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Dead Money is the best DLC of any kind in years and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise. Tight, smart, original, memorable stuff. As a whole, the NV DLC are also a great showcase for how best to exploit the rich diversity / wild all-over-the-place flailing tone of the Fallout universe. Four very different short stories, each with their own ideas and each bringing something unique to the game.
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tdrules posted:That Reverend quote reminds me of Dead Flag Blues: Their album "Soundtracks For the Blind" is said to be the precursor to stuff like GY!BE
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Quarex, you'd better get a Let's Play going or something, since I need something to listen to (and sort of watch) while I review porn all day Wait what? 
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Conelrad's albums are pretty close to what you're looking for and they're all free. There's also the Existence 2.0 radio station from one of New Vegas' mods that's chock full of that sorta music.
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Quarex posted:Well Godspeed You! Black Emperor is literally the only thing that sounds like that but there are certainly other depressing and bleak soundscapey things. Not that any are coming to mind. Well I suppose Bohren und der Club of Gore comes to mind... This reminds me of old noir films, I love it! I've just started playing Fallout New Vegas for the first time with the Enhanced Shaders Pulp Palette so this should be a great accompaniment. Mutation posted:Swan's "The Seer" fits this pretty well. This is some dark poo poo huh, thanks for the recommendations!
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Sep 16, 2014 20:50
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Is this guy NMA? That DLC is great. Old World Blues was such a hilarious melding of Fallout and Wasteland. Especially funny now that Wasteland 2 is actually almost here. Good ol' Chris Avellone <3
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Sep 16, 2014 21:23
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CuddleChunks posted:Australia? 
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Drifter posted:It's less about that and more about the sheer audacity of not compressing loving files. Wasteful. Sounds to me like they are compressing the install package at least a bit. Compression/decompression of assets during game play isn't worth the CPU cycles in an era of 3TB drives.
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Godspeed fans would also do well to check out A Silver Mt. Zion (first album especially, e: which starts out with an eerie pitch-shifted religious radio broadcast!). Lustmord and Tim Hecker are appropriately dark/Wastelandish as well, though not quite as cinematic/emotive/crescendo-rock as Godspeed and ASMZ. spider wisdom fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Sep 16, 2014 |
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So my initial idea of having one picture of Strelok's goofy grin from Shadow of Chernobyl became a collection of 55 images. If you think you could use any of them, knock yourselves out. I've gathered the images from all over the web, and tried to find pictures of women that weren't complete wank-fuel.
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Sep 16, 2014 21:56
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inscrutable horse posted:So my initial idea of having one picture of Strelok's goofy grin from Shadow of Chernobyl became a collection of 55 images.  This mad scientist is going places, I tell ya! 
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Tippis posted:Hey now, there are only so many sacrifices one might rationally be willing to make just to join the 21st century. You're absolutely right and I was posting without thinking. Maintaining the health of one's youthful companion is very important to the proper Wasteland experience. inscrutable horse posted:If you think you could use any of them, knock yourselves out. I've gathered the images from all over the web, and tried to find pictures of women that weren't complete wank-fuel.  
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Sep 16, 2014 23:41
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That's the great thing about the coming nuclear apocalypse, only the lingerie models will survive!
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Sep 16, 2014 23:55
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Starter post is coming along nicely. I think it would be ready to go if not for the fact that I clearly need to do a better job selling it as it actually is going to exist rather than selling the glitz and glamour of promises as I once did (even if of course the promises mostly came true). I tried to skim at best when people were talking hardcore about the gameplay earlier this year; did anyone ever post like a succinct "this is what the game feels like to someone who has not played before" summary or even maybe a basic guide to HOW DO I ISOMETRIC CRPG? I mean, I can probably write one up easily enough, but I leave at like 5 A.M. Thursday for the release party and I do not envision myself having much time to perfect it tomorrow and I think I should definitely post it as soon as possible obviously.
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Sep 17, 2014 04:23
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Quarex posted:I mean, I can probably write one up easily enough, but I leave at like 5 A.M. Thursday for the release party and I do not envision myself having much time to perfect it tomorrow and I think I should definitely post it as soon as possible obviously. Borrow Brother None's computer at the office and post with Brian Fargo looking over your shoulder, telling you how proud he is of you, son, and that he wishes you and he could be best friends forever and maybe you're free for lunch sometime next week, but either way give him a call so you guys can catch up on stuff from the past week. Let's go paintballing. 
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blue squares posted:That's what I really want. I posted here before but I am still nervous to spend money on the game. I haven't played a video game in several months and just don't have the time or energy for something with tons of combat. I want to explore and goof around.
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Sep 17, 2014 04:47
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awesmoe posted:Have you played fallout or fallout 2? it's basically that but new and pretty. Nope just 3 and NV
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blue squares posted:Nope just 3 and NV Watch this maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP34-J5n15o I'm sure other people can suggest other playthrough videos.
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Sep 17, 2014 04:55
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Did the retail version ever end up putting map markers on the map? Because finding locations on the Rail Nomads map was a massive pain in the rear end by dead reckoning.
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awesmoe posted:Well, it's nothing like those. Hope this helps! Watching this now and god drat is the sound bad. I'm too ADHD and impatient to watch the whole thing so I'll do more research when it comes out. I've been looking forward to this since the day the kickstarter was announced, so I'll probably end up getting it eventually. blue squares fucked around with this message at 05:16 on Sep 17, 2014 |
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Sep 17, 2014 05:09
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Party Plane Jones posted:Did the retail version ever end up putting map markers on the map? Because finding locations on the Rail Nomads map was a massive pain in the rear end by dead reckoning. That and quick travel between explored maps with no enemies would be nice, like Fallout 2, when you landed on a city you could choose to warp to any point you had already been. The game really could have used some more UI designers that didn't seem to crawl out of the 80's - hope they keep working on more updates and patches and user feedback, the game is pretty amazing and rounding off any sharp corners would really go a long way to showing kickstarter projects are about the art and end product for customers.
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Sep 17, 2014 05:17
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tdrules posted:That Reverend quote reminds me of Dead Flag Blues: Drone/doom metal, mostly. For example, Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_M1Mp1I-VY Also, Boards Of Canada's last album, Tomorrow's Harvest, is all about that poo poo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4v7mg0pK_Y
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I was just recently reminded that this game comes out for real in a couple of days, so I grabbed the early access version on Steam. How close to the final release version is this current one? Is it basically final minus a few minor touches and polish, or is there a decent amount of content missing that's being saved for the actual release? Should I make a test party for now just to learn the game and dick around, or can I start a "real" game and actually play the game as if it was final? And this probably gets asked a whole lot, but is there some beginner's guide of "Don't bother with this and this and make sure you do this" kind of stuff? Or is there no real point in looking that stuff up so close to the retail release?
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Sep 17, 2014 07:35
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CuddleChunks posted:Australia? ADSL is not available at my address. Wireless broadband, huzzah. I have the biggest cap that was available. 18 gb/month.
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Sep 17, 2014 07:43
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I dont even have enough free space to install this right now. What in the world is this game doing that makes it bigger than Total War games or full-on FPS's?
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VDay posted:Should I make a test party for now just to learn the game and dick around, or can I start a "real" game and actually play the game as if it was final?
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God I can't wait for this. I seriously hope it scratches that Fallout 2 itch for me and also that I dont end up as disappointed with it as I was with the new Divinity game.
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Lots of good suggestions for post-apocalyptic music. I guess we all know about this stuff already, but I still love Mark Morgan's soundtracks for Fallout and Fallout 2. Sure, some of the tracks owe a lot to Aphex Twin, but it's still great post-apocalyptic ambient music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjy8XqJClTc Pogo Stick Eagle posted:God I can't wait for this. I seriously hope it scratches that Fallout 2 itch for me and also that I dont end up as disappointed with it as I was with the new Divinity game. Yeah, I was an idiot and bought into the Divinity hype. Got the game and ended up playing it less than the Wasteland 2 beta. 
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Chairchucker posted:ADSL is not available at my address. Wireless broadband, huzzah. I have the biggest cap that was available. Surely you meant per day, right? That's almost 10 full hours of watching HQ 720p stuff on Netflix, more than any man could reasonably ask for. Unless you're home sick or unemployed.
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sauer kraut posted:Surely you meant per day, right? A lot of wireless broadband plans are two gb per month.
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Sep 17, 2014 08:31
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Please move to civilization so you can get actual internet. 
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Quarex posted:Starter post is coming along nicely. I think it would be ready to go if not for the fact that I clearly need to do a better job selling it as it actually is going to exist rather than selling the glitz and glamour of promises as I once did (even if of course the promises mostly came true). Err, not trying to be the :rules: rear end in a top hat, but what about the 3-month rule?
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Chairchucker posted:ADSL is not available at my address. Wireless broadband, huzzah. I have the biggest cap that was available. For additional comdy value, tell us how much you are paying for that  e: also can you tell us about your experieces of living in an actual postapocalyptic wasteland where all flora, fauna and probably the air itself wants to kill you thanks Fewd fucked around with this message at 08:48 on Sep 17, 2014 |
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double nine posted:Err, not trying to be the :rules: rear end in a top hat, but what about the 3-month rule?
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Fewd posted:For additional comdy value, tell us how much you are paying for that 60 bucks. Per month. Last month I accidentally went 2.5 gigs over that cap, so that month I paid $110. Allegedly, work on NBN construction began in my area in April, so hopefully by next April I'll be surfing on speeds only slightly behind the rest of the civilised world. Until that time, I'll mooch off friends and relations during key moments when I'm at their houses.
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drat, that's some nasty business.
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The Crotch posted:Um... I think you might be thinking of a different subforum? He's just making a new post-release thread, not an LP. i are read. Sorry 'bout that.
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lordfrikk posted:drat, that's some nasty business. I work with Service Providers on a daily basis, and let me tell you they are some of the worst and nastier companies in the world.
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Chairchucker posted:60 bucks. Per month. Last month I accidentally went 2.5 gigs over that cap, so that month I paid $110. FTTH or Fixed Wireless? I was lucky enough they started construction of FTTH in my area before Tony and his mates butchered it so they could by some F35s. I've been seeing the vans installing the fibre and I can't wait.
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