thing, but I think people exaggerate how much it affects. Lonesome Road is also affected by how you advance the main plot, and I think that part matters a whole lot more than the other thing. Let's save that for when we get there, though.
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Sep 6, 2018 09:00
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Zulily Zoetrope posted:That is certainly a thing, but I think people exaggerate how much it affects. Lonesome Road is also affected by how you advance the main plot, and I think that part matters a whole lot more than the other thing. Let's save that for when we get there, though. Lonesome Road apparently has interactions that lock and unlock depending on when you do it, anywhere from as soon as you are able to access it to 100%ing everything else.
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Sep 6, 2018 13:10
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Lonesome Road apparently has interactions that lock and unlock depending on when you do it, anywhere from as soon as you are able to access it to 100%ing everything else. Yes it does. You really can’t half-rear end your playthrough before hand if you want to get the the “good” ending to the DLC but...eh. The DLC is really, REALLY boring outside of the main thing it brings.
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Sep 6, 2018 17:32
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Ahaha yes, when I did this DLC, I too immediately started the Ghost of She quest, and seeing Joshua suddenly stroll up the river preaching scripture at me while tripping balls on Datura gave me a legitimate pause to process everything.
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Sep 7, 2018 07:54
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Archenteron posted:Ahaha yes, when I did this DLC, I too immediately started the Ghost of She quest, and seeing Joshua suddenly stroll up the river preaching scripture at me while tripping balls on Datura gave me a legitimate pause to process everything. "josh im a bit busy sorry also there's two of you?"
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Sep 7, 2018 22:03
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Archenteron posted:Ahaha yes, when I did this DLC, I too immediately started the Ghost of She quest, and seeing Joshua suddenly stroll up the river preaching scripture at me while tripping balls on Datura gave me a legitimate pause to process everything. Same, I think it adds some nice dramatic flair to the sermon. Relatedly: I think Joshua is an amazingly written character. And the religious man in me really appreciates how they handle Christianity in this DLC.
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Sep 8, 2018 04:14
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Are they a faithful representation of what post-apocalyptic Mormons would look like? I remember being a bit weirded out that they would talk about gentiles and reside in places like New Canaan and the Zion Valley, while also very clearly following a belief centered around Jesus and Mary, but I'm not a Christian, so I figured it wasn't my place to judge.
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Sep 8, 2018 07:13
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Zulily Zoetrope posted:Are they a faithful representation of what post-apocalyptic Mormons would look like? I remember being a bit weirded out that they would talk about gentiles and reside in places like New Canaan and the Zion Valley, while also very clearly following a belief centered around Jesus and Mary, but I'm not a Christian, so I figured it wasn't my place to judge. Apparently at least one real-life Mormon really likes the way they were portrayed in FNV. (link removed but the Kotaku article is easy to google) Comrade Koba fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Sep 8, 2018 |
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Sep 8, 2018 08:00
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That article does have some light backstory spoilers for this game, just FYI.
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Sep 8, 2018 18:14
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Short update that I didn't put a whole bunch of words into thanks to that new spader-dude game or whatever it's called. Works out, though, since it's mostly terminal entries! Hooray! Chapter 55: Sun Vulture and the Father in the Caves 
ApeHawk fucked around with this message at 05:40 on Apr 10, 2019 |
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Sep 9, 2018 16:13
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Well poo poo 
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Sep 9, 2018 16:32
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Man. I totally forget to listen through that last one whenever I've played. Thanks for making me see it fit together.
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Sep 9, 2018 16:35
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i've never played this game, and that was really well written. thanks for sharing it
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Sep 9, 2018 16:43
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Some VA should really do a decent reading of the logs set to still images.
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Sep 9, 2018 16:58
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This is such a powerful sequence - thanks for presenting it chronologically. When I played the game, naturally I found things out of order so the narrative gut-punch was a bit muted.
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Sep 9, 2018 19:54
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Overall, Honest Hearts is a really mediocre piece of dlc. But then you come across the Survivalist's story and it has all the feels.
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Sep 9, 2018 20:12
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After reading the message he left for the Sorrows, there's one really obvious decision to make in the future. (I shed a tear every time I read it, and then use his rifle from thereon out)
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Sep 9, 2018 20:44
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Did this come out before Old World Blues? The School feels like a Big MT thing, but I'm pretty sure nothing like that actually made it into the DLC.
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Sep 9, 2018 20:56
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eating only apples posted:After reading the message he left for the Sorrows, there's one really obvious decision to make in the future. win a speech check?
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Sep 9, 2018 21:18
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I think it would have been better if Josh and Sam joined different DLCs and you're left to puzzle out everything yourself and decide who lives and who dies, just like the survivor.
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Sep 9, 2018 21:34
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double nine posted:win a speech check? yeah, but if you can't it's not really a big deal
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Sep 9, 2018 21:52
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Explosions posted:Did this come out before Old World Blues? The School feels like a Big MT thing, but I'm pretty sure nothing like that actually made it into the DLC. This was the 2nd DLC, so before OWB. Borous has his school test facility, during which he refers to himself as Principal Borous, but there's nothing to suggest they're related, who knows where the kids came from.
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Sep 9, 2018 21:55
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We have seen DLC characters reference future DLCs, like how Christine and Elijah have been to the big MT, but I don't think the Sorrows have anything to do with OWB. They're on complete opposite sides of the map, for one. I think they were just kids who were caught up in some guys post-apocalyptic labor slave camp.
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Sep 9, 2018 22:05
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As the DLC packs go, this one is pretty isolated compared to the others and is based more on the core game with the major enemies effectively being proto-legionaries instead of SCIENCE  monsters. Other than the giant bugs and other animals. Does animal friend not work on Yao Guis this time?
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Sep 9, 2018 22:55
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Manic_Misanthrope posted:As the DLC packs go, this one is pretty isolated compared to the others and is based more on the core game with the major enemies effectively being proto-legionaries instead of SCIENCE Yao Guai only appear in this DLC, not in the main game. The other enemies in Zion are bugs and geckos, so Animal Friend is useless here. Iirc it's only useful for nightstalkers, all the other enemies affected by it are easy kills (dogs, coyotes, molerats). Good for OWB where nightstalkers will gently caress you up. Not good for much else.
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Sep 9, 2018 23:27
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RIP The Survivalist, he did god's work and was praised by children who escaped evil. He is missed
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Sep 9, 2018 23:54
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When I mentioned this was the only part of Honest Hearts that I enjoyed, I meant it. His whole story is drat good. That bit where he's getting ready to go rescue the proto-tribal survivors from the cage, the next entry is "They ate them" and then the five day skip before it just goes After Action Report was just The genesis of The Sorrows was a fantastic ending to his story.
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Sep 10, 2018 00:05
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That rifle is also my favorite gun in the game.
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Sep 10, 2018 00:59
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RickVoid posted:When I mentioned this was the only part of Honest Hearts that I enjoyed, I meant it. His whole story is drat good. That bit where he's getting ready to go rescue the proto-tribal survivors from the cage, the next entry is "They ate them" and then the five day skip before it just goes After Action Report was just That was my favorite part as well. I really should replay this game with all the DLC and I never did any of them, but I'm enjoying the heck out of reading this LP. Also I'm really curious what was picked up but not mentioned in the last post.
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